Ведьма - [3.26] NefariousDestiny's Self-Cast Storm Burst Elementalist | League Start to 200m DPS - Форум

Hello! Your resident Storm Burst player here with an in-depth zero-to-hero guide. If you like throwing 100+ BALLS around at your opponents while standing still under 10 defensive layers, this is the build for you.

This build had a previous version as an Inquisitor back in 3.17. You can see that guide here. It is now significantly stronger!

Path of Building Files

These are all actual snapshots of my character during 3.26
Lvl 50
Pre-Maps
Lvl 80
Red Maps
Ashes of the Stars Swap
Uber Capable
Mageblood Min-max

Mercenary Setup

Videos

New videos currently in progress! Here's a couple from 3.17 for now:

T16 Map w/ Spell Suppression, Extra Life, and Resists
Delve Depth 800

Pros:

Build is online immediately in Act 1
Smooth Progression
High Boss DPS
Inexpensive
Explody Clear
Its fun to control 100+ balls like its the power of the sun

Cons:

Standing still leaves you vulnerable
Frostblink can feel clunky without investment
You have to craft some of your gear items because they are too niche
There are no MTX =(

What is Storm Burst?
Storm Burst will create orbs that deal Physical/Lightning damage immediately, then again every 0.4 seconds until you stop channeling. When you stop channeling, they deal another burst of damage for every 0.4 seconds they had left.

Storm Burst excels in two areas: setup for a boss by channeling 100+ orbs, or burst down mobs in maps with quick 10-20 ball explosions. The core idea is that we want to sustain our channeling as long as we want, setting up defensive layers and damage that reward sustained channeling while standing still.

Damage Scaling

We can scale our damage in the following ways:
1. Duration - longer duration means more active orbs and stronger explosions. Is also Storm Burst's quality stat. This scaling only works in 0.4 second increments.
2. Increased Physical/Lighting/Spell Damage - we can gain large chunks of this stat from several sources.
3. Gain % of damage as additional damage - Physical to Lightning, Physical to Fire, Physical to Chaos, and Elemental to Chaos are powerful sources of this effect.
4. Cast Speed - Scaling up the already extremely fast cast speed on Storm Burst feels great, if we can sustain the mana.
5. Gem Levels - Storm Burst scales pretty well with gem levels.
6. Added Spell Damage - despite the low damage effectiveness, Storm Burst's hitrate makes added spell damage a decent choice.
7. Herald Effect - We use 4 heralds, so scaling herald effect is extremely effective.
8. Golem Buff Effect - We use 4 golems, so scaling golem effect is extremely effective.
9. Area of Effect - Larger AoE means more orbs hit. Storm Burst already has built in AoE scaling per level, so this isn't very important.

We are going to use Elemental Overload and Shade of Solaris instead of scaling crit.

Defensive Scaling

We scale our defense in the following ways:
1. Health and Energy Shield with Corrupted Soul - I have 4,000 of each
2. Life and Energy Shield on Spell Hit - Life on Hit comes form Shaper/Crusader Rings, Energy Shield on Hit from a Discipline Watcher's Eye
3. Armour - 10,000+
4. Elemental and Chaos Resists - 75% without Mageblood
5. Attack/Spell Block - 32% and 46% respectively
6. Vaal Molten Shell + Automation Setup - Extremely Effective with Duration and Cooldown Reduction scaling that we already have
7. Reduced Damage Taken - from Arctic Armour, Infused Channelling, Stone Golem of Safeguarding, and Frost shield
8. Consecrated Ground
9. Greater Harbinger of Focus - Grants immunity to Stun, Curses, Elemental Ailments, and 20% reduced damage taken. Scales well with Runegraft of the Warp.
10. Reduced damage dealt - Sigil of Power, Curses, Malediction (most of this comes from my
Mercenary)

Breakpoints
Storm Burst will only deal more damage for every 0.4 seconds of duration, so you'll need to look at the breakpoints for % Increased Duration when gearing up. It can get pretty confusing with all the quality and gem levels, so I've created an interactive spreadsheet for this exact purpose:
Duration Breakpoints Worksheet

Gear

All gear slots will include my leveling gear, higher budget, and min-max varieties. I'll try to include some alternative options too.

Weapon

With Elemental Overload, there's no contest. I used an Unholy Might corrupt to scale any extra chaos damage with free wither stacks.

Offhand/Shield

This one is also a no brainer. The Greater Harbinger of Focus grants Elemental Ailment Immunity, Stun Immunity, Curse Immunity, and 20% reduced damage taken. It has a 4 second uptime and 4 second downtime, but that can be improved with a Runegraft of the Warp. If you don't need the resistance, you can try for a good corruption (gem levels, block chance).

Remember to summon your Harbinger on logging in!

Chest

Sporeguard synergizes really well with our "don't move" and "deal every type of damage" thing we have going. The fungal ground gives us 25% chaos resistance and gives enemies -10% all resistances. Exploding is also a nice touch. More Duration Support gets an extra 1% if you get it to level 23, so keep that in mind for corrupted implicits.

Annoint with Utmost Intellect. We're replacing all our small intelligence nodes with tattoos, so we need this.

Helmet

I'm enjoying this Rage grants Spell Damage tech. Our mana spend is so high that we are almost always capped on Rage. This helmet is an easy way to satisfy the Armour and Energy Shield Mastery requirement while getting the required Reservation Implicit. We benefit from the Strength here too (more on that in Tattoos).

Gloves

There are two really powerful veiled mods that scale well with our duration stat: Increased Damage and Onslaught during Soul Gain Prevention. I also use this to scale Herald of Ash even further, and grant Fire Exposure. If you aren't using a Doryani Mercenary, use Lightning Exposure instead of Fire Exposure. If you don't have Awakened Controlled Destruction, use the Unnerve Implicit instead of Herald Buff Effect.

Make sure the gloves are Armour/Energy Shield for the Armour and Energy Shield Mastery.

Boots

Four important properties on our boots:
1. Armour and Energy Shield
2. Cooldown Recovery Rate Implicit - makes Frostblink feel better
3. Action Speed Implicit
4. Hybrid Attribute Craft

The Hybrid Attribute craft allows us to make sure our Strength and Intelligence match. Atleast one or two of your items needs this.

Amulet

Ashes of the Stars with as much quality as you can afford. Annoint with Exception Performance.

Rings

You need a life on spell hit ring. These are Shaper/Crusader exclusive mods. Mana Regen is also very important. Cast Speed is a luxury for when you craft your own.

Dusk Ring is the high budget option because of the implicit. Before you get one, just use whatever shaper and crusader rings give you the most health and resistances.

Belt

Before Mageblood, get life and resistances on your belt. Cooldown recovery is a nice stat too. If you use a Stygian Vise, you can use the Abyss Jewel to help fix your attribute requirements.

I managed to snag a mageblood with increased duration for a decent price.

Jewels and Clusters

WIP

Gem Links

WIP

Tattoos and Runegrafts

WIP

Ascendancy, Pantheon, Bandits

WIP

Mercenary Equipment

WIP

Leveling