POE Player Club

This build has enough trap trigger AOE to forgo Chain Reaction. This allows me to spec into Born in the Shadows, which provides a super solid defensive layer to my character. If you can get your trap trigger AOE radius to 17-18, you can forgo Chain Reaction as well! Pros & Cons: + Loads of fun to play! + Can run pretty much any Map mod + No mandatory Gear + Fast screen-clearing + Can get a decently high life and ES pool + Can deal with every Guardian! + Uber Atziri, Shaper and T15 Elder viable! - The high amount of giant Shock Novas and Ice Traps can get on one's eyes quickly - Your fingers can get stiff from constantly smashing the keyboard Ascendancy: 1. Explosives Expert 2. Perfect Crime 3. Pyromaniac 4. Born in the Shadows Bandits: Help Alira Pantheons: Major: Soul of the Brine King Minor: Soul of Garukhan Gems Link: BodyArmour Ice Trap + Increased Crit Strikes + Trap and Mine Dmg Support + Elemental Focus + Cold Penetration + Cluster Traps S...

This build is a TON of fun to play, so I don't see myself abandoning it completely anytime soon even though I've already started my next 2 builds. Patch 3.6 saw massive buffs to Fireball and added special increased-area nodes to the passive tree for staff casters. This saboteur takes advantage of these buffs and a Sire of Shards to lay waste to an area multiple screens across with a sea of gigantic, overlapping fireball explosions. Pros & Cons: + Fantastic mapper on a budget and great league starter. I was quickly and easily farming maps up to T13 entirely on self-found gear and didn't even 6-link my Sire of Shards until I went after Shaper. + Incredibly potent at Breach, Delve, Incursion, and Betrayal mechanics. Anything in a confined space with you simply stops existing. + Total immunity to reflect, because of remote mines. The only map mod you should avoid is zero-regeneration, which is more of an annoyance than anything else. + Extremely beginner and cons...