[2.3]Staff CoC Discharge guide (No voll's)

The build is going to revolve around the new juggernaut ascendency node that grants max endurance charges when you can a charge. The build uses multiple methods to generate endurance charges rather than using a Voll's Devotion. I didn't want to plan a build around getting a super expensive unique.

So the builds main source of endurance charges will be the staff node that has a 10% chance to grant an endurance charge on melee crit (GGG, would you consider making this a global chance while wielding a staff? :D ). Now in testing, using only this was to inconsistent and led to many suggestions about getting more charges. The other method we will use is to have a minion gem (Skeles, SRS, etc..) and use the heartbound loop ring, which damages you when a minion expires. This works with the other juggernaut node that has a 20% chance to gain an endurance charge when hit.

The build will also use power charges, but I'll mention more of that later.

Pros
-No volls devotion required (but one would be ideal)
-Slightly out of the norm
-Using a staff frees up the chest for either a 6 link or a kaoms heart

Cons
-Will not be as strong as a voll's build with daggers
-Heartbound loop mechanic will be dangerous, armor can help
-Relys on many %chance mechanics, which can be unreliable

Bandits will be Oak - Passive - Oak.
Attack speed in cruel is optional, so if you would prefer that then go for it.

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAEBAMbYWGN9c8sewAE9_K0J0jgGxozPXaT2SN3VXz8UIH_j7w4x-1BH5FFnm64-xq7E9jwtr6dyqYNfg8wczqyq9zK3PitQWfPqGJJ9_goNzZ8-GjjtRPjrdqzcI_JF2L3-VC3SkFW8mrvt893PfphvOuE1kicvQXKRzmhl5c-mV_6PtfI62MlnTeNuquw4SsgpT4KbhXs_J2u3mjtmVCpNhX2f331bR-LvfDwFrEci4sBmUUykOQSzrfHKSqIAGF1vnl-w8B-cpJu1hxPDOoTFdwcqOCSLD6sWvyaVYeJVS4w2idNwUg==

The basic beginning plan for me is to level with your basic leveling skills like flame totem/firestorm or melee if I find nice weapons. After I beat Cruel lab, I'll be able to get the Juggernaut node for max endurance charges when you gain one, which means I can level with self cast discharge Until I'm ready for the CoC version.

Here are the planned paths and info behind them.

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98 points

Staff

Cyclone - Discharge - CoC - summon skeles - Icreased Crit - Life leech/Fire Pen/Faster Attacks

Info


4 Link
Cast when damage taken - increased crit chance - Blade vortex - Power charge on crit

Info


3-4 Link

Warlords mark - Blasphemy - Aura - (optional assassins mark with dual curse)

Info


3-4 Link
Leap Slam - Fortify - Faster attacks - blood magic/anything (thanks permut)

Additional notes

The main focus of the build is using a staff, because we have some unique opportunities that Dagger CoC builds don't have

Staff

-Focus on the usual CoC stats link weapon crit, attack speed, and spell damage.
-Get a vagan staff if possible, but they will be harder to find.
-Getting +x to socketed elemental gems is great because Discharge is all elements
-We have the option to master craft things like Blood magic or Life leech onto the weapon
-The flora's give divination cards will be good for getting the 5 link to start with. (Thanks Permut)

This staff is what I used to do some basic testing in standard


Chest Armor
We have 3 main options for the build in its current state.
-The best option will probably be a rare chest with super high armor to mitigate minion damage.
---That also works great with the juggernaut passive that doubles the armor on a chest.

-Next is Kingsguard, which will give us health back while we're discharging.
---This is the most budget option, unless Voll's devotion juggernauts skyrocket the price

-Last is Kaom's Heart, which is great for most builds
---Since our staff can have our discharge setup, this is a great defensive option

Ring
This slot only gets a special mention because we're using Heartbound loop to generate endurance charges when coupled with the Juggernaut passive.



The damage taken on minion death will proc the juggernaut passive that grants endurance charges when you're hit. It does work, I did a lot of testing and so did many other people. An interesting thing is that you can still proc the passive while Imortal call is up, but that will eat our endurance charges so its optional.

The rest of the gear

Focus on your usual stats like resists, life, and lots of armor. For your other jewelry, you can try to use some elreon modded items if you have some trouble sustaining mana.

I bought the staff for 5c, and I had a prophecy for 5 linking an item so I used that on the staff. The amulet was about 8c, and I only bought it because I needed a crapton of Int for discharge. You can instead get a few pieces of gear with int instead of a single amulet.