[3.5] Chained Flames 9 Golem Elementalist. MOM/Phase Acro. Melt the world

Build is great for now, lvl 88 and creeping up on Shaper at my very slow pace (T11 maps).

I am playing with 2 Eminences, I like the additional life regen and physical hit tankyness for the golems.
I also swapped a Harmony with a Primordial Might, I really like the additional aggressivity, it completely removes those few (but still frequent) instances where the golems just hang around next to an ennemy or boss.

All in all I feel really confident this will be the build I have my first UberElder kill with.

However after trying many different summoners I am not super enthusiast about the gameplay feelings, so it will probably be my last one.

Thanks for the OP for the great build though :-)

And what about mf setup ?

I have :6L greed`s , Goldwyrm , sadima`s , The Ascetic 2x ventor`s , and perf String with 90 irr.

Does anyone use such a thing?

If it worked, it would be perfect build.

Farming red maps with this build + mf sound perfekt.


Any help ?

And what about mf setup ?

I have :6L greed`s , Goldwyrm , sadima`s , The Ascetic 2x ventor`s , and perf String with 90 irr.

Does anyone use such a thing?

If it worked, it would be perfect build.

Farming red maps with this build + mf sound perfekt.


Any help ?

I'm currently playing with MF setup. You can check my profile. All viable with mf(shaper uelder).
Simple maps is like - run and collect)
for MF I use cwdt + molten shell setup, this give me 1300 prevented damage + 3960 hp + 1240 mana ~ 6500 with mf gear is ok

Nice , thanks for replay.

But i have problem with using Asceting amulet , i try to modify my skill tree for it but i am to squishy. I think bisco amu its not worth to wearing.
I have now 65 iq and 360 irr
I do not need make u-elder only farm red maps with mf setup.

after the latest patch flame golems less likely to use magma balls, more likely to use immolate.. does anyone noticed the same ?

I did not notice any change to golem skill use after last patch.

I am slightly annoyed about the stone golem dying freqently. Any idea how to avoid that ? Maybe link it to
Ele resist support ?

Shaper down deathless. This felt really effortless compared to the only other character with which I went this far.

Went with a belly for good life and additional links, but thinking about switching to loreweave for the resist and MF along with a corrupted MF primordial chain.

All in all very solid build, almost never died, the dodge + phase run + golems taking most of the heat works really well.

@thomzon

It feels "cheezy" in a good way :) I wouldn't bother with 3-5% quant amulet, spend 100 vaals and get nothing :)

My only concern is the fact that +3 to helm socketed minion gems is not suggested.

Wiki states Flame Golem Lvl 72 (Gem Lvl 21) does 1197 avg damage and Lvl 78 (Gem Lvl 24) has 1611 avg.

That's a 35% more modifier.

POB doesn't help, it simply fails with minion related stuff.

Yes, link to ele resist support and nodes for elemental resistance will help

Thanks for answering, seems this build is not super active :-)

I have switched gems around, now my lightning-ice golems are without support, they never die anyway. Stone is linked to minion life and 20/20 minion ele resist, and they almost never die, it's a huge QoL boost for me.

I had a feeling minion gem level might be underrated but I don't know how to verify that. Helmets coming close to mine but with +3 level are quite expensive, so I don't really want to invest without being sure it is worth it. Anyone else could confirm ?

Also, for UElder, any equipment change to consider ? Are Kaom's Roots necessary as I see in many builds ?