BURNING ARMAGEDDON BRAND
BUILD
SUMMARY
CLASS: Witch
ASCENDANCY: Elementalist
HEALTH TYPE: Life
MAIN SKILL TYPE: Area Spell
COST: $$$$$
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
STARTER VIABLE: Yes
BEGINNER FRIENDLY: Yes
GAMEPLAY: Here
INFORMATION
This is a Elementalis based build focusing on the Ignite damage from Armageddon Brand. This is a very fun and interesting build, you all should try it.
Pros
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Great Clear Speed
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Easy Leveling
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Good Single Target
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Immune to Reflect
Cons
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Lack of Block and Evasion
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Vulnerable to Physical Damage
EQUIPMENT
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BODY ARMOUR
- I recommend Kaom's Heart that grants a huge amount of extra life and fire damage. unfortunately it's quite expensive. This body armour doesn’t have sockets, so ignore the “Body Armour” gems if using it.
- Another good choice is Belly of the Beast, it provides up to 40% increased maximum life and 15% to all elemental resistances.
- You can also use a rare body armour with life, elemental resistances and armour. Examples here.
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STAFF
- The Searing Touch is AMAZING for this build, 90% increased Fire Damage, 10% increased Cast speed, 70% increased Burning Damage and +2 level of socketed fire gems.
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HELMET
- Rare helmet with life, elemental resistances and armour. Examples here.
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GLOVES
- Rare gloves with life, elemental resistances and armour. Examples here.
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BOOTS
- Rare boots with movement speed, life, elemental resistances and armour. Examples here.
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BELT
- A rare belt with life, elemental resistances and strength. Examples here.
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RING #1
- Malachai's Artifice is essential for a substancial boost to your damage. More details here
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RING #2
- A rare ring with life, and a lot of fire and cold resistances. Examples here.
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AMULET
- A rare amulet with life, elemental resistances, stregth and dexterity. Examples here.
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FLASKS
- 2 Divine Life Flasks. Look for mods like ''instant recovery'', ''removes bleeding'' and ''removes freeze''. Examples here and here.
- 1 Quicksilver Flask for more clear speed. Examples here.
- Cinderswallow is perfect for this build, it not only grants Onslaught and 10% more damage to ignited enemies, but also grants a lot of life and mana sustain. It's also super cheap on the League.
- A Witchfire Brew is perfect for this build, it grants increased evasion, creates a smoke cloud that blinds your enemies, up to 40% increased damage over time and curses enemies with Dispair for even more damage over time.
GEMS
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BOW
Armageddon Brand
Combustion
Immolate
Deadly Ailments
Burning Damage (If 5 Linked Sockets)
Swift Affliction (If 6 Linked Sockets)
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HELMET
Scorching Ray
Multiple Totems
Spell Totem
Faster Casting
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GLOVES
Flame Dash
Cast When Damage Taken (Level 1)
Faster Casting
Warlord's Mark (Level 5)
TIP: If you are using Kaom’s Heart, Change Phase Run and Increased Duration for Culling Strike and Flame Golem when facing bosses.
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BOOTS
Clarity
Increased Duration
Phase Run
Brand Recall
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BODY ARMOUR
Cast When Damage Taken (level 1)
Increased Duration
Immortal Call (level 3)
Summon Flame Golem
Minion Life
Culling Strike
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RING (MALACHAI'S ARTIFICE)
Summon Lightning Golem
TIP: Lightning Golem is a Blue Gem, this means up to 100% increased lightning resistance when you socket it on this ring. So, when looking for rare equipments always choose the ones with more cold and fire resistances.
THIS BUILD'S FAQ
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Is there a good place to buy unique items?
- Not only for unique items, poe.trade or pathofexile.com/trade are great websites for trading your items.
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I'm lvl 40 and I'm dying a lot, what can I do?
- Please take a look at your Elemental Resistances, they are really important for your survivability. After lvl 40 try to keep at least 50% of each. The meximum is 75%, try to reach that when on end game.
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I don't have as much HP as the gameplay shows and I've followed the Skill Tree step by step. Can you help me?
- Look for more HP at your rare gear. You can have ''+89 to maximum life'' on your helmet for instance.
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Why Cast When Damage Taken at level 1 and Immortal Call at level 3?
