Phantasmal Hexblast Occultist - The Feared (PoE 3.13 Ritual)

No map mods.

Cold Crit with Unleash Support, non-ignite/archmage.

Current PoB: https://pastebin.com/p7BCMVrK Small change, I opted to get an Unset ring so I can move Zealotry and get Increased Duration on Steelskin just for a little more uptime.

So, I've been dreading this fight for quite awhile doing mental preparation watching other videos on what to look out for. This is my 3rd attempt at this encounter. The first had map mods and I noped out pretty quickly as early deaths brick the map super fast with all the degen pools and map mods with the endgame bosses are some hilarious scaling like with Harvest's Oshabi. The second attempt I spent more time learning what the boss attacks looked like since this league was the first I ever bothered fighting Cortex and Uber Atziri.

My thought processes after doing much research since this fight is pretty expensive to attempt (around 5ex with current prices, Cortex + Chayula Breachstone + Uber Atziri frags) were as follows:

Boss kill priority for me was Atziri, Cortex, Chayula. Elder and Shaper are pretty manageable even when Twinned by The Maven since their attacks are really telegraphed. Atziri reflects curses and I only have 3 uses of my flask to ensure I don't cripple myself. Cortex takes awhile to spawn and has the "dark pull" attack which is really hard to see and results in instant death since it roots and then he slams you. Chayula cyclone spin is bullet hell.

Absolutely this endgame encounter needs good damage to ensure you kill the bosses before they become a problem and everything becomes a clustertruck (like every other Maven invitation encounter). I've never made a "tanky" character so I can't really comment on how much damage these bosses do since everything is pretty much a oneshot or instant kill for me.

This is definitely the "cleanest" run of the 3 attempts. I die a lot on this character. The death in this fight was because I ran out of my curse immunity flask and the last to spawn Atziri reflected my Ele Weakness and Assassin's Mark. The Chayula boomerang, Atziri spear, and Maven laser was instant death. =(