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

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xenogfan43 wrote:

This is a real solid build, i went for the skill duration nodes instead of the right side of the tree and grabbed the %fire damage nodes above the witch's start. I also went into more curse effect and use blasphemy with enfeeble and warlords mark instead of anger.

Also, you can use a cybil's paw with 8 life gain on hit by your spells, two of them if you have dual wield block jewels, and you'll be able to get a solid 500-1600 life per second from life gain on hit alone when fighting a single target, more with more firestorms down, way more with lots of enemies on screen. I found that this in tandem with life leech from warlords mark, the occassional endurance charges (which vastly increase the duration of immortal call, using a CWDT setup with that + inc duration in one claw) and putting the blasphemy curses in your gloves works really really well.

An amazing build to start a league with, just pick up firestorm and echo/faster casting as soon as possible and you can just roll over everything once you get your ascendancy and have that 20% penetration going.

Also, something i think you neglected to mention, you can make a flame totem setup in your boots which roughly doubles your total dps by allowing you to drop 3 flame totems that have life leech, you can also use that to deal with reflect mobs/maps. extremely capable build, i'm running 5k life with crap gear, belly of the beast, rime gaze and repentance. I'm going to pick up a kaom's heart and doryani's fire belt and see how easy atziri is, seems like it'll be a cakewalk.

9/10, really like it, wish it cleared a little faster but it sure does offer tons of survivability and requires almost no gear investment, very solid build for starting the next league.

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Alopix wrote:

First off, thanks for posting a build that doesn't start with "Required Items: <insert 10+ex piece of gear>..."

This is an ele build and you don't have your weapon slot committed to anything, so there's an item that ought to be mentioned somewhere here-

Even 2 days into a new league, it's 1alch. Put a cold spell in it and you have another effectively six-linked spell, that utilizes Rime Gaze's increased cold damage. Maybe something like Arctic Breath for dropping chilled ground, to keep mobs in the firestorms longer and reap the defensive benefit. You could also make a case for just grabbing a rare wand with 100+ increased fire/spell damage, though...

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iapoc004 wrote:

Hi there, just started the new league using your build. Really good so far.
Quick question, how good is orb of storm curse spreading in later levels? is using blasphemy w/ curses better or worse?

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jerryperry wrote:

Hey, I'm using your build for my new created templar on the essence league, what I want to ask you is what kind of helmet did you use before you used Rime Gaze? Which mods do you prefer to use?