[3.18] Wallach's Siege Ballista Hierophant (Enjoy Consistent Character Balance)

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2MASxD wrote:

Hey,
I have a question about the Acendancy
The guide says one thing and the PoB says another thing.

So do we want Divine Guidance or not?

imo its good and annoying.

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Wallach wrote:

Pursuit of Faith -> Ritual of Awakening -> Conviction of Power -> Divine Guidance

Standard ascendancy order for Hierophant totem builds. It's worth noting however that we don't have much unreserved mana in this build, and Divine Guidance will cause you to take 10% of damage as mana instead of life; this means degens can sometimes sap your mana unexpectedly. That said, you still have a fair amount of mana regen in this build due to the amount of totems, and as soon as the degen is removed your mana will return in less than a second.

If you find yourself bumping into issues with being mana drained, you can also just choose to skip Divine Guidance and take two minor ascendancy nodes instead. You'll lose a small amount of damage (2-3%) from the loss of Transfiguration of Mind and have a bit less overall mana regen, but you'll avoid the issue of mana drain entirely. I've been running this way during Sourge league to deal with some of the heavy unremovable degen effects on some Scourged maps.

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bouboubibila wrote:

I've noticed you don't have EE in the POB.

Should we take it or not? And if so, will it work with just Hyrri's Demise? Or do we need some extra added light/fire added damage on the rings or gloves?

How does EE work anyway? It's extremely confusing... :p

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Wallach wrote:

You'll also be taking Elemental Equilibrium during this act, which means Herald of Ash needs to be dropped if you are still using it, and you need to do a final check on your gear to make sure you don't have any added fire damage coming from anything. You can simply hover over the Explosive Arrow skill in your hotbar and check for any line that says "X to Y Fire Damage" - the only line that mentions fire damage should be the line that says "Explosions deal (X) to (Y) Added Fire Damage". To take advantage of Elemental Equilibrium, you also will need at least one source of either cold or lightning damage (or both). If you can't craft a Hyrri's Bite unique quiver (selling 1 rare Onyx amulet, 1 Rain of Arrows skill gem with 1% or more quality, 1 white Sharktooth Quiver and 1 Orb of Chance to any vendor), you just need to have one item that has "adds X cold / lightning damage" somewhere. That can be on your bow, your quiver, your gloves or a jewelry piece. This will cause your ballista arrows to deal cold / lightning damage on hit, which will in turn apply 25% Fire Exposure to the enemy. Your explosions will remove that exposure, but your ballistae will be firing so constantly that it will be immediately re-applied long before the next explosion.

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bouboubibila wrote:

I've noticed you don't have EE in the POB.

Should we take it or not? And if so, will it work with just Hyrri's Demise? Or do we need some extra added light/fire added damage on the rings or gloves?

How does EE work anyway? It's extremely confusing... :p

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Zuuule wrote:

But again, as stated above, you won't want this node once you transition to SB anyway.

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Sigosuu wrote:

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Nishiroo wrote:

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Sigosuu wrote:

good jewel but. we dont deal alot of dmg. Its ignore ur dmg. not the totems.

But if it works. We can save some point. And change penetraton on crits. Sound like great dmg boost.

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bouboubibila wrote:

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Zuuule wrote:

But again, as stated above, you won't want this node once you transition to SB anyway.

All right, I've done a bit of research, and I think I understand how it works. Since you hit mobs with some flat cold damage right away with SB, you won't get the exposure, unlike EA where the fire damage is delayed. I'm still not sure whether I fully understand the mechanic or not, but I've removed it anyway.

Also, what about Iron Grip? Since we'll all end up with at least 300 strength, 60%+ proj dmg seems like a juicy addition to the build. Or am I missing something again? :p