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Salvor_Hardin posted:I'm starting on T10ish maps with a Wild Strike zerker and having a few issues. This is my first time doing end game content with a melee class and I'm not sure what to do on bosses when facetanking isn't cutting it. Some combo of flasks, fortify and life leech. As a zerker you should be leeching to full the instant after you get hit by a big attack, that's their thing. If you haven't done uber lab yet then that should probably be your next step. Depending on the boss some attacks you are expected to just dodge.
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Aug 17, 2017 16:02
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Generally there are going to be a lot of abilities you just need to dodge, but obviously better defences and higher dps is going to help with that. Fast movement abilities (whirling blades/leap slam linked with faster attacks and probably fortify) are almost required, but I'd expect you probably have one of those in your build already. Myself I find it's largely a matter of getting used to the bosses and things which originally seemed hard become easy. Some builds will always have trouble with some bosses/mods of course.
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Aug 17, 2017 16:03
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Have there been any really good storm burst builds made? That skill looks awesome
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Aug 17, 2017 16:18
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Jazerus posted:the +2 fire gems is the only relevant modifier, so bad. attack speed doesn't apply to casting srs, only cast speed. J posted:While it sucks that you didn't happen to get any mods besides the +2 fire that actually do anything, it does have open suffix slots to have blood magic crafted on it. You could craft blood magic on it and just use that staff till way later when you have money to make a +3 staff, or you could try for a better staff by buying some more essences and rolling the dice again. Up to you. By far the most important things to have are +2 fire and blood magic. Right now I'm using a +3 staff that has 3 lines on it - +1 gems, +2 fire, and blood magic. Spending 2ex to multimod cast speed and strength is something I'll do eventually but I have more cost effective upgrades to buy first, so I don't really miss the other mods on the staff. So guess I am going to spend another 3c and re-roll the staff. I guess I need to be looking for life/str/cast speed/res right? Thanks!
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Aug 17, 2017 16:18
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Please send a guild invite to CreepyGreenLight
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Aug 17, 2017 16:24
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If I want to 2H melee something, but don't want to take Vaal Pact, do I want to be a Slayer or can I still reasonably be a Berserker? We talked about this in discord for a while last night but I was sleepy and lost a lot of the detail. I gathered Berserker still outdamages Slayer as a rule, even accounting for the super-culling Slayer gets?
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Aug 17, 2017 16:24
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Bob NewSCART posted:Have there been any really good storm burst builds made? That skill looks awesome The skill kinda flounders past yellow maps because its single target is surprisingly lovely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUXHumnvKLk
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Aug 17, 2017 16:29
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Bob NewSCART posted:Have there been any really good storm burst builds made? That skill looks awesome No because that skill sucks
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Aug 17, 2017 16:29
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Tulip posted:So I was using poe price to check my stash, and I got some results that seemed...weird. Either prices too high or that returned 0 results. Would goons mind taking a look? - Low-level gear is mostly worthless except maybe one or two uniques - Tri-res + life is good - Consistency is good. If you get a weapon that's got 100%+ physical damage, +some decent amount of flat physical damage and + attack speed, that's a lot of dps and it might be worth something. Or +level to fire gems, % spell damage and casting speed, say. (This applies to the tri-res example above, since tri-res + life gives a big slug of defensive power) - Some mods can only appear on certain slots and they can be valuable. Decent boots with +movespeed are going to be worth a lot more than the same pair without that mod since you can't really get movespeed anywhere else. - Rings and ammies can roll loads of unrelated mods so they're kinda hard to price - You can sell stuff other than gear. Drop-only gems like Empower, some divination cards, some prophecies etc can all sell for decent cash. Zephro fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 16:30
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So I'm stuck on a jungle map. I died during the boss fight, and now whenever I re-enter the boss room, the minions insta-gib me. Do I reset the map or what? This feels pretty stupid...
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Aug 17, 2017 17:19
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A good long term moneymaker is to level a set of six gems in your offgear, then Vaal them. You have to do gems that don't give a poo poo about quality, so auras are a prime candidate. Your first set of gems should get to 20/0 around 91-92 usually. Last league I leveled purities of fire. A set of six will usually yield 1-2 level 21s, which I would then sell for 3.5ex (~350c at the time). Leveling empowers or enlightens is also a good idea, assuming that you have the patience.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:20
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enraged_camel posted:So I'm stuck on a jungle map. I died during the boss fight, and now whenever I re-enter the boss room, the minions insta-gib me.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:38
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Vasudus posted:A good long term moneymaker is to level a set of six gems in your offgear, then Vaal them. You have to do gems that don't give a poo poo about quality, so auras are a prime candidate. Your first set of gems should get to 20/0 around 91-92 usually.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:39
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Zephro posted:Decoy Totem is love, Decoy Totem is life. Though if the minions are actually insta-gibbing you then you're either under-geared for the map or it's rolled some seriously nasty mods. There are like 15 spiders right on top of the boss room entrance point. They attack at once the moment I enter and then I die. I'm level 69 and have only 3k hp and 800 ES, so maybe that's the issue.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:41
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Or your problem is that your resists suck or you have such little damage that you can't kill the trash fast enough
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Aug 17, 2017 17:46
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enraged_camel posted:There are like 15 spiders right on top of the boss room entrance point. They attack at once the moment I enter and then I die. rip your map
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Aug 17, 2017 17:48
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My resists are maxed. But the mobs are trash mobs so they deal physical anyway. I cleared the rest of the map without any issues, so I doubt my damage is the issue. Besides, even if I had 100k dps, it still wouldn't matter since I die instantly the moment I enter the room.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:50
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Assuming I have enough currency for any reasonable leveling gear, what is the absolute fastest build to level to maps? I was thinking ground slam/vaal ground slam, since once you can one shot a pack you can often get the vaal to recharge itself on use. W/ movement speed flasks and faster attack leap slam for movement. Any thoughts?
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Aug 17, 2017 17:52
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enraged_camel posted:My resists are maxed. But the mobs are trash mobs so they deal physical anyway. Even your chaos resist? Immortal call, stibnite, etc. But it's a jungle map so whatever. You probably just need better gear.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:55
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enraged_camel posted:I'm level 69 and have only 3k hp and 800 ES, so maybe that's the issue. Rule of thumb is you want 4k hp by the start of maps. Some builds can get away with less but it's not a bad point to aim for. Is ES your main defensive stat?
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Aug 17, 2017 17:56
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Benson Cunningham posted:Assuming I have enough currency for any reasonable leveling gear, what is the absolute fastest build to level to maps? What's your definition of enough currency for reasonable levelling gear? Because I'm pretty sure the fastest way to level is to use aberrath's hooves (115c or so), a 4link herald of thunder and ice, and then just grab flat damage to spells on the rest of your gear and run through poo poo. 2 axiom perpetuums to start, berek's grips at level 20 if you want to get even more spendy.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:59
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Also zone in to the boss room, immediately hammer a portal scroll. Die, respawn in your hideout, go back through the portal. Use the invincibility buff you get on zoning in to drop a decoy totem. Any action will wipe the buff but the decoy totem might buy you enough time to get started. Probably not if it's a level 1 totem but eh.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:59
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Zephro posted:This is definitely a big part of the issue. Well, it's my first high-level character, so I haven't really done any gear planning. My gear is a random assortment of various stuff I've found while leveling other than prioritizing life and ES with all resists except chaos maxed. Some of my items have Armor, others have armor and evasion, others have only ES, and so on. I play a storm burst inquisitor, and I haven't found any definitive guides over whether to go for evasion or armor. So I've been sorta winging it, which has worked out pretty well (died a few times during leveling but mostly due to not paying attention). This map is the first time I've died repeatedly like this so I figured I'd ask for help.
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Aug 17, 2017 18:05
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If you get tired of storm bust, storm call is insanely good and wouldn't require too much of a rework. It plays radically different than burst though.
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Aug 17, 2017 18:08
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Inquisitor = Templar = Red/Blue = you're not going to get much, if any, help from the tree if you go Evasion. Forget about ES and EV, stick with AR and life. And as others have mentioned, it's a Jungle Valley map, don't worry about losing. I probably have some making GBS threads up my stash, and I am not the only one in that position.
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Aug 17, 2017 18:09
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Vasudus posted:If you get tired of storm bust, storm call is insanely good and wouldn't require too much of a rework. It plays radically different than burst though. I actually used fire storm until like level 50, and it was also very good. Probably better in fact? Massive radius and incredible damage even without any +fire damage passives. I'll check out storm call though. whypick1 posted:Inquisitor = Templar = Red/Blue = you're not going to get much, if any, help from the tree if you go Evasion. Forget about ES and EV, stick with AR and life. Okay, cool. Thanks!
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Aug 17, 2017 18:13
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enraged_camel posted:Well, it's my first high-level character, so I haven't really done any gear planning. My gear is a random assortment of various stuff I've found while leveling other than prioritizing life and ES with all resists except chaos maxed. Some of my items have Armor, others have armor and evasion, others have only ES, and so on. Also don't ignore your flasks. You want a life flask with instant recovery ("Bubbling" or "Seething") as an oh-poo poo button and some kind of defensive flask too (stibnite for now, granite later when/if you decide to go armour). And think of your first character is a learning experience. If you aren't following a build you'll probably struggle to do end-game maps just cos there's so many mechanics to become familiar with Zephro fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 18:31
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enraged_camel posted:Well, it's my first high-level character, so I haven't really done any gear planning. My gear is a random assortment of various stuff I've found while leveling other than prioritizing life and ES with all resists except chaos maxed. Some of my items have Armor, others have armor and evasion, others have only ES, and so on. use a basalt flask with increased effect and a jade flask with increased evasion and you can't die to trash anymore.
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Aug 17, 2017 19:04
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J posted:What's your definition of enough currency for reasonable levelling gear? Because I'm pretty sure the fastest way to level is to use aberrath's hooves (115c or so), a 4link herald of thunder and ice, and then just grab flat damage to spells on the rest of your gear and run through poo poo. 2 axiom perpetuums to start, berek's grips at level 20 if you want to get even more spendy. I think I'm only a few exalts short. I'll get to farming. I really want to time trials this game and see what my best can be.
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Aug 17, 2017 19:08
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I think I'm going to keep it really simple this time, especially for my league starter. Basically, the idea is get a big 2-handed phys weapon, smash stuff, have lots of life, regen and lifesteal. I'll probably use Sunder or Earthquake as my main attack. No aura stuff, no mana problems, (probably) no elemental damage, don't worry about evasion, accuracy, crit or any of those pesky stats. In terms of picking a weapon type, or focusing on bleed or whatever, I can figure that out later. Link: https://poeplanner.com/AAkAAOcACRQD...QxwO7b1YQAAAAAA Short links: https://www.poeurl.com/btfw, https://www.poeurl.com/btfU Bad idea or good idea? Dahbadu fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 19:11
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if you're not planning on running any aura's consider using gruthkul's pelt for that fat life and damage scaling.
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Aug 17, 2017 19:13
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Mr. Despair posted:if you're not planning on running any aura's consider using gruthkul's pelt for that fat life and damage scaling. Nice. Thanks for cluing me unto that! That looks perfect.
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Aug 17, 2017 19:24
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Could I get an invite to the guild? StormseekerSA
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Aug 17, 2017 19:56
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Is there any difference in overall use case between sunder, earthquake and cyclone (and whatever other melee abilities)? Like you use one for bosses, one for map clear, one for memeing, or does it come down to aesthetic?
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Aug 17, 2017 20:09
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Metalocalypse posted:Could I get an invite to the guild? StormseekerSA OP posted:How do I play with goons?
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Aug 17, 2017 20:10
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Cyclone is way less clicking if that matters to you.
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Aug 17, 2017 20:12
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Twist And Pout! posted:Why Culling Strike? Why not Elemental Focus for the huge more% multiplier? I don't think you are trying to ignite things with Vaal Pact Firestorm and Searing Ray will apply it's burn DoT even with Elemental Focus because it doesn't "hit" This alone will give you a flat out 50% overall damage buff at gem level 20. You do raise a good point. I was trying Cull because the dude recommended that in his link description and I didn't want to waste any more chroms on a temporary item, but that's a very good point. Another option, though, is Iron Will. Character's got pretty absurd strength (370ish) for a spellcaster due to travelling to all of those life nodes, so why not put that to use. Would that be a better use of the final socket than elem focus since even if ignite isn't the primary focus, there is an awful lot of fire damage through triggers and whatnot, so ignite may add up. Would that be a better option? Kytrarewn fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 20:16
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If you're playing hardcore, go sunder 100%. It makes getting to maps easy and you can get some currency to work to your real build without dying. My Sunder character lasted until I Zana'd a 160% damage map and walked through a doorway without Immortal Call (I'm an idiot). If you're playing softcore, why?
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Aug 17, 2017 20:16
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probably not going to help given the fullness of the guild
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Aug 17, 2017 20:19
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Benson Cunningham posted:If you're playing softcore, why?
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Aug 17, 2017 20:20
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