Only about 0.6 seconds of downtime on Devastation casts due to Eternity procs means that repositioning your damage source isn’t a hassle, and you can afford a decent amount of mobility.

Relatively high armor for a caster thanks to Krieg’s set.

Very high % damage against Aetherial enemies, from the medal, one of the rings, and Fabric of Reality good against foes like Aleksander who are usually pesky for Aether builds.

Nearly unkillable when you play your cards right Time Dilation combined with decent awareness of when to pop your defensive abilities makes for quite the tank under the right circumstances.

Bonus points for damage consistency against large groups and single targets. Not speedrun-levels or anything, but if you can set it up right and get enemies inside of both of your Devastations, they’ll melt pretty fast. I was able to clear SR80 with Flames of Wrath as well, though, so it’s really up to personal preference. There’s an argument to be made for Flames of Wrath in the amulet slot for full Fire → Aether conversion on Devastation, but I think that RR, +1 to my second mastery, and tons of health and energy outweighed it for me. Siphon Souls can also be transmuted to deal pure Aether damage, making it a valuable tool for healing in a tough spot and being an easy proc for Time Dilation (and, thanks to the conduit, it provides a hard-to-come-by source of Aether RR as well!!) The weapon, off-hand, and helmet all provide flat Aether, flat CDR, and skill points to Devastation, making it quite easy to max and leaving lots of points to invest in the Arcanist tree.Ĥ pieces of Krieg’s set helps max MoT and Mirror to increase uptime, as well as providing lots of Aether %, +1 to all skills, and a decent amount of armor for what would traditionally be a more frail caster. The basic concept of this build is to make use of cooldown reduction to keep as high of an uptime as possible on Mark of Torment and Mirror of Ereoctes to be able to facetank enemies and keep them inside our Devastation(s). So I wanted to see how far I could take the Anasteria cosplay - a pure Aether (or as close as I could get with that pesky fire damage) Devastation Spellbinder, with not one but TWO storms of arcane energy battering my foes at once due to the helmet’s proc. But I do love MI legendaries! I think it’s a cool gameplay concept.

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