Blade Blast Bladefall Poison Assassin Gear, Jewels & Flasks

SUMMARY – TL;DR

Cap your Elemental Resistances and get the attributes your gems require to make sure you can use them all. Most pieces should be Rare with Life and of course any lacking attributes/resistances. If you are able to get modifiers increasing the level of your most important gems such as Bladefall or Blade Blast, that is optimal; these modifiers can be in the form of + level of all Physical or Dexterity gems. The Amulet & weapons are the pieces we want these modifiers on.

My quick list recommended approach for this build would then be:

Item Slot	Item Name	Rarity
Head	Life then res/attributes as needed (For high budget you can get a Hunter influenced modifier “-9% to nearby enemy chaos resistances”)	Rare
Amulet	Ashes of the Stars	Unique
Chest	Life then Res/Attributes as needed	Rare
Gloves	Life then Res/Attributes as needed	Rare
Boots	Atziri's Step	Unique
Belt	The Torrent's Reclamation (Rare with life if Torrent’s is too expensive)	Unique/Rare
Rings	Life then Res/Attributes as needed	Rare
Weapons	2x Cold Iron Point	Unique

ARMOUR PIECES

A lot of the higher budget examples can either be purchased or crafted, and when crafted I would strongly suggest utilizing Craft of Exile to determine the cheapest approach to crafting the desired items.

Since most items in this build are Rare, the main focus will be to have as much Life as possible and sort out any Attributes & Resistances, as we need to reach the desired caps. However, with that said there are some juicy choices one can take to increase the build’s efficiency, although it does come with a higher price tag.

Helmet

This slot is very generic, any of the Blade Blast enchants from the labyrinth would work very well but generally we are looking for high life with res and attributes as needed to reach any desired caps. For higher budget you’ll want a Hunter influenced version of the helmet with the modifier “Nearby enemies have -9% to chaos resistance” this is only available on item level 85 or higher helmets.

BODY ARMOUR

For lower budget you’ll simply be looking for high life with res & attributes as needed. For higher budget you will instead look to get the crusader influenced modifier “Enemies you kill explode, dealing 3% of their life as physical damage” and for even higher budget version you’ll want that modifier together with the Redeemer influenced modifier “#% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on hit”

GLOVES

To keep the broken record sound we will again look to get high life with res & attributes as required. For higher budget versions we will again look for a Hunter influenced modifier “+#% to Chaos Damage over time multiplier” which will vastly increase our damage output.

BOOTS

Since we are going for 100% chance to suppress spell damage we’ll want to take the new Atziri's Step boots which are normally very cheap after the first day of a league.

BELT

For low budget we are looking for High life, res & attributes as required. For higher budget versions I would strongly recommend going for the re The Torrent's Reclamation belt as it is insanely effective for this build.

Low Budget:

High Budget:

H3. JEWELS

For jewel socket inside the belt as well as in our skill-tree we want to make sure there’s a life roll on all of them and then there’s a rather long list of different modifiers that would work so for low budget you’ll want life & 1 of the available damage modifiers and for higher budget you want life and 2-3 of the available damage modifiers.

ACCESSORIES

AMULET

Due to the changes in 3.19 to reservation mastery we now need to get an Ashes of the Stars AND anoint it with Champion of the Cause.

The anoint you want is Champion of the Cause.

RINGS

One of the rings should simply be life, res & attributes as required. The other ring however, can have the “Curse enemies with Despair on hit, with #% increased effect” this modifier requires a Hunter influenced ring to achieve. Another good mod for higher budget would be the Shaper’s modifier that provides life on hit with your spells.

WEAPON

Since increasing the level of our Blade Blast is the best way to increase damage output the best weapon choice is simple to wield 2x Cold Iron Point daggers. However, for clear speed purposes & budget you can also run 2x Obliteration wands.

FLASKS

Flask set-ups are almost always a matter of personal taste when it comes to what utility flasks to use. However, I will list the set-up I’ve been using for a smooth play experience. To find the available list of modifiers the flasks can have, check out these links: Utility Flasks, Life Flasks, Mana Flasks & lastly: Hybrid Flasks

Slot	Flask	Description
1	Divine Life Flask	Life flask, preferably with instant recovery & removal of bleeds
2	Enduring Eternal Mana Flask of the Arcanist	This helps you manage the mana cost of spamming Bladefall and Blade Blast consistently during fights
3	Coralito's Signature	Gives us additional chance to poison and increases the duration of our poisons
4	Jade Flask	This vastly increases our chances to evade enemy attacks
5	Quicksilver Flask	Generic movement speed buff

For higher budget versions I would skip the Jade Flask and instead use the expensive Bottled Faith

For help crafting your non-Unique flasks, we recommend checking out our Flask Crafting Guide.

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