[3.1] Burning Man (Vaal Molten Shell)

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FKPX3118 wrote:

Hi,
this build is really fun. I was trying to build a non-crit version recently, and this gives me a lot of help.



Here is what i got from my test and calculate to show how frequent we can ignite a single target:

1.Blade Vortex(CWDT)
20 Stacks BV has 200ms per spin and that's 5 hit/s

2.Ball Lightning(CWDT)
It has 200ms every hit for a target per cast, and this is shared for all balls in one cast. A level 1 CWDT will easily get 250ms CD limit. So that should be 5 hit/s times 4. But it's hard to say this is a sustained CWDT ball lightning hit rate, because without AOE and projectile speed modifier, a single target will be hit by only 1~2 balls at the same time, with inc. AOE and slower projectile speed, the hit box will be 3`4 balls.
So that's roughly 5~10 hit/s without some optimization.

3.Firestorm(CWDT)
A sustained CWDT(LVL1) firestorm will have a 48.8 hit/s for a normal single target with skill duration modifier 165% (Tree 90% and 75% from inc. duration gem) and no AOE modifier.
-with Conc. Effect: 59.4 hit/s
-with Dying Sun: ~43 hit/s
-with Dying Sun and Conc. Effect: ~48 hit/s

4.Selfcasting
Without stacking a lot of cast speed:
Ball Lightning---bad for single target hit rate because it has a limit to hit each enemy which is 5 hit/s. It should be <25 hit/s even with some gem tweaking.
Magma Orb---without helmet enchant and threshold jewels, if it is positioned properly, it can reach 90~100 hit/s.
Firestorm---can reach 120~148 hit/s with sustained casting but it need to wait 5.3 seconds to reach this number.
Icestorm---The duration is 1.5s so it is worse than firestorm, can reach 88~109 hit/s.

5.Attack
Without stacking a lot of attack speed:
Cyclone---will do around 9 hit/s and Vaal Cyclone will do 15 hit/s, it's not efficient but feels good when playing this.
Double Strike---12.5 hit/s.
Vengeance---0.8333 hit/s. This can be used to activate some weapon effect.
Barrage---can reach 60 hit/s with Quill Rain.

As I tested, traps and SRS can ignite but can't deal you damage because the source of ignite isn't yourself. I'm still trying to find some other method to hit more frequently.
So if we can get a total number of 200+ ignites per second, the VMS damage will almost kill everything during its effect.



As ascendancy class:
I tried Zerphi Pathfinder and Berserker, they can both facetank bosses if not get one shot. Pathfinder will get 3 additional projectiles when using Dying Sun but too much maximum fire resistance(84%). Berserker triggers more CWDT and can AFK tank some stationary bosses. Still working on Berserker. May try to theory craft Assassin crit or Jugg Discharge.



BTW my questions are:

1.In your build, should Incinerate be better than Flameblast? They have the same cast speed but incinerate will hit more often so the target will be ignited more frequently. Although incinerate doesn't have a base crit chance.

2.Is it a must to have non-capped fire resistance? Will you get one shot by some fire damage like Detonate Dead?

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aliac123 wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/7dglt0/psa_the_hungry_loop_is_not_a_cwdt_this_is_the/


Free 5L Ring would be great for this build?
But vaal pact nerf..

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Vaal molten shell either crits for the whole duration, or doesnt crit for the whole duration, so it is important to use a diamond flask before using this skill, especially for bosses. I mean, who wants to spend an additional 0.5 seconds fighting a boss?