PoE 3.25 | Hexblast Mines Occultist

[@SixPoolNoodles]

0:30 I leaguestarted Ventrua's Hexblast Mine Trickster, not Occultist. Apologies for the typo

[@eddyyang2324]

Is it worth switching out The Restless Ward for The Covenant Spidersilk robe for more damage?

[@SixPoolNoodles]

It might be worth for ubers and other stationary activities but I don't think it would be worth it anywhere else. I personally think that the added movement speed from Replica Restless Ward makes the build feel more comfortable to play

[@jammuu]

great vid great build! ive always been curious about this occultist hexblaster. One question, i saw your POB has T17 in it, how do you do T17 with this build? isn't it very squishy? it seems like everything one shots me. Do you just play very carefully?

[@SixPoolNoodles]

Farming T17 Fortress was doable for me with this build with a conservative regex, the rest I think are completely off the table. I would probably stick to T16 boss rushing or invitation rotations at this point in the league due to how much chaos it costs to roll T17s for this build.
But yeah, don't overextend past your mines and try to offscreen clear everything before moving forward and when you inevitably get clipped, immediately get back in with CoD + Portal. With a conservative regex I found that it was usually multiple small hits killing me in T17 as opposed to stray singular hits.
With all that being said, thanks for checking out the build

[@codeconnection]

@@SixPoolNoodles why u cant keep righteous fire with mageblood? then have no sense to me have mageblood in the build.

[@SixPoolNoodles]

@@codeconnection Map mod dependent. We can sustain RF when uber bossing (Uber Cortex rolls mods though so this fight is mod dependent) and that's where we need the added damage the most

[@alexandremellodias982]

If I use Zealotry my guardian dies too. What do I do?

[@SixPoolNoodles]

Animate Guardian needs at least 1x T1 "20-21% increased life regeneration rate" roll on rare gloves and/or boots along with Gruthkul's Pelt to sustain the degen from Zealotry. Check the PoB item set for the exact gear I use on my AG

[@alexandremellodias982]

@@SixPoolNoodles Got it! And then do I remove the Raise Spectre for the Meat shield sup?

[@SixPoolNoodles]

@@alexandremellodias982 Yes, you either use Raise Spectre OR Animate Guardian to sustain Zealotry, never both at the same time

[@MrRoya]

Which specter would you use with this build?

[@SixPoolNoodles]

2x Perfect Dark Marionette spectres -> cast Bodyswap of Sacrifice on 1 spectre (socketed in weapon swap) -> immediately cast Zealotry (aura linked with Guardian Blessing) -> if you time it perfectly, Zealotry should have 100% uptime with the spectre ressurection loop
It looks good on paper but it feels bad in practice as a gust of wind will completely break the loop. Fubgun in one of his recent videos apparently uses the spectre tech without Bodyswap in a different build and only recasts his aura "once or twice a map", so it may be worth looking into how he's successfully implemented it

[@MrRoya]

@SixPoolNoodles alright, never done that before but let's give it a go

[@SixPoolNoodles]

@@MrRoya The spectre tech is costly as the Perfect Dark Marionette spectres (from the corpses you buy from trade) will not persist if you unsocket the Raise Spectre gem, so I would only consider it if you plan on doing content outside of Sanctum for a significant amount of time

[@MrRoya]

@@SixPoolNoodles running Uber bosses with the build and doing the specter tech atm

[@alexandremellodias982]

@@SixPoolNoodles In your sanctum build, you have zealotry on 100% and the animated guardian, how do I do that? Whenever I use my guardian he dies from Zealotry.

[@Nico_Conradie]

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