[3.15] CieOnDancer's Bane Occultist - EXPEDITION READY! (NERFED) Farm endgame content on low budget!

14/02/2021
3.13 Ritual ready! Changed skill tree a lot!

15/04/2021
3.14 Ultimatum ready! Small nerf to cluster jewel and nerf to Vitality Aura, nothing more changed so It's ready to play - It will work as good as last league. Added updated PoB with levelling trees.

21/07/2021
3.15 Expedition ready! Very big nerfs to the build. It lost about 1/4 of its damage. There were a lot of nerfs: Bane itself, support gems, arcane surge, dash, flasks, cluster jewels, almost everything that this build uses. I'm still going to play it and probably will update it because I prefer to make builds ingame, not in PoB :P All PoBs are updated and build is ready to play.

How to play build:
On maps just Dash and cast Bane and Steelskin.
When you encounter red tier map boss or endgame boss place Wither Totems and use Essence Drain on them.
Simple as that.


Prices of core items at THIS (2 weeks into ritual league) moment:
6L Cane of Unravelling = 15 chaos
Tabula Rasa +2 Duration Gems = 10 chaos
Crown of Inward 40%inc bane dmg = 70c (not necessary)
Windshriek = 40c (it is just for bigger AoE so you can go rare boots with life+res, we don;t benefit from +1 curse at all because we use only 2)
Bisco Leash = 5c (for rampage, if u die a lot you can go rare belt with life+res)
Witchfire Brew = 1c
Bane 21/23 = 25c
Empower lvl 3 = 20c (not necessary, you can just level it by urself slowly)
Medium Cluster jewel with Eldritch Inspiration and Exposure Therapy = 20c
Some random rare items with life and res = 20c

In short: if you want to gear and damage as I have here you need to pay ~2ex
if you want to do less damage but it;s not like A LOT less damage, you need to pay ~1ex

With 2ex setup you can easy do all conquerors, guardians, sirus AL6 (AL7 too but you its hard) (didnt try A8)


For leveling use standard leveling items:
Goldrim helmet, Wanderlust shoes, Praxis ring or Heup or whatever you need, some belt with life, 2x lifesprig or some wand with + chaos gems, doedre gloves (those one with 50% spell dmg), tabula with +2 duration gems

Skills to use while levelling:
At start grab Blight, then you get Contagion from quest in Act1, then Essence Drain which you also get from quest in Act1 and at last Bane which you can get in Act3. Then do Siosa quest in Act3 and buy all gems you need and start to
use them if you have enough level to do so.

When you're leveling for bigger damage use Wands/Staff with: inc chaos damage, inc chaos damage over time, + level to all chaos spell skill gems, inc spell damage
And pick gear with life and resistances! :D

Mid-Tier with 25-30ex invested:
https://pastebin.com/FT52yNAF
Mid-Tier vs endgame bosses showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dem5oX_VSRo


Endgame with 100ex+ invested:
https://pastebin.com/MvRnWAkU

Corruption, Kill bandits, Brine King and Gruthkul

1. Profane Bloom (core mechanic to our build - pooping)
2. Malediction (we're starting to using more curses)
3. Void Beacon (some damage)
4. Withering Presence (great damage boost for endgame content)

Weapon:


Helmet:


Body Armour:


Belt:


Gloves:


Boots:


Amulet:


Rings:


Flasks:


Jewels and Cluster Jewels:

Essence Drain is just for league start to kill bosses faster and safer. When you will get some good damage I suggest you to swap it into Vaal Blight - It is great skill to farm Legion and maps juiced with monsters.

Some footage with Vaal Blight in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOdYjjxQGQ

Here is 6L setup for Vaal Blight in Staff:
Vaal Blight - Infused Channeling - Efficacy - Controlled Destruction - Swift Affliction - Empower

Chest 6L: Bane - Despair - Controlled Destruction - Efficacy - Enfeeble - Swift Affliction

Staff 5L: Essence Drain - Controlled Destruction - Efficacy - Void Manipulation - Swift Affliction (optional in 6L put Empower lvl 3 or 4

Gloves: Malevolence + Vitality (good place to put Cast on Death + Portal)

Helmet 4L: Wither - Faster Casting - Spell Totem - Multiple Totems

Boots 4L: Dash - Second Wind - Arcane Surge (LVL 7!!!) - Steelskin

On early levels (Act 1) use Blight and Contagion + Essence Drain. On Act 3 grab Bane and start using it with support gems above.
Buy all needed gems from Siosa in Act 3 and enjoy easy gameplay.

As leveling items you should use standard ones; wanderlust shoes, tabula, goldrim, etc. If you find wand/staff with Damage over Time mod it will increase ur damage pretty well.

Acquiring items order: As league starts I suggest you to farm Bloody Aqueduct for Humility card drop (early Tabula Rasa). First item we want to get is Cane of Unravelling, our main damage source. After this you should get Tabula Rasa with +2 socketed duration (or AoE) gems to boost Bane. Next one is Crown of Inward (with inc Bane damage or Despair effect) which gives us a lot of damage. And at last get Windshriek boots for great AoE boost and Bisco belt for Rampage and quantity of items boost - those items aren't necessary they just boost clearspeed.

20 points:
http://poeurl.com/dfR8
40 points:
http://poeurl.com/dfSf
60 points:
http://poeurl.com/dfSg
80 points:
http://poeurl.com/dfSh
100 points:
http://poeurl.com/dfSj
120 points:
http://poeurl.com/dfSl

On low tier maps you just dash and spam Bane, everything should die in 1-2s including bosses. On higher tier to keep nice survivability you should use Steelskin, also using it with Dash will give you arcane surge. Use Essence Drain on bosses for massive damage also remember to use wither totems and bane (remember it doesnt stack).Keep up flasks for greater dodge chance and extra damage.

Farming Bloody Aqueduct Day 1 of League (Highlights):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFS7w7MqAaA


Getting Windshriek Boots early in league/Atziri/First Conquerors (Day3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12EzWgQlw8


Sirus AL:5 bossfight with low budget version of build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBOtfu69ggE


~5ex budget showcase on t14-t16 Ultimatums, ready for farming league content safely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz0cNQguUKo