[3.16] Caustic Arrow/Death's Oath Occultist [Life based Chaos Autobomber]

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mangolicious wrote:

Hey there, I've been following this build for the past days. Just wanted to share my experience running the build as a casual player.

Mapping is fun, everything pops. Bossing, comfortable 2mil Shaper DPS. Easy Sirius A7, on my way to A8. Btw, will swap to Thicket Bow later (bcs of current boot).

My Current Gear:

My POB:

https://pastebin.com/FWuyF6Ni

Thank you, I'm happy you like it.

As for the boots, they are my favorite, but for Cyclone build.
In this build they actually limit our movement speed with Withering step (or "flatten it" to be exact), and we can't use a Silver Flask.
With slightly better gear when you get more DPS, you may want to run as fast as you can, since everything just dies instantly. And the additional spell dodge from Atziri's is pretty important on harder maps.

On the other hand, I see you added Divine flesh which is an excellent choice to cover for lower spell dodge, and also Hardened Scars for the Fortify. Both are excellent ideas.

Also, with Temp Chains you are missing a serious boost to damage from Despair as the Witchfire is not affected by any increased aura effect or enhance support. But it is an additional defense layer, so whatever works for you :)




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Can recommend, I just switched from a failed build to this and it feels pretty solid.
Now I'm kinda doing a mixture between the both of you: Got Aul's Uprising and Grace but also have the Viridi's Veil and two magic rings. Being hexproof and taking no additional damage from crits really is noticeable defense-wise :)

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Ulrira wrote:

Can recommend, I just switched from a failed build to this and it feels pretty solid.

Thank you :)

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Now I'm kinda doing a mixture between the both of you: Got Aul's Uprising and Grace but also have the Viridi's Veil and two magic rings. Being hexproof and taking no additional damage from crits really is noticeable defense-wise :)

There are many aspects of the build that can be tweaked, this is part of the fun of POE for me and why I run a DO char variations for a third league already, and so far this is the best one in my opinion.

And we also get damage hitting us is unlucky, which can be a significant damage reduction. Overall, Viridi's Veil is looks like one of the best new uniques in the league and an excellent fit for this build

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Also, with Temp Chains you are missing a serious boost to damage from Despair as the Witchfire is not affected by any increased aura effect or enhance support. But it is an additional defense layer, so whatever works for you :)

hey, I'm back & thanks for the advice. yeah, you are right I'm missing a lot of damage. Hence, I swapped Temp Chains for Despair and DPS shoots up to 3mil now (with new gear as well).

also got few upgrades on gear, managed to balance my resists in order to use better rings.

My Gear:



this will be my final version & thanks for the build! Really enjoyed it.

PoB if anyone interested:
https://pastebin.com/xg1u3ZAp

Hey very great build relly fun play for me !
dont even know what to say about maps you just go with any mods very good for me dont love reroll map
about bossing i manage to kill a8 sirus with life version 4.1k life with HH :)
+ i can say this build is TOP#1 for Valdo rest harbinger farm
Video if need
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/932705179 -Sirus A8
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/932772197 -Uber Atziri witness by Maven
My items

still can impruve it in many ways ! :)

my new boots https://www.twitch.tv/videos/932777943

guess build starts up in price :)

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mangolicious wrote:

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Also, with Temp Chains you are missing a serious boost to damage from Despair as the Witchfire is not affected by any increased aura effect or enhance support. But it is an additional defense layer, so whatever works for you :)

hey, I'm back & thanks for the advice. yeah, you are right I'm missing a lot of damage. Hence, I swapped Temp Chains for Despair and DPS shoots up to 3mil now (with new gear as well).

also got few upgrades on gear, managed to balance my resists in order to use better rings.

My Gear:

Spoiler

this will be my final version & thanks for the build! Really enjoyed it.

PoB if anyone interested:
https://pastebin.com/xg1u3ZAp

Awesome. Glad you enjoy it :)

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alkiww wrote:

Hey very great build relly fun play for me !
dont even know what to say about maps you just go with any mods very good for me dont love reroll map
about bossing i manage to kill a8 sirus with life version 4.1k life with HH :)
+ i can say this build is TOP#1 for Valdo rest harbinger farm
Video if need
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/932705179 -Sirus A8
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/932772197 -Uber Atziri witness by Maven
My items

Spoiler

still can impruve it in many ways ! :)

my new boots https://www.twitch.tv/videos/932777943

guess build starts up in price :)

Looking forward to improvement ideas ;)
And nice boots... Gratz

I'm surprised you don't use chainbreaker/divergent berserk. Any particular reason? That 44% more spell damage seems hard to pass by for this is (amazing) build.

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roselan wrote:

I'm surprised you don't use chainbreaker/divergent berserk. Any particular reason? That 44% more spell damage seems hard to pass by for this is (amazing) build.

Neither Death's Oath nor Caustic Arrow deal any spell damage, so Divergent Berserk is totally useless for this build.

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Trikzter wrote:

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roselan wrote:

I'm surprised you don't use chainbreaker/divergent berserk. Any particular reason? That 44% more spell damage seems hard to pass by for this is (amazing) build.

Neither Death's Oath nor Caustic Arrow deal any spell damage, so Divergent Berserk is totally useless for this build.

Well, that makes me look smart :'D

Thank you for the clarification!