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PoE Builds 3.21: Ignite Ethereal Knives Elementalist Build

By Nancy G2023-06-16

Dear exiles, today's PoE build is about the Ignite Ethereal Knives Elementalist Build. This build will cost you a lot of currency

 

gnite Ethereal Knives Elementalist pic

 

Equipment

 

Budget

Expensive: it cost about 1200 Chaos Orbs.

 

Items Mods

Elemental Damage

Spell Damage

Fire Damage

Burning Damage

Damage over Time

Damage over Time Multiplier

Elemental Resistances

Dexterity

Strength

Life

Armour

Evasion

 

Mandatory Unique

Obliteration

This wand is what makes our Ethereal Knives so explosive. It grants 20% chance to kill enemies exploding, dealing 25% of their maximum life as chaos damage.

 

Gloomfang

Gloomfang grants +1 chain to our Ethereal Knives and causes projectiles that chain to gain up to 42% of non-chaos damage as extra chaos damage. Since all of our damage can ignite, this allows us to have much bigger ignites. We will use Hydrosphere to get the chain needed during the boss fights.

 

Polaric Devastation

This ring covers enemies in ash for a lot more fire damage. It also grants increased duration of ailments.

Above all, it also grants a large amount of cold and fire resistance and elemental damage.

Don't forget to equip it in your left ring slot.

 

Skin of the Loyal

The Skin of the Loyal is a great body armour with 6 links. It also grants +1 to the level of socketed gems, that in our case means 2, because we have Empower in our setup.

This body armour also grants 100% increased global defenses.

You need your Skin of the Loyal sockets to be: 2 green -3 red -1 blue.

 

Mandatory Gloves

Wrath Palm Carnal Mitts: need some life, chance to suppress spell damage, dexterity or strength, 1 free prefix to craft: "25% of physical damage converted to cold damage.

 

Mandatory Ring

Glyph Nail Sapphire Ring: needs some life, some elemental resistances, strength or dexterity, and curse enemies with flammability on hit.

 

Recommended Uniques

Atziri's Step

 

Rare Shield

Dire Barrier Lacquered Buckler: needs at least 80 life, 20% chance to suppress spell damage, and a bunch of evasions.

Pain Guard Harmonic Spirit Shield: needs some life, at least 80% increased spell damage, +1 to the level of all physical spell skill gems.

 

Recommended Flasks

Divine Life Flask

Granite Flask

Jade Flask

Quicksilver Flask

Taste of Hate

Atziri's Promise

 

 

Gems

 

Armour

Ethereal Knives - Burning Damage - Cold to Fire - Swift Affliction - Enpower - Unbound Ailments

 

Helmet

Arcanist Brand - Flame Surge - Hydrosphere - Combustion

 

Gloves

Malevolence - Haste - Divine Blessing - Increased Duration

 

Boots

Hatred - Determination - Discipline - Enlighten

 

Wand

Molten Shell - Increased Duration - Flame Dash

 

Shield

Summon Lightning Golem - Culling Strike - Herald of Ash

 

 

Jewels

 

Jewels Mods

Spell Damage

Fire Dot Multiplier

Fire Damage

Damage over Time

Burning Damage

Maximum Life

 

Unique Jewel

Inspired Learning

This jewel is not mandatory, but it acts like a Headhunter, except you only get 1 mod from each rare enemy you kill.

It's awesome to have, but don't worry if you can't.

 

Watcher's Eye

Watcher's Eye Prismatic Jewel: needs at least 35% of physical damage converted to cold damage while affected by Hatred.

 

 

Skill Tree

 

Ignite Ethereal Knives Elementalist skill tree

 

Ascendancy

 

Ignite Ethereal Knives Elementalist ascendancy

 

Pantheon

Major God: Solaris

Minor God: Abberath

 

 

Leveling

 

Tips

Start using Spark on level 1 and change to Arc on level 12. Respec to Ethereal Knives when you reach level 70.

Pro tip: buy Sapphire Rings from Nessa in Act 1. At the end of Act 1, you face a hard boss that deals cold damage, and those rings will give you cold resistance.

 

Main Skills

1. Fireball: the first skill you get is Fireball. Use it until you reach the first town. There, talk to Nessa and purchase Spark.

2. Level 8: add Added Lightning Damage.

3. Level 10: activate Clarity for more mana regeneration.

4. Level 12: replace Spark with Arc, and use orb of storms as auxiliary damage.

5. Level 16: activate Summon Skitterbots for more damage and survivability.

6. Level 18: replace Arcane Surge with Faster Casting and add Elemental Focus. Also, add Elemental Focus and Increased Critical Strikes in your orb of storms setup.

7. Level 34: use Hydrosphere on bosses to reduce their lightning resistance.

8. Level 38: replace Faster Casting with Spell Echo.

9. Level 70: activate Hatred, Discipline, and Herald of Ash. And remove Clarity and Skitterbots. Start using Ethereal Knives.

 

Leveling Items

Tabula Rasa

Lochtonial Caress

Goldrim

Wanderlust

Lifesprig

Reverberation Rod

The Dark Seer

Cerberus Limb

 

 

Here is the end of this build. And all the above content is from Daniel's YouTube.

 


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