Cold DoT Occultist Leaguestarter - PoE 3.18 - Sentinel In-Depth Build Gu...

------------------------------------ LEVELING TIPS ------------------------------------ - ACT 3: Remember to do Siosa Quest and buy the gems you need. - If you have STR or DEX problems feel free to take them on the passive tree. You can also change the Attribute Mastery to give you the stat you are missing. - You can craft Resistance with your crafting bench, If you have extra currency cap your resistance! - If you have trouble getting a mov speed boots, you can craft mov speed on boots after the caverns in ACT 2 - Run vaal side areas for the vaal gems! - If you don't want to level with Creeping Frost you can use Wintertide Brand but you have to take "Brand Equity" on the tree - For the 4 links after lv 31, you can swap the supporters based on the socket colors. Keep in mind that Ele Focus prevents the chill/freeze effect. - You can start using bane + 2 curses as soon as you unlock the extra curse from the ascendancy, however, you'll have enough dmg to finish the ACT10 without it. ------------------------------------ RECIPES ------------------------------------ Iron Ring + Blue Gem = Sapphire Ring Magic Wand + 1 Alteration + Sapphire Ring = Wand with added cold dmg to spells 7 Vaal Gems + Sacrifice Fragment = Vaal Orb ------------------------------------ ENDGAME ------------------------------------ There are several ways to play this build, this PoB has the version i like the most. Let me give you some examples. Sacrificing survivability for dmg: You can use Blasphemy + 1 curse and apply the other curse with a ring with curse on hit. In this way you get rid of Bane and, eventually, use "Profane Bloom" instead of "Vile Bastion" on the ascendancy. You'll have to fix the mana reservation problem by dropping an aura or investing in gear. Sacrificing dmg for survivability: You can use Aegis Aurora as shield instead of the Prism Guardian. You'll have to use arrogance to make one big aura and vitality reserve life instead of mana and you'll have to drop one or two other auras. With the Aegis Aurora, you can get max block and spell block by taking Glancing Blows, a few block nodes on the tree and tempest shield. Anoints: You can get Divine Judgement before Tranquillity. If you have mana issue, you can get a Watcher's Eye with clarity mod If you don't like the cold snap playstyle you can use wintertide brand with brand equity on the tree. ------------------------------------ WAND CRAFTING ------------------------------------ Aspect of Spider Wand crafting: - Spam Essence of WoE till you get +1 cold gem (use a ilvl 2 wand for more chances) - Annull till you get 1 open prefix and 1 open suffix. If you annul spell dmg or the +1 start again. - Benchcraft "Prefix cannot be changed", scouring to remove all the suffix. - Benchcraft "Can have up to 3 crafted mod" and craft cold dot + inc dot. - Get a Fenumus beast and beastcraft the wand (which should have only 1 open prefix left)