[3.16] 🔥 Sanavi's Armageddon Brand | Elementalist 🔥 SSF/HC Starter Viable ✔️

Ok, so i made the swap. Wave of Conviction is on the 6 socket, and i still using a 4 link part for curse on hit+flammability+(now)armageddon brand

it feels amazing, and can still supplement the main skill with keeping two brands going. but wave hits like a truck with the same skills(took out brand masteries)... and I'm safer now too!

before, i was getting off screened by stuff leaping onto me at corruption levels over 100 on high dmg mod maps, but now with wave hitting so hard, the stuff dies mid route. Just hit level 90 and am going fairly smoothly through t12-15 maps. I still have to play safe, as things can 1 shot when mods are stacked, but i don't feel nearly as afraid of going fast as before. I know this diverged greatly from the build focusing entirely on the brand and the other fire spell, but.. yeah.

I assume my profile is sharing properly now if want to see the gear and passive pathing. I'm really excited to get back to work tomorrow now that I have things a little bit more figured out.


p.s. I was thinking of swapping our brand for something like vortex, grabbing avatar of fire+a cold to fire gem and just doing that playstyle with wave being primary damage dealer.. but then found out the conversion doesnt swap to cold /damage over time/ to fire dot... which really bummed me out. was hoping could do that kind of play style of lazy running around with vortex and then going hard on bosses with vortex+the wave.

update on things. damage is still nice. alot of upgrading to do. tried a simulacrum, got to wave 20 before ran out of portals. I guess do need to find ways to get tankier. tried a 20 qual alch+corrupted map with crusader boss at A8 as well. got him to 25% before died. too much incoming damage and not enough room to dodge out of stuff because of the floor squares lit up. wave of conviction 6 link is the end game of this though i think.

How about going lowlife?

a bit like most of the other brand builds around.


Wouldn't it be better overall?

I'm loving the build, so wasn't really looking into changing from brands to Wave.

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1. I feel like the Staff mastery that recovers 2% of life on block isn't doing much. With or without it, survivability stays the same (atleast after testing it for something like 10 maps). Woudn't the entire Carrion passive cluster (next to EO) be better for sustain purposes, alongside a Flammability on hit ring? (4% life when you kill a cursed enemy + 2% regen when hitting a cursed enemy, basically all the time). Most stats on the Steelwod Stance cluster are wasted, anyway (we're already capped on attack block).

So if we get this ring, does it mean we have a complete 4link setup free ? Any ideas of what could replace wave of conviction/curse ? Im looking eigher for more dmg, utility setup like movement speed/more regen, or more tankiness vs endgame content.

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Asberic wrote:

update on things. damage is still nice. alot of upgrading to do. tried a simulacrum, got to wave 20 before ran out of portals. I guess do need to find ways to get tankier. tried a 20 qual alch+corrupted map with crusader boss at A8 as well. got him to 25% before died. too much incoming damage and not enough room to dodge out of stuff because of the floor squares lit up. wave of conviction 6 link is the end game of this though i think.

Hey! Yeah, I think Armageddon Brand succeeded as a starter and gets you to T14+ maps easily, but it definitely starts to hit a ceiling there. I currently just rebuilt my character into Fire Burst and the clear is exceptional and the damage on Sirus/Conquerers feels OK. Going to need to invest more for Maven etc.

But this was always designed to be a starter build and early game currency farmer, so I'm glad it worked out.

For those interested, my current new gear setup is:

What oils do you need for the Dirty Techniques anoint? Wiki says amber amber silver but that doesn't work

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Zyarith wrote:

What oils do you need for the Dirty Techniques anoint? Wiki says amber amber silver but that doesn't work

Amber Opalescent Golden

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SanaviEronaile wrote:

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Asberic wrote:

update on things. damage is still nice. alot of upgrading to do. tried a simulacrum, got to wave 20 before ran out of portals. I guess do need to find ways to get tankier. tried a 20 qual alch+corrupted map with crusader boss at A8 as well. got him to 25% before died. too much incoming damage and not enough room to dodge out of stuff because of the floor squares lit up. wave of conviction 6 link is the end game of this though i think.

Hey! Yeah, I think Armageddon Brand succeeded as a starter and gets you to T14+ maps easily, but it definitely starts to hit a ceiling there. I currently just rebuilt my character into Fire Burst and the clear is exceptional and the damage on Sirus/Conquerers feels OK. Going to need to invest more for Maven etc.

But this was always designed to be a starter build and early game currency farmer, so I'm glad it worked out.

For those interested, my current new gear setup is:

How are you triggering fire burst? I guess what's the main skill with this setup? WoC?

I have been playing around with Armageddon Brand already last league and just one thing I wanted to point out, especially if you do not try to max for bosses: I would go with Elemental Proliferation and sac some dmg for it (especially now that you get more dmg out the build than last patch). The spread just helps clearing smoothly so much!
Besides that I like to add a steelskin for survivability on left click (so no extra buttons needed) and if you do go for Mana Mastery you can then choose 10% regen each time you use a guard skill!
I do not have much more feedback yet, as I have not reached endgame with it yet this season, but those are just my thoughts.
Also I am considering Martyr of Innocence over Searing Touch later.

I'm using a fan the flames medium cluster jewel to get my proliferation. Frees up a skill gem for more dps.