Attribute Stacking
Aristocrat Build

Updated for Patch 3.27

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The Aristocrat Ascendency is the strongest pick for the Attribute-stacking Builds, which is also one of the most effective ways of obtaining lots of power for your character via a variety of Items. The Aristocrat bonuses are simple, yet insanely effective. The most important Notable is the Dreadful Attitude, which grants you 8% increased Damage per 5 of your lowest Attribute. Reaching 1000 of each Attribute is very easy to do, and with higher investment, you can push it above 1500. It translates to at least 1600% increased generic Damage, which is as absurd as it sounds. The Aristocrat also grants you 9 Passive Points and increases two of your Attributes by 40%, reaching those numbers much more easily. 

To get the most out of your Attributes, you will need a handful of unique Items. Your base Damage comes from a pair of Rare Stormrider Boots, which grants Lightning Damage based on your Accuracy Rating. The Foulborn Hand of Thought and Motion grants even more base Damage, but also improves your Accuracy Rating through Intelligence. On the other hand, the Foulborn Dreamfeather improves your Attack Speed, also based on your Accuracy Rating, although on a lower budget, wielding two Claws works perfectly fine as well. To gain the Accuracy Rating, you will use the Shaper's Touch Gloves, which also improve your Evasion and Energy Shield. You will also get a lot of Accuracy straight from your Dexterity. 

Your defense comes from very high Evasion and Energy Shield, but you will also Suppress all Spells and Block most Attacks. You can get plenty of Damage Reduction through Fortify, a special modifier on your Body Armour, and the Flesh and Stone Aura. 

This Setup can use virtually any Attacks in the game, as long as they are usable with Claws and Swords. The Viper Strike of the Mamba is currently the strongest Strike Skill while Dual-wielding, as it Hits with both Weapons at once, but you can also opt for Clear-speed focused Skills such as Reave or Lightning Strike. You should also use the General's Cry Setup to create Clones that fully channel the Blade Flurry during their short lifespan to supplement your Damage against Bosses. 

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1. Gameplay

Use Viper Strike of the Mamba to defeat most Enemies. Against Bosses, use the Desecrate twice to create Corpses for your General's Cry. The Corpses are not consumed and will remain for the full duration of the fight. You should also use the Punishment Curse once your Enemy drops below 50% of their maximum Life and Enrage. 

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

We recommend starting as a Classic Melee Duelist leveling method. It's a proven method that fits any archetype. You can also pick the Hollow Palm Technique via One with Nothing Jewel, which streamlines the leveling process even more by simply stacking lots of Dexterity, which, as you know by now, the Aristocrat Ascendency will greatly benefit. 

Bandits:

Picking the Alira Bandit makes stacking Attributes easier and cheaper, but later on, it should be replaced with the additional Passive Point.

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

120 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster or Unique Jewels)
120 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Inherited Fortune
2. Private Tuition
3. Dreadful Attitude
4. Illicit Gains

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of Arakaali: 10% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time; Debuffs on you expire 20% faster

Minor God: Soul of Ralakesh: 25% reduced Physical Damage over Time taken while moving

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Viper Strike of the Mamba setup
	Viper Strike of the Mamba - a Strike Attack that combines 2 Hits into one Attack, making it the strongest Strike Skill currently. You can use any other Skill of your preference.
	Lightning Penetration Support
	Fortify Support
	Multistrike Support

[DPS] General's Cry Setup
	General's Cry - creates up to 6 Clones that perform a linked Attack once. You can swap the Gems around if you prefer higher personal Damage.
	Blade Flurry - the Clones will fully channel this Skill before releasing the final Stage. It is the strongest Attack per single use.
	Autoexertion - automatically performs linked Warcry once it is ready, which is every 3 seconds.
	Volatility Support
	Lightning Penetration Support
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support

[UTILITY] Desecrate setup
	Desecrate - the General's Cry requires Corpses to create Clones, but it does not consume them in the process, so you only need to Cast this Skill once before the fight starts.
	Punishment - greatly increases the Damage Taken by Cursed Enemies once they lose 50% of their maximum Life. It allows you to finish Enraged Bosses faster.
	Faster Casting Support

[MOBILITY] Mobility setup
	Whirling Blades - your main form of travel, it performs a quick dash that scales with your Attack Speed.
	Frostblink - an instant Blink that leaves a Chilling Ground in both locations. It is limited by short Cooldown.
	Faster Attacks Support

[UTILITY] Aura setup
	Purity of Elements - provides tons of Elemental Resistances, allowing you to get more Attributes on your Gear.
	Flesh and Stone - reduces the Damage you take from nearby Enemies.
	Precision - provides Accuracy Rating. It is not very effective, so use it only if you have Mana to spare.
	Clarity - enables certain Watcher's Eye modifiers. Keep it at level 1.
	Enlighten Support

[UTILITY] CwDT Setup
	Steelskin - a Guard Skill that absorbs a small portion of the incoming Damage and disables bleeding on you.
	Summon Ice Golem - improves your Accuracy Rating.
	Cast when Damage Taken Support

5. Gear Setup

This Setup does not work without specific Unique Items and Rare Boots. Once you acquire them, your only goal is to get as much Attributes as possible. You want them somewhat balanced, although Intelligence is more important than Strength or Dexterity, as it also improves your defense. You will obviously still need to cap your Elemental Resistances, but you won't need Chaos Resistance nor Suppression Chance. You will greatly improve your Energy Shield and Evasion Rating, but you have only a few Armour piece slots to acquire them.   

(Weapon) Foulborn Hand of Thought and Motion - adds tons of Lightning Damage to your Attacks, but also increases your Accuracy and Attributes, which in turn grant even more Damage from other sources.

(8-12)% increased Dexterity (8-12)% increased Intelligence Adds 1 to 12 Lightning Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Dexterity Foulborn affixes: 5% increased Accuracy Rating per 25 Intelligence (8-12)% increased Strength

(Weapon) Foulborn Dreamfeather - the Foulborn version grants insane amounts of Attack Speed. You can also use two Claws, as this Weapon tends to be expensive.

+475 to Accuracy Rating Adds (30-50) to (65-80) Physical Damage (20-25)% increased Attack Speed +(180-200) to Evasion Rating 3% increased Movement Speed +(280-300) to Accuracy Rating Foulborn affixes: 1% increased Attack Speed per 150 Accuracy Rating

(Gloves) Shaper's Touch - this pair of Gloves grants you an insane amount of Accuracy Rating, Evasion Rating, and Energy Shield. You can also Corrupt it to improve your Attack Speed or inflict a second Curse.

(80-120)% increased Armour and Energy Shield +4 Accuracy Rating per 2 Intelligence +1 Life per 4 Dexterity +1 Mana per 4 Strength 1% increased Energy Shield per 10 Strength 2% increased Evasion Rating per 10 Intelligence 2% increased Melee Physical Damage per 10 Dexterity

(Boots) Rare Stormrider Boots - a special Ritual-only pair of Boots that provide tons of Lightning Damage to all your Attacks based on your Accuracy Rating. It is a pure Evasion base, but you can force the Intelligence modifier through Essence.

Min. requirements: 1 to 6 Added Attack Lightning Damage per 200 Accuracy Rating +50 to Dexterity +40% total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: +# to Intelligence % chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill

(Helmet) Rare Helmet - a simple Helmet with lots of Evasion Rating, Energy Shield, and Attributes. The Eldritch modifiers can shift Physical Damage to be taken as Chaos, for which your are Immune.

Min. requirements: +800 to Evasion Rating +250 to Energy Shield +50 to Dexterity or Intelligence  +40% total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: +# to Dexterity or Intelligence  % of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage

(Body Armour) Rare Body Armour - it is your main source of Energy Shield. It can also improve your Attributes by a sizeable amount. Getting right Colours will be hard, so you should do it first and link them using Beastiary recipe.

Min. requirements: +800 to Energy Shield +50 to Intelligence  +40% total Elemental Resistances 6% increased Attributes Optional affixes: 1% less Damage Taken per 200 Intelligence % of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage

(Belt) Cyclopean Coil - improves all your Attributes and increases your Damage. You can improve it through Catalysts and Corruption, but it will be quite expensive.

+(60-80) to maximum Life (5-15)% increased Attributes Cannot be Frozen if Dexterity is higher than Intelligence Cannot be Ignited if Strength is higher than Dexterity Cannot be Shocked if Intelligence is higher than Strength 1% increased Damage per 5 of your lowest Attribute Recommended Implicit: (4-6)% increased Dexterity/Intelligence/Strength

(Amulet) Astramentis - a simple Amulet that suits this Setup perfectly, it grants tons of each Attribute. To use Strike Skills comfortably, you will need to Anoint the Tribal Fury Notable.

+(10-16) to all Attributes +(80-100) to all Attributes -4 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits

(Ring) Rare Rings - ideally, you should use the Cogwork Rings to get as much Attributes as possible, while also getting some Resistances. Hybrid modifiers provide more value than a single-attribute modifiers. The final upgrade can be obtained through Reflecting Mist, but it is very expensive.

Min. requirements: +150 total Attributes Optional affixes: 25% increased Suffix Modifier magnitudes Resistances +1 to minimum Endurance Charge

(Jewel) Lethal Pride - this Jewel grants a lot of Strength, but can also provide a lot of extra Damage through Rage generation and Initimidation Chance on Hit.

Commanded leadership over (10000-18000) warriors under (Akoya-Kaom-Rakiata) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui Historic

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - Rare Jewels can provide a bit of Spell Block Chance, althrough the usual Attributes and Resistances are useful here too.

Recommended affixes: Attributes Resistances Attack Speed Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you +#% Chance to Block Spell Damage while Dual Wielding

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - as you stack Intelligence, you will have quite high amounts of Mana. You can convert it to Energy Shield through special modifier for Clarity.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers> Gain (6-10)% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield while affected by Clarity

(Jewel) Split Personality - this pair of Jewels grant you tons of base Attributes. You can also use cheaper variants that provide Accuracy Rating instead.

This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location <Two random modifiers> +40 to Accuracy Rating +5 to Dexterity +5 to Intelligence +5 to Strength

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - you should use a Cluster Jewel that enhances small Passive nodes to gain tons of Attributes and Energy Shield. A cheaper alternative is to use regular Jewel with 3 useful Notables, such as Feed the Fury.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +4 to All Attributes Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +12 to Maximum Energy Shield Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +8 to Strength Added Small Passive Skills have 35% increased Effect

(Jewel) Oriath's End - thanks to your generous scaling, the Explosions from this Flask are especially deadly and should improve your Clear Speed considerably.

(20-40)% increased Charge Recovery Enemies you Kill during Effect have a (20-30)% chance to Explode, dealing a tenth of their maximum Life as Damage of a Random Element

Other suggested Flasks and Tinctures: Oakbranch Tincture with Elemental Penetration Quartz Flask with reduced Effect of Curses on you Jade Flask with increased Evasion Rating Silver Flask with increased Stun Avoidance

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