2.3 Fakener (budget fake Mjölner) build - Trickster Version

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Royella wrote:

Hi all, very noobish coc discharge player here. I spent all of talisman league playing a melee cyclone to earn a 6 link voll's, a voll's devotion, high roll maligaro's etc., plus a nice stack of exalts to fund a coc build. I chose to go with the templar inquisitor as I had a lvl 80 templar sitting around. I have literally just begun to chrome and gem the gear and despite my gems being grossly under leveled I can see the great potential here. So far I have crafted 1 decent elreon's ring and am just waiting to get another good one. I have crafted a crappy vegan dagger and am using it until I get better. Hopefully someone can help me out with a couple questions I do have though. First, how is it possible to not use the elemental equilibrium with the templar build? Second I see it's recommended to use HoT/Wrath. Where would you put those in and what other gems would you remove to get them there?

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alkoxide wrote:

you NEED someway of penetrating resistances. w/o EE, the only other passive way of doing that is blasphemy (35% mana reserved, not possible w/ purity of lightning and discipline) or just casting a curse. if you cast a curse, youll need to either go dual curse (assassin's mark+conductivity/elemental weakness) or pick between the three. if you go Elemental equilibrium you cant go Herald or wrath because both of those add lightning damage to your attacks, which would increase enemy lightning res by 50%. you could go herald of ice tho, and that would save you from needing it on gear.

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Mathil wrote:

Templar Inquisitor- Dmg, crit multi, dropping EE and being able to run wrath/HoT

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Royella wrote:

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alkoxide wrote:

you NEED someway of penetrating resistances. w/o EE, the only other passive way of doing that is blasphemy (35% mana reserved, not possible w/ purity of lightning and discipline) or just casting a curse. if you cast a curse, youll need to either go dual curse (assassin's mark+conductivity/elemental weakness) or pick between the three. if you go Elemental equilibrium you cant go Herald or wrath because both of those add lightning damage to your attacks, which would increase enemy lightning res by 50%. you could go herald of ice tho, and that would save you from needing it on gear.

Thanks for the reply, I was a little confused because Mathil said you could ditch ee and use warth/HoT with the inquisitor and the skill tree he posted doesn't use it. I'll see if I can catch him streaming and ask him directly what he meant.

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Mathil wrote:

Templar Inquisitor- Dmg, crit multi, dropping EE and being able to run wrath/HoT

I also have a leveled witch that I may spec out and try as well. It would literally be the same gear I use for the templar so I could test both out to see what is most effective.

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Myrales wrote:

As a Templar Inquisitor it is correct to NOT go for Elemental Equilibrium (and Wrath/Herald of Thunder are fine). Inevitable Judgement IS your method of penetrating resistances.