I have been asked a few times to do a guide on my build so here it is. This build can do any mapmod and easy deathless Atziri runs.
Introduction
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This is my first guide so be kind :)
I have been playing since start of open beta (february 2013). All that time I have played self-found and solo.
My defenition of self-found is that I only wear items that I find/craft myself. I do however, occasionally, sell items and trade orbs for other orbs.
I took a 2 month break during 2.0 beta. I had planned to start 2.0 with a Fire Trapper since I love that playstyle, but with the nerf to Ele Prolif, I gave that idea up.
I went to the forums in look for a build but didn't find any I liked. I soon heard about Flame Totem being really good and since it plays just like a trapper, I was sold on it.
Didn't find any build I liked (didn't want to go BM), so I just decided to do my own.
Alot of trial, errors and Regrets later, here I am.
Pros
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-Very good clear speed
-Very safe since you can place totems and hide behind them
-No Reflect worries
-Very mobile
-Pretty affordable
-Can run ALL map mods
-Can easily turn it into MF by switching crit gear with MF gear
-Easy to level
-Easy Atziri
Cons
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-If you are careless you will get oneshot
-Ele reflect maps can be pain because Totems die fast
-Squishy until later levels
You can choose any of the three really. They are all pretty bad compaired to what other classes got. Totem witches got the short end of the stick this patch.
Occultist adds to survivability with choosing with Void Beacon, Wicked Ward and Vile Bastion.
Elementalist adds situational added damage with choosing Liege of the Primordeal, Pendulum of Destructin and either 2 ele damage nodes or Paragon of Calamity.
Gear and Gem setup
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Body
Infernal Mantle is the only required item for this build.
It's a perfect item for this build. It gives lots of crit, fire damage and +1 fire gem level wich is super important.
Adds a decent amount of ES aswell.
Whirling Blades - Faster Attacks - Fortify
Cast When Damage Taken - Immortal Call - Lightning Golem
Shield
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Look for a shield with high ES, Crit Chance, Spell Damage and mabey some restists.
Secondary shield is Saffell's Frame wich we use on Uber Vaals etc
Gem Setup
Cast When Damage Taken - Immortal Call - Lightning Golem
Helm
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Look for a Helm with high ES, some life and resists.
Gem Setup
Any defensive setup you like.
Gloves
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Maligaro's Virtuosity is the best gloves for this build. It has Crit Chance, Crit Multi and some much needed Dex.
Alternatives are Facebreaker Gloves for the High Crit Multi.
Gem Setup
Any defensive setup you like.
Belt
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Use Doryani's Invitation or any good belt that has res you need and some life.
Life and resists is what I would look for in a belt.
Boots
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30 Move speed is mandatory. After that look for Life and resists.
Eva based can give you much needed Dex but I would look for ES base.
Gem Setup
Vaal Haste - Vaal Haste - Increased Duration
Jewelry
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Amulet
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Perfect amulet would be with these mods
Cast speed
Crit Multi
Crit Chance
Spell Damage
Life
Energy Shield
I use
Rings
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Try to get some cast speed, Crit Chance, Dex, Life, ES and max out your resists.
I use
My Gear
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Offence and defence stats in Hideout
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Offence with Vaal Haste and Atziri's Promise
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Offence with Vaal Haste and Atziri's Promise
Auras
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We only use Clarity aura but lately I have skipped auras completely and used Clear Mind Jewel for a hefty damage boost. It also has nice mana regen.
Flasks
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Jewels
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Same applies to jewels as other items. We want cast speed first and then Crit Multi, spelldamage etc.
Clear Mind is an option if you skip Clarity aura.
Videos
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I play on a laptop computer and my recording software lags me alot. Keep that in mind when watching. Enjoy!
Level few extra Flame Totem gems while levelling. You will want to corrupt them to get a level 21 gem. Extra level on Flame Totem gives you 2-3k+ more dps. You can also just buy one but they are very expensive (15Ex+ if you find anyone selling).
Your main defence is mobility. You will want 30-35% extra move speed. The Totems are super tanky and when you are doing 60k dps, mobs have no time to hit anything.
Have Vaal Haste up for bossfights, it makes them look like Rares.
2.2 Gives us quite a boost to dps in the form of Elemental Focus. 123k in hideout unbuffed and 168k with Vaal Haste and Atziri's Promise is a very nice boost compaired to the original build wich had iirc 75k dps unbuffed.
Hey there, I am just back to PoE after a year and playing this build. Super fun, just unlocked 2 totems and they wreck everything instantly. I want to level a coc discharge shadow, but this totem is more fun than I anticipated! Really tanky and easy to play, not something I would go for usually, but it is far greater fun than my old puncture+split arrow ranger of the past.
Well first weekend went well. I was hoping to make 80 but it was super hot out & I decided to take advantage of it.
I managed to do one of the end game trials. All I can say is if you hated the normal ones you are going to want to strangle someone on these ones. The good news is you get to do them over & over. They keep your progress however you do have to start at the beginning again.
Loot at the end was,
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Also completed one of the 4 prophecy Chains. The Plaguepaw one.
Got,
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So far I have to admit this is a really fun league.
I am not Anti-Social, I am just selective on whom I wish to be social with.
RB, what armour do you use? Still on Infernal Mantle?
Twin daggers/scepters or dagger/Shield? Or something else?
Tree the same? No changes?
Occultist witch.. ok?
witch or templar?
Thanks.
If I was in SC I would use the gear I post in original post. It is uptaded. For more survivability go Occultist, if you want top damage go Elementalist.
I play Templar in HC now so I will wear hybrid Armour/ES armour.
Hey there, I am just back to PoE after a year and playing this build. Super fun, just unlocked 2 totems and they wreck everything instantly. I want to level a coc discharge shadow, but this totem is more fun than I anticipated! Really tanky and easy to play, not something I would go for usually, but it is far greater fun than my old puncture+split arrow ranger of the past.
Well first weekend went well. I was hoping to make 80 but it was super hot out & I decided to take advantage of it.
I managed to do one of the end game trials. All I can say is if you hated the normal ones you are going to want to strangle someone on these ones. The good news is you get to do them over & over. They keep your progress however you do have to start at the beginning again.
Loot at the end was,
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Also completed one of the 4 prophecy Chains. The Plaguepaw one.
Got,
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So far I have to admit this is a really fun league.
Yeah having a blast aswell. I haven't been able to play much but so far loving it.
New maps that are available when you complete prophecy's. Not sure if they are called maps but I do not have a better term.
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I am still working on getting more DPS before I throw myself in there. Scary when you do not consider 45k DPS enough. I wonder if all 4 let you go in to an UBER type environment. The only reason I do not have the last one is because the quest bugged out on me.
Got a Consuming Dark. Between that & the mantle I still get 45% conversion. It is not bad.
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I will post videos if I survive ;). I want to get my trials done & see if I can get my last two ascendancy points first. Oh & I still have to kill Atziri 100 times.
I am not Anti-Social, I am just selective on whom I wish to be social with.
Wouldn't it make more sense to use faster casting with increased critical strikes so that you're critting as often as possible by creating more casts per second? I'm using this instead of controlled destruction 20/20 and the tooltip dps is higher, but idk if that means much. Also, I haven't used fire penetration yet and I don't have a 6 link, but my dps is around 42k in hideout. Also haven't done ascendency yet so just a plain witch.
