PoE 3.23 Affliction Chaos Inoculation, Trickster, Melee builds

Hi guys! I discovered this insane build 1y year ago thanks to u/Dreadmaker (link) and still looks criminally underused with only \~100 characters on PoE ninja. I figured I could share my Lighning Strike of Arcing version which carried me to 100 while farming T16 8000wisps maps this league. POB for 100-150div budget : Not a leaguestarter, requires \~20d and level 92-95 to come onlin

TRINITY IS A DEAD MEME UNFORUNATELY, for endgame BLIZZARD CROWN IS IN THE MEME BIN NEXT TO TRINITY The hardest part of this build on league-start, by far, is Act1. To get past Brutus and Merveil, you can use any combination you want, but it's going to kind of suck no matter what. You can use: Stormblast Mine + Orb of Storms Puncture + Chance to Bleed Viper Strike + Chance to Poison/Efficacy Ancestral Protector + Frost Blades + Frost Bomb Blade Trap o

Gearing notes: - Tincture: Lightning Pen and Melee Strike range. They're not terribly expensive, and my perfect rolled on cost me 1 div. I like to prioritize the range over the pen, because I like hitting monsters from the other side of rivers. Might be able strike range out for splash, or rage on hit, and get more damage, but then you'd probably be running different tinctures for different content, and I just want to be lazy. - Helm: Anything ES here. Crown of Thorns is a nice starter. Get resistance, get something better than what I have. - Weapon