Trinity Omni-Spectral Throw
Deadeye build

Updated for Patch 3.18

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Spectral Throw is a type of skill that can be played in many different ways, it's very basic in nature which allows you to shape it however you want. It's a standard Projectile Attack that requires you to have a melee weapon. You throw a copy of it to pierce all the enemies in its way before returning to you. The most optimal distance between you and the opponent is when the Projectile slows down to a halt and changes direction, it's when the enemy can be hit multiple times. Projectiles can't Chain of Fork, so the only way to upgrade the clear speed is to have an increased number of Projectiles. One of the more expensive archetypes of Spectral Throw is to use it with Crystallised Omniscience Amulet, Secrets of Suffering Keystone, and Trinity Support as is the case in this guide. It requires a lot of Attributes and a diverse range of added Elemental Damage mods, but it's the best-performing option for this build.

Taking a Deadeye is a good choice because of its great Keysones - Endless Munition for additional Projectiles, Far Shot, Focal Point for enhanced Mark Skills, and Gathering Winds which grants you permanent Tailwind and Gale Force stacks. With Trinity Support you will have to deal at least two types of Elemental Damage, it can be easily achieved by getting a proper weapon, but if you can't afford it, you can use many different Support Gems and Aura Skills. It's a Critical Strike build that also uses a Claw, making it particularly good with Nightblade Support Gem for extra Elusiveness. The defensives are really good - the character has over 4k Maximum Life, around 15k of Armour and Evasion each, Ghost Dance with some Energy Shield, very high Spell Suppression Chance, and mediocre Attack Block Chance.

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1. Gameplay

The build uses only Spectral Throw as an Attack, it's a skill that requires some positioning and fast movement for its full potential so it takes some practice to master it. You can also benefit from having a Tornado or Hydrosphere for various utility bonuses, such as Power Charge generation. For a Curse use Sniper's Mark and Enhance it for more Quality, it's responsible for almost half of your total damage. For more Attack Speed deploy an Ancestral Totem for more Attack Speed. Your Guard Spell should be Molten Shell, and for a better movement use Dash. We've used Auras such as Determination, Grace, Defiance Banner, Precision, and Herald of Ice.

In this video, we had a nearly 500 Elemental DPS Claw, and 1500 Omniscience on a level 94 Deadeye. This type of build can get pretty expensive, but the amount of Currency you can farm using it should return the investment in no time. It's also way below this build's maximum potential, as we tend not to spend hundreds of Exalts on a single piece of equipment

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

It is recommended to use Spectral Throw right from the start. You can also use a Bow with some sort of Elemental Skill like a Galvanic Arrow or Ice Shot, but after reaching the Claw Cluster you will have to switch. Start with increased Damage and Maximum Life, after the first few acts try to convert your Physical Damage into an Elemental one (Cold Damage is the easiest one to convert into), or acquire a Claw with high "added Elemental Damage" at a cost of low Physical Damage. After Maximum Life, prioritize Evasion Rating, then Spell Suppression Chance. to increase your Damage equip Crystallised Omniscience, and begin stacking Attributes. The final step is to get more Critical Strike modifiers. Trinity Support has to be included after you're able to generate Resonance stacks and no sooner.

Suggested leveling Gem setups:

Spectral Helix setup
	Spectral Throw - use Spectral Throw to deal with all kinds of enemies
	Nightblade Support - Nightbalde Support is your best pick for a Support Gem
	Inspiration Support - increases your Critical Strike Chance and Elemental Damage, lowers Mana Cost of Skills
	Added Cold Damage Support - use to add Cold Damage to your Attacks. it can be swapped with Added Lightning or Added Fire Damage.

Whirling Blades setup
	Whirling Blades - one of the best movement Attacks for Claw users
	Lifetap Support - makes your Whirling Blades cost Life

Utility Gems
	Frost Bomb - applies Cold Exposure and reduces Life Regeneration for your enemies, cast it manually or via Arcanist Brand linked to a Curse as well
	Herald of Ice - adds more Cold Damage for your Attacks and increases your Clear Speed by shattering Frozen enemies
	Precision - increases Accuracy Rating and Critical Strike Chance
	Frostbite - lowers Cold Resistance. After switching to general Elemental Damage, use Sniper's Mark

Bandits:

You should kill all the Bandits and take two more Passive Skill Points

Leveling Skill Trees:

36 Points Skill Tree
Go for the Claw Cluster and take some Maximum Life

74 Points Skill Tree
Pick some Elemental Damage or Elemental Damage Conversion from Cold Mastery. Allocate more Life and Mana Reservation Efficiency.

Recommended leveling items:

Le Heup of All - increased Damage, added Attributes, and additional Elemental Resistances

(10-30)% increased Damage +(10-30) to all Attributes (10-30)% increased Rarity of Items found +(10-30)% to all Elemental Resistances

Goldrim - it gives you tons of Elemental Resistances

+(30-50) to Evasion Rating 10% increased Rarity of Items found +(30-40)% to all Elemental Resistances Reflects 4 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers Level Requirement reduced by 100 (Hidden)

Tabula Rasa - it's a great leveling tool, you can six-link the main setup from the start, but it will require an increased Mana Regeneration

Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden) Item has 6 White Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)

Prismweave - after you're using Trinity, consider this Belt as it adds all the typed of Elemental damage to your Attacks

(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage Adds (7-8) to (15-16) Fire Damage to Attacks Adds (5-6) to (12-14) Cold Damage to Attacks Adds 1 to (30-34) Lightning Damage to Attacks +(6-8)% to all Elemental Resistances 30% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect 10% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills

Hrimburn - use these if you want to convert all of your Physical Damage to Cold Damage

+(20-30) to Strength Adds (5-7) to (13-15) Cold Damage to Spells and Attacks +(40-50) to Evasion Rating +(20-30)% to Cold Resistance 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Reflects 10 Cold Damage to Melee Attackers Your Cold Damage can Ignite

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

104 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster Jewels)
118 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Far Shot
2. Endless Munition
3. Gathering Winds
4. Focal Point

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of Arakaali: 10% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time

Minor God: Soul of Garukhan 60% reduced Effect of Shock on you

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Spectral Helix setup
	Spectral Throw - Your main Attack Skill. Keep in mind that with Far Shot your Projectiles deal the most damage right before you catch them.
	Nightblade Support - It's the best Support Gem for the Claws Attacks which increases Critical Strike Chance. It grants you an Elusive Buff with increased effect.
	Trinity Support - you should be able to create Resonances to massively increase your Elemental Damage and to penetrate even more Elemental Resistances
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - it simply increases your Elemental Damage with Attacks
	Increased Critical Damage Support - it increases your Critical Strike Multiplier, the best Support Gem for when you have nearly 100% Critical Strike Chance, which you do
	Inspiration Support - increased Critical Strike Chance, grants more Elemental Damage, and reduces Cost of linked Skills

[UTILITY] Aura setup
	Determination - adds and increases your Armour
	Precision - increases your Critical Strike Chance and Accuracy Rating
	Grace - additional and increased Evasion Rating, one of the most important defensive stats
	Defiance Banner - increased Evasion and Armour while reducing Critical Strike Chance for nearby enemies
	Herald of Ice - Adds Cold Damage to your Attacks, increases Cold Damage, and Shatters Frozen enemies on kill

[UTILITY] Auto-cast setup activated via Focus or a weapon affix every 8 seconds
	Tornado - an Orb which follows and Hinders enemies. You can Hit it with your Projectiles so that it will later deal Reflected Damage
	Hydrosphere - An Orb that inflicts Lightning and Cold Exposure while dealing damage to opponents around it.
	Power Charge on Critical Support - Critical Strikes have a chance to generate Power Charges
	Onslaught Support - grants you Onslaught for increased Attack and Movement Speed

[MOBILITY] Dash and Totem setup
	Dash - a default mobility Skill that allows you to Dash
	Ancestral Protector - this Totem grants you much more Attack Speed
	Lifetap Support - linked Spells cost no Mana, but Life instead

[UTILITY] Molten Shell
	Molten Shell - The best option for a Guard Spell for characters with over 10k Armour, it mitigates received Hit Damage

[UTILITY] Sniper's Mark setup
	Sniper's Mark - It's a big part of the build. With Focal Point it makes enemies receive much more damage, and grants you Flask Charges.
	Mark on Hit Support - as you Hit with any Attack, linked or not, this Mark will be applied to an enemy
	Enhance Support - increases Quality of linked Skills, very important
	Lifetap Support

5. Gear Setup

Crystallised Omniscience is the core element of the build, forcing you to completely change your view on equipping a character. Instead of focusing on Elemental Resistances, focus more on Attributes, especially Dexterity. The most important stats increasing your Defensives are Maximum Life, Attributes, Evasion, Spell Suppression Chance, and Armour. Try to get as much of them as you can. Especially Attributes, these will also make you penetrate Elemental Resistances. For more Damage get the Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier. Attack Speed and Added Elemental Damage will be important too. It's an Expensive build due to the abundance of modifiers you can profit from, and from the fact it consists mostly of Rare Items, and the Unique ones are very expensive. The Unique Flasks and Jewels are extremely good, but not mandatory. The most important asset is your weapon, it needs tons of added Elemental Damage.

Our recommended items will:

1. Cap your resistances 
2. Give you enough DPS/Life to start mapping successfully

(Helmet) Rare Helmet - The best place to get more Maximum Life, Spell Suppression Chance, and Accuracy. You can also get Armour, Evasion, and Attributes, depending on the base you're using.

Min. requirements: 70 maximum Life 400 Accuracy Rating chance to Suppress Spell Damage Optional affixes: Armour Elemental Resistances Nearby Enemies take #% increased Elemental Damage Global Critical Strike Multiplier Attributes

Helmet enchantments: Spectral Throw enchantment

(Weapon) Rare Claw - You should look for the Added Damage of various Elemental types, preferably all of them with a high Tier. It's a very important and very expensive part of the build.

Min. requirements: Adds 70 to 120 Fire Damage Adds 70 to 120 Cold Damage Adds 10 to 220 Lightning Damage Optional affixes: Critical Strike Chance Attack Speed increased Accuracy Rating Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate #% Elemental Resistances Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill, with a 8 second Cooldown

(Weapon) Rare Shield - Look for defensive stats. At least 80 Maximum Life and some Attributes should be enough, but it's also a good place to seek Spell Suppression Chance and some damage modifiers.

Min. requirements: 80 maximum Life Attributes Optional affixes: Evasion Rating Socketed Gems have 30% increased Reservation Efficiency Attributes Elemental Resistances increased Attack Damage with Elemental Skills chance to Suppress Spell Damage Accuracy Rating

(Body Armour) Rare Body Armour - With Ghost Dance, you will need some Energy Shield, source it from Maximum Life via a craftable modifier. Maximum Life and Attributes will be great to have.

Min. requirements: 100 maximum Life Attributes Gain 10% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield Optional affixes: increased Armour, Evasion, and Energy Shield Elemental Resistances chance to Suppress Spell Damage Attacks have +#% to Critical Strike Chance Evasion Rating Chaos Resistance

(Boots) Rare Boots - Movement Speed, Maximum Life, and Attributes are important. One of the more high-end mods is the one granting Onslaught on Kill.

Min. requirements: 25% Movement Speed 70 maximum Life 60 Attributes Optional affixes: Elemental Resistances Armour Evasion Rating Chance to Avoid Elemental Ailments chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - Gloves can provide tons of useful mods. The Added Damage of each Element is available on regular non-influenced ones and you should definitely get it. Also, look for other mods lister here,

Min. requirements: 70 maximum Life Added Fire, Lightning, or Cold Damage to Attacks Optional affixes: Accuracy Rating Elemental Resistances Evasion Rating Dexterity Strength Life or Mana Leech increased Attack Speed

(Belt) Rare Belt - Maximum Life, Resistances, increased Elemental Damage with Attack, and Strength are the four mods to strive for, preferably with a high tier.

Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 30% Total Elemental Resistances 40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills 50 Strength Optional affixes: Chaos Resistance increased maximum Life Attributes

(Amulet) Crystallised Omniscience - It's the core element of the build granting you tons of Resistances and Elemental Resistances Penetration. It might be expensive at the league start, but the price should drop significantly after a week or two.

+(10-16) to all Attributes Modifiers to Attributes instead apply to Omniscience +1% to all Elemental Resistances per 10 Omniscience Penetrate 1% Elemental Resistances per 10 Omniscience Attribute Requirements can be satisfied by (15-25)% of Omniscience

Recommended Anointments: Charisma Utmost Intellect Utmost Might Divine Judgement

(Ring) Rare Ring - as is often the case, get Maximum Life, Attributes, and Resistances. Above all else prioritize Attributes, you can get a lot of them from Rings.

Min. requirements: 50 to Maximum Life 100 Attributes Added Fire, Lightning, or Cold Damage to Attacks Optional affixes: increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Elemental Resistances Attributes Accuracy Rating Chaos Resistance Non-Channelling Skills have -7 to Total Mana Cost (crafted)

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - increased Maximum Life and Attributes are the must-have, the rest depends on what you're missing.

Recommended affixes: increased maximum Life Elemental Resistances increased Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage with Attacks/Claws Attributes increased Evasion Rating

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - The Physical Cluster with Calamitous and Fuel The Fight is a great addition to a build, it grants a lot of damage.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess 1 Added Passive Skill is Calamitous 1 Added Passive Skill is Fuel the Fight

(Jewel) Medium Cluster Jewel - Repeater is a great Notable, the best one you can get on a Projectile Medium Cluster Jewel.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Repeater 1 Added Passive Skill is Streamlined

(Jewel) The Interrogation - Creates Secrets of Suffering Keystone for an alternative Elemental Ailments. Brittle and Scorched are especially good.

Adds Secrets of Suffering

(Jewel) Lethal Pride - We've used this Jewel since it makes all the other nodes in its radius grant you Strength, which is a desirable Attribute. It also Upgrades your Notables with unique properties.

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

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - You can use this Gem to enhance your Grace, Determination, or Precision Auras, some of the mods are good, but no specific one is a game-changer.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>

(Flask) Bottled Faith - Expensive Flask that increases your Damage and Critical Strike Chance as long as the enemies stand on Consecrated Ground

40% increased Damage Creates Consecrated Ground on Use (20-40)% increased Duration Consecrated Ground created by this Flask has Tripled Radius Consecrated Ground created during Effect applies (7-10)% increased Damage taken to Enemies (100-150)% increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies on Consecrated Ground during Flask effect

(Flask) Dying Sun - Used only for the two additional Projectiles, which you don't have a lot of. Definitely useful.

+50% to Fire Resistance 20% less Fire Damage taken (125-150)% increased Charges per use (60-40)% less Duration (10-20)% increased Area of Effect during Flask Effect Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles during Flask Effect

Other suggested Flasks: Bubbling Divine Life Flask with Immunity to Poison during Flask Effect Experimenter's Basalt Flask of Staunching for Bleed removal Experimenter's Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline Diamond Flask with random ailment removal

If you have any other build requests please leave that in the comments below. We are always open to suggestions and constructive feedback.

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