Channelled Tri-Elemental Nova Runemaster Build Guide

Amazing DPS able to hit absolutely anywhere you point on the screen, even through walls.

Enemy resistances mean nothing to you.

Several less damage taken modifiers with steady and constant ward and high retention.

70% armour with full stacks of Throne of Ambition, while channelling and with Flame Ward.

Traversal skill also activates main defence in Reowyn's Frostguard.

Some people aren't a fan of being stationary while channelling.

Mana Consumption can sometimes be an issue.

Ground hazards targeted on you while you're on Glyph of Dominion can be hard to see.

This build relies on specific conversion of skills and placement on the hotbar to ensure we can get Reowyn's Frostguard every time with Runic Invocation.

• Runebolt converted to cold via Frost Spikes 1/1 and Ice Shard 1/1 placed in your first slot. It is also your mana generator due to Arcane Restoration 4/4 and Attuned Recovery 3/3.
• Glyph of Dominion converted to fire via Flaming Scroll 1/1 in your second slot. It serves purely to bolster our resistances even further for the sake of defending against resistance reducing ailments and elemental penetration through Crest of Unity by using Arcane Mirror 3/3, which also provides us with extra ward per second via Charged Reflections 1/1. All the extra resistances we get from Glyph of Dominion and Liath's Signet also boost our ward retention to great levels with Frostbite Shackles.
• Flame Ward converted to cold via Frost Ward 1/1 in your third slot. We also grab Barrier 5/5 for the big 40% less hit damage taken. While active it also provides us with haste using Flame Runner 1/1 and increasing our ward per second and ward retention with Energize 3/3 and Recollection 2/2.

This combination ensure that the Runic Invocation in your 4th slot is always Reowyn's Frostguard via use of Immutable Order 1/1. We turn it into our traversal skill with Enigma 1/1. The combination of Runic Energy 3/5, Copied Scrolls 4/4 and Arcane Battery 1/1 causes Reowyn's Frostguard to often cast twice at once, giving even more ward, while exploding the first one, which will chill and often freeze enemies around you due to Word of Heorot 3/4, giving us a head start with the ailments we need to make ele nova hit hard.

With all that out of the way, lets get into the gameplay loop. Casting Reowyn's Frostguard and Flame Ward off cooldown to keep our ward up is most important, if you're ever short on runes, don't channel Elemental Nova until you get all 3, just use Runebolt. For the most part with general mono farm, you're able to essentially jump into packs with Runic Invocation and sweep your Elemental Nova across the screen and everything dies very quickly. I only use Glyph of Dominion for either bosses or tough rares to buff the elemental penetration. Throwing out 3 Runebolts to keep your mana up at respectable levels throughout an echo by using Unsealed Mana 6/6 along with Arcane Restoration 4/4 and Attuned Recovery 3/3 is a great way to more or less forego mana regeneration as a stat completely. Always be aware of hazards under your feet, this is why Lightmages are just the worst to deal with.

Until you get and are high enough level to use Crest of Unity and Unstable Core, I highly suggest to level as whatever you feel the most comfortable with. I changed to this as soon as I was able.

This build was designed to tackle the endgame without any issues, be it high corruption monos or dungeons. Still has quite a lot of room to improve as well.