PoE Elementalist Ascendancy Class: Tree & Passives

The Elementalist is an Ascendancy for the Witch Class in Path of Exile. The other two Witch Ascendancies are the Occultist and Necromancer

The Elementalist is an extremely versatile Ascendancy that is capable of guaranteeing the application of Elemental Ailments (Shock, Ignite and Chill), boosting her power significantly with Golems or Heralds, as well as providing defensive capabilities through an Elemental Aegis.

Due to the Elementalist's generic power and versatility, she can be played in many ways: as an Attack-based Wander (Kinetic Blast, Kinetic Fusillade), a Spell Caster (Righteous Fire, Penance Brand, Reap, Blade Vortex), but even as an Explosive Arrow Ballista Totem Summoner.

Small Passives

• 10% increased Elemental Damage, +6% to all Elemental Resistances
• 10% increased Elemental Damage, 4% increased Attack and Cast Speed
• 10% increased Elemental Damage, 10% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
• 10% increased Elemental Damage, +4% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier
• 10% increased Elemental Damage, 10% increased Effect of Lightning Ailments
• 10% increased Elemental Damage, 5% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite

Mastermind of Discord

• Exposure you inflict applies an extra -25% to the affected Resistance
• Regenerate 1% of Mana per second if you've inflicted Exposure Recently

Heart of Destruction

• Gain Convergence when you Hit a Unique Enemy, no more than once every 8 seconds
• 60% increased Area of Effect while you don't have Convergence

Convergence grants the character 30% more Elemental Damage for 4 seconds.

Requires Mastermind of Discord to be allocated

Shaper of Flames

• Hits always Ignite
• All Damage can Ignite
• Enemies Ignited by you have 40% of Physical Damage they deal converted to Fire

The final line of Shaper of Flames provides a powerful Physical Damage reduction source for the Elementalist.

Shaper of Winter

• All Damage with Hits can Chill
• Your Chills can reduce Action Speed by up to a maximum of 40%
• Enemies Chilled by your Hits lessen their Damage by half of Chill Effect

Shaper of Storms

• Hits always Shock
• Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 25%
• All Damage can Shock

Liege of the Primordial

• Summoned Golems are Immune to Elemental Damage
• Summoned Golems are Resummoned 4 seconds after being Killed
• +2 to maximum number of Summoned Golems

Combined with the Golem Commander Notable on the Passive Tree, this easily allows the Elementalist to have 4 Golems Summoned at the same time, each providing various buffs from:

• Increased Accuracy and Critical Strike Chance (Ice Golem),
• Increased Attack and Cast Speed and Mana Regeneration (Lightning Golem),
• Increased Global Defences and Life Regeneration (Stone Golem),
• Increased Damage and Area of Effect (Flame Golem),
• Increased Damage Over Time Multiplier and Chaos Resistance (Chaos Golem)

Bringer of Ruin

• 66% increased Effect of Herald Buffs on you
• 66% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Heralds

Bastion of Elements

• Triggers Level 20 Primal Aegis when Allocated
• Primal Aegis can take 75 Elemental Damage per Allocated Notable Passive Skill
• Other Aegis Skills are Disabled
• Cannot take Reflected Elemental Damage