TbXie's Storm Brand Hierophant Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links (PoE Necropolis)
Passive Skill Tree, PoB, and Gem Links
You can find an optimized Path of Building here. Every build I release will use the community fork of Path of Building, which is maintained and updated in a much more regular fashion than the original one. 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. Do note that this does not have the same amount of Support as Path of Building has and it is highly recommended you install Path of Building to follow builds most optimally.
Gear PageProgression Advice
This build is best levelled as non Storm Brand. You can use a generic Cold leveling build to get to maps.
Gem Links
Storm Brand (Main Link)
Obviously, you can forego Awakened gems when you have no currency for them.
Winter Orb
Power Charge On Critical Support
Increased Critical Damage Support
Swiftbrand Support
Concentrated Effect Support
Awakened Cold Penetration Support
Aura Setup
The build’s setup accounts for a level 3 Enlighten. If you can’t get a hold of that, you’ll need to drop your Vitality level further.
Determination
Zealotry
Enlighten Support
Petrified Blood
Vitality (L21)
Herald of Thunder
Precision (Balance gemlevel to have 51% unreserved Life so leech never stops running)
Arrogance Support
Tempest Shield
Hatred
Increased Duration Support
Divine Blessing SupportRemaining Sockets
I would always run a 
Flame Dash to be even more mobile. This leaves you with 2 open sockets. I personally opted for 
Cast on Death Support and 
Portal setup. When running juiced content, you will eventually & ocassionally die. Being able to just jump back in where you left is an incredible gain in clearspeed for most builds! Obviously, you’re free to use any of the other options.
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