[3.26 SSF] DoT Exsanguinate of Transmission Elementalist Guide | All Content | Reached level 100

With the Elementalist Ascendancy it is possible to gain 2 additional ways to scale the damage of DoT skills: Golems and elemental ailments, as well as providing survivability. I take the Chaos, Lightning, Stone and Flame Golem. With the tree, ascendancy, 20% gem quality and exarch influence on body armour, I was able to easily reach 200% increased effect of Golem buffs which gives:

- 30% increased Attack/Cast speed
- around 60 mana regeneration
- 90% increased damage
- 60% increased AoE
- 60% increased defences
- around 250 life regeneration
- 51% DoT multiplier
- 51% chaos resistance

As the other 3 ascendancy nodes I took Shaper of Flames, Winter and Storms.
With these it is possible to always shock for at least 25%,
always ignite to convert the physical damage of enemies by 40% to fire,
and enable damage to always chill.

To scale the chill effect I take the Glacial Cage node and the mastery that makes the damage chill for at least 10%.

The shock and chill minimum values are scaled with ailment effectiveness.

I ended up with 150% shock effectiveness which resulted in 62% shock (with the +15% max shock mastery) and 140% chill effectiveness for 24% chill.

In short enemies take 72% increased damage (62% shock + Glacial Cage), are 24% slower, deal 12% less damage and deal 40% less physical damage.

Weapon:
A good way to scale the damage of spells are additional levels, with rare rune daggers, wands or scepters its possible to gain up to +2 levels.
Other good mods are increased spell damage, damage over time multiplier (generic or physical).

A good budget option would be a generic +1 weapon or Cold Iron Point.
With Cold Iron Point it is impossible to ignite which makes Shaper of Flames useless, in that case Bastion of Elements is a good alternative !

Shield:
A shaper shield is a chase item for this build, the % Life/ES on block node is key for survival especially combined with Corrupted Soul gained from the Timeless Jewel Glorious Vanity (Doryani).
Other mods to look for are high block chance anything else is bonus.
ES vs Life on block: I believe ES on this setup is better but I wasn't able or willing to craft a new shield to test it.


An Aegis is potentially also nice

Body:
A bodyarmour with high ES/Armour no life mods (Life Mastery), free prefix for crafted block chance.
To effectivly mitigate damage it is adviced to take physical damage as fire.

Helmet:

Just Life, resistance regen and crafted level for AoE gems for Reap !
Another source of Phys as fire.

For more damage it is possible to take an elder influenced Archdemon Crown.

(I wasn't able to get an Elder Exalt...)

Gloves:

Nothing special.

Boots:

Easy but expensive to craft.
Most important mod is the ailment effect !

I used those for 99 Levels:


Amulet:
A bit tricky to craft and very expensive

I used this for the most time :

Important mods are again ailment effect, dex (for swift affliction and faster attacks support) and gem levels. Minimum Frenzy is very nice too !

Rings:

Unset Rings are necessary, the rest is just resistances attributes and minimum Frenzy.

Belt:

Nothing special honestly.

Jewels:
The most important is the small cluster jewel with attack block that gives Endurance Charges on block and as mentioned above Glorious Vanity (Doryani).

Flasks:

Things to look for, remove bleed, remove ignite (Bad for ES), increased armour. The ruby flask is mandatory for damage mitigation, the sapphire is flexible.

I took a Sanguimancer that has Vitality and Pride, then I just stuffed her with whatever item that enables POPS. It works insanely well and I feel like that alone takes the clear from a 6/10 to a 10/10

In addition:
- Kaom's Binding gives another 25% physical damage mitigation.
- Leer Cast gives some damage.
- Garb of the Ephemeral gives crit and action speed slow immunity.

The amulet and rings are just for +1 curse and survivability for the merc.

I leveled with 4L Reap and 4L Exsanguinate both linked to Spellslinger and it was a breeze.
PoB for first 3 labs only: https://pobb.in/5UbVN9sVl8MI