*Outdated* Blade Blast Inquisitor Build Guide - Absolutely INSANE Damage on a Budget - Patch 3.13

PLEASE CHECK THE VIDEO GUIDE FOR MORE IN DEPTH INFO <https://youtube.com/c/bigducks> THE RARE ITEMS IN THE BUILD ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS. GATHER WHAT STATS YOU NEED. THE ITEMS IN EXPENSIVE ITEMS ARE ONLY MEANT TO BE LOFTY GOALS WITH IDEAL STATS, YOU DO NOT NEED THEM BY ANY MEANS. ALSO KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING IN THIS GUIDE IS MEANT TO BE A GUIDELINE, IF YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER AND THINK THAT SOMETHING I DID WASNT IDEAL FOR YOUR SITUATION, ABSOLUTELY FEEL FREE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. JUST DONT COMPLAIN TO ME IF THEY DONT WORK =) ================ACTUAL DAMAGE================== REALISTICALLY THE DAMAGE YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS MOST LIKELY NOT CORRECT. POB TAKES THE CAST RATE AND ASSUMES YOU ARE DOING xx BLADE X YOUR CAST RATE WHICH ISN'T REALISTIC. TO FIND YOU REALISTIC DAMAGE DO THE FOLLOWING TAKE YOUR AVERAGE HIT ON THE LEFT WITH THIS SETUP YOU WILL ROUGHLY BE ABLE TO CAST BF -> BB -> BF -> BB IN ONE SECOND WHICH GIVES US 80~ TOTAL BLADE EXPLOSIONS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OVERLAP, PLAYER SKILL, LATENCY AND MONSTER SIZE, ROUGHLY 1/3 TO 1/2 OF THESE BLADES WILL HIT DEPENDING ON AOE AND SUCH. WITH THE "MY GEAR" SETUP THE AVERAGE DPS IS AROUND ~50 MILLION WITH ALL CDS GOING. WITH THE "BUDGET" SETUP THE AVERAGE DPS IS AROUND ~10-15 MILLION WITH ALL CDS GOING. =====================NERFS====================== I CAN ALREADY GUESS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY "Bigducks there is LITERALLY NO WAY this build makes it through to 3.14! Its gonna be nerfed into the GROUND!" PERSONALLY I FEEL THAT EVEN IF THIS BUILD LOST LITERALLY HALF OF ITS DAMAGE IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE. IT WOULD TAKE AURA STACKER LEVELS OF NERFS TO AN ASCENDANCY THAT HAS 2% REPRESENTATION AND A 2 SKILL COMBO WITH ONLY REPRESENTATION AT THE START OF THE LEAGUE BOTH GETTING MASSIVE MECHANICAL NERFS TO KILL THIS BUILD... AND IT MAY EVEN WORK AFTER THAT... BECAUSE ITS THAT GOOD. SO THE CHANCES OF THIS BUILD BEING BAD NEXT LEAGUE IN MY OPINION ARE VERY LOW. BUT AS ALWAYS I COULD BE WRONG =) ==============HOW THE BUILD WORKS============== THROUGH THE USE OF THE "INSTRUMENTS OF VIRTUE" ASCENDANCY NODE WE OBTAIN "BATTLEMAGE" WHICH GRANTS US ADDED SPELL DAMAGE EQUAL TO THE DAMAGE OF YOUR MAIN HAND WEAPON. USING A WEAPON WITH HUGE BASE DAMAGE THUS GIVES US HUGE BASE SPELL DAMAGE. BLADE BLAST / BLADEFALL COMBO CAN HIT 40-80 TIMES PER SECOND, AND WHEN YOU FACTOR IN ALL OF THE SCALING WE CAN DO IT ENDS UP BEING A TON OF DAMAGE. WITH THE RIGHTEOUS PROVIDENCE NODE IT GIVES US A TON OF BASE CRIT, ALLOWING US TO PUSH ALL THE WAY UP TO 100% CRIT CHANCE WITHOUT A LUCKY FLASK WHICH IS INSANE. IF YOU NEED MORE CRIT MAKE SURE YOU GRAB MORE STRENGTH OR INT, WHICHEVER IS LOWER (ITS PROBABLY STR) ======================F A Q====================== Q: What Bandit? A: KILL ALL. OR ALIRA FOR LEAGUE START (SWAP LATER) --- Q: What Pantheon? A: YOU DONT ALWAYS NEED THE SAME ONES, I USE BRINE KING AND GARUKHAN --- Q: I'm dying a lot, what gives? A: CHECK YOUR RESISTS AND LIFE TOTALS, THIS BUILD FUNCTIONS AS A HYBRID LIFE / ENERGY SHIELD BUILD AND REQUIRES YOU TO STACK BOTH. --- Q: The price of (INSERT ITEM HERE) went up so much! How can I ever play this build? A: I DON'T CONTROL THE ECONOMY, IF MY BUILDS GET POPULAR THE PRICE GOES UP =( --- Q: Can I go "Insert other ascendancy node here" A: NO THESE ONES ARE BY FAR THE BEST, NOTHING COMES CLOSE. --- Q: Do I need that exact Timeless Jewel? I can't find one with that number! A: NO YOU JUST NEED THE SAME COLOR OF JEWEL WITH THE SAME NAME ON IT. THE NUMBER AFFECTS THE RANDOM SMALL NODES THAT IT CHANGES. --- Q: I'm having mana problems... what do? A: THE MANA FLASK SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR NORMAL PLAY, IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES ON BOSSES TRY TO GET A SHAPER RING WITH 2-3 MANA GAINED PER ENEMY HIT BY YOUR SPELLS. --- Q: My dps sucks and I dont know what to do. A: THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A QUESTION BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE USING THE PROPER ITEMS, THIS BUILD SHOULD DO INSANE AMOUNTS OF DAMAGE WITH VERY LITTLE GEAR, TRY LOOKING AT THE PLAYING THE BUILD SECTION AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOURE DOING EVERYTHING PROPERLY. --- Q: Can I go "insert other ascendancy here"? A: SURE BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT BUILD SO DONT BLAME ME IF IT ISNT GOOD OR DOESNT WORK. --- Q: I am intimidated by the cluster jewels... can I avoid them? A: THE LARGE CLUSTER WITH SEAL MENDER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. GET THAT AND YOU SHOULD BE OKAY. --- Q: Why do you always type in all caps in here? A: BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT! also because its easier to read on certain screens, the font for lower case in PoB kinda sucks IMO, ITS ALSO KIND OF A MEME =) ======================REQUIRED ITEMS======================= LITERALLY ALMOST NOTHING IS REQUIRED. LEAGUE START VIABLE BAYBEE! ======================LEVELING SECTION====================== THIS BUILD IS OMEGA STRONG FOR LEAGUE START (AS OF RIGHT NOW, IDK WHAT NERFS WILL HAPPEN) -----------------------------------THINGS TO GRAB FOR LEVELLING----------------------------------- UNIQUES Tabula Rasa Goldrim Wanderlust (or) Seven League Steps Hrimsorrow (For Conversion) -----------------------------------ABILITIES TO USE----------------------------------- IF YOU CHECK IN THE SKILLS SECTION YOU WILL SEE EARLY GAME ABILITIES AND SETUPS. THE SUPPORT GEMS ARE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. MEANING IF YOU HAVE A 4 LINK USE THE FIRST 4 GEMS, 5 LINK USE THE 5TH ETC. -----------------------------------LEVELING THE BUILD----------------------------------- THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO LEVEL THIS BUILD. IN A LEAGUE START SCENARIO FOLLOW THE SKILLS IN THE SKILLS SECTION PURIFYING FLAME + HOLY FLAME TOTEM + FLAMEWALL IF YOU AREN'T IN A LEAGUE START SCENARIO YOU CAN DO STORMBLAST MINES + ORB OF STORMS WHICH IS BETTER. YOU DONT HAVE ACCESS TO PROPER GEMS FOR THAT IN A LEAGUE START SCENARIO WITHOUT MULEING OR FRIENDS HELPING YOU. EARLY ON YOU WILL WANT TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE YOU GET 100% CONVERSION TO ELEMENTAL. MEANING WITH PURIFYING FLAME YOU WILL WANT TO USE PHYSICAL TO LIGHTNING EARLY ON UNTIL YOU GET THE 40% CONVERSION FROM THE TREE. LATER ON WITH BLADE BLAST YOU WILL ALSO WANT TO USE PHYSICAL TO LIGHTNING UNTIL YOU GET AVATAR OF FIRE, THAT + THE NODES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE WILL GIVE YOU 90% DAMAGE CONVERSION, WHICH IS GOOD ENOUGH. IF YOU FIND HRIMSORROW GLOVES OR WANT TO USE THEM EARLY THEY ARE VERY GOOD FOR GETTING EXTRA CONVERSION. -----------------------------------ASCENDANCIES----------------------------------- WHILE LEVELING IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU DO THE FIRST ASCENDANCY ASAP AS IT WILL PROVIDE YOU A LITERAL BOATLOAD OF DAMAGE. ITS ACTUALLY INSANE AND WILL DOUBLE YOUR DAMAGE IF DONE PROPERLY. GRAB THE SLOWEST BIGGEST BASE DAMAGE WEAPON YOU CAN FIND (PROBABLY A MACE) AND DO THE VENDOR RECIPE FOR PHYS ON IT WEAPON + BLUE OR YELLOW RUSTIC SASH + BLACKSMITH'S WHETSTONE AND EQUIP THAT ITEM WITH BATTLEMAGE, YOU WILL DO INSANE DAMAGE, EVERY TIME YOU FEEL YOUR DAMAGE EVEN SLIGHTLY LACKING JUST DO THE RECIPE AGAIN. ======================PLAYING THE BUILD====================== MOST PEOPLE DONT LIKE THE 2 BUTTON PLAYSTYLE THAT THIS BUILD PROVIDES HOWEVER YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO USE BOTH BUTTONS MOST OF THE TIME. WHILE LEVELING YOU CAN KILL 99% OF THE ENEMIES YOU WILL ENCOUNTER WITH BLADEFALL ONLY. YOU DON'T NEED BLADE BLAST. YOU ONLY REALLY USE IT WHILE BOSSING. THIS CONTINUES INTO MAPS. WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN AN EXPLODY CHEST YOU ACTUALLY JUST CLEAR WITH BLADE BLAST AND ONLY USE BLADEFALL FOR BOSSES. ======================CLUSTER JEWELS====================== THE CLUSTER JEWELS ARE VERY FLEXIBLE, THE ONLY NODE YOU REALLY NEED IS SEAL MENDER. EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST EXTRA. THE SPECIFIC LARGE CLUSTER YOU SEE IS VERY GOOD AS ITS ONE OF THE ONLY SETUPS THAT GIVES US 2 USEFUL NODES IN THE FIRST TWO SLOTS. THE MEDIUMS CAN BE REPLACED WITH FIRE DAMAGE MEDIUMS IF YOU LIKE BUT I PREFER THESE AS THEY ARE CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE. ======================FINAL THOUGHTS====================== THIS BUILD BROKE ME, LITERALLY. ITS SO STRONG THAT IT MADE ME NOT WANT TO PLAY ANYTHING ELSE THIS ENTIRE LEAGUE... ITS THAT GOOD. EASILY 10/10 BUILD OF THE LEAGUE. WE COMPLETED LITERALLY EVERYTHING THE GAME HAD TO OFFER. IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS BUILD OR NEED HELP WITH THIS OR ANY OF MY OTHER BUILDS JOIN MY DISCORD -> https://discord.gg/aDtqeDC Thanks for reading all the way down to here! Enjoy the build and let your friends know about my YouTube Channel / Twitch Stream and Discord server! Thanks, have fun, and stay safe out there in Wraeclast! Hope to see you next time!!