[3.6] Vowel's Crit Storm Brand Elementalist - Flaskless Uber Elder

Still kinda new/scrub level. Where do I go to improve from here? I know I need better jewels for one. Never crafted.. need to learn the method.. but aside from that what else? Thank you!

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/demesm/characters?characterName=Imakeitraindeath

Loving the build so far. leveled real quick and having more fun than my heiro version.

one thing i like to do is run trigger spells when you use a skill on my weapon, i put warlords mark in there and it triggers often, can also run a golem, tempest shield, molten shell, or a second brand recall since they have different cooldowns. doing it this way ensures im always leeching. i just self cast elemental weakness if needed but so far i haven;t needed it and i've done everything but t16 maps and elder etc.

I also specced into elemental reflect immunity while leveling just to be safer.

This is an incredible build!

Managed to down elder, shaper, then uber elder for the first time (since it is ny first league). I went inpulsa for chest since I had some currency and love the enemies exploding and chaining lol. Anyways, thank you for a great guide!

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Double

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t1mseeen wrote:

Another scrub needs your advice. How would you guys spend around 3-4 ex on gear? My goal is to kill my first Shaper ever this league, maybe more, if possible.

I killed my first Guardian a few days ago and while I was not afraid of dying, my damage seemed to be mediocre.

Quality those gems, my man! All that gear and no quality on any of your 6link gems...

Multiple totem support only allow you to put one decoy totem? cause I can't spawn them at the same time

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t1mseeen wrote:

Another scrub needs your advice. How would you guys spend around 3-4 ex on gear? My goal is to kill my first Shaper ever this league, maybe more, if possible.

I killed my first Guardian a few days ago and while I was not afraid of dying, my damage seemed to be mediocre.

That gear should be more than enough for guardians and shaper. It's not going to insta-kill them, but should be quick enough and safe.
One thing you are missing is that you haven't done uber lab, so you are missing some extra damage from herald, 25% penetration and a bit of unreserved mana.

Should I swap out 'Added Cold Damage Support'in my Storm Brand 6L for 'Added Lightning Damage Support' if I have 'Adds X Cold Damage' in my other gear?

What does 'Added Cold Damage Support' do for the build?

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v0dkilla wrote:

Should I swap out 'Added Cold Damage Support'in my Storm Brand 6L for 'Added Lightning Damage Support' if I have 'Adds X Cold Damage' in my other gear?

What does 'Added Cold Damage Support' do for the build?

Still kinda Noob here, but:
- Hypothermia Support Gem adds 39% Damage against chilled enemies
- To chill enemies, you need to have cold damage
- Cold damage doesn't chill by itself all the time, it has a chance
- You 'Beacon of Ruin' Ascendancy allows your cold damage to always chill, because:
Beacon of Ruin overrides the minimum threshold of 1% effect that normally applies to chill and shock.[2][3] In other words, 1 point of cold damage from any hit will apply chill[4]

So, you can swap out the cold damage gem for the lightning damage gem for more dps.