TbXie's Cold Dot Vortex Occultist Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links (PoE Affliction)

Passive Skill Tree

You can find an optimized Path of Building here. Every build I release will use the community fork of Path of Building. 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. It is highly recommended you install Path of Building to follow builds most optimally.

For more information about the appropriate gear choices and their breakdown, please refer to our gear page.

Gem Links

Vortex & Creeping Frost – Main Link (6-Link)
These two active skill gems share supports & should both be linked together in a 6-linked body armour

We’re listing Awakened Gems here because they’re fairly decent upgrades. You can pick up some of these Awakened upgrades relatively cheaply. Obviously, feel free to use regular versions before upgrading to the Awakened versions.

1. Vortex
2. Creeping Frost
3. Hypothermia Support
4. Awakened Elemental Focus Support
5. Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
6. Awakened Swift Affliction Support

Lategame, if you can get an Empower Support level 4, you would drop the Hypothermia in favour of the Empower.

Vaal Cold Snap Setup
This skill serves as map clear, frenzy-charge generator and additional occasional DPS.

1. Vaal Cold Snap
2. Controlled Destruction Support
3. Bonechill Support
4. Hypothermia Support

Auras
Note: You need 1 Jewel with 2% reservation efficiency to pull this off, as well as the selected nodes in the tree

Determination
g Grace
Malevolence

Buffs

1. Frostbite (in Ring 1)

1. Elemental Weakness

1. Hatred
2. Divine Blessing Support
3. Inspiration Support

Secondary Damage Dealer

Because Vortex has a 1-second cooldown, you’ll have gaps where you’re not casting any damaging spells. By using Vaal Cold Snap, you’re allowing yourself to have another skill (which also has a cooldown) which you can use while not using Vortex. Cold Snap does deal significant Damage, but the main reasoning is that it ocassionaly grants Frenzy Charges and guarantees you chills to make the most use out of the Bonechill Support, further increasing Vortex’s Damage.

1. Vaal Cold Snap
2. Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
3. Bonechill Support
4. Awakened Swift Affliction Support

Movement Skill Setup

Like every build, this build also wants a movement skill to guarantee mobility.

1. Flame Dash (or Frostblink, Preference)

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