[2.0] Voltaxic Rift + Crit Chaos Arc Build? (Theorycrafting)

Hello all,

I hope to get some advice on this build I intend to embark on. I believe there's a lot to improve so please kindly give me your advice!



Given that Voltaxic Rift is so much cheaper now, I figured why not craft a AR/EV build around it and use certain uniques to boost it?







I intend to use Cherrubim's Maleficence and Malachai's Iron Mask. Why?

1. Lighting and Chaos Damage Boost
2. The life leech bonus
3. Blood Magic will solve quite a lot of mana issues


There are 3 other uniques that I am thinking of integrating into the build so let me know what you guys think too?





Skilltree : http://cb.poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwAAt9bbWS2osZCDCW-eykpfsJu1hMXDOong5liTH0kTJIsPqxa_JpVh4lVLjDYTnqSRfjNd8nDVidNwUg5IDdFjQxGWBx6VLvDVj_pJUev1ZJ3yHX_GMFusl5WHHYN-WaKjwfOCHhSwTC0RD36vjRngEtlf3YxRdBmKlwbEorvj_rqsmDpYVcaD2wQHHwIyNOTsdhEQWCycBUJBltD1rrPbXlAwk5WtMxnXOw3v62aecg8WQIV9a7cpT4Kb1aZXlO08mjvhc6IAlG9mVHGF8xGxQtV1zLe-gFcpRtf315uhGGo5UlgH-tIdFI5k96a2-o9G8bNLV8Dj

My current skilltree is clearly not optimized so please feel free to kindly suggest one that might have a greater lifepool? When I was designing this, I had in mind a Crit Arc Build.


Jewels





Main Gem Link : Arc + Spell Echo + Faster Casting + PCOC + Life Leech + ICD/Added Chaos Damage/Empower?

Flasks :

If Rearguard is a viable option, Rumi's is definitely in! Together with the obvious choice of Atziri's Promise!



Do feel free to criticize and help me make this a workable and viable build! Thank You!

Here's my build of the week that did this: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1086367

I'll update it when I get the time/energy, but your can get the general idea quite fine as it is.

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CantripN wrote:

Here's my build of the week that did this: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1086367

I'll update it when I get the time/energy, but your can get the general idea quite fine as it is.

Oh hi CantripN! I just went through your build! Really great stuff. I can't view your skill tree though.

However, what do you think of my skill tree? Is BM a good way to go for this build? (:

One of the main problems with this build, especially now that caster weapons have Flat Spell Damage, is DPS. Blood Magic is less than helpful in this case (no Heralds/Auras).

I urge you to look at the level of gear it took to make it work. It simply isn't good enough without amazing gear, and the compared loss is yet greater now. Just use The Consuming Dark and be a better caster.

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Here are my base ideas for such a build, that I played on Beta:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1243523

It can be ANY Fire Skill, and obviously the Bino is more for Facetanking than DPS, so it was better off with a Spell Shield / Dagger / Sceptre in the off-hand. Flame Totem builds in particular are amazing with it atm.

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This guy made a decent Blood Magic Chaos Caster, similar idea-wise to what I did on Beta.
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1319344

Oh I see. I am well-aware of the current flame-chaos build but since EVERYONE (seriously nearly everyone in every mapping party I join) is using it, I decided that I wanted to do something different. So would you say that your current build (The BOTW one) is still viable with the changes of 2.0?

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CantripN wrote:

One of the main problems with this build, especially now that caster weapons have Flat Spell Damage, is DPS. Blood Magic is less than helpful in this case (no Heralds/Auras).

I urge you to look at the level of gear it took to make it work. It simply isn't good enough without amazing gear, and the compared loss is yet greater now. Just use The Consuming Dark and be a better caster.

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Here are my base ideas for such a build, that I played on Beta:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1243523

It can be ANY Fire Skill, and obviously the Bino is more for Facetanking than DPS, so it was better off with a Spell Shield / Dagger / Sceptre in the off-hand. Flame Totem builds in particular are amazing with it atm.

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This guy made a decent Blood Magic Chaos Caster, similar idea-wise to what I did on Beta.
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1319344

Sure, it's viable. It's just not optimal, but it never really was, and that wasn't the point :D

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CantripN wrote:

Sure, it's viable. It's just not optimal, but it never really was, and that wasn't the point :D

haha do you think it could farm atziri? and is it possible for you to come up with just a quick skill tree? (:

Any build can farm Atziri, and this one is immune to Reflect. Should you farm Atziri is the more important question (no).