Today, we will go to the following build. Frost Blades of Katabasis Slayer for PoE. This build is very tanky and clears enemies and their packs easily making it a strong end game build. Great for farming tier 17 maps and for boss fights. The mechanics of the build, offense, defense, as well as cheap alternatives for everyone in different stages of the game will be revealed.

 

• How it Works?
• Best Shield Stats
• High Phys Max Hit
• Capping Block
• Fortification 
• Ailment Immunity 
• Better AoE 
• Poison/Bleed 
• Amulet Options
• Rage + Intimidate
• Timeless Jewel
• Crit Immunity
• Resistence Fixing
• Iron Reflexes
• Capping Chaos Resistance
• Tincture
• Bad Map Mods
• Pantheon Gods
• Ascendancy
• Best Item Stats
• Budgets
• Important Skill Tree Nodes

 

 

↖ How it Works?

Block Chance	Able to achieve 65% basic block where after utilizing Forbidden Flush and Forbidden Flame goes up to 88%. Along with life leech on block and damage mitigations, the character almost becomes unkillable in maps with multiple foes as a block and how quickly one recovers from attacks.
Endurance Charges	Masterful Form can let a character gain infinite frenzy charges and thereby create these charges which are of great use in enhancing one’s defenses especially when one is wearing raach boots to maximise on the charges needed.
Offense	Use the Frost Blades of Katabasis for great AE damage with Katabasis, and also use Heat Shiver to strengthen the damage possibilities given enough chill and frozen enemies. Scalar from Yoke of suffering can enhance elemental damage, more.
Instant Leech	Gather leech Mastery including CLA Mastery or Mastery dap so that you can be obtaining upto 2000 instant leech, making it almost impossible for any taking damage while being hit.

 

↖ Best Shield Stats

In the case of the Frost Blades of Katabasis Slayer build, the blocks must have been considered if the endowment of the character is to be focused on survival rather than only on destruction. This are the main shield stats suitable to recover the health.

• Recover 3 to 5% of life when you block: You earn it as offence modifier which allows players to regenerate health while engaging in life threatening melee combats. That sustain is very welcome.
• Chance to avoid elemental ailments (30% or higher): Damage through elemental ailments can easily change the tide of the battle, hence the information deficit against elemental ailments is critical to improve as all this is paramount.

 

Additional bonus shields deemed worthwhile may comprise:

• Life
• Extra tome reduction
• Damage resistance - spell affects
• Chance of being blocked

Put the stress on these modifiers so that they help the most when engaging enemies when using the shield.

 

↖ High Phys Max Hit

Worrying on how to obtain a high physical max hit for the Frost Blades of Katabasis Slayer build, we would recommend using Strength of Blood unique Keystone. This Keystone gives around 37 % Physical max hit which moderately enhances your capability of taking Phys damage.

When the Strength of Blood is incorporated in your build, you will be favorable in reduced physical damage taken for each leech giving 3% life recovering per second. This unique Keystone enhances your endurance further hence making this build more favorable.

 

↖ Capping Block

By maximizing the block chance, you improve the defenses of your character especially at the end.

• Move further to defensive passives like +1% chance to block attack damage and Deflection to increase your block %.
• Act fast and spread your passive point skills so as to Weapon Artistry for more damage and better accountability.
• Apply jewels like forbidden flash and forbidden flame to empower the skill on block chance.

It is possible to get the required 88% block chance through a careful placement of passive points and special jewels which also increases the tankiness and the longevity of your character. If resources are sparse, then 65% block chance is still very possible to obtain a tough defense.

 

↖ Fortification 

Among those, the most effective in terms of maximization, Gath Gauntlets of Celestial Brace S Die, provide maximum gauntlet coverage from 9 to 10. In addition, these gauntlets provide attack speed per fortification bonus. It increases both the offense and the defense. Think about getting maximal frenzy charges through corruption for additional fortification intensity. 

 

↖ Ailment Immunity 

For game play, a player's complete healing from all elemental ailments is at a 100% level enhanced by the ultimate ability skill. Ancestral Vision gives 50% elemental ailment avoid chance due to spell suppression that we have. Plus, elemental avoidance on our shield or body armor, coupled with thick skin nodes for additional chances, leads to total immunity too.

Gear/Node	Effect
Ancestral Vision	Grants 50% chance to avoid elemental ailments
Shield/Body Armor	Provides 30% elemental avoidance
Thick Skin nodes	Offers additional 4% and 8% elemental avoidance

 

↖ Better AoE 

You might want to put a strike skill into your claw that damages enemies in addition to the target on which it is used. Using Tribal Fury on your Amulet though can also add to this AoE potency. Always try to have Tribal Fury or any other equivalent on your claw while cleaning other mobs for faster clears. 

Gear/Skill	Effect
Claw	Empower with strike skill dealing splash damage
Amulet	Incorporate Tribal Fury for enhanced AoE potential

 

↖ Poison/Bleed 

Adding poison and bleed to our build is functional in more ways than one. Bleed deals additional damage and adds some critical strike chance when attacking bleeding targets. In addition, the use of poison is consistent with the Yoke of Suffering tweak as more damage is dealt for every ailment inflicted. Alternate between the cold and physical damage so that bleed and poison are achieved reasonably quickly.

Strategy	Effect
Yoke of Suffering	Provides increased damage for inflicted ailments
Physical Damage	Balancing physical and cold damage for bleeding and poison induction

 

↖ Amulet Options

With regards to amulet options for the build, there needs to be a comparison of the advantages of using Yoke of Suffering as compared to using rare amulets.

 

Yoke of Suffering has elemental damage that can induce shock which is great increases to damage dealt. On the other hand, if rare amulets will ever be found, this writer truly believes them to be far more powerful than Yoke of Suffering when it comes to weapon damage although with a cost. Yoke of Suffering is still easy to use, especially for those who are not too proficient with the expenditures involved. 

 

↖ Rage + Intimidate

To improve dps there is a need to get rage and intimidate. Rage can also be built with the help of pride with mods of gain 1 rage on hit. Furthermore, pride gives a 10 % chance to also intimidate enemies for 4s which augments damage dealt significantly 

 

↖ Timeless Jewel

There are eternally captivated jewels with praised nodes that strengthen blood, intimidate and rage. One can also use timeless jewels having with two pride-of-place angry nodes. Use this to add nodes that provide double damage in order to further enhance damage 

 

↖ Crit Immunity

Critical strike immunity is very important in this build. The váš maak does take the benefit from the body armor granting 10% less extra critical damage per endurance charge gained. In the capacity of nine endurance charges, the given build can achieve 90 % reduced extra critical damage sustained with every extra charge taken, hence boosting the defense even further. 

 

↖ Resistence Fixing

• Apply a C and Chain to all elements for a total of 16 to Elemental resistance.
• Wear One with Nature for even greater resistance.
• Change your bandit to Alira for 15% cut.
• Enhance your body armor similar to: 15 or 17 to all resistances.

 

↖ Iron Reflexes

• Iron Reflexes gives a lot of armor but in some cases does not seem necessary considering damage from physical sources, such as Strength of Blood.
• Think instead of Steel Skin evasion as a defense.

 

↖ Capping Chaos Resistance

• Change Light of Minions to Light of Damage while fighting bosses to maximize chaos resistance.
• Light of Minions should be used for normal map running to gain chaos resistance.

 

↖ Tincture

• Akwayne-that increases elemental damage while fighting with melee weapons and penetrating elemental resistance with damage.
• Choose particularly tincture over other flask time for offensive purpose against strong boss.

 

↖ Bad Map Mods

This Players has minus per to all Maximum resistances modifier can be addressed simply by dividing and being careful not to get close. Again, Player Marked for Death modifier comes with a risk and requires how to play smart...well it can be done.

Map Mod	Strategy
Minus to Max Resistances	Keep your distance and exercise caution while navigating the map
Player Marked for Death	Remain vigilant and be prepared to adapt your playstyle accordingly

 

Map Volatile Map modifier, which decreases the players' maximum resistances can be very annoying, especially if it takes you off guard. With a stacked Atas, it would be possible to suffer from a maximum resistances cut of even up to 37%.

 

↖ Pantheon Gods

Soul of Lunaris is recommended for this cause, since it gives extra physical damage reduction while allowing mobility. Although Soul of Solaris has advantages to physical damage bonuses, where physical damage is needed, if bonus physical damage is required, that is fine.

 

If using a projectile weapon and avoidance is required lets replace it with Soul of Shakari. Also, in case of fighting solo bosses, besides using Soul of Lunaris, Soul of Solaris is also efficient.

 

↖ Ascendancy

In terms of Ascendancy selection, recommended path for this build is Bane of Legends, Headsman, Masterful Form. There are times when Brutal Fervour is not useful, that is important for it allows leeching actively and allows damage taken to be very low even in the presence of instant leech.

 

↖ Best Item Stats

For best performance of the Frost blades of Katabasis Slayer build, the items equipped to the character must be well optimized. Important items such as Celestial bracers, Imperial claw and Heat shiver are also crucial in improving the performance of your character.

Item	Recommended Stats
Celestial Bracers	Fortification and maximum frenzy charges
Imperial Claw	Attack speed, Critical Strike chance, and Critical Strike multiplier
Heat Shiver	Increased chance to hit with all attacks
Body Armor	Chance to suppress fall damage, physical damage reduction, and maximum health
Rings	Critical Strike multiplier and increased intelligence and life
Belt	ARS Anguish or Mage BL BL for reduced effect of curses during effect

 

↖ Budgets

In relation to the Frost Blades of Katabasis Slayer build, it bears repeating that not all the players fit within more or less equal budgets.

• Multi-Mirror Version: This is the primary high budget variant for this build which provides the best dps possible. Designed for players with a big pocket.
• Main Version (High Budget): The main version seen most in the gameplay footage, performs significantly well with a good budget.
• Medium Version: A cheaper build that lacks Mage Blood. Fits players at a reasonable budget.
• Starting Budget Version: Easiest version that can be played with no money thrown into any extravagance. Perfect for those short on cash.

A person can make a choice that suits them in accordance to the price range as well as what they want by clicking on the PoB link in the description.

 

↖ Important Skill Tree Nodes

Skill Nodes	Effect
Defiance and Tattoos	Prioritize acquiring Defiance and essential tattoos for foundational support.
Attack Mastery	Achievement of Attack Mastery is required to raise the damage of non-vaal strikes as it allows targeting more adjacent foes along with bonuses like Disciple of the Slaugh.
Bleed Options	Concerning bleed options, take Corrupting Prey for an illustrative example, and for other advantages.
Cold Mastery	In Cold Mastery, enemies can be frozen continuously and crowd control becomes effective.
Thick Skin	The achievement of Thick Skin skill is necessary to minimize the risk of receiving elemental damage.
Leech Masteries and Clusters	Prioritize leech masteries and utilize at least two clusters for additional benefits, including life, damage, and blockchain support.
The Force of Nature	One can take the Force of Nature for guns without the fear of additional reinforcements targeting elemental resist values for enemy monsters.
Frenzy Charges	Obtaining all the possible frenzy charges out of skill tree fragments pointing to relevant spearheads acquires all the additional scopes that ought to be provided.

 

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Frost Blades of Katabasis Slayer build оffer great results even in the end game content and are effortlessly melting Tiers of 17 and higher with random modifiers and are able to clear Uber Elder fights. This build is fun to play with and works wonders on all content.

 

Therefore in this guide, the relative cost, auxiliary yet important nodes in the passive skill tree and the performance of the Frost Blades of Katabasis Slayer build were discussed in detail.