Storm Mage Infernalist Build Guide

This Storm Mage Infernalist Build Guide for the Witch Class uses a variety of Minions, Spells and Curses to deal with enemies. You can follow it from the start of the campaign and continue all the way into the endgame.

The general gameplay of the build in the campaign is to summon Raging Spirits by casting Flame Wall and Ember Fusillade. Then, use the Minion command skill provided by Skeletal Sniper to deal damage in a wide area and corrode the armor of your enemies. You also cast Flammability to increase your Minion's damage. Unearth is cast on enemy corpses to spawn an army of temporary Minions that explode when they reach low life through Minion Instability. You also buff your army of Minions with Pain Offering to increase their damage.

After the campaign and when you have decent gear, you rely more on Skeletal Storm Mages for all damage and stop using Raging Spirits, Flame Wall, Ember Fusillade and Skeletal Sniper.

For defenses, the build relies on stacking energy shield, energy shield recovery and block chance. You also rely on Summon Infernal Hound, which is supported by Loyalty for 10% less damage taken while the Minion is alive.

This build doesn't require any Unique items to function. But the build does benefit from common Uniques such as Enfolding Dawn and Sunsplinter.

Note: If you find Exalted Orbs or Chaos Orbs during the Campaign, use them to buy Enfolding Dawn.

• 1st Ascension : Loyal Hellhound.
  • To ignite enemies and apply fire exposure when supported by Fire Exposure and for 10% damage reduction when supported by Loyalty.
• 2nd Ascension: Altered Flesh.
  • This helps deal with Phyiscal damage if you have Chaos Resistance. When you start stacking Maximum Fire resistances, you take less Cold and Lightning damge.
• 3rd Ascension: Beidat's Will
  • For more maximum Spirit at the cost of 25% life reservation.
• 4th Ascension: Beidat's Hand or two Life.
  • The default choice is Beidat's Hand.
  • However, if you have less than 1800 life and Low Chaos resistance, take two Life nodes instead.

• As you enter the Atlas of Worlds and begin mapping, your first goal is to cap your resistances and meet Attribute requirements.
• You want a sceptre, helmet and amulet with the modifier +# Level of all Minion Skills to increase your Minions damage.
• A Stoic Sceptre is a good alternative to using a Rattling Sceptre.
• You want a Chiming Staff in your second weapon set so that you are able to pre-cast Sigil of Power before a boss fight when you have Skeletal Storm Mages.
• You also want a body armour, amulet and sceptre with % Increased Spirit and +# to Spirit to be able to summon more Minions.
• You want as much energy shield as possible on your body armour, boots, helmet, gloves and amulet to make yourself tankier.
• You want a shield with as high block chance as possible (40%+) or use the Unique shield Sunsplinter with +3 to Level of all Lightning Skills for more damage if you can get 101 Dexterity.

Note: You can use Soul Core of Zantipi to reduce the Dexterity requirement down to 81.

• In the late Endgame, you want to transition into using Ventor's Gamble to gain Spirit from your rings or Levinstone for an extra gem level to your mages.
• Use a Primate Talisman or a Owl Talisman for your sceptre.