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Just pick whatever you think you'd like the best. And yes Purifier with Fire Strike definitely is viable (though honestly pretty much anything is viable), Fire Strike synergizes excellently with the weapon pool skills from Inquisitor (especially Bursting Round and Storm Spread) though at that point you're not gonna have much points for any bomb throwing, but it does open that alternate playstyle for you at least.
Purifier with FS is also amazing.
Also does shieldbreaker synergise well with FS? i ask if one day i wanna switch up game style...will literally be the name of this char, i'm discovering, thats why i dont ask build or anything, just general directions
Well, Oathkeeper has fantastic buffs to fire damage - and that's really it. It get resist shred from Guardians, Ascension buff and Divine Mandate for exclusive skill which Demo lacks on itself. And Vire's Might with the fire trail for proccing. Mostly, its going to play as support to the demo side.
Purifier gets exclusive skill for resist shred, buffs from Seal - and that's mostly it. it does have actual fire spells to mix in with bombs. Flames of Ignaffar and Rune of Kalastor. Both are somewhat of an acquired taste, so make sure you actually want to use those skills.
As for FS, if you intend to do it ranged, Inquisitor absolutely wins over Oathkeeper. Otherwise, Oathkeeper will offer the same kind of buffs as to the bomber playstyle, which are just generally good on pretty much any build in the game. And Judgement, with some gearing towards it, is just fun spell to pull trash mobs into you.
Neat item for purifier
With Oathkeeper you could go all melee auto attack with either Fire Strike or Righteous Fervor, or just invest more in Oathkeeper's offensive skills like Aegis of Menhir, Judgment, and Vire's Mights, or use Eye of Reckoning as your main attacking move.
With Arcanist there's 3 whole skills that can be used for spamming being Panetti's Replicating Missile, Callidor's Tempest, and Albrecht's Ather Ray, along with of course all the other different offensive spell moves the class has available.
I might also take theming into account when making a build. If I were to make a bomb throwing build I wouldn't pick Arcanist because it's a very mage like class and clashes with the whole bomb throwing identity if I was aiming for it.
Only classes I'd really consider then would be Inquisitor and Oathkeeper, and they both have their own good points.
You can check that stuff here (https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/skill-modifiers), for the most part it's endgame items that do this, but there are some Monster Infrequent items that also do this that are obtainable sooner or later during the playthrough meaning you could use them as you level up.
Monster Infrequents are items that are obtained either from a specific named monster (usually also named after the monster) or specific types of monster (like Grobble Shaman type enemies for example).
I've decided to put sorcerer away. I've documented myself a bit more and, while it seems meta compared to the 2 others, i think i wont like it. idk, i do not connect at all with the class.
So, still undecided for my 2nd mastery but i'm getting here.
I really dont know what i should play, shieldbreaker seems a bit better in the bombing departement, but purifier seems more fluid.
Tough decision.
If you have a final insight on both class and their respective power level as caster mostly, i'd gladly take it
Thanks!
Sorc should also be fine, but I think it's mostly played with arcanist spells. Didn't make one yet.
Can also take a look at Occultist for Pyromancer combo. It also ranges from FS to different casters fairly well, and even has some hybrid pet builds to it. Though it's much glassier than Purifier. On the other hand, you won't have to hump the Inquisitor's seal all the time.
Yeah, spamming seal seems cumbersome haha... but it definitly feels more versatile.
Thanks for the input!
edit : oh last question, while you talk about glassyness...is shieldbreaker tankier or not? Seals seems good and also there was one that healed wich sound nice, especially considering i play with a friend so bonus added for jolly cooperation.
Shield break seems to not have heal but have some defense mechanics...do they outweight that?
Also, in general, does caster has some form of sustain attainable through stuff? I mean some sort of life leech or health per cast.
On SB survivability, it's solid. Not as asinine as Druid or Sentinel, not the tankiest either. Ascension offers solid defences while active, Blast shield is great, Flashbang is a good defensive debuff. And going fire or chaos devo routes, you get a wide choice of good survivability procs. Ghoulish hunger is great if you have weapon damage on your casts, Twin fangs can be attached to Vire's might to reliably trigger from its fire trail. Phoenix fire is another solid absorption proc - love it on fire builds. And there's Giant's blood/ Wayward soul for just raw heals. Can both be grabbed if you really feel the need.
Overall, Purifier has access to most of those anyway, +seal. From my experience with, specifically, Dagallon FS Purifier and Ulzuin Canister SB, Purifier facetanks better, but has more trouble with getting stunned than SB. Had to make multiple adjustments for that.
I was under the impression, looking at the skill tree, that SB would make a better caster...it seems to have more fire damage bonus and solid damage reduction.
I agree with flashbang, i play on veteran and it does a lot of great thing, it's definitly on my hot bar!