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Kongmings Revenge - Critical Explosive trapper, league startable

Hypnotic Eye JewelCobalt JewelWatcher's EyeEclipse SolarisKongming's StratagemTinkerskinThe VertexAssassin's MittsTwo-Stone RingSapphire RingRetaliation CharmMurder BootsStygian Vise
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This was my only character in Scourge, and the best version of a build I've been playing with for about a year.

Hybrid Crit Seismic Trap Saboteur (pobb.in)

I like to make cheap builds, which is good because I don't play enough to make mad stacks and don't like to do much selling. In Scourge I got everything but the watcher's eye with my first exalt. I expect the 21 gem and the 6L Tinkerskin to be more expensive this league, but should fit into 5ex easy (worst I've seen in the last year is ~3ex for the 6L Tinkerskin).

Note about Spell Suppression - Kongming's line of 30% reduced damage from Blinded enemies is basically like having a keystone that reads "Spell suppression chance is 100%, Spell Suppression effectiveness is lowered by 40%", for no investment.

Leveling - Get to 12 by any means, grab Lightning Trap + Added Lightning/Cold + Swift Assembly in a 3L. Run that until at least your first 4L, then you can go Exp Trap, Multi/Swift, Charged/Trap Damage, Conc Effect, however you like it with HoA + Skitters. If you can get the wand, shield, and amulet around 42 or so, go crit and use Charged Traps. You probably want Doomcast before you start pathing to AoF/Magmatic Strikes. You'll get a good damage bump from either AoF or the conversion in the fire mastery - you don't need both until you get Seismic Trap. Grace and Ghost Shroud aren't important until you can get 1k ES, which is why I used Tinkerskin and Vertex. You'll easily be able to afford them in early mapping, but there's a good chance you can get them even before finishing with Kitava.

Options:

  • There's an open 3L which is up to you. Bear trap seems like the obvious choice, but I ran a golem at least some times.
  • You can easily change out the One with Evil cluster for Charisma, and if you can get your chaos res and corrupted blood immunity elsewhere you should.
  • Slavedrivers or shaper gloves with links are probably the best bang for the buck upgrades from here.
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Life

4862

Mana

89

Energy Shield

1522

DPS

7M

Effective Hit Pool

Chaos Res

64

Fire Res

75

Cold Res

75

Lightning Res

75

Armour

62

Evasion

22K

Block

22 | 0

Crit Chance

84%

Crit Multi

342%

Rage

0

Strength

188

Intelligence

157

Dexterity

165

Ward

0

Item Quantity

0%

Item Rarity

0%

Movement Speed

55%

Pyromaniac
Pyromaniac
Explosives Expert
Explosives Expert
Perfect Crime
Perfect Crime
Born in the Shadows
Born in the Shadows
Iron Will
Iron Will
Avatar of Fire
Avatar of Fire
Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance
Assassination
Assassination
Blood Siphon
Blood Siphon
Clever Construction
Clever Construction
Coldhearted Calculation
Coldhearted Calculation
Constitution
Constitution
Coordination
Coordination
Doom Cast
Doom Cast
Expeditious Munitions
Expeditious Munitions
High Explosives
High Explosives
Hired Killer
Hired Killer
Magmatic Strikes
Magmatic Strikes
Master Sapper
Master Sapper
Path of the Warrior
Path of the Warrior
Perfectionist
Perfectionist
Profane Chemistry
Profane Chemistry
Reflexes
Reflexes
Revenge of the Hunted
Revenge of the Hunted
Saboteur
Saboteur
Sentinel
Sentinel
Snowforged
Snowforged
Tireless
Tireless
Trickery
Trickery
True Strike
True Strike
Will of Blades
Will of Blades
Written in Blood
Written in Blood
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  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge

  • Seismic TrapSeismic Trap
  • Increased Critical StrikesIncreased Critical Strikes
  • Advanced TrapsAdvanced Traps
  • ImmolateImmolate

  • Summon SkitterbotsSummon Skitterbots
  • Herald of AshHerald of Ash
  • Vaal GraceVaal Grace

  • Flame DashFlame Dash
  • SteelskinSteelskin
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge

  • Explosive TrapExplosive Trap
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage
  • LifetapLifetap
  • Multiple TrapsMultiple Traps
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect
  • Charged TrapsCharged Traps
  • Swift AssemblySwift Assembly

  • Armageddon BrandArmageddon Brand
  • HextouchHextouch
  • FlammabilityFlammability
  • CombustionCombustion

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