When it comes to taking out mobs of enemies in Superfuse, nobody can do it like the Fire Elementalist can. It takes a careful build, but those who execute on it will find that this hero will never run out of energy and can kill every enemy on the screen simply by being around them.
For gamers who are enjoying a different build in Superfuse, do not take this as a mandate. Even at the hardest difficulties, the Fire Elementalist has many different functional builds that are fun to play and effective against opponents. This guide is simply one way that the community is experiencing success with, other builds for the specialization are perfectly valid.
This article was written during the Early Access period. Updates and patches may have altered the overall experience.
Talent Tree
Fire Mastery | 12 |
Fire Boost | 5 |
Overheat | 3 |
Boil | 3 |
Regulate | 1 |
Recover | 3 |
Burned | 3 |
Although this build picks up new skills through Blaze, the core skills in use are only going to be Fireball, Torch, and Combust. With respect to Blaze and melee-first Elementalists, the Frost Elementalists are much stronger for this kind of playstyle.
By focusing on the early skills and buffing them up with passives, the Fire Elementalist gets the most out of Combust, Fireball, and Torch, all of which are ranged and area-of-effect. This gives the hero unparalleled capabilities from range. These are some of the best talents the character can unlock, stacking them up makes it so mobs die before they can even reach the caster.
Fuse Allocation
Skill | Fuse | Quantity | Effect | Fuse Cost |
Fireball | Faster Hits | 5 | Faster cast speed. | 10 |
Fireball | Burner | 5 | Increases any fire damage dealt by this ability. | 10 |
Combust | Burner | 5 | Increases any fire damage dealt by this ability. | 10 |
It should be noted that Lucky Looter and Additional Credits are great new fuses to pick up, but once players have all the gear they need, these are the best fuses for actual combat. Also, beware of fuses like Pierce and Ricochet which have nice effects but decrease the skill's damage.
With five 20% cooldown reduction attributes from Faster Hits, Fireball becomes a cooldown-free spell, limited only by the player's cast time. This allows for a barrage that no group of enemies can withstand. With Torch to keep the energy supplied, Fireball becomes a persistent source of damage from range.
Combust should be ignored entirely either. Fuse the skill with extra damage to create a third area-of-effect spell. This will create two sources of damage opponents take just for getting close to the Fire Elementalist. With these three sources, even bosses won't last for more than a few seconds.
Gear Stat Priority
S-Tier | Power, Accuracy, Movement Speed |
A-Tier | Energy, Energy Regeneration, Cooldown Reduction, Energy Restore On Kill, Energy Leech |
B-Tier | Max Health, All Damage Reduction, Health Regeneration, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage, Loot Drop Chance, Credits Drop Amount, Experience On Kill, Luck |
C-Tier | Reflexes, Evasion, Elementalist Resistances, Dodge Chance, Health Restore On Kill, Life Leech, Sight Range |
F-Tier | Strength, Armor, Block Chance, Block Amount, Attack Speed, Cast Speed |
All players will be trying to get better gear when they first get to the max level. To that end, Luck moves up to an S-Tier attribute. Once geared, however, it moves down to F-Tier and becomes irrelevant. It's important to note this change as the value will change at different stages of the endgame.
One of the best perks of this build is how free it is to experiment with gear. Between the talent tree and the fuses, the Fire Elementalist never needs to worry about cooldowns and only rarely needs to think about energy. So it all comes down to damage and accuracy with spells.
A fully geared Fire Elementalist is one of the best specialists in the game. Building the hero can be a daunting task ask the area-of-effect spells require getting too close for comfort to some of the enemies. And immunities and resistances to fire can also make things tough. But once the class is geared up, there really isn't any situation the character can't handle.
Superfuse is available in Early Access for PC.