Path of Exile 3.19 Soulrend and ED Contagion Trickster League Starter build guide Lake of Kalandra

For the inital leveling if you go to the Skills menu and select BV it will have a breakdown of the early skills and when you can get them as well as seperate unchecked links. The Unchecked links are what you can add to maximize the skills until you get to the point you don't need them. Leveling General Notes Regarding dex and str: Feel free to pick up 30 nodes if needed and Citrine Amulet is a great base for us. You can also add stats on gear if needed and res are capped. Cap Res first always, everything else is secondary. Due to that I have multiple builds included incase you start out with one and it isn't working for you you can swap to one of the others as the trees aren't completely different. Due to this inclusion make sure bottom left of tree, the top left of skill, and the top left of items all match the same name. Dusk Ring's with Increased Skill Duration are a fantastic way to increase your damage. However, due to their naturally chaotic nature try to find one which works for your build. If Hybrid lose some es for life or mana etc. If you can get a high% chaos or % damage over time or % chaos damage over time multi it would be really strong! Main Skills: This is versatile so you can play ED/Contagion , ED/Soulrend or Soulrend/ED, I tested Bane with Soulrend sadly it's single target is too low currently. ED/Contagion or ED/Soulrend on the 6 link will give you the best Single Target damage in any scenario. Soulrend/ED on the 6 link will give you the best clear speed while having worse Single Target. To see Accurate DPS Enable the corresponding colors to get accurate information! This is a new feature I will Highlight in the build guide! =================Upgradi Gear/Crafting===================================== Boots: Normal Boots + Quicksilver + Orb of Augmentation = Movement Speed 10% also will upgrade Movement speed by 5% if it has the modifier. Weapon Upgrades: +1 Base, Need X "tagged" gems with at least 40 Quality. Makes a +1 All X Skills Weapon Ring: Magic/Rare Ring or Amulet with +x to Chaos Resistance + Orb of Augmentation + Amethyst Flask Reforges with just the chaos resistance roll (iLevel matters) Unique Item: 60 Unique rings gets you a Loreweave which is a pretty decent chest if you do not want to craft one. List of all reciepes: https://poedb.tw/us/Vendor_recipe_system Harvest is the easiest way to make decent gear, choose the damage type you need (Physical, Lightning or Chaos) =================If Damage Seems Low/If Survivability Seems Low===================================== Damage: Check your weapon has at least 2 of the following, Critical Stirke Chance with Spells, Critical Strike Multiplier, +1 Added Chaos Spell Skill Gems, +1 to all Spell Skill Gems, % Increased Spell Damage. Feel free to use Lifetap if you have mana issues, most likely with Essence Drain or Soulrend. Survivability: Always know you can use a shield and block mechanics, this will significantly lower your dps numbers however increase your overall Survivability. The Aura's are set for high survivability, if you want more damage use either a herald or a 50% aura of the chosen type. Make sure resistances are capped, look at Tanky chest options like the Brass Dome or a Evasion/ES Atzir's Splendor. http://www.craftofexile.com is a great resource for crafting any item, I really like the Emulator section as you can import your item or start from scratch to test with. Crusader Rings give a % Maximum ES roll if you are trying to maximize ES. Tailwind/Ellusive boots are nice however not at all needed. Curse on hit gloves like Asenath's Gentle Touch or rings/corrupted gloves with enfeeble, temporal chains, or despair work for applying curses as well. Melding of the Flesh, Shaverone's Wrappings, Vaal Carress and Aegis Aurora are Not Mandatory however they offer a fantasitic Survivability compared to crafting an endgame version. We want to abuse the interaction of over capping all resistances to 90%. VERY Important !!!!! This is going to be very high budget and rolls due matter! So be smart look at the crafted and unique cost and figure out what works for you! On Vaal Carress Gloves you want arrogance and purity of ice linked together, the other's shouldn't be linked in LL. If CI no Arrogance instead add in Enlightened. This is the easiest way to hit the 90% maximum cold to give you 90 max to all. ========================= Better Trading for BV ====================================================== To use Better Trading API download it here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/better-pathofexile-tradin/fhlinfpmdlijegjlpgedcmglkakaghnk Click on the Chaos orb emblem only valid on official POE trade site. Then select import Folder and copy the below link. Code for the Better Trading API: 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 If you need something specific in the any or 1h trees you can edit the base type after the search is run by selecting more filters. I leave it fairly generic so you can fine tune as you wish.