
[3.6] Top PoE Synthesis Shadow Builds - Assassin | Saboteur | Trickster
Grinding Gear Games has announced Path of Exile: Synthesis, its newest expansion and Challenge League for its free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile. TThe Shadow is Path of Exile's dexterity/intelligence hybrid class. R4PG lists some PoE Synthesis Shadow Assassin, Saboteur, Trickster builds for starter that can help players quickly leveling, funny and interesting. There are also many powerful builds that can endgame. For old players, if you haven't tried these builds before, there is no harm in trying it.
Top 3.6 Assassin Builds
POE Synthesis Shadow Ice Nova Assassin Build - Fast Clearspeed, High DPS
Pros
- + Up to 7m Shaper DPS (~2 sec per phase)
- + Amazing clearspeed and Movement Speed
- + ~8000 EHP @lvl 90
- + Everything dies instantly with best defense
Cons
- - Melee Can be hard to dodge stuff with Cyclone • Not the cheapest build out there (not very expensive either).
End-Game PoB: https://pastebin.com/e6zZEEr1
Top 3.6 Saboteur Builds
POE Synthesis Shadow Lightning Trap Saboteur Build - Cheap, Fast Mapping, Endgame
Pros
- Start game and End game Easy
- Cheap to kill uber elder (<50c gear)
- Fast to kill uber elder (< 2 minute)
- Delve more than 1500 depth(
- Fast mapping(87%IIQ 280%IIR 1:20 map T15 Belfre or 2:30 T16 Burial Chambers)
- Magic find(87%IIQ 280%IIR and easy to mapping)
- Any map affix can be completed
- High movement speed, Run lab(MF gear 230% UP, Fight gear 250% UP)
Cons
- - may be not suitable for some demanding players.
Path of Building Link links: https://pastebin.com/dM3fka7N
POE Synthesis Shadow Lightning Spire Arc Saboteur Build - Fast, Mapping, Endgame
Pros
- + great map clear speed
- + serious firepower with very low investment
- + end-game viable (need very good reflexes for end-game though!)
- + massive life regen (up to 20% per second and even more with Tinkerskin)
Cons
- - Squishy as low Life pool (hard to go over 5k)
- - Pretty slow with a wand and Flame Dash
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- sketchy for HC
Path of Building Link: https://pastebin.com/qwAv98Cw
Top 3.6 Trickster Builds
POE Synthesis Shadow Caustic Arrow Trickster Build - Safe, Hardcore, Endgame
Pros
- + Trickster's Patient reaper makes mapping a complete breeze
- + Smooth leveling process and transition into late game
- + Can preform amazing on a budget
- + Very defensive oriented, good for hardcore (Although not played myself)
- + Highly scalable although can get expensive quick.
- + Every piece of gear is rare no required uniques, Even kaoms can be supplemented for a 6link if you don't enjoy weapon swapping.
- + Can run any combination of Map Mods perfectly fine, no gear swaps needed.
- + Able to run Toxic rain and Caustic arrow, Two fun and new skills
Cons
- - Single target becomes quite lackluster towards endgame guardians, although very do-able.
- - Again single target sustain is an issue when it comes to harder bosses, relying on flasks/passive regeneration.
- - Caustic arrow not being able to target flying enemies. Small gripe but in some cases can be annoying (Haku missions, Arsenal map) although having a weapon swap for toxic rain fixes this.
- - Ideally needing a +1 curse amulet to take full advantage of mana reservations.
Path of Building Link links: https://pastebin.com/rqQ7xcND
POE Synthesis Shadow Essence Drain Contagion Trickster Build - Insanely, Start with Cheap
Pros
- + insanely high exp/h gain
- + can level as itself without any external abilities required.
- + start with a very low budget
- + It's works wonders in low budget to accumulate enough currency fast for the higher budget version.
- + Has one of the most amazing feeling
Cons
- - if you are looking to kill end-game bosses this build CAN do them, but will require investment and even at that point there are a lot of other builds that would work better than this
Path of Building Link links: https://pastebin.com/k3EeeBqk

Feb
POE Synthesis Tempar Elemental Hit Hierophant Build - Safe, Cheap, Great Clearspeed
Elemental Hit is an attack skill, executing a basic attack with added damage of a random element. An Elemental Hit may be performed with any weapon, or with no weapon equipped.

Feb
POE Synthesis Tempar Agony Cyclone Guardian Build - Simply, Tankly, League Starter
Cyclone is an skill that initiates a spinning series of attacks as the player travels to a target location. With Cyclone, you attack 6.16 times per second. The only somewhat annoying map mod for the build is physical reflect as your relics will one-shot themselves.

Apr
Path of Exile 3.6.3B Patch Notes Details
GGG will always listen to the players' opinions to improve the game. After a period of modification, the 3.6.3B update of POE 3.6 Synthesis League will be released on PC, PS4 and Xbox this week. Here is the content of the 3.6.3B update that R4pg has compiled for the player.

Feb
POE Synthesis Ranger Agony Toxic Rain Pathfinder Build - High Clear Speed, Great Damage
Toxic Rain is all new skill gem introduced in 3.4 Delve League. It's a cool toxic, poison version of Rain of Arrows with 3-phase damage. Herald of Agony is another new one, a MINION Herald skill gem! Pathfinder is the THING for Virulence stacks! 100% Flask uptime is also insane QoL.

Feb
POE Synthesis Scion Elemental Hit Ascendant Build - Tanky, Safe, Endgame
Elemental Hit is an attack skill, executing a basic attack with added damage of a random element. An Elemental Hit may be performed with any weapon, or with no weapon equipped.

Feb
POE Synthesis Duelist Herald of Agony Gladiator Build - Budget, Endgame, Immortal
Herald of Agony is a herald skill gem. When activated it reserves mana and grants a buff that gives a chance to inflict poison on enemies, if the enemy is successfully poisoned the character gains Virulence and an Agony Crawler minion.