[3.16]❄️Eye of Winter Spellslinger Occultist | Boss Killer | T17+ Beyond Farmer | LL & 40+Block

Weapon

We are using a rare wand.First of all, you need to use an Imbued wand because it has 1.5 base attack speed.Because we attack with a wand to trigger spells, we need a fast one.So make sure you buy an Imbued wand.
Good stats on your wand;
+1 to Level of all Cold Spell Skill Gems
+1 to Level of all Spell Skill Gems
(X)% increased Spell Damage
Adds (X) to (Y) Cold Damage
Adds (X) to (Y) Cold Damage to Spells
+(X)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
(X)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells

If you're wondering why there is an attack mod on the list(adds cold damage),spellslinger gem actually has a speciality so any flat attack damage on your wand also gets added to your spell damage.Pretty neat huh? So you can also choose to get a wand with "Adds cold damage" and that'll work.Because flat attack damage has a higher value compared to "Add cold damage to spells", it is actually wiser to get a wand with "Adds cold damage"

If you want to craft your own wand, buy a fractured one with one of these stats above.Then use any appropriate essence until you hit a good one.That's how i crafted mine.
Useful essences;
Hatred->Add cold damage
Woe->Spell damage
Scorn->Critical chance for spells

You can also use Frigid fossils if you want. So you have a high chance to get cold modifiers.
In the end your wand should have;
+1 gem level(cold or spell)
Flat cold damage(Attack is better)
Spell damage(40%+)
Crit multiplier
Luxury: Critical strike chance for spells

Off hand-Shield

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Prism_Guardian
Prism guardian unique shield.Let's you reserve lots of buffs from your life.This is a low life build so we don't need any life at all.Put your auras in this shield.Details are in gem section.

Helmet

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Crown_of_the_Inward_Eye
Crown of the Inward eye is a drop from Sirus the Awakener.It's a common drop so it's easy to buy this even at a fresh league.This helmet provides some interesting bonuses.
"Transfiguration of Soul: Increases and Reductions to Maximum Energy Shield also apply to Spell Damage at 30% of their value
Transfiguration of Body: Increases and Reductions to Maximum Life also apply to Attack Damage at 30% of their value
Transfiguration of Mind: Increases and Reductions to Maximum Mana also apply to Damage at 30% of their value"

Because this is a helmet, make sure you buy one(once it is on the market) with a lab enchant.The best enchant for this build is "Skills Supported by Spellslinger have 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate". This lowers the cooldown on spellslinger so you can trigger more EOW for more dps.

Body Armour

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Shavronne's_Wrappings
This is one the core items for this build.Without this body armour, you cannot play as low life.Because normally chaos damage bypasses energy shield in this game.We are playing as low life so if you don't use this chest, whenever you get hit by chaos damage,you'll just die instantly because we have like 100 health left with the auras we reserve.That's why do not try to play this build without this body armour :D

Gloves

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Hands_of_the_High_Templar
This is another drop from Sirus the awakener.You can actually use Vaal orb on these gloves until it bricks into yellow(rare) item.These have "Can have up to 5 Implicit Modifiers while Item has this Modifier"
That's why it is possible to get more than one implicit on these gloves.So you may want to invest more later on and get a double/triple one.Good implicits for this build;
Elemental weakness curse
+1 Maximum Frenzy charges
+X Spell Critical Strike Chance
Get at least one with elemental weakness curse.Later on, spend more to get at least 1 more modifier.

Boots

Boots are actually a luxury upgrade.Until you finish the rest of your gear,simply use a boots with 20+movement speed,resists and good energy shield(150+ is very good)
Later on if you want to min-max the build, here's what i use.A boots with
Cooldown recovery rate(Crusader or Shaper influence)-> More spellslinger triggers
AND
Tailwind(Hunter)->Provides action speed(attack,cast,movement speed and more)
If you want to craft these on your own, use Awakener's orb on 2 different boots(one with cooldown recovery rate,other one with tailwind).I also have a guide on how to use Awakener's orb in my channel so you can watch that.The example is different but once you understand how it works, you can follow the same method on any gear piece.

Rings
Left ring slot: Rare ring

Good stats;
Energy shield
Increased maximum energy shield(expensive)
Resistances
STR(You need some)

Right ring slot:Snakepit

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Snakepit
This is a unique ring that gives projectile spells +1 chain.That's how our EOW chains from Hydrosphere to the boss.Very important item for this build.You have to equip this ring on your right ring slot otherwise it won't provide you +1 chain, don't make that mistake :D

Amulet

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Presence_of_Chayula
Another core item for low life builds.
Grants stun immunity, 60 chaos res and also converts some of our life to energy shield.We don't need life anyways so this gives us huge energy shield.One of the most broken items in the game and still lives up to this day.
Don't forget to annoint your amulet with blight oils.I picked Assassination because it provides good dps.(Black+Opalescent+Golden Oil)
https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Assassination
Go for something else if you have anything in your mind.

Belt

Crystal belts have energy shield implicit so they are nice for more defence.
Good stats;
Energy shield
Increased maximum energy shield(expensive)
Resists
Spell damage during flask effect
Cooldown recovery rate(Luxury stat)

Jewels
Some of the unique jewels we use requires a specific jewel slot so do NOT put them in wrong sockets.Check path of building so you don't make any mistakes.

Transcendant Flesh

Provides huge critical multiplier depending on the strength in the radius.Using this jewel on left side of templar starting area.

Energy From Within

Converts life nodes to energy shield in the radius.Good for more energy shield.

Thread of hope(Large variant)

Let's us pick passives on the tree without going there.You can only get the passives that are inside the blue zone that Thread of hope marks on the talent tree.

Replica Conqueror's Efficiency

-9 Total mana cost to skills, let us sustain our mana without using mana flask.

Watcher's Eye

Get one depending on your budget.Discpline mods provides more defence, Hatred mods provides dps.Try to get double or triple mods that work for this build depending on your budget.
Discipline-> +(20-30) Energy Shield gained for each Enemy Hit while affected by Discipline
Discipline-> +(5-8)% Chance to Block Spell Damage while affected by Discipline
Hatred-> +(1.2-1.8)% to Critical Strike Chance while affected by Hatred
Hatred-> Damage Penetrates (10-15)% Cold Resistance while affected by Hatred
Hatred-> (40-60)% increased Cold Damage while affected by Hatred
Hatred-> Adds (58-70) to (88-104) Cold Damage while affected by Hatred

Inspired Learning

This character is excellent for juiced map farming(beyond,nemesis) so this jewel makes it way easier.In path of building, i made a seperate talent tree using this jewel so check that out.
Inspired learning is a mini Headhunter that steals a modifier from a rare monster once you kill it.And these different buffs actually stack so you can have dozens of buffs on you while doing juiced maps.Definitely check it out if you want to farm those kind of maps.
Cluster jewels

Spellslinger - Eye of Winter - Increased Critical Strikes Inspiration - Added Cold Damage - Cold Penetration

Spellslinger - Hydrosphere - Power Charge On Crit - Onslaught

Frenzy - Faster Attacks - Culling Strike
Using "Barrage support" instead of "Culling Strike" actually provides more dps.But it doesn't worth using it while mapping.Consider swapping to it if you want more dps at bosses.

Hatred - Vaal Discipline - Zealotry
Press Vaal Discipline if your energy shield gets below %30 or so.It helps you recover it easier.

We will use different setups so do not link everything together.

2-linked: Clarity - Arrogance

1 socket: Herald of Ice Do NOT link this to Arrogance by mistake.

1 socket: Sniper's Mark
Sniper's Mark is one of our curses.Other one is Elemental weakness on our gloves.Use this on big bosses or map bosses.You need to cast this yourself so don't bother with it on weaker targets.

1-socket: Immortal Call
Put this on your left mouse button so you use it without doing anything special.Immortal Call gives us a short buff that provides mitigation.It also helps us to activate the spell block from "Conjured Wall" Large cluster passive.
Mobility setup (Pick one)

Flame Dash - Arcane Surge
OR

- Lightning Warp - Faster Casting - Less Duration
Which mobility skill to use?
Lightning warp is actually way better after the cooldown nerfs in 3.15 patch.But it sucks at beyond maps and some boss fights.If you want to map mostly with this character(no beyond farming), I recommend Lightning Warp.But some people don't like Lightning Warp so go ahead and play with Flame dash if you want.Flame dash is better for quick dodging and clears Vines(nemesis monster debuff) so better at beyond farming and most boss fights.