Infernalist vs Bloodmage Endgame (Low budget)
Hey poebuilds community!
I kicked off my Witch over the weekend and unsure where to take it.
My goal with the build is to clear all content and have a fun time without the need for extremely high budget gear (Ingenuity, etc). I’m fine with this build being able to clear enough to get more currency though.
Any thoughts on what has worked best for you? I 100% need a written or visual guide for this as well as I don’t have the time or brain power to do this myself right now.
Thanks so much!
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It doesn't get much cheaper/easier to start than minion stacking with snipers/reavers.
as mentioned basically any of the minion infernalists are fine. demon form infernalist is also relatively cheap until you want to stack into the hundreds. blood mage has some decent options with crit ignite/bleed.
Just chiming in to say Dd bloodmage was amazing on a budget for me in hardcore. I got up to 91 before dying and I’m bad. Check ventruas YouTube video .
Having so much fuun with bonestorm dd and bonecage. It kills boss so much faster
Cast on death comet build.
Threaded light woven focus + sceptor to stack spirit. High spell damage without needing high skill. Reduces mana cost.
Fireflower amulet to kill SRS to trigger cast on death.
Under 1 div cleared normal t15.
Are you Mathil or a Touhou player? Go infernalist with 2k life and glass cannon and kill everything before it kills you with perfect dodging.
Are you a normal human? Go blood mage and tanky with 5k life to easily clear all content with less dps and without dying.
I'd heavily recommend Barrier Invocation infernalist, it's really hard to setup (fine tuning wise, currency wise its really cheap) but really worth it as it constantly anhilate everything on your screen and even demolishes T4 Xesht with very low investment.
Detonate Dead BM is extremely cheap and effective. Playstyle is kinda clunky because you have to direct your minion around to detonate them but it’s definitely effective and does an absurd amount of damage for very little gear. You just hang around your minion with absurd amounts of health and ES while pressing Detonate Dead
Sniper minion melts, still murdering everything super easy into T10 maps so far
https://youtu.be/QZUnVLnDhfk?si=PTb_T6vtsISchAuM
This isn’t mine but seems pretty good and cheap.
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I leveled an infernalist to 90, first with arsonists minions, which I found safe, slow and boring. Then I turned it into a barrier invocation pyromaniac pack demon. Had a blast doing that, raining down comets. But after a while it felt like a one trick pony and sort of just got old. Plus waiting for your demon stacks to build is a huge time sink, and when ggg nerfed mask of the demon stitch, I decided to level up a blood mage.
Right now, my blood mage is 89 and it’s a blast. Using choir of the storm amulet seems like it was designed with blood mage in mind, and it’s super powerful.
With a decent time into both classes, I would say both are well designed and are great choices, but for me, blood mage wins out ever so slightly.