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Self-cast Discharge :thonking: ? Would love some some ideas and critique

by Torchlink6 years ago13

DPS
4.39M
Energy Shield
3.1K
Level
93
Min budget

Overview

Self-cast Discharge :thonking: ? Would love some some ideas and critique is a Path of Exile Occultist build by Torchlink, made for the Harvest league (3.11). It is centered on Discharge and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, fire archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 4.39M DPS with 37 life, 3.1K energy shield. Key uniques include Atziri's Foible, Inya's Epiphany, Void Battery, The Ivory Tower, Void Battery.

Torchlink's Notes

So discharge will receive a large damage buff, but will be on a cooldown.

I'm thinking about ways to make self-casting Discharge work, and i've come up with some archetypes, although none of them feel 100% satisfying.

First i thought of an Archmage build to make use of the fact that Discharge now is on a cooldown anyways, so handling the mana cost would be a lot easier. Here is my pastebin for an Occultist Archmage build:

https://pastebin.com/hk8CrQm7

The Problem with Occultist Archmage is the fact that while Forbidden Power does reliably generate charges with Archmage, it only generates one charge at a time due to its wording. Another problem is that Discharge is a "hit once, and hit hard" skill, and these don't profit from Archmage that much.

Another archetype would be either Jugg or Chieftain fire-based Discharge, probably using the large hit to inflict huge ignites. I'm not very used to ignite scaling so i could really use some help here, since i've not really gotten the damage to scale properly (obviously the new Discharge would deal WAY more damage)

https://pastebin.com/iU02jJsu

I'm not sure if i set that up correctly, due to orb of storms only dealing lightning damage with elemental equilibrium, the enemy sould have their fire resistance lowered when i hit with Discharge, right?

I realize the damage numbers are all out of whack anyways, since we don't have the new gem info yet, but i'm just hyped and would love some ideas on the concept, and if you guys think it's viable.

Gear

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Void Battery
The Ivory Tower
Atziri's Foible
Inya's Epiphany
Void Battery
Transcendent Flesh

Skills

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  • DischargeDischarge20/20WMain
  • ArchmageArchmage20/20W
  • Awakened Controlled DestructionAwakened Controlled Destruction5/20W
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect20/20W
  • Power Charge On CriticalPower Charge On Critical20/20W
  • Awakened Lightning PenetrationAwakened Lightning Penetration5W
  • ConductivityConductivity20W
  • Orb of StormsOrb of Storms20W
  • Curse On Hit20W
  • Power Charge On CriticalPower Charge On Critical20W
  • Wave of ConvictionWave of Conviction20W
  • Elemental WeaknessElemental Weakness20W
  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken20W
  • Curse On Hit20W
  • WrathWrath20W
  • Blood Magic20W
  • Arcane CloakArcane Cloak20W
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge20W

Passive Tree

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Occultist
Occultist
Bandits
Help Alira

Character Stats

Level
93

Damage

Combined DPS
2M
Hit DPS
4.39M
With Poison DPS
2M
Average Hit
2M
Average Damage
2M

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
2.2/s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
84%
Crit Multiplier
440%
Mana Cost
748

Defence

Life
37
Energy Shield
3.1K
Mana
3.57K
Armour
532
Evasion
349
Phys Damage Reduction
4%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
15%
Spell Block
8%
Evade (Melee)
0%
Evade (Projectile)
0%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
-45%
Cold Resistance
-45%
Lightning Resistance
-45%
Chaos Resistance
-60%

Recovery

Life Regen
0/s
ES Regen
102/s
Mana Regen
408.4/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
24
Intelligence
457
Dexterity
24
Movement Speed
20%
Endurance Charges
3
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
9