Penance Brand Ignite Elementalist UPDATED FOR 3.30 Covens of Umbra - STILL EXPLODING EVERYTHING

UPDATE NOTES FOR 3.30 -GOLEMS NERFED SLIGHTLY, THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL SINCE THIS BUILD IS MORE OF A HERALD STACKER, STILL A NERF THOUGH -CRAFTING COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, THIS IS ANNOYING FOR HELMET CRAFT, BRISTLE MATRONS SHOULD BE USED HERE NOW -OVERALL NO OTHER BALANCE CHANGES, BUT BREACH RING IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RING AND IT IS UNKNOWN HOW EASY IT IS TO GET AFTER PATCH, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND NYCTA'S LATERN EARLY PRE IGNITE PROLIF GLOVES -Big DPS -At this point in the game Cast Speed is still really nice for QOL. -If you want you can also use Swiftbrand for better mapping. OBLITERATION ONCE YOU GET PROLIF GLOVES -Big clear, explosions prolif, profit. -Less need for Cast Speed. -No longer use Swiftbrand. IF YOU FEEL SQUISHY EARLY -Enduring Composure or Aggressive Bastion is a game changer. -Endurance Charges make you quite a bit tankier. -Attack Block is also your biggest source of EHP for mapping, look for block jewels. GENERIC NOTES LEVELING PROCESS -From level 1 to 12 I leveled with Rolling Magma linked to Elemental Prolif/Combustion + Holy Flame Totem. -At Level 28 you can swap to Penance Brand with the same links, Swiftbrand is nice early for faster pops. Make sure to take Shaper of Flames from first lab so you can ignite with Penance. -Good leveling uniques are Honourhome, Ncyta's Latern, Berek's Grip, Berek's Respite, Replica Prismweave. GLOBAL PROLIF ON GLOVES -Shaper of Flames makes all damage ignite, and this includes Obliteration explosions, with Ignite prolif on glove implicit you can spread those ignites as well. -This makes for juicy explosion chains. -Later on you can use Oriath's End, or explosion chest if you want to use Grace of the Goddess while mapping. CINDERSWALLOW -This flask adds a ton of damage through malediction and also from increasing damage dealt on ignited enemies. -It's also a Silver flask so it gives onslaught. POLARIC DEVASTATION -If you want a little extra damage, this in the left ring slot will grant "Covered in Ashes" this applies a 20% increase fire damage taken debuff. HERALD BUFF EFFECT & LYCIA ASCENDANCY -Every intelligence travel node can be changed into 5% herald buff effect, this adds up to quite a bit of damage for this build. -Once you start getting these, look to drop Mastermind of Discord for Farewell to Flesh ascendancy. (they are very close, make sure to check your build to see if it's better or not, depends on your damage gained) -You can go for Forbidden Flesh & Flame to get it back if you want. (it's a lot of damage) SUPREME OSTENTATION -This removes all attribute requirements and allows you to tattoo every single travel node, as well as easily run Grace of the Goddess. MELDING + AEGIS + PURITY OF ICE -An extremely tanky set-up that doesn't require Mageblood. (though is much better with it) -Melding gives you maximum resistance equal to your highest max resist, in this case it's cold. -Aegis has 5% max cold resistance built in, and combined with Purity of Ice, it's not that difficult to reach 86+ max resist, which is a huge defensive boost. -This does require you to drop Tempest Shield or a Herald, unless you fit in more reservation. AILMENTS -You can run Stormshroud combined with Avoid Shock boots. (50-60% from essence, and Avoid Ailment + Avoid Shock implicits to reach 100%) -This will make you immune to ailments even if you drop Tempest Shield. CRAFTING ARCHDEMON HELMET -By far the best way to scale the damage into the endgame is by crafting a Archdemon Crown. This is a base that comes from the Ritual mechanic. -The reason this base is so good is because it adds an additional 2 levels to gems linked to it. -To start crafting, make sure it's item level 82+ to start with. Use an Elder's Exalted Orb to make it into an Elder Helmet. -Use Essence of Horror until you hit "Gems are supported by Burning Damage". -If suffixes are not full, use Suffix Cannot be Changed and Harvest reforge for resistance. Cold/Lightning/Fire/Chaos all work, depending on your needs. -Use Suffix Cannot be Changed again, along with a Veiled Chaos Orb or Veiled Exalted Orb until you unveil +2 AoE gems, make sure to block "additional skeleton" if you have an open prefix. -Veiled Chaos Orb has a chance to fill prefixes, which you would then have to 50/50 remove. Veiled Exalted Orb is more expensive but safer.