Hi Guys, here's my 3rd my build of 3.25, and it's an Apostate Life Stacking Dark Pact Occultist. Cheers!

Current PoB: https://pobb.in/dQGGUrVMxKow

Min-Maxed PoB: https://pobb.in/tlgYNjhxKuOT

-----------------------Build Stats----------------

Damage: 4/5 Defense: 5/5 Mapping: 5/5 Bossing: 4/5

-----------------------Pros-----------------------

1. Life Stacker: 20,000+ Life
2. 20m+ DPS
3. Bleed/Poison/Ignite Immunity
4. Doesn't require any Cluster Jewels

-----------------------Cons-----------------------

1. Not designed for Uber Bosses
2. Dissolution of the Flesh playstyle requires some getting used to

-----------------------Note----------------------- (check the 'Notes' section of the PoB for better visibility of the below texts)

1. With Dissolution of the Flesh, whenever we get hit, our life gets reserved temporarily instead. Once we have not taken any damage for 2 seconds, the reservation gets lifted. So, once you have taken quite a lot of damage, start running and avoiding any attacks/spell etc. After 2 seconds, you'll get back all your life. The playstyle is unique, and might take some time to get used to.

2. Eternal Youth gives us Life Recharge, which far outweights any life regen. As long as we don't take any damage, Life Recharge will remain active. This synergize very well with Dissolution of the Flesh, since we don't take damage, but get our life reserved instead.

3. Poison/Bleed/Ignite/Burning Ground immunity is a must have for this buid, as they stop our Life Recharge and bypass Dissolution of the Flesh. But do not get them through Flasks, you won't have full flask uptime. We have them via Passive tree + Jewels + Benchcraft. Also, upgraded Soul of Abberath is also mandatory.

4. Astral Projector is also a must have. Without it, we won't get the ranged playstyle and must be in melee range of the enemies to damage them. Do not replace this ring with anything else.

5. Apostate converts our Energy Shield from Armours into Life. This doesn't include Belt and Ring, as they are considered Jewellary. So Energy Shield in those items are useless.

6. To fully utilize Untouched Soul, we have to make most of our gem sockets Red and leave them empty. Easiest way to do that is throught he benchcraft: Force 3 Sockets > Force 3 Red Sockets > Force 4 Sockets. If at this point the 4th socket is not the desired one, then force 3 sockets and then force 4 sockets. Repeat until you get the desired scoket color.

7. The anoint we are using is Force of Darkness, and it require 1x Prismatic + 2x Opalescent Oils.

8. The Militant Faith Timeless Jewel is of Dominus variant, but the Seed does not matter. We only need Dominus. Any Seed will work.

9. We are only using the Self Cast part of Dark Pact. We are not using Skeletons for it.

10. Intensify is bait. Most of the time we don't stand still to get to the 4 intensify stack. Don't use it.

11. The min-maxed version of the PoB uses 12x Valako Shieldbearer tattoo and 4x Ngamahu Firewalker tattoo. That version is way more tanky, but has less life and less dps.