[3.2] Scionic Flametank "16k ES ed." (ES-CI-ZO-GR, SR-CWC-FS, extensive guide)

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Pi2rEpsilon wrote:

The essential links (apart from Incinerate) I use are

(Enlighten)-Vitality-Discipline-Arctic Armour

And in two or more CWDTs: Enfeeble, Warlord's Mark (or Temporal Chains), Molten Shell, Chaos Golem.

Everything else is free for variation, adding a bit of damage or survivability depending on what you prefer, though I like having at least one Firestorm present (with or without Conc. Effect). Heck, one could even replace Chaos for Fire Golem on all trivial content.

For HC, I would probably run something close to the following.

(Enlighten)-Vitality-Discipline-Arctic Armour
Increased Duration-Flame Dash-Vaal Discipline-Vaal Discipline*
CWDT-Enfeeble-Warlord's Mark
CWDT-Chaos Golem-Frost Wall
CWDT-Molten Shell-Firestorm-..errr, possibly Summon Skeletons as 4th? It will generate a few skeletons that die to one or two hits, which isn't worth much, but on the other hand those are hits that don't hit you, so... Or perhaps just a Fireball, Cold Snap, or Conc. Effect.

* or Increased Duration-Faster Casting-Vaal Discipline. The first variation allows to charge two so you may have one available while the other recharges, the second cuts down on casting time making interrupts less likely. Of course, it only costs 4 points to pick up Unwavering Stance if you want that, in which case you'll never suffer interruption, making Vaal Discipline more useful as a reactionary spell rather than something you use just before doing dangerous things like opening strongboxes.


But again, it all depends on the situation. One variant I played had a bit more evasion mixed in with the ES (from Vertex Mask, rings, etc.) and in that case I got a lot of mileage out of Blind in the following CWDT:

CWDT-Chaos Golem-Firestorm-Blind

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AedwyneofFolkstone wrote:

Checked over at Dy'Ness's thread. His current Vertex has the following gem combination:

Empower/Enhance/Discipline/Vitality He does not appear to be running AA.

That's one way to handle the problem. ;-)