[3.13] Contagious Burning Discharge - Chieftain/Jugg | Budget to wild - League start friendly

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Morbidbeast07 wrote:

Hey all! I think i'm finally throwing in the towel on summoner as the playstyle is much too boring. After combing through many guides over the last few days, this one seems to be the one that intrigues me the most! Just a couple questions if you dont mind.

How did you go about leveling (main skill)? When did you make the switch to discharge? Also are there any recommended leveling uniques to carry through the acts until we can get the higher level suggested items (aside from the obvious tabula)? Thanks in advance and can't wait to start this build when I get home from work!

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Popmycherry wrote:

You can also mule Firewall to Marauder (takes a little longer than just break the eggs muling though) but holy moly is it worth it! Firewall is actually pretty god damn bonkers to level with!

And since you mentioned summoner, I assume you got a duelist, templar or witch at higher levels, so you can just buy gems with that char instead. Cus you're gonna need quite a few, since Marauder doesn't even get Ignite Prolif (EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A FREAKING ASCENDANCY THAT IS LITERALLY FIRE BASED, WHAT, GGG FIX YOUR GAME?!?!) and just generally other caster focused gems.

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

I mean....if you're playing it properly, Discharge IS your clear. I'm not seeing it.

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Rinani wrote:

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

I mean....if you're playing it properly, Discharge IS your clear. I'm not seeing it.

You are misunderstanding the usage of the boots. It is not for their ability.
It is for the Line:
When you Kill an Ignited Enemy, inflict an equivalent Ignite on each nearby Enemy.

Meaning the ignite from the Discharge spreads along beyond just the circle Ignite Proliferation makes. Closest thing to compare it with is contagion.

Abberath's Hooves and Discharge can mostly finish a Monolith in a single cast.

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

I understand just fine. Discharge is linked with prolif so.....and I finish Monoliths without the boots without issue.
Not seeing it. The game is about opportunity cost. The boots are totally wasted on Abberaths, for this build.

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bodhe wrote:

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

I understand just fine. Discharge is linked with prolif so.....and I finish Monoliths without the boots without issue.
Not seeing it. The game is about opportunity cost. The boots are totally wasted on Abberaths, for this build.

It's not wasted, just has to be built around, it makes your ignite "chain".
That's why I suggested it in the build guide to start with. I just wasn't aware of its interaction with Eye of Innocence. After finding that out it isn't worth it for normal map clear. We move and discharge fast enough with enough AoE we can clear quickly in our current form.

Our current ignite is basically our radius plus a few units. It will never go beyond that, because our proliferation doesn't create a new ignite, it only allows our current one to exist for a few seconds.

So imagine a single line of mobs 75 units long, with our current ignite, we either discharge from the start and kill 40ish of the mobs, or flame dash to the middle and clear them all. With Hooves you can discharge from the first one and kill the last one without moving. Your ignite will crawl down the line.

This is why I wasn't seeing the same issues people were on blighted maps, I was using Hooves when I ran mine and it spreads like wildfire. With enough DPS, you could just stand at the growth and discharge on CD.