$$$ Grave Intentions Flame Totem MFarmer: I'm Cheap 'n' Easy $$$

This is the most frustrating build I've ever played. With 2.2k ES, 77 lightning/cold resist and 46 fire resist using Solaris Lorica and running 5 auras (everything except purity of fire), I get one shot by basically everything. I wanted a build to MF with that wouldn't be super expensive but I'm at 66 and I've died probably 40 times just this level. Everything one shots me and my totems die easily. If I have to fight a pack that aoes my totems down they just kill my totems and run me down.

For me to make this build viable I feel like I have to spend all of my currency to buy defensive rares which will cost all my MF gear and thus defeating the entire purpose of the build. Is there something I'm missing?

Edit: I should add this is in the Docks, 4 levels below my current level.

"

omgitskae wrote:

This is the most frustrating build I've ever played. With 2.2k ES, 77 lightning/cold resist and 46 fire resist using Solaris Lorica and running 5 auras (everything except purity of fire), I get one shot by basically everything. I wanted a build to MF with that wouldn't be super expensive but I'm at 66 and I've died probably 40 times just this level. Everything one shots me and my totems die easily. If I have to fight a pack that aoes my totems down they just kill my totems and run me down.

For me to make this build viable I feel like I have to spend all of my currency to buy defensive rares which will cost all my MF gear and thus defeating the entire purpose of the build. Is there something I'm missing?

Edit: I should add this is in the Docks, 4 levels below my current level.

Do you realize that the Docks is a purely fire based area? You aren't running purity of fire, you're not closed to capped on resist, and are you running arctic armor? You should be unkillable in the docks with 75+ fire resist and arctic armor

"

Wegee wrote:

"

omgitskae wrote:

This is the most frustrating build I've ever played. With 2.2k ES, 77 lightning/cold resist and 46 fire resist using Solaris Lorica and running 5 auras (everything except purity of fire), I get one shot by basically everything. I wanted a build to MF with that wouldn't be super expensive but I'm at 66 and I've died probably 40 times just this level. Everything one shots me and my totems die easily. If I have to fight a pack that aoes my totems down they just kill my totems and run me down.

For me to make this build viable I feel like I have to spend all of my currency to buy defensive rares which will cost all my MF gear and thus defeating the entire purpose of the build. Is there something I'm missing?

Edit: I should add this is in the Docks, 4 levels below my current level.

Do you realize that the Docks is a purely fire based area? You aren't running purity of fire, you're not closed to capped on resist, and are you running arctic armor? You should be unkillable in the docks with 75+ fire resist and arctic armor

Yeah I'm using AA, but no purity of fire. Not sure why I'm not, just the frustration getting to my head I guess. Even with Purity of Fire I don't think it would even matter that much because my totems just get run down instantly and I get stunlocked, not able to drop anymore totems. I read in a different guide to just farm City of Sarn until you can do piety safely and it's going better, even if I get very very little exp per run there's nothing that can melt my totems before they do anything.

this build is actually very bad - neither the totems nor the character is in any way able to take damage.


here's another build that does exactly the opposite:

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAAnEEswagC2EQzBQgFE0UcRUgFm8YkRo4IuIkqicvJ-0o-imlKhMqTSu2LKcs6TWSNuk64TwtPfw_J0GHRZ1H4kp9SsRKyEz_TeNOKlBHU1JVtVhjWOVZ81orW69fP2SEZp5noGwWbqp4DXlogseHGYd2jEaMz5BVmuCezaIAo_KkOaZXpzCnhKeUqW6sqq9stfK3PriTvJ_AGsEExPbFisauxtjQgdH92L3dDeNq45_r7u8O8B_yRfZI9q74k_jr-ej60vxL_MX-Cv6P

this build is very tanky, and the totems are very tanky.
you can still use magic find on gear, but neither MF nor damage is something to write home about.
But in contrast to this guy's "guide", my offered tree is, for all intents and purposes, viable in all stages of the game.


a good build is somewhere in the middle btw :)

Hey guys,
I'm running this build in Garena's POE so I cannot link my gears and stuffs here.
I have 3500dps on my flame totem with iq/ir gemes.
With flask my mf is about 148/500 ( switched out the belt to golden obi because of resistance issue )
Only 3400 ES right now rip lol
Shield is also swapped to legacy prism guardian and my resist lands nicely on 81%/82% haha.
I'm running 4 purity, clarity, disc, haste and herald.

I just want to ask if it is viable to swap flame totem to arc totem instead by using
spell totem > arc > lightning pena > faster casting > ir > iq
and spec the tree to lightning damage instead.
is this gonna be weak?

"

Kiedel wrote:

this build is actually very bad - neither the totems nor the character is in any way able to take damage.


here's another build that does exactly the opposite:

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAAnEEswagC2EQzBQgFE0UcRUgFm8YkRo4IuIkqicvJ-0o-imlKhMqTSu2LKcs6TWSNuk64TwtPfw_J0GHRZ1H4kp9SsRKyEz_TeNOKlBHU1JVtVhjWOVZ81orW69fP2SEZp5noGwWbqp4DXlogseHGYd2jEaMz5BVmuCezaIAo_KkOaZXpzCnhKeUqW6sqq9stfK3PriTvJ_AGsEExPbFisauxtjQgdH92L3dDeNq45_r7u8O8B_yRfZI9q74k_jr-ej60vxL_MX-Cv6P

this build is very tanky, and the totems are very tanky.
you can still use magic find on gear, but neither MF nor damage is something to write home about.
But in contrast to this guy's "guide", my offered tree is, for all intents and purposes, viable in all stages of the game.


a good build is somewhere in the middle btw :)

is this a joke?
you take the same totem nodes - so your totems can't be more tanky
and because you make a life build you lose all the auras and you can't go low-life so you lose alot of dps and can't use cheap gear like Redbeak or Wondertrap

"

omgitskae wrote:

This is the most frustrating build I've ever played. With 2.2k ES, 77 lightning/cold resist and 46 fire resist using Solaris Lorica and running 5 auras (everything except purity of fire), I get one shot by basically everything. I wanted a build to MF with that wouldn't be super expensive but I'm at 66 and I've died probably 40 times just this level. Everything one shots me and my totems die easily. If I have to fight a pack that aoes my totems down they just kill my totems and run me down.

For me to make this build viable I feel like I have to spend all of my currency to buy defensive rares which will cost all my MF gear and thus defeating the entire purpose of the build. Is there something I'm missing?

Edit: I should add this is in the Docks, 4 levels below my current level.

can you post your gear and skilltree please - makes it easier to help

Almost to 80 with the build still no real issues if I stay within the "limits" of the build. IE not biting off more than I can chew in maps/map-mods. I've had a lot of success with the build pulling sometimes 5-10 Uniques a play session. Last night I played in a public group and pulled out 6 uniques including a Hegemony's Era. Not to mention the currency I've made.

For all the people saying the build is bad, or hard to play etc etc. Maybe the build isn't for you then. Each build encompasses a certain type of play style. The play style behind this build is all about hiding behind your totems, and quite honestly taking things slow. That does not mean per-se you can not go faster, it's all about how you play it.

Thanks again Fri3dchick3m :)

Thanks for the great build. I normally try to play something that is very tanky, so this is not in my normal comfort level. But with your guide it has been fairly painless. During the course of this adventure I have come up with a couple of questions.

I am currently at level 63 and have the following equipped:



1) With running my auras my life drops to 227 from 742 which I believe is about normal. My issue is that my 'Clarity' gem is only at level 6 and I would like to start raising this. My question is that as I raise the 'Clarity' level and my life starts to go down, when should I stop the leveling? My current ES is at 2.8K and I don't seem to dip into the life pool at all (I normal die if I get down that far). Bottom line is how far down can I let my life pool get to?

2) As a level 63 I am sort of lost at what I should be farming next. Normally at this stage I would start running a few low level maps and 'Piety' while finishing up the content. I have been having some issues with the bitches in 'Piety' so that is out for the moment and I have just been running the 'Docks' and the 'Crematorium'. Just a little lost on what to do next.

3) I would like to set up the standard CoDT gems but am a little worried about the 'Enduring Cry' gem and the way it taunts the monsters. I see other people running this setup in this thread, but it just seems a little counter intuitive. My question is, is it worth trying to come up with a RRRR just to run CoDT?

You are the man Fri3dchick3m and thanks for the time you have spent documenting this build.

I'm lv 77 with this buid atm. Any comment?