[PoE 3.25] Storm Burst Totems - NO Extra Buttons! - Cheap League Starter SC/SSF/HC Viable

[@Tatiantel2]

I updated PoB with more FAQ in Notes, like: What league mechanics the build is good at? Or about Ubers and t17s

[@dadbodonfleek9501]

Just saw this I’ll take a look at pob

[@GabdeVue]

Thank you for the update! Absolutely love this build! At level 91 now, which is pretty far for me : ) (only ever got to 95 once. I am always way too disheartened when I die). Absolutely love doing blight with this. Thank you so much!

[@danyburlacu825]

What about exposure for the min/max version?

[@gamezerge1229]

I love and hate this build. So squishy and the totems die faster than any other totem build ive played before. But the damage is the love part.

[@krisztiankuthy6779]

Awakened lightning penetration lvl5 ​@@danyburlacu825

[@Brunnie76]

As a disabled player who can't handle lots of button presses to play builds efficiently, I thank you so much for this guide! It will be my build for 3.25.

[@moozillamoo2109]

I also hate button mushing. What's the point? GGG seems to consider that fun.

[@R3wolucjonista]

SAME HERE! its gonna be awesome to play like this.

[@gamezerge1229]

Same here. Love this build so far :D

[@wodzefag8062]

I am also disabled and are so lucky that I found this build.

[@Nobody-kp8kl]

Rip to the guy in poe 2

[@DENIKgame]

Your build was my most successful build, but I subsequently abandoned it because of the many buttons and now I can come back again. Thank you.

[@yaniv242]

not gonna play totems this league, but i love your guides, if anyone reading, you can play his builds 100% very nice and smooth progression

[@PredatorPortugal]

thats why i will play this in the event!

[@ermakamre]

Thanks! I was waiting for this video about the updates for our beloved totems build!

[@rays9083]

Me too. ^^

[@bogdanlazy1997]

played this build 2 leagues ago, pretty smooth leaguestart and transition from white to red maps once u got 100 suppress and add totem from shield u can yolo at any guardian/maven encounter if i found myself bored on buffed melee stuff i probably pick dat again, thx for updating!!

[@karastkaith9036]

Maybe you should start by that, as everyone will start melee and probably Lacerate, everything will be expensive as hell if you play tradeleague and switch later to melee for fun, that's my plan :D

[@lycanig]

4º league in a row starting storm burst totems, thanks tatiantel for the video

[@WDUSNBMHHU]

If anyone hasn't played this before and is wondering what it's like - it's excellent. This was the 1st build I played when I followed a build guide as a noob. I was amazed at how powerful it was. The PoB Tatiantel makes is really detailed and easy to follow as well. Highly recommended.

[@loki_3545]

Dude. I have always loved totems. One of my first builds I ever played was the old divine ire. Thank you for this guide. Awesome work

[@nicholasoh841]

You are super in-depth with your explanations and it’s really helpful ❤

[@malgorzatakowalczyk2537]

Absolutely loving this build, thank you so much for such a thorough guide! Was using it as a starter, but now I'm minmaxing it to be my endgame build. It's totally amazing 🤩

[@itsjustajokejeez]

I just switched to this build from arc totems, and I love it already. Thanks for the ideas man!

[@tabs1913]

Having fun with this build so far in SSF SC. Thanks!

[@Aleshan93]

Amazing work. I love all the details in the PoB and youtube video that you include in the guide. This guy will be league starting this build. Thanks!

[@Scorptice]

This is an insanely high quality guide. Thank you very much!

[@jasonziegler1029]

Followed your build last league and beat Maven, Sirus, and Uber Elder for the first time. Thank you!

[@CendresBlemes]

Thank you so much, my league start is a blast with your build !

[@Leroy_____]

This will be my starter, can't wait to play. Thanks for the build and detailed guide!

[@Gaaffro]

It is 20 hours until league start. I have been trawling through guides and posts trying to find anything I might want to play, and finally I remember the Totem man himself exists. So happy to have found this guide, really looking forward to tomorrow now!

[@Tatiantel2]

Enjoy the totems!

[@cgarion2904]

Hello Do you think this totem build is good for Blight ?

[@SoftJay94]

You're a beast fam, I had no idea what to do this time and this saved the start

[@kyrieeleison3073]

빌드 설명도 상세하고 성능도 탁월합니다. 당신은 천재입니다. 이 빌드를 예전에도 했었는데 당신처럼 이렇게 훌륭하게 건설해 준 사람은 없었습니다.

[@Mazeingpower]

great to see you updated the build ill be playing this

[@jotafonso3310]

Thanks for the guide once again. Undecided between this and zoomancer/ holy relic necro, but this is now really appealing after the deletion of the temp buffs.

[@wilkstube]

I got in on holy relic early last league. It was AMAZING. I put it aside because I didn't like the league mechanic. Then came back a bit later and since the build got so popular - even one gem/item/amulet on trade was what I paid for almost my entire build . It all got EXTREMELY expensive (except ashes). Just a heads up. I played storm burst the league before and even amazing gear was affordable. Solid build.

[@jotafonso3310]

@@wilkstube Yeah, Ive done Storm burst totems (and a few other totem types, even warchiefs) and zoomancer, didnt end up doing holy relic though. Farming the HR gems shouldnt be too hard spamming labs for a little while as they are just expensive because people are lazy, but Ill decide last minute while on the queue to login on Friday as it goes most of the time. Got a lot of zoomancer experience so it would be easier to league start Leaning towards SB totems though, as the boss spell rotation will be really simple now. It's also awesome for blight, expedition and harvest that I enjoy doing

[@gorobashiarena]

Seems good, thanks for the build

[@Grillsson]

Tried this build in Necro Settler league, all i can say is that this build is fantastic Great league starter build!

[@paultdx]

What a drop 🔥

[@EliasKlemedsson]

Hell yeah dude. Been watching you for quite a while now. Will def run this totem build in 3.25

[@dennisw.5106]

Wow... What a great build guide :) Will definitely put your build on my list! Tyvm!

[@Caen-MK]

Awesome job putting this together!

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

The totem GOAT strikes again ! Going SSF this league and feeling this build once again !

[@mrtkone]

i was waiting for your Build, TY!

[@FlameeeRv]

Was waiting for a totem guide for 3.25 for a while and seems like there are none at all. So thanks for doing this. Seems to be a great build, will probably league start with it.

[@lamanhhieu93]

Im trying this on HC SFF, and its a blast. Thanks for the guide 🎉🎉🎉

[@lamanhhieu93]

But why we use the link: Multiple Totem + Decoy Totem ? It just summon single totem per cast.

[@astral1913]

@@lamanhhieu93 its to increase the totem limit for the skill, otherewise your decoy totem will eat one of your stormburst totem

[@lamanhhieu93]

@@astral1913 i see, thanks

[@Chair3000]

I was losing my mind trying to figure out how you got 6 endurance charges but damned if Vigor isn't going to be one of the best anointments this league, what a great build. Thanks as always Tati

[@brunoc330]

I love your builds. Thanks for your effort, I'll probably be league starting with this

[@me_mistmoore]

Just the video I was waiting for!

[@ttrruunnkkss1]

Just found my HC SSF build for 3.25! TY!!

[@zorgegreat2548]

Thanks Tati, great guide mate!

[@astral1913]

I love totem builds but was put off by the number of skills used, thanks for updating it, looks much better now

[@irfanrafi_ardian]

GREAT! i've been looking for Hiero Storm burst build on YT, but they were mostly outdated like affliction etc. got a plan to LStart Hiero character that swap to Archmage or something later on, this what i had in mind... and now found ur vid. will test this tommorow on SSF Thanks!

[@GabdeVue]

I am a pretty casual player and after 3 years i have returned for this league. I really, really like playing casters or minions but was not happy with the builds I found. So i have played this build to level 30 now and i am very, very happy with it : ). When I rejoined 3 weeks ago to get back into the game, i died the whole time. I felt so bad. (of course lots of that is due to not being that good at the game... I love delving and just couldn't see light : / ) Thank you so much for your work and giving us so much fun. I am a bit lost on the skill gems - that might be due to not being used to PoB. Whenever there is a skill-gem quest reward, i click through all the items to see if the gem might pop up somewhere. Will make myself a list. There is probably an easier way around that, but i have not figured it out yet. Having lots of fun, thank you!

[@joaopereira6435]

What would be a good atlas strategy for this build? what to focus early on?

[@robertwagner300]

Level 92 in HC and the build is pretty good. Slow mapper but very good bosser. It's certainly possible to go an entire map without getting hit. I'm having issues clearing t14+ maps with any decent speed. I am not going to invest further. I'll probably just do heist for currency before rerolling into something else. I wouldnt reconmend it for SC due to the slow speed. The build is great for mechanics where you can easily avoid getting hit (blight, harvest). I wouldn't play this build for breach or ritual. Overall this is a great guide for a unique build.

[@cesartiti22]

TY for this build !! i play it for the 3.25

[@Iggyspecial]

I played this build last season, which had overturned t17 maps. This was the only build that I played that could actually clear them reliably(I do suck at the game though). I had a super, super easy time with bosses,blight maps, and t17 maps with his highly detailed PoB. I recommend this to any newer player. The only real con to this build, in my opinion is that since the damage ramps it feels a little bit slower than other builds. But that's fine for me.

[@carlgregory2531]

I realised i hadnt quite figured out how much damage was coming from arcane cloak. So small amounts of flat added aren't as effective as you might think in comparison. Also crusader slammed 15 phys as extra lightning damage onto a pretty nice amulet. Looks good but not actually as impactful as you would think.

[@SMOK3DbySMOK3D]

Looking good Tati!!! Hope you are ready to grind!

[@drakklight]

i tried your build and it was the best totem i tried

[@Nazgul3001]

you make amazing guides, thank you

[@OmegaStyler]

Was looking for a build update of storm burst totem. Thanks!

[@NukeItAll]

this looks like like a really well made build. last league started I was successful with was EA champ so this should similar if not better.

[@robertwagner300]

One of the best HC viable guides

[@KonviktMusik]

best totem build creator , thank you sir

[@scardan1070]

Hey, I like your build so far, just spell suppression pigeonholes me unto dex items and it is hard. I have spent hundreds of orbs on evasion/armour chest you have in your pob and still didn't got right colours. Today I have seen no shield with + totem and spell suppression on it on the trade site. Can I respec into life/es instead and which nodes should I take? Armor/es gear is easier to find, easier to colour sockets and probably easier to gear.

[@etrosknight2254]

This is late but hopefully helps next league at least. Here's what you do to hit difficult off-colors, and this only works if you are going to 6-link it yourself afterward. First get just 2 sockets, then use the bench to do "at least 2 blue", this will give you exactly 2 blue. Then we take advantage of the fact that by adding one socket at a time, you have a 10% chance to hit an off-color (according to Zizaran). So you alternate "3 sockets", "2 sockets", "3 sockets" on the crafting bench until you hit a 3rd blue. Then same thing for the 4th blue, "4 sockets", "3 sockets", "4 sockets" until 4th blue acquired. Then you can go "5 sockets" for red, and "6 sockets" for red, this should be way easier. This is better than coloring with chromes because jewelers orbs tend to be much cheaper than chromes - it will still cost hundreds of jewelers but that's nothing for endgame gear

[@scardan1070]

@@etrosknight2254 thank you :)

[@darrellmeckley]

Do you have any notes on crafting some of these items? Syndicate and Harvest, or something similar?

[@Tatiantel2]

In settlers we get recombinators back, so my plan is to craft with Rog from expedition, and then combine with recombinator

[@darrellmeckley]

@@Tatiantel2 Forgot about the recomb! Oh man, some crazy stuff gonna come out in trade league lol. Thanks for the guide man, fully play-tested this... and for the record and anyone reading.... this build absolutely SMACKS Blight-Ravaged Maps

[@darrellmeckley]

(Fully play-tested 3.24 version lol)

[@BasegFarmer]

always love the totem updates, how is shockwave lookin? i was going to play this until i get astral.

[@Dr_Soprano]

i wonder if anathema could be a choice over mark of the shaper - provided you could fit more curses into the socket pressure

[@zafnok2524]

Excellent explanation gonna league start this :)

[@bearded_owl992]

The build looks amazing. I checked the notes and scrolled through the comments but didn't see it anywhere so wondering if anyone could mention which league mechanics this build struggles/excels at. Thanks in advance.

[@Tatiantel2]

Great at Essence, Sanctum, Jun, Blight, Einhar, Boss-rush (Destructive Play). Good at Harvest, Abyss

[@bearded_owl992]

@@Tatiantel2 That's great to know, any content it struggles with?

[@pa2tea]

​Im guessing deli and simul​@@bearded_owl992

[@carlgregory2531]

Would you try and fit in a cluster jewel, at least for sleepless sentry - or are we too tight on points?

[@carlgregory2531]

I'm in red maps now, just got 2 voidstones. Normal content and bosses are fine, though do need to play a bit more carefully than i'm used to as with its easy to get stunned then die in rippy maps. I made the mistake of going big boom expedition though, which at current gear levels is incredibly rippy and quite slow going too which has stunted my progress. Would not recommend for this build. The fact the damage ramps doesnt help either. Might be better dropping the more duration support for a more up front damage boost. I might switch to a boss rush tree to finish off atlas and get some guardian etc maps. Trying to squeeze in suppression, while having decent stats is hard, though recombinator might make things a bit cheaper. I recombinated a phys reduction, suppression and totem shield fairly cheaply. Though only crafted life and not the best base.

[@dargorwarrior]

Amazing Build!

[@007vix]

I've not played properly for a couple of leagues and I'm looking forward to getting back in. I last played you Divine Ire totems build & had great fun with it. I'm looking forward to trying this build out for 3.25. Thanks for your hard work dude 👍Would be nice to see if a Soul Rend totem build would be possible too as it's one of my fave skills, but I've not played it for some time.

[@frankiani87]

Man you’re the totem GOD

[@rendalf256]

It's the best starter I played, strongly recommended for everyone who haven't started with it yet. But I'll go melee :)

[@kennethpedersen349]

awsome build... thx alot for the guide :)

[@wodzefag8062]

this is my first totem build and it slaps so nicely, you are the GOAT sir! Can you give crafting instructions on how to craft such a shaper shield with +1 totems? (also the body armour, I'm new to crafting).

[@roysan4427]

Hi Tatianel2.Good totem build as always. For the min-max version, do you have any suggestions for gear if I just want to do 83+ sanctum?Looking for ward to your kindly reply.Thx.

[@darudesandstorm7002]

honestly, youre better off with shockwave totems for sanctum as they instahit and freeze nearly everything so theres little chance of you losing resolve.

[@overlordsmashalot3891]

league started this, it was decent, but i started to struggle and switched to INOF archmage. It made everything so much better tbh. don't know, maybe i was doing something wrong, but it seems like this can't compete with INOF (which is a hard task to do tbf)

[@_Astrum]

Wow this build looks sick

[@dimaudovenko5894]

YO! do you have loot filter for this ? ty

[@jonasxie5230]

Thank you as always

[@Elhazzared84]

This is an interesting concept, however how would that look if we switched from going spell suppression which puts a lot of pressure on gear into block which also allows for a 5% life and mana gain on block. Probably would have to go with glancing blows but that is fine too. Since we no longer are going evasion, we can stack armor and energy shield which should further help into phy mitigation and that frees a flask to be something like a silver or a sulphur. i'd even switch out of the quicksilver and into a diamond, if we can attain a mage blood we can even get 100% crit easily. This would allow us to also look towards getting into a soul mantle which will significantly increase our damage and if there is a mageblood we can have curse immunity just from a single flask. We pair this with a self flagelation which should be netting us a million DPS per curse on us allowing use to switch out of the big elephant in the room, the watcher's eye. It's less about the price and more about you having to constantly manually cast just to do that 10% conversion. Might as well no bother and accept that we don't run phy reflect maps but hey, we are already going to be immune to all curses in maps, in fact those curses are now buffs. This does put more pressure on resists though but it's archivable. I think the most interesting is seeying if we could also switch into a spark totem but that might be harder and require a lot more tree changes.

[@이기면유트브박제지면]

언제나 짐레이너(슈퍼마린)님의 토템플레이는 흥미롭게 구경하고있어요!!

[@mega_epic_anime]

Build is really nice. I tried this prev league and closed atlas easily, but after i got min max version, I respected to Tristack mines. So about min max, is it possible to add some totem/crit clusters to make it even more stronger, or using something really expensive items like mage-blood or some?

[@lucassalesa.3472]

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[@sistoimenov]

Great guide!

[@alexmaagna]

Tati, thank you for the guide, feels so smooth to run it. I was wondering, is there any ssf totem build that can actually do ultimatums smooth? thank you

[@Darkxellmc]

Funny that youtube is recommending me this, I was starting to consider storm burst totems and was about to theorycraft it. It looks kinda slow however (movespeed is not there, and I hate shield charge). Can you please confirm that there's no problem going into kraitin + haste + sublime instead of wrath, I'm not missing anything? Will loose ~20% damage, and action speed is a little wasted on totems, but 20%ms/10%as seems better to me. A few things: - For the anoint, "crusader" looks better in every way, - Tree is super tight, but I feel like "sleepless sentries" is way too strong not to take. Where would you spare the 7 points for it? Maybe taking "ash frost and storm" instead of "heart of thunder" and "Divine judgment"? Would allow for a "scintillating ideas" large, with a totem medium for onslaught. - Why no rage helmet? Seems like a perfect fit for the arcane cloak, and 30% more spell damage ain't half bad Thank you for the video, I think I'll start with this instead of what I had planned!

[@Tatiantel2]

Heh I'm a big shield charge enjoyer. Haste - absolutely doable, yes. Crusader gives less damage than "Wood, Stone, and Spell" annoint, but it gives some extra EHP, so debatable. Rage helmet - I didn't realise they updated it for more spell damage as well, it should be great indeed

[@Darkxellmc]

@@Tatiantel2 thank you for the reply, will pob all that in a bit. Awesome progression guide btw!

[@karmoth6666]

​​@@Darkxellmcnever forget your godlike build years ago❤

[@Darkxellmc]

@@karmoth6666 Haha, the good old times! have fun mate :)

[@eberssiqueira]

Nice video! I wonder if you could make a similar totem build, but instead using the Firestorm of Pelting (20% quality for 12 firestorms at a time!) 🤩

[@aresonantsoul6668]

Oh God yes! Finally! New video out

[@kippakeppa1731]

Nice! The only reason I did not play this build was the many buttons. Do you think I can get the watchstones with this in ssf?

[@bradmoshenko7733]

Thanks for this. I am kind of keeping an eye on your channel because I tend to like totems. Also really trying to get information on flamewood support. Jung was saying champion was really good for it last league but thats kind of broken my head. I was playing it as jugg. Also keeping an eye on your doc. - cheers

[@JoxerHD]

How is the Ball Lightning looking, same or has it been nerfed?

[@monogonman7804]

YES! You are my favorite Poe player.

[@chrisk5930]

How do you best craft the wand for the MEDIUM/SSF part?

[@Bodom1after1midnight]

"We just place totems, and watch them kill enemies" Now thats my kinda build.

[@aristolliu2901]

Hello, just want to say your build is one of the smoothest one for me to walkthrough 10 acts. Thanks! Hope you don't mind if I ask, would it be possible to achieve similar performance or even better tankiness if the build is slightly modified and migrate to leveraging shockwave totem (cold base) or power siphon ballista totem? Thanks😊

[@vocation8032]

League starting in trade league with soul mantle + Kikazaru rings is mega cheap to blast to yellow and even red maps. The gear in even medium tier will cost a couple divines to make or buy while the soul mantle build is under one divine and could do more damage.

[@brianh.5408]

Soul Mantle isn't needed. I cleared all non-unique Atlas maps (T1-16) with 60c of gear. Bought a corrupted 6 link body for 10c, a +1 totem Shaper shield for 15c, and a wand with 90 spell crit chance for 15c. The rest is just 3-5c items with life, resists, and mana. Ran a few cruel labs to get 20% quality on stormblast. Easily did two void Stones (died a couple of times each because I suck at mechanics), and only had one corrupted red map that I couldn't complete.

[@etrosknight2254]

Really nice guide, thanks so much! One question, could you please explain or include in the guide how to craft the shield? It looks super hard and the min-max version of the shield has only one instance on trade at the moment for 90 divines. Would you recommend some alt-regal strategy or essences, what harvest and meta crafting to do, etc.? Also for crafting the weapon, would you recommend just getting a fractured +1 lightning gems base or is there a more SSF way to make the wand?

[@Tatiantel2]

@@etrosknight2254 This league I crafted the gear with recombinators, there is a very great guide about them on reddit, and both shield and a weapon I crafted with the guide. It requires quite a lot of alterations though, and divines for multi-mod

[@69PhantomzoneTV69]

Love the guide, planning on starting this today. Quick question though, even with the new bandit changes we still go for kill all?

[@Tatiantel2]

Yes, still kill all feels the best imo

[@69PhantomzoneTV69]

@@Tatiantel2 Got it, thanks boss

[@durantguillaume5267]

just subbed, great vid Bro'

[@_Aynix]

Been a while since I Played totems. Might give it a try as my alt

[@livejamie]

In the beginning, you say this is the best totem starter. What do you think is the best all-rounder endgame totem build in a trade environment?

[@LilKalash]

Hey! I'm following the build and I'm doing the min maxing and the only difference is the amount of total mana I have ( 2099 mana), in your PoB shows 4k+ mana. Could this be the reason I'm missing half of dps? Currently doing like 23 mil instead of 35+ mil.

[@EmAndM1219]

This is exactly why. Arcane Cloak boosts your damage with the more mana you have to sacrifice with it.

[@NoobPlayEX]

How to maintain mana with mind over matter? have any way to recover mana on kill or something like this?

[@_iHavok]

Hi, I'm looking to reroll this build and use it to play sanctum for the first time, just wondering why Phys to lightning specifically? Great guide btw!

[@dongdong02]

Oh.. I think it's worse on hc ssf than last season, right? In particular, it seems that it has become more vulnerable in the early and mid-mapping periods because it is difficult to take care of all various defense mechanisms at the time.

[@Jrwoods86]

So I thought about making this my first build ever, I do have some knowledge regarding games like this coming from Last Epoch. Any thought on early game leveling gear. What offense stats should I be going for. I know about resistances to cap, just not sure how the totems are doing damage, more spell damage or cast speed? Any thoughts would be great, from anyone who knows.

[@EmAndM1219]

I seem to be getting more damage with +3 storm burst replica dragon fang amulet. Am I missing something that makes you pick the ashes amulet over it?

[@jdg_9]

Any chance you could put your loot filter in the description? Thanks! Love the build having a great time playing it

[@Tatiantel2]

@@jdg_9 I can't link it rn, I'm on mobile, but you can follow the filter through my poe account - Tatiantel2

[@jdg_9]

@@Tatiantel2 Awesome thanks!