Need some advice on scaling an Ignite build

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Hi All, my build is using Frost Claw (which is not tagged as a DoT spell) to apply ignites. The entire build is Ignite/Dot based. I am trying to work out if the following affixes boost ignite…

Firstly the ones I am pretty sure about:

% increased spell damage: ailments are not spells so I assume NO
flat spell damage: same reason as above: NO
% increase Damage Over Time: obvious YES
% increase Elemental Damage Over Time: obvious YES
% increase Fire Damage Over Time: obvious YES

The ones I am unsure of are:

% increase Fire damage
% increase Elemental damage
% increase damage
% Fire penetration

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Yes all of those work for Ignite.

You didn’t mentioned the two main scalings for ailment builds.

Which are:
%chance to apply (ailment)
Cast/Attack Speed (whatever applies to your main source that applies ailments.

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Sorry I took those as read. How about the ones I listed as no?

% Spell damage and flat (+x) spell damage

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Your assumptions were correct.
Neither Inc. spell damage nor flat spell damage affects ailment.
One exception to this is Damned, which does scale with Inc. spell damage as long as it’s applied with a spell

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You learn every day

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If % fire damage didn’t work then neither would % elemental or % elemental DoT. “Elemental” is merely shorthand for fire+lightning+cold.

Ignite does (base) fire damage therefore anything that does/has % fire affects it.

Interestingly, if Ignite had a tag from a different element, would it also svale with that % element?

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So does that then also means there is no main stat that increases ignite damage such as like Int or attunement? I would assume no but then what main stat do you even stack if ur an ignite build or do you just ignore this completely for dmg scaling?

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You ignore it for dmg scaling unless you get some modifier like “x% increased penetration per 1 int” or “increased fire damage per attunement” (fictional examples).
Otherwise you simply focus on the one that synergizes best with your build for defenses or ignore it entirely.

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cool thanks for the info!

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Main stat provides 4% increased damage per point, so it’s additive with all other sources of % increased. If you have a lot of it, great, if you don’t then you shouldn’t be trying to get lots of it for the damage (for ward retention or armour, yes, just not for % increased damage).

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