PoE League Starter, Trap, Simulacrum builds without Mageblood

This is a build I'm planning to league start. It probably does and will suck. But I'd be happy for feedback on it anyway. Maybe there are other players like me who don't assume that all these fancy things people put on builds are attainable and want a no-budget ssf build, or this build may just be useful input to someone somehow. It's got 100% spell supp, 13k max phys hit, 90% evasion, and 110k dps. This is without shock, onslaught or power charges (though I am doing shock, onslaught and assassins mark on hit). It uses smoke

Levelling 1-12 - mule Splitting Steel with a Duelist start, link with Onslaught and Chance to Bleed Early links Splitting Steel - Onslaught - Chance to Poison / Chance to Bleed Key Act 1 Vendor Gems - Precision - Whirling Blades - Smoke Mine - Spectral Helix - Withering Step - Steelskin 12-55 - Spectral Helix - Onslaught - Chance to Poison (swaps to Added Chaos after Normal Lab) ^

Warning: This is not a league start PoB. You could play seismic or lightning trap and then respec into this after getting all of the required unique items. PoB: (2m+ dps) End Game PoB: (8m+ dps) I am looking for feedback on this quirky trapper that uses the new version of ephemeral edge. I added flat lightning damage to the sword to simulate the new mod until we get PoB updated. This could be played as the trickster to make a tankier version but I think you lose a lot of dps. So each blade trap t

POB: With my shield crush pathfinder farming about 3-4 Ex an hour in T16 -> Delve rotations with a 1Ex budget I started to accumulate currency pretty quickly despite the rather casual play. It was now time for me to pick a scaling build that would allow me to clear all content and allow me to complete the league challenges solo. Having seen the new ascendancy jewels I really wanted to try fitting in Masterful Form on a Champion or Gladiator just because I've always loved the concept of charge stacking even from closed be