Intro & build description
Blade blast and Chieftain ascendancy are 2 things that are going to be in a good place when the 3.14 Ultimatum league comes. It was strong in Ritual and is still strong in 3.14.
This build is a perfect league starter since it doesn’t require specific uniques and can be fully geared with just rare items. It also has max block and spell block as well as solid 6k+ life for nice survivability.
Build Pros
- Tanky for the amount of damage it does
- Great boss killer with tens of millions of dps with currency invested in gear
- Great league starter
- Good map clear
Build Cons
- Vulnerable to reflect
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
[3.15] Skill Tree PoB Community LinkBandits
Bandits Quest Choice |
Kill all bandits |
Ascendancy skill points
Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
---|---|
Labyrinth 1 | Ngamahu, Flame's Advance |
Labyrinth 2 | Hinekora, Death's Fury |
Labyrinth 3 | Valako, Storm's Embrace |
Endgame Labyrinth | Tasalio, Cleansing Water |

Skill gem setup
Helm
Bladefall
Unleash Support
Spell Cascade Support
Combustion Support
Body Armor
Blade Blast
Elemental Focus Support
Fire Penetration Support
Inspiration Support
Intensify Support
Controlled Destruction Support
Gloves
Flame Dash
Arcane Surge Support (LVL 4)
Second Wind Support
Enduring Cry
Boots
Vaal Righteous Fire (Only use Vaal version for bosses)
Cast When Damage Taken Support (LVL 1)
Steelskin (LVL 10)
Increaed Duration (Max LVL)
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Wave of Conviction
Hextouch Support
Flammability
Offhand weapon / shield
Herald of Purity
Herald of Ash
Summon Skitterbots
Build uniques / Example rare gear
Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.tradeHelmet
Rare helmetLook for rare helmet with high life and nearby enemies have -9% to fire resistance.
Good enchant would be 40% increased Blade Blast damage.
Body Armour
Rare Body armor with Crusader influenceThe main thing we are looking for on our endgame armor is the “Enemies you Kill Explode, dealing 3% of their Life as Physical Damage” mod. The mod is really rare, but really powerful as well, giving our map clear huge boost. Other mods would be high life and resistances.
Until you can get body armor like that, you could use Carcass Jack or regular body armor with high life and resistances.
Gloves
Rare GlovesLook for gloves with high life and resistances. Consider including “x% increased Damage with Hits against Chilled Enemies” in your search, because often gloves like that are sold for cheap.
Boots
Rare BootsLook for rare boots with high life and resistances. If you have damage against chilled enemies mod on your gloves, consider getting boots with # to # cold damage enchantment, so you could easily chill enemies.
Left Ring
Rare RingYou should craft rings with Essence of Hysteria. Gain % of physical damage as extra fire damage mod is very valuable in terms of damage, so you should definitely get it.
Pretty easy way to craft a decent ring would be to buy a ring with fractured mod you want to have, like 70+ life, then roll it with Essence of Hysteria and craft something on it with crafting bench. Then you could exalt it with LVL 3 Leo in Syndicate.
Amulet
Rare Amulet with Warlord influenceLook for Rare amulet with Warlord influence and “+1 to level of all physical skill gems” mod. Other good mods to have would be high life, increased fire damage or attributes.
Belt
Rare Belt with Elder influenceLook for rare belt with Elder influence.
The main combination of mods we are looking for is at least 80 to maximum life and %increased maximum life. Other good mods would be resistances or attributes.
1Hand Weapon
Rare Wand / ScepterThe ideal weapon would have %increased spell damage, +1 to level of all spell skill gems, high critical strike chance for spells, cast speed, and adds #-# lightning damage to spells. Wand with all of these mods would be pretty expensive, so pick 3, craft 4th and you should have yourself a decent mapping wand.
Offhand
Rare Spirit ShieldLook for rare spirit shield with +1 to level of all physical spell skill gems, life and perhaps high critical strike chance for spells. If you have suffix open, craft resistance on it.
Jewel
Jewel SetupThe build uses one unique jewel – Intuitive Leap.
Put it in the jewel socket to the right of Instability notable and allocate Discord Artisan, Mystic Bulwark, Prodigal Perfection and Blast Radius keystones.
On rare jewel look for:
1.) Global critical strike multiplier / multiplier with elemental / fire skills
2.) Increased maximum life
3.) Spell damage while holding a shield
4.) Attributes / resistances if you are lacking
Flask
Flask SetupBuild uses following flasks:
1.) Divine Life flask with instant recovery and bleed removal
2.) Cinderswallow Urn
3.) Wise Oak
4.) Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline
5.) Divine Mana flask with freeze removal
4 weeks ago i thougth about this as League starter for 3.13 now after Patch notes this will be fact 😂👍
It will definitely be a great starter, good choice! 👍
How to acquire the bladefall gem if it can’t be bought from vendor by maruder ?
Bladefall is usable from LVL 28, so you can get it in Act 3 after doing Fixture of Fate quest.
Okey thank you. And do you have appropriate way of acquiring gems ? You know… i mean correct order of acquiring, replacement gems during leveling.
You could use pretty much any skill to level to 28, provided you have a support gem or 2 for it, even ground slam + added fire and melee physical dmg with a 2-handed weapon. Should be very quick.
Yeah i broguht it already. I stared with ground slam and then changed it to sunder supported by two other gems… Very nice unique for it is Limbsplit woodsplitter. Now i only wonder does blade blast should be used automaticaly with blade fall or i need use blade blast and bladefall time and time again manually. And how i should use wave of conviction. You can write how properly use usable spells in that build on bosses and for clear. I’m new in POE so i’m thank full for your patient.
Oh yeah and what function is Summon Skitterbots in that build and how it should be used ? 😀
The path of building code isn’t working.
If the code doesn’t work, try Community fork.
Thank you! I had to reinstall it.
Another question. Is there a leech mana ability I can use with this build?
You could try to squeeze in Clarity, it should solve mana problems.
I have problems in levelling bladefall and bladeblast gems. Allways running out of dex.
Any hint how to solve this?
Usually, jewels and rings are pretty good sources for the attributes, as well as helmets and gloves, specifically in this build.
I really like the build, but can’t make Righteous fire gem to work. My life runs out, i have:
Life regen: 493.7
Life Leach: 1102.6
i don’t have the final Ascendancy in Uber Lab yet ( Tasalio Cleansing Water)
I’m lvl 85 i do 10 Mill damage now
You should just use the Vaal Righteous fire version, this specific build does not use the regular version.