POE 3.22 League Start Tests | Lightning Trap Trickster

____________________ Foreword ____________________ - I broke down the skills you will need in the respective tab, at the top left of the window. Be sure to check the drop down lists! - The intention for this was to be a relatively cheap league starter option - I think this version is great if you do not have Slavedriver's Mitts, or do not intend to use them - This is probably an ok tree for most Elemental Trap builds, if you want to use Explosive / Ice Trap go for it! - There are some variations of the build that I think are worth exploring, I will detail these later on in the notes for you - We are waiting for the 3.22 league announcement / passive tree changes to confirm this is league start viable pathing - Sunblast and Deerstalker make the build perform very well; however, I'm not sure if they will be expensive during week 1 - This guide is meant to help organize choices & discuss options while leveling ______________________ Leveling Uniques ______________________ These three unique items will provide an extreme amount of quality of Life while you progress your character: 1) Deerstalker - trap throwing speed / movement speed (Lv 22) ( 14 - 18% ) 2) Sunblast - throw up to 2 additional traps / try to use one with the most possible "#% Reduced Trap Duration" (Lv 37) ( 50 - 75% ) 3) Praxis - -# total mana cost of skills / regenerate # mana per second (Lv 22) ( -8 - -4 ) ( 3 - 6 ) The unique items I am about to list will probably feel good to have, but I did not use them for my play through: Gloves: 1) Doedre's Tenure 2) Algor Mortis Ring: 1) Kikazaru 2) Call of the Brotherhood 3) Perandus Signet Helmet: 5) Goldrim 7) Asenath's Mark 8) Honourhome Amulet: 9) Karui Ward 10) Shaper's Seed 11) Victario's Acuity ____________________ Act 1 tips ____________________ 1) look for these links: G - R - G (for Explosive Trap) and B - G - G or B - G - B (for Lightning Trap) 2) Pick up these base types and check for +# to lightning spell (or +# to all) gems: - wand / sceptre / dagger / spirit shields / any amulet 3) Brutus can be annoying due to mana costs - Use two mana flasks on your belt until you feel like you no longer need them for bossing - You could also stock up on town portals to refresh your flasks easily during the fight 4) Orb of storms is bonus single target damage when we need it early on 5) grab Sniper's Mark when you can -remember that you won't benefit from casting this until Lightning Trap - apply your mark to any rare or unique monster you come across ___________________ Act 2 tips ___________________ 1) Rush over to Helena and Save her from Urgot -Pick Skitterbots as your reward and Reserve it 2) Kill all bandits OR help Alira 3) If Oak is giving you trouble try using some of these to buff your damage: - Galvanic field - Arcane Cloak - Trap and Mine Damage Support - Wave of Conviction - Frenzy ____________________ Library ____________________ We will complete this side quest to gain access to second movement skill, Shield Charge _______________________ Ascendancy _______________________ I chose this path with my playthrough: One Step Ahead -> Escape Artist -> Polymath -> Spell Breaker ~Lv35 ~Lv55 ~Lv68 ~Lv75 Act 3 Act 7 Act 10 Maps Spell Breaker could have probably come a little bit earlier, but I thought we might need the damage more Be sure to grab your 3rd Ascendancy before Killing Kitava in Act 10 _______________________ Pantheon _______________________ Major: Brine King Minor: Ralakesh _______________________ Alt Quality Gems _______________________ On first glance the only alternate quality gem we find desirable is Anomalous Faster Projectile I could be wrong, but I also don't want to assume we will have Alternate quality anything on League start That being said, Keep an eye out for this one as it changes our gameplay in a visual way. This support gem would replace our Controlled Destruction ______________________ Timeless Jewel ______________________ This will depend on the variation you decide to move forward with If you plan to be a fellow Low Life like myself, you will want: - A Brutal Restraint - Denoted Service to Balbala If you would like to save skill points: - 30% increased flask charges gained will save all 3 skill points from Replenishing Remedies' cluster, very wow, such a nice jewel!!1 - 20% increased flask charges gained from this jewel is also acceptable, saving you 2 skill points - 10% increased flask charges gained alone from this jewel will not save any skill points, try to get one with 2 or more notables with increased flask charges! here is a github link to a Timless Jewel finder website I personally use for all my characters: - https://vilsol.github.io/timeless-jewels/tree - Click the jewel socket you aim to use, enter what stats you want to find, or check out what stats the Balbala Brutal Restraint listed at the top of trade have on them! ______________________ Annoint ______________________ I looked for something useful and cheap, landing on Piercing Shots It is not terrible pathing toward Piercing Shots 1) have another annoint in mind 2) have pierce from other sources - gloves - helmets both of these can have additional pierce via bench crafting after unveiling the respective Betrayal modifier 3) Here are some alternative choices - Heartseeker - Sovereignty - Heart of Thunder ______________________ Cluster Jewel ______________________ Since this is aimed at being a League Starter, I did not plan on using these for this build. However, if you find something you'd like to try and fit in your build we are very close to a couple of Cluster Jewel Sockets with our pathing ______________________ Suppress Cap ______________________ With Spell Breaker allocated, you should only need around ~20% spell suppression from anywhere on your gear to hit the cap I was able to hit Spell Suppression cap with only 10% from my gear, but am unsure why it does not display the same way in POB This drew me toward trying the build, since hitting 100% suppression would be easy _______________________ Low life Variation _______________________ I am personally fond of seeing whether or not low life is possible on most of the builds I play. I think Low life is a viable and fun option for this build. It is unfortunately not cheap enough to be a league starter on its own, requiring just a few too many pieces. Have fun and try it out if you get a chance, I included a passive tree if you wanted to see my pathing for it. _________________________________ Why not Slavedriver's Mitts? _________________________________ These gloves get more and more expensive with every passing season, so I felt a need to see what traps were like without fitting them in the picture If you get a pair of Slavedriver's Mitts, I would recommend going Sabotuer as they can benefit far more handsomely than Trickster can from these gloves ________________________________ Poison Variation ________________________________ I have not tested this personally, but I am pretty confident that you could also play this as a poison build You would need Cospri's + Voltaxic rift Anomalous Faster Projectile would probably help keep poison stacks higher Rearranging of Auras and passive tree would also be necessary, but certainly not impossible! __________________________ Deficiencies __________________________ 1) Physical mitigation is a problem for us -We could swap our chest piece -Use a different aura such as Determination -Find a way to gain Endurance charges such as Tinkerskin or Overcharged 2) We are very hungry for: -Skill Points -Mana regen -Crit and Crit multi -Auras 3) Since we make use of Ghost shroud: -Remember to pay attention to -# to evasion modifiers as they can completely negate our Energy shield this way. 4) Ground Degen / Dots -Lethe Shade can help out in this department if they are giving you grief -Life regen from gear or fitting in Vitality could help -Poison / Bleed immunity on unique rings would prevent dots completely when paired with Purity of Elements -Soul of Arakaali / Soul of Abberath / Soul of Shakari can be used interchangeably -Take Steelskin out of the CWDT link and use it on demand when bleeding -Corrupted Blood can only be solved via chugging a flask with the correct suffix, or having a rare corrupted jewel that grants Corrupted Blood Immunity ( Get this sooner than you think you need it ~ act 3 ) ___________________ Deaths ___________________ This isn't relevant but I like to include it; Maybe it makes someone else feel better about dying on their character while experimenting. As of writing this, I have died 43 times on Vash_Somtime_Gud_Build! Have fun! ___________________