Build Overview
Autobomber is one of the most interesting build archetypes in various popular ARPG games including Torchlight Infinite. This type of builds specializes in automatically casting deadly abilities with increased frequency, not only offering massive DPS but allowing the player to quickly progress through Maps without really pressing any buttons. In this case, it all revolves around Gemma's Path of Flames ability that while channeled will allow your character to move around quickly, while Precise: Cast while Channelling will trigger powerful Ice Novas around your character, killing everything on your path. If you have played Path of Exile, this is very similar to the widely popular Cast on Crit Assassin build with Cospri's Malice that uses Cyclone to move around (though in PoE this build is rarely referred to as an Autobomber). This build is among the most enjoyable Torchlight Infinite builds out there, and the experience is even more appealing if you are playing it on a mobile or another hand-held device, with such a limited number of active abilities used.
At the same time, this build offers simply insane DPS, allowing you to reach over 1 Billion realistic DPS with extra investments while allowing you to easily reach the 40-50 Mil on a budget (more than enough to start farming mid to high Tier Maps). This is possible thanks to various Item and Passive synergies, and converting all bonuses to Lightning and Fire Damage to apply to Cold Damage as well, allowing for double and triple-dipping easily. You can also benefit from multiple Auras, not only boosting your DPS significantly but making it easy to cap your Resistances. You might be low on Erosion damage, but it can be easily avoided, and at higher budget, you can easily adjusted.
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Pros |
Insane DPS and good AoE |
One of the most enjoyable and smooth playstyles in Torchlight: Infinite |
Good Defenses |
Amazing Mobility |
Can be played on a budget |
Cons |
Mana management with low gear |
Hard to level up with |
Talents
GODDESS OF WISDOM |
We choose Goddess of Wisdom Tree because it is literally packed with stats that you need for this build to work and you can benefit twice from the Burning Touch Talent. Intelligence, Spell Radius, and reduced Sealed Mana nodes are a must-have. You can alternate between Max Mana one's and Cast Speed, depending on your actual gear. Just keep in mind that you should aim to have 15 Casts per second on your Path of Flames ability for the best trigger frequency. If you are able to invest more in higher Tier gear, it might be possible to drop Cast Speed from other Trees and allocate extra points here to get the 100% Chance to gain Focus Blessing when you are Freezing, for maximum potential DPS output, with an increased chance to deal double damage. Main Talents: Beacon: +25% additional Spell Damage and +25% additional Skill Cost a very straight-forward bonus to your DPS at the cost of increasing the Mana cost of your abilities Burning Touch: Immune to Frostbite; +20% additional Cold and Fire damage. a must-have Talent from this Skill Tree. The main idea of this build is to benefit from such nodes twice, thanks to the effect of the Ice-Fire Radiance Trait |
SPIRITCALLER |
Spiritcaller Tree is a perfect fit for this build. It greatly benefits builds that specialize in dealing Elemental Damage of different types, adding extra flat Elemental Damage from higher Tier Talents, and also up to 60% more Damage via Translucent Talent. On the Tree, you should pick extra Energy Shield, Spell Radius, Elemental Damage Penetration, and once again, Intelligence. Cast Speed is optional if needed for the 15 casts per second "threshold". Main Talents: Translucent: +20% Additional Lightning Damage if you have dealt Fire Damage recently; +20% Additional Cold Damage if you have dealt Lightning Damage recently; +20% Additional Fire Damage if you have dealt Cold Damage recently, The real power behind this power should be quite obvious if you understand the concept of this build. It will simply add an astounding 60% Additional Cold Damage thanks to the Gemma's conversion Peculiar Vibe: +30% Chance to inflict Elemental Ailments; +25% additional Damage against enemies with Elemental Ailments. Once again a very easy choice. This Talent will help you Freeze enemies, boosting your damage via Item/Skill synergies, but also boost your DPS directly against enemies affected by Elemental Ailments |
WARLOCK |
Warlock Tree offers tons of extremely important Cooldown Recovery, which affects the rate at which your Skills can be triggered by Cast while Channelling - as a result, boosting your DPS significantly. You can also grab tons of extra Energy Shield, Max Mana, and Cast Speed - the latter can be omitted if you have enough from your equipment. There is also a very valuable +1 to the level of all skills in the last Tier which should be always taken, and the 100% Chance to gain Blur on defeat with increased Movement Speed while affected by it, is a great boost for your defenses and mobility. Main Talents: Merciless: 15% of bonuses or reductions to Attack Speed also apply to Cooldown Recovery Speed; 15% of bonuses or reductions to Cast Speed also apply to Cooldown Recovery Speed. This a very important Talent, as you should have a significant amount of Cast Speed on your gear and other nodes, this will greatly increase your Cooldown Recovery Speed, and hence, the maximum frequency at which you can trigger your Spells via Cast while Channelling Off The Beaten Track: +3 Support Skill Levels; Support Skill Mana multiplier is set to 105%. This Talent boosts the level of all your allocated Support Skills. It's not that impactful overall, but out of all the available options, the only one that has actual benefits for this build |
HERO TRAITS |
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HERO RELIC On your Hero Relic, it's best to pick Max Mana and Hero Memory Effects. Additional Elemental Damage of any type will also work, as well as, the bonus to Maximum Fusion Energy based on your Energy Shield might be worth picking up (depending on your actual level of Energy Shield obviously). HERO MEMORIES The best affixes you can get here are Maximum Fusion Energy and Movement Speed. Those can get pretty pricy, so you can look for alternatives with additional Defense or Attack and Cast Speed. You should determine it yourself based on your actual stats and the market fluctuations. |
SKILLS
ACTIVE SKILLS |
PATH OF FLAMES Path of Flames is a channeled Fire Skill that is used to trigger Ring of Ice via Cast while Channeling setup listed below. It is a mobility skill that will allow you to progress through Maps while doing so, making it the most convenient option here. It is also not meant to deal any damage on its' own, so it's best to keep it at level 1 not to increase its' Mana Cost. Support Skills:
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A duration/buff Skill that should be used at the start of the Map to grant a substantial amount of extra Spell Damage. Ideally, your Mana shouldn't reach 0 at any point, so boosting the effectiveness of this Skill by adding negligible downsides is recommended Support Skills:
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Curse Spell that reduced Elemental Resistances of affected enemies. You should be used solely against Bosses, anything else should die nearly instantly without using additional buffs/debuffs. In this particular setup, it is oriented to maximize its effect and duration against Bosses, so that you don't need to focus on recasting it constantly. Support Skills:
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Optional mobility skill that can be used when need to avoid incoming damage spikes or possibly move faster. If you are looking to reduce the number of button presses, just skip it. Support Skills:
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An AoE Skill that grants increased Spell Damage based on the number of enemies that enter the radius of this skill, and additional bonuses when you kill those enemies. It also grants increased Elemental Damage Penetration. This skill should be used for extra bursts of DPS against Bosses. Support Skills:
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AURAS & PASSIVE SKILLS |
Your primary source of damage, and the build-defining setup. Precise: Cast while Channeling will constantly trigger Ring of Ice as you channel Path of Flames for massive AoE Damage, obliterating everything on your Path. The following setup is not optimized for Critical Strikes, and hence Passives that increase the small portion of LIghtning Damage that Ring of Ice deals, and convert part of it to Cold, will yield better results. Depending on your gear and situation, flat added Elemental Damage of choice, Increased Area, or Spell Concentration may also work. Other Skills:
Support Skills:
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Precise: Fridig Domain is the best DPS-oriented Aura for this build. With a high Mana Pool and all the reductions to the amount of Sealed Mana in this build, you can have up to around 8 different Auras, boosting your DPS and defenses significantly. In this setup, we have just included the basic Auras, which should be easy to maintain on a low budget as well. On top of the ones listed, you can also use Precise: Energy Fortress, Electric Conversion, or possibly even Summon Thunder Spirit. You can also Support Auras with Selfishness at higher levels Other Skills:
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The secondary Aura setup can be supported by Precise: Seal Conversion to have it Seal Life instead, allowing you to use additional Auras in this build. In this setup, we have only used one Aura but depending on your gear and preferences, this setup can be further expanded. Support Skills:
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EQUIPMENT
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With this build, you want to focus on stacking a lot of Generic Stats like Cast Speed, Mana, and Intelligence. All Sources of added Elemental Damage to Spells are also nice to have. Other important stats are Aura Effect (even more so, with every additional Aura you are using), Spell Radius, and obviously some Elemental and Erosion Resistances. You should also get Wands with +2 to Cold Skill levels, as well as, a reduction to the amount of Sealed Mana on your Amulet. For the Defenses, you want to focus on Energy Shield too.
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LEGENDARY ITEMS | ||||||||||||||
Infinity with Max Mana, Intelligence, Max Energy Shield, and possibly Focused Strike Talent is a great belt for this build. The Belt can be later replaced with another Infinity but with Elemental Damage Penetration, and possibly damage taken reduction at low Mana. This can get more expensive though
True Sight Armor is the best-in-slot option. It is simply packed with extremely valuable affixes for this build, with tons of added Lightning Damage based on your Mana, and Mana Restoration at Low Mana which basically fulfills all your needs for that resource, and allows you to sustain Mana Boil through the entire Maps
Lone Walker's Boots are simply the best option for the late game. Obviously, they will work best with over 6 Auras so make sure you have as many before attempting to obtain those. Make sure not to pick the corruption version, which will work only on your allies instead of you
This an amazing low-level/starter pair of Gloves, that are a perfect fit for anyone just starting their adventure with this insane build. They grant a lot of flat added Fire and Cold Damage to Spells, and up to 80% damage multiplier (after conversions from Passives)
The BIS pair of Gloves for this build. It can be further corroded for +2 to Elemental Spell Skill Levels. The damage bonus this pair offers is simply unmatched
The best low-budget Ring you can get. This can be easily picked up from the market nearly for free, making it a perfect choice if you are yet to get into the real grinding with your Autobomber Gemma
Swapping Arctic Rings for two of those can nearly double your real DPS output. They are the BiS Rings for this build
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END NOTE This is the most well-rounded version of Autobomber Gemma Build for Torchlight Infinite. It is one of the most enjoyable builds in the entire game which surprisingly enough, can be played on a really tight budget. If you're looking for a highly capable build to spend your currency on, it's also a perfect choice, as it can reach approx 1 Bil DPS with the perfect gear. Remember - as the game gets new content updates, we will be updating this guide regularly, though it may be impossible to be done after each Patch. |
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