Incinerate question for totem builds

Trying to think of a build I could do for the 1 month league. Yes I know I'm late to the game and I'm also terribly inefficient at levelling since I 95% full clear zones so it takes me 3 days to get to 65. Regardless, I figured I would try it for the remaining league since I have a long weekend coming up to level back to mapping levels.

All this to say, been looking at Flame Totem and Incinerate Totem builds to give myself a chance at finishing higher than level 70 in a new league where I don't have access to all my self found stored loot.

Flame Totem builds go LMP/GMP.
Incinerate self cast builds go LMP/GMP.
Incinerate totems builds don't.

Why? What am I missing or not understanding. Why are Incinerate totems not using LMP/GMP (other than the Sire of shards builds). I would prefer to go incinerate since it's damage will be higher (being self found so crit builds are harder to gear for) but I just don't understand how you can go without GMP for efficiency in area clearing.

I would think of going:
4L: Incinerate + Spell Totem + Faster Casting + GMP
5L: Add Fire Penetration
6L: hahahaha like I'm going to get a 6L in this limited amount of time

Appreciate any comments, even if they are that I type too much to ask a simple question.

I am using fp on my flame totem build not lmp. It isn't too late to join the fun! I got 5 challenges done by sunday with a very stressful (sadly, not extended) weekend.

You can use
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Rain_of_Splinters
unique jewel
and "free up" 1 slot
(not to mention, that the jewel has "reduced damage" penalty instead of LMP\GMP "less damage" one)

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HarukaTeno wrote:

You can use
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Rain_of_Splinters
unique jewel
and "free up" 1 slot
(not to mention, that the jewel has "reduced damage" penalty instead of LMP\GMP "less damage" one)

That's brilliant. I quit playing for a few months so jewels are all confusing to me, I can never find one useful enough to spend passive points on since they rarely drop as rare to get more than 1-2mods. But this one is great, no mana multiplier and a reduced instead of less.
Does it stack? Can I have 2 jewels for 5 projectiles or is it not worth it to have more than 3? Is there a quick way to calculate the reduced/less impact? LMP is 15% less at level 20, I would like to know when it becomes equal or better to 40% reduced.

Yeh that jewel is nuts.

Did 4 link:
Inci - lmp - fast cast - fire pen

As soon as i got that rain splinters, switched lmp to faster projectiles.

Clear speed went crazy. Both the dmg buff from removing lmp as the waaaay longer fire beams

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Namcap wrote:

That's brilliant. I quit playing for a few months so jewels are all confusing to me, I can never find one useful enough to spend passive points on since they rarely drop as rare to get more than 1-2mods. But this one is great, no mana multiplier and a reduced instead of less.
Does it stack? Can I have 2 jewels for 5 projectiles or is it not worth it to have more than 3? Is there a quick way to calculate the reduced/less impact? LMP is 15% less at level 20, I would like to know when it becomes equal or better to 40% reduced.

1) This jewel has limitation (to 1 at the time) which can be read in its description.
2) Less damage is more "impactful" than reduced damage.
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Modifiers
(in short: reduced damage can be simply "countered" by taking passive nodes or items with increased damage, while less damage counts its penalty on total\final damage)

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Namcap wrote:

Trying to think of a build I could do for the 1 month league. Yes I know I'm late to the game and I'm also terribly inefficient at levelling since I 95% full clear zones so it takes me 3 days to get to 65. Regardless, I figured I would try it for the remaining league since I have a long weekend coming up to level back to mapping levels.


6L: hahahaha like I'm going to get a 6L in this limited amount of time

im sorry what was that about no 6l? in a world where tabby exists .. everyone should have a 6l

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Saltychipmunk wrote:

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Namcap wrote:

Trying to think of a build I could do for the 1 month league. Yes I know I'm late to the game and I'm also terribly inefficient at levelling since I 95% full clear zones so it takes me 3 days to get to 65. Regardless, I figured I would try it for the remaining league since I have a long weekend coming up to level back to mapping levels.


6L: hahahaha like I'm going to get a 6L in this limited amount of time

im sorry what was that about no 6l? in a world where tabby exists .. everyone should have a 6l

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Namcap wrote:

self found

I also find Tabby makes you squishy which I usually prefer to avoid, especially in a totem build where your only defenses are running around (no leech, no life on hit).
I like your take on the build though, going Iron Will and Righteous Fire. I think I will try that on Standard with my old RF character.

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Namcap wrote:

self found

same question?

I have found a tabby in the last three leagues without fail in the first week and i am considered a casual by most players in my guild and most of my friends.. actually most people really... makes me sad. and I have usually only spent about a day or two farming aqueducts to get 9 humility cards (for my alts).

In fact I dont think i have purchased a tabula rasa ever... or atleast i cant remember it happening.

It is quite an easy item to get , trade or no trade.

granted the other items i listed were traded for because i wanted to see what all the fuss with iron will was about. but i had full resists and 4000 life with 7 life nodes with in reach before i made that decision.

So ill stand by my assertion. tabby is always in reach. the real question is your second quote

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I also find Tabby makes you squishy which I usually prefer to avoid, especially in a totem build where your only defenses are running around (no leech, no life on hit).
I like your take on the build though, going Iron Will and Righteous Fire. I think I will try that on Standard with my old RF character.

IE is it worth it to your build?

which is a bummer... since the potency you get is well worth the loss of most of your armor stats. Unless you are playing hardcore... plus as a rf build you cna just use a dousing flask and gain 12% hp regen on call.

obviously if i had the money to get a real 6l i would be rocking that. but I am actually quite poor and played pretty much all of my characters to be cheap with the most expensive being 4-5 exa which includes wasting all of those fusings and jewelers rolling things manually (which suuuuuuuuucks)