The Explosive Arrow Ballista Elementalist has gained major traction for its strong bossing, clear speed, and low barrier to PoE 1 Currency entry. This build revolves around stacking explosive arrows via Ballistas, which detonate to deal immense fire damage over time.
The Elementalist ascendancy is the backbone of this build, offering increased elemental damage, exposure via Shaper of Flames, and better ailment proliferation. This allows you to stack ignite damage efficiently across multiple targets using Ballistas.
You’ll want to focus your gear on getting +2 bow and +1 fire skill gem modifiers for scaling your ignite. Ignite duration, fire damage over time multiplier, and attack speed all contribute significantly to your damage output. Quivers should offer attack speed and ignite chance.
Defensively, this build uses Determination and Grace to boost armor and evasion, with Spell Suppression on gear to round out mitigation. With 3–4 Ballistas attacking simultaneously and enemies igniting on impact, most packs melt before touching you.
The core support gems for Explosive Arrow include Burning Damage, Elemental Damage with Attacks, and Empower. Your Ballistas apply stacks quickly, and once detonation occurs, you get a massive burst of damage that lingers as DoT.
For bossing, this build is phenomenal. You can pre-load explosive stacks before the boss becomes active, then Chaos Orb step back while the Ballistas do the job. This passive playstyle is particularly effective in Maven or Uber Elder encounters.
Flasks are important—use one for ignite immunity, another for armor, and one for movement speed. Balance your life, fire resistance, and ignite duration to ensure survival during high-content density fights.
The EA Ballista Elementalist is a strong, cost-effective league starter and one of the most enjoyable ignite-based builds in the current meta. Whether you're mapping or farming bosses, this build delivers consistent results.
The Elementalist ascendancy is the backbone of this build, offering increased elemental damage, exposure via Shaper of Flames, and better ailment proliferation. This allows you to stack ignite damage efficiently across multiple targets using Ballistas.
You’ll want to focus your gear on getting +2 bow and +1 fire skill gem modifiers for scaling your ignite. Ignite duration, fire damage over time multiplier, and attack speed all contribute significantly to your damage output. Quivers should offer attack speed and ignite chance.
Defensively, this build uses Determination and Grace to boost armor and evasion, with Spell Suppression on gear to round out mitigation. With 3–4 Ballistas attacking simultaneously and enemies igniting on impact, most packs melt before touching you.
The core support gems for Explosive Arrow include Burning Damage, Elemental Damage with Attacks, and Empower. Your Ballistas apply stacks quickly, and once detonation occurs, you get a massive burst of damage that lingers as DoT.
For bossing, this build is phenomenal. You can pre-load explosive stacks before the boss becomes active, then Chaos Orb step back while the Ballistas do the job. This passive playstyle is particularly effective in Maven or Uber Elder encounters.
Flasks are important—use one for ignite immunity, another for armor, and one for movement speed. Balance your life, fire resistance, and ignite duration to ensure survival during high-content density fights.
The EA Ballista Elementalist is a strong, cost-effective league starter and one of the most enjoyable ignite-based builds in the current meta. Whether you're mapping or farming bosses, this build delivers consistent results.
inscrit le 28/7/25
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