This build makes use of several mechanics to deal massive AoE (Area of Effect) damage and become very tanky.
In this section I will explain the typical skill rotation which I like to use and how the build functions.
Make sure that the first THREE skills on your hotbar are in the following order:
- Elemental Nova
- Flame Ward
- Frost Wall
It has to be this way, so that we can always cast Grand Prism Nova from Runic Invocation using Immutable Order 1/1.
Elemental Nova is always Tri-Elemental through Crest of Unity, but for Immutable Order 1/1 it uses the 'rarest' element, in this case it is Lightning, since we do not have other Lightning skills.
Skill Rotation
To start a Monolith off, ideally you should cast Frost Wall in front of you a couple of times and walk through it, granting Ward through the Prepared Wards 1/1 node.
This also grants us Frenzy and Haste from Boosted Kickoff 3/3 which further boosts our Cast Speed. Do this throughout the entire monolith to keep up buffs and ward.
Once you have found the first enemies, cast Teleport to teleport in front of them, then casting Frost Wall and walking through it, triggering Prepared Wards, Aspirant's Arrival, Boosted Kickoff, Elemental Affinity, Elemental Dawn and passives such as Rune of Dilation 4/8, to further boost our damage and survivability.
(Note: If you are wondering when to cast Flame Ward, you realistically don't need to. You should generate enough ward through all these other means. However it can be used in a dicey situation as a sort of panic button.)
Now it is time to start spamming Elemental Nova through which we are gaining massive amounts of Ward, thanks to Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros combined with the leech of Grand Hunger of the Void, Rift Bolt and Lavamancer. But also because of passives like Arcane Focus 8/8 and Edict of the Scion 6/6 to replenish our life. It also applies a Spark Charge with every hit. And if there is a big pack of mobs around you or some tougher foes, use Runic Invocation to unleash a devastating Grand Prism Nova which deals significant burst damage. But so does every 6th Nova we cast ourselves, thanks to Unstable Core.
Before casting your Invocation, make sure that you have walked through a Frost Wall within the past 5 seconds to trigger Aspirant's Arrival.
While doing all this, you can continue to cast Frost Wall on top of the enemy to freeze them, but also to walk through it to keep our buffs up.
You can also keep casting Teleport on top of the enemy to trigger extra Novae.
Most of the normal enemy types however, should die by just teleporting onto them and casting a couple of Novae and then moving on.
Continue to do this until every foe in sight has been slain.
Necessary unique items
We are using Mad Alchemist's Ladle, because it boosts our cast speed even further by stacking Intelligence. Because of that, we can attack extremely fast.
This does several things, as explained above, it makes us very tanky because of the high amounts of Ward we generate, but it also applies a Spark Charge with every hit of Elemental Nova because of the Spark Charges 5/5 nodes.
The Spark Charge damage is boosted by many factors, such as several pieces of equipment which give us an increase in PrefixLightning Damage and Intelligence. Doubly so thanks to Fragment of the Enigma which gives a +2 to Lightning damage for spark charge per point of Intelligence. This is the main damage dealer of the build.
It is important to note that we do need Cryomantic Fragility 3/4 in order to keep up with our fast cast speed. Otherwise it is very easy to run out of mana.
