[3.1][HC] Scorching RF Inquisitor - cheap starter build - ZiggyD

I'm wondering, what pantheon upgrades should I go for? I got a divine vessel and I'm tempted to get the tukohama upgrade

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WesleyCau wrote:

3) Atziri's splendour (with + Life) is super strong for almost all content. The 100 Life/Mana on kill doesn't sound huge, but I tried running a Belly of the Beast instead

Would you say Belly / a good rare are only better for T15 bosses / Shaper or is Atziri's Splendor decent for those as well?

And i think once i hit lvl 89 (1 more) i will drop some life and pick up Whispers of Doom + Witchdire & Enfeeble.

Thanks

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LastxResort wrote:

Would you say Belly / a good rare are only better for T15 bosses / Shaper or is Atziri's Splendor decent for those as well?

For my build/tree a 40% Belly gives me about +300 health and the health regen from flasks passive, at the cost of a little Armor/Evasion, some all resist and the health/mana on kill passive. So for bosses that don't spawn a lot of adds the belly is slightly better, but it's so much more expensive (both to buy and also to roll the colours) that I sold mine and just run Atziri's for everything.

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WesleyCau wrote:

After a few more sessions vs high level content, I have to admit I was a bit too negative about Scorching Ray and the build in general.

Heh, the funny thing is that i just spend about a week playing chieftain RF, because i wanted to experience the difference. Yesterday got one goal down, getting a 40% Kaom's heart.

My experience so far:
Between higher armour, more life, no mana issues, and endurance charges, more regen, the RF chieftain is a bit tankier. However, the damage of RF is absolutely atrocious. Its fine for clearing, but for red map bosses, i have to spend a lot longer hugging them compared to just red lazoring them down from a distance.

So RF/SC inquisitor has one disadvantage going for it: Mana is an issue with MoM. In some situations, when you get a DoT combined with a big hit (im looking at you, overgrown ruins), i got mana depleted with the dot eating the regen, and unable to shield charge to safety. The conclusion of that is that mana should really be a priority, since it easy to underestimate in importance!

Finally, if i play this build, i play it with the righteous fire as a secondary skill that kills anything that gets to close and gives 40% more damage. In that regards, having extra ES is bad, since while it adds damage to RF, it comes at the cost of life/mana sustain, and you dont need that extra RF damage imho.

I'm currently learning the game on HC (I know I'm going to die a lot but I dont like SC) and I was wonder if I could use this build and just not run RF to increase suitability? Would that kill the dps and not make it viable for end game content?

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1729087/page/1

I'm also debating using this build I'm not sure which will be best for learning HC.

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After a few more sessions vs high level content, I have to admit I was a bit too negative about Scorching Ray and the build in general. After making a handful of changes I've managed to complete almost also the content and am now farming T16 maps with close to 0% casualty rate heh!

A few things i've discovered that might be worth adding to the guide:

Thanks for the suggestions.
Some points were worth adding for sure.
I gave you credit where I copy pasted ^^

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dacamell wrote:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1729087/page/1

I'm also debating using this build I'm not sure which will be best for learning HC.

If you are still learning the game, as a new player, on hc, I would maybe pick something else?
It's a great build with a lot of HP but PoE has a huge learning curve and if you play HC I think a nice starter build would be something with totems (like ancestral warchief build)

Does anyone think Doon Cuebiyari Vaal Sceptre is good for this build?

And when should I take Pyre Ring off?

Can someone recommend me what I can do to start improving my gear further?


And how do you guys not lose most of your mana in seconds without running foible?

last time i played was 2013, thanks for the build 91 so far.