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Intro & build description
Trickster ascendancy synergize very well with Essence Drain since trickster is all about high life, mana and energy shield regeneration and recovery rate. Essence Drain makes it even stronger since it regenerates 0.5 % of damage dealt as life on it’s own. If you haven’t played Essence Drain before, now its a good time to give it a shot.
Build Pros
- High effective life pool
- High regen thanks to Trickster ascendancy and essence drain
- Very high damage once build is complete
- 2 defensive curses supported by blasphemy, which makes it very safe
Build Cons
- Feels slow at the beginning
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
Leveling [37p] Leveling [68p] Leveling [107p] Full BuildBandits
| Bandits Quest Choice |
| Kill all bandits |
Ascendancy skill points
| Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
|---|---|
| Labyrinth 1 | Patient Reaper |
| Labyrinth 2 | Swift Killer |
| Labyrinth 3 | Ghost Dance |
| Endgame Labyrinth | Shade Form |
Skill gem setup
Helm
Contagion
Arcane Surge Support
Abyssal Cry
Increased Area of Effect Support
Body Armor
Essence Drain
Efficacy Support
Controlled Destruction Support
Swift Affliction Support
Void Manipulation Support
Empower Support
Gloves
Void Manipulation Support
Swift Affliction Support
Efficacy Support
Controlled Destruction Support
Boots
Cast When Damage Taken Support
Immortal Call
Vaal Detonate Dead
Concentrated Effect Support
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Whirling Blades
Faster Attacks Support
Fortify Support
Offhand weapon / shield
Blasphemy Support
Enfeeble
Temporal Chains
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 HelmRare helmet with high Energy Shield(200+), high life(80+) and elemental resistances.
Body Armour
Vaal RegaliaRare Vaal Regalia with high Energy Shield (450+), high life (90+) and elemental resistances.
Gloves
AllelopathyThese gloves has build in Blight(22 lvl), very easy and strong 5-link. Sockets in these gloves doesn’t need to be linked to have an effect. Use any rare ones till you buy/find Allelopathy.
Belt
Heavy BeltHigh life, high strength roll for gem requirements and elemental resistances. Should be very cheap.
1Hand Weapon
Rare DaggerDagger with high attack speed and high spell damage. Anything else on the dagger is just a bonus.
Consider using Essence of Delirium to craft your dagger if you can afford it.
Offhand
Thorium Spirit ShieldHigh life, elemental resistances and as high energy shield as you can get. Pair it with some spell damage or cast speed and you’re golden.
Jewel
JewelsStats on rare jewels:
- Increased maximum life
- Increased spell damage
- Increased spell damage while holding a shield
- Increased cast speed
Flask
FlasksFlask Setup:
- Seething Divine Life Flask of Grounding
- Seething Divine Life Flask of Staunching
- Witchfire Brew
- Perpetual Silver Flask of Reflexes
- Chemist’s Basalt Flask of Iron Skin
I’m kinda new in PoE but your gloves are all slotted of support gem. Is it a mistake?
The gloves have a line “Grants Level 22 Blight Skill” that means every support gem in gloves is going to support the Blight skill granted by them.
I have a first question, why do you use two curses on a character and additionally a flask that already gives a curse which naturally does not work.
The second question: the use of the Blight which makes you stand still when there is a spell totem Wither giving a good increase in the damage to the solo target.
Third: what is the essence of Abyssal Cry if almost all mobs die somewhere behind the screen and the effectiveness of this skill approaches 0.
1.) Yes, the 3 curses do not work together. We can run enfeeble when we need more defense and turn it off and use Witchfire Brew in maps or encounters where you need damage.
2.) It’s another damage skill on top of your ED, why wouldn’t you use it if you need more single target damage? Yes, you stand still while attacking but so do most builds that aren’t totem users or summoners. You could drop 1 support gem and socket Spell Totem in gloves as well.
3.) Abyssal Cry hinders enemies which reduces their movement speed. In combination with temporal chains they barely move, so you can be safe getting in the middle of packs that don’t die off-screen. It’s just a matter of playstyle, you could drop it completely if it doesn’t fit you.
4.) About essence of Delirium – I hadn’t considered that, thanks for pointing it out. Essence of delirium craft would be ideal, but kinda expensive.
Why the use of Immortal Call? I doesn’t it need a source of endurance charges to be effective? I couldn’t find one on this build…
It lasts longer with Endurance charges but it’s still useful without them.
Hello, some tips on leveling as first char in POE?? Thanks
1.) Get wands with as much spell damage as possible.
2.) Can use Blade Vortex on lower levels as it’s great for leveling
3.) Grab damage nodes on tree until you feel that you need more survivability
4.) Save up for Tabula Rasa if you can (can easily level to maps with that)
5.) Use Elreon jewelry (with -mana cost mods)
Can we use spell damage and essence of delirium wand rather than dagger?
You won’t be able to use Whirling Blades if you use wand.
Which one is better for wand option , breath of the council or %120 ish spell damage rare wand ?