S10 Exo - Black Hole

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A build guide by Stofflix

01 Overview #

Exo Black Hole  comes online decently fast at level 100 for a pretty smooth transition into Hell difficulty making it one of the fastest classes to get Hell early on.
 Exo is a super comfortable leveler and also very fast if you know where to go, which i will be going over in this guide.

The Good

  • Incredibly fast campaign
  • Has little to non problem with Campaign bosses
  • Comes online early on
  • Can have perma 100% movement speed buff
  • Can scale Black hole into a massive area

The Bad

  • Abit clunky at low incarnation levels
  • Can get stuck in terrain while solar dashing
  • Requires pretty good gear to get respectable single target for uber bosses

02 Season Changes #

We took some nerfs to our Black Hole speed farm setup, im not quite sure if we can run this in inferno any longer, But our massive Black Hole should still be fine.

We also took a random nerf to Whip but we should be fine.

03 Loot Filters #

Heres a couple of my own loot filter that i run in the season, Swap filter as you move up in difficulties

04 Stats, Sockets & Stars #

Attributes

400 spent 0 / 400 left
  • Strength 0
  • Dexterity 0
  • Intelligence 400
  • Energy 0
  • Armor 0
  • Vitality 0
  • All SkillsYou're a mage so All skills generally scales pretty well
  • Cold SkillsYou're a cold caster
  • Skill HasteThis helps both your Black Hole and your Lunar Form so try to get atleast 120% Skill Haste, due to diminishing returns after gettting 100% skill haste i wouln't invest to much past 120%
  • Maximum LifeDon't wanna die
  • All ResistanceGotta cap this at 75%
  • -Enemy Cold ResGet this to 100% as fast as you can
Any Flat cold gems will work the higher the better
Important to get resistances to 75% dont wanna lose that juicy Exp

Star levels

When you start getting multiples of your S-tier Satanics, it might be time to attempt some star leveling. Star leveling S-tier Satanics requires Destiny Shards — used at the crafting bench, each shard has a chance to:
62%Upgrade by 1 star
26%Downgrade
12%Corrupt — all stars removed
Each star increases the stats of an item, including orange-text abilities and bonuses. It can also increase +Skill rolls that are NOT +All Skills — so +Elemental or +Physical skills can be scaled this way.

This can be done to SS-tier items too, but it requires higher-tier materials — not suggested until you have established yourself.

05 Leveling Trees #

We Go Tsunami 1-8 and then we get our Solar Dash which is what we basically run all the way to level 100, with some Solar Flaring for bosses.

Put 1 point into Collision at level 3 to have some movement ability and then the rest of your points go into Tsunami.

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06 Level 100+ Skill Trees #

Now that we've hit level 100 we need to start looking for as much Skill Haste as possible to shorten the cooldown of our Black Hole, i would recommend getting atleast 110-120% the diminishing gets to punishing after that.

This is the endgame setup that you will start using at level 100, the most important stats you're looking for on gear from now on is Skill Haste to reach a minimum of 100%. Use Black Hole on cooldown, always use Lunar Orbit once when entering a new map, (Important note on Lunar orbit only put 2 points into Crescent Moon putting 3 drains to much mana) and then spam Tsunami for 135% Cold break and 100% movement speed. Solar Dash for mobility and damage reduction. Once you get enough gear you can swap the node Interstellar Radiation - Super Massive on Black Hole for more clear. (Super Massive is the very first small node in the bottom right)

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07 Incarnation Tree #

We're mostly focusing on getting Skill Haste in the early levels.

We mostly focus on getting Skill Haste and some duration on our Black Hole here.

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08 Gear #

Here we cover your steps of gear you're going to go through, some of the optional items are basically just upgrades if you either get lucky or have extra money laying around

This is basically stuff you find during leveling or can buy for cheap on the market. For the Rings you can really do any Rare/Mythic ones with life/Cold damage. this kinda goes for all slots. Priority here is Skill Haste.

When it comes to charms just anything with Life and Cold damage

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Alternatives

  • WeaponCrystal Cane of Ice, Cane of the Tundra
  • Off-handGem Encrusted Tower
  • Body ArmorMagic-Imbued Frozen Plate Glacial Gladiator's Armor
  • BeltIce Queen's Cestus

09 Mercenary #

This is how your endgame mercenary should look like, before this stage just get any Magic find gear you can find and slap it on whatever merc you decide to use

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Alternatives

  • WeaponValkyrie
  • HelmThe Bucket, Mask of the Celestial
  • Body ArmorMystique Allure
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