@@DarkKnight-767 Just natural gear progression. So the Masterworking increases, the skill ranks from Harlequin, then the extra 30% multiplicative from Starless over the aspect.

@@KestonCharles cool thanks

@@DarkKnight-767 no worries. Also forgot to mention too that I changed some priorities. flipped from the Damage % affixes to the Fire Damage over Time where possible, as that outscales Damage % once your Burning Instinct node is above +100%. After I got to 4 or 8/12, I then upgraded some of those slots that had none or 1 GA to items with 2 GAs instead before then doing those slots all the way to 12/12 MW.

@@KestonCharles right on thanks for the tips

@@StarEclipse775 No I haven’t watched that video but I know how damage works in the game through my own plus community findings along the way (since beta) which I’ve also then tested myself too. Since I don’t just rush/grind through leveling, every season it’s a gradual climb/progression as I tweak and experiment again with the current patch’s/season changes, or find/earn new gear etc. So getting from where I am earlier to later on, isn’t necessarily always about knowledge but more of natural gear/build progression over time. We just got some new info and they are giving Sorc/Necro a 20% increase to main stat scaling, and a 15-20% increase to core/mastery, as well as a higher cap on the S5 burning nerf (raised from 40% to 80%). So it’s looking much more hopeful next season.

@@KestonCharles Lucky you, i dont know what druid is getting next season, i havent read up on it much. It seems the real powerhouse classes are Barbarian and Sorc. I guess necromancer and rogue can deal some good damage too. Seems like Barb is the best though with Bash. Druid seems to take a backseat and is neglected as far as updates though they did give us the earthbreaker ring which i have but dont use because of the way my build is as it wont benefit me if im not casting landslide manually but through aspects. Anyway its good to test and experiment with builds to and heck even create your own build and not copy every single thing posted on the internet. My build is only a little bit different than the one i saw online, crowd control damage vs damage to elites on paragon, i went with damage to elites and bosses. I dont rush through the game either, though i have gotten carried through tormented bosses and powerleveled by a friend. My 3 other alts i leveled in helltide before i got my 4 resplendent sparks. Havent touched them since. I play much like you do, just trying to progress, it takes time of course. You've played since the beta too? I got the game before season 1 started on Eternal Realm, played through the whole main story as a bleed Barb. Each season is a new experience.

@@StarEclipse775 Druid got a lot of good buffs too though. It’s going to be alot stronger in season 5.

@@KestonCharles I jumped on the druid bandwagon this season because i saw a lot of druids doing amazing things like Uber duriel, but tormented version is really difficult. I should have just hopped on the Barbarian bandwagon, seems like despite the good buffs they gave the most love and attention to Barb which im not going to complain, its my favorite class. We'll see how season 5 goes, i might be a Barb main and Druid or Sorc as an alt and actually level them to 100 and gear them properly. One of my friends is a Barb and hes the one who carried me to tier 105 in the Pit which i definitely cant solo and he soloed the tormented bosses for me too. Seeing him do that, im like "i picked the wrong class this season!" lol. As i wanted to see some high 10's of millions in damage, big numbers, but i cant seem to do it on Druid or my build is wrong or just sucks idk.

@@StarEclipse775 Generally you have to understand and stack certain multipliers to scale your damage. There are good Druid builds in Season 4. If you’re struggling you should first search/check RU-vid for gameplay of Druid doing those things like Pit 90+, then have a look at how they did their build. Though rather than just straight copying it, compare it to what you currently have or what they did differently to get an understanding of where you went wrong. Learning the how and why will translate to you being better at making your own builds in the future. And once you get a grasp of that, it extends really to pretty much any build or class going forward.

@@StarEclipse775 L199; it shows the targeted enemy level at the top while fighting.

@@KestonCharles I know, sorry, just couldnt see it in the video. Need to clean my monitor a bit too lol. Has some dust on it. Btw i changed a few things for my druid, gloves now have crit damage not just crit chance and dont need overpower damage or attack speed really so i swapped that for gloves with more health to. Trying to get another totem with obols or drops from Pit or dungeons so i can change the damage% to damage to close enemies as ive used all the temper rerolls, sucks you only get 5.

@@StarEclipse775 well, attack power doesn’t tell the whole story. In this one, my attack power was really high, because of a lot of my scaling was in Damage % affixes, which is front loaded as opposed to conditional. But in my later vids, where my damage is triple what it is in this video, my attack power is only around 40k. This is because I shifted my damage into aspects, scalers, and conditional/type-specific stats. So don’t compare your attack power vs other builds.There are builds with 16k AP and do tons more damage than mine.

@@KestonCharles Im definitely learning from you, i see you went with intelligence gems instead of health in most slots, those are damage multipliers for sorc like willpower is for druid. I dont have damage percentage affixes, i have damage to close enemies, crit hit chance, and crit strike damage and some crowd control. I dont really understand the damage percent affix, is that all damage and better than just the one for close enemies? Or is that mostly just raw attack power and not skill power? And true my friend's druid does more damage then me and he only has 16k AP.

@@StarEclipse775 Your Main stat (mine is INT) sits in a multiplicative bucket by itself. So that translates to 10% of that value scaling to your skill. So you know just like how you can have an aspect with 20%, having 2000 INT translates to 20% scaling to my skills. In addition, on my particular build (Fire DoT) every +25 INT adds 1% scaling to my Burning Damage via the Burning Instinct paragon node. And of course, about 2.5% of my INT translates to All-Resist. So there are good reasons to invest in it. In addition, since Sorc is a glass cannon that relies on shields/immunity and barriers, then a ton of HP would be a wasted stat unless I wasn’t using Barriers or Fire Shield and instead was relying on Damage Reduction. Then more Health would scale well for effective HP. In regular play, I use 1-2 Ruby; just to get my HP to around 20k after food buffs. Conditional affixes generally have a higher max roll in the respective places/slots. So if your build is themed around a state, distance etc, and that condition is true/active most of the time… then that type of affix gives you more value or damage. The less you can maintain that condition, the less relative value that affix type has. If as a Druid all your damage is done in melee range, then the higher affixes of Damage vs Close will give you better value. So it all depends. I started with Damage % early on, but converted to DoT/Fire DoT as I leaned more into the scaling of that stat and related passives which widened the gap between them.

@@KestonCharles Yep true, im learning from you even though im a different class as my main besides my sorc alts. It may not seem like much at 2000 int being 20 percent but every little bit of damage helps. But my willpower is only 1300, i gave up some willpower for an aspect and more crit damage/chance and close enemies with tempering and another useful affix. I think the ring i gave up was nice but it really wasnt helping me do more damage then the alternative i did. My build is more damage reduction plus Earthen Bulwark druid skill so HP helps though i do get fortified and a barrier. Anyways i am in melee range almost 99 percent of the time, no ranged attacks from a distance or anything. So what your saying is something like Vasily's Prayer helm or Tempest roar being of value if you shapeshift. Makes sense.

@@adithyasurya1858 Nothing too crazy, I am a FAINT mage: 46 Vigor (~1600 HP), 80 FAI, 80 INT, 35 MND, 27-32 END. I use the Golden Order Seal and the Prince of Death Staff. The summon is the Greatshield Soldier Ashes. I think the spell I was using for damage is Stars of Ruin. Though I sometimes use Loretta’s Mastery. My other weapons are usually Blasphemous Blade, Sacred Relic Sword, and Halo Scythe.

@@KestonCharles whats your scadutree blessing level though?

@@adithyasurya1858 When I did that fight clip I think I was around 10. I think I’m around 16 now.

@@StarEclipse775 You have to realize on the internet people whine and exaggerate for everything they aren’t happy about. And many of the people complaining don’t creat builds, so a lot of the tears is from the standpoint of not understanding how the changes really translate into the buildcraft. And even my Damage is low compared to the upper potential. I’ve seen 140-150M/sec on a boss by someone else. The main crux is investing in the relevant stats and scalers. Get Burning Damage up, and use multipliers from passives and aspects.

Yeah you cant just throw on any piece of gear and expect to do a lot of damage, you have to focus on the multipliers and synergies and have good affixes and stats. I just got my first Uber unique item, now to masterwork it. But yes you're right, though i dont think on druid ill ever reach 20 mil damage, might be possible, i dont know. Im tanky and can clear high tier NM dungeons and the Pit but Tormented bosses have so much health that without a group or a carry from a friend which im getting soon i dont think i can solo them. Edit: I also try to make my build a bit different from the standard, i dont fully copy other builds even if they are META, whatever works best for me and my playstyle. Seems thats what you did as well.

@@StarEclipse775 Yea. Mine has a lot of damage, but it could be higher. However I have a “Fire Mage” theme I stick to, so a lot of the ice effects which provide extra multipliers I don’t use or benefit from due to that self-limitation. Druid has some decent scalers, but I think it’s been neglected in the buff department lately.

@@KestonCharles True, its also getting 3 star equipment for perfect affixes, which is all RNG, and only 1 enchantment affix reroll so it takes a bit of luck to have a perfect build as well. I assumed fire mage, incinerator is really good, i was using alts for helltide using incinerator sorc. I wonder if i should level one of them to 100. Druid can clear high end content and is good for bosses in most cases, but it depends on the build, some builds are better for aoe mass damage and some are better for single target boss damage and some are good for both. Ive seen videos of druids doing much more damage then me and that's what i strive for. Btw the only ice effect i was using on my sorc's was ice shield.

@@StarEclipse775 Most of my gear was 0-star or 1-star until I was clearing T90 in the Pit and was at MW 4-8/12 on most things. Damage started to hit a wall about then. And only really upgraded to 2-stars and progressed to MW 12/12 once those were the only places left to squeeze power from for higher pushing. Don’t think any of my gear is 3-star.

@@RC_Trailblazers On a Legendary Staff, you get 275-325 INT, 500+ DoT/Fire-DoT (scaled to x2-2.8 via BI), 110-120% Damage, and Flamethrower aspect 170% of normal Incinerate Damage per beam (which is +70%; vs the 85% of normal when used on the focus which is a 15% nerf to your damage). Up close on larger enemies and bosses, that’s 510% (staff) vs 255% (1H+Focus). While Incinerate ranks in general do contribute heavily to damage, the ranks you get on Flamescar just cannot compete with the things I mentioned in the paragraph above. In addition, 1H+Focus attacks for half the amount but at higher frequency of attacks. But since the mana-cost of skills stay the same, the mana drain is much more; forcing you to use mana-options somewhere instead of a DPS or defense stat. Currently many Uniques need an overhaul to compete with the power bumps we got in Season 4, with tempering etc. Flamescar sadly is one of those. It has a place if you want it for the Lucky Hit and CDR stacking for a nuanced setup playing off those things… but not for damage output.

@@vea1sven162 It is linked in the description text already 😜

@@prDx11 The following may sound crazy to you, and I don’t know why I have to explain this but here goes: 1) some people play the game not just to speed run everything. there is no desire or attempt to do that, it’s not the goal ever. Because to what end? Do pit faster so I can do more pit, slightly faster? I prefer to enjoy the gameplay of encounters throughout a dungeon, not try my best to spend as little time playing the game or build I enjoy. And 2) the skill (channeling) requires being stationary so this is inherent in the playstyle (versus a skill that enables mobility in play) more than anything to do with the strength of the build’s output. If you personally only gauge your enjoyment by how fast you can delete everything and be done with it, then you do you. I’m not competing with anyone or their clear times while I’m playing the game. If that’s all that mattered to me, I’d play Barb and not care about the theme that I actually enjoy playing (Fire Mage), but that isn’t the case.

@@KestonCharles Yes. Sure. It was not attack on You. I Just play incinerate sorc too and i hope there will be some buffs to make gameplay more fun and more efficient.

@@prDx11 Almost everyone that plays Incinerate always comments on how fun it is to play. So moving fast and being META is not what equates to “fun” for many (myself included). And I think channeling skills will always have a less mobile play style, that’s just how they work. And on top of that, DoT playstyle slows things down too. I personally don’t want to be zooming through every area. If I do, I’ll play a non-channeling skill. I like the slower playstyle of Incinerate; as you can see from the video/clip history I’ve played it since Season 1… even when it was much worse than it is today. And every season since. I think there exists options for any kind of play style someone likes. If a person prefers fast play, there are many impact-based skills and builds to suit that. DoT and Chaneling suits a need in terms of play style preference also. If anything, I’d like to see more survival options bumped for channeling builds. Higher DR while channeling, etc.

@@A42yearoldARAB Yes, if your Burning Instinct paragon node value is above +100%, then FIRE Damage Over Time will get the biggest scaling effect out of all the contributing types (Fire Damage, DoT/Fire DoT, Critical Strike Damage, Damage %, etc). +100% is x2.0 to your Burning pool. +115% is x2.15, etc. In a multiplicative calculation, the biggest increase to what you already have is what helps the most, and you get the largest lump amounts in the Fire Damage Over Time stat affixes (ie. burning).

@@BenaresDarkness Not exactly, the damage just got moved around. The node is now capped, but you get back the scaling elsewhere. I posted a couple of clips on the PTR showing the damage after adjustments (only flipped out two glyphs).

@@TylerEdlin84 I’m just a regular player recording his gameplay bud. Not a streamer making you a guide lol. If you want to know something you can just ask instead of being rude.

As seen in my other video (T101 Pit), and this one, the nerfs to the Burning Instinct paragon didn't really affect the build much after you re-adjust it. The damage scalers just got moved around. And with the change to the Fire Shield, strangely, defensive actually improved. Now you're right, in that Sorc is still way behind Barb, Necro and Rogue. We definitely need some more beneficial damage enhancement to bring it on the level.

@@KestonCharles I noticed you mentioned the 3 other classes and not Druid, like i said before in another of your videos Druid doesnt get much love and attention compared to those classes especially Barbarian. This is exactly what i hate about MMO type RPGs is sometimes the classes arent balanced and fair. Some classes are just capable of doing a whole lot more damage and better survive than others. World of warcraft had the same issue at one point. But that's just a problem with Diablo 4 too, and heck even Diablo 3 Barbarian was really OP, i know because i played Barb in D3. Anyways i got Shako (harlequin crest) now for my Druid by the way. :)

@@kevinsims5791That’s Wild Bolt. The new offensive aspect that pulls in distant enemies every 2s and increases damage they take by 10%. It helps keep most enemies in close range, for both damage and defense. Useful for Vyr’s, tho on this setup you don’t need the DR from Vyr’s since it’s using immunity. Also you don’t have to chase enemies as much, and have more time in-place which helps Inner Calm. On Bosses, the aspect also causes a Stagger increase since it can’t pull the boss. So it helps speed up the stagger proc.

@@KestonCharlesi see. Its a nice plus that it helps fill the stagger meter. The firebird aspect looks super cool with all that fire going off

@@kevinsims5791 Yea. It’s a shame we no longer need Destruction glyph, because the meteorites would be one way to proc the crit needed for the secondary benefit. As they are direct damage and can crit.

@@KestonCharles yes it is a way but you still need a crit strike from a shock skill to become charged, then after that its any crit strike. What do you mean we no longer need destruction glyph? For incinerate?

@@kevinsims5791 Yea. Since Burning Instinct is now capped at 40%, you will hit that without trying from INT alone. And even the incidental ChD you get from places will make it hit the cap even sooner.

@@BosleyAaron Yea I was wracking my brain to remember what that last aspect name was lol. Thanks.

maxroll.gg/d4/planner/6h5za021#3 There should be a select/drop-down on the lower left on that page to flip build versions (non-mythic etc)

@@kevinsims5791 It gives you the Flameshield enchant for free. The flame shield enchant still abides by the rules of the passive, which includes a 30s cooldown. The aspect doesn’t give you a free flame shield cast, it’s just giving you the enchantment. Once the enchantment triggers, regardless of the source, you get a 30s cooldown debuff on your status bar.

@@KestonCharles it was triggering even when it was on cooldown. It was happening more often than what i thought so i was just wondering. Thank you

@@kevinsims5791 yea I am using Yen’s Blessing (per 8s), and Sly Steps aspect (per 32s). So there are 3 different aspects rotating there. Which totals about 20s of Flame Shield coverage (25s if I manually cast one) in a 30 second loop (4 procs). That’s why it may seem like it’s going off a lot. That

In Season 4, when I had the two legendary rings, it was around 1475 in town, then 3.2-3.4k outside of town, then as high as 4.5-5k when channeling (conflag). With the Starless/unique ring instead (so 1 legendary ring), that dropped by about 600-1k on the upper end. On the PTR, I think it was a similar starting point (1 legendary ring), which is around 1250, but the out of town channel was WAY... WAY... lower. I think it was topping out around 3.5k; around 1500 short of previous. Hydras is a good idea. I thought of that when trying to figure out what I should use the extra points removed from the Ice Armour passives for. But I didn't want something else to have to hit buttons for. Eventually I just put it into Warmth and Teleport. Also can just replace destruction with another glyph that doesn't need an active trigger (unleash, pyromaniac, etc).

@KestonCharles yeah I have been considering replacing destruction as well, but I like the hydras for activating the concentration aspect for 25% DR as well. I'm going to keep tweaking my build.

@KestonCharles I've not played in the ptr since I'm a console pleb, but in running my number through the calculator I should be very close to where I am now bit slightly lower and then higher once I reach 50% health to activate engulfing flames. But the big thing that has me worried is the all damage double dipping that they said they had fixed in the patch notes. I'm not sure how much that factors into my calculations that I'm not accounting for.

@@BosleyAaron depending on the setup it’s not too bad. On my builds I only had 170-230% Damage % stat for instance. Which is not too huge. We did get a bunch of new aspects which mix conditions for increased damage though. ALSO I forgot, the meteorites that fall on the FS activation are direct damage and can Crit. So don’t need Hydra if you wanna trigger destruction.

@KestonCharles well l, I bought a pc today and have been playing the ptr for about an hour. I don't have the same gear as in the live server so I can't do a one to one comparison but I've got it as close as I could and ouch. Boss damage is very low, it will take a long time to activate engulfing flames. I did replace destruction but still am using the hydras for Dr and extra burn.

@@pearlblack9753 Sorc has had single options for a long time. It’s just that most people follow the farm-type METAs which stack multipliers and rely on ALOT of CC that comes hand in hand with cold skills. And those cold skills were often of the AoE variety like Blizzard, Frost Orb, etc. I have clips on the channel of my Lilith fight from last season and it melted her just as fine. If only source info from what’s popular, you’ll be in the dark a lot. So much more viable options every season than just those.

Flame Shield phase is of course no damage, and the Ice Armour phase has some increased DR from passives but also the 5% of your damage done while it’s active bolsters and refills it. When you’re doing damage in the millions that 5% is maxing it out fairly quickly. Just have to worry about the odd time your have a gap in those or your other conditional DR isn’t in effect (enemy burning etc). I believe I have about 20k HP here.

The more recent vids should have the build link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5t41dtdbGrI.htmlsi=NmMS85IDEsUHjSQt

I’m not a streamer or content creator. Just a regular guy who plays Diablo 4 that uploads his clips. It’s not for views/clicks, or likes (no custom thumbnails would be the first hint). I like to watch my vids when I don’t feel like opening the game, and it feels like I am playing 😂

Where is the data to support this claim? Rubbish.

@@KestonCharles why even upload at all then? just take the feedback and work on it. stop getting so defensive.

@@jordanearl5449 Bro I literally mentioned half my reason I upload in my response. Sharing because it helps myself, others in the community, as well as making it easy to link to on Reddit when needed. I do not need to manipulate the YT algorithm or people’s attention for that.

No I didn’t. My build doesn’t really mix enough elements for Tal’Rasha. But for builds that use Ice Blades, Blizzard, Frost Orb, etc in the mix for the Vulnerable, CC, and extra DR, it would be a good choice.

For me especially, I do not equate Steam-rolling or being Overpowered for the content to “fun”. I play any video game for the fun in overcoming challenges. Either in play mastery or build crafting and tweaking. In addition, the theme of the character I am playing is the other aspect of enjoyment. I WANT to play a “Fire Mage”. This is why I do not use Ice offensive skills and vulnerable mixed in, even though it would be stronger and more DR. It’s not just about efficiency, or big damage, or everything being easy and not having to try. It’s about enjoying what I am doing while I am playing the game and the class. The only person I’m competing against is myself, as I gradually improve and grow my character throughout the season.

I remember a few weeks ago, early in my build, when I was getting 42M tick and thought that was amazing lol.

@@KestonCharles i remember that. I remember seeing 24M i believe too really early. The build has come a long way

Sure I have an old post here with my settings. I think they introduced a couple new entries since, but most are the same still: www.reddit.com/u/kestononline/s/69A01UbMx5

The glass cannon change and the inner flames one is nice. Had to drop GC stacking too much as the damage taken added up when you got to x8-9, but after patch it should be a lil more worth some risk.

Just sell the good gear and uniques you find for gold on the Diablo trade website, then use that same gold to buy some new gear. I made a couple of billion in under a week just selling a few uniques. Then I budget my offers (max 10-50M) when buying gear for myself. I got a third Crit on that amulet after making this video clip; now it’s +7 Inner Flames and +3 Glass Cannon. And next week they are buffing Inner Flames to 4% per, and reducing the Glass Cannon damage taken to 2% per.

@KestonCharles I've had no luck selling anything so far. I'll keep trying but I'm guessing the further into the season we go, the harder it'll be to sell items. Also, I was gonna ask about inner flames. They're buffing it to match the damage of elemental dominance, so why has everyone been running inner flames over dominance until now? Mana isn't an issue at all on incinerate

@@SinnfullDuck Because of the higher attack speed of 1H+Focus, it drains mana much faster. Which is why if you are using Flamescar, you’ll feel that much more. But most people are using a 2H Staff with Flamethrower aspect, so the mana drain is way less. With the passive Soulfire, which brings Incinerate usage to 19 mana, you barely need any mana-regen to break even with a Staff. If you’re using a 1H+Focus that will have a harder time with Elemental Dominance, but also it only applies to your core skill (which now does include firewall/masteries). Makes it harder to mix conjurations etc like some people do. Being Healthy on Sorc is easy. Because if you’re not you are probably dead lol. Whereas your mana-state isn’t so guaranteed for varying builds. For Diablo trade, you basically just sell the things that are really good or in demand. Mostly uniques with max or near-max rolls, or a decent special aspect roll on it and a greater affix. Don’t bother listing just everything. Look on the site, see how much something sells for; if it’s in the 10-20M or above, and how many have been listed recently. Then decide how you will price yours. Price it to my to sell if there are many listed. If yours is a really good roll and not many listed recently, then price to match a competing listing.

Nice. If you go with Flamescar, try looking at Lucky Hit effects that can help you. Chance to Freeze, Stun, Daze, etc. Xfal may also work. Vulnerable also. If you do use the Flamethrower aspect, you’ll want to put it somewhere that the value ends up higher than 100%, like the necklace. Otherwise the single stream damage will be handicapped (85% of normal).

@@KestonCharles lucky hit is what im doing right now, stuff that triggers off lucky hit and lots of vulnerable. My builds are pretty unique so this is the furthest i have played a single character. Im on pit25.

It can be. Incinerate has cleared Pit 100. Mine is a “themed” build (Fire Mage), so I am being particular about sticking to Fire offensive spells. But if you use Vulnerable, and Frozen Orb enchant, etc you can then use some more related Damage Reduction sources and not rely on immunity. In addition the vulnerable and multiplier stacking with stuff like TalRasha since you’ll have more elements will scale higher.

Damage % is only better (x2.0 effect on DoT) before your Burning Instinct paragon gets to +100% (x2.0) and above. Then DoT starts to edge out as the % increase begins to scale higher than Damage %, and eventually the gap widens for larger numbers/amounts (eg. 45% increase to 112 Dmg vs 260 DoT affixes). Which is an extra 101% vs 251% respectively after their scaling. So if you’re not min-maxing much, Damage % keeps your gear a bit more flexible in case you want to use it for other builds etc. But if you’re going full-tilt into Incinerate, Damage % becomes the secondary priority. That extra DPS then makes it easier to put in some defensive options and stats without your damage being too gimped. I started off preferring Damage % also, but once I began having to drop some DPS/Topaz for Ruby Gems to help survival, every bit of potential damage gained/lost started to matter more.

I personally stay away from conditionals that won’t apply to every enemy you fight. For many bosses, especially the medium to larger ones, you’ll be close up so that the 3 Fire streams all hit them. And for most adds or smaller enemies, you’ll be distant to start, but often up close if you see elites… because you generally want to rush elites ASAP. This so that they’ll be in range when flame shield wears off and get stunned, but also that it’s easier to AoE-burn packs after you use Inferno. Just have a look at the most recent gameplay clip (T71 Pit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tdfut9VFs44.html ) for an idea of how I play it; far to start on lesser as they will walk into and die by the time they reach you, in close for packs with elites. If you get Damage vs Distant and have no more temper rolls or are close to bricking an item, well roll with it and make do. But it’s not the ideal choice.

You can find the link in description of most of the other vids: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tdfut9VFs44.htmlsi=kA-7WjHTZib0X17p. Sorry forgot to put it in this one

@@KestonCharles appreciate it

You want Fire Damage Over time, because this gets scaled/multiplied with the Burning Instinct paragon node. So for example if you had +120% on your BI node, that would be x2.2 (1 + 1.2). Making 60 Fire DoT into 132 Burning Damage; which is more than 60 Fire Damage which doesn’t get scaled by anything. Incidentally Damage %’s value gets doubled when applied to DoT skills. So 60% Damage % is worth 120% to Incinerate. Meaning up to +100% (x2.0) on the BI node, Damage % is better. But once you get above that, Fire DoT starts edging it out to be the better choice.

@@KestonCharles Thanks bro!

I run fairly low HP compared to some people, so if/when I am not engaged with the enemy is when I am most vulnerable. Because some of my damage reduction conditions (like DR vs Burning) might not be active.

For most content Sorc doesn’t need a super high HP pool. Your survival is a combination of: Your Health, Your Barriers/Shields like Ice Armor and Flame Shield, plus damage reduction (DR vs Close, Distant, Burning, Vulnerable, Chilled, etc). In addition to your Armour and Elemental Resistances of course. Your Barriers from most things are based on your Max HP, so more can help but you don’t need to invest too heavily. Also, you can swap the gems in your armour between Topaz (INT) or Ruby (Max Life %) to suit your needs. The Barrier from Ice Armour gets beefed up from 5% of the damage you deal while it’s active, so you want to pop Ice Armour right before you unleash a volley of damage on the enemies. You will also want to look for ways to reduce the cooldown and lengthen the uptime on your defensive skills. Ice Armour, Flame Shield, Frost Nova, Teleport are all defensive tools. Usually you will use 2 or 3 of them on your bar.

Late game you kind of need perma flame shield to compete with the top classes.

@@jaegybomb Maybe, but every build doesn’t need to be META or competitive 😜. Can play just because it’s fun to play.

This is Diablo IV (4); you can get it on Steam or BattleNet, or if you just want to try it you can also play it on GamePass (subscribe for a month etc; can usually find some codes for $5 or something around the net)