Goratha's Penance Brand Ignite Elementalist 3.28 Mirage - Insane Explosions & Comfy Single Target

NOTES ON PENANCE BRAND IGNITE BIG BUFFS PREPATCH -Buffed quite a bit for patch 3.28 -30% less damage with ailments removed -Increased damage effectiveness from 570% > 630% and slightly more base damage THIS IS THE BASE GEM NOT PENANCE BRAND OF DISSIPATION! -This is the ORIGINAL Penance Brand -It works quite a bit differently than PBoD -Once placed on a target it will ramp energy and blow up once it hits 20 stacks, dealing one massive burst of damage -The speed at which it explodes works with both cast speed and Swiftbrand - but it is purely a QOL buff for mapping (or DPS for hit based but this is for Ignite) EARLY LEVELING GEAR IS VERY STRONG -Nycta's Latern is usable for a very long time, and is easily replaced for mapping by Obliteration -Honourhome is quite good for a long time as well since it scales well off levels VERY STRONG CLEAR AND SINGLE TARGET WITH LOW BUDGET -The clear goes crazy once you get Obliteration and Herald of the Hive Lost Unity breach ring (acquired from vendoring all five breach boss rings) -Pyre support on Shield Charge helps a lot - leading to the playstyle of Shield Charging into packs and them chain exploding from Proliferation and Obliteration THE ABILITY SCALES REALLY WELL OFF PHYSICAL DAMAGED GAINED AS & GEM LEVELS -Any %Physical Damage gained as is very impactful, things like Balance of Terror, Obliteration or Grace of the Goddess are big DPS increases. -Gem level scaling is quite good for this ability, so 21 is probably better than any corruption and it scales well off Elder Archdemon Helmet EASY ELDER ARCHDEMON HELMET CRAFT -Use Elder Orb on ilvl 82+ Archdemon Helmet -Use Essence of Horror until you hit supported by Burning Damage -Suffix cannot be changed (or Bristle Matron) and Veiled Chaos until you hit +2 AoE unveil - block Additional Skeleton or Zombie here if you have an open Prefix GOLEMS ARE STILL MASSIVE AFTER NERFS -A lot of people are afraid of things that get nerfed, but to be honest Golem Node is still one of the best in the game, and both heralds and golems scale this character quite nicely