Hi there Exiles! Today we are going into the core of Affliction League with a build that is as tanky as it is deadly: CI Blade Trap Trickster.This build is a masterpiece, combining solid defense with formidable offense and is perfect for running the perilous Valdo's Puzzle Box maps. It's very adaptive and can virtually take on anything in PoE 3.23.

 

• The Challenge: Valdo's Puzzle Box
• The Hero: CI Blade Trap Trickster
• Stats & Gear
• Defensive Mechanics
• Recovery & Immunity
• Handling Physical Damage
• Offensive Mechanics

 

 

↖ The Challenge: Valdo's Puzzle Box

• What's The Big Deal?: These are tier 17 maps that drop as rare loot with insane mods making them almost impossible to complete.
• Rewards: Many of these maps will provide some very rare Path of Exile items once you win them.

 

↖ The Hero: CI Blade Trap Trickster

• Who Is He?: Meet this captain Lance's creation, a trickster designed to survive through all madness presented by Valdo’s maps.
• Key Features:
  • Escape Artist Notable takes advantage on Maximum energy shield based on Evasion Rating
  • Warden's Oath of the Magi doubles defenses from Body Armor
  • Ephemeral Edge Sword converts Energy shield into Lightning damage

 

↖ Stats & Gear

• Intelligence Stacking: Essential part when building up evasion rating, reducing damage taken overall, and offense.
• Key Gear Components:
  • Moonstone Ring: This provides huge intelligence as well as attribute boosts.
  • Simplex Amulet: It improves both intelligence and damage.
  • Large Cluster Jewel: It adds energy shield, lightning damage and more intelligence for the character.
  • Mageblood Unique Belt gives you permanent flask effects.

 

 

↖ Defensive Mechanics

• Spell Suppression: Caps and enhances spells that prevent damage.
• Elemental Resistance: 90% resistance to all elemental types of damage achieved.

 

↖ Recovery & Immunity

• Energy Shield Regeneration: Just under 3000 energy shield regenerated per second.
• Elemental Ailment Immunity: This comes from gear and unique jewels.

 

↖ Handling Physical Damage

• Damage Conversion: Changes some physical damage into other types.
• Worst Case Scenario: Even against the most dangerous physical attacks like the Shaper's slam, this build remains resilient.

 

↖ Offensive Mechanics

Blade Trap: The main damage dealer – a thing made accurate by stacking intelligence for high hit accuracy almost at all times.

 

PoB Link: https://pobb.in/40nTaYpv5XjQ

 

Are you ready to take on the hardest possible maps with this unbreakable build? Then, go ahead, try it out, and tell us your story!