3.2 Tinkerskin Saboteur Chin Sol Viable trapper - not a guide, WIP

Hello, this build is roughly based on the other shrapnel shot guide. I have made my own variation of it using the Effigon gold amulet and taking the "Born in the shadows" ascendancy node, basically giving us a lycosidae for bow users. This amulet is very underrated and gives us more reliable clear and crits, I can one shot most packs and even most lower tier bosses.

This is a great league started because all the uniques are very cheap and with the addition of shaped mod items it is very easy to get free 6L in your helm and gloves for both shrapnel shot and blast rain.

With 3.2 it is much easier to sustain life with "Pyromaniac" ascendancy node, which also allows you to run a vinktar's flask with no downside since you become immune to shock. We take Eldritch battery because tinkerskin allows us to get more than enough ES back when our traps are triggered.

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That is actually not true. You will get back only 50 ES because rest of your traps is triggered by your ascendancy passive, not by the enemy.

Quick update for 3.2, wanted to share with others who also like to trap. Currently I believe using chin sol is the only viable way to map with traps.

really cool idea to use that new amulet and thanks for the videos
i have one question, how large is that "nearby enemies are blinded" radius really? somehow i have trouble to see that

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really cool idea to use that new amulet and thanks for the videos
i have one question, how large is that "nearby enemies are blinded" radius really? somehow i have trouble to see that

Yeah the radius is not big and forces you to get up close to enemies. It is roughly the size of blasphemy radius. You can see in my gear that I use blasphemy enfeeble+AOE gem because I want the enemies to be cursed when I get up close to them in case they hit me so that I can tank the damage. Another note is that you have "25% chance to blind on hit" so in case there is a very rippy boss you can throw blast rain from far away and it will still curse the boss without you having to get up close.

Playing it right now. Credit should go to Baldersh though. this is not your idea :P

It is very viable and Born in the Shadows+ Pyro make it borderline "tanky". Currently pushing into t8's.

How are you running a Herald of IcE + Blasphemy Enfeeble + Wrath?

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Playing it right now. Credit should go to Baldersh though. this is not your idea :P

It is very viable and Born in the Shadows+ Pyro make it borderline "tanky". Currently pushing into t8's.

Chin sol trappers have been around for a long time, and nobody can claim it was their original idea. Besides, I never claimed it was my own, I only want to share this with others.

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How are you running a Herald of IcE + Blasphemy Enfeeble + Wrath?

I'm running wrath+blasphemy enfeeble only. Herald of Ice is just there since I have an extra gem slot, it might be good to go HoI+HoL instead of Wrath for even faster clearing.

Also, Pretty sure Eldritch Battery can be skipped. I'm having zero sustain issues not taking it.

I'm running herald of Ice and thunder+ Arctic Armour. Seems better than Wrath + one herald. And Cast on dmg taken+ ball lightning+ curse on hit enfeeble

Not sure why you dont go over to Golems Blood, and the jewel socket too.

I'm running similar build at level 87. I was able to spec out of eldritch battery and take advantage of the Acrobatics 3.2 ES penalty reduction. This gave me an extra 500 effective life plus some other benefits. Mana is tight but don't usually have any problems.