Build Info & Playstyle

Impending Doom Occultist Build Info & Playstyle.

Impending Doom Support supports self-cast Hex curses. When the Hex expires it triggers a Chaos explosion. To force the the Hex to expire Vixen's Entrapment are used to trigger socketed curses when you use a Hex skill. With Whispers of Doom and Vixen's Entrapment your Curse limit is set to 3, so if a 4th Curse is applied it overwrites a Curse, forcing Doom Blast to trigger. Because of this interaction you must be wary of how your gems are socketed into your Gloves. The top left most socket is the curse you overwrite, and does not affect the monster, therefore you must choose between Punishment or Enfeeble depending on whether you want more damage or survivability. Since this build is a Poison build, it requires Poison Chance to inflict the damaging ailment. 100% Chance to Poison must be achieved by equipping a Divergent Herald of Agony, before you can afford you can anoint Toxic Strikes.

Cooldown Recovery Rate is a very important stat for Impending Doom Support. This is because it both affects the cooldown of the Curses you trigger with Vixen's Entrapment and of your Doom Blast. By default your Doom Blast triggers 6.7 hits per second, but with more CDR and cast speed you can increase this. The correlation between the amount of cast speed and CDR required can be calculated using this spreadsheet made by a member of the community: Silenth. This might all seem very complicated, but for the most part you don't have to worry about break points until you are at very endgame looking to squeeze out the absolute most out of the build, just remember to keep in mind that CDR is an important stat and provides a ton of damage!

When the new league launches, the demand for Vixen's Entrapment may overwhelm supply, but don't worry. The build is a very capable and fast mapper even without this Unique thanks to the Cursed Ground Support. The downside to this is that you are losing out on a damage link, and you have to self cast one of your three curses on bosses. One curse can be automated thanks to the Mark of Submission ring which is very cheap early. This setup is enough to take you all the way to red maps and last you until you are able to farm enough currency to afford the Vixen's Entrapment Gloves.

Spell Cascade Support must be socketed in both your Gloves and Body armour to overlap your triggered Hexes on top of your self-cast Hexes. The cascading Hex areas create zones where the circles overlap allowing you to hit a single target twice per cast when your mouse is placed slightly behind it. Awakened Spell Cascade Support allows an extra overlap, causing 3 explosions per cast. The most optimal setup is to have two Awakened Spell Cascade Supports socketed in both your Gloves and Body Armour, but if you can't afford two yet you should prioritize socketing one into your Gloves first.

Through itemisation you are able to achieve 100% Chance to Avoid Elemental Ailments. This keeps you safe from Ailments such as Shock, Chill, Freeze and Ignite as well as all alternative Ailments. Eldritch Altars and certain rare monsters can reflect non-damaging ailments you inflict therefore It is important to itemize for this as they can drastically increase the damage you take from all sources or slow your character's Action Speed substantially.

Suppression halves the damage of all incoming Spell damage, making it an extremely valuable defensive layer. Spell Suppression cap is easy to achieve thanks to passive tree clusters granting a large sum of it. The rest is itemized to ensure you are at 100% or more.

Armour mitigates incoming Physical Damage from Hits. It's granted by gear and your Granite Flask and increased by wearing a Skin of the Lords. Determination grants a more Armour multiplier as well as a large amount of flat Armour. Molten Shell grants a buff that is amplified by your base Armour which absorbs incoming damage in a set duration when triggered by Cast when Damage Taken Support.

Evasion increases your character's chance to Evade incoming Attacks. Evasion is obtained by wearing a Skin of the Lords and using a Jade Flask. Additionally Grace grants a more Evasion multiplier as well as a large amount of flat Evasion.

While mapping ensure all your Auras are active. Shield charge from pack to pack and cast Your Hex skill to clear the screen of any monsters. Cast Malevolence whenever it is down to provide you with an additional boost in damage.

Ensure all your Auras are active before starting the encounter. Use Flame Dash to dodge boss abilities as it provides you with a safer way to traverse distances. Make sure to re-cast Malevolence whenever it is down to grant you more damage. Place your cursor right behind your target and spam cast your main Hex skill. You should hear two distinct hits per cast if you are correctly overlapping your Hexes with your target. Continue dodging abilities while casting Your Hex whenever possible to stack your Poison damage on the target.

As a mapping focused character you should prioritize the mechanics listed below depending on what level of content your character is currently capable of completing. Clicking the League Mechanics below takes you to either a full Explanation Guide or a detailed Currency Farming Guide based around maximizing your profits from that mechanic or content.