Patch 1.2 Blood Magic Dual Flame Totem Magic Find Scion

This is the build I am planning on doing for my first character in patch 1.2 to get some currency by farming with good magic find.

FAQ

Why Blood Magic?

Why Flame Totem?

Why So Many Dex and Int Nodes?


The Actual Build

Passive Skill Tree

Bandits

Gems

Unique List

Nice clear & concise guide - looks interesting :)

Any particular reason for Scion over Marauder? I feel Marauder has an easier start, gets to RT/BM quicker and gets BM & reduced mana gems in merciless, which are always needed or can be sold. Relevant for the 3months only...

was wondering... why don't you take "+8% increased totem damage" node ?

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Robstar wrote:

Any particular reason for Scion over Marauder? I feel Marauder has an easier start, gets to RT/BM quicker and gets BM & reduced mana gems in merciless, which are always needed or can be sold. Relevant for the 3months only...

My original build for this was with the Marauder instead of the Scion but I switched it over to the Scion because the final build was smoother. I agree with you that leveling would be smoother as the Marauder but when you get to the endgame the Scion has about a 2 point advantage over the Marauder and 2 points on the tree can make a big difference. Also this build is going to be a magic find farming build so the few chaos you get from selling those gems isn't really necessary with the currency you will be getting from the magic finding.

Thanks for taking the time to review it and ask questions. :)

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Siegfried76 wrote:

was wondering... why don't you take "+8% increased totem damage" node ?

To put it simply I only had enough points in the build to get either the totem damage nodes or the totem survivability nodes and with my experience using totems they need every bit of survivability they can get. When you get to farming docks or even just strong rares/magic packs the totems will go down extremely quickly without them. If you feel comfortable with your life pool or if you think the totems will survive (which with quality on them they might be able to) you could definitely switch to the damage nodes with just a couple respec points.

Thanks for taking the time to review it and ask questions. :)

same life
less life regen
less %armor
les dex
more res
more damage

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slom wrote:

my tree

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAA2E2-vJSgguTaYpARaHSKr_noSshBhz8ntz5khP4Kxq4GoPJF2L0cpxDMPC35vQxfK7bE9lOljEY9Dyft-JN99fxLrKpsFnKpWfOHGfcyKhPAGuoYWiuQVfjrLKenhBRxSsSj8ho4pzDfv3hp7DgUIPauKU9QR-QigpsYkRpstQSdrhZvXcanCCSq3fNG19gk2t026WBtNsXjap2AHwKDOAQHMjQUTYPbr7cEs6IAVcaHZfAfAnE6WBBYrJgsnPFsSbI22ALjSRsHpSqNghDsVd-wOuE=

my tree poebuilder

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgAA2E2-vJSgguTaYpARaHSKr_noSshBhz8ntz5khP4Kxq4GoPJF2L0cpxDMPC35vQxfK7bE9lOljEY9Dyft-JN99fxLrKpsFnKpWfOHGfcyKhPAGuoYWiuQVfjrLKenhBRxSsSj8ho4pzDfv3hp7DgUIPauKU9QR-QigpsYkRpstQSdrhZvXcanCCSq3fNG19gk2t026WBtNsXjap2AHwKDOAQHMjQUTYPbr7cEs6IAVcaHZfAfAnE6WBBYrJgsnPFsSbI22ALjSRsHpSqNghDsVd-wOuE=

same life
less life regen
less %armor
les dex
more res
more damage

templer version

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABVuLjOFz7SBG113G3fO1BGBt5CKdgClPGmyDOOw4gpudrhZvFE0aOKcIJKoEs6IAp4TYJDbp8B8CcZBVNsXjasAaHwJZ8wQHMjSsqioTg9uvt3KpJ-1aK1XGh2X3MvxLxPYspzpYEFjqGGwWPC2j8qyYLJz464cZxq7xbEmyFHFKxBDMtz422ALjpzDfv3hpK7b-CkkbB6UUIPaujEbYvSqNghBQR_iTNZLsVd-wGJG18m6qSsg_J2SEBqD5vdrdPQ999fJFOuGmV03j_o8cpwxfU6U=

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgUABVuLjOFz7SBG113G3fO1BGBt5CKdgClPGmyDOOw4gpudrhZvFE0aOKcIJKoEs6IAp4TYJDbp8B8CcZBVNsXjasAaHwJZ8wQHMjSsqioTg9uvt3KpJ-1aK1XGh2X3MvxLxPYspzpYEFjqGGwWPC2j8qyYLJz464cZxq7xbEmyFHFKxBDMtz422ALjpzDfv3hpK7b-CkkbB6UUIPaujEbYvSqNghBQR_iTNZLsVd-wGJG18m6qSsg_J2SEBqD5vdrdPQ999fJFOuGmV03j_o8cpwxfU6U=

Hey I've done a couple different versions of this build myself (including a Witch CI Damage Variant) but for the first build of the league I feel mine will be more reliable. Here are some things I would think about with your versions. The life regen is there for sustaining life through casting flame totem with how expensive it is once linked. Your templar version has basically no life regen and your scion has less than half what mine has. The armor is not that big of a deal but the dex is something to worry about. You need at least 109 to run max level gems and using a gear spot for dex is a lot more niche than getting it from the tree. If you have the piece that has it then great, use those points elsewhere but until then you need it. Resistances aren't terribly hard to get on gear and damage is just something I had to lose out on to get these other things.

Thanks for taking the time to review it and give your opinion. :)

Hey,

checked your build and I'm not sure if entering the duelist area is such a good idea.

I'm also planning on playing a flame totem char as the first char in the new HC league, but I found marauder to be a better choice. The build I'm planning to use is here.

Compared to your final build, my build got less raw stats, 25% more life, 6.2% less regen, a little bit more resists and 83% more (fire) damage.

Since the mana cost of flame totem level 1 are dropping from 32 to 27 I'm not really sure if 12.5% HP regen is really neccessary, the 6.3% I took in my tree seem to be enough for now, especially as HP flasks also got buffed alot and will regen alot more now.

Regarging totem nodes vs pure fire nodes:

Totem nodes also increase the added damage from the added chaos damage gem, while pure fire nodes don't. I didnt play a flame totem char before yet so I'm not really sure which proportion of the damage is done by the chaos gem and which is pure fire, but on my build I'm able to replace the fire nodes at arsonist (bottom near BM) with 4 of the 8% totem damage nodes easily.

I'm also planning to play with a friend who is going for a flame-sentinel summoner. He will use double curse to curse flammability and ele weakness and also use elemental equilibrium. Given this debuffs, will a fire penetration gem in a 5link still be worth it? If not, added chaos damage for a 5link might be better, and then I would replace some of the fire damage nodes with the pure totem damage nodes.

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yariosho wrote:

The life regen is there for sustaining life through casting flame totem with how expensive it is once linked. Your templar version has basically no life regen and your scion has less than half what mine has. The armor is not that big of a deal but the dex is something to worry about. You need at least 109 to run max level gems and using a gear spot for dex is a lot more niche than getting it from the tree. If you have the piece that has it then great, use those points elsewhere but until then you need it. Resistances aren't terribly hard to get on gear and damage is just something I had to lose out on to get these other things.

Thanks for taking the time to review it and give your opinion. :)

109 Dex from tree is not needed :)

10.1% life regen 173%life and 12% cast speed and fire damage

9.1% life regen 148%life and 30% cast speed 148 and even more fire/spell damage

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tehnix wrote:

I'm also planning on playing a flame totem char as the first char in the new HC league, but I found marauder to be a better choice. The build I'm planning to use is here.

The only thing I dont like is the diamant skin exit (ever since the nerf) but I guess it might be needed to be ele weakness proof (witch was nerfed?).