[3.28] Fire Trap of Blasting - tanky, all content

I started the league with this build. It started off rough but got fun quickly. Chunking bosses is fun. Cheers!

When do you suggest is the right time to switch to the Blasting version? I can get up to 65.8% crit chance with 5 power charges currently.

Also, the leveling tree link in your "PoB" section goes to the wrong thing. Please update the link.

Im trying to figure out some setups.

Just switched to low life and im confused. Do I link both petrified blood + precision to arrogance?


Also, somewhere you suggest to use wave of conviction on brand, somewhere else wave is replaced by assassin's mark.

If i try to put assassin's mark on automation doesnt work, since it doesnt have any CD i think. Do you just hardcast it?


Also when do you cut out steelskin for immortal call? With the gloves?


Also, before the final setup you use phase rush, but doesnt it just remove our frenzy charges for some zooming?

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PizzaTheorem#3306 wrote:

When do you suggest is the right time to switch to the Blasting version? I can get up to 65.8% crit chance with 5 power charges currently.

It's been a week and I have an update on this. I switched right away to Blasting at about 66% crit chance and it still felt good. I can get about 88% now. After that, I went low life once I got the gloves and a level 3 Enlighten for Skitterbots, Zealotry, and Grace.

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Pheu#6096 wrote:

Im trying to figure out some setups.

Just switched to low life and im confused. Do I link both petrified blood + precision to arrogance?


Also, somewhere you suggest to use wave of conviction on brand, somewhere else wave is replaced by assassin's mark.

If i try to put assassin's mark on automation doesnt work, since it doesnt have any CD i think. Do you just hardcast it?


Also when do you cut out steelskin for immortal call? With the gloves?


Also, before the final setup you use phase rush, but doesnt it just remove our frenzy charges for some zooming?

Petrified Blood and Precision are both on Arrogance. You level the Precision until you're low life.

For the curse setup, I'm following the one written in the "gem links" section of the guide. Assassin's Mark and the other curses go on Arcanist Brand. I didn't use Wave of Conviction.

I didn't see Immortal Call or Phase Run. Where are you looking?

Thanks for the build guide.
I tried to make it work, but in terms of damage, it feels like nothing you have been showing in the sample videos.
I cannot see any major difference (despite the +2 extra levels on tinker skin).
Do you have any idea, where I am off und why damage feels so bad?

https://pobb.in/IcqA-er4AICE

Hello,
I’m from Japan, so I apologize if my English is not perfect.

I’m currently running T13 maps, but my defenses feel unstable and I often die suddenly.
I suspect it might be due to physical damage, but I’m not entirely sure.

What should I focus on to improve my character’s survivability?

Here is my PoB:
https://pobb.in/ngbQBkWCANwW

If you need more information, please let me know.

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VOID#9724 wrote:

I’m currently running T13 maps, but my defenses feel unstable and I often die suddenly.
I suspect it might be due to physical damage, but I’m not entirely sure.

I believe this happens mainly because of physical damage or chaos damage. Chaos damage can easily be reduced by chaos resistance (75% should be enough). Physical damage can be mitigated by having defence auras like Flesh and Stone*. You can also try to get more evasion rating to avoid getting hit (most physical damage comes from attack, evasion allows to avoid some of them).

* By the way, I noticed there are two sets of gems in your pob. Probably you only use one of them. I recommend to clear pob from unnecessary gems / items to make it easier to understand.

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Pheu#6096 wrote:

Just switched to low life and im confused. Do I link both petrified blood + precision to arrogance?

Yes, both should be linked to Arrogance.

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Also, somewhere you suggest to use wave of conviction on brand, somewhere else wave is replaced by assassin's mark.

If i try to put assassin's mark on automation doesnt work, since it doesnt have any CD i think. Do you just hardcast it?

I drop Arcanist Brand and hardcast Assassin Mark on bosses. Marks have infinite duration, so I do it only once.

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Also when do you cut out steelskin for immortal call? With the gloves?

they're interchangable, try it and see what you like more. Immortal Call uptime can be rough without Fleshgrafts though.

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Also, before the final setup you use phase rush, but doesnt it just remove our frenzy charges for some zooming?

Yes, it does. But at this point, damage is sufficient and zooming is highly sought after.

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matzebrock#2755 wrote:

Thanks for the build guide.
I tried to make it work, but in terms of damage, it feels like nothing you have been showing in the sample videos.
I cannot see any major difference (despite the +2 extra levels on tinker skin).
Do you have any idea, where I am off und why damage feels so bad?

https://pobb.in/IcqA-er4AICE

The only difference is +2 levels - but it's huge numerically. Skill dps grows expotentially with levels until 35 lvl or so.

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Hello,
I’m from Japan, so I apologize if my English is not perfect.

I’m currently running T13 maps, but my defenses feel unstable and I often die suddenly.
I suspect it might be due to physical damage, but I’m not entirely sure.

What should I focus on to improve my character’s survivability?

Here is my PoB:
https://pobb.in/ngbQBkWCANwW

If you need more information, please let me know.

Looks ok, but there's a thing - you lack Anathema ring - so you can apply only 1 curse. It seriously lowers your damage, mobs die too slow and manage to kill you. I think that with enough dps you will be fine. Also, your Steelskin is linked with Arcane Surge, it can make mana cost to high and skill doesn't trigger consistently.

You can change Discipline aura for Flesh and Stone and use Sand Stance, it's stronger desense layer against Chaos Damage, as it bypasses Energy Shield.

Another thing - get +2 life/+2 energy shield roll on your Dark Seer sceptre, it can make a difference.

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Nlckname#5587 wrote:

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VOID#9724 wrote:

I’m currently running T13 maps, but my defenses feel unstable and I often die suddenly.
I suspect it might be due to physical damage, but I’m not entirely sure.

I believe this happens mainly because of physical damage or chaos damage. Chaos damage can easily be reduced by chaos resistance (75% should be enough). Physical damage can be mitigated by having defence auras like Flesh and Stone*. You can also try to get more evasion rating to avoid getting hit (most physical damage comes from attack, evasion allows to avoid some of them).

* By the way, I noticed there are two sets of gems in your pob. Probably you only use one of them. I recommend to clear pob from unnecessary gems / items to make it easier to understand.

Thank you very much.

I’ll try using Flesh and Stone and getting more evasion rating.

Also, thank you for pointing out the issue with my PoB.
I still don’t fully understand how to use PoB properly, so I’ll do some more research and learn more about it.