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Drathy wrote:

I remember Dead wrote a post concerning Elementalist, did you get your information from that? Couldn't find infos on the first page.

Do you think there is a special gear-status or some mandatory items needed to switch to elementalist? When I read about it last league it was interesting to me, but I was too poor... ;-)


It's in the "high budget" version of the 3.18 POBs. I just did the swap myself in POB and realized that I gained more damage and more durability, so the decision to switch was an easy one.

Switching to elementalist requires 2 big things, IMO, but DAL might have a different opinion on this:

1. Jewel sockets on your tree. This means levels and 2 cluster jewels.

2. EE, without which switching is NOT a buff to your damage

The other big consideration is the fact that you lose mistress of sacrifice AND commander of darkness. The first is significant if you're using bone armor + high block, which I wasn't. I switched in time with getting my Ashes, so I find myself relatively more tanky during maps than I was previously, but if your goal is to level to 100 I don't think this is the solution.

Finally, losing commander of darkness means capping your res is slightly harder (elementalist gets 18% elemental res) but more importantly, if you're running an AG he loses free 30% elemental resistances. This is something I hadn't even thought about when I switched, and now I'm targeting an explodey chest with extra resistances just to get him capped again.

Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention that I switched away from The Front Line, which saves me a bunch of passive points. I realized after days worth of playtime that I just hate it, watching my buff bar and then watching my cooldowns to know when I get to stop frantically running away from things is just not how my brain works. I'm very comfortable taking the loss in moment-to-moment durability in exchange for more consistent performance. But that's a personal choice.
Last edited by Melonmonkey#1208 on Jun 2, 2022, 7:29:37 AM
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Melonmonkey wrote:

It's in the "high budget" version of the 3.18 POBs. I just did the swap myself in POB and realized that I gained more damage and more durability, so the decision to switch was an easy one.

Switching to elementalist requires 2 big things, IMO, but DAL might have a different opinion on this:

1. Jewel sockets on your tree. This means levels and 2 cluster jewels.

2. EE, without which switching is NOT a buff to your damage

The other big consideration is the fact that you lose mistress of sacrifice AND commander of darkness. The first is significant if you're using bone armor + high block, which I wasn't. I switched in time with getting my Ashes, so I find myself relatively more tanky during maps than I was previously, but if your goal is to level to 100 I don't think this is the solution.

Finally, losing commander of darkness means capping your res is slightly harder (elementalist gets 18% elemental res) but more importantly, if you're running an AG he loses free 30% elemental resistances. This is something I hadn't even thought about when I switched, and now I'm targeting an explodey chest with extra resistances just to get him capped again.

Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention that I switched away from The Front Line, which saves me a bunch of passive points. I realized after days worth of playtime that I just hate it, watching my buff bar and then watching my cooldowns to know when I get to stop frantically running away from things is just not how my brain works. I'm very comfortable taking the loss in moment-to-moment durability in exchange for more consistent performance. But that's a personal choice.


Ok, thanks for all the information. :-) Currently I'm still in white maps, so it will take some time until I could consider switching to Ele...and to be honest, I don't that I will be able to gain enough Ex to buy an Ashes... xD
Hello for the Primal Crushclaw spectres, Are they a random spawn from Blue plots?
And can you use Desecreat rigth after too Raise one up or do you hafto be quick and raise rigth after you kill one?
Havent found 1 yet in around 9-10 Harvest

/Thanks
When should I switch from Frost Auto-scouts to Hyrri's Watch?
I want maximal map clear.
Last edited by Knuddelbearli#6960 on Jun 6, 2022, 2:54:21 PM
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lexikat wrote:
Hello for the Primal Crushclaw spectres, Are they a random spawn from Blue plots?
And can you use Desecreat rigth after too Raise one up or do you hafto be quick and raise rigth after you kill one?
Havent found 1 yet in around 9-10 Harvest

/Thanks


You can get them from others too. (global #6666 )
As I haven't found it somewhere, for EE wouldn't we need some form of added elemental damage for BV (light/fire to apply cold-expose)?
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schwarzhosting wrote:
As I haven't found it somewhere, for EE wouldn't we need some form of added elemental damage for BV (light/fire to apply cold-expose)?


Yeah, we need to add flat damage (lightning or Fire).

We have 2 options:
1. Craft add damage (not that add damage to attacks) on Ring or Amulet
2. Enchant on boots (like Deadandlivin did)

I did the second one, because i prefer thant enchant that reduces mana cost.
Hello

I was whoundering what uppgrade i should go for next with a budget on 14ex
I feel the defence is abit low.
Any help whould be great!

PoB: https://pastebin.com/WqgCK4Kb
Hey mate. Cool to see you are keeping this build up to date, looks awesome.

I haven't played this build since around 3.14, but was thinking about using it next league as I really enjoyed it last time around.

One question. Is it not feasible to use Eye Of Malice on our AG any longer?
I remember it being an insane damage boost when paired with EE, frostbite, ele weakness etc. a few leagues back.
Last edited by Ridman#0986 on Jun 12, 2022, 6:10:20 AM
second time animate guardian died.
sirus normal, game design is balls crap.
crappy fight, crappy mechanics.
Just makes it to wait for diablo 4 instead of poe2.
actually signed up for prereg today

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