[3.2] Tremor Queen GC miner [HC/SC][Everything viable][Budget]

{Disclaimer}
It's been brought to my attention that Tremor Rod's rearming is much slower than expected because the mines actually have to cast the spell, based on the spells cast speed which in this case is 0.80 (base) for GC. That means you will actually lay down mines faster than they can rearm and they will be destroyed, causing a significant loss in DPS. However, since it's rare that you stand still and lay down mines for a long period of time without moving, tremor rod is still worth using, but a good stat stick will have more DPS.


Path of Building does not do a good job of calculating mines dps, in fact it doesn't even try. So let's figure it out with out own calculation/visualization. First off, we get 100% increased arming speed, instant mine detonation and about 100% increased mine laying speed. Assume a spell totem is detonating my mines for me. Both base arming speed and base mine laying speed are 0.5 seconds, so:

Our mines are laid down every 0.25s, exploding 0.25s later and rearmed again, exploding again another 0.25s later because of tremor rod. Because arm speed is the same as my mine laying speed it becomes pretty easy to calculate.

PoB tells me that my mines hit for 50k+ and glacial cascade hits enemies 2-3 times. Minefield makes it so we lay down 3 mines every time. Let's calculate. 50k*2,5*3 = 375k
But let's not forget tremor rod re-arming the mines. Here it all is visualized:

0.25s-0.50s-0.75s-1.00s-1.25s-1.50s-1.75s
mine--deto--deto--mine--deto--deto--mine
------mine--deto--deto--mine--deto--deto
------------mine--deto--deto--mine--deto
------375k--750k--750k--750k--750k--750k = 3 000 000 damage total from 0.75s to 1.75s mark

"mine"=mine is finished being placed. "deto"= mine is detonated.

That is without preparing for a fight by laying down 9 mines before the fight begins, in which case you would have greater DPS for the first second of the fight:

0.00s-0.25s-0.50s-0.75s-1.00s
deto--deto--------mine--deto
------mine--deto--deto--mine
------------mine--deto--deto
1.1m--1.1m--375k--750k--750k = 4 075 000 damage total from 0.00s to 1.00s mark

This is the kind of damage numbers you'll see following my guide, but if you want to calculate your own dps just change to the relevant numbers. Keep in mind however, this is essentially tooltip DPS. Real DPS may vary.

Essentials:
<BIS for non crit builds. 6link NOT required.
<Needed for the extra movementspeed
<Needed for hatred with MoM
< Place an additional mine mod is OP

Good mods to look for on the rest of our gear pieces:
+Life
+Evasion, flat and %
+Mana/mana regen
+Resists
+Flask mods (belt)

Best gear you can get is pure evasion gear. However, early on it can be hard to get the right socket colours so we'll use hybrid evasion gear. Use a rare stygian vise and a rare amber amulet for the strength.

Jewels:
GC miners benefit from a ton of jewel affixes so acquiring good ones shouldn't be difficult. I will include two poetrade search forms to make it easier, but remember to choose the league you're playing in.

Ideal:
Search form: http://poe.trade/search/ikutoborehohet

Cheap:
Search form: http://poe.trade/search/amokomakohukah

Abyss jewels:
Search form: http://poe.trade/search/oohinonatamgag

The ideal ones I bought for 10-20c if you're quick to grab them. If you can't afford or don't want to spend the time, you can get the cheap ones for 2-4c easily.
Clear mind is good too, but can't be used with clarity.
Using one or two The Long Winter saves 3 skill points, but costs jewel sockets. Personally I don't use it, but it's a good option.

Watchers Eye can be immensely powerful for us. There are a few powerful mods to look out for:
- (10-15)% chance to Recover 10% of Maximum Mana when you use a Skill while affected by Clarity
- Damage Penetrates (10-15)% Cold Resistance while affected by Hatred
- (25-40)% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while affected by Hatred

The clarity affix is particularly powerful as it could potentially be enough to sustain mana without a mana potion!

Flasks:

If you can't get a Taste of Hate you just replace it with a basalt. For general mapping you want to use a basalt flask anyway, for the curse immunity. You can drop the quicksilver for the wise oak for boss runs. Sin's Rebirth exists as an option for general mapping. It will give you some movement speed, but the dmg boost you get is less than with other flasks.



Until you get enough mana regen to sustain GC+MoM, use a mana potion. Other potential ways of sustaining mana:
Lavianga's Spirit
Vaal Clarity

Brine King, fully upgraded to deal with chill/freeze/stun and Garukhan fully upgraded for a bit more dodge and ms.
Bandit reward: 2 skillpoints

Glacial Cascade - Minefield - Concentrated effect - Controlled destruction
5th & 6th link: Elemental Focus (can't chill/freeze) / Trap & Mine Damage (has less damage)
Alternative 6th link: Hypothermia (instead of Elemental Focus). Allows you to chill/freeze. Can be difficult to get 2 green sockets on Tremor Rod.

Orb of storms - Curse on Hit - Elemental Weakness/Frostbite - Arcane Surge (low lvl)

Hatred (in Essence Worm)

Cast when damage taken - Immortal Call - Frost Bomb - Increased duration

Detonate mines - Spell totem - Minion & Totem Elemental resistance - Increased duration

Vaal Grace - Increased duration - Faster casting - Flame dash

Since it's been heavily requested, here is a guide on leveling this build as your first character of a league. I will expand upon it sometime after the 3.1 launch weekend.

First off, this can be leveled as a generic spellcaster. That leaves you with a ton of options and you can go look up other peoples leveling guides. I have some leveling gear and skill recommendations in my PoB link, as well as lvl 59 tree.

Personally I will either level with Glacial Cascade or Blade Vortex, both self cast. If you want to level with mines, just get the mine nodes and mine ascendancies first. It probably won't feel very comfortable until after cruel lab when you get demolitions specialist.







General leveling tips:
- Link a low level arcane surge to a skill like flame dash, a curse or frostbomb.
- Skillbook/deicide quests of act 6-9 can be quite dangerous so I recommend skipping them until you're overleveled. Some of those gods are nasty.
- Act 8 sewer Doedre is spooky. Her teleport attack can one-shot. Beware.
- For HC players in particular. GET INSTANT HEAL POTIONS.