[2.5 Video Guide] Beginner's Build: Dual Flame Totem, Blood Magic Chieftain [Atziri & HC/SC Viable]

Hi guys, sorry if this has been asked before, but I am pretty new i was able to scrap together enough currency however for the recommended leveling wands the lifesprig an the horn. Till what level are these useful for? unsure of how long is should use them.

Thanks for any help!

What the hell, I didnt write my stuff for lulz, but with hopinh for help, and all I get is get ignored. I`m bumping, becouse I hope someone can help me.

Could i just use this passive skill setup and use IIQ//IIR items and gear? I will be using mantle though, but everything else IIR//IIQ :P

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Facarwi wrote:

Hi guys, sorry if this has been asked before, but I am pretty new i was able to scrap together enough currency however for the recommended leveling wands the lifesprig an the horn. Till what level are these useful for? unsure of how long is should use them.

Thanks for any help!

I used them until lvl 55 (FT+added lightning + faster casting in lifesprig) - then just buy a cheap 5link with armor (white one for like 1 chaos) - alch it and if needed 1-2x chaos it (or buy another for 1 chaos+ use 1xalch and sell the other)

Then Flame totem + 4 support gems in chest.

If you play softcore you can also get a Tabula Rasa for 6link.

And then get some wand with spelldmg, +fire (or other elemental) dmg to spells, increased Fire dmg, faster casting and your dps will like triple.

Offhand: Either another wand or a shield with high spelldamage or an armor shield with life/res until you can wear lioneye's remorse.

hello all!

i am running this build and iam atm lvl 91.

i know that paperdps dont count.

i got now around 30k. what is the goal of this build?

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joseas wrote:

hello all!

i am running this build and iam atm lvl 91.

i know that paperdps dont count.

i got now around 30k. what is the goal of this build?

30k is pretty good. That said you can probably squeeze out 35-40k with really good gear =)

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LiftingNerdBro wrote:

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joseas wrote:

hello all!

i am running this build and iam atm lvl 91.

i know that paperdps dont count.

i got now around 30k. what is the goal of this build?

30k is pretty good. That said you can probably squeeze out 35-40k with really good gear =)

Bro! What do you think about using the lioneye's vision armour for hc after the pierce changes?

I'm level 90 on Perandus SC, it's been fun so far. Self-found except Apep's and an Infernal Mantle I 6s/5L'd myself. Here are some thoughts I've had on the way.

Passive tree:

My current gear:

Some stats:
- 16.8k dps per flame totem. (releveling some gems so it'll go up)
- 5.7k life.
- 1k energy shield.
- 182/154/161/58 resistances
- 5.8k armor, 36% reduction (15k armor, 60% reduction with Rumi's)
- 24% block, 12% spell block (51% block, 39% spell block with Rumi's)

Buffs not in tooltip:
- Arohongui passive - "Enemies near your totems take 16% incr phys/fire dmg"
- Doedre's Scorn - "20% incr dmg per curse on enemy"

Upgrading Apep's Rage is not trivial. I have a couple of rare wands that are very close to Apep's. Doon Cuebiyari gives me about 500 tooltip dps less than Apep's and +100 life. Doon also lets you have a Leap Slam + Fortify + Faster attacks combo. Other interesting sceptre choices would be Doryani's Catalyst or even Singularity.

Infernal Mantle's crit is being wasted with Controlled Destruction. Since I don't have a 6L yet, I'm thinking I could replace it with Elemental Focus and then also spend 2 points to grab Elemental Overload on the tree.

I'm using Searing Bond for an extra 10k dmg/sec, I'd recommend it to anyone with dual-flame totems. Devouring Totem is handy when you gotta destroy bodies, run out of flask charges or in no-regen maps. Vaal Summon Skeletons is lovely when you need some meat shields. Vaal Grace/Haste would be nice to have too.

I went with Whispers of Doom for dual-cursing instead of Totemic Zeal. I've leveled various curses so I can switch depending on map. I also have a pair of Windscream boots (+curse ring or amulet would probably be better than the boots), which would allow me to go tri-curse, or respec Whispers of Doom and get the witch fire damage nodes next to it.

Self-casting two curses is not too bad, but I don't think I want to add a third unless I figure out some Curse on Hit or Blasphemy setup. I have a 5L Searing Touch where I could put my Flame Totem and then use the chest for a tri-curse on hit Firestorm/Ball Lightning/other skill.

Doedre's Scorn gives me 20% ele dmg and 40% increased dmg on dual-cursed enemies. With 45% increased curse duration and Increased Duration gem, I get 24 seconds Flammability and 13.5 seconds Temporal Chains.

I wore Hrimnor's Resolve for a while, which has 40% fire damage and 500+ armor which is nicer than 60es from Doedre's helmet. I might be better off with a good rare helmet.

(Ylfeban's Trickery Hubris Circlet (Tempest league-specific but Cadiro sells it) has nice flat light dmg to spells, decent ES and 10% chance to apply a random curse on hit. I'm guessing the random curse wouldn't work with Flame Totems but feel free to correct me.)

Stone of Lazhwar dropped early in normal difficulty. I was gonna replace it but then I found a Rumi's Concoction flask and the synergy is great. With Rumi's up, I get 51% block and 39% spellblock, which lets me survive standing in the middle of huge groups of mobs (those damn perandus chests are dangerous!).

The armor/life/str shield I found is pretty good, I like it better than Lioneye's and it's reduced movement speed. Some other interesting choices would be Rathpith Globe, Saffel's Frame and even Sentari's Answer.

Winds of Change has that nice 30% projectile speed for increased range, but I hate the 10% reduced movement speed.

Doryani's Invitation might be nice for the fire leech, and could also craft some extra leech on a wand.

I'd better stop the wall of text here. Any feedback welcome.

Can you add final tree with all points spent ? Because I almost reach an end of last one with this awesome build.

any tips/improvments u can offer for my gear ? got 26k dps on totem 5.5k hp 1k es