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Body Swap is not a Meme (One of the best ignite Variants IMO)

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A week ago I posted my meme Soulthirst Bodyswap ignite build (new account because reddits automated systems messed up my old one). After a week of testing I've arrived at the finished version, with about 2m dps to clear maps and up to 16.5m dps single target (if you can squeeze in 2 extra gem supports). Best of all it doesn't make you puke.

Pob: https://pobb.in/G43cCM5m3gO1

Example t16 Clear: https://youtu.be/vymnG_sj91Y

Why Bodyswap over other Ignite Variants or CWC Bodyswap

Bodyswap, like shield charge ignite, allows you to deal damage while moving, which is always broken for clearing, making it faster than spells like EK or Arc Ignite inherently. It is comparable to shield charge ignite and Vortex Ignite, going faster or slower depending on the density of the map, while also having more options for single target.

Bodyswap has an insane single target ceiling due to how it scales with corpse life, a 4 link unearth with the helm enchant and level 3 empower and enhance gets us to 16.5m dps without focusing on it at all. A more focused single target build can easily reach dot cap.

CWC Variants like Incinerate CWC Bodyswap are too clunky to consider IMO due to having to awkwardly wait between triggers, also they lack the same damage ceiling.

The only problem the build currently has, if it can be called that, is random one shots from juiced essence mobs. Blood notch + Golemancer + Spell Suppression protects against mostly everything, but once every couple maps you'll get one shot if you try to face tank a juiced essence mob. I'm thinking of getting an enduring composure cluster and speccing into reservation to run determination to potentially solve that problem, or you can just be smart and not mindlessly face tank essence monsters. Either way the build is an amazing map clearer, and has bossing potential if built that way. If you are in the market for a different ignite build, give it a try.

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Life

2321

Mana

77

Energy Shield

63

DPS

3M

Effective Hit Pool

16.63K

Chaos Res

56

Fire Res

75

Cold Res

75

Lightning Res

75

Armour

0

Evasion

5K

Block

15 | 0

Crit Chance

10%

Crit Multi

100%

Rage

0

Strength

146

Intelligence

237

Dexterity

152

Ward

0

Item Quantity

0%

Item Rarity

0%

Movement Speed

97%

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