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PoE 3.23·Affliction·Occultist

A TRUE 0-button build for mindless MF & chill

by alexgophermix2 years ago180

DPS
1.16M
Effective HP
18.71K
Life
4.48K
Level
95
Min budget

Overview

A TRUE 0-button build for mindless MF & chill is a Path of Exile Occultist build by alexgophermix, made for the Affliction league (3.23). It is centered on Unseen Strike. In Path of Building it reaches 1.16M DPS with 18.71K effective HP, 4.48K life, 1.32K energy shield. Suited for: Abyss, Mapping. Key uniques include The Hidden Blade, Perandus Blazon, Doedre's Scorn, Defiance of Destiny, Anathema.

alexgophermix's Notes

Wanted something where I could really multitask while playing and just shut off completely.

Pros

  • NO BUTTONS - I can't overstate how good this is. No flask crescendo, no button mashing, in fact no left-hand usage at all! Want to watch TV? No problem! Drink some coffee? Great! Eat a full meal? Why not!
  • HUGE AoE - projectile speed scaling and explosions lets us kill things offscreen
  • CHEAP TO START - only requires 1 psuedo expensive unique (defiance of destiny) and you DO NOT need a max roll to get the build going.
  • LOTS OF EXPANSION POSSIBLE - a ton of upgrade options available as you collect those brother's gifts
  • HIP AF - no one is crazy enough to run this, EXCEPT YOU! Get it while it's still cool 😎

Cons

  • This is NOT an endgame build - it's great for running through yellow maps at high speed with your eyes closed but but even with significant upgrades you don't want to be fighting Uber Maven with this. The damage is a little tricky to calculate but I'd estimate something like 1.5-2m Guardian DPS unless you really go zHP.
  • Very little phys mitigation - this is what kills you. If you get a wisp'd up chad abyss reaper with multiple possessions you WILL spontaneously log out. In general with enough hp you should very easily absorb oneshots from yellow maps and most t11 cemeteries. I levelled to 95 without too much pain.

How it works

  • Attacks come from a super niche dagger called The Hidden Blade. It automatically launches a dagger projectile every 0.5s as long as you are phasing. We use two of them supported by GMP, return and vicious. Your choice of supports is totally up to you but I wouldn't take off Return. This means you hit a target 4 times a second. Withering Step and Quartz Flask provide phasing.
  • Build enabling with Warden's Poisonberry tincture. This is KEY because it allows us to poison with elemental damage as well, opening us up to further scaling options. We also max roll 14% chance to curse enemies with a random hex. With only 3 flasks this becomes 35%.
  • With Occultist's [Forbidden Power](https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Forbidden_Power_(Ascendancy_passive_skill\)) passive and Anathema we can have a LOT of curses. We then add a crapton of flat chaos damage using Doedre's Scorn. I ended up sticking with 6 curses. Keep in mind there are only 9 in the game.
  • Anathema does not require you to actually have charges to have more curses but forbidden power gives us huge damage scaling from them so you want to max out power charges. There are many options here. I'm currently using Ralakesh's Impatience but for the majority of time I was using Replica Red Trail with The Golden Rule. This second option is much better defensively as it gives you a LOT more life as well as basically caps your chaos res for free with minimal investment but it uses an extra jewel slot.
  • Withering Step (which runs full duration) and Withering Presence cap out wither on enemies.
  • Defiance of Destiny lets us skip health flask, leech, regen, recovery etc. The better your resists and life total are the more resistant you are to oneshots. This leaves your main concern to be damage over time.
  • 25% increased life and 30% with Oath of the Maji
  • Immune to ele ailments with Purity of Elements. Unaffected by Poison with Watcher's Eye. Immune to Bleed with jewels. Immune to burning ground with Pantheon.

Upgrade suggestions

  • That Which Was Taken with 3% increased Poison Duration for each Poison you have inflicted Recently, up to a maximum of 100%. This is basically permanent 30-50% MORE damage as poisons stack infinitely and you are poisoning a LOT.
  • More proj with Fan of Blades. Does nothing for you damage wise but will feel a little better AoE-wise.
  • Asenath's Gentle Touch for reliable curse application. With Warden's passives you can get up to 35% curse with random hex but this still only means slightly more than 1 curse on a single target per second. To ramp your damage faster you want curse on hit, ESPECIALLY curse on hit with curses that best impact your damage. For me this was temp chains, despair and vulnerability. Depending on how you scale this could easily be a different combination. Asenath's doesn't actually give us anything but some life and int here but it's the easiest way to get multiple curse application from one gear piece through its unique mod + corruptions.
  • Replica Shroud of the Lightless lets you spam abyss jewels. There are a bunch of mods that are a good for you so this can easily get you 8-10% MORE damage per jewel while also helping you cap out other aspects like reservation efficiency or corrupted blood etc. You can use this search as a starting point. Tweak the values and mods until the numbers look right. https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Affliction/MaEa5nyIJ

Gear

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The Hidden Blade
Doedre's Scorn
Replica Shroud of the Lightless
Defiance of Destiny
Ventor's Gamble
Anathema
Asenath's Gentle Touch
Perandus Blazon
Ralakesh's Impatience
The Hidden Blade
Vile Poisonberry Tincture of Archaeology
Morbid Oculus
Hollow Lens
Enthralling Iridescence
Hollow Hunger
Morbid Scratch
Ancient Razor
Whispering Glare
Plague Eye
Voices
Brutal Restraint
That Which Was Taken
Megalomaniac
Enthralling Portent
Watcher's Eye
Enthralling Skewer
Loath Solace

Skills

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Weapon 1

  • Unseen Strike20WMain
  • Returning ProjectilesReturning Projectiles20/20W
  • Awakened Vicious ProjectilesAwakened Vicious Projectiles5W
  • Greater VolleyGreater Volley20W

Weapon 2

  • Unseen Strike20WMain
  • Returning ProjectilesReturning Projectiles20/20W
  • Awakened Vicious ProjectilesAwakened Vicious Projectiles5/2W
  • Greater Multiple ProjectilesGreater Multiple Projectiles20W

Weapon 2

  • Returning ProjectilesReturning Projectiles20/20W
  • Awakened Vicious ProjectilesAwakened Vicious Projectiles5/2W
  • Greater Multiple ProjectilesGreater Multiple Projectiles20W

Weapon 1

  • Returning ProjectilesReturning Projectiles20/20W
  • Awakened Vicious ProjectilesAwakened Vicious Projectiles5W
  • Greater VolleyGreater Volley20W
  • Elemental WeaknessElemental Weakness1W
  • FlammabilityFlammability1W
  • FrostbiteFrostbite1W

Helmet

  • Purity of ElementsPurity of Elements20/20W
  • MalevolenceMalevolence20W

Helmet

  • Withering StepWithering Step21/23W

Helmet

  • Herald of AgonyHerald of Agony20W

Gloves

  • VulnerabilityVulnerability1W

Gloves

  • DespairDespair1W

Gloves

  • Temporal ChainsTemporal Chains1W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.23
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Warden of the Maji
Warden of the Maji
Occultist
Occultist
Bandits
Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)
Pantheons
Soul of Lunaris, Soul of Abberath

Character Stats

Level
95

Damage

Full DPS
1.16M
Combined DPS
583.93K
Hit DPS
20.91K
With Poison DPS
571.86K
With Ignite DPS
24.45K
With Bleed DPS
29.44K
Damage over Time
563.02K
Poison DPS
44.26K
Ignite DPS
3.54K
Bleed DPS
8.53K
Culling DPS
0
Reservation DPS
0
Average Damage
10.46K
Burst Damage
10.46K

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
2/s
Hit Chance
98%
Crit Chance
34%
Crit Multiplier
150%
Mana Cost
0
Life Cost
0

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
18.71K
Life
4.48K
Energy Shield
1.32K
Mana
28
Ward
0
Armour
85
Evasion
2.65K
Phys Damage Reduction
13%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
15%
Spell Block
0%
Spell Suppression
7%
Evade (Melee)
18%
Evade (Projectile)
18%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
75% (+31%)
Cold Resistance
76% (+28%)
Lightning Resistance
75% (+20%)
Chaos Resistance
73%

Max Hit Taken

Physical
7.2K
Fire
20.72K
Cold
21.49K
Lightning
20.72K
Chaos
16.6K

Recovery

Life Regen
0/s
ES Regen
0/s
ES Recharge
1.32K/s
Mana Regen
28.9/s
Life Leech
0/s
ES Leech
0/s
Mana Leech
0/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
88
Intelligence
284
Dexterity
363
Movement Speed
101%
Endurance Charges
3
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
6
Devotion
0
Item Quantity
17%
Item Rarity
63%