Level 96 Hybrid Firestorm Elementalist^3.28

Notes

LEVELING NOTES 

Guide by animeprincess
https://www.twitch.tv/animeprincess
https://www.youtube.com/@anime.princess
https://discord.gg/anime-princess-111244942860460032

SUMMARY:
This is a budget leaguestart progression for Ignite Elementalist.  It starts on Freezing Pulse, progresses into Firestorm, and by the end of the campaign, it ends on Penance Brand.  The endgame gearing is pretty tame and this build can be played in SSF or Trade.


ACT 1 talkreigh regex



LEVELING FILTER:
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/xsnowingx-1952/item-filters
use the AP leveling spellcaster filter


BANDITS:
Alira for 15% res


ASCENDANCY ORDER:
Liege of the Primordial -> Shaper of Storms -> Shaper of Flames -> Mastermind of Discord


IMPORTANT TIPS:

- Use gambling vendors to upgrade gear during the campaign.



LEVELING GUIDE:

--------------------------------ACT 1- Ranger------------------------------------------------

Grab Momentum from the chest in the first zone, and after killing Hillock check the vendor with our regex. And mule over your wisdom scrolls and any decent gear u found



--------------------------------ACT 1- Witch---------------------------------------------------

create a Witch

Freezing Pulse - Elemental Proliferation - Added Lightning/Added Cold 

Frostblink - Arcane Surge (B-B) [leave arcane surge at low level (right click it to disable level ups)]

Holy Flame Totem [great damage, used to tank enemy boss hits, creates conc ground that heals you.  overall amazing utility skill]

Flame wall (B) [cast under mob and shoot freezing pulse through it.  this is an optional skill gem, and can be dropped at any time]

Frost Bomb (B) - good boss damage

Shield Charge - Faster Attacks - Momentum [main movement skill.  if you drop faster attacks use it as a 3rd link, altho its not accessible through early vendors]

Clarity (B)


gems for Firestorm link later: Combustion

--------------------------------ACT 2--------------------------------------------------------------

Freezing Pulse - Added Lightning - Added Cold 

Herald of Thunder (B) [great supplementary damage]

Arctic Armour (G) [defensive option which is entirely optional]

gems for Firestorm link later: Combustion - Cruelty

--------------------------------ACT 3--------------------------------------------------------------
[Notes: In temple of Solaris, you unlock the prefix craft 'fire damage to spells' from Eternal Laboraty (by the floor 2 waypoint, which you can craft onto weapons for more damage]

Elemental Weakness [curse enemies for extra damage]

New main skill:
Firestorm - Elemental Proliferation - Combustion - Cruelty [pick up Firestorm as your new skill at level 28, after killing Gravicius]

--------------------------------ACT 4--------------------------------------------------------------

Summon Chaos Golem - Summon Flame Golem - Summon Stone Golem - Summon Lightning Golem

--------------------------------ACT 5--------------------------------------------------------------



--------------------------------ACT 6--------------------------------------------------------------


Cap your elemental resistances right now.  Teleport to your hideout and manually craft resistances onto all open suffixes via the crafting bench.  If you are dying it is due to your res not being at 75%]

Anger

Firestorm - Immolate - Combustion - Fire Penetration - Cruelty

Shield Charge - Faster Attacks - Momentum

Steelskin - Cast When Damage Taken

--------------------------------ACT 7--------------------------------------------------------------


--------------------------------ACT 8--------------------------------------------------------------


--------------------------------ACT 9--------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: At level 60 you have the option to start running heist and start farming currency.   Please see the timestamp in the video linked directly below below for an overview of how to do this properly for maximized chaos drops.  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4yNC-VwU_A&t=18195s


--------------------------------ACT 10--------------------------------------------------------------

Penance Brand - Ignite Proliferation - Combustion - Inspiration - Spellblade (Use this with either Rebuke of the Vaal or Nycta's Lantern, or Martyr of Innocence two hander) - Cruelty - Burning Damage

For the Penance Brand swap, you need Shaper of Flames Ascendancy.  I have also provided 6 support gems, because for Spellblade to work, you need one of these 2 uniques weapons first.



ENDGAME UNIQUE GEARING

Weapons: Nycta's Lantern or Rebuke of the Vaal for high dps with Spellblade support.  
				Obliteration can be used for faster map clear, but remove Spellblade support when swapping to this.
				Grace of the Goddess - High budget endgame weapon.  These drop from Uber Maven so don't expect to get one on day 1, or maybe even day 2.

Rings: Mark of Submission - High damage frontloaded curse automation
		   Polaric Devastation - Left ring slot for high damage
	       Lost Unity - Herald stacking ring.  Core piece of the final endgame herald stacker setup.

Helm: Honourhome - Budget helmet option for Penance brand before 6L

Shield: Aegis Aurora - This requires high armor and spell/attack block.  Its an extremely strong defensive layer once these requirements are met.

Flasks: Rumi's Concoction - Budget option to cap block
			Cinderswallow - High damage flask.  Has multiple modifier options, make sure to check before you buy.

Jewels: Light of Meaning - Armour version is usually cheap and will give you ALOT of armor.  Fire damage is also usually cheap and gives good damage.
			Red Nightmare - Can be used for attack block on high budgets
			Elegant Hubris - Used in very high budget setups so you can tattoo herald effect onto the tree




CONCLUSION:

I will be streaming this start live on twitch.  I will be posting build updates that take this past this budget starter guide on Youtube.

My ingame chat channel is /global 8686

Feel free to ask for help in twitch chat, or in my discord community (link can be found at the top of this notes page).

MISC FAQ:

map regex?

"!ilm|ur$|% of e|reg"

This filters ele reflect, no regen, reduced block chance, avoid ele ailments