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Many people seem to switch in Tempest Shield. You could also put the Cold Snap from the other CwDt setup in there and use a Vaal aura in that free'd up socket, reason for the switch is the Inc Duration in the other setup affecting the Vaal aura.

Replace Added Lightning Damage, Empower outdamages it if the end result is a Lv26 Arc.

Main reason why your boss damage is so low is because you're missing Beacon of Ruin, which means Hypothermia isn't working yet and you won't be able to put meaningful shocks on bosses. Just speccing Liege over to Beacon will almost double your damage.

Next point are flasks, having the correct setup and all properly rolled is very important. The Overflowing Chalice is trash for everything but Pathfinders, a regular Sulphur is much better. Two Life Flasks is also excessive, replace one with Basalt. Then, start rolling for the listed prefixes/suffixes and get the Alchemist nodes. It's a huge difference if for example your Basalt Flask lasts 5.4s and has one use, or lasts 5.8s and has two uses, let alone the extra phys mitigation through flask effect Alchemist gives. The same goes for all other flasks, it's a good DPS and defensive gain. Remove Crackling Speed for this, it's not worth the 4 points.

Last but not least Mana Leech on OoS can be replaced with Culling Strike to kill bosses faster, you got a leech Watcher's anyway.

I mean, why exactly would I? The PoB is directly below the videos, i've just done the recommended gear changes mentioned in the Uber Elder video. Read that mini guide and maybe look through my VODs on twitch, been doing Uber Elder in Delve since first week on stream.

Spec out of Ash, Frost & Storm and put that into Elemental Focus or the last jewel socket. Could use that new socket to get Clear Mind and drop Clarity. These two changes will have a considerable impact without much investment.

Getting a new sceptre is more tricky, as barely anyone outside this build is using actual caster sceptres, so there's not much good crafts for sale. Lightning/Elemental%, flat Lightning to Spells and Cast Speed at good values is enough to outdamage Cerberus, Penetration/Ele as Chaos would top it off but probably hard to get it all together.

Except for quality on your Atziri's Promise there's not much you can do. Overall pretty gg setup.

My standard char is overall the most highend due to some legacy gear and overall more investment put into it. It still has lots of room for improvement, such as getting my sceptre, shield, gloves and belts from my Delve char eventually.

Spiritual Aid is something i've been testing since Lv98 with good success. It's a potential improvement for 3.5, if I can integrate it into the passive progression in a reasonable way where it actually ends up as more damage over the board, and not just at 95+ and with that basically being a damage loss for most players.

For gem corruptions just check in Path of Building, you can see the direct impact of each change. For most of the gems, Lv21 should turn out as better. Added Lightning Damage is the gem to replace for Empower in a Lv26 Arc setup.

The Mastermind of Discord debate is something i'm actually really tired of already. I just can't help but feel all the people who suggested it are completely misunderstanding the purpose of this build and fail to see the consequences of that change.

Mastermind actually used to be a part of this build in the past, but it heavily limited the build and feedback showed that people weren't happy with it. Requiring specific items to make the build work at all just makes it completely dysfunctional to start a league or the game with, and it would require SSF chars to farm said items with a different char first. And using the leech gem in the meantime results in a damage loss compared to this builds setup. Warlord's Mark is also not a good idea since Enfeeble is a crucial part of this builds defensive concept and taking Whispers of Doom would also come with other sacrifices. Then there's how to reliably apply the curse, it would either require a yellow-map+ gated ring that likely won't have other good stats, means damage loss on other slots to cap resistances, or Blasphemy, which together with Mind over Matter, Herald of Thunder and Essence Worm is a clear no.

Reflect Immunity is also a bigger deal than those people always give it credit for. This build is mainly aimed at new players, players who want to explore the game and not be told "You can't do these bosses because your skill will 100% kill you" or "You have to level/buy a different skill just for these fights, switch to them and still have a chance to die to their reflect".

Losing Liege of the Primordial is also bigger loss than immediatly obvious. The node + two golems outdamage Pendulum of Destruction if Lightning + Flame is used and are more consistent in doing so. Almost all highend bossfights have purely elemental AoE/ranged skills, the elemental damage immunity our golems gain assures we don't lose the huge damage and mobility boost and don't have to recast all the time during those fights.

Considering all the above, Mastermind would overall only be a ~4% damage boost for my current char, while losing consistency, defenses and the ability to run some content. As a two-pointer it would be ok to pick, but as a four-pointer it's just a huge noob trap for single element builds. Sorry for the rant but just gotta give a reference point somewhere for everyone asking this question. Will probably write it up in a pastebin document at some point.

Atziri's Promise is usually enough for us to coutner chaos damage while mapping, and the few chaos boss skills that hurt shouldn't be tanked to begin with. Chaos groudn effects can be countered with Flame Dashing over if needed, but mostly they won't do that much damage.

Your character tab is private so can't check your char unfortunately.

blg_RealiZe already gave a few good suggestions, one thing i've noticed is that your flasks are missing quality, and you should try to roll the magic ones properly. Could also ugprade the ring to get a life roll and a little damage from that slot. Together with the other suggestions that should give a noticeable boost.

Huge damage loss, just use Culling Strike on OoS after getting a leech Watcher's.

I'm with you on the bigger hit & explosion damage rather than too much cast speed, speeds up map and delve clearing a lot and is the sole reason why i'm able to do Delve Cities at ~600 depth.

Check out the filter command on my stream, will also put the updated link in the pastebin guide later on. Filterblade also auto-updates the custom filters with applicable changes made to the filter it's based on.

Arc Damage enchant is a little bit worse, but you gotta decide if the difference in DPS is worth the difference in price. Another option would be Lightning Golem Buff Effect, gives good DPS and mobility.