Self-cast Voltaxic Burst ft. Jiquani's Potential of epilepsy

Hello Exiles!

Here's a quick showcase / starting guide for my fun build of the league:
Voltaxic Burst of Epilepsy and Extreme Eye Strain
https://pobb.in/kPPUD6ClzB6k
Uber Elder:
https://youtu.be/KpXrg0HLcVg
Simulacrum wave 14-15:
https://youtu.be/v3w_vdG7Gxs
T17 Fortress with rare monsters:
https://youtu.be/J1lx5ZgdyAc

This league Voltaxic Burst's base case time got buffed to 0.4s, and a couple sources of lightning damage converted to chaos were also added, thus making this skill more viable as a main damage source instead of a gem for the loopers.

Lightning damage to chaos conversion:
Lycia bloodline's Sinner Saint: 50% + Foulborn The Blue Nightmare 10%

Cast speed scaling:
Soul Eater from Foulborn Headhunter +
Necromancer's Corpse Pact: triggered by desecrate/ dd of chain reaction in Foulborn Kitava's Thirst. To get to 200 life cost per cast, we need a reflected +15 mana cost ring to use the 130% mana multiplier awakened inc AOE instead of 140% ones. In order to sustain the life cost of 22 casts/second (2.2k life) + 4 triggered spells in Kitava's (1.5k life) we take eternal youth and a few ES recharge speed passives/suffixes. In total we recharge 99% of the 3k life per second and have 650 from leech. The hardening uulgraft also gives 26% more life recovery rate 1 out of 4 seconds, rounding out cwdt/ other skill costs.

Movement:
Since we are self-casting Voltaxic Burst, casting any other skills means less stacks/dps. So we trigger bodyswap, and cast frostlink of wintry blast when necessary. Note that triggered desecrate always cast under yourself even with astral projector, so increasing AOE increases the potential distance you can travel with bodyswap. This is the worst part of the build: I can't pick up loot, can't see anything on the screen, and don't know where I am going. I have just been stuck in simulacrum hell.

Voltaxic Burst Stacks
Holding down this skill only:
Corpse Pact itself: 60 stacks
Soul eater + on kill frenzy/onslaught : 100 - 120 stacks
When actually playing:
Simulacrum avg is 60-70 stacks.
Uber Elder avg 100 stacks.

Defense
Int stacking gives ES + bone offering cap spell block
You can probably reserve artic armour and adjust to have enough life for all spells on 1 sever tick.

Other Parts
Since we are always low life, Foulborn Lori's Lantern gives lucky damage, which is rare for chaos.
Foulborn HH's rare monster mini map icon is quite helpful for navigating.
We need a 2% cdr jewel for the 0.1s cd trigger rates.

Budget and Potential Upgrades
50-60d currently, and it's probably the minimum viable cost.
Int only scales the flat added from Jiquani's potential damage wise, diminishing return kicks in fast especially when competing with other int stackers this league.
You can probably get much better reflected rings, drop purity of elements for Wrath/Haste, get either 2 of the Occultist FF jewels, %int bound by destiny, etc.
The current version is reaching my fun per budget limit, and I already did enough damage to myself. Your turn now. CATW




Last bumped on Nov 18, 2025, 4:12:00 AM
Correction: forgot gems, budget probably adds another 20d, but still functional with 21/20 spell echo and less duration instead of awakened AOE, and enlighten lv3.

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