Skill Gems & Passive Tree

Poison Spark Occultist Endgame Skill Gems, Auras, Jewels & Passive Skill Tree.

Skill Gems

Skill Breakdown

Spark

• Phantasmal Spark is the main Poison Spark Occultist Skill Gem. It's quality converts Lightning damage to Chaos, thus enabling you to inflict the Poison ailment.
• Awakened Elemental Focus Support is linked to it granting +1 Level of Supported Skill Gems when leveled up to 5 and a ton of Elemental damage with no downside.
• Awakened Deadly Ailments Support provides a massive boost to damage.
• Anomalous Spell Echo Support causes your casts to repeat, and provides a massive more multiplier to Cast Speed.
• Anomalous Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Grants more damage with ailments and a large amount of Poison duration.
• Anomalous Awakened Void Manipulation Support Provides a large Chaos damage multiplier.

Auras

Core Auras

• Determination - Scales your Physical damage reduction and Molten Shell shield value.
• Grace - Scales your Evasion stat giving you a much higher chance of avoiding Attack based damage.
• Enlighten Support - linked to all core auras to allow for activation of Blood and Sand and higher Anomalous Precision levels.
• Divergent Herald of Agony Grants more damage with Poisons, as well as Poison chance on hit.
• Vitality Grants some regen, but most importantly enables Watcher's Eye which will keep you topped up while mapping and bossing.

Temporary Aura

• Divergent Haste provides Attack Speed for faster movement with Shield Charge, Cast Speed and Projectile Speed for more damage and smoother play-feel.
• Divine Blessing Support supports permanent Auras, changing their reservation to a cost and making them temporary.

Secondary Auras

• Anomalous Blood and Sand - provides increased projectile speed and therefore damage/clear speed. Ensure this Aura is always active in sand stance.
• Enhance Support Provides additional gem quality to Blood and Sand granting additional projectile speed.

Curses

• Anomalous Despair reduces enemies resistance to Chaos damage. The Anomalous quality makes Cursed enemies take increased damage from damage over time effects.
• Awakened Blasphemy Support converts linked Hex Curse gems into an Aura.

Utility

Mobility

• Flame Dash - is a movement spell that causes the player to teleport to a target location. It is essential for mobility and dodging attacks.
• Shield Charge - Your primary form of mobility, use it in combination with running for maximum clear speed.
• Faster Attacks Support - Enhances the Attack Speed of Shield Charge increasing clear speed.

Defence

• Cast when Damage Taken Support - Automatically triggers the primary skill gem when taking a hit. Lower levels of Cast When Damage Taken require less damage to trigger (Use Level 6 for this build).
• Molten Shell - provides an immense absorption shield based on your Armour for a short duration. Molten Shell triggers when taking damage to grant you mitigation when you need it most (Use level 13 for this build).

Passive Tree Progression

Jewel Locations

Certain Jewels require specific placement on the passive tree, you can find these locations below.

Cluster Jewel 1

The Jewel Socket on the edge of the passive tree Near Eldritch Battery should only be allocated after you have acquired the Cataclysm Glisten jewel to socket within it. Make sure to refer to the gear page for information on what clusters you must use for this build.

Cluster Jewel 2

The Jewel Socket on the edge of the passive tree Near Perfect Agony should only be allocated after you have acquired the Cataclysm Glisten jewel to socket within it. Make sure to refer to the gear page for information on what clusters you must use for this build.

Tattoos

Passive Skill Tree Tattoos redefine character building in Path of Exile! They excel at covering for a build's weaknesses by converting unneeded Attributes into Resistances, damage, and quality of life. Choosing the ideal Tattoos for your build often comes down to your specific gearing choices, to learn more about optimizing Passive Skill Tree Tattoos check out our full guide here.