Molten Strike projectile question

Magma projectiles have 60% phys. dmg converted to fire.

If I use Ngamahu's flame 2h axe which converts 50% of phys. dmg to fire, does it mean the projectiles are 100% fire damage ?

If it's the case, I wonder if elemental focus would be better (I know it's 10% less damage compared to Conc effect) but it woulnd't affect the AoE and therefore, maybe get more overlap explosion dmg with GMP ?

Aoe also affects the area over which zhe balls spread. Due to how hitboxes work conc effect is more effective since it allows more projectiles to hit the same enemy.

humm, fair enough, didn't know about this specific aspect of the mechanics of magma balls..

what about the fire conversion ? with Ngamahu's flame 2h axe which converts 50% of phys. dmg to fire, and 60% phys to fire for magma balls, am I getting 100% pure fire dmg?

sorry, I always have a hard time with dmg conversion mechanics and order.

If you're referring to Molten Strike's 60% conversion this does not apply to Molten Burst even though the mechanics are very similar.

If you want 100% conversion get Avatar of Fire in the tree or even better:



Edit: If you are using Molten Strike then the answer is yes, all your Molten Strike damage will be converted to Fire Damage with Ngamahu's Flame... but it does not apply to the Molten Burst damage from the axe. So if you happen to have enough phys support gems (Melee Phys, PPAD, Point Blank) in your axe then physical reflect from Molten Burst can still kill you. ;)

thx alot for the clarification... yes, I'm talking about Molten burst but on poe wiki, it says :

"It is similar to the projectile portion of Molten Strike inventory icon.pngMolten Strike [1]"

so in my case, only 50% conversion from the weapon itself gets converted. So it's not optimal to have a WED 20/20 like I have now in this case.

Are you using two different setups or do you have the axe 6-linked for Molten Strike?

I've seen some build doing that, not really bothering to optimise Molten Burst as it will benefit from some of the Molten Strike support gems anyway.

In any case, Xoph's Blood is the best choice.

I use Cyclone with Blood Rage + fortify + perma Onslaught to maximize the proc rate of the Ngamahu's flame axe.

I have 6 (not linked) sockets in the axe. I made several tests (with and without pierce, slower projectiles, point blasnk, GMP, conc effect VS elem. focus etc...)
It's really hard to figure it out since we can't get a tooltip for Molten Burst.

I can definately say it's quite powerful by the speed I down Voll in Arid Lake... compared with other toons/skills

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Wasn't it listed on the character sheet, just like glove Enchants are? I don't have one atm, just going from memory here.

oh!!! wow ! yes it is ! :-)) I didn't know ! cool ! thx alot

In this case Xoph's Blood is your best bet.

I'm using WED, Fire Pen, PPAD, GMP, Conc Effect and Point Blank. If you take the Point Blank keystone in the tree then Elemental Focus is the best choice for the sixth socket.

I believe, the character sheet only reflects the initial damage of a single projectile but says nothing about the explosions.