10m+ Guardian DPS for less than 5div! Absolution Mines Scion

SHOWCASE

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Mapping - https://clips.twitch.tv/DrabBreakableWombatTheThing-888UfJ0B\_rrSUNnq

Mapping 2 - https://clips.twitch.tv/BlindingDiligentSrirachaGivePLZ-isguycdUVC80j5aU

Guardian - https://clips.twitch.tv/LongLivelyCobblerCoolStoryBob-ZYZUzSuyw0-zz2HS

pobb.in - https://pobb.in/7FhQM6rvfhkI

OFFENSE

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Simple concept - cheaply stack gem levels (32) for Absolution using its very unorthodox tags (minion, duration, physical, lightning) and override its cooldown with mines. This build plays very similar to Hexblast miner and takes

advantage of a lot of the same mechanics.

We're scaling crit and phys as extra as additional mechanics. We also get frenzy and power charges from mines

You can absolutely abuse Rathpith Globe + Dissolution of the flesh for big damage but I personally hated the playstyle and I'm already at 10m+ guardian DPS which is more than I'll ever need.

DEFENSE

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Defenses are totally up to you. There are a lot options that are avilable this league. Because we're scion I went for flask based defensive layers to cheaply stack a lot of ele reduction and converted phys damage to ele.

We don't really care about evasion as I find it isn't really useful on this build and doesn't help you much vs bosses so max hit was the target instead of eHP.

Mines don't let you heal through traditional methods like leech or on-kill so we're using machina mitts to get around this. You can also run a life flask and opt for gloves with more damage.

GEAR

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Recommended

* [+4 level implicit armor](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/OpRW5dQHE) - 20c + 1div?(avg cost of 6L corrupted armor avg 1div?). Keep in mind this is for Vicatario's (which is still totally viable). Depending which defensive path you chose this can go up a lot. I paid 1 div for a +4 levels lightning coil.

* [+2 level of minion gems helmet](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/abYgbmBHe) - 30c. Do not craft a +2 to minion gems helmet, it is an insanely rare stat. Buy one with life and +2 levels off trade, apply eldritch ichor and then eldrich chaos to reroll suffixes until you hit something workable.

* [Replica Dragonfang's Flight](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/6Q3XEvqFG) - 60c. The prices for these vary a lot based on availability. Sometimes you can get them for 20-30c sometimes they're sold out. This gives us a huge amount of damage and has great secondary stats too.

* [Weapons](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/80QgdbniV) - 100c+ each. Honestly there's no real nice way to craft a "good" spell damage weapon on a budget. There also aren't really any low cost uniques that do the job for you. I tried crafting something myself and it just wasn't worth it. The mod pool is insanely large.

Optional

* [Machina Mitts](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/JBgZkpWFl) - 5c mine leach quality of life

* [The Magnate](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/Yv9OiY) - 18c for 100% uptime on basic flasks (with The Traitor). If you don't want to go the flask route skip this.

* [Taste of Hate](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/eEbDg54uL) - 70c-1div for 14%+ phys taken as cold. If you don't want to go the ele damage route skip this

* [Watcher's Eye](https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ancestor/QGBKqkMSw) - 70c-1div for the phys taken as lightning + phys as extra lightning jewel I have. There are a LOT of different options here depending which auras you run.

PROBLEMS

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Reservation! With such high level Absolution the mines reserve a huge amount of mana. We use Eldritch Battery to pay for them but we still want to leave a bunch of mana unreserved if want to place down 20+ mines at once to frontload a boss.

This is NOT a invincibility build. The jugg build I was using I was able to watch tv easily but here you actually have to pay attention. Even with all the phys conversion and ele reduction from flasks I still get oneshot if I'm not careful

Mines are very polarizing. I don't love them but I can tolerate them. A lot of people HATE mines as a playstyle. I would recommend getting as much detonation and throwing speed as possible and bind detonate to left click so you can almost play them like handcast spells.

Goofy problems with PoB. This seems minor but it's actually really annoying to improve a build like this. PoB keeps wanting to consider every stat as changes for your minions which are meaningless to you. You have to enable Full DPS to get around this and it will still require disabling things to make eHP chioces. PoB also doesn't account for minefield support (which throws 4 additional mines). I added 400% more damage custom config for this but I don't know how accurate this is.