[3.18] Gryph's Tank Simulator - A Detonate Dead Ignite Elementalist

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Gryphenprey wrote:

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blah2k6 wrote:

Considering to play this build at some point this league, but going to start with another elementalist ignite build.

Any suggestions what to play until unearth gear becomes available?

Currently considering:
Hexblast Ignite
Fire Trap Ignite
EA Ballista Ignite

EA Ballistae is the most meta option.
Fire Trap will work fine but traps are somewhat clunky imo.
Hexblast is likely fine.

I would consider Vaal Arc Ignite as the clear on it is superb and damage is still respectable.

Ideally you want something that's not going to require a massive respec later, but that also depends on how much of the Unearth Gear you end up wanting to accumulate first.

Incidentally, a level 21 Base Quality Unearth is still good for 2.560 base fire damage for DD and 3,840 base fire damage for Vaal DD.

To compare, new Fireball at level 20 has average 2k-ish fire damage. If you use a Martyr of Innocence with that and its new 370% added damage effectiveness you're looking at about 4.4k base fire damage on a level 20 Fireball.

Of course, if you have the +5 Unearth Corpse Level Helmet enchant, that alone will bring that damage up to 4,324 and 6,485 base fire damage respectively.

Just some food for thought.
Also, gem level on Unearth is absolutely MASSIVE on lower level gem. For example, the corpse level difference from a level 19 gem and a level 20 gem is 3 corpse levels (77 vs 80).

To put into perspective that's 2,498 (77) and 3,422 (80) with VDD. Approximately 37% more base fire damage.

So, even when looking to switch to Unearth without the alt quality gem, I would want to make sure to get it to at least level 20 after any +gem levels on gear before switching.

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ruey50 wrote:

In the POB, you put monster corpse life as 312000, but when I search Unearth Corpse Life, at LV90 its about 31200, just wondering is my source outdated or you put one more Zero

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ruey50 wrote:

HI

In the POB, you put monster corpse life as 312000, but when I search Unearth Corpse Life, at LV90 its about 31200, just wondering is my source outdated or you put one more Zero

Thanks

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NoImagination wrote:

RE: levelling, some trees with a lot DPS of & enough life that lets us easily switch to DD:

Act 1
Act 2
Act 3 (switched to Arma Brand + Wave of Conviction @ 28, note 2 respec points spent)
Act 4
Act 6
Act 10

I do stormblast mine, orb of storms, frost bomb til 28.

Armabrand, faster casting, combustion, controlled destruction + Wave of conviction, added lightning, combustion, added cold. Skitterbots, herald of thunder. Flame dash, smoke mine, arcane surge. Unearth in off weapon to level.

Then end of Act 4, add ignite prolif and immolate at the expense of controlled destruction & faster casting for armabrand.

Then after clearing strand in Act 6, add second wind to movement links, and update wave of conviction with intensify and added fire instead of added light and added cold. This is also where you can get DPS links to level.

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NoImagination wrote:

I was also 5:45 - also did a couple of runs this week, having not tried to go fast before (and having not played this build before). First run was 6:15.

I found it awkward to have 3 DPS skills, so just used arma brand on packs I could run past, and WOC on ones I needed out of the way. But I DID use flammability, so perhaps your plan is a better optimisation. Desecrate/cremation feels awkward for me to use though.

And I also also finished at 65. Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/NEHpr6EA

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NoImagination wrote:

Something like this seems good:

WOC - combustion - intensify - added fire
Arma brand - hextouch - flammability - ignite prolif
Flame surge, conc effect, controlled destruction, ele focus
(movement skills)
(auras)

But no cremation/desecrate. I guess the problem is socket pressure, but with hextouch it doesn't require any more clicking than I'm used to

Perhaps this is something you could get going in time for A7 lab - hextouch boss, wave of conviction him once, then flame surge to DPS him.

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Gryphenprey wrote:

Main reason for me to use Flame Surge is for the 25% more damage from the burning ground. So don't even need links necessarily. Maybe Spell totem it?

Also, intensify isn't a support I want to use as it doesn't add any damage to the ignites. Cruelty is better as it adds to both the hit AND the DOT (I also take the 30% cruelty effect mastery for campaign).

So maybe something like WoC - Combustion - Cruelty - Added Fire (sad that witch doesn't get this in act 1)