Just a PSA for new players: DO NOT MAKE THIS BUILD YOUR STARTER, it is outdated and not viable in the way it is presented in this guide. Almost all components of it have been subjected to nerfs over the last 1 1/2 years. Don't build this!
+ZiggyD Gaming Would it be possible to get a small power-leveling guide? It takes me ages to get through all 3 difficulties and into maps on a single character...
Warning for those of you just looking at this and thinking of making this build: completely nerfed. There is, in fact, probably no reason to play scion at all anymore. Took deadeye down to 30% pierce chance and removed projectile speed increase. Berserker now leeches only 1.5% and only if you've killed recently. There's nerfing, and then theres nuking out of the game entirely. Thanks GGG.
I tried to play this game for several times and around 10-20 hours each time I installed it and tried to get into it. Every time I was appealed by the amount of time required to invest to build a character near anything like these characters in YT videos. The amount of grind you have to go through is beyond sane.
Can spend countless hours on a game that is designed to be played constantly, but couldnt find time to watch a 15 min video of a kick as build for the game bc you have a life hahah okay...
As a new player in PoE I made my 5th character that has Spark and a friend sent me this video. - Thank you for this video :) I was told that Spark is the forgotten ability that not many people play. So im glad I bumped into it via gem buying in the store :D
Hey, ZiggyD. I'm following this build with my second PoE character (currently level 83) and I'm having a bad time keeping my mana up on bosses without any mana flasks. Do you keep your mana just using Clarity, Rallying Cry and the Warlord's Mark leech? And did you spend any passive points in any mana node?
Hi Ziggy, I want to point out that your video making style has improved a lot through out the years. Looking at this video now, I can see pieces from your tornado shots days, your inferno hockey puck experiment, and more. I love how much your overall video structure has changed, especially how you manage to maintain the information flow with a much lessened tree overview. Your hard work is the best nutrients to grow this channel, and you have kept doing exactly that. Good job.
Just what i needed, gave me some ideas after a voltaxic and a drillneck dropped in the same hour this saturday. Now lvl 60 and almost ready to map. Although i went the champion route for the inspirational buff and perma fortify, like ziz did.
Was all excited to try your build made char and got most of items and gems then noticed that stuff was diff and that they nerfed spark,Voltaxic Rift, Deadeye skill, berserker skill hard Spark and Vaal Spark projectiles (including those from monster Sparks) are now 20% slower. Quality on Spark and Vaal Spark is now worth 1% projectile speed per point of quality (rather than 2%). The time that Sparks must travel before they re-arm has been increased from 500ms to 1000ms. Spark projectiles now destroy themselves after travelling 150 units, which is in-line with other projectiles. Elemental to chaos conversion has been reduced in effectiveness. This only appears on a few items, but is a system change rather than just a change to those items. As such the items affected will not have legacy versions with old values. We have made sure these items display the correct new effective value. The values of chaos conversion on Voltaxic Rift and other uniques have been reduced to be 60% of their prior value. Add with lowering of both deadeye and berserker skills my question is this build even worth trying after they nerfed every aspect of it should i waste more time will I still be able to be versatile and do all maps/content if i make this build or should i just scrap my char and do something else?
I'm playing with it and its not that bad, it weirdly enough makes you take almost no reflection damage and you can clear maps very quickly actually... Wands are probably worth it since it makes the DPS a lot higher.
same here after i reached lvl 80 i realized the build is suck and the dps with the voltaxic rift is too low ggg must really hate u for this build ZiggyD
question: wouldn't the "storm weaver" nodes which are just left to elemental overload increase the dps by a lot? because they add 43% extra lightning damage, which later gets converted to chaos dmg?
Forkoto yeah, except i didn't have time to save up to buy the victario's acuity in the first place, ya know, that LEGACY LEAGUE item that only cadiro will randomly sell. everything else is permanent, just rare
Damn it Ziggy, this guide is like one week too late (ripped to lightning thorns in promenade because I panicked and had no idea what was going on haha). Great guide, thanks for all your hard work =)
+ZiggyD Gaming lol I near-bricked the Drillneck going for that golden bonus projectile implicit, now I have a sweet 1% chaos res... still good for Sparky build tho!
Hey ziggy! I really enjoy this build, but can u please explain the changes in 3.0. I know, that Drillneck is fully useless now and double dipping isn't possible anymore. What else i have to know about this amazing Scion for 3.0? Thx
Potency of will (and 2 nodes to get there) are shown as being taken in the video at 12:20, but on the skill tree (from ziggydtv link) it's not taken. Mistake, or have you changed your mind and now leave out Potency of Will? i.e. which is correct - Video or ZiggyD TV skill tree?
+zedzeduk It looks like skill effect duration is probably not that important and could get sacrificed. It's easier to edit the skill tree on that site, but editing a video is probably too much work. So I'd go with the tree on that site.
thats'it! it is this the way that i like to see your videos with that detail of specific items, gems level and stuff. "Thats tha way i like' it... i like' it" :))
Hey Ziggy, what do you think of running spark - echo - pierce - poison - controlled des - void manipulation? Void does give a lot higher tool tip and should also double dip on the poison like faster proj.
I found a nice way of building more damage for the dual wand variant assuming you have enough mana - get a Essence Worm Unset Ring and put wrath in it. Assuming your clarity is level 14 which is enough for now to not run out of mana even while spamming and I have a decent mana pool left after using HoT and clarity. Since wrath gives spells a More Damage multiplier it gives you a sizable chunk of damage.
Three questions Ziggy. What are the affixes on your flasks and isn't added lightning the same as added chaos since voltaxic converts lightning to chaos? Also how do you kill animated guardian on pier who has resists chaos?
I got a few questions about this build. 1: why don't you head into CI? 2: does this build still work in the most current patch? 3: I was looking at the leveling tree and saw you got jewel sockets pretty early, is that the right thing to do? 4: is there ever a time when I would want to take off the bow so I am not doing chaos dmg? I heard there is a boss who is immune to chaos should I change weapons against them? 5: Also the bow says it converts 60% of the lightning dmg to chaos, does the 40% not converted still hurt you on reflect maps? 6: why scion and not witch? Is it b/c of the longer duration nodes and ascendancy? 7: and I am a little worried about the extra 5% dmg taken from the berserker. Not really a question and I know u cover it in the video just worries me a little bit. Sorry for so many questions but I am new to the game and got a free spider spark skin from the game for the holidays so i wanted to try spark out, I just know nothing about it.
That caracter was awesome. Died few days ago at lvl86 on Caer Blaidd, Wolfpack's Den, due to a bloody puncture and a Double Quicksilver flask.... Too bad I haven't got the opportunity to run red maps. Being overconfident is almost impossible to avoid. Maybe I'll reroll the same build. Got some nice drops too during the leveling, what do you think about the curse on hit + Wardlord's mark setup ? I got Enleighten, and I was thinking about using it, with blasphemy and Wardlord's mark to clearly get the advantage of the life leech. Any Idea ?
Hi Ziggy, love ur work, keep it up. Question plz: Doing ur spark build and having a lot of fun, was vondering why u wouldnt use Cherrubim's Maleficence armor? Isnt that better than lightning coil or Belly of the beast? Thx again
+ZiggyD Gaming if i have 95% chance to pierce w/out drillneck would you still recommend getting one with a different implicit? perhaps something like lightning damage leeched as life or an additional arrow (if that counts for spark).
Hey Ziggy, how do you feel about using Deodre´s Daming ring and also using projectile weakness as a second curse on hit? Also , for now i cant afford the Voltaxic Rift ,so i´m using Roth´s Reach bow, wich have +30% projectile speed and adds chain to my skills, not as good as Voltaxic Rift ,but is handy. Toughts?
Hi Ziggy, really enjoying this build (and others you've created/posted). Still on normal play-through and I've found the cost of self-casting even just spark itself is prohibitive, even with a lot of mana regen (opting not to use clarity so I can use a clear mind jewel). On a different character (essentially a rainbow nuke mjolner build) I substituted spark for arc and the damage seems insane (just from spark, discounting the discharge). Contemplating using a mjolner on the spark scion build to get around the mana issue, think it's worth doing?
Quill Rain is great for leveling this build. i switched to bowcasting at lv 38 when i got spell echo. another decent unique is the Eldritch Knowledge jewel, since it will scale chaos dmg and the poison.
hey ZiggyD, Your Spark build link in the description is broken. Could you update the link or provide one where I can find a written guide with passive tree, gear etc? Looking to do a 2 Week Mayhem with this build!
Hey ZiggyD loving this build now that I got voltaxic and I managed to get lucky and run into Cadiro selling Victario's Acuity. I did also find him selling Maligaro's Restraint, which is great when your melting mobs but trying to figure out how to reduce the effects of being shocked or if its not worth it for survivability. whats yours/everyone's opinion on this belt?
Hey Ziggy, cheers for the guide, been following it in Perandus and the build is pure awesome. However i do have some issues with atziri and core maps, was just wondering if the build is meant for doing them or if its only strong for maps upto t13-14 ?
Hey Ziggy, i went for this build in phropecy and its pretty strong. Im using The Tempest Long Bow atm, cause voltatix got nerfed. May i have ur thoughts on that? Is it good, or are wands just better, although u lose drillneck then. Thx and greetings :)
good thing i got my voltax a few days ago for 40c cause there's none under 1ex now. i feel like for once, ziggy's video has helped re-balance the economy
Hey ziggyd. how do you sustain your mana just for casting spark? i follwed everything and im using 3 mana pots in my slots... and im lvl57 btw. and btw i can get the deadeye node after finishing lab at cruel stage? pls reply and great guide btw :))))
In Diablo 2, the charged Boltress was always my favourite build and it's great to see the Path of Exile version is just as amazing. This will be going on my 'to build' list.
@ZiggyD Gaming - How do you manage your mana? I have a few more mana nodes on an otherwise identical build (uniques, passive tree is the same etc), but ive picked up what seems like more mana nodes and still have to use a mana pot in only a 5L. Im afraid to 6L my setup right now haha :(
Yo... Love this build and i'm playing mainly it now... but i have a question about a potential chest piece to use... Cuz i'm currently using atziri's splendour (Evasion). do you have any opinion if this is good or bad ?
Hey Ziggy. big fan of your work. just wondering if you have the time could you possibly make and link a recomended skill tree. as a guideline that would be a massive help for me.
Quick question. How are you getting your frenzy charges? From the written guide I cannot figure it out and have not been getting them while playing it. Just reached level 65.
Ziggy I play standard and I'm on a budget of about 14 ex what wands do you suggest for this build? =) Are dual Void Battery's with the added power charge instead of frenzy for bandits and volls chainmail a viable option?
not gonna lie i was sitting here think what the ice spider gem you were using in the build because of how fast the sparks were moving they looked like spiders am still new to PoE and am loving it thank you for the awesome guides :D
with the new patch, i'm building this almost the same as you did, but going for Slayer under duelist ascendancy instead of Berserker. What do you think? I'm a total noob, by the way.
Hi there Thanks for this share i actualy use it and its strong has hell =) I've got some question about two unique. What do you think about the Rigwald quivers with the fork node? i'm playing dead eyes so only get 50% pierce with drillneck. And second Valako's Sign who look like a hudge boots but little expensive (around 5ex) is this can be worth it vs a rare 7% cast speed ring? Thanks again and fly safe ;)
Ziggy you have received a bunch of good comments on reddit about this build, namely some discussion about void manipulation (and its double dipping) making it a stronger choice as well as suggestions to pick up more pierce nodes in the tree due to some drillneck calculations. Have you looked at those posts? Are you thinking of making any changes to "minmax" this build so to say?
This looks like a ton of fun and was thinking of trying it, but I just came back to game from a very long break. Is this still the Strongets build with changes in 2.3 Prophecy?
Hello, I have found a liking to Path Of Exile and wish to download it to my computer/flashdrive to play it. Do you have any recent videos to help beginners out with starting to play Path Of Exile?
Hey there, thx for the video and the fast guide on this build. I just wonder why do u link clarity with herald of thunder + warlord's + curse on hit. It is still pretty descent in essence but of course not so effective :S
Hey Ziggy,i have a question,since i managed to 5l my Voltaxic and i already have a 6l armor that i found today as well(It's not evasion but still better than tabula) so should i use vaal spark on 5l and spark on 6l? Is it better than vaal grace/vaal haste combo? And what gems would be good for that? Oh and also,is Void Manipulation a good choice for last link on spark? Thanks in advance!
+ZiggyD Gaming hi there, i really like this build and want to try it out at some point. i took a look at the passive tree and saw, that you took the Elemental Overload Keystone but at the same time you have a Controlled Destruction gem in your set. where is the point? I'm new to the game, just played a few hours, but am i missing sth here? as far as reading goes, keystone gives you 40% more ele dmg if you got a crit in the last 8 seconds, but the gem reduces the chance to get one by 100%.
does Herald of thunder, curse on hit and warlords mark not need to be leveled? To clarify my question. At the gems where you don't mention level or (max) do they just need to be a level 1?
Btw....Any ideas how you would spend points if not using the unique jewel you mentioned in the clip? Survivability is not needed as I am playing standard and the character is solid already.
I was looking at your build and its very similar to mine with a few changes ... I was wondering why you chose Belly of the Beast vs Daresso's Defiance (double the armor / tripple the evade / 6% dodge and infinite endurance charges)
dunno if folks even play this type of build. Loooks like fun. My question is wands only have 3 slots. Which gem do you place in the 3 slots then with no use of the bow?
Ziggy why you dont take the shadow route instead templar route? You have there the best chaos damage nodes of all trees, same life nodes than templar, 1 more jeweller node than templar route and a lot more projectile damage nodes. I think the shadow route seems more efficient and proffit or I miss something better in templar?...or your tree is more general if you dont go voltaxic build?
Hello, I'm a new player and had a question about the skill tree. How does the Elemental overload skill work if you have the concentrated destruction gem?
@ZiggyD Gaming, hey Daniel i need some input if ya have some I'm running this setup and i just picked up Heartbreaker. And i have several other viable options for my off-hand, any suggestions?
ZiggyD I use a slight modification of this build, an additional curse introduced (Poachers') from Whispers of Doom passive besides Frenzy generation, it has buff 100% to flask charges!!!
Great job ZiggyD, once again! So I am level 59 in standard and respec'd to use this build. I only have 4 ascendancy points, so I took Deadeye, and haven't gotten the Beserker yet. But I am having major mana issues. I am running herald of thunder and wrath, and that doesn't give me much in the way to cast a bunch of spark. Any ideas?
+Andrew Lader I had the same problems, so i took 2 mana flasks while leveling. When clarity hits ~15 you will easily be able to spam spark. But until then consider dropping either wrath or herald. Or replace wrath with a less consuming buff. I assume at that level you sill wont have Rift so don't worry about stacking lightning damage and diversify.
+martis cenkus Thanks for the feedback. Another question. Is elemental overload worth it. If I use wands, my critical chance is below 10% and I don't see the 40% damage increase proc much. If I use daggers, then my critical chance is higher and it procs more often, but my spell damage us much less. Do I just need better daggers?
Hi Ziggy - love the build !!! But could you tell me why you chose drillneck quiver rather than rearguard broadhead arrow quiver with projectile speed and dmg ? Thanks :)
+Anonim A Rearguard gives you a maximum 20% increased projectile damage. Because you have 100% chance to pierce with this build Drillneck gives you 100% increased damage.
Any tips for getting T11 and above maps, Ziggy? 130%Q on a T12 Village Ruin with boss down, and I've still got nucking futs, except some lame T7s and 9s.
So I'm in the current process of making this beastly build (lvl 69) and was wondering why you wouldn't go Vaal Pact and get the added chaos dmg/res nodes that are close to it, provided you do go with Voltaxic and Drillneck. Also, i use a totem to cast Warlords mark to curse the enemies and i always seem to have endurance charges up as well. Any thoughts?
Hello ZyggyD. Good video as always. There is a question I would like to ask you. When you clear maps, You seem to never pick any loot but currencies and maps. I know you don't lack of items but I must admit I almays take at least all rare items (for chaos or regal and then alts). Is that just a choice for video recording or do you really play like that ? Do I only lose my time taking all the loot ? Thanks for answering.
It's really about efficiency. Most endgame mappers tend to clear very quickly and only pick up the big ticket items that will give you stacks of chaos. Picking up every rare become tedious and really slows down both the leveling process and the efficiency. 2 things that will help you about looting, experience and lootfilter The longer you play, the more you know what is worth picking up. You will know what is good to vendor for quick currency, what can possibly be worth a lot due to its base item, etc. The other is lootfilter. I recommend looking it to it. Helps a lot to quickly see, amidst the plethora of loot, the valuable items.
Thanks for your answer. I already took a filter. It changed my life in terms of screen visibiliy. I thought the reason had to do with something like that. Top players really impress me with their top items and currencies so fast in new leagues. It's all the more impressive considering they don't take everything they loot. I'll try to be more quick in this league then.
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I've been playing for a couple of days with this build (just hit level 90) and I'm having a blast. I've never played a character with such a high clear speed and I'm lovin' it. I switched Controlled Destruction for Void Manipulation, so that Elemental Overload gets triggered more frequently (the DPS is slightly lower but is much compensated by the fast EO triggering). I was wondering which Chest you would suggest (for a full armour build) between Lightning Coil, Belly of the Beast or a very high armour rating rare chest with life and resists. Either could work with this build and I'm wondering if one of them stands out. Thanks !
Just a PSA for new players: DO NOT MAKE THIS BUILD YOUR STARTER, it is outdated and not viable in the way it is presented in this guide. Almost all components of it have been subjected to nerfs over the last 1 1/2 years. Don't build this!
Just stumbled over this build while having a VERY similar skill tree. Yep, everything is different.
If you are a new player, like me, no worries, you won't understand SHIT.
Thank you
I’m a brand new player and I made Templar spark my starter in heist and I feel strong
I'll upload the rest of the 10c gearing guide series tomorrow - but hopefully this should give you everything you need to get going anyway ;) Enjoy!
+ZiggyD Gaming this is so disgusting that i kind of regret going elementalist. however i think this will sadly get nerfed.
+ZiggyD Gaming How did you get that proximity shield at 10:20 ?
EDIT: Nvm, saw you were using Inspired Learning!
+ZiggyD Gaming What are cheap and fun builds for the new league?
+ZiggyD Gaming Now the prices are no longer below 10 c, :D
+ZiggyD Gaming Would it be possible to get a small power-leveling guide? It takes me ages to get through all 3 difficulties and into maps on a single character...
Warning for those of you just looking at this and thinking of making this build: completely nerfed. There is, in fact, probably no reason to play scion at all anymore. Took deadeye down to 30% pierce chance and removed projectile speed increase. Berserker now leeches only 1.5% and only if you've killed recently. There's nerfing, and then theres nuking out of the game entirely. Thanks GGG.
I tried to play this game for several times and around 10-20 hours each time I installed it and tried to get into it. Every time I was appealed by the amount of time required to invest to build a character near anything like these characters in YT videos.
The amount of grind you have to go through is beyond sane.
for those too lazy to watch the whole video, bandits:life, cast speed, frenzy charge
+matthew tohoro how does he get frenzy charges with this build?
+Daniel Bender Victario's Acuity
lol too lazy. you mean have a life? xD
Can spend countless hours on a game that is designed to be played constantly, but couldnt find time to watch a 15 min video of a kick as build for the game bc you have a life hahah okay...
but what bandit it is ???
sorry I don't understand
life is oak, cast speed kraytin, and no one give frenzy.
Your best guide ever. I was getting bored with POE, but you have brought me back with this build. Thank you from San Antonio, Texas!
ziggy! any chance you can revisit this guide after we see the skill and passive tree changes in 2.5??
scion nerfed to shit so does this build
Nikko Smit use inquisitor
tbh id recommend you to try Zizarans spark build its more up to date
Omega Alpha really though you should have realized it was worse after just seeing the nerf to the bow
its not his fault that you didn't check if it was nerfed rofl this video was from late march of 2016.
As a new player in PoE I made my 5th character that has Spark and a friend sent me this video. - Thank you for this video :)
I was told that Spark is the forgotten ability that not many people play. So im glad I bumped into it via gem buying in the store :D
Hey, ZiggyD. I'm following this build with my second PoE character (currently level 83) and I'm having a bad time keeping my mana up on bosses without any mana flasks. Do you keep your mana just using Clarity, Rallying Cry and the Warlord's Mark leech? And did you spend any passive points in any mana node?
oh man! its godlike!
thanks for sighing the maps you are running during video.
and god damn these devourers!
trying this build now! TY ziggyD , sick content man!
Hi Ziggy, I want to point out that your video making style has improved a lot through out the years.
Looking at this video now, I can see pieces from your tornado shots days, your inferno hockey puck experiment, and more.
I love how much your overall video structure has changed, especially how you manage to maintain the information flow with a much lessened tree overview.
Your hard work is the best nutrients to grow this channel, and you have kept doing exactly that. Good job.
+KpopNoodle Yes. I used to skip your stuff often but I notice your effort. :) Keep up the good work. Is there a forum post of this build?
I miss this build
Man, I've been sticking to my guns on keeping with my Lazy Pally build, but you've successfully pulled my attention away. Damn it Ziggy.
are the sparks supposed to look like spiders, or are my eyes playing tricks on me???
yea, it's a spark skin
pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Spark_Spiders_Effect
Just what i needed, gave me some ideas after a voltaxic and a drillneck dropped in the same hour this saturday. Now lvl 60 and almost ready to map. Although i went the champion route for the inspirational buff and perma fortify, like ziz did.
Was all excited to try your build made char and got most of items and gems then noticed that stuff was diff and that they nerfed spark,Voltaxic Rift, Deadeye skill, berserker skill hard
Spark and Vaal Spark projectiles (including those from monster Sparks) are now 20% slower. Quality on Spark and Vaal Spark is now worth 1% projectile speed per point of quality (rather than 2%). The time that Sparks must travel before they re-arm has been increased from 500ms to 1000ms. Spark projectiles now destroy themselves after travelling 150 units, which is in-line with other projectiles.
Elemental to chaos conversion has been reduced in effectiveness. This only appears on a few items, but is a system change rather than just a change to those items. As such the items affected will not have legacy versions with old values. We have made sure these items display the correct new effective value. The values of chaos conversion on Voltaxic Rift and other uniques have been reduced to be 60% of their prior value.
Add with lowering of both deadeye and berserker skills my question is this build even worth trying after they nerfed every aspect of it should i waste more time will I still be able to be versatile and do all maps/content if i make this build or should i just scrap my char and do something else?
I'm playing with it and its not that bad, it weirdly enough makes you take almost no reflection damage and you can clear maps very quickly actually... Wands are probably worth it since it makes the DPS a lot higher.
same here after i reached lvl 80 i realized the build is suck and the dps with the voltaxic rift is too low
ggg must really hate u for this build ZiggyD
question: wouldn't the "storm weaver" nodes which are just left to elemental overload increase the dps by a lot?
because they add 43% extra lightning damage, which later gets converted to chaos dmg?
Hey ZiggyD Gaming can we get an update for 3.0 with this build?
Fantastic guide man. Super helpful for noobs like me who don't have the inclination to tinker with the tree.
Hey, is your build going to work well after Prophecy comes out? There will be some balancing in the Ascendancy tree as well as chaos dmg.
Been running this build with a kaom's heart, posted a vid on how to fit it. Great build, level 92 so far and no end in sight. Nicely done
thanks for jumping the price of victario's acuity by 12c
+SERAPHlM And of voltaxic by 20c
+I. Tsasecret And of Drillneck by 10c
+SERAPHlM Aaaand Quality Spark by 60c :P
+SERAPHlM that's why i copied his build atleast a week before he made the tutorial. #CopyingPeoplesBuildsFromOfficialWebsiteThugLife
Forkoto yeah, except i didn't have time to save up to buy the victario's acuity in the first place, ya know, that LEGACY LEAGUE item that only cadiro will randomly sell. everything else is permanent, just rare
your editing has goten so so good Zggy! great vid!
What exactly got nerfed?
Damn it Ziggy, this guide is like one week too late (ripped to lightning thorns in promenade because I panicked and had no idea what was going on haha). Great guide, thanks for all your hard work =)
No shit I had a Brodiro sell me a Voltaxic, a Drillneck and a Victario's Acuity all in the last 8 hours. OKAY CADIRO I'LL PLAY ZIGGY'S BUILD, CHRIST!
+Draukagrissah Lol game isn't even telling you to play this build it's commanding you.
+ZiggyD Gaming lol I near-bricked the Drillneck going for that golden bonus projectile implicit, now I have a sweet 1% chaos res... still good for Sparky build tho!
Hey ziggy! I really enjoy this build, but can u please explain the changes in 3.0. I know, that Drillneck is fully useless now and double dipping isn't possible anymore. What else i have to know about this amazing Scion for 3.0? Thx
is this build still viable??
nope supa nerfed
With the Spark Alternate Quality conversion, will there be a 2020 remake of the build? :^)
Ughh, just sold a voltaxic for 60c, shouldve just waited 3 days and the prices will no doubt be back to 2 ex+
+Nerdtron93 I might have just bought it :)
Potency of will (and 2 nodes to get there) are shown as being taken in the video at 12:20, but on the skill tree (from ziggydtv link) it's not taken. Mistake, or have you changed your mind and now leave out Potency of Will? i.e. which is correct - Video or ZiggyD TV skill tree?
+zedzeduk It looks like skill effect duration is probably not that important and could get sacrificed. It's easier to edit the skill tree on that site, but editing a video is probably too much work. So I'd go with the tree on that site.
Still viable? we're reaching the 3.0 here
i would like to know that too
+1
I have this build it's still incredibly strong, voltaxic rift was nerfed though i believe to 60% of lightning converted
It's weaker, no more double dipping. Voltraxic rift heavily nerfed, drillneck nerfed.
I wouldnt recommend it.
i dont even play poe anymore
thats'it! it is this the way that i like to see your videos with that detail of specific items, gems level and stuff. "Thats tha way i like' it... i like' it" :))
spark build 3.02 plsssssssssssssssssss
So, ZiggyD, how does this build work in Prophecy 2.3? Still viable?
HEAVILY nerfed, I'd advise against it :(
ZiggyD, any suggestions (links?) to a Powerful Scion Build that is viable in Prophecy?
It's an endless mouse vs cat game with GGG whenever u find a fairly cheap OP build they nerf it and they always have
Oh, man... it had just been chosen to be my next build!
He doesn't have a guide for it, but the Tornado shot build he's been playing lately is pretty awesome. I recommend it.
Too bad this build has two major weaknesses... Finding exalts and volatile devourers Kappa
+ionplgr what do you mean exactly?
+StaffRecordPlayer I mean the way Ziggy died on this character.. check Ziggy's video called "the perfect rip"
Hey Ziggy, what do you think of running spark - echo - pierce - poison - controlled des - void manipulation? Void does give a lot higher tool tip and should also double dip on the poison like faster proj.
Not only reks mobs also fps :D
+Syn Brainstorm try spectral throw cast on crit with gmp. When i used throw on a 15+mob group, game instantly froze and boom! im on a login screen.
lel thats nuts. Hope GGG can make their engine support for what it has offer.
I found a nice way of building more damage for the dual wand variant assuming you have enough mana - get a Essence Worm Unset Ring and put wrath in it. Assuming your clarity is level 14 which is enough for now to not run out of mana even while spamming and I have a decent mana pool left after using HoT and clarity. Since wrath gives spells a More Damage multiplier it gives you a sizable chunk of damage.
Three questions Ziggy. What are the affixes on your flasks and isn't added lightning the same as added chaos since voltaxic converts lightning to chaos? Also how do you kill animated guardian on pier who has resists chaos?
I got a few questions about this build.
1: why don't you head into CI?
2: does this build still work in the most current patch?
3: I was looking at the leveling tree and saw you got jewel sockets pretty early, is that the right thing to do?
4: is there ever a time when I would want to take off the bow so I am not doing chaos dmg? I heard there is a boss who is immune to chaos should I change weapons against them?
5: Also the bow says it converts 60% of the lightning dmg to chaos, does the 40% not converted still hurt you on reflect maps?
6: why scion and not witch? Is it b/c of the longer duration nodes and ascendancy?
7: and I am a little worried about the extra 5% dmg taken from the berserker. Not really a question and I know u cover it in the video just worries me a little bit.
Sorry for so many questions but I am new to the game and got a free spider spark skin from the game for the holidays so i wanted to try spark out, I just know nothing about it.
That caracter was awesome. Died few days ago at lvl86 on Caer Blaidd, Wolfpack's Den, due to a bloody puncture and a Double Quicksilver flask.... Too bad I haven't got the opportunity to run red maps. Being overconfident is almost impossible to avoid. Maybe I'll reroll the same build.
Got some nice drops too during the leveling, what do you think about the curse on hit + Wardlord's mark setup ? I got Enleighten, and I was thinking about using it, with blasphemy and Wardlord's mark to clearly get the advantage of the life leech. Any Idea ?
Man, slapping on that drillneck and seeing my DPS nearly double. So beautiful...
Oh - another question. Have you seen the Blood Magic variant? Thoughts on that?
Hi Ziggy, love ur work, keep it up.
Question plz: Doing ur spark build and having a lot of fun, was vondering why u wouldnt use Cherrubim's Maleficence armor?
Isnt that better than lightning coil or Belly of the beast?
Thx again
+ZiggyD Gaming if i have 95% chance to pierce w/out drillneck would you still recommend getting one with a different implicit? perhaps something like lightning damage leeched as life or an additional arrow (if that counts for spark).
Hey Ziggy, how do you feel about using Deodre´s Daming ring and also using projectile weakness as a second curse on hit? Also , for now i cant afford the Voltaxic Rift ,so i´m using Roth´s Reach bow, wich have +30% projectile speed and adds chain to my skills, not as good as Voltaxic Rift ,but is handy. Toughts?
I love you for playing Le Matos in the backround!
Hi Ziggy, really enjoying this build (and others you've created/posted). Still on normal play-through and I've found the cost of self-casting even just spark itself is prohibitive, even with a lot of mana regen (opting not to use clarity so I can use a clear mind jewel). On a different character (essentially a rainbow nuke mjolner build) I substituted spark for arc and the damage seems insane (just from spark, discounting the discharge). Contemplating using a mjolner on the spark scion build to get around the mana issue, think it's worth doing?
This guide helps me oh-so-much as a noob of POE... Thx!
Well done lad - I am off on holiday now - So i know what I will be doing next couple of days.
Quill Rain is great for leveling this build. i switched to bowcasting at lv 38 when i got spell echo. another decent unique is the Eldritch Knowledge jewel, since it will scale chaos dmg and the poison.
hey ZiggyD, Your Spark build link in the description is broken. Could you update the link or provide one where I can find a written guide with passive tree, gear etc? Looking to do a 2 Week Mayhem with this build!
Hey ZiggyD loving this build now that I got voltaxic and I managed to get lucky and run into Cadiro selling Victario's Acuity. I did also find him selling Maligaro's Restraint, which is great when your melting mobs but trying to figure out how to reduce the effects of being shocked or if its not worth it for survivability. whats yours/everyone's opinion on this belt?
Hey Ziggy,
cheers for the guide, been following it in Perandus and the build is pure awesome.
However i do have some issues with atziri and core maps, was just wondering if the build is meant for doing them or if its only strong for maps upto t13-14 ?
Hey Ziggy, i went for this build in phropecy and its pretty strong. Im using The Tempest Long Bow atm, cause voltatix got nerfed. May i have ur thoughts on that? Is it good, or are wands just better, although u lose drillneck then. Thx and greetings :)
Very impressive build and great guide. How about putting together Inquisitor version of this build?
this is amazing!!! thanks so much Ziggy, I hope I get a chance to try this build ^_^
good thing i got my voltax a few days ago for 40c cause there's none under 1ex now. i feel like for once, ziggy's video has helped re-balance the economy
Hey ziggyd. how do you sustain your mana just for casting spark? i follwed everything and im using 3 mana pots in my slots... and im lvl57 btw. and btw i can get the deadeye node after finishing lab at cruel stage? pls reply and great guide btw :))))
In Diablo 2, the charged Boltress was always my favourite build and it's great to see the Path of Exile version is just as amazing. This will be going on my 'to build' list.
@ZiggyD Gaming - How do you manage your mana? I have a few more mana nodes on an otherwise identical build (uniques, passive tree is the same etc), but ive picked up what seems like more mana nodes and still have to use a mana pot in only a 5L. Im afraid to 6L my setup right now haha :(
Yo... Love this build and i'm playing mainly it now... but i have a question about a potential chest piece to use... Cuz i'm currently using atziri's splendour (Evasion). do you have any opinion if this is good or bad ?
Hey Ziggy. big fan of your work. just wondering if you have the time could you possibly make and link a recomended skill tree. as a guideline that would be a massive help for me.
What do you think of this for prophecy? I've heard people say that inquisitor spark is gonna be better. Any thoughts are welcome.
Quick question. How are you getting your frenzy charges? From the written guide I cannot figure it out and have not been getting them while playing it. Just reached level 65.
Ziggy I play standard and I'm on a budget of about 14 ex what wands do you suggest for this build? =) Are dual Void Battery's with the added power charge instead of frenzy for bandits and volls chainmail a viable option?
not gonna lie i was sitting here think what the ice spider gem you were using in the build because of how fast the sparks were moving they looked like spiders am still new to PoE and am loving it thank you for the awesome guides :D
Thoughts on using Elementalist instead of Berserker in the Scion Ascendacy now that the Lightning Golem is available?
Hey Zig been subbed for a while now, always great content, I was wondering if you could re-upload the guide as the link seems to be broken :/
If i would go with wands, i wouldnt need frenzy charges right? or do they also buff cast speed?
What would be some good endgame unique chest armour for this? Lioneye's Vision? Lightning Coil? Something else?
Hey ZiggiD! I have a qwestion about this build , is your Spark Scion build works in new patch? Maybe some changes?
with the new patch, i'm building this almost the same as you did, but going for Slayer under duelist ascendancy instead of Berserker. What do you think? I'm a total noob, by the way.
Hi there
Thanks for this share i actualy use it and its strong has hell =)
I've got some question about two unique. What do you think about the Rigwald quivers with the fork node? i'm playing dead eyes so only get 50% pierce with drillneck.
And second Valako's Sign who look like a hudge boots but little expensive (around 5ex) is this can be worth it vs a rare 7% cast speed ring?
Thanks again and fly safe ;)
I wish ziggy would update this build. Was the first build that I ever tried and it was super fun.
Ziggy you have received a bunch of good comments on reddit about this build, namely some discussion about void manipulation (and its double dipping) making it a stronger choice as well as suggestions to pick up more pierce nodes in the tree due to some drillneck calculations.
Have you looked at those posts? Are you thinking of making any changes to "minmax" this build so to say?
+Sean Steel Link to the reddit thread please :)
www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/4ca38x/ziggyd_spark_scion_build/ Browse around, some good comments and insights
This looks like a ton of fun and was thinking of trying it, but I just came back to game from a very long break. Is this still the Strongets build with changes in 2.3 Prophecy?
Hello, I have found a liking to Path Of Exile and wish to download it to my computer/flashdrive to play it. Do you have any recent videos to help beginners out with starting to play Path Of Exile?
Hey there, thx for the video and the fast guide on this build. I just wonder why do u link clarity with herald of thunder + warlord's + curse on hit. It is still pretty descent in essence but of course not so effective :S
Hey Ziggy,i have a question,since i managed to 5l my Voltaxic and i already have a 6l armor that i found today as well(It's not evasion but still better than tabula) so should i use vaal spark on 5l and spark on 6l? Is it better than vaal grace/vaal haste combo? And what gems would be good for that? Oh and also,is Void Manipulation a good choice for last link on spark? Thanks in advance!
+ZiggyD Gaming
hi there, i really like this build and want to try it out at some point. i took a look at the passive tree and saw, that you took the Elemental Overload Keystone but at the same time you have a Controlled Destruction gem in your set. where is the point? I'm new to the game, just played a few hours, but am i missing sth here? as far as reading goes, keystone gives you 40% more ele dmg if you got a crit in the last 8 seconds, but the gem reduces the chance to get one by 100%.
does Herald of thunder, curse on hit and warlords mark not need to be leveled? To clarify my question. At the gems where you don't mention level or (max) do they just need to be a level 1?
Thanks Ziggy, already started a character (lvl 85) with this build and I love it 😄
Btw....Any ideas how you would spend points if not using the unique jewel you mentioned in the clip? Survivability is not needed as I am playing standard and the character is solid already.
+Simen R You can get the shadow projectile speed node, i don't think ziggy went that far up.
+Simen R The life at witch, proj damage at ranger. And maybe a few jewel slots.
I was looking at your build and its very similar to mine with a few changes ... I was wondering why you chose Belly of the Beast vs Daresso's Defiance (double the armor / tripple the evade / 6% dodge and infinite endurance charges)
+ZiggyD Gaming What do you think about faster casting linked with spark?
Ziggy, thank u for amazing build! One question: what's your tooltip dps in this video?
dunno if folks even play this type of build. Loooks like fun. My question is wands only have 3 slots. Which gem do you place in the 3 slots then with no use of the bow?
Ziggy why you dont take the shadow route instead templar route? You have there the best chaos damage nodes of all trees, same life nodes than templar, 1 more jeweller node than templar route and a lot more projectile damage nodes. I think the shadow route seems more efficient and proffit or I miss something better in templar?...or your tree is more general if you dont go voltaxic build?
+Gregorio Ricouz Because I wanted elemental overload for the sweet 4o% more elemental damage and templar is good anyway.
Hello, I'm a new player and had a question about the skill tree. How does the Elemental overload skill work if you have the concentrated destruction gem?
@ZiggyD Gaming, hey Daniel i need some input if ya have some I'm running this setup and i just picked up Heartbreaker. And i have several other viable options for my off-hand, any suggestions?
Here we are many years later and still wanting an updated build for this...
ZiggyD I use a slight modification of this build, an additional curse introduced (Poachers') from Whispers of Doom passive
besides Frenzy generation, it has buff 100% to flask charges!!!
Great job ZiggyD, once again! So I am level 59 in standard and respec'd to use this build. I only have 4 ascendancy points, so I took Deadeye, and haven't gotten the Beserker yet. But I am having major mana issues. I am running herald of thunder and wrath, and that doesn't give me much in the way to cast a bunch of spark. Any ideas?
+Andrew Lader I had the same problems, so i took 2 mana flasks while leveling. When clarity hits ~15 you will easily be able to spam spark. But until then consider dropping either wrath or herald. Or replace wrath with a less consuming buff. I assume at that level you sill wont have Rift so don't worry about stacking lightning damage and diversify.
+martis cenkus Thanks for the feedback. Another question. Is elemental overload worth it. If I use wands, my critical chance is below 10% and I don't see the 40% damage increase proc much. If I use daggers, then my critical chance is higher and it procs more often, but my spell damage us much less. Do I just need better daggers?
Hi Ziggy - love the build !!! But could you tell me why you chose drillneck quiver rather than rearguard broadhead arrow quiver with projectile speed and dmg ? Thanks :)
+Anonim A Rearguard gives you a maximum 20% increased projectile damage.
Because you have 100% chance to pierce with this build Drillneck gives you 100% increased damage.
Any tips for getting T11 and above maps, Ziggy? 130%Q on a T12 Village Ruin with boss down, and I've still got nucking futs, except some lame T7s and 9s.
So I'm in the current process of making this beastly build (lvl 69) and was wondering why you wouldn't go Vaal Pact and get the added chaos dmg/res nodes that are close to it, provided you do go with Voltaxic and Drillneck. Also, i use a totem to cast Warlords mark to curse the enemies and i always seem to have endurance charges up as well. Any thoughts?
Hello ZyggyD. Good video as always. There is a question I would like to ask you. When you clear maps, You seem to never pick any loot but currencies and maps. I know you don't lack of items but I must admit I almays take at least all rare items (for chaos or regal and then alts). Is that just a choice for video recording or do you really play like that ? Do I only lose my time taking all the loot ? Thanks for answering.
It's really about efficiency. Most endgame mappers tend to clear very quickly and only pick up the big ticket items that will give you stacks of chaos. Picking up every rare become tedious and really slows down both the leveling process and the efficiency.
2 things that will help you about looting, experience and lootfilter
The longer you play, the more you know what is worth picking up. You will know what is good to vendor for quick currency, what can possibly be worth a lot due to its base item, etc.
The other is lootfilter. I recommend looking it to it. Helps a lot to quickly see, amidst the plethora of loot, the valuable items.
Thanks for your answer. I already took a filter. It changed my life in terms of screen visibiliy. I thought the reason had to do with something like that. Top players really impress me with their top items and currencies so fast in new leagues. It's all the more impressive considering they don't take everything they loot. I'll try to be more quick in this league then.
I've been playing for a couple of days with this build (just hit level 90) and I'm having a blast. I've never played a character with such a high clear speed and I'm lovin' it. I switched Controlled Destruction for Void Manipulation, so that Elemental Overload gets triggered more frequently (the DPS is slightly lower but is much compensated by the fast EO triggering).
I was wondering which Chest you would suggest (for a full armour build) between Lightning Coil, Belly of the Beast or a very high armour rating rare chest with life and resists. Either could work with this build and I'm wondering if one of them stands out.
Thanks !