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Voltaxic Burst and snapshotting question/discussion

by Crosshack5 years ago6

DPS
2.13M
Life
3.47K
Level
88
Min budget

Overview

Voltaxic Burst and snapshotting question/discussion is a Path of Exile Inquisitor build by Crosshack, made for the Expedition league (3.15). It is centered on Voltaxic Burst and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, chaos archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 2.13M DPS with 3.47K life, 1.46K energy shield. Key uniques include Pledge of Hands, Mindspiral, Pledge of Hands, Cloak of Defiance, Essence Worm.

Crosshack's Notes

Hey, does anyone know how skills like voltaxic burst work with regards to snapshotting? Let's say that if you had an arcane cloak on you when you cast voltaxic burst and it expires before the explosion happens; do you get the increased damage or not? Likewise, if you were to activate arcane cloak after casting voltaxic burst but before it detonates, would you get the damage?

Because the skill is generally quite clunky and forces you to stay still, I've been theorycrafting an inquisitor build that leverages Instruments of Zeal's 4 seconds on/off gameplay by trying to increase the duration of voltaxic burst to roughly 4 seconds so that when fanaticism is on I am off in a corner casting 10 spell echo and greater spell echo supported voltaxic bursts for four seconds before frostblinking in and cycloning to restack fanaticism and maybe dropping some decoy totems for four seconds, frostblinking out and repeating the entire process again.

The thing is that if I were to apply short duration buffs like Arcane cloak and flasks, I would need to know what the correct timing was (since it's not too difficult to get arcane cloak's duration to be ~4 seconds and it's cd to be a bit below 4 seconds as well).

Any thoughts? Here's a pob I've been messing about with for you to look at if you're curious, but the tree and items were taken from a rather scuffed attempt at cwc voltaxic hierophant, so it might not be the most optimal. Note that the DPS is with fanaticism on so technically the dps needs to be halved as you'll be preparing for the next fanaticism cycle once it's down (and trying not to die).

Loadouts

Gear

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Pledge of Hands
Mindspiral
Cloak of Defiance
Choir of the Storm
Essence Worm
Skull Band
Hypnotic Clutches
Rapture Bond
Phoenix League
Survival Secrets

Skills

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Weapon 1

  • Voltaxic BurstVoltaxic Burst20/20WMain
  • Spell EchoSpell Echo20/20W
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect20/20W
  • Elemental FocusElemental Focus20/20W
  • ArchmageArchmage20/20W
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage20/20W
  • Increased Critical StrikesIncreased Critical Strikes20/20W
  • Faster CastingFaster Casting20/20W

Weapon 1

  • CycloneCyclone1/20W
  • Voltaxic BurstVoltaxic Burst20/20WMain
  • Cast while ChannellingCast while Channelling20/20W
  • Elemental FocusElemental Focus20/20W
  • Increased Critical StrikesIncreased Critical Strikes20/20W
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage20/20W
  • Power Charge On CriticalPower Charge On Critical20/20W

Helmet

  • Voltaxic BurstVoltaxic Burst21/20WMain
  • Spell EchoSpell Echo21/20W
  • Increased Critical StrikesIncreased Critical Strikes20/20W
  • ArchmageArchmage20/20W
  • Faster CastingFaster Casting21/20W
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect21/20W
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage20/20W
  • Arcane CloakArcane Cloak20/20W
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge20/20W
  • EfficacyEfficacy20W
  • Increased DurationIncreased Duration11/20W
  • FrostblinkFrostblink20W
  • Assassin's MarkAssassin's Mark20W
  • ConductivityConductivity20W
  • HextouchHextouch20W
  • FrenzyFrenzy20/20W
  • HydrosphereHydrosphere20/20W
  • Additional AccuracyAdditional Accuracy20/20W
  • Faster AttacksFaster Attacks20/20W

Weapon 1

  • ManabondManabond20/20W
  • Controlled DestructionControlled Destruction11/20W
  • Lightning PenetrationLightning Penetration11/20W
  • Enduring CryEnduring Cry13/20W
  • ClarityClarity20W
  • Decoy TotemDecoy Totem20W
  • Multiple TotemsMultiple Totems20W

Ring 1

  • WrathWrath20W

Amulet

  • Lightning Bolt20W

Passive Tree

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Inquisitor
Inquisitor
Bandits
Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)

Character Stats

Level
88

Damage

Full DPS
0
Combined DPS
2.13M
Hit DPS
2.13M
With Poison DPS
2.13M
With Ignite DPS
2.13M
With Bleed DPS
2.13M
Damage over Time
0
Average Hit
193.37K
Average Damage
193.37K

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
11/s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
96%
Crit Multiplier
502%
Totem Limit
1
Mana Cost
41
Life Cost
0

Defence

Life
3.47K
Energy Shield
1.46K
Mana
5.15K
Ward
0
Armour
345
Evasion
1.49K
Phys Damage Reduction
3%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
10%
Spell Block
38%
Evade (Melee)
5%
Evade (Projectile)
5%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
76% (+5%)
Cold Resistance
76% (+7%)
Lightning Resistance
76% (+31%)
Chaos Resistance
-60%

Recovery

Life Regen
270.97/s
ES Regen
0/s
Mana Regen
526.8/s
Life Leech
0/s
ES Leech
174.6/s
Mana Leech
0/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
245
Intelligence
318
Dexterity
24
Movement Speed
27%
Endurance Charges
3
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
5
Devotion
0