[3.25] CheapBunny's Igniting Fire Dot Flame Golem of Meteor Elementalist | Replica Primodial Might

Updated to 3.25 - Settlers of Kalguur League
- Replaced rare boots with March Of the Legion unique boots
- Replaced Ancestral Vision jewel with Primordial Harmony, this build no longer has element ailment immunity, but summoned golem has lower cd now
- Removed Call to Arm + Enduring Cry setup
- Replaced Defiance Banner with Vitality



Introduction
Flame Golem of Meteor is buffed in 3.24, gaining 30~40% more damage, it becomes a rather solid skill after the buff, able to clear endgame content without too much issue, despite the clunkier playstyle, that's probably the reason why no other people using this skill on poe ninja.

Unlike the normal Flame Golem, Flame Golem of Meteor has a faster cooldown, when summoned, Flame Golem will fall from the sky (Meteor) to deal fire damage and creates Burning Ground on impact. The Meteor only occur once when summoning Flame Golem, Flame Golem will do the normal Flame Golem stuff after the falling attack (or spell?).

This build is scaling around the damage of the Meteor part (ignite from falling hit and burning ground), which requires constantly resummoning Flame Golem (to trigger to Meteor), so the playstyle does not feel like a minion build. It is more like a spell caster with cooldown, that's scaled with minion stats.

According to POEDB, the falling hit is an attack, but somehow Flame Golem cannot be supported by attack support (missing attack tag), so I am not too sure whether the hit is a spell or an attack, in the end I just scale it with general fire/minion damage. Anyway, it has been fun making this skill gem work, enjoy the build.

Build Thought
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This build is built around the Meteor part (ignite from falling hit and burning ground)

Replica Primodial Might and Elementalist
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The Meteor has great synergy with Replica Primordial Might jewel. Since we have to constantly summon the Flame Golem to trigger the Meteor, the summoned in last 8 second damage bonus will always be applied. 125% increase in damage is huge for a jewel, so the next step would be to stack this jewel as much as we can.

However, Replica Primordial Might jewel comes with a down side, -1 maximum golem. For every single Replica Primordial Might jewel we use, we need to have +1 maximum golem. Because of this, Elementalist become the obvious ascendancy choice. Together with the +1 max golem from passive tree notable (Golem Commander), we can use 3 of these juicy jewels.


Why Dot instead of hit based? Why ignite as well?
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Cooldown on the skill makes it cannot scale too much with cast speed, hence DoT based is a better choice. Ignite can be scaled very similarly to the burning ground, ignite adds about 50% more damage on top of the burning ground according to POB.


Why dont use Anima Stone for another +1 golem?
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Two jewel socket for 125% damage is not as attractive anymore due to diminishing return, especially when we have a great contender for jewel slot for Minion Dot build, Amanamu's Gaze.




Build Mechanic
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Golem Chance to Ignite
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Flame Golem does not ignite inherently, hence we need to stack chance to ignite for golem.

1. Abyssal Jewels

Chance to ignite = (14% + 14%) * 1.93 (Belt bonus)= 54%

2. Combustion Support

Chance to ignite = 25%

2. Flammability

Chance to ignite = 25%



Massive Fire Resistance Reduction
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This build ultilize the infamous Mastermind of Discord + Elemental Equilibrium + Eye of Malice + Storm Brand combo to lower enemy fire resistance.

Fire Resistance Reduction illustration on enemy with 50% Fire resistance.
1) Storm Brand trigger EE -> 50% - 25% = 25%

2) EE trigger Mastermind of Discord Bonus -> 25% - 25% = 0%

3) Flammability + Elemental Weakness Curse -> 0% - 37% - 30% = -67%

4) Scorch Ground -> -67% - 10% = -77%

5) Eye of Malice Amplification -> -77% * 1.5 = -115%

The combo can lower enemy with 50% fire resistance to -115%, super huge. What makes it better is everything is automated except Elemental Weakness curse.


Defenses used in this build
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1. 8.5k AR + 3.5k EV (Before Flask)

2. 1.8k+ Primal Aegis

3. 100% Spell Suppression

4. 75% Chaos Resistance

5. 15% Attack Block

6. Nearby Enemy have 40% reduced Crit Chance (Defiance Banner)

7. 40% reduced Extra Damage from Crit by Cursed Enemy (Curse Mastery)

8. Automation + Molten Shell




Build Problem
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Cooldown and Cast Time
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Flame Golem of Meteor has cooldown time of 2.0 secs, it does not feel very smooth early/mid game, but after you get 20% quality (40% increase CDR) on the gem and Primordial Harmony, it actually feels quite smooth. During early/mid game, use Infernal Legion support to help with clear, so that you dont need to summon Flame Golem as often.

It also has cast time of 1.0 sec, which is quite slow, some cast speed is needed to make it feel better in end game mapping. The source of cast speed I used in this build is Abyss Jewel and Weapons.




Videos
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Necropolis League

T16 Cemetery
https://youtu.be/xgpop0erxec

ElderSlayers & Invitations
https://youtu.be/WMYr30aZ1Os

T17 Sanctuary
https://youtu.be/nvelDJmhNLA

T17 Uber Uhtred
https://youtu.be/dwIgkbz7bB8

Uber Shaper
https://youtu.be/UHFDMyoYxfA

Uber Sirus
https://youtu.be/upouNESBXvk


Skill Tree (POB)
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Kill all bandits.
23 Jul 2024 - [POE 3.25] 98 lvl skill tree (Latest)
https://pobb.in/tuE3I63nLMXN

13 Apr 2024 - [POE 3.24] 98 lvl skill tree
https://pobb.in/pw-z6qm_8aU1


Leveling
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Use Zombie and SRS to level from act 1, add Flame Golem as well when you get the gem in act 4. You can drop SRS/Zombie when you have 4 Flame Golems after completed second Labyrinth, and continue to level as pure Flame Golems build.

Only swap into the Flame Golem of Meteor when you acquire at least two Replica Primodial Might and The Formless Inferno helmet.


Ascendancy
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Elementalist

Liege of the Primordial -> Elemancer -> Bastion of Elements -> Mastermind of Discord


Gears
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Weapon
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Early/Mid Game
Minion damage/+1 Minion Level Rare wand

End Game
Minion damage/+1 Minion Level/Cast Speed/Resis/Trigger Spell Rare wand




Body Armour
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Early/Mid Game
Life/Resis Rare Body Armour

End Game

(Imbalanced Guard is not required, any Keystone that does not break the build is alright)


Helmet
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Early Game
Life/Resis Rare Helmet

Mid Game


End Game

Corrupted Implicit : Socketed Skill Gems get a 90% Cost & Reservation Multiplier


Gloves
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Early/Mid Game
Life/Resis Rare Gloves

End Game
Minion Damage/Spell Suppression/Aspect of the Spider/Resis Rare Gloves

Eldritch Implicit : Spell Suppression/Minion Damage

Crafting Guide
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1. Buy gloves with fractured Spell Suppression

2. Use Deafening Essence of Fear until you hit 1 more good suffix, 1 empty prefix and 1 empty suffix.


3. Beast craft Level 30 Aspect of Spider

4. Bench craft life

5. Eldritch craft implicit



Boots
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Early/Mid Game
Move Speed/Life/Resis Rare Boots

End Game


Corrupted Implicit : Spell Suppression


Belt
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Early/Mid Game
Life/Resis Rare Belt

End Game



Amulet
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Early/Mid Game
Life/Resis/Attributes Rare Amulet

End Game

(Anointment : Golem Commander)


Rings
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Early Game
Life/Resis Rare Rings

Mid Game

(Put on left ring slot)

End Game
Life/Minion Damage/Resis Rare Ring (Ring ring slot)



Jewels
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Abyss Jewels

(Slot in belt)


Cluster Jewel


Unique Jewels



(Slot in specific jewel socket, refer to POB)


(Slot in specific jewel socket, refer to POB)
(Look for Minion Damage/Chaos Resis)


Tattoos
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(Refers to POB)



Gem Link
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Flame Golem of Meteor
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Mid Game (Infernal Formless Helmet)


End Game (Skin of the Lords Body Armour)



4L Auras (Helmet)
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4L Automation (Gloves)
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3L Storm Brand (Trigger Wand)
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4L Malevolence/Ele Weakness (Boots)
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3L Flame Dash
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1L Gem (Ring)
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(Socket in Profane Proxy unique ring)



My other build guide

Last edited by cheapbunny on Jul 23, 2024, 5:48:41 AM
Last bumped on Jul 26, 2024, 5:01:46 AM
Update
23 Jul 2024
- Added POB for 3.25
- Replaced rare boots with March Of the Legion unique boots
- Replaced Ancestral Vision jewel with Primordial Harmony, this build no longer has element ailment immunity, but summoned golem has lower cd now
- Removed Call to Arm + Enduring Cry setup
- Replaced Defiance Banner with Vitality
Last edited by cheapbunny on Jul 23, 2024, 5:33:42 AM
Oh this looks interesting! Are you able to do ubers and t17 map?
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Tecken1407 wrote:
Oh this looks interesting! Are you able to do ubers and t17 map?


I have cleared all T17 with it, haven't tried ubers yet, but pretty confident can do at least some of the ubers.
Last edited by cheapbunny on Apr 7, 2024, 1:32:54 AM
Being afk since bestiary league for me,this build looks like the good old days.
Do you have a PoB of this build?
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Palin81 wrote:
Being afk since bestiary league for me,this build looks like the good old days.
Do you have a PoB of this build?


Added POB in the main thread.
Hello, nice build.
Why is Eye of Malice better than The Formless Inferno Helmet?
Is it because of the automation with the storm brand?
Thought about scaling fire overcapped res for more minion max hp.
Thanks!
Last edited by Bookwaters on Apr 14, 2024, 7:54:11 AM
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Bookwaters wrote:
Hello, nice build.
Why is Eye of Malice better than The Formless Inferno Helmet?
Is it because of the automation with the storm brand?
Thought about scaling fire overcapped res for more minion max hp.
Thanks!


5l with Level 30 Infernal Legion gives less damage compared to 6L Flame Golem alone in the end game, and Eye of Malice can further amplify 6l Flame Golem's dps. Infernal Legion deal flat damage over time and does not scale off minion max hp.
If you're just using flame golem for ignite, are liege of the primordial and elemancer primarily for defensive purposes? If so, do you think necromancer is a strong alternative because it gets more damage and comparable defense?
ign Exdunn
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Exdunn wrote:
If you're just using flame golem for ignite, are liege of the primordial and elemancer primarily for defensive purposes? If so, do you think necromancer is a strong alternative because it gets more damage and comparable defense?


Combining liege of the primordial and elemancer with Replica Primodial Might gives a lot of offensive power, I think necromancer wont give as much.

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