Level 96 Crit Blade Vortex Elementalist^3.26

Notes

Headhunter variant is better for juicing strats, but i only have mageblood :(
Headhunter version would drop Melding, Purity of Fire and Ruby Flask. Run Progenesis, Wine, Quicksilver, Diamond, Quartz
Low Phys Max Hit is not accounting for enemies converting 65% of damage to Fire (yes it is a bit unreliable
Corrupted Blood Immunity corruption on any of the jewels is recommended.
Map mods we struggle with:
- reduced block
- Volatiles (they can't be blocked and 75k max hit is not enough to tank them)
- Avoid Ailments (weak to physical here)
- no regen (need to swap a flask for Enduring Mana Flask)
- Action speedslow, Petrification Statues, Drowning Orbs (no answer against it, but BV playstyle does not mind it as much as other builds. Could fit in Balance of Terror to negate them)
- combos of -max and exarch/awakener degen can be very painful


Merc:
Fallen Reverend with Zealotry and Wrath
- Doryani's Prototype (reduced crit corrupt ideally)
- Rings with -Lightning res and +recoup
- Defiance of Destiny (my rings are insane so he still has -200)
- 40% Zealotry effect wand
- Maw of Conquest
- rare gloves with Fire+Cold+Chaos res, Unnerve implicit
- Dawnstriders (reflectproofing)
- Kaom's Binding (Wrath/Zealotry effect corrupt ideally)
- Dawnbreaker (rare shield with block + spell block + life on block would be ideal)


Budgeting:
- Simplex is not needed, barely better than regular rare. Want +1 all, +1 phys, Life, Multi, Attributes, frenzy/endu charge. Focused with +4 and Multi would be ideal.
- Ring does not need Mana on hit (was a lucky hit). Shaper influence in general is luxury, normal ring is fine. Craft Ring last and get the resists/attributes you are missing on it.
- Abyss Socket on gloves is not really necessary, allows Gold Flask over Quartz. 100% shock avoid would come from boots suffix (60), eater ailment avoid (20) and Shield mastery (20)
- Temple mod on gloves also is not really necessary, can use "regular" gloves. Craft gloves last and use it to get missing res/attributes.
- Watcher's Eye can be anything useful. 30 Life gain on hit Vitality is very strong, so is Zealotry Ele Pen
- Militant Faith Aura effect is for the +1 max res, can take other mods if you skip the melding setup
- Body Armour could just be a regular Crusader explode chest, does not need to be double elevated.
- Helmet can be Shaper-Only instead of double influenced, skipping Conc Effect. Better AoE and much much easier to craft, but lower single target dps.

Crafting:
Body Armour
- Find high level Sac Garb from Alva Atziri Room or Uber Atziri
- recombinate to itemlevel 86
- Crusader-influence it (elder exalt and harvest swap works)
- Add Memory Strands until satisfied. 60+ is very good but i settled on 36 because i had few orbs.
- Turn magic with Chance Orb Bench and imprint (this imprint is not necessary but a safety net if we fuck up and remove strands)

We aim to make a magic elevated explode chest without using any of the strands. One deterministic way to do this is:
- Turn rare with Chance Orb Bench and reforge phys until T1 Explode
- anull down to 2 prefixes
- multimod, mana, prefixes cant be changed -> reforge crit (for guaranteed 2nd crusader mod without adding another prefix)
- Double check that we did not add a 3rd crusader mod randomly
- remove crafted mods and use beast "add suffix, remove prefix" to make explode the only prefix (50% chance)
- Orb of Dominance to attempt to elevate Explode (50%)
- Prefixes cant be changed + Scour to end up with a magic Elevated Explode Chest

Now imprint again and apply Hinekora's Lock with Beasts. Check the Awakener Orb results.
If an outcome is almost good and has remaining Strands you can commit the Awakener Orb and try to Unravel upgrade mods (can always go back to the imprinted blue explode chest),
I wanted Elevated Taken as Fire so I only checked that one outcome. You could also check Warlord's Endurance Charge mod or others.
I was only looking for a good Life Roll and was ready to exalt the suffixes many times looking for Endurance Charge mod. Ended up getting lucky Dex + all res from awakener orb and kept it.
	If you want the white sockets for easy swapping between MB and HH version:
	Make Body Armor 3-socketed, use Blanchings until 2 or 3 White Sockets, then go from 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 sockets with the bench one at time until the colors are done.

Helmet
- Recombinate the Ritual base to itemlevel 85. (split first if low on bases)
- make it Elder+Shaper if going for the conc effect helmet, otherwise just Shaper.
- Essence of Horror until Hypothermia. When you get a resistance, you can annull the third suffix, then swap the resist to Cold and "suffixes cant be changed" + reforge cold for guaranteed hypo, then try a 1/3 annull.
	- With Horror and Hypothermia and open suffix, "suffixes cant be changed" and reforge crit for +3 spell crit (1/6 on shaper+elder, 1/3 on shaper). try anull if you miss.
	- If you somehow hit Horror + 3 Spell crit, you can try suffixes cant be changed and reforge cold (low chance) or setup a recombinate with a level 20 Hypothermia helmet (needs to double influenced as well if you go for shaper+elder)
With Suffixes done, use Suffixes cant be changed + scour to clear prefixes (use Bristle Matron if you have any)
- Block Mana and exalt twice, looking for Conc Effect (or AoE on shaper-only variant). Repeat wiping prefixes and exalting until satisfied.

Boots
- start with fractured Life, any STR/DEX boots are ideal to be able to hit Dex. Can use others too and roll Dex elsewhere instead.
- Deafening of Torment, looking for T1/T2 Dex. Anull third suffix if it exists. Can also go for Chaos Res here and get Dex on Ring instead.
- multimod, suffixes cant be changed, Veiled Chaos. Block Evasion while focused and unveil Movespeed+Onslaught. Repeat if no Onslaught.
- craft desired Suffix and exalt prefix randomly, hoping for hybrid life or rarity.

Gloves
- start with fractured Temple Cold Res
- Resonator with Hollow/Pristine/Dense to try and hit Chaos res, Light/Fire Res or Dex (incase of Dex u need res on boots).
	After every failed resonator, try anulling the third suffix and do "suffixes cant be changed" + reforge chaos for 1/6 at T1 Chaos
- with suffixes done, use suffixes cant be changed (or bristle matron) and veiled chaos. Block the focus mod and pray to unveil lightning convert. Repeat until lightning convert. Use Eldritch Anull if prefixes fill.
- Settle after Lightning Convert or try "suffixes cant be changed" + add/remove Life
- 25% convert implicit is required (hit it with grand ichors and upgrade once with conflict)

Ring
- recombinate All Res and Chaos Res on uninfluenced bases. Choose other mods if you need different res/attributes, depending on your other crafts
- suffixes cannot be changed + veiled chaos, hope for veiled suffix (50% chance).
- try to unveil Endurance charges or missing stats or hybrid chaos res.
- with suffixes done, clean prefixes and shaper exalt. Reforge caster for Life gain on hit (67% chance), then craft Life.

Amulet
my simplex is not ideal, +4 focused with Crit multi is much better.
Problem with "regular" amulet is that we are stuck with level 22 Purity of Fire (23 is breakpoint for +1 res) so we need to find a fix or play with just 89% res.
Can go Vaal Purity of Fire, but it makes Vaal BV gain charges slower at start of map. Can also get max Fire res on boots instead of Action Speed.

non-focused amulet craft:
- Start with fractured Crit Multi
- Alt Spam for +1 All Skills
- regal, anull until it is rare with +1 All and Multi only. (if you get a suffix you can prefix cant be changed + annull, otherwise 50/50 it)
- Multimod, flat phys, prefixes cant be changed, then add/remove Physical for guaranteed +1 all physical skills.
- settle on multimod Life and suffix (attributes, res, whatever you need)
		Or prefixes cant be changed, add/remove Life and hope for decent life roll. Then Prefixes cant be changed + veiled Exalt (or chaos if you like cheap and risky)

Wand
Extra Lightning is most important roll, fire and cold can be a bit lower. 50 Light with 30+ cold and fire is fine. 6% or 8% phys modifier is pretty common with Tempering Orbs

Militant Faith
Dominus is required, Aura Effect is required to hit 90 res (could be replaced with Mastery on "Discord Artisan" tho).
Make sure the seed number does not override any of the notables we use.