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[PoE 3.5] Deathless Shaper kill with Arc Decay Occultist

PoE 3.0 · HarbingerOccultistVaal ArcMappingBlight

7 years ago23

by ThatsRealNeatoSubscribe

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15.86K

DPS

4.96K

Life

3.09K

Energy Shield

Overview

[PoE 3.5] Deathless Shaper kill with Arc Decay Occultist is a Path of Exile Occultist build by ThatsRealNeato, made for the Harbinger league (3.0). It is centered on Vaal Arc and plays as a intelligence, spell, chaining, lightning archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 15.86K DPS with 4.96K life, 3.09K energy shield. Suited for: Mapping, Blight. Key uniques include Cane of Unravelling, Impresence, Rumi's Concoction, Forbidden Taste, Fenumus' Shroud.

Build Video

ThatsRealNeato's Notes

First deathless Shaper kill with my Arc Decay Occultist.

Shaper fight starts @ 3:40

My current gear and setup: https://pastebin.com/wDU1LHD8

The build scales Decay support using Arc's "15% more damage for each remaining chain" mod. My Arc has 11 chains (13 with Vaal Arc) which ends up being 165% more decay damage. Vaal Blight with 2x spreading rot jewels increases chaos damage taken by 70%, as well as enabling 120% increased damage of non-vaal skills (arc/decay in this case) during vaal soul prevention (~8 seconds) thanks to the new glove and boot crafts.

The new helmet Devouring Diadem with EB + MoM helps keep us alive by instantly healing ~4k HP and ES every 5 seconds, and enables us to run 2 blasphemy curses, discipline, dread banner, and level 1 clarity (for watcher's eye). Our third blasphemy curse (despair) is free thanks to Impresence amulet.

With 13 vaal arc chains, this build is super fun for clearing maps since any enemy tapped by a single hit will die and have 25% chance to explode as well. Vaal Arc will clear multiple screens with the tap of a button. However, the single target is lacking as there just aren't enough options for heavily scaling decay's damage. It maxes out around 300-400k shaper DPS under the best of circumstances.

That said, the good news is that unlike most builds, decay deals full DPS for ~9 seconds from a single hit, so you don't deal any less damage while dodging boss attacks. The result is a lazy but fun build capable of slowly melting down most endgame bosses.

Working on Uber Elder next, though I'm not sure the DPS will be enough.

Gear

Cane of Unravelling
The Devouring Diadem
Fenumus' Shroud
Impresence
Carrion Turn
Beast Band
Dragon Touch
Rift Twine
Demon Sole
Foul Sight

Skills

Weapon 1

  • Vaal ArcVaal Arc21WMain
  • Swift AfflictionSwift Affliction20/20W
  • Void ManipulationVoid Manipulation20/20W
  • DecayDecay21W
  • EfficacyEfficacy20W
  • ChainChain20W

Gloves

  • UnearthUnearth2W
  • ClarityClarity1W
  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken1W
  • Greater Multiple ProjectilesGreater Multiple Projectiles1W

Boots

  • Flame DashFlame Dash20/20W
  • Faster CastingFaster Casting20/5W
  • Summon Stone GolemSummon Stone Golem20W
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge7W

Helmet

  • DisciplineDiscipline20W
  • EnfeebleEnfeeble20/20W
  • Temporal ChainsTemporal Chains20/20W
  • BlasphemyBlasphemy20/20W

Body Armour

  • Dread BannerDread Banner16/20W
  • BlasphemyBlasphemy19/20W
  • DespairDespair20/20W

Body Armour

  • Vaal BlightVaal Blight20/20W
  • Faster CastingFaster Casting20W
  • Increased DurationIncreased Duration20W

Gloves

  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken1W
  • Greater Multiple ProjectilesGreater Multiple Projectiles1W
  • WitherWither20W

Passive Tree

This tree is empty in the export.

Character Stats

Defence

Life
4.96K
Energy Shield
3.09K
Mana
14
Armour
0
Evasion
689
Block | Spell Block
18% | 8%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
75%
Cold Resistance
75%
Lightning Resistance
75%
Chaos Resistance
62%

Offence

Total DPS
15.86K
Crit Chance
6%
Crit Multiplier
150%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
140
Intelligence
404
Dexterity
130
Movement Speed
27%