CI Kinetic Rain Ascendant | Cozy League Starter | 3.27 Path of Exile

path of building: https://pobb.in/AAf1K7GEiO57 twitch.tv/shiftyyyxd

In this video, I walk you through my league starter for 3.27 - the CI Kinetic Rain Ascendant. Detailed progression guides included in the pob which guide you from early game (when you are life based) until you transition to CI. This build centers around Kinetic Rain, a new gem that GGG is being added in 3.27, The Keepers of the Flame. Wand skills have been some of the funnest skills to use in the past and based on the looks of it, Kinetic Rain will be no exception; in fact, it looks better at single target than all those that have came before it and it looks REALLY fun to clear with. This build guide is a pre-league, league start guide, and it may be unpolished in some areas. This build features effortless clear and single target. This build is chaos inoculation in the late game version but early on it is life based.

*** CHECK THE NOTES SECTION where I address the October 30th nerfs *** nerfs tl;dr; It is much more likely we'll have to pivot to Kinetic Blast now. Now, Kinetic Rain (KR) is falling short big time numerically. I still would say its very strong mechanically and still has very high potential because of this. The amount of overlaps may compensate for the damage loss. It's not AWFUL, but it's definitely undecided now. Just be prepared to pivot, especially early. I suspect that it will struggle a bit in the campaign and popoff later when you get gear. I will personally be leveling both gems and I recommend you do the same. In the likely event that KR is bad for leveling, I'll periodically be trying KR out as I upgrade my gear so I can try to pivot back to it.

0:00 Introduction 0:29 Kinetic Rain Overview 1:10 Skill Gem 1:56 Backup Plan 2:30 Path of Building Tree 6:55 Bloodline(s) 8:45 When to Swap to the CI Tree 9:22 ES vs Evasion Gear Breakdown 10:35 How to Scale your Damage Further 11:05 Watchers Eyes 12:10 Droppable points 12:55 Necro & Leash of Oblation 13:57 Lycia & Gifts from Above 14:05 Wand Recommendations/Requirements 15:10 When to Expect a Build Update 16:18 Outro