Learn how to progress your gear for the Poison Spark Occultist Build.
Gear Setup
Endgame
This gear set is good enough to farm all mapping content this game has to offer. You can even complete the Uber bosses, all with one build. This set has a ton damage and mitigation, but requires many crafted pieces. If you need additional currency check out our farming guides.
IMPORTANT: Most gear in this section is easier to craft if you obtain a Fractured base. This base 'locks' the mod in, so you can use Essences and other crafting methods to obtain a good item. You can search for fractured modifiers on trade by inputting "~fractured (name of modifier)" in the modifier search box. If you want to try out how to craft your final items, Craft of Exile is an amazing tool to plan them without wasting in-game currency.
Milestone 1 - Ashes of the Stars
It is essential for the build to get 30% on this roll as otherwise you will not have 100% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos, resulting in a massive loss of total damage. Poison damage also relies on Poison Chance to inflict it's damaging ailment. 100% Chance to Poison must be achieved by equipping a Divergent Herald of Agony which thankfully is also scaled by Ashes of the Stars.
Milestone 2 - Awakened Gems
The easiest upgrade you can make is going to be Awakened Gems and Alternate Qualities. Purchase the following Awakened Gems:
- Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
- Awakened Elemental Focus Support
- Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
- Awakened Void Manipulation Support
Purchase the following Alternate Quality Gems:
- Anomalous Withering Step
- Divergent Herald of Agony
- Anomalous Spell Echo Support
Purchase the following Exceptional Gems:
- Enlighten Support level 3-4
- Enhance Support level 3-4
Milestone 3 - The Devouring Diadem
The The Devouring Diadem allocates Eldritch Battery saving you 3 passive skill points. This helmet is used in the Endgame is because on top of saving you some passive skill points, it grants Socketed Gems have 25% increased Reservation Efficiency. This modifier allows you to socket Determination, Grace and Herald of Agony in it saving you a lot of Mana for your Blasphemy Support setup. The The Devouring Diadem also gives a substantial amount of Energy Shield which is converted into HP with Mind Over Matter.
The ideal Veiled Modifier for this helmet is:
- % increased Duration of Ailments you inflict while Focused
The ideal Enchant for this helmet:
- Spark Fires 3 additional Projectiles
Milestone 4 - Skin of the Lords
The Skin of the Lords is an extremely powerful Unique Armour because of it's 100% Increased Global Defences, +2 to Level of Socketed Gems and it's unique modifier granting you a Keystone. Global Defences scale your Evasion , Armour and Energy Shield making this unique very efficient for scaling your defensive layers. The +2 to Level of Socketed Gems modifier boost your damage substantially when you socket PhantasmalSpark into it.
The best keystones to look for when searching for this Armour on trade are:
- Mind Over Matter
- Ghost Dance
- Divine Shield
- Lethe Shade
- Wicked Ward
IMPORTANT: You cannot modify the colours on this Body Armour; It must be purchased with the correct Gem colours. It also only allows for corrupted gems to be socketed within in, so you have to corrupt all your skillgems.
Milestone 5 - Sceptre
Milestone 6 - Shield
Milestone 7 - Gloves
The Asenath's Gentle Touch Gloves provide you with the Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit modifier. This is especially great because as of the 3.20 Curse changes, gem levels on Curse SKills matter more than ever. This is not the case for Temporal Chain's Offensive capabilities as the modifier which grants Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 40% slower does not change with it's level. This means that offensively a curse on hit is as powerful as a leveled gem. The downside to this is that it won't slow enemies much compared to if you were to manually cast it, but this downside is worth the quality of life gained by automating it on hit. Make sure to get a pair of these as well rolled as possible, and if you can find one with the following Corruptions that is a bonus:
- % increased Cast Speed
- increased maximum Life
- % increased maximum Energy Shield
- # to Level of Socketed Gems
IMPORTANT: Do not get an additional curse on hit as it overwrites your curses.
Milestone 8 - Boots
Milestone 9 - Belt
Milestone 10 - Ring
We use this slot to fill out as much of the stats that we are missing as possible. This makes this slot unique to your current setup as that might change depending on the stats you have on your other items. The best way to fill this slot is to look for a combination of the stats you are currently missing on the Trade website, as crafting with Essences most likely costs way more than one you can find there. Try look for a ring with 3 good suffixes, then you can craft life and use it as is, or craft Suffixes Cannot be Changed, scour and craft Suffixes Cannot be Changed before using a Veiled Chaos Orb. Block +# to Maximum Mana before unveiling Life, finally craft % increased Damage to finish the ring. Look for a combination of the following suffixes on a ring while keeping in mind the build has many available Jewel Sockets where you can also fill out remaining resistance and Attribute requirements:
- % increased Cast Speed
- % to Fire Resistance
- % to Cold Resistance
- % to Lightning Resistance
- % to Chaos Resistance
- % to all Elemental Resistances
- # to Strength
- % to Damage over Time Multiplier
For your second ring, a Death Rush is the best option for when you are mapping. It provides a massive DPS and speed boost as well some physical damage reduction and life gained on kill. This is by far the best option overall for mapping, but for bossing you can swap the ring out for a Circle of Nostalgia with the following affixes:
- % increased Chaos Damage while affected by Herald of Agony
- Herald of Agony has % increased Buff Effect
The Nimis can be used to replace either of your rings, ideally your resistance ring once you have gotten enough of it from other pieces of gear or jewels. It will change your skill's behaviour and increase the duration of your Sparks, which can result in a tremendous DPS upgrade. It is an optional upgrade, but definitely worth it as an end goal.
Milestone 11 - Jewels
The Stormshroud Unique Jewel is an essential part of your defenses, It allows you to stack % chance to Avoid being Shocked instead of % chance to Avoid Elemental Ailments. This is beneficial because it is a much more easily accessible stat which can be rolled on Boots to grant you full ailment immunity.
The Watcher's Eye can grant a boost to both your defenses and offenses. Since this build utilises two defensive, and one offensive aura there is a wide range of stats we can look for on it. Look for a jewel with the Gain # Life per Enemy Hit while affected by Vitality and if possible an additional mod listed below:
- % chance to Suppress Spell Damage while affected by Grace
- % chance to Evade Attack Hits while affected by Grace
- % increased Movement Speed while affected by Grace
- % additional Physical Damage Reduction while affected by Determination
- to Armour while affected by Determination
- Damaging Ailments you inflict deal Damage #% faster while affected by Malevolence
- % to Damage over Time Multiplier while affected by Malevolence
In the remaining Jewel sockets you can slot Rare Jewels to grant additional life and damage . The stats we are looking for on these can be any combination of the following:
- % increased maximum Life
- % increased Chaos Damage
- % increased Cast Speed
- Damaging Ailments deal damage % faster
- % increased Damage over Time
- + to Strength
- % to all Elemental Resistances
- % increased Poison Duration, % chance to Poison on Hit
- % to Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier
Milestone 12 - Flasks
Your Flasks provide you with huge buffs to both your defences and damage. Make sure to take care in these as the difference between a well rolled flask and a poor rolled flask can be huge.
- Experimenter's Jade Flask of the Impala
- Experimenter's Granite Flask of the Impala
- Experimenter's Quicksilver Flask of the Cheetah
- Experimenter's Silver Flask of the Horsefly
- Catalysed Eternal Life Flask of Assuaging
Remember you can use the Crafting Bench to craft enchantments which automate the process of using your flasks. The best enchant for mapping is: Used when Charges reach full