Goratha's Poison Spark Assassin Week 1 UPDATE - NEARLY DOT CAP?! RAMPING AFTER DEATH

WEEK 1 UPDATE! First character died so slow on the updates sorry! But ramped to a much stronger character now. AURA SET-UP -First character unfortunately felt the downside of removing Tempest Shield for Malevolence, but Malevolence is still too strong to pass up so this time I went for Charisma + Enlighten / Mana Mastery. DROPPING CHILL NODES -Icefang already chills so it seems a bit too much to spend 6 points going for chill nodes, this tree loses 60% chill effect so the reverse chill goes from 24 to 18, but still seems good enough. This allows for more endgame jewel set-ups. DAMAGE UPGRADES -EO Sceptre with Cast Speed, %Lightning + Shock, and +Gems / Flat Lightning is the biggest early upgrade you can get. -Following the Sceptre, look for Large Cluster with Sadist, Prismatic Heart, and Doryani's Lesson or Disorienting Display, as well as Projectile Speed. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE %SHOCK SOMEWHERE IF YOU HAVE EO SCEPTRE -EO makes it so critical strikes no longer apply shock, so if you do not have %shock on weapon, tattoo, or a jewel then you will never shock, this is a massive DPS loss. PROJECTILE SPEED IS VERY IMPORTANT! GET TATTOOS! -Projectile Speed doesn't just increase clear speed, it's also VERY important for single target. This allows the sparks to multi-hit with the same cast in combination with Duration. -Spark has a .66 ICD built in, so scaling Duration to hit breakpoints is very big, and Projectile Speed makes it way more consistent even though it doesn't show this in POB. JEWEL SET-UP -Light of Meaning Lightning Damage allocated in the Scion wheel is MASSIVE. -Unnatural combos with this to make it go to an absurd damage increase. SOUL EATER -This is a big way to scale the damage end-game, for now I have Soul Ascension but I think the new Foulborn Headhunter is a better option, just harder to do in HC with limited items available. MANA PROBLEMS -With Soul Eater mana becomes even more annoying, currently I am still using an Enduring Mana flask with Arcane Chemistry nodes to help keep the flask charges up on bosses and also give more mana recovery. -Along with that Doryani's Lesson for leech in combination with 15% mana cost as life mastery seems to help a lot. -Will likely eventually drop the self-chill set-up in favor of big life rings with PDR/Maxres or %life + cast speed. This will allow -mana crafts which will help solve mana. CI & WHISPERS -There is an option to go CI and use Whispers as well, this requires a TON of cast speed to pull off, but looks very nice and allows you to drop the mana flask.