Level 96 Poisonous Concoction Occultist^3.16

Notes

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BUILD SPECIFIC ADVICE
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Poisonous Concoction scales off your life flask recovery (life number shown on the flask). It's important to maintain life flask charges so
we use 2 Divine Life Flasks with Survival Secrets and Overflowing Chalice to maintain them during boss fights. Flask charge mods on belt
or Flask Passives on the tree can help with this. Survival Secrets is in Act 2 Quest Reward from Through Sacred Ground which helps a lot.

Focus is a skill granted via focus crafts on gear, it's important to use focus on this build so prioritize getting these 3 crafts unlocked/crafted on
your gear.

Ring --> Shock nearby enemies while focused 
Helm --> Increased duration of ailments inflicted while focused
Gloves --> Increased attack or cast speed while focused

Plaguebearer is a toggle ability that stores poison damage and when toggled activates a chaos aura that deals damage to nearby enemies. It's 
your main clear ability so it's important to use this often.

Use an enduring mana flask until you switch to lifetap, make sure you don't overlevel vitality or precision and give yourself enough mana left over.

You can also play this as a Pathfinder which is more suitable for bossing. Nugiyen's take here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AdlErLh5cU

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 GENERAL TIPS
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Bandits: Kill All

The items in this guide are a GUIDELINE, listed with the main core stats you're looking for. 
More/higher stats (resists, attributes, etc) are always better!
They are mostly kept reasonable and obtainable through self-crafting methods post-Harvest nerfs

On trade leagues you can search for "Empty Suffixes" or "Empty Prefixes" with a value of 1 for items with open crafting slots

Upgrade your Pantheons

Pantheons: Brine King for stun, chill and freeze + Garuhkan for shock, blind and maim

GEMS - ACT - NPC - QUEST

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Leveling
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1 - 12 Orb of Storms + Stormblast Mine

Freezing Pulse - Act 1 - Enemy at the Gate 
Arcane Surge - Act 1 - Nessa - Enemy at the Gate

Stormblast Mine - Act 1 - Enemy at the Gate 

4+ Frost Bomb + Movement (Replace Freezing Pulse for Frost Bomb)

Frost Bomb - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs
Frostblink - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs
Arcane Surge - Act 1 - Nessa - Enemy at the Gate

4+ Orb of Storms
Orb of Storms  - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs

4+ Utility

Steelskin - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs
(Can put Steelskin on left mouse button to autocast it)

8+ Stormblast Mine

Stormblast Mine - Act 1 - Enemy at the Gate 
Swift Assembly - Act 1 - Nessa - Mercy Mission
Added Lightning Damage - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute


10+ Movement

Flame Dash - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute

12+ Essence Drain + Contagion + Blight (NOTE - YOU WILL NEED 

Essence Drain - Act 1 - Nessa - The Siren's Cadence
Void Manipulation - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute
Efficacy - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute

Contagion - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs
Arcane Surge - Act 1 - Nessa - Enemy at the Gate
Flame Dash - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute

Blight - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs
Void Manipulation - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute
Efficacy - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute

Utility 18+

Wither - Act 1 - Nessa - The Siren's Cadence
Spell Totem - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute
Faster Casting - Act 2 - Yeena - Sharp and Cruel

16+ Auras + Utility

Summon Skitterbots - Act 2 - Yeena - Intruders in Black
Arctic Armour - Act 2 - Yeena - Sharp and Cruel

24+ Curse
Despair - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love 

38+ SWAP TO POISONOUS CONCOCTION

38+ Poisonous Concoction

Poisonous Concoction - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Greater Multiple Projectiles - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Greater Volley - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Unbound Ailments - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute

38+ Auras

Grace - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Blasphemy - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Despair - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love 
Vitality - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate

38+ Cast When Damage Taken

Cast When Damage Taken - Act 4 - Petarus and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Steelskin - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs

38+ Utility

Withering Step - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Plaguebearer - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Increased Area of Effect - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare 

Ancestral Protector - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate 



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End Game
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Poisonous Concoction

Poisonous Concoction - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Greater Multiple Projectiles - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Greater Volley - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Unbound Ailments - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute
Void Manipulation - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute
Lifetap - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate

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Withering Step + Plaguebearer + Ancestral Protector
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Withering Step - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Plaguebearer - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Increased Area of Effect - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare 

Ancestral Protector - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate 

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Aura + Curse
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Grace - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate

Blasphemy - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare

Despair - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love 

Temporal Chains - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love 

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Cast When Damage Taken + Aura + Movement
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Cast When Damage Taken - Act 4 - Petarus and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare
Steelskin - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs
Vitality - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate

Flame Dash - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute (KEEP THIS UNLINKED FROM CAST WHEN DAMAGE TAKEN)

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Movement + Aura
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Shield Charge - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Faster Attacks - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate
Precision - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate

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TIPS
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Try to make sure you cap your resistances whenever possible (75, 75, 75) 

You can see this from the defence Panel on your character screen if you press the default key C.

For everytime you kill Kitava your resistances will be reduced by 30 for a
maximum of 60 reduced resistances after you kill Kitava the second time.

Get an Instant (Seething/Bubbling) Divine Life Flask as soon as you can. This flask is very important.
Try to get as much life as you can on any piece of gear where-ever you can, 
for examples of gear, refer to the items section and click the drop down menu between Early and End game.