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Noteworthy Interactions | Episode #3 - Decay ft. Storm Burst

6 years ago891

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358.81K

DPS

6.39K

Life

783

Energy Shield

Overview

Noteworthy Interactions | Episode #3 - Decay ft. Storm Burst is a Path of Exile Occultist build by ThatsRealNeato, made for the Delirium league (3.10). It is centered on Storm Burst and plays as a area, intelligence, spell, lightning archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 358.81K DPS with 6.39K life, 783 energy shield. Suited for: Mapping, Blight. Key uniques include Hands of the High Templar, Forbidden Taste, Blood of the Karui, The Devouring Diadem, Rumi's Concoction.

Build Video

ThatsRealNeato's Notes

When Decay Support was first added to PoE in the 3.0 beta, it was incredibly overpowered and quickly got nerfed to nearly unplayable levels. Now, 10 leagues later, it's finally a viable option for endgame content! No ED/contagion for clearing or blight for single target, just straight up decay, baby. This build uses Arc/Vaal Arc + Decay for clearing, and Storm Burst + Decay for single target.

Noteworthy Interactions:

  • Storm Burst's "75% of skill damage for each 0.4 seconds of remaining duration" on release scales decay's damage when linked with decay support. New cluster notables like Wicked Pall and Circling Oblivion allow for huge skill effect duration scaling, and are easy to stack, resulting in big Storm Burst damage scaling and decays with a duration of over a minute.

  • Arc's "15% more damage per remaining chain" also scales decay damage. We utilize chain support to further scale Arc's clearing potential and decay damage while ignoring the "less damage with hits" downside, as decay is not a hit.

  • Life-based Occultist is a perfect fit for the Divine Flesh keystone, as Withering Presence provides 60% chaos resistance and easily maintains wither stacks on enemies, which increase chaos damage taken.

  • Hands of the High Templar gloves can have multiple corrupted implicits, including multiple on-hit curses. This makes it easy to apply 3 relevant curses without reserving mana for blasphemy.

  • Aspect of the Spider hinders nearby enemies, allowing us to take advantage of the Touch of Cruelty cluster notable without actually hitting enemies with a chaos skill.

Here's the PoB for my current character: https://pastebin.com/DLXpWdD4

Mapping showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL2MFgX0-fU

Follow me on twitch: https://twitch.tv/thatsrealneato

Join the Noteworthy Interactions Discord: https://discord.gg/uZPvAuAFzz

Gear

Spirit Guide
Vortex Hail
The Devouring Diadem
Brimstone Shroud
Ghoul Torc
Honour Knot
Victory Spiral
Hands of the High Templar
Carrion Bond
Havoc Track
Enthralling Lens
Spirit Shard
Empyrean Creed
Entropy Splinter
Glorious Vanity
Brood Creed
Rapture Splinter
Brood Desire
Vivid Solace
Blight Heart
Watcher's Eye
Honour Scar
Unnatural Instinct
Loath Eye

Skills

Weapon 1

  • Storm BurstStorm Burst21/23WMain
  • DecayDecay21/23W
  • Infused ChannellingInfused Channelling20W
  • Swift AfflictionSwift Affliction20/20W
  • EfficacyEfficacy20/20W
  • Awakened Void ManipulationAwakened Void Manipulation5/20W

Body Armour

  • Vaal ArcVaal Arc21/23W
  • DecayDecay21/23W
  • Swift AfflictionSwift Affliction20W
  • ChainChain1W
  • Less DurationLess Duration20W
  • Life Gain on HitLife Gain on Hit20W

Gloves

  • DesecrateDesecrate3W
  • Increased DurationIncreased Duration20/20W
  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken6W
  • Immortal CallImmortal Call8W

Helmet

  • Dread BannerDread Banner20W
  • MalevolenceMalevolence20W
  • Flesh and StoneFlesh and Stone20W
  • WitherWither20W

Boots

  • Flame DashFlame Dash20/20W
  • Second WindSecond Wind20/20W
  • Withering StepWithering Step20W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.18
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Occultist
Occultist

Character Stats

Defence

Life
6.39K
Energy Shield
783
Mana
81
Armour
1.3K
Evasion
404
Block | Spell Block
0% | 0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
77%
Cold Resistance
75%
Lightning Resistance
75%
Chaos Resistance
75%

Offence

Total DPS
358.81K
Crit Chance
10%
Crit Multiplier
170%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
155
Intelligence
228
Dexterity
122
Movement Speed
45%
Item Rarity
10%