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[3.16 HC] Stormbind Ivory Tower Hierophant

by dotasopher4 years ago18

DPS
7.17M
Energy Shield
15.06K
Level
98
Min budget

Overview

[3.16 HC] Stormbind Ivory Tower Hierophant is a Path of Exile Hierophant build by dotasopher, made for the Scourge league (3.16). It is centered on Stormbind and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, channelling archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 7.17M DPS with 12 life, 15.06K energy shield. Key uniques include Voidbringer, Crown of the Inward Eye, Prism Guardian, The Ivory Tower, Astramentis.

Build Video

dotasopher's Notes

Casual T16 gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kro6i2iSMQ

PoB: https://pastebin.com/xRuWRkeW

I wasn't gonna post this because it is a slow and somewhat zdps HC build, but since 3.17 is buffing self cast spells including stormbind by over 45%, I might as well put this out here.

The focus of this build is tankiness. Stormbind has one of the highest base dmg to base cast time ratios. As such, you can invest almost the entirety of your gear and tree into being tanky and still do mediocre damage. My setup had 15k ES + 35k armor + 4 end charges + 26k evasion + 40% spellblock + ghost shrouds as defences.

One thing I've noticed a lot of people saying recently is that selfcast is bad because "stand still = death". I disagree, if you can get tanky enough you can stand still quite safely. This build frequently stands still for 1sec+, and has comfortably facetanked 150+ scourge stacks in HC all the time. Sirus doesnt even scratch this guy, wave 25+ kosis can sometimes chunk you but I've facetanked kosis for the most part all the way to wave 30.

Disclaimer: I eventually ripped to a Stygian Revenant DD that did over 22k dmg to me. Also I did not do Maven and Feared on HC, as I'm not comfortable with maven beams and uber atziri reflect.

EDIT: RIP Voidbringer. Now Indigon's the only real option but it uses too much mana unpredictably, so chaos damage will eventually kill you.

Gear

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Horror Spell
Crown of the Inward Eye
The Ivory Tower
Astramentis
Onslaught Grip
Dread Nail
Voidbringer
Viper Strap
Ghoul Track
Prism Guardian
Watcher's Eye
Brood Drop

Skills

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Body Armour

  • StormbindStormbind21/20WMain
  • Awakened Lightning PenetrationAwakened Lightning Penetration3/20W
  • Elemental FocusElemental Focus20/20W
  • Infused ChannellingInfused Channelling21/20W
  • Awakened Added Lightning DamageAwakened Added Lightning Damage5/20W
  • Awakened Increased Area of EffectAwakened Increased Area of Effect3/20W

Boots

  • StormbindStormbind20/22WMain
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge20/20W
  • Faster CastingFaster Casting20/20W

Weapon 1

  • Wave of ConvictionWave of Conviction20/20W
  • ConductivityConductivity21/20W
  • HextouchHextouch20/20W

Weapon 2

  • GraceGrace21/17W
  • DeterminationDetermination21W
  • WrathWrath20W

Gloves

  • Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten Shell19/10W
  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken17W

Gloves

  • Tempest ShieldTempest Shield21W
  • Flame DashFlame Dash20/20W

Helmet

  • VitalityVitality14W
  • ArroganceArrogance21/20W

Helmet

  • Defiance BannerDefiance Banner20/20W

Helmet

  • ClarityClarity18W

Boots

  • DisciplineDiscipline21W

Gloves

  • Commandment of Spite1W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.18
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Hierophant
Hierophant
Bandits
Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)
Pantheons
Soul of the Brine King, Soul of Ralakesh

Character Stats

Level
98

Damage

Full DPS
0
Combined DPS
434.61K
Hit DPS
7.17M
With Poison DPS
434.61K
With Ignite DPS
434.61K
With Bleed DPS
434.61K
Damage over Time
0
Average Hit
434.61K
Average Damage
434.61K

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
16.5/s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
26%
Crit Multiplier
100%
Mana Cost
84
Life Cost
0

Defence

Life
12
Energy Shield
15.06K
Mana
3.25K
Ward
0
Armour
35.52K
Evasion
26.85K
Phys Damage Reduction
63%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
22%
Spell Block
40%
Spell Suppression
0%
Evade (Melee)
77%
Evade (Projectile)
77%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
75% (+33%)
Cold Resistance
75% (+24%)
Lightning Resistance
76% (+29%)
Chaos Resistance
76% (+2%)

Recovery

Life Regen
0/s
ES Regen
1.39K/s
Mana Regen
678.8/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
247
Intelligence
959
Dexterity
188
Movement Speed
44%
Endurance Charges
4
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
4
Devotion
0