[PTR] Hot 'n' Cold 6 Tal 4 Firebird 140+ Solo

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by MrTato last updated Mar 2, 2021 ( Season 22 )

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Skills

Shock Pulse Piercing Orb
- Shock Pulse
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.

Release a medium range pulse of 3 unpredictable charges of electricity that deal 194% weapon damage as Lightning.
Piercing Orb

Merge the bolts in a single giant orb that oscillates forward dealing 214% weapon damage as Lightning to everything it hits.
Disintegrate Convergence
- Disintegrate
Cost: 18 Arcane Power

Channel a beam of pure energy, dealing 390% weapon damage as Arcane.

Disintegrate damage is increased by 250% weapon damage every second, up to a maximum total of 890% weapon damage as Arcane.
Convergence

Increase the width of the beam allowing it to hit more enemies.

Disintegrate's damage turns into Fire.
Arcane Orb Frozen Orb
- Arcane Orb
Cost: 30 Arcane Power

Hurl an orb of pure energy that explodes on contact, dealing 435% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 15 yards.
Frozen Orb

Create an orb of frozen death that shreds an area with ice bolts, dealing 950% weapon damage as Cold.
Storm Armor Power of the Storm
- Storm Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Bathe yourself in electrical energy, periodically shocking a nearby enemy for 175% weapon damage as Lightning. Lasts 10 minutes.

Only one Armor may be active at a time.
Power of the Storm

Reduce the Arcane Power cost of all skills by 3 while Storm Armor is active.
Teleport Calamity
- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds

Teleport through the ether to the selected location up to 50 yards away.
Calamity

Cast a short range Wave of Force upon arrival, dealing 175% weapon damage as Arcane to all nearby enemies and stunning them for 1 second.
Magic Weapon Deflection
- Magic Weapon
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Imbue your weapon with magical energy, granting it 10% increased damage. Lasts 10 minutes.
Deflection

When you perform an attack, gain a protective shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 4% of your Life in damage.

Power Hungry
- Power Hungry
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies farther than 30 yards.
Galvanizing Ward
- Galvanizing Ward
As long as you have not taken damage in the last 5 seconds you gain a protective shield that absorbs the next 60% of your Life in damage.
Elemental Exposure
- Elemental Exposure
Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause them to take 5% more damage from your attacks for 5 seconds. Each different damage type applies a stack, stacking up to 4 times.

Elemental damage from your weapon contributes to Elemental Exposure.
Unstable Anomaly
- Unstable Anomaly
When you receive fatal damage, you instead gain a shield equal to 400% of your maximum Life for 5 seconds and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and Stuns them for 3 seconds.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.

Items

Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom

Set Helm

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Firebird's Pinions

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
Reduces all resource costs by 5.0–8.0%.
+4 Random Magic Properties

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 120% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.
Tal Rasha's Allegiance

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51 - 55%

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit

Set Chest Armor

398 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+130 - 149 Vitality

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer

Legendary Bracers

17 - 19 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Increases the potency of your shields by 75 - 100%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Grasp

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Tal Rasha's Brace

Set Belt

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Firebird's Down

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 120% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.
Firebird's Tarsi

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Firebird's Finery
Firebird's Plume
Firebird's Pinions
Firebird's Breast
Firebird's Down
Firebird's Tarsi
Firebird's Talons
Firebird's Eye
(2) Set: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
(4) Set: Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire per second for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, taking 3000% weapon damage per second until they die.
(6) Set: Your damage is increased by 120% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%
Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Gain 150 - 200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Halo of Karini

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

You take 60 - 80% less damage for 5 seconds after your Storm Armor electrocutes an enemy more than 15 yards away.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Unstable Scepter

Legendary Wand

9.8 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

The damage of Arcane Orb is increased by 350 - 450% and its explosion triggers an additional time.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Triumvirate

Legendary Source

Primary Stats

+1.471363E-43 Maximum Damage
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Your Signature Spells increase the damage of Arcane Orb by 300 - 400% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
One of 1 Magic Properties (varies)
+1.443337E-43 Minimum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Firebird's Plume
- Stat Priority: CHC Int Vit Skill: Arcane Orb
Shoulders
- Firebird's Pinions
- Stat Priority: Int AD Vit Reduced Resource Cost
Amulet
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Cold % Socket
Torso
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Firebird's Breast
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + AS
Wrists
- Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer
- Stat Priority: CHC Cold Res Int
Hands
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- Firebird's Talons
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD AD Int
Waist
- Tal Rasha's Brace
- Stat Priority: Int Life Vit Armor +
Legs
- Firebird's Down
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor +
Feet
- Firebird's Tarsi
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + LPS
Rings
- Convention of Elements
- Halo of Karini
- Unity
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD AD Socket
Weapon
- Unstable Scepter
- Wizardspike
- Stat Priority: Dmg range Int AD Dmg %
Offhand
- Triumvirate
- Stat Priority: CHC Int APoC AD

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20% increase at 50 yards.
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%.

Kanai's Cube

Wizardspike

Legendary Dagger

202.5 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Performing an attack has a 25% chance to hurl a Frozen Orb. Arcane Orb deals 300 - 350% increased damage.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Wizardspike
The Shame of Delsere

Legendary Belt

6 - 7 Armor

Secondary Stats

Your Signature Spells attack 50% faster and restore 9 - 12 Arcane Power.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Shame of Delsere
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
+152 - 224 Life per Hit

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Ring of Royal Grandeur

GEMS:

Helm: Topaz, or Amethyst. CDR is useless for this build.

Armor: Topaz, or Ruby for extra toughness.

Legendary gems: You can use Bane of the Powerful instead of Bane of the Stricken when not doing higher Greater Rifts.

GEAR:

Make sure to equip three pieces from Firebird's Finery and five from Tal Rasha's Elements. Use the best rolled items you have, while remembering, that Tal Rasha's chest armor comes with additional attack speed roll making it the preferred pick for the chest armor slot.
If solo, you can use Unity instead of Halo of Karini, this gives you some elite damage, at the cost of some damage mitigation.

SKILLS:

If you don't need Unstable Anomaly you can go for Illusionist instead for a bit easier time teleporting around. However when you learn to play the build correctly, your teleport shouldn't have much of a cooldown ever.

If you can survive without the extra shields from Magic Weapon: Deflection you can use the Force Weapon rune instead, or if you struggle with arcane power, go for Conduit. Keep in mind, however, that by removing one source of shields, you are effectively diminishing the effect of Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer.

If you never run out of resource, you can use Storm Armor: Scramble for some extra movement speed. But this is rather pointless, because you shouldn't be running much anyway.

FOLLOWER:

For this build I use the Enchantress for her elemental damage bonus and 10% elemental damage.

Follower skills:

Temporal Pulse: The first choice isn't super important, this one gives a nice slow, which is fine since we don't care about Crowd control immunity buildup that much.

Amplification: We don't care about cooldown reduction, and this gives us some damage.

Powered Shield: Some nice damage mitigation.

Fate's Lapse: A 1-up is always nice to have.

Follower items:

Must have: Nemesis Bracers, The Flavor of Time and Smoking Thurible.These items give such massive bonuses that there's no point in having anything else in these slots.

Oculus Ring: This ring gives us a sizeable situational damage buff, it is very good on a follower

Unity: If you are using this ring yourself, you must give a second one to your follower for it to work.

Hellfire Ring: 4,5% XP, it's something.

Spaulders of Zakara: Honestly, you won't be dying often. But this can save you from one extra town trip in 10 hours of gameplay.

Outside Greater Rifts: Avarice Band, Gloves of Worship, three pieces of Sage's Journey. These items give very handy buffs outside greater rifts. Use Boon of the Hoarder on your character, if your follower has Avarice Band.

In Greater Rifts: Items I mentioned above won't help you in greater rifts, as there are no shrines, no gold, and no Death's Breath drops except on the end. There aren't many good alternatives aside from the ones in Must have category, so I use three pieces of Born's Command for the 2% xp bonus.

Intelligence on all items, socket on weapon and one piece of jewelry. Don't waste materials rolling your folllower's items.

Follower Legendary Gems:

Gem of Efficacious Toxin: +10% damage taken and -10% damage dealt for the enemies the Enchantress hits.

Gem of Ease: This one goes on her weapon, gives some XP.

If you can find a reliable way to proc Iceblink, it is a good gem. But I haven't found a good way. Wizardspike is the only one to come to mind, and it's not consistent enough.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Maximum Resource
Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Armor
Life
Life Regeneration
Resist All

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Remember that movement speed rolls in gear count towards the maximum of 25% extra movement speed. If you have 12% movement speed on your boots, only take 13% from paragon to not waste points.

Build Guide

THIS BUILD IS BASED ON PTR PATCH 2.7.0.73635. I reckon this will get nerfed as it's absolutely nutty right now. Did 135 solo with 2k paragon, unoptimized gear and 200 ping with no issues and a couple minutes of time left.

Gameplay:

Keep up Storm Armor and Magic Weapon at all times. When in combat, make sure that at least one enemy is ignited, if this buff drops, you lose a huge deal of damage and survivability.
Before engaging in a fight, get all four stacks of Tal Rasha's Elements up, by using your Shock Pulse Disintegrate, Teleport and Arcane Orb at least once.

Try to keep above buffs up at all times, as they greatly affect your tankiness.

It is recommended to hold down Disintegrate pretty much whenever you are not at the Cold phase of your Convention of Elements, because combustion stacks from Firebird's Finery keep the cooldown of your Teleport down. Don't walk, just hold Disintegrate and Teleport. Keep the stacks close to 50 whenever possible.

Whenever your Cold phase is coming up (Arcane is before Cold) get at least half a screen away from the elites for maximum damage (Zei's Stone of Vengeance) and cast Shock Pulse thrice to get all three stacks of Triumvirate up, then spam Arcane Orb for the Cold phase.

You can take fatal damage three times before actually dying with this setup. One from Firebird's Finery 2-piece bonus, one from Enchantress's Fate's Lapse skill, and finally one from your own Unstable Anomaly passive. However, there is no clear indication when the Enchantress's Fate's Lapse has been used, so you should still play very carefully if both your own cheat deaths are on cooldown.

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