PoE fromtheland__ builds

PoB: Why Raider? Haven't played her before. 20% Exposure. Great avoidance defenses including high evasion (with damage reduction from Wind Dancer), Dodge capping is doable, move speed for mechanics dodging, Phasing + Ailment Immunity, what's not to love? Why Brands (why Penance)? Because I love the play style. I've played 3/5 Brands with Penance and Arcanist left to go. I want to do cold conversion because then I can hopefully leverage Taste of Hate, one of my favorite flasks in the game for its damage and survivability boo

Prices estimated by looking at or purchasing similar items listed 1 month ago: Budget Version ---- Stats listed in approximate order of importance for each slot Shield: 10c Life, Resistances, Block, ES, Dexterity We DON'T need spell damage Wand: 5c +1 spell is best, +1 chaos very much fine, +1/+1 is BIS for wand Get +2 Gems, Fire DoT muli, DoT multi, increased Burning damage, increased fire damage I think +1 gems should be most important, but a very high Tier 2 or better Fire DoT might be as good if you can't find any combinations above Nice to have: crit chance, cast speed, mana, mana r

I've been trying to narrow down my league starter for Heist the past couple of days. Somewhere along the line, I decided I want to do a cold DoT Occultist, more specifically a Wintertide Brand Occultist (SC-trade). I have a few reasons (that may or may not be valid, politely let me know). Full reasoning summaries below, but TLDR: I think cold DoT Occultists will survive nerfing and might even be buffed by new Hexes. Wintertide brand also feels safe from nerfing, is non-meta, and there is always Vortex to fall back on. I may or may not be able to take advantage of new Hexes more easily. Al