The only thing you will need to worry about is mana reservation of Spellslinger, as full six link on Essence Drain will reserve 63% of your mana on its own, which means you don’t have enough room for other spells to be linked with Spellslinger. It also has a long duration so it doesn’t need any investment in attack/cast speed. The skill is so strong, it can carry you through an entire campaign on four links alone, and through maps on five links, with moderate gear. It allows linking a wide variety of support gems to the gem. 3 Links (Hand Cast) ( 3B): Contagion- Increased Area of effect – IntensifyĮssense Drain is one of the two main sources of our damage, which can be scaled in multiple ways, like projectile damage, damage over time, and spell damage.So I decided to go with Hand-Casting Contagion with huge AOE, to allow huge spread over large parts of the maps without spamming it. It will also be harder to trigger Contagion with Spellslinger after the 3.12 Heist patch, due to the increased mana reservation. Contagion is much smoother with increased area of effect modifiers in general, so we go with this. It spreads to other enemies upon target death, and cause Essence Drain to spread with it. We use Contagion only for its functionality, not damage. 4 Links (With Spreading Rot jewel) ( 2B 2R) Blight – Faster Casting – Spell Totem – Multiple totems.3 Links ( 3B): Blight- Infused Channeling – Faster Casting.2 Links ( 2B): Blight- Infused Channeling.You can link with Infused Channeling support to get a global chaos damage after channeling. In later levels, you only use it after applying all other spells to tough out Rare or Unique enemies, to bring them down faster. Gather monsters, use it for a couple of seconds, then move away. Blightīlight is the first Chaos damage over time skill you get in Act One, and is a channeling skill. You can Level with Blight from the start, and keep adding more skills and support gems as you obtain them.
I’ve organized them by Skill so that you can see the progression you might take with each in order to achieve an optimal setup. Chaos DoT Trickster Build: Gems and Linksīelow you will find good combinations of Links and Gems that make the Build function for each Skill you’ll be using. Then we Hand-cast the third spell Contagion manually which is an area of effect spell, that spreads to other nearby enemies upon enemy death. The other is Soulrend, a projectile spell with homing effect that deals damage over time as long as it touches enemies, and then for small duration afterwards. It triggers two skills with Spellslinger: Essence Drain, a DoT spell that does high damage, spreads with Contagion, and heals players for a portion of the damage done. This Path of Exile Build uses Frenzy as a main attack, to generate Frenzy charges and attack quickly, without stopping for long, before moving onto the next mob. That’s why we Trickster is the best choice. More specifically the Heal Over Time granted by Essence Drain, which is a strong defensive mechanic on its own. While Assassin is best suited for Cast on Critical (CoC) builds, Trickster on the other hand is more fitting for Damage Over Time (DoT) spells. It doesn’t matter if you proc your spell every quarter of a second or half second, if your debuff lasts for more than 4 seconds! However, Damage Over Time spells are least affected, and will be fine as a league starter. This might be bad for skills that require rapid casting so many times. Grinding Gear Games is nerfing Spellslinger in 3.12 Heist League, by increasing its cooldown, and its mana reservation.
We choose builds that’s best suited for Heist League playstyle, to be able to enjoy new content as much as you like.Įssence Drain/Contagion/Soulrend Trickster Build, with Spellslinger We aim to reach endgame as quickly as possible, and start making currency by doing high level content before most other people, even if you are casual player. Path Of Exile Starter Build for Heist – Chaos DoT Trickster These builds are made in a way that are easy to create, simple to scale damage, and fast to level up. In a new league you will begin with no currency, no hard-to-get uniques, nor have to deal with any complex mechanics. The goal of a league starter build is not to be the best at anything, but rather create the cheapest build to start with. In preparation for a new league coming with the Heist expansion, we decided to put few starter builds for any player wanting to get into the league, and start with maximum efficiency.