[1MHCFB 2.0] HeaT's Iron Will Blood Magic Incinerate Marauder

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HeaT1 wrote:

i actually would use a lvl 3-4 empower instead of faster casting. by your calculation an extra 400hps on top of the 700 i currently have would be 1,100, add the life from a catalysed eternal and that's crazy regen. at that point it's a wasted gem slot imo *shrug*. when i played the build i personally didnt feel like it lacked the defense where i needed to use life leech, so why use it? just me though, obviously it's a great defensive option.

i did think about using blood dance though, should have tested them.

-HeaT

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

I play IW/BM incinerate maradeur myself in 1m flashback, and i confirm it's one of the most suitable builds for that event.

But i disagree on Unwavering Stance. Beyond bosses, for example, are still capable to stun you, even with all your life and armour. And when you're stunned, you lose all "stacked" stages of incinerate. Essentially, you lose TONS of damage when you get stunned.

I also wonder, why you dont grab all endurance charges on the tree, and dont use Life Leech gem? I find those mandatory defensive-wise. On other hand, with that amount of %life from tree, Belly isnt really good option. You better just get a decent (probably corrupted) 6-link with life instead.

I dint think you really need %damage nodes like Arsonist and Celestial Judgement. Iron Will grants you enough already.

Helping Alira in Cruel is a good idea too, cause we lack cast speed badly.

And the last - why use dagger as weapon? If you want melee weapon (for fortify, etc), use Doon Cuebiyari, it's an obvious choice. Or decent rare sceptre, at least (with resistance penetration prefferably).
I prefer using wands, though, because they provide projectile speed, greatly increasing your range.