BIG BALLER BUILD: Poet's Pen Magma Orb Shadow (Very Fast Clear, Strong Single Target, EE) w/Videos

OVERVIEW:
With Gloomfang, Magma Orb gains 20% more damage with each bounce. I wanted to try using Poet's Pen with Magma Orb since PP builds get a free 6 link in their chest. The idea was to use knockback with barrage GMP to reliably knock enemies backwards into our Magma Orb bounces. The obvious choice for the other Pen was Ball Lightning, since it also benefits from knockback, as it can continue zapping enemies it stays on top of.

I chose assassin mostly because I had just played another Poet's Pen Inquisitor, and I wanted something a little different with plenty of damage. I do think the build would be best as an Inquisitor, though scion is also an option.


WEAPON SWAP:
Poet's Pen's are great for weapon swap setup since they hold all of your damage gems. Initially I was clearing with Magma Orb and Arc, then swapping to Magma Orb and Ball Lightning for single target. Magma Orb and Arc are both pretty great for clear, so they make a great combo. Once I had some decent gear, I found that Magma Orb could clear any content by itself while mapping, so I dropped Arc for Lightning Warp, to increase mapping speed.


LINKS



ELE EQUILIBRIUM/ATTACK SETUP:
By using a cold damage to attacks abyssal jewel, and Barrage with GMP and Faster Attacks we can constantly hit enemies with cold damage. With 9 projectiles and almost 4 APS, we hit enemies with cold damage very quickly to lower their Fire and Lightning res. If you aren't able to stand still and attack with barrage, you will still alternate damage types between lightning and fire. (I never actually got this working correctly, because you need to avoid using cold, fire, lightning damage to spells on your jewels, and I only picked up EE in the late 80's, and decided to stop playing the build before investing in the right jewels). We also include a blind gem in this setup so single targets/bosses are always blinded. You can definitely use LGOH in this setup, but gloomfang causes us to lose around 20 life for each enemy we hit with attacks, so a LGOH setup is not effective in this build as it is in other Barrage GMP builds.


DEFENSES:
6k life, more if you want to use a Belly of the Beast
Grace + Vaal Grace
Perma Blind on Bosses


PATH OF BUILDING
https://pastebin.com/uzNSHSQr


CONCLUSIONS:
I only took this build to 89. I was a little tired of Poet's Pen's since this was my second PP build in a row. Some of the gear is bad, especially the jewels which are generally like 1% damage, and I decided to stop playing the build before fixing my EE problem. Get EE working right for WAY more damage. I did 2 guardians today, just to show that the build is capable. It's certainly Shaper viable since he gives you opportunities to land max range Magma Orbs. Mostly, it's a killer mapper, very fast, and very smooth since you just have to weapon swap for your single target.

I think the best use of this build would be speed farming with some MF gear, since Magma Orb + GMP and Gloomfang will clear 2.5 screens on a single cast, in most cases.


VIDEOS
https://youtu.be/J84mCiL4su4 (T11 Waterways. Clearspeed and knockback showcase)
https://youtu.be/BFc83Ua-SdQ (T15 Sunken City, got a phone call during boss fight...)
https://youtu.be/YsWcN8jVLsk (Deathless Hydra... sort of. Tried using arc instead of lightning warp for safer clear. Has Chaos and Ele Resist.)
https://youtu.be/t_cQzkSLQPE (Phoenix)