Level 96 CI Crit CoC Forbidden Rite of Soul Sacrifice Occultist^3.26

Notes

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Build & Strats Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTpjc3dtROKVzxQUlnGpCGK_4JYSsjEQmU7lr_fwDAJJLZFQGi-ILrJzyBLKXuLYkHM1jJDhTpO7lLF/pubhtml
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WARNING: THE 30 DIV BUDGET VERSION COSTS A LOT MORE NOW, PRICES WENT UP A LOT. ONLY ATTEMPT THIS AFTER PRICE CHECKING THE ITEMS AT YOUR OWN RISK!

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY THIS BUILD IF YOU ARE NEW! DO NOT PLAY THIS AS YOUR FIRST CHARACTER! ONLY PLAY IF YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED GEAR AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

DO NOT switch to this build from another one and use a mix of items, tree and gems because it will not work. Do it ONLY if you are experienced and you know what you are doing.
DO NOT use Headhunter with this build, you will steal attack speed mod and you will brick the trigger rate.
DO NOT use Melding of the Flesh with this build without Mageblood or without enough resistances, only switch to it later when you have good gear.
DO NOT use Stormshroud without Mageblood to get elemental ailment immunity from flask because it's not permanent. You could do it with abyss jewels, mod on boots and boots implicits but I would recommend waiting until Mageblood.
DO NOT use Spell Crit Chance on your Dagger in the beginning because you will not have enough Crit Chance on Cyclone. Spell Crit Chance Dagger should be used only later when you have better gear.
DO NOT use any golems without Forbidden Flame/Flesh Jewels because they are not reliable, they will stay mostly dead. Forbidden Jewels are nice but NOT NEEDED. I got them at around 200-210div for the pair.
DO NOT use Militant Faith that replaces your +1 to Maximum Power Charges node to something else. On Militant Faith #2376 doesn't matter, only High Templar Dominus. You want +2% All Elemental Resistance and later also +1% Aura Effect
DO NOT use other base than Imperial Skean if you are crafting or buying it ready.
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Sources of Attack Speed: Dagger, Dagger Enchant, Unholy Grace large Cluster(only use this in the beginning), Gloves, Rational Doctrine Implicit, Tailwind + Tailwind Effect. Other Sources that I would not use: Rare Jewels
Sources of Critical Strike Chance: Dagger, Dagger Enchant, Bottled Faith + Consecrated Ground, Rational Doctrine + Profane Ground, Medium Cluster Jewel, (Zealotry gives only Spell Block)Cruel Mistress mercenary with Zealotry 
level 26/27 aura based on merc level 83/84. You don't need Envy aura on Mercenary, Jewel Implicit Corruptions, Rare Jewels, Watcher's Eye mod
Sources of Attack Block: Rare Jewels, Tattoos, Watcher's Eye mod, Shield Corruption Implicit, Amulet Corruption Implicit
Sources of Spell Block: Rare Jewels, Watcher's Eye mod, Shield Corruption Implicit, Amulet Corruption Implicit

How to solve Bleeding and Corrupted Blood: Upgraded Ralakesh Minor Pantheon

Before Elemental Ailment Immunity use Brine King Pantheon, after you are Elemental Ailment Imune use Lunaris Pantheon.

Dagger Unveils: Chaos Damage/Duration, Spell Damage/Extra Chaos, Spell Damage/Regen. First two options give you the same damage, last option gives you more damage because it rolls % higher. Spell Damage = Chaos Damage
Chaos Large Clusters Jewels are better because they roll 12% instead of 10% Spell Damage

If you want to do Elemental Reflect maps you need to link Void Manipulation to your Tempest Shield, otherwise you will die from the reflected Lightning Damage from Tempest Shield. You can either leave it linked permanently or use Precision + 
Tempest Shield + Enlighten and replace Precision with Void Manipulation when you have an Elemental Reflect map.

To get 90% Max Res with Purity of Ice you need level 21 Purity of Ice + more aura effect on the tree
If you don't have enough mana for it you need to use Treachery Runegraft

Instead of using Level 6 Awakened Cast on Crit you can use Gemcraft Runegraft and you get the same amount of CDR for less investment
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Twink Gear Leveling: https://youtu.be/FAmUYRPFHjA
(Maxroll Guide in video description)
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CDR Breakpoints Explained: https://youtu.be/iRxlrOLX83g HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS VIDEO. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DON'T SKIP THIS
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Cooldown Reduction		Attack Speed Breakpoint
0%									6.06 APS
14-51%							 7.57 APS
52%+								10.10 APS

Additional Graphic for trigger rate: https://imgur.com/9X6l7eK
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Numlock Trick(Auto Open Abyss Hoards): https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1lrpmpc/can_someone_explain_the_numlock_trick_to_auto/
Points to change if you want to use the Caster Mastery: https://youtu.be/uAMgDN1pMiw?si=pDfkom0N3VVBrnYE&t=436
If you don't have numpad on your keyboard you need to add Unearth(1) + Faster Casting(20/20) and manually use Unearth
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Cruel Mistress
https://pobb.in/rzt6fFWnOFjO

Advantages:
It can have Envy aura which is not needed but it's extra damage
It can have Wither Support on skills which will help you maintain high wither stacks

Disadvantages: Replica Alberon's Warpath is more expensive than Dawnstrider(Only matters if you want to make it reflect imune)
Other Info: Mercenary only casts curse on rare/uniques monsters ONLY IF they are not already cursed by your Assassin's Mark(More info in the video linked below). You should get despair on hit gloves corruption or rare ring suffix.
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Fallen Reverend
https://pobb.in/3ABprGPKigHg

Advantages:
It can have Battlemage's Cry, which gives you extra Base Crit Chance. It's best paired with Redblade Banner for Infinite Power of Warcries
You can use Replica Victario's Charity for Endurance Charges generation. It's fairly consistent, if you feel the uptime of charges is not 100% of time you can spec 1 extra point in Charge Mastery for 100% Increased Charge Duration
It can have Wrath aura which you can use for increased crit chance mod on Watcher's Eye if needed
You can use Dawnstrider for reflect imunity which is very cheap compared to Replica Alberon's Warpath
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Cruel Mistress vs Fallen Reverend
Dying Breath:
18% Aura Effect
18% All Curses Effect
18% Increased Damage
18% Aura AoE

Wand:
40% Aura Effect

Full Mercenary Setup and important info: https://youtu.be/32x9tq5nkIA?si=hXTr3nl1SgshW6mh&t=389
Mercenary will make a HUGE difference, get it asap. Spam t16 maps, can be white maps, just run it, find mercenary and exit.
Cruel Mistress is INT based so you want to Exile other mercenary types with other attributes: Dex, Str, Dex/Int, Dex/Str, Str/Int, Str/Dex/Int
Fallen Reverend is STR/INT based so you want to Exile other mercenary types with other attributes: Dex, Str, Dex/Int, Dex/Str, Str/Dex/Int

Aura Effect Calculator: https://aura.poe.farm/
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Step 1:
You have 2 options:
1. Get 52% CDR and use Silver Flask + Mageblood to get the required attack rate. I recommend going for double elevated boots Tailwind/Tailwind Effect + 16%+ CDR
(CDR Breakpoints Explained: https://youtu.be/iRxlrOLX83g HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS VIDEO, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DON'T SKIP THIS)
2. Don't use Silver Flask until you get the 52% CDR because you will mess your trigger rate

Step 2:
Buy the flasks then build from there, upgrading what you think you need the most, I don't have a priority order for this
(Stormshroud + 52%+ Chance to Avoid Being Shocked flask mod makes you Elemental Ailment Imune)
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IF YOU DON'T USE MAGEBLOOD ENABLE ALL OF YOUR FLASKS IN ITEMS SECTION

Do you use Power Charges? - Tick
Do you use Endurance Charges? - Tick ONLY if you have Endurance Charge chest implicit or Enduring Composure Small Cluster Jewel notable
Do you have Tailwind? - Tick ONLY if you use Tailwind boots
Enable your Bottled Faith in Items section then:
Is the Enemy on Consecrated Ground? - Tick
ONLY If you use Rational Doctrine:
Is the Enemy on Profane Ground? - Tick
ONLY If you use "Deal 10% More Chaos Damage to enemies which have Energy Shield" Chaos Mastery(With Treachery Runegraft all nearby enemies have Energy Shield because we use Discipline):
Does the enemy have Energy Shield? - Tick
Is the enemy Unnerved? - Tick ONLY if you have the eldritch implicit mod on your gloves
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TIP TO SAVE MONEY: You can use Wild Bristle Matron in Bestiary when you have full suffixes to force Suffixes cannot be Changed using the Meta-Modifier beast craft
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Dagger
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https://youtu.be/Qcvqr1y8Yos
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Body Armour
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Cheaper Version:

(Buy a few bases of ilvl 86 Twilight Regalias)
(Optional buy 1 higher quality Regalia, fair warning, it is not always possible to keep this base)

1. Decide on the 3 prefixes you would like on your chest, they have to be natural modifiers. For this chest we will use ES, ES% and Hybrid ES%
2. On Chest A attempt to make a chest with only Max ES and ES% as the only prefixes, the method of doing so can be thru any method you want. I suggest dense fossils or harvest, check prices and adjust accordingly
3. Chest B attempt to make the only prefixes the hybrid ES% mod and EITHER of the two prefixes from Chest A. This means either flat ES or ES%.  MORE EXPENSIVE: Use a lower quality essence that rolls a mod that is not natural to the chest, 
such as armour. MAKE SURE THE ESSENCE is not OF THE ESSCENSE when checking the tier of the mod. Use the essensce until it rolls the mod that is not present on Base A and a shared mod of base A. This increased the odds as the more 
prefixes on the item the more likely the item has full prefixes when recombed. It will include all the modifiers when deciding how many to give and after its decided on the amount of prefixes to give it blocks modifiers that cannot exist on the chest 
as a natural mod, which in this case is armour
(The base the recomb uses is random, the chance of the base being used is always a 50/50)
5. Go to the recomb and fuse the two chest, use the 100% option of recomb. 2+2 = 3 in the recomb. The outcome chest has a very high likelihood of having all 3 prefixes and even more if both chests or just 1 chest had a non natural mod (NNM) 
and keeping the tiers of the rolled mods. It helps if the suffix amount is low as well but does not always affect the outcome
6. Suffixes can be done using standard eldritch crafting, there are a lot of usable mods. The best would be INT > Any t1 res ( you can change which type through harvest)
If done right and you won the recomb 50/50 of selecting the higher quality base you will have a 1100+ es chest, with two good suffix and a crafted modifer of whatever you need

The same concept applies to suffixes as prefixes if you plan to create different items using the 2+2=3 recomb method.
If you would like a veild mod on your chest after prefixes are done just bristle matron, block the mods you don't want and veiled chaos until you get the mod you want, not recommended as it can brick the item

Expensive Version:

1. Buy ilvl86 base with Global Defences fractured or you can do it yourself
2. Spam Loathing Essence until you get t1 INT
3. Wipe prefixes by crafting suffix cannot be changed and scour
4. Make Searing Exarch the Dominant implicit
5. Go to crafting bench and type mana|remove
6. Craft mana onto the chest and use a Eldritch Exalt 
7. If you miss ES or %ES remove the mana craft and eldritch annul and repeat step 6. 
8. Once you hit ES or %ES remove the mana craft mod and eldritch exalt again, if you miss try to eldritch annul the mod off. If you remove the es mod annul again and go back to step 6.
9. Craft whatever suffix you want

Optional: Tailoring orb until you get a defence modifier or explict modifers
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Budget Version: 

1. Buy warlock boots with either elevated CDR or Elevated tailwind. (can also make both, potentially cheaper) 
2. Buy any pair of boots with the mod you didn't buy from step1.
3. Awakeners orb the shitty boots into the warlock boots.

Expensive good boots:

1. Either buy a pair of magic boots(blue) with elevated tailwind on warlock or make them.
2. Use beast crafting to apply hinekoras lock onto your magic tailwind boots.
3. Buy or make a donor pair of boots with elevated CDR and any other influenced mod doesn't matter as long as it has an influenced mod. 
4. Check the lock with an awakeners orb from the donor boots (it helps to have more than 1 to off set the cost of the beast) If you win the 50/50 where you have both elevated CDR and elevated Tailwind. Check which other suffix you got. Int is good, 
t1 res is good, and have 1 open prefix. (Any t1 res can be changed to the res of your choice using harvest bench craft)
5. If you checked all your lock outputs with your donor boots and it's all bad, reapply the lock using the beastcraft again.
6. If you want ES boots skip to the bottom, this is more expensive and can brick. Once you have 3 suffix you like, wipe prefix by using suffix cannot be changed and scour. 
7. Lock suffix again, veiled chaos, and craft life before unveiling, 100% chance to get movement speed.
8. If you have an open prefix after the unveil, craft life and slam. 
9. Remove life craft and craft whatever you want

ES boots:

1. From the point where u have a boot with 3 suffix you like craft suffix cannot be changed.
2. Harvest reforge defense. 
3. If 3 prefixes, it's bricked. Either sell it, use it or take the 50/50 annul.
4. If you hit ES and/or Max ES or any variation of ES you want continue otherwise go to step 1.
5. Craft suffix cannot be changed and veiled ex slam, 1/3 or 50/50 to hit the suffix cannot be changed, craft life and take any MS mod. 
6. It's done, just craft the other ES mod you are missing

If your boots are very good like T1 INT or you rolled T1 ES and T1 %ES, I would use locks for the veild ex slam.
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1. Get Fractured t1 INT base ilvl84 and use Intrinsic Catalysts
2. Spam Deafening Essence of Scorn until you hit any t1 Resistance - You can change it later with Harvest Swap
3. Craft Suffixes cannot be Changed
4. Harvest Reforge Defence until you get both ES and Evasion mods. Evasion can be any tier, we use it only for the mastery. Preferably you want open Prefix for crafting 17% Increased Damage. If Harvest Reforge Defence adds only 1 mod 
ES/Evasion you can exalt slam for the other one
5. If Harvest Reforge Defence fills your prefixes you need to yolo annul
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1. Get Fractured t1 INT base ilvl84 preferably Warlock Gloves
2. Spam Deafening Essence of Zeal until you hit any t1 Resistance - You can change it later with Harvest Swap
3. Craft Suffixes cannot be Changed
4. Make Searing Exarch the Dominant implicit
5. Go to crafting bench and type mana|remove
6. Craft mana onto the gloves and use a Eldritch Exalt 
7. If you miss ES or %ES remove the mana craft and eldritch annul and repeat step 6. 
8. Once you hit ES or %ES remove the mana craft mod and eldritch exalt again, if you miss try to eldritch annul the mod off. If you remove the ES mod annul again and go back to step 6.
9. Craft your preferred prefix
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Website: https://poe.re/#/maps

Depending on your current investment into the build you might be able to do more or less of the bad mods. Also the number of bad mods on a single map matters a lot, so you should try and see which ones you can do and which ones you can't
Everything in this section is highly variable on multiple factors like gear, content that you run and how juiced it is

Brick Mods:
Physical Reflect
Elemental Reflect(If you have Void Manipulation linked to Tempest Shield you can do Elemental Reflect)

Bad Mods:
Reduced Extra Damage from Critical Strikes - This will be very slow
Less Cooldown Recovery Rate - On high budget it will be fine on trash mobs but you will feel it versus Uniques and maybe Rares
+50% Chance to Block Attack Damage - On high budget it will be fine on trash mobs but you will feel it versus Uniques and maybe Rares
Less Defences - You will have around Half of your ES and Armour
Deal no damage for 3 seconds
Reduced Action Speed(If you have Garb of the Ephemeral on your Mercenary you can do this)

Bad Mods but manageable in some situations:
Volatile Cores
Tentacle Fiends
Targeted by Meteor

Other Mods that you should keep an eye on:
-Max Res
100% More Monster Life
Drowning Orbs
Petrification Statues

This was my regex on high budget before Void Manipulation on Tempest Shield:
"!s refl|kes|efe|coo|k at|ever"

This was my regex on high budget with Void Manipulation on Tempest Shield:
"!efe|f ph|kes|coo|k at|ever"

For lower budget you should make your own regex and filter out which bad mods you can't or don't want to run: https://poe.re/#/maps