[POE 3.6 Witch] Best Synthesis Death’s Oath Blight Occultist Build (PC,PS4,Xbox) - Tankly, Fast Mapping, Farm Uber
Apply a debuff to enemies in front of you which deals chaos damage over time. Enemies who aren't already debuffed by Blight are also hindered for a shorter secondary duration, slowing their movement. Continued channelling adds layers of damage to the debuff, each with their own duration.
This build use Blight + CWC ED + DO for single target. And leave the weapon choice upto you guys. Using wand+shield over the Grey Spire means less damage, no +4 max res, BUT about +1.5k ES, arctic armor and one more spot to get res, stats/focus crafts.
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Pretty fast map clearer.
- + Tanky while mapping.
- + Can farm uber lab comfortably. (Some dodging required, can't facetank everything)
- + Can do any map mod. (No regen is annoying)
- + Minimal effort required to play.
Cons
- - T16+ bosses need gameplay. Dmg is decent but can't facetank everything due to limited ES recovery mechanics. (Chimera is cancer with rippy mods)
- - Strength hungry, need to prepare to get 180 str for DO.
Playstyle
Walk through maps to clear them. We clear T16 just by walking. Maps with % more monster life and chaos res take slower walks and some blight casting on rares.
You should be casting Blight every 6-8 seconds anyway to keep 'Infused' up from the Infused Channeling support gem for 10% more damage. Flask management is important so you can keep Witchfire Brew up. Flame dash often enough to keep arcane surge up.
For T16+ bosses, you need to avoid rippy map mods and facetanking.
Introduction
This build focuses on the chest piece Death's Oath:
It has an in-build chaos degen aura that you support with 6 support gems.
[You DON'T need it 6 linked.]
We scale DO dmg by the following ways:
- % increased chaos damage
- % increased damage over time
- % increased effect of non-curse auras
- % increased area damage
- % increased damage
- % increased minion damage
- % to Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier
The Aspect of the Spider aura from Fenumus:
<>Crystal Belt
You can craft this a suffix on any non craftable piece of gear at the blood altar in your Menagerie. All you need is Fenumus, access to beastcrafting and a free suffix. It provides an aura (Aspect of the Spider), which reserves 25% mana (by default) for an aoe debuff that slows enemy movement speed by 30% and hinders them every second. Also applies 1 "spider web" per second for 6 seconds which increased dmg taken by 5% (stacks 3 times).
We use Blight along with the Blight threshold jewel Spreading Rot to apply wither and hinder.
<>Spreading Rot
We get reservation, area and aura nodes on the tree to shove in 5 auras and buff Death's Aura dmg.
Can do any map mod. Swap in a mana flask for no regen ones.
Skill Tree
Ascendancy
Wicked ward > Vile Bastion > Void Beacon > Profane Bloom
Getting the ES two pointers early helps with switching to CI.
Bandits
Kill All
Pantheon
- Lunaris and Ralakesh for mapping.
- Solaris and Tukohama for bossing.
Passive Tree
PoB: https://pastebin.com/D3Ky6NPe
It still has the wither 3L to simulate the withered effect from Spreading Rot (Pob doesn't support it yet)
Gems Setup
Move the mouse on the bold poe skill gems to see needed mod
Blight links -> Infused Channeling, CwC, ED, Efficacy. Blight + CWC ED + DO for single target.
Chest: Swift Affliction + Concentrated Effect + Void Manipulation + Arcane Surge + Efficacy + Less Duration
Arcane surge is required to add duration tag to Death's aura, otherwise less duration and swift affliction do not apply to it. It enables our 7L.
Gloves: Cast while Channelling Support + Essence Drain + Infused Channelling + Efficacy
Remaining links (put them wherever you get the right colors):
Blasphemy + Temporal Chains + Flame Dash + Arcane Surge + Faster Casting
Unlinked:
Clarity + Discipline + Malevolence
Gear
+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
Has no Sockets
300% increased Global Damage
23% increased Attack Speed
+4% to all maximum Resistances
40% increased Essence Drain Damage
Trigger Level 10 Void Gaze when you use a Skill
147% increased Energy Shield
+72 to maximum Mana
50% increased Stun and Block Recovery
Gain 8% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
+12% to all Elemental Resistances
Grants Level 20 Death Aura Skill
+50 to all Attributes
15% increased Attack Speed
184% increased Armour
+68 to maximum Life
1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 3 seconds on Kill
Gore Footprints
Allelopathy (Corrupted)
+2 to Level of Socketed Duration Gems
Grants Level 22 Blight Skill
27% increased Damage over Time
116% increased Energy Shield
10% increased Area of Effect
Blight has 21% increased Hinder Duration
You cannot be Hindered
Sorcerer Boots
+49 to maximum Energy Shield
83% increased Energy Shield
+33% to Fire Resistance
+35% to Lightning Resistance
25% increased Movement Speed
+30% to Cold Resistance
+16 to all Attributes
25% increased Damage
+66 to maximum Life
2.6 Mana Regenerated per second
Temporal Chains has 100% reduced Mana Reservation
Gain Shaper's Presence for 10 seconds when you kill a Rare or Unique Enemy
Moonstone Ring
+25 to maximum Energy Shield
+8 to all Attributes
+20 to Evasion Rating
+45 to maximum Energy Shield
+41% to Cold Resistance
+29% to Lightning Resistance
23% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
Sapphire Ring
+30% to Cold Resistance
+49 to Strength
+35 to maximum Energy Shield
+16% to all Elemental Resistances
+33% to Lightning Resistance
0.25% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
23% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
Weapon: The Grey Spire
TON of damage. +4 max res is huge.
Look for the highest global dmg and max res roll.
Budget option: Dark seer/Breath of the council with an es shield.
Note: I've talked about using multi-modded wands instead of the Grey Spire in the FAQ.
Helmet: Eber's Unification
Has in build skill Void gaze which triggers on using any skill (2 sec cd, 10 sec duration)
gives enemies affected by it -20% chaos res.
Look for max es roll.
BIS - 40% Blight dmg.
Budget option: Anything with ES, res, dex, str.
Another option is to get a fossil crafted helm with -9 chaos res. If you can get one with 300ES or so it should be worth the swap.
Chest: Death's Oath
Core item. Don't need it 6 linked. Check how to 5 off colors further below.
Gloves: Allelopathy
Level 22 in-built Blight, pretty great for CWC ED.
BIS - +2 duration gems corruption.
Boots: Sorcerer Boots
Look for high ES, MS and resists.
BIS - Regenerate 2% of Life and Mana per second if you were Hit Recently.
Budget option - Sin Trek, Doryani's Delusion.
Amulet: Solstice Vigil
No mana reservation for Temp chains. Shaper's Presence, increases duration of Vaal Discipline, Infusion, Arcane Surge on you.
Look for max damage roll.
Budget option: Anything with ES, res, stats. Look for free prefix to craft % max es.
Belt: Crystal Belt
Crystal belt is the best base. Alternatively, you may use a darkness enthroned with two abyss jewels with 35+ flat es and % dmg if killed recently mods for a decent chunk of dmg and similar ehp has a rare belt. However a rare belt allows you to get str and res since you have limited slots to get them.
Look to craft 20% increased damage or % life regenerated during flask effect.
Rings: Moonstone & Sapphire Ring
As much ES, res and strength as you can get. DO needs 180.
Look for free prefixes to craft faster start of ES recharge.
Aspect of the Spider
Can be beast craft as a suffix on any rare gear if you have Fenumus.
Reserves 25% mana (by default) for an aoe debuff that slows enemy movement speed by 30% and hinders them every second.
Also applies 1 spider web per second for 6 seconds which increased dmg taken by 5% (stacks 3 times).
Move the mouse on the bold poe equipment to see needed mod
Flasks
Alchemist's Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline, Chemist's Silver Flask of Staunching, Witchfire Brew, Chemist's Basalt Flask of Heat, The Overflowing ChaliceYou don't need a legacy Witchfire: Chemist's Quicksilver Flask of Warding
For curse maps: Panicked Eternal Mana Flask of Dousing
If you're running no regen maps.
Jewels
Viridian Jewel, Crimson Jewel
Get a combination/subset of chaos dmg, damage over time and Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier mods.
Spreading Rot, Spreading Rot (Corrupted)
You want x2 of these. Look for max % chaos dmg roll. Allocate them wherever as long as you have 40 int in the radius (the int does not have to be allocated).
'Cannot be cursed with silence' and 'Corrupted blood cannot be inflicted on you' are desirable corruptions.
If you have one Watcher's Eye. Remember to use clarity with it if you do. (Level 1 clarity is fine)
Leveling Guide
I suggest levelling with Essence Drain and Contagion, since they benefit from all the dmg over time nodes we already take.
ED Links -> ED > Efficacy > Swift Affliction > Controlled Destruction (Void manip. and Empower are your 5th and 6th links should you choose to get them)
Cont Links -> Cont > Inc Aoe > Arcane Surge > Faster Casting.
- 37 points: http://poeurl.com/cjwB
- 70 points: http://poeurl.com/cjwA
- 76 points - Change to CI and DO: http://poeurl.com/cjwD
Don't rush the change to CI, you need decent ES gear to have good ehp once you do switch. You can pretty much farm any content with ED/cont, so stick to it, till you get DO with the right colors and decent ES gear to get around 5k ES. You can import your char into PoB and check how much ehp you'd get after the switch.
You will need to about respec 21 points, less if you choose to not get as many life nodes.
- 115 points - Reservation nodes for DO and Jewel sockets: http://poeurl.com/ck0v
Final Tree: http://poeurl.com/ck0w