[1.0.0.9] Dracarris Incarnate - Pet/Fire Hybrid Pyromancer, 6s Mad Queen, Solo Gladiator Extra Spawn

[DaShiv]

Just to add to what’s been said by Tyr, Nssheepster, and thepowerofmediocrity, I’ll also echo what I had previously wrote in my Iskandra’s Necromancer build guide about equipment priority:

[1.0.0.9] Iskandra’s Necromancer (Pet/Aether Hybrid Warlock, Solo Gladiator)

Equipment Priority

Prioritize the following bonuses when selecting items, starting with the most important:

1. CDR in the relevant 4 item slots: head, neck, focus (required), and weapon.
2. Any +skills items required to make the build functional at endgame.
3. Pet +% OA bonus.
   4. Large health bonuses.
4. Resistances (starting in Elite) until capped.
5. Other pet offensive bonuses, in order: crit damage, total speed, attack speed, total damage.
6. Player +% damage bonuses, in order: fire damage, aether damage.
7. Any other useful bonuses.

Low priority: Pet defensive bonuses, since our build doesn’t use pets to hold aggro. Pet health has some use against sustained AOE spam, but our pets almost always expire first anyway.

For this build there’s less of an emphasis on CDR since there’s no Star Pact to supplement, but the other item priorities are still relevant. Note that:

• Large health bonuses are a higher priority than most pet bonuses and player +% damage bonuses, since the core of your DPS comes from flat damage to pets, pet OA/crits, and RR debuffs.
• Both pet damage and player damage (+% fire damage) are much lower on the priority list than you’re assuming.
• For this build, the +skills priority listed as #2 is reaching 22/12 Flame Touched at end game.

Generally, you’ll receive better returns from large improvement to survivability than in small incremental improvements to offense. Pet damage % and player fire damage % are NOT the main DPS drivers in this build! Also, having a larger HP pool is crucial for proper functioning of Blast Shield.