Best blood mage variation for mapping?

Hey,

I have 95lvl blood mage that I tried at the start of the season but never really got it rolling and the stagger after blinking really bothered me so I ended up rolling to pathfinder. I’ve been browsing poe.ninja but there’s so many variations that I’m not sure which one would be the best opinion for me.

I mostly map and do some pinnacles from time to time so rarity is needed and decent survivability. I play solo and I don’t have it in me to build a temple.

Any blood mage gurus here to help me decide what kinda build would suit me best? Switching ascendancy would be fine too.

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MarmTownUSA•4 months ago•3

I ran a ice shot/snipe blood mage on a rhoa and it was disgusting haha

Mapping was crazy quick, and bosses got deleted.

It was Jays bleed bow if you want a guide.

I put a ton of currency in it, but it’d probably still be good on a budget.

zavorak_eth•4 months ago•3

Check out iamjustanthony and his array of bm builds. He does everything bm and has different build variants as well as different budget levels. It's a great place to grab some ideas if nothing else.

oldglassofmilk•4 months ago•3

Fastest overall (if you have the money) is a temporalis build and it isn't even close

If you do have a life, probably spark +coc arc, no need to aim just cast and go

VonUber•4 months ago•1

I am leveling a lightning spear bleed build. Atziris contempt build. Leveling is buttery smooth since there is a 500+ pdps unique spear you can equip at 38

silversurfer022•4 months ago•1

Search for autohotkey script to solve the stagger issue with blink.

CantaloupeSuch4352•4 months ago•1

I run an elemental weakness with COC comet I’m on standard with this build trying to push dps as much as possible, so far it’s a one button build and super satisfying clearing maps and one shots bosses

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/best4last-1420/character/Bestoandlasto

Head_Bid_5111•4 months ago•1

For what it’s worth there’s a macro which uses autohotkey that basically presses your space bar twice in quick concessions which stops you from being staggered after blinking. You can input this manually to stop the stagger but it has to be fast. Send me a dm and I can help you set it up it’s extremely easy.

aliumx21•4 months ago•1

Yall are still playing poe2 rn..? 3.28. Get it together folks

Sorry-Ad-9729•4 months ago•1

As long as you have monsters to kill I think lightning warp will get you around maps the faster than blink

I kinda threw this build together myself but it works well

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Crlchn-0898/character/Catziri

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