Lightning Conduit Spellslinger Elementalist Build Guide(3.19 Lake of Kalandra)

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March 5th, 2023, 14:52

Introduction

Due to the latest balancing changes, we do not recommend playing this build anymore, as it does not meet the high standards we apply to our guides in terms of fun and performance. We are leaving it up as a reference and it might be revived in a later patch.

The Lightning Conduit gem was introduced in Path of Exile’s 3.19 Lake of Kalandra expansion. It is a damaging spell which only gets enabled once one shocks enemies around them. Because this inherently pushes you into a two-button build and I have an extreme distaste for those kinds of build, I decided to write a guide which circumvents that through making us of the once extremely popular Spellslinger.

Disclaimer

Read this before playing the guide, as it’s important you understand its limitations.

This guide is meant to provide you with a fun way of playing a well-perceived skill. It will never be the best way to play this skill because of the problems with Spellslinger. On top of that, this guide is being written as the skills comes out which means you’re always a bit in the dark when it comes to viability of a certain way of playing a build. However, should this version prove to be weaker than I anticipate, you can easily swap it out to the 2-button build (oh no!) or just deviate to some form of Mjölner variant.

Update

Playing this in League currently, spellslinger does not feel great at level 40. Will keep updating.

Mechanics

Because the build needs enemies to be shocked and on top of that deals more Damage in increments based on the shock effect you stack on monsters, this is obviously going to be the way we’re scaling our damage. Because I built this guide to be a clear speed variant of said build, I think it’s important to know that it does that very well. It also remains acceptably beefy and does have enough damage to kill any map boss in the game, when built correctly. However, I don’t think it’ll ever go past beating the simplest of Pinnacle Bosses, if even that. This is not a build you want to play if your goal is to farm Uber Elder or Uber Pinnacle Bosses. At the very least, you’ll need to play this variant to make currency to respec in some endgame variant that either uses two buttons or focuses on triggering spells a different way, enabling more mana reservation & damage scaling.

Build Viability in Numbers

This is where I’ll rate the build in numbers. The lower the number the worse I actually think the build is in that compartment.

Durability : 8/10
Damage : 6/10
Playstyle : 9/10
Gearing : 7/10
Complexity : 9/10

Path of Building & Skill Tree

You can find an optimized Path of Building here. Every build I release will use the community fork of Path of Building, which is maintained and updated in a much more regular fashion than the original one. You can find PoB’s Fork, by LocalIdentity, here.

If you are not comfortable with Path of Building, we also have a PoePlanner for you. Do note that PoE Planner does not support Cluster Jewels and some specific unique jewels and it is highly recommended you install Path of Building to follow builds most optimally.

Gem Links – Bandits – Pantheons

Main Link : Lightning Conduit Inspiration Support Spellslinger Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Awakened Elemental Focus Support Hypothermia Support

Auras : Grace Grace Wrath Wrath Defiance Banner Enlighten Support

Clear Skill : Kinetic Blast Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Unbound Ailments Support Elemental Proliferation Support

Utlity 1 : Arcanist Brand Wave of Conviction Conductivity

Utlity 2 : Vaal Molten Shell Cast when Damage Taken Support # Increased Duration Support Vaal Righteous Fire

Utlity 3 : Shield Charge Faster Attacks Support Flame Dash Arcane Surge Support

Gear Summary

Early Game – Leaguestart Environment:

Item Slot	Item Name
Head	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Life, Supression Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments and the Spellslinger Enchant
Amulet	Rare Jade Amulet with Life, + Level to All (Lightning) Skill Gems, Life and Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments
Chest	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Suppression, Life & a benched Gravicus Mod.
Gloves	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Suppression, Life, Pierce & Spread of your Shocks
Boots	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Movement Speed, Life, Dexterity & Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments
Belt	Statstick with Life & Resistances
Rings	Statstick, ideally Vermillion Rings, with Life & Resistances
Weapon	Rare 1.5 APS base wand (Imbued for example) with Spell Damage, +1 or 2 to (Lightning) Spell Skills. Some increased Attack Speed is nice
Shield	Rare Evasion/Energy Shield Shield with Life, chance to Suppress Spell Damage to cap

Midgame – Medium Upgrades:

Item Slot	Item Name
Head	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Life, Supression, Mana Reservation, Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments and the Spellslinger Enchant
Amulet	Rare Jade Amulet with Life, + Levels to All (Lightning) Skill Gems, Life and Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments
Chest	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Suppression, Life & a benched Gravicus Mod. Max Res & Grace Effect as implicits
Gloves	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Suppression, Life, Pierce & Spread of your Shocks
Boots	Rare Armour / Evasion base with Movement Speed, Life, Dexterity & Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments
Belt	Statstick with Life & Resistances
Rings	Statstick, ideally Vermillion Rings, with Life & Resistances
Weapon	Rare 1.5 APS base wand (Imbued for example) with Spell Damage, +1 or 2 to (Lightning) Spell Skills, Attack Speed, Lightning Damage to Spells, …
Shield	Rare Evasion/Energy Shield Shield with Life, chance to Suppress Spell Damage, Chaos Resistance and potentially Double Damage

Jewels

Increased Maximum Life, Critical Strike Multiplier, Trap & Mine Damage

Flasks

1	Granite Flask of the Armadillo
2	Amethyst Flask of the Owl
3	Silver Flask of the Pangolin
4	Quicksilver Flask of the Walrus
5	Eternal Life Flask of Alleviation

Be sure to check out our Flask Crafting Guide to learn everything you need to know about how to set up your non-Unique flasks.

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Short Guide Disclaimer

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