[3.10] Emperor's Decay Brand Occultist

Introductions:

Hi there! Thanks for dropping by. The build below can be used to leaguestart 3.10, as far as I can tell. I wouldn't recommend it though. Clear is sub-optimal and defenses are horrible, meaning it probably won't hold to the requirements of Delirium's Endgame. That, and it kinda relies on a Betrayal enchant so... not ideal if your goal is getting a complete build setup during the first few hours.

Still, this thing works and ran yellow and red maps during metamorph. Should still be able to do so this league.

Build TL;DR:

A Life based Chaos DoT Occultist. Uses Storm Brands that apply Decay and warps around the map as packs explode due to Profane Bloom. Good clear, but dies easily, and struggles to deal with bosses and tough rares towards the later stages of the game.

Changelog:

Waiting for Delirium. For the time being, the build remains unchanged, and unaffected by the patchnotes. Wont leaguestart with this, but I'll probably theorycraft, level, and tweak a character, see how it goes. Some of the new content might offer interesting opportunities to patch up this build's defences. Will update this if I find something.

Character Overview:
Basic Concept, Leveling, Playstyle, Pros and Cons:
Gearing and Uniques
The Build: PoB, Skill Tree, Ascendancy, Gem Links...
Tested content viability:
Videos: Feedback and suggestions on how to improve both build and guide would be much appreciated- I'll also try to answer any questions you might have.

I'm currently looking for a build with brands, and your take on it looks very interesting, looking forward to some more input from you end. I'm no pro or anything but if you need someone to help you out testing stuff lemme know i could level one myself and we could try out some different scenarios.

Really interested in your build, good work

Thanks! I'm currently trying to figure out the most ideal single target setup.

Issue atm is that if I weaponswap for ST, the brands vanish - meaning I lose my seeking area covering decay appliers. To fix that I'm now trying out how Blight feels like in a (so far) 4l chestpiece. (As to avoid weaponswap) Also really important is getting hold of a Fenumu's Shroud and Spinnerets for the ES regen, it should help make me feel less unable to take hits (goodbye, exalts I don't even have yet). Maybe swap to full life and/ or MoM and/ or EB, would have to sacrifice some damage in the process but eh.

Another thing on the to-do is looking into getting both ED and Contagion integrated. If at all it has to be both though, since I feel like investing into pierce just for the sake of ED wouldn't be worth it. And as one can see from how much dps I'm willing to sacrifice for automation, I don't really want to have to cast contagion myself. Maybe I can find a setup to automate the whole ED + Contagion deal. I'll have to test how reliable a low level cwdt + contagion setup would be (contagion for dealing with ads bodyblocking the boss and ganging up on me). Should be done testing later today. Will report back once done! (Worst case... I'll have to push one more button, I guess)

In the meantime, I'd very much appreciate if you could help find an optimal setup, so feel free to experiment. The build should be solid regardless, given that I have no real issues (syndicate and stupidity aside) in yellow maps with my current gear.

UPDATE: The devourning Diadem seems like it could be awesome! Freeeeeeeeeeee EB (and ES regen)! So many points saved! And MoM is a single point, so that's pretty nice.

UPDATE 2: The Aylardex is a better option (compared to Impresence, since with Diadem we can afford reserving mana for all our stuff) - also easier to get a +1 curse corruption on!

UPDATE 3: Updated the PoB

UPDATE 4: More Videos, updated PoB - will be posting more videos as I get material. Purchasing actually good gear aside (and maybe figuring out if ED + contagion is worth it vs another decay brand setup), I'm done.

UPDATE 5: Updated the whole guide.

Hi ive got a question.

which skill gems do you level up and to which level do you level them.

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amdrag написал:

Hi ive got a question.

which skill gems do you level up and to which level do you level them.

Thanks for asking! Guess I wasn't specific about that in the gem links sections. The description has been updated.

Hey you didnt say anything for ascendancies, its my first time playing a occultist so i have no idea on what i should focus first, sound like a great build im excited to get to maps !

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Frozen_Goosy написал:

Hey you didnt say anything for ascendancies, its my first time playing a occultist so i have no idea on what i should focus first, sound like a great build im excited to get to maps !

Thanks for the feedback! Added a working link to the online skilltree, including ascendancies (previous one was bugged for some reason), and also wrote out the ascendancy order. It's in the PoB/Skill Tree/ Ascendancy/ etc. section.