On the back of a 10 win streak I thought I would share my kill or be killed burst buff build. It has been a work in progress for many months and now I think it is close to perfection. [SRC] Decoy Level 1 Human Priest Darkblood Glaive Axe Of The Dark Soul Ritual Straps Aegis Of The Defender Goat Boots Demon Charm Of The 7th Circle Skull Of Savage Iljin Demon Charm Of The 7th Circle Advanced Flexibility Novice Ablution [SRC] 9Lives Level 1 Dwarf Wizard Blue Destruction Searing Pain Cinnabar Ring Phantom Pain Blasting Amulet Xochu's Icy Circlet Robe Of Lightness Ulalia's Boots Raging Battler Electroporter Novice [SRC] SideKick Level 1 Dwarf Wizard Blue Destruction Searing Pain Cinnabar Ring Phantom Pain Blasting Amulet Xochu's Icy Circlet Robe Of Lightness Ulalia's Boots Raging Battler Electroporter Novice With the current meta heavily consisting of elf warriors, no amount of tele/gust seems to be enough to keep them from getting up in your grill. So to plan B, kill them before they reach you. While arcane burst , fireball and flash of agony seem straight forward to include , it really comes down to arcane item choices. Basically we want low damage tech skills that get amazing value from the buffs. e.g cone of cold deals 1 damage and encumber 2. Pretty situational and not widely used or considered to be good. Giving that cone of cold unholy wellspring and savage curse turns it into a monster 8 damage ,6 range cone attack that has a really useful ability. This also applies to force cannon , penertrating zap and dissolve armor. Robe of lightness - best robe hands down for any build. Raging battler - best cycling dwarf skill. Elecroporter novice - best arcane skill, hard to block is a must. Have considered focused electromancy. Ulalias boots - flank moves are a must. Have considered mouse boots(swapping with mage skill token) Phantom pain - because not all games are against warriors.
Interesting, this is probably the closest I've seen anyone come to the PoF burst build Darial and I use. Very similar arcane item choices in particular, although we definitely do it a little differently Have you tried Blessed Radcannon yet? It lets your priest join in the fun
I know I played a game against Darial where his wizard cast 5 Flash of Agony to little effect before getting killed, so I'm guessing 2x Searing Pain?
When you come close to the top, you start to see a lot of searing pain and some blue destruction. There also may be some radiation bomb sooner or later. I also though about using Automatic Shield, but damn is it expensive ! I really can't play it over the Aegis.
Im still undecided between mouse boots or ulalia boots. (swapping electroporter novice for focused electromancy) The arcane aura lets you hit the magic 13 damage burst , so 2 hitting an elf warrior , human priest and dwarf wiz. what do you guys think?
Similar to my build but I use 4x searing pain and 6x asmonds telekinetic chain. I also on the wiz have 2x force fields each from boots and chest and that helps a lot if you save them till needed. My priest has 2x radcannon and that is amazing and 3x skull ijinn. I use frog shield now as that slays warriors when you savage curse them. What I find the most important thing is telekinesis. You can play it with savage curse and not loose a card and focus on grouping foes goes together so the burst hits multiple more often,
I really enjoyed Focused Electromancy + Ulalia's Boots, but I also used different staves (Blue Destruction + Deadly Deadly). I was going to say Searing Pain doesn't synergize as well with Focused Electromancy, but Flash of Agony is also arcane.... Hmm. I think I'd go with Ulalia's... extra damage is always nice, especially against Reliable Mail!
I might try the ulalias but I not really a fan of a card you need to hold in hand that is discarded if you are hit or discarded if you also play savage curse. That's where force field is so good you play force field before you attack so that way you are still protected when you savage curse your hand down to nothing
2x2 Searing Pains, the full amount of Skull of Savage Iljins and a lot of the good cycling / control arcane items.
Well, i don't have any phantom pains, so i replaced them with blood lockets, ant so far, it's working fine.
