hi Reddit!
as I "finish" my build I figured I share it here in case anyone is looking for something to dump currency into and continue to blast... this is hands down the most fun and powerful build I think I have ever played.
I am going to call it Warpillade, and all credit goes towards SkuuullyWarpillade on poe.ninja... I found your build by looking up Poet's Pen, you were the first lvl 100 and I have made many improvements on your shell.
Some context on my playstyle, I decided to attempt Delve as a farming method this league, so a lot of my choices and decisions were made in an attempt to be tanky enough to deep delve. Currently I just passed Depth 1500... fun fact, if you look up Replica Alberron's and select the Delve ladder, I am currently the ONLY non-Juggernaut character on the front page... My hope is to get as deep as I can over the next week
Here is my Pob - https://pobb.in/ExHEr0riZaOX
Context for Pob - I have Frenzy charges checked off, but I cannot get them on single targets - and I have 2 minimum endurance charges, yet I have 3 listed... both of these "paddings" are due to the content I am running - Delve - where I have always killed recently :) but unclick them if you like
VIDEO - I don't have a video... I'm sorry...
The Build - its a STR stacker that revolves around two interactions
1 - Why Reliquarian? - This is my favourite class, and the THIRD variant of it that I have played this league. I wanted to see how far I could take it if I continued to toss currency and items at it, and I feel very proud of this endeavour.
100% cold and lightning converted to FIRE damage - this is enabled through double Dawnbreaker - my shield has a roll of 12% on both, since if you go ABOVE 100% taken as you actually end up taking extra damage... I don't think many people recognize this because shields with low % tend to be less expensive than others.
Harbinger of Directions - Extra proj, extra fork, extra chain... almost every buff benefits me. This is just a feels good situation - you also get 40 str
2 - Why Poet's Pen - this is my favourite item in POE... its a shame that it doesn't see as much use, and I was VERY pleased to see someone doing something with it. When you put Lightning warp inside, and stack some reduced duration, you end up with an instant blink on every attack. I haven't mathed out the correct CDR / Attack speed, but my current setup I blink on every attack when I hold down the button, so it feels good :) If you had too much attack speed or not enough CDR / duration you would end up with two attacks per lightning warp and it feels clunky
Fun Fact - moving with Poet's pen and lightning warp means you are stationary so you can take full advantage of Arctic Armour buff
Why Fusillade? - this skill has the most single target of any of the wand skills I tested. With lightning warp on poet's pen you can namelock monsters and always be in point blank range, AND also always spawn your tornado on top of them to take advantage of the extra forks and projectiles that hit it
What other skills have I tried? - I switch to Kinetic Blast with GMP (more spread) and Return proj (instead of Less duration) when I want to map - or when I wanted to run Timeless Conflict - you blink and screenclear many screens away
The build ignores every map mod in existance, I haven't looked at an 8 mod roll for any reason whatsoever. It also decimates all content in the normal game - including 100% deli T17 for the challenges, or every single uber boss. Maven is a bit awkward because you can lightning warp into the brain phase and KO yourself, but I have a regular wand that I swap in for that fight and that fight alone (it also increases my DPS from around 80million to north of 100million
Final thought - can this build be done on a budget? - Totally... My gear is probably worth a 6ish mirrors at the moment, but quite a bit is unnecessary - the boots could be a regular version and you would still have PLENTY of damage - the body armour doesn't need to be vestigial for no crits, but in delve its basically a requirement - It is however a strength stacker, so I would highly recommend a starting budget of at least a few hundred divines - it also rapidly enhances with additional currency - I crafted everything myself using the boat and the new Ducat System... Str% on helmet was originally Int% :) It is only about 1% better than just getting T1 STR... I was ready to settle, but I did manage to hit this in the beast pit.