[3.15] Elemental Hit Ballista Totem Hiero | Budget Friendly | League Start to Endgame

Another build I loved. It stands next to BL Astendant, and Dominating blow . I kinda lack some defences (trying to change unique ring to some rare with life and dps) but overall I am around ~1,1 m dps per totem. Tho I am kinda afraid I have just too much attack speed with cluster jewel Bartpio suggested. 5,8 aps feels like I am overcasting frenzy. I still hunt currency to get +4 helmet, and corrupted kaom, maybe better boots and quiver but overall I can do everything I want. Someone said build is slow. With berserk, phase run and quicksilver flask its fast.

For casual player like me (2 - 3 hours each 2 -3 days) build is amazingly cheap and so flexible with updates.
I think I will drop crit chance on bow. Enchant + 30 % corruption will be enough for me than chasing for crit

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Apostolos wrote:

With the Chainbreaker notable removing so much mana regen, how do you all keep up with putting out totems? I just finally got a lethal pride, but its like a full second and a half between totems now which is untenable. Granted, I have not done the 4th lab, but wouldn't those small nodes just add to rage regen now anyway? Or is it ALL the ring enchant since I do not even have one?

Indeed the Small Mana Regeneration Nodes will only add to Rage Regen after you take Chainbreaker.

Depending on the way how one plays the build, e.g. some like to spam the totems, in this case, the Ring Enchant or Enduring Mana Flask is definitely necessary to make things smoother. 2x -9 mana sources is the recommended default for Hiero Classes after they start using Chainbreaker.

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nathlar wrote:

Just wanted to stop here again to thank Vei and the amazing people on this thread, for the great information and ideas.
Build has worked exactly as advertised , I invested very little in it and have no problems doing T14-16 maps.
I still have lots of posible upgrades, my rings and quiver are pretty bad , can get corrupted bow , corrupted frostferno , etc , but the build feels fine without them , so i have no rush.

My only complaint is that though I have made enough currency to start a new build , the build is working so well i have no motivation to play another one :)

Awesome to hear the build is working exactly as advertised. No fake marketing here. 100% Legit and Genuine ;)

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Bungtotronvo wrote:

Hey Vei, I just finished Maven, Sirus and the last Maven's invitation with this build. And so I decided to post this reply as a thank you very much for your dedication towards the guide.

I started as a raider. But as you also noticed, the performance was not that great. The perma onslaught and perma phasing is only good in paper. So I rerolled a Hiero and pretty much stomp everything from there.

Following the guide, here are some of the choices I made along the way based on personal preference:
1. I do not use golem. Resummoning is not my thing.
2. I do not use blood rage. My life regen cannot keep up with the degen. Less dps. But 1 less thing to worry about when trying to dodge bosses' beams here and there.
3. I use cluster. Mainly for the Sleepless Sentry. Maybe because I was so used to the perma onslaught.
4. I use Precision. Because Watcher's Eye for the double buffs from Precision/Grace is dirt cheap.
5. I crafted my own double influence Amulet. So I can ditch the Diamond flask.
6. I use only 1 -mana ring. And still use enduring mana flask. Just had a feeling mapping is easier that way. Ofc bossing is 4 life flasks and the OP lego flask from Cortex.
7. I followed your corruption guide. Got +2 projectile Frostferno after 2 tries.
8. Just bought the Increased Crit chance Quill rain. Gain 5% crit chance. What an upgrade.
9. The belt which changes Endurance chrage to Brutal charges did not do me justice. Sacrificing defence in the end game indeed is a hard nope.
10. I chose 2 skills points over Alira. Resist is way to easy to cap with harvest. And I still need more points at lv 95. At least 3 more so I can dump them all in 5% life nodes.
11. For future gearing up plan, I am looking for a Divergent Dash so I can dish my phasing flask. A double corrupted Frostferno for the pew pew. Finish some harvests for my gloves and quiver. And save some Maven orbs for the +5 pierce boots.


This build was so easy to follow with all the in depth guideline. Thank you very much for creating such a guide and also for sticking with this thread almost 24/7. Deifintely the best guide I have followed so far.

Hey Bungtotronvo,

Congrats on defeating Maven, Sirus and the last Maven's invitation with this build!

It was an interesting read to see the adjustments you made to the build and also your goals and plan.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this post. Am very happy to hear that the guide was easy to follow! :D

Cheers

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bartpio wrote:

Ok, time to wrap up "my" (stolen with pride from Vei) version of the build. I decided to stick to core of the build - so frostferno and Kaom's heart and do not pursue full rare option of the build.

I had a great time reading your post. Thanks so much for sharing them! :)

By the way, I have removed the pin about your Frostferno service in my pinned announcement yesterday since Frostferno is pretty affordable now.

Looking at the various post people posted thanking you for your service, I am sure there are many more who benefited from it. Thank you once again for being so nice to offer your help/service to make Frostferno for people who provided the items! :)

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goldenmonkey2301 wrote:

Another build I loved. It stands next to BL Astendant, and Dominating blow . I kinda lack some defences (trying to change unique ring to some rare with life and dps) but overall I am around ~1,1 m dps per totem. Tho I am kinda afraid I have just too much attack speed with cluster jewel Bartpio suggested. 5,8 aps feels like I am overcasting frenzy. I still hunt currency to get +4 helmet, and corrupted kaom, maybe better boots and quiver but overall I can do everything I want. Someone said build is slow. With berserk, phase run and quicksilver flask its fast.

For casual player like me (2 - 3 hours each 2 -3 days) build is amazingly cheap and so flexible with updates.
I think I will drop crit chance on bow. Enchant + 30 % corruption will be enough for me than chasing for crit

Great to hear that you love the build! :)

Thanks for mentioning the "Enchant + 30 % corruption", this is actually a very good idea as a budget version of the 14-18% Critical Implicit on Quill Rain.

I'll make a note of it on my guide when I have the time and credit you for the idea.

Thanks!

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Onslaught Lovers

There seem to be some mentions on Onslaught and well, having to go for a Cluster Jewel for that really sucks since it requires so many Passive Tree Points. Using a Silver Flask takes up one of the 5 Precious Flask slots we have so it isn't that ideal too plus sometimes we can't refill Flask Charges.

Is there no good sources to get Onslaught? Well, maybe this might help:

Hi Vei

Finished leveling and it was super fun and i really like the playstyle

I've started to gear myself but i struggle to find my next pieces
could you please check my character and advice me on my next gear items? it seems i already got high resist so im not sure what to do

now other things i found trouble with

1. I dont have enough INT for the quill bow
2. cant find any Crit Quill bow's this league or I'm searching the wrong way

also, need to figure sockets and gems for mapping soon. so im working on it but any tips for what should i focus on next would be nice ^^

thanks.

Edit:regarding the frostferno corrupt
I was looking at the trade site and all the Ilevel 20-39 are already corrupted, am i missing something?

I was playing storm burst totems and I rerolled into this. I really like the playstile but I'm lacking DPS. Few things I know:
- Gem levels, recently bought
- I have no abyss jewel on my belt

But anyways, I'm nowhere close to 1 mill DPS, more like 100k per ballista totem. What should I upgrade first?

Edit: Nevermind, read the section

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nircc wrote:

Hi Vei

Finished leveling and it was super fun and i really like the playstyle

I've started to gear myself but i struggle to find my next pieces
could you please check my character and advice me on my next gear items? it seems i already got high resist so im not sure what to do

now other things i found trouble with

1. I dont have enough INT for the quill bow
2. cant find any Crit Quill bow's this league or I'm searching the wrong way

also, need to figure sockets and gems for mapping soon. so im working on it but any tips for what should i focus on next would be nice ^^

thanks.

After quick check - below in order how i would upgrade:

1. Craft % crit chance on flask. It costs only 6 glasblower bubbles.
2. Change the annointment to shamans dominion.
3. Change quiver to the one with pierce
4. Buy Lethal pride Jewel

The best dps upgrade is point 4.

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nircc wrote:

Hi Vei

Finished leveling and it was super fun and i really like the playstyle

I've started to gear myself but i struggle to find my next pieces
could you please check my character and advice me on my next gear items? it seems i already got high resist so im not sure what to do

now other things i found trouble with

1. I dont have enough INT for the quill bow
2. cant find any Crit Quill bow's this league or I'm searching the wrong way

also, need to figure sockets and gems for mapping soon. so im working on it but any tips for what should i focus on next would be nice ^^

thanks.

Edit:regarding the frostferno corrupt
I was looking at the trade site and all the Ilevel 20-39 are already corrupted, am i missing something?

Hi nircc,

I really don't want to say this but I realized you need more help than the level the guide is catered for and unfortunately the guide can't go simpler than that and personally I don't think it's a good idea to hand hold you all the way.

So I will give you some pointers/directions and you will have figure that out the rest yourself, probably through some trial and error. That's how I learn things also.

1. Flame Dash(And also Cast When Damage Taken and Immortal Call Gem) should not be leveled all the way, that's why you don't have enough INT for Quill Bow. Refer to "5.1 Single Curse Option" in the guide for what levels those gems are to be at.

2. Refer to "10. Budget Equipment Details" or "11. Mid-Tier Equipment Details" for what to look for on Gloves, that badly needs an upgrade, specifically look for one with high Flat Accuracy.

3. After the above, please work on your sockets and gems.

Crit Quill bow and Corrupt Frostferno should not be your focus for now.

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nico5051 wrote:

I was playing storm burst totems and I rerolled into this. I really like the playstile but I'm lacking DPS. Few things I know:
- Gem levels, recently bought
- I have no abyss jewel on my belt

But anyways, I'm nowhere close to 1 mill DPS, more like 100k per ballista totem. What should I upgrade first?

Please refer to "26. Upgrade Reference List" in the guide on what to upgrade. It's a simple to follow priority list that can be go through from top to bottom. Feel free to ask if you have specific questions after going through it.

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Please refer to "26. Upgrade Reference List" in the guide on what to upgrade. It's a simple to follow priority list that can be go through from top to bottom. Feel free to ask if you have specific questions after going through it.

Yup! Thanks.
But I've tried upgrading my build through PoB and I didn't found any significant upgrade :(

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Vei wrote:

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nircc wrote:

Hi Vei

Finished leveling and it was super fun and i really like the playstyle

I've started to gear myself but i struggle to find my next pieces
could you please check my character and advice me on my next gear items? it seems i already got high resist so im not sure what to do

now other things i found trouble with

1. I dont have enough INT for the quill bow
2. cant find any Crit Quill bow's this league or I'm searching the wrong way

also, need to figure sockets and gems for mapping soon. so im working on it but any tips for what should i focus on next would be nice ^^

thanks.

Edit:regarding the frostferno corrupt
I was looking at the trade site and all the Ilevel 20-39 are already corrupted, am i missing something?

Hi nircc,

I really don't want to say this but I realized you need more help than the level the guide is catered for and unfortunately the guide can't go simpler than that and personally I don't think it's a good idea to hand hold you all the way.

So I will give you some pointers/directions and you will have figure that out the rest yourself, probably through some trial and error. That's how I learn things also.

1. Flame Dash(And also Cast When Damage Taken and Immortal Call Gem) should not be leveled all the way, that's why you don't have enough INT for Quill Bow. Refer to "5.1 Single Curse Option" in the guide for what levels those gems are to be at.

2. Refer to "10. Budget Equipment Details" or "11. Mid-Tier Equipment Details" for what to look for on Gloves, that badly needs an upgrade, specifically look for one with high Flat Accuracy.

3. After the above, please work on your sockets and gems.

Crit Quill bow and Corrupt Frostferno should not be your focus for now.
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Hi vei
I think i kinda miss explained myself (english is not my main language) I'm still following the guide and reading. never thought about the gems causing my high INT for quill bow (my bad on that and ill keep reading)
I think my main "issue" now is not which item to buy and more about "is this item worth the price?" for example some quivers cost 3-5ex, almost no good gloves for reasonable price (atleast from my trade search)

also regarding the ring and my already high ress may i ask if i should already aim for a -mana cost Opal ring instead of another Two-Stone?

Thanks for your hard work. i agree that trial and error is the best just dont want to throw my currency and regret it later ^^

Hi all. Im here for cause i want to revive my totem hiero beside all that i have read about totems etc. This is Standard char so items are somewhat different.

My goal is to make this build kill Sirus A8.

My gear atm Second quill rain is for my 2 curse set up and need to buy awakened hextouch support.

Tree
So i might need to change some resists if i change to timeless jewel but it should be upgrade.

Any ideas are appreciated thanks all

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nico5051 wrote:

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Please refer to "26. Upgrade Reference List" in the guide on what to upgrade. It's a simple to follow priority list that can be go through from top to bottom. Feel free to ask if you have specific questions after going through it.

Yup! Thanks.
But I've tried upgrading my build through PoB and I didn't found any significant upgrade :(

So for significant upgrade is it kind of like 100k to 1m DPS with just 3 items for you? If that is what you are thinking, then sorry I'll have to burst your bubble and say that big DPS comes from putting everything together, not just that 1-3 items that makes you do 1m DPS. Look at Aura stacker, does it get it's power with just 3 x 1% Reduced Mana Reserve Jewel and just 3 auras? :)

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Lets make this a challenge for Vei to grow your character's DPS into something big

Let me show by example(This is likely the only one time I will be doing it here), by applying "26. Upgrade Reference List" on your character. This will be used an example for reference in future on how "26. Upgrade Reference List" helps a character:

Your current POB Pastebin - https://pastebin.com/kQaGat1M
Configuration Tab - The following checkboxes are all ticked - Ignited, Chilled, Shocked, Do you use Frenzy/Endurance/Power Charges, Are you hit recently.
Current Sirus DPS - 262k

Now we will go through the DPS(I'll skip defensive) upgrades in "26. Upgrade Reference List"

Before I start, a few things

- I will be lowering your precision Gem to level 1 because because the guide only recommends a level 1 Precision Gem which means your DPS is now 227k Sirus DPS
- I will disable Elemental Weakness since your Max Curse Limit is just 1, we will use Sniper's Mark as default since we are calculating base on Sirus DPS which means your DPS is now 243k

Let's start

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Top Value

243k DPS - Lethal Pride(Akoya) + Berserk Gem - You have the Berserk Gem but not using Lethal Pride, so use it(Be ready for the Mana Regeneration changes)

*Note: Lethal Pride(Akoya) Jewel + Berserk Gem is no longer used in the build starting 3.14

292k DPS - Level 20 Gems - This is not in the checklist since usually people won't have that low level gems but I understood you just bought your gems, see what is the difference when the DPS ones are at level 20.

308k DPS - Level 21 0% Quality Elemental Hit - Switching over from your current 20/20

364k DPS - +2 Corrupted Implicit Frostferno - I gave a hint on how to acquire it in a cheaper way a few pages back so please refer to it. I'll apply the worse corrupt here, +2 AOE

447k DPS - Having 95%+ Chance to Hit - Let's aim for 97% Chance to Hit. To do this, I added 400 Flat Accuracy to both your Gloves and Quiver. For the purpose of this example, let's not care about whether it can fit to your Gloves/Quiver.

447k DPS - Shaman's Dominion - You already have this so no change to DPS

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Medium Value

447k DPS - Going for Rares listed in "11. Mid-Tier Equipment Details" - Since there are quite a few Rares, we will go through one at a time.

447k DPS A. Gloves - With the added 400 accuracy earlier, your gloves is similiar to what is suggested in the guide already so no change here which means you need that 400 Accuracy on Gloves

447k DPS B. Quiver - Your quiver is pretty similar to what is suggested in the guide already so no change here which means you just need that 400 Accuracy on your Quiver

447k DPS C. Belt, Rings - They are pretty similar to what the guide suggested, so no changes


487k DPS - Quill Rain with 18% Crit Chance

547k DPS - Labryinth Enchantment on Boots - Let's go with Damage Penetrates 10% Enemy Resistance

547k DPS - +4 Implicit Corrupted Frostferno - I'll Skip this because I am not going to expect everyone to be able to get one

573k DPS - Level 5 Awaken Elemental Damage to Attacks Support with 20% Quality - Some Hints if not buying - Use the Harvest Craft that stores Gem 50% Exp on any junk Level 5 Corrupted Awaken Gem, then use it on this Gem to boost the level faster)

590k DPS - Level 21 Elemental hit with 20% Quality

641k DPS - 20% Quality Gems

668k DPS - Combat Focus(15%) and Rain of Splinter(30%) with Damage Penetrates 1% Elemental/Fire Resistances Corrupted Implicit

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I'll skip the Low Value section since those are for min-maxing when we have spare currency as mentioned there.

Now I will "cheat" a bit and accelerate your character by 9 levels to Level 92, taking both King of the Hill and Master Fletcher Notable.

Result - 980k DPS

It's actually over 1m when we switch 2 Passive into Alira, which I forgot to do at the start, and am not going to redo the whole thing to get the new numbers.

And here's the resulting Pastebin(Alira Selected) with 1.01m DPS: https://pastebin.com/EmBfnCNN


The thing is actually it doesn't stop here but for the purpose of this Post it's done. If you want to progress further, the last sentence of "26. Upgrade Reference List" mentioned this:

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Lastly, if you don't mind a more up close and personal playstyle, definitely check out "31. "OneShotKill" Edition" for optional modifications to the build that enhances the build's DPS greatly.

The above will easily let one go over 2m+ Sirus DPS

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I hope the above let everyone see what I did, implementing "26. Upgrade Reference List" in my guide to grow a character into one with a big DPS.


And do you know what is interesting? Most of the above are not needed to be able to do T16 Maps, Just only that Lethal Pride(Akoya) and Kaom's Heart.


Sorry to everyone else but I'll reply other posts tomorrow if they are still unanswered. I've pretty much ran out of time and am quite exhausted after writing this post. Appreciate your patience.