3.6 EK Trickster CI build -- is one viable?

Yoop, I'm gonna play Occultist CI EK
Here is my version (no items, i'm too lazy for that + you will never get 1:1 items as in the pob)

https://pastebin.com/v42hjrnh

https://pastebin.com/5kqmbj9M

Here is what i threw together for EK CI Trickster. Gana give it a go this league, i think it could work and its budget i think, for the most part. Im also thinkin i might try swappin in Chain or Fork for map clearing.

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cmillion wrote:

https://pastebin.com/5kqmbj9M

Here is what i threw together for EK CI Trickster. Gana give it a go this league, i think it could work and its budget i think, for the most part. Im also thinkin i might try swappin in Chain or Fork for map clearing.

Looks good imo, going to follow and see how the build evolves, EK is the skill i'm most interested in right now.

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cmillion wrote:

https://pastebin.com/5kqmbj9M

Here is what i threw together for EK CI Trickster. Gana give it a go this league, i think it could work and its budget i think, for the most part. Im also thinkin i might try swappin in Chain or Fork for map clearing.

might give this a shot as leaguestarte aswell. do you have a tree/any tips on leveling before going ci? I'm not good at that stuff :(

Edit: Would herald of Ice - Onslaught instead of herald of ash work? i like shattering :)

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cmillion wrote:

https://pastebin.com/5kqmbj9M

Here is what i threw together for EK CI Trickster. Gana give it a go this league, i think it could work and its budget i think, for the most part. Im also thinkin i might try swappin in Chain or Fork for map clearing.

might give this a shot as leaguestarte aswell. do you have a tree/any tips on leveling before going ci? I'm not good at that stuff :(

Edit: Would herald of Ice - Onslaught instead of herald of ash work? i like shattering :)

I was thinking the same thing, Herald of Ice is more fun.
Also I have no clue what to use for single target dps...

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cmillion wrote:

https://pastebin.com/5kqmbj9M

Here is what i threw together for EK CI Trickster. Gana give it a go this league, i think it could work and its budget i think, for the most part. Im also thinkin i might try swappin in Chain or Fork for map clearing.

If I may help you with this build, since I created a similar one:

Keep in mind that you don't attack with EK, it's a spell! I see you have nodes allocated involving attack damage like "Sleight of Hand", you should check it out and switch it up a little! Also not sure where the absurdly high plain crit chance comes from (never bad to have high crit though), I would suggest to just having a diamond flask to make it more realistic.

Most of your items are a little overkill and not that likely to come by at a league start but that put aside it looks good to try out, but can do more in damage IMO


I wanna share my EK CI Trickster build as well and would love your thoughts on it! I want to try the new arcane surge and ES leech with this as well and maybe switch hatred with zealotry if it's good.
I think I lack a bit of ES but not sure how to compensate:

https://pastebin.com/m8NKvi3e


As for the question with herald of ice - it's really not worth it regarding damage! You get best results with phys damage as extra element or chaos damage, since EK is phys based!

Okay so I've done a lot of reworking on this since I posted my quick set up yesterday and what i would recommend. For overall damage probably roll 2 void batteries and aim for those power charges.(Probably not viable for high tier maps due to low ES)

Also Assassins mark on hit ring would be helpful for the build for more crit.

I'm going to try and work holy flame totem into the build to drop it on the enemy target for conc or conc flask and swap Hatred for Zealotry. Apep's Supremacy for survivability.

Sham_pain I Looked at your set up and you have 7 link on your EK throwing your numbers off.
I dropped the damage with shield nodes and adjusted some skills, switched to a dagger instead of a wand to use whrilling blades. Run Zealotry and Disc. Probably ES Leach gem in place of Faster Casting. Added lightning Golem.

https://pastebin.com/7NdAKw7L

Let me know what you think.

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cmillion wrote:

Okay so I've done a lot of reworking on this since I posted my quick set up yesterday and what i would recommend. For overall damage probably roll 2 void batteries and aim for those power charges.(Probably not viable for high tier maps due to low ES)

Also Assassins mark on hit ring would be helpful for the build for more crit.

I'm going to try and work holy flame totem into the build to drop it on the enemy target for conc or conc flask and swap Hatred for Zealotry. Apep's Supremacy for survivability.

Sham_pain I Looked at your set up and you have 7 link on your EK throwing your numbers off.
I dropped the damage with shield nodes and adjusted some skills, switched to a dagger instead of a wand to use whrilling blades. Run Zealotry and Disc. Probably ES Leach gem in place of Faster Casting. Added lightning Golem.

https://pastebin.com/7NdAKw7L

Let me know what you think.

looks nice, what do you mean in gem sections by "COC divine Ire or bane"? i assume you want a way to apply assasins mark? Divine Ire seems to be the new spell, but what is bane?

Oh IDK about that, I just took Sham's pastbin and tweaked it, that's what he had labeled his skills. I'm intending Elder ring for Assassins mark.

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cmillion wrote:

Okay so I've done a lot of reworking on this since I posted my quick set up yesterday and what i would recommend. For overall damage probably roll 2 void batteries and aim for those power charges.(Probably not viable for high tier maps due to low ES)

Also Assassins mark on hit ring would be helpful for the build for more crit.

I'm going to try and work holy flame totem into the build to drop it on the enemy target for conc or conc flask and swap Hatred for Zealotry. Apep's Supremacy for survivability.

Sham_pain I Looked at your set up and you have 7 link on your EK throwing your numbers off.
I dropped the damage with shield nodes and adjusted some skills, switched to a dagger instead of a wand to use whrilling blades. Run Zealotry and Disc. Probably ES Leach gem in place of Faster Casting. Added lightning Golem.

https://pastebin.com/7NdAKw7L

Let me know what you think.

Looks good, thanks for the advice! I was more thinking of a budget build to start with, but if you come by some gear/currency you can surely try void battery!
In my setup I only have 6 gems active though, I want to swap and use Pierce for map clear and Slower Proj for single target!
I'm not a fan of Whirling Blades but that's just preference; I may go for some strength rolls on items to use shield charge since I like it more.

@aenfo
yes, Divine Ire would just be a way to proc the linked curse, it's not optimal though and I would later use a shaper ring with the assassins mark roll!
Bane is another new skill which lets you apply any linked curse in an area (and do some chaos damage). Check out the first row of this post by GGG, it has all the new gems https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2451448