3.6 CoC Shock Nova Elementalist - Shaper Viable

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUJR0C7IUUw

1. Bring King - Chain stuns are annoying
2. Garukhan - A little bit of extra evade after a big CHONK helps to stay alive sometimes.
I swap Garukhan for Yugul during Elder/Shaper runs.

Alira

1. Cyclone + Shock Nova + Cast on Crit + Power Charge on Crit + Increased Crit Strikes + Inc. AOE/Concentrated Effect

2. Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Blood Magic - Movement skill, allows to move around map + reposition yourself during boss fights

3. Ice Nova + Firestorm + Blind + CWDT - Potential blind on enemies when hit for 500~ish dmg. Could be life saving, usually doesn't do anything

4. CWDT + Immortal Call + Vaal Grace + Inc. Duration - Can be life saving, generic + super common defensive setup. Vaal Grace for an extra defensive layer

5. Summon Ice Golem + Minion Life + Faster Casting - I'm not always checking to see if my golem is active, this lets it be tankier while also allowing me to cast it faster when it's dead

6. HoI + Herald of Thunder + Haste + Enlighten - HoI for the shatters in map clears, Herald of Thunder for a little bit of extra lightning damage in my build + faster wave clears, and Haste allows me to move faster and attack faster while cycloning

This skill got one of the bigger buffs in 3.6. I definitely recommend playing it now as it's super strong with the recent CoC buffs in 3.5.

I picked Elementalist because of the Beacon of Ruin node. With 150% increased effectiveness to shock, you can actually ramp that "damage taken by at least 20%" part to 50%, which is where shock is capped at.

I modded it with cold damage so that I could do enough cold damage to shatter enemies in red maps. Shatters make me happier when I'm mapping.

Devotos is definitely BIS for helm. However, I was able to get enough dexterity in to my build to forgo it. This allowed for me to pick up a Rat's Nest for more crit.

You definitely can! Actually, I even recommend it! You will want an Exquisite Blade base + "Socketed Gems are supported by CoC" + "20% chance to deal double damage" + Good attack speed roll (hybrid with 20% chance to deal double damage). These bases are kind of expensive and hard to roll for. If you have the currency, you could probably pick up a fully 6 linked one on poe.trade for 10-15 ex.

Yes! It's absolutely fine. Make sure you get a good 1H sword base (high base attack speed + high base crit rate) with solid attack speed, crit rate, crit multi rolls! Lycosidae allows you to skip accuracy checks when critting :)

I use a Warlord's Mark ring. You can use
a Warlord's Mark curse aura and drop Haste from the aura setup if you'd prefer to not buy the ring.