Hey Exiles,
my name is Alohaa. I have been playing Foulborn Ghostwrithe with Energy blade in the Legacy of Phrecia event. For 3.28 I made a leaguestarter with a similar concept.

You level as a classic Marauder Sunder setup, then the moment you can buy Foulborn Ghostwrithe, you pivot into Energy Blade.

Once you equip Foulborn Ghostwrithe, you can buy any cheap 6-linked melee weapon (few chaos), then use Energy Blade to turn it into a massive early-game weapon. Now you’re basically online with:

• a very strong weapon early
• a free 6-link right away
• a smooth upgrade path into crit / endgame scaling

POB**:** https://pobb.in/wDBZC4c9ummG

Defenses

• Juggernaut + Endurance Charges
• Fortify
• Stun immunity
• Ailment immunity
• Big Life/ES pool
• In my linked PoB snapshot: ~27k phys max hit and ~90–100k elemental max hit

Offenses

• Non-crit version: ~5M DPS (budget/early)
• After Dance with Death + Synaptic Rings: 20–30M DPS achievable
• Energy Blade makes your 6-link weapon into a 2k+ DPS sword
• Ignore Lightning Res via Breach ascendancy
• Lucky crit chance + lucky crit damage from Dance with Death

Essential for this build is Foulborn Ghostwrithe and synaptic rings. Costs of this build varies depending on the market and your experience as a poe player. I assume nobody wants the chest in 3.28, so hopefully there will be some available for sale.

Video guide

YouTube: https://youtu.be/x5eQEjQBtn4

Questions / help

Discord: https://discord.gg/unMpS8HP

Smite double hit dps:

"Smite of Divine Judgement You can double hit with the area part of the skill if you positioning yourself correctly (little away from the target). So the damage is 2 times your Area damage and add your melee damage together."