[PoE 3.20]My Runner-Up League Starter: Incinerate Totems Chieftain

Bandits: Help Alira, respec to +2 passives later Ascendancy Order: Arohongui > Ramako > Tukohama > Valako 6-link Gem options if you can't afford Awakened Empower are: Faster Casting, Empower, (Awakened) Increased Area of Effect. I don't like Concentrated Effect because it makes the AoE way too small. Gems: Act 1 Twilight Strand: Nothing that we keep after level 4 After Hillock: Molten Strike or Ground Slam free from Tarkleigh Optionally buy Fireball or Perforate from Nessa if you prefer to level with those (it's only for a few levels) After Hailrake (and opening Submerged Passage): Molten Shell free from Tarkleigh Onslaught Support free from Nessa Holy Flame Totem buy from Nessa Frostblink buy from Nessa Optionally buy Riposte from Nessa After Brutus: Added Fire Damage free from Nessa Vitality free from Tarkleigh Clarity buy from Nessa Combustion Support buy from Nessa Leap Slam OR Shield Charge buy from Nessa Lifetap Support buy from Nessa Enduring Cry buy from Nessa After Cavern of Wrath Waypoint (Before Merveil): Optionally buy Searing Bond from Nessa Act 2 After Fidelitas and rescuing Helena: Herald of Ash free from Greust Righteous Fire buy from Yeena Tempest Shield buy from Yeena After Weaver: Faster Attacks Support free from Silk Culling Strike Support buy from Yeena Iron Will Support buy from Yeena Optionally buy Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support from Yeena and link it to Riposte Act 3 After Crematorium Determination free from Maramoa Purity of Fire buy from Clarissa Flammability buy from Clarissa Anger buy from Clarissa Infernal Cry buy from Clarissa After Gravicius (optional) Flameblast buy from Clarissa Go back to Act 1 and buy: Spell Totem Support buy from Nessa After Library (optional) buy all of these gems from Siosa: Armageddon Brand (if you prefer to level with Brands until later) Wave of Conviction (if using Armageddon Brand) Incinerate Concentrated Effect Support Elemental Focus Support Controlled Destruction Support Flame Dash Fire Penetration Support Below gems are not being used until endgame and can be saved for later if you don't have enough currency: Zealotry Elemental Weakness Act 4 After Voll and opening The Mines: Summon Stone Golem free from Oyun, should now be able to sustain Righteous Fire After Daresso & Kaom: Multiple Totems Support free from Dialla Immolate Support buy from Petarus and Vanja Cast when Damage Taken Support OR Cast When Stunned Support buy from Petarus and Vanja Increased Area of Effect Support buy from Petarus and Vanja Hextouch Support buy from Petarus and Vanja (if using Armageddon Brand, link Hextouch Support to Wave of Conviction and Flammability) Act 6 After clearing The Twilight Strand: Buy all of the gems in the list of gems to buy from Siosa after Library (Act 3) that you didn't already buy Incinerate Average DPS: PoB only shows the different stages of Incinerate separately, so in order to calculate DPS correctly, you need to add the average hit of all of them together, divide by 9 (there are 9 stages plus the release), then multiply by your cast speed, then multiply by your number of totems. I've already done this for you below: Stage 1: 66,287.2 + Stage 2: 79,453.7 + Stage 3: 92,621.9 + Stage 4: 106,696.5 + Stage 5: 119,862.9 + Stage 6: 133,257.7 + Stage 7: 146,424.2 + Stage 8: 159,590.6 + Release: 957,083.7 = 1,861,278.4 total damage per full channel /9 = 206,808.7111... average damage per hit * 5.60 (cast speed) = 1,158,128.78222... average DPS per totem x 3 totems = 3,474,386.34666... total average DPS OR x4 totems (using Ancestral Bond) = 4,632,515.12888... total average DPS NOTE: The numbers above may be different depending on updates to this build, but rather than spending time changing these numbers every time, I will just leave these numbers here as an example of how to calculate DPS.