[3.6] Storm Brand Witch (Elementalist)

On helm look for high life and resistances. Extra energy shield is a great boost to our survivability.

Ideal helm would be crafted with Essence of Horror and would have “Socketed Gems deal 30% more Elemental Damage” mod on top of life and resistances, but that can be an expensive craft.

Inpulsa’s is an excellent option for the build – not only it helps your clear speed a lot, it also gives extra damage and life.

Another great option would be Loreweave or Carcass Jack.

A more defense-oriented option could be Vaal Regalia with high energy shield and life.

Ideally look for Fingerless Silk gloves with high life and resistances.

A great mod to craft on your gloves would be
“% increased Area of Effect

Look for Two-Toned boots with 30% movement speed, high life and a resistance.

An excellent ring for the build, since it gives a lot of damage and decent defense as well.

Ideally look for an elder ring with “curse enemies with level x Warlord’s Mark on Hit” and multimod it once you can afford it.

If you cannot afford it and already have Mark of The Shaper ring, just get a regular elder ring with life and resistances but without Warlord’s Mark mod.

Look for a rare amulet with “You can apply an additional Curse” mod. Some life or spell damage on top of that would be ideal, but not required.

Look for rare Stygian Vise with life and resistances. You could also mastercraft increased damage on the belt.

A great unique alternative would be Bisco’s Leash, since it gives you Rampage and increases the clear speed of the build even more.

Look for a rare Shaper Sceptre with lightning damage to spells and x% of elemental damage as extra chaos damage shaper mod.

Using crafting bench, craft spell damage +  non-chaos damage as extra chaos damage mod if possible.

This build uses Magna Eclipsis as a shield of choice because it gives +2 to Level of Socketed gems.

To be comfortable with Storm Brand, we need Brand recall as high level as possible for lower cooldown.

If you have more currency, you could try corrupting the shield and hope for +1 to socketed gems corruption, or just buy shield like that.

Look for Abyss Jewels (Hypnotic eye) with following mods:

1.) +To Maximum life
2.) Lightning / Cold damage to spells
3.) Lightning / Cold damage to spells while holding a Shield
4.) +To maximum energy shield
5.) Increased damage if you have killed recently
6.) Resistances / Attributes if you need any

1.) Divine life flask with instant recovery and freeze removal
2.) Quicksilver flask of Adrenaline
3.) Diamond Flask with bleed removal
4.) Atziri’s Promise
5.) Basalt Flask / Cinderswallow Urn (best if you have decent energy shield pool).