[1.0.6b] Searing Bond Marauder MOM/EB/IR. Easy, Cheap, Powerful, Fun (FOTM?)

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAxthYY1BQjM_2SF8_VEnnUu8Oud3UjxkuJ-3z3ayqxPZZ8zwtKhPGrlortz4QzCynQYf-Cv6Ho_L56OdjeyCCx4jx-JMo-qxZ6-6YrTWSuJN6qrXypwia4G6q2CSPRp2uRZ1KyDbF0NAabBJpPycfAjbYz2UZhRccKk0EB5wt74VVxiSqcXkVIEyzh2WIGzbpLOktH-xV42r60t0NbRkXL_zFW6_B84bRZ6BOKhjbgh4ksId2KaWtSnTx2wuApEp9Uq8hYIUyzSZAoAUtYEt673Tt8i8YPL0nkzoIZw==



Passive/Skill Reasoning:
Searing bond scales really well on levels and off several types of nodes: Fire Damage, Burning Damage, Totem Damage, Increased Damage over time.

Personal Survivability:
MOM+EB+IR+266% Life. Should be good to go, IR gives you great gear flexibility. For a while I used a Cloak of Defiance to save a few points, but I think that with a good chest grabbing the MOM node is worth the 10% loss.

No Ironwood/Lower Arsonist Nodes:
These are worth Net 6% increased damage per point, but only if you invest 6-ish points to get to each. There are already 6% damage nodes I am passing, I try not to grab any damage nodes worth less than 8% per point spent. The Totemic Mastery points for example are only worth grabbing because I pass them. If I start from the Templar area I get the elemental damage in that starting tree, and skip these nodes as they end up being ~7.5% per point for a 5 point investment.

Totem Survivalblity:
A lot of people have commented that their totems die frequently. I find that I re-position totems myself far more quickly than they die in most cases. Totem positioning is an important skill to master with this build, especially if you are linking trap to Searing bond.

Elemental Equilibrium:
EE is great with this build as you primarily only care about your fire damage, I tend to shock-stack and proc EE with a quality Shock-Nova trap. I've also used Lightning Warp Totem, Arc Totem, and Lightning Trap to trigger EE, but triple shock stacking is a great benefit of the shock-nova trap. As most build's don't focus on Lightning Damage it seems to be the safest to proc EE with (Cold messes with groups using Hatred). This build can also completely avoid procing EE by not dropping the traps/totems.

Curses:
I primarily use Flammibility, but I think Vulnerability surpasses it once you grab the Growth and Decay nodes. Vulnerability also works very well in groups. When I want defensive curses (rarely), I go with enfeeble as it fits into the blue socket left by an offensive curse.

Normal: Help Oak
Cruel: Kill All
Merciless: Kill All

The linking for this build is extremely flexible, as Searing bond only really uses a 3-4 link to maximize DPS.

Searing Bond:
Current 5-Link Searing Touch Setup: Searing Bond, Fire Trap, Increased Burning Damage, Minion and Totem Elemental Resists, Item Rarity/Conc Effect (for Fire Trap). 6th Socket: Flammability (I switch this out with Enfeeble and Vulnerability)

Future +3 Fire damage Wand/Sceptre/Dagger setup: Searing Bond, Increased Burning Damage, Empower (level 2), Move Curse/Movement to offhand.

I switch Fire Trap with Trap frequently. When I want more DPS and don't mind the trap activation I use a Trap Gem on my Searing Bond for the Multiplicative increase in damage. In many cases it's hard to use the totem as a trap, so I avoid it due to laziness. Having fire trap on the same links gets double use out of the increased burning damage, and can help fill in the hole in a totem triangle.

EE Procing/Shock Stacking:
4-Link : Shock Nova (Quality), Trap, Multiple Trap, Elemental Proliferation
This setup is great for shock stacking large groups of mobs, especially when I want to use 2 searing bond totems for a larger area of effect.

Trigger setup:
4-Link Immortal Call setup: Enduring Cry, Immortal Call, CwDT, Increased Duration
I keep CwDT at level 1 and level EC/IM appropriately. I then level Increased Duration as high as possible. This setup is particularly good against things like Devourers. The first Devo will proc the IM and the following Devos should hit during the Immortal Call duration especially with the base buff and Increased Duration linked.

Utility Totems
4-Link Utility Totems: Lightning Warp/Arc, Blind, Spell Totem, Faster Casting
you can just switch the two totems out, but I like to have access to both on my bar.so I use this in a 5-link currently.

These totems give me an automatic way to apply EE and the LW totem is particularly useful for indoor areas. Using it as the initial totem drop through a door, especially when using a trap on searing bond. By placing the trap right on top of the Lightning Warp, mobs go to attack the totem, trigger the trap, take lightning damage from the totem warping, then get hit by Searing Bond as it is connected to the moved totem and/or myself. This is the primary strategy I employ to avoid Rhoa charges, Dischargers, and various leaping assholes.

Other things needed to socket:
Auras: Arctic Armour and Discipline+Clarity+Reduced Mana
You can shove the Auras into a 3-link and AA anywhere it fits.

Flammability/Vulnerability, Leap Slam (or a LW setup when I switch to my +3 wand)

My progression is completely subjective and can be varied due to personal preference, gear, or any other factor.
The key is to fill in as much of the skeleton as possible. For MOM/EB I try to grab them both at the same time, the timing tends to coincide with the 2 points I get from Merciless Piety.

For leveling I almost exclusively use fire trap/storm call until I get to 24, then I switch to Searing Bond/Fire Trap. This also means that I can grab Ancestral Bond as soon as possible.



I'm also including the progression I used below, but it's not a definitive guide by any means.

This is what I happen to be wearing at the moment of this guide. It may or may not be appropriate to my guide. In particular the Animate Weapon in the 5-Link is just silly, I typically have Blind in that spot.


Offhand leveling Stuff:



Gear to be used when Empower Levels:
Empower + Searing Bond + Increased Burning Damage
Lightning Warp + Faster Casting + Reduced Duration

I'm working on several other trees that I will include below:

I've created a new equivalent templar tree where you sacrifice a little tankiness (a little base life and some STR) for some better MOM stats Templar Equivalent

A Balanced Templar or Marauder Start that gets the nice Armour/ES nodes and just as much damage by very endgame: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAxthYY1BQjM_2SF8_VEnnUu8Oud3UjxkuJ-3z3ayqWfPAGioTZp7DE_rSLKc26Rcvo_IkquNqhtEZhSSwGmyApOQina61BKcIEmldxtgkuJMXHN3zRtc2xevucXlgbe0gHwI22Cj6nYDhcwQHnC3vhZitgseDOIuMTLOHZYgb-egUTQVbLR_sVUGHBLOiAG0Ztz7wH4FvAnHB8_4KnjyCHudjTdjbC4jxjHasWTWStfJuqkrIPycqTRUgLOndDfzFW69noE4qGNuHdimldPFKfSFghTJAoAUtnrlgS3rvdO0=

And a Scion/Marauder Build, which I currently think is probably the best overall:http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAACGeTOr0nGDz56ILHQYco-rc-6-6Yrf4Kxq64k3qq52M8LRDMpwia4IjxxPb-h9gkj0adrkWdrFkn7XsgNsXQ0BpsEmk1kvPdrKoZLviTHwI22M9lGYUXHLXyWfPUjwQHnC3vhVXGJKpxeW6qKhO53Uyzh2WIGzbpSsjDE-8OLR_sVeNq-tI_Jyyn51JtGRcvKk2j8lRJwfOG0RUgXz-CHiSwLOn2SNsLgKTdDYzP_MVbr1BQZ6BOKhjbWGOHdimlrUp08cbYSn1SryFghTLNJkCgBS1gS3rvdO0=