I'll add that I anticipate Impulsa's is basically binding for self-cast. Anniversary casting alone chains 7-8 times, acceptation you hit at a lot of 14-16 enemies per casting afterwards Impulsa's. Meanwhile, accessories are casting assorted instances of arc, convalescent the coverage of Poe currency.

I started the alliance with self-cast arc aback I don't like totems or traps/mines and I was in actuality affliction in Incursions afore I alone an Impulsa. Went from relying on Vaal Arc to bright any ample accumulation of enemies to watching my accustomed Arc casts bright about as able-bodied as Vaal Arc.

Another affair with Arc that I've credible even some trappers run into, including CuteDog's arc trapper, is that Arc takes some time to biking from one adversary to another. As declared before, accessories abate this affair somewhat as assorted instances of arc will advance the spread. Afterwards Impulsa's, this is a daydream for self-cast, but as you can see from OP's clips beneath the explosions from Impulsa's acutely acceleration up the biking time.

Edit: OP acquaint some clips of Arc allowance with no Impulsa's, just burn prolif. Looks complete good, actually, and Stormfires are complete bargain atm, so you could use a altered chest section if accept one or if accession apparel you better.

Impulsa's still looks complete strong, but not binding if you for for OPs ingite variant. If you're traveling for a added aboveboard crit/lightning ascent setup, you're traveling to ambition an Impulsa's.

Imo, self-cast arc is an alone hardly faster mapper all-embracing but has a smoother feel. You will not get the one-shotting abeyant adjoin bosses, but you will still accept reasonable single-target. With a CotB I consistently benumb lock incursion/temple bosses, admitting actually there are far bigger ring options out there.

One endure point, aback backbone is such an affair with self-cast I awful acclaim any warlord's mark on hit ring or a backbone drain Watcher's eye. Backbone drain is huge for comestible accident adjoin individual targets and even fast mapping.

Curse on hit with heralds is adequate for mapping, but adjoin abounding administration you adeptness accept agitation proccing your heralds to administer it so a self-cast warlord's mark could be advantageous too. If you're traveling for the burn avenue afresh you don't charge to casting arc complete often, so warlord's mark is not all-important and flammability will be a big dps increase.

As far as links go there's a lot of flexibility, are you traveling for OP's burn bureaucracy or crit and lightning scaling?

Warlord's Mark doesn't do annihilation for me adjoin administration anyway, with their anathema attrition and Arc's abridgement of acute individual target. I aswell use Lightning Spire Trap for individual target, so I don't in actuality anguish about leech.

I'm just arena crit, with accent on ele ailment adventitious to accomplish shock added consistent. I'd acceptable tips on optimizing that, btw, because I haven't in actuality afflicted or even anticipation about my body aback day 1 (spending too abundant time messing about with assorted alts). I'm application a 5-link Pledge of Easily with Vaal Arc - Inc Crit Strikes - Ice Bite - PCoC - Lightning Pen. You can acquaint I've been traveling in actuality for QoL in clearing.