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[3.16] Forbidden Rite Totem Hierophant | Full Guide

Intro & build description

Forbidden rite is one of the skills introduced in 3.15 Expedition league. It became one of the most popular skills due to its great clear speed and cool gameplay.
The drawback of the Forbidden Rite is that you take % of your maximum life and energy shield as chaos damage when casting the skill. In this build, however, the drawback is completely mitigated, because we use Forbidden Rite as a totem skill and the totems take that damage instead of you. I am confident that Forbidden Rite will be one of the best starter builds for 3.16 Scourge league, so if you want a strong build that works with limited items, one is for you.

Build Pros

  • Forbidden Rite is really fun to play, the skill looks stunning visually
  • Totem builds offer safe gameplay
  • The build has great clear speed allowing you to farm maps and currency for upgrades efficiently
  • Good survivability even if you do get hit with more than 5000 effective life
  • Cheap to start out

Build Cons

  • Endgame build version requires a few expensive items to push it to its full potential

Passive tree(s) and Path of Building

Skill Tree 3.16
PoB Community Fork 3.16

Bandits

Bandits Quest Choice
Kill all bandits

Ascendancy skill points

LabyrinthsSkill point choice
Labyrinth 1Pursuit of Faith
Labyrinth 2Conviction of Power
Labyrinth 3Ritual of Awakening
Endgame LabyrinthDivine Guidance

Skill gem setup

Helm


Wither

Faster Casting Support

Increased Duration Support

Infused Channeling Support


Body Armor


Forbidden Rite

Void Manipulation Support

Increased Critical Damage Support

Multiple Totems Support

Increased Critical Strikes Support

Faster Casting Support


Gloves


Vaal Cold Snap

Cast When Damage Taken (LVL 1)

Culling Strike Support (LVL 20)

Summon Lightning Golem (LVL 20)


Boots


Arcane Cloak

Arcane Surge Support

Despair

Increased Duration Support


2h Weapon


None


1h Weapon


Clarity

Vitality

Precision


Offhand weapon / shield


Flame Dash

Faster Casting Support

Second Wind Support



Build uniques / Example rare gear


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Helmet

Viridi's Veil

Build uses Viridi’s Veil as endgame helmet to mitigate Soul Mantle’s self-cursing drawback.

This helm is expensive, so until you can afford it, use rare helmet with life and resistances and use 2 Kikazaru rings to mitigate negative effects of curses.


Body Armour

Soul Mantle

Core item for the build, grab it as soon as you can mitigate its drawback.


Gloves

Rare gloves

Look for rare gloves with high life and resistances.


Boots

Rare boots

Look for rare boots with high life, resistances and 30% increased movement speed.


Left Ring

Essence Worm

Essence worm is a great ring for the build, because it allows us to get an offensive aura for free.

Socket Zealotry in this ring.


Right Ring

Magic Vermillion Ring

Look for magic Vermillion Ring with high life and either chaos or all resistance mod.

We use magic ring so it synergizes with Viridi’s Veil and makes us hexproof.


Amulet

Hexclaw Talisman

Ideally, look for Hexclaw talisman with high life, global critical strike multiplier and some resistances.


Belt

Coward's Legacy

Great endgame item, it allows us to use Pain Attunement for 30% more damage.

Before you can afford it, use rare belt with high life and resistances.


1Hand Weapon

Wand

Look for rare wand with increased spell damage, +1 to level of all chaos spell skill gems and some cast speed. Critical strike chance for spells would be nice but expensive addition.


Offhand

Rare shield with Shaper influence

Look for rare shield with shaper influence. The main mod we need on our shield is “+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems”.

Other good mods would be spell damage, high life or resistances.


Jewel

Rare and Unique Jewels

On rare regular jewels look for:

1) Increased maximum life
2) Increased totem life
3) Area damage / global critical strike chance/multiplier
4) Resistances or attributes if you need them

Build also uses Self-Flagellation and Rain of Splinters Unique jewels.


Jewel

Cluster Jewel Setup

Build uses 1 Large cluster jewel and 2 medium cluster jewels.

On large cluster jewel look for 8 passive skills and:

1) Dark Ideation
2) Touch of Cruelty
3) Unholy Grace

On medium cluster jewels look for 4 passive skills and:

1) Ancestral Preservation (Once on each) – Important to have: totems survive for longer
2) Sleepless Sentries
3) Snaring Spirits


Flask

Flask Setup

Build uses following flasks:

1) Quicksilver Flask with bleed removal
2) Sulfur Flask with Freeze Removal
3) Instant Recovery Life flask
4) Diamond’s Flask with poison removal
5) Mana flask with effect not removed on full mana



Feel free to share your thoughts/experiences/tips about the build in comments section below.

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