Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Equilibrium (often referred to as EE) is a keystone passive skill which changes the resistance of any monster you hit with elemental damage (fire damage, lightning damage and cold damage), increasing resistance to the element you hit with by 25% but reducing other elemental resistances by 50%. Multiple EE strikes will overwrite each other. The effect lasts 5 seconds or until being overwritten.
Mechanics
Only a hit that deals damage is required to apply these resistance modifiers. Blocked hits or hits with no damage (e.g. while having Ancestral Bond) are not capable to trigger Elemental Equilibrium.
If you hit an enemy with two different elements at the same time it will give -50% Resistance to third element and +25% to both elements used. A hit carrying all three elements types will give +25% to all elemental Resistances.[1]
Totem skills trigger EE as they are treated as your hits. Minions' hits do not count as yours so do not trigger EE.[2]
Multiple attacks that hit simultaneously are still processed independently, so the first hit that is processed will trigger EE that affects the other hits. [3]
Damage which does not come from a hit, such as Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Searing Bond". Please choose only one of the following ids:
SearingBondRoyale - +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems, Totem lasts 8 seconds, Deals (21.4-399.6) Base Fire Damage per second, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Summons a Totem which uses this Skill (page)
SearingBond - +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems, Totem lasts 8 seconds, Deals (32.1-3899.6) Base Fire Damage per second, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Summons a Totem which uses this Skill (page) or the burning ground from Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Fire Trap". Please choose only one of the following ids:
BarrelExplosionAtlas - Deals (0-100)% more Damage, Deals (776-1752) to (1164-2628) Fire Damage, 100% more Cast Speed (page)
MonsterGroundFireSelfDaemon - Deals (2-105.4) Base Fire Damage per second, Base duration is 5.00 seconds (page), does not trigger Elemental Equilibrium.
Traps and Mines trigger Elemental Equilibrium.
Example Uses
As long as you are careful to not use the same element twice in a row, EE can greatly boost damage. Try to use a combination of skills that alternates between two elements or cycles through all three:
- Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Fireball". Please choose only one of the following ids:
MonsterFireball - Deals (10-1810) to (15-2808) Fire Damage, Base radius is 0.9 metres (page)
MonsterFireballContactPos - Deals (10-1810) to (15-2808) Fire Damage, Base radius is 0.9 metres (page) + Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Freezing Pulse". Please choose only one of the following ids:
MonsterFreezingPulseWhirlwind - Deals (4-736) to (6-1105) Cold Damage, Projectiles Pierce all Targets (page)
WbFreezingPulse - Deals (5-639) to (8-958) Cold Damage, Projectiles Pierce all Targets, (0-60)% increased Cast Speed, (10-40)% increased Projectile Speed (page) is a basic example - Use an area attack combined with indirect damage sources, such as Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Searing Bond". Please choose only one of the following ids:
SearingBondRoyale - +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems, Totem lasts 8 seconds, Deals (21.4-399.6) Base Fire Damage per second, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Summons a Totem which uses this Skill (page)
SearingBond - +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems, Totem lasts 8 seconds, Deals (32.1-3899.6) Base Fire Damage per second, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Summons a Totem which uses this Skill (page) or minions with elemental damage.
Location
Elemental Equilibrium is located in the center of the tree, just above the Scion's starting area.
Class | Distance from start |
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Scion | 8 |
Templar | 10 |
Witch | 10 |
Shadow | 14 |
Marauder | 14 |
Duelist | 18 |
Ranger | 18 |
On Items
Item |
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Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords Simple RobeMovement Speed: -3%Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden) Sockets cannot be modified +2 to Level of Socketed Gems 100% increased Global Defences You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden) <Random Keystone>CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully. Only they may grace His flesh. |
Malachai's ArtificeMalachai's Artifice Unset RingRequires Level 5Has 1 SocketSocketed Gems have Elemental Equilibrium -20% to all Elemental Resistances +(75-100)% to Fire Resistance when Socketed with a Red Gem +(75-100)% to Cold Resistance when Socketed with a Green Gem +(75-100)% to Lightning Resistance when Socketed with a Blue Gem All Sockets are WhiteWhen the wind blows, Know which way to bend and watch the others break. |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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1.3.1 |
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1.3.0d |
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0.10.0 |
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0.9.9 |
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0.9.6 |
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References
- ↑ Chris (January 23, 2013 2:31 AM). "0.10.0 Patch Notes". Official Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ↑ Mark_GGG (July 16, 2012 3:30 AM). "Elemental Equilibrium". Official Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ Mark_GGG (July 10, 2014 5:45 PM). "Mechanics Question: Elemental Equilibrium and Remote Mines". Official Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved August 24, 2014.