Build:The Blaze

Description
This build utilizes the White Kintsugi Armor and Boots and a White Wide Hat late game but it is not absolutely required as the Jade-Lich Robes also gives the same fire damage bonus but the Boots do not. A Wide Black Hat or a White Priest Mitre can go in your head slot, as an alternative to fire damage bonus.

Using a Lantern in your off-hand and any one-handed in your main hand, though a Mace of Seasons causes Elemental Vulnerability; then using Sigil of Fire plus Mana Ward, then a Warm Boon, your Flamethrower will be doing massive damage.


 * Explorer Lantern Flamethrower deals 2.75 Fire damage. Total 66
 * White Wide Hat +10% Fire bonus -20%  mana cost
 * White Kintsugi Armor +10% Fire bonus
 * White Kintsugi Boots +5% Fire bonus
 * Warm (skill) +30% Fire bonus
 * Alchemical Experiment +15% all damage
 * Fire Affinity +15% Fire bonus
 * Immolate +30% Fire bonus

For a total of 115% fire damage bonus, dealing up to 141.9  fire damage in a complete spell cast.

The passive skills of Fire Affinity +15% bonus and Shamanic Resonance +10% boon bonus are extremely important. Get them, top priority.

Rune Magic is totally optional and so is its breakthrough skill, however, the +40 mana given from it is really good.

Make sure to keep an additional Lantern and lots of Thick Oil in your inventory to make sure your Lanterns are in top condition and for the ability to switch to a different Lantern mid-fight if your current one runs out of fuel.

Make use of a Mage Tent for an extra -15% mana cost. Also Gaberry Wine for another -20% mana cost.

I think it's fun to use one of the first spells given to you in the game in a powerful manner. Have fun burning people's faces off!

Your counter and Alternative Weapons
Your biggest counter to this build are fire elemental enemies.
 * Burning Man 100% resistance
 * Elite Burning Man 100% resistance
 * Obsidian Elemental 100% resistance
 * Elite Obsidian Elemental 100% resistance
 * Concealed Knight: ??? 100% resistance
 * Elite Alpha Tuanosaur 70% resistance
 * Bandit Manhunter 65% resistance
 * Jade-Lich Acolyte 65% resistance

To fight them you must either just use your melee weapon, or if you have Rune Magic, Runic Lightning

Alternative Flamethrower
However, there are alternative Flamethrower builds we can use!

Ethereal Flamethrower!
 * Lantern of Souls Flamethrower deals 1.375 Ethereal damage. Total 33
 * Haunted -25% ethereal resistance (Flamethrower with Lantern of Souls causes Haunted
 * Tenebrous Set +20% ethereal bonus, -30%  mana cost
 * Mist (skill) +30% ethereal bonus
 * Alchemical Experiment +15% all damage

Total 85% ethereal bonus. That's pretty good!

There's also

Frost Flamethrower!


 * Ice-Flame Torch Flamethrower deals 2.75 Frost damage. Total 66
 * Red Wide Hat +10% frost bonus -20%  mana cost
 * Crimson Plate Armor +25% frost bonus +6%  mana cost
 * Crimson Plate Boots +15% frost bonus +4%  mana cost
 * Cool (skill) +30% frost bonus
 * Alchemical Experiment 15% all damage

Total 95% frost bonus. Wow!

And one more

Lightning Flamethrower!!


 * Coil Lantern Flamethrower deals 3.16 Lightning damage. Total 75.84
 * White Wide Hat +10% lightning bonus -20%  mana cost
 * Runic Armor +10% lightning bonus -5%  mana cost
 * Unfortunately there are no boots that increase lightning damage so I guess Gold-Lich Boots for the -30%  mana cost
 * Blessed (skill) +30% lightning bonus
 * Alchemical Experiment +15% lightning bonus
 * Light Mender's Backpack +10% lightning bonus

Total 75% lightning bonus. Not bad but also consider the lightning damage from Flamethrower is the highest source of damage with the Coil Lantern compared to other Lanterns. Although the Coil Lantern does the most flat-damage compared to the Explorer Lantern, The fire alternative is better armored (since we're so close to the enemy) and applies the burning effect which is really strong.