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Cold Dot Occultist League Starter for 3.21 Path of Exile Crucible

3 years ago63

by bLutSubscribe

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4.07M

DPS

545.17K

Effective HP

5.23K

Life

1.9K

Energy Shield

Overview

Cold Dot Occultist League Starter for 3.21 Path of Exile Crucible is a Path of Exile Occultist build by bLut, made for the Sanctum league (3.20). It is centered on Vortex and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, cold archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 4.07M DPS with 545.17K effective HP, 5.23K life, 1.9K energy shield. Suited for: Delve, Mapping, Bossing, Expedition. Key uniques include Mageblood.

Build Video

bLut's Notes

This is my Cold Damage over Time Occultist league starter build guide for Path of Exile 3.21 Crucible League! This build is perfect for players looking to start the league strong and tackle endgame content with ease. In this video, I'll walk you through the build, from the passive skill tree to gem links, itemization, and more. I put emphasis on quality of life and damage while also prioritizing survivability. This build is hardcore viable. Cold DoT Occultist build utilizes a combination of skills and mechanics, including Cold Snap, Vortex, Creeping Frost and Triple Curses to deal massive damage over time while staying safe. It requires you to press lots of buttons. The build is a very powerful and versatile league starter and is also budget friendly ( although you can invest hundreds of divines in it). Cold DoT can be played on ascendant, elementalist or trickster, but I chose Occultist(it's more fun). In End Game you can expect around 15-20m Shaper dps.

This build has a strong start, but can't kill ubers easily. You need to invest at least 20-30 divines to make it able to farm uber bosses safely and even so, it does it very slow. It can clear lvl 83 logbooks with less than 1 divine investment. Occultist is very strong when running maps with a lot of monsters(due to profane bloom). It does NOT one shot bosses regardless of how much you invest in it, so you will have to learn boss fights and dodge stuff. IMO the playstyle is very fun.

I didnt update the endgame pob for 3.21 but it is pretty similar to the one in 3.20 https://pastebin.com/4wnciU7V 3.21 Pob(lvl 86) - https://pastebin.com/NV1V0tVb For leveling you can use this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSVHqvNDyKs&t=8219s&ab_channel=Balaar In 3.21 wand recipe changed, arcane surge changed and there no longer onslaught, maybe you can replace onslaught with momentum, but leveling is still similar. Endgame crafting guides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThdFwHTuERg&list=PLEXFuiMktU_elKOgnbHIiAcu7WJEI5F2p&ab_channel=bLut

0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 4:00 Quick Build Overview 4:00 - 9:02 lvl 83 Logbook Showcase 9:02 - 9:37 Pantheon 9:37 - 16:28 In-depth Build Guide 16:28 - Endgame Build Demonstration

Gear

Wrath Needle
Honour Mark
Entropy Veil
Rift Cloak
Doom Heart
Rift Gyre
Chimeric Turn
Beast Nails
Mageblood
Eagle League
Glorious Vanity
Impossible Escape
Ancient Globe
Watcher's Eye

Skills

Body Armour

  • VortexVortex21/20WMain
  • EmpowerEmpower4W
  • Creeping FrostCreeping Frost21/20W
  • Awakened Elemental FocusAwakened Elemental Focus5/20W
  • Awakened Swift AfflictionAwakened Swift Affliction5/20W
  • Awakened Controlled DestructionAwakened Controlled Destruction5/20W

Boots

  • Shield ChargeShield Charge20/20W
  • Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten Shell20/17W
  • Faster AttacksFaster Attacks20/20W
  • VitalityVitality20/20W

Gloves

  • Vaal Cold SnapVaal Cold Snap20/20W
  • Awakened Elemental FocusAwakened Elemental Focus5/20W
  • BonechillBonechill20/17W
  • Awakened Controlled DestructionAwakened Controlled Destruction5/20W

Helmet

  • Elemental WeaknessElemental Weakness21/20W
  • Defiance BannerDefiance Banner20/20W
  • MalevolenceMalevolence21/2W
  • DeterminationDetermination21W

Weapon 2

  • Temporal ChainsTemporal Chains21W
  • Awakened BlasphemyAwakened Blasphemy5/20W
  • ClarityClarity11/15W

Weapon 1

  • FrostblinkFrostblink21/20W
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge5/20W
  • FrostbiteFrostbite20/20W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.20
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Occultist
Occultist

Character Stats

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
545.17K
Life
5.23K
Energy Shield
1.9K
Mana
78
Phys Max Hit Taken
23.01K
Armour
52K
Evasion
2.03K
Block | Spell Block
23% | 0%
Ward
0

Resistances

Fire Resistance
80%
Cold Resistance
80%
Lightning Resistance
83%
Chaos Resistance
77%

Offence

Total DPS
4.07M
Crit Chance
2%
Crit Multiplier
150%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
159
Intelligence
266
Dexterity
139
Movement Speed
87%
Item Rarity
10%