@zizaran this type of guide is perfect. answers all the questions that are usually insanely hard to figure out when trying to follow a build. going through the in depth information on how you transition and when to get certain items is the main Info we need because whenever we copy a build usually we are starting from level 1 trying to copy and it's easy to get lost between there and an endgame skill tree
A few notes: Get a bismith flask with additional res and increased effect/reduced duration. It gives +100% all res and stacks with vinktars giving you a total of +150% crit. Drop that horrible kiaras flask and get a valyrium. The bismuth flask pretty much gives you capped resists so you need almost no res on gear and can focus on ES stacking. (Doing this on a pathfinder for a different build yields like 130-150% total res, giving you merciless difficulty capped resistances with no res on gear or tree at all, something to think about when starting a new league/doing unique heavy builds, very underrated flask) To a less experienced player (I've only put like 1.5 weeks playtime into vspark which I don't consider to be a lot) using Kiara's is just unplayable. It forces you to skip a lot of unique mobs, essence mobs, rares, talismans etc when it's down and that's just not that fun. Sure you can ignore the mob or run forward, charge vspark and all flasks, then run back but that's just annoying so you end up skipping a lot of stuff. Running beyond maps without a valyruim is just so bad, the mobs dont spawn with enough density to refill flasks so you get stun locked and die to unique bosses extremely easy, and all it takes is 2 magic ranged mobs to stunlock you and kill you in 4-5hits. Maybe I'm a bad player but I just personally hate that kiaras flask. Do not reccomend to newer players (its also pretty expensive). Just use a valyruim and a bismith flask with extra effect and resists or curse immune. Both ways you get curse immune, stun resistance and a lot of elemental resist (though bismith flask gives 100% to all res = 300% and a rare ring only gives 130 and lasts 6seconds compared to 2.5seconds of a kiaras). I just don't see the benefit of using kiaras. There is nothing good about it unless you're running an +50 ES +20% ES ring which isn't needed to reach 10k+ ES and you don't need higher than that for sparking shaped strands.
Great video! One thing I do want to note is that enhance won't actually speed up your shield charge since shield charge quality is % damage and not % atk speed as it is on whirling blades.
one thing i did to my vaal sparker is i used the vertex as helmet, gives u 300+ es +1 to gems and 50% reduced mana cost which makes u able to spam spark and gives decent dmg buff aswell
Ziz pls. I wanted to see you get bop'd by the minotaur. why did the video stop. :( -- also the proj added to spark enchant is amazing if you want to boss with your vsparker too
Question: Why can't I find a guide (or recent guide) on these builds below? Spark Assassin Crit-based range Puncture Crit-based non-unarmed Infernal Blow I like the concepts and have some idea on making the builds but would like to see them in 2.6 action first...
Puncture isnt something you really build around, its a single target option for other builds that are phys and crit. Infernal blow has requirements that make it unfriendly for crit, such as avatar for good scaling, and needing high base damage to reliably one hit in the first place, therefore crit would be an actual worse build since your scaling accuracy, so less damaging weapons. And theres plenty of spark assassins, but assassins benefit best from poison or on full life crit boost, of which spark is generally a 2 hit kill skill which is great with the best gear, but hardly optimized
I play cospris and I can run ele reflect, with my Vinktars up, obviously it doesn't go far since if you get 0.1 second without Vinktar youdie. Same thing goes for Vaal Spark too
So did you kill minotaur at the end? I prefer gloves made with crit essence, so you can use spark/vaal spar without crit chance gem. I use vaal spark in the gloves though, and spark in a 6 link. And that essence gives vaal spark 94% crit chance with 5 power charges and without diamond flask, so i can run a more defensive flask and do any map mod except reflect. Bosses still sucks though, single target dmg just isnt there, even with choir of the storm
is there a nice build to for vspark for witch? i used witch as a starter based on your flameblast build and i want to change to vspark, but it seems you use a templar for it...
Please dont use a witch for vs. Witch doesnt offer you anything even close to the attack speed of templar and getting similar penetration would be hard.
I donnu i just hate playing vaal spark.. I hate shield charge because its so clunky to use and u have to spam every single flask while spamming shield charge and always have diamond flask up before u use spark etc its just a clunky build to play
You just get the feel for it after awhile. Every 4seconds you hit all 5 flasks at once. I don't even think about it, like it's a rhythm you get into. The problem newer people would have is stopping to pick up loot and losing that rhythm. When you loose it, it feels "clunky" but when you have it, it's very smooth. Also you need to setup your keybindings so it feels smooth. I have shield charge on my right thumb(on the left side of my mouse) and vspark on my Q. Every 4 seconds I hit 12345 at once then Q then holddown my shield charge for another 4 seconds. It's a very basic and straight forward gameplay.
with call of brother hood + herald of ice + #cold damage to spells on dagger, you will shatter quite often. It's not just on crits, its high cold damage to shatter.
yeah you need crit to freeze and mobs need to be frozen to shatter. You want say 600% crit before switching to a crit build with a diamond flask. Around that number (including pcharges) is enough to reach 70-80% crit with most spells with an increased crit gem.(with a diamond flaks of course)
isnt that life Vspark life build for flameblast totems? its so diffrent for the CI tree? And why do u take away all the aoe nodes and spell dmg modifiers to spark CI tree? its like 50 regrets later on...
why can't my vsparker kill bosses? I had everything like gear in the video + a crazy crit spell dagger with lightning damage to spells... I just dont get it how people kill bosses with this
I farmed a lot with vspark, but at the end it's just way too boring for me makes me not enjoying poe anymore.. next league ill consider vaal fireball for currency
Can someone explain to me why is it better to use dagger than wand/sceptre if we are using shield charge as our movement skill? (Karui Sceptre and Imbued Wand both have 1.5 base aps, like the Ambusher)
Yo can someone tell me when i should start using 6link Vspark and when to use it 4link? I saw different combinations used by ppl and i don't know when to use a 6 link Vspark.
Hmmm yeah the legacy version is pretty nuts.... .But I guess I will still use Biscos until I can afford it :) Permanent Rampage with Vaal Spark? Yes please!
you dont need to use the legacy version, just use the normal one. Better off setting up x2 ventors, legacy sadimas and goldyurm first as they have a much better legacy quantity bonus. Legacy perandus blazon is only 4% higher quantity which is unnoticeable. Rampage is nice but it really does absolutely nothing in terms of efficiency, doesn't make the build faster.
How did you get so much crit, i leveled the build and am level 70 and i only have 8.5 base crit on my vaal spark, I also got normal,cruel, and merc lab so what did I do wrong?
It disgusts me to see that GGG was able to shut you up about fishing by giving you some "streamer RNG". You have lied to your fanbase and yourself Ziz.
My spark is pretty bad but fast. I dropped like 170% crit dmg multi and still i die to reflect at times. I do have both flasks. Only item i try to get right now is Shav chest. Oh, and how do people get so damn much Es? Im at like 37xx buffed atm.
@zizaran this type of guide is perfect. answers all the questions that are usually insanely hard to figure out when trying to follow a build. going through the in depth information on how you transition and when to get certain items is the main Info we need because whenever we copy a build usually we are starting from level 1 trying to copy and it's easy to get lost between there and an endgame skill tree
A few notes:
Get a bismith flask with additional res and increased effect/reduced duration. It gives +100% all res and stacks with vinktars giving you a total of +150% crit. Drop that horrible kiaras flask and get a valyrium. The bismuth flask pretty much gives you capped resists so you need almost no res on gear and can focus on ES stacking. (Doing this on a pathfinder for a different build yields like 130-150% total res, giving you merciless difficulty capped resistances with no res on gear or tree at all, something to think about when starting a new league/doing unique heavy builds, very underrated flask)
To a less experienced player (I've only put like 1.5 weeks playtime into vspark which I don't consider to be a lot) using Kiara's is just unplayable. It forces you to skip a lot of unique mobs, essence mobs, rares, talismans etc when it's down and that's just not that fun. Sure you can ignore the mob or run forward, charge vspark and all flasks, then run back but that's just annoying so you end up skipping a lot of stuff. Running beyond maps without a valyruim is just so bad, the mobs dont spawn with enough density to refill flasks so you get stun locked and die to unique bosses extremely easy, and all it takes is 2 magic ranged mobs to stunlock you and kill you in 4-5hits.
Maybe I'm a bad player but I just personally hate that kiaras flask. Do not reccomend to newer players (its also pretty expensive). Just use a valyruim and a bismith flask with extra effect and resists or curse immune. Both ways you get curse immune, stun resistance and a lot of elemental resist (though bismith flask gives 100% to all res = 300% and a rare ring only gives 130 and lasts 6seconds compared to 2.5seconds of a kiaras).
I just don't see the benefit of using kiaras. There is nothing good about it unless you're running an +50 ES +20% ES ring which isn't needed to reach 10k+ ES and you don't need higher than that for sparking shaped strands.
Nice guide, Ziz. Makes Vaal Spark seem accessible.
Great video! One thing I do want to note is that enhance won't actually speed up your shield charge since shield charge quality is % damage and not % atk speed as it is on whirling blades.
It would enhance your faster attacks though.
Finally u made it. After like 3 rips :D
saw that one. and tbh i started with your build and every time u died i waited for you to get back up and i could see the skill tree again :D
one thing i did to my vaal sparker is i used the vertex as helmet, gives u 300+ es +1 to gems and 50% reduced mana cost which makes u able to spam spark and gives decent dmg buff aswell
Ziz pls. I wanted to see you get bop'd by the minotaur. why did the video stop. :( -- also the proj added to spark enchant is amazing if you want to boss with your vsparker too
Question: Why can't I find a guide (or recent guide) on these builds below?
Spark Assassin
Crit-based range Puncture
Crit-based non-unarmed Infernal Blow
I like the concepts and have some idea on making the builds but would like to see them in 2.6 action first...
Buenomars Low Tier Builds not really promising if you are looking for a solid build to map with
Puncture isnt something you really build around, its a single target option for other builds that are phys and crit. Infernal blow has requirements that make it unfriendly for crit, such as avatar for good scaling, and needing high base damage to reliably one hit in the first place, therefore crit would be an actual worse build since your scaling accuracy, so less damaging weapons. And theres plenty of spark assassins, but assassins benefit best from poison or on full life crit boost, of which spark is generally a 2 hit kill skill which is great with the best gear, but hardly optimized
because no one who is playing them is making guides, and the people who make guides aren't playing them.
If u want to play hipster you need to learn how to make your own guides.
Nice timing!! i loved my sparker back in breach and started 1 on legacy last night
Omg Thankyou Zizaran I didnt know about vaaling jewels and i tried it on 15 jewels and got 2 harvests and 1 chill :D thanks
really new to the game Ziz. what gems am i gonna need?
Ziz! What was the music in this video. Wanna listen while I level my own Vaal spark lol.
is there a link where I can look at a written explanation?
"With Vinktars up you cannot die to reflect"
more like
"you cannot die."
Nothing can save you from 0 fps
Let's hope that GGG releases a flask that increase fps :p
so by that logic, should he use vinktars on his cospris discharge while running ele reflect?
More like
EEEEE OOOOO EEEEE
I play cospris and I can run ele reflect, with my Vinktars up, obviously it doesn't go far since if you get 0.1 second without Vinktar youdie. Same thing goes for Vaal Spark too
So did you kill minotaur at the end? I prefer gloves made with crit essence, so you can use spark/vaal spar without crit chance gem. I use vaal spark in the gloves though, and spark in a 6 link. And that essence gives vaal spark 94% crit chance with 5 power charges and without diamond flask, so i can run a more defensive flask and do any map mod except reflect. Bosses still sucks though, single target dmg just isnt there, even with choir of the storm
Which gem can you sacrifice if you're using a 5 link?
why attack speed instead of cast speed? also, do you have all this in a forum page? so i can read a little bit slower
whats that portal effect? looks dope
should add a link to characters. makes it easier to look them up for reference :)
is there a nice build to for vspark for witch? i used witch as a starter based on your flameblast build and i want to change to vspark, but it seems you use a templar for it...
Please dont use a witch for vs. Witch doesnt offer you anything even close to the attack speed of templar and getting similar penetration would be hard.
should i switch to templar then?
I would if I wanted to play vs but there is nothing wrong with playing fb totem witch its a really strong build.
Should you take a tutorial on how to start a league and then turn Vaal Spark?
I donnu i just hate playing vaal spark.. I hate shield charge because its so clunky to use and u have to spam every single flask while spamming shield charge and always have diamond flask up before u use spark etc its just a clunky build to play
Flask macros were made for this shit, you can see why people cheat
You just get the feel for it after awhile. Every 4seconds you hit all 5 flasks at once. I don't even think about it, like it's a rhythm you get into. The problem newer people would have is stopping to pick up loot and losing that rhythm. When you loose it, it feels "clunky" but when you have it, it's very smooth.
Also you need to setup your keybindings so it feels smooth. I have shield charge on my right thumb(on the left side of my mouse) and vspark on my Q. Every 4 seconds I hit 12345 at once then Q then holddown my shield charge for another 4 seconds. It's a very basic and straight forward gameplay.
How much crit do you want before transitioning from fb totems to vspark? I feel that I do no damage because I cant proc the heerald of ice that often
with call of brother hood + herald of ice + #cold damage to spells on dagger, you will shatter quite often. It's not just on crits, its high cold damage to shatter.
yeah you need crit to freeze and mobs need to be frozen to shatter. You want say 600% crit before switching to a crit build with a diamond flask. Around that number (including pcharges) is enough to reach 70-80% crit with most spells with an increased crit gem.(with a diamond flaks of course)
isnt that life Vspark life build for flameblast totems? its so diffrent for the CI tree?
And why do u take away all the aoe nodes and spell dmg modifiers to spark CI tree?
its like 50 regrets later on...
what's the best way to obtain the core items at the beginning of the league?
why can't my vsparker kill bosses? I had everything like gear in the video + a crazy crit spell dagger with lightning damage to spells... I just dont get it how people kill bosses with this
how do you do bosses with vaal spark? or spark in general? can that be a good starter? i heard that no because bosses are hard to kill
Vs is not a good "starter" but its pretty good if you respec like he did. Its not a good boss build but it can deal with them because of vinktars.
which amulet is the best on start instead of choir of the storm and voice of the storm ?
karui charge
random questiooon: if i use a cold spell and convert 100% cold to fire do i still benefit from increase cold damage?
mindaugas sirvys yes
I farmed a lot with vspark, but at the end it's just way too boring for me makes me not enjoying poe anymore.. next league ill consider vaal fireball for currency
if you find vspark so boring it makes you want to quit poe, then maybe moving to vaal fireball isn't quite a big enough change in your builds.
vfb is literality the same build lul, just a different looking spell. Nothing is different.
where is the full build guide for this?
Why didn't you open the unique strongbox?
can you use whirling blades in place of shield charge ?
why would you gimp yourself
you didn't put in bisco's collar or quant gem tho.
hey i cant find a way to look at the characters for gear can you help. Please ZiZ
I ask myself the question hs, is it possible to exchange PL warframes for exalt on poe,
pierce swap for what gem if i have boots with pierce
Awesome ziz ill be trying this one out! =)
Is it just me or the link to the tree doesn't work (the life based version)
Can someone explain to me why is it better to use dagger than wand/sceptre if we are using shield charge as our movement skill? (Karui Sceptre and Imbued Wand both have 1.5 base aps, like the Ambusher)
Thanks for the info Ziz. Didn't know that only local att speed modifier increases the speed of the shield charge :)
do you have lags on vaalspark?
Bandits?
No link to leveling build?
Yo can someone tell me when i should start using 6link Vspark and when to use it 4link? I saw different combinations used by ppl and i don't know when to use a 6 link Vspark.
so in maps 4link Vspark usually?
links don't work
Is this SC viable ? I don't know witch one to play in 2.6 between Vspark and VFB any advice ?
ziz, diz iz nice. have a subscribe!
The good old days
link profile?
They riped vaal spark and vaal fireball :c
Could you use a Biscos Leash in that build instead of Parandus Blazon? (if you go mf ofc)
rarity is a wasted stat. You want quantity when MFing
Hmmm yeah the legacy version is pretty nuts.... .But I guess I will still use Biscos until I can afford it :) Permanent Rampage with Vaal Spark? Yes please!
you dont need to use the legacy version, just use the normal one. Better off setting up x2 ventors, legacy sadimas and goldyurm first as they have a much better legacy quantity bonus.
Legacy perandus blazon is only 4% higher quantity which is unnoticeable. Rampage is nice but it really does absolutely nothing in terms of efficiency, doesn't make the build faster.
poe.url wont work? someone help please
How did you get so much crit, i leveled the build and am level 70 and i only have 8.5 base crit on my vaal spark, I also got normal,cruel, and merc lab so what did I do wrong?
thx bro !!!
It disgusts me to see that GGG was able to shut you up about fishing by giving you some "streamer RNG". You have lied to your fanbase and yourself Ziz.
What are you talking about?
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My spark is pretty bad but fast. I dropped like 170% crit dmg multi and still i die to reflect at times. I do have both flasks. Only item i try to get right now is Shav chest. Oh, and how do people get so damn much Es? Im at like 37xx buffed atm.
Lol you'll need a ton of regret orbs to respec from FB into vaal spark
You can do the build with almost no currency, so if you are farming for a while you can easily get the currency to buy/find regrets.
how ggg has not nerfed thsi shit yet is really funny, also VFB might be even faster clear speed
Will I'm still waiting to get back to standard and revive my VRighteousFire build. oh boy was that insane doubledip
It's been nerfed like 6 times XD
Vaalspark 2 gud
vaal spark "not nerfed yet"? have you ever read any patch notes
no reason for VFB to be faster. The only thing that disgusts me is how Vinktar's still hasn't been PROPERLY nerfed
did you miss the patch note a while back that literally said "Vaal Spark has been nerfed in almost every way possible."
But can it run Minecraft?
Great video man! :D
you talk so fast that i see what build im gonna play in the future..xD
it's great ggg intentionally made low tier trash content more exp/hour than end game t15/t16 maps.