How I Build a Death's Oath Occultist

I### Item Priority ALWAYS Upgrade Rares as you go. Make sure you have 180 Strength before switch. ### 4. Chaos Slinger Spend as little as possible in this stage, just enough to get you going. Our Death's Oath gear isn't that expensive so try save hard for it. That said, some important goals: 100 Max life on all gear, and high resistances. You must be capped all resistances for mapping. ### 3. Death's Oath Swap 10+ Div Rumi's Concoction Attack Block > Spell Block Foulborn Death's Oath 6 Socket ASAP. Standard Death's Oath will legit work fine, I farmed the entire build without ever upgrading to Foulborn. Beacon of Hope Anointment Prismatic + Violet + Crimson Oils The Grey Spire These are significantly cheaper than Cane of Kulemak and provide huge defence for early atlas and levelling Flasks Quicksilver, Silver, Basalt, Bismuth with Inc MS, Red Curse Effect, Inc Armour, Regen Life per second also Instilling Orb + Bauble them Helmet Essence of Anger/Hatred/Wrath. T1 Life + Resistances. Mana Reservation Efficiency and %Inc AoE for Eldritch Implicits Boots Essence of Torment. Looking for Life + Resistance + MS (can craft MS + Onslaught). %MS and %Life Regen Rate for Eldritch Implicits Stygian Vise Essence of Torment. Looking for T1 Life and resistances DoT Abyss Jewel Max life + phasing as well if you can Stormshroud Buy this ASAP as it skyrockets in price fast. Also huge QoL Gloves Fractured Life Gloves + Essence of Delirium on an Armour base. Looking for good resistances This is for Vaal Blight setup for some single target. Chaos DoT Multi and Wither expires slower for Eldritch Implicits Impresence Despair & Punishment / Enfeeble. Buy just Despair if you are very ahead of everyone, and there is no market. Enfeeble better for tankiness, Punishment just more DPS. Eldritch Blasphemy + Hexpass. Temp chains also a very viable option if either of the above is too expensive Death Rush Great alternative until we get well rolled Sundered Will. Cluster Jewels x 2 Unholy Grace + Wicked Pall + Unwaveringly Evil on 8 passives. Any 2 of these nodes, or 3 if you can craft Glorious Vanity of Xibaqua Buy the CHEAPEST Unnatural Instinct The Light of Meaning %Increased Armour. %Inc Chaos if they are not that much more expensive. Jewels DoT Multi + Max Life. Buy a Corrupted Blood Corruption Jewel ASAP, don't worry about other mods if you can't afford. Enlighten 3 Wild Brambleback beast to level this fast Frostblink of Wintry Blast Watchers Eye Malevolence DoT Multi 1 or 2 other mods if possible Determination: Additional Armour, Additional Block, Phys Damage Reduction Malevolence: Unaffected by Bleeding ### 2. End Game 50+ Div & Mageblood as final goal Megalomaniac Rote Reinforcement / Enduring Composure for Endurance Charge generation. I like HP nodes for the others, like Towering Threat, Fettle, Flow of Life. This can be added a lot later if league start Exceptional Gems Eldritch Blasphemy and Hexpass for our Curse Aura Setup Cluster Jewels x 2 Unholy Grace + Wicked Pall + Unwaveringly Evil on 8 passives. Same as before, but upgrade to 3 passives The Sundered Will 21% or 20% Reduced Reservation + 15% Aura Effect is mandatory. This will be the biggest and most expensive upgrade usually. Kalandras Touch Will almost always be cheaper then a second well rolled Sundered Will. Cane of Kulemak Huge source of %Chaos and Chaos DoT The Light of Meaning %Chaos Damage. Tattoo's Tawhoa Warruior on Int for %Chaos Damage, Valako Shieldbearer on Str for %Attack Block Chance Enlighten 4 Boots Change Eldritch Implicit to Exarch Chance to Avoid Shock. Must equal 100% with explicit, so use Orb of Conflict if needed. Mageblood Quicksilver, Silver, Basalt, Bismuth with Inc MS, Red Curse Effect, Inc Armour, Regen Life per second Mageblood at the end here, because it's the last upgrade I think is worth the effort for my style of play anyway. ### 1. End Game Aspirational 250+ Div, 500+ Div Total Cane of Kulemak Triple mod of % Chaos Damage, %Chaos DoT, %Explode or these 3 below Forbidden Shako with Level 30+ Decay Svalin Rare Dagger / Wand with lots of DoT Multi (swap into with Svalin). Can update how to craft this later. Glorious Vanity of Xibaqua Use Trade Link for best 40 Impossible Escape Mind Over Matter roll. Also probably need to hit Level 100 for this. Progenesis Swap Basalt to a Granite Vestigial Armours Daresso's Defiance, Cloak of Flames, Victario's Influence, Carcass Jack and Cherrubim's Maleficence are all decent uniques to grab with the Death Aura Vestigial on them without changing much of the build. I personally went Daresso's as it was cheap for almost permanent Endurance Charges + Onslaught. Foulborn will almost always be better than these. ### Act 1 to 3 Gem Setup REGEX for all skill gems to buy, links, and checks for DoT / +1 Chaos wands and %MS boots "-\w-.-|-\w-|Runn|rint|Lord|Wani|oly f|ld ch|^clar|ombu|ter at|^conta|fused|e dash$|ither$|g step|l tot|rue|lsl" Act 1 Alternatively use Kinetic Bolt > Volley > Prismatic Burst for Act 1 if you like it (I do) Blight > Infused Channelling > Void Manipulation Holy Flame Totem > Infused Channelling > Combustion Shield Charge > Momentum > Faster Attacks Wither > Spell Totem Flame Wall + Flame Dash + Clarity Grab Contagion + Essence Drain Act 2 Essence Drain > Cruelty > Controlled Destruction Shield Charge > Momentum > Faster Attacks Wither > Spell Totem Contagion + Flame Dash + Clarity If Socket room then Blight > Infused Channelling > Void Manipulation Holy Flame Totem > Infused Channelling > Combustion Act 3 Spellslinger > Contagion > Exsanguinate > Efficacy Spellslinger > Soulrend > Essence Drain > Controlled Destruction Shield Charge > Faster Attacks Frenzy > Decay (in Act 4) Frostblink / Flame Dash Despair + Withering Step > Automate ### Mapping Technically this build can run all map mods, and especially while pushing through the Atlas I did not look at any mods. Once you get to map strategies, and care about your level though you really want to avoid some mod just to make life easier. These are: Cannot Regen, Less Recovery, -% Max Res and Less % Aura Effect Here is the Regex I use when buying 8 mod corrupted maps. This also searches for 100% Quantity and 40% Pack size as it fit most my strategies. "!te of|m resistances$|ills$|t reg" "m q.*[1-9]..%" "iz.*([4-9].|\d..)%" "y: r" ### Immunities Elemental Ailment Stormshroud + Chance to avoid Shock boots (both Implicit and Essence crafted) Stun None lol. Unwavering Stance if you find it painful, I personally just put up with it. Curse Reduced Effect on Flask (can grab on Jewels as well to cap if no Mageblood) Bleed Watchers Eye Malevolence if possible. Corrupted Blood Corrupted Jewel Implicit Critical Strikes Hexpass + Our blasphemy set up makes us immune to Enemy crits.