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Glad to see people saying the Trickster variant has promise, I was planning on forcing it this league start and I'm sure my PoB isn't very good :D	Posted by Eldrac#7408 on Aug 18, 2022, 10:31:43 PM Quote this Post
" Jadran wrote: What worries me is non existent Armor, Evasion and low-mid block chance. Doesn't the build die to random high crit elemental / physical hits? (no crit immunity) Or is the strategy in the vein of - as long as we're leeching we're fine and high ES pool protects from freak damage spikes? Don't underestimate block. 40-50% is a very serious defense layer. Armour is also not non-existent. Steelwood Stance is awesome. It gives just enough armour to provide a reasonable phys mitigation before the diminishing returns. Anomalous CWDT - IC - ID link keeps IC up a lot. We are in fact immune to repeated crits, from Solaris. And the mod that made some rares randomly 1-shot on the first hit (Powerful Crits) is gone. Multiple layers of defense combine in this build. You can see the results in the many videos I've posted over the years. Last edited by Kelvynn#6607 on Aug 19, 2022, 12:42:59 AM	Posted by Kelvynn#6607 on Aug 19, 2022, 12:35:35 AM Quote this Post
" Kelvynn wrote: " Firestrike9 wrote: Glad to see you're playing this league again Kelvynn, I also PoB'd it with trickster and while the extra defensive layer looked nice (30% chance to evade just from helmet, ES overleech and es on kill) we are losing stun immunity, perma conc ground and everything else scion gives, for me it shows as if Scion has 25% more damage than Trickster using the cluster tree. I feel like for me the choice is between witch and scion, I have a feeling Scion is the winner here despite Witch having 10% more damage and profane bloom, with the reservation nerfs it will be much harder to get it going, Maybe your PoB wasn't optimized enough. Mine shows the boss damage pretty much on par with the Occultist, i.e. higher than the Ascendant. I've updated the Occultist. Sustaining mana is a pain now. Need Enlighten lv 4 and 2 extra nodes, if you want to keep Aspect. The main attraction of the Trickster is the overleech. Plus the evasion (I have 44% in my PoB even without flasks). Plus the rotating 40% less damage from hits/dots. In maps that guy should be just about unkillable. And he should have the easiest time with the bosses too. No mana issues. Stun is covered by the jewel enchants - Harvest crafting that mod should be super easy now. It remains to be seen how it all actually works. But since I've played both the Ascendant and the Occultist many times, I'm very open to try the Trickster. Gonna post that version soon. Yeah I probably missed something and calculated the DPS as all I did is unallocate nodes and connect to the shadow start, if you can share the Trickster PoB before league start that would be awesome, thanks! What ascendancies are you taking?	Posted by Firestrike9#7135 on Aug 19, 2022, 5:08:53 AM Quote this Post
I'm hyped to try the Trickster too. Always loved the cowled guy. Shavronne wrapped Kaom's waist, with her gilded purple boots. "You want my sockets?"	Posted by Jadran#7994 on Aug 19, 2022, 5:47:46 AM Quote this Post
Kelvynn already posted preliminary trickster based build here https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3294484/page/2	Posted by adambog#4531 on Aug 19, 2022, 7:36:53 AM Quote this Post
I added a section for Other Versions to the guide. You can find the links to the Occultist and Trickster versions there.	Posted by Kelvynn#6607 on Aug 19, 2022, 12:27:11 PM Quote this Post
This will be painful with the massacred harvest, especially for other ascendancies, but even getting the items themselves.	Posted by Sixtysan#6617 on Aug 19, 2022, 2:52:32 PM Quote this Post
" Sixtysan wrote: This will be painful with the massacred harvest, especially for other ascendancies, but even getting the items themselves. Crafting a good chest is now nearly impossible. Reforge suffix/prefix is gone, nearly no option to craft on a influenced item. Beastcrafting might work, but would take way longer. Small question from my side. What would OP suggest as a good midpoint for int to do all content on a comfortable scale more or less? Maybe execpt uber content wave 30 simulacrum. I'm at ~1900 intelligence, but mapping still feels somewhat low. Might also just be the gems not all at 20% quality. Last edited by Camatoo#7023 on Aug 20, 2022, 12:16:04 PM	Posted by Camatoo#7023 on Aug 20, 2022, 10:35:26 AM Quote this Post
This isn't a question but more of advice for people struggling with gearing . Don't forget about essences and fossils espically this early when there cheap , int stacking crafting is cheap at the start of the league you should hop on that bandwagon and buy things like percent int rings while there one divine. Also if your struggling to craft the chest what I would do is get a i lv 75 to 79 vaal regalia then fossil spam dense + fundamental until you hit 2 open prefixes and decent ish int 400-500 after that hit it with a crusader exalted orb for 1 1/4 for t1 int or a 1/2 for any int then craft on attribute . Also you can find some really good items if you search for uncomplete items e.g search for 2 empty suffixes for a chest.	Posted by Gamerking1000#5436 on Aug 21, 2022, 7:37:34 PM Quote this Post
I have a question regarding the PoB. I noticed that both Zealot's Oath and Ghost Reaver is taken. Is there a reason to take both, or am I misunderstanding that Ghost Reaver blocks the regen from Zealot's Oath? Last edited by Gala1221#5646 on Aug 22, 2022, 9:25:47 AM	Posted by Gala1221#5646 on Aug 22, 2022, 9:24:38 AM Quote this Post