[No longer updated] Pizza Sticks: Flameblast Totem Hierophant

What about using this as well?

Hrimburn/Hrimsorrow can be used to replace the phys to lightning with a different gem for a decent DPS increase, but the far better option, although harder, is to get the GC conversion enchant on your helm. I believe the highest DPS variant of the GC totem build will include Soul Mantle, Self-Flagellation, 2 Kikazaru, and the GC conversion enchant on your helm.

Any reason why you are not using Leap Slap instead of Whirling Blades? This can be used to move around and jump over obstacles so there will be no need for flame dash.

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Dromlin написал:

Hrimburn/Hrimsorrow can be used to replace the phys to lightning with a different gem for a decent DPS increase, but the far better option, although harder, is to get the GC conversion enchant on your helm. I believe the highest DPS variant of the GC totem build will include Soul Mantle, Self-Flagellation, 2 Kikazaru, and the GC conversion enchant on your helm.

Between Hrim and Phys-Light, which option is better? I think the Phys-Light gem can help us shock bosses, so effective dps may be actually higher, right?

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bibanul написал:

Any reason why you are not using Leap Slap instead of Whirling Blades? This can be used to move around and jump over obstacles so there will be no need for flame dash.

If you're using a wand/scepter, you cannot whirling blade. Personally, I think shield charge is the best and you can use leap/warp as alternative to cross gaps

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bibanul написал:

Any reason why you are not using Leap Slap instead of Whirling Blades? This can be used to move around and jump over obstacles so there will be no need for flame dash.

Because Leap Slam requires sword, axe, mace, or staff, and none of those weapons can give anywhere near as high a dmg as dagger can. This build isn't exactly strict when it comes to gem setups, so it's not hard at all to have both whirling blades and flame dash for warping. If you really dislike whirling blades, like wiwigvn said in the previous post, you can use a wand/shield or dagger/shield and use shield charge.

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wiwigvn написал:

Between Hrim and Phys-Light, which option is better? I think the Phys-Light gem can help us shock bosses, so effective dps may be actually higher, right?

If you're just talking about straight DPS increases, Hrim would easily beat out Phys-Light on high tier map bosses. Remember, in 3.0 the increased damage from Shock is 50% only if you deal 10% of the target's maximum life in ONE hit. I don't know about you, but my lightning damage is nowhere near doing 10% of the target's max life in one hit. I'm rounding way up, but my lightning damage per crit hit is like 25k maximum. That's nowhere close to being enough dmg to give a good increase of dmg from Shock. I don't think it's even 1% increased damage in high tier maps against bosses. Most of our damage comes not from high damage per hit, but from multiple totems casting multiple GC.

As for whether Hrim is a smart choice is another matter. If you're using Soul Mantle and 2 Kikazaru for the Self-Flagellation jewel, then trying to wear another unique for gloves is going to be really hard on your resistances most likely.

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Dromlin написал:

If you're just talking about straight DPS increases, Hrim would easily beat out Phys-Light on high tier map bosses. Remember, in 3.0 the increased damage from Shock is 50% only if you deal 10% of the target's maximum life in ONE hit. I don't know about you, but my lightning damage is nowhere near doing 10% of the target's max life in one hit. I'm rounding way up, but my lightning damage per crit hit is like 25k maximum. That's nowhere close to being enough dmg to give a good increase of dmg from Shock. I don't think it's even 1% increased damage in high tier maps against bosses. Most of our damage comes not from high damage per hit, but from multiple totems casting multiple GC.

As for whether Hrim is a smart choice is another matter. If you're using Soul Mantle and 2 Kikazaru for the Self-Flagellation jewel, then trying to wear another unique for gloves is going to be really hard on your resistances most likely.

Any info on the curse effects of the Soul Mantle? If it's not lv20 curse effect, perhaps we can use 1 kikazaru and help ourselves with a rare ring?

Ah, I checked pedia and it says lv20 curse. More interestingly, I now learn that "Totem dies" include all three cases, out of life, expiration or totem limit.

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wiwigvn написал:

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Dromlin написал:

If you're just talking about straight DPS increases, Hrim would easily beat out Phys-Light on high tier map bosses. Remember, in 3.0 the increased damage from Shock is 50% only if you deal 10% of the target's maximum life in ONE hit. I don't know about you, but my lightning damage is nowhere near doing 10% of the target's max life in one hit. I'm rounding way up, but my lightning damage per crit hit is like 25k maximum. That's nowhere close to being enough dmg to give a good increase of dmg from Shock. I don't think it's even 1% increased damage in high tier maps against bosses. Most of our damage comes not from high damage per hit, but from multiple totems casting multiple GC.

As for whether Hrim is a smart choice is another matter. If you're using Soul Mantle and 2 Kikazaru for the Self-Flagellation jewel, then trying to wear another unique for gloves is going to be really hard on your resistances most likely.

Any info on the curse effects of the Soul Mantle? If it's not lv20 curse effect, perhaps we can use 1 kikazaru and help ourselves with a rare ring?

Ah, I checked pedia and it says lv20 curse. More interestingly, I now learn that "Totem dies" include all three cases, out of life, expiration or totem limit.

I dont recommend you using only 1 kikazaru with Self-Flagellation build. Specially in HC.

Just use a "Remove curse" potion?

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Z4kki написал:

Just use a "Remove curse" potion?

Using flasks of warding to remove curses will work with Soul Mantle, but won't give as high a DPS potential as using 2 Kikazaru and Self-Flagellation. Both options work for dealing with the curses, but using flasks feels clunky IMO. I ran with flasks of warding, before I switched to the Kikazaru option, and there were more map mods where I would have to be careful. Reflect elemental dmg with no regen and reduced flask charges gained were both more difficult than they really should have been. If you can afford it, it's really not too expensive to buy 2 Kikazaru and a Self-Flagellation. The hardest part will be switching around gear to account for the 2 unique rings.

Loving the damage with this build, even with league starter gear.

There are some map bosses I have trouble with however. Specifically, bosses with bows like the bird in canyon or bosses that are just annoying like the one in vaal pryamid that spams reave like crazy. Fuck the broken prince in vaal pryamid man, I've had to spam flasks to stay alive against that T3 boss every time I run this map. I have 4k life and he builds up his reave on the totems, so the AoE covers the entire room after the 2nd or 3rd hit and rapidly stuns me and drains my mana.

Also, should I be using soul mantle? I have a chest with 111 life and near 1000 armor and I'm worried about giving that survivability up for damage?