searing bond

anyone tried it? seems really op..
recently buffed - http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Searing_Bond


build - http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUBBVsSaRccGYUaOBpsJKopTyoTLKc26UbXVcZZ81orXcZxeYuMj0aQVZ2uo_KnCKeEtQTAGs9l0NDhc-Nq5CLsOO0g


the playstyle would suck but maybe things can be done

yea dmg seems nice but not on par with other spells imo..

its hard countered by conversion trap cause the totem makes you burn instead.

also fire pen does nothing you need EE to make it worth.
best supports would be empower or linked with trap but i dont see much use except for fun.

I played around with it on a fire specialist setup. Got to around 1.3k dps at level 28 with a searing touch and empower. Kind of sucks for pvp though.

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Funcrusher wrote:

yea dmg seems nice but not on par with other spells imo..

its hard countered by conversion trap cause the totem makes you burn instead.

also fire pen does nothing you need EE to make it worth.
best supports would be empower or linked with trap but i dont see much use except for fun.

its much stronger than any other spell though

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Firebrand76 wrote:

I played around with it on a fire specialist setup. Got to around 1.3k dps at level 28 with a searing touch and empower. Kind of sucks for pvp though.

bad damage considering it would be hard to hit people?

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its much stronger than any other spell though

consider that you can't use penetration and criticals, plus you can't stack it and spells like ice spear/fp/spark/fireball can shotgun and some can be casted twice per sec~! Additionally it's really easy to convert a totem to turn it against the Player who's casting it.

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bad damage considering it would be hard to hit people?

this is also true i guess but i'd love to see someone max it and give it a try (Searing low life build ftw :) )

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Funcrusher wrote:

this is also true i guess but i'd love to see someone max it and give it a try (Searing low life build ftw :) )

Searing bond only improves with burning and fire damage not spell damage so going low life pain attunement would not help.

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FireSkull wrote:

Lock someone with Bear Trap and then run into their face while you are affected by the totems? Seems risky. At least you can still use traps with dual totems though, so could be tested on a trapper.

i didnt think you could use traps with duel totems.. i'll probably try this eventually for fun

I was killing "noobs" in pvp faster with incinerate than searing bond for a reference. And we all know how bad incinerate is in pvp. :p

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Firebrand76 wrote:

I was killing "noobs" in pvp faster with incinerate than searing bond for a reference. And we all know how bad incinerate is in pvp. :p

but, but the tool tip.. its so high :(