PoE 3.23·Affliction·Inquisitor
How can I improve my Energy Blade-Cast on Crit/Attribute stacking build? (part 2)
by Oathkeeper892 years ago1
- DPS
- 214.78K
- Effective HP
- 23.07K
- Energy Shield
- 5.17K
- Level
- 90
- Min budget
Overview
How can I improve my Energy Blade-Cast on Crit/Attribute stacking build? (part 2) is a Path of Exile Inquisitor build by Oathkeeper89, made for the Affliction league (3.23). It is centered on Arc of Oscillating and plays as a intelligence, spell, chaining, lightning archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 214.78K DPS with 23.07K effective HP, 714 life, 5.17K energy shield. Suited for: Mapping. Key uniques include Cyclopean Coil, Crown of the Inward Eye, Astramentis, Shaper's Touch, Coruscating Elixir.
Oathkeeper89's Notes
Previous link: https://old.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/18wfc8f/how_can_i_improve_my_energy_bladecast_on/
- Previous POB: https://pobb.in/RA2BW3PrHnNP
- Current POB (minus configuration because I don't know how): https://pobb.in/MU-0RSXyzQr0
Posted about this nearly a week ago, didn't get much traction. I would still like some suggestions on how to push the build a bit further and improve it for more quality of life, smoothness of play, and be able to try more pinnacle/aspirational content since this league has been insanely cracked.
Some differences from previous POB to current POB:
- Stopped being stingy about making "big" upgrades, such as dropping 20-30 divines for substantial upgrades. Belt, rings, jewels, etc.
- Swapped to using single CoC with Ice Spear of Splitting instead of double CoC with Arc/Crackling Lance.
- Swapped Cyclone of Tumult for more attack speed ramp and general QoL while mapping. Also, swapped to The Stampede since its arguably best-in-slot for Cyclone usage.
- Leveled a lot of my gems so the numbers aren't scuffed. Started leveling more gems to corrupt for 21/0 aura gems.
- Gained a few more levels to fit in Unwavering Stance (stun immunity) and shuffled some points on the tree.
- Swapped to a ES on hit Watcher's Eye. Previously was using a weird %ES regen per second Watcher's Eye and it was just alright; strictly mid and would not recommend unless on a tighter budget.
Some other goofy talking points that I'm not exactly sold on being ideal but "felt" right for me; I'm open to swapping things around if I can find a suitable alternative/have enough currency:
- Using an Instruments of Virture Forbbiden Flame/Flesh and going up the Sanctuary + Pious Path ascendancy to utilize consecrated ground. I'm using it mainly for curse mitigation and regen but its not completely there. I originally had reduced curse effect on one of my flasks and that together put me at nearly full curse immunity as long as I remembered to stand still.
- Using Leap Slam + Frostblink technically forces my character to stand still after usage so that somewhat automated consecrated ground generation. Also, I got tired of getting stuck on terrain with Shield Charge.
- STR+ES Split Personality jewels were budget options when I picked them up about two weeks ago; I believe I got them both for 100c each at the time. They have been working fine and I'm not eager to swap to STR+INT versions just yet; I want to upgrade other things first.
- Looking for a good reflect immunity charm for quality of life. I think having a form of culling strike is too good to skip.
- That said, I haven't found a That Which Was Taken jewel I want to utilize yet. I honestly forgot about that jewel since the rolls were so RNG heavy that I just ignored it.
I feel like I need some form of mana leech as I run out of mana during super tanky boss mobs. If I juice maps too hard (triple wisps 6k+, for example) then bosses just look at me until I run out of mana. I also feel like while I have respectable DPS, its not enough for super wisp juiced mobs/bosses.
I've spent somewhere around the range of 90~ divines total on this build over the course of 4 weeks. I currently have a budget of about 50 divines and have a strategy to make much more over time; its steady and consistent so it fits my pace just fine.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Gear
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Skills
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Weapon 1
Energy Blade19W
Passive Tree



- Bandits
- Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)
- Pantheons
- Soul of the Brine King, Soul of Ralakesh
Character Stats
- Level
- 90
Damage
- Full DPS
- 0
- Combined DPS
- 214.78K
- Hit DPS
- 214.78K
- With Poison DPS
- 214.78K
- With Ignite DPS
- 214.78K
- With Bleed DPS
- 214.78K
- Damage over Time
- 0
- Culling DPS
- 0
- Reservation DPS
- 0
- Average Hit
- 315.86K
- Burst Damage
- 315.86K
Attack & Crit
- Attack/Cast Rate
- 0.68/s
- Hit Chance
- 100%
- Crit Chance
- 100%
- Crit Multiplier
- 256%
- Mana Cost
- 30
- Life Cost
- 0
Defence
- Effective Hit Pool
- 23.07K
- Life
- 714
- Energy Shield
- 5.17K
- Mana
- 548
- Ward
- 0
- Armour
- 14.68K
- Evasion
- 226
- Phys Damage Reduction
- 69%
Mitigation & Avoidance
- Block
- 25%
- Spell Block
- 12%
- Spell Suppression
- 0%
- Evade (Melee)
- 0%
- Evade (Projectile)
- 0%
- Attack Dodge
- 0%
- Spell Dodge
- 0%
Resistances
- Fire Resistance
- 54%
- Cold Resistance
- 11%
- Lightning Resistance
- 11%
- Chaos Resistance
- 2%
Max Hit Taken
- Physical
- 8.04K
- Fire
- 12.8K
- Cold
- 6.61K
- Lightning
- 6.61K
- Chaos
- 1.54K
Recovery
- Life Regen
- 517.4/s
- ES Regen
- 103.4/s
- ES Recharge
- 5.17K/s
- Mana Regen
- 95.6/s
- Life Leech
- 0/s
- ES Leech
- 351.7/s
- Mana Leech
- 0/s
Attributes & Utility
- Strength
- 979
- Intelligence
- 931
- Dexterity
- 255
- Movement Speed
- 16%
- Endurance Charges
- 3
- Frenzy Charges
- 3
- Power Charges
- 3
- Devotion
- 0
- Item Rarity
- 15%