Guide: Fireball CI Curser - Proliferated Burning Critical Fire Damage | In-depth | SC |

I am loving this build so far however I am going life instead of ES. I'm lvl 52 and things are a little dicey in A3 merciless but it's not that hard due to the curses and timely use of granite potions. I'll be picking up more life nodes soon to compensate. I got a nice 4L searing touch and the Doedre ring for pretty cheap and they have been invaluable for leveling.

I would like to mention that fire trap is a wonderful addition for leveling up though not sure how it will pan out in the end game. I don't even have it linked to anything but after flammability, it still kills huge packs of MOBs due to the aoe increase. Quite fun!

Here's my plan up to lvl 77 then the rest is gravy. I can easily spec over to CI if my gear improves.


Thanks for the awesome build!

Over 5k fusings on chest and no 6L :(

ok just started a witch, lets see how it does work.
I am pretty new to the game, my third character :)

well, the chest is worth every fuse.

GL dude

Thanks!

yea, its worth it, i just have to keep trying... still... F this chest :)

How would Elemental equilibrium and added lighting gem work with this build? (perhaps drop fire pen for it)

Well, shock stacks are absolutely massive for this build. Think 3 stacks increases burning damage by like 384%(more) or so.

However, solo you do not need them at all to oneshot more or less everything, therefore i find it is wisest to specialize in optimizing your fire damage, and instead relying on others to shock when in group settings, that way if people specialize, group performance is better.

But to be honest i think it could work well, it definitely sounds very interesting. If you do go for i would love to hear how it goes.

There is this gem increased burning dmg is it worth taking instead of increased critical dmg , fire pen or faster casting ?

And does burning dmg coused by fireball stacks with fire traps or searing bond ?

Burning damage gem is not worth it in this build, simply inferior.

Burns caused by fireball will stack with searing bond direct damage, and the area of effect burn on the ground from firetrap.

Only 1 actual "ignite" can be active at the target at the same time, so if you proc ignite from the instant damage of firetrap it will not stack with fireballs ignite, only the most powerful will work.

Going to sleep now, gnight :)

I have this build at lvl 48 right now and so far it has been a true joy to play. Seconding the use of Firetrap, which at this stage, clearly outdamages Fireball.

What worries me a little is that I play anarchy league which means no Eye of Chayula. Is this build still viable or will I be ripping my hair out when I reach high level content?