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

Offense:
The offense is based arround Invetiable Judgement (crits ignore enemies resistances). The best way to scale the damage is with crit chance & multiplier, spell and elemental damage.

Defense:
The defense is based on many layers. Our first line of defense is the cold damage of spark which freezes most trash mobs before they even can hit us. If mobs don't get frozen and they try to hit us, we use many mechanics to avoid the damage (evasion, dodge & block).
If those layers fail and we get hit we use different sources of damage mitigation to avoid oneshots. We use inquisitor ascendancy for crazy life / energy shield sustain with regneration, life on hit and leech.

To progress fast you should not rush to the highest tier possible as fast as you can because that will only result in many deaths and frustration. You should run map tier & levels which you can clear, fast and easy without dying. It is better to clear many lower tier maps fast then to clear a higher tier in very long time. When something just gets too easy you know it is time to progress! If some bosses or some other content is too hard atm just skip it and do it later.

The fastest way to progress imo is sometimes to take a step back... because sometimes with a bit better gear, a few more levels, etc hard content becomes easy.

Most important is the balance between offense and defense. It makes no sense to put all eggs in one basket. Allways max. your resistance!

Call of the brotherhood: 40% lightning to cold conversion, I would use this ring in combination with Herald of Ice.


On gear - look for following stats:
> Life / Energy Shield
> Resistances
> Armour
> Spell Damage
> Cast Speed
> Crit Chance & Multiplier
> Lightning / Elemental Damage
> Add ... dmg to spells

Helmet: enchantment 3 additional spark projectiles / 40% more spark damage / Spark projectile speed, unique helm possibilities rat's nest, starkonja's head or devoto's devotion. The Crown of inward eye is a great helmet for this build and probanly best in slot if you can get it with additional spark projectiles.

Chest: rare with high life & energy shield, resistance & at least 5link or
Inpulsa's Broken Heart: Really good chest for this build, definitly BiS for clearing speed.

Belt: high lifes & resistance or as alternative option bisco's leash / headhunter:

Ring: missing stats... high resistance! Also good options are Berek Grip or Ventor's Gamble. Mark of the Shaper ring in combination with a Elder ring will boost your dps big time.


Recommended uniques:
Duskdawn / Agnerod East:
Duskdawn has great synergies with crit and block. I think it is BiS for this build. You can probably cast way more powerful rare staffs but for the budget I am looking at it is really strong. If you have very low budget the Agnerod East stuff is a good alternative.

Choir of the storm / Bisco's collar: great boost for our dps, also boost our single target dps by a looooot! / for farming bisco's collar is a good option.

Rare boots: with life, es, faster movement speed and resistances. If you can afford it look for enchantment "faster cast & attack speed" / "life&mana leech" if you killed recently. Voidwalker have they advantage that you get piercing after killing an enemy.

Gloves: Just look for high life and resistances.

Flask's

Vessel of Vinktar: is very usefull for bossfight... it is like an emergency button. I guess the best version is the one with added lightning damage to spells for us.
Atziri's promise: For budget version use this instead of vinktar or as an addition. It is really good and cheap.
Surgeon's Silver Flask: Onslaught, nearly always active because crits reduce the CD, it improves the clearing speed and dps boost for bossights. If you use onslaught in your herald setup you can chose to take another flask.
Avenger's Diamond Flask of Grounding: Crazy dps boost for bossfights and immunity to shock from our vinktar.
The overflowing chalice the overflowing chalice or another sulphur flask to proc consecrated ground is necessary to fully profit from inquisitor ascendancy.
Sulphur Flask
Rumi's COnvocation: this flask is very powerful for defense and offense.

We use one spark threshold jewels!

Rare Jewels:
Look for following:
% increased maximum life
% increased maximum energy shield
Critical strike multiplier
Lightning / elemental spell damage
Spell damage
Resistances
Attack / spell speed

Missing stats...

In Path of Exile many small thing will make a big difference... following checklist may help you to improve:
> 6Link chest for main damage
> Skill gems: level +20 quality +20%
> Jewels can make a big difference in dps
> Quality 20% of your gear & flask's
> Character level +90
> Check every single piece of equipment if it can be improved
> Use Path of Building to try out if an change will improve you before you do it and waste currency.
> Try to understand the build mechanics!

Main Damage:l

(Vaal) Spark + Spell Echo + Controlled Destruction + Pierce + Energy Shield Leech + Hypothermia

Only use Hypothermia when you use a Call of the Brotherhood ring. Otherwise use Added Lightning Damage Support.

Storm Brand + Arcane Surge + Elemental Focus + Controlled Destruction + Energy Leech + Hypothermia

Mana reservation setup:
Herald of Thunder + Herald of Ice + Zealotry

Defensive:
CWDT (lvl 12) + Immortal Call (lvl 14) + Brand Recall (lvl 4)
This setup helps us to avoid getting oneshotted and in boss fight it necessary for sustain and helps a lot to survive!

Movement:
Dash + Second Wind + Arcane Surge + Summon Lightning Golem

Vaal Skills & other good stuff: (Optional)
Vaal Haste
Vaal Righteous Fire[/b]

Bandits: Alira (5 mana reg per sec, 20% Crit Multiplier, 15% all resistances)

Ascendancy:
1) Sanctify
2) Pious Path
3) Righteous Providence
4) Inevitable Judgment (a diamond flask will let your dps explode!!!)

Pantheon:
> Soul of Tukohama: While stationary, gain 2% additional Physical Damage Reduction each second, up to a maximum of 8%. While stationary, gain 0.5% of Life Regenerated per second each second, up to a maximum of 2%

> Soul of Solaris: helps to avoid one shots. I would take this as standard and for maps with reduced life recovery go with

Here a small general guide how you can level fast and effective http://guidescroll.com/2014/10/path-of-exile-endgame-in-12-hours-guide/

Leveling Template 3.6: the lvl in () is the level when the skill gems becomes available!

Here the Skill Tree for reference. Just follow the numbers shown on the picture above.
Skill Tree: Click Me!!!

How I leveled in 3.3:
Level 1-20:
You get Spark directly at the start... get Spark and link Pierce to it. Use Following links while early levels:
Spark (lvl 1)
> Pierce (lvl 1)
> Added Lightning Damage (lvl 8)
> Added Cold Damage (lvl 8)

I would recommend to use a lightning spire setup for boss fights:
Lightning Spire Trap (lvl 1) + Added Lightning Damage (lvl 8)+ Elemental Focus (lvl 18) + Controlled Destruction (lvl 18)

Level 41-60
I specced out of elemental overload to go for more crits. The jewels hazardeous research and I used Poacher's Aim (+1pierce) so I could drop pierce support out of my spark setup. The next ascendancy I gonna pick is "Rightious Providence".

Level 65-74:
I grinded quiet a few levels in some area like
> Act 5: The Chamber of Innocence
> Act 9: The Blood Aqueduct
> Act 10: The Desecrated Chambers
so I reached mapping with lvl 74. If you feel weak at some point while leveling... just grind some levels and after that it will be easy again.

Make sure you always cap your resistances and get on every gear life if possible. Also the CWDT setup is very important for your survivability and sustain. Following now is my gear which I will use to start mapping:

Level 75-84
Atm I am farming map up to tier 6 and level fast... I nearly never die and just rush trough those maps...

Bandits: Alira (5 mana reg per sec, 20% Crit Multiplier, 15% all resistances)

Don't progress to fast, sometimes when the maps get to hard just take a step back... level a bit and get better gear. There are two good farming spots which you can use to grind some levels and gear while leveling (I normally grind 2-4 levels and then again leveling is much easier):
> Act 5: The Chamber of Innocence
> Act 10: The Desecrated Chambers

How do you get that chilling effect when killing an enemy? Why do you Spark look like spiders?
Herald of gloom mtx shatter effect & spark spider effect mtx.
Is this build viable for Hardcore?
The build is balanced for softcore, but it has really good layered defenses so I think with much more investment in defense it can be played also HC.
Where can I use the hazardeous research threshold jewels?
The required intelligence does not have to be allocated it just need to be in radius of the jewel.
How to link my gear?
Just open up a reply and go to top left corner of this page to your character and click on the item you want to link. This item will be linked in your reply as soon as you close your character window.