PoE builds similar to Searing Bond Totems are pretty awesome! (Not a League Starter!) - Build Testing - PoE 3.20

Wasssa wassa This is my Searing Bond build for the 3.17 league POB: Main idea: Searing bond (6L) for melt dps Bodyswap totems (5L ) for getting searing bond on enemies + combust How we get dmg: Usual tree for increasing totem/fire/burn/dmg over time dmg 3x curses + arcane surge with vixen gloves Malevolance, Zealotry, Skitterbots, HoA Wave of Conviction + trap + multi trap + charged traps (frenzy generation) Pros: No targeting Searing Bond The build can be a league starter with great rewards as you sink cu

My searing bond/ righteous fire chieftain, ascendancy needs work, and ill swap around some stuff if i get some good clusters, but here's my first planned route for the next patch

After finishing my first build and wracking my brain trying to figure out what to play next I re-read the patch notes looking for anything that popped out. The ignite changes are what prompted my first build, but the changes to Scorching Ray and Searing bond really caught my eye. Yes EE is effectively dead for these skills, and EO is literally dead (they can't hit therefore can't crit whatsoever), but their base damages were raised so enormously (exactly 58% more for both) that it doesn't even matter. In addition, no longer needing a 4l to proc both EE and EO and just straight getting almo

Which build would be better as a league starter? I'm leaning towards Hot DoT Trickster but I'm unsure if totem health will be an issue. Gear in both is a filler so don't be concerned about not being resist capped or not having sufficient attributes, though I am intending to use their bases. Hot DoT Trickster: Explosive Concoction Raider: