Elementalist

Elementalist

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	Feed a storm with savage intent and not even the strongest walls will hold it back.

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This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the passive skill, see Elementalist (passive skill). For the Ascendant passive skill, see Elementalist (Ascendant passive).

The Elementalist is an Ascendancy class for Witches.

Overviews

The Elementalist deal in all things elemental. They have access to conditional but powerful element damage bonuses, mainly focused on one specific element. They can also specialize in elemental status ailments with Shaper of Desolation, allowing them to apply all three elemental status ailments from all types of damage, even Physical and Chaos damage.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Liege of the Primordial

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Summoned Golems are Resummoned 4 seconds after being Killed
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Golems
100% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems [1]

Liege of the Primordial is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that increases the maximum number of golems and grants increased damage for each golem you have active. It also enhances the buffs gained from them, with increased buff effect for each golem summoned, and automatically re-summons golems a few seconds after they are killed, removing the need to manually re-summon them. Note that the effects and auras of the golems, including benefits gained per summoned golem from this and similar effects (ex. Elemancer), are still lost for the few seconds the golem is dead.

Ruthless mode

Liege of the Primordial (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Summoned Golems are Resummoned 4 seconds after being Killed
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Golems

Liege of the Primordial in Ruthless mode does not grant increased golem buff effect.

Version history

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive

Version	Changes
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "100% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems" in Ruthless.
3.15.0	No longer has 25% increased Effect of Buffs granted by Golems, or 25% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems per Summoned Golem. It now has 100% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems.
3.14.0	It is no longer possible to temporarily bypass your Golem limit (for example if your Golems died very quickly with the Fleshcrafter unique Body Armour).
3.13.0	Added 25% increased Damage per Summoned Golem Summoned Golems are Resummoned 4 seconds after being Killed Removed Summoned Golems are Immune to Elemental Damage 20% increased Damage per Summoned Golem
3.8.0	Now causes your summoned Golems to be immune to Elemental Damage (regardless of Golem type).
3.2.0	Replaced 40% increased Damage of each Damage Type for which you have a matching Golem with 20% increased Damage for each Summoned Golem. Increased buff effect from Golems changed from 100% to 25% per Golem summoned.
2.3.0	Added +1 to Maximum number of Golems. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Elemental Damage, Status Ailment Chance

This article describes historical game content.

Shaper of Desolation

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Every 14 seconds:

Gain Chilling Conflux for 4 seconds
Gain Shocking Conflux for 4 seconds
Gain Igniting Conflux for 4 seconds

Gain Chilling, Shocking and Igniting Conflux for 2 seconds

Shaper of Desolation was a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that granted a Conflux effect that cycled over a 14 second period, which caused all combined damage types to apply Ignite, Chill, and/or Shock on hit. It was removed in Version 3.13.0 and replaced with three new passives: Shaper of Flames, Shaper of Winter, and Shaper of Storms.

Mechanics

Shaper of Desolation first granted Chilling Conflux for 4 seconds, then Shocking Conflux for 4 seconds, then Igniting Conflux for 4 seconds, then all thee Confluxes for 2 seconds. Since the total duration of all these buffs was 14 seconds, it effectively had a 100% uptime.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Removed from the game
2.4.0	Shaper of Desolation now grants different Confluxes over a fourteen-second cycle: Chilling Conflux for four seconds, Shocking Conflux for four seconds, Igniting Conflux for four seconds and then all three together for two seconds. Each Conflux means that any damage causes that Status Ailment.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

References

Elemental Damage, Status Ailment Duration

This article describes historical game content.

Beacon of Ruin

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Chills from your Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 10%

Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 15%
20% more Damage with Ignite

30% increased Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments

Beacon of Ruin was a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that granted more ignite damage, increased effect to non-damaging ailments, and granted chill and shock a minimum slow and increased damage taken effect percentage, respectively. It was removed in Version 3.13.0, and the majority of its effects, along with those of Shaper of Desolation (which was removed at the same time), were rolled into the three new element-specific passives Shaper of Flames, Shaper of Winter, and Shaper of Storms

Mechanics and Interactions

Beacon of Ruin overrode the minimum threshold of 1% effect that normally applies to chill and shock. In other words, 1 point of cold damage from any hit would apply chill, and 1 point of lightning damage from a critical strike would apply shock. This also applied to damage types that are enabled by unique items, where 1 point of physical damage would apply chill when Soul Taker was equipped.

The Shocks from your Hits always increases Damage taken by at least 15% mod was increased by X% increased Effect of Shock, up to a cap of 50% increased damage taken. For example, with 20% increased Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on Enemies, the minimum shock would then be 18% increased damage taken. An increased shock effect value of 234% was needed to reach the shock cap of 50% increased damage taken. This also applies to the mod Chills from your Hits always Slow by at least 10%, increased to the maximum of 30% slow at 200% increased chill effect.

With no other sources of increased ailment effect, Beacon of Ruin would chill enemies at a 13% slow and causes shocked enemies to take 19.5% increased damage at minimum.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Removed from the game.
3.8.0	Now also grants 30% increased effect of non-damaging Ailments on enemies.
3.7.0	No longer causes elemental ailments from your skills to spread to other nearby enemies. Shocks from your hits now always increase damage taken by 15% (from 20%).
3.2.0	Added Chills from your Hits always Slow by at least 10% and Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 20%
3.0.0	Skill now grants 20% increased Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments.
2.3.0	Increased Radius from 9 to 12
2.2.0	Added to the game.

References

Shaper of Desolation Elemental Damage, Status Ailment Duration

Bastion of Elements

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Triggers Level 20 Primal Aegis when Allocated
Primal Aegis can take 75 Elemental Damage per Allocated Notable Passive Skill
Other Aegis Skills are Disabled
Cannot take Reflected Elemental Damage [1]

Bastion of Elements is a Notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that triggers Primal Aegis, and prevents elemental damage from reflect.

Ruthless mode

Bastion of Elements (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Triggers Level 20 Primal Aegis when Allocated
Primal Aegis can take 75 Elemental Damage per Allocated Notable Passive Skill
Other Aegis Skills are Disabled

Bastion of Elements in Ruthless mode does not prevent elemental damage from reflect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "Cannot take Reflected Elemental Damage" in Ruthless.
3.14.0	Primal Aegis now takes 75 Damage per Allocated Notable Passive Skill (previously 100).
3.13.0	Added Triggers Level 20 Primal Aegis when Allocated Primal Aegis can take 100 Damage per Allocated Notable Passive Skill Other Aegis Skills are Disabled Removed 0.5% of Elemental Damage Leeched as Life For each Element you've been hit by Damage of Recently, 40% increased Damage of that Element For each Element you've been hit by Damage of Recently, 8% reduced Damage taken of that Element
3.2.0	Added 0.5% of Elemental Damage Leeched as Life. Now grants immunity to reflected elemental damage (from 50% reduced reflected elemental damage).
2.3.0	Added 50% reduced Reflected Elemental Damage taken.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Elemental Damage and Resistances

Heart of Destruction

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Gain Convergence when you Hit a Unique Enemy, no more than once every 8 seconds
60% increased Area of Effect while you don't have Convergence [1]

Heart of Destruction is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist. It grants you the Convergence buff when you hit a unique enemy, granting 30% more elemental damage for 4 seconds. There is an 8 second cooldown between gaining Convergence. You gain increased area of effect while you don't have Convergence.

Ruthless mode

Heart of Destruction (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Elemental Damage you Deal with Hits is Resisted by lowest Elemental Resistance instead

Heart of Destruction in Ruthless mode does use the Convergence mechanic. Instead, it causes your elemental damage from hits to be resisted by the lowest Elemental Resistance, similar to The AdmiralThe Admiral
Varnished CoatEvasion: (774-1041)
Energy Shield: (158-213)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 62, 96 Dex, 96 Int+(30-40) to Intelligence
(100-140)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
+(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
(5-10)% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
Elemental Damage you Deal with Hits is Resisted by lowest Elemental Resistance insteadThe Oriathans built their empire on naval mobility, which allowed them to wage war wherever their enemy was weakest. or HexblastHexblastSpell, AoE, Chaos, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-30) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 4.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 340%Requires Level 28Deals chaos damage to a single enemy, dealing more damage if they are Hexed, then removing the Hex. If the enemy was Hexed, also deals area damage to other enemies around the target, boosting damage and removing Hexes from those enemies in the same way.Deals (111-1514) to (166-2271) Chaos Damage
This Spell's Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered
Base radius is 2.8 metres
All Damage can Ignite, Freeze, and Shock
Chaos Damage with Hits is Resisted by lowest Resistance instead
40% more Damage with Ailments if Enemy is Hexed
100% more Damage with Hits if Enemy is Hexed
100% chance to remove a Hex after Damaging

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
-(0.5-10)% chance to remove a Hex after DamagingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "Gain Convergence when you Hit a Unique Enemy, no more than once every 8 seconds" or "60% increased Area of Effect while you don't have Convergence" in Ruthless. It now provides "Elemental Damage you Deal with Hits is Resisted by lowest Elemental Resistance instead."
3.13.0	Added Gain Convergence when you Hit a Unique Enemy, no more than once every 8 seconds 60% increased Area of Effect while you don't have Convergence Removed Gain 75% increased Area of Effect for 5 seconds Gain 75% increased Elemental Damage for 5 seconds
3.2.0	Reworked. Previous mods listed below: Every 10 seconds, gain 100% increased Elemental Damage for 4 seconds Every 10 seconds, gain 25% increased Area of Effect of Area Skills for 4 seconds
2.6.0	"Increased Radius of Area" changed to "Increased Area of Effect".
2.3.0	Added Every 10 seconds, gain 25% increased Radius of Area Skills for 4 seconds.
2.2.2	Fixed a bug where the Ascendancy skills [...], Pendulum of Destruction (Elementalist) [...] would not resume after you die and resume at a checkpoint.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Elemental Damage, Attack and Cast Speed

Mastermind of Discord

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Exposure you inflict applies an extra -25% to the affected Resistance
Regenerate 1% of Mana per second if you've inflicted Exposure Recently [1]

Mastermind of Discord is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist. It causes exposure debuffs from the player (or the player's skills used by proxies) to apply an additional -25% to the relevant resistance. It also grants the player mana regeneration for 4 seconds after applying exposure personally.

For example, Frost BombFrost BombSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 310%Requires Level 4Creates a crystal that pulses with cold for a duration. Each pulse applies a debuff to nearby enemies for a secondary duration which reduces life regeneration rate, and also inflicts Cold Exposure. When the crystal's duration ends, it explodes, dealing heavy cold damage to enemies around it.Deals (9-1391) to (13-2086) Cold Damage
Base duration is 2.00 seconds
Base secondary duration is 5.00 seconds
75% reduced Life Regeneration rate
Base radius is (2.4-3.1) metres
Cold Exposure applies -15% to Cold Resistance

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. linked to Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap
Icon: T
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Supported Skills deal (20-6)% less Trap Damage
Supported Skills have (0-19)% increased Trap Throwing Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Trap DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. normally applies Cold Exposure with a base effect of -15%. With Mastermind of Discord's additive -25%, its effect is -40% instead. This setup will not grant the player mana regeneration.

Ruthless mode

Mastermind of Discord (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Exposure you inflict applies an extra -15% to the affected Resistance

Mastermind of Discord in Ruthless mode does not grant mana regeneration after inflicting exposure, and lowers the bonus resistance reduction from exposure.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "Regenerate 1% of Mana per second if you've inflicted Exposure Recently" in Ruthless. It also now provides "Exposure you inflict applies an extra -15% to the affected Resistance" (-25% in non-Ruthless).
3.13.0	The Deadeye, the Elementalist and the Inquisitor have been reworked. Following is each notable passive, what it now grants, and its prerequisite (if it has one) for each of these Ascendancies. Added Exposure you inflict applies an extra -25% to the affected Resistance Regenerate 1% of Mana per second if you've inflicted Exposure Recently Removed Damage penetrates 25% Cold Resistance while affected by Herald of Ice Damage penetrates 25% Fire Resistance while affected by Herald of Ash Damage penetrates 25% Lightning Resistance while affected by Herald of Thunder 25% increased Effect of Herald Buffs on you 25% reduced Mana Reservation of Herald Skills
3.2.0	No longer grants penetration for 10 seconds when you use a skill of a certain element. Now grants penetration for the element you have a specific Herald active for. Added 25% increased Effect of Heralds on You and 25% reduced Mana Reservation of Herald Skills.
2.3.0	Element penetration increased from 20% to 25%. Penetration buff duration increased from 4 seconds to 10 seconds.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Pendulum of Destruction Elemental Damage, Attack and Cast Speed