Flamewood suggestions? w/ video

https://youtu.be/gYCArK9tJ4E


My reply to the video, that I'd like a 2nd opinion for, forum wise:


" So far seems I'm building a Champion with Ancestral War chief flamewood, who uses Inferno Blow & Sadism. Less I want to try to build for Heavy Strike.

My Question is, is their any reason to go for just Flamewood without a attack for clear? I suppose since you might not be using Ancestral Warchief. yet Holy Flame, you're not melee anymore. So that makes sense. I guess you get to build more tanky if you don't have to pick weapon passives.

My real question is, if I want to build Flamewood for Hierophant or Sorceress, would Hiltless be enough? Without the taunt. I'd really like a educated guess with how a Tauntless Hiltless would do. I suppose you'd have to build semi tanky, to take some hits, right? Or maybe not since the reflected damage isn't much, right?

I'm still wondering what other skills people suggest for spell totems even if spell totems have low hp. I do like that guys molten shell idea, tho doesn't molten shell have a cooldown so every totem only uses it once. Molten shell for sure requires taunt.

I'm also wondering if every Flamewood build has to reach Both totem life passives. & if just getting a enchanted amulet to grab the other 30% totem life is enough. Means you'd be missing 2 tiny 15% to totem life nodes. Tho isn't their a small jewel for totem life to make up for that? I'm just not a fan of having to always theory stretch across the tree from south to north west, to get both totem life nodes. Seems missing two tiny 15% to totem life, is worth not stretching for.

Then last question, How do I even build around Hiltless if so? Is Hiltless enough damage, without some +1 to gems mace as you have. I mean it's a must if I go for Guardian Hierophant or Sorceress. "

For taunt. Seems " Shrieking Bolts cluster " grants 10% chance to taunt on hit. Tho that's for projectiles & I wouldn't get benefit for Inferno Blow or Heavy Strike if so. Hmm

Theirs abyss jewels with 8% chance to taunt. Tho I'd need many of them. 4 of them would be 32% chance to taunt & I'm not sure if that's enough taunt. Maybe 6 of them for 48% chance is enough? For builds not going for Ascend taunts.

Someone mentioned Shockwave totem? Does the knockback make it not require taunt? Not sure if they mentioned that.

Then theirs decoy totem, tho that seems the boring vote. Since everything else layers damage, besides Rejuvenation totem, tho that rejuvenates.

Seems I may build around these Abyss jewels, even if that only manages 48% taunt. Since I prefer the least played class for a build.

& Hiltless seems to break the build, esp since I don't even want to go crit, just chance to ignite. Tho still wondering what ya'll think of Hiltless. Most say Flamewood works with Hiltless, some say based on the words, it won't. So I don't know. Even if it works, maybe without +1 to gem lvls, it's not worth getting, what you think?

Tho more importantly, what do you think about 48% chance to taunt from 6 abyss jewels?

The yt video guy has replied with this:

" Hiltless is a weird one, since we don't know yet if it will proc Flamewood - the reflected damage is counted as enemy damage and is a hit, but some 'when hit' effects are not procced by this interaction, so it's going to have to be a wait and see for that. If it does work, I think the best approach for hiltless would be with Torchoak boots, and you basically clear with normal ancestral warchief totems that hit enemies and proc the explosion from Torchoak + flamewood at the same time, then when you reach a boss/tanky rare, you weapon swap to a ignite damage/defensive setup, probably sceptre/shield and drop vaal warchief > then you require taunt for the enemy to hit the warchief and proc the big flamewood hit.

In terms of spell totems, you could do fireball totems for example, might be decent. The life is just unfortunately not even remotely comparable to VAW. "

Reflected damage doesn't proc on/when hit effects. It won't work.