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If you go duelist it should feel insanely strong right away. Make sure you have ancestral call support until you can get extra strikes from attack mastery. Then its personal preference on whether you remove ancestral call.

I went right back to Spectral Throw but I might be a little bitch.
 

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Probably starting Hyro KF totems or slayer ele hit
I had been a bit interested in starting antiquarian but i guess thats out the window now because ya antiquarian seems very lackluster.


That is nuts for sure. It was already really good in phrecia with surfcaster converting lightning to cold.
Worth noting that he also said local fire/cold/lightning damage on weapons is not "added damage" so you can still have a fire damage roll on your weapon to still get ignites.
Ele hit bans damage of the types not picked. No Heatshiver or small amounts of +fire for ignite, or small amounts of phys for bleeds(crit node in lower right).
 

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I went right back to Spectral Throw but I might be a little bitch.

You want the fastest weapons you can find (and a thrusting sword is nicest because of its range)
You want to dual wield

If you were using a big slow 2hander and tried to go ele hit with that it will feel like shit.
 
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Welp, guess I'm going ele hit:


  1. elemental hit and new ascendancy that converts damage
Andrew: it works specifically on elemental hit, which it'll work, and it's busted for 3.28, and we'll fix it for 3.29, so enjoy it whoile you can
Next mystery: how does it interact with combat focus?

If ignore, it'll be about 50% more damage than a typical ele hit setup. If affected by combat focus, the best I've gotten is ~90%. Still might be worth it for consistent cold damage and far less ramp time on single target.
 

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Next mystery: how does it interact with combat focus?

If ignore, it'll be about 50% more damage than a typical ele hit setup. If affected by combat focus, the best I've gotten is ~90%. Still might be worth it for consistent cold damage and far less ramp time on single target.

Its actually changing the base type of the damage, so the less multiplier on combat focus shouldnt apply at all.
 

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You want the fastest weapons you can find (and a thrusting sword is nicest because of its range)
You want to dual wield

If you were using a big slow 2hander and tried to go ele hit with that it will feel like shit.
During Phrecia, I bought a Fidelitas' Spike for leveling. Easily lasted until I switched to RWoE.
 

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Its actually changing the base type of the damage, so the less multiplier on combat focus shouldnt apply at all.
Would rather it not, honestly. Damn, yeah, nerfed 3.29 :( As in, more than just this fixing this oversight. I was expecting nerfs this patch.
 
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This league might look like a PoE2 league with Ele Hit and KF getting like 80% of play
 

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Looks well balanced, unfortunately. Nothing really stands out as holy shit good, but there's some nice stuff in there. Stuff like access to spell impale or just general shit like level 30 purity of elements is pretty good. The +2 wisp thing might actually be nice for wanders and the +2 proj for stuff like WORB is nice since it's projectiles don't go anywhere after hitting anyways.
 

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True, damn i forgot that part
Note, if you really want ignites and bleeds where it matters most, apply it with some other skill that you're likely using anyway. It's common to use Vaal Lightning Strike or Static Strike to generate power charges and rage in single target, just piggy back off those.

Arkhon's Tools + Skitterbots can get you shock and scorch. Legacy's Fury can get you scorch. Not sure if those are good longterm solutions though.

Yoke can get you shock. Venarius' Astrolabe can get you ignite and shock. Those are probably good longterm solutions.

Not sure how to reliably get sap if you're dealing just cold damage.
 

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If planning on playing ele hit Id recommend buying a Venarius Astrolabe. Its got conflux and +3 levels. I think it's going to be in high demand.

You can reliably get sap from the Heist shield if going block (any of the alt types actually) or you can get the new Unseen Hue ring.
 

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If planning on playing ele hit Id recommend buying a Venarius Astrolabe. Its got conflux and +3 levels. I think it's going to be in high demand.

You can reliably get sap from the Heist shield if going block (any of the alt types actually) or you can get the new Unseen Hue ring.
I don't know how reliable that is. As in, I'm not necessarily doubting you, but that I've never used it so I have no feel for its reliability.

Shield slot is a lot to give up. Even if reliable, I'm not sure sap is worth Svalinn or double foulborn Oppressor.