CoC Blade Blast Bladefall Assassin - Build Guide - Carried by Poet's Pen - Path of Exile 3.12 Heist

PLEASE CHECK THE VIDEO GUIDE FOR MORE INFO <https://youtube.com/c/bigducks> I WANTED TO PLAY A CAST ON CRIT BUILD AND THIS ONE SEEMED TO BE THE EASIEST TO PERFORM ON A RELATIVELY ACCEPTABLE BUDGET. IT SCALES INSANELY WELL THOUGH. THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELING TREES AS WELL AS MULTIPLE GEAR SETS PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THEM THOUROUGHLY. THE RARE ITEMS IN THE BUILD ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS. GATHER WHAT STATS YOU NEED. DO NOT IGNORE CHAOS RESISTANCE. THE ITEMS IN EXPENSIVE ITEMS ARE ONLY MEANT TO BE LOFTY GOALS WITH IDEAL STATS, YOU DO NOT NEED THEM BY ANY MEANS. ALSO KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING IN THIS GUIDE IS MEANT TO BE A GUIDELINE, IF YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER AND THINK THAT SOMETHING I DID WASNT IDEAL FOR YOUR SITUATION, ABSOLUTELY FEEL FREE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. JUST DONT COMPLAIN TO ME IF THEY DONT WORK =) ======================ALTERNATE QUALITY GEMS====================== KEEP IN MIND NONE OF THESE ARE REQUIRED AND MOST ARE JUST MINOR BUFFS. I HAVE LISTED ANY ALTERNATE QUALITY GEMS IN THE SKILLS SECTION, YOU WILL SEE AN ALTERNATE MAIN ATTACK THAT INCLUDES BOTH ALTERNATE QUALITY GEMS AND AWAKENED GEMS. NONE OF THESE ARE NEEDED. IF THERE ARE CHEAP ONES THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BASE SKILLS AWAKENED SPELL CASCADE IS INSANE FOR THIS BUILD BUT VERY EXPENSIVE. ======================F A Q====================== Q: What Bandit? A: KILL ALL. --- Q: What Pantheon? A: YOU DONT ALWAYS NEED THE SAME ONES, I USE BRING KING AND TUKOHAMA --- Q: I'm dying a lot, what gives? A: YOU MOST LIKELY ARENT USING KINTSUGI OR DONT HAVE WIND DANCER. KEEP YOUR FLASKS UP, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SHAPER RING AND CONSIDER THE VITALITY WATCHER'S EYE. --- Q: Isn't there some kind of weird mumbo jumbo with CoC internal cooldown and Attack speed and poets pens and stuff? A: YES, HONESTLY I COMPLETELY IGNORED THE PROBLEM AND NEVER NOTICED ANY ISSUES BUT ILL MAKE A SECTION BELOW THAT EXPLAINS MY BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT --- Q: I'm having mana problems... what do? A: ENCHANT YOUR RINGS / AMULET WITH - COST OF MANA OF NON-CHANNELING ABILITIES. USE CLARITY IF YOU HAVE TO. --- Q: My dps sucks and I dont know what to do. A: THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A QUESTION BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THE PROPER THINGS. MAKE SURE YOU SCALE AOE ON BLADEBLASE AND MINIMIZE AOE ON BLADEFALL, BLADEBLAST IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF DPS SO MAKE SURE YOU INVEST IN HIGH LEVEL VERSIONS (21) OF THE SPELLS. --- Q: 6 Link Kintsugi is super expensive, do I need it? A: NO BUT IT IS A HUGE BOOST TO SURVIVABILITY, YOU CAN ALTERNATIVELY USE A 6 LINK CORRUPTED CHESTPIECE AND BE FINE. --- Q: Can I go "insert other ascendancy here"? A: COC REALLY DOESNT WORK WELL AS A NON ASSASSIN, DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. --- Q: Why do you use Cinderswallow? A: IT HELPS WITH RECOVERY AND IF YOU GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF FIRE DAMAGE SOMEWHERE IT WILL GIVE YOU THE 10% DAMAGE BUFF. --- Q: I am intimidated by the cluster jewels... can I avoid them? A: MORE INFO ON CLUSTERS BELOW. YOU CAN OPT TO USE THE NO CLUSTER JEWEL TREE BUT THE CLUSTERS PROVIDE A HUGE DPS BOOST. --- Q: Why do you always type in all caps in here? A: BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT! also because its easier to read on certain screens, the font for lower case in PoB kinda sucks IMO. ======================ACTUAL DAMAGE====================== THE DAMAGE ON THE LEFT IS NOT ACCURATE AND TO BE HONEST IM NOT SURE HOW TO ACCURATELY TELL YOU THE DPS. YOU CAN GET AN ESTIMATE BY TAKING THE AVERAGE HIT OF BLADE BLAST AND MULTIPLYING IT BY THE AMOUNT OF BLADES FROM BLADEFALL PER SECOND. BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CDR AND ATTACK SPEED AND HONESTLY IT JUST ISNT WORTH TRYING TO FIND OUT SPECIFICALLY. ======================LEVELING SECTION====================== THIS BUILD IS EXTREMELY SOLID FOR LEAGUE START AND IS A VERY SMOOTH LEVELING BUILD. YOU USE BOTH CAUSTIC ARROW AND TOXIC RAIN TO LEVEL UP. -----------------------------------THINGS TO GRAB FOR LEVELLING----------------------------------- UNIQUES Tabula Rasa Goldrim Wanderlust Karui Ward Poet's Pen x 2 Thief's Torment -----------------------------------ABILITIES TO USE----------------------------------- IF YOU CHECK IN THE SKILLS SECTION YOU WILL SEE EARLY GAME ABILITIES AND SETUPS. THE SUPPORT GEMS ARE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. MEANING IF YOU HAVE A 4 LINK USE THE FIRST 4 GEMS, 5 LINK USE THE 5TH ETC. -----------------------------------LEVELING THE BUILD----------------------------------- YOU WILL BE STARTING WITH BASICALLY ANY SPELL YOU WANT BUT I SUGGEST YOU USE A PHYSICAL BASED SPELL TO MAKE USE OF YOUR PASSIVE POINTS. ETHEREAL KNIVES AND PURIFYING FLAME BOTH WORK, USE WHATEVER LINKS YOU CAN FIND. ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO USE THE POET'S PENS I SUGGEST SWAPPING TO THEM AROUND LEVEL 16 AND USING EK IN ONE AND BLADE BLAST IN THE OTHER AS WELL AS FRENZY TO PROC THEM. YOU CAN BEGIN USING CoC AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE. -----------------------------------ASCENDANCIES----------------------------------- WHILE LEVELLING IT IS ADVISED THAT YOU DO THE FIRST ASCENDANCY AS SOON AS YOU ARE ABLE (AROUND LEVEL 30) AS IT IS A HUGE BOOST TO LEVELLING SPEED. SAME GOES FOR THE SECOND ONE (AROUND LEVEL 55) THE FOLLOW UP ONES ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT BUT STILL PROVIDE WORTHWHILE BOOSTS AND YOU SHOULD DO THEM WHEN ABLE --- ONCE YOU HIT MAPS YOU SHOULD LOOK TO FILL OUT THE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET ITEM SET AS WELL AS CHANGE OVER TO THE LINKS AND SKILLS USED IN THE ENDGAME SETUP. ======================PLAYING THE BUILD====================== THIS BUILD WORKS BY UTILIZING BLADEFALL AND SPELL CASCADE TO CREATE AN INSANE AMOUNT OF LINGERING BLADES ON THE GROUND. WE OBTAIN THIS THROUGH POET'S PEN AS WELL AS A COC IN THE CHEST. THESE LINGERING BLADES ARE DETONATED BY BLADE BLAST WHICH HAS INSANE BASE DAMAGE AND SCALING WITH LEVELS. ALONG WITH LIFE GAIN ON HIT WITH ATTACKS / SPELLS WE MAINTAIN A VERY HEALTHY LIFE POOL. ======================CoC + POET'S PEN CDR + BREAKPOINTS====================== HONESTLY I BELIEVE YOU CAN STRAIGHT UP COMPLETELY IGNORE THIS FOR THE MOST PART AND BE PERFECTLY FINE BUT I WILL EXPLAIN A BIT OF HOW THIS WORKS SO THAT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAP YOU CAN. COC AND POET'S PEN BOTH HAVE AN INTERNAL COOLDOWN FOR THEIR EFFECT OF 150MS PER SPELL. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT DOUBLING UP ON SPELLS IN THE MAIN COC LINK AND IN THE POET'S PENS IS NOT WORTH IT. WHAT IT ALSO MEANS IS THAT IF YOU ARE ATTACKING AND HITTING FASTER THAN THE INTERNAL COOLDOWN YOU ARE WASTING SOME DPS AS YOU ARE MISSING CASTS. COOLDOWN REDUCTION WILL APPLY TO THE INTERNAL COOLDOWN OF THEM. SO YOU WILL NEED TO ADJUST YOUR ATTACK SPEED ACCORDINGLY. YOU CAN DO MORE RESEARCH ON INTERNAL COOLDOWN AND SUCH BUT MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS ARE TO GET MORE ATTACK SPEED UNTIL IT STARTS TO MAKE YOU SKIP CASTS. ======================CLUSTER JEWELS====================== THE CLUSTERS ON AVERAGE ARE NOT INSANELY DIFFICULT TO ROLL BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PUSH THIS BUILD TO THE NEXT LEVEL. FOR THE LARGE ALL YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT IS IRON BREAKER, ANYTHING ELSE ALONG WITH IT IS GOOD. FOR THE MEDIUMS YOU ARE ONLY WORRIED ABOUT PRECISE RETALIATION, ANYTHING ELSE HELPFUL IS GOOD. ======================TIMELESS JEWEL====================== MILITANT FAITH ALLOWS US TO USE THE INNER CONVICTION KEYSTONE WHICH GIVES US MOST OF THE BENEFIT OF FRENZY CHARGES THROUGH OUR POWER CHARGES. IT PROVIDES US A HUGE DAMAGE BOOST AS WE HAVE MANY POWER CHARGES. ======================FINAL THOUGHTS====================== EASILY ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST BUILDS FOR BOSSING I HAVE PLAYED IN QUITE SOME TIME. EXTREMELY IMPRESSED ON WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH SUCH A SMALL BUDGET AND HOW MUCH DAMAGE CAN BE DONE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO INVEST. IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS BUILD OR NEED HELP WITH THIS OR ANY OF MY OTHER BUILDS JOIN MY DISCORD -> https://discord.gg/aDtqeDC Thanks for reading all the way down to here! Enjoy the build and let your friends know about my YouTube Channel / Twitch Stream and Discord server! Thanks, have fun, and stay safe out there in Wraeclast! Hope to see you next time!!