3.16 Blood Burst Elementalist - A Path of Walking Simulator Build

Welcome to the PoB guide for the more active version of the Path of Walking Simulator v5.0 the 3.16 Blood Burst Elementalist by TrollErgoSum ~~~~~~~~~~LEVELING~~~~~~~~~~ ACT 1: Start as Fireball Ignite: Fireball + Elemental Proliferation + Combustion - (add Efficacy and Unbound Ailments if you have additonal links available) Fire Wall + Efficacy and Flame Surge for additional single target damage when needed Look for gear with +1 to all fire spell skill gems, flat fire damage to spells, fire/DoT multi, and % increased fire/burning/DoT ACT 2: KILL ALL BANDITS Add Deadly Ailments if you have a link available Summon Skitterbots and Herald of Ash are some nice additional damage options ACT 3: Swap into one of two different set-ups SET-UP 1: FLAMESLINGER - swap at level 24 Spellslinger + Fireball + Deadly Ailments + Elemental Proliferation (swap to Ignite Proliferation at level 38) Spellslinger + Flame Wall Frenzy + Faster Attacks + Combustion A Twyzel is a nice unique option, otherwise you can use a wand with high flat damage and/or flat damage to spells SET-UP 2: ARMAGEDDON BRAND IGNITE - swap at level 28 Simply swap out Fireball for Armageddon Brand and use Malevolence Either of these set-ups can easily carry you through all of the Acts, I prefer the Flameslinger Near the end of Act 3/Start of Act 4 you can do first lab and grab Shaper of Flames Cruise until you are near level 50, if at all possible you should have a Fire Burst staff made already. It can have a level requirement as low as 50 and you'll want to use it ASAP because it absolutely shreds the story mode. To make a Fire Burst staff yourself all you need is a six socket staff and then use an Essence of Hysteria on it THE SOCKETS ON THE STAFF DO NOT NEED TO BE LINKED USE A REGULAR STAFF WITH THE 18% BLOCK IMPLICIT AND NOT A WARSTAFF Do the second lab around the middle of Act 7 and grab Shaper of Storms By level 60 you can swap over to the full build as long as your life regen can keep up with the self damage from Storm Secret Do the third lab before Act 10 Kitava and grab Liege of the Primordial, this will help with survivability in early maps Do the fourth lab whenever you feel you are able and grab Mastermind of Discord ~~~~~~~~~~ASCENDANCY ORDER~~~~~~~~~~ To reiterate: Shaper of Flames Shaper of Storms Liege of the Primordial Mastermind of Discord ~~~~~~~~~GEAR NOTES~~~~~~~~~~ Malachai's Awakening - you can make one of these yourself if you have a Malachai's Simula and the prophecy The Nightmare Awakens If you have the prophecy active, and the helm is in your inventory (does not gave to be equipped), all you have to do is kill the boss of the Core map which is only a T3 map Storm Secret - this item is what keeps our Herald of Thunder up all of the time, even during single target combat. When Herald of Thunder hits, it triggers Fire Burst which will ignite and shock enemies, that shock with then refresh the duration of the herald The self damage on the ring is also what drives our Cast When Damage Taken set-up Essence Worm - Since heralds do not count as auras for Mortal Conviction, this ring allows us to give Herald of Thunder 0% reservation Cluster jewels - You don't have to have the specific notables I show here, just about any of them with % increased fire/elemental/DoT damage will work Other rare gear - Of course make sure resistances are maxed out, then prioritize life and life regen. You want to try and get to >15% of your max life regenerated per second It would be nice to get all Armour gear but we do need a lot of blue sockets so you will need some Armor/Energy Shield hybrid items or a lot of chromes/jewelers. Some higher rarity/cost mods to look out for would be frenzy on hit/% max life/% life regen on body armours, faster ignites on boots, and temple fire damage mod on gloves A Watcher's Eye with either of the Malevolence damage mods is nice but they can be quite expensive I recommend annointing Vampirism for smoother mapping although you can also annoint Searing Heat for mor DPS or Inexorable if you feel like your recovery is adequate and want more defense ~~~~~~~~~~SKILL GEM NOTES~~~~~~~~~~ Only link Arrogance Support to Malevolence and only use Essence Worm if you have Malachai's Awakening You can use Phantasmal Storm Brand for stronger shocks For the guard skill, use Immortal Call if you have means of generating endurance charges; use Molten Shell if you have high armor; otherwise use Steelskin Flame Surge, Cold Snap, and Wave of Conviction can be left at level 1 since we do not get any benefit from levels and want to keep their cost down Use Vaal Cold Snap for means of generating frenzy charges during single target fights Chest only needs to be a 5L, Flame Dash does not have to be linked to the other gems, use the money you would spend on the 6L and get better stats on the chest instead ~~~~~~~~~~PASSIVE TREE NOTES~~~~~~~~~~ Grab Diamond Skin if you need help with resistances, we also path right by Expertise and Agility if you need more Dexterity For levels past 90 there is a two point jewel socket above Witch start and additonal % life nodes near Marauder start