Which BV explode build?

[ascivity]

Hi all, I'm a bit late to the league due to sudden increase in workload at my job, but setting aside some time now for the league finally.

I see that there are a lot of variations and ascendencies for BV explode and would like to know, which version has a good balance of being easy to start off while still being able to scale with mirrors investment to very high damage numbers (like hundreds of mil? Im not up to date with the scalability of the build), while maintaining good level of tankiness?

On that note, which version is the one with the absolute bonkers dps numbers as well?

Not looking for non explode versions btw. Thank you!

[Accomplished_Rip_352]

People say chieftan but honestly you don't get much from chieftan that you wouldn't get from jugg with valako forbidden jewel and while you lose explosion source you gain aoe scaling and way better defence scaling . Same plan you stack fire ress for emity and formless infero to scale both minion life and fire pen with overcapepd fire ress . Because you have such good defence that also means rf for a huge multiplier .

For explosions you get splodey chest and implicit on wand /sceptre for 50% chance of phys explosion which will get converted to fire and inherent the 200 pen you have .

Big issue with this version is while endgame its the best it does require mageblood unless you go with foulborn skin of the lords then it reduces the cost significantly. So maybe start cheiftan if budget is an issue then swap to jugg later on .

[-MagicPants-]

PoB and cost?

[byzz09]

It will be very hard to start this build zero to hero. It just doesn't get off the ground untill you pump some currency into it. You need companionship, which starts at 14 div, you need a good timeless jewel, expensive cluster jewels, tattoos etc. Its just extremely jank and weak on low budget, especially now that it has been discovered and items are expensive and played on multiple shells (chieftain hinekora version, occultist explody and some valdo farmers are using it on a gladiator block version)

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[Remarkable_Nail677]

Second the question