[3.6] Storm Untethered: For lazy / bad exiles! UElder Deathless, fast clear, 2m-12m SDPS, 11k EHP

The intro videos I have been making on my YT channel usually get good feedback but I have been told Reddit threads and YT comments may not reach a big segment of players, which is ultimately what this build is trying to help. So here is my first Forum guide! Help me by subbing to the channel so I can justify this hobby to the SO hehe.

1. Map clear fast!
Storm Brand + Brand Recall. This adds a stable chunk of leech and damage during boss fights too.

2. Boss fast!
Storm Burst OP. No Helm enchant needed or fancy gear needed! With a cheap essence + Shaped Helm we get GUARANTEED 5 - 7 links on helmet.

3. Insane HP Pool!
Custom made for bad players like myself! By abusing Soul Tether, you can break into 13k HP + ES with OVERLEECH and basically allows you to be terrible at the game while crushing all content.

4. Beats a lot of map mods
You can actually do Added Damage/ Crit / Ele Reflect / Less Regen / you can perma RF while clearing the map, and burst T15 bosses down with RF on too. You don't even need an Anti-Bleed flask...

Alright you lazy asshole, I like you already! This build was made for you Here are the links. However do note balancing resists is your own damn business. Jeez!

Soul Tether: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Synthesis/Zww666CQ
Chests with open prefix and to self-link: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Synthesis/KodY2Mu5
6-links: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Synthesis/3G5920U5

Cheap wands to replace Shades once you get enough levels for crit: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Synthesis/rZV76MuQ

Neckpiece to boost healing: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Synthesis/kwwybwu5

Extremely cheap to start.
Core item is 1 alch, and hybrid gear is nuts cheap. You can build one for <4ex, excluding the 6L maybe. You don't even need a 6L - that's your Storm Brand on your chestpiece, which does just fine on a 5L. Tabula possible since you have so much tankiness elsewhere.
Newbie friendly because of high EHP pool and regen.
Actually a template for very high DPS (12m+ if you blow currency on the build. It IS Trickster Storm Burst after all).
I would go so far as to say it's the most well-rounded build I can see right now, in terms of DPS cap, speed, survivability and Leech. Fight me IRL bro

- Quite a 'melee' build.
- Not very zoom zoom, relies on Quicksilver, though you can max your Flame Dash if you wanna. (I think Instant Cast makes up for a lot of speed though).
- Becomes a normal 5.5k squishy build on No Leech maps. Actually, you have ES leech so it's kinda doable but why risk it? I keep a spare Abyss Belt for such maps - or use a simple ES recovery Leather or Crystal belt.
- Chimera, of all bosses, absolutely shits on you if you don't instaphase him (which you can). I have vids of me instaphasing him but once he goes into smoke, you have 5 seconds before your leech drops off. Pop Basalt and find him quickly.
- You kinda have to keep going nonstop in maps, because the Leech lasts only 5s. So you're back to 'mortal' 5k+ HP status if that falls off.

Okay so you're totally ignoring the fact that the build has 11k+ EHP because adding 5.5k and 5.5k is hard, but you DID notice that it just takes punches to the face and regens in a safe period. (And the vids aren't even tryharding to regen!)

The mechanics are explained visually at the end of the vid but here is a detailed version.

Basically, aside from using Hybrid (Life + ES) gear to reach a monstrous "tank" of hitpoints, we really focus on making the FILLING of those TANKS the absolute best rate in the game. On a regular build, you either have 20% of max life leech or 10% Energy shield leech, which translates to at most 1250HP/ES per second. These figures are before Vaal Pact or Ghost Reaver.

With Soul Tether, we achieve a few things.

All your life leech not only continues to 'tick' when your life is full, but 'flow over' into the ES tank at 1250 ES/s. You would need a max of 12500 ES to do this with ES leech, here we only need 1 ES for that to happen. Even when your ES is full, your ES tank continues getting 'topped up' at 1250ES/s.

This mechanic is known as 'overleeching' and has the effect of having a 'perma potion' on you. The moment you take damage, this potion just instantly starts topping you off even if you are running around like a headless chicken. Buck buck!

Overleech used to be achievable with Slayer / Scion Ascendant but it recently had some nutty modifier applied to it, and now Slayer is the worst class in the game, even worse than Zerker. Let that sink it.

Even then, ES overleech wasn't possible. This is hands down the safest way for newbies to approach fights like Uber Elder!

Part II - making it stupid OP
Okay you thought you were done? Now let the rest of the mechanics kick in to let you see how dumb and relaxed this is!

We have the following modifiers going for us.

From our Watcher's Eye (very cheap mod): 20% increased recovery rate of Life AND Energy Shield while Malevolence is active.
From Soul of Arakaali: 50% increased recovery rate of Life AND Energy Shield if you've stopped taking damage over time recently
From Patient Reaper (you will use this for mapping): 70% increased recovery rate of Life AND Energy Shield if you have killed an enemy with your damage over time recently.
From our necklace: Let's say 20% increased maximum total recovery from Life Leech (what a mouthful. It's a 20% more mult. That's all).
From our neck / Atziri's Acuity: Vaal Pact - basically, a 100% more multiplier.

So that's 140% total increased recovery of life AND energy shield.

For simplicity's sake if we leech 20% of 5K Life = 1000HPs
Vaal Pact = 2000 HPs
Necklace = 2400HPs. (1/5 of 2000 = 400HPs)

Apply 140% increased modifier = 2400 * 2.4 = 5760HPs.

Well now you recover a full life and ES bar in 1 second. But wait!
Since your life is now full, your leech goes to ES...

Which receives a nice 140% multiplier AS WELL.
5760 HP * 2.4 = 13824HPs.

Plus you have a huge chunk of ES leech once your Storm Brand stacks tick enough. Note that that's not Overleech however so it's a few hundred ES at best because it's just starting to kick in


FAQ: It doesn't look like you're leeching 13000 HP in one second in the vid, are you a scammer. Reported]

Well the brutal truth is that some of the vids were recorded with Escape Artist instead of Patient Reaper, because 20% spell dodge and 36% cast speed is nuts to pass up against Uber Elder, for example. When you map though, you WILL run Patient Reaper. I also broke down a couple vids internally to the millisecond and -- damn, yer right, it's not 13600 for sure, but it landed up at about 9500HPs. WTF? I have no idea really. Maybe something fell off halfway. Someone help me out here. Mark_GGG?

Tankiest/Budget version with Shades of Solaris: https://pastebin.com/ZuA2nBgf