PoE Inquisitor, Penance Brand builds

On brand wheels, there is a mastery available that reads "Recover 10% of mana when a brand expires while attached". In theory, if we reduce the brand duration low enough, we can proc this effect frequently enough to sustain the monstrous mana costs of Indigon or Archmage. And since we are recovering by a percentage of maximum mana, we don't really need to invest much into mana regeneration. Our mana recovery will basically scale with our maximum mana. Reducing Brand Duration ================== So this is actually the easy part. Wintertide Brand is the shortest duration brand at a base

Hi, I don't have a PC at the moment so I can't really playtest anything. But I thought a bit about Brandsurge ( (from Witchhunters Judgement staff ( and the possibility to stack increased Duration. Core idea: Brandsurge increases the activation frequency and decreases the factual duration at the same time. However, the base duration remains the same, i.e. Sign of Purpose does not start after actually

I was wondering if Battlemage would scale well into the endgame, and I think I found a shell that has a lot of potential. Eternity Shroud pairs well with Inquisitor's Inevitable Judgment ignoring all elemental resistances, and allows you to add a lot of flat elemental damage in many slots without worrying about penetration or curses. Seems to reach 280m damage from a 20 stack Penance Brand with temporary buffs like Divergent Berserk, but still 100+ m without. The items seem quite feasible to craft now with Harvest, although probably really hard next league. I also included non-physical version