[2.5] The FireFly (Burning HoT - insane damage)

Welcome!




I was inspired by Hitma47's burning warp build, so I combined some of the mechanics of it with my own HoT build and created this little gem. (Well there are two versions of it: Life, and CI - they utilize different items and mechanics slightly.)

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For the Life version, click following the link:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1787793
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Sample Vids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBZrEbQBTJk t13 gorge vaal pact run 1:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNxx7a-NVo&feature=youtu.be Shaper kill


Important items:

10 x Grand Spectrum Viridian Jewels for Pure Raw damage. See budget section for alternative jewels

- grants damage, 2% life leech, and deals fire damage to yourself to proc Ylbane's shocked ground and cwdt gems.

- converts 50% lightning damage to cold. When combined with Avatar of Fire and Cold to Fire gem, HoT does pure fire damage.

- Causes Eye of Innocence to ignite you

- used to proc herald of thunder

Secondary Useful Items:


Explanation:

There are several mechanics going on here which may seem complicated to a new player. For this build, Avatar of fire makes it so we can only deal fire damage. With gems and gear, Herald of Thunder is fully converted to fire.

To activate Herald of thunder's secondary effect, there are 3 ways:
1) Kill a worm or enemy while Elemental conflux (shock/ele) is active
2) Kill an enemy/ worm on shocked ground created by Ylfeban's Trickery
3) Vessel of vinktar

Realistically, you can easily manage the build using only Elemental Conflux - the other's are pure luxury.

Once HoT's Secondary effect is active, it will hit enemies for massive damage causing ignite. The elementalist's Beacon of Ruin causes the ignite to proliferate, easily melting monster packs and bosses.

Casting a lightning spell such as arc or lightning warp activates mastermind of discord, causing all fire damage to penetrate 25% enemy resists.

Additional Notes:


Gear:


Budget Section:



Links:


Skill Tree


Stats:


Videos:


Beach SC Life Version:



Link to Hitma47's burning warp build:




My other builds:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1602863

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This build is very new, so many of the links may change. The main thing is having a proper set up for HoT.

Just for the record, Vinktar is not required at all, it can sometimes just make it a little bit smoother. Vinktar does absolutely nothing other than shock nearby enemies/worms in addition to being a topaz flask.

This build its inmune to reflect?

nope. I would not reccommend doing reflect maps. It can handle a reflect monster but thats it.

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DreamScythe wrote:

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This build is very new, so many of the links may change. The main thing is having a proper set up for HoT.

could you level with some kind of HOT setup, tabula rasa and such?
would like to try it, but i have absolutely no clue about the mechanics.
could u do higher tier content with it, like guardians and shaper?

This has my vote for BoTW.

I think a life version can be done, I would not recommend trying this on HC as it is basically a glass cannon.

It might be hard to level with until at least level 60+. The build requires decent ignite chance (I would say 30+ from gear/skill tree) as well as grand spectrum viridian jewels. Using tabula is fine for a life version, and actually it might be worth running life leech in that setup.

As for endgame content, It should be somewhat doable so long as it isnt immune to ignite. I plan to give shaper a go, as well as the t16 bosses (except for phoenix, hes immune to ignite).

I was recently building a similar build to this in HC.
i went life based with EB MOM ZO and was at about 3700 life and 1500 es at lvl 76 with poor mans gear. would have been very tanky by 85 plus i think but i did die anyway on a T2 to a rippy prophecy exile lol.
I was also running Blashpemy enfeeble and Vaal spark to clear faster and for bosses.
but without grand spectrums i dont know how far it would have gone.

Looks cool. You have a six-link, but as I see it, this is not necessary? The only gem-setup needed for dealing damage is the 4-link HOT?

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MisterHat wrote:

Looks cool. You have a six-link, but as I see it, this is not necessary? The only gem-setup needed for dealing damage is the 4-link HOT?

I switched over from a 6l to the gloves, which left me with a 6l chest. But either way, the 6 link is not required really.