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[0.3] PhazePlays Lich Arsonist Detonator Endgame

0.3 TTE
End Game
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Updated on Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025

Build Overview

PhazePlays setup for Lich Arsonist Detonators!

We use Skeletal Arsonist, Raging Spirits, and Skeletal Brute to tear through the endgame. Blanket cover enemies with Elemental Weakness then detonate minions using Explosive Demise. The chaos explosions from Lich's Rupture the Soul helps further elevate map clear!

The Build Video covers how the build works, playstyle, and gearing

Check out the accompanying Witch Campaign Leveling Guide

Loot filters here! (0.3 Minion Leveling and Mapping). They're also on Filterblade to edit

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Great Mapper
  • Solid Bosser
  • Fun Playstyle
  • Tanky
  • Mana Hungry
  • Energy Shield Recharge reliant
  • Visual Clutter

Equipment

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Gear Stat Priority

  1. Sceptre — +4 Minion levels, spirit, minion damage
  2. Body Armour — High tier %ES, flat ES, spirit
  3. Amulet — +3 minion levels, spirit, %ES
  4. Helmet — +2 minion levels and high ES
  5. Focus — High ES, +2 minion desecrate (not targetable, RNG)
  6. Boots — Movement Speed and high ES. Don't settle for less than 30% movement speed lategame
  7. Rings — Cast speed, resistances, attributes, life, rarity
  8. Gloves — High ES
  9. Belt — Resistances, life

Don't expect to get all of these stats (especially on sceptre, amulet, & body armour), they're just listed from highest to lowest priority

Suffixes

Look for resistances, energy shield recharge rate, and any attribute needs. Cap resists first, and then lategame aim for 50%+ chaos resist at a minimum

Sapphire Jewels

  • Primary:
    • (10-20)% increased maximum Energy Shield
    • Minions deal (5-15)% increased Damage
    • (10-15)% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
  • Secondary:
    • Minion (2-4)% Attack and Cast Speed
    • Minion +(5-10)% to all Elemental Resistances
    • Gain additional Stun Threshold equal to (5-15)% of maximum Energy Shield

+4 Fireflower and Atziri's Disdain are solid early-midgame uniques

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 60

Dex 30

Int 145

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Skeletal Arsonist

Skeletal Arsonist
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Skeletal Brute

Skeletal Brute
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Skeletal Cleric

Skeletal Cleric
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Skeletal Storm Mage

Skeletal Storm Mage
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Skeletal Sniper

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Skeletal Frost Mage

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Raging Spirits

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Elemental Weakness

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Frost Bomb

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Skeletal Warrior

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The above skill gems are roughly ordered in priority (left highest priority)

Minions & Spirit

  • 1x Skeletal Brute
  • 1x Skeletal Storm Mage
  • 1x Skeletal Sniper
  • 2x Skeletal Cleric (replace Meat Shield II with Brutus' Brain lategame)
  • Raging Spirits
  • Remaining Spirit on Skeletal Arsonist

Other Options:

  • 1x Skeletal Reaver for Armour Break
  • 1x Skeletal Frost Mage for Ice Armour

Weapon Swap

Passive Tree: Red is mapping, Green is bossing

Potentially add a couple Skeletal Sniper to Weapon Set 2 (green) and reduce the number of Skeletal Arsonist — then weave in Gas Arrow

Other Skills:

  • Pain Offering is great if you have a Rattling Sceptre. Only recommended this for bossing
    • Sacrificial Offering, Meat Shield II, Magnified Area II, Danse Macabre, Prolonged Duration II
  • Flame Wall extra damage, lower cost Raging Spirits generator
  • Convalescence for bossing

Entering Maps

  • 1x Skeletal Brute
  • 1-2x Skeletal Cleric
  • Raging Spirits
  • Rest Skeletal Arsonist

If you don't have enough Spirit for this, just run all Arsonists with Raging Spirits until you do

Passive Tree

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How it Plays

Playstyle is covered in-depth in the attached Video Build Guide!

Mapping

  1. Blanket enemies with Elemental Weakness
  2. Using Explosive Demise, Detonate Raging Spirits, Unearth, and Skeletal Brute that are near packs of enemies
  3. Occasionally cast Unearth at groups of corpses

When you encounter tanky rares, cast Elemental Weakness, Frost Bomb, and Pain Offering

Bossing

  1. Maintain Elemental Weakness, Frost Bomb exposure, and Pain Offering
  2. Spam Elemental Weakness (or Flame Wall) for extra Raging Spirits
  3. Spam Explosive Demise on top of the boss to automatically target your Skeletal Brute thanks to Sacrificial Lamb II

Tips

  • Minions must be in your Presence radius for Necromantic Conduit and Rupture the Soul
  • Try to be near your minions as packs of enemies die for explosions
  • Stay above 35% mana for Necromantic Conduit

How it Works

Curse

Elemental Weakness radius must be 3 meters or more to summon 2 Raging Spirits per cast

Energy Shield Recovery

This build relies on Energy Shield Recharge, be sure to grab Faster Start of ES Recharge and ES Recharge Rate wheels on the passive tree or recovery won't feel comfy. ES Recharge Rate can also be found as a Suffix on many gear slots now

Healing Minions

Try to keep Skeletal Arsonist high health to minimize them getting detonated. 5 potential ways to heal them:

  • Vile Mending (solid annoint)
  • Skeletal Cleric
  • Deathmarch on Skeletal Brute
  • Ultimate Life Flask with Grants % of Life Recovery to Minions (~750 life over 3 seconds, not much but it helps)
  • Life Recharge — 20% Life/sec after not taking damage for 4 seconds

Mana

Mana should be fine in 0.3, but if issues arise here are some fixes:

  • Get more Life on gear for Soulless Form
  • Drop Heightened Curse
  • Add Inspiration supports
  • Mana regen on passive tree: Mana Blessing, Ether Flow, Open Mind
  • Annoint Conservative Casting

Changelog

  1. Sept 1st: Fixed Brute Support Gems
  2. Sept 3rd: Slight build rework, full Muster setup. Unearth out atm due to lag during endgame mapping. Removed Kurgal's Leash and went back to Necromantic Conduit
  3. Sept 8th: Swapped Shield to Focus for +2 minion desecrate suffix
  4. Sept 11th: Re-added Expendable Army on the tree

Video Guide

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