[3.6] Triple Herald Blade Vortex Elementalist

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Sounds to me like you don't have enough mana regen on your gear.. its not enough to just get mana nodes on the tree, you need to have mana regen on gear to keep your mana regenerating quickly enough and have enough of a pool of mana for MOM to be worthwhile.

Although you can mitigate taking shots by killing quickly, when you do take errand shots you still require some defenses and that is part of the defense of this build [/quote]

I took MoM off and reinvested the points for more damage and life. Let's see how this goes. Thanks for the answer!

Read this guide, really enjoying the build. At level 92 in Delve and aiming for shaper. I've never gotten a character nearly this far; beat yellow and red tier elders for the first time, Endgame lab was easy.

I still find I'm a bit squishy with acrobatics and 6.8k life + 500es + 8% MOM on 400 mana, but I blame that on my own poor play and reflexes mostly, and not knowing encounters and mods very well. I nearly used all 6 portals on a Twinned Elemental Weakness Carcass with some other rippy mods; kept getting one shot by various red. But like, maybe should have seen twinned and been like "shit"?

A few questions;
1) I'm wondering about optimizing the last handful of skill points; I took the melding circle just as placeholders for the moment; I see various ideas in the elementalist heatmap on PoE Ninja;
https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds?class=Elementalist&heatmap

My rough plan was to test going down through Harrier for Unnatural Instinct, but I'm interested in hearing other plans. Other options that I'm thinking about;

- 3 pts to faith and steel (8% resists, 8% frenzy on kill, 2% dodge)
- 4 pts to Throatseeker (54% critical strike multiplier)
- 6 pts; Elemental Focus, Will of Blades, Entropy (2 pts each)
- Inspired Learning (10 pts to infused, mind drinker, frenetic, and gem slot). I've never played with the Headhunter type effect before, and it seems fun.

Is the only way to really optimize these is to plug my build into path of building and check it all? I've only barely played around with Path of Building, not sure how to set up all the advanced things right to get the DPS calculations correct.

Intuitive leap, which was suggested originally, doesn't seem that good (Gem + 3 pts for Charges on kill, 6% life 10% ES, and 25% mana/15% mana regen); I already get mostly full charges from Warlords/Green Nightmare/Arcane Surge, and the gems 7% life negates the melding node.

2) Best glove corrupt for Hrimsorrow? I've got +2 Socketed duration gems, which boosts Herald of Thunder and Warlord's Mark, but I was thinking +6% life or +Enfeeble on hit with a +1 Curse corrupted amulet?

3) When I get a Shaper's Warlord Mark Ring, what Gems should I replace the 2 copies of Warlord's mark with? Can I put Vaal Grace in my boots Cast When Damage Taken set up?

4) Is 20/23 or 21/20 generally better for gems?

5) Anyone see any obvious upgrade paths aside from a Warlord's Mark ring + Mark of the Shaper? I'm holding off on that because Warlord's Mark + Mark of the Shaper are expensive, but then also require me to redo my resist gear with higher resist items.



And jewels;



Thanks for the look!

Hello guys , just to know what can i upgrade right now ? im currently trying another tree but i cant find the best solution for me , playing crit lacking a bit of life can get to 5k max i guess . got pretty lucky with my weapons i think... so what can i improve guys ? thanks !

feel free to check my tree on my account i think its kinda meh ...








Ps : This is my first message ever so be indulgent with the form xD

For you guys with inpulsas, how much of a difference does it really make in damage to single target, and clear speed? I am running around in what is essentially a white 6L and clearing at least tier 11 maps just fine now, and I can go higher once the higer tiers drop. So by default the clear speed seems great over all for BV Elementalist with herlad of ice, is inpulsa making it a lot better? Maybe more noticeable on higher tiers?

I am considering a few options, like Carcass Jack for some alright AOE bonuses, or just trying to fossile craft a life based regular 6L (maybe a shaped one). But if inpulsa is really adding that final big ompf the build can take use of, I will save a bit more :)

Hi , i using your build for the delve league.

I don't use MoM at all. Once i got mastermaind of discord, i remove the cast on it warlord's mark and replace it with a blasphemy support.

I also remove the warlord cast when damage taken and use molten shell instead.

I feel pretty tanky having a ton of leech and 3 endurance charge at anytime.

I dn't know if it will work later on but it feel pretty nice ATM

Wow,tryed Hydra and damage was super low,took me like 3-4 mins of tango dancing with her,i'm wondering how ppl saying here that they are killing Uber Elder easy.

Is that the difference between crit and non-crit versions with Elemental Overload?
Elemental Overload non-crit version is way better then for single target damage or what?

What i'm missing anyone pls?
Why single damage so terrible?
Im not expected to kill t16's bosses in 2-3 secods like Molten Strikes crit builds ofc,but 3-4 min that's really bad,even sunder builds do more damage...

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Gryfury wrote:

Hi , i using your build for the delve league.

I don't use MoM at all. Once i got mastermaind of discord, i remove the cast on it warlord's mark and replace it with a blasphemy support.

I also remove the warlord cast when damage taken and use molten shell instead.

I feel pretty tanky having a ton of leech and 3 endurance charge at anytime.

I dn't know if it will work later on but it feel pretty nice ATM

Good on you, making your own build that works for you is what the game is all about! :)

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FreshMeat93 wrote:

Wow,tryed Hydra and damage was super low,took me like 3-4 mins of tango dancing with her,i'm wondering how ppl saying here that they are killing Uber Elder easy.

Is that the difference between crit and non-crit versions with Elemental Overload?
Elemental Overload non-crit version is way better then for single target damage or what?

What i'm missing anyone pls?
Why single damage so terrible?
Im not expected to kill t16's bosses in 2-3 secods like Molten Strikes crit builds ofc,but 3-4 min that's really bad,even sunder builds do more damage...

I'm not saying that this is your problem, since I'm not even that far yet on the content, but I've just noticed you have 2 Hypothermias linked to you Herald of Ice, is this intended?

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Lucasbaile wrote:

I'm not saying that this is your problem, since I'm not even that far yet on the content, but I've just noticed you have 2 Hypothermias linked to you Herald of Ice, is this intended?

I was switching Ice Bite/Hypo in main setup some time ago while also gems was not lvl 20,just putted in there and forgot.
It not affect ST damage somehow,packs exploding with 1-2 blades on as intended.

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V4d_Sk1ff wrote:

The damage is very good, but feeling very squishy. Can someone advice on building more survivability?

Next aim is ToH flask but got feeling that it is not enough. Time to time I get 1 shotted from red bosses :(

*I was with MoM but it didnt helped at all so swapped for 4 heralds

mom + phase acrobatics, evasion flask, blind support for the orb. You can check my profile, its working fine.

Thank you for advice. Without extra spell duration doesnt it feels like u have to constantly cast bv in order to maintain max stacks?

2 stacks is enough to clear packs for me, casting max only for bosses