1.44M
DPS
9.86K
Effective HP
81
Life
8.35K
Energy Shield
Overview
[PoE 3.17] Vortex Occultist - League Starter Build Guide - Archnemesis League is a Path of Exile Occultist build by Jorgen, made for the Archnemesis league (3.17). It is centered on Vortex and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, cold archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 1.44M DPS with 9.86K effective HP, 81 life, 8.35K energy shield. Suited for: Mapping, Bossing. Key uniques include Rime Gaze, Rumi's Concoction, Prism Guardian, Mark of the Shaper, Shavronne's Wrappings.
Build Video
Jorgen's Notes
League Start PoB: https://pastebin.com/TAwrF4fm Gigatank Aegis Aurora PoB: https://pastebin.com/Y56huTy7 Gigatank Aegis Aurora Build Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHuutYnrt08&t=610s Pheonix Build Guide Low Life High DPS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs1FpucUbZw&t=454s Alt Low Life High DPS PoB: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazBPR0xHZm1BVTM5bG5HZkJONzNFMkFxVmJMZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsQW5iYWdNODBIY1hiYXMzY1JrNG1uMm1iaXpfVjIyZEo1TGQ3elF3ZU9GRFVaV05WZFdXSmx1aFRWSmJiUzdlVWliZ2Z4aHgxN0RFWTdXSERLaklOWHhsWXZZaG1CN3dSUnFPalNmek1nNFBOU25qUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpastebin.com%2FA38xM9P3
Builds in order of video: 0:00 Introduction 6:43 Skill Tree Breakdown 11:08 Gearing Breakdown 19:18 Skill Gem Breakdown 22:50 Ascendencies 23:30 Respec Time
Early Leveling: Start with Freezing Pulse; level this up and continue through the game until Act 3.
Obtain Vortex from Act 3 and map to your move button (left click). Pretty much go from there. Very very easy skill to level and hard to mess up.
Follow level trees:
- Level 30
- Level 69
- Level 91
Defenses
- Max Block
- High Armour
- Max Resistances
- 8k EHP
Itemisation
- Build to the specification of this build; then once you have the alternative gear, re-spec into the Giga-tank CI variant.
Buffs for 3.17: Cold Snap: Now deals 34 to 51 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 34 to 52), up to 1440 to 2160 at gem level 20 (previously 1057 to 1586). Now has 320% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 240%).
Vortex: Now deals 41 to 62 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 42 to 63), up to 1209 to 1813 at gem level 20 (previously 833 to 1250). Now deals 116.1 Base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 116.2), up to 2317.2 at gem level 20 (previously 2315.1).
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Gear
















Skills
Passive Tree


Character Stats
Defence
- Effective Hit Pool
- 9.86K
- Life
- 81
- Energy Shield
- 8.35K
- Mana
- 68.28
- Armour
- 2.41K
- Evasion
- 840
- Block | Spell Block
- 34% | 44%
- Ward
- 0
Resistances
- Fire Resistance
- 75%
- Cold Resistance
- 75%
- Lightning Resistance
- 76%
- Chaos Resistance
- 0%
Offence
- Total DPS
- 1.44M
- Crit Chance
- 4%
- Crit Multiplier
- 150%
Attributes & Utility
- Strength
- 90
- Intelligence
- 591
- Dexterity
- 142
- Movement Speed
- 84%
- Item Rarity
- 30%