[3.3] "Living Conduit" - Charged Dash CwC Arc Trickster (Fast T15 map clears, work in progress)

We use an Essence Worm in order to not only boost Wrath but also nullify the 50% cost, making room for our other reservations (despite the 40% increase).


Even though Impresence doesn't make Blasphemy + Conductivity truly free (due to Essence Worm), it's enough that it allows us to run both Discipline and Arctic Armor on top of both of these. The energy shield regen also helps with keeping part of Ghost Dance active at all times.

I'm using double Doryani's Catalyst because of the elemental leech and the hybrid nature of them, offering decent physical and very good elemental stats. If you don't have these, any good hybrid 1h dual wield setup will do. Crafting lightning leech onto daggers/scepters/claws with Catarina is recommended, or else you'll have to find another source of leech. I ran a Warlord's Mark Blasphemy aura for a while and also used a Lightning Doryani's Invitation belt to offset this.

Ice Golem - Blind - Increased Minion Life

Survivability and bonus crit/accuracy. Minion Life is there since we dont run this with CWDT and want it to survive as long as possible.

Orb of Storms - PCoC - Increased Critical Strikes

Self explanatory. Generate charges for tougher content. Also since we're lightning based this does actually deal *decent* damage.


ES helm because of Escape Artist. Helm enchant can be Arc for damage, or Movespeed on Charged Dash. I haven't hit the Uber 15% yet (or an Arc one...) but this is helpful enough for now.

Lightning Spire Trap - Trap and Mine Damage - Lightning Penetration - Concentrated Effect

Serious single target damage. Easy to drop one and then Charged Dash away. Also good for dealing with Atziri Reflect, Essences, strongboxes, etc.

Ideally get a helm with Concentrated Effect built in and run Controlled Destruction or Added Lightning Damage instead.


Any 6L with G-B-B-B-B-B is fine. Preferably something with evasion to use Escape Artist to offset the ES loss from Acrobatics. Ideally I'd want to run something like The Perfect Form, QotF or Kintsugi here, but getting a 6L with 5 offcolors is a fun task.

Shroud of the Lightless is a great option here as well. You can drop either Lightning Pen or Added Lightning Damage (I haven't PoB'd it) since it comes with Elemental Penetration baked in. If you do this, prioritize Abyss jewels obviously in your tree.

Inpulsa's Broken Heart is another option, but you're not going to get a lot out of Escape Artist with it, and we're not struggling with killing trash at all. Still, if you feel you want the damage, it's an easy gem link setup.

Charged Dash - Cast while Channeling - Vaal Arc - Lightning Penetration - Controlled Destruction - Added Lightning Damage

CD casts regular Arc for the CwC and you still get access to the Vaal skill which is, again, a great crowd clearing ability or boss killer. The lucky buff you get to Arc is not insignificant, and it's a guaranteed shock which is great for priming your Lightning Spire traps.

It might be worth using a level 3/4 Empower here instead of Added Lightning if you have one. Again, probably dependent on your personal gear.


Resists, life, etc. Nothing to say here.


Grab gloves with the Incursion mod 25% physical -> lightning. This will help scale your Charged Dash with all the +lightning we're getting and reduce any worries with physical reflect maps.

Arctic Armor - Blasphemy - Conductivity - Frost Wall (for elder)

Buffs buffs and utility. Arctic Armor works nicely for this build as you're stationary while channeling, so we get the benefit more often than not.


Abyss belt. Standard fare. You could use Doryani's Invitation for the bonus damage / leech if you want, but I feel like you need the life. Same story with Ascent from Flesh for some nifty Phasing dodge / movespeed interaction, but again, I feel like you need the life.


I'm using resistance boots to help cover the gap. Biggest thing to note is 30% movespeed. You DEFINITELY want to run 30% if at all possible. Atziri's Step is a good option if you don't have resistance issues. I ran Stormchargers for a while which are only 20% but also helped convert the additional physical -> lightning on Charged Dash.

CWDT (6) - Immortal Call (8) - Increased Duration - Vaal Discipline

Standard CWDT IC setup, adjust your levels accordingly to your HP as you see fit. Vaal Disc goes here for the bonus duration on the Vaal usage.

Life flasks - Could run 2x seething if you want, but you need bleed removal and freeze removal here.

Atziri's Promise - Surivability, leech, and gives us bonus chaos even if we dont have full conversion. Leech synnergizes with Harness the Void as well. Plus with Incursion being so heavy with Chaos firing squads, this is actually really handy to use.

Jade flask for survival. Could run Quartz or Stibnite if you wanted to. I found I move around too fast for Stibnite to be useful but it would be good on bosses.

Quicksilver Flask - Movespeed is amazing for Charged Dash. If I can get a 50-60/30 Rotgut I'll use that, even if I dont get any use from the Frenzy/Onslaught interaction on it. I run warding on here so I can blaze through maps with curses. If I do replace with Rotgut, I'll roll warding on my Evasion flask.

Other option would be to have a Wise Oak and keep Lightning Resistance the highest.

Life, lightning damage, etc. Phasing on kill is a QoL thing. Same with attack speed. Big things are Energy Shield regen so that even when you're taking lots of damage, you have SOME ES trickling in to keep part of your Ghost Dance ascendancy working for you. Keeping that extra dodge and movespeed is huge.


Not necessary, but I got this one for fairly cheap due to the rather undesired nature of conversion. Grace is wasted, but again, this is a build in progress. If you dont have access to a Watcher's Eye and still want the full physical -> lightning conversion, as I mentioned above, Stormchargers are a good boot option despite the 10% MS loss.



Since we really dont care much about mana, this is just a no brainer. I only want to use one because traps get expensive and having the ability to throw out traps/orb of storms when I want is somewhat important.