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PoE 3.22·Ancestor·Chieftain

Wormblaster Re-filled! (read comment for details)

by ConradsCreationsPoE2 years ago17

DPS
35.79M
Effective HP
63.82K
Life
4.09K
Level
97
Min budget

Overview

Wormblaster Re-filled! (read comment for details) is a Path of Exile Chieftain build by ConradsCreationsPoE, made for the Ancestor league (3.22). It is centered on Herald of Ash and plays as a strength, spell, area, fire archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 35.79M DPS with 63.82K effective HP, 4.09K life, 167 energy shield. Suited for: Mapping, Delve. Key uniques include Sinvicta's Mettle, The Writhing Jar, Mother's Embrace, The Writhing Jar, The Writhing Jar.

Build Video

ConradsCreationsPoE's Notes

For the fellow build rats that can stomach a 26min video, I have made a explanation video where I go in-depth into the mechanics. This is not indented to be a build guide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mhQW7sRRA

*Disclaimers*

Herald of Ash has to be the most buggy, unexplained skill in the game:

- Firstly, the skill states that it only scales with damage over time, but what about the 40% increased Herald of Ash Damage helmet enchant? Does this imply that the description is wrong and that it also scales with herald damage? Perhaps the enchant has been doing nothing this entire time.

- Even path of building has no idea how to calculate HoA's damage. It drastically overstates the damage as it also includes sources of elemental, fire, and genetic damage mods, despite not working with these as per the skill's description. (this is also very apparent in game, I have reported this to the PoB team.)

- The damage is very inconsistent; sometimes things die basically instantly, and sometimes it doesn't deal damage at all, despite having a clear indication of being in the the burning damage AoE. My best estimation is that sometimes the herald of ash explosion damage is not registered at all. I don't know if this is due to worms or the skill being buggy. Perhaps it has something to do with the DoT cap.

- As a result, although it is very easy to scale to DoT cap with this build, the single target damage can be all over the place and often requires very precise placement of worms, along with the luck that the server deceives to register the damage.

- I would not recommend this build as a smooth boss clearer for these reasons unfortunately.

- But the damage is really good when it works, and it's a consistently good mapper for a pretty cheap budget.

- Due to so many avenues to scale damage, we can focus more on solid defense and utility, such as elemental damage taken conversion and 90% max res.

- This is the main reason why I'm using Cheriton but you could play many different classes with this build.

- Gimmick build, play at your own risk

I have made a PoB here: https://pobb.in/sX1lD2ufzLxl

- I have made manual changes to the calculations to exclude sources of generic/elemental/fire damage as I am confident these do not work and that PoB is incorrect.

- I have unticked shock because I'm not 100% sure it's working properly with Berek's respite. I'm mostly not sure if the worms have the 50% shock applied from the on-kill spread before the discharge damage applies to the remaining worms.

- It doesn't matter anyway because we hit the DoT cap extremely easily. But again, like I said, this is only if the stars align, both the worms hit, and the server registers the damage.

Sources of inspiration:

- u/Sjatar: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/15u1gqw/paint\_build\_chieftain\_with\_a\_red\_dream\_of\_worms/

- u/BumbleBurryPie: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/10uz08l/i\_resurrected\_the\_wormblaster\_please\_dont\_nerf/

Gear

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Sinvicta's Mettle
Horror Keep
Lightning Coil
Defiance of Destiny
Berek's Respite
Death Rush
Rift Knuckle
Mother's Embrace
Loath March
Watcher's Eye
Phoenix Creed
Spirit Ornament
Empyrean Glisten
The Red Dream
Lethal Pride
Entropy Desire
Loath Sliver
Morbid Glare
Warrior's Tale
The Blue Dream
Brood Prism
Empyrean Glisten
Dusk Ornament

Skills

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Gloves

  • Herald of AshHerald of Ash20/20WMain
  • Awakened Swift AfflictionAwakened Swift Affliction5/20W
  • Awakened Burning DamageAwakened Burning Damage5/20W
  • Increased Area of EffectIncreased Area of Effect20/20W

Body Armour

  • Purity of ElementsPurity of Elements20/20W
  • Righteous FireRighteous Fire20/23W
  • Blood RageBlood Rage1W
  • Purity of FirePurity of Fire21W
  • EnlightenEnlighten3W
  • BrutalityBrutality1W

Helmet

  • DischargeDischarge21/20W
  • LifetapLifetap20/20W
  • Increased Critical StrikesIncreased Critical Strikes20/23W
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage20/20W

Weapon 1

  • FrostblinkFrostblink20W
  • Summon SkeletonsSummon Skeletons1W
  • LifetapLifetap20/20W
  • Burning DamageBurning Damage20/20W

Boots

  • Immortal CallImmortal Call3/20W
  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken1W

Weapon 1

  • Increased Area of EffectIncreased Area of Effect19/20W

Boots

  • Infernal CryInfernal Cry20/20W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.22
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Chieftain
Chieftain
Bandits
Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)

Character Stats

Level
97

Damage

Full DPS
0
Combined DPS
35.79M
Hit DPS
0
With Poison DPS
0
With Ignite DPS
0
With Bleed DPS
0
Damage over Time
35.79M
Culling DPS
0
Reservation DPS
0
Average Hit
0
Burst Damage
0

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
0/s
Cooldown
1.02s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
0%
Crit Multiplier
263%
AoE Radius
1.6 m
Mana Cost
0
Life Cost
0

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
63.82K
Life
4.09K
Energy Shield
167
Mana
74
Ward
0
Armour
1.84K
Evasion
1.75K
Phys Damage Reduction
90%

Mitigation & Avoidance

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

Resistances

Fire Resistance
90% (+235%)
Cold Resistance
90% (+170%)
Lightning Resistance
90% (+165%)
Chaos Resistance
33%

Max Hit Taken

Physical
54.35K
Fire
57.53K
Cold
57.53K
Lightning
57.53K
Chaos
6.1K

Recovery

Life Regen
702.4/s
Net Life Regen
401.3/s
ES Regen
0/s
ES Recharge
167/s
Mana Regen
18.8/s
Life Leech
0/s
ES Leech
0/s
Mana Leech
0/s
Total Degen
301.1/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
187
Intelligence
165
Dexterity
156
Movement Speed
72%
Endurance Charges
7
Frenzy Charges
4
Power Charges
4
Devotion
0