POEGuy's Shrapnel Ballista Hierophant PoB & Gems (Curse of the Allflame)
Path of Building – Passive Skill Tree
Every build I release will use the community fork of Path of Building. You can find PoB’s Fork, by LocalIdentity, here.
Since players have different budgets, I will provide two versions of this build: a non-
Mageblood version and a
Mageblood version.
You can find an optimized Path of Building for the Non-Mageblood version HERE
You can find an optimized Path of Building for the Mageblood version HERE (Pay attention to the flasks!)
You can find an optimized Path of Building for Min-Maxing the build HERE
(If you’re new to Path of Building, we have a guide available here.)
Gem Setups
To simplify things, I will refer to the item slots where you will socket the gems.
But remember that in POE1, you can socket these gem setups into any item that has the correct number of linked sockets and the appropriate colors.
**Because this is a late endgame setup, all gems should be leveled up, unless a specific level is specified, and have 20% quality on them.
Body Armour
Shrapnel Ballista
Void Manipulation Support
Withering Touch Support
Volatility Support
Increased Critical Strikes Support (Again, Increased Critical Strikes! I’ve seen a bunch of players taking Increased Critical Damage, which does not benefit our build!)
Lifetap Support
Bow
Frenzy
Cast On Critical Strike Support
Summon Ice Golem
Faster Attacks Support- d
Despair
Lifetap Support
Boots
Gloves
Steelskin
Automation
*For this setup to work, you’ll need to add an
Enlighten Support (level 2 or 3) to your aura setup.
Arrogance Support
Precision

For the gems to work, you don’t want a 4-link setup for the gloves! (Check the image)
Helmet
Purity of Elements
Grace
Enlighten Support (lvl. 2 or lvl. 3; you don’t need level 4!)
Vitality(Level 1!) Vitality can be used if you have a
Watcher's Eye with some useful Vitality modifiers. Make sure they are level 1 so they don’t reserve much of your mana!
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Remember always to level up your gems and apply quality; quality can provide significant benefits for your gems. You can apply quality by using
Gemcutter's Prism.
Shrapnel Ballista grants you one extra totem! You can reach that level by using a level 21/20 Shrapnel Ballista skill gem and a
The Iron Fortress with one of the following corruptions: +1 to Level of Socketed Gems or +2 to Level of Socketed Projectile Gems.
- For Patch 3.28, we will prioritize imbued gems over having one extra totem!
Dash
Second Wind Support
Blood Rage