Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - Flame Totem Support Gems - Forum

" Perq wrote: Errr, no. It matters always. If you have no other means of decreasing monsters resistances, it ALWAYS gives you at least 37% MORE damage (penetration can make resistances go below 0%, meaning -37% resists = 37% more damage). And the more resistances they have, the more benefits you gain. Also, far more monsters have resistances - not only bosses and rares. ;) Converting to Chaos disables your ability to reduce monsters resistances below 0, so it isn't "best". Also, some monsters have Chaos Resistance, you'll never get rid of, because there are no means of doing so. If we go by your logic then Elemental Focus and Controlled Destruction still win out as they provide 49% and 44% MORE damage but Fire Pen only 37%. 3.3 RF Trickster SSF HC guide : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2147256 Last edited by Rusherboy#5889 on Mar 31, 2016, 8:43:59 AM	Posted by Rusherboy#5889 on Mar 31, 2016, 8:42:28 AM Quote this Post
" Rusherboy wrote: " Perq wrote: Errr, no. It matters always. If you have no other means of decreasing monsters resistances, it ALWAYS gives you at least 37% MORE damage (penetration can make resistances go below 0%, meaning -37% resists = 37% more damage). And the more resistances they have, the more benefits you gain. Also, far more monsters have resistances - not only bosses and rares. ;) Converting to Chaos disables your ability to reduce monsters resistances below 0, so it isn't "best". Also, some monsters have Chaos Resistance, you'll never get rid of, because there are no means of doing so. If we go by your logic then Elemental Focus and Controlled Destruction still win out as they provide 49% and 44% MORE damage but Fire Pen only 37%. But close to nothing, if you face something that has 75% resistances. :=) Precisely: 44%/4=11% more damage 49%/4=12.25% more damage So yeah, fair point there, but you should aim to have a reliable main skill - with CD or EF you will deal a little bit more damage to monsters which has no resistances (compared to Fire Pen), and very low damage to those who have resistances. It might be a better idea to balance it out, and deal good damage to everything, as a first prority. :P Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. Last edited by Perq#4049 on Mar 31, 2016, 8:49:25 AM	Posted by Perq#4049 on Mar 31, 2016, 8:48:27 AM Quote this Post
I really agree on Fire Pen being very important. In the early days of Flame Totem meta few patches ago, I always recommended Fire Pen over Iron Will wich was popular back then. When levelling you get more out of EF, CD and FC. When mapping and doing end game content, then FP is more important. 3.3 RF Trickster SSF HC guide : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2147256	Posted by Rusherboy#5889 on Mar 31, 2016, 8:55:06 AM Quote this Post
" Rusherboy wrote: You should be using in order of importance : Elemental Focus - Controlled Destruction - Faster Casting - Fire Penetration - Empower 3/4 or Added Chaos Damage or Faster Projectiles. You can look at this guide if you need ideas : Spoiler https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1405905 Just wanted you to know that your build inspired me, and I'm doing a variation of this. The only true difference will be my class and that I will cast three totems + selfcast instead of dual totem ancestral bond :D Will post more specific info later. I already used all of my regrets and refunds from quests, need few more to repair my tree, but still better than playing all over again. I thought about this after I bought Infernal Mantle for 2C, will use it with 5 sockets until I will have a loooot of orbs to make it 6L.	Posted by dan14nr#0821 on Apr 1, 2016, 5:03:23 PM Quote this Post