Ky's Arc Elementalist Build Guide Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links (PoE Secrets of the Atlas)

Get Path of Building

If you are a brand-new player, you may not have Path of Building ( POB ) yet. 99.9% of all Path of Exile guides use it. A quick and easy guide to get it can be found here.

Awakened Gems

A lot of gems nowadays in Path of Exile have Awakened versions. These version will generally be a lot more powerful than the widely available Regular versions. Therefore the should be purchased whenever you can afford them. When the gems listed down here mention Awakened Gems, you are supposed to use their regular versions until you can afford the upgrade.

For most people, leveling these Gems up takes way too much time so you’re generally offered two choices.

• You can just buy a leveled version.
• You can buy the Wild Brambleback beasts and use the Menagerie craft to upgrade, increasing the level of non-Corrupted Awakened Gem by 1.

Early, Mid, and Endgame POB

Here is the POB with settings for all stages of the game:
https://pobb.in/BEj4z1WfhSbC

Endgame Gem Links

Below, you can see a breakdown of all the endgame gem links we use. For early/mid game setups, consult the POB.

6 Link Arc Setup

1. Arc
2. Arcane Surge Support
3. Power Charge On Critical Support
4. Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
5. Awakened Spell Echo Support
6. Empower Support level 4
   
   

Before a level 4 Empower Support you will use a Increased Critical Damage Support

Golem Setup – No Links Required

1. Summon Flame Golem
2. Summon Lightning Golem
3. Summon Ice Golem
4. Summon Stone Golem
   
   

Summon Chaos Golem Can be swapped in for additional chaos res early game. Likely over Summon Ice Golem if you prefer.

Boss Curse Setup

1. Conductivity
2. Elemental Weakness
3. Assassin's Mark
4. Arcanist Brand
   
   

Cast Arcanist Brand against bosses, and it will automatically apply your curses. Early on, this is also used to apply Wave of Conviction before we get other sources of exposure. Check the POB for more details.

Auras

1. Wrath
2. Purity of Elements
3. Enlighten Support
4. Grace
   
   

Movement

1. Flame Dash
2. Arcane Surge Support
   
   

For this setup, we leave Arcane Surge Support at level 1 so that it procs every time we cast our Flame Dash

Animate Guardian

1. Animate Guardian
2. Minion Life Support
3. Elemental Army Support
   
   

As of the 3.26 League Animate Guardian no longer drops its’ gear on death. This means they can be included in almost every build in the game for a massive power boost. POB includes low and high budget Animate Guardian setups.