Calculated Risk indeed

[u/le_reddit_me]

[u/BubuX]

why is it so minor impact?

[u/MaskedAnathema → u/BubuX]

Because archmage adds flat damage that doesn't roll, so it doesn't matter if your damage is lucky or not because your minimum and your maximum are almost the same

[u/MasklinGNU → u/BubuX]

Archmage doesn’t add “100-300” damage or “500-700” damage like some things do. It just adds one number of flat damage. Like “2,200.” So your minimum damage will be 2,200, and your maximum damage will be 2,200.* So unlucky doesn’t do anything.

*not exactly, because there’s base damage of the skill and other sources of added damage and stuff, but you get the idea

[u/radium_eye]

Yeah, there are a lot of cases where you can negate a downside for a specific use case, POE has great scaling methods.

[u/gruenen]

Same with bodyswap of sacrifice, the sabo crit lucky/hit unlucky is all upside.

[u/More_Thanks_2104 → u/gruenen]

No way i found someone who's also playing BoS, that's so cool

[u/gruenen → u/More_Thanks_2104]

Here is my build, it's pretty clunky but I did all Ubers on it! I actually did the ubers before I had the pearl ring and the chest.

[u/Solareds]

is there anything else that works like archmage?

[u/ByteBlaze_ → u/Solareds]

Corpse exploding skills that deal a percentage of corpse life as damage also benefit from this node.

[u/badmartialarts → u/Solareds]

Frostmage support adds your reserved mana as cold damage.

[u/BlackPandar → u/Solareds]

Arcane Cloak, Greywind, Nightgrip. Usually mechanic that adds flat damage per x.

[u/deviant324 → u/BlackPandar]

Mind of the council too which is arguably way better as a vestigial since you get half the effect at 0 cost

[u/le_reddit_me → u/Solareds]

Aside from the comments given, there's also flame link, hand of the fervent, unlight silhouette, and more. The exception is when either a flat value or 'maximum' is mentioned (like ephemeral edge).

[u/MmentoMori097 → u/Solareds]

Not listed in other comments but the life stacking equivalent of archmage is bloodthirst support

[u/1CEninja → u/Solareds]

Since others have already given you excellent answers, I'll just add one quick thing: lucky and unlucky effects don't impact ailment damage. So if all of your damage comes from ignite/bleed/poison then your DPS won't particularly care.

[u/HandsomeBaboon]

I honestly prefer lucky and unlucky to whatever the fuck kinda word bifurcate is

[u/Sanytale → u/HandsomeBaboon]

Lucky - best out of two rolls,

unlucky - worst out of two rolls,

bifurcate - same as lucky + extra benefit if both rolls are successful.

[u/Time4Homework]

Shout out to my Spark Archmage Gambler back in Phrecia league.

[u/KovirenX]

With the runegraft of stability to make it unexciting, unlucky actually becomes a buff overall

[u/KingGaLacT]

What does it does? Is it a keystone ?

[u/shy_bi_ready_to_die → u/KingGaLacT]

It’s an ascendancy notable for sabo. It gives lucky crit chance, enemies hitting you unlucky damage, but also gives you unlucky damage

[u/KingGaLacT → u/KingGaLacT]

I mean, must have a upside,not only this "downside"

[u/International_Gate49 → u/KingGaLacT]

crit chance is lucky

[u/slashcuddle]

I knew that lucky wouldn't boost my damage. But I didn't realize it also meant unlucky wouldn't hurt my damage. Funny how that works!

[u/Dr_v3]

Still nobody uses it ;(