[1.3.1] HARDCORE Carcass Jack Flameblast (supersafe!)

"

rinleezwins wrote:

Interesting. You seem to have around 330% mana regen from gear and passives, is that enough to spam Flameblast? Or do you think it's too much? Also, why take EB if not using Defiance for MoM?

I got enough mana -regen- to run lvl 21 AA (total 239 mana drain), thanks to EB of course!

I plan to farm atziri with this character, lvling incinerate + gmp + added chaos damage in this way. Only for Atziri I'd use CoD for safety, no need for current use of this character. I got at the moment 400 mana left with clarity + double purity, no reason to take off an aura and use a CoD because I'm way enough tanky :)

very good

Instead of taking the + 10 Int node above Retribution and the following +10 Dex node to the upper right, wouldn't it be more efficient to take the +8% elemental damage node above Elementalist, following by the +3% cast speed node, then Light of Divinity followed finally by the +10 int node above it. The result would be the following;

2 more skill points, -10 Dex, +10 Int, +10 Str, +7% cast speed, +15% speed damage, +8% elemental damage and 20% increased Light Radius. I personally think that's a lot of stats for only 2 additional more skill points.

So yea I need 2 more stats points to do that, honnestly I would rather spent additionnal points to reach Heart of Flame, considering damage (top of the tree) or Combat Stamina for more life regen and armor.

Your option is instresting tho, thx!

I'm thinking about trying something like this (starting as a Templar) in the one month. Looking at the tree, it seems like the damage would be low, but I've never played Flameblast before, and you say clear speeds are good, so I'll take your word for it.

Do you have any advice for HC leveling? How is the damage in a 5L? How important is cast speed? I notice you don't take any on the tree aside from Retribution.

Yea 1k flameblast tooltip is way enough to clear any maps easily, bosses included :). I have played 5L till lvl 89 (without fire penetration), it's totally ok. Fire pene is good for monsters with resist elemental/fire and maps mods "+75 resist fire" but you don't need a 6L to make the build viable.

Concerning the cast speed I saw flameblasters playin with a faster casting + spell echo, honnestly not a big fan and it's also dangerous because you insta 10 stacks. It's also not needed, 4-6 stacks enough to kill packs.

Last thing to say, as you can see my tree is really focus on life / armor / regen. I have less than 20 offensive nods (area damage / elemental damage / fire / burning damage) but it's also the good point of the build, you don't need many offensive nods to HIGH DPS. For example I don't take "Heart of Flame", 4 nods -> +61% fire damage + 3 fire penetration, up to you to prefer higher damage and less armor / life / regen. Just don't forget you play in Hardcore league :)

updated!

Thanks for posting this. I'm going to follow this more or less for the 1-month challenge.

How could it be effective to get EB if your gear is armor-focused?

Would like to see some videos.