[3.28] The HoT-Auto-bomber-Zoomancer | 1 Button | Tanky and Boss viable

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Zurku351#2127 wrote:
Possibly? The biggest problem would be that your lvl 1-4 spell needs to be able to shock enemies so you can clear the screen. Furthermore the build uses ailment scaling as main dmg source and you wouldn't be able to do that without the witch node. I'd guess it would be doable but clunky. Since herald doesn't benefit from nodes on inquisi majorly, neither crit nor pen.

Glgl


Shock is fairly easy. CWDT solves all your problems :).
Take a look at my version.
The spread from gloves is really really good. If you dont like Crackling Lance you can go shock nova too :)
You cant scale shock. Witch has guaranteed shock which you scale. It is unique to that ascendancy. You may be able to apply a minor 1% shock but not a guaranteed shock to high ehp enemies.
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Zurku351#2127 wrote:
You cant scale shock. Witch has guaranteed shock which you scale. It is unique to that ascendancy. You may be able to apply a minor 1% shock but not a guaranteed shock to high ehp enemies.


When my average hit goes to 200k, 500k, a high rolled crit the applied shocks are good too.

Sure you dont have 100% with inquis. Gotcha. But the triggerrate on single targets is fine with stormbrand rate.

But true. The % applied shock isnt as great as elementalist! But the damage is still comparable. Just another way to scale it.

Maybe its a bit better with shock. Never compared them! But i will look at it! :)
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Skoopy90#4226 wrote:
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Zurku351#2127 wrote:
You cant scale shock. Witch has guaranteed shock which you scale. It is unique to that ascendancy. You may be able to apply a minor 1% shock but not a guaranteed shock to high ehp enemies.


When my average hit goes to 200k, 500k, a high rolled crit the applied shocks are good too.

Sure you dont have 100% with inquis. Gotcha. But the triggerrate on single targets is fine with stormbrand rate.

But true. The % applied shock isnt as great as elementalist! But the damage is still comparable. Just another way to scale it.

Maybe its a bit better with shock. Never compared them! But i will look at it! :)


its not about hitrate really. Elementalist is straight up better at everything inquis does compared to inquis in the context of autobomber.

Crit: Doesn't matter- you get 100% crit of the new support gem with minor further investment
Resistance pen: Witch is way better- you get additional pen
Consecrated ground: You get this of a jewel that also grants cursed ground on top.

Further Bonuses: Elementalist has Shock scaling for damage and 60% aoe for mapping which is high qol for Herald since it increases range. Furthmore Elementalist allows you to use 7/8th ascendancy point for bloodlines for additional scaling.
Last edited by Zurku351#2127 on Mar 23, 2026, 11:57:40 PM
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Zurku351#2127 wrote:
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Skoopy90#4226 wrote:
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Zurku351#2127 wrote:
You cant scale shock. Witch has guaranteed shock which you scale. It is unique to that ascendancy. You may be able to apply a minor 1% shock but not a guaranteed shock to high ehp enemies.


When my average hit goes to 200k, 500k, a high rolled crit the applied shocks are good too.

Sure you dont have 100% with inquis. Gotcha. But the triggerrate on single targets is fine with stormbrand rate.

But true. The % applied shock isnt as great as elementalist! But the damage is still comparable. Just another way to scale it.

Maybe its a bit better with shock. Never compared them! But i will look at it! :)


its not about hitrate really. Elementalist is straight up better at everything inquis does compared to inquis in the context of autobomber.

Crit: Doesn't matter- you get 100% crit of the new support gem with minor further investment
Resistance pen: Witch is way better- you get additional pen
Consecrated ground: You get this of a jewel that also grants cursed ground on top.

Further Bonuses: Elementalist has Shock scaling for damage and 60% aoe for mapping which is high qol for Herald since it increases range. Furthmore Elementalist allows you to use 7/8th ascendancy point for bloodlines for additional scaling.


Thanks already for your input and feedback!
Well i gotta say i never compared them damage wise. Iam curious how the damage would be with my current gear, a little bit twinked for elementalist.

Shock and reduced resistances might be a shit ton of damage.

Iam also curious about the scaling with gem quality. With the helmet and ashes of the stars.

I do think elementalist might have a shit ton of QoL too.

What would you take for another ascendency? You dont go shock, chill and AoE? Dont you?

Appreciate the conversation with you! I learn a lot!
its hard to understand, where from this crazy eHP 700k+ and dps 30m+, i tried to copy and got another numbers
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its hard to understand, where from this crazy eHP 700k+ and dps 30m+, i tried to copy and got another numbers


https://pobb.in/bV3ETUAVvj9h

this is your pob with my setup (you where missing one curse so ive adjusted amulet/ring)

you are missing

500 ES (because-mageblood); Endurance Charges, and Supress lucky wheel. Also the shield, but that one is very hard to craft. I'll post a video later.

Other then that- pretty good job!

thx a lot for ur review, it really helps me
I like Herald of thunder a lot, i like CI, cool concept and idea w survive and dps, thx u for this build!! Great Job!

I use another spectre Warlord > Blasphemer, and i got endurance charge+vitality, coz i have Watcher eye w vitality regen +1%, i think its minor things, but smite looks like more for bossing, i prefer maps and run fast, and i didnt see smite buff often on me and iguess this buff doesnt have a duration and its bad for fast run.

Thanks you Zurku351#2127 for a great build!
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thx a lot for ur review, it really helps me
I like Herald of thunder a lot, i like CI, cool concept and idea w survive and dps, thx u for this build!! Great Job!

I use another spectre Warlord > Blasphemer, and i got endurance charge+vitality, coz i have Watcher eye w vitality regen +1%, i think its minor things, but smite looks like more for bossing, i prefer maps and run fast, and i didnt see smite buff often on me and iguess this buff doesnt have a duration and its bad for fast run.

Thanks you Zurku351#2127 for a great build!


Also: a skin of the lord will be a dmg increase for you^^, its a simpel base to get here :)

Blasphemer is using a lvl 50 smite, so even with 20% uptime its rather crazy. But yeah if you want vitality etc. its a good swap :)
roba +2 +1 cost 170d =( done w ring (curse 23lvl + amulet add curse) thx one more time

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