[Build of the Week Submission] [0.3.1] Sonic the Hedgehog - Trail of Caltrops Tactician

POB https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/5iv5w0gs

latest snapshot of a character - https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss/character/Senits-5697/Izhak?i=0&search=name%3DIzhak

Showcase - https://youtu.be/pk--BXMohtM

Lets roll

Build description:
in 3.0 it is possible to socket the same support into multiple different skills, so lets use it the extreme - in the offense section of the build

Pros:
Can call it 0 buttons buld(banner doesn't count - XD) just roll over thing and they will die
Active dodging avoids almost any damage that comes your way
Easy to reposition - cause that is all you do
The bigger the target the faster it dies

Cons:
Carefull not to start spriting - mash that spacebar
The smaller the target the slower it dies

Offence - Big numbers:
intorducing Thornskin II Deal 70% increased Thorns Damage that is socketed into every other skill and build have 11 of them thanks to 2 unset rings and Guiding Palm of the Eye = 770% increased Thorns Damage.
At this point following line on Trail of Caltrops come into play - Increases and reduction to Thorns Damage apply to Hit Damage with this skill

Ascendancy node that makes all this possible Tacticians "A Solid Plan" - Persistent Buffs have 50% Less Reservation - without it build would need over 700 spirit which is close to impossible

Get nice spear with projectile gem levels and a bit of flat damage, any other sources for gem level are also usefull

Trail of Caltrops links in order of importance:
Nova Projectiles-Physical Mastery-Rearm II-Armour Break III-Heft

Other reservations are
Defiance Banner - Thornskin II, Refraction II, Prolonged Duration II, Magnified Area II
War Banner - Thornskin II, Prolonged Duration II, Magnified Area II
Dread Banner - Thornskin II, Prolonged Duration II, Magnified Area II
Time of Need - Thornskin II, Compressed Duration II
Scavenged Plating - Thornskin II, Prolonged Duration II, Physical Mastery
Charge Regulation - Thornskin II,
Combat Frenzy - Thornskin II
Wind Dancer- Thornskin II
Herald of Ice - Thornskin II, Warm Blooded, Cannibalism I -that in greatly complimented by Guiding Palm of the Eye
Herald of Ash - Thornskin II, Vitality I - for some additional clear
Purity of Ice(from scepter) - Thornskin II, Vitality II, Cannibalism II,Precision II

If weapon has more eledps than phys also try to squeeze in Refraction III into banner

As an afterthought 4th ascendancy is Unleash Hell! with Kurgal's Leash socketed into for some burst of added chaos damage

On a passive tree increasing thorns damage is almost irrelevant, so invest into AOE to reach breakpoints, and found that Run and Gun notable works well with Caltrops

Keep on rolling baby

Defence: We have to turn into a steamroller that doesn't care what it is rolling over, and oh boy we got it - not an ES build but still

Stack armour on all available gear pieces
Compliment it with all 3 banners that provide nice boost of defensive stats - thanks to Whoever Pays Best

in a fight buld has over 35k armour that is also applied to elemental, on top of that ~70% deflection chance cause of Glancing blows Keystone works incredible with Polish That Gear

Powerful recovery: that is provided by other spirit supprt gems like canibalism 1 and 2, vitality 1 and 2, One of the banners have Refraction 2
Banner also providing permanent flask uptime even in boss fight - so if it can't oneshot, it can't kill.

Passive tree investment are mostly armour with Iron reflexes in mind, Banner nodes for permanent uptime, and life wherever can get it


Unique gear
Guiding Palm of the Eye, can be any other palm or generic scepter of your chosing, can also chose Prism guardian if have enough life for some block
Alpha's Howl almost irreplaceable for 100 spirit that it provides
Boots is interesting, for generic mapping use Beetlebite for movespeed and some dmg, but for bossing or maps with tight corridors - Ghostmarch is the superior choice allowing you to roll through big monsters and most iportantly bosses to maximize how much caltops will boss detonate.

Megalomaniac with Widespread coverage is nice AOE boost
And prism of belief for +3 caltrops is pretty cheap

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