[3.4] Aila’s Righteous Fire Witch (Occultist)

prime May 29, 2018 [3.4] Delve League builds, Spellcaster builds 4 Comments

Intro & build description

Aila has taken this build multiple times to level 100 in solo self-found leagues while doing it first on the ladder. Build is super tanky and very fast map clearer while doing some serious damage to tougher enemies as well once you drop your Orb of Storms to take full advantage of Elemental Equilibrium and curses. Sadly you can’t level up as Righteous Fire from the beginning. Scorching Ray is very effective, they work with the same skill tree besides Area of Effect nodes. I wouldn’t recommend it to brand new players to the game since it has some complex mechanics and requires some understanding of the game, however, it is very strong and effective build for relatively cheap investment.

Build Pros

Dirt cheap
Good starting build in SSF or any new league
Very strong damage and defense thanks to high energy shield pool
Can do most of the endgame encounters
Can do every single map mod, even no regeneration if you go fast enough. Although it is not recommended
3 curses
All you need is 5-link

Build Cons

Chaos resistance needs to be capped

Passive tree(s) and Path of Building

[3.4] Full Build

Bandits

Bandits Quest Choice

Help Oak

Ascendancy skill points

Labyrinths	Skill point choice
Labyrinth 1	Wicked Ward
Labyrinth 2	Vile Bastion
Labyrinth 3	Profane Bloom
Endgame Labyrinth	Malediction

Skill gem setup

Helm

Shield Charge

Fortify

Faster Attacks Support

Life Gain on Hit Support

Body Armor

Righteous Fire

Elemental Focus Support

Efficacy

Increased Are of Effect Support or Concentrated Effect Support

Burning Damage Support

Flame Dash (Unlinked)

Gloves

Orb of Storm

Curse on Hit Support

Increased Critical Strikes Support

Elemental Weakness

Boots

Blasphemy Support

Discipline

Flammability

Despair

2h Weapon

None

1h Weapon

Cast When Damage Taken Support (1 lvl)

Immortal Call (3 lvl)

Rallying Cry

Offhand weapon / shield

Vaal Discipline

Increased Duration Support

Build uniques / Example rare gear

Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.trade

Helmet

The Broken Crown

This helm is used to cap chaos resistance while providing decent amount of energy shield.

Body Armour

Shaped Rare Chest

This is very important :

You need chest with ”Recover % of energy shield on kill” mod. Try to acquire one with at least 400 energy shield.

Gloves

Rare Gloves

High amount of elemental resistances and at least 130 Energy Shield.

Boots

Steppan Eard

Although build stacks chaos resistance and it should be capped, desecrated ground can still be very dangerous. Steppan Eard unique boots come in very handy, makes you immune to desecrated ground and providing some good bonuses while standing on chilled or burning ground.

Left Ring

Rare Ring

Lots of elemental resistances, flat energy shield and flat cold or lightning damage to attacks. Reason behind is that when you shield charge into packs of monsters, your shield charge will apply Elemental Equilibrium which reduces monsters fire resistance by 50% because you just hit with lightning or cold based damage. Same can be done with gloves if you are finding it hard to get ring which matches criteria.

Right Ring

Rare Ring

Dexterity, flat energy shield and lots of elemental resistances.

Amulet

Rare Amulet

Amulet with at least 15% increased maximum energy shield, ~40 strength and some elemental resistances. Shouldn’t be expensive.

Belt

Bated Breath

20% maximum energy shield, damage, 50% increased energy shield recharge rate – nothing much to say here, must have belt for this build.

1Hand Weapon

Doryani's Caralyst

Doryani’s Catalyst is very strong weapon for RF, however, rare sceptre with spell damage, fire damage and attack speed for fluid shield charging won’t fall behind that much.

Offhand

Rare Shield

You want to use shield with at least 250 ES paired with some elemental resistances.

Jewel

Conqueror's Potency

Effectiveness of flasks and curses.

Jewel

Rare Jewels

Increased Damage
Increased Area Damage
Increased maximum Energy Shield

Flask

Flask Setup

Experimenter’s Ruby Flask of Heat
Chemist’s Sulphur Flask of Grounding
Chemist’s Silver Flask of Warding
Experimenter’s Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline
Chemist’s Basalt Flask of Staunching

Note: It is essential to fully upgrade Soul of Shakari minor god Pantheon power for Poison immunity. It is very dangerous since we have small life pool and it bypasses energy shield. You will have to roll one flask for poison immunity till you upgrade pantheon.