Cheap Prolif Flameblast, HC viable - 2.3 updated

I suggest dropping faster casting. It's still possible to reach up to 10 casts/s, even without it.

Thanks your advice^^

Surprisingly i have *almost* same passive for 2.3. Gonna see how it works out.
Whats the mana cost of 5\6l flameblast w\o elreon jewels ?
Also if you skip flat fire dmg on ur gear u can proc EE in map w\ your orb of storm (havent played FB yet so not sure if its really needed)
Have u considered taking Practical Application for 20dex\ stun avoid chance instead of few dmg nodes in Fire walker area?

What do you recommend for beginning of the league (no elreon)? BM + essence worm?

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eternallink wrote:

Surprisingly i have *almost* same passive for 2.3. Gonna see how it works out.
Whats the mana cost of 5\6l flameblast w\o elreon jewels ?
Also if you skip flat fire dmg on ur gear u can proc EE in map w\ your orb of storm (havent played FB yet so not sure if its really needed)
Have u considered taking Practical Application for 20dex\ stun avoid chance instead of few dmg nodes in Fire walker area?

6l flameblast (21/20)
-only elreon's jewellery off: 23
-elreon's jewellery + jewels off (-15% cost): 29
-everything off (jewellery, jewels, tree nodes): 42

5l flameblast (21/20, no faster casting)
-only elreon's jewellery off: 19
-elreon's jewellery + jewels off: 24
-everything off: 35

On the seond point:
Frankly I haven't, I guess mostly because I found it rather easy to cap the attributes with just items, and never felt the need for the stun avoidance.

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differential wrote:

What do you recommend for beginning of the league (no elreon)? BM + essence worm?

Either just BM and no auras at all or mana flask and running just Blasphemy + PoF/AA. I myself am going with the second option. This league I have already had my elreon's jewellery ready on the 2nd day.

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Sivluu wrote:

6l flameblast (21/20)
-only elreon's jewellery off: 23
-elreon's jewellery + jewels off (-15% cost): 29
-everything off (jewellery, jewels, tree nodes): 42

5l flameblast (21/20, no faster casting)
-only elreon's jewellery off: 19
-elreon's jewellery + jewels off: 24
-everything off: 35

Thx

With the new update, Beacon of Ruin will be 12 radius. Doesn't that mean the node would be better? Plus with the extra 2 points, you can grab all 4 notables; Mastermind of Discord, Pendulum of Destruction, Shaper of Desolation and Beacon of Ruin. Please give me your thought :)

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flppyflip4 wrote:

With the new update, Beacon of Ruin will be 12 radius. Doesn't that mean the node would be better? Plus with the extra 2 points, you can grab all 4 notables; Mastermind of Discord, Pendulum of Destruction, Shaper of Desolation and Beacon of Ruin. Please give me your thought :)

I believe they are buffing ele prolif to 16 radius but i'm not overly certain

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liamwpk wrote:

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flppyflip4 wrote:

With the new update, Beacon of Ruin will be 12 radius. Doesn't that mean the node would be better? Plus with the extra 2 points, you can grab all 4 notables; Mastermind of Discord, Pendulum of Destruction, Shaper of Desolation and Beacon of Ruin. Please give me your thought :)

I believe they are buffing ele prolif to 16 radius but i'm not overly certain

The new Paragon of Calamity is just INSANE vs reflect. When coupled with Sybil ring, it trivializes the threat of reflect, even in full reflect map or vs double reflect mob.

And yes, prolif is buffed, so Beacon of ruin is still kinda inferior to it.

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flppyflip4 wrote:

With the new update, Beacon of Ruin will be 12 radius. Doesn't that mean the node would be better? Plus with the extra 2 points, you can grab all 4 notables; Mastermind of Discord, Pendulum of Destruction, Shaper of Desolation and Beacon of Ruin. Please give me your thought :)

Prolif is getting buffed to 16 radius. That means that after all modifications applied to both, prolif gem is about 68% better aoe-wise. That's huge. Also, not taking Beacon of Ruin will allow you to eventually take Paragon of Calamity, making you almost invulnerable to reflect rares (even on -max!). =)

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Taxi_Driver wrote:

When coupled with Sybil ring, it trivializes the threat of reflect, even in full reflect map

For Flameblast just Paragon + Sybil's won't be enough to do reflect maps, tried with 97% fire resist + AA and it still was very risky.