[2.5] Summon Raging Inferno ( 6L flame golems) - atziri 5L - 5 curse support!

Spell Echo, nice!
Still following the guide, just rerolled a Witch.
Love them golems. :)

@DreamScythe: I thought you know that echo works now. I tried it today and it seems to fix some of the problems with golem AI. About ignites - don't forget that flammability gives some chance to ignite too.

@Caliginosus - I have a feeling you will really enjoy this build!

@Stekrz Yea, I only foundd out about spell echo yesterday. Flamability ignite chance is very small, so I intend to augment it with Assassins mark over using enfeeble. I'm all for high damage at this point.

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DreamScythe wrote:

@Caliginosus - I have a feeling you will really enjoy this build!

@Stekrz Yea, I only foundd out about spell echo yesterday. Flamability ignite chance is very small, so I intend to augment it with Assassins mark over using enfeeble. I'm all for high damage at this point.

I'm running: Flame golem, Spell echo, LMP, Faster Projectiles (20% quality), Controlled Destruction, Minion damage...

So far i prefer faster projectiles over Fire pen, since all their attacks are considered projectiles they gain the dmg bonus, they gain 10% cast speed and the cone and incinerate attacks are so much easier to use.


Should try it :)

I had tried using faster projectiles on my old golem build, but I just found that fire pen was better due to the fact that it also affects the burn.

I bought 2 clayshapers for 1 fus each yesterday (in Perandus HC and reeped to standard) and man, it is fun. 3 golems running around and nuking everything :)

Now the question is what to use, or maybe get another 6l belly (I wouldn't recolour my BBBBGG belly).

TIL that monsters (including minions) get 200% increased crit chance per power charge. So if you decide to add Assasin's Mark you should also try Power Charge On Critical gem. Should be fun.

I don't think Fire Penetration is strong in PvE. You are lowering enemy's fire ress by over 150% (less on bosses) and adding 37% to that is not worth a gem slot IMO.

Please try to add animate guardian to your setup. 18% curse effect and 33% increased damage aura are quite sizable bonuses. He shouldn't be hard to keep alive with Bone Offering, and with decent rare boots and gloves you can cap his resistances without using ress support, so all you need is 1 gem slot (add fortify if you find room for it). Zahndethus' Cassock for consecrated ground, Leer Cast for 15% damage aura and Dying Breath for 18% damage aura and 18% curse effect.


Edit: golems keep charges most of the time from Assasin's mark alone, PCoC not needed. This means 30% crit chance (with Controlled Destruction penalty) from power charges, and like 15% additional chance from Assasin's Mark + curse effect. So your idea to add Assasin's Mark is looking better and better. And when we are at maximizing dmg, drop temp chains for it is 55% MORE projectile damage (86% after buffs, assuming 30% curse effect from tree, Conqueror's Potency jewel and Dying Breath bonus, no quality Blasphemy, and +2 lvl from Heretic's Veil).

How much damage do you estimate the triple golems doing? I know it's hard to tell from the very (uninspiring) minion tooltips. Also, how long would it take to take down t10 + bosses?

Was thinking about such a build when clayshaper was shown, but wasn't sure if it would be good enough to map comfortably. Thanks to you, now I'm convinced. Gonna make it asap.

Just one question. I am neither a highly (as in, extremely) dedicated player, nor a total noob. Something in between I'd say. The very first good character I made was dual flame totem. Now I know it was easily atziri capable, but back then I didn't even think about it. All my characters after this one were either total glass cannons or had bad mechanics against atziri (my KB one was really good but due to bugged frost wall didn't feel I had enough dps). I would love to finally beat atziri. Is this build somewhat capable of doing that under 2-3 ex budget?

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macexor wrote:

Was thinking about such a build when clayshaper was shown, but wasn't sure if it would be good enough to map comfortably. Thanks to you, now I'm convinced. Gonna make it asap.

Just one question. I am neither a highly (as in, extremely) dedicated player, nor a total noob. Something in between I'd say. The very first good character I made was dual flame totem. Now I know it was easily atziri capable, but back then I didn't even think about it. All my characters after this one were either total glass cannons or had bad mechanics against atziri (my KB one was really good but due to bugged frost wall didn't feel I had enough dps). I would love to finally beat atziri. Is this build somewhat capable of doing that under 2-3 ex budget?

On Perendus league, absolutely. The most expensive items are the 5L, and the helm. You can make this build with self found items, you just need to buy the helm. On standard however, heretic's veil seems to have gone to an insane price, making it more difficult to obtain.

When I was checking STD prices for the helmet, I saw one with 6% extra block from bone offering corruption, for 15 ex. And it is gone now, I kinda regret not buying it.