[2.4] Theory Crafted Build (Experimenters Needed) The LowLife, CastonCrit, Vortex Burner

Hello everyone! I would like Feedback on a potential Build Idea.

It is a Low Life Assassin that uses CastonCrit Cyclone to tutor out Vortex, converts the cold to fire, and amps the burn by stacking all the more spell damage modifiers.

Presented below are all the specs required for you to test.
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What You Need
Spoiler


Class: Assasin

Armour: Shavs
Boots: Skyforth
Head: You Decide (Optional Vertex)
Gloves: You Decide (Optional Void Bringer)
Dagger: Vagan Crit Dagger with Spell damage
Shield: You Decide
Ring 1: Pyre
Ring 2: You Decide (Preferably Elereon)
Amulet: You Decide (Preferably Crit Multi)

Best 6 Link:
Coc
Cyclone
Vortex
LL
Controlled Destruction
Fire Pen

Fun 6 Link:
Coc
Vortex
LL
Controlled Destruction
Faster Attacks
Whirling Blades/Shield Charge


Auras: You Decide Although I've decided Discipline, Purity of Elements, with bloodmagic (21) and enlighten (3) on a 4L,

And then 2 curses (Warlords and Assasins) with a Purity of Fire and HoT (To shock and proc Ele Equilibrium)

Spell, Ele, Fire, damage scale this build the best followed by Crit Multi.

We don't need to crit with our spell every hit, we just need to crit 1 in 2-3 hits, because burns do not stack. Therefore we don't need inc crit strikes attached to main link because we have a phseudo diamond flask.



SKILL TREE:

http://poeplanner.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




The Main idea of this build is to CoC vortex and watch them burn by converting the Cold into Fire. Because the Burn will be doing all the damage, we just need to crit them once.

So Why this Build May Work?
We'll Take advantage of the fact CoC got changed to 1.39 spell damage multiplier to scale the DOT of vortex.

If we want to play Vortex we have a few options, we can go ELE but conflux got nerfed so we won't guarantee burn.
Then we want to Crit. But if we have to Crit here is our 6L: vortex-inc crit strikes-LL-CD-FirePen-FasterCasting.

Our version is better than self casting Vortex. Cyclone with COC is practically a faster casting (2 per second). However the CoC Also gives a more multiplier to Spell Damage, and because we are playing assasin, we don't need inc crit strikes.
Therefore it is under this view that I believe this method of CoCing the Vortex is perhaps one of the best ways to play vortex all together.


Because of the Way CoC triggers every 500ms, it is Vitally Important that your vagan dagger does NOT EXCEED, with this tree, 1.75 APS! 1.75 Itself is perfect. This is a realizable goal when crafting vagan daggers.


From the Tree alone and not any other source of damage (meaning not even factoring the increased spell damage and stuff from our gear and EleEquilibrium or FirePEn)



Raw Damages
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on a single enemy,

Initial Vortex Hit assuming Crit: 20,000 ish

Vortex Dot : 80,000 ish DPS


After 1 Second, we Will get 2 Hits and 1 Tick meaning a cumulative of

125,000 ish DPS


With Really Good Jewels and perhaps more refinement, the dps can reach 300k. Any small increase to spell, fire, elemetnal damage, and even but less so crit multi, will go a really long way due to the scaling.



I'm not sure how in performance this build will be because it lacks some fundamentals such as increased AOE, but perhaps people can test stuff out.

POssible Tests:
increased AOE,
Shield Charge with/without Faster attacks,
Rapid Decay,
Ele Weakness,
Ele Weaknesss and Flammability,
Vulnerability Potion/Curse,
Warlords Mark and Vulnerability on Hit Gloves
Anything Else you can think of (even if it changes the nature of the build like running a consuming dagger and getting accuracy on tree)



If you CAN afford to try out this build can you post the results?


Last edited by sudhirking on Sep 14, 2016, 8:46:55 AM
Last bumped on Sep 14, 2016, 8:36:52 AM

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