[3.7] Storm Brand Elementalist. League Starter, Deathless Uber Elder.

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Vickery wrote:

Is there a way for us to see if Malachi's is actually working? Is there an icon or something?

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Brookizlol wrote:

Finally did it, level 100 with this build. Just love Storm brand so much this skill is amazing, I don't even know what to play now
Thanks again for your build :)

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JonathanPDX wrote:

I've been looking for a build that can handle red maps and doesn't die instantly to those darn syndicate ambushes. I'd like to take my first shot at shaper, too.

I have about 6 Ex saved up, would that be enough to at least handle red maps safely? Even a 5L Inpulsa is going to blow over half my budget, though a 5L Shroud of the Lightless would leave a lot left over to invest elsewhere.

Is this build tanky enough to handle red maps and the syndicate there? And would I be able to get it up and running with this budget?

Thanks!

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magicrectangle wrote:

This is a league starter build, you can get into red maps on far less investment than that. I was in T15 and level 90 wearing a tabula.

I wouldn't blow your whole load on inpulsa. Inpulsa is nice, but not necessary. 5L shroud of the lightless is a fine choice. So is a 6L rare with life / resist, or even a tabula.

The build is very good at syndicate. You're highly mobile so you can just run around avoiding their BS while the brands kill them. You also hit dodge cap with vaal grace up, which avoids huge amounts of damage. With mind over matter you should have 7k+ total pool between life and mana so you can soak the hits that do get through your dodge.

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magicrectangle wrote:

Loreweave is good too. You don't need a 7L helm, 6L is fine.

It is almost always better, in any build, to spread your money out rather than buying one big ticket item, unless that item is completely build enabling. Nothing in this build is completely build enabling. As I mention in the OP the most important unique is malachai's artifice, which costs a couple chaos.

Temple attack dodge boots are a pretty nice defensive item, so that's one place you might consider spending a bit. It isn't necessary to have the effect of non-damaging ailments on them. It is a nice bit of damage, but it is completely fine to just go pure defense stats on the boots if needed to cover resists.

Good wands can be had quite cheaply. I talk about how to find good ones in the answered questions section of the OP.

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magicrectangle wrote:

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Brookizlol wrote:

Finally did it, level 100 with this build. Just love Storm brand so much this skill is amazing, I don't even know what to play now
Thanks again for your build :)

Congrats man, that's impressive.

I've been pondering whether I want to push to 100 or not. Currently 98. I didn't really grind for it, I leveled from 92 to 98 off the xp I got farming uber elder (8 guardian maps per uber, plus however many t15s to get elder influence to re-pop). But that xp has slowed down a lot.

I know I'm supposed to do pure breachstone rotations to get the last two levels, but I don't know if I can be bothered to do that. Player interaction.... eh.

Looks like you went for cast speed nodes for your final points. Pretty good option. I was thinking I might take the shadow mana and mana on kill nodes, and have a level 100 tree that looked like this:

https://pastebin.com/vmLu0mLF

The extra mana is nice since there's not really any more HP nodes to take, next best thing. The mana on kill is nice for no-leech maps. Of course if you're doing pure breach stone rotations you never have to deal with no-leech.