Aurabot Scion (Aura)

The Aurabot Scion is only for players that like a support-only purely-aura build, but it’s a good build to try in Path of Exile: Harvest.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Huge help for parties

Cons:

• No damage-dealing skill gems, especially AoE spells
• Cannot solo, requires party for endgame maps

Passive Skill Tree

Here’s the passive skill tree.

Gem Setup

• Mobility: Phase Run with Enhance and Increase Duration support gems, Flame Dash
• Auras:
  • Dread Banner, Clarity, Haste, Determination, Grace, Purity of Ice, Purity of Fire, Purity of Lightning, Hatred, and Vitality
  • Anger, Wrath, and Precision with Empower support gem

Gear Setup

• Weapon: Any Rare axe with bonuses to physical damage, aura skills granting 2% additional attack, attack speed, accuracy, chance to cause bleeding, increased damage on bleeding enemies.
• Off-hand: Any Rare shield with reduced mana reservation and increased physical damage, block recovery, resistances, and energy shield.
• Helm: Any Rare helm with bonuses to reduced mana reservation, life, elemental resistances, and energy shield.
• Body: Victario’s Influence (Unique) for +1 level, level 30 Generosity support, and reduced mana reservation of socketed aura gems, increased effect of AoE auras and non-curse auras.
• Gloves: Shaper’s Touch (Unique) for increased level of socketed AoE gems, armor, energy shield, +1 life per 4 dexterity, +1 mana per 4 strength, 1% increased energy shield per 10 strength, 2% increased evasion per 10 dexterity, and 2% increased melee damage per 10 strength.
• Belt: Bated Breath (Unique) for bonus energy shield, intelligence, damage, and faster energy shield recharge rate.
• Accessories:
  • Voideye (Unique) ring for 1 socket and +5 to level of socketed gems
  • Any Rare ring with bonus resistances to chaos, intelligence, cast speed, energy shield, and faster energy shield recharge
• Jewels:
  • Corrupted Jewels with reserved mana for aura skills
  • Cluster jewels where run
  • Medium jewels on Vengeful Commander nodes
• Flasks:
  • Rumi’s Concoction (Unique) for 3000 armor and chance to block attack and spell damage
  • Perpetual Jade Flask of Warding for +3000 evasion and curse immunity/removal
  • Experimenter’s Basalt Flask of Dousing for physical damage reduction and reflection, immunity to burning during flask effect
  • Surgeon’s Stibnite Flask of Heat for increased evasion, smoke cloud, and chill/freeze immunity/removal
  • Alchemist’s Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline for increased movement speed

The Aurabot Scion isn’t for everyone. But for players that find the idea of a fully supportive aura build as appealing, it’s a must-try. Besides, not everyone is built to be on the front lines. Some thrive in equally-important roles on the sidelines, and there’s nothing wrong with that.