[No longer updated] Pizza Sticks: Flameblast Totem Hierophant

For ascendancy, is there any reason not to go chieftain?

Am I overestimate value of totem leech?

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maykay wrote:

Just switched to CI. I almost never died when using the life version, and after the switch I died on the first map. I guess I need practice with CI (never used CI before) ;)

I'll leave my gear here, so if anyone has any comments, it'd be appreciated.

I'm tempted to switch Rumi's to Sorrow of the Divine, but I'm not sure that'd be the best move.

Quick review-

Go CI if you aren't already.

No need for accuracy rating on gloves I think.

Personally I would ditch armor on belt and rely on flasks with 3k+ armor if needed. I have almost 0 armor and clear t15 content easily. Replace ammy too with ES instead of armor.

Ditch chaos resistance on all pieces. CI fixes this.

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pdot1337 wrote:

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maykay wrote:

Just switched to CI. I almost never died when using the life version, and after the switch I died on the first map. I guess I need practice with CI (never used CI before) ;)

I'll leave my gear here, so if anyone has any comments, it'd be appreciated.

I'm tempted to switch Rumi's to Sorrow of the Divine, but I'm not sure that'd be the best move.

Quick review-

Go CI if you aren't already.

No need for accuracy rating on gloves I think.

Personally I would ditch armor on belt and rely on flasks with 3k+ armor if needed. I have almost 0 armor and clear t15 content easily. Replace ammy too with ES instead of armor.

Ditch chaos resistance on all pieces. CI fixes this.

Thanks for the response.

I forgot to add one thing: I like to play mostly self found / self crafted, so the gear is bound to reflect that. I bought the chest piece, the Valyrium ring, the belt (white base, then crafted) and Rumi's Concoction. I also bought Essences of Misery and crafted the dagger (white base I found myself). The rest of the gear I found and crafted myself.

- I already made the switch to CI. I suppose I just have to get used to not having Seething flasks for those "Oh shit!" moments (have Vaal Discipline for that).
- Gloves were found and crafted, so they're bound to have the odd crap stat, like armour, accuracy, or chaos res. Same for the jewellery.


I think I need more ES nodes on the tree, since I'm sitting at only 7k ES (level 88).

I´m playing this build on a lvl 84 inquisitor and it feels so fucking squshy and i died a few times. i have only 6,2k ES, which is a big problem. i´m thinking about to swap one dagger for a shield. that would bring me ~1,2-1,5k more E but i would lose ~300-400 sheet dps (from 3760 down to 3300).

other thought is to skill Zealot Oath for a little permanent ES reg, but i had to waste 4-5 points for that because i need some life reg nodes. not sure if it would be worth.

now to my next problem:
my totems are so fast dead. too fast. against monster which are shooting projectiles or spells, i´m just fucked. totem's are faster down than they can cast (or i can replace them) and the same applies to me. the only thing i can do is run because my energy shield is nearly instant down if they hit me and most of the time there is coming a wall of projectiles in my face. :D

i hope you have some good tips for me and sorry for my not so great english. :P


edit:

i forgot one question. what do you guys think about a non crit hierophant totem-flameblast build comparaed to the crit inquisitor build? i thinking about to skill elemental overload and using orb of storm + pcoc for a little bit crit and using three totem's so that we have to chance to proc elemental overload with orb of storm's.

edit 2: bought a new dagger, gives me a big damage boost. now 4k dps with dagger + shield. fells much better now.

hey guys ! So, I have couple questions about the weapons and gems.
Currently, i don't know if I should get 2 scepters, shield and speed casting dagger, dagger + shield or just wand, and if, what gems to use for each of this setups ?

Im just kind of confused about all this weapon types

If you take a look at my "leveling gear" it's terrible, especially the weapons, and I can't clear the content easily
furthermore, is faster casting enough to justify giving up all my spell damage for 2nd totem ?

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TheMiziko wrote:

hey guys ! So, I have couple questions about the weapons and gems.
Currently, i don't know if I should get 2 scepters, shield and speed casting dagger, dagger + shield or just wand, and if, what gems to use for each of this setups ?

Im just kind of confused about all this weapon types

If you take a look at my "leveling gear" it's terrible, especially the weapons, and I can't clear the content easily
furthermore, is faster casting enough to justify giving up all my spell damage for 2nd totem ?

I use dagger and shield. Clears t16 content easily. Lvl 91. You can use two daggers, but I like a little extra survivability.

Get faster cast on as much as you can. It's important. Look at my gear. Not the best, but 8.5+/10

Hope this helps/.

Since it's +110% spell damage/stage, wouldn't it be pretty useless to get more spell damage?
A fully charged flameblast deals 1090% spell damage, having +44% spell damage on a dagger would only add 4% to your DPS.
It's just a question, no critique.

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pdot1336 wrote:

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TheMiziko wrote:

hey guys ! So, I have couple questions about the weapons and gems.
Currently, i don't know if I should get 2 scepters, shield and speed casting dagger, dagger + shield or just wand, and if, what gems to use for each of this setups ?

Im just kind of confused about all this weapon types

If you take a look at my "leveling gear" it's terrible, especially the weapons, and I can't clear the content easily
furthermore, is faster casting enough to justify giving up all my spell damage for 2nd totem ?

I use dagger and shield. Clears t16 content easily. Lvl 91. You can use two daggers, but I like a little extra survivability.

Get faster cast on as much as you can. It's important. Look at my gear. Not the best, but 8.5+/10

Hope this helps/.

Thank you so much for your help ! appriciate it

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World_Destructor wrote:

Since it's +110% spell damage/stage, wouldn't it be pretty useless to get more spell damage?
A fully charged flameblast deals 1090% spell damage, having +44% spell damage on a dagger would only add 4% to your DPS.
It's just a question, no critique.

Flameblast stages add "more spell damage"; affix on dagger is "increased spell damage".
If I understand this game correctly, these enter the damage calculation at different stages, so you can't just add them together and say "oh, 44% is just 4% DPS". It doesn't work that way. "More" and "increased" work differently; one is additive, the other is multiplicative.

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maykay wrote:

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World_Destructor wrote:

Since it's +110% spell damage/stage, wouldn't it be pretty useless to get more spell damage?
A fully charged flameblast deals 1090% spell damage, having +44% spell damage on a dagger would only add 4% to your DPS.
It's just a question, no critique.

Flameblast stages add "more spell damage"; affix on dagger is "increased spell damage".
If I understand this game correctly, these enter the damage calculation at different stages, so you can't just add them together and say "oh, 44% is just 4% DPS". It doesn't work that way. "More" and "increased" work differently; one is additive, the other is multiplicative.

Ah right, I didn't realize it was more and not increased, thanks for enlightening me.