Important Tree Nodes

The best ascendancy order is Divine Guidance, Sanctuary of Thought, Conviction of Power, and Arcane Blessing. Take several of the nearby life regeneration nodes on the tree to stay alive with the self damage from Righteous Fire. The fire damage over time multiplier nodes on the tree and Mana Masteries are also very important because this is a fire damage over time build that stacks mana for damage. This build needs high life so take as many of the nearby life percent nodes as you can for survival.

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Defensive Layers

The Conviction of Power ascendancy gives you four Endurance and Power charges at all times the first of which reduces your physical damage taken and increases your elemental resistances and with the Divine Guidance ascendancy you will take 10% of your damage to your mana. This build also has the strong defensive advantage of using a shield.

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Gems

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Weapon (3-link)

Enduring Cry

Call To Arms

Dread Banner

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Shield (3-link)

Steelskin

Empower Support

Arcane Surge Support (keep at level 1)

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Armour (6-link)

Righteous Fire of Arcane Devotion

Awakened Controlled Destruction Support

Awakened Elemental Focus Support

Awakened Burning Damage Support

Concentrated Effect Support

Efficacy Support

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Helmet (6-link)

Grace

Purity of Fire

Summon Skitterbots

Enlighten Support

 

Gloves (4-link)

Summon Flame Golem

Minion Life Support

Culling Strike Support

Flame Dash

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Boots (4-link)

Fire Trap

Trap and Mine Support

Awakened Burning Damage Support

Cruelty Support

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Ring (1 socket)

Flammability

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Reservation Skills

Grace is the best defensive aura for this build and gives very high evasion. Purity of Fire is also used to help counteract the self damage of Righteous Fire by giving you a 4% increase to your maximum fire resistance. Summon Skitterbots is selected to apply Flammability with the Profane Proxy ring because Righteous Fire can't apply curses on hit. Dread Banner should also be used to lower the accuracy of nearby enemies. Summon Skitterbots can be used once you have the Mana Mastery on the tree and a level 4 Enlighten Support linked to your reservation skills to lower their mana reservation cost.

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Gem Notes​​​

1. Steelskin is the best guard skill for this build because Immortal Call requires you to use potions more often and Molten Shell requires very high armor to be effective.

2. Level 21 Righteous Fire of Arcane Devotion with 20% quality is better than 20/20 Vaal Righteous Fire of Arcane Devotion.

3. Enduring Cry is used for a large life heal over one second, to generate Endurance charges, and to give an extra 2% increased physical damage reduction and 2% increased elemental resistances per Endurance charge. You should also link the new Call to Arms gem to Enduring Cry to automatically instantly cast it on cooldown.

4. Arcane Surge Support is used to give 20% more spell damage with the Arcane Blessing Hierophant ascendancy.

5. Summon Flame Golem gives a 20% damage increase, kills enemies at 10% life with Culling Strike Support, heals 2% of your life on Culling Strike, and provides an extra target for enemies to attack.

6. If you think you would prefer to play a totem based Templar build that also does well at the endgames you can check out the Arc Totem Hierophant Guide which can be found here Arc Totem Hierophant Guide.

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Equipment

 

Weapon

Rare Wand or Sceptre

Look for +1 to level of all fire spell skill gems, +1 to level of all spell skill gems if you can afford it, increased spell damage, increased burning damage, and fire damage over time multiplier. You should also add 1% increased elemental damage per 2% quality to your weapon at the Horticrafting station which can be added to your hideout with the edit option.

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Shield

Rare Shield

Look for +1 to level of all fire spell skill gems, increased spell damage or fire damage, high life, high mana, and add increased strength/intelligence at the crafting bench for more life and mana.

Rise of the Phoenix

The budget shield gives 5% to maximum fire resistance which greatly reduces the self damage of Righteous Fire, 8% to all elemental resistances, and up to 200 life regeneration per second which also helps counteract the self damage of Righteous Fire.

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Armour

Carcass Jack

This offensive armour gives up to 12% to all elemental resistances, 70 life, 50% increased area of effect, and 50% increased area damage. You should also upgrade to a high increased damage corruption once you have enough currency.

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Helmet

Indigon

Gives up to 10% increased mana, 60% increased cost of skills for each 200 total mana spent recently, 25% increased spell damage for each 200 total mana spent recently (up to 2000%), recover 10% of life when you use a mana flask, and non-instant mana recovery from flasks also applies to life. You should also eventually look for a +2 to level of socketed AoE gems corruption once you have enough currency.

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Gloves

Rare Apothecary's Gloves

Apothecary's Gloves have up to an 18% increased damage over time implicit. Look for high life, increased damage over time, fire damage over time multiplier, mana, and resistances.

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Belt

Rare Stygian Vise

Look for high life, increased life percent, mana, and resistances. You can use a Hunter's Exlated Orb with an open prefix for a chance at increased life percent. You should also use 20 Fertile Catalysts on the belt to increase its life ana mana bonuses.

Rare Abyss Jewel

Look for life, mana, intelligence, and optionally chance to avoid being Ignited.

 

Boots

Rare Boots

Look for life, mana, intelligence, resistances, Onslaught on kill, and movement speed. You should also use Eldritch Embers and Eldritch Ichors to roll regenerate 0.2% of life per second per Endurance charge and +1 to maximum fire resistance.

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Amulet

Rare Amulet

Look for high life, high attributes, energy shield, +1 to level of all fire skill gems, increased fire damage, life regeneration, and resistances. You should also use 20 Fertile Catalysts on your amulet to increase its life bonus and life regeneration.

 

Rings

Profane Proxy

This ring gives a Flammability aura when using Summon Skitterbots, +3 to level of the socketed curse gem, up to 30% cold resistance, and 30% lightning resistances. You should use 20 Prismatic Catalysts on the ring to increase its resistance bonus.

Rare Ring

Look for high life, attributes, increased fire damage, mana, and resistances. You should also use 20 Fertile Catalysts on the ring to increase its life and mana bonuses.

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Tattoo (New)

Journey Tattoo of the Mind

This tattoo is now available in 3.24 and can replace multiple 30 dexterity nodes on the tree for a large mana increase.

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Utility Flasks

Rumi's Concoction (legacy is better)

Gives 1500 armour, a 12% chance to block attacks, and a 6% chance to block spells. The legacy version has much higher block chances. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask when it has full charges.

Ruby Flask

Gives 50% fire resistance and +5 to maximum fire resistance which reduces the self damage of Righteous Fire. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Jade Flask

Gain 1500 evasion. Try and roll Bleeding and Corrupted Blood immunity during effect and use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever you are Bleeding.

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Anointment

You should anoint your amulet with Prismatic Skin for +2 to all maximum elemental resistances to lower the self damage of Righteous Fire at Cassia using a Silver Oil, Golden Oil, and Golden Oil.

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Enchants (Standard Only)

Helm: Steelskin Buff Can Take 45% Increased Amount of Damage

Gloves: Commandment of Inferno on Kill (on kill is used because Righteous Fire doesn't count as hitting the enemy)

Feet: 2% Life Regenerated per Second if You Were Hit Recently

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Bandits

The best bandit to help in Act 2 for this build is Alira because she gives 15% increased elemental resistances, 20% increased critical strike multiplier, and 5 mana regeneration per second. You can also optionally kill all of the bandits which gives two skill points if you have two stronger nodes than 15% increased elemental resistances at the end of your skill tree.

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Pantheon

Soul of Solaris is the best major Pantheon power and gives 6% reduced physical damage taken when only one enemy is present, a 20% chance to take 50% less area damage, 8% reduced elemental damage taken if you haven't been hit recently, take no extra damage from critical strikes if you've been hit with a critical strike recently, and a 50% chance to avoid elemental ailments from critical strikes. Soul of Ryslatha is the best minor power and gives 60% increased life recovery from flasks at low life, life flask charges every 3 seconds if you haven't used a life flask recently, and enemies you hit have 50% reduced life regeneration.

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Leveling Gear

 

Weapon

Lifesprigs

You can use two Lifesprigs at level one that each give 40% increased spell damage, +1 to level of socketed spell gems, increased cast speed, life, mana, and life regeneration.

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Armour

Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa is a level one body armour with 6 white linked sockets. White sockets allow you to link any color six gems together which makes you deal much higher damage at an earlier level. You can also get a Tabula Rasa with a high increased damage corruption which also requires level one for fairly cheap from the trade site.

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Helmet

Goldrim

A great level one resistance helmet that gives up to 40% to all elemental resistances and 10% increased rarity of items found.

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Gloves

Lochtonial Caress

These gloves can be used at level one and give up to 15% increased attack speed, 15% increased cast speed, and a 15% chance to generate a Power, Endurance, or Frenzy charge on kill.

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Boots

Wondertrap

Wondertrap boots require level nine and give up to 30 strength, 30 dexterity, 30 intelligence, and 25% movement speed.

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Amulet

Tear of Purity

Tear of Purity has up to 20 to all attributes, 40 to life, 30 intelligence, 10 to all elemental resistances, and level 10 Purity of Elements. The Purity of Elements aura increases your elemental resistances for a 50% mana reservation cost.

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Rings

Perandus Signet

Two Perandus Signets can be used at level one that each give 65% mana regeneration, 65 mana, 2% increased intelligence for each unique item equipped, and 2% increased experience.

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Flasks

Quicksilver Flask

This flask can be used at level four for 40% increased movement speed and can have increased movement speed as a second modifier. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Silver Flask

This flask gives Onslaught which increases your attack speed, cast speed, and movement speed as early as level 27. It can also have increased movement speed as a second modifier. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Bottled Faith (use a Sulphur Flask for 40% increased damage if you can't afford Bottled Faith)

This endgame flask requires level 27 and gives 40% increased damage, creates consecrated ground, increases enemies damage taken by 10% on consecrated ground, and gives 150% increased critical strike chance against enemies on consecrated ground.

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Leveling Gems

Freezing Pulse is the best starting spell to use at level one and you can optionally switch to Arc at level 12. The Righteous Fire of Arcane Devotion gem only requires level 16 but you shouldn't use it until you have high fire resistance and high life regeneration to counteract the self damage of Righteous Fire. Make sure to pick up a Steelskin gem once you've reached level four for a defensive guard skill. Dash requires level four and should be used as your travel skill at early levels.

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Upgrades

The Carnage Heart amulet can be equipped at level 20 for up to 56 to all attributes and 20% increased elemental resistances. You can also benefit from upgrading to two Praxis rings at level 22 to reduce the mana cost of your skills by up to 16 which allows you to use utility flasks in the place of mana flasks. Many of these items in the leveling section above last all the way until the midgame where better items will become available. 

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And that's all for the Righteous Fire of Arcane Devotion Guide! You can also view an endgames guide here Endgame Guide.

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