Blazing Salvo Totems - Heist League Starter | PoE 3.12

[@aechean]

This is exactly what I wanted to do, and I'm pretty happy my general idea followed this. I've played this game since beta and I'm still a scrub, so nice to see I wasn't totally off on my thoughts. Thanks for the PoB!

[@kristinekat7102]

Should we be using multiple totem support?

[@dominikzamkow8734]

Currently running blazing salvo as miner, feels very nice. Still one link left and wondering what to put there GMP or Elemental focus ? Don't really care about ignites and not sure about more projectiles and if they will effeciently overlap.

[@macdivot7724]

Gmp is probably worth it on mines since you cant get rain of splinters. I like it more than ele focus because you should have combustion already (and maybe immolate too), because ele focus would cancel out a huge amount of -% fire res

[@dominikzamkow8734]

@@macdivot7724 hi thanks for reply, yeah I'm aware of combustion loss but was about to put it in curse on hit setup with armagedon brand + flammability, but anyway I didn't consider immolate from beginning so need to check this ! I think if immolate added DMG is per projectail it's huge !

[@macdivot7724]

@@dominikzamkow8734 ah ha, yeah immolate is per projectile and really good! Combustion on your curse on hit is good, but be careful about it adding too much clunkyness. I've been needing all my damage on rare/blue mob packs in high level contracts

[@guitartroels]

[@irmisbiceps]

they changed soul mantle? it has 80% increased curse effect so two kikazarus and sanctum of thought its not enough :D

[@ian2714]

Bug Bex already confirmed it's supposed to be more.

[@acerolatitude]

u need pob fork :)

[@Theliktik]

This will be my starter, thx for inspiration.

[@villijuusto]

Just what i was thinking,let see how this works.

[@zomboyyd]

Would you be able to utilize the bonus damage of the projectiles going through flame wall even with ancestral bond?

[@macdivot7724]

I think so but I'll need to test it. The other question will be whether it's strong enough to be worth the gem slots + extra button to push

[@Tarktheorc]

I was thinking of dumping ancestral bond entirely in favor of being able to freely position firewalls and use wave of conviction where needed. The numbers on firewall look really good and might be able to clear well enough by its lonesome.

[@BuffFrostMages]

Tarktheorc try spell totem + wave of conviction + multi totem + combust. The multi-totem allows you to summon your 4 base DPS totems, and then your 2 debuffing totems after

[@MM2stupid]

Blazing Salvo has a 45% added damage effectiveness. This means that flame wall is good with Blazing Salvo if you're doing an ignite proliferation build.

[@pattarick1054]

Doesn't Soul Mantle cause hex now instead of curse?

[@kuroboro1268]

Yes it does, now u can have like 6 hex (wich is a nerf but the self-flagellation is still good)

[@notrealname9188]

@@kuroboro1268 it's 9 hexes now. 13 before 4 curses went 'mark' category, not a big nerf to be honest.

[@BuffFrostMages]

Alexandr Danilov playing with souls mantle it’s pretty rare to have more than 8 or 10 curses up anyway

[@Swarle]

What do you believe this build will be for? How much would you rate it for bossing and map clearing, obviously speculating?

[@macdivot7724]

Hopefully it will be good for clearing and bosses. The video shows it hitting everything on screen, and supposedly the projectile spread will go down a lot when the totems are closer to a single target

[@bigjoo1]

If you are going crit, why are you using controlled destruction? Just curious

[@macdivot7724]

The more multiplier is so good that it's worth the reduced crit chance

[@ian2714]

Because it only effects the base crit. So when all is said and done you'll lose maybe 4-5% effective crit for a huge MORE multiplier. A lot of people think it makes crits impossible or too low, but it's fine.

[@TheBlizzzard123]

what other gems would you use with this build ?

[@macdivot7724]

Movement skill, maybe precision + clarity, cwdt setup, flam hex, maybe summon fire golem w elemental army, maybe new area control spells,

[@strombolijones4255]

Just curious, why are you taking gmp if it already has 6 projectiles? Just going for batshit crazy map clear?

[@macdivot7724]

I was thinking the more the better because they can overlap, but instead I think I'm going to swap for like slower projectiles and use rain of splinters in my gem sockets

[@krimn2676]

Hi I'm kinda new to this game, it's my third league and i'm wondering if you will update your PoB so that your build is complete ? I don't think I can take good decisions to fill the blanks hahaha. Thank you.

[@macdivot7724]

Np, basically for every other slot, you want rare items with life, resists to cap at 75%, and the slots you need in that order. You can buy / search for those rares on poe.trade I have work tm, so I wont be able to update pob before then, but I will update with my actual gear over the weekend. That way you'll be able to see the stats with the actual new gem too

[@kristinekat7102]

@@macdivot7724 I was wondering if you have a build page set up so we can see what gems and items to use while leveling? Also on you POB to indicate which nodes to take early on... Thanks!

[@teerecks]

btw you don't need spell totem in your list on path of building cause the soul mantle gives spell totem

[@ian2714]

It's there to simulate the level 20 Spell Totem that is on Soul Mantle. That's why he has 7 links.

[@notrealname9188]

you pretty much copied freezing pulse tree except fire walker, i don't blame you, but remember salvo is aoe skill and for better overlapping you need some area of effect

[@macdivot7724]

I grab the efficient nodes near templar and default quality gives aoe too. I dont think the aoe nodes near witch will be worth it

[@gunnz1n]

This skill really should suck if you just judge it by its tooltip. If you hit with ALL the projectiles its roughly the same damage as a fireball and the same can be said for its damage effectiveness.

[@macdivot7724]

True but unlike fireball, the projectiles shotgun, so the skill scales much better with added projectiles. With rain of splinters, I might not need gmp, might go pinpoint instead

[@Jarovball]

@@macdivot7724 Fireball also shotguning and you can't use pinpont with totems

[@macdivot7724]

@@Jarovball ah I missed the pinpoint mechanic, thats unfortunate. But still you dont need to use gmp. Also true fireball explosions can shotgun, but thats much clunkier than these bc they dont need a wall or a big hitbox