Lightning Conduit Elementalist (Cheap League Starter) | POE Build Guide 3.23

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Published 2023-12-07
Best cheap budget league starter build for Path of Exile 3.23 Affliction league. Full build guide with pob is available. This Shock stacking Lightning Conduit build received a significant buff in POE patch 3.23. Easy build for new players and solo self found gamers.

Video Shortcuts:
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2:08 - Introduction
3:07 - Build Basics
4:11 - Levelling
6:02 - Gear Setup
8:00 - Step by Step early levelling
8:31 - Pantheon & Bandits
9:07 - Ascendancy
9:24 - Wildwood Ascendancy
9:35 - Mana Reservation & Mana Cost of skills
10:03 - Atlas Farming Options

Build's skeleton: pobb.in/61v1yhlV7pWI (Several other options for gear sets are mentioned in the video)
Currently working for 3.24: pobb.in/h2j9dcqmicAL
End Game switch to crit version: pobb.in/7k9E_l8K9Ldv

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All Comments (21)
  • @soropoe
    Suggested Charms for this build: Cannot be Stunned while Leeching (of the Slayer), chance to Hinder Enemies on Hit with Spells (of the Occultist), chance to gain Phasing for 4 seconds on Kill (of the Raider), Nearby Enemies are Chilled (of the Occultist), of Leech is Instant (of the Berserker), increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Golems (of the Elementalist), Grants Armour equal to % of your Reserved Mana to you and nearby Allies (Guardian's), Damage Penetrates % of Enemy Elemental Resistances (Inquisitor's). For Crit version: increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies, Critical Strike Multiplier per Power Charge, Critical Strike Chance while at maximum Power Charges. If you like the video, please consider contributing by watching the entire video. This will help Youtube to promote this video to other ARPG players and thereby grow our POE community. Thanks ❤❤❤
  • @BigJasonWebb
    This is my first season. I made a path finder toxic rain ballista level 82 and just hate the play style. So I made this build and at level 50 it already feels stronger. More important I love the play style. So thanks for the build! Saved my season.
  • @bram2437
    I am curious how this will work in 3.24. Glad to see you are looking at it. Could be interesting with Archmage/manastacking.
  • @Kimble145
    Awesome guide! Thank you! Do you have any recommendation on an Atlas tree for this build?
  • @Br34kdown
    I think I wanna play this for 3.24
  • @BorisGrebnjev
    @soropoe could you do a short video on how the crit build functions especially with bosses . The shock build is great for t16 maps but i am struggling with maven , SS and EoW . I Gues farm currency until i can afford the expensive items in the crit build and then respec my tree?
  • this is the only channel that genuinely explaines everything in detail to understande. Im league starting this!
  • Hi for end game build(critical strike) how much curency is need it ? For exemple i have 600 chaos, i need much more or is allmoust enough ?
  • @aisu9540
    @soropoe any reason to go with maximum charges on life flask instead of instant recovery?
  • @nekrovx
    Tried a 2 button combo build like this as my first build ever in Poe ( detonate dead) and wasn’t a fan of it, is there any builds that use arc that are beginner / league starter friendly I want a build where I can electrocute the whole screen
  • @superlolll
    Hi, what about the transfigured gem? Wondered if it would also be viable for league start without relying on shocking
  • One part of this build sticks out to me, the use of eldritch battery and support gems such as arcane surge and inspiration do not work. As the support gems require you to reach a mana spent threshold before triggering their buffs. This leaves you with really only one other possible 6link setup if you're using eldritch battery (2 if you use empower). LC+Lighting pen+cruelty+ele focus+added lightning damage+controlled destruction, and controlled destruction tanks your crit chance, meaning that ele overload won't be nearly as consistent. Lightning spells have always had the issue of not having enough variety of supports to do non-crit, combine it with eldritch battery and that limited selection is limited even further. That being said, i did this for one of my league starters and you can do the acts 1-10 with no issues whatsoever, id even say it went better than many others i've tried. Early maps are still great, i dont know exactly when you'd start to notice the fall-off due to a lack of efficient support setups, but I feel confident in saying that it will happen and you would be better off with a different build. Unless you swap into the crit version, i dont know how difficult that is this league, it might be easier than I expect. But if you don't enjoy the idea of having to respec into the more expensive version, or rerolling another character for higher content, you may want to look elsewhere. I'd like to clarify that i cannot speak for the crit version, but it looks very solid. In no way am i saying this is a bad build, as i mentioned, it does the acts and early content very comfortably, and fits all the criteria of a cheap leaguestarter, despite the gem issues!
  • @Neit092
    Currently playing Boneshatter Slayer and enjoying Heist so far. Probably no optimized build for it either since my mobility is Leap Slam and being stuck on walls most of the time. Is the main concern of this build for Heist Movement Speed or would it have defensive problems for the heist mobs if I'm not zooming through? Really enjoy Heist so far and LC looks nice but the fast Raider builds don't really interest me
  • @ttgilgamesh
    There will be any guide or links to the crit version? (I'm on patreon btw)
  • @eco9807
    Hi, i swapped to crit build and noticed rotgut doesnt work with the shoes, what other flask could i use?
  • aww i saw this way too late i just started 3 days ago but im already doing Zizarans version and idk which is better
  • @incegölgelii
    what about the new trans gem? I really would love to play LC as a one button build