[3.2] Explosive Scorching Ray Elementalist (and Friends) - cheap - Shaper viable

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KisBali wrote:

First of all: this build is superfun, I cannot stop play it, gj man.

On the other hand I just started mapping with it, I'm just ~lvl 72, and I'm testing some changes. For example:

Before anyone think that ailment dam mod work on SR, sadly don't, but the other mod 8% boost for nondam ailments, it's great. I'm using 5 elder item currently, that means 40% improvment for chill + shock - if you count them, it's better, right? :)

Problem is, you cannot do it as budget version, I mean if you don't have the currency to buy proper elder items, just buy as much life as possible + cap your resist on 120-130% otherwise you loose lots of defense from those spots.

I'm using this cheep thingy to for stun immunity, there is a spot for that so, it's absolutely fine. Also curse + frezee immunity. All of them works great (cuz the build doesn't use ice golem).

I'm probably going to roll some nice elder items for myself, cuz I'm kinda a crafter person, but I'm also going to use huge life/def stat items on higher maps before I can get prober elder items. On lvl72, and T8-10 maps, these kinda items do the job, but ofc it's not enough:

Except my belt, it's already great, I made it few weeks before, and I'm keep using it on almost every build of mine.

All in all, great job, I'm gonna share my further experience.

Lvl72 gear

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SHEPUUURD wrote:

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KisBali wrote:

tl;dr

The gloves seem good if you can make full use of them, but really only then. The dex is also really nice.

I'm only going to factor in the shock here, but to put this into perspective:
40% effectiveness on a 20% shock means enemies take 8% increased damage.
However, since we're already using Dyadus (100% damage taken), the resulting damage is only "4% more".
A shield with fire damage (which you're currently not using) would give you 10%+ more damage, which is already better.

If all your items are Elder, the gloves will give you 8% more damage, dex, a good amount of life and chill effectiveness, which is actually pretty good.
However, the investment to actually achieve this (full elder) is rather huge.

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SHEPUUURD wrote:

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Desarix wrote:

For a new player without the chaos orbs to buy this chest piece is there any rares you might suggest for this build .

The chest costs 1c in Bestiary League, were you looking at the standard price perhaps?

The build is kind of based around Inpulsa's, so it's a huge drawback not to use it.
If you're going to use a rare, however, you simply want life, mana and resists.

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Trevelina wrote:

This build looks really fun :D i think i'm gonna try it. Perhaps you could post a video of it oing Chimera and Minutaur, I have never had a build that could kill them :/

also can you explain why you are taking the area dmg/effect nodes on the tree? i can't figure out what they are for? SR don't benefit from them?

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forthelulz123 wrote:

Looking for elementalist ideas for upcoming flashback race, this build piques my interest.

I wonder if there is a more elegant way of spreading chill/shock to mobs while also triggering both eo and ee reliably, all in 1 cast or even automated. Having to use a pseudo 5l which doesnt proc eo well is kinda irksome