[1.0.4]Scion - Incinerate Tank - Mind over Matter, EB, almost Max Block | Facetank a lot of stuff

@Zeekin

Haha, I never thought about Hybrid Flasks, I will give one a shot and see how that goes, and I really like the Tempest Shield linked to Mana Leech idea - I will probably try something out by replacing gems on my glove, they are pretty unprepared at the moment, mostly using them to Level up Empower.

Good luck with the 6 link!

Currently trying to level up using this build, and it's plain, thanks a lot for sharing it

For people who are sttrugling using incinerate in the early levels, try this :
I'm able to spam incinerate since i use it

First I would like the thank you for taking the time to post your build and create this guide. I have been leveling with this build and following your guide since level 1 and I found it to be fun and frustration free. In fact the only boss in the game that give me trouble is domo on merciless.

I am currently level 71 and I have all of the gear as you (not the the same level of prefect rolls, but close enough I think.) Now that I am higher level though I would like to try and up the dps of this build while maintaining your nice defensive tank.

Since I play on domination league where everything that is worth buying costs 1 "YOUR SOUL ORB" I would like to try and use the same gear set up you have already provided. As it stands now my dps with incinerate and a 5L chest is 553 dps.

In the build I linked below I am attempting to change your casting passives out and switch incinerate to spectral throw for a 1h spectral build. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CONCEPT OR THE BUILD ITS SELF. IT IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT. my goal is to have your play style and tankiness but not use incinerate.(it lags the crap out of me in group or big packs.)

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgABAecDlgUtBjkOPBQgF-oYkRkuGjIaVRzcHOcdFB2qHt8g8CFgJOEnCyftKMUxnjJ-NZI11jboOlI7KECgROdFCkZxSshMNU3jT1ZQR1FgVw1Yr1nzWlJeE2BDYEthIWSjZp5qHmo7bj1uqnB9dO108XYId2J4DXnAeu9-WX_Ggh6DCYRjhO-FMpHOkyebXZ65ns2fy6C0oqOmV6cwqBiomqluqZWsqqyvr42zP7QMtfK77b68wBrB88OGxPbRNtIh2WHbC-GI5PHnke7Z8XbyL_KX8wbzvvPd9Mb3Mve--tL7Rfuq_o8=

heres my incinerate char and his stuf. CI shadow

1700 mana 204 mana regen sec. lvl 16 artic armor with 4L incinerate. both can be cast with haste and sustained.



u dont have to have 2k mana to sustain arctic armor and incinerate just careful char planning.(critical weakness is good when u get over 10 cast per sec)

i know the CI part is hardly relevant to a life based character but its all about sustaining the 2 together thats so amazin.

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First off i'd just like to thank all the contributors to this thread. It's nice to see a post other than Spooky Toss or Kripp tryhards on the first page. I wanted to make an incinerator in Hardcore for some time and with Nemesis offering a fresh start, this thread was perfect.

Onto some questions. Would it be possible to go a slightly heavier life based build and rely on block and MoM for survival against physical attacks? Im not in a position to afford a 5link lightning coil nor will i be for some time.

Here's my gear and current stats at level 61



If you're wondering about the odd gems here and there, im just leveling for the vendor recipe.

Life: 2900
Mana: 1500 (800 reserved)
Resists: 75/71/75
Incin DPS: 850
Block: 41%
Phys resist: 11%

As you can see, ive invested fairly heavily in tri-res and Life+res gear up to this point. All my currency now will be saved and put towards Rathpith.

Im currently working through Act 3 merci and so far it has been a breeze. Everything melts before it becomes too much of a problem. Very rarely do i have any heart stopping moments and when i do my flasks handle those ok. I tanked merci Vaals attacks no problems, the chaos mobs hit harder than he did (not including smash obviously).
My skill tree is in a position where im running past or am at all the major nodes. So every point from here on out goes directly to survivability or damage. I'll be investing in the block nodes from here until im capped, then it's HP or damage.

Im running Disc, Tempest shield and clarity. Im leveling but dont have arctic armour going yet. Dont have the mana for it.

Cheers for any imput.

Would it be a good idea to consider added chaos damage instead of faster projectiles after trading in lvl 20 incinerate with a GCP for 20% quality and get your projectile speed there or is the projectile speed and damage outscale added chaos?

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CarbonChaos wrote:

Would it be a good idea to consider added chaos damage instead of faster projectiles after trading in lvl 20 incinerate with a GCP for 20% quality and get your projectile speed there or is the projectile speed and damage outscale added chaos?

My added chaos accounts for over 30% of my dps. Its too good.

@Mastodonic

This is my current version of the build, I'm level 83 and my tree looks like this:


I don't take MoM since I get it from my unique chest

but it would only take ~4 points to get there potentially.

Currently i'm at 222% increased HP, with the possibility of going up to 276% inc life in about 10 levels (that would be level 93, good luck to me achieving that though!)

Hello everyone!

I haven't been playing for the last few days so ill try to answer all the unanswered questions in this reply.

First this is the CWDT setup I'm using atm, I haven't used it for that long so it might change.


Yes you can use a regular rare shield instead of the Rathpit, but all the stats on the rathpit is really good for the build if you can get one.

With Saffell's Frame you can only block spells I'm not sure how that affects the spell damage from Cybil's paw but with the low health pool I think its better to be able to block attacks.

Lightning thorns isn't a problem at all unless its on a map with both ele reflect and - max resist and as long as i pay attention its really easy even then.
Ele reflect and - max resist by themselves is a cakewalk btw.

In my opinion its not worth getting ballistic mastery since it way to many points.

With a high quality Incinerate its definitely possible to switch out faster projectiles but i really like the increased range myself. Added chaos sounds like its really good so i will probably try that myself at some point, don't have a leveled one atm and i will probably also try added lightning.

On Nemesis i would probably do my build close to this.


Thanks everyone and good luck!

A fast question about projetile speed. Do you get any other perk than extra range? I wonder for example why you add projectile speed as a support gem instead of for example chaos dmg. Is it worth to get a high quality incinerate for some extra range only?