[2.5] HC Firestorm Hierophant (Dual-Curse, Cheap, Beginnerfriendly, Atziri Down)

Hey im following your build, currently level 46. pretty low damage atm with firestorm, why not use more elemental damage nodes? still using lifesprig atm aswell :(
what i was wondering though, what jewels are u using? what do u look for in jeweles

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baldatron wrote:

what do you think about using a "consuming dark" as weapon? could help against reflect?


love the build :D

Sure for Reflect Maps you can switch to 2 Consuming Darks. For the occasional Reflect Mop just use a Ruby Flask and you will be fine. I always notice Reflect Mobs, but thats not a big of a problem.

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krigr0 wrote:

Hey im following your build, currently level 46. pretty low damage atm with firestorm, why not use more elemental damage nodes? still using lifesprig atm aswell :(
what i was wondering though, what jewels are u using? what do u look for in jeweles

If you Damage is low, switch Firestrom in your Helmet (if you have the Hierophant notes) and take a Wand/Sceptre/Dagger with Spell Damage/Added Damage to Spells. Use Flamability as well. I never experienced low Damage while Leveling this Char.
And i didnt took more Ele/Fire-Damage nodes, because I didnt feel the need for it and i play HC so yeah i wanted to be more tanky. If you play SC feel free and take some other nodes.

For Jewels I take 7% Life and something like this: Fire Damage, Spell Damage with/without Shield, Area Damage.

What do you do about chaos resist on merciless?

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deathnightwc3 wrote:

What do you do about chaos resist on merciless?

I ignore them. =)

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Kandes wrote:

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deathnightwc3 wrote:

What do you do about chaos resist on merciless?

I ignore them. =)

Ok, phew. Thought I was doing something wrong.

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deathnightwc3 wrote:

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Kandes wrote:

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deathnightwc3 wrote:

What do you do about chaos resist on merciless?

I ignore them. =)

Ok, phew. Thought I was doing something wrong.

No its all fine, like you can see, I am not caped as well. But this is okay. I dont feel the need to cap my Chaos Resist. I cant think of anything that can kill you easily dealing chaos damage. Also Caping Chaos Resist will be very Expensive and I think it wont be budget anymore.

Awesome build, followed it all the way to 60 with some minor tweaks before i ripped. Finished everything on cruel and all that was left was the lab run. I decided to leave it last and be over-leveled by 5 levels or so because i am not very good at the game. Well, got the main boss down to 2% health before he landed the final blow. Feelsbadman. Were you over-leveled when you did labs or was it a breeze for you?

your 3212 per use in hideout, how did u get that? Firestorm averages 202 damage at lvl 20 + 14.5 dagger flat damage, let's say conc effect + Controlled destruction brings it to 433 damage, that means ur tree + gear have about + ~650% total damage. I'm only counting about 450-500% inclusive of iron will(313str = ~60%). Can't quite tell where i'm missing the remaining %damage. Does your jewel give about 100~ish damage?


Edit: Okay realize i forget to accout for anger, so now it should tally up nicely.

Also, what other buff are there in the 2nd screenshot beside elemental overlord?

What about going through jewel node and for celestial judgement/punishment and the ele/fire damage nodes there? i play standard. would u recommend it?

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infernoboi92 wrote:

your 3212 per use in hideout, how did u get that? Firestorm averages 202 damage at lvl 20 + 14.5 dagger flat damage, let's say conc effect + Controlled destruction brings it to 433 damage, that means ur tree + gear have about + ~650% total damage. I'm only counting about 450-500% inclusive of iron will(313str = ~60%). Can't quite tell where i'm missing the remaining %damage. Does your jewel give about 100~ish damage?


Edit: Okay realize i forget to accout for anger, so now it should tally up nicely.

Also, what other buff are there in the 2nd screenshot beside elemental overlord?

Ther is also Puruit of Faith going on in this Screen. The Dmg is flucuating between 5-6k depending on how many stacks you get.

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MyPokerFace wrote:

Awesome build, followed it all the way to 60 with some minor tweaks before i ripped. Finished everything on cruel and all that was left was the lab run. I decided to leave it last and be over-leveled by 5 levels or so because i am not very good at the game. Well, got the main boss down to 2% health before he landed the final blow. Feelsbadman. Were you over-leveled when you did labs or was it a breeze for you?

I feel it was a breeze. I think you did some things wrong there, maybe not the right flasks, or was he buffed with anything? Did you weared a Belly of the Beast and a Geofri's? Did you used Curses. Stuff like this can add together and will result in a RIP, feels bad man :/

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krigr0 wrote:

What about going through jewel node and for celestial judgement/punishment and the ele/fire damage nodes there? i play standard. would u recommend it?

I dont see a problem here if you want more damage try it. If you feel that you lack defensiv stats, then respec out of it. It is not a shame to use your Regret Orbs and try diffrent stuff. =)
I also like to tweet the whole tree a little. Maybe spec out of the whole right side and go for Scion Life wheel + Skill Effect Duration. But i cant decide if this will be better or not so i stayed like it is now.