[2.6] The Wander ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ) [Videos / Clips] (Life Version may become public soon)

Introduction

Hello and welcome the 'The Wander'. The idea behind this build was to put to rest the debate between elemental and physical wands in 2.6. As well as to see what could be achieved with every slot being min maxed. Would like to extend gratitude to the individuals who have helped acquiring & crafting pieces of the build as well as the overall direction. In alphabetical order to Blasting_cap, Climber Chris (Mai Cedere), Croppie (Chicken Man), Doeboy, EndsTonightEnzomyte, Fyndel, & Switchblade.

How it Works
Every piece of the build has been scrutinized thoroughly to make sure it is not only best in slot, but synergistic in nature. The build works by converting 90% of physical damage into elemental allowing us to achieve 13 million DPS on shaper. In terms of defenses the build has close to 10,000 Energy Shield as well as having capped resistances without flasks (146% all). However with flasks the resistances will be pushed to 84% (273% all). The defenses against general hits as well as against reflect is further augmented by not only Taste of Hate, but because our resistances are balanced Wise Oaks offensive & defensive capabilities are fully utilized.

To the Future
Of course 3.0 represents a great many changes to come. With that being said there is a life version that is being experimented with and using the core components of the gear, but switching certain pieces for life has shown great promise so far. In the realm of further theory testing it is possible to push this build near 16 million DPS against Shaper. However most of this gear is either non-existent, or unrealistic.

Where to Find these items
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1773626
Majority of these items can be found & mirrored above.

Path of Buildling Code
https://pastebin.com/gbMEtf0y
Build as shown: 13.4m DPS on Shaper

Videos / Clips
VOD & Clips Courtesy of Blasting_Cap
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163245235
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163492787
https://clips.twitch.tv/GiantElatedCucumberCclamChamp
https://clips.twitch.tv/RudeOpenLardPoooound
Keep in mind the above videos / clips are done with HH, and not the optimized belt / ring / jewels.

Tree

Original
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Leveling
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Ascendancy - Pathfinder - Veteran Bowyer, Nature's Boon, Master Alchemist, Nature's Adrenaline

Bandits - Passive - Passive - Power Charge


Weapon

The weapon of choice is Blood Thirst. The strongest Physical Wand that exists on PoE. This works as the cornerstone for the build and all components scale this particular item. In which ultimately the scaled physical damage will be converted to elemental and then further augmented.

Shield

Pandemonium Duty provides us with not only ample energy shield and resistances, but spell damage to get converted by CoE to amplify our overall damage.

Helm

The Crown of Eyes is the definitive Wander helm for the increases to spell damage also applying to attacks. The -30% Fire Resistance is addressed with other pieces of gear to make sure the resistances are balanced for Wise Oak. The two variants (enchantments) are for playing (Barrage) & leveling (Kinetic Blast).

Body Armour

The chest of choice is Pain Shell. The best energy shield armour that currently exists on PoE. The huge increase of energy shield from the base number and intelligence, as well as the resistance allows us to reduce the overall ES nodes we get on the tree for more damage & utility.

Gloves

Mind Fist being the highest Energy Shield Glove in existence allows us to forgo ES similar to Pain Shell as well as offering us Resistance & Attack Speed.

Boots

Skyforths are used for this build to avoid being stunned as well as power charge generation. However the +1 Corruption allows us to run level 26 Hatred & Wrath.

Amulet

Vengeance Collar is the highest DPS increasing amulet in the game for this build. All of the affixes work in a great synergistic effect for the build as a whole. There are other alternatives that sacrifice energy shield for damage however for the sake of sustain we've opted for this instead.

Rings

Havoc Finger is used alongside with Gloom Grip to have a perfect balance of offence and defense.

(leveling)
Havoc Finger is the choice for both ring slots in an effort to round out our resistances for Wise Oak as well as maximize our damage from the weapon elemental damage & flat physical damage. Not to mention the huge increase in energy shield. In every instance of testing Diamond Rings outperform all other ring base types by huge margins.

Belt


Victory Thread is the choice here. Being the best Energy Shield attacker belt in existence. The flask mods allow us to forgo Druidic Rite for an extra two points. But the WED & Hyseteria mod allows us to amplify the damage even more. As well as the +131 ES for more defenses.

(leveling)
Head Hunter's attribute increase allows us to wear gems we are not normally able to do so. As well as making playing a more pleasurable experience due to the mods gained from rares.

Flasks

Vessel of Vinktars allows us to instantly leech both Life(ES) & Mana, while shocking nearby targets. Attack Vinktars nets us the highest amount of damage compared to conversion & penetration variants. As well as being a Topaz flask to help round out our resistances.


Dying Sun is used for the increase in projectiles that we fire from both barrage & Kinetic Blast. As well as being a Ruby flask to help round out our resistances.


Taste of Hate allows us to further augment our cold damage, as well as provide defensive boost from the physical damage taken converted to cold. As well as being a Sapphire flask to help round out our resistances.


Wise Oak is integral to the build as we gain both the benefit of all elemental penetration & reduced elemental damage taken to mitigate reflect damage. This is achieved by balancing all of our resistances.


The diamond flask is used for boss killing and allows us to cap our critical hit chance. While the Quick Silver flask is for general mapping. Bleed immunity is integral here as we have no other way to mitigate this.

Jewels
Jewels are a huge component of the build as they amplify our damage greatly. Not to mention the build itself has an astonishing 7 total jewel sockets.

These two jewels above are extremely important for the build. The rolls of 15% & 12% to Fire Resistances puts as at 109% uncapped resistances. Thus allowing us to balance all our resistances for both the offensive & defensive properties of Wise Oak to take effect.
(leveling)
These two jewels above are extremely important for the build. The rolls of 10% & 11% to Lightning & Cold Resistances puts as at 146% uncapped resistances. Thus allowing us to balance all our resistances for both the offensive & defensive properties of Wise Oak to take effect.

The remaining 5 jewels are to maximize our damage, using Crown of Eyes to alter the Spell Damage % to apply to our attack damage. As well as the two other properties to further augment our attack speed & critical damage multplier.

This set up is for leveling. The Energy from Within is used to maximize our total Energy Shield pool. While the Sacrificial Harvest & Chill of Corruption is to allow us to Chain Vaal Power Siphon pack to pack while mapping.

Gem Links
Chest

The Barrage link is in the chest while using support gems that amplify our damage as high as possible including Physical to Lightning to convert 50% of our damage. While the the tree further converts 40% to comprise for 90% elemental damage.

Chest (Leveling Variant)

For leveling instead of barrage we'll be using a 6L Vaal Power Siphon. With the change in jewels and tree you're able to Chain Vaal Power Siphon and clear entire maps while using the 4L KB to get your initial souls as well as dealing with the boss. Item Quantity is convenient for general mapping, but it lowers our overall damage to minimize the possibility of death while mapping. Fortunately the colors for both setups are identical so no additional chroming is necessary.

Gloves

Kinetic Blast as a 4L for our general clearing, with the overall setup you should be 1 shotting all packs.

Helm

This provides a defensive boost against physical attacks with immortal call. However this setup also furthers augment our damage with Projectile Weakness. 99% of the time this curse will not proc as you will be one shotting everything. However in the edge case scenario or against the highest tier bosses the curse will come into effect from being touched once.

Boots

The following gems are required to be in the boots slot. Due to the fact that Skyforths have a +1 gem level corruption it allows us to run a level 26 Hatred & Wrath. This further augments our converted elemental damage.

Boots (Leveling Variant)

This leveling set up allows us to have a more streamlined experience while mapping thanks to the speed boost of haste. As well as the defensive properties that Discipline provides. Fortunately similar to the chest, both the normal set up and leveling set up are the same colors so no additional chroming is required.

Weapon

Blood Rage allows us to not only further augment our attack speed, but gives us a way to generate frenzy charges. While the Ice Golem provides an increase in both our accuracy as well as critical hit chance.

Shield

Both Vaal Haste & Vaal Discipline are used for general convenience / speed for map clearing, as well as a boost during boss fights.

Seen this baby in action, it's hella gg

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So we're just reposting wander builds over and over and over again now? Classy

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