TbXie's Cold Dot Vortex Occultist Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links (PoE Affliction)

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Passive Skill Tree

You can find an optimized Path of Building here. Every build I release will use the community fork of Path of Building. You can find PoB’s Fork, by LocalIdentity, here.

If you are not comfortable with Path of Building, PoePlanner’s website offers you a non-PoB alternative to import the code from the above link. It is highly recommended you install Path of Building to follow builds most optimally.

For more information about the appropriate gear choices and their breakdown, please refer to our gear page.

Gem Links

Vortex Vortex & Creeping Frost Creeping Frost – Main Link (6-Link)
These two active skill gems share supports & should both be linked together in a 6-linked body armour

We’re listing Awakened Gems here because they’re fairly decent upgrades. You can pick up some of these Awakened upgrades relatively cheaply. Obviously, feel free to use regular versions before upgrading to the Awakened versions.

  1. Vortex Vortex
  2. Creeping Frost Creeping Frost
  3. Hypothermia Support Hypothermia Support
  4. Awakened Elemental Focus Support Awakened Elemental Focus Support
  5. Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
  6. Awakened Swift Affliction Support Awakened Swift Affliction Support

Lategame, if you can get an Empower Support Empower Support level 4, you would drop the Hypothermia in favour of the Empower.

Vaal Cold Snap Vaal Cold Snap Setup
This skill serves as map clear, frenzy-charge generator and additional occasional DPS.

  1. Vaal Cold Snap Vaal Cold Snap
  2. Controlled Destruction Support Controlled Destruction Support
  3. Bonechill Support Bonechill Support
  4. Hypothermia Support Hypothermia Support

Auras
Note: You need 1 Jewel with 2% reservation efficiency to pull this off, as well as the selected nodes in the tree

Determination Determination
gGrace Grace
Malevolence Malevolence

Buffs

  1. Frostbite Frostbite (in Ring 1)
  1. Elemental Weakness Elemental Weakness
  1. Hatred Hatred
  2. Divine Blessing Support Divine Blessing Support
  3. Inspiration Support Inspiration Support

Secondary Damage Dealer

Because Vortex Vortex has a 1-second cooldown, you’ll have gaps where you’re not casting any damaging spells. By using Vaal Cold Snap Vaal Cold Snap, you’re allowing yourself to have another skill (which also has a cooldown) which you can use while not using Vortex. Cold Snap does deal significant Damage, but the main reasoning is that it ocassionaly grants Frenzy Charges and guarantees you chills to make the most use out of the Bonechill Support Bonechill Support, further increasing Vortex’s Damage.

  1. Vaal Cold Snap Vaal Cold Snap
  2. Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
  3. Bonechill Support Bonechill Support
  4. Awakened Swift Affliction Support Awakened Swift Affliction Support

Movement Skill Setup

Like every build, this build also wants a movement skill to guarantee mobility.

  1. Flame Dash Flame Dash (or Frostblink, Preference)

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Changelog

  • Updated for 3.22 Trial of the Ancestors

  • PoB updated for Scourge 3.16.

  • Build updated for Ritual 3.13.

  • Build added.

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