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1 Div | Blight of Contagion Trickster

Shadow

Trickster

3.29 CotA

By PaintMasterPoE

Updated on Aug 20, 2026

Aug 20, 2026

Path of Building Code

Build Overview

Video is proof of 1 Div budget and showcase

Sure, this build's PoB numbers don't look that good with under 2 mil DPS with everything up, which you really can notice on bosses that take a while to kill

However, clearing on this build is supreme, huge AoE of Blight of Contagion that applies Chaos DoT debuff and then that debuff is spread by Contagion that can chain offscreen when let's say you do Breach

And after playing it for first time, it was unexpected how silent this build is, you press spells and mobs just quietly disappear on whole screen :D

Defense is as expected for Trickster - ES/Evasion with Suppress and Ghost Dance + Wicked Ward

If you need build purely for clearing, this build is one of the best i played on 1 Div budget over 70+ builds i tried

Equipment

Weapon

+4 Chaos/+2 All Spells with DoT/Chaos DoT multi and Spell Damage

Armor

Body Armor should be Necrotic Armour with high Evasion/ES because of Escape Artist
Other Armor pure ES with Resists

Jewellery

Replica Dragonfang's Flight with +3 Blight is generally more than enough, while you can get rare +2/+3 Amulet to get Levels for other spells for slightly more Damage
Iolite Ring or Helical Ring crafted with Essence of Delirium that rolls +12-15% DoT Multi
Bated Breath is great low budget option with corrupt, then rare Crystal Belt with Shaper Influence that can roll %ES or Mageblood

Jewels

Rare Jewels with %ES + DoT Multi
Watcher's Eye with Malevolence DoT Multi mod
The Light of Meaning (Energy Shield) or Chaos Damage that require some tree changes, you basically allocate more passives in middle of tree and put it there together with Unnatural Instinct
Also Cluster Jewels

Passive Tree

main:

123

ascendancy:

Keystones

Chaos Inoculation

Maximum Life becomes 1, Immune to Chaos Damage

Wicked Ward

Energy Shield Recharge is not interrupted by Damage if Recharge began Recently 40% less Energy Shield Recharge Rate

Ghost Dance

Cannot Recover Energy Shield to above Evasion Rating Every 2 seconds, gain a Ghost Shroud, up to a maximum of 3 When Hit, lose a Ghost Shroud to Recover Energy Shield equal to 3% of your Evasion Rating

Masteries

Evasion and Energy Shield Mastery (2)

30% increased Evasion Rating while you have Energy Shield

Every 4 seconds, Regenerate Energy Shield equal to 1% of Evasion Rating over 1 second

Mana Mastery (2)

15% increased Mana Cost Efficiency

12% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills

Evasion Mastery (1)

100% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour

Damage Over Time Mastery (1)

+10% to Damage over Time Multiplier if you've Killed Recently

Spell Suppression Mastery (1)

Prevent +3% of Suppressed Spell Damage

Charge Mastery (1)

3% increased Damage per Endurance, Frenzy or Power Charge

Reservation Mastery (1)

8% increased Damage for each of your Aura or Herald Skills affecting you

Energy Shield Mastery (1)

100% increased Energy Shield from Equipped Helmet

Skills

Death Curtain

Necrotic Armour

Infused Channelling

Swift Affliction

Blight of Contagion

Efficacy

Void Manipulation

Controlled Destruction

Miracle Peak

Lich's Circlet

Bane

Despair

Punishment

Hex Bloom

Rune Talons

Sage Gloves

More Duration

Wither

Multiple Totems

Spell Totem

Sorrow Goad

Warlock Boots

Clarity

Grace

Malevolence

Flesh and Stone

Havoc Spire

Moon Staff

Increased Area of Effect

Contagion

Intensify

Havoc Spire

Moon Staff

Frostblink

How it Plays

Blight of Contagion applies Chaos DoT debuff that stack up to 6 times, cast speed affect how fast you apply those stacks but its not that important because even with not much investment it's really fast, it has decent duration so you don't have to cast it nonstop on single target

When clearing it's usually enough to just tap Blight of Contagion to apply atleast 1 stack and then use Contagion that will spread it and stack more stacks of Blight of Contagion

Comments

Video Guide

Stats

Character

Attributes

109 /

208 /

247

Movement Speed

126%

Bandits

Eramir

Pantheon Major

Solaris

Pantheon Minor

Abberath

Charges

Endurance Charges

Frenzy Charges

Power Charges

Defensive

Life

Energy Shield

5,105

Mana

1,076

Armour

Evasion Rating

27,802

Block

Resistances

76% /

75% /

-43%

Simulated

Effective Health Pool

41K

Max Hit

10K /

34K /

32K /

∞

Skill DPS Estimation

Blight of Contagion

1.8M

1. Path of Building Code 2. Build Overview 3. Equipment 4. Passive Tree 5. Skills 6. How it Plays 7. Comments

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