[3.6]The Pale Master - Death's Oath(Life Based)

Scion Start (Level 40'ish): https://pastebin.com/MdprtEbN

Shadow Middle (Level 91): https://pastebin.com/xHuw7tzU

Final Tree (Level 100): https://pastebin.com/rMhn3dge

**Stat priority %Life > %Damage Over Time > %Area Damage > %Chaos Damage.
There are 4 jewel slots in this build.**

These are our offensive flasks. Sulphur flasks already have low charge usage. Go for the inc. duration.

I've linked two different Basalt flasks here. Take curse immune for mapping. Use inc. armor for bosses.

Just about any bleed removal will work.

Must go FASTER!!

Helmet - 40% Bane Damage
Gloves - Commandment of Frost on Kill
Boots - Regenerate 2% of Life and Mana per second if you were Hit Recently

Weapon

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The Cane of Unravelling gives us our 6-link for Bane. This is for the bossing variant. You may still go with Breath of the Council + Shield for a weapon swap map clearing style.**

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Off-Hand
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These are listed only for the Breath + Shield variant. Use Lioneye's if you want pure defense/life. Use The Oak if you want more life regen coupled with a more flexible gearing selection. Each are great.**

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Helm

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I use Voll's because of the defense values and life regen(since we don't equip anything corrupted). There isn't another "good" option. **

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Chest

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Self-explanatory. It's the core of the build. Try to find high life and high all-stats. The extra Dex will increase your damage some.**

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Gloves

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I have my current gloves listed. Life + Resists. That's all we can ask for. Still working on the appropriate enchant.**

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Boots

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A good pair of rare boots. Life, Move Speed, All Resists. This is where roughly 1/3 of your resists will come from. **

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Amulet

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I have the Chaos variant of Impresence for a specific reason. You can easily run the build with a rare. I recommend a marble amulet with % chaos damage / life / life regen.**

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Rings

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BIS rings will have All Resists, Life, %Inc Chaos Damage, and Chaos Res. You need to use Essences of Envy to craft the % Chaos Damage. These can be expensive to craft.**

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Belt

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This is the sleeper in the build. Huge life roll. The fun part is the increase to stats. 1% increase to damage per 5 of your lowest stat. Dex will always be the lowest value. You're going to see upwards of 50% increase in damage from Dex, alone. Also, we're immune to shock and ignite. That leaves only freezing to need a flask for.**

Main DPS Setup

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**Arcane Surge, Swift Affliction, and Efficacy MUST BE LINKED for them to apply to the Death Aura. Conc Effect, Void Manipulation, and Less Duration don't have to be linked to anything.
Use Vorici's method to add the sockets. It's MUCH cheaper than trying to color the sockets after getting 6S. **

CWDT Setup

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**This might look odd. Soul of Arakaali allows us to boost our regen by 50% whenever we proc CWDT. Ensure you have your gems set up with Blood Rage being proc'd BEFORE Immortal Call. The blood rage will stay active. The degen will be countered due to IC's immunity to physical damage.**

Mobility Setup

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**This is a typical Flame Dash setup.**

Aura Setup - Curses

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**I run Despair in two places. Bane will allows me to keep it applied to tougher mobs + bosses. I also wanted it active while clearing everything else. That's why I have it linked to a Blasphemy.**

Aura Setup - Vitality

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**Vitality helps to counter the self-applied DOT from Death's Oath. You can only run 3 auras if you're also running an Impresence! Portal is my choice for the 4th slot.

**Working on detailing this.**