[3.7 ready??] Diabloyd's Incinerate Trickster / 70~80% ALL damage avoidance/ 3~5M Shaper DPS

NO, IT'S NOT.

Warlord's Mark is dead, and that's the major sustain method we've got.

Plus, Ghost Shroud has also received a heavy nerf, MoM in general also got nerfed.

I'd have to basically revamp all the mechanics of this build if I want this viable in Legion.......

so yeah, this specific build is officially dead.

However, I DO have some ideas about it.

Since Wicked Ward has transferred into the general passive tree, Trickster can also have the benefits of uninterrupted ES recharge. So basically you take Wicked Ward, build ES (you can still keep the Carcass Jack due to Escape Artist), get some ES leech and make sure the mana can sustain itself.

aannnnd.....BOOM, "3.7 ready" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The ship of Theseus is completed.

Uber Elder: https://youtu.be/E8GDP1qKcB0
T15 Elder: https://youtu.be/VhXBNnk9_DI
Shaper: https://youtu.be/YeNmFtgCUKU
Chimera: https://youtu.be/5DYi8hWcUhg
Minotaur: https://youtu.be/n2-5SoMYwFo
Hydra: https://youtu.be/iUUyT20ErrY
Phoenix: https://youtu.be/HiAmRX02BMQ

Yeah I know, my PC sucks :(

Before we start, I'd like to clarify the title "ALL damage avoidance" does NOT include DoT damage. So it would be nice to get some chaos res.

1, Ghost Shroud
Like I said, the core mechanics of this build is playing around the new buff of Trickster's ascendancy: "Ghost Shroud"
You gain a Ghost Shroud every second, at maximum 3 stacks, it can give you:
- 10% all damage reduction
- 36% attack and cast speed
- Stun immunity
- 5% of evasion rate recovered as ES when hit

2, Damage avoidance
New Ghost Shroud looking OP eh? But the downside is, you lose a stack of Ghost Shroud when hit.

How to solve it? It's simple, just DON'T GET HIT. That means we need lots of damage avoidance. Note that, although "block" can negate damage, it still counts as a hit, so "block" is not considered damage avoidance.

Here are the methods to build 70-80% all hit damage avoidance:
-Perma blind
-Evasion
-Attack & Spell Dodge
-Pantheons

In general, you get 70% evasion chance, 40% dodge chance, 74% spell dodge chance.

3, Effective HP
Besides the damage avoidance mechanics, you can also have a decent eHP pool with 6k-7K, or even more.
I'm using Mind Over Matter, and my current character has 4k life, 1.7k mana and almost 1k energy shield.
Note that, we can leech energy shield as well (less efficient than life/mana leech), and gain ES when hit.

4, Double Curse & Vortex
You can apply Warlord's mark on using skills (not the elder ring mod), and Temporal Chains with CWDT.
Warlord's allows you to leech life/mana and generate endurance charges on kill.
Temporal Chains can slow the enemies significantly, thus giving more time and space to regenerate your Ghost Shroud stacks.

Vortex can chill the enemies with a fixed effect of 10%, and since it's an instant skill, you can cast it while channeling Incinerate, triggering your Arcane Surge, warlord's mark, and combustion.

The first thing we need is lots of cast speed on the tree.
I'm currently having 13.5 casting rate at 3 stacks of Ghost Shroud.
Cast speed does not only increase your dps, it also speeds up the stage stacking of Incinerate which is very important.

The next ones are the damage buffs from skill gems:
-Wave of Conviction lowers 25% fire res
-Firestorm+Combustion lowers 19% fire res
-Your fossil crafted helm lowers 9% fire res

In total, you can lower the enemies' fire resistance by 53%, which is a huge damage buff.

Swift Killer gives you perma power & frenzy charges.

1, Helmet

Estimated cost: less than 1.5 Ex
I know this enchant is not theoretically the best for dps, the best one is the +2 stages for Incinerate. But I'm choosing this due to realistic in-game performances, since you'll need to build up 10 stages every time you move.

Cost me 1 Ex to buy an iLvl 84 Hubris Circlet with the enchant on it, a few chaos for the fossils.


2, Unique Wand

Estimated cost: 5 chaos
This provides perma blind to nearby enemies, and gives you OK dps. The blind aura is very important to this build, it gives you roughly 20%+ attack damage avoidance.
I'd say it's a must have of this build.


3, Rare wand (the "trigger wand")

Estimated cost: 20c to 5ex, up to you.
What we need on this wand is:
-Cast speed
-Spell/Fire % damage
-Added Fire damage to spells
-An empty suffix for the crafting mod "Trigger a socketed spell when you use a skill"

With this setup, you can automatically cast Firestorm+Combustion and Warlord's mark on the enemies.
The wand I'm using cost me 20c.
The best you can get is a multicrafted Elder Profane Wand, or you can get a cheaper Base and craft it like this one:



4, Body Armour

Estimated cost: 2-5 chaos (excluding the 6 link and chroma cost)
Nothing special, the good'ol Carcass Jack it is.
It is worth mentioning that this unique is very good with this build.
-High Evasion + ES
-Life and Res
-A huge buff of AoE
-Socket Color friendly (estimated Chroma usage: 120)


5, Unique Ring 1

Estimated cost: 5 chaos
Mana and mana regen, res, immunity to chill and freeze. I just like it.


6, Unique Ring 2

Estimated cost: 1ex - ???
New unique in Synthesis, gives you a huge damage buff with Herald of Ash.
This one cost me 1 Ex.
The best mod is "Herald of Ash has xx% increased effect", you'll need this one.
The other one is up to you, best you can get for damage is "#% increased Fire Damage while affected by Herald of Ash", but it can be very expensive.


7, Rare Amulet

Estimated cost: 15+ chaos
I'm using a cheap one, cost me 15c I think.
You'll need these stats one your amulet:
-Life/Mana/Res, and other random affixes like crits, spell damage, etc.
-An empty prefix, to get the crafting mod "x% of damage taken gained as mana"

With this master craft you'll now have no problems at all with your mana since it can regenerate really fast.


8, Rare Shaped Gloves

Estimated cost: 30+ chaos
Stats you'll need:
-Life/mana and res.
-Faster Casting Support

This one cost me 35 chaos.


9, Unique Boots

Estimated cost: 1 chaos (excluding the enchant cost)
Evasion, movement speed, life, and spell dodge. I got this enchant myself after 5 uber-lab runs.


10, Rare belt

Estimated cost: I have no idea, you can get a 5c rare belt, or you can get a mirrored stygian vise, dunno.
The one i'm using cost me like 20 chaos. Just get any belt you can.


11, Flasks


These are merely some examples, the flasks' combination is totally up to you. The only expensive one is the Bottled Faith, cost me 3 Ex (and it's totally worth the price).
My personal preference is:
Diamond Flask + Bottled Faith + Wise Oak + QuickSilver + Hallowed Hybrid.

Estimated Cost:
Wise Oak: 15-30 chaos
Bottled Faith: 3-4 ex
(excluding the normal flasks since you basically craft them yourself)
Note: you don't really NEED the Bottled Faith, just get it when you have the currency.

12, Jewels
Estimated cost per jewel: 10-40 chaos
I'll just list the stats you need on the jewels:
-Life
-Mana (if you need)
-Critical strike multiplier (Global, or other types of Crit multiplier. I'd recommond Crit multiplier with fire skills, they're the cheapiest.)
-Res (if you need)


13, Unique boots for special use (optional)

Only use it before elder or uber-elder encounters so you can get easy charges.

Body Armour:
6L: Incinerate - Faster Casting - Immolate - Infused Channelling - Controlled Destruction - Con.Effect/Inc.AoE
If 5L:
Incinerate - Faster Casting - Immolate - Infused Channelling - Con.Effect/Inc.AoE

If you have the "trigger wand":


If you DO NOT have the "trigger wand":

Here's my passive tree at lvl 95:
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/3.6.0/AAAABAYCABzcEFiboZctHRQqCxZv-aTxbI9Gjxr79frSdIH4l7yqakONv_fX96YYavQa8o6nCGKsbAvQ9WyMjmQpD8t_VYW2-vGKwwnw1VXGOkIPxCL0LJzjhOxVuZPyHTlSL50wce_ridPhkiBo42rdqKyY2jsOSNQjVUs22Iw2TLNJT9terrMFQkGWkUea4MLshTK-irzqlS6io4_66_UW8wcef8adqrTFtDjP3aaZbRmly7jKoS_ImySqlPFYB5MnJjz-szY9h2VQMCBucFJh4kt4M6M6WFF0cNRJGxGWGoFTUtAfahsFtSqNXfII9OUZRZ0byDt8SVERD0yD6-6Asw==

For the ascendancy:
The order is:
Swift Killer --> Ghost Dance --> Escape Artist --> Patient Reaper

I do not recommend using Incinerate until you complete at least three labs with three notable ascendancy passives (Swift Killer, Ghost Dance & Escape Artist)

I used Bane for my leveling skill gem.
Get a Doedre's Damnation ring for double curse,
link Bane with: Temporal Chains, Despair, Void Manipulation. (Swift Affliction & Efficacy if you have more links to use)

Here's an example of the leveling tree of Bane:


Here are some cheap but very useful items I used when I started mapping with Incinerate:

-Gorgon's Gaze, I've been using this helm until I got the Fossil enchanted one.
-Apep's Rage, gives you the cast speed you need, and the damage is not bad at all!

Bane:
https://imgur.com/Rn4GShI

Incinerate:
https://imgur.com/UuErKwU

This is my current gear: https://pastebin.com/Z7rTpQbm

This is the gear I had when I wrote this guide: https://pastebin.com/05j85pTP

This is my Ninja build link: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/diabloyd/PoisonousFarm?i=7&search=class%3DTrickster%26skill%3DIncinerate

This is my character link: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/diabloyd/characters?characterName=PoisonousFarm