Also, updating the V2 budget fireheart setup, as some actual testing has revealed a few nuisance points that changes a lot of the gearing:
- We need a necrolyte merc. Thankfully you can usually just pawn off your cold gear to him and he'll run fine, just craft a
Gehenna
Gehenna
Weapons
'Xar'
Runeword Level: 100
20% Chance to cast level 32 Frozen Crown on Melee Attack
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Damage
Adds 94-125 cold damage
Adds 150-200 poison damage over 1 seconds
+25% to Cold Spell Damage
+25% to Poison Spell Damage
-2% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-2% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-27% to Enemy Cold Resistance
-27% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Increase Maximum Life and Mana 23%
Requirements -33%
- Minefield gives 60 pierce, IOTSS and level charm give 10; Jinns provide around 35 pierce, and that double dips as the totems snapshot, so you end up with totems effectively having 140 pierce before even considering other items. The gearout thus requires us to stack as much spell damage as humanly possible instead.
- With this in mind, that means we just want nothing but zod-craft jewels in our gear. Leave those rha runes at home.
- The earliest you can get 3 fireheart totems is 132 factoring in the +max sk charms available at that point. Inadvisable to respec until that point, but can still run dunc if you do.
An updated loadout:
Weapon:
Minefield
Minefield
One-Handed Swords
'FiFiFiFiFiFi'
Runeword Level: 100
20% Chance to cast level 40 Cluster Bomb on Melee Attack
+(0 to 2) to All Skills
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
Adds 275-425 fire damage
+(25 to 38)% to Fire Spell Damage
-60% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+15 to Terror Strike
Shield:
The Ivory Tower

The Ivory Tower
Tower Shield (4)
Defense: (205 - 233) to (404 - 459)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 22
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 12
+1 to All Skills
+(4 to 5)% Bonus to Spell Focus
5% Cast Speed
+(11 to 15)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(11 to 15)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana (3 to 5)%
Requirements -40%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (678 - 712) to (1219 - 1280)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 30
Required Dexterity: 58
Item Level: 29
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(8 to 9)% Bonus to Spell Focus
10% Cast Speed
+(16 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(16 to 20)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(81 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana (9 to 11)%
Requirements -45%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1525 - 1593) to (2685 - 2805)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 59
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 50
+2 to All Skills
+(12 to 13)% Bonus to Spell Focus
15% Cast Speed
+(21 to 25)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(21 to 25)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(101 to 110)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana (15 to 17)%
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2278 - 2371) to (4002 - 4165)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 51
Required Strength: 109
Required Dexterity: 210
Item Level: 85
+2 to All Skills
+(14 to 15)% Bonus to Spell Focus
15% Cast Speed
+(26 to 30)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(26 to 30)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(121 to 130)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana (18 to 20)%
Requirements -55%
Socketed (4)
-> Fasc/eerie crafted nec shield with +sk
Helm: Fasc/Eerie crafted circlet; aim for big spell damage mods.
Body Armor: Fasc/eerie crafted chest (don't care about pierce, just aim for spell damage)->
Robe of Steel
Robe of Steel
Full Plate Mail (Sacred)
Defense: (6692 - 7471) to (8202 - 9156)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 428
Item Level: 105
+(11 to 20)% Bonus to Spell Focus
25% Cast Speed
+(21 to 30)% to Spell Damage
+(115 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
+100 to Strength
+100 to Energy
Elemental Resists +20%
Total Character Defense 50%
+250 Life after each Demon Kill
Requirements -33%
Socketed (6)
Belt: Eerie blessed sacred honorific ->
Rainbow (Xis)
Rainbow
Belts
'EtXis'
Runeword Level: 120
+3 to Maximum Damage
+13% to Spell Damage
+(41 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
50% Magic Find
+7 to Light Radius
Cannot be Unsocketed
->
Ashaera's Armor
Ashaera's Armor
Belt (Sacred)
Defense: 1687 to 1760
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 529
Item Level: 105
+(21 to 25) Spell Focus
+(11 to 15)% to Spell Damage
(11 to 15)% to Energy
+500 Defense
Elemental Resists +(10 to 15)%
Physical Resist 10%
Socketed (2)
Gloves: Fasc/Eerie crafted gloves ->
Iblis (Xis)
Iblis
Gloves
'NeXis'
Runeword Level: 120
+(31 to 35)% Bonus to Poison Skill Duration
+(33 to 38)% to Fire Spell Damage
(25 to 35)% to Energy
Fire Absorb 4%
+10 to Light Radius
Cannot be Unsocketed
Boots:
Wake of Destruction

Wake of Destruction
Greaves (4)
Defense: (90 - 102) to (135 - 152)
Required Level: 9
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 16
+(4 to 6)% Bonus to Spell Focus
(0 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(6 to 8)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(6 to 8)% to Poison Spell Damage
+(11 to 13)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
+(21 to 25) to Energy
Requirements -20%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (333 - 369) to (462 - 512)
Required Level: 27
Required Strength: 84
Item Level: 32
+(7 to 9)% Bonus to Spell Focus
(0 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(10 to 12)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(10 to 12)% to Poison Spell Damage
+(15 to 17)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
+(26 to 30) to Energy
Requirements -25%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (854 - 930) to (1152 - 1254)
Required Level: 44
Required Strength: 164
Item Level: 51
+(10 to 12)% Bonus to Spell Focus
(0 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(14 to 16)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(14 to 16)% to Poison Spell Damage
+(19 to 21)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 35) to Energy
Requirements -30%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1274 - 1378) to (1713 - 1853)
Required Level: 52
Required Strength: 292
Item Level: 86
+(13 to 15)% Bonus to Spell Focus
(0 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(18 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(18 to 20)% to Poison Spell Damage
+(23 to 25)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 40) to Energy
Requirements -40%
Socketed (4)
(these are really damn hard to beat) -> garbage rolled spirit walkers (we don't need movespeed, and crap ms rolls sell for cheap
Rings: Rares with +sk, fsd ->
Ras Algethi
Ras Algethi
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 105
+(40 to 50) Spell Focus
2% Chance to cast level 44 Magic Missiles on Melee Attack
+(15 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
-10% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(15 to 20)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
Physical Resist -2%
Amulet: Rare with +sk, fsd, ene -> High fire spell dmg
The Tesseract
The Tesseract
Amulet
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 105
+2 to All Skills
25% Cast Speed
+(1 to 30)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(1 to 30)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(1 to 30)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(1 to 30)% to Poison Spell Damage
-(1 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(1 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-(1 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
-(1 to 20)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Can also run
Lone Wolf's Fur
Lone Wolf's Fur
Studded Leather (Sacred)
Defense: (4784 - 5980) to (5186 - 6482)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 299
Item Level: 1
20% Hit Recovery
+(11 to 13)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(11 to 13)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(100 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 50) to Strength
+(31 to 50) to Vitality
Attacker Takes Fire Damage of 150
Requirements -40%
Socketed (6)
Lone Wolf's Path
(Druid Seer Set)
and
Lone Wolf's Claws
Lone Wolf's Claws
Heavy Gloves (Sacred)
Defense: (984 - 1230) to (1044 - 1305)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 387
Item Level: 1
20% Hit Recovery
+(6 to 10)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(6 to 10)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(100 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Energy
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Requirements -20%
Socketed (4)
Lone Wolf's Path
(Druid Seer Set)
together for the firedance buff/spell factor.