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Ascendancy Thumbnailabyssal trickster wander3.23

Life: 4,132103%
ES: 2,13750%
Mana: 101
eHP:
28,208
Resistances: 75%/75%/76%/-37%
Evade: 73%
Evasion: 20,727
DPS: 9,555,819
Speed: 5.92
Hit Chance: 100%
Crit Chance: 88.55%
Crit Multi: 526%
Config:
Boss, 15% Shock, Frenzy, Power, Custom Mods
Bandit: Kill All

Gear

Imbued WandLacewood Spirit ShieldCrown of EyesShroud of the LightlessThunderfistBubonic TrailAmber AmuletTwoStoneFLRuby RingStygian Vise
Life FlaskDying SunJade FlaskGranite FlaskQuicksilver Flask
Murderous Eye JewelSearching Eye JewelMurderous Eye JewelMurderous Eye JewelMurderous Eye JewelLarge Cluster JewelMedium Cluster JewelTecrod's GazeWatcher's EyeCorvine CharmCorvine CharmSearching Eye JewelSearching Eye JewelSearching Eye JewelSearching Eye JewelUrsine Charm

Gems

Volatility
Energy Leech
Increased Critical Damage
Barrage
Anomalous Kinetic Blast
Volatility
Greater Multiple Projectiles
Divergent Returning Projectiles
Precision
Vaal Grace
Wrath
Anomalous Herald of Ice
Blood Rage
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks
Phantasmal Sigil of Power
Flame Dash
Sniper's Mark
Mark On Hit
Immortal Call
Increased Duration
Shade Form
Volatility
Greater Multiple Projectiles
Divergent Returning Projectiles
Death Walk
Faster Attacks

Tree Preview

Honoured Tattoo of the Storm
+1% to maximum Lightning Resistance +1 to Maximum Power Charges Limited to 1 Attribute Notable Tattoo
Might of the BearMight of the Bear
Ghost DanceGhost Dance
Accuracy MasteryAccuracy Mastery
  • +500 to Accuracy Rating
  • -2 to Accuracy Rating per Level
Charge MasteryCharge Mastery
  • Cannot be Shocked while at maximum Power Charges
Critical MasteryCritical Mastery
  • +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Unique Enemies
Elemental MasteryElemental Mastery
  • Hits have 25% chance to treat Enemy Monster Elemental Resistance values as inverted
Energy Shield MasteryEnergy Shield Mastery
  • 100% increased Energy Shield from Equipped Helmet
Evasion and Energy Shield MasteryEvasion and Energy Shield Mastery
  • 30% increased Evasion Rating while you have Energy Shield
Life MasteryLife Mastery
  • +50 to maximum Life
Mana MasteryMana Mastery
  • 12% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills
Mark MasteryMark Mastery
  • 10% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when you Hit your Marked Enemy
Reservation MasteryReservation Mastery
  • 8% increased Damage for each of your Aura or Herald Skills affecting you
Wand MasteryWand Mastery
  • Wand Attacks fire an additional Projectile

Notes

video showcase: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi3mmF08_rvzd2TyAefvFIxHuv34z8UVH

pros:
- very smooth scaling. 1 million DPS per divine invested
  200k DPS on 6c (crown of eyes + thunderfist)
  2mil DPS on 2 div (https://reddit.com/comments/16e8gby/_/k02y0g9)
  5mil DPS on 4 div (see "total cost" at the bottom)
- best clear in the game outside of asenath's chant lightning warp
- much better single-target than other projectile attack builds at 0-4 divine investment
- one step ahead ascendancy just feels great

cons:
- squishy
- need to be familiar with weighted sum search to buy jewels
- need to level as something else (this guide uses frost blades)
- other than swapping to int-stacking assassin, doesn't scale past 10 divines
- no eldritch implicits

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levelling: https://poegems.quest/pob/y2z

don't use nightblade until you are critting frequently
trinity is finnicky

if you use the trees in this PoB, it will only cost 18 refund points to swap at level 69
and a further 12 points to get from 69 to 93 (20 refunds available from quests)

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gems:

kinetic blast:
before you get an instant leech charm, you need either pierce or fork
once you have the instant leech charm, swapping clever thief for piercing shots. this allows you to use returning projectiles or innervation
(innervation helps power siphon damage at the cost of clear)

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gear:

wand: local crit and attack speed are very important
buy one with either fractured and then use essences of wrath until you get the other (crit, atk speed) or spell damage. clean, then multimod

shield: prioritize spell damage. atziri's reflection (1 div) is an option

jewels: you only need 5 murderous eye jewels and 1 magic for tecrod's gaze
the most important mod is attack speed if you've crit recently. add the custom modifier in this PoB to your config to get the checkbox, then check it
use weighted sum search ("trade for these items" button, sort by sum) to find jewels

large cluster: crown of eyes makes spell damage quite good. essence rush is the best notable by far
the real value is the 2 sockets, but voices is too expensive

watcher's eye: wrath lightning pen is still very good, even with shroud of the lightless
prioritize that first, then upgrade to one that also has precision attack speed later

we get 100% crit chance pretty easily, so we're not interested in opportunistic fullisade, diamond flask, etc.

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FAQ:

why do we use energy leech support with soul drinker?
energy leech is just for damage. it beats critical damage support once you have enough crit multi

why do we take clever thief with crown of eyes?
clever thief is just for the 10% leech mastery

why do you have a magic jewel?
bubonic trail

aren't searching eye jewels just better than murderous eye jewels?
tecrod's gaze

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original reddit post by pyro: https://redd.it/16e8gby
tankier, CI, non abyssal version: https://reddit.com/comments/173hnga/_/k46xj14
nimis version: https://reddit.com/comments/173hnga/_/k43rxlw?context=3

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my upgrade order:

crown of eyes: 1c (ignored in total cost)
thunderfist: 5c
shroud of the lightless: 65c
bubonic trail: 70c
anom barrage: 15c
anom power siphon: 30c
tecrod's gaze: 70c
amulet: 10c
left ring: self-found
right ring: 3c
wand: 50c
shield: 20c
belt: self-found
silver oil: 35c
dying sun: 20c
honoured tattoo of the storm (+1 power charges): 44c
watcher's eye (wrath lightning pen, not in this PoB): 100c
1/16 mark on hit: 10c
crown of eyes +2 PS proj: 150c
large cluster: 135c
medium cluster: 75c
4x honoured tattoo of the tuatura (+4 attr): 14c * 4 = 56c
2x honoured tattoo of the dove (+4 chaos res): 7c *2 = 14c (ignored in total cost)
anom kinetic blast: 2d (ignored in total cost)
divergent returning projectiles: 30c (ignored in total cost)
20/22 increased crit damage: 12c (ignored in total cost)
21/0 volatility: 19c (ignored in total cost)
wand (again): 2d (ignored in total cost)

non-unique jewels:
whispering branch: 5c
ancient lens: 5c
encased searching eye jewel of berserking: 3c
grim stare: 3c
grim bite: 3c
hollow hunger: 5c
enthralling bite: 2c
grim chant: 5c
foul sphere: 10c

total cost: 894c = 4d