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A build for Occultist that uses one of the newly added skills - Eye of Winter. Combined with Hydrosphere it works really well.

Updated for Patch 3.15

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Guide notes

August 4, 2021 -Build created August 7, 2021 -Added gameplay video

 

Eye of Winter is a newly added Cold Skill - it's a Projectile that shoots other Projectiles as it moves forward, but cannot deal damage itself. When the main Projectile ends or collides with terrain, it releases a secondary, more powerful wave of projectiles. It can be used in a clever way - to chain it off the Hydrosphere. Eye of Winters has to Chain either by equipping Snakepit Unique Ring in a left ring slot or by linking it with Chain Support. Hydrosphere is a Spell that creates a sphere of water that Drenches enemies, lowering their Elemental Resistance, and continuously deals Converted Cold Damage. After Hitting it with Eye of Winter, the Skill will Chain off of it and repeat the sequence, while Hydrosphere linked with Bonechill increases the damage enemies receive.

Occultist is seemingly the best Ascendancy Class for this build as it is great at dealing damage with Cold Spells and using Cold ailments. Moreover, Occultist is great at utilizing Power Charges and constructing their whole damage output based on them. With Forbidden Power, Infused, Instability, Overcharge from a Passive Skill Tree, and Warlord's Helmet Mod, two Void Batteries, the character can have up to 10 Power Charges. With Badge of the Brotherhood - 10 Frenzy Charges as well. The build is based on reaping the benefits of having such a large number of Charges and combines them with Void Batteries, all that is afterward needed to increase your damage is Cold Penetration, Critical Strike Chance, and Multiplier. The build is Life-based with around 6k of Maximum Life that also has a lot of Dodge Chance thanks to Acrobatics Keystones and Elusiveness. Vile Bastion combined with Eldritch Battery is an elegant solution to all your Mana issues - your small amount of ES now protects Mana and is used to cast spells. The build is not particularly defensive-oriented but it's not a glass cannon either.

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1. Gameplay

The gameplay consists of casting Eye of Winter into Hydrosphere which should be constantly moved around in such a way to absorb your projectiles. Use Lightning Golem to increase your damage and Steelsking as a Guard Spell. Flame Dash is the mobility Spell that you can link with Arcane Surge. Occasionally Vaal Righteous Fire and Frost Shield are to be used to increase your damage and survivability. Hatred, Zealotry, and Herald of Ice are the Mana-reserving Skills that with reduced reservation should be up at all times.

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2. Build's PROS & CONS

PROS

really good single target and AoE one of the best clear speeds good defense - lots of Life, and the Chance to Dodge

CONS

it can be quite expensive to upgrade your items - on top of regular mods, you will need some extra, relating to Power Charges  unique items are expensive as well - check if you can afford them before you start

 

3. Leveling tips

Equip a pair of Wands with increased Spell Damage, you can use Vendor recipes for that or enchant the weapon with the right Essence. After the first completed Lab, it is recommended to equip two Storm Prison Unique Wands that'd give you more Maximum Power Charges and Power Charges on Kill. For your first ascendancy, you should pick Forbidden Power. Now your damage and AoE scales with Power Charges which you should have 7 of. The damage you deal at this point is so good that you can use any Spell you're comfortable with, but link it with "Increased Critical Damage Support Gem", you have a high chance for Critical Strike so increasing your Critical Damage is obviously a good idea. At Level 60 you will be able to wear Badge of the Brotherhood, at level 68 equip two Void Batteries.

Suggested leveling Gem setups:

Flame Dash setup
	Flame Dash - improves your mobility by allowing you to instantly dash
	Faster Casting Support - faster casting for Flame Dash

Bandits:

KIlling all three Bandits for two Passive Skill Points or Help Alira for Mana Regen, Crit Multiplier, and Elemental Resistances

Leveling Skill Trees:

32 Points Skill Tree
Take Instability by taking the path as presented here, then go for more Maximum Life, and Disciple of the Forbidden

68 Points Skill Tree
Allocate Infused and Overcharge, increase your Maximum Life, Critical Strike Chance, and Multiplier

 

Recommended leveling items:

Le Heup of All - a decent ring that you can use for more Elemental Resistances and some Attributes

Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks +(10-30) to all Attributes (10-30)% increased Damage (10-30)% increased Rarity of Items found +(10-30)% to all Elemental Resistances

Goldrim - the Helmet that mostly fixes your Elemental Resistances

+(30-50) to Evasion Rating 10% increased Rarity of Items found +(30-40)% to all Elemental Resistances Reflects 4 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers Level Requirement reduced by 100 (Hidden)

Tabula Rasa - the best leveling Body Armour that allows you to link any 6 Gems right from the start

Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden) Item has 6 White Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)

Storm Prison - Storm Prison grants you an additional Maximum Power Charge and this single mod alone makes it one of the best leveling Wands

(11-15)% increased Spell Damage (40-60)% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to (35-45) Lightning Damage (15-25)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate +1 to Maximum Power Charges (25-35)% chance to gain a Power Charge on Kill

Victario's Acuity - As you're using a Spell that is also a Projectile, you can use this Amulet for more Damage. It also provides you with some other useful stats.

+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence +(30-40)% to Lightning Resistance +(8-10)% to Chaos Resistance 10% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Kill 10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Kill 5% increased Projectile Speed per Frenzy Charge 5% increased Projectile Damage per Power Charge

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

117 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster Jewels nor Intuitive Leap and Thread of Hope)
117 Points Path of Building(PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Forbidden Power
2. Void Beacon
3. Frigid Wake
4. Vile Bastion

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of Lunaris1% additional Physical Damage Reduction for each nearby Enemy, up to 8%; 1% increased Movement Speed for each nearby Enemy, up to 8%

Minor God: Soul of Ryslatha Life Flasks gain 3 Charges every 3 seconds if you haven't used a Life Flask Recently

 

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Eye of Winter setup
	Eye of Winter - The Spell that is used as a main damage-dealing ability. Use it to cast a Projectile that deals damage by shooting additional, smaller projectiles coming from its center. Combine it with Hydrospehere and have it chaining to maximize its efficiency.
	Power Charge on Critical Strike Support - Increases your Damage per Power Charge and your Critical Strike Chance. It's a crucial Gem in our setup, as it's the main way to generate Power Charges (and scale damage significantly)
	Inspiration Support - Lowers the Mana cost of your Skill, grants you Critical Strike Chance, and Elemental Damage. If you don't have mana issues, you can replace it with Cold Penetration Support, preferably an Awakened version of it.
	Ice Bite Support - It's used to generate Frenzy Charges and increase your damage that scales with these Charges by adding Cold Damage to your Spell. It makes Frozen opponents more susceptible to damage. If you already have Frenzy Charge generation from other courses, such as BOdy Armour, replace it with  Added Cold Damage Support, preferably an Awakened version of it.
	Chain Support - Makes your Eye of Winter bounce off of Hydrosphere. If you've chosen to wear Snakepit, you don't need this Support Gem, and you can replace it with  Increased Critical Damage Support.
	Spell Echo Support - Makes you repeat the Spell a second time in rapid succession greatly increasing your damage

[UTILITY] Frost Shield setup
	Frost Shield - creates a zone where your ES is drained and you take less damage, it also increases your Critical Strike Chance
	Increased Duration Support - increase the Duration of linked Spells
	Increased Area of Effect Support

[MOBILITY] Flame Dash setup
	Flame Dash - the main Mobility Spell, it suits the build the most
	Faster Casting Support
	Second Wind Support - you can store more charges of Flame Dash to use in a rapid succession

[UTILITY] Steelskin
	Steelskin - a guard skill that decreases the amount of damage you take

[UTILITY] Golem setup
	Summon Lightning Golem - Lightning Golem increases your Cast Speed. It will also kill enemies below 10% Life instantly thanks to Culling Strike Support
	Cast when Damage Taken - as your Golem may die often, link it with this Support Gem so that it will be summoned automatically after you take damage
	Culling Strike Support - your Golem will instantly kill enemies below 10% Life

 

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5. Gear Setup

Two Void Batteries and Badge of the Brotherhood are obligatory uniques. Wands are a bit expensive, but the Amulet is what makes this build so costly. It's not a great league starter. There are some mods that scale with your Power Charges increasing your damage or other utility stats - those will be mentioned.  You should Generally look for Maximum Life and Elemental Resistances, especially on Gloves, Belt, and Jewels as these do not offer any unique for this build, rare, or mandatory affixes. Around 150 Strenght and 120 Dexterity are required, and to be looked for on your gear pieces.

Our recommended items will:

1. Cap your resistances at 75%
2. Provide you with enough DPS, Life, and ES to start mapping

Stat priorities on items: Maximum Life Damage per Power/Frenzy Charge Elemental Resistances Critical Strike Multiplier Critical Strike Chance Strength and Dexterity

(Helmet) Rare Helmet - Blizzard Crown is a base good base for a Helmet, it adds a lot of Cold Damage to your Skills. You will need to have +1 to max Power Charges on it later in the game.

Min. requirements: 60 Maximum Life 60% Total Elemental Resistances +1 to Maximum Power Charges Optional affixes: Nearby Enemies have -#% to Cold Resistance Maximum Energy Shield Chaos Resistance

Helmet enchantments: Eye of Winter enchantments

(Weapon) Void Battery - The most optimal choice for Power Charge stacking builds, it not only increase your damage per Charge but extends your Limit on their maximum number. You will need two of them.

(36-40)% increased Spell Damage 80% reduced Spell Damage (10-20)% increased Cast Speed (50-65)% increased Global Critical Strike Chance +(40-50) to maximum Mana +1 to Maximum Power Charges 25% increased Spell Damage per Power Charge

(Body Armour) Rare Armour - Your source of Frenzy Charges is Ice Bite, but if you happen to own a Body Armour with Chance to gain Frenzy Charge on Hit, you can replace it with some other Support Gem. Look for Maximum Life and Elemental Resistances.

Min. requirements: 70% Elemental Resistances 100 Maximum Life Optional affixes: 10% chance to gain Frenzy Charge on Hit Enemies you Kill have a #% chance to Explode, dealing a tenth of their Maximum Life as Physical Damage Elemental and Chaos Resistances Maximum Energy Shield

(Boots) Rare Boots - Your Badge of the Brotherhood increases your Elusive effect by 100%, that's why you need a source for it. Boots offers such a mod and it's pretty much mandatory.

Min. requirements: 10% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike 60 Maximum Life 25% Increased Movement Speed Optional affixes: You have Tailwind if you have dealt a Critical Strike Recently Elemental and Chaos Resistances chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill

Boot enchantment: 16% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've Killed Recently

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - Gather as much Life, Elemental Resistances, and Dexterity as you can here.

Min. requirements: 80 Maximum Life 80% Total Elemental Resistances Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Dexterity increased Spell Damage Increased Damage with Hits against Chilled enemies Adds # to # Cold Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently

(Belt) Rare Belt - Look for a solid Stygian Vise, with high defensive stats. At least 100 Maximum Life and 100% Total Elemental Resistances.

Min. requirements: 100 Maximum Life 100% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: #% increased maximum Life Strength increased Damage with Hits against Chilled Enemies

(Amulet) Badge of the Brotherhood - It sure is expensive but the Frenzy Charges you will receive will increase your Damage and Cast Speed by 40%, and with the right Annoiment, the damage will increase by another 80%. It grants you a lot faster Cooldown Recovery Rate of Travel Skills and improved Effect of Elusive.

+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence (7-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate of Travel Skills per Frenzy Charge (7-10)% increased Effect of Elusive on you per Power Charge (20-25)% chance to lose a Frenzy Charge when you use a Travel Skill (20-25)% chance to lose a Power Charge when you gain Elusive Your Maximum Frenzy Charges is equal to your Maximum Power Charges

Recommended Anointments: Disciple of the Slaughter

(Ring) Rare Ring - It is important to find a ring that Curses enemies with Frostbite or Elemental Weakness on Hit, preferably Frostbite. Opal or Diamond bases improve your damage, while Two-Stone or Vermilion are defensively oriented. Added Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge is a Redeemer Prefix that's really beneficial - at least one ring with such mod is required.

Min. requirements: Curses enemies with Frostbite on Hit 60 Maximum Life 70% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Added Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge Chaos Resistances Attributes

(Ring) Snakepit - By putting it in your Left Ring Slot you can ditch the otherwise mandatory  Chain Support in your main DPS setup. It also increases your Cold Damage, Cast Speed, and Cold Resistance.

+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance (20-40)% increased Spell Damage (5-10)% increased Cast Speed Left ring slot: Projectiles from Spells cannot Chain Left ring slot: Projectiles from Spells Fork Right ring slot: Projectiles from Spells Chain +1 times Right ring slot: Projectiles from Spells cannot Fork Projectiles from Spells cannot Pierce

(Jewel) Abyss Jewels - you can put one in your Stygian Vise if you're using such Belt, look for Maximum Life and some offensive mods

Recommended affixes: Maximum Life Optional affixes: chance to gain Phasing on Kill Critical Strike Multiplier added Spell/Elemental/Cold Damage while Dual Wielding added Spell/Elemental/Cold Damage

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - Maximum Life increased by 7% is the most important mod, additionally, aim for mods to increase your damage or Corrupted Blood immunity

Recommended affixes: Maximum Life Optional affixes: Critical Strike Multiplier Elemental Resistances Increased Spell/Elemental/Cold Damage while Dual Wielding increased Spell/Elemental/Cold Damage Strength or Dexterity

(Jewel) Intuitive Leap - After putting it next to Fervour it allows you to allocate Heartseeker and Herbalism. It's an expensive Jewel for finishing touches.

Passives in Radius can be Allocated without being connected to your tree

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - An expensive, but the most impactful Jewel that there is. You should aim for mods that correspond to the Auras you're using.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers> Recommended Aura modifiers: Critical Strikes Penetrate (8-10)% of Enemy Elemental Resistances while affected by Zealotry Adds (58-70) to (88-104) Cold Damage while affected by Hatred Damage Penetrates (10-15)% Cold Resistance while affected by Hatred

(Jewel) Thread of Hope - with Large Ring you can allocate four additional useful Notables after you put this Jewel next to Instability

Only affects Passives in <size> Ring Passives in Radius can be Allocated without being connected to your tree -(20-10)% to all Elemental Resistances

(Jewel) Unnatural Instinct - Another very expensive Unique Jewel that can provide you with a lot of damage and durability. The recommended placement for it is the socket next to Melding.

Allocated Small Passive Skills in Radius grant nothing Grants all bonuses of Unallocated Small Passive Skills in Radius

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewels - Doryani's Lesson is a much-needed source of Life Leech, but if you happen to stumble upon a similar mod somewhere else it is not required. There are also other Notable Passives you can find on Large Cluster Jewels that can be of use.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Doryani's Lesson 1 Added Passive Skill is Blanketed Snow 1 Added Passive Skill is Blast-Freeze 1 Added Passive Skill is Disorienting Display 1 Added Passive Skill is Prismatic Heart

(Jewel) Medium Cluster Jewels - Vast Power scales AoE with Power Charges so it's obviously one to look for, it can be found alongside Magnifier witch is a great option as well

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Magnifier 1 Added Passive Skill is Vast Power

(Flask) Bottled Faith - increases your Damage and Critical Strike Chance, an expensive Flask that has can be easily replaced by a cheaper alternative

40% increased Damage Creates Consecrated Ground on Use (20-40)% increased Duration Consecrated Ground created by this Flask has Tripled Radius Consecrated Ground created during Effect applies (7-10)% increased Damage taken to Enemies (100-150)% increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies on Consecrated Ground during Flask effect

Other suggested Flasks: Experimenter's Diamond Flask of Staunching (immunity to Bleeding for 1 second if used while afflicted) Experimenter's Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline (increased Movement Speed) Experimenter's Quartz Flask of Curing (immunity to Poison for 1 second if used while afflicted) Bubbling Life Flask of Heat (immunity to Chill and Freeze for 1 second if used while afflicted)

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"Throw off the chains of fear and embrace that which was forbidden."

Occultists are suited for Witches with a focus on chaos damage or curses. Occultists are well-served by builds that rely on & maximize energy shield.

POE 3.5 introduced a new way to scale the cold spell - cold damge overtime multiplier, coupled with the new Occultist nodes, it basically doubles the damage of cold damage over time skills. This build is life based because it is a league starter, and so that we can buy cap resistance and at the the time find more damage on gear more easily.

Quick Jump

Overview

We use dual curse temporal chain - enfeeble defensively, coupled with scaling chill effect for bonechill support gem-> Chill effect is basically another damage multiplier for us in 3.5. Later we can craft Aspect of the spider for another defensive aura -> very many layers of defense. But don't be overconfident though, because the Betrayal league mobs are very rippy, but at least you will die less compared to other builds.

Skill Tree 

Ascendancy

Every ascendency node has a major impact on our build.

Take Frigid wake as soon as possible.

Then Profane bloom -> Feels good factor

Then Malediction.

You can delay the last node until you have 5k hp (around level 80).

Bandits

Kill all ( best for damage and survivability) / Alira (For feels good factor and movement speed, I like it so I chose Alira ).

Pantheons

The Pantheon List

• Soul of Lunaris : Try to upgrade it as soon as possible, projectiles in incursion are very rippy, it really helps.
• Minor god: the one with life flask to do trial /uber (help massively). Otherwise choose the one with attack speed slow (Because we stacks so much slow). (Overall not important to upgrade this)

Passive Tree

The most important nodes on the tree: All cold damage multiplier nodes, Elemental Overload (use Cast on damage taken + Ice spear while leveling to trigger this, until u have this setup, dont take this node, because cold DoT casts are really slow with slow crit chance), Increased area nodes.

You don't have mana issues until much later. So don't take Eldricht Battery while leveling.

Gems Setup

On Weapons

Frostbolt - Greater multiple projectiles - Increased Critical Strike chance (To proc EO)

Desecrate- Increassed Duration (Corpse lasts longer that trigger spell cooldown -> good for the Helmet) - Spell cascasade OR equivalent setup:

Unearth - GMP - LMP ( I think it looks nicer, less lag on my machine)

Movement

Lightning warp - Reduced duration - Faster casting - fourth link can be Arcange surge / Swift affliction.

Cold snap setup

Vaal Coldsnap - Bonechill- Efficacy-Hypothermia

Vortex setup on body armour

Vortex- Elemetal focus- Efficacy-Swift affliction-Hypothermia-Controlled destruction

Why Elemental focus? Because Bonechill with the coldsnap is enough (It affects both skills) and we use instead Elemental focus for another large modifier.

Curse setup

Blasphemy-Enfeeble-Temporal chain on helmet

Gear

Weapon

We dual wield wands/scepter/mace, because shields can't use the trigger mod, which I find is one of the most interesting mod in this 3.5 expansion: it basically improves our quality of life massively and acts as another damage multiplier.

Helmets. 

The Devouring Diadem saves us 3 points pathing to Eldricht battery, which is equivalent to tier 2 life mod on a rare helm because we can spend the points else where on the tree to increase life. In addition, Fease of Fleash is a trigger skill that consumes all corpses round you (maximum 10 corpses) for 400 life + mana + ES for each corpse. Basically combined with our trigger spell, we recover full life + mana + es every 5 seconds. The +1 socketed gems are very good for curses.

Armours

Tabula rasa for the league starter ( I'm still using it). And then later in the league, when the 6 links are cheaper, buy a white 6 link for 50-60 chaos ( Remember you need blue and green gems, so buy the bases of items accordingly: Energy shield and Evasion base, or pure Energy shield, Energy shield is useful for Eldricht battery, so that we can reserve all of our mana later), then buy as high tier Essence of greed as possible, then try to craft it on gear. If the craft rolls another good 2 res on it, then you are good to go. 

Belts

At first just buy a belt with high life and resist : find a belt with >110 life (Leather belt), with one good res and open suffix. Then you craft another res on it, and you are done. Later in the league try to find cool down reduction on the belt, it helps proc spell more often (not needed though)

Glove

High life (>75) and another res with open suffix, and craft another res on it. Later in the league upgrade it with cold damage over time multiplier glove mod. 

2 Rings

High life 2 stone rings / Coral rings, with another resist mod, and open suffix. Same story. 

Boots

Find a boot with the mod : Grant level 20 aspect of the spider skill. You need high life, movement speed, and res as the other mods. Find any boot with 3 of the above mods ( must include Grant level 20 Aspect of the spider), with open affix to craft the other. It is the cheapest variant.

Amulet

We fill our dexterity here. You need life + dexterity, then craft res on it. Later find amulet with cold damage over time multiplier ( you see a pattern here?, that's basically how we scale)

Jewels

Life and increased effect of chill / Cold damge multiplier jewels.

Flask

Flask this league is so easy to craft with bestiary craft, so go for it. ( You can buy bauble at the Oriath )

One more thing, since incursion is prevalent this league, you need a chaos mod resistance somewhere on the gear. Basically, always try to find an item with open suffix / prefix to craft life/res on it, that way you will find much cheaper item. It's very easy to hear.

Leveling

1. The gems we need are all level 28 required gem. Arctic breath / Cold snap is dog shit clear without some increased AoE (Well Arctic breath is still dogshit with AoE). So I recommend you go with Arc till you have done your first Ascendency, and respec to get Area nodes and cold multiplier nodes. That means around act 4 -5.

2. Dexterity can be a bit lackey -> Take the dexterity node near Elemental overload. Respec later.

3. Level Blasphemy and curses gems to use them later when you have enough mana regen.

4. League starter is especially hard on resistance: use elemental resistance aura to mitigate this, because our build doesn't any need early auras.

5. To get the triggered spell mod, you need to find an veiled item and unveil it. If you see that mod, choose it immediately and it will appear on your crafting table (cost  3 poe chaos orb).

Expectations & POB

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Cyclone Shockwave Build. Occultist Witch in PoE 3.15 Expedition. Path of Exile 3.15

Hi everyone. Welcome to «PoE Teacher» school.

Hi friends, in this lesson I’ll show you my variation build Occultist Witch Cyclone Shockwave.

Pros and Cons

So, let’s talk about the build pros and cons.

What is the build price?

10-20 exalts
(The cost of items is indicated at the time of purchase. Prices may be different at the time of the video release)

How many times have you died in the game?

After creating a build, I test it on tier 16 maps and 5 bosses:
- on maps - 0
- Chimera - 0
- Phoenix - 0
- Hydra - 0
- Minotaur - 0
- Shaper - 0
(But keep in mind that I'm not a very good skill player, I don't play on HC)

How to play

The gameplay is pretty simple. On maps:

1. I recommend put Molten Shell on left mouse button
2. Use Sand Stance
3. Use Blood Rage
4. Use Flasks (if necessary and not enabled auto-use)
5. Use Leap Slam as a movement skill and for activate Endurance Charge on Melee Stun
6. Use Cyclone
7. Use Ancestral Protector on strong Enemies
8. Use Ancestral Warchief on strong Enemies

Boss gameplay is slightly different:

1. Use Blood Stance
2. Use Ancestral Protector on Boss
3. Use Ancestral Warchief on strong Enemies
4. Use Flasks (if necessary and not enabled auto-use)
5. Use Cyclone
6. Use Vaal Ancestral Warchief
7. Use Leap Slam as a movement skill and for activate Endurance Charge on Melee Stun

Kill everyone and not die

Equipment

Helmet

We use Crown of Eyes Hubris Circlet, which give us:

• +(300-350) to Accuracy Rating
• (120-150)% increased Energy Shield
• -30% to Fire Resistance
• (0.4-0.8)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
• (0.2-0.4)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
• Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attacks at 150% of their value

Try to find on trade with good roll

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Look at this Enchants (best – 15% increased Cyclone Attack Speed)

Sceptre

We use Replica Frostbreath Ornate Mace, which give us:

• 15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdAdds (53-67) to (71-89) Chaos Damage
• (8-14)% increased Attack Speed
• +(23-31)% to Chaos Resistance
• Your Chaos Damage can Chill
• Attacks with this Weapon deal Double Damage to Chilled Enemies

Try to find on trade with good roll

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Shield

We use rare shield. Try to find on trade or craft with:

• Life,
• Resistances,
• Strength,
• Attributes,
• Spell Damage

Chest

We use The Iron Fortress Crusader Plate, wich gice us:

• +1% Chance to Block Attack Damage per 50 Strength
• Chance to Block Spell Damage is Unlucky
• +(60-120) to Strength
• (80-100)% increased Armour
• 10% reduced Movement Speed
• Strength’s Damage Bonus instead grants 3% increased Melee
• Physical Damage per 10 Strength

Try to find on trade with good roll

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Amulet

We use Astramentis Onyx Amulet, wich gice us:

• +(10-16) to all Attributes
• +(80-100) to all Attributes
• -4 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits

Try to find on trade with good roll

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Activate with oils Blood Siphon

First ring

We use rare ring. Try to find on trade or craft with:

• Life,
• Resistances,
• Attributes (Strength),
• Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with #% increased Effect

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Second ring

We use rare ring. Try to find on trade or craft with:

• Life,
• Resistances,
• Attributes (Strength)

Gloves

We use Repentance Crusader Gloves, wich gice us:

• (30-0)% reduced Spell Damage
• (120-180)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
• +(8-16) to maximum Energy Shield
• 500% increased Attribute Requirements
• Iron Will

Try to find on trade with good roll

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Belt

We use rare belt. Try to find on trade or craft with:

• Life,
• Resistances,
• increased Attributes,
•  max Strength

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Boots

We use Replica Alberon’s Warpath Soldier Boots, wich gice us:

• (15-18)% increased Strength
• +(180-220) to Armour
• +(9-12)% to Chaos Resistance
• 20% increased Movement Speed
• Cannot deal non-Chaos Damage
• Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks per 80 Strength

Try to find on trade with good roll

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Flask

Try to craft on flasks immunity to Bleeding, Poison, Curses.

Good enchant – Used when Charges reach full or 50% increased effect Gains no Charges during Flask Effect

First flask

Second flask

Third flask

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Forth flask

Fifth flask

Jewels

For large clusters:

Try to use with 8 nods

Use 1 with Mace or Sceptre Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments

Buy on trade with 2 sockets for jewels and craft with alteration orbs for needed nods or try to craft with Fossils

Look at such nodes on cluster jewels:

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We use 7 unique jewel

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Put them in this slots

Path of Exile trade link

Put them in this slots

Path of Exile trade link

Put them in this slots

For any rare and abyss jewels find on jewel next mods:

• Life
•  Strength
•  Resistances
•  Attributes
•  Mace Damage
•  Chaos Damage

Gem links

If you have currencies, you can use Awakened Void Manipulation

• Cyclone
• Pulverise
• Fortify
• Shockwave
• Cruelty
• Void Manipulation

• Leap Slam
• Lifetap
• Endurance Charge on Melee Stun
• Faster Attacks

• Ancestral Protector
• Multiple Totems
• Culling Strike
• Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Use Enligtin lvl_2-4

• Enlighten
• Summon Skitterbots
• Blood and Sand
• Vitality

Leave Cast when Damage Taken lvl_1, Immortal Call lvl_1

• Cast when Damage Taken
• Immortal Call
• Inspiration

• Blood Rage
• Defiance Banner
• Vaal Molten Shell

Price

The cost of items is indicated at the time of purchase. Prices may be different at the time of the video release. If I craft the item, then I calculate only the cost of the ingredients

Gems

Strategy for gems:

• When you can buy needed gems lvl_1 and quality_20-23.
• Buy additionally 2-3 main gems 1_lvl / 20_quality and put it in free slots.
• Buy Enlighten and Empower gems lvl_1
• Level up all gems while leveling and mapping.
• Corrupt main gems to get lvl_21 gem.

I do not consider when calculating the value of the gems

Pantheon

Bandits

Stats

Ascendancy

1. Void Beacon
2. Frigid Wake
3. Withering Presence
4. Profane Bloom

Skill tree

In video description on my YouTube channel you can find link to Path of Building version skill tree.

IMPORTANT! I use Community Fork PoB and for correct work pastebin link you must use Community Fork PoB too

Leveling

1. I do not like to reset the skill tree after leveling, so I try to level up in the main skill-tree.
2. You can see the types of skill tree for leveling in Path of Building.
3. For more comfortable leveling use leveling items.
4. Farm Bloody aqueduct to lvl 68-70
5. Buy a basic gear
6. Done 4 labs until completion 10 Act (if this is not starter build)
7. Done 3 labs until completion 10 Act (if this is starter build)

LEVELING ITEMS

More about leveling you can see in video guide on my YouTube channel

Throw off the chains of fear and embrace that which was forbidden.

The Occultist is an Ascendancy class for Witches.

Overview

The Occultist is a Witch class that specializes in cold and chaosdamage over time (DoT) effects as well as curses, with a minor affinity for both energy shield and power charges. The class is capable of reliably generating said Power Charges without needing to trigger on-kill effects, using Forbidden Power. Malediction and Profane Bloom are a great boon to builds that utilize curses in any form, though to bring out their full potential you would ideally combine them with other sources of non-chaos damage. Withering Presence and Frigid Wake, the two specialized damage over time nodes behind Void Beacon, amplify the power of chaos and cold damage over time respectively. Historically the Occultist has been one of the most resilient Ascendants, utilizing many forms of damage mitigation and energy shield generation. With the removal of its notable Wicked Ward and the power down of Vile Bastion, it still retains its powerful defensive layers in either Frigid Wake or Malediction but is no longer the be-all and end-all for energy shield durability.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Forbidden Power	6% increased Area of Effect per Power Charge 6% increased Spell Damage per Power Charge Gain a Power Charge after Spending a total of 200 Mana +1 to Maximum Power Charges	Energy Shield, Power Charge Duration
Profane Bloom	Cursed Enemies you or your Minions Kill have a 40% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage Your Hexes can affect Hexproof Enemies	Energy Shield, Curse Effect
Malediction	You can apply an additional Curse 15% increased Effect of your Curses Enemies you Curse have Malediction	Energy Shield, Curse Effect
Void Beacon	Nearby Enemies have -20% to Cold Resistance Nearby Enemies have -20% to Chaos Resistance Nearby Enemies have 100% reduced Life Regeneration rate	Energy Shield, Cold and Chaos Damage
Withering Presence	+60% to Chaos Resistance 15% more Chaos Damage Every second, inflict Withered on nearby Enemies for 15 seconds Nearby Hindered Enemies deal 15% reduced Damage over Time	Void Beacon	Energy Shield, Chaos Damage
Frigid Wake	Cannot be Chilled Cannot be Frozen 15% more Cold Damage Every 4 seconds, 33% chance to Freeze nearby Chilled Unique Enemies for 0.6 seconds Every 4 seconds, Freeze nearby Chilled Non-Unique Enemies for 0.6 seconds Nearby Chilled Enemies deal 10% reduced Damage with Hits	Void Beacon	Energy Shield, Cold Damage
Vile Bastion	Regenerate 2% of Energy Shield per second for each Enemy you or your Minions have Killed Recently, up to 10% per second Cannot Be Stunned while you have Energy Shield Regenerate 40 Energy Shield per second	Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate

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Occultists are suited for Witches with a focus on damage over time (DoT) with cold damage or chaos damage and curses. Malediction greatly enhances curse specialists, while Withering Presence and Frigid wake amplifies the power of their cold and chaos damage over time. Occultists are well-served by builds that rely on & maximize energy shield. Occultists also may serve as a generic way to generate Power Charges in builds which lack other means of doing so.

Occultist offers bonus to curse effect. He can create a powerful Curse Build with relative several pieces of unique equipment and appropriate talent. So, he can fight against enemy who are immune to curse with curse.

During the new season, Occultist plays an important role in PoE as the result of the enhance of spellcaster and the unveiling of new chaos skills. For example, Occultist Builds which is mainly make up of Soulrend ( Chaos) and Band ( Chaos+Curse). And the Build can be a good choice for Occultists because its enhance of shield, which will offer Occultist high effective defence.