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[POE 3.21] High Budget Blade Vortex Occultist - 120M DPS, Huge Explodes!

3 years ago143

by coolwhitSubscribe

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124.63M

DPS

72.25K

Effective HP

4.25K

Life

567

Energy Shield

Overview

[POE 3.21] High Budget Blade Vortex Occultist - 120M DPS, Huge Explodes! is a Path of Exile Occultist build by coolwhit, made for the Crucible league (3.21). It is centered on Vaal Blade Vortex and plays as a critical, dexterity, spell, area archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 124.63M DPS with 72.25K effective HP, 4.25K life, 567 energy shield. Suited for: Simulacrum, Legion, Mapping, Delirium. Key uniques include Heatshiver, Mageblood, Bottled Faith, Sinvicta's Mettle, Death Rush.

Build Video

coolwhit's Notes

WARNING: This build is extremely expensive! Please do not ask me for a budget version :P

POB: https://pobb.in/jbya1R4ok3PK (toggle convergence for clear/single target) Budget: 4+ mirrors

Once again, shoutout to Ruetoo @BansheePrime for this awesome build. You can find his original POB here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16plDZm894HdJ-W3MJaxtK322U6U_SNWQ3jZd8T58-N0/edit#gid=0

As we're getting later into the league, I was looking for a money-sink build with few buttons and big explodes, and this fit the bill. I also thought it would be fun to make my first ever mirror-tier weapon just for this build. My friend Taariq and I pooled our money together, spent an exorbitant amount of money (10+ mirrors :o) and ended up with an insane sceptre. Let me know if you want to hear more about the crafting process - I might make a separate video. If you're interested in getting a copy for yourself, check out our forum shop here: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3390208

Offensive Mechanics: Stack power charges for crit chance, inc damage, more spell damage, and AOE. We have 11 in our mapping setup and 12 on bosses. Scale BV gems levels. Currently I am at level 31 and I could get 32 with empower 5. Convert 100% of phys to cold for hatred scaling. Our weapons have a ton of hatred effect and since we use divine blessing, we don't get hit with the reservation penalty. Use heatshiver for double damage against frozen targets and to proc trinity. Double damage on sceptres gives us big damage and big freezes. Herald of Purity and Ash scale our damage and explodes. One change from rue's pob was the addition of HoA. I found the overkill explosions help a ton for clearing things like legion. Also it looks cool!

Defensive Mechanics: Run grace and determination for ~30k armour evasion Use evade watchers eye to hit 95% evade Ghost shrouds with 600ES is big recovery in the rare cases we do get hit Triple elemental flasks with mageblood effect gives us a lot of ele mitigation 100% spell suppression Dread banner support reduces the hit chance of nearby enemies and makes them deal less damage. Generosity support makes the banner aoe nearly screen-wide and boosts aura effect. This tech makes us extremely tanky against attacks. Change the enemy damage type in POB to melee/proj and you'll see our EHP is over 500K! 400+ life regen lets us not immediately die to dots Immune to elemental ailments with ancestral vision and avoid boots

FAQ: How does this compare to Rage BV Scion or Squire BV Occy? Rage BV is a lot faster than this build but has a lot less damage and is not as tanky. I am not familiar enough with Squire BV to compare.

How do you get rampage? I am weapon swapping to Sinvicta's Mettle (lol). The bow BV builds can't do this since their BV is socketed in bow. It's a little annoying to weapon swap, would be nice to have one sceptre with rampage, but you'd lose a power charge.

Timestamps: 0:00 - 7 Reward Simulacrum 28-30 2:12 - Uber Maven 4:23 - 100% Delirium

Loadouts

Gear

Honour Weaver
Honour Weaver
Heatshiver
Storm Carapace
Loath Locket
Circle of Guilt
Death Rush
Bramble Talons
Mageblood
Ghoul Span
Inspired Learning
Dusk Star
Brood Essence
Ancestral Vision
Forbidden Flame
Watcher's Eye
Forbidden Flesh
Dusk Prism
Militant Faith

Skills

Body Armour

  • Vaal Blade VortexVaal Blade Vortex21/20WMain
  • EmpowerEmpower4/20W
  • Power Charge On CriticalPower Charge On Critical20/20W
  • Awakened Increased Area of EffectAwakened Increased Area of Effect6/20W
  • TrinityTrinity21/20W
  • Awakened UnleashAwakened Unleash6/20W

Boots

  • HatredHatred21/20W
  • Divine BlessingDivine Blessing21/20W
  • InspirationInspiration20/20W
  • Increased DurationIncreased Duration21/20W

Gloves

  • DeterminationDetermination21/20W
  • Herald of AshHerald of Ash21/20W
  • EnlightenEnlighten4W
  • GraceGrace21W

Helmet

  • Herald of PurityHerald of Purity21/20W
  • FrostblinkFrostblink20/20W
  • Dread BannerDread Banner21/20W
  • Awakened GenerosityAwakened Generosity5/20W

Weapon 2

  • VortexVortex20/23W
  • Awakened Unbound AilmentsAwakened Unbound Ailments6/20W
  • BonechillBonechill20/23W

Weapon 1

  • Assassin's MarkAssassin's Mark21/20W
  • Elemental WeaknessElemental Weakness20/20W
  • EnhanceEnhance4W

Gloves

  • Commandment of Blades1W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.21
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Occultist
Occultist

Character Stats

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
72.25K
Life
4.25K
Energy Shield
567
Mana
118
Phys Max Hit Taken
13.39K
Armour
28.93K
Evasion
31.88K
Block | Spell Block
15% | 0%
Ward
0

Resistances

Fire Resistance
75%
Cold Resistance
75%
Lightning Resistance
75%
Chaos Resistance
22%

Offence

Total DPS
124.63M
Crit Chance
100%
Crit Multiplier
668%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
171
Intelligence
226
Dexterity
202
Movement Speed
192%