Elementalist

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

The Elementalist is an Ascendancy class for Witches.

Overview

Elementalists deal in all things elemental. They can enhance the power of elemental ailments to be more powerful, even against bosses, and make them compatible with other damage types. They also have access to Mastermind of Discord to make elemental Exposure more powerful, Heart of Destruction to gain powerful conditional offensive bonuses, and Bastion of Elements to ward off against elemental damage. In addition, Elementalists can enhance the power of their heralds or their golems' survivability and buff effect.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Elemental Damage and Resistances	10% increased Elemental Damage +6% to all Elemental Resistances [1] [2] [3]
Elemental Damage, Attack and Cast Speed	10% increased Elemental Damage 4% increased Attack and Cast Speed [1] [2]
Elemental Damage, Cold Ailment Effect	10% increased Elemental Damage 10% increased Effect of Cold Ailments [1]
Elemental Damage, Fire Damage over Time Multiplier	10% increased Elemental Damage +4% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier [1]
Elemental Damage, Lightning Ailment Effect	10% increased Elemental Damage 10% increased Effect of Lightning Ailments [1]
Elemental Damage, Status Ailment Chance	10% increased Elemental Damage 5% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite [1] [2]

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Bastion of Elements	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		Elemental Damage and Resistances
Liege of the Primordial	Summoned Golems are Resummoned 4 seconds after being Killed +2 to maximum number of Summoned Golems 50% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems Summoned Golems are Immune to Elemental Damage		Elemental Damage and Resistances
Bringer of Ruin	66% increased Effect of Herald Buffs on you 66% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Herald Skills		Elemental Damage and Resistances
Shaper of Storms	Hits always Shock All Damage can Shock Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 25%		Elemental Damage, Lightning Ailment Effect
Shaper of Winter	All Damage with Hits can Chill Your Chills can reduce Action Speed by up to a maximum of 40% Enemies Chilled by your Hits lessen their Damage dealt by half of Chill Effect		Elemental Damage, Cold Ailment Effect
Shaper of Flames	All Damage can Ignite Hits always Ignite Enemies Ignited by you have 40% of Physical Damage they deal converted to Fire		Elemental Damage, Fire Damage over Time Multiplier
Mastermind of Discord	Exposure you inflict applies an extra -25% to the affected Resistance Regenerate 1% of Mana per second if you've inflicted Exposure Recently		Elemental Damage, Attack and Cast Speed
Heart of Destruction	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	Mastermind of Discord	Elemental Damage, Attack and Cast Speed

Version History

Version	Changes
3.26.0	The Elemancer Ascendancy Passive Skill has been replaced with a new Notable, Bringer of Ruin, which grants 66% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Herald Skills, and 66% increased Herald Skill Buff Effect. No longer requires Liege of the Primordial.
3.13.0	Added Shaper of Flames, Shaper of Winter, Shaper of Storms. Removed Shaper of Desolation, Beacon of Ruin.
3.2.0	Added Elemancer.
2.2.0	Introduced to the game