[3.6] The "Death's Fang" Occultist | Death Aura + Raise Spiders | CI | Tri-Curse + 2 Aura |

- All content viable (not tested yet, but pretty sure about it ;))
- 6k+ Energy Shield (Easily 7k+ decent ES rolls and watcher's eye)
- 3 Curses and 2 Auras
- Enemies dying without any buttons pressed :D
- You can choose between Whirling Blades and Shield Charge as a movement skill
- At 20 spiders you get 40% Attack Speed, which makes your movement skill faster
- No 6L needed (although getting right 6S is still a problem, check Cons and gear section)
- Can do all map mods ('No regen' can be annoying without the proper watcher's eye. Basically can't use movement skill)
- Something new, you've probably never experienced before
- Immunity to stuns
- CWDT setup
- This build has A LOT of different variations, some of which are extremely expensive. So min/maxing viability is huge!

- Not a league starter. Arakaali’s Fang may cost a few exalts.
- Upd: In 3.6 ES builds are meta. Because of this, many items from our wishlist got much more expensive. (I managed to reach 6k+ ES in 3exalts, though, and I don't even have "energy from within" yet)
- Getting the right sockets on your Death's Oath may require a lot of Jeweller's Orbs
- Strength hungry :/
- Chaos Inoculation means this build is fully ES based. Not for everyone.
- Not the usual caster build. Some people don't like it.
- Despite me talking about SSF in the end, this build is not SSF viable! :(

- This is an engineering build. I feel like you spend more time calculating your gear, resistances, str... etc, than playing it, because the build kind of plays itself (Kappa)

3.5:
Carcass T15:
A video from the 3.5. The tree was wiped, I forgot to use flasks, and this: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2458727/page/1#p21766954
Holyymolyyy.. :D This vid is only good to get the grasp of the gameplay. Normally you'd also use blight to get that sweet infusion buff for even more dmg. But better than nothing. I will upload some more when reaching my ssf state in 3.6 :D
https://youtu.be/V7Roey9VZ-U

Description:

Description:

Well, nothing much to say about it. We are eager to get gem slots and mana reservation and Heretic's veil gives both of those while crafting some curse effectiveness and ES. Look for the highest ES one.
Enchant: Despair curse effectiveness. Huge DPS buff, but well... As always, enchants are the last things you'll look for.

Sockets: B-B-B-G. ezpz :)

Most Importantly: Movement Speed. I'd recommend 30%+
Elemental resistances. A lot of it!
Energy Shield

In terms of sockets, I recommend the R-R B B, where "-" means linked :)

Solstice Vigil is my favorite one, especially in the super-late game, when you have headhunter. But early on, an Impresence with despair mana reservation removed may be even better.

Before these any amulet with high ES rolls. (basically 1c on the market):

In the late game you can get some crazy corruptions on your amulet, especially with the T3 corruption chamber, but only do this, if you're really sure about it. When I first corrupted my solstice I ended up not having enough str anymore for the DO. :/

Well, just couldn't really find a better replacement for Alleopathy. Again, gives some dmg, and saves a skill slot. While it's not really mandatory to use blight, it's still recommended to use a channeling skill. I mean, cmon. These gloves are fairly cheap, also. Why would you want to skip them? (O.o)

Okay, getting perfect rings can get expensive quickly, so I'm just going to show, what's the purpose of them:
- unset rings are good, but not mandatory. (although I do recommend using at least 1 of them, check skill gem section for more info)
- unset rings can have +2 Level of socketed gems (only if this fits)
- elemental resistances. A lot.
- At least on 1 rings high Strength. (40+)
- Maximum energy shield
- crafted: faster start of energy recharge rate
- Dex. Careful, it's easy to forget about dexterity while focusing on Strength a lot. Keep in mind, that you'll need around 115 dex to max out withering touch

Build and items are different. You will have to play out, what's best for you, and what are your exact needs. Count the amount, you'll need for 180 str and capping resists (75 + 60 cold and fire and 76 + 60 for lightning)
Get familiar with poe.trade filters, pseudo mods, etc. And browse the market :)
To get everything max out, your friend is your..... Stygian Viiiise.. Tadaaa:

Stygian Vise is so good. Get 2 high resists, str (or dex, depending on your situation) and + to maximum ES if possible.

Lategame BiS: Headhunter. Makes the build even "doper". But check the shield section, before you leave to buy your HH.

I think Apep's Supremacy is ideal for this build. It's worth the price. Before you can afford it, just buy the highest ES shield you can afford. I recommend buying one without resistances or str, or if you get, do not get confused when counting everything together. When you swap to Apep, you still have to have enough stats.
Cheap alternative: Victario's Charity. Buffs spider damage, your screen becomes a disco with blue/green balls all over it. It's a fair choice before Apep. But I jst like to use any high ES spirit shield I find on the market. Apep in 3.6 became meta, so it's harder to get one. A high-ES seems more suitable to me to use for a longer period. My current one:

Basically you go to poe.trade and get the cheapest shield with 250-300 es. ez profit.

A note on Apep: some people use The Golden Rule and a poison method to get poisoned and get +to max ele resistances. I've never tried it, but feel free to experiment with it. As I told you, there a lot of versions to this build :)

BiS: Obviously, Atziri's Reflection. Curse effectiveness, all ele resistances, ES... just such a good item, and so expensive. :(
Also, this is the item you'll most likely need before equipping HH, to get the missing resistances from Stygian Vise.

Normally you'll have 4 jewel sockets. Depending on your tree choice, you may have more, but I'll cover 4, the others you're gonna figure out :D (if not, just pm me anywhere :D)
1) Minion Blind jewel. Above is a good example. Max ES is great.
2) Energy From Within. You use it near the "Melding" on your skill tree
3) Watcher's eye. It's a great addition to the build! Look for these affixes:
Gain (12-18)% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield while affected by Clarity. This is the reason why we use clarity. Just buy this at first, it's already pretty expensive.
Got more currency? Cool! Add: -(10-5) to Total Mana Cost of Skills while affected by Clarity. Look for at least -9. This will make No regen maps much easier to do :)
Did you sell your and your mom's kidney? Already got Atziri's Reflection and HH? Alrighty... then add: (30-40)% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge while affected by Discipline

On a serious note, just get the 1st affix. It's enough to feel comfortable :)

3.6 update: Some of the malevolence affixes are crazy good, but mostly for dmg, not for defensive mechanics. Notables: skill effect duration and ofc non-ailment chaos dmg. Specially the last one.

4) Well, bonus jewel. You will lose the socket when upgrading to HH. Basically, get anything, you are missing. resists, str, dex.

Also feel free to take more jewel slots if you feel like you're missing str or anything important. Just keep it in mind, and maybe later you can upgrade to smth and respec the jewel slot.

Well, these were my flasks in 3.5, but I wasn't really checking them out that much...
1) Quicksilver flask of adrenaline
2) Witchfire brew. One of the few ones that actually do smth for us...
3) Quartz flask of Heat is awesome. Getting phasing is huge, in my opinion, and squeezing in a "phase run" gem may actually be problematic. :(
4) The Writhing Jar. (look for high reduced charges used, 20% is highest). I've seen people playing without this, but it's so much easier with this. Not just because resummoning spiders is consistent at bosses, but also because its a hybrid flask -> capable of regening mana in a no regen map
5) Well, your flask of choice, but keep in mind, you'll need bleeding immunity if you don't have Apep's Supremacy shield. Otherwise, I'd recommend a curse immunity (before Atziri shield), maybe with a Silver Flask. (onslaught)

Nothing much to say about. We use arcane surge to give death aura the "duration" tag. This makes other duration support gems affect death aura.

With Alleopathy:


4th socket can contain smth like (lvl 1), if you have a watcher's eye ready.

Without it (Alleopathy), just add a Blight into the last socket.

Movement Skill setup: Choose between Whirling Blades and Shield charge and link the other 2 :)



CWDT setup:

Keep CWDT gem at lvl5, and immortal call at lvl 7
It may happen that you can't fit increase duration, depending on your gear. Don't worry, just skip that gem then

Auras: If you happen to have unset ring with +2 lvl of gems mod, insert discipline and malevolence there (I'd recommend in this order of priority)


Keep in mind, We only use clarity for watcher's eye bonus.

You can start with Profane Bloom for the chaotic herald effect when leveling. I tried both variants, but the Wicked Ward first turned out to be waaaay smoother.
update: I started to lvl and realized, leveling with bane is probably the best thing. This means, getting profane bloom to curse hexproof enemies is probably more important at first.