2.6 CI Ignite Flameblast by Waldgaist - very good starting Build and decent Shaper farmer

29th March 2017 - Changed some phrasing across the guide
29th March 2017 - Changed the Spell vs Fire/Ele Damage section into a double dip section
29th March 2017 - Updated Dual Curse Tree
2nd March 2017 - Updated level trees :)
2nd March 2017 - Updated single and double Curse trees
15th December 2016 - Added FAQ Section :)
15th December 2016 - Added a Dual Curse Version of this build
15th December 2016 - Updated Gear Section
12th December 2016 - Added 2.5 Shaper Kill Video
30th November 2016 - Updated Passive Tree and "how to level this build" section for 2.5.0
29th November 2016 - Added Changelog section :)

2.5 Deathless Shaper
2.4 First Shaper Kill - It's a stream highlight, so im speaking german in this video. Sorry
2.4 Deathless Core Run

Pros:
- good EHP due to CI
- very good Single DPS
- good Clearspeed
- PIZZA
- fun to play
- 160%+ Fire Penetration
- Shaper viable
- Single Reflect Mobs don't kill you because of your large EHP Pool
- low budget

Cons:
- Can't run Ele reflect Maps
- Can't run No Regen Maps
- Bad DMG against Enemys which are Ignite immune (Atziri/Uber Atziri, Phoenix Guardian)
- Not for new players because of CI !!!

Norm : Kill all Bandits
Cruel : Kill all Bandits or help Alira
Merc : Kill all Bandits

There are only two must have uniques and that is the Doryani's Catalyst Vaal Sceptre and an Eye of Chayula Onys Amulet.
Also im using the Energy from Within Jewel for the Melding wheel and another one for the Witch Socket in my Dual Curse Tree.
You will need two -8 Elreon Rings to solve your mana problems while using the 6l setup!

1. Chaos Inoculation: I played Life based with MoM and wasn't really satisfied with my EHP Pool hence i decided to switch to CI. Best decision i've made with this build.

2. Ghost Reaver: I am using the Doryani's Catalyst Vaal Sceptre which gives me 0.2% of elemental Damage leeched as life. I can leech up to 20% of my maximum ES per second if i 10stack a large mob group. The leech Doryani's offers this build is a lot of the time a life safer!

3. Zealot's Oath: Since this is not a leech heavy build i wanted a bit more ES sustain. My character currently has 429 energy shield regen per second because of this which helps quite a bit with burning ground and other anoying things.

4. Elemental Overload: This is pretty much a no brainer. It's always up due to Orb of Storms and provides a 40% MORE multiplier.

5. Elemental Equilibrium: Okay the real fun begins here. Versus white and blue packs this Keynode is pretty much non-essential. But against tough Rares or Bosses it's a great help. We basicly cast Orb of Storms which procs our Ele Overload and curses the Boss with Flammabality and also procs EE so our initial Flammblast gets 50% increased Fire Pen. After hitting the Boss or Rare with Flameblast he gets +25% Fire Res for a short timeframe and our Orb will proc EE shortly after again and so the intial DMG and Ignite DMG are penetrating 50% Fire Res.

6. Shaper of Desolation: In my opinion the current Shaper of Desolation is better then the old one for this build. A Stack 10 Flameblast is oneshotting every white and blue pack up to t16 Maps so our clear is not affected by this change. For bosses this change was awesome! It's now possible to time the engage with the Boss perfectly. We want to hit the Boss with Flameblast as soon as we see our Elemental Conflux Buff (the 2 second duration one) is up.

7. Beacon of Ruin: Not much to say here. Better than prolif. No less multiplier and with Flameblast's huge AOE-Radius the prolif radius doesn't matter that much.

8. Pendulum of Destruction: To be honest i just picked this because it's a necessity to pick Mastermind of Discord. It gives us sometimes a little DMG boost which is nice to have i guess.

9. Mastermind of Discord: This needs to be NERFED! It synergizes so god damn well with EE it's absurd. Everytime we use a Lightning Spell our Damage penetrates 25% Fire Resistance. Hence we are casting Orb of Storms anyways to proc EE and Overload + Curse so basicly we get 25% Fire Pen without any effort.

1. Use any Spell till you get to The Caverns of Wrath
2. Go back to town and get Firestorm from Nessa and proceed with Firestorm
3. Buy or find a magic/blue Sceptre and a Ruby Ring, then sell those two items with an alteration orb to any vendor so you get a +1to socketed fire gems sceptre
4. As soon as you are in Act2 kill the weaver (big spider) as soon as possible
5. After killing the weaver go back to town and get Faster Casting and Controlled Destruction
6. 3 Link your Sceptre and link firestorm with Faster Casting and Controlled Destruction
7. Now complete act2 like you would usually do
8. After killing General Gravicius (Act3, Ebony Barracks) go back to town and get Flameblast
9. Swap out Firestorm for Flameblast or use Firestorm till Dried Lake Merciless

After getting Flameblast you can play through the rest of the game like you would usually do. You can use that +1Sceptre all the way till merciless act4. You should level as a life based character and switch to CI as soon as you hit maps if possible.

Life Based level tree:
13Points
21Points
33Points
50Points
63Points
86Points <-- Lvl 65, transition to CI now if possible

86Points CI based transition tree
You need 24 Orbs of Regret to transition from the 86Points Life Based tree to the 86Points CI tree

Double dipping is an unofficial name for a game mechanic when the same damage modifier applies twice to a single damage source. This build utilizes the ignite mechanic to deal most of the damage. We increase our initial hit with flameblast which passively increases our ignite damage and we also actively increase our ignite damage all from one source/stat.

The following damage stats will double dip our ignite:
1. Increased Damage
2. Area Damage
3. Elemental Damage
4. Fire Damage

Spell Damage, Burning Damage or Damage over Time wont double dip our ignite damage which is why we try not to get one of those on our jewels.

Read more on Ignite
Read more on double dipping

Defensive stats without Flasks


Defensive Stats with Granite and Basalt


Offensive Stats


Offensive Stats with Conc


Offensive Stats with Conc and Ele Overload