[2.3] Myra Burning Vortex (CHEAP, 100% fire, AA, dual curse, Vaal Pact, Vaal righteous fire)

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Myraklus wrote:

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Slaviator wrote:

Can we use Elemental Prolif Support instead of Beacon of Ruin?

You would waste a damage socket using Elemental Prolif.

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In 2.3 Beacon of Ruin is getting buffed to 12 radius (from 9). Isn't it better to replace the Prolif gem with it now?
No.
Well, our beloved Elemental Proliferation is also getting buffed, to 16. That means, that after all modifiers applied to both, the gem is still about 68% better than Beacon, AoE-wise (and 35% better than Ascendancy Elemental Proliferation).

But isn't the damage increase from replacing Ele Prolif, more or less, making up for the AoE loss?
Well, I did some testing with the dmg numbers using Beacon of Ruin and Empower instead of Elemental Proliferation, and... my tooltip shows 46% more damage with this setup. Insane, huh?
Well, in fact, not really. Mind you, that when going Beacon of Ruin you cannot take Mastermind of Discord simply because if you do, you're most likely going to die to reflect. So you're pretty much forced to take Paragon of Calamity (which is not neccessary when using Ele Prolif gem).

What does that mean?
It means that while the Beacon of Ruin/Empower setup shows 46% more tooltip damage, it doesn't neccessarily mean it does that much more because - compared to the Ele Prolif version with 65% fire penetration - it has effectively only 40%.
So let's do some simple math on various monster resistance values that you could encounter, and how do they affect our damage.
For the ease of calculation I'm gonna assume here that our Elemental Proliferation Flameblast does 1000 damage, while our Beacon of Ruin Flameblast does 1460. I'm also going to consider the 44% fire res reduction we get from flammability. So:
Elemental Proliferation version (EP): 1000 damage, -44% Flammability, -65% Penetration
Beacon of Ruin version (BoR): 1460 damage, =44% Flammability, -40% Penetration

This is how the real damage values are for these specific resistances:
0% resistance
EP: 2090 damage
BoR: 2686 damage
28.5% more damage

50% resistance
EP: 1590 damage
BoR: 1956 damage
23% more damage

75% resistance
EP: 1340 damage
BoR: 1591 damage
18.7% more damage

119% resistance (75% + curse overcapped)
EP: 900 damage
BoR: 949 damage
5.4% more damage

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Mental_One wrote:

Myraklus, how do i improve my single target dps? I tried killing atziri with this build and the 3 bosses kicked my ass then atziri kicked my ass as my single target dps when no other monsters are near is crap.
When a boss is surrounded by several other monsters i kill it in seconds due to the burn and prolif etc, but if its on its own my single target dps is poor. Any tips?

you should be able to check my gear etc, its not that bad i dont think.

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Spawnbroker wrote:

Cool build, I'll have to give it a shot in HC!

In your passive tree, you can save two points by dropping the Practical Application cluster and filling in the int node to the left of Blast Radius. Maybe grab the last mana and life node near Heart and Soul and save one point.

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Slaviator wrote:

Maybe radius is realy better than dmg?

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spaggetti wrote:

Idk if it's really a problem but the mobs that get destroyed by the pyre effect and therefore doesn't prolif can be solved by using the Southbound gloves(Your hits can only kill frozen enemies). It will bring the mobs down to 1hp and then the dot will kill them, so the mobs don't get destroyed and will proliferate. You will lose the 5L from vaal righteous fire since you in this case don't use the Wyrmsign gloves.