POE 3.17 | CWDT Ward Occultist - Budget Version (15ex!)

---------- COSTS ---------- Staff = ~30c + 5link cost - Cane of Kulemaak (https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Archnemesis/29OQ2XVHk) Chest = 30c - Skin of the Loyal (check colours) Helmet/Gloves/Boots = buy bases (ilvl 78+ 100% base percentile) for ~ 15c each average ~50 dense fossils for all crafting = 25c 50 primitive resonators = 75c Rolling suffixes with eldritch currency = ~100c You want around 1200 Ward across all armour slots (helm + gloves + boots) Belt = 1ex (https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Archnemesis/29OQMdVHk) Ring = 1ex unset ring with life, res, curse on hit and mana recoup (https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Archnemesis/L2MPz7YSn) Heartbound loop + catalysts = <10c Amulet = 1ex Leaderships price with not too shitty rolls Tainted oil for anoint = 1ex 5 node Voices = 10c Flask Medium Cluster Jewels = 1-2ex each (https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Archnemesis/ZDn5YdzCQ) Blessed rebirth Medium cluster jewel = 20c To Dust jewels = ~2.5ex for 3 (get total 57% reduced skeleton duration) Anomalous Minion Speed = ~1.7ex (just buy secondary regrading lens and use on normal Minion Speed, 83% chance to hit anomalous) Timeless jewel = 30c Brutal Restraint with Balbala Olroths Resolve Flask = 1.3ex (aim for <42% increased charges per use) Quicksilver flask with Elemental resists = 10c Weapon swap - 11c Essence of insanity for weapon TOTAL: 396c = 3ex + 12ex = 15ex Use this sheet to calculate breakpoints: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/qzsdir/316_cwdt_autobomber_unbreakable_ward_calculator/ ---------- IMPORTANT ---------- - Make sure CWDT and Gem Levels are correct - Make sure Summon Skeletons skill cooldown is the same as duration (check in Calcs tab) - Make sure two highest attributes are equal (for Leaderships Price) ---------- MECHANICS ---------- CWDT Loop - Heartbound Loop causes us to take damage whenever our minions die. - We use Summon skeletons with reduced duration from Anomalous Minion Speed and x3 To Dust jewels to lower their duration to match CWDT cooldown. - This means whenever the skeletons expire, they "die", triggering Heartbound Loop and summoning a new set of skeletons. - We can also use Forbidden Rite (or a 2nd Heartbound) to deal more self damage to trigger higher level CWDT gems. - The skeletons can die and thus stop the loop, so we need a way to stop them from being damaged (usually use Anomalous Summon Skeletons, budget option is Blessed Rebirth) - We start this loop off by weapon swapping to a weapon with Essence of Insanity (summons some spectral minions) and swapping back Ward - To prevent ourselves dying from the self damage of the loop, we stack Ward with Olroth's Resolve to give us permanent ward, effectively giving us flat damage reduction. - Damage to our ward still counts for the CWDT gems Recoup - We take Life/Mana Recoup on the passive tree to sustain our life and manage our mana costs. - Damage to Ward, even if it doesn't bypass it, still counts for recoup. - For this POB, we take 1260 damage (420*3 skeletons) from Heartbound and 1540 damage (3156 life * 0.4 * 1.22 chaos res) from Forbidden Rite per trigger. - With 30% life recoup, each trigger gives us a recoup of 840 life over 4s. - With a trigger rate of 3.79 times per second, we will trigger 15 times over a 4s window = 12600 recouped / 4s = 3150 life/s Occultist - We go Occultist for higher Damage reduction: - Malediction - enemies deal 10% reduced damage - Frigid Wake - chilled enemies deal 10% reduced damage (proc with Skitterbots) - Profane Bloom - pops for clear!