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3.28 Return of the Ancestors ☠️ BV+Minion Pact Poison Arakaali ☠️ Event Starter Theorycrafting

PoE 3.28.alternate · AncestorsServant of ArakaaliBlade Vortex

1 month ago546

by sanavix

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24.52M

DPS

270.6K

Effective HP

1

Life

7.26K

Energy Shield

Overview

3.28 Return of the Ancestors ☠️ BV+Minion Pact Poison Arakaali ☠️ Event Starter Theorycrafting is a Path of Exile Servant of Arakaali build by sanavix, made for the Ancestors league (3.28.alternate). It is centered on Blade Vortex and plays as a critical, dexterity, spell, area archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 24.52M DPS with 270.6K effective HP, 1 life, 7.26K energy shield. Key uniques include Rumi's Concoction, Obliteration.

Build Video

sanavix's Notes

Since I haven't tested this in-game yet, I'm labelling it as 'Theory' rather than 'Build Guide', but it looks very promising.

I didn't play Minion Pact + BV in 3.28. Poison BV was one of the first builds I played many leagues ago, and I thought it'd be fun to revisit it with the Phrecia ascendancies and the craziness of Minion Pact. Here's what I've got: https://pobb.in/G4CdUCB7qbZ4

Some notes:

  • League-friendly start, tanky endgame: I wanted something that could start out very league-friendly and then scale into lots of tankiness. I used Wafflez for inspiration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM-IG1gwii0&t=244s) and built a loadout that's more realistic for day 2/3. My endgame version opts for more tank as well.
  • Spectres: Using Unholy Aberration from Carcass for the spectre in the Lvl 93 loadout. Damageable minion life in the config section is 2x that of a simmed perfect meatsack (930,000). We swap to Perfect Dark Marionette in the Endgame loadout once you have enough scaling for its HP (400,000) to still DoT cap.
  • Why CI: Wanted to go CI to help with some of the insane chaos damage ToTa bosses do. Plus, it's CI.
  • Spell Suppression early: I opt for Spell Suppression early on since we don't have Aegis or the Glad ascendancy (via tattoo) to scale spell block and regen ES from block.
  • Servant of Arakaali: Gives us some nice damage and defense scaling from webs. I'm running Envy to help with leveling, but we'll eventually drop it for Glad's More Than Skill via tattoo.

It's been so long since I've played BV I might actually run this for the event. Hope you all are having fun theorycrafting for Thursday :)

Loadouts

Gear

Obliteration
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Skills

Body Armour

  • Blade VortexBlade Vortex20WMain
  • Void ManipulationVoid Manipulation20W
  • Unbound AilmentsUnbound Ailments20W
  • Minion Pact3W
  • Chance to PoisonChance to Poison20W
  • CrueltyCruelty20W

Boots

  • Raise SpectreRaise Spectre20W
  • Minion LifeMinion Life20/20W
  • CompanionshipCompanionship3/20W
  • FrostblinkFrostblink20W

Weapon 1

  • DespairDespair20W
  • Arcanist BrandArcanist Brand20W
  • Temporal ChainsTemporal Chains20W

Helmet

  • DeterminationDetermination20W
  • DisciplineDiscipline20W
  • Tempest ShieldTempest Shield20W

Weapon 2

  • FrostblinkFrostblink20W
  • Withering StepWithering Step20/20W

Gloves

  • Shield ChargeShield Charge20W
  • Faster AttacksFaster Attacks20W

Gloves

  • SteelskinSteelskin20W
  • AutomationAutomation20W
  • Aspect of the Spider30W
  • EnvyEnvy15W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.28
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Assassin
Assassin
Farrul Bloodline
Farrul Bloodline

Character Stats

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
270.6K
Life
1
Energy Shield
7.26K
Mana
246
Phys Max Hit Taken
18.24K
Armour
17.1K
Evasion
25
Ward
0

Resistances

Fire Resistance
76%
Cold Resistance
76%
Lightning Resistance
77%
Chaos Resistance
76%

Offence

Total DPS
24.52M
Crit Chance
15%
Crit Multiplier
150%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
163
Intelligence
318
Dexterity
172
Movement Speed
96%