The Burning Monk (Build Idea)

[Marigoldran]

BloodMage/ Monk (Helwalker, Naz or no subclass)

 

Items:

 

Revku's Scorched Cloak (burn damage heals you instead of hurting you)

Revku's Casque (helmet) so you can't be interrupted as long as you carry an affliction (give yourself the serious burn affliction)

Magran's Favor (+2 Fire PL levels)

Sun and Moon (+2 Fire PL Levels) (+2 Frost PL levels at night)

Sungrazer (a good weapon for any fire build)

Nomad's Brigandine (immune to disengagement attacks)

Fire thrower gloves (+2 to Evocation Spells)

 

Key bloodmage spells:

 

Wall of Flame (for healing and more fire damage!)

Llengath's Safeguard (+5 armor and +20 defenses when bloodied)

Fireball (for damage and healing!)

Essential Phantom for summons.

Dichotomous Souls for more summons.  

 

Grimoire: Obviously the fire grimoire from Berath's Blessing.  Ninguath's Teachings for fire immune enemies.  

 

Pet: +1 to Fire Levels

 

Basic idea: 

 

Cast Wall of Flame on your position.

Run down the wall of flame any time you need to heal.  Thanks to Revku's scorched cloak, you heal when you take fire damage.  Thanks to Nomad's Brigandine, enemies can't engage you.  

Chain cast fireballs on your position for more healing.

Llengath's Safeguard for more armor and defenses.  

Iron wheel for Con and Armor.  

 

With +5 Fire Power Levels from weapons and pet , and +2 Evocation Level from glove your fireballs and walls of flame will do massive amounts of damage and heal you a lot, too.  If you run into a fire immune, switch to ice based attacks (as a wizard you'll have plenty).  

Edited January 2, 2019 by Marigoldran

[Boeroer]

Did this with a Warlock some time ago.

 

Wall of Flame hardly penetrates. You will have a lot of pulses where you get 0 health because only 10% of fire dmg turns into healing. It's not an effective source of healing. But it can be convenient to stand on your own wall and engage enemies.

 

Fireballs work ok. Best is Delayed Blast Fireball.

 

You want to wear Rekvu's Fractured Casque. Since you need an injury anyway (cast Fireball on yourself between fights) you also want the immunity to interrupts.

 

Then use Grimoire of Vaporous Wizardry. Immunity to interrupts is perfect for this.

 

The best source of fire healing is if you can catch Combusting Wounds (e.g when being confused) and then stand in your own Wall of Flames.

 

Use Otto Starcat as pet.

Edited January 2, 2019 by Boeroer

[Marigoldran]

If you're confused, with minor arcane reflection, can you reflect fireballs back at yourself? 

[Boeroer]

Huh... no idea.