The Elementalist!

phazeun

Hey all! Just wanted to post this build for review. This is my spin on an endgame DPS build for an elementalist-type character. Any thoughts or revisions? Primary single target is LArc with Ball Lightning to boost the damage, and Conflagration for AoE.

• I heard that the tool tip for Overdrive is wrong, and that it scales more with recovery. Is this true, or would it be better to switch to endurance for a SS?
  
• Rise from the Ashes is just a thematic power choice, but by all means if there is a better choice that would optimize the build be my guest! I'm open to suggestions.
  

The Elementalist - Freeform
v2.3.2-28

Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Recovery (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: The Scourge (Con: 10, Ego: 10, Rec: 10, End: 8)
Level 6: Ascetic (Con: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 9: Quick Recovery (Con: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 12: Worldly (Ego: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 15: Daredevil (Ego: 5, End: 5)
Level 18: Amazing Stamina (Rec: 5, End: 5)
Level 21: Boundless Reserves (Con: 5, End: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Wield Earth
Level 1: Ice Blast (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 6: Chilled Form
Level 8: Night Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 14: Eldritch Shield (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Ball Lightning (Rank 2, Triplicity)
Level 20: Lightning Arc (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Conflagration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Rise From the Ashes
Level 29: Overdrive
Level 32: Ice Sheath (Rank 2)
Level 35: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 38: Rebirth
Adv. Points: 36/36

Travel Powers
Level 6: Teleportation (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Acrobatics (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (3/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: Find the Mark (2/3)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)

flowcyto

OD scales mostly w/ End, and a minor amount with Rec.

Rise from Ashes is fine, if you think you'll get enough mileage from having an ally res as a dps (you can, but depends on content and playstyle a bit, as its usually healers w/ it).

Ice Blast is fully redundant here. Instead, if you wanted to optimize LArc's dps then you'd apply Superconductor w/ Chain Lit's adv or Electrocute w/ adv (and get the refresh adv on Ball Lit).

phazeun

Okay, so I tweaked it so it isn't as redundant and more optimized. I'm not really seeing a change in energy when I switch from Rec SS to End SS; if anything I can't maintain as much energy. What do I do with Ball Lightning? Should I go R2 w/ adv or take both advantages?

The Elementalist - Freeform
v2.3.2-28

Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Endurance (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: The Scourge (Con: 10, Ego: 10, Rec: 10, End: 8)
Level 6: Shooter (Dex: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 9: Accurate (Dex: 5, End: 5)
Level 12: Worldly (Ego: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 15: Acrobat (Dex: 5, Con: 5)
Level 18: Ascetic (Con: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 21: Amazing Stamina (Rec: 5, End: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Ice Shards
Level 1: Chain Lightning (Rank 2, Superconductor)
Level 6: Chilled Form
Level 8: Night Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 14: Eldritch Shield (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Ball Lightning (Rank 2, Supercharged)
Level 20: Lightning Arc (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Conflagration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Rise From the Ashes
Level 29: Overdrive
Level 32: Ice Sheath (Rank 2)
Level 35: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 38: Rebirth
Adv. Points: 35/36

Travel Powers
Level 6: Teleportation (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Acrobatics (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (3/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: Find the Mark (2/3)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)

flowcyto

End should still be giving you more energy overall via OD, so.. the only other thing I can think of is you have too low equilibrium w/o some Rec. You may be better off using Ionic Reverb w/ End here, as long as you keep Ball Lit running in the background then it can keep procing- since OD isn't as good outside of PA toggle builds.

For Ball Lit, you prob want both Triplicity and the 1pt adv first. You can always port R2 from Chain Lit over to Ball Lit, as Chain Lit is mostly just to put up Superconductor initially.

kamokami

phazeun said:

Okay, so I tweaked it so it isn't as redundant and more optimized. I'm not really seeing a change in energy when I switch from Rec SS to End SS; if anything I can't maintain as much energy. What do I do with Ball Lightning? Should I go R2 w/ adv or take both advantages?

The Elementalist - Freeform
v2.3.2-28

Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Endurance (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: The Scourge (Con: 10, Ego: 10, Rec: 10, End: 8)
Level 6: Shooter (Dex: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 9: Accurate (Dex: 5, End: 5)
Level 12: Worldly (Ego: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 15: Acrobat (Dex: 5, Con: 5)
Level 18: Ascetic (Con: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 21: Amazing Stamina (Rec: 5, End: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Ice Shards
Level 1: Chain Lightning (Rank 2, Superconductor)
Level 6: Chilled Form
Level 8: Night Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 14: Eldritch Shield (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Ball Lightning (Rank 2, Supercharged)
Level 20: Lightning Arc (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Conflagration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Rise From the Ashes
Level 29: Overdrive
Level 32: Ice Sheath (Rank 2)
Level 35: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 38: Rebirth
Adv. Points: 35/36

Travel Powers
Level 6: Teleportation (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Acrobatics (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (3/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: Find the Mark (2/3)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)

Most of your damage is not coming from a charged attack so I would suggest using Electric Form over Night Warrior. You can stick with fire for your AoE...it's ok that Elec form wont buff it because anything you'd use it on would die right away anyway.

That's where I'd suggest a charge attack....esp since Elec form gives you the equilibrium to fully charge an attack and destroy all the mobs in one or 2 hits instead of using a maintain and getting hit.

To that end I suggest Pyre, it also has a healing adv and can proc clinging flames on targets which can be used by Absorb Heat - a nice enough heal that you can drop Conviction for it. If the Pyre doesn't kill everything then following it up with Absorb Heat will. In this version I'd suggest going with EGO/ DEX / REC. You wont have energy problems either way, but having full equilibrium lets you apply Superconductor faster and fully charge your mob killer attack.

Boss rotation:
Apply Ions then tap Chain Lightning to apply debuff
LArc > Ball Lit > LArc > Ball Lit > LArc, etc....
Elec Form will give you plenty of sustained healing but if you need more you can always Pyre > Absorb Heat
If you need a lot of healing fast use a heal pot or Resurgence.

Mob rotation:
Let another play rush in first so you don't draw the attention of every mob in the group
Go in second and fully charge Pyre in the middle of everything > hit Absorb Heat > Finish off the rest with Pyre taps or LArc

Here's the build with the changes mentioned above.

The Elementalist v2 - Freeform
v2.3.2-28

Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Recovery (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: Quick Trigger (Dex: 12, Ego: 12)
Level 6: Shooter (Dex: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 9: Accurate (Dex: 5, End: 5)
Level 12: Worldly (Ego: 5, Rec: 5)
Level 15: Acrobat (Dex: 5, Con: 5)
Level 18: Ascetic (Con: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 21: Amazing Stamina (Rec: 5, End: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Ice Shards
Level 1: Chain Lightning (Superconductor)
Level 6: Chilled Form
Level 8: Electric Form (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Ionic Reverberation
Level 14: Eldritch Shield (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Ball Lightning (Rank 2, Supercharged)
Level 20: Lightning Arc (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Pyre (Rank 2, Burning Sun)
Level 26: Rise From the Ashes
Level 29: Absorb Heat (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Ice Sheath (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 38: Rebirth
Adv. Points: 36/36

Travel Powers
Level 6: Teleportation (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Acrobatics (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (3/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: Find the Mark (2/3)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)