Intro & build description
Poison seismic trap has been one of the best league starters for a while, and in this league, it has received a buff through curse improvements as well as a bug fix of one of the masteries. This is one of the builds that can kill uber bosses with 1-2 divine investments if you have the skill for it. So it’s safe to say, it’s going to be one of the best league starters for the new league.
Build Pros
- One of the best league starters currently in the game
- Does not require a lot of currency invested to kill bosses
- With investment, can scale to absurd damage numbers
Build Cons
- Not the fastest mapper, but still fair
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
[3.20] Skill Tree PoB CommunityBandits
Bandits Quest Choice |
Kill all bandits |
Ascendancy skill points
Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
---|---|
Labyrinth 1 | Perfect Crime |
Labyrinth 2 | Chain Reaction |
Labyrinth 3 | Pyromaniac |
Endgame Labyrinth | Born in The Shadows |

Skill gem setup
Helm
Grace
Divergent Herald of Agony (Important for poison chance)
Determination
Summon Skitterbots
Body Armor
Seismic Trap
Void Manipulation Support
Trap and Mine Damage Support
Advanced Traps Support
Deadly Ailments Support
Unbound Ailments Support
Gloves
Exsanguinate
Cluster Traps Support
Chain Support
Trap Support
Boots
Flame Dash (LVL 16)
Cast When Damage Taken Support (LVL 1)
Defiance Banner (LVL 20)
Vaal Molten Shell (LVL 10)
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Withering Step
Divine Blessing Support
Malevolence
Offhand weapon / shield
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks Support
Despair
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
The Devouring DiademThis is one of the first chase items of the build, beside Cold Iron point.
In the first days it will probably cost around 80-120c, so until you can get it, just use rare helmet with high life and resistances and drop Determination / Grace auras if you cannot support them.
Body Armour
Rare Shaper Body ArmourAs your 1st 6-link, go for Tabula Rasa.
After that, there are multiple choices that you can make:
1) Rare shaper armour with +1 to active skill gems, high life and crafted % maximum life and mana. This option will overall give you bigger life pool, while still giving +1 to skills.
2) Skin of The Lords with Magebane keystone.
This would allow us to save 1 skill point as well as give +2 levels of our skill gems.
Boots
Rare BootsLook for generic rare boots with 30% movement speed, at least 80 to max life and high resistances.
Good implicit for your boots would be “Gain x% of physical damage as extra chaos damage”.
Left Ring
Ming's HeartAmazing ring for the build. You can even go ahead and use 2x of them until you obtain rare ring with damage over time multiplier.
Right Ring
Rare Essence Crafted RingOur rare ring we can easily craft ourselves.
Steps:
1) Get a ring with high fractured life
2) Get an essence of delirium and use it on your ring.
3) Craft an additional mod of your choice.
Amulet
Rare AmuletLook for rare amulet with Chaos damage over time multiplier and high life.
+1 to chaos skill gems mod in combination with dot multi and life is a nice upgrade to strive for.
Amulet
Rare BeltLook for rare belt, ideally Stygian vise with high life and resistances.
Increased trap throwing speed is a good additional mod to craft on your belt.
1Hand Weapon
Cold Iron PointCold iron point is our endgame weapon of choice.
Until you can get it, use regular dagger with increased spell damage and ideally +1 to physical skill gems.
Offhand
Rare ShieldLook for rare shield with high life, spell suppression and some res. Craft “Gain x% of Physical Damage as extra chaos damage” on your shield.
Jewel
Jewel SetupWithout jewels, this build has 90% chance to poison on hit, so we use jewels to get it to 100%.
Look for following mods on your jewels:
1) 5% Chance to poison on hit (Mandatory mod on 2 rare jewels)
2) Chaos damage over time multiplier
3) Increased maximum life
4) Increased chaos damage
Flask
Flask SetupThis build uses following flasks:
1) Divine Life flask with bleed removal
2) Granite Flask
3) Quicksilver Flask
4) Jade Flask
5) Quartz Flask