(Talisman) 2.1 Essence Drain/Contagion build (Chaos Proliferator)

Passive Skill Tree (115 points)


25 points (Level as Freeze Pulse/Magma Orb with Fire Trap)



50 points (you can start using ED/Contagion now)



75 points




Bandits






"-" denotes broken link


-Main damage link (6L EV/ES, EV):

Essence Drain + Controlled Destruction + Void Manipulation + Rapid Decay + Empower + Faster Projectiles/Culling Strike


-Contagion link for spreading Essence Drain:

Contagion + Increased Area of Effect + Faster Casting + Chaos Golem


-Blasphemy Curses

Blasphemy + Temporal Chains + Enfeeble + Enlighten


-Spell Totem Wither

Spell Totem + Wither + Faster Casting - X (possibly Increased Duration)


-Wither for stacking damage (Shield):

Wither + Faster Casting + Increased Duration


-Mobility (Dagger):

Whirling Blades + Fortify + Faster Attacks


Jewels planned:



Spot near the top of Witch gives 20 life

Late game option: Drop Dual-curse nodes and use a Doedre's Damning to free up 4 extra passives to do what you please with.


Playstyle:

Contagion a group of mobs, shoot an Essence Drain into it, once the mob with Essence Drain dies every mob with Contagion has Essence Drain applied. Watch everything die.



Current tree (level 72)




Current gear (day 2 Talisman) Note: Everything besides the dagger is self found

Shouldn't it be a 116 point tree since the DoT under entropy needs to be selected?
Edit: Never mind. Opened on the website not the program.

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TotalNoob69 wrote:

Shouldn't it be a 116 point tree since the DoT under entropy needs to be selected?
Edit: Never mind. Opened on the website not the program.

:)

This build is currently undergoing a few changes.

Likely dropping tri-curse and doing dual blasphemy curses with AA as I found out Vulnerability is the same thing as 5 stacks of Wither.

This is pretty close to what I was thinking of running for the Talisman league coming up. Looks fun! Have to think of a way to mitigate slower / no regen map mods I'm thinking... Hmmm. Also hoping it's not too squishy. I wonder if it will be Atziri-viable too.

Project PT made a similar build as yours, and as i compare, i think his passive tree is a little bit more efficient.
Mostly, you would benefit more from exceptional performace near the scion starting point than from skittering runes. Also you go deep in the templar tree for increased aoe, but you didn't pick the increased aoe in the starting tree of the scion which, imo, is more efficient. Anyways, you should check it out. All credit goes to Project PT for this tree.

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BigBaston wrote:

Project PT made a similar build as yours, and as i compare, i think his passive tree is a little bit more efficient.
Mostly, you would benefit more from exceptional performace near the scion starting point than from skittering runes. Also you go deep in the templar tree for increased aoe, but you didn't pick the increased aoe in the starting tree of the scion which, imo, is more efficient. Anyways, you should check it out. All credit goes to Project PT for this tree.

Spoiler

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwAACGe31thNFbjbWZSgyFstqNpiljKxkL6AaHQYVoMJ-ehGcW-egsdBh7QM8bMdvrc-ytNLVzOH_gq-isDjA-7yRdi9kyehLzrhNZJsC3_G74imV_6PtfIi9BGW-TdN43JsbqptGQ5IBx7Xz0rIl_QI9F3ytzCVLkmxPydSU8BUKwroWvDVX5iXlT1fvOpqQxEvJoiP-klRWW1Ms-tjzzLQHwQHtUg2Pe_rg9t2gp2qG8hVhVXGyAxsjM_dpcs6WLTRYqzxiqyYFr_31yaVUq-boWHiu00YalVL3V94L2f8fOVYBw==

The only thing better about his tree than mine is slightly more life (11%) at the cost of almost 100% damage. There is no way this is more efficient than my tree considering the amount of red I see in passive skill tree planner.

Feel free to plug them in yourself and see how much you lose.

Regarding the Templar nodes, I spend 2 points to get 10% aoe and 20% area damage, which is obviously far more efficient than 4 points for 10% aoe and 10% area damage.

hey, pls keep this up to date, planning to run something very similar, interested in how it works out for you.

this build wont well work since the tree is changed and you can pick better nodes. shadow is a better way to go since a big portion of the damage nodes start there

he made this build for 2.1 skilltree.
and i doubt shadow is superior.

Updated with how I leveled so far in Talisman

Removed Arctic Armour due to Blasphemy being 35% reservation.

Removed Spell Echo from Wither link because it doesn't work.

Dropped Contagion down to a 2 link since its only purpose is to spread Essence Drain.