Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Pathfinder

It has only been a few days since Path of Exile: Heist was launched, but the awesome builds are already rolling in. A great example of that is the Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Pathfinder.

Pros:

• 95% chance to evade attacks
• Much experience gain per hour
• Can do Hardcore leagues
• Enjoyable play style
• Can start and finish leagues

Cons:

• Not for beginners
• Has difficulty running Blighted and 100% Delirious maps
• Takes much damage when hit

Passive Skill Tree

Here’s the Passive Skill Tree.

Gear and Gem Links

• Weapon: Any Rare wand with bonuses to elemental damage, critical strike chance and multiplier and spell damage
• Off-hand: Brinerot Flag (Unique) for increased spell damage, cast speed, energy shield, and mana regen; socketed Warcry gems get +3 level and Arcane Surge
  • Rallying Cry with Increased Duration and Enhance (level 4) support gems
• Head: Rat’s Nest (Unique) for increased attack speed, global critical strike chance, evasion, rarity of items found, movement speed, and character size
• Body: Queen of the Forest (Unique) for increased evasion, life, elemental resistances, movement speed, 1% movement speed per 600 evasion, less damage from animals
  • Power Siphon with Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks, Awakened Added Lightning Damage, Awakened Elemental Focus, Barrage, and either Awakened Lightning Penetration or Energy Leech support gems
• Gloves: Thunderfist (Unique) for increased lightning damage on socketed gems, lightning damage to attacks, attack speed, energy shield, shock and stun duration on enemies
• Belt: Headhunter (Unique) for increased life, dexterity, strength, damage vs rare monsters, and gain modifiers of rare monsters for 20 seconds
  • Kinetic Blast with Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles, Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks, and Pierce support gems
• Boots: Atziri’s Step (Unique) for increased evasion, life, movement speed, and chance to dodge spells
  • Vaal Grace with Phase Run and Increased Duration Support gem
• Unspecified Gem Links:
  • Blood Rage with Empower and Enhance support gems, both at level 4
  • Herald of Ice, Summon Lightning Golem, Elemental Weakness, and Curse on Hit support gems
• Accessories:
  • Rare Opal Rings for increased elemental damage, with bonuses to life, elemental resistance, lightning damage, attack speed, and elemental damage
  • Any Rare amulet with bonuses to life, global critical strike chance and multiplier, lightning damage, attack speed, and elemental damage with attack skills
• Jewels:
  • Rare Opal Rings for increased elemental damage, with bonuses to life, elemental resistance, lightning damage, attack speed, and elemental damage
  • Any Rare amulet with bonuses to life, global critical strike chance and multiplier, lightning damage, attack speed, and elemental damage with attack skills
• Flasks:
  • Dying Sun (Unique) for extra projectiles and fire resistance
  • Vessel of Vinktar (Unique) for lightning resistance, extra lightning damage, and lightning damage leeched as life
  • Experimenter’s Diamond Flask for lucky critical strike chance; either Warding for curses or Staunching for bleeding
  • Experimenter’s Stibnite Flask of Adrenaline for 100% increased evasion and movement speed
  • Experimenter’s Jade Flask for +3000 evasion, either Reflexes for extra evasion, or Staunching for bleeding

An enjoyable build for an out-of-the-box expansion: that’s the Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Pathfinder for you. If you think you can play it right, then it’s a must that you give it a spin!