Affordable Flameblast Scion/Templar with Tempest Shield/EB/MoM/AA. Balanced defence/offence

Base damage at lvl 18 gem: 154-231 (192.5 average)
-> 192.5* 2,35 * 1.67 = 755.46
-> stage 4: 440% more damage = 4079 base fire damage
50 base resis -> -45 resis
->4079 * 1.45 = 5914.55 fire damage impact w/o shock
->4079 * 1.45 * 1.3 = 7688.9 fire damage impact if single shock

->1183 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 4732 (EE + curse)
->1537 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 6151 (1x shock + EE + curse)

Do resis and shock multiply here again? As far as i know, yes:
->1715 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 6861 (EE + curse)
->2897 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 11588 (1x shock + EE + curse)

with % burning damage:
either without 2nd resis multi but with shock
->2957 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 11830 (EE + curse)
->3842 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 15370 (1x shock + EE + curse)

or with 2nd resis multi and shock
->6217 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 24867 (EE + curse)
->13652 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 54608 (1x shock + EE + curse)

Base damage at lvl 20 gem: 181-272 (226.5 average)
-> 226.5* 2,35 * 1.67 = 888.89
-> stage 4: 440% more damage = 4800 base fire damage

Base damage at lvl 18 gem: 154-231 (192.5 average)
-> 192.5* 2,35 * 1.67 = 755.46
-> stage 4: 1100% more damage = 9065.52 base fire damage

Base damage at lvl 20 gem: 181-272 (226.5 average)
-> 226.5* 2,35 * 1.67 = 888.89
-> stage 10: 1100% more damage = 10666.68 base fire damage

50 base resis -> -45 resis
->10666.68 * 1.45 = 15466.7 fire damage impact w/o shock
->10666.68 * 1.45 * 1.3 = 20106.7 fire damage impact if single shock

->3093 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 12373 (EE + curse)
->4021 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 16085 (1x shock + EE + curse)

Do resis and shock multiply here again? As far as i know, yes:
->4484.85 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 17939 (EE + curse)
->7579 base burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 30316 (1x shock + EE + curse)

with % burning damage:
either without 2nd resis multi but with shock
->7732.5 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 30930 (EE + curse)
->13038 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 52152 (1x shock + EE + curse)

or with 2nd resis multi and shock
->11212.125 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 44848 (EE + curse)
->14575 burning dmg per second over at least 4 seconds = 58303 (1x shock + EE + curse)

norm - oak for life
cruel - kill all
merci - kill all

Chest:

6l BBBBBR: Flameblast + chance to ignite, ele proliferation, conc effect, pic 2x: burning damage/faster casting/fire pen/area of effect

5l BBBBB: Flameblast +chance to ignite, ele proliferation, conc effect, pic 1x: burning damage/faster casting/fire pen/area of effect

4l/lvling : Flameblast + chance to ignite + ele proliferation + inc area of effect.
-> swich AoE or prolif for conc effect vs bosses (take out prolif vs single boss, keep ve boss with mobs around)

Note: conc effect reduces the radius of proliferation. when you feel like this slows you down, put in conc only vs bosses.

Alternative for burning dislikes




Boots/glowes/helm:
4l RBBG: reduced mana - clarity - grace - arctic armour (can be 3l/1 as well)
4l RRBB: lvl 1 cwdt - inc area - lightning warp - enduring cry
4l RBBG: lightnig warp - reduced duration - culling - rarity

weapon/shield:
3l RBB: reduced mana - tempest shield - ele prolif (140% mm)
3l BBB: faster casting - AoE - flammability

a decoy totem could be nice to lure mobs into blast cycle, devouring is nice since i dont use leech (who needs leech, if everything in range is dead before you run out of flasks!)


The cwdt lightning warp might seem weird and feel even weirder when triggered, but it seems the best choice here for me. it triggers EE in a relativly big area (AoE buffs + 2 locations of damage)
Its also usefull to get out of dangerous situations while stacking flameburst before the char gets tanky enought.

If you feel to uncomfortable with LW, replace it with ice nova or whatever you deem more fitting.


Note on tempest shield links:
Later in the game, you might get a high level quality reduced mana. Then it might be beneficial to swich the cwdt setup in a 3l without inc area and put tempest shield with reduced mana, proliferation and quality added lightning damage. This would improve the shocking capabilitys by a lot.
Alternative (untested): link with life gain on hit


swich:
nothing/level spare gems to level OR rarity gear to swap to for boss kill

Gear Notes:
- we need about 16-26 dex from gear for grace in endgame
- Id suggest to get at least 50% spellblock from gear in any given combination. the more the better, but i lvled my toon to lvl 60+ with just 50% from gear (keep in mind we also get 12% from skill tree)

Armor:
Hybrid with life/res/stats/allthegoodthings
alternative: Carcass Jack. Synergises with pretty much all aspects of the build. Hard to get the right colour sockets and 5-6l
This is not a must have item but HIGHLY recommended

The order of effectiveness would go like 5l<-5l carcass<-6l<-6l carcass

Helm/glowes:
preferably hybrid with ES
alternative helm: Rime Gaze. Offers a easier way to get a 5l with conc effect.
ES and mana is a good boost for MoM but it has no life/resis or ar/ev stats compared to a rare

Boots depending on setup:
rainbowstride
hybrid es with life/res/stats/move speed
alternative: windscream. tryed it, dualcurse felt overkill for most situations and not worth the sacrefice of a rare boot spot

Shield:
cheap and effective (also for lvling): Crest of Perandus. Block, life, resists. Pretty much all we want besides spell damage.
rare 30% block/spell damage/life/resis ES shield
rathpith globe. spell damage, spell block, life, resists. best in slot shield. saidly bit expensive.
alternative: aegis aurora. Drop EB and MoM and become one of the facetanking afk-able chars. if you desire to do so. i dont.

Amu:
Stone of Lazhwar. 50% spell block, cast speed, some mana, cheap, nuff said.
alternative: the anvil. only use with rathpith globe + rainbowstrides.
offers the highest defensive potential while reducing movement and cast speed. If you feel the need for more more defense along with high block/spell block, MoM and arctic armour and aint afraid of of spending more currency.

Rings:
res/life/mana regen/stats
1x doedres if not using windscream and want to go dual curse


weapon:
spell damage/cast speed/mana regen/fire damage/mana/resis

alternative: cybills paw.
it gives (block chance * 6/5)% spell damage and cast speed at a not too bad price.
the life on hit is less usefull than it is to incinerate builds but not a wasted stat either.

The amount of AoE increases are important for two factors.
1: The radius of flameblast
2: The radius of proliferation

Since flameblast grows with its stages, faster casting increases the radius by reaching higher stages faster about as fast inc area.

Difference: Faster casting reaches faster higher damage, inc area reaches slower lower damage but higher radius at the end AND ALSO INREASES THE PROLIFERATION RADIUS.

Effects of higher Flameblast radius:
- More Proliferating targets (good!)
- higher hit chance vs moving opponents (good!)
- higher number of initially anti fire flipped EE mobs (not so good)

So when choosing your links, play around and see what serves your playstly best.
In my setup i run conc effect and faster casting in a rare 6-link thus having a -10% AoE with the 20% from skilltree.
With a lvl 19ish proliferation thats a ~27 radius which works okay for me.
With a 6l carcass id have a ~33 radius prolif which would help quite a bit.
With a 5l carcass id have that radius but less damage.

As written in the gem section, id suggest to swich conc effect with inc area of a effect earlier in 4-5l armors and use conc vs bosses only

reserved mana:
tempest shield: 25% * 1.3 * 1.4 = 49%
grace : 60%
clarity : ~400

skill tree: 16% reduced mana reserved.
gem lvl18: 0.73 multiplier
-> 0.57 multiplier
-> (60+49)*0.57 = 56% reserved

~400 * 0.57 = 228

required mana for MoM : ~700-1000 (lets say about 850 is fine, since we block more than other MoM builds thus have more time to regenerate)
-> x total mana *0.44 - 228 = 850
-> x = 1078 / 0.44 = 2450

using some hybrid and es gear you should get about 500-1000 ES (lets say about 800)
+ about 450 base mana from leveling
+ maybe 150 mana from gear
with 48% inc mana from tree
and 42% ES from tree

-> mana formular: ( Mana * %mana increases ) + ( ES * ( %ES increases + %mana increases ))
Total mana = 600*1.48 + 800 *2 = 888 + 1600 = 2488 (YAY!)
mana regen formular: (total mana * 0.0175 + clarity) * % mana regen

(2500*0.0175 + ~22) * (140% from tree + ~100% gear) = (44.75 + 22) * 3.4 = 223.55 (lvl 20 AA is about 230 mana drain per sec)

This means
- once you hit about 2000+ mana, you could run MoM.
- once you hit about 2000+ mana with some regen from gear, you could run a ~lvl15+ AA
- once you hit about 2500+ mana with some regen from gear, you could run a ~lvl20 AA

"As you can see, he chose wisely to grab some life nodes early on the tree" -generic build.

I prefer lvling a character with the skills its intended to use in endgame in order to become one with the mechanics and playstyle. Feel free to use any leveling guide on this site tho.
While leveling up you should decide if you want to get MoM and EB first or buff your blocking. I found the blocking way effective since it allows for earlier use of EE and shock debuffs while giving enought defensive to survive most szenarios.
If you play hardcore you might want to choose different methods.

If you feel like EE is doing more bad than good, respec it untill later levels

Unlike Discharge, you wont kill yourself on incautious button press, but on incautious button release. this gives you time to use a ruby flask. Along with the spellblock and arctic armour, this should prevent any reflect death.

if you dont feel like taking up a flask slot with a ruby, use lower stacked blasts to reduce the reflected damage in exchange of killspeed.

either way, its waaaaaay easier to deal with reflect as a flameblaster than as a discharger.

In reflect maps, its probably wise to take out conc effect.


I suppose leveling this build on hardcore would be safest to use a decoy totem.

Generelly: walk to mobs, curse, cast flameblast untill stage 2-4 depending on mob, watch them get debuffed by EE/shock , release button, watch them burn, repeat.
Maybe trigger EE manually with lightning warp if the target already burnes but wasn't auto triggerd.

The amount of your AoE/Flameblast charge is always situational.
For example:
higher charge time -> longer time but higher area covered. So takes longer to pull off but potentially hits more targets to proliferate. But also easier to miss fast moving targets.

inc AoE instead conc effect -> way easier to pull of hits and proliferates, takes longer to reach higher damage stages, way lower and damage.

Experiement with your AoE setup and find the way it feels balanced for you.

I find culling with lightning warp a bit unusual but pretty effective in this build.

Protip:
Surrounding mobs can proliferate their higher burning damage vs high elemental resistant mobs.
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