Scion - [2.1] - [EE MOM A/PA] "Skyfall" Blast Rain CoC - Forum

Hello and welcome to my fourth build guide!

I'll start off with a quick rundown of how this build was devised:
With the introduction of Blast Rain in 2.0, I felt the urge to try it for CoC builds. After all, it has lots of aoe hits while still guaranteeing 4 hits on a single target!
Using Firestorm and Bladefall tied into a consistent theme, so I just went with it. You can see the results here!

Videos
Build breakdown
Torture Chamber run

Build Overview

Blast Rain CoC with Bladefall and Firestorm
Use Clear Mind to scale spell damage
Mind Over Matter makes use of mana pool
Without auras, spells deal only 1 element -> EE
Use phys to cold conversion to make Bladefall help the EE
Use Arc for more elemental mixture
Acro/Phase Acro as another defensive layer (also adjacent in tree).

Pros & Cons

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Pros:

Cast on Crit! I love it, it's just so satisfying to play.
Good clearspeed, even in parties.
Can do every single map mod. Many are still dangerous, but none break the build.
Easy to gear: Clear mind is the only required unique. 5L is great but not necessary.

Cons:

Firestorm CoC will not meet everyone's appreciation. Yeah.
Very uncommon (albeit currently cheap) gear piece required.
Not as OP as Fakener. Surprise!

Passives

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Tree for lvl 80
Late game tree

Scion start gives lots of jewel sockets so you can start using Clear Mind as early as possible. (For leveling grab the cast speed and spell damage nearby and spec out of it later!)
We need King of the Hill, as well as the Shadow crit area. Scion life wheel is an obvious choice, EE and MoM are also right there.
The rest of the tree is grabbing life, crit (and accuracy) and some mana.

Bandits: Oak (Life), Kill (Skillpoint), Kraityn (Frenzy charge)
Alira in normal could be worth it with more mana scaling, but I can't fit that in.
Attack speed in Cruel is a decent choice too.
Could go power charge in merc, but frenzy is more consistent.

Gear and links

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Keep in mind that all this is far from optimized. You could easily fit in Lightning Coil + Taste of Hate.

In essence:
A bow with high crit chance and attack speed (accuracy and crit multi are nice too).
A good crit/life quiver with the "x% of physical damage converted to cold" corrupted implicit.
The rest is life+res gear, accuracy is also very welcome.

Gem setup
5L: CoC setup (Blast Rain, CoC, Firestorm, Bladefall, Arc)
4L: Frenzy - GMP - CoH - Assassin's Mark ( - Chain if you have a second 5L)
2L: Blink Arrow - Faster Attacks

Recommended: CwdT setup, Ice golem somewhere

Changelog:
02 Jan 2016: Guide created.

Last edited by MauranKilom on Jan 2, 2016, 2:15:25 PM