Spark Blood Mage Endgame Build

Introduction

Spark Bloodmage is one of the most enjoyable builds I’ve ever played. Screen-wide damage and screen-wide freezes, paired with a 1 button playstyle, make this an S-Tier mapping character with surprisingly good single target as well.

This build focuses on using Spark with Cold Infusions to have triple damage and almost double the projectiles per cast when compared to the regular version. This, in combination with a Widowhail unique bow, gives us an incredible amount of projectile speed for consistent damage uptime and massive screen-wide coverage.

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Strengths and Weaknesses

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Build Mechanics

Our main skill in this build is Spark and the goal is to have 100% uptime on cold infusions so that every cast is the cold-infused variant. We achieve this through a combination of Siphon Elements, Frost Bomb, and Snap slotted into a Cast on Critical.

For Bosses or tanky Rares we also apply a powerful passive tree boosted exposure through Frost Bomb and curse through Elemental Weakness. If you have any questions or need some help come on by my Twitch and I will answer every question you may have.

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Skill Rotation

Follow the basic skill rotation below to progress through the campaign and clear groups of enemies in maps.

1. Cast Spark.
2. Frost Bomb for additional frost-remnant generation.

Execute the steps below to optimize damage against bosses.

1. Use Sigil of Power
2. Cast Orb of Storms
3. Cast Elemental Weakness
4. Cast Frost Bomb
5. Spam Spark
6. Cast Frost Bomb on cd

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Video Guide

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Skill and Support Gems

This Spark Blood Mage build uses the following Skill Gems and Support Gems, listed in order of socket priority.

IMPORTANT READ!: A Penetrating Quiver Base is a CORE item now since it was bugfixed to correctly apply its pierces when used with a widowhail bow. This means that if you do not have a penetrating quiver base then you need to replace Blindside with Ricochet III in your Spark and Blind II with Harmonic Remnants II in your Cast on Critical setup.

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Ascendancy

Blood Mage is the recommended ascendancy for this build and is the best choice. The Critical Strike Chance gained is massive, and defensives are solid. Deadeye can be another viable option, though the passive tree you’d have to make yourself.

Blood Mage

1. Vitality Siphon – 10% of Spell Damage Leeched as Life. Powerful recovery layer.
2. Sunder The Flesh – Base Critical Hit Chance for Spells is 15%.
3. Grasping Wounds – 25% of Life Loss from Hits is prevented, then that much Life is lost over 4 seconds instead.
4. Crimson Power – Gain Energy Shield from equipped Body Armour as extra maximum Life.

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Passive Skill Tree and PoB – Level 88+

This Tree is the Blood Magic Keystone version, which converts all your mana costs to life costs. Its recommended you swap to this version when you are around level 88-90.

Use the following URL for advanced details and calculations on the Spark Blood Mage (Keep in mind that POB is still in development for Early Access, and the stats on this sheet are not representative of the actual damage or survivability).

For more instructions on downloading the app, check the guide on Path of Building 2.

Passive Skill Tree and POB – Below Level 88

This is the Mana based version. I recommend you path for this tree if you are level 88 or below, as the travel for the blood magic keystone is quite long.

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Gear

IMPORTANT! A Penetrating Quiver base is a CORE item; we use it for all the piercing we need on Spark. If you do not have a penetrating quiver base, or if it is too expensive, that is ok. Just swap Blindside for Ricochet III in your Spark setup and Blind II for Harmonic Remnants II in your Cast on Critical setup until you can afford one.

Equipment Slot and Base Stats	Prefixes	Suffixes	Sockets
Widowhail Unique Bow			Soul Core of Ascapa if no spirit on amulet. Otherwise projectile Speed.
Penetrating Quiver	1. Projectile Speed (high roll)	1. +Level of All Projectile Skills 3. Critical Strike Chance against enemies father than 6m (desecrated mod) 3. Critical Strike Bonus against enemies within 2m (desecrated mod)
Chiming Staff (Set 2 Weapon)		1. +Level of All Spell Skills
Helmet	1. Maximum Life	2. Resistances 3. Critical Strike Chance	Greater Iron Rune or Resistances as needed
Body Armor ( Energy Shield )	1. Total Energy Shield Value 1. Maximum Life	2. Resistances 3. Attributes	Greater Iron Rune
Gloves (Any)	1. Maximum Life	2. Resistances 3. Attributes	Greater Iron Rune or Resistances as needed
Boots (Any)	1. Increased Movement Speed 2. Maximum Life	3. Resistances 4. Attributes	Greater Iron Rune or Resistances as needed
Amulet	2. Spirit ( at least 30! )	1. + Level of all Spell Skills or + Level of all Projectile Skills 3. Cast Speed 4. Resistances
Ring 1 – Call of the Brotherhood Unique Ring
Right 2 – Seed of Cataclysm Unique Ring
Belt	1. Maximum Life	2. Resistance 3. Attributes

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High-Budget Setup

This Build is functional on a super-low budget. All you need to start is a call of the brotherhood unique ring, a widowhail with a decent roll, and a quiver with high projectile speed and +2 to the level of all projectile gems. That being said, there is an expensive endgame variant as well if you want to invest more into the build after completing the previous version, which I will talk about here.

Focus on working through the previous sections gear first. Once you start maxing out your character there and are ready to invest much more into the build you can aim for the following endgame setup.

This is the endgame gem setup. Here we begin making use of Atalui’s Bloodletting. An incredibly powerful support with a massive mana/life cost multiplier that we will need to compensate for.

Use this support gem in combination with a Undying Hate in tribute to Tecrod, the number on the jewel does not matter, only that it is a Tecrod variant. This will give us the Sacrifice of Blood Keystone, which causes us to gain a massive amount of regeneration based on the life we are spending.

Now we also need to reduce our cost by using a Tecrod’s Gaze in a pair of gloves with the Essence of Horror Modifier “100% increased effect of socketed items”. This severely reduces the cost of our Spark and allows us to cast without worry. Before you equip a pair of these gloves, you can use a Efficiency II over Prolonged Duration II in the following gem setup to compensate:

High Budget POB

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Jewels

The beneficial affixes for Jewels are listed below, ranked in order of importance.

• Prefixes
  1. % Increased Cold/Elemental/Spell Damage.
• Suffixes
  1. % Increased Critical Damage Bonus
  2. % Increased Spell Critical Damage Bonus
  3. % Increased Critical Strike Chance
  4. % Increased Spell Critical Strike Chance

Campaign Buffs

Quest rewards during the campaign offer a selection of buffs to your character. Choose the following buffs for the build:

• Valley of the Titans Altar
  1. 30% Increased Charm Charges Gained
• Venom Draught
  • Increased Stun Threshold

For more details, check the guide on Campaign Difficulties and Permanent Stat Bonuses.

Flasks and Charms

Prioritize the following Flasks and Charms:

• Health and Mana Flasks
  Prefix – Increased Recovery
  Suffix – Increased Charges or Charges Gained per Second
• Charms – Stone Charm, silver charm, thawing charm

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Changelog

• September 2nd, 2025: Added for 0.3 The Third Edict