Best Ascendancy for Elemental Damage

1. 1

   Amazon

   Huntress · 3 notables

   5nodes
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     Elemental SurgeGrants skill Elemental SurgeGrants your weapon Surges. Non-Melee Projectile Attacks with that weapon Consume Surges to cause the Projectiles fired to explode at the end of their flight.

     When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 3 Lightning Surges

     Grants skill Elemental SurgeGrants your weapon Surges. Non-Melee Projectile Attacks with that weapon Consume Surges to cause the Projectiles fired to explode at the end of their flight.
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     Mystic Harvest

     Life Leech recovers based on your Elemental damage as well as Physical damage
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     Surging Avatar

     When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 2 Fire Surges

     When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 2 Cold Surges

     Gain 1 fewer Lightning Surge from Triggering Elemental Surge
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     Elemental Damage

     12% increased Elemental Damage
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     Elemental Damage

     12% increased Elemental Damage
2. 2

   Invoker

   Monk · 2 notables

   4nodes
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     ...and I Shall RageGrants skill Unbound AvatarGain Unbound Fury by inflicting Elemental Ailments with Hits on enemies. Once you reach maximum Unbound Fury, consume it to become Unbound for a duration, vastly augmenting your Elemental prowess.Grants skill Unbound AvatarGain Unbound Fury by inflicting Elemental Ailments with Hits on enemies. Once you reach maximum Unbound Fury, consume it to become Unbound for a duration, vastly augmenting your Elemental prowess.
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     ...and Scatter Them to the WindsGrants skill Elemental ExpressionCreate a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave of projectiles. The chance for an explosion is proportional to your Strength, for a bolt proportional to your Dexterity, and for a wave proportional to your Intelligence.

     Trigger Elemental Expression on Melee Critical Hit

     Grants skill Elemental ExpressionCreate a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave of projectiles. The chance for an explosion is proportional to your Strength, for a bolt proportional to your Dexterity, and for a wave proportional to your Intelligence.
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     Elemental Damage

     12% increased Elemental Damage
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     Elemental Damage

     12% increased Elemental Damage
3. 3

   Shaman

   Druid · 2 notables

   4nodes
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     Bringer of the ApocalypseGrants skill ApocalypseBuild Glory by Hitting enemies with Elemental damage. When you have maximum Glory, you may become the walking Apocalypse for a duration, Triggering one of multiple powerful Elemental Skills at an interval while this Buff lasts.Grants skill ApocalypseBuild Glory by Hitting enemies with Elemental damage. When you have maximum Glory, you may become the walking Apocalypse for a duration, Triggering one of multiple powerful Elemental Skills at an interval while this Buff lasts.
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     Turning of the Seasons

     Enemies in your Presence have Exposure
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     Elemental Damage

     12% increased Elemental Damage
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     Elemental Damage

     12% increased Elemental Damage
4. 4

   Stormweaver

   Sorceress · 3 notables

   3nodes
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     Multiplying Squalls

     +2 to Limit for Elemental Skills
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     Refracted Infusion

     When collecting an Elemental Infusion, gain another different Elemental Infusion
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     Tempest CallerGrants skill Elemental StormCreate a stationary Fire, Cold or Lightning storm at a target location for a duration, based on the highest Elemental Damage type for the Hit that Triggered the storm. Hits which do not deal Elemental Damage will not Trigger the storm.

     Trigger Elemental Storm on Critical Hit with Spells

     Grants skill Elemental StormCreate a stationary Fire, Cold or Lightning storm at a target location for a duration, based on the highest Elemental Damage type for the Hit that Triggered the storm. Hits which do not deal Elemental Damage will not Trigger the storm.
5. 5

   Acolyte of Chayula

   Monk · 1 notable

   1nodes
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     Inner Turmoil

     Gain 1 Volatility on inflicting an Elemental Ailment
6. 6

   Blood Mage

   Witch · 1 notable

   1nodes
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     Blood Barbs

     Elemental Damage also Contributes to Bleeding Magnitude
7. 7

   Infernalist

   Witch · 1 notable

   1nodes
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     Seething Body

     Gain Elemental Archon when you cast a Spell while on High Infernal Flame

     Elemental Archon does not expire while on High Infernal Flame

     Lose Elemental Archon on reaching maximum Infernal Flame
8. 8

   Pathfinder

   Ranger · 0 notables

   1nodes
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     Shattering ConcoctionGrants skill Shattering ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Cold Attack damage in an area and inflicting Exposure. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.Grants skill Shattering ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Cold Attack damage in an area and inflicting Exposure. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.

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How it is counted: a node counts when one of its lines (or the description of the skill it grants) matches the theme's words, read from the game's passive tree and stat files. Compare two ascendancies to see all their nodes.