Spark Inquisitor Gear, Jewels, and Flasks

Path of Building

Path of Building for a Level 90 Spark Inquisitor build can be found here.

Included are the skill trees, gem links, and an example set of low/mid level gear with room for upgrades. Resistances have been excluded as they can be filled in on any piece as needed and available.

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Gear Summary / TL;DR

These items strike a balance between power and cost-effectiveness. If you want to explore more options for budget or “GG” gear, see recommendations about Jewels or Flasks, or get more information on alternatives and specialty items, please ensure you read this page in its entirety.

Our recommendation:

Item Slot	Item Name
Head	Rare Hubris Circlet
Amulet	Choir of the Storm
Chest	The Covenant
Gloves	Rare Fingerless Silk Gloves OR Shadows and Dust
Boots	Voidwalker
Belt	Rare Crystal Belt
Ring 1	Call of the Brotherhood
Ring 2	Rare Opal Ring
Weapon	Shaped Void Sceptre
Shield*	Rare Fossilised Spirit Shield

For crafting Rare items, you can check out all the affixes that can roll on an item base, depending on its level, influence, and many other factors, using our affix tool.

Armour

Helmet

A Rare helmet is the easiest to find an enchantment for and makes it easy to fill out your Resistances. An Energy Shield and/or Armour base are the most ideal. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. [Uncapped] Elemental Resistances
2. +# to Maximum Life
3. Adds # to # Lightning Damage to Spells (Shaped Prefix)
4. Adds # to # Cold Damage to Spells (Shaped Prefix)
5. % Increased Energy Shield (Energy Shield Base)
6. +# to Maximum Energy Shield (Energy Shield Base)

For Unique helms, there are a few options:

Starkonja's Head is an excellent helm across the board for all Critical Strike based builds. Offering some Critical Strike, a nice Life roll, and a healthy amount of Evasion, this helmet is overall the most accessible Unique option and is usually easy to find an enchant for.

Lightpoacher with 2 Abyssal sockets is the best possible helmet for clear speed, however, it is generally very expensive and difficult to find an enchant for.

The Three Dragons is extremely cheap and available early in the league, providing valuable Freezing which lends a lot of safety to the build until you can upgrade.

Recommended Enchantments for this build are:

1. Spark fires 3 additional projectiles
2. 40% increased Spark damage
3. 30% increased Spark projectile speed

Chest

The Covenant is the best cheaply available chest that can be used all the way until Level 100.

Inpulsa's Broken Heart is an excellent choice for clear.

A very high Energy Shield Vaal Regalia is the best possible defensive option for the extreme end-game. Aim for 600+ Energy Shield and solid Resistances before you consider switching to a Rare.

Boots

Voidwalker are the most convenient choice, as they are generally quite cheap once Shaper farm starts on a league and they allow us to drop Pierce Support from our Vaal Spark 6-Link. Phasing is very convenient for clear speed and safety and these boots have good defensive stats and Movement Speed.

A Rare pair of boots should be used until Voidwalker can be acquired. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. % Increased Movement Speed
2. [Uncapped] Elemental Resistances
3. +# to Maximum Life

Recommended Enchantments for this build are:

1. Adds 1 to 160 Lightning Damage if you haven’t Killed Recently (Best Bossing)
2. 16% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you’ve Killed Recently (Best Clear)
3. 0.6% of Damage Leeched as Life and Mana if you’ve Killed Recently (Best Defense)

Since Spark is “weakest” for single-target, we recommend using the Added Lightning Damage if you plan on farming bosses such as Uber Elder.

Gloves

A Rare pair of Fingerless Silk Gloves is a great choice for a balance between damage and defense. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. [Uncapped] Elemental Resistances
2. +# to Maximum Life
3. % Increased Energy Shield
4. +# to Maximum Energy Shield
5. Socketed Gems are Supported by Level # Faster Casting / % Increased Cast Speed

Winds of Change offers a fair damage boost and decent quality of life with the increased projectile speed. If they can be obtained cheaply and early they can be a fairly strong upgrade.

Shadows and Dust are the best Unique option for clear speed. This is the ideal end-game choice for damage.

Kalisa's Grace are a cheap option available very early or on Solo Self-Found to create a budget 5-Link for your Spark.

An alternative to Kalisa's Grace is to look for a Rare pair of Shaped gloves with Socketed Gems are Supported by Level # Faster Casting / % Increased Cast Speed and Socketed Gems are Supported by Level # Blind / % Global Chance to Blind Enemies on Hit. Even if you are not able to acquire other ideal stats, such as Maximum Life, this can provide a budget 6-Link early in the league at a bargain price if you are lucky enough to find a pair.

Weapon and Shield

Weapon

A Rare sceptre is the best possible option, with the base being ideally a Void Sceptre or an Opal Sceptre for the implicit effects. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. % Increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
2. % Increased Spell Damage
3. % Increased Global Critical Strike Multiplier
4. Gain % of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage (Shaped Prefix)
5. % Increased Lightning Damage
6. Adds # to # Lightning Damage to Spells
7. Adds # to # Cold Damage to Spells
8. % Increased Cast Speed

Doryani's Catalyst is the best overall unique option and can usually be obtained cheaply.

Singularity is a good budget option when league starting to get you into maps right away.

Cerberus Limb is another great budget option but is not always available as early as Singularity.

Shield

A Rare Spirit Shield should be used, with the ideal bases being Fossilised Spirit Shields and Harmonic Spirit Shields. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. +# to Maximum Life
2. % Increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
3. % Increased Spell Damage
4. % Increased Lightning Damage
5. % Increased Cast Speed
6. % Increased Area of Effect (Elder Prefix)
7. +# to Maximum Energy Shield
8. % Increased Energy Shield

Chernobog's Pillar is an excellent budget shield that provides good defenses and a little bit of damage.

Accessories

Amulet

Choir of the Storm is the absolute best option for this build and provides a massive injection of damage.

A Rare amulet can be used as well, with whatever stats you need to fill in.

Rings

Call of the Brotherhood should be one of your first pickups when you can afford it. Combined with switching in Hypothermia Support in your Vaal Spark link, this is a huge boost to damage.

Berek's Grip is a great budget option that is also exceptional for leveling.

A Rare ring should be used in the other slot. An Opal Ring is the ideal base, but any will do. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. [Uncapped] Elemental Resistances
2. +# to Maximum Life
3. % Increased Lightning Damage
4. Curse Enemies with Level # Warlord's Mark on Hit (Elder Suffix)
5. % Increased Global Critical Strike Chance (Shaped Suffix)
6. % Increased Global Critical Strike Multiplier (Elder Suffix)
7. % Increased Damage (Crafted Prefix)
8. Adds # to # Lightning Damage to Spells (Shaped Prefix)

Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier can also be Essence crafted for the best possible rings but this is often expensive and tedious to craft.

Belt

A Rare Crystal Belt is the best option in many situations. Prioritize stats as follows:

1. [Uncapped] Elemental Resistances
2. +# to Maximum Life
3. % Increased Lightning Damage (Delve Prefix)
4. % Increased Damage (Crafted Prefix)
5. % Increased Life Recovery Rate (Elder Suffix)
6. +# to Armour

Any Rare belt will do to fill in until a Crystal Belt can be acquired. Stygian Vises are also a good choice.

Bisco's Leash is generally quite affordable and works well together with Shadows and Dust. This is a good option if you are farming for profit.

Jewels

Watcher's Eye Options

As with most builds that use classic Auras, a Watcher's Eye is going to be your best bet in the late-game. This is not necessary at all for the build and was excluded from any of the damage stats and calculations, simply because it will not be a realistic acquisition for many players.

It is worth swapping from Zealotry to Wrath (or vice-versa) if you obtain a Watcher's Eye with one of the recommended mods.

Prioritize Watcher's Eye mods as follows:

1. % increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies on Consecrated Ground while affected by Zealotry
2. % increased Critical Strike Chance while affected by Wrath
3. % increased Lightning Damage while affected by Wrath
4. % increased Cast Speed while affected by Zealotry
5. Consecrated Ground you create while affected by Zealotry causes enemies to take (8-10)% increased Damage

Unique Jewels

Hazardous Research is absolutely mandatory and can be acquired from the quest Death to Purity in Act V. Place it in the socket below:

Intuitive Leap is a great choice when it can be acquired to help generate free charges and acquire Melding without invest 4 points.

Standard Jewels

Standard Jewels are preferred over Abyss Jewels and should be prioritized as follows:

1. % Increased Maximum Life
2. % to Critical Strike Multiplier with Lightning Skills
3. % Increased Critical Strike Multiplier for Elemental Skills
4. % Increased Critical Strike Chance with Lightning Skills
5. % Increased Global Critical Strike Multiplier
6. % Increased Global Critical Strike Chance
7. % Increased Spell Damage While Holding a Shield
8. % Increased Spell Damage
9. % Increased Cast Speed

Flasks

• Seething Divine Life Flask of Staunching
• Atziri's Promise
• Experimenter’s Diamond Flask of the Order
• Chemist’s Silver Flask of Warding
• Alchemist’s Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline

Cinderswallow Urn can replace the Silver Flask, and is particularly good if the Veiled Mod is % Increased Critical Strike Chance during Flask Effect.

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