POE 3.6 Inquisitor - Popular Beginner Friendly - Storm Brand Beginner Build

Storm Brand is a skill that was introduced in Betrayal League. Storm Brand creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, firing beams which deal damage to nearby enemies and those around them. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.

Brand Recall is a skill that was also introduced in Betrayal League to go with both Brand skills. Recall your brands to you, detaching them from enemies, then cause them to activate. The brands will have increased attachment range until they next attach to an enemy.

In Path of Exile 3.6 Synthesis, Storm Brand Update has Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 21 (was 20)Now deals 2 to 7 Lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 3 to 8) and 75 to 225 Lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 97 to 290)Now has an added damage effectiveness of 30% (from 35%).Brands are an attachable spell, which every short period of time casts Lightning Projectiles that shoots from attached nearby enemies dealing massive AoE damage and attaching themselves to another nearby enemy after the first one is killed. 

This is a beginner-friendly, league-starter viable, solo-self-found viable, and comprehensive Storm Brand Inquisitor guide. The leveling section in this guide is meant to take players with a fresh install or in a fresh league and get them into maps and started on a powerful character. Interested readers can find gear priority, stat suggestions, mechanics explanations, and a whole bunch of links that might be useful for newer players.

Path of Exil 3.6 Updates:

- Day 3 Uber Elder Down! - Gear snapshot added and a pure clip of the fight start to finish for those interested. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/394924639

- Loreweave nerfed, Storm Brand damage nerfed. Build still functions just fine. It's still mechanically great.

- Keeping an eye on path of exile currency items, synthesized implicits, and anything else that might be important for the build.

- Added section in Shields about +2 Minimum Frenzy Charges.

Pros & Cons:

+ Beginner and League Starter Friendly. Virtually no gear requirements. Can be done on all rares. 4-link is enough to complete the story and progress into maps. Like all spells, the power comes from the level of the skill gem so progression feels smooth.

+ Brand Playstyle. Cast from range and stay out of danger. Place your brands and watch them pulse and kill enemies while you run around and pick up loot or plan your next move.

+ Mind over Matter. Acrobatics/Phase Acrobatics. MoM is one of the best defensive Keystones in the game. Acro/Phase Acro are great "free lives" while learning the game and helps for times where you just can't move away from damage.

+ Gearing is straightforward. Being Inquisitor makes the range of stats you care about even less. No need to care about the resist of your enemies means all you care about is life, resistances, mana, and crit.

+ Not that many buttons to press. I list this here as a pro because I can't be bothered to keep up multiple buffs, curses, golems, and whatnot. This guide is supposed to be new player friendly. You have your Brand, Brand Recall, and a couple mobility skills. That's it. For newer players this really helps manage flask usage.

- Can't do Elemental Reflect. Even with pantheons or anti-reflect rings you will do too much damage and one-shot yourself to elemental reflect. Look out for this mod when doing maps. Reroll maps with reflect and don't choose maps with reflect if Zana presents you with an option (be careful for unid maps!)

Gems Links:

Storm Brand - Faster Casting - Added Lightning - Increased Crit Chance - Controlled Destruction - Increased Crit Damage*

Brand Recall - Arcane Surge - Empower - Enhance

Heralds/Aspects/Arctic Armor/Curse-Blasphemy.

Cast When Damage Taken – Immortal Call

Storm Brand (POE 3.6 Storm Brand Builds)- Damage Supports - Increased Crit Strikes

Bandits:

Help Alira. Kill them All is an alternative if you don't need resists and the 2 skill points help your build more.

Ascendancy:

- Righteous Providence

- Inevitable Judgement

- Instruments of Virtue

- Augury of Penitence

Grab Instruments first if you're more experienced and can benefit from the cast/movespeed while leveling.

Pantheon:

Major God – Soul of the Brine King if without Kaoms Roots. Soul of Solaris if you have them.

Minor God – Gruthkul for mapping Yugul for Uber Elder

Video:

PoB Link:https://pastebin.com/ZCBiyJpS

Skill Tree:http://tinyurl.com/y2zg5trg

Example Link:http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2326164