Bloodmage [EA] - "Sanguine Bonemage" - Phys/Crit Build (+ some Bleed/Break)

unique armor items that can be useful

body armor:
Kaom's Heart Conqueror Plate - tons of hp
Redflare Conduit Anchorite Garb - power charge on hit
Voll's Protector Ironclad Vestments - power charge on crit

gloves:
Atziri's Acuity Moulded Mitts - instant leech

helmet:
The Vertex Tribal Mask - crit + reduced requirements
Visage of Ayah Beaded Circlet - crit + Eldrich Battery
Atsak's Sight Veiled Mask - crit + poison (debuff used by bonestorm)

boots:
Bushwhack Lizardscale Boots - pin support no longer needed

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Kagokito#1717 wrote:

check out the Vertex Tribal Mask helmet. It looks like it's designed to reduce the requirements and has a chance of a critical hit

So what is the point of this helmet? Characteristics can be collected anyway. Bonestorm just has a weak projectile explosion on its own.

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Грива#6158 wrote:

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Kagokito#1717 wrote:

check out the Vertex Tribal Mask helmet. It looks like it's designed to reduce the requirements and has a chance of a critical hit

So what is the point of this helmet? Characteristics can be collected anyway. Bonestorm just has a weak projectile explosion on its own.

The biggest thing is the 50% reduced requirements for Gems. The cost to you Str score by needing to add enough Dex is a lot, as is dedicating two Gems to the tech of generating Power Charges.

With the Helm, it seems like you can save the Dex spending for Str and any remaining Int you need, plus the boots save you a support gem that you can dedicate to something more useful than Pin.

The real question is: is all of this worth it for the Bonestorm explosions? Sometimes they are helpful, but not as much on single target (it seems targets are only effected by one explosion?). Saving a whole support gem + the Dex will probably help, I would add Inevitable Critical I think.

Need to test more with this gear, and then also need to still test against Reap and Exsanguinate.

If Bonestorm explosion tech continues to underwhelm, I'd switch to this tree:
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgECgh3oIN91pQxd585beNtizd8Sg0mdBtuj7cfwucNzPo3OVxK4ywjOfpQ9AhV94W4hqJ9P0tctmLhJIXl8zuPZ7wzXMIV4ED3ARONGHLCB5tdASrW242g65-LBaBTCcVHv67M99NW12ieT2ou0CDX_DLNV4CiOD9uirau8NwIif2PVXmUQ6Be_KAKU3_acbXUmNlDFEPrU-bhA5aUz-w82CczDuH_p7vtS_d9a40cUpOghXYM-DYNfcdzucpLo4NPO7TIzfvuIGAWZPaZ6Br2oqBwIxNMza-q2JKEvK_DZLLIBCnBua4v3A4hvomr8DZDdQCie0cEL4emTJ6xxFlYdNMFPDDWcAAA=

I'll add it in the first post as an alternate.

What's the best way to generate Power Charges here? I've been doing Profane Ritual obviously, but is there a better way? I don't love doing it this way.

Corpse explosion with Pin and spell echo brings this build online and helps clear fast. I felt 10 times as powerful when I switched to it. Bonestorm to get the first kill then corpse explosion kills everything. Since it's based off enemy health it seems to keep scaling well.

This guide saved me from deleting my Blood mage

I found your guide on the final boss of Act 2 and tbh my passive tree was pretty darn close to what you had with one notable exception of the bottom left with the life regen. I won't say it made a major difference but it was definately notable. What really did it in though was changing the gems around on my skills (which were also pretty darn close). I was a solid 90% of the way there but this really helped out. Below is my progression path I've taken so far and my next steps for rolling into the second run of Act 1.

End of Act 1
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgECIh3oIN91pQxd585beNtizd8Sg0mdBtuj7cfwcz6NzlcSuMsIzjwwfpQ9AhV94W4hqJ9P0teB5tdASrW242g6DZDdQCieAAA=

End of Act 2
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgECNB3oIN91pQxd585beNtizd8Sg0mdBtuj7cfwucNzPo3OVxK4ywjOPDB-lD0CFX3hbiGon0_S1y2YuEmfOFUT33SB5tdASrW242g6DZDdQCie0cEL4emTJ6xxFlYdd_A0wUT3TaGO-kghAAA=

End of Act 3
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgECQx3oIN91pQxd585beNtizd8Sg0mdBtuj7cfwucNzPo3OVxK4ywjOPDB-lD0CFX3hbiGon0_S1y2YuEkheZ84VRPfdHzO49nvDNcwhXgQPcBE40asvxywgebXQEq1tuNoOg2Q3UAontHBC-HpkyescRZWHXfwNMFE902hjvpIIUSMOm40awJ2AAA=

"Lingering Illusion" is a great way to generate power charges without adding a new ability. It adds a 'ghost' to your dodge roll, if the enemies kill it, you can get 1-2 power charges (Support with +duration and more charges). Only downside is the spirit cost and 34 dex. Don't level it up, just keep it at level 8 or whatever.

guys try momentum.. thats all im gonna say.. but ssssh