Explosive Arrow Ballista Elementalist in POE

Path of Exile is a highly popular action role-playing game that has been around for quite some time. For those who enjoy playing an Elementalist, there is a build that is worth considering. The Explosive Arrow Ballista Elementalist is a powerful build that can deal massive damage to enemies. This article post will discuss this build in detail.

1. Overview:

  - The Lightning Strike Champion is a melee build that focuses on dealing lightning damage with the Lightning Strike skill.

  - Lightning Strike is a projectile skill that converts part of your physical damage to lightning damage and releases projectiles that strike enemies.

  - The Champion ascendancy class provides powerful offensive and defensive capabilities, making it an ideal choice for this build.

2. Skill Gems:

  - Lightning Strike: This is your primary skill. It converts part of your physical damage to lightning damage and releases projectiles that deal area damage upon striking enemies. Link it with support gems like Ancestral Call, Elemental Damage with Attacks, Multistrike, and Added Lightning Damage for increased damage and clear speed.

  - Herald of Thunder: Activate this aura skill to add flat lightning damage to your attacks and create lightning chains that damage nearby enemies.

  - Vaal Ancestral Warchief: Summon the Vaal Ancestral Warchief totem to provide a powerful damage boost during tough encounters. Link it with support gems like Brutality, Melee Physical Damage, and Concentrated Effect.

  - Ancestral Protector: Summon the Ancestral Protector totem to enhance your attack speed and damage. It can be linked with support gems like Elemental Damage with Attacks and Faster Attacks.

  - Movement skill: Use skills like Leap Slam or Whirling Blades linked with Faster Attacks and Fortify for mobility and defense.

3. Passive Skill Tree:

  - Prioritize passive nodes that increase melee physical damage, attack speed, elemental damage, and projectile damage.

  - Allocate life and armor/evasion nodes to enhance survivability.

  - Focus on the Champion ascendancy class's notable passive skills, such as Inspirational, First to Strike, Last to Fall, Unstoppable Hero, and Fortitude, which provide increased damage, fortify effect, and defensive bonuses.

4. Gear:

  - Weapon: Look for a high physical damage weapon, preferably one with increased attack speed and added lightning damage modifiers.

  - Armor: Prioritize pieces with high life, resistances, and armor/evasion rating for survivability.

  - Helmet: Consider a helmet with increased life, resistances, and potentially a nearby enemies take increased elemental damage enchantment.

  - Gloves: Look for gloves with attack speed, life, and resistances. Consider getting ones with added lightning damage to attacks as well.

  - Boots: Choose boots with movement speed, life, resistances, and potentially the "Cannot be slowed below base speed" modifier.

  - Accessories: Focus on rings and amulets that provide increased physical damage, elemental damage, life, resistances, and critical strike chance/multiplier.

  - Jewels: Use jewels with increased damage, life, attack speed, and resistances to further enhance your build.

5. Playstyle Tips:

  - Engage enemies at melee range and unleash Lightning Strike to deal both melee and projectile damage.

  - Use Ancestral Call support gem to hit multiple enemies at once, improving your clear speed.

  - Maintain the Herald of Thunder aura to add extra lightning damage to your attacks and trigger lightning chains.

  - Summon totems like Vaal Ancestral Warchief and Ancestral Protector for additional damage and support during boss fights.

  - Keep an eye on your life pool and use skills like Enduring Cry to recover life and generate endurance charges for extra survivability.

  - Utilize movement skills like Leap Slam or Whirling Blades to quickly navigate through maps and avoid dangerous situations.

  - Make use of defensive flasks such as Granite Flasks, Basalt Flasks, and Stibnite Flasks to mitigate incoming damage.

- Prioritize positioning and awareness to avoid enemy attacks while maximizing your damage output.

You can customize the build according to your playstyle and available resources. Experiment with different gems, gear, and passive tree choices to optimize your Lightning Strike Champion in Path of Exile. Good luck and enjoy your adventures!