[3.4] Zein's Queen Explodokill | Abberath's Autobomber | Blade Vortex | All content character |

For those of you who prefer a video rundown.
Includes Full T16 Hydra run at the beginning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIz5pi4t3t8

TO BE ADDED
T16 Hydra (only at the beginning, the rest is a video guide)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIz5pi4t3t8

Elementalist is known to run Inpulsa+triple herald and to have really strong clearspeed thanks to that.



Now inpulsa has a very strong mod on it.
"Shocked Enemies you Kill Explode, dealing 10% of
their Maximum Life as Lightning Damage which cannot Shock"

The reason for the "which cannot Shock" is probably because if it could shock, it could chain indefinitely on its own.
But, thanks to that wording, it doesn't stop Freezing.
So if we can convert the damage to cold, we can make inpulsa explosions freeze enemies on hit.

How do we do that?


This lil guy. Call of the Brotherhood converts 40% of our Lightning damage to Cold damage. Thus, our inpulsa explosions can now freeze.

But why freeze?

Herald of Ice! Herald of Ice makes it such that if you shatter an enemy, it causes an AoE explosion of damage. This explosion, hits other frozen enemies.

Giving Herald of Ice a way to shock is the next step, and we easily do that by supporting it with Innervate and Elemental Prolif for lightning damage and a lot of chance to shock.

So now we have a cycle:
Kill shocked enemy -> Inpulsa explosion freezes enemies and deals damage -> Herald of Ice explodes and shocks enemies -> Inpulsa explodes those shocked enemies -> Repeat.

This, with a 5-6 linked Herald of Ice leads to extremely long chains. The gif above, or the beginning of the build guide video for a more visual representation of the result.

Pros:
+All content
+Shaper/Uber Elder farmer
+Huge explosions
+Great Single Target
+Great Clear
+Very easy to play, though end-game bosses like Guardians and Shaper require some level of skill to do deathless
Cons:
-Not immortal
-While autobombing, you are a squishy character, and should be wary of dying.
-Expensive

We help Alira.

Classic Elementalist w/ Heralds



NORMAL LAB: Pendulum of Destruction
CRUEL LAB: Mastermind of Discord
MERCILESS LAB: Shaper of Desolation
UBER LAB: Beacon of Ruin

PANTHEON:
Your preference entirely

6L (Chest) : Blade Vortex - Increased AoE/Concentrated Effect - Increased Critical Strikes - Controlled Destruction - Hypothermia - Increased Critical Damage/Phys to Lightning.

Phys to Lightning converts 100% of Blade Vortex's damage to elemental, but also gives a bit less dps than increased crit damage for our build.
Not worrying about phys reflect is a huge buff though.

3L (Weapon 1) : CWDT (level 1) - Immortal Call (level 3) - Increased Duration (level 20)

3L (Weapon 2) : Links don't matter here, Herald of Ash+Herald of Thunder

HERALD OF ICE OPTIONS:
Assuming you have an Innervate+Increased AoE helmet
4L (Helmet) : Herald of Ice + Elemental Proliferation + Cold Pen + Frostbite
4L (Helmet) : Herald of Ice + Elemental Proliferation + Onslaught + Spare socket for whatever you want.

Both setups are fine, the first ensures the chains are as large as possible, regardless of whatever mods are on the put. To run the first, you can only run one herald though. I tend to run Ash with it.

I prefer the second one since I don't feel that the extra cold damage is necessary for the massive chains. Increased AoE+Elemental Prolif are usually enough in T16s, and if not, all I do is walk a little further. Also, it allows me to run all three elemental heralds, which maximizes boss damage.


4L (Gloves) : Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Phase Run + Increased Duration

4S (Abberath's) : Added Lightning + Added Cold + Concentrated Effect + Increased Critical Strikes

Level as any skill you want until level 28. Then take blade vortex and zoom zoom across the acts.