Blackflame Incinerate Lich 0.5
Summary
- Core Concept: The Blackflame Incinerate Lich is an elite boss-killing build capable of reaching the Damage over Time (DoT) cap of 35 million per second.
- Performance: While not a dedicated clear-speed monster, it offers respectable clearing capabilities and excels in high-end boss encounters.
- Tankiness: Despite appearing low-life on the character sheet, the build utilizes Mind Over Matter (MoM) and high mana pools to achieve an effective HP (EHP) pool of approximately 8,000.
- Scalability: The build features extreme synergy with jewel modifiers, allowing for significant DPS growth through ignite scaling, jewel quality, and additional socket optimization (e.g., via Voices).
- Patch Status: The build remains unnerfed in the upcoming 0.5 patch, with potential for further power increases due to new gear mechanics and quality options.
Build Performance and Playstyle
The Blackflame Incinerate Lich focuses on stacking ignite damage using a combination of Fireball, Incinerate, and Lich-based chaos pops.
- Single-Target Damage: Capable of reaching the 35 million DoT cap, making it one of the most effective boss killers in the game. It can easily handle high-HP targets, including pinnacle bosses.
- Clearing: While clearing is not as fast as dedicated meta builds like Spark, it remains functional and capable of handling challenging content, such as 3000% effectiveness Temple runs, even without a Headhunter.
- Engagement: The build requires a brief “ramp-up” period (roughly 5 seconds) to accumulate fire infusions and maximize damage output. Once active, the damage output is substantial.
Survivability
The build maintains high survivability through a combination of mechanics:
- Effective Health Pool: Utilizes a Mind Over Matter (MoM) setup. With a base life pool of approximately 1,965 and a mana pool of 6,200, it achieves an effective health pool of roughly 8,000, as 76% of incoming damage is redirected to mana.
- Evasion: Incorporates Evasion scaling by converting Intelligence into percentage-based evasion via the Wintery Owl node, significantly increasing physical damage avoidance.
Jewel Scaling
This build is highly sensitive to jewel optimization, arguably offering some of the highest DPS value per jewel in the game.
- Ignite Scaling: Modifiers such as “Ignite deals damage faster,” “Ignite magnitude,” “Ailment magnitude,” and “Ignite duration” provide multiplicative scaling.
- Future Potential: With the introduction of quality modifiers on jewels and items like Voices providing additional sockets, the ceiling for this build is expected to increase significantly in the upcoming patch.