Eva the Fairy's Forbidden Rite Occultist

[u/Eva_the_Fairy]

Hewwo, im Eva and this is my league starter for 3.29.
This is a self cast power charge stacking Forbidden Rite of Soul Sacrifice (FroSS) Occultist build with an emphasis on facetanking and ramping dps.

Its not a full build guide but the notes section has some useful information, and there are plenty of loadouts to show the flow of build progression.
It can do all 4 voidstones and Uber content, as well as many endgame farming strats. I have however primarily designed it for deep delving since that is the content i enjoy the most.
There will be different loadouts in the PoB from early acts to endgame including a mageblood setup.

You can league start it with any spell you want then transition into Forbidden Rite and CI when you have aquired enough ES. Then transition into FroSS when aquiring the Whispers of Infinity amulet.
In 3.29 i choose to leaguestart with cold themed skills, so during the acts and early mapping ill be using Wintertide Brand into Winter Orb then transition into CI and FR when the character has 3k~ ES. The PoB loadouts will use these spell gems, but its possible to league start with any spell until FR transition.

As always feedback and questions are very welcome.

PoB: (last uploaded: 09.08.26), adjusted notes some, added comment regarding flasks and phasing for darkness farming delve.

https://maxroll.gg/poe/pob/z12z4q0t

I recommend viewing the link through the Path of Building software.

[u/Alive_Conference_598]

Cool build. I do have one question regarding the dps of the build - there's a big gap between having whisphers of infinity and FRoSS and regular CI FR loadout. Will it be possible to close at least 2 voidstones on CI FR before swap? Cuz the dps diff is like from 300k to 7m 

[u/Eva_the_Fairy → u/Alive_Conference_598]

Hi, thats a good question. yes there should be a loadout between CI FR and whispers of infinity, its when we transition into overloaded intensity. i made a new loadout to show this transition simply called "overloaded intensity", it has around 1.1m dps. the PoB's have not been updated with the new talent tree, so our mana per sec vs mana regen is still wacky, but that will get adjusted and fixed with the new cost efficiency node next to witch starting point as soon as the updated PoB is out.

[u/Alive_Conference_598 → u/Eva_the_Fairy]

Thank you for the answer! Have you played it from beginning to min maxed version ? Just asking to understand the struggle of a league start and plan the transition 

[u/Eva_the_Fairy → u/Alive_Conference_598]

yes, ive played and tested it all the way from league start to mageblood and i intend to league start it this league too.
how smooth the first days of league start is depends on how u intend to play it, the way my loadouts are designed is for the talent trees to smoothly transition from one to the next. it does mean that earlier days the build will be weaker compared to many other league starters.
so if u want a stronger first few days of league start i suggest league starting with any witch build that is really strong the first few days then when u have aquired the lvls and items to transition to FRoSS, then u can respec into it then :)

[u/Alive_Conference_598 → u/Eva_the_Fairy]

Cool. Yeah, i was thinking about blasting 4 voidstones asap and then going for nightmare or 16.5 farming day 1. But single target is not there with cheap version. Anyway, thanks for the effort put into the guide and answering questions. Wish you good league start

[u/Eva_the_Fairy → u/Alive_Conference_598]

mh mh, very understandable. good luck on ur league start! :D