PoE Herald of Thunder, League Starter builds

Mechanics to look for Damage taken recovered as life (More effective due to life/es damage split) Possible variants Crit Elemental Overload

POB (edited after feedback): POB (original): POB only works on desktop client, web one doesn't have skills for some reason. This was originally a BV/EK Stormwall into Fulcrum full conversion build, but then they removed Stormwall so I had to change plans or be left without being able to league start. This is now a Lightning Conduit Agnerod into Fulcrum build that uses BV with Shaper of Storms to shock everyone 7.5 times a second, and Lightning Conduit to deal damage

Hello all, I revived this build in 3.16 from TrollErgoSum's walking simulator video, but since then he has moved on to crystallized omniscience which is way out of my budget this season. All required uniques and cluster jewels can be bought for less than 5C each and total budget is 30C. No special aura or mana management, gems are all base type and not even fully leveled. No 6L required. In my POB I demonstrate that with extremely unoptimized skill points, the wrong class (you want Elementalist), and terrible rare gear, a decent mapper is still possible on a shoestring budget. How Cast W

Fossil Craft a lightning jewel Options: Cold (3 mods) Mana (4 mods) Lightning (9 mods) Ideal fossils: Deft Fossil (Crit/No Attributes) - Required for Thunderstruck Metallic Fossil (More Lightning/No Phys) - Want Inspired Oppresion, Paralysis, Prismatic Heart, or Snowstorm Pristine Fossil (More Life/No Defence) - Required for Doryani's Lesson

I tried to make my own build this league start, and i went with a doryani touch assassin. So far im doing fine in tier 11 maps, but i dont think ill have the dps for higher level content. This is my first time making my own build, so any help is appreciated. PoB: Thanks! Edit: Forgot to say i havent gotten the jewel yet. Not enough currency

Hello! I've been playing every weekend since league start and I just picked up my 5th Exalt from the ground, so during my work hours I've been brewing this Poison Spark build: <-- Original 4k Life + 96% Stun avoid version <-- Newer 100% Spell Suppress but 3k Life + 40% Stun avoid version Concept - Ashes of the Stars can give up to 30% quality to all gems, and +1 level to all skill gems. - 20% Quality Phantasmal Spark now converts 100% Lightning Damage to C

I spent quite a while trying to find a build I could shove those new recoup life nodes in. I think I got one. I am a bit worried about attack speed, but other than that it is 100% spell suppression, 50% recoup, big ES leech with some mana and hp on hit/kill. I think the lightning mastery (always lucky non-crits) will be great with the huge range that Energy Blade provides (15+0.04%ES - 235+0.8%ES) \[147-2875\] Any thoughts would be great since I can't really test in out in POB since the skill isn't added yet. I have also nev

: Budget version (level 87, cheap gear, 5 link armor and 6 socket unlinked staff). Reaches 1.6m DPS on mapping config (flasks active, no convergence, assuming you're killing enemies) and 1m DPS on bossing config (no flasks, Shaper resistances, convergence active). This isn't counting Flame Surge, which will give at minimum another 25% more damage. : More invested version, but still not GG gear. Level 95, some influenced items and good jewels, better mods on staff (though the staff ceiling is massive, it can easily give 50%

Looking for some discussion on this theorycraft and its potential as a league starter. PoB: For the most part, this is a fairly typical Poison Pathfinder build. In that sense, I think this (or any other Poison) build will do well at league start. Especially so with the new Mastery node for Poison that grants 300% increased damage on first application. I've also looked into some synergies for this build to grow into that I'd like to discuss. Lethe Shade Lethe Shade seems like a fairly mediocre node which gives a small upside