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March 26, 2019 -Updated for Patch 3.6 |
Righteous Fire Juggernaut is one of the most popular Righteous Fire builds out there. Juggernaut provides very Damage Mitigation and Life Regeneration from nine Endurance Charges and Ascendancy Passives. It's a very tanky and durable build, which is very popular for Uber Lab farming thanks to the insane Regen. and Physical Damage Reduction. This Righteous Fire Juggernaut can do all content, however, he single-target DPS makes the end-game fights a bit longer.
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Righteous Fire is a very unique Spell which rapidly burns you and all nearby enemies. Righteous Fire deals very high Fire Damage over Time which is based on your maximum Life. Tanky Marauder characters are one of the best for this type of builds, with high Life and Life Renegeration allowing you to sustain very high self-damage even during end-game encounters. This build provides few thousand Life Regenerated per second even with Righteous Fire enabled making it an extremely tanky and durable build. And because of the Righteous Fire mechanic, it has very high DPS even on a character that does not directly benefit from Spell Damage Passives.
0:06 Tier 14 Crimson Temple |
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This build is best to be leveled up with a combination of Flame and Searing Bond Totems. It is not the fastest character to level-up, but because of very good defenses, you should have no problems progressing in the campaign mode. It's just not going to be as fast a ranged or spell-caster build. There are several cheap and powerful unique items which grant very high bonus Burning Damage and should be acquired as soon as possible.
Suggested leveling Gem setups:
Searing Bond Totem setup | |
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Searing Bond - your primary source of Damage during the leveling phase. It summons a Totem which connects you and your other Totems with a beam of Fire that deals Fire Damage per second |
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Burning Damage Support - grants high Burning Damage bonus to supported skills |
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Controlled Destruction Support - grants high bonus Spell Damage |
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Elemental Focus Support - greatly increases Elemental Damage dealt |
Flame Totem setup | |
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Flame Totem - one of the most basic Totems in the game. It casts Fire projectiles which deal a moderate amount of damage |
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Multiple Totems Support - lets you spawn two additional Flame Totems, and doubles the number of Totems you summon at once |
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Faster Casting Support - will increase Flame Totem's Rate of Fire |
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Greater Multiple Projectiles Support - greatly increases your DPS multiplying the number of Flame Totem's projectiles |
Firestorm setup | |
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Firestorm - good for clearing areas. Has much better range and radius than your Totems |
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Increased Area of Effect Support - increases the radius of supported spells |
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Spell Echo Support - makes Firestorm to be cast additional time with greatly increased Cast Speed |
Utility Gems | |
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Clarity - grants increased Mana Regeneration |
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Summon Stone Golem - grants increased Life Regen. |
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Herald of Ash - grants increased Fire Spell Damage and causes AoE explosions |
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Flammability - recommended Curse for this build |
Bandits:
We recommend killing all the Bandits for two additional Passive Skill Points
Leveling Skill Trees:
35 Points Skill Tree
Priorities: 1) Warrior's Blood 2) Born to Fight 3) Ancestral Bond 4) Holy Fire 5) Devotion
60 Points Skill Tree
Priorities: 1) Constitution 2) Elemental Equilibrium 3) Barbarism 4) Elemental Overload
Recommended leveling items:
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(18-22)% increased Spell Damage Adds (10-14) to (18-22) Fire Damage Adds (4-6) to (7-9) Fire Damage to Spells (40-50)% increased Burning Damage (16-22)% chance to Ignite 10% chance to Trigger Level 8 Summon Raging Spirit on Kill |
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+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance +(25-35)% to Fire Resistance (60-80)% increased Burning Damage 40% of Cold Damage Converted to Fire Damage 10% increased Light Radius Ignited Enemies you hit are destroyed on Kill |
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+(30-50) to Evasion Rating 10% increased Rarity of Items found +(30-40)% to all Elemental Resistances Reflects 4 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers Level Requirement reduced by 100 (Hidden) |
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+(20-30) to maximum Life 3% reduced Movement Speed (Hidden) (130-150)% increased Armour +(40-60) to maximum Life 0.5% of Life Regenerated per second 15% increased Area of Effect for Skills used by Totems 0.5% of Damage dealt by your Totems is Leeched to you as Life |
Final Skill Tree:
113 Points Final Skill Tree
113 Points Path of Building(PoB) link
You should refund the Ancestral Bond Passives as soon as you switch to Righteous Fire at approximately level 68
Ascendancy points:
Preferably in that order:
Pantheon:
Major God: Soul of Arakaali 5% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time, 10% chance to Avoid Lightning Damage when Hit
Minor God: Soul of Abberath 5% reduced Fire Damage took while moving, Unaffected by Burning Ground
Both of these Gods reduce the Damage over Time dealt with Righteous Fire
[DPS] Righteous Fire | |
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Righteous Fire - your primary DPS source. When properly geared you can sustain Righteous Fire all the time |
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Efficacy Support - increases Righteous Fire Spell Damage and Damage over Time |
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Elemental Focus Support |
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Increased Area of Effect Support - great Support Gem for leveling and Map farming |
Support Gems granted by Elder Helmet | |
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Concentrated Effect Support |
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Burning Damage Support |
[DPS] Scorching Ray | |
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Scorching Ray - your secondary form of DPS. Scorching Ray on top of high DPS, reduces affected monsters' resistance to Fire Damage |
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Efficacy Support |
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Burning Damage Support |
Support Gem granted by Shaper Scepter | |
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Elemental Focus Support |
Vagan Master craft | |
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Blood Magic Support |
[MOBILITY] Shield Charge | |
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Shield Charge - your main Movement Skill |
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Blood Magic Support - makes Shield Charge cost Life instead of Mana |
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Fortify Support - grants the Fortify buff on melee Hits with Shield Charge |
[UTILITY] Golem | |
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Summon Stone Golem - Stone Golem grants extra Life Regeneration per second |
[AURAS] Vitality & Purity of Fire | |
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Vaal Impurity of Fire - this Aura will grant additional Fire Resistance, as well as increase your maximum Fire Resistance by 4%. Also, the Vaal Skill makes you ignore nearby enemies Fire Resistance for a brief duration |
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Vitality - this Aura grants high Life Regeneration per second |
[UTILITY] Orb of Storms | |
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Orb of Storms - Orb of Storms is an extremely important addition to this build. It procs both Elemental Equilibrium and Elemental Overload buffs. It is auto-cast and should be kept at level 10 |
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Cast when Damage Taken - will auto-cast your supported Curse. Do not level this Gem at all for most frequent casts |
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Increased Critical Strikes Support - increases Orb of Storms' Crit. Chance |
[UTILITY] Flammability | |
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Flammability - our recommended Curse. Keep this Curse Gem at level 11 |
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Cast when Damage Taken - will auto-cast your supported Curse. Keep CwDT Gem at level 8 |
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Let's get down to the most interesting part of this build. We have decided to list only the best gear, as most of the previously mentioned Skill Gems are specifically set up for Kaom's Heart and Elder Helmet variation. You can as well play it with regular Rare items without the extra Support Gems, but this build will lack a lot of speed.
Stat priorities on items:
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Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life Socketed Gems are supported by level # Burning Damage Socketed Gems are supported by level # Concentrated Effect Optional affixes: Elemental Resistances Life Regeneration per second |
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Helmet enchantment: 40% increased Righteous Fire Damage 30% increased Despair Curse Effect |
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Has no Sockets +500 to maximum Life (20-40)% increased Fire Damage |
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Min. requirements: 40% increased Elemental Damage Socketed Gems are supported by level # Elemental Focus (Shaper) Socketed Gems are supported by level 1 Blood Magic (Vagan) Added Lightning Damage to Attacks Optional affixes: Increased Attack Speed |
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+4% to all Elemental Resistances 3% reduced Movement Speed (Hidden) (15-20)% Chance to Block Spell Damage (20-30)% increased Spell Damage +10% to all Elemental Resistances +4% to all maximum Resistances Cannot Block Attacks |
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(200-250)% increased Armour +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances 25% increased Movement Speed (10-20)% increased Elemental Damage Enemies can have 1 additional Curse (Hidden) 60% increased Area of Effect of Curse Skills |
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Boot enchantment: Regenerate 2% of Life and Mana per second if you were Hit Recently |
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Min. requirements: 110 maximum Life 35% Cold Resistance 40% Lightning Resistance Optional affixes: increased Maximum Life (Elder) increased Life Recovery Rate (Elder) |
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+(20-30) to Strength +(20-30) to Strength 25% increased Fire Damage +(25-35) to maximum Life +(20-40)% to Fire Resistance Cover Enemies in Ash when they Hit you |
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Min. requirements: 90 maximum Life Life Regenerated per second 10% All Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: increased Fire Damage Attributes |
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Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 35% Cold Resistance 35% Lightning Resistance Optional affixes: Socketed Gems are supported by level # Faster Attacks (Elder) increased Attack Speed |
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Glove enchantment: Commandment of Light Commandment of Frost |
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Recommended affixes: increased maximum Life increased Fire/Area/Burning/Damage over Time Optional affixes: Attributes %Life Regenerated per second (affix available in Delve League) |
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Creates a Smoke Cloud on Use 50% increased Charges used (25-40)% increased Damage Over Time during Flask Effect Grants level 21 Despair Curse Aura during Flask Effect |
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Other suggested Flasks:
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