[BSC] 2.6 Self-cast Spark, Inqusitor - Guardians and Shaper Down

1. Winds of Change - NOT REQUIRED but a huge DPS boost. Projectile Damage and Projectile Speed. The movement speed penalty sucks, but we use whirling blades or shield charge to get around.
2. Void Walker - saves a socket and passive points on Pierce.
3. Valyrium - No longer NEEDED. Using Heart of Oak and Nimbleness I have found have been enough. Careful play / fast reaction time are needed if not using Valyrium - watch out for fast hitting skills like Malformation Piety, Phoenix whirlwinds and Esh lightning orbs.
4. Choir of the Storm - Massive DPS boost. Stack lightning resistance, gain crit. The Lightning Bolt skill on crit is huge. Unbuffed, hitting for 14027.
5. Helm Enchant - Additional Spark Projectiles

Main Spell:

-- This setup is what I have been using for a bit. I am torn between Added Lightning and Increased Duration - if wands allowed me to proc Instruments of Virtue, I would drop Faster Projectiles.

1. Spark -priority on quality
2. Spell Echo -priority on quality
3. Controlled Destruction
4. Increased Critical Strikes
5. Faster Projectiles
6. (Luxury) Increased Duration, Added Lightning, Life Leech - I prefer Increased Duration here. It gives 3 seconds of spark life allowing a single cast to theoretically hit a target 3 times.

Movement:

1. Whirling Blades or Shield Charge
2. Faster Attacks
3. Fortify

Mana Reserved:
1. Discipline - We're CI, using 4 Uniques that don't give Energy Shield
2. Wrath - MORE DAMAGE!
--or--
3. Herald of Thunder and Herald of Ice - Wrath provides more damage than both of these combined, but these two together clear trash faster, which trash clear isn't a problem anyways. Herald of Ice alone makes our crits shatter enemies. I prefer Wrath for the boss damage, and the more multiplier on Lightning Bolt from Choir of the Storms.



Triggers:

This is super important for surviving. This setup allowed me to remove Life Leech from my 6-link.

--Trigger Setup 1.
1. Cast When Damage Taken - level 1
2. Immortal Call - level 3
3. Warlord's Mark - level 5
4. Increased Duration - take as high as your strength will let you

--Orb of Storms.
1. Orb of Storms
2. Power Charge on Crit
3. Increased AoE

Vaal Storm Call - Single Target:
1. Vaal Storm Call
2. Vaal Storm Call
3. Spell Echo
4. Increased Duration

Filler Gems:
1. Vaal Clarity
2. Vaal Haste
3. Vaal Lightning Trap


Curses:
Warlord's Mark - this is linked in our CWDT setup. Allows us to leech from monster who hit us.

Wands:
A wand could be the best in slot piece in this build just because of the ability to roll Projectile Speed on it. But, because of how powerful Instruments of Virtue is in our ascendancy it's hard to use one (what attack would you use with a wand every 4 seconds to proc it?). On top of that, we take increased skill effect duration in the tree - which kills lightning warp as an option. We're stuck with flame dash for movement. If you have an awesome wand use it. Just modify things around it.

Daggers:
Provide higher crit chance and the ability to use whirling blades and shield charge. Also the ability to gain fortify. Best caster weapon here.

Sceptres:
We don't double dip anything in this build, so daggers are better just for whirling blades, attack speed and crit. Don't not use a sceptre if you have a good one. Your movement skill will be shield charge instead.

As much Critical Strike Multiplier as you can get!
1. Global Critical Strike Multipler
2. Critical Strike Multiplier with Lightning Skills
3. Critical Strike Multiplier with Elemental Skills
4. Critical Strike Multiplier for Spells



Try to get two crit multi roles on your jewels. The other stats your looking for are cast speed, increased energy shield, attributes, lightning damage, projectile damage, spell damage and resistances.

Flask Importance
1. Quartz Flask - We need phasing for our projectiles to pierce. This flask is important for long boss fights where we will not proc the "killed recently" on Voidwalkers
2. Any Flask of Heat - I do not use any elemental status ailment immunity or freeze immunity items - need this to not be frozen then die.
3. Any Flask of Staunching - bleed removal, we all need it
4. Atziri's Promise - more damage and leech
5. Anything else you want. If you have Vinktar run it. If not, don't worry it's not a big deal.

UPDATE 4!
After some more playing around tonight decided to drop Precision and re-path around Throatseeker. Was able to grab two extra jewel sockets with it. Losing 6% attack and cast speed plus 3% movement speed. Letting me reach those two extra jewel sockets which, with the jewels I had netted 56% crit multi, 4% cast speed and 18% lightning damage.
poeurl.com/Y5W

Kraityn - Alira - Alira

You could help Kraityn in normal for the all res - it double dips with Choir of the Storms. Killing Kraityn gives 10% to all Elemental Resistances and 10% Global Critical Chance.

-Trying out Kraityn - Kraityn - Alira: attack speed from cruel was recommended for better movement skill

You can use spark as soon as you get it. Head for skill effect duration first. Then grab Elemental Overload and throw down an Orb of Storms linked with Increased Crits. You will spec out of elemental overload when your crit chance is over 40%.

Grab life wheels during leveling to survive until we spec into CI. Discipline and Training at Templar, Cruel Preparation above Witch, Quick Recovery below MoM, Written in Blood between CI and Ghost Reaver. Eventually you will unspec out of all but Written in Blood.

That Increased Lightning Damage gem you get at level 8 will stay with you all the way to end game. Grab wands with increased projectile speed on them. 4-Link will be Spark, Added Lightning, Controlled Destruction and Faster Casting or Spell Echo.

In a Tabula Rasa - your links will be Spark, Spell Echo, Controlled Destruction, Faster Projectiles, Increased Critical Strikes, Pierce. Using the Pierce gem is a must until level 69 when you can equip your Voidwalker boots.

Pre-CI Tree at Level 68 poeurl.com/YWx

Useful Uniques:
-Karui Ward - the Projectile Speed is massive, use this.
-Tabula Rasa
-Goldrim
-Elreon Rings
-Hidden Potential Jewel
-Clear Mind Jewel
-Wanderlust / Seven-League Step
-Axiom Perpetuum x2 at level 10 - the crit on these things helps with clear speed well into the 40's
-Light of Lunaris at level 28, huge amount of crit chance and multi for leveling
-Voice of the Storm at level 40
-Winds of Change at level 47

Normal - Righteous Providence
Cruel - Inevitable Judgment
Merciless - Instruments of Virtue
Uber - Augury of Penitence

Newer Videos after updates:
T15 Abyss Clear.
https://youtu.be/jlCVulX19cc

T16 - Full Phoenix Run - Deathless.
https://youtu.be/-i4bV_U18OI

Shaper - 2nd attempt ever, first kill, full video
This is the full video, all 14 or so minutes. I say some choice words when my game crashes. Phase 3 is around 10:23, that's where I do all my dying because I can't dodge shit, and apparently re-entering during bullet-hell phase is a bad idea.
https://youtu.be/-6Mn4Ahkf2o

Shaper - Phase 3 only of the same video above
https://youtu.be/grzoMHFACvs


Older Videos when attack speed was garbage:
T15 Full Core Clear.
https://youtu.be/ph3l7RRfhH4

T15 Core - Malachai Only.
https://youtu.be/vwnkhlG7CFk

T15 Abyss - Kaom only
https://youtu.be/J_2iq86UyKc

T16 Minotaur - I die at the very end due to greed.
https://youtu.be/Etpdu5OVlEU

T16 Phoenix- I die due to my bad whirling blades positioning.
https://youtu.be/bW9UPtpfOLA

T16 Hydra- not hard mods
https://youtu.be/Gasq0hqIe9U

At level 87 I am sitting just over 9878 ES. Remember offense screenshots are based on a per cast basis. With Spark, DPS is really hard to calculate. Your tooltip is if you hit with one Spark per cast.

Offense Screenshot:
This is for one Spark. Each cast can technically hit twice per life cycle, three times if using Increased Duration instead of Added Lightning




Defense Screenshot:
This is totally non-existent. My defense a fair ES pool, Vaal Pact and Leech.