Decided to try out 1 divine challenge for my holy relic vaal flicker.

Since I have nothing to edit videos, and frankly the performance patch made me lose 90% of my frames – there is only a showcase – the shopping will be in text.

PoB in showcase - https://pobb.in/5RIoMXHby-68

Atlas tree used - https://poeplanner.com/a/Wv1

T16 map, Ambush, Expedition, Elder scarab +4 sextant with random monsters

Full guide and build – link

It was a tight fit on the budget.

So – expenses:

1div = 240c by the time of tests.

Tabula Rasa +2 minion gems corrupted – 15c

Replica dragon flight with +3 holy relic gems – 24c +4c for anoint ( Testudo / Black oil)

Big cluster jewel with Renewal and Feasting Fiends – to keep your minions alive and some dps – 15c

Mana reserve cluster – even though we don’t use Zealotry yet, its still handy just for 6 mana reserve and future aura swap – 10c

Asenath’s Gentle Touch gloves – 9c + 2c to 4link them

Elegant Hubris with 2x Slum lord passives – 15c

Geofry’s Crest with good resist rolls – 5c + 2c to link +1c to color

Life + Chaos resist + Resist + Move speed boots – 5c + 2c to link +2c worth of red orbs to hit brittle ground

Life + Chaos resist + Resist ring – 1c +1c to craft mana recoup

Life + Chaos resist + Resist ring – 2c

Leash of Oblation – 1c

Divergent Holy relic gem 20/20 – 15c

Phantasmal Static Strike – 10c

Divergent Desecrate – 30c - picture didn't save :(

Brutality 20/20 – 3c

Minion damage – 2c

Raise Specter 20/0 – 1c

Vaal flicker strike lvl 1 – 1c

Another cluster for mana reserve with Uncompromising – 10c

Determination 20/0 – 3c

Bone offering 20/0 – 1c

Pride 20/0 – 3c

Claw from a vendor in act 2 – 1 alteration + 4c essence of fear + 3 c craft trigger

Flasks – from act quest rewards + 13c worth of crafting materials

Aegis Aurora – 20c

Critical damage 20/0 – 3c

Energised Armour – 1c

Total sum of expenses:

239c

Gear: 102c

Gems: 73c

Cluster and jewels: 51c

Flasks: 13c

Additional comments:

The rest of the gems you can buy from Lili. Better yet from acts. But even the ones I bought can be hand leveled and thus are very overpriced. You can save a lot of chaos orbs by not buying those.

Playing it on such a tight budget and gem limitations feels pretty bad. But, it still gets the job done and fairly tanky. And it would get at least two times better if you level the gems that I kept at lvl 1 for the test/fairness purposes.

Also I did not include Animate Guardian (because I don't want to overwrite my Kingmaker) - having him would add a lot to comfort. His gear should average on 5 c buget giving you ailment immunity and extra damage.