Intro & build description
Incinerate got reworked and buffed in patch 3.3 alongside some very strong ignite buffs. If you haven’t played incinerate yet, or, are nostalgic about good old incinerate glory days, take a look at what we have to offer in this build guide. Not only it has some ridiculous single target damage potential, it is very mobile, fast-paced build to map with.
Build Pros
- Insane damage potential
- Mobile
- Cheap to start with
- Can do all the content with proper gear and some experience with the build
- 5 utility flasks
Build Cons
- Energy Shield based build (some people don't like giving up life flask)
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
[3.7 Legion] Skill TreeBandits
Bandits Quest Choice |
Kill all bandits |
Ascendancy skill points
Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
---|---|
Labyrinth 1 | Wicked Ward |
Labyrinth 2 | Vile Bastion |
Labyrinth 3 | Profane Bloom |
Endgame Labyrinth | Malediction |

Skill gem setup
Helm
Cast When Damage Taken Support (7lvl)
Increased Duration Support
Immortal Call (1lvl)
Vaal Righteous Fire
Body Armor
Incinerate
Combustion Support
Faster Casting Support
Immolate Support
Increased Area of Effect Support or Concentrated Effect Support
Increased Critical Strikes Support
Gloves
Blasphemy Support
Assassin's Mark or Enfeeble
Flammability or Temporal Chains
Clarity
Boots
Orb of Storms
Arcane Surge Support (7lvl)
Increased Durartion Support
Power Charge on Critical Support
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Blood Magic (20lvl+)
Discipline
Herald of Ash
Offhand weapon / shield
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks Support
Fortify Support
Build uniques / Example rare gear
Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.tradeHelmet
Hubris CircletElder helmet crafted with decent energy shield and flat fire damage to spells. As far as helmet enchantments go, it’s up to your preference.
Body Armour
Shavronne's WrappingsMust have item once build transitions into low life. Before that, any rare energy shield based chest with life and resistances works great.
Gloves
Rare GlovesRare energy shield based gloves with high ES, elemental resistances and if possible, some dexterity.
Boots
Rare BootsHigh movement speed (25%-30%), decent energy shield and fair amount of elemental resistances.
Right Ring
Rare Elder RingElder Ring with flat fire damage to spells and attacks. It synergizes very well with Mark of the Shaper unique ring for additional 60-80% increased spell damage.
Amulet
Presence of ChayulaThis amulet is not required by any means and it is kind of expensive for very casual players. Rare amulet with spell damage, global critical strike multiplier or cast speed works just fine. However, Presence of Chayula provides very hefty amount of chaos resistance and extra energy shield based on your maximum life.
Belt
Stygian ViseRare Stygian Vise belt with flat energy shield, strength and elemental resistances.
1Hand Weapon
BrightbeakUse Brightbeak for mapping and switch to Doryani’s Cataclyst for stronger encounters.
Offhand
Rare ShieldRare shield with %increased critical strike chance for spells, %increased fire/spell damage and elemental resistances.
Jewel
Watcher's EyeDon’t worry if you can’t get your hands on once, it doesn’t make or break build. Simply quality of life addition. We want Watcher’s Eye with ”-# total mana cost of skills while affected by clarity”.
Note: if you are affected by mana problems, consider switching any curse for warlord’s mark.
Jewel
Rare Jewels- Increased spell damage
- Increased global critical strike multiplier
- Increased Attack and Cast speed
- Increased maximum energy shield
Jewel
Abyssal Jewels- # to maximum energy shield
- # fire damage to spells
- # global critical strike multiplier
- % increased attack/cast speed if crit recently
Flask
Flask Setup- Atziri’s Promise
- The Wise Oak
- Chemist’s Diamond Flask of Heat
- Chemist’s Silver Flask of Warding
- Chemist’s Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline
Note: For The Wise Oak to work properly, your fire resistance must be the highest.
All credit for build goes to Engineering Eternity
Hi,
I can’t seem to get on low life, i’m on around 651/1594 now atm, heralt of fire i can’t use because i don’t have enough life . Any tips how i can get more reserved life?
To get to low-life with Discipline and Herald of Ash, Blood Magic gem you link to them should be at least level 19.
Is Righteous Fire linked? and if so, how do you keep it from killing you?
Hello there,
I’m using this build but when i’m havin Vaal Righterous fire with cast when dmg taken procced, it deals to me DoT until i have 1 hp and no shield and didn’t find any way how to make this combo work. Am I doing something wrong or the combo doesn’t work anymore?
Ideally you should have the Vaal Righteous fire unlinked, because cast when damage taken procs the regular Righteous Fire version and you burn down.
Why doesn’t this build us Chaos Inoculation?
By going low life, we get 30% more spell damage from Pain Attunement and extra auras.
hi whats all aura’s i need to use?
hey i can’t get blood magic to work it’s lvl 20 corrupted and discipline takes 59% and herald takes 43% of my life so i can’t activate both
You clearly haven’t allocated all of the reduced mana reservation nodes within the tree.
Hi again,
I’ve completed the main story with this build, I’m ready for maps but when should I transition into low life?
Make sure you have a decent ES pool, somewhere around 3.6k – 4k before going LL.
When u get Shavronne’s wrappings
I completed the skill tree, what nodes u recommend to take in the next levels? I see the build lacks a bit of mana.
Why Shield Charge? why not use Flame dash + Faster Casting + Arcane Surge?