[3.21] Aegis Incinerate Elementalist - Tank with over 10mil Shaper DPS!

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Mastodonic wrote:

Tower is one of the best maps for scourge I've found. I've gotten to 200 stacks in there

nice! I think 170ish was my record so far in a regular map.

So I just tested a T13 bog map with Deep breaths and 20%Q quality second wind. If you switch to nightmare with 2 charges of infernal cry you can get 4 infernal cries off during the duration.
For regular mapping it felt like I always had infernal cry up for every pack. The aoe is so massive that the entire screen + 1 is cleared. By the time you pickup a few things, move deep into the next pack it's always ready again (6 second cd).

I don't think I'll use anomalous second wind, kinda defeats the purpose. It feels really really comfy always having infernal cry available.

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Mastodonic wrote:

So I just tested a T13 bog map with Deep breaths and 20%Q quality second wind. If you switch to nightmare with 2 charges of infernal cry you can get 4 infernal cries off during the duration.
For regular mapping it felt like I always had infernal cry up for every pack. The aoe is so massive that the entire screen + 1 is cleared. By the time you pickup a few things, move deep into the next pack it's always ready again (6 second cd).

I don't think I'll use anomalous second wind, kinda defeats the purpose. It feels really really comfy always having infernal cry available.

Thank you for the update! Let me know if anything changes in your extended testing. I may give this a shot since it is so cheap to anoint. I think I already have all the material needed.

@Mastodonic thank you for the explanation on the degen, and abberbath suggestion, Ill give that a shot!

@alexartak +1 amulets were surprising cheap especially if you dont need stats or resists, and like Andy says incinerate damage by its level a lot. Here is a search link where you can add more stuff you want:

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Scourge/bK6vqrdIL

Edit: Well, that was exciting! Took like messaging 20 people to buy a few divine vessles, and had to buy the summit map (T16) that had the mob all monster hits ignites (but in a way it's good since my flask will give me 6 seconds immunity if used while ignited). Maven was there too, but I killed the boss without dying. Feeling good I start to clear the map, good damage and tankiness, then all of a sudden I drain to death. Now I have the abbrerath upgraded as well for burning ground. I might have to sacrifice a few points to get corrupted blood immunity too...

Edit2: I had to sacrifice the first 4 points out of witch starting area to fit in the corrupted jewel (which thankfully for 10c also had 14% fire damage and 2% cast speed). Surprisingly those nodes are just about 2.3% dps each, so you guys can prioritize some other nodes which are 4-5% each and get 1-2 points back

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Chubbypuppy wrote:

Edit2: I had to sacrifice the first 4 points out of witch starting area to fit in the corrupted jewel (which thankfully for 10c also had 14% fire damage and 2% cast speed). Surprisingly those nodes are just about 2.3% dps each, so you guys can prioritize some other nodes which are 4-5% each and get 1-2 points back

Well, when I used to play HC there was the old saying
"can't deal damage when you're dead"

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Mastodonic wrote:

Well, when I used to play HC there was the old saying
"can't deal damage when you're dead"

Unless you detonate dead!

Ba da dum, remember to tip your waitress! :D

Golden oil is a lot cheaper now. I went ahead and get whisper of doom anyway since the dps increase is almost 16 percent for me now.

I am thinking if there are other ways to get deep breath. Being able infernal cry off the map would be real cool

I was thinking about using a medium cluster with evil eye and wish for death. in theory it would give us culling strike and 6% increased damage against cursed enemies, and a free gem slot, if you have CS on wave of conviction. what do you think?

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Brigetiol wrote:

I was thinking about using a medium cluster with evil eye and wish for death. in theory it would give us culling strike and 6% increased damage against cursed enemies, and a free gem slot, if you have CS on wave of conviction. what do you think?

The key to your question is stun. If you feel like you are getting stunned very little with only one Unwavering Focus, then you can feel free to try another medium cluster like the one you mentioned.

However, getting stunned is a DPS nightmare for us because even just the smallest, quickest stun resets Incinerate back to 0 channels so keep your eye on that closely.

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

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Brigetiol wrote:

I was thinking about using a medium cluster with evil eye and wish for death. in theory it would give us culling strike and 6% increased damage against cursed enemies, and a free gem slot, if you have CS on wave of conviction. what do you think?

The key to your question is stun. If you feel like you are getting stunned very little with only one Unwavering Focus, then you can feel free to try another medium cluster like the one you mentioned.

However, getting stunned is a DPS nightmare for us because even just the smallest, quickest stun resets Incinerate back to 0 channels so keep your eye on that closely.

I'll test it, if I get interrupted. 4 more maps to get to the crusaders.
edit: i could only test with A8 Baran, Veritania and a rare Minotaur map. nothing really bad happened, but I see, that based on the numbers this is risky. it is just fun to experiment with new things:)