[2.6][HC][SSF] Casual CI Dual Flameblast Totem Elementalist

My Casual Flameblasttotem HC Build. Easy to gear, good Clearspeed, Good Def and relaxed playstyle.

Early Cruel Tree (lvl 35-40):



Level 65 Tree [Hybrid Life/ES]:


Level 79 Tree [CI]:



Level with:


Bandits: Kill / Alira / Kill

Auras: Discipline in a +2/+3 Unset Ring, Enfeeble and Temp. Chains + Blasphemy + Enlightenment (or Essence Worm for Discipline if you have no leveled Enlightenment)
For early leaguestart i can recommend going going for Discipline + Temp. Chains Aura + Flammability selfcast.

Ascendencies: Liege of the Primordial (Golem Bonuses yay!)-> Beacon of Ruin -> Pendulum

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Mayor Item Upgrades:


Interesting Videos:




Any suggestions?

Elemental overload would be a nice addition. Also Mastermind of Discord > Primordial. Another thing to consider would be to drop the spelldmg and cast speed at witch start for Explosive impact in templar.
Witch start is 5points for 9 cast speed and 28 spell dmg vs 4points for 41 fire damage some aoe and 4 cast speed.

Hello friend, i would like to try this build as a league starter but could you do a level 30-40 tree and tell me at what level you switch to FB totem ?

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Cinderblock wrote:

Elemental overload would be a nice addition. Also Mastermind of Discord > Primordial. Another thing to consider would be to drop the spelldmg and cast speed at witch start for Explosive impact in templar.
Witch start is 5points for 9 cast speed and 28 spell dmg vs 4points for 41 fire damage some aoe and 4 cast speed.

Elemental Overload is a nice addition, but only while leveling with firestorm. Flameblast simply do not hit often enough to get reliable Crits.

I do like Pimordial more, even so much that i take it usually as my first ascendency. It gives the best buff of all the first ascendency points and you would need uberlab to even get to it (because beacon of ruin is way better, especially after aoe nerf). I usually go for normal lab relatively early and do Cruel and Merciless somewhat close together. This makes leveling alot smoother.

Explosive impact is really good and i consider it a step to take while going for lvl 90. But you simply dont have the skillpoints. If you take away the offensive witch start, you need to connect the tree at another point or go around it, which takes SP away. So you need at least 2 SP more then what i planned. This will make your early levels worse.

I will add an early Cruel tree, right before you go for Flameblast Totems.

Hi,

planning on going Flameblast Elementalist aswell (Totems or Selfcast, not sure yet) and my Tree looks quite similar: http://poeurl.com/61f

- Alchemist Wheel (super strong, picking it up early)
- Heart of Flame (I'm dropping the left Witch Start up to Shamanistic Fury and connect through the Top, which also gives another Jewel and easy access to Alchemist Wheel)
- Cruel Preparation & Heart and Soul (with a Second Energy from Within)

I will be considering Explosive Impact, Coldhearted Calculations, Nullification, Nibleness and Hex Master on higher Levels.


EDIT: Also I just realised that Nimbleness is actually better then Mental Rapidity for getting Castspeed. Another Energy from Within on the Witch Juwel (with picking up

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k1ckd0wN wrote:

Hi,

planning on going Flameblast Elementalist aswell (Totems or Selfcast, not sure yet) and my Tree looks quite similar: http://poeurl.com/61f

- Alchemist Wheel (super strong, picking it up early)
- Heart of Flame (I'm dropping the left Witch Start up to Shamanistic Fury and connect through the Top, which also gives another Jewel and easy access to Alchemist Wheel)

I will be considering Explosive Impact, Coldhearted Calculations, Nullification, Nibleness and Hex Master on higher Levels.


EDIT: Also I just realised that Nimbleness is actually better then Mental Rapidity for getting Castspeed.

Thanks for your feedback!

Nimbleness is really better (-1 Skillpoint, +movementspeed, -20% manareg). I will update the tree.

Alchemist is very good and i consider it an upgrade, but i never had any problems with flasks, so i will just ignore it for now.

So lets take a look at Witch offensive start vs. Heart of Flame, both at level 79/80.

With Witch offensive start you get:

+13 Castspeed (34% total from passives +18% from Golem)
+28 Spelldamage (83% compared to 55%)
+15 Fire Res
- 2% Energyshield (less int)
- 45% Ele/Firedamage (124% compared to 169%)
- 3% lesser Enemy Fire resist

Furthermore a much faster access to the new Mind over Matter Nodes.

You will get on average +100% Castspeed from Wand + passives + jewels + jewellry + faster casting + golem. So i value 13% CS as 13%-15% more Damge.

Fire/Eledamage is better then Spelldamage because it double dips with higher ignite damage. Lets just say it is 50% better then Spelldamage for normal farming (beacon of ruin + high ignites in boss fight. It will be less in normal farming since most mobs will die in the explosion, rather than dying from the ignite). + Firegolem +40% damage counts as eledamage for my calculation.

83 SpellD + 124 FireD * 1,5 = 269% Damage * 1,13 more Damage from Castsp. = 303% Damage
55 SpellD + 169 FireD * 1,5 = 309% Damage


Maybe i calculated something wrong but i think they will be nearly equal in damage output, but my tree will give access to early damage + early MoM.

Getting a Huge Manapool early + some better Defense from MoM is really good.

For calculations i used those trees:

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Socksdryer wrote:

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Cinderblock wrote:

Elemental overload would be a nice addition. Also Mastermind of Discord > Primordial. Another thing to consider would be to drop the spelldmg and cast speed at witch start for Explosive impact in templar.
Witch start is 5points for 9 cast speed and 28 spell dmg vs 4points for 41 fire damage some aoe and 4 cast speed.

Elemental Overload is a nice addition, but only while leveling with firestorm. Flameblast simply do not hit often enough to get reliable Crits.

I do like Pimordial more, even so much that i take it usually as my first ascendency. It gives the best buff of all the first ascendency points and you would need uberlab to even get to it (because beacon of ruin is way better, especially after aoe nerf). I usually go for normal lab relatively early and do Cruel and Merciless somewhat close together. This makes leveling alot smoother.

Explosive impact is really good and i consider it a step to take while going for lvl 90. But you simply dont have the skillpoints. If you take away the offensive witch start, you need to connect the tree at another point or go around it, which takes SP away. So you need at least 2 SP more then what i planned. This will make your early levels worse.

I will add an early Cruel tree, right before you go for Flameblast Totems.

Ahh ic, Most ppl proc ele overload with orb of storms/ inc crit strikes/ and maybe a curse on hit setup if u like. Also if you were to go Mastermind of Discord orb of storms procs your fire pen. 40% More ele damage is so big cause it double dips on initial hit as well as burn damamge.

What should I look for stat-wise in terms of weapons choices?

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OBLemmings wrote:

What should I look for stat-wise in terms of weapons choices?

A Wand with Castspeed and Firedamage

Spelldamage is good too, but firedamage is a bit better (increases Ignite damage).

I will look into the Orb of Storms + Elemental Overload Combo. It would be nice if it works.

Hello! Thank you for the guide! I started Legacy league following Zizarn's FB Totem build and it's going well into cruel. Howevever, his guide is for Life and I'd rather switch to CI near the end of merc. Thus, I found this guide quite helpful.

About the Elemental overload issue, I'm playing FB totems and I use Orb of Storms with increased crit to proc EO. I would say it is pretty consistent and easy to maintain. I would reccommend it, but woudld love you hear your experiences with it.

Thank you.