POE 3.21: Prismatic Burst Shield Charge Ignite - A Fast Map Clearing Build

May 11, 2023 Author: POECurrency.com

I think this is the most fun build I played in a really long time now and the build is called Prismatic Burst Shield Charge Ignite. It might not be for everyone. It can be a bit hard to replicate and it has its distinct strengths and weaknesses. But the combination of the satisfying off-screen ignites spread, speed, one button playstyle and the ability to clear while moving just hits all the right spots for me.

By the way, this is a mapping build, so I would not recommend it for bossing. It excels at speed, clearing high density maps.

POE Prismatic Burst Shield Charge Ignite

Prismatic Burst is a new gem, it’s a support gem that can be linked to any attack skill, making it trigger a very hard-hitting area spell with a cooldown similar to Shockwave Support.

It’s also a prismatic gem that functions similarly to Elemental Hit, which means it has damage of all three elements, but will choose one at random kind of and deal no damage to the others. The element in chooses can be influenced by its built-in stat preference mechanic or combat focus jewels.

However, there’s a slight nuance in the wording of the skill. Unlike Elemental Hit, Prismatic burst actually has a 100% less multiplier on unchosen elements. This means you’ll gain no benefit from converting the other damages to your chosen element with things like Avatar of Fire. This also means you need to use two combat focused jewels even though we’re an Elementalist and all hits ignite. The 100% less damage on Prismatic Burst means we deal no ignite damage unless we choose fire.

Now, even though you can’t cheat it with conversion mechanics, the damage on this thing is actually insane, especially when you get to higher gem levels. At level 30, it does like four times the damage of a level 20 gem, which is already pretty high compared to other things.

POE Prismatic Burst

It does have its drawbacks. For one, you’re essentially on a 5-Link because it’s a support gem that requires another skill to proc. In addition, the high damage is balanced by the fact that it has a cooldown, 0.8 seconds. At gem level 30 though, the cooldown gets roughly cut in half, which is not bad.

We don’t really care about the cooldown too much since the build is ignite based. I thought this was the way to go since it’s a really big infrequent hit. So, you might be wondering why I mentioned level 30 specifically. The reason is that the gem skills exponentially at least until around level 30, where the additional increases from levels chills out a bit.

Now, you still want to get the gem level as high as possible, but that might be a bit difficult because it’s a support gem, so all the skill gem levels scaling. You can get on your weapon, shield, or amulet doesn’t really do anything for you. That’s why we’re using a Forbidden Shako.

POE Forbidden Shako

Before you click away, this is actually playable without a Shako. I’ll go over it in a bit, but first I want to quickly talk about Shield Charge since that’s what we’re actually going to be using.

This build can get pretty fast. That’s possible because of this Crucible mod that gives two percent attack speed per 10 Rampage kills at the maximum 1000 Rampage that’s 200% attack speed, which is a lot and is much needed in these types of builds since you don’t really get attack speed anywhere else.

You are halfway there after a few packs. We’re getting Rampage from a Bisco’s Leash since we need our glove slot for suppression and exposure. Now, it is possible to get Rampage on your weapons through Crucible Tree Merging, but that’s going to be pretty unlikely and you could probably sell it for like 10 times the cost of the build, anyway.

The Crucible Tree on your weapon is actually pretty important, but you only really need two things: first, the Shield Charge Rampage mod obviously, but you’ll also want Resolute Technique, so you don’t have to worry about accuracy.

POE Bisco’s Leash

So, let’s talk about the Forbidden Shako, the one I have has a level 33 Prismatic Burst. You may want one at least level 30. But the higher, the better. I also have an Unbound Ailments Support as the second support. But it just needs to be not detrimental to the build. I tested it minus one support gym and it feels fine. I picked this up for like three Divine Orbs.

But I understand that the availability of Shako is might be an issue, so you might want to pick one up soon if you want the Shako. I see like 70 usable ones up for sale at the time I’m writing this. In any case, please prepare enough POE Currency. The alternative is to just use a plus two AOE body armor in a 6-Link.

I was using a plus two Tabula, and it’s not bad. You’re just going to be more strapped for damage, so unless you can make up for it with better gear, you’ll start to feel the lack of damage on tanky rares, uniques or certain map mods.

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Due to the playstyle of the build, you either have enough damage and everything feels great or you don’t and it sucks. You ideally want to Shield Charge into a pack of mobs. Once everything dies, then you move on. So, in order for things to feel smooth, getting damage is pretty important. However, your scaling options are kind of limited since you can’t get gem levels and extra damage added as another element and conversion doesn’t work due to this line on the Prismatic Burst.

We’re getting a lot of increased damage on jewels or weapon, sources of Faster Ignite and DoT Multiplier anywhere we can get it. We’re also using forbidden jewels to get Shaper of Storms for another layer of damage scaling with the Shock. It’s also kind of nice since our Berek’s Respite also spreads the Shock.

For a single target, we have Infernal Cry to Covered In Ash, Flame Surge for Burning Ground and Flammability for more damage. You might not know this, but Infernal Cry actually has a hit component. Every attack it exerts triggers Combust. Since we’re using Shield Charge, which is an attack that can be exerted, we can proc on-hit things linked to Infernal Cry. I’m using Combustion, Hextouch, and Flammability to eliminate an extra key press at the cost of some cross effect.

POE Shield Charge

Now since this is a mapping focus build, I think it’s fair to say that the Atlas Tree and map rolling are also an important part of the build. I’m running a Grand Design tree to get as much pack sides as possible because one, you’ll get bigger ignite chains and two, it speeds up the ramp a lot since our speed is dependent on Rampage Stacks. The faster you stack it, the better. You don’t have to use Grand Design, but you’ll notice that things feel a lot better when the map is very dense.

I’m actually an ironically also using Dance of Destruction. It’s essentially a 25% more damage multiplier. Since damage is so important to the overall feeling of the build, I don’t mind the rare occasional death. I played without it too and it felt fine. It just felt better with it. Also, I didn’t really feel a downside too much since we’re killing stuff off screen a lot of the time anyway, so we don’t get hit too often and whenever I do die, it’s usually to some insane rare mob and I’m pretty sure that thing kills me no matter what.

Also, we have pretty decent defenses. So, think of it as turning some of our defensive power into scaling our damage. We’re not like immortal or anything. But we’re not exactly paper either. Even though we have a really low life pool, all the defensive layers we have actually ended up feeling pretty tanky.

POE Forbidden Taste

We’re capping our spell suppressed with the help of a precise technique: Impossible Escape. We have capped Chaos Residences, so we can actually run a Forbidden Taste triggered on Savage hit, essentially functioning as an automatic life flask when you take a big hit. We’re shifting a lot of the incoming physical damage to Elemental combined with some Max Residences, so Prismatic skin is also a possible anoint for some more max threads.

Now, since most of the damage we’re going to be taking as Elemental are Primal Aegis, which gets a lot of value, especially because our life pull is so low. That means each point of the Shield will have more relative value.

The annoying thing about having a low life pool, though, is you can get stun locked if you don’t have any stun mitigation. I’m personally not running any, but some options are using the Brine King Pantheon and Immutable Force Jewel or even two suffixes on your Quicksilver and Cinderswallow Urn.

POE Cinderswallow Urn

The last thing I want to talk about is Ignite Proliferation Support versus Berek’s Respite. I prefer Berek’s Respite, but both have their pros and cons. Ignite Proliferation feels really nice when you have mechanics that spawn in a bunch of mobs and Berek’s Respite feels amazing in really dense maps. You can try both and see which one feels better for you.

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1. Kinetic Blast Wander Build

Kinetic Blast Wander build theoretically boasts over 20 million DPS, making it an extremely powerful build, though it's highly likely to be nerfed in the next patch. This build primarily utilizes Bloodline node, Farewell to Flesh, and the new skill gem Kinetic Blast.

Kinetic Blast is a ranged projectile skill that explodes into multiple additional explosions upon hit, all of which hit a single enemy.

Farewell to Flesh node amplifies the damage of each Herald skill as long as mana is preserved. Combined with Herald of Thunder and Herald of Ice, it achieves nearly 90% mana preservation. This build also boasts a permanent 24% shell, elemental immunity, and energy shield over-life drain, making it exceptionally survivable.

Early on, place Herald gem in Honourhome helmet, focusing on stacking power and elemental focus. Use Essence Worm Unset Ring for double scaling. Later, stack Herald effects with Tattoos, Cluster jewels, and Corruptions to ensure the buffs are self-circulating.

2. Earthshatter Berserker Build

Earthshatter Berserker is a classic power-based build, excelling in Hardcore SSF and the trade league. It's fast, brutal, and surprisingly tanky.

During the campaign, you can focus on crafting physical weapons, using PoE currency appropriately to ensure your magical or rare weapons have suitable affixes. During the farming phase, you can acquire an axe through gambling, then stack life, resistances, and movement speed on rare items.

While farming, you need to constantly use Blood Rage to maintain exerted attacks and destroy everything in its path. This build is very easy to gear up, allowing for high damage even on the first day of your league journey.

3. Archmage Hierophant Build

This build requires a transfigured version of Frostbolt, making Frostbolt have no cooldown and heavily reliant on cast speed scaling, and its gameplay is similar to a spell-based Flicker Strike.

By unleashing Frostbolts to fill the screen, you can instantly destroy hordes of monsters, while simultaneously adding overlapping explosions with Vortex of Projection. You no longer need to manually cast Vortex, and it's automatically triggered by the projectiles, allowing you to maintain movement and safety. After acquiring Echoing Shrine, it transforms into a spell-based Gatling gun.

4. Venom Gyre Deadeye Build

Venom Gyre Deadeye build scales damage and defense directly from Dexterity. Each point of Dexterity translates into Speed, Poison Power, and Evasion.

Early on, you can use Cobra Lash for a smooth upgrade path, switching to Venom Gyre later in the game. This build blends melee and projectile gameplay, excelling in content like Legion, Breach, Blight, and Strongboxes thanks to its high-resolution map speed and mobility.

5. Energy Blade Inquisitor Build

Energy Blade is a hybrid build that converts the energy shield into pure lightning damage, and it can enhance almost any spell. Initially, you only need a small number of Divine Orbs. Later, their powerful AOE capabilities provide substantial rewards, and you can use them as a base to develop various playstyles.

6. Penance Brand Of Dissipation Build

This build primarily involves placing brands to attach to enemies, accumulating energy, and then exploding them into pulse waves.

Mind Over Matter and Eldritch Battery can absorb damage using mana. The energy shield is used as mana, making this build incredibly tanky when fully charged.

In boss fights, timing and control are crucial. The explosion deals the most damage when the brand reaches maximum energy.

7. Cyclone Hollow Palm Gladiator Build

This build utilizes the signature Cyclone skill, but forgoes weapons. Every drop of its damage and defense comes from Dexterity, which simultaneously increases damage, attack speed, and evasion.

You can pair it with Devoto's Devotion helmet for increased attack speed, and Purity of Elements for elemental resistance, making your character almost impossible to hit. Gladiator Ascendancy also provides block and damage reduction, which, combined with potion effects and Ralakesh's Impatience boots, allows for even faster attack speed, making it one of the fastest map-clearing builds in the game.

8. Animate Weapon Of Ranged Arms Necromance Build

This classic summoner build is reborn with the new support ability Bladefall of Trarthus. The new ability eliminates the need to manually cast it every few seconds to generate weapons; it now continuously generates blades, perfectly maintaining the duration of Animate Weapon.

This build is more powerful, more resilient, and more flexible. It's viable in hardcore mode, capable of pinnacle bosses, and requires only simple gem switching between farming and boss fights. The primary damage comes from Animate Weapon itself, supplemented by Spectres, Animate Guardian, and Despair.

9. Poisonous Concoction Of Bouncing Build

This is the most beginner-friendly build and performs exceptionally well in the current version. It's fast, deadly, and has extremely low gear requirements, making it virtually immune to bad luck. Because its damage relies entirely on the character's health, potions, and skill gem levels, players don't even need a weapon. Simply stack health, resistances, and dodge on your gear to achieve this. Pathfinder provides permanent flask effects, a huge amount of movement speed, and powerful poison sustain.

10. Flicker Strike Frost Blades Champion Build

Flicker Strike is undoubtedly one of the most iconic and chaotic skills in Path of Exile, and in version 3.27, it returns faster, stronger, and more insane.

The fun of this build lies in its extreme speed and chaos. You can teleport infinitely between enemies, sometimes even your screen can't keep up with your movements. The rework of Champion Ascendancy further enhances this.

That concludes these PoE build recommendations. Hopefully, this will help you find a more fun and easier build.

Path Of Exile 3.27 Keepers Of The Flame Uber Boss Kill Event Guide | Dates, Rewards, And Best HCSSF Builds To Reach Level 50

It's been almost two weeks since Path of Exile 3.27, but most players should already have a general understanding of the league. The official event is Keepers of the Flame Uber Boss Kill event.

The event challenges players to defeat Uber Incarnation of Dread in designated matches, rewarding the first to succeed with prizes including a gaming laptop.

Date

The event lasts for one week, starting this Thursday:

Start Time: November 13, 2025, 1 PM PST or November 13, 2025, 3 PM CST.
End Time: November 20, 2025, 1 PM PST or November 20, 2025, 3 PM CST.

How To Participate?

To participate in this event, several conditions must be met:

Your character must be on HC SSF. This is to prevent you from receiving help from other players (console players can participate through Softcore Self-Founded Server).
Account sharing or similar activities are prohibited; otherwise, you will be disqualified.
Players who participated in Alpha test server, as well as former and current employees of the official team, are not eligible for rewards.

This event is open to all players. The event panel will appear on the character selection screen 30 minutes before the event starts. Click Join to participate. Your character cannot move before the event starts. The official team also stated that if the event encounters technical issues, such as server instability, the team will launch a new league and restart the event.

Console players may not be able to receive the first-place physical prize, which is only available to PC players. However, console players can still claim other virtual item rewards.

Rewards

The first player to kill Uber Incarnation of Dread will receive a grand prize, while the top five players will each receive a microtransaction bundle. All players who participate in this event and reach level 50 during the event period will receive a Third Edict Mystery Box. Final rankings will be determined by the official team.

First Place Reward

The first place winner will receive an official Alienware 16X Aurora Gaming Laptop, with the following specifications:

Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX, 24 cores
Windows 11 Home
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070
64 GB DDR5
2 TB SSD
16” Non-Touch QHD+

Top Five Rewards

Each of the top five players will receive one of the following microtransaction bundles:

Celestial Warlord Armour Pack
Celestial Warlord Back Attachment
Divergence Weapon Effect
Celestial Emperor Finisher Effect
Breach Hedron Portal
Midnight Pact Character Effect
Harmony Footprints Effect
Tumbling Exalted Orb Pet

Level 50 Reward

Players who reach level 50 will receive a Third Edict Mystery Box, with a chance to obtain the following item:

Charge Skin Variations (3 variations)
Dodge Roll Effect Variations (2 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Helmet Variations (2 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Body Armour Variations (2 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Gloves Variations (2 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Boots Variations (2 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Alternate Helmet Variations (2 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Back Attachment Variations (2 variations)
Fracturing Character Effect Variations (3 variations)
Fractured Dreamer Weapon Skin Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Helmet Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Body Armour Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Gloves Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Boots Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Back Attachment Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Weapon Skin Variations (2 variations)
Goblin Shaman Skin Variations (2 variations)
Giant Sphynx Pet Variations (5 variations)
Shifting Portal Effect Variations (2 variations)
The Forgemaster's Map Device
Molten Portal Effect
Explosion Level-up Effect Variations (3 variations)
Rhoa Mount Variations (2 variations)
Well Hideout Decoration Variations (2 variations)
Doryani's Rare Finisher Effect Variations (4 variations)

How Can Regular Players Obtain Rewards?

Although this event will last for 7 days, the prizes are clearly designed for players with time and skill, such as Ben, Alex, Jung, Exil, etc. However, Third Edict Mystery Box rewards are also quite good for regular players. The question is how to safely and quickly level up to 50 in HC SSF.

In Hardcore SSF, you cannot buy PoE Currency or trade items with other , and your character is deleted upon death. Therefore, to reach level 50, survivability is paramount, followed by damage and leveling. Ideal builds maintain sufficient damage output while also possessing some AoE capabilities, allowing for quick monster clearing.

Melee Slam Builds

These builds utilize Slam-type skills for wide-area, high-damage attacks. Juggernaut is highly recommended due to its extremely high defensive capabilities, making it suitable for Hardcore Fighting (HCSF) progression.

It enhances survivability through Endurance Charge and additional elemental and physical damage reduction. You can complete all content and Tier 17 maps with only 5-link gear.

Alternatively, you can choose Slayer or Berserker, but their defense is not as high as Juggernaut's.

Wand Builds

Wand builds utilize Wands for attacks, primarily launching Projectiles. The wands in PoE 3.27 are incredibly powerful, especially with the new skill Somatic Shell and developer demos focusing on projectile attacks and wands. Three new wands have also been added this league. The damage and upgrade speed of wand builds are undeniable.

Kinetic Blast of Clustering Hierophant and Kinetic Rain Elementalist or Hierophant are also very powerful wand builds, but their survivability is lower than melee Slam builds, requiring a certain level of skill.

Mines builds

Mines builds can use mines to trigger abilities, creating large-area AOE explosions. In the current league, it's recommended to pair them with Exsanguinate and Reap. This proved effective in the previous league and doesn't have high gear requirements.

As for Ascendancy class, you can choose Trickster and Elementalist, although Trickster has been nerfed in this league.

If you're unsure which specific build to play, you can first check the performance of HCSSF ladder builds from the previous league to confirm their viability before choosing trap builds.

That concludes the overview of POE 3.27 Uber Boss Kill Event. We hope you achieve your desired ranking and win the grand prize.

Path Of Exile 3.27 Blights Farming Guide | Mechanisms, Changes And Strategies

The current Keepers of the Flame league in PoE is interesting because it not only adds several new mechanics, but its core mechanic, Breaches, is essentially a reset and echo of the permanent gameplay and the past Breach league.

Besides the new Breaches, which are worth experiencing, some permanent gameplay has been updated through 3.27 league, offering a better experience and a large amount of loot. Among these gameplay, Blights is quite important.

So why does Blights remain valuable among the many new gameplay elements, and how can you farm it in the new league to obtain currency and various items? We will explain.

Blights Mechanism Overview

Blights are essentially a tower defense encounter that generates through Fungal Growths in any map area. Generally, the probability of triggering it on non-unique maps is at least 8%.

In addition, you can also unlock Blight encounters by transferring other normal maps from using the modifiers. Blights on these special maps are larger, allowing you to earn more rewards by killing more enemies.

Compared to most Path of Exile encounters or events, Blights are easier to complete and trigger, and more importantly, offer a wider variety and greater quantity of rewards. Therefore, trading Blighted maps is very popular.

When Blights appear, they are represented in-game as fungi. The important NPC Sister Cassia will then place a purification pump on these fungi, causing them to randomly grow roots in various directions.

As the roots extend, you'll find a portal at the end of each root, from which enemies spawn and converge towards the center of the fungus. The number of roots that can spawn depends on the map tier you're in when Blights are triggered, with a maximum of 8 roots.

Your task is to build defensive towers on each root to prevent enemies from entering the fungus's core. Sometimes, certain roots may spawn even more enemies or special Blight bosses.

Furthermore, the enemies on different roots have different resistances, requiring you to build defensive towers based on their characteristics. The resources for building these towers are obtained by completing other game tasks or defeating Blight enemies.

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Once an enemy breaches the defensive tower and reaches the core, the durability of the purification pump placed by Cassia will decrease until it disappears. While enemies will stop spawning, this also means your Blight challenge has failed.

However, if you successfully defend against and defeat all the enemies on the roots, a reward chest will spawn at the portal at the end of the root. Even if you fail, a portion of the reward will be retained, preventing you from returning completely empty-handed.

Changes To Blights In 3.27 League

While the main Blight mechanics weren't changed in 3.27 league updates, the experience was improved through several details.

Firstly, now when you open a chest, other chests within a 1.5-meter radius will automatically open, and their items will be automatically collected into your inventory, eliminating the hassle of walking between roots to collect items.

Secondly, the boss summoned by Blight Scarab of Blooming will no longer bring additional monsters, thus appropriately reducing the difficulty of completing Blight encounters and making it easier to earn rewards.

How To Choose Passive Nodes, Scarabs, And Maps?

Keepers League has updated the entire Atlas tree, so to more effectively clear Blights, you need to change your passive tree setup.

To this end, you should prioritize unlocking nodes in both small and large passive nodes that increase the spawn rate of Tier 1-15 maps, thereby increasing the chance of triggering Blight encounters by generating many maps.

An additional node to mention is Singular Focus, which will cause more regular maps to be converted into Favored maps instead of Blight versions, so you should avoid it.

Furthermore, you need to unlock nodes that increase the number or type of Scarabs dropped when killing enemies on the map, thus providing more enhancements to your Blight maps and increasing their farming value. Available Scarab nodes include:

Amplified Artifacts and Remarkable Relics
Scarab of Bosses
Strongbox Scarabs
Scarab of Fortifications
Amplified Artifacts and Remarkable Relics
Scarab Nodes for Specific Mechanics

Based on this, besides the already mentioned optimized Blight Scarab of Blooming, another recommended Scarab is Blight Scarab of Invigoration, which increases the difficulty and loot rewards of all Blight enemies within its effect range.

Since triggering Blights randomly during exploration is too random, converting existing maps is a better way to farm them efficiently. Therefore, we recommend prioritizing converting Toxic Sewer map.

Which Eldritch Altar Should You Choose?

You might find this altar on the map after defeating specific enemies. There are two types: the red Searing Exarch Altar and the blue Eater of Worlds Altar, each applying different buffs to your Blight map.

The red altar increases your chances of obtaining different types of currency, while the blue altar increases the quantity and rarity of your drops.

In 3.27 league, both blue and red altars are viable for Blight maps; the final choice depends on your desired effect: blue altars offer higher overall value and are better suited for upgrades, while red altars require less investment.

Tower Building Strategy

In the current league, Atlas passive skill Templar Ingenuity allows you to build all types of Blight towers and upgrade them to the highest level.

We recommend building one of each type of tower to diversify their attributes and ensure you can defend against a wider variety of enemy types.

These are the tips for continuing to farm loot using the classic Blight farming mechanic in Keepers of the Flame league. We hope this helps you progress through the league!

Path Of Exile 3.27 Best Foulborn Unique Items | Uses, Value, And Top Picks In Keepers Of The Flame League

Path of Exile 3.27 Keepers of the Flame, besides introducing new unique items, also introduces a new mechanic: Foulborn Unique Items. These replace one or more affixes on existing unique items with entirely new ones.

Because the stats of these unique items' affixes are increased or changed, they provide affix combinations that were previously impossible or nerfed, thus giving rise to a large number of new builds.

Of course, the value of these unique items isn't uniform. Some are very useful but require too much currency, while others are practically worthless. So here are some of the most useful and cost-effective Foulborn Unique items.

Foulborn Tulborn

The core affix of Foulborn Tulborn is "To Level of all Cold Spell Skill Gems," ranging from 2 to 4. You can roll for the highest value using one or two Divine Orbs. It only provides a fixed amount of cold damage, and +4 versions are very common in Trade League. Therefore, an untainted Tulborn with the +4 affix only requires a few Chaos Orbs.

However, this item itself doesn't provide a percentage increase in spell damage, but you can compensate for this by adjusting your character's passive talents or using a 12-passive large cluster jewel. In short, it's one of the most cost-effective items for Cold Spell builds in the game right now, and you can even consider dual-wielding it to increase damage.

Foulborn Xoph's Heart

Foulborn Xoph's Heart reduces physical damage from hits to fire damage, with a perfect roll of 15% (range 5-15%), effectively reducing physical damage.

You don't need to take a lot of currency on Foulborn Xoph's Heart; even if it is the perfect roll, its value is only around 30 Chaos Orbs. Even without Foulborn affix, Xoph's Heart is still a decent piece of gear.

Foulborn Berek's Respite

Foulborn Berek's Respite exists in three versions, two single Foulborn affixes of which are particularly outstanding:

Double Foulborn Affix

Berek's Respite with two Foulborn affixes combines the effects of "exploding upon killing an Ignited enemy" and "exploding upon killing a Shocked enemy," with the fire damage from the explosions capable of electrocuting and the lightning damage capable of igniting.

This allows for chain explosions in builds like Elementalist, which can electrocute non-lightning damage and ignite non-fire damage, resulting in very high map clearing efficiency. However, it requires around 35-40 Divine Orbs, which most players may not have enough PoE currency for.

Shocked Version

This version transplants the iconic explosion affix from Inpulsa's Broken Heart to Foulborn Berek's Respite. The ring itself retains the ignite transmission affix, crucial for ignite builds.

This allows you to focus on ignite damage while frequently electrocuting enemies. The explosion can ignite enemies, and the damage spreads through the ring's conduction effect, so the more enemies on the map, the faster the damage increases. This item isn't particularly valuable, costing only about 1-2 Divine Orbs.

Ignited Version

The Ignited version of Foulborn Berek's Respite causes ignited enemies to explode, but retains the weaker Electrocution conduction affix of the original. It's primarily a budget alternative, costing only 60 Chaos Orbs.

If you want the effect of two Foulborn versions but don't have enough PoE currency, you can equip both the shocked and ignited versions simultaneously, using two ring slots to achieve a similar effect.

Foulborn The Embalmer

The core affix of Foulborn The Embalmer is Poison Transmission, which has the same effect as Master Toxicist talent from Bino's Kitchen Knife or Pathfinder. If you kill a poisoned enemy, nearby enemies will also be infected with poison.

Meanwhile, Foulborn The Embalmer allows classes other than Pathfinder to quickly clear maps using poison, and it's also a glove, allowing players using poison builds to use weapons other than Bino's Kitchen Knife. It's very common; even trading it won't be worth more than 10 Chaos Orbs if you don't want to farm it yourself.

Foulborn The Embalmer also has two Foulborn affixes. Its other affix increases the rate at which poison effects you apply take effect by 15%, a very powerful damage-boosting affix. The Embalmer with the double Foulborn affix requires about 2-3 Holy Stones; you can choose to upgrade it if your budget allows.

Foulborn Kikazaru

Foulborn Kikazaru's Foulborn affix significantly increases mana regeneration rate. This item is suitable for very specific builds, primarily Hierophant and any build that increases damage by stacking mana.

For the playstyle it suits, this item is extremely difficult to replace, providing a large number of core attributes and remaining usable until the endgame. Its value is determined by the mana regeneration rate roll (60-120), ranging from 10 to 60 chaos orbs, making it affordable for virtually all players.

Foulborn Intuitive Leap

Similar to the original "Intuitive Leap," Foulborn Intuitive Leap offers a wide-range effect on par with Thread of Hope (Massive Ring), allowing you to jump long distances to select a keystone.

This item saves a significant number of passive talent points and synergizes well with Timeless Jewel and Glorious Vanity. However, it's only suitable for a very niche build, applicable to approximately 2-3% of builds that require extensive keystone selection across the talent tree.

Foulborn The Surrender

Foulborn The Surrender has two Foulborn affixes, meaning it has three versions, and all are excellent.

Energy Shield: Grants an energy shield on block, which can replace Aegis Aurora.
Maximum Chance to Block Attack Damage: Provides +3% to maximum chance to block attack damage, a very rare and powerful defensive affiex.

Whether it has one of Foulborn affixes or both, it is incredibly powerful for defensive builds, and it's affordable for the average player, taking only around 100 Chaos Orbs.

Overall, POE 3.27 added many unique Foulborn items, but it's currently uncertain whether they will be added to the core game after the league ends. Therefore, builds relying on these items may be limited to this league. If your build can use them in this league, then go and try them out!