Fireball Build Single Target Options

With the recent buff to fireball, I have been considering making a fireball build in 2.4. However, I am hesitant because of the single target damage without frost wall. What are some options for single target damage with a fireball build that people have tested?

Fireball does enough damage that you can just throw it in a second 6l (if using a staff) or a helm if not.

Normally I don't use concentrated effect on fireball for aoe, but for single target you can swap to conc since you want to hit like a brick.

With this huge damage buff to fireball I'm considering doing it this league as well. Plans are to go 6l staff/armor and use Pledge of Hands+LMP for area casts and chest for single target boss slaying.

Set-up plans are:

Pledge of Hands:
Spell Echo*
Fireball
Faster Casting
Lesser Multiple Projectiles
Elemental Focus
Fire Penetration
Controlled Destruction

Chest:
Fireball
Faster Casting
Concentrated Effect
Elemental Focus
Fire Penetration
Controlled Destruction


EDIT:

Forgot to mention I plan on using a minimum of 3 fireball threshhold jewels. I'm also going non-crit.

Hey thanks for the reply. That certainly sounds like an interesting setup. I guess my next question is, what do you plan to do about reflect and low/no regen maps?

Reflect will be easy to take care of since the plan is to go Elementalist with that juicy 50% reflect ignore + 100% damage/25% aoe increase every 10 seconds.

As for no regen maps, all I'll need is 1 mana flask. I plan on getting the flask nodes above Witch area.

And if you always find yourself in a pinch (or you have shitty RNG and every high tier map you roll has Players Have No Life and Mana Regen) you can just pop Vaal Clarity.

I will not be reserving a lot of mana outside of Clarity and Arctic Armour.

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AbdulAlhazred a écrit :

With this huge damage buff to fireball I'm considering doing it this league as well. Plans are to go 6l staff/armor and use Pledge of Hands+LMP for area casts and chest for single target boss slaying.

Wouldn't it be easier to switch between 2 staves?

Ignite is a decent single target option.

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dudiobugtron a écrit :

Ignite is a decent single target option.

expand on that. ignite from what? because i know that gmp fireball ignite damage likely wont be enough to kill core malachai or many of the new bosses they are adding.

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sucinum a écrit :

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AbdulAlhazred a écrit :

With this huge damage buff to fireball I'm considering doing it this league as well. Plans are to go 6l staff/armor and use Pledge of Hands+LMP for area casts and chest for single target boss slaying.

Wouldn't it be easier to switch between 2 staves?

If you already had plans to ignore 5L/6Ling your chest, then yes. I can see how using 2 pledge would be easier. Otherwise, no. That'd require making 3 5L/6L items.

Seems more like personal preference.

Crit fireball was good before the recent buffs in damage. It'll be even better now. Drop Elemental Focus from my setup and use Increased Critical Strikes gem and your ignites will do a lot of damage. Not to mention you can proliferate them with Witch. I just don't want to invest in crit so my build isn't doing that, or ignite.

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Slisk a écrit :

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dudiobugtron a écrit :

Ignite is a decent single target option.

expand on that. ignite from what? because i know that gmp fireball ignite damage likely wont be enough to kill core malachai or many of the new bosses they are adding.

For single targets, I would use a single fireball.