ARC IGNITE TRICKSTER IS BACK!!

My first look at Ignite Vaal Arc Trickster since way back in Delirium league, where I made a really OP Simulacrum farmer. This character is quite a bit different than that one (it used Archmage and Fevered Minds) but it has similar damage to it! LEVELING UP You can level this character either as a Hit-Based lightning character, or as Ignite early on. I would recommend Spark, or Arc for hit-based... I personally leveled as Arc. However I believe the best way to level would be to go something like Armageddon Brand / Cremation. What you level as is important to note because you cannot be Arc Ignite as Trickster until level 80 when you can equip STORMFIRE. STORMFIRE This is what makes this build work, without it you cannot play Arc ignite.. at least as a Trickster - you can still play it as Elementalist. (which is the other option for this type of build) TRICKSTER vs ELEMENTALIST This might be familiar to people that followed my other character, but basically Trickster is quite a bit tankier and has VERY good sustain while mapping and is just smooth in general because you don't really get hit that much. Elementalist on the other hand has a few benefits - you can go Arc Ignite from normal lab, and it does a bit more damage in the end. However the damage is pretty close, and I think just getting more damage nodes on Trickster is better. ELEMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM / STABILISING SCEPTER The best in slot weapon by far for this build is the EE sceptre from experiemental heists. It has the most -res out of any exposure. One BIG thing to keep in mind about this weapon however is you NEED to have ZERO flat fire damage on your gear, if you have flat fire damage the monster will be taking LESS damage. The reason for this is because it gives resistance to monsters based on the damage you deal, and it causes Exposure to the other elements. For this build we use ARC to ignite, so we are doing Lightning Damage on the hit, which causes Fire and Cold exposure. We want fire exposure because even though we deal Lightning Damage, the ignite is still Fire Damage. CLEAR SPEED vs BOSSING Vaal Arc has the most satisfying and in my opinion is one of the BEST clear skills in the entire game. Even things like Tornado Shot pale in comparison. However in SC damage terms, this build is NOT made for bossing. The single target can get to a reasonable level - and you can likely kill all Pinnacle Bosses quite easily - however I would not play this as a BOSSING character without gem swapping to some other skill. PHYSICAL MITIGATION This build is using the Pyroshock Clasp belt - basically if you ignite and shock a monster it will convert some of its damage into fire and lightning damage, which is then reduced by our fire/lightning resistance. We are also using Arctic Armor, this is nice for Freeze Immunity - I think ASPECT of the CRAB might end up being better on the character though since you are likely not going to be standing still that much. I am currently also self-casting Anomalous Enduring Cry (it gives War Cry speed) with Swift Killer this gives us 30 second Endurance Charges. CHAOS RESISTANCE / BY/PASS MASTERY Chaos Resistance is important, I take One With Evil and have the 30% of Chaos Damage does not by-pass mastery. This should be enough as long as you have around 30-40% Chaos Resistance. CHAIN RANGE The Acrobatics Wormhole jewel is quite insane for the 45% Chain Range and it also gives 16% suppression - I would recommend getting this if you can. CLUSTER JEWELS Clusters are probably worth it, I have not looked into it yet though as this character is quite new.