[3.16] My take on very tight budget int stacking wander (Ascendant), the performance surprised me

PoB : https://pastebin.com/bHBJ12Cv

This is just a fun project of mine to see how far the int stacker can be pushed by cutting all the cost while maintaining high dps and decent survivability. This result actually surprised me. I calculated all the cost for me to make this build, and it costed around ~6ex. Cost breakdown of the build is within PoB. It is best to estimate the cost of the build to be around ~10ex so that your expectations won't be betrayed.

I don't recommend going this build UNLESS:

1. You really want to play an int stacker no matter what others telling to you
2. You are playing on SC and don't mind dying much
3. You don't care about doing invitations and farming bosses.
4. You have about 10ex in bank.

Obviously an int stacker with this budget has a lot of flaws, primary being the survivability is garbo. But it is still somewhat respectable with 41k EHP while clearing. Build will be weak on invitations because how fundamentally Power Siphon works, since it could only target 1 enemy at a time and you are stationary, you will get blasted if you don't kill them fast enough.

Here's a bossing clip, Maven with 2 deaths.https://youtu.be/EBDJJQLLJ4U

Overall I was surprised by how amazing this setup could perform, but it is definitely not a good build to play with, it's just a fun project of mine to push its limits and see how well it performed.

• Wand: Primary look for lightning dmg per int and either crit or aps, ideally with another open suffix but crit and aps contributes a lot to the dps. Alternatively you can spam metallic fossils on it, I found one after about 41 metallic spam.
• Shield: Titanium base, then just spam essence of spite until you got decent res and ES.
• Helmet: PS enchant or Sniper's Mark effect enchant, ideally ES base. Spam essence until you got some decent stats on the helmet.
• Body: Incan heart, BiS int stack chest, even my 80ex variant uses it. Ideally maxed rolled ele dmg as extra chaos, but it won't be cheap. Scourge 6l is the easiest method to 6l it.
• Gloves: Shaper's touch with attack crit, this will be very expensive early on the league, but the price goes down as the league goes on. I got it for 50c
• Boots: Two toned boots or ES boots, ideally with EVA+ES base. Look for a lightning dmg enchant on it, then spam essence until good stats.
• Amulet: Ephememeral Bond, I think this amulet is pretty underrated, but int, crit multi, flat dmg, ele res is all we want from an amulet. The power charge duration will be extremely low, so you want to get the mastery to increase its duration.
• Ring1: Cobt, nothing too special on this, ideally max int roll
• Ring2: Int + ES + ele dmg with attacks is your prio, flat lightning comes in last. You might be lacking STR on the build so you would also might need to look for a STR + INT suffix on it. Or alternatively you can buy a ring (Opal), then spam Essence of Spite until you have an open suffix for STR craft (int + ES rolled) or open prefix for ES craft (str + int rolled)
• Belt: Auxium, ideally high in ES and ELE dmg rolls. Can be boosted with catalyst.
• Base jewel: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Scourge/bWo2pzKTL my search query for it
• Cluster: x1 Large with Veteran's and Feed the Fury, ideally x3 passive but it will be expensive. Can be rolled with harvest reforge defense. Don't fossil spam it.
• Cluster (meds): Crit base, reforge crit until you see pressure points. Precise retaliation is the best second slot, but you can replace it with something like Quick Gateway or Basics of Pain.

Edit 1: typos + crafiting
Edit 2: New showcase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCtalo4wp0k (Endgame showcase)