Lightning Conduit Elementalist [POE 3.25 Updated]

A POWERFUL and CHEAP build in POE 3.24. Perfect to league start for casuals, new players and the experienced. A shock stacking build which can clear tier 16 maps and boss with a decent set of defences for end game. New player friendly if the guide is followed from word to word (just understand the mechanics from the guide, that's it).

3.24 (for reference):
(dont switch until level 97 minimum)

Timestamps:
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0:00 - The Good and the Bad
0:40 - What is it made for?
1:00 - Playstyle (Skill mechanics)
1:38 - A Secret Hidden Meta
1:58 - Gearing and Configuration
3:24 - Mana
3:43 - Why Golems?
3:53 - Configuration values explained
4:17 - Levelling

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[catnapperkane]

I'm glad I found your channel. Dint find you on youtube but somebody referred you for legit league starters. Your pob and guide is clear as glass as though you are speaking through my heart!! I'm definitely gonna choose one of your builds this time!!!

[morphin]

you got me there when u said 'wait thers a catch'. love the transparency and the way how u explain stuff in a practical sense. most people dont do that. hope you never change like most. subbed!

[Unrealgamingdotexe]

im one of those who tried this build last league and i can say that it was one of the best league starts ive had since years! im glad youve put more info about the build with a few changes i can notice. but i really wish you made the guide for the crit version as well ..

[mrbuIIets]

So glad I found you dude. I really want to play a lightning build and I found no starter guides on it. Despite this only being my 2nd real league I was going to attempt to do it on my own but now I has you 😊 will be following.

[magisteriumemporium]

Thank you Soro. This is my 3rd league in PoE and I always quit in the first week due to being "bait" (it's my fault for not doing my research).
However, with the clear examples you have provided with this build and the hiest farming, I am enjoying it so far.
Thank you soo much

[Issenhart]

Sir - first time in a very long time I'm gonna play something other than minions, thanks to you ;) Thank you very much for sharing

[ABanksy]

This build is awesome. Lightning Tendrils was very satisfying to play. Switching to LC I felt instantly powerful. Get a Valako's Sign as soon as you hit 38. Lightning Conduit only hits shocked enemies so the boost to shock chance, lightning damage, leech, mana, etc is huge at that level. Once you get Eldritch Battery around Act 4/5 it becomes a walk in the park.

I also had bad gear all the way to 60. Just use some lightning essences on some wands or find decent lightning wands, look for jewelry with resistances, then I ignored stats for everything else and looked for sockets. My gear and resistances were terrible but I still blazed through the Acts even with this difficult season mechanic.

[Erogunz]

Isn't it somewhat of a waste to have so much Energy Shield that is only used as a mana-pool due to Eldritch Battery, when the mana spending of skills is not that high? Wouldn't it be better to focus on armour&evasion mostly and only have around ~100-200 Energy Shield to have barely enough mana for skills?

[JusticeEqualityTM]

Thank you! I was waiting for the 3.25 update! This is the only build I follow! Always!

[aresonantsoul]

Oh wow, what a nice build and very easily explained. Almost soothing :) Thanks for your effort and bery happy to say that I use Lightning Tendrils for leveling. It is really underrated <3

[JohnJones-lgql]

Like/sub. Ive been working a LC starter for the last couple of days applying shock with shock nova mines (works by itself for map clear). Good call-outs on gear and skill synergy.

[Todiros]

I'm using this for a league starter in 3.25. First impression is that its a bit clunky and VERY squishy. Even during the campaign I was dying a lot. Normally, I can do just fine with a few essences and some decent gear from the vendor but in this case I had to spend a few Cs to get decent gear because the build is very gear dependent. You're getting decent portion of spell suppression after level 90, so until then you're very reliant on gear. Text book glass cannon. I had to make a few changes to make it more enjoyable.

1. Dropped a few damage nodes as they're not really necessary prolly until red maps. Damage is VERY good.
2. Took Mind over Matter alongside Eldrich Battery
3. Switched Herald of Thunder for Grace and added an extra ES, Life and Mana Regen nodes while ditching the curses nodes.
4. Added Increased AoE to Orbs Of Storms so it shocks larger groups
5. Added low level CWDT with Arc for extra shocking - sometimes OoS would not cast and it would take me a second or two of spamming LC to realize it does nothing. So, the Arc acts as an extra layer of protection.

I will likely remove MoM and add Wrath for the end game and respec, if need to. But so far, it works much better. Still, I would probably not go for this as a league starter again. Otherwise, the insane damage is really fun.

[Trev]

Was on the fence and now I'm sold. 100% starter, cheers!

[bram]

Thanks for the update. I enjoy playing LC...don't mind the two button playstyle. I throw Orb of Storms on my spacebar and it works for me. Damage looks impressive making leveling a first character easier on soft core. Would likely switch to Archmage once I can farm up some more gear and currency.

[foxdavion]

I was thinking of doing this build; I figured that with all the changes that Lightning Conduit Elementalist would be strong and was just waiting for someone to present the build whom I'd trust to do it well. BUT I was never sure it would be strong enough to progress past just unlocking everything or being able to down bosses quickly and of course lightening annulment/immunity to shock. Back in 3.19 to 3.21 the sleeper builds were all frost elemental damge, because of the unusually high droprate of cold based mods on rare gear back then combined with GGG never nerfing cold. But in 2.22 GGG changed itemisation seeding so cold damage no longer overdropped, buffed brands and corpse explotion, so suddenly firebrand corpse explotion and explosive trap shieldcharge became a thing. But in 2.23 Lightning Conduit got buffed and 2.24 only made it stronger; Hopefully most won't catch on so the uniques and rares stay cheap for a while.

[tailsc]

Nice bro this will be my 3.24 starter!

[rodrigofernandes]

Great channel dude! Your build is awesome for a first time player like myself.
Let me ask you, do you think Stormseeker Ambush Mitts increase shock effects on Lighnting Conduit skill being that the skill is supported by energy leech support?

[therealjohn]

Looks great man, thanks for the work! But just a tip: Try to show some gameplay of the build showing map level and mods, and if possible a brief gear/tree showcase before entering it. You could easily be playing a t1 map on a 5 mirror build and we would never know it :')

[josharounder]

Nice build man, after my comment.. I'm going to start this ssf and kick some butt

[BucketTheBig]

Hey I followed this build to the T and switched to the end game variant of the build and find myself getting one shot way more, any suggestions?