[3.11] Kitava's Thirst Builds - Flame Surge/Blade Vortex - Sirus /T16 Farm
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[Hello ! This thread evolved since 3.0 from the original life Flame Surge Build to several builds around Kitava's Thirst, please enjoy]
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7k effective hp - 6L Flame Surge triggering spells in helmet :
Everything is designed to further support Flame Surge +Ignite +Combustion +Elemental Equilibrium +Wave of Conviction +AoE clear Result = tons of damage : 10 to 20M DPS. HYBRID MoM 3.10 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link - lvl 93 Blade Vortex variant : more mobile, less single target damage. LIFE 50% MoM Blade Vortex/Glacial Cascade/Bladefall - PoB Link - lvl 94 Update - June 24th I'm currently trying a Ice Nova setup, it is FUN. Check out my char in Harvest for the build.
Update - June 17th - Harvest
Update - June 17th - Harvest
Kitava's Thirst: Now has a 50% chance to trigger socketed spells when you spend at least 100 mana to use a skill (from 30%). ＢＯＩ - Armageddon Brand buffed - Firestorm buffed - Frostbolt buffed - Magma Orb MASSIVELY buffed - Purifying Flame buffed - Wave of Conviction buffed There's also a little reshuffling of the mana cost items :
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- Doedre's Malevolence: New versions of this item will no longer grant +50 to the mana cost of skills. Instead, they will grant 30-50% increased Seal gain frequency.
- Fevered Mind: No longer increases the Mana cost of skills by 50%. No longer grants 30-40% increased Spell Damage. Now causes Notable Passive Skills in radius to be transformed to instead grant 10% increased Mana cost of skills and 20% increased Spell Damage. Now has a Small radius. - Apep's Rage: No longer increases the mana cost of skills by 40%. Instead, it now grants +40 to the mana cost of skills. - Voidbringer: No longer increases the mana cost of skills by 40-80%. Now grants +40-80 to the mana cost of skills instead PoB of my Delirium char for reference : HYBRID MoM 3.10 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link - lvl 93 ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ VIDEOS ___________________________________________________________________________  [3.6] Boss Fight - Uber Elder - Deathless - 2:04 [3.5] Boss Fight - The Shaper [3.5] Delve Boss - Kurgal, the Blackblooded - Depth 279 [3.5] Boss Fight - Guardian of the Phoenix [3.5] Boss Fight - Guardian of the Minotaur [3.5] Boss Fight - T16 Amanamu, Liege of the Lightless [3.5] Basic Gameplay - T16 Forge of the Phoenix - Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade [3.5] Basic Gameplay - T16 Forge of the Phoenix - Flame Surge/Vortex [3.4] Basic Gameplay - T16 UGS 153/59 - Blade Vortex
Old 3.0 videos
More boss/guardian fights to come !  ___________________________________________________________________________ PROS/CONS ___________________________________________________________________________ +The build is fun. If it's not fun, why bother? +Flame Surge : Excellent single target DPS +Decent clear speed/AoE +Decent surviability +Active gameplay +You get to play a unique build ! +Gets a buff every patch -Not recommended if you like mindless farming. -Can be expensive to work well in endgame. -Cannot handle elemental reflect maps. -Relies heavily on mana,low/no regen is doable, but difficult without Watcher's Eye. -RNG may/will sometimes be annoying, I wouldn't recommend for HC. -Decent mobility, but could be better because of the staff. -Sometimes you can't see shit.  ___________________________________________________________________________ Build Mechanics - Core : Kitava's Thirst/Increased Mana Cost ___________________________________________________________________________ The build is around Flame Surge as a single target DPS source, and AoE igniting spells : Besides dealing tons of damage, Flame Surge is also among the fastest spells in the game (equaled only by Dark Pact and Blade Vortex), which benefits greatly this build. For this build to work, you need : The build enabler, this helmet can trigger ALL spells you put in there (not twice the same gem though) when you spend at least 100 Mana. The spells will be useful to ignite enemies, we will look into that later. This is when it gets tricky, you need to actually spend the mana, using a skill with 100+ Mana Cost, using anything that can prevent actual mana spending (like Vaal Clarity) will NOT work. To increase mana consumption, you can use those, depending on your Flame Surge mana cost before the increase : For ES builds, both gloves are fine, but Voidbringer mana cost rolls between 40% and 80%, so with those items you can tweak your mana cost to have values that aren't too high. ___________________________________________________________________________ LIFE BUILDS ONLY Build Mechanics - Extension Items : Self-Ignite ___________________________________________________________________________ The build can be extended to self-ignite, using these two items : When you ignite an enemy, you take fire damage, which can ignite you because of the ring. You get Life Leech, so you can leech without Warlord's Mark, and bonus Cast Speed from the ring.
Obsolete - Martyr of Innocence - Used in original build version
You can benefit even more from self-igniting :
Fire damage (the amulet fire damage counts as a hit). Freeze/Chill immune ! And bonus Fire Penetration on block, which is always good, especially against bosses. The Fire damage for spells will also be useful to ignite using any spell (like Vortex). ___________________________________________________________________________ Passive Tree / Leveling / Bandits / Ascendancy / Pantheon ___________________________________________________________________________ Bandits : Help Alira (Mana Regen, Crit Multiplier, Resists) HYBRID MoM 3.6 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link - lvl 95
Previous Leagues
LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Armageddon Brand/Frostbolt/Vortex - PoB Link - lvl 94
LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade/Armageddon Brand - PoB Link - lvl 93 LIFE 50% MoM 3.4 Blade Vortex/Glacial Cascade/Bladefall - PoB Link - lvl 94 LIFE 50% MoM 3.3 Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 90 LIFE 50% MoM 3.2 Flame Surge/Magma Orb - PoB Link - lvl 90 ES 3.2 Flame Surge/Magma Orb - PoB Link - lvl 90 LIFE 3.1 Flame Surge/Magma Orb - PoB Link - lvl 92 Leveling : Arc first, then, at lvl 28 switch to Armageddon Brand + Flame Surge, take Malachai's Artifice with Orb of Storms. Spam Silver/Quicksilver until maps. You can level easily with Armageddon Brand to clear and Flame Surge for stronger mobs. Take Malachai's Artifice as soon as possible. Usually I activate the build as I enter maps. Ascendancy : Weave The Arcane is mandatory if you want to start the build. HYBRID Weave the Arcane > Ghost Dance > Escape Artist > Swift Killer/Harness the Void LIFE Weave the Arcane > Patient Reaper > Swift Killer > Harness the Void ES Weave the Arcane > Ghost Dance > Escape Artist > Harness the Void For Hybrid and ES, Patient Reaper is useful instead of Harness the Void while levelling to help sustaining. Pantheon : Lunaris or Solaris, Abberath for ES, Gruthkul/Shakari for Life. ___________________________________________________________________________ Gem Setup - Kitava's Thirst ___________________________________________________________________________ This will be your primary source of AoE DPS, and ignite. Improve Ignite chance and single target damage with Combustion : You can use whatever spell you like, any strong AoE spell is fine, as long as you can Ignite to boost Flame Surge's damage. Herald of Ash now allows physical spells to ignite, and spreads ignite with overkill damage. The strongest setup at the moment is Wave of Conviction / Armageddon Brand / Purifying Flame / Combustion : +WoC lowers fire resistance +Armageddon Brand has a strong ignite chance and keeps dealing damage between helmet procs +Purifying Flame gives Consecrated ground (life regen + crit) +Brand Recall can be used to trigger Arcane Surge. ___________________________________________________________________________ Glacial Cascade, combined with Herald of Ash offers both the ability to ignite with the convenience of an imbalanced spell. Frostbolt + Vortex is a strong combination, large AoE, good damage, chilled ground. Use with Armageddon Brand so you can ignite. 
Obsolete - Vortex/Magma Orb - Used in the original build version
Vortex is still good although since the AoE nerf it is not as strong. The chill effect is great against enemies. Magma Orb is another good aoe skill, and ignite source. Though you need to sacrifice 1 or 2 jewels.  ___________________________________________________________________________ Gem Setup - Elemental Equilibrium ___________________________________________________________________________
With Malachai's Artifice
Pretty much self-explanatory, stick Orb of Storms in it, and enjoy perma EE.
Without Malachai's Artifice - A bit obsolete since 3.6 but still strong
This setup sacrifices very slightly the aoe spells to further support Flame Surge, with this you can push the DPS on Shaper to 2M. Of course it is unusable with any source of added fire to spells. Using imbalanced skills like Glacial Cascade compensates for the lack of area of effect. Let's do some calculations : For EE to work, we need to have around as much Fire hits as non-Fire. Using Spell Echo, and with enough cast speed from gear, tree, and Trickster ascendancy, we have approximately : 3 Flame Surge Uses (=mana spendings) to trigger helmet 6 FS hits 1 GC hit (sometimes 2) Let's say we do not proc more than once per second, because we have shitty RNG and low cast speed. Each proc delivers : At least 1 Arc 1 Ball Lightning at 5 hits/sec On top of that, we have Orb of Storms : around 4 hits/sec with cast speed. And Lightning Golem ! Total in 1 second : 7 Fire hits, 9 non-Fire hits, assuming bad RNG/cast speed/no golem. All those hits are spread rather evenly to be sure to maximise EE's efficiency. Even if sometimes FS may hit twice without a non-Fire proc, -50% resistance most of the time is worth +25% some of the time. I recorded myself on bosses, you can check how often you can see "Vulnerable to X" different types of resists. TL;DR : go rekt some bosses. ___________________________________________________________________________ Gem Setup - Flame Surge ___________________________________________________________________________
Not updated, see PoB for more info
Don't forget to optimise your mana cost to get as close to 100 as possible. If you have to choose, lvl 21 on Flame Surge is better than lvl 20 with 20% quality.
Obsolete - Martyr of Innocence - Used in original build version
Currently on 5-Link Martyr of Innocence :
With Fevered Mind, Mana Cost is 106, so we can trigger Kitava's Thirst. If you have Pledge of Hands, swap Spell Echo for Faster Casting, or Immolate if you have mana issues. Current 6L Pledge of Hands setup : If you use Elemental Equilibrium, replace Fire Penetration by Controlled Destruction. ___________________________________________________________________________ How to manage Life/ES, Mana, Stuns ___________________________________________________________________________ Through the leagues, I tried to keep this build flexible, and to adapt it to the different changes or personal preferences. This is a quick comparison of methods to sustain Life or ES, and Mana, and avoid stuns.
Life
Corrupted helmet : Best choice, sacrifices an enchant that is too difficult to find anyway
Elder rare amulet / Atzoatl leech mod : Great choice, can have other stats - Difficult to find/expensive Eye of Innocence + Mokou's Embrace : Good leech/damage - Lack of surviability, subject to bad RNG Warlord's Mark CWDT : Reliable, End Charges, mana free - Cannot run Hexproof, will NOT trigger if taking DoT Warlord's Mark Blasphemy : Reliable, End Charges - Cannot run Hexproof, one third of mana reserved Sources of 0.2% fire leech : corrupt amulet implicit, Doryani's belt, etc : easy to find on Eye of Chayula, cheap
ES
Corrupted helmet : Best choice, sacrifices an enchant that is too difficult to find anyways
Elder rare amulet / Atzoatl leech mod : Great choice, can have other stats - Difficult to find/expensive, no Eye of Chayula (stun immunity) Watcher's Eye (Discipline ES on hit) : good complement, not to be relied upon Essence Surge + Watcher's Eye (Discipline faster start) + Recharge Speed : very fast, uncapped compared to leech, good combined with lots of evasion - unreliable on boss fights with sustained damage, need ignite immune flask Warlord's Mark CWDT : Reliable, End Charges, mana free - Cannot run Hexproof, will NOT trigger if taking DoT Warlord's Mark Blasphemy : Reliable, End Charges - Cannot run Hexproof, one third of mana reserved
Mana
Weave the Arcane : must have
Watcher's Eye (+ Clarity Weave the Arcane like) : really good, enables no regen maps, only lvl 1 Clarity required (approx +250 mana freed) - can be expensive, requires good mana pool (2-3k total) Warlord's Mark CWDT : Reliable, End Charges, mana free - Cannot run Hexproof, will NOT trigger if taking DoT, may not trigger against bosses Warlord's Mark Blasphemy : Reliable, End Charges - Cannot run Hexproof, one third of mana reserved Divine Mana Flask : Good ol' mana flask, will never let you down if used properly
Stuns (for ES/hybrid builds)
Ghost Shrouds : best choice for hybrid at the moment
Skyforth : good choice for maxing DPS Kaom's Roots : Good choice, reliable, cheap, lots of life - no sockets, poor mobility Escape Artist + lab enchant on boots : cheaper, good choice for DPS too Eye of Chayula : Best choice for reliability Brine King : meh. ___________________________________________________________________________ HYBRID MoM 3.10 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link - lvl 93 - Gear / Gem / Flask Setup ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ LIFE 50% MoM 3.4 Blade Vortex/Glacial Cascade/Bladefall - PoB Link - lvl 94 - Gear / Gem / Flask Setup ___________________________________________________________________________ Pros compared to the Flame Surge Build : +MOBILTY HOLY SHIT IT FEELS GOOD NOT TO USE A STAFF +Clear speed +Delve friendly +Lots of room for improvement because of the conversion/extra damage mechanics Cons : -Less single target DPS, but still acceptable. -Probably more expensive to max out because of the stat sticks.
Older versions (3.0 to 3.6)
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HYBRID MoM 3.6 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link - lvl 95 - Gear / Gem / Flask Setup ___________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________ LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Armageddon Brand/Frostbolt/Vortex - PoB Link - lvl 94 - Gear / Gem / Flask Setup ___________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________ LIFE 3.2 Gear / Gem / Flask Setup - 50% MoM variation ________________________________________________________________________
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Thanks to Xavyer for this suggestion. This one pushes Mind Over Matter at 50% using Cloak of Defiance and Watcher's Eye. The results are really good.
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Watcher's Eye allows you to run low/no regen maps. Leech comes from amulet. Good alternative, I used to equip it, better evasion/dodge, but less shield, and rolling blue sockets is very hard above 4. Cheaper than Skyforth, although the latter is much cheaper now. Stun immunity enchant is recommended. ________________________________________________________________________ 3.1 Low Life variation - PoB Links ________________________________________________________________________
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Abyss league lacked Zerphi's flask, which makes sustaining damage more difficult, especially without many %life nodes available.
Tried out energy shield, with 2 different versions, and it works quite well : 3.1 Flame Surge - PoB Link 3.1 Blade Vortex/EK - PoB Link +Better surviability +Much better mobility -DPS is lowered, but still good The Blade Vortex version is phys/chaos, but with good shaped items (%phys added), it has so much more potential. ________________________________________________________________________ LIFE 3.0 Gear / Gem / Flask Setup ________________________________________________________________________
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Older version of the build, but still good.
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Increased survivability, can handle reflect/volatile flameblood with proper flask use.
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Why/Why not Pledge of Hands vs. Martyr of Innocence ?
+More DPS +More Mana/Mana regen which is good with MoM +Elemental Equilibrium available ! -No more Freeze/Chill Immunity -You will need Fire Spells, or added fire to spells from another source to be able to ignite, like Cold to Fire, or Magma Orb. Careful if you're using EE. Why not use RF to ignite, like a decent person? -I find having a triggered AoE spell much better for clearing -This build uses ignite, but you actually deal very low burning damage, this would force you to clear everything using Flame Surge (bad idea) -Running RF using a staff instead of a shield is much harder -Black Hole Vortex is so much cooler ! Is there something that will help to survive instead of Zerphi's ? Atziri's Acuity. Does Weave The Arcane mana regen on skill use triggers of each of the spells in the helmet or only from the main 6L spell? It's only the main spell that triggers Weave the Arcane. When you see "use a skill", it means literally pressing the button. Escape artist seems essential for survivability with a body armour with a good amount of evade, but what do you think of the other nodes of ascendant? I originally designed this build as a boss killer, so I try to avoid on kill effects. If you wanna improve clear speed instead, you can take Swift Killer instead of Harness the Void. Patient Reaper has nice effects to increase leech, but I think it's not worth the points. Prolonged Pain is irrelevant to this build. Does the current build with ES use the self-ignite mechanic ? Unfortunately self ignite is off the table with ES builds so I can recharge. When would you advise to switch to CI? When you feel you cannot sustain chaos damage on your life pool. Be sure to have at least 2.5-3k shield. Patient Reaper is also good to sustain shuild at first. Is there a particular reason you run both Arc and Ball Lightning instead of putting a support to boost all three skills? The point of EE is to have at least as much non-fire hits as fire hits per second (see the EE section of the guide) To make it simple : If I socket a support gem in my helmet, I only increase Magma Orb's damage. If I socket a lot of non-fire, fast-hitting spells, I support both FS and MO. I have a 5L Pledge of Hand with fire penetration instead of CD or Immolate (I don't know if its better) Fire Penetration is almost always inferior if you have EE, it begins to be relevant if the target has at least 65-70% fire res. I'd replace it with Immolate, then CD on 6th link. Do you think your Watcher's Eye makes a difference ? ES on hit is nice, but not really a must have, however the Clarity one is really good, and it might be cheaper just to look for one mod. Also, keep an eye out for other mods, like extra mana as shield, this one is worth a lot I took Patient Reaper for easier leveling, and then I switched to Harness the Void when I felt confident enough. You don't need the extra DPS until T13/14 maps. ___________________________________________________________________________ Kitava's Thirst is awesome, try out other versions ! ___________________________________________________________________________ "Kitava's Pen" by Some_Day - HC Inquisitor MoM / Block "The Chaos Lasher" by xposthofx - Berserker/Apep's Rage version "Kitava's Spirit" by Darkblitz9 - Trickster Blade Vortex/Apep's Rage ________________________________________________________________  Thanks for reading, I will update the guide with my progress, with more videos to come. Cheers ! Last edited by Sarodh1 on Jun 24, 2020, 3:23:44 PM Last bumped on Aug 19, 2020, 4:57:44 PM
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Updates ___________________________________________________________________________ 2017 16/08 : Now using Zerphi's Last Breath. 17/08 : New video, trying out 5L Pledge of Hands. 18/08 : Added a short part of Beachhead boss fight. 19/08 : Added Magma Orb, updated gear. 20/08 : New T15 video, and Beachhead boss fight. 29/08 - 1M DPS Editon : Back with 6L Pledge of Hands ! Ｉ Ｍ Ｍ Ｏ Ｌ Ａ Ｔ Ｅ Ｍ Ｍ Ｏ Ｌ Ａ Ｔ Ｅ 03/09 : Updated build. 04/09 : Added Atziri video. 07/09 - Shaperoni Pepperoni Edition : Added EE variant, and Shaper video. 16/09 - Carpet Bombing Edition : Added Dying Sun and +2 Magma Orb Chain enchant. 18/09 - Return of the King Edition : Added Kaom's Heart variation. 27/09 - Definitive Edition : Added Path of Building Link. 2018 19/01 - "ES was fine all along" Edition : Back with ES builds, Flame Surge and Blade Vortex. 01/03 - "This is a buff" Edition : News from 3.2 update. 29/03 : Guide updated for ES build. 11/04 : Added Skyforth and Aspect of the Spider, guide updated. 11/06 : Added 50% MoM variant, and a short gameplay video. 01/06 : News from 3.3 update. 17/06 : Road to 3M Edition : Small updates for the new 3.3 version Ｃ Ｏ Ｍ Ｂ Ｕ Ｓ Ｔ Ｉ Ｏ Ｎ Ｏ Ｍ Ｂ Ｕ Ｓ Ｔ Ｉ Ｏ Ｎ 27/06 : Added Amanamu bossfight. 01/07 : Final build update for Incursion. 17/10 : Delve update with BV variation. 06/12 : News from Betrayal update. 23/12 : Major guide rework with new mechanics. 2019 06/03 : News from Synthesis update. 01/04 : New Elder video. 21/05 : Guide updated with hybrid version. Ｉ Ｎ Ｔ Ｅ Ｎ Ｓ Ｉ Ｆ Ｙ Ｎ Ｔ Ｅ Ｎ Ｓ Ｉ Ｆ Ｙ 2020 13/03 : News from Delirium update. 17/06 : News from Harvest update.
Previous updates - 3.6 to 3.10
Update - April 27th
Spellslinger wasn't that good, so I switched back to Flame Surge with cluster jewels and HOLY SHIT it's good against bosses with cluster jewels : +1 to Intensify, crit multi notables are the best. Pledge of Hands, although a bit slower due to Greater Spell Echo, is still very strong too, I'm pushing towards 15M boss DPS without vaal RF. PoB : https://pastebin.com/k0ucGXT2
Update - March 13th - Delirium
Interesting league. Lots of potential with the Blade Blast. I will try a Spellsligner variation of the original Blade Vortex build, with Blade Blast and BV/EK/BF. Hype!
Update - August 21st - Blight
"To support all the new skills that are available, we have added an ＡＤＤＩＴＩＯＮＡＬ ＢＡＲ ＯＦ ＳＫＩＬＬ ＢＩＮＤＩＮＧＳ." Huge buff. We can now add Focus, totems, golems, and many other support skills open up for experimentation just because of BUTTONS. Anyway, didn't play much at Legion, because life, and the league required a faster clear speed. Going to try the new Pledge of Hands. -Overall DPS is buffed around 20% more with new Pledge of Hands (This is a buff) -Hybrid Trickster is a bit nerfed, but obviously still strong. New 6L setup : Flame Surge - Intensify - Concentrated Effect - Spell Echo - Elemental Focus - Faster Casting Greater Spell Echo gives stacking more multipler similar to Intensify, averaging to 66% more damage with Spell Echo linked (3 repeats). Hype !
Previous updates in 3.6
Update - April 1st
More upgrades, got Spider on gloves, Mark of the Shaper.
7.8k effective HP, 33k evasion, 3.5M Shaper DPS (4.5M with Vaal RF). I'm looking for some final corruptions/enchants, and better rares, but the gear is strong enough to wreck Uber Elder. Btw, I've made a new Elder Video, you can find it here or in the Videos section below. HYBRID MoM 3.6 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link
Update - March 27th
Uber Elder down. Level 93, 7.8k effective HP, 3M DPS (3.8M with Vaal RF).
I started the league with CI, but I quickly switched to hybrid because it is much stronger. 24k evasion with flasks, each Ghost Shroud recovers 1200 ES instantly, with MoM and some dodge on top of that. Intensify is now by far the best support for Flame Surge. Goodbye Controlled Destruction. Wave of Conviction and Purifying Flame further supports FS with -25% fire res, and 100% inc crit chance. This is a buff. HYBRID MoM 3.6 Flame Surge - WoC/Purifying Flame/Arma. Brand - PoB Link
Update - March 6th - Synthesis
The buff streak never ends since 3.1 :
Flame Surge - Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 6 (was 5). - Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 16 (was 15). - Now deals 27 to 40 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 21 to 31) and 563 to 844 Fire damage at gem level 20 (from 514 to 771). (around 10% more damage) - Now gains length as the gem levels, up to +9 length at gem level 20. List of things to try : - ES leech - Ghost Shrouds - Intensify/Unleash Support Gems - Wave of Conviction in helmet Vaal RF is slightly nerfed, but nothing too big. Mana cost changed, it may need some adjustments to optimize mana cost. TEMPORARY POB LINK : ES 3.2 Flame Surge/Wave of Conviction/Armageddon Brand/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 94 Tree : http://poeurl.com/cjig - Based on 3.2 build - Wave of Conviction in helmet missing for now - Ghost Shroud cast speed bonuses are applied with a jewel for now EDIT : Thank you Reddit for losing a node on lots of builds Life Build is same as 3.5 : LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Armageddon Brand/Frostbolt/Vortex - PoB Link - lvl 94
Previous updates in 3.5
Update - January 1st
Happy New Year !
Still farming Uber Elder, and upgrading gear. Especially this : Insanely good DPS upgrade, at the expense of around 1k less effective HP due to Aspect of the Spider Reservation. Btw, I misread the changes on Vortex, and the interaction with Frostbolt is very, very, very strong.
BLACK HOLE VORTEX IS BACK BABY
Level 94, 6.1k effective hp (7k without Spider), 3.5M DPS (4.9M with Vaal RF). I'm close to the 5M milestone, it may happen with a strong double veiled mod + talisman upgrade on the amulet. LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Armageddon Brand/Frostbolt/Vortex - PoB Link - lvl 94
Update - December 25
Merry Christmas !
Currently farming Uber Elder, I'm replacing many old videos for 3.5, and trying to make a proper deathless Elder one. Level 93, 7.1k effective hp, 2.5M DPS (3.5M with Vaal RF). LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade/Armageddon Brand - PoB Link - lvl 93
Update - December 23
Got a fire leech amulet, Skyforth, and my dual Clarity Watcher's Eye ! Also 6L Loreweave just for the lulz.
Going to melt Uber Elder asap. Level 92, 7.1k effective hp, 2.5M DPS (3.5M with Vaal RF). LIFE 40% MoM 3.5 Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade/Armageddon Brand - PoB Link - lvl 92
Update - December 21
Uber Elder down. Not too difficult, but I need some important upgrades (fire leech on helmet, Watcher's Eye dual Clarity) to be able to farm it.
Level 91, 2.5M DPS (3.5M with Vaal RF), 71k effective hp, trying out Loreweave because op. Going to chain farm T16s for now. LIFE 40% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade/Armageddon Brand - PoB Link - lvl 91
Update - December 12
I'm a little behind since I wasted a lot of currency not getting my 6L. FFFFFF-
The build is good. 6k effective HP, around 1M DPS with a 5L and still a lot of room for improvement. Currently finishing red maps, Phoenix is down, I'll try other guardians when I have the currency. -Elemental Equilibrium is perfect with Orb of Storms/Malachai's Artifice -Armageddon brand : --Very reliable ignite --Good AoE DPS that holds up if you are unlucky with procs. --I got the helmet enchant first lab PogChamp Levelling was very easy and cheap with two 4L Armageddon Brand and Flame Surge. LIFE 40% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade/Armageddon Brand - PoB Link - lvl 89 More info later, enjoy !
Update - December 6th - Betrayal
Good things coming, this time I'll go back to the Flame Surge build, most likely with a twist.
BRANDS BRANDS BRANDS Let's recap : -Storm Brand : another way to trigger EE similar to Orb of Storms. -Armageddon Brand : another way to ignite in the helmet without using Herald of Ash, saving mana for MoM. -Malachai's Artifice is buffed, allowing permanant EE procs with Storm Brand or Orb of Storms. Build Changes : -EE significantly more reliable. -New links on helmet : ---Glacial Cascade - Armageddon Brand - Combustion - Immolate ---If there's too much conflict between the brands, I'll use Orb of Storms. -No changes on the skill tree, except moving 3 points from EE to Runesmith (Witch-Shadow area) : http://poeurl.com/cad4 For information : here is the previous build I made : LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 90 GET HYPED
Previous updates in 3.4
Update - October 17th
Back in business after a long pause, for Delve I decided to make a Blade Vortex variation, with GC/Bladefall in helmet.
Currently at level 93, 8k effective hp, around 1M Elder DPS (1.2M with Hatred, but you sacrifice almost 2k effective hp). I killed Uber Elder, I'm farming flawlessly T16s, and I'm currently at depth 340 with no issues. Pros compared to the Flame Surge Build : +MOBILTY HOLY SHIT IT FEELS GOOD NOT TO USE A STAFF +Clear speed +Delve friendly +Lots of room for improvement because of the conversion/extra damage mechanics Cons : -Less single target DPS, but still acceptable. -Probably more expensive to max out because of the stat sticks. LIFE 50% MoM Blade Vortex/Glacial Cascade/Bladefall - PoB Link - lvl 93
Gear
Of course, the classic Flame Surge build I made in Incursion is still good : LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 90 As usual, I'll keep the guide updated with my progress. Enjoy !
Update - August 30th - Delve
Killed Uber Elder before the end of Incursion, forgot to record it. ^^'
The Flame Dash buff is really nice (Thanks GGG™), otherwise there's nothing new for Delve, build is the same as before. The buff streak is over! Same as before, I'll update the guide with my progress. I'll start the league later in the month though. Passive tree updated for 3.4 (minor changes in the Templar area) : LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 90
Previous updates in 3.3
Update - July 1st
Level 90 - 3.5M Shaper DPS with frenzy charges, 7.4k effective HP.
Added the equipment to the build guide. LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 90
Update - June 27
Level 89, farming T16s easily. Added a +2 AoE helmet to boost GC's damage.
Still some upgrades to go. I also added a lich fight in the Videos section. LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 89 Also testing a variant with Mark of the Shaper and 0.5% leech helmet, increased surviability with no dps loss : LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 89
Update - June 18
Started the character yesterday, currently at level 83, 2.4M Shaper DPS with lots of room to improve.
Dropped Magma Orb for Combustion, and it is indeed very OP. Orb of Storms feels great with Faster Casting, ticking fast. Ball lightning goes well with GC now. Corrupted helmets can now have 0.5% fire leech (ilvl 50 min) ! The build is still rough right now and will be fine-tuned in the next days. LIFE 50% MoM Flame Surge/Glacial Cascade - PoB Link - lvl 84
Update - June 1st - Incursion
Massive buffs incoming :
-25% more damage with Flame Surge -Buffs to Orb of Storms and Ball Lightning which will improve EE significantly -Buffs to Magma Orb and Arc for clear speed -Combustion Support Same as before, I'll update the guide with my progress. (GGG pls buff Flame Dash)
TL;DR 3.2 Path of Building links - still usable
Last edited by Sarodh1 on Jun 17, 2020, 6:12:04 AM
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Awesome build and very unique. I've tried several Shadow builds in 3.0. Yours is the best by far. Thanks.
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Thank you very much ! :)
I'm looking for other ways to improve it, I am open to suggestions. | |
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easy way to add fire to spells without the staff, is just use anger aura
my builds:
- COLB (Cast On Last Breath) first ever build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1632595 - the Flash: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1367774 - the oro's bridle build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1409823 | |
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Did you kill Atziri with that build?
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" Yeah, I was about to try a CoH setup on Orb of Storms, that would leave enough mana to replace Blasphemy by Anger. However, it's an additionnal 15% mana reserved, that is a lot of mana that is lost. Magma Orb is quite good too. " Of course ! This build is designed to melt bosses like Atziri, Izaro, or guardians. I'll make some videos when I have the time. Atziri is fairly easy, if you're careful not to hit the mirror. Last edited by Sarodh1 on Sep 4, 2017, 10:21:33 PM
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Thanks for the answer. The build is really nice and unique! :)
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Bumping, added Shaper video.
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Cool build! Have you thought about using that sword that heals when you get ignited? Might be good for this build since you can use whirling blades, fortify and also the added healing. Or do you think it's tanky enough?
Also what weapon do you recommend now? Pledge? Is the EE version the best? Last edited by dantven on Sep 11, 2017, 3:13:55 AM
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