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Ethical Crit Impending Doom + Hexblast Occultist: The 6699 Build

Hypnotic Eye JewelMilitant FaithThe Balance of TerrorCobalt JewelWatcher's EyeCane of Kulemak
LoreweaveThe Devouring DiademVixen's EntrapmentAnathemaTopaz RingEternal DamnationDragonscale BootsStygian Vise
Divine Life FlaskGranite FlaskQuicksilver FlaskDiamond FlaskBottled Faith

6 power charges, 6 curses, 99% reduced impending doom curse duration

The impending doom rework this league is extremely fun, but most variants of the build are using curse-overwriting with Vixen's Entrapment and Cursed Ground / Spell Cascade for application. Impending doom is supposed to be triggered on curse expiration, but it also works on curse overwrite. This feels... unintended to me so I wanted to make an "ethical" version of the build.

Long story short, I use a very specific Cane of Kulemak and the "Window of Opportunity" passive tree wheel to get 99% reduced duration of my Anomalous Impending Doom curse. Using Anathema, 6 power charges, and Vixen's Entrapment, I can apply 6 curses more frequently than every 0.2 seconds. Since I have so many curses on the enemy, I can then use a Hexblast spell totem setup in my second 6-link for additional damage.

Since I didn't have to use Dialla's for gem quality, it opened up the chest piece for a Loreweave - Eternal Damnation combination. This let me get away without using spell suppression which was hard since I needed a bunch of uniques and was in the top left of the skill tree.

Mana problems were solved through cost reductions from the Tireless wheel, a Skittering Runes annoint, and using Diadem for EB. (Diadem is definitely getting nerfed)

I was able to assemble this in SSF and it actually worked out real well. >10M Guardian DPS, reasonably tanky, and fun as hell to map with due to the Occultist explosions. Gearing was straightforward; no T1/T0 uniques needed. The only things that might be trouble in SSF are getting an Anathema and the right rolls on the Cane.

Here's a PoB link: https://pastebin.com/Q7hbYAsH (Note, PoB doesn't calculate Doomblast damage correctly; to get the real DPS in this variant of the build, multiply the curse cast rate by the average hit damage provided the Doomblast cooldown is low enough)

Also, I wrote up a more complete build guide on the forums which goes over mechanics, gear, and links. Check it out if you're interested. https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3354451

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Life

4946

Mana

6

Energy Shield

1329

DPS

4M

Effective Hit Pool

34.17K

Chaos Res

74

Fire Res

78

Cold Res

78

Lightning Res

78

Armour

18K

Evasion

484

Block

74 | 54

Crit Chance

88%

Crit Multi

444%

Rage

0

Strength

321

Intelligence

285

Dexterity

164

Ward

0

Item Quantity

0%

Item Rarity

27%

Movement Speed

115%

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Forbidden Power
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Withering Presence
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Void Beacon
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Glancing Blows
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Mind Over Matter
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Iron Will
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Arcane Potency
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Arcanist's Dominion
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Constitution
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Corruption
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Counterweight
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Cruel Preparation
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Defiled Forces
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Devotion
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Disciple of the Forbidden
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Discipline and Training
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Heart and Soul
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Heart of Darkness
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Instability
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Overcharge
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Practical Application
Practical Application
Purity of Flesh
Purity of Flesh
Retribution
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Safeguard
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Sanctity
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Sentinel
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Serpent Stance
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Sovereignty
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Tireless
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Whirling Barrier
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Window of Opportunity
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