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Phys dot Elementalist Ruetoo x imexile

3.27 KotF

Starter

Witch

Elementalist

Verified

By imexile

Updated on Nov 7, 2025

Nov 7, 2025

Path of Building Code

Build Overview

Hey guys here is a written physdot elementalist guide for 3.27 leaguestart.

Rue saw the buffs to Reap and Exsanguinate and decided to cook up elementalist physdot! I have been testing this build quite a bit and worked with him to find the best early progression for the build and made a tankier setup for the endgame hc players at the cost of some damage.

This is an armour/energy shield version of the build that gets a large pool of life/es and caps out spell and attack block. You can also run Aegis Aurora for defense lategame before very high end shields.

https://pobb.in/27HeTrX8e6L7

2 voidstone run: https://youtu.be/40X0mH_YrCE

regex for links/ms/phys wand:

"b-b-|-b-b|b-.-b|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|:.*(?=\S*r)(?=\S*g)(?=\S*b)|r-b|b-r|g-r|r-g|Runn|rint|me Sh|Litho"

Putting this here so no one misses it:

LEVEL REAP/EXSANG AND CORRUPTING FEVER IN YOUR OFFHAND. Try to get Vaal Reap early from trade or vaal side areas to level.

The earliest you can swap to the build is after cruel lab but I would suggest just swapping at maps.

Feel free to ask me or rue questions. twitch.tv/imexile or twitch.tv/ruetoo

GRAFTS

RETURN TO DUST WITH INC DMG/+LEVELS

HEART OF FLAME WITH CDR/DURATION

Strengths and Weaknesses

High damage when entering maps with 1-2 mod items
Golems give a lot of QOL
Elementalist can transition into many high end builds
Smooth leveling

Life cost and cast speed early can be annoying when selfcasting
Outscaled when you invest a lot of currency
Poet's pen/Haemo price could be higher if meta
Full gem swap at maps

Build Variants

Level 16

Level 28

Level 50

Level 67

Phys Dot Swap

2 Stone

4 Stone

Poets Pen For Legion

Pinnacles

Endgame

tanky endgame

We level with fire spells as that is the meta and is very strong until maps then we swap over to physdot.

Equipment

Level 16

Level 28

Level 50

Level 67

Phys Dot Swap

2 Stone

4 Stone

Poets Pen For Legion

Pinnacles

Endgame

tanky endgame

The items here are just more or less mandatory items for attributes/movespeed. Fill in the rest with rare items for resists as necessary.

White Goat's Horn can carry you until level 24 if you don't get a nice rare, and in Solaris Temple level 2 there is a craft for flat fire to spells that costs 4 transmutes.

If you manage to get an Essence of Woe, try to use it on higher level wands with flat damage to spells implicit, and craft flat fire to spells(rng).

Good weapon stats:

+1 Fire
+1 Phys(for the swap later)
Flat fire to spells > other flat to spells cold is the worst
Cast speed
Spell damage
Fire damage

In the majority of the rest of your slots, for the duration of the campaign you just want life and resists. Remember you can craft resist for 1 transmutation at the crafting bench, or life for 1 alteration. The crafts are more expensive the higher tier you want.

Passive Tree

Level 16

Level 28

Level 50

Level 67

Phys Dot Swap

2 Stone

4 Stone

Poets Pen For Legion

Pinnacles

Endgame

tanky endgame

main:

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ascendancy:

Keystones

Elemental Overload

Skills that have dealt a Critical Strike in the past 8 seconds deal 40% more Elemental Damage with Hits and Ailments Your Critical Strikes do not deal extra Damage Ailments never count as being from Critical Strikes

Skills

Level 16

Level 28

Level 50

Level 67

Phys Dot Swap

2 Stone

4 Stone

Poets Pen For Legion

Pinnacles

Endgame

tanky endgame

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For act 1:

I would suggest starting with a ranger character for the extra wisdoms/vendor check for 3 Blue or movement speed. You can also put Momentum Support in stash and use it later on your Shield Charge.

Take Quicksilver Flask from tidal island quest reward.

Rolling Magma - Elemental Proliferation Support(Tidal quest reward) - Arcane Surge Support(swap with Combustion Support at level 9 from lower prison quest reward)

Flame Wall(buy this after tidal Island)

Frostblink(tidal island quest reward) - Arcane Surge Support(move this support to frostblink after you replace it for Combustion Support on rolling magma).

Holy Flame Totem(buy this after tidal island).

For experienced players, you can weaponswap to Shield Charge(buy this after tidal)- Momentum Support(muled from a ranger character). Else just use a wand + shield.