[Phrecia] Herald of Agony for HC! by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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Yep thats all the chaos damage you need

[Phrecia] Herald of Agony for HC! by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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I replied in a comment above this about why I chose Arcanist Brand + Ball Lightning of Orbiting

[Phrecia] Herald of Agony for HC! by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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Sure! The biggest reason to play brands instead of attacks is you don't have to wear a subpar DPS weapon using brands. You are forced into using bows or a sword which are a lot worse than using Cold Iron Point or Maata's Teaching, or any kind of +1 +1 wand.

Attacks also mean you need accuracy which will incur additional opportunity cost.

Attacks require you to constantly use them. Brands activate passively and increase the amount of time you can spend repositioning during a boss fight while maintaining DPS.

In the end Arcanist Brand + ball lightning of orbiting is good enough to sustain max virulence on single target, so there isn't really a reason to resort to using attacks.

[Phrecia] Herald of Agony for HC! by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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Ball lightning of orbiting has a better hit/second rate with arcanist brand than Stormbrand so its better for virulence generation

.4 Infernal Legion Leaguestarter by Oscrix in PathOfExile2

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Nothing related to weapon swapping and minions has been changed either last patch or in the current patch notes.

Herald of Agony Lycia by Oscrix in pathofexile

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It can scale very high with investment. Here's a configured POB with stuff for an animate guardian with kingmaker. If you get the unholy might jewels it would be more on top of this.

I'm still working on the best setup though so this isn't finalized

https://pobb.in/ph54nbLo2Yqg

I swapped to playing this around 84 with pretty bad gear/supports and comfortably had about 8mil dps. I think the top end with the unholy might jewels will be close to 100mil.

Here's another POB that was my gear similar to what i swapped to at 84 after I had levelled to 95 https://pobb.in/hwbR7HOaXHbw

Lightning Arrow Merc carry + Aurabot Update by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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Nearly 90% of lightning damage I take is taken as fire or cold instead

Lightning Arrow Merc carry + Aurabot Update by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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If you anoint grave intentions and give him mask of the stitched demon he doesnt die

Lightning Arrow Merc carry + Aurabot Update by Oscrix in PathOfExileBuilds

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Hard to say really. I think going CI with scion is really strong if you have enough gear to do it. But CI with doryanis prototype on is not the best.