If you're looking for an easy to obtain yet powerful caster trinket, then consider the Candle Confidant, a Delve trinket that competes with Mythic trinkets. Simcraft specialist Taeznak breaks down why this trinket is so powerful and how you can get the most out of your new waxy friends.
Delves Overview
Candle Confidant has garnered a lot of attention recently after it was utilized in the Nerub-ar Palace Race to World First. While this trinket is incredibly powerful, it is also quite easy to obtain as you can get it by just completing Delves. Farming a Champion track Candle Confidant from Tier 8 delves, and upgrading it to 619 will beat out many trinkets that are significantly higher item level than it, being roughly equivalent to a 632 ilvl Unbound Changeling for most specializations. However, picking one up from your Great Vault will let this trinket really strut its stuff, as the increased item level helps it substantially.
So, what does this trinket do, what makes it so strong, and how can you take full advantage of it yourself? All of that will be covered here.
While its description isn't very assuming, when this effect triggers, it will summon one of the three potential little candle friends to assist you in combat. Those 3 candles are Waxx, Wayne and Take, all of which do slightly different things.
These little guys are adorable!
Note: Keep away from Kobolds.
All three of these little friends behave slightly differently, as you can see. Waxx is a caster, who likes to hang back at range to attack. Wayne is an aggressive little one who runs into melee range to melee attack, and hits enemies with their Not-So-Gentle Flame. And finally, Take which seems like a combination of both. But, due to being a combination of both, they sometimes get a