[1.2.x] Firestorm | EB MOM Vaal Molten Shell Dual Curse | Fun, but expensive! | Videos Posted!

I got lucky and corrupted a level 4 enhance. I was looking to see which skill gem would benefit most from it and decided on firestorm. I was bored and wanted to do a spell build since I mainly do melee builds. If you aren't comfortable being almost always close to monsters, this build is not for you. May be HC capable, but I don't play it.

If someone says firestorm sucks. Do not listen to them. This build does excellent damage while having surprisingly good survivability with cloak of defiance and immortal call.

1. Increased duration is amazing.
2. Enhance is amazing.
3. Firestorm 20% is essential.
4. Firestorm + curse on hit + duration nodes are amazing.
5. 6-linked Pledge of Hands is amazing with firestorm.

Do not use Righteous fire with this build. You waste way too many points. Say no to three dragons as well.

You can level with it. Try and get 20% firestorm as soon as possible. Get a tabula and put spell echo, faster casting, fire pen, increased duration, conc effect. You may test level 3 enhance if you feel like it. If not use added chaos or another gem that adds damage.

I'm not exactly sure on how GGG rounds the fireballs as I calculated one fireball every .056 seconds, but it states .06 on the skill gem so I guess it's .06.

So Enhance:
Level 4: .06
Level 3: .07

Level 4 enhance is a significant damage boost. It adds consistency and more fireballs.

Firestorm is similar to incinerate where cast speed boosts your damage more so than spell damage.

DO not get AOE nodes. Do not have AOE on gear. No point to it. Maybe a little faster clear speed, but waste 6 or so points.

Firestorm is excellent with increased duration. The longer your firestorms are active the more damage and the safer your character will be. For curse on hit, I use firestorm since you don't need LMP or GMP for it, but long casting time might get you in trouble sometimes. Your firestorm lasts 2.47 seconds and mobs will be walking into curses.

In parties, people with weaker computers will complain. Try not to party with these people. If you do then just curse and only spam firestorms if you see them struggling with DPS.

I was thinking about what would help firestorm be more effective and I though why not use dual curse?

Temporal Chains: Makes them slow which means more time spent in firestorms and slower attacks makes it easier to avoid damage. Useful quality combined with enhance.

Elemental Weakness: Do I need to explain?

Flammability/enfeeble: You could use these in place of temp chains, but I think temp chains is excellent.

I was looking for ways to improve this character and realized that lighting warp is useless. I have the duration nodes so I got my hands on Vaal Molten Shell. Skill is fun as hell. Great for bosses, and strongboxes. It's awesome for trio in Atziri's place. Damage is high. If it crits... Everything dies.

Pros:
+High single target damage especially against large monsters
+Good AoE damage
+Active, fun build (i.e. you need to do more than right click)
+Large mana pool
+Can have a large health pool
+Dual Curse
+Good defenses (at least I think so)

Cons:
-Can be laggy (I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT USE THE MTX FIRESTORM!!)
-Okay clear speed
-Firestorms may make it difficult to see what's happening
-Expensive or you get lucky with drops (like me)

Oak|Kill|Kill or endurance charge (I killed)

Weapon: Pledge of Hands at least 5-link (I found it and got lucky ~130 fusings and I 6-linked)
Armour: Cloak of Defiance 4 or 5-link if you get an enhance to add to curse
Gloves: Prioritize life, resists. Other good mods are mana, stats. (Something with ES would be best)
Boots: Life, resists, movement speed. (ES on boots is nice)
Belt: Doryani's Catalyst
Helmet: Life, energy shield, resists.
Rings: Life, resists, mana regeneration, stats
Amulet: Mana regeneration, life, resists, %mana shield, damage

Firestorm - Spell Echo - Increased Duration - Concentrated Effect - Enhance - Fire Penetration - Faster Casting (if you 6-linked Pledge)

Firestorm - curse on hit - Temporal Chains - Elemental Weakness - Enhance - Arctic Armour

Reduced Mana - Clarity - Discipline - Herald of Ice/thunder or a purity

Enduring Cry - Spell Echo - Immortal Call - Increased Duration

Vaal Molten Shell - Concentrated Effect - Increased Duration - Increased AoE/Empower

Mods to avoid:
No Regen
Half-regen on elemental reflect maps
Blood Magic (doable, but sketchy)

77/78 Maps
Haven't run into many issues running these maps. Make sure to keep immortal call up for difficult maps or maps with leapers.

Death & Taxes:
Easy. Make sure you bring Sapphire Flasks and make sure you keep your immortal call active and don't let too many animated weapons spawn.

Easy. Your firestorm lasts 3.43 seconds. Spam them then dodge spells.

Vaal:
Get one to low health before it burrows underground. Other one may die before it burrows underground if you curse him. Only thing to watch out for is the ball lightning.

Trio:
Have your endurance charges up before you enter room. Get them close together. Curse, spam firestorms, Vaal Molten Shell. Kill cyclone monster first. Rest is easy.

Atziri: Spam a few firestorms, run around and dodge spells. When she goes to heal phrase, put curse up where mobs spawn or just spam firestorms. After mobs stop spawning, curse atziri, spam firestorms. Split phrase. Curse, spam, dodge. Should be dead fairly quickly.

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