Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

---

3.26 Damage NERF
The Shaper of Flames Ascendancy Passive Skill no longer has 25% more Damage with Ignites you inflict with Hits for which the highest Damage Type is Fire. Instead, it now causes Enemies Ignited by you to convert 40% of their Physical Damage to Fire.

Fire Trap: Now deals 27.7-2566 Base Fire Damage per second at gem levels 1-20 (previously 32.5-3018.8).

*Path of Building*
pobb.in/mp53OahgsVAp

*Act 1 Regex*
b-b-g|b-[bg]-b|g-b-b|nne|rint|Flam|Earn

*Gems*
Act 1 - Rolling Magma - Elemental Proliferation - Combustion
Act 1 - Holy Flame Totem - Infused Channeling (remove after mid Act 2)
Act 2 - Fire Trap - Trap and Mine Damage/Combustion - Elemental Proliferation
Act 4 - Fire Trap - Ignite Proliferation - Trap and Mine Damage - Burning Damage
Frostblink - Combustion - Cold To Fire - Ignite Proliferation

Utility Gems
Shield Charge - Faster Attacks - (Momentum)
Flammability
Wave of Conviction
Once you have Whispers of Doom: Elemental Weakness
Smite - Additional Accuracy - More Duration (Optional, for Single Target)
You can link your Curses and Wave of Conviction to Arcanist Brand.

Aura Gems
Act 2 - Skitterbots - Herald of Thunder
After Library Quest: Skitterbots - Flesh and Stone
Once you have the Templar mana reservation efficiency nodes and the reservation node before Verdant:
Determination - Skitterbots - Malevolence
or Determination - Skitterbots - Flesh and Stone - Tempest Shield

*Gear Progression*
I recommend going for armour bases in maps as Physical Damage was shredding me in early maps which is why I pivoted away from my original plan to not go Determination. A %increased chance to block shield will help a lot too. There are two tiers that you can craft. Their recipes are found in maps. This patch it was Atoll and Haunted Mansion in the next one it's going to be in different maps.

You can do Jun Missions to get the Fire Damage over Time Multiplier unveil (in 3.26 this recipe will be available in maps). You can also do the +1 Fire Spell Skill recipe by selling a sceptre/wand/runic dagger and 2 or more gems with the Fire tag totaling 40% gem quality. The +1 sceptre should show in the vendor window if you got the right items. As a suffix you can then craft Fire DoT multi.

twitch.tv/tuadh

---

00:00 - Intro
4:28:20 - Mapping Starts
7:39:06 - Mostly Red Maps
8:19:10 - Eater
8:24:08 - Exarch

---