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Before the sentinel league ends, you should try 5 builds in PoE 3.18. In this guide, we have Duelist lightning strike build, Ranger Flicker Strike build, Templar CoC Ice Spear build, etc.
Lightning Strike Build
Class: Duelist
Ascendancy: Champion
Start Viable: Yes
Main Characteristics
Attack
Elemental
Melee
Projectile
Budget
To clear white maps - 4 links + cheap gear
To clear yellow maps - 5 links + mid gear
To complete the atlas - 6 links + good gear
Mandatory Uniques
Yoke of Suffering Onyx Amulet - Grants 1% increased damage for 22 of the lowest between armour and evasion. We have over 50 thousand of each. Causes all our damage to shock and also causes bosses to make up to 30% more damage.
Pros
Cheap.
Satisfying clear speed with explosions.
Great boss damage.
Permanent fortify.
Excellent starter.
Very tanky.
Very evasive.
More armour and evasion means.
More damage.
Cons
Not so easy leveling.
Hard to get enough attributes.
There's no budget unique weapon.
Gem swap for big bosses.
General Strengths
-Clear Speed
Very fast attacks that explode your enemies, and even release many piercing projectiles to explode far enemies. It’s just awesome.
-Boss Damage
With 50% shock and all the potential of yoke of suffering, this build deals massive damage to bosses.
-Survivability
With permanent fortify and a huge amount of armour and evasion, this build has an awesome survivability.
Leveling Skills
Level 1 to 12 - Sppliting Steel
Level 12 to 78 - Spectral Helix
Level 78+ - Lightning Strike
Flicker Strike Build
Class: Ranger
Ascendancy: Raider
Start Viable: No
Main Characteristics
Attack
Elemental
Melee
Budget
To complete the altas - this build doesn't have a budget version.
Mandatory Uniques
Farrul's Fur - this armour keeps your frenzy charges always up.
Yoke of Suffering - causes all damage to shock, this mean that enemies will take up to 50% more damage.
Perseverance Vanguard Belt - Grants permanent onslaught and 1% increased damage for 200 of the lowest between armour and evasion, we have over 35 thousand of each.
Pros
Super fast clear speed with explosions.
Great boss damage.
Tanky.
Effective HP over 200 thousand.
Immunity to stun.
100% inherited chance to suppress spell damage.
100% chance to avoid elemental ailments.
Great life and mana leech.
Cool AF.
Cons
Not so cheap.
Many mandatory PoE items.
Hard to get attributes.
General Strengths
-Clear Speed
You won't even see your character. That's how fast it is.
-Boss Damage
We have a lot of elemental penetration and most bosses will have 50% shock increase the damage taken. Above all we also have the Berserk buff for a huge damage boost during boss fights.
-Survivability
Don't let the low total life fool you. This build counts with over 35 thousand of armour and evasion, 100% chance to suppress spell damage, 100% chance to avoid elemental ailments, over 30% chance to block attack damage, stun immunity and over 200 thousand effective HP.
Leveling Skills
Level 1 to 78 - Frost Blades
Level 78+ - Flicker Strike
Coc Ice Spear Build
Class: Templar
Ascendancy: Inquisitor
Start Viable: No
Main Characteristics
Attack
Melee
Spell
Cold
Coc
Budget
To complete the altas - this build doesn't have a budget version.
Mandatory Uniques
Cospri's Malice – This sword triggers socketed cold spells on critical strikes. It will help our clear speed and deal extra damage on bosses.
Shaper's Touch Crusader Gloves – These gloves grant a lot of benefits for stacking attributes.
Astramentis Onyx Amulet – This amulet grants a lot of all attributes to help with the stacking.
The Taming Prismatic Ring – This ring grants a lot of elemental resistances and 70% increased damage.
Replica Soul Tether Cloth Belt – Grants a huge survivability boost.
Pros
Satisfying clear speed with explosions.
Great boss damage.
Instant leech.
Very tanky.
Huge Hp pool.
Massive life and energy.
Shield regeneration.
Cons
Expensive.
Many mandatory uniques.
Many specific rare PoE items.
Hard to build.
No chance to suppress spell damage.
General Strengths
-Clear Speed
You will be spinning while moving and casting a lot of spells many times per second. You will kill enemies you didn’t even have the chance to see.
-Boss Damage
All projectiles from ice spear will hit the boss, this assures a huge amount of single target damage.
-Survivability
This build has a massive life + energy shield pool. You also have soul therher and pious path, energy shield leech and instant life leech to make you almost unkillable.
Leveling Skills
Level 1 to 12 – Spark
Level 12 to 68 – Arc
Level 68+ - CoC Ice Spear
Tornado Bow COC Ice Spear Build
Class: Ranger
Ascendancy: Deadeye
Start Viable: No
Main Characteristics
Attack
Ranged
Spell
Cold
COC
Budget:
To complete the atlas – this build doesn't have a budget version.
Mandatory Uniques:
Asenath's Chant Iron Circlet – It triggers socketed skills when you attack. This is going to hold a secondary ice spear setup.
Maloney's Mechanism Ornate Quiver – We need it for 3 extra sockets. With them we are going to deal a lot more damage to bosses.
Replica Conqueror's Efficiency Crimson Jewel – Causes skill to cost less mana.
Intuitive Leap Viridian Jewel – Allows us to save up to 10 passive points on our skill tree.
Pros
Satisfying clear speed with Explosions.
Awesome boss damage.
Instant leech.
Very tanky.
Super fast.
Amazing map farmer.
High armour and evasion.
High chance to suppress.
Spell damage.
Cons
Expensive.
Many mandatory uniques.
Many specific rare PoE items.
Hard to build.
General Strengths
-Clear Speed
You fire many projectiles that deal critical strikes and trigger many ice spears that kill everything on their way while freezing and exploding them for more clear speed. It’s super fast and delicious to play.
-Boss Damage
All projectiles from ice spear will hit the boss, this assures a huge amount of single target damage.
-Survivability
This build has a lot of evasion and armour for over 90% chance to evade attacks and 90% physical damage reduction. It also counts with almost 100% chance to suppress spell damage. Above all, it also has instant life leech to make you almost unkillable.
Leveling Skills
Level 1 to 12 – Split Arrow
Level 12 to 76 – Rain of Arrows
Level 76+ - Tornado Shot CoC Ice Spear
Righteous Fire Build
Class: Templar
Ascendancy: Inquisitor
Start Viable: Yes
Main Characteristics:
Spell
Fire
Area
Dot
Budget:
To clear white maps – Tabula rasa + cheap gear
To clear yellow maps – Rare 6L armour + mid gear
To complete the atlas – Rare 6L armour + replica soul tether
Mandatory Uniques
Legacy of Fury Wyrmscale Boots – Those boots scorch nearby enemies and cause them to deal AOE explosion for an amazing clear speed.
Pros
Cheap.
Amazingly smooth gameplay.
Takes very few elemental damage.
Huge life and energy shield regeneration.
Big life + energy shield pool.
Easy leveling.
Excellent starter.
Achieves 90% physical damage reduction.
Immune to curses.
Cons
Boss damage needs investment to scale.
Gem swap on big bosses.
Some players find the playstyle tedious.
No life or mana leech.
General Strengths
-Clear Speed
The clear speed of this build is just amazing. You just need to walk and all enemies melt in your presence.
-Boss Damage
You will be fine killing map bosses, but big bosses need a little more investment in damage over time multiplier.
-Survivability
Even though you need to be very close to enemies, this build counts with many defensive layers like high maximum elemental resistances, high armour and immunity to curses, huge regeneration and huge HP pool.
Leveling Skills
Level 1 to 12 – Spark
Level 12 to 55 – Wintertide Brand
Level 55+ - Righteous Fire (Main), Fire Tarp (Secondary)
