CRITICAL SPARK

BUILD

INFORMATION
This is an Inquisitor based build focusing on the Skill Spark. This is a very powerful build able to reach high amounts of damage against End Game Bosses since your critical strikes ignore Elemental Resistances. It's easy to level and a great build for beginners.
Pros
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Easy to play
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Good currency farmer
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Ignore Enemies' Resistances
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Great Clear Speed
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High Damage on End Game Bosses
Cons
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You need to keep distance from bosses
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Vulnerable to Elemental Reflect

EQUIPMENT
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BODY ARMOUR
- The Covenant is mandatory for this build because socketed gems have Blood Magic, this way Mana will never be a problem. It also grants 10% increased life and Added Chaos Damage support.
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WEAPON
- I recommend Dual Wielding weapons that grant extra damage for you, but if you want extra defenses you can totally wear a Shield on your Off-hand slot.
- I recommend dual wielding Void Battery, each wand grants up to 20% increased cast speed, 1 extra Power charge, and 25% increased spell damage per Power Charge. Since you have 8 Power charges, you end up with 400% increased spell damage minus 80% because of another mod, but 320% increased spell damage is too much man!
- If you don't have enough currency to buy a Void Battery, you can use a rare wand with spell damage and critical chance fo spells. Examples here.
- If you want to wear a shield, I recommend Lioneye's Remorse that grants a great amount of Life, Armour and extra defenses against projectiles.
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HELMET
- A rare helmet with life, elemental resistances and armour. Examples here.
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GLOVES
- Rare Trap Shaper Gloves with "Socketed Gems are Supported by level xx Trap and Mine Damage Support". Examples here.
- If you want to spend a little more to get more damage, you can get one with "Socketed Gems are Supported by level xx Trap and Mine Damage Support & Faster Casting". 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 and elemental resistances. Examples here.
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RING #1
- An Essence Worm ring is mandotory, so we can use the Wrath Aura without sacrificing a huge amount of mana.
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RING #2
- A rare Ring with life, Dexterity and some elemental resistances. Examples here.
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AMULET
- A rare Amulet with Life, Dexterity and some resistances. Examples here.
- If you don't have problems with Dexterity and/or Currency you can also use Choir of the Storm for 50% increased lightning damage and 75% increased critical strike chance.
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FLASKS
- Divine Life Flasks. Look for mods like ''instant recovery'', ''removes bleeding'' and ''removes freeze''. Examples here and here.
- Diamond Flask for more critical strikes. Look for mods like "increased duration" and "increased armour during flask effect". Examples here.
- Silver Flask is awesome to increase your movement and cast speed. Look for "Increased Duration" and "Increased Movement Speed during flask effect". Examples here.
- The good old Atziri's Promise for a big boost to your damage and life leech.
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ENCHANTMENTS
- Helmet: 30% Increased Spark Projectile Speed
- Gloves: Of Reflection
- Boots: Lightning Damage
P.S. Enchantments are not super important, so don't feel bad if you don't have the right ones ;)
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RECOMMENDED ANOINTMENTS
- First Choice: Nimbleness (Amber + Crimson + Crimson)
- Alternative Option #1: Prodigal Perfection (Clear + Azure + Azure)
- Alternative Option #2: //
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FULL BUILD ATTRIBUTE REQUIREMENTS
- Strength: 155
- Dexterity: 155
- Intelligence: 245

GEMS
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BODY ARMOUR






Spark
Power Charge on Critical
Elemental Focus
Pierce (If 5 Sockets Linked)
Spell Echo
Faster Projectiles (If 6 Sockets Linked)
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GLOVES




Lightning Spire Trap
Added Lightning Damage
Elemental Focus
Controlled Destruction
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BOOTS OR HELMET




Cast When Damage Taken (level 11)
Increased Duration
Vaal Righteous Fire
Steelskin (level 16)
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BOOTS OR HELMET


Orb of Storms
Arcane Surge (level 6)

Increased Duration

Culling Strike
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MAIN HAND



Decoy Totem
Summon Lightning Golem
Multiple Totems
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OFF HAND


Zealotry
Flame Dash

Enlighten
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RING

Wrath
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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You say the build is cheap, but a 6 Linked body armour is expensive. How?
- 6 Linked body armour is not mandatory for this build to work. Maximize a build with the best possible items and 6 Linkeds takes a good amount of currency. Start using 4 Linkeds on low tier maps in order to farm currency to upgrade your gear.
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Cast When Damage Taken cannot trigger Vaal skills, why do you put them on the same setup?
- Vaal Righteous Fire is not there to be triggered by Cast When Damage Taken, but to be supported by Increased Duration.
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Why Arcane Surge level 6?