I didn't expect this league to be faster than last league in terms of clear speed.

I got to sort of work with a GGG dev after he watched last league's speedrun which resulted in every single skip getting patched. So we can say for certain that all the remaining skips and tricks are all intended mechanics of Sekhemas.

I also cleared Last Flame with this build. The extremely fast sparks were great at just cleaning up entire rooms before anything had a chance to attack you (mostly).

Inb4 "but temporalis" - I clear Sekhemas in around 7:30 without tempo, and I did it 4 times in a row on a non-blink character (crossbow infernalist) as well as my Blood Mage wearing Silks of Sand (fake tempo). So while Tempo does significantly improve times, there's nothing stopping the average person from getting sub 8 minute runs without much investment besides some practice. I keep seeing posts saying 15 minutes is fast.

Full video guide + build link + POB here (sorry hitting text limit): https://youtu.be/xYvpup1a5Bo

https://pobb.in/KEOyTvs7V_Lb - note this build is INSANELY overkill for Sekh since it's my temple build. But yea I just stuck Silks on and cleared in 7:30. Even a blood mage with 1/100th the investment should still be one shotting everything and clearing in under 8 minutes.

If you're using Silks of Sand you don't need the ATD for the spirit and can save a ton of points.

Video of the concept here: https://youtu.be/1FMxgizXGzU

Mobalytics with all the explanations of the interactions: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/0b61d03a-e616-4048-a779-2bb213d97c74/builds/55cce82b-7ead-4802-9785-1eaa499f3039?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C1