After a bit of tinkering, I think I found a decent league starting setup: Opted for Spark of Nova with a slightly higher damage effectiveness and better screen coverage. Swapped Storm call for Wave of Conviction to be my Unleash setup which applies a nice shock every 2.5 seconds and does okay damage on a pseudo 5-link. Also include a trigger wand and fiddled with skill duration so the tornado lasts almost exactly 8 seconds for smoother gameplay and less buttons. Overall happy with the current starter tree. Thanks for all the build advice!
MS Paint Build: 3.24 SparkNado Archmage Hierophant
Spark of the Nova·Hierophant
1.78MDPS46.7KEHP3.54KLife~2.9
Budget
476KDPS21KEHP5.16KLife~18
Budget
[3.23] Poor Man's Ward Loop: The Feared & Co.
Fireball·Saboteur
384KDPS20.9KEHP5.13KLife~4
Budget
[PoE 3.23] Volkuur's Poison Spark Pathfinder
Spark of the Nova·Pathfinder
4.1MDPS31.3KEHP4.07KLife~4
Budget
testing budget poison spark PF / essence + harby map rush
Spark of the Nova·Pathfinder·Mapping·Essence
3.24MDPS29.3KEHP3.91KLife~4
Budget
PoB: What I'm showcasing here is a type of build similar to the popular "Ward Loop" builds. However, this character doesn't use any Ward at all and mostly uses lvl 1 spells. A core item of this build, and what enables its mechanics, is Eye of Innocence. The expected DPS is somewhere in the ballpark of 4-5M, enough to kill bosses like Uber Elder, Uber Atziri, Shaper and the like. Please note that my ability to create videos is currently limited. I'm waiting for my GPU replacement. Thanks for checking out my build!
Poor Man's "Ward Loop" - CWDT lvl 1 Spell Caster Saboteur
Fireball·Saboteur
212KDPS16.6KEHP4.68KLife~5.3
Budget
POE Spark Inquisitor 3.23 Build Update
Spark of the Nova·Inquisitor
1.72MDPS55.1KEHP3.75KLife~18
Budget




