POB: https://pobb.in/TvmFO2Oqze--

I know, I know. Everyone is playing POE2 right now, but real life doesn't allow that for me this league. Instead I finalized a build I've had stewing in my head for months; a Bodyswap of Sacrifice Self-Ignite Elementalist (Budget: ~300div but could be done for less by foregoing minion life rolls on gear and still have 25mil+ DPS). This is one of my favorite self-made builds of all time, I'm really proud of this one and it feels really good to play. It can mostly sustain off Profane Bloom auto-ignites with 0 clicks, but for tougher monsters you can click once every 15-20 seconds to re-up the big Bodyswap ignite. For super tough enemies you can even do a second click for Flame Surge.

The build feels very tanky with 5.5k+ ES, true maxblock, recovery on spell block, endurance charges, Companionship support, CB/stun/curse/shock/ignite/freeze immunity, and off-screening most enemies. Bleed immunity could come from a mageblood flask at the cost of movement speed OR a corruption on a ring at the cost of some ES. You could ramp tankiness even further by swapping out some of your ignite duration or movement speed related gems for an immortal call setup, but I honestly haven't even found that to be necessary.

This isn't one I would necessarily recommend trying to league start, though you could probably put a scuffed version together for cheap(er), I just haven't tried. Let me know if there is interest though and I could put something together.

See the POB Notes for a few things I forgot/didn't have time to mention in the video.

00:00 Introduction

00:42 Build Overview: Expenses

01:23 Build Overview: Why Self-Ignite?

03:55 Build Overview: Why Not Chieftain?

08:40 Build Overview: Where Does the Ignite Come From?

12:00 Sample Juiced Breach Map

20:24 Skill Tree/Jewels

25:44 Gem Setup

32:00 Gear

MTX

Helmet: Exile's Hood

Body Armour: Archon of the Atlas (includes floating effect)

Boots/Gloves: Archon of the Atlas

Weapon Effect: Divine Benevolence

Spectre: Ebony

Misc: Invisible Auras

Portal: Wisdom Scroll