Chaos DoT Occultist PoB, Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links

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IMPORTANT PoB NOTES

The PoB community fork created by Localidentity is the only version being kept up to date, so make sure you have the correct version: PoB Community Fork.

END GAME PoB & PASSIVE SKILL TREE

This build is extremely straightforward tree-wise. Budget-friendly versions include 0 Cluster Jewels, due to how volatile they are in terms of crafting difficulty and due to how expensive they can be.

Here is the Chaos DoT Low Budget PoB, and for a quick glance over the finished skill tree for this version, check out this link.

Once the skill-tree is finished, just focus entire on more jewel sockets or cluster jewels if you can afford it.

LEVELING PROGRESSION

In the main page of this build guide you can see the detailed leveling progression up to the point of you reaching maps and will then switch to self-casting Essence Drain and Bane or Contagion.

MASTERIES

A lot of the masteries available comes down to a matter of personal preference but some are more or less mandatory.

Life Mastery: “+50 to maximum life” this node is the strongest life mastery node so pick this up as soon as you can
Life Mastery: “Vitality has 100% increased mana reservation efficiency” this will help us reserve a stronger Vitality aura to help mitigate DoT dmg taken that the recoup and Petrified Blood doesn’t mitigate
Life Mastery: “10% increased maximum life & 10% reduced life recovery rate” a generic increase to our life pool
Chaos Mastery: “20% increased effect of wither” The absolute best chaos mastery notable available
Chaos Mastery: “1% to chaos damage over time multiplier per 4 chaos resistance” this is an easy way to get more DoT multi for our chaos damage but requires investing in to actual chaos resistances which isn’t a bad thing
Reservation Mastery: “15% increased mana reservation efficiency of skills” to allow us to reserve all the auras we need to make the build function this node is crucial to pick up
Resistance and Ailment Protection Mastery: “Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you” ultimately this is a big Quality of Life node and shouldn’t be bothered with till you’re in later maps

AMULET ANOINTMENT

There’s really only 1 proper node to anoint for this build and that’s Acrimony which requires: 1x Clear Oil & 2x Black Oil.

END GAME GEM LINKS

6-Link Essence Drain

These links are strictly designed to increase the Damage over Time component of the skill in the best way possible:

Essence Drain
Void Manipulation Support
Swift Affliction Support
Controlled Destruction Support
Efficacy Support
Empower Support (The higher level the better, you could use a Decay Support till you get a lvl 2-3 Empower)

3-Link Mobility

Generic mobility set-up with a curse mixed in:

Flame Dash
Arcane Surge Support (Don’t level this above lvl 6 to make sure the Flame Dash triggers it on every cast)
Enfeeble

3-Link Contagion

Contagion is the bread & butter for the “ED/C” build, you could use Bane Bane to apply a curse with in a 4-Link set-up but that’s a different playstyle compared to this guide, so the gems we use for Contagion are the following:

If you were to run a Bane set-up you’d need to switch around some of the gem set-ups described in this guide and look to apply your curse via Bane this way:

4-Link Wither Totem

Effective set-up to apply Withered on enemies which makes them take increased chaos damage:

2-Link / 2-Link Auras

We’ll be using an aura on our life pool since Petrified Blood drops our HP down by 50% we might as well make use of the upper half of that pool or it would be wasted! We also smack in a Withering Step set-up here:

Arrogance Aura

Withering Step

4-Link Auras & Golem

Mana reserved auras & our Stone golem fits here to help us sustain life regeneration:

Main Page / TL;DR