S10 Pyromancer - Fireball

Season 10PyromancerFire

A build guide by Smok35orce -> some idiot in MisterSleepyCat's chat

01 Overview #

Do you want to burninate your enemies while holding down right click? Want to be fairly tanky with good ST and AOE with the same gear/incarn tree? Then I have the build for you! Fireball Pyro is here to bait you all into angry messages and day 1 rerolls. This build was a fever dream I came up with late last season and while I thought it was pretty good, it wasn't till the fat cat took a look at it and reaffirmed that the build is indeed "pretty good". Fireball is a underplayed skill with solid clear and single target. If you want to play offmeta without having to suffer, then Fireball Pyro is here for you.

The Good

  • One button, auto-aim build
  • Solid clear and ST without switching gear/build
  • Fire gear is traditionally very cheap (might be more this season)

The Bad

  • Not  the fastest build, holding down Fireball slows you as you cast and move
  • No teleport and an awkward travel skill
  • You have to manually aim until you get aimbot.exe

02 Season Changes #

Pyro legit has two lines in the S10 patch notes. The only one that affects this build is Scorching Aura which got a nice little damage scaling buff.

03 Loot Filters #

I don't have a specific filter made, but refer to sleepy or graxy's great info about how to create your own loot filters. It may seem daunting at first, but it is something you should definitely learn to use.  In general, you want to look for Fire Skill, Fire Damage, Faster Cast Rate, Life, and Resistances.

04 Stats, Sockets & Stars #

Attributes

400 spent 0 / 400 left
  • Strength 0
  • Dexterity 0
  • Intelligence 400
  • Energy 0
  • Armor 0
  • Vitality 0
  • Fire Skill Damage
  • +Fire/All Skills
  • Faster Cast Rate
  • Fire Skill Damage Increased
  • -% Enemy Fire ResistanceMake sure you get to 100% Ignore Fire Resistance
  • Intelligence

Star levels

When you start getting multiples of your S-tier Satanics, it might be time to attempt some star leveling. Star leveling S-tier Satanics requires Destiny Shards — used at the crafting bench, each shard has a chance to:
62%Upgrade by 1 star
26%Downgrade
12%Corrupt — all stars removed
Each star increases the stats of an item, including orange-text abilities and bonuses. It can also increase +Skill rolls that are NOT +All Skills — so +Elemental or +Physical skills can be scaled this way.

This can be done to SS-tier items too, but it requires higher-tier materials — not suggested until you have established yourself.

05 Leveling 1–100 #

I am not gonna sugar coat it... leveling 1-40 isn't the greatest for Pyro. That being said, Fireball is pretty good in my opinion even before level 40 augment when it really takes off. If you want a more traditional RF leveling, please refer to Graxy's (egghead) excellent guide from last season.
IMPORANT: Fireball is very mana hungry, make sure to look for mana on hit, mana on kill, and keeping your mana pots up to date.

Dealers choice on breath of fire or Fireball. I think Breath is just generally better.

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06 Level 100+ Skill Trees #

Same tree as listed above at 100. 

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07 Incarnation Tree #

Here are two very basic Incarn trees. Fair warning: PAS is adding 600+ new incarn tree nodes so the tree will look very different. I wouldn't put too much stock into these, they are more here to give you a base idea of what to go for.

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08 Gear #

These gear options are general guidance, don't take them as gospel. 

Do not pass on well rolled mythic and rare gear. +fire/all skills, fire damage, resistances etc.
Fill your charms with life/resistance, +mana on hit, magic damage

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Alternatives

  • Weapon Ancient Sun Beacon, Flame of the Phoenix, Battle Mage's Wand, God's Benevolence
  • Off-handBattle Mage's Shield, Crystal Infused Shield
  • HelmScholar in a decent base, good mythic/rare
  • Body ArmorMagma Gladiator's Armor, Grandwizard's Robe, Lichbane, Satan's Cuirass
  • Gloves Rapidcaster Mitts, Conjurer Mitts
  • BootsGrand Wizard's Silk Shoes, Arch Wizard's Silk Boots
  • BeltLich Sash, Crystal Belt
  • Amuletgood mythic/rare, Ritual Pendant, Elder's Heart
  • Ring I+fire skill mythics/rares
  • Ring II+fire skill mythics/rares

09 Mercenary #

This is an alternative Aura and MF hybrid for farming while also increasing damage and survivability using Crown of Doom and Pearlescence for extra magic damage.

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