[3.10] Bashtart's SPARK INQUISITOR * farming like a god! :)

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xt_unknown wrote:

Can I use flame dash instead of shield charge? I prefer flame dash for this leagues mechanic

If you use flame dash you will not have skill only spells that means one of asccendancy will not work at full potentional... i perfer flame to but you need to find another skill then.


Im goin to quit this biuld its spark is not good skill fir now they need to change how it novea and hole nechanics is wrong ... i did pley a little with poe for meself and even if i go 6 links i can get not even 60k at me gear and i find it low and whean we include that we dont oleys hit the boss it goin under 30k effective . If devolpers rework the skill it will be more worth to play .

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andrei88 wrote:

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Raiito wrote:

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turbofog wrote:

Currently trying to level this build using vaal spark and I find it impossible to deal damage properly. Single target is utter garbage and clearspeed is dependent on whether or not the spark AI wishes to hit mobs. Any tips?

Sort of confused because you seem to have 2 different spark characters? Either way in your 4-link you should absolutely be dropping added lightning for spell echo. Cast speed is the majority of the reason this skill does any damage at all. Similarly try running herald of ice for better clear as it can freeze and shatter enemies while also adding some aoe to your hits. Wrath is also important for the bonus damage. Another thing to notice is that they did some wierd shit with controlled destruction this patch because you can actually have 0% crit chance now, so because you are low level with no crit chance your elemental overload is actual doing nothing because you probably are never critting.

Overall just deal until you are a higher level with some ascendancy which is really big for this build. For single target sometimes you are just screwed and it will be a slog of a fight (uber lab for instance because of the massive map and open layout in the bossfight) but for most maps the boss is in a room with an appropriate size to fill completely with sparks and do very respectable single target damage. Also remember once you clear the maps once you don't really need to do them again and you can focus on maps you find that have bosses that die easier to spark i.e. Underground Sea.

Eh this is not fine for me i mean i want solid biuld starter i want to clear all content without problem whean i saw in pob 1m dps i think its fine this will do it and i never played this one , now i see is 1m dps if AI want to hit the target this second and he may not hit it 5 secs !
I actually struggle real on 3th lab boss destroy me total i cant imagane to kill shaper or ubler elder with this skill even if its say 1m dps.....

League started as this build and have not really had any problems. Leveled in 3 man party with RL friends until blood aqueduct. Felt slightly slow but I just adjusted gear and was able to 1 shot everything. I've been able to speed clear now onto t8 maps, even killing the bosses relatively easily w/o dying. Here's my gear so far. https://pastebin.com/AG1VMfeM


I ran singularity before doryani's since I found one, and just a rare life / res shield before I could afford Light of Lunaris. You need as much crit as possible early on. Try getting mutewind and any leveling uniques you'd get for CoC builds, like maligaro's and some diamond rings with life rolls and res if you can. Just use the crafting bench to fill.

im a bit confused, in the guide your gem setup says to use 6L Spark, and a 4L orb of storms, the problem is, in your "Budget gear for 10 chaos" your gems aim for a 4L spark (in gloves) and a 5L VB in cheast piece, can you tell me if i use 6L spark could do fine killing boses or i have to use BV like you do?
Maybe if you can would be really appreciate a rework in the "skills gems" section

Any thoughts on using Zealotry?

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andrei88 wrote:

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xt_unknown wrote:

Can I use flame dash instead of shield charge? I prefer flame dash for this leagues mechanic

If you use flame dash you will not have skill only spells that means one of asccendancy will not work at full potentional... i perfer flame to but you need to find another skill then.


Im goin to quit this biuld its spark is not good skill fir now they need to change how it novea and hole nechanics is wrong ... i did pley a little with poe for meself and even if i go 6 links i can get not even 60k at me gear and i find it low and whean we include that we dont oleys hit the boss it goin under 30k effective . If devolpers rework the skill it will be more worth to play .

Which ascendancy doesnt work to full potential if i dont use shield charge?

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xt_unknown wrote:

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andrei88 wrote:

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xt_unknown wrote:

Can I use flame dash instead of shield charge? I prefer flame dash for this leagues mechanic

If you use flame dash you will not have skill only spells that means one of asccendancy will not work at full potentional... i perfer flame to but you need to find another skill then.


Im goin to quit this biuld its spark is not good skill fir now they need to change how it novea and hole nechanics is wrong ... i did pley a little with poe for meself and even if i go 6 links i can get not even 60k at me gear and i find it low and whean we include that we dont oleys hit the boss it goin under 30k effective . If devolpers rework the skill it will be more worth to play .

Which ascendancy doesnt work to full potential if i dont use shield charge?

Instruments of Virtue.

You could use smite for example to proc it but I think the version with shield charge is better tbh.

you might wanna swap instruments of virtue for pious path. with the new linger effect it has effectively 100% uptime. it gives you free immunity to ailments and 200 es regen/s, and the only thing you lose for dropping instruments of virtue is 10% cast speed and 30% increased damage.

Sorry im fairly new to the game,
you said in the levelling section to link Pierce (lvl 1),

Where am I suppose to get Pierce Support early on as a Templar?

Hey All,
I also picked this one as my starter (though i skilled a littl differently).
I had a hard time at the end of the story but now it's going very well (stuck at T3-T5 maps, no drops - even alced! - its crazy this league!!)

Mechanicaly spark has a lot of issues ( bad Single/close area target, weird hitboxes, environment can play against you, can't cast while close to suroundings...).
Also I feel very clunky with the playstyle, using shield charge - short pause - casting spark (too often / or not enough to kill the pack)...

But so far it works and my gear is very cheap. I have crit. chance and crit. multi like crazy already!! (48%/436% - without charges, CG-bonus, ascendancy bonuses...). So i think (clear)damage will be fine even in high Tier maps.
Single target is, well...in an open map it sucks. I am using an 4L Lightning spire trap as support. This helps a lot. sadly its not working that well with agile/moving bosses. Is there any other option for us?

my gear so far (mostly selffound, maybe 10c used to buy/link stuff)


I hope the "playstile" feeling will improve later (maybe with more cast speed? or the 6L). Otherwise i will switch to another skill like the new holy-ones.

Have a few questions now that I'm into maps with this build. First off, it's quite strong, but I think there may be some things missing. Energy leech is obviously pretty new and seemingly quite strong, could we potentially go eldritch battery (which is only 3 passive points away)? I'm seeing a lot of these in the top spark builds, some of them even use the ES leech in a 3 link.

What do you think about unleash support? I'm also seeing a lot of people running this instead of spell echo support, it more or less does the same thing but doesn't lock you in place, not sure how the damage works out.

What do you think about essence worm with clear mind jewel? This frees up a lot of additional mana to be more tanky and adds a decent chunk of damage from clear mind, obviously wouldn't do this if you go with the elder/shaper ring combo and you couldn't use heralds with this set up, but wrath alone may be worth the benefit.

One last thing, do you think it would be reasonable to drop the first ascendancy and go into sanctify/pious path instead. You can pretty much always been on conc ground at this point and it would pretty much guarantee eldritch battery uptime on energy shield if we went that route. Also, shield charge is quite awful for a lot of maps and especially seeing some of the synthesis stuff I am just shield charging into a wall and getting sucked out of the memories. I think flame dash would be better overall this league.

Thoughts?

Edit: Also, is there a reason we don't spec the one point into holy dominion on the left side of the tree? Thats 12% all res and 12% extra elemental damage for one point. I suppose its unecessary if your resistances are capped, but it would free up a lot of stats on rings and amulets.