theory crafting Vaal Smite triple conversion?

by neq3 years ago8

DPS: 24.96M
Effective HP: 144.73K
Life: 3.66K
Level: 100
Min budget

Overview

theory crafting Vaal Smite triple conversion? is a Path of Exile Champion build by neq, made for the Kalandra league (3.19). It is centered on Smite and plays as a lightning, strength, melee, attack archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 24.96M DPS with 144.73K effective HP, 3.66K life, 164 energy shield. Key uniques include Paradoxica, Perseverance, Heatshiver, Bottled Faith, Call of the Brotherhood.

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I was looking into a way of building smite this league since Vaal Smite looks like it could be fun

I've been thinking a bit of how to scale smite and came up with the following:

https://pastebin.com/svGXKhG6

Core mechanics :

Aura stacking-lite champ for armor/evasion stacking Perseverance shenanigans
Convert all of Smite's lightning damage to cold damage via double Call of the Brotherhood
Capitalize on Heatshiver to add 130% of that cold damage as extra fire damage
top it off with Paradoxica to make any added flat lightning damage doueble dip and then into cold and then fire as well, ~~each of these three benefiting from any Elemental Damage increase you pick up (i think?).~~
High aura effect feeds into Smite's inherent added lightning damage 'aura' for more flat lightning
to counteract losing the converted lightning damage - Yoke of Suffering amulet - and since we apply chill, freeze, and ignite, thats a nice 20% damage taken on top. (thinking how to squeeze in Legacy of Fury boots for Scorch as well which would take DPS through the roof, but loose too many defensive stats on boots it seems)
Dont have to rely on nightblade bullshit to run a strike skill!

This puts us at :

25m pob dps (30m with adrenaline), and that's with only 1 curse (~~sniper's~~ assassin's mark), its possible i can drop the anoint for whispers of doom and grab a self casted ele weakness for very spicy damage against bosses
Vaal Smite will likely add a big chunk of flat ele which we dont know the numbers yet, pushing this even further
90k armor and evasion, Fortify, max spell suppression, and a measly 3.7k life. Pushing full ele avoidance with the shield and boots (70%) and possibly the new jewel affixes.

happy for some feedback, specifically in how to possibly make it tankier i.e endurance charge generation, better choice of jewels or any mechanics i may have slept on. looks like it could be a solid 2nd build for the league or possibly a starter with heatshiver and frostblades before getting the rings to convert smite.