======================================================= Ascendancy Differences =========================================================
Why pick Elementalist or Trickster? With the Breechlord for high end gearing I would recommend Trickster for the best overall experience.
Elementalist gets a massive boost once you get Farewell to Flesh as you get all the damage you need.
Assassin best Leveling Experience: Shadowed Blood > Knife in the Back > Mist Walker > Oppurtunistic
Trickster gives you a ton of survivability at the cost of pre int stack damage.
Energy Shield Mastery Passive: Light Radius is based on Energy Shield instead of Life 30% increased Light Radius, this is a trap unless you are Trickster with Soul Drinker.
================================================ What the build is/Is Not =============================================================
What this build is: Light Radius for high damage and cheap gearing. This is a farming/leveling template to allow you to get to end game weapons and gear.
Budget 5c-20c to start up to a few divines for the better gear early on. If you use this later on likely a 20c for high end 5c for low end gearing.
What this build is not: Maximized DPS for wanding at budgets over 10 divines. If you want that look at poe ninja and sort by dps to get an ideal of the best damage.
If you want that look at the Int Stacking gearing section, I will post a tree to give you an idea of what to do on crafting.
If you need more strength or Dex while leveling grab a +30 node or better bases of amulet (Citrine gives up to 24 to both like Retaliation Charm) Physique and Alacity are both one node off pathing.
======================================================= Light Radius ==================================================================
Eclipse x 2 = early game high dps gear
Solaris Lorica cheap light radius chest upgrade when CI transitioning before high end gear Incandescent Heart, Zahndethus' Cassock also a reasonable option but higher level
Wreath of Phyrexia is a cheap 20% light radius helmet, not great but it's very good early. Voll's Vision is fine before CI, you can get a light radius craft on helm.
The Ignomon is the cheapest base amulet, Marylene Fallacy rolls 10-15 and has a ton of multi. Retaliation Charm makes blind not effect light radius.
Sunblast belt is an option which should only be used if you are maxed out on resistances.
Synthesis mods
Level Affix description Item classes
1 10% increased Light Radius Helmet, Ring, Wand
15 12% increased Light Radius Helmet, Ring, Wand
24 15% increased Light Radius Wand
24 15% increased Light Radius Helmet
24 15% increased Light Radius Helmet, Ring, Wand
24 15% increased Light Radius Ring
======================================================== Bloodlines ======================================================================
Breechlord is significantly better for Trickster, as you get more survivability as well as more damage with the correct rings. Ignoring all lighting res on int stacking is absolutley insane dps and boss damage reduction.
Essentually you get overleech and cheaper ES chest since high evasion/ mid es/ int are far cheaper and easier to craft than high es/int. We do not know how to Attain this att his point as it's new to the league.
Important: The Correct Breach Rings aren't in POB yet just use similar criteria minus the Shaper influence for % int as it may be hard to get the right ring with also having Shaper Influence.
Bloodlines: Lycia from Forbidden Sanctum. This is the final boss from the 4th floor.
https://maxroll.gg/poe/currency/forbidden-sanctum-farming-guide <--- for a Forbidden Sanctum Guide.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Lycia <--- for Lycia Details
Farewell to Flesh is the largest DPS increase by a very large margin. This allows the damage needed for Ubers without Mirrors worth of Gear. You just need good ES gear to not be a glass cannon.
Incandescent Heart is a very good cheap option for chest as it mitigates 25% of all elemental damage. Remove Shaper of Flames for this. Elementalist is Far Superior if you want to go this route.
Farewell to Flesh: Herald Skills have 2% more Buff Eddect for every 1% of Maximum Mana they Reserve. Hearld Skills and Minions from Hearld Skills deal 1% more Damage for every 1% of Maximum Life those Skills Reserve.
Essence Worm with a 50% aura Wrath for Damage: Grace or Determination for Survivability. This is used to boost, Farewell to Flesh's dps.
Sinner Saint this is not needed but if you want to have a ton of chaos damage then you can remove Bastion of Elements for this.
Sinner Saint: 50% of lighting, cold, and fire converted to Chaos Damage.
========================================================= Cheap ES Unique ==============================================================
For CI: I don't recommend transitioning before you have 3k Energy Shield before additive nodes of energy shield.
If using Black Zenith this is a great place for Vaal Power Siphon with Chain, Fork, and Greater Multiple Projectiles. It comes from The Infinite Hunger, the boss before Eater of Worlds.
Esh's Mirror, Vertex and Steppan Eard are not great. If you need more es for a chaos or two they will work in a bind.
Wands:
Eclipse Solaris is now found on the Faun's Horn base type (previously Engraved Wand). Now provides 20-26% increased Attack Speed (previously 6-10%),
15-20% increased Light Radius (previously 20%), and now has adds 2 to 5 Fire Damage to Attacks for every 1% your Light Radius is above base value.
Piscator's Vigiel is a cheap option for decent damage.
Grace of the Goddess is a more expensive (Especially early as it comes from Uber Maven)
The wand which is very good and is worth dual wielding over buying crafted wands over 2 Div. Normally between 200-300 Chaos after the first week or two.
==================================================== Basic Crafting of Wands to High End ====================================================
For early leveling with wand attacks, a physical wand craft using a wand, augment, and Ruby, Sapphire, or Topaz flask is a viable option.Topaz and Sapphire are the best.
We are using Light Radius + Eclipse Solaris as our way of getting high damage pre end game gear, if you can kill Lycia with this you don't have to go int stacking.
While crafting wands is expensive, using a Piscator's Vigil wand is often recommended until a high-damage wand can be afforded.
High End Craft Explianation
Crafting a high-end wand for a Wander build in Path of Exile involves a multi-step process focused on maximizing intelligence, spell damage, and elemental damage.
For an intelligence-stacking Wander, start with an Alteration spam Shaper imbued wand that provides 1 to 6 lightning damage per 10 intelligence and a non-Shaper suffix.
Alternatively, use an Alteration spam Hunter wand for 1% increased spell damage per 16 intelligence and a non-Hunter suffix.
Combine these two wands using an Awakener's Orb, aiming for a high-tier spell damage roll and an open prefix; if the prefix is not ideal, the wand can still be sold for a net profit at this stage.
For further refinement, use a Veiled Chaos Orb to lock the prefix, then Unveil either a Strength/Intelligence + Critical Chance or Dexterity/Intelligence + Attack Speed prefix.
The other prefix can be bench-crafted to complete the desired stat combination.
For a top-tier non-influenced wand, players often aim for high flat lightning damage, spell damage, hybrid spell damage, attack speed, critical chance, and critical multiplier, all at Tier 1 rolls.
This can be achieved using Shrieking Essence of Wrath on imbued wands to secure spell damage or weapon elemental damage (WED), followed by scouring suffixes and multi-modding for attack speed, critical chance, and spell damage.
================================================ Int Stacking Very High Budget ========================================================
The cheapest way to do this is Alt Spam to get the desired min requirements.
Rare ES Helm With Int + %int which ccomes from Hunter Influence then you want es rolls as prefixes.
Rare Wand With Shaper's Prefix - Adds 1 to (5-6) Lightning Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Intelligence is absolutely necessary.
Min. requirements:
Adds 1 to 6 Lightning Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Intelligence
# to Intelligence
Optional affixes:
+#% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
#% increased Spell Damage
Adds # to # Lightning Damage
Rare EV/ES Body Armor for Trickster. Aim for the highest Energy Shield and Intelligence mods, typically found on Shaper's Influence Body Armour.
Min. requirements:
# to Intelligence
#% increased Intelligence
# to maximum Ev/Energy Shield
#% Increased EV/Energy Shield
Optional affixes:
Spell Suppression
#% increased damage per Power Charge
#% increased Elemental Resistances
#% increased Attributes
Rare ES Body Armor for Elementalist. Aim for the highest Energy Shield and Intelligence mods, typically found on Shaper's Influence Body Armour.
Min. requirements:
# to Intelligence
#% increased Intelligence
# to maximum Energy Shield
#% Increased Energy Shield
Optional affixes:
#% increased damage per Power Charge
#% increased Elemental Resistances
#% increased Attributes
Rare ES Boots - High ES, Resistances, and Movement Speed
Min. requirements:
# to Intelligence
30% increased Movement Speed or more
+Res
Es modifiers
Optional affixes:
You have Tailwind if you have dealt a Critical Strike Recently (Hunter-influenced boots)
#% increased Effect of Tailwind on you (Hunter-influenced boots)
Cannot be Frozen
Rare Elder Gloves: At least 1-2 Socketed Gems are Nice for Elder Gloves
Min. requirements:
# to Intelligence
Energy Shield
Optional affixes:
Elemental Resistance
#% increased Projectile Speed
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 25 Faster Projectiles
#% increased Projectile Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 25 Slower Projectiles
#% increased Attack Speed
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Faster Attacks
Rare Synyhesised Belt with #% Increased Intelligence on its Affix is the best choice.
Min. requirements:
# to Intelligence
Elemental Resistances
Energy Shield.
Optional affixes:
#% Increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
Rare Amulet - Good Amulet is a essential
Min. requirements:
#% Increased Damage per 15 Intelligence
# to Intelligence
#% Increased Intelligence
Optional affixes:
#% Increased Damage per Power Charge
#% Increased Elemental Resistances
Rare Synaptic Rings - If you can get Shaper Influence with % Int it's ideal. I wouldn't count on it, as we don't know the rarity of the rings as they are new to this league.
Min. requirements:
# to Intelligence
Elemental Resistances
Energy Shield
Optional affixes:
% increased Intelligence
% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
flat Lightning/ Cold damage with attacks.