[Showcase / PoB] Cold EK Assassin - The least fragile glass cannon I've played

I didn't level this. I wouldn't try it. Starter budget (a month into league) 1div Heatshiver w/ enchant 10c Ralakesh's Impatience 1c Malachai's Loop 10c Badge of the Brotherhood 5c Arn's Anguish 15c Void Battery 1c Rotgut 1c Atziri's Promise 1alch Hrimsorrow 10c Dominus Militant Faith w/ elemental damage per dovotion (but check in PoB for bricking notables) 1div Forbidden Flame - Harness the Void 1div Forbidden Flesh - Harness the Void 10c Large Cluster with 3 correct notables, 8 passive 100c Medium crit cluster. Can change notables for cheaper ~4div to get it up and farming Playstyle tips: Only drink Rotgut when standing still, so you have full frenzies and it will give you 30s of onslaught vs none. I always forgot to use my flasks as enchanted, so probably better to automate them on hitting rare/unique Mapping Bossing ----------- ---------- Mistwalker Ambush and Assassinate Pierce 6th link Divergent Hypothermia Uber Atziri: Sibyl's Lament and Pantheon swap, you'll be fine with less damage Best devotions for militant faith are ele damage per devotion and ele resists per devotion. Also Defense from Shield OK for more EB mana Picky stuff: - One jewel needs 3% RMR for herald of ash to fit. Enlighten 4 solves this also - Make sure militant faith doesn't brick any notables Pantheons: Major: I used Brine King for no freeze until I had Purity of Elements online for all ailment immunity, then Lunaris. Minor: Abberath for burning ground for red altars, Yugul for atziri Fun and expensive upgrades from the 92 version: -------------------------------------------- Quality and 21 gems that upgrade damage Annoint whispers of doom, add elemental weakness to arcanist brand Enchant boots with pen Corrupt boots with endurance charge Hatred aura corruption on belt (quite cheap for its power) +1 power charge helm. Mine was 5div + 4 div enchant service, huge damage upgrade Hrimsorrow to rare cold convert gloves. Need to craft on your own and use cold convert mastery for 100% conversion Taste of Hate + Bottled Faith More levels and more clusters on left side, more masteries esp if you have Polymath jewels Watcher's eye Zealotry mods are big dam Hatred cold ones are ok Phasing on haste is good QoL Chaos res for purity of elements competitive with other builds and more $$ Awakened spell echo is decent damage Skin of the lords with a non-bricking keystone (and right colors) is a huuuuge damage upgrade but puts pressure on gloves/rings for attributes and resistances Move Purity of Elements into permanent aura setup, and bless hatred/haste/zealotry. I chose hatred because of crucible trees that increased hatred aura effect but also reservation (which doesn't matter for blessing) This releases suffix pressure for resistances when you get to skin of the lords. Probably needs rare gloves to be crafted. I think Polymath jewels always gave me more damage, but harness the void was a lot cheaper the whole league. YMMV so PoB and price check em (I got mine early and cheap) Extra curse corrupt Badge. This was 30div for me, and sort of an unnecessary final upgrade. It made me need another unset ring, and more crafting and all that. Glove craft: Cheap: Buy prefixes pre-made (35% unveil and whatever else you're ok with) Get eater/exarch implicits right for eldritch chaos spam for suffixes. Maybe a res or two or an attribute. Craft on ele/crit like endgame More spendy: Buy an ES base with a fracture you want Unveiled orb spam for 35% convert and other OK prefixes Get eater/exarch implicits right for eldritch chaos spam for suffixes. Maybe a res or two or an attribute. Craft on ele/crit like endgame setup