❰Path of Exile 3.23 Affliction❱ Crackling Lance Golem League Starter! | 8 Golems | Strong BOSSER

Welcome to my Crackling Lance Elementalist 3.23, in this section you will find any information you may need to access for league start, tips, swaps, and other general information ***** Leveling ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** --- My typical early 3 link setup is Arc - Added Lightning - Crit Strikes --- My typical 4 link is Crackling Lance - Intensity - Spell Echo - Conc Effect --- THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT | 1. WHEN DOING YOU LABS, YOU MAY CONSIDER SWAPPING SPELL ECHO FOR ADDED LIGHTING DAMAGE AS THAT LAB BOSS IS VERY FAST AND OUR CAST SPEED WON'T BE HIGH ENOUGH TO "FEEL GOOD". YOU WILL REMIAIN STATIONARY WHILE CASTING AND THIS CAN MAKE FIGHTING THE LAB BOSS VERY DIFFCULT SOMETIMES. ^ 2. SWAP IN LIFETAP ONCE YOUR REGEN IS HIGH ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN YOUR LIFE POOL WITH A BIT OF OVERHEAD REGEN. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN TILL MID TO LATE BUT BE AWARE OF YOUR REGEN VS. HOW MUCH LIFE ITS COSTING YOU PER SEC TO SPAM CRACKLING LANE. --- This build is very straight forward, always keep a mana flask handY until you swap to lifetap. --- This build doesnt have a ton of buttons which is nice but I prefer movement to be on space bar. --- You can use Galvanic field asap if you wish but Orb of storms is generally better until you get enough crit to support Galvanic Field, then you can use it of all rare mobs. --- Look for +1 to lightning skill gem wands/staffs, or minion wands with +1 to lighting skill gems. --- ACENDENCY CHOICES --- These are setup in the different passive skill sections on the tree. I prefer taking the route of boss damage first, just to lean into Crackling Lances strengths. ***** Gearing ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** --- The mods we are looking for on gear, as a BASELINE are as follows... - Max Life - Global Crit/Spell Crit - Resist (chaos last) - Minion Damage - Crit Damage - Movement Speed (boots) - Life Regen Most of your gear early on will either be ES bases or hybrid ES/Armor. Eventually when I have the currency, I prefer to go full armor bases to help increase your phys. dmg. reduction. Hybrid has its place to and if you find one with good mods, absolutely use it. --- Alt Currency mods like eldrich/searing mods can be whatever youd like, generic max res, minion life / damage, damage or defense mods. I don't really concern myself with those mods until I get my end game pieces and can really hone in on the mods I want to min/max. --- Socket pressure is a bit tight and coloring should be very very straight forward and easy. We use mainly blue gems with the occasional red and green gems. --- Raw stat requirements arent too too bad. If you want evasion/armor bases for Spell suppression, then dex will be harder to get. Grab it on the tree and/or rings and amulets. --- Be on the look out for minion wand bases! And or a minion wand with +1 to level of lightning skill gems. These are HUGE for leveling. --- Once you hit your first set of staff nodes, I would make the swap from wands to staffs so we can start getting more crit. This will be done during the campaign. --- Pickup the unique staff from the gearing section of this POB ASAP. It will carry you through early mapping! Shouldnt cost more then a couple of Chaos. ***** Mapping ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** --- Every mod is pretty much fair game but beware, crit/crit dmg mods, mods that reduce your resistance and additional proj./chain can be EXTREMLY rippy until you get powerful enough to just one shot most everything. Run those mods with high caution early on. No regen bricks our build, as well as ele reflect. *****************************************************************************************THANK YOU FOR PLAYING MY BUILD********************************************************************************************************************************* --- I really do enjoy the process of build making and providing a good experience to those that use my builds. Please feel free to comment on my youtube videos, my discord or my live stream to ask questions, give suggestions on how this build could improve, or if something was incorrect. My top priority is yall and having a positive experience. So please, do not hesitate to give feedback.