Path of Exile

Advanced INT Stacking Smite CI Trickster - Shadow - Mercenaries 3.26

You will receive all the gear and gems to be able to play this Path of Exile build. The character itself is not included!

Smite of Divine Judgment Trickster is a min-maxed melee spellblade that channels the power of Energy Blade, Chaos Inoculation, and Intelligence stacking to deliver devastating elemental strikes while remaining nearly untouchable. This build transforms your Energy Shield into raw Lightning Damage through Energy Blade, turning every Smite into a thunderous wave of divine destruction.

By stacking Intelligence and utilizing high-tier ES gear, the build achieves over 13,000 Energy Shield, which fuels both offense and defense. Chaos Inoculation grants full immunity to Chaos Damage, allowing you to focus entirely on layering other defenses. Trickster’s Soul Drinker and Ghost Dance ensure constant ES recovery and smooth uptime, making the build feel fluid and incredibly safe even in high-pressure content.

At the heart of the build is the Mirrored-tier Necrotic Armour, providing an enormous boost to Evasion, Energy Shield, Intelligence, and a crucial 50% increased Global Defenses. This single item significantly amplifies your defense layers. Damage scaling is just as refined. The Simplex Amulet delivers a huge Intelligence bonus (+19% to all Attributes, +26% Intelligence) and grants 2% increased Damage per 15 Intelligence, making it a cornerstone of the build’s explosive output. Combined with Energy Blade's conversion of ES to Lightning base damage, each strike of Smite becomes a burst of divine force.

Chaos Inoculation grants full immunity to Chaos Damage, while Trickster's Soul Drinker and Ghost Dance ensure smooth ES sustain and high evasion. Mageblood automates your flask uptime for effortless boosts to mobility, resistances, and utility, rounding out a build that’s as convenient as it is powerful!

If you’re after a stylish melee-caster hybrid with top-tier gear, fluid gameplay, and devastating Lightning damage, Smite of Divine Judgment Trickster is your weapon of choice for conquering the endgame!

Skill Tree (pobb.in):
https://pobb.in/xBELl2UMZ5KH

Endgame resistances:
Fire 75%
Cold 75%
Lightning 75%
Chaos Immune

Bandit Quest:
Kill All

Ascendancy:
First Labyrinth: - Escape Artist
Second Labyrinth: - Soul Drinker
Third Labyrinth: - Spellbreaker
Uber Labyrinth: - One Step Ahead

Pantheon:
Major: Soul of Lunaris
Minor: Soul of Abberath

Mercenary:
-STR or INT Mercenary with Grace Aura
-Doryani's Prototype
-Voll's Vision
-Perquil's Toe. Allocates Bastion of Hope
-Kaom's Binding
-Rare Gloves with Life, Resistances, Intimidate Enemies on Hit
-Rare Boots with Life, Resistances, Movespeed and Brittle Ground
-2x Rare Mirrored Rings with -X% to Lightning Resistance

Gear and Gem links:
Weapon:
-Normal One-handed Sword with Abyssal Socket (will be replaced after Energy Blade use)
Sockets RR (Cast when Damage Taken - Immortal Call)

Offhand:
-Rare 450+ ES Shield with 50+ INT, 10% Suppress, 15% chance to deal Double Damage while Focused
Sockets RGB (Shield Charge - Faster Attacks - Flame Dash)

Body Armour:
-Mirrored Necrotic Armour 3500 Evasion and 700 ES, 50% increased Global Defenses, 20% Suppress, 6% increased Attributes (Example at pobb.in link)
Sockets RRRRRB (Smite of Divine Judgement 21/20 - Volatility 21/20 - Energy Leech 21/20 - Damage on Full Life 21/20 - Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks lvl 5 - Awakened Multistrike lvl 5)

Helmet:
-Rare 450+ ES Helmet with 55+ INT and 18% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency
Sockets GGBB (Assassin's Mark 21/20 - Energy Blade 21/20 - Mark on Hit - Enhance lvl 4)

Gloves:
-Rare 250+ ES Gloves with 50+ INT, 17% Attack Speed, 36% increased Attack Speed while Focused, Skills target 2 additional nearby Enemies
Sockets RGBB (Flesh and Stone 21/20 - Discipline - Vaal Haste - Enlighten lvl 4)

Boots:
-Rare 250+ ES Boots 50+ INT, 50% chance to Avoid Elemental Ailments, Movespeed and Action Speed
Sockets GGBB (Precision - Arctic Armour - Clarity - Enlighten lvl 4)

Accesories:
-Simplex Amulet with 19% increased Attributes, 26% increased Intelligence, 2% increased Damage per 15 Intelligence. Allocates Arcane Focused
-Helical Ring with 85+ INT, 20+ All Attributes and 30% Global Crit Multiplier
-Kalandra's Touch
-Mageblood

Jewels:
-2x Large Cluster Jewel (Lightning Damage) - 35% Effect, 3% Attack Speed, INT and Energy Shield
-Forbidden Flame - Polymath
-Forbidden Flesh - Polymath
-Lethal Pride
-Ancestral Vision
-The Light of Meaning - 3% increased Energy Shield
-Dual Watcher's Eye - Attack Speed by Precision and Extra Energy Shield by Clarity
-Rare Jewel with INT, Crit Multi and increased ES

Flasks:
-Prismatic Tincture (160%+ increased Elemental Damage). Melee Weapon Damage Penetrates 28% Elemental Resistances
-Silver, Quicksilver, Diamond, Bismuth Flasks with 25% increased Effect. Enchanted with 70% increased Effect
-Second Mods - 60% reduced Effect of Curses on you, 20% Elemental Resistances, 50% increased Crit Chance, 50% Chance to Avoid being Stunned

Gems:

20/20 Gems:
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks
Flame Dash
Cast when Damage Taken
Immortal Call
Mark on Hit
Arctic Armour

21/20 Gems:
Smite of Divine Judgement
Volatility
Energy Leech
Damage on Full Life
Assassin's Mark
Energy Blade
Flesh and Stone

Other Gems:
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks, Level 5 Quality 20%
Awakened Multistrike, Level 5 Quality 20%
Enhance, Level 4
2x Enlighten, Level 4
Discipline, Level 21
Precision, Level 21
Vaal Haste, Level 20
Clarity, Level 1