[3.17] The Bittermeme – S2Legit’s Legit Build Contest March 2022 Entry

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1. Build concept | 4. Defenses |
2. Links | 3. Damage |
5. Bossfights | 6. Budget |
Build concept
Core idea of my build is to lean into the high mana-cost of spells socketed into
Links
Contest
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/t4gcwy/s2legits_legit_build_contest_march_2022/
Build
Fights
- Sirus: https://youtu.be/ud4dPh-t12o
- Maven: https://youtu.be/ItBkB32A0vs
- Eater of Worlds: https://youtu.be/Ujk6AoAoO9E
- Searing Exarch: https://youtu.be/14dR-A9ec0c
- Black Star: https://youtu.be/Yyi8mUl2w_M
- Infinite Hunger: https://youtu.be/1K_G9a_zh5I
- Elder: https://youtu.be/Fkjtwlb5LMY
- Shaper: https://youtu.be/qUXAUiZow1I
- Rewritten Distant Memory: https://youtu.be/qm-qVq54Dv8
- Delve (depth 160): https://youtu.be/o6hFLQ8khHs
Damage
- To get the mana cost as high as possible and to fully utilize
supports I went with self-cast as my main skill. - One of the skills triggered by
is – this combined with the ring allows to chain, which pretty much doubles my damage. (This used to be possible with just Hydrosphere pre-3.15) - I’m using
amulet which is super strong in this build, since I have a lot of Active Skill Gems in my CWDT setups - My regen is so high that I can also run
- Since I’m using
I also get to use - I’m dropping Brittle Ground with my boots – this is useful only when I get to stand next to my target, but it’s a massive DPS boost.
- Depending on multiple factors this build can deal between 1 to 4 mln DPS (with current gear)
Defenses
- Since
effect deals physical damage I can’t use Armor - Instead I’m using block, and with current gear I’m spell-block capped (really good against bosses)
- I’m using
which prevents some of the damage (without messing with CWDT setup) - I’m using
to get a bunch of ES - I’m using
ascendancy to get Life and ES regen - I’m using Gain life on spell hit and Gain life/mana/es on block effects
- I’m using
and with Life leech when affected by Vitality. And since I’m running that means that I’m constantly overleeching - I’m spawning corpses with
+ and then consuming them with for life and mana regen (+ even more life regen from the node) - I’m using
to counteract some of the ‘s damage. - Build is very vulnerable to big melee physical attacks, effects that prevent regeneration (Maven’s beam) and effects that increase Fire Damage Taken or reduce Fire Resistance (Searing Exarch’s floor runes).
- Build is very tanky against all spell-based attacks, can tank Sirus’ beam.
Bossfights
- Sirus – easy, but I didn’t use
due to the huge amount of downtime in this fight. I need to spawn corpses to counteract the effect, and that’s annoying when you are constantly running around without casting. - Maven – Easy until the last phase, after that it’s very hard. No-regen beams are an insta-death.
- Eater of Worlds – very easy, can tank everything thanks to spell-block.
- Searing Exarch – pretty easy, but I couldn’t use
due to Reduced Fire Resistance runes. His melee can hurt if it crits though. - Black Star – pretty hard, you need to avoid Increased Fire Damage Taken aura that covers half of the arena.
- Shaper – easy, though the degen-beam is dangerous
- Infinite Hunger – easy, except of the “mud” phase, but that’s only coz I’m bad
- Elder – easy
Budget
I self-crafted most of rare gear with Rog, Essences and Eldrich orbs and I tried matching their prices to similar items on the market (although that was kinda hard in some cases – for example my ring seems to be 1-of-a-kind since no one wants life gained on spell hit combined with life regen mods).
Here is every item that was worth +20c:
~ 1ex ~ 1ex (self craft) ~ 1ex (self craft) ~ 1ex (self craft) ~ 1ex ~ 100c ~ 80c ~ 50c ~ 50c – 25c – 20c – 20c
In total this build should be worth no more than 8ex.