3.19 Blade Trap Trickster - Best Build I've Played!

[@FlavaPlague]

I've been playing this build in SSF, and it's really solid. I yoinked your POB and made changes to my build after seeing you play it on stream. I league started late, so I still have a lot of gearing to do, but even at just 8,600 ES the damage is great and I feel almost unkillable. Thanks for the guide - more people need to know about this build!

[@dinmolair]

Hey! Could you share you SSF POB? i would love to try it out in SSF and im kinda new to ssf :)

[@kennaee]

Damn I like how happy you sound! Love to hear it after all the hate I hear about the game. Enjoying PoE as much as ever and happy to see at least some other people enjoying it too.

[@Petusillos]

Hello Maaaaaaaar!!!! 😊 I'm not playing poe since a couple of months, but I enjoy watching some content from time to time. Thanks for your time, as always!!! 😊😊😊

[@blech71]

I had blade trap in a 4 link to help my build’s main skill and I was so surprised at the damage while leveling through campaign into deep maps. Stacking all them then popping strongboxes and other shrines/altars made it a breeze. So much damage in one spot. Wild. Now seeing this vid I want to revisit BT and build around it as a main skill. Plus, playing trixter on a heatshiver frost blades alt made me realize how good trixter can be. Def want to try it out.

[@pribeirorib]

Very cool guide and well done, hope to see more in 3.20!!

[@MairianTheChromie]

Thank you! Sometimes you just find a build that clicks with you!

[@Adrianmartinyoutube]

Hi Mairian. It's the first time I've watch a video from your channel (yeah,sometimes KZbin have good recommendations hehehe) and instantly I've fall in love with your accent, which is so weird for me, because I'm not a native English speaker xD Can i ask where you born? I hope I'm not out of line with my question hehe :) On the other hand, now talking about the build. I'm always looking for a league starter that can go at pinnacle bosses with no ultra heavy investment (like usually builds are, mostly for, ofc, being meta). So, this showcase is really helpful for me because I really liked your build. Greetings from Argentina :)

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hello! Glad you like it! It has really chill progression at least to me it seemed that way. Also I'm from Latvia!

[@Adrianmartinyoutube]

@@MairianTheChromie Hey!!! ty so much for reply, you are very polite :)

[@fa1thI3ss]

Hey, I was planning to do trapper again next league, and looked at blade trap. This really seems interesting as I prefer very tanky builds.

[@MairianTheChromie]

I really hope Trickster or Ephemerals edge doesn't get touched for next league and I for sure might play it again!

[@jedrusnowak3317]

@@MairianTheChromie its not op build so they wont touch this

[@Melancraze]

Did not get touched. Prolly trying this. Hate mana issues tho that I expect to have a lot as starter char

[@TheShaunika]

@@Melancraze I mean just using a mana flask solves most of it till you get ring crafts.

[@SF_Savitar]

​@@MairianTheChromie are u playing this as league start? I played cold dot in SSF and migrated today im thinking of switching to this how far will 2.5/3 div get me? Im wayy behind in currency obviously normalyy i have 15/20 div easily by this time lemme know looks interesting!

[@juanjosecorreahurtado4359]

im really happy i got recommended this video :D

[@MairianTheChromie]

Happy you're enjoying it 👍

[@Thewhitekorean]

I think the intelligence attribute mastery wheel can add more energy shield per point than some of your other points in endgame tree Love the build I will try it next league also finding a way to fitting cwdt immortal call can help with physical damage sooo much since perma uptime on endurance charges anyway

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! Yeah there is for sure a way to tweak it and the cwdt part I thought about but as I still hadn't gotten my gloves minmaxed I couldn't get rid of wave of conviction/arcanist brand to free up some sockets. Otherwise its a great option!

[@S3frog]

Excellent presentation of your build. The only thing I would suggest is having some gameplay footage in the background during the introduction. Thanks for the video!

[@MairianTheChromie]

Thanks for feedback! I will include that in future videos!

[@Lefuden]

Well put together guide, good build. I rate it 5/7.

[@kingjokerOMG]

Hey mairian, awesome guide. I was just wondering how do you deal with freeze and chill with this build? you dont seem to run it on your flasks. New to the game. thanks for the info.

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! Glad your enjoying the video! Well there are two ways. In this build freeze immunity is provided by One Step Ahead ascendancy node. As our action speed cannot be lowered past a certain point we basically are immune to freeze. If you were however taking Polymath ascendancy node which does provide you with more damage just grab the Brine King Pantheon. Otherwise if you do take One Step Ahead you can use pantheon to improve physical damage mitigation which is this builds biggest weakness. Hope this helps!

[@denispatty]

Hello Mairian, what a great guide/build, I love Trickster, solid defenses!!! I'm just considering other trap to use instead of the Blade, any recommendation that synergizes well here?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Well any trap would work generally but the beauty of the Blade Trap is that we're scaling the dps with getting defences as Trickster ascendancy by itself is not too dps forward. So basically some traps that can hold their own without much help from ascendancy would work well. Seismic Trap is I think one of the bigger contenders just coz it scales decently well without much investment. Maybe Explosive Trap as well.

[@dth7171]

Great guide! Earned my sub

[@kingexodusgg9741]

Hey Mairian, how many leagues do you have 40/40 of? Can you give me some feedback and advice generally on challenge completion?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hmm well overall like 24 leagues with 40/40. Basically you have to be very patient and willing to do boring grinds and annoying things like conditional boss kills. Or spend some currency 😂

[@5133937]

This looks good, I'd like to be able to do the uber bosses in a super chill way. Definitely a candidate for league starting 3.20. May even respec my current LC trickster to this to finish 3.19 with.

[@MairianTheChromie]

I'd say the "older" Uber bosses is where this build shines because they are more controlled fights in the sense that Eldritch bosses can have a host of different mods if you roll the invites and can change a lot about the fight. But I even ended up "almost" liking Uber Sirus!

[@caseyrybak]

I played 2x edge, different tree and for uber bosses i was lacking lot of damage. Blade trap itself need a boost, right now it's just carried by combo good gear + edge + trickster es scaling.

[@MairianTheChromie]

@@caseyrybak Hmm. The only bosses I really felt I was lacking damage was Uber Eldritch bosses and really mainly Exarch coz I haven't nailed the ball phase that much. The rest were fine if your willing to engage with the boss mechanics. This for sure is not drop all your traps once and boss gets deleted type of build. But I do agree Ephemerals Edge is what carries this build!

[@solnascente4565]

Noice build! I’m definitely try this on 3.20

[@MairianTheChromie]

Fingers crossed not another big nerfening!

[@KuudereShiina]

YOU'RE BACK T.T

[@sewerynlisowski1458]

Hi Mairian, did you try The feard invitation with these traps?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Yeah I've done Feared with hight of hubris. Didn't want to make the vid too long. It really depends on the mods you get but deffo don't go no recovery and less suppression and you should be fine.

[@KonjouS]

Usually if a build can do the Ubers, feared will be easy.

[@sadist8]

Nice Vid, well explained! If you had to give the clear speed, single target, defense and overall cost a rating out of 10 what would it be for each?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey! Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it! All right here goes but keep in mind I can only rate these things from my point of reference and I don't generally play the fastest builds. SO someone who is used to playing faster builds might rate it differently. Clear Speed 7/10 . Not the fastest but the fact that you can drop the traps and keep moving is nice. Single Target 8/10 . Its a pretty high rating and the dps is is not insane but just the fact that its comfy way of killing bosses seals the deal for me. Defences 9.5/10 . I mean its the most tanky char I've ever played and let me kill uber bosses with ease because of it. Only reason it doesn't get a 10 is because you can always improve upon things. Overall cost: 8/10. Scales really well and you can aim for gradual improvements. Gear is nothing super fancy and sure there are some unique that might be pricy but apart from the weapon nothing is mandatory and can be worked towards. As for rares as you can see from my vid they are nothing ridiculous and could also be improved upon. Hope these answers help!

[@martoantoniuk]

Never heard of this build. Looks really good! Thank you for sharing

[@5133937]

Trickster has ES overleech that keeps ES leech going even on full ES. So the instant ES takes damage it leeches back to full.

[@martoantoniuk]

@@5133937 Yes, but she doesn't have that node allocated on her tree.

[@MairianTheChromie]

It's the sexy recharge. I have like 8k es recharge plus it cannot be stopped once it starts. Sometimes spellbreaker procs too.

[@martoantoniuk]

@@MairianTheChromie Ah, cool. Thanks! Took a deeper look at the pob and now I see your recharge. That's amazing

[@kyfeam]

Hey Marian.. lovin the build.. but have one issue.. BLEED.. the silent killer.. i have Lethe Shade.. but i still get bled to death.. it's the only thing killing me.. how have you handled this issue? thanks!! i have over 10k Energy Shield.. but Bleed happens fast if moving.. next thing i know im dead lol.. GGRRRR!!! F Chris Wilson!!!!

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey! I am using minor bleed pantheon and souls of Solaris/lunaris depending if mapping or single target to get up my Phys mit. I don't ever die to bleeds. If I see I'm getting low I pop Vaal discipline. The only time I get bleed immunity is Uber sirus. Let me know if this helps.

[@kyfeam]

@@MairianTheChromie i'll give it a try.. it's the only thing preventing me to get the next lvl.. every death has been from bleed.. otherwise i've had a blast.. tanking bosses and beastly Meta's i would never do this on any of my past toons.. this is a very nice tanky build.. just got to get the bleed crap fixed.. thanks!

[@Melancraze]

What do you think about this for next league DPS and survivability wise as Kalandra items are not on table to boost ES?

[@Melancraze]

Also, compared to other traps as sabo?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! I think this will be a fine build/league starter for 3.20. Personally I only had one mirrored ring so that would barely affect my build and there is always minmaxing potential in other gear so achieving same es or more is plenty possible. As to other traps they will be very good as nothing about traps or Sabo got changed. At the end of the day you have to decide do you want more DPS or a char that has quite good defences even if it's less DPS. Not saying you cannot get defences on high DPS chars but it's always a balancing act.

[@TheShaunika]

have you tried asenath's gentle touch to boost your clear?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! Well personally the slower clear doesn't bother me that much as I'm just that kind of payer but for sure you can have some swap out pieces ore gems to boost the clear speed.

[@TheShaunika]

@@MairianTheChromie how do you handle stun?

[@MairianTheChromie]

@@TheShaunika well ES inherently has 50% chance to avoid stun so that's helping a lot. We also have a ton of evasion to avoid hits. Plus I have a flask that gives me stun recovery. I never noticed problems with getting stunned but of you think it's an issue you can grab Energy Shield Mastery that bases your stun threshold on ES instead of life. Hope this helps.

[@TheShaunika]

@@MairianTheChromie ah, that's actually true. btw I've been tinkering with a noncrit version of your build using the EO and the "non crits are lucky" mastery, spending the points I save into more mana reservation/ES and curse effect, and using 2 pen curses (simulated with the new stronger versions) and i'M getting pmuch similar or better dps numbers (waiting for the new pob to see how the new curse stuff works out. but it might even be a better version overall)

[@MairianTheChromie]

@@TheShaunika Hey! Yeah non crit version absolutely works. On this build going crit problem is actually getting the crit chance. As we are not close to cap non-crit could be quite comparable. I've seen some insane Inquisitor Balde Trappers but not really sure how defences stack up.

[@JTD472]

Is there any way to make the traps hit faster? Or spin faster? I know nothing about BT, but maybe there’s an enchant for that, but seems like the +1 would be too good to give up

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! Technically yes there is a way to make them hit/spin faster. There is an alternate quality that increase spin speed but according to some ppl (I haven't tested this myself so I recommend to do your own research) the increased hit rate is making the traps "miss" somehow so you actually lose? out on damage. Not sure exactly if it's a bug or what's that about. Other than the alternate quality I don't think there is a way to make them spin/hit faster.

[@trijondee]

There is dual wield and the helm enchant that gives +1 rotation and then alternate quality gem that increase rotation speed. That's about it You can also play around with increased area of effect ( also from helm enchants and alternative quality) to more easy catch mobs in the traps. Abilities that slows mobs works as well to keep them in the area of traps to take full damage. It for sure feels like it's worth it to give up dual wield +1 rotation damage boost when getting a good shield (including giving up the damage boost from increased critical strike chance and the increased max energy shield that the second blade gives).

[@thomasgrimm1664]

Hey Mairian, I'm keen on trying this build next league. How does your levelling tree look like? Any nodes you recommend getting first?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey! Well I'm not the most efficient leveller and I'm stubborn with levelling the skill I'm gonna play in the end so I've updated the PoB with some levelling guidance pastebin.com/SwsF1mwA . Again this might not be the most efficient way of doing it but I don't recall any problems generally speaking. Only thing is that Blade Trap AoE scales with gem level so that could be some consideration.

[@thomasgrimm1664]

@@MairianTheChromie Thank you very much!

[@aywan7]

hello what to auras to start with before double enlightens? thx

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey sorry I didn't see this comment till now. I started with grace and discipline and skitterbots. next is Precision and clarity is the last.

[@lostark8186]

why no saboteur note at beginning in pob? 30% trap dmg?

[@MairianTheChromie]

I mean that's nice but we scale our DMG with stacking ES so the starter nodes are quite juicy for that.

[@lostark8186]

@@MairianTheChromie ok thank you for the fast answer

[@pzeudokof9888]

can we swap into energyblade blade trap? is it gonna be good ?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Technically yes you can. That is the ultimate endgame setup but I wouldn't go CI for that necessarily as that kinda gimps your potential es pool. I have an idea in the works for next league if nothing changes for Trickster and some other uniques!

[@xTobsecretx]

That looks amazing, especially for SSF as a second build. Are we sure Pyromaniac and Zealots Oath work well with CI? Iirc Zealots Oath should only transfer health regen to ES, i.e. you get 2% of 1 life per trap?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Well I haven't really investigated how it works but all I can say is that throwing traps rise out es regen by a quite amount. I wonder if it's counts from life before CI but don't take my word for it 😂 .Anyways I was thinking if I was playing this build again I would maybe not even take Zealoth's Oath as most of our sustain comes from the fast ES recharge.

[@trijondee]

It works and it works well, sustain is insane. Zealot Oath works according to wiki as "percentage based life regeneration becomes percentage based ES regeneration based on maximum ES". So as long as traps is triggered you have 10% of max es regeneration each second. The layered recovery from ghost shroud, Zealot's Oath and the 50% chance to start Energy Shield when suppressing spell damage, is what is giving the impressive tankyness of this build. This is strong enough that you don't really have to chase for faster es regen start stats or increased es recharge rate stat with this build, as the buffer from the high es pool usually is enough to survive until the es recharge kicks in as well. I changed to this in week one of the league after seeing Nugiyen playing it, in more or less the same setup as this. Poe Ninja have a few trickster blade trap variants (se week 3 and 4) with high damage setup reaching 18000 es and using perfekt crime instead of Pyromaniac.

[@xTobsecretx]

Lovely! Didn’t know that’s how Zealot’s Oath works - learned sth new! I’m surprised there wasn’t more hype around this build, looking super comfy!

[@trijondee]

@@xTobsecretx I was surprised aswell especial as it totally trivialize all the AN bullshit that so many people hate, but Blade Trap is a slow skill to clear maps with, so that might put it out of the possibility for a lot of players.

[@xTobsecretx]

@@trijondee you could always try to run a sword attack damage cluster with Devastator (grants 15% explode chance). A lot of trap clear speed also just comes down to the set and forget playstyle, so an experienced player will clear a lot faster.

[@cody9802]

thinking about trying this in Endless Delve if its even possible, looks fun and chilll

[@MairianTheChromie]

Well problem will be acquiring Ephemerals Edge and that is the only unique that is must on this build. You could try playing it energy blade also but that skill tree would look different.

[@cody9802]

@@MairianTheChromie yea, i hadn’t thought of that issue. I might just play a corpse witch build

[@G0DJ1R4]

@@MairianTheChromie you dont think it's doable with a regular ele weapon? might be less dmg but in endless delve dps isnt really necessary as we dont have to kill bosses

[@MairianTheChromie]

@@G0DJ1R4 hmm I suppose you could do it especially if you don't go very deep in delve but our weapon DMG is 1-2700 and of course you don't need to invest quite as much for delve but even at 10k es it's 1-2000 I dunno if you could get comparable rare that easy. Also gotta remember that attack speed means nothing so it's just the pure added DMG.

[@2blueghost]

I dont dont see stun immunity in POB. How do you get stun immune? Thanks

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! Good question! Well considering we are a high evasion character we don't really get hit that often but having Energy Shield itself has an inherent buff of 50% chance to avoid stun so that helps a lot. If you still feel that your getting stunned frequently which I for sure didn't experience you can take the Energy Shield mastery where Stun Threshold is based on 50% of your Energy Shield instead of Life. Hope this helps.

[@Polazov]

Ty for video ) how much did it cost in div ~?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey! Glad you enjoyed it! As for budget I don't really know as I crafted a bunch of things but I'd say probably 20 30 divs by the end. Again it all depends on the point of league as prices change.

[@Polazov]

@@MairianTheChromie I understand this, of course, thanks again. In the future league, I want to try a new trickster and your build its very interesting )

[@xedden2]

How is mapping with this build? I've heard blade trap area is really rough so the mapping is very poor

[@MairianTheChromie]

Mapping is ok. This is deffo no spark build or any other meta clearer but I do run through maps dropping couple of traps on packs and moving on. Maybe some rare you have to stop and throw a few more traps but that's about it. Worse thing that happens is when monsters chase you and leave trap AoE. www.twitch.tv/videos/1607300981 here is a vod of me mapping/ delving.

[@WCFactBreak]

Very, very good video

[@MairianTheChromie]

Thank you very much!

[@SylorosPOE]

Hello Mairian ! Thank you for this build, i wanted to try it out ! Do you think it's league start viable ? Still leveling as you said even in league start ? :)

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey! In trade league for sure its league start viable as there is only 1 must have unique and that Ephemerals Edge (I was doalwielding them until I got my hands on a good shield which was early yellow maps). Also Ghostwrithe is extremely nice to have as this unique almost singlehandedly solves your scaling while levelling but is not strictly necessary. Just don't go CI until you have some decent pieces of gear and you'll be good. Now in SSF getting the sword might prove tricky so cannot really speak on that.

[@SylorosPOE]

@@MairianTheChromie thanks a lot for your answer ! I got one ephemeral ar the moment, you think 2 is better while leveling ?

[@MairianTheChromie]

@@SylorosPOE Well while levelling it's not so easy to get decent shield maybe and if your just going for dps it's for sure good as you get ES and crit. Otherwise shield is also good and especially worth it later on.

[@nubcakke]

saw your stream the other day and really liked the build! well done guide. would you consider to do a leveling pob? or can you just follow the tree as this pob shows? ggs to you :)

[@MairianTheChromie]

You can mostly follow the pob while leveling but just keep the Ghostwright body armour till maps and switch to CI when you get new gear in early maps. While leveling just get gear with life and es and your gucci. I made this build as second one in the league so I had prepped all the gear plus I was being silly and went CI super early which is not necessary at all! For future builds I'll include the leveling bits! Thanks for feedback!

[@nubcakke]

@@MairianTheChromie alright, might try it next league if not much gets changed :) ty

[@mirodrewniaq9865]

What on pantheon are best on Blade Trap ?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Heya! If you don't have ailment immunity than the brine King for major. Otherwise either Solaris or lunaris depends if your bossing. For minor I mainly go for the one for less bleed damage taken but for example Uber sirus I take the one that gives me extra Phys reduction so I can tank meteor. If you have bleed/corrupting blood immunity can also take unaffected by burning ground. It's all situational really. I will be making a new vid to go over what I've changed on char for this league soonTM.

[@some_other_guy]

The link to your twitch in the description is broken. This looks like a tanky build, might consider it for my ssf private league next time.

[@MairianTheChromie]

Oh sorry! Thanks for letting me know!

[@sharpazn]

Never played a trapper and i wanted to try a trickster so i might try it next league!

[@MairianTheChromie]

In my opinion this is a really good place to start with a trapper! Hope Trickster survives the Nerf wave!

[@Sullyvanes]

Nice, i was looking for a good build for trick, i wil test it, ty

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hope it goes as well for you as it did for me!

[@gehirndoper]

Interesting build, and seems somewhat cheap to get started. Rare boots can be better though, since you can get brittle ground + ailment effect on them.

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey!| Yeah its not that expensive at all and sure you could use a rare boot but those would be quite a bit more expensive to have comparable defensive stats and from looking at similar builds on poe.ninja most if not all were using Sin Treks. Than again it's up to each individual to choose other things if they think that would be best for them.

[@pjr427]

Why are some of the gems not leveled up all the way ?

[@pjr427]

nevermind.......................i know now

[@kyfeam]

playing this now.. not at 13k energy shield.. just over 9k.. but i can see this toon going places.. super tanky.. would love to get my DPS up more.. only at 14k atm.. but only lvl 91 also.. thanks for making a vid on this..

[@MairianTheChromie]

Glad your enjoying it!

[@kyfeam]

Wow.. put this build on hold due to dying from bleed and not being spell suppress capped.. I made a few changes.. capped my spell suppress.. got my toon up to snuff the last week.. been playing POE since 2013.. 12k hours.. and this toon is now my favorite.. you my dear has made a toon I can truly get to lvl 100 with.. I'm no beginner.. most of my toons are DPS monsters.. but die if they get sneezed on.. this toon you made.. a true god.. I am impressed.. and it isn't to expensive to make.. the only change I made was to damage.. I needed a little more DPS.. and got it on the tree.. there is still more I can do.. and I will invest in this toon and dump a few toons I have that kinda suck.. YOUR AWESOME!!!

[@MairianTheChromie]

@@kyfeam glad your having fun! I found that gear is a bit more expensive this league but we are really not after anything super fancy so with a bit of luck you can craft your own things too! I myself am getting close to killing all Ubers and Uber Maven was quite easy!

[@gregorioricouz3836]

@@kyfeam hey...im playing sanctum and for what I read you too. got some questions: 1- Do you think this build can handle everything?. Uber bosses? 2- How immortal it is? 3- and how it handle sanctums

[@MrGameGuideChannel]

Didnt play trapa in poe at all this looks tempting to try on mayhem.

[@counterhelix1456]

How to get such a blade?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Well trade league you would just save up currency and buy it asap. In ssf most likely chance it, gwennen, t3 temple room or farm div cards for unique swords. Its a bit more difficult in SSF.

[@counterhelix1456]

@@MairianTheChromie Thank you, this is my starter

[@derrickcall9307]

Is this one still viable in 2.23?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Umm. There have been some changes to skill tree especially with reservation efficiency but maybe with charms you can get around that

[@shimonmach9515]

Is this build ssf viable in any way?

[@MairianTheChromie]

Sure. If you find an Ephemerals Edge your sorted. So maybe not a starter but as a second build.

[@quickdropkingo3693]

u just need to keep steel skin up while fighting uber sirus and u good btw

[@Blubiblub1]

Adding some mapping footage would help alot. It's hard to judge how this build feels to play if i can't see it. Video and build looks great otherwise.

[@MairianTheChromie]

Yeah I agree! I made a little follow up video where I showed a typical map and answered some common questions. I think I put a link to it from this video

[@dodneimeet3na4eni93]

surviving looks amazing, and build like it is, but dps....its looks too low. I think i will make it, and maybe something can be changing for it. ty for build

[@MairianTheChromie]

I suppose in this day and age of PoE with the potential dps outputs of other builds it might seem low. I really love killing bosses and this build let me do that in a pretty relaxing manner so I don't really care about the numbers that much.

[@dodneimeet3na4eni93]

@@MairianTheChromie and i agree with you ;) you can chill and just playing .

[@ryanforgo3500]

Hello mairian, Call me crazy but you are almost not getting anything out of the trickster ascendency. Iy is like you are playing with 1.5 asendency keys out of 4. 1-you don't get anything out of attack and cast speed which renders frenzy charges less useful too. 2- action speed might help but not with the front preload boss damage. That means, one step ahead is useless in many situations Swift killer is part useless "attack speed part of frenzy charges" as well as escape artist attack speed per ghost shroud. With that being said i'd say only spell breaker seems like a very, very big deal. What i an thinking is, what uf the trapper is sabo ? And we get spellbreaker from the asendency jewels? Considering we also get blind for free i'd think that it will cover up for the evasion rating loss from escape artist. The 10-15% reducrd all damage taken will also be a big deal. Finally area of effect and 25% traps double trigger is huge damage boost.

[@MairianTheChromie]

Hey! When it comes to frenzy charges sure we don't get the attack speed but the cast speed is useful for our utility spells plus it is an easy sustainable more damage multiplier for our build. You could replace this node with Polymath for sure and the biggest impact would be on the Endurance charge sustain. When it comes to action speed as that node not only helps us but the second line is a debuff to enemies so that ties into the tankiness of the build. Plus it's not like this build kills bosses with one rotation of traps anyways. So I wouldn't call that useless. But it can come down to personal preference also. Also Escape Artist does not have Attack Speed per Ghost Shroud. I think you've might have seen an older iteration of this node as this basically just pads your defensive stats scaling from helm and body armour. And yes Spellbreaker is the big chunky node here. Again you could replace Swift Killer or One Step Ahead with Polymath but we would only take advantage of the first line of this node as we do no damage over time so the on kill stuff we wouldn't take advantage of anyways. Also yes for sure you could play this as a Saboteur and just get the Flesh and Flame with Spellbreaker. Personally I don't think it would be as tanky even if you consider blind because technically you could squeeze in blind in this build. Also we get loads of extra ES with the help of the ascendancy but if its damage your after it would work really well. Hope this clears up some things!

[@VanByyrg]

Just a bit of feedback: Show gameplay at the start of the video before you go into anything else, it is really frustrating watching you go into detail about specific things about your build without actually knowing how it plays or looks or feels.

[@MairianTheChromie]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm gonna publish another short video about mapping on this build and include more footage of general mapping in future videos!

[@hopibobi]

You deserve a block from me.