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Zotix posted:https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/srt4eblue/characters Looking at your character, and without importing into PoB, you're missing a life roll on your boots and your gloves, belt, and ammy all look relatively cheaply upgradeable. One-shots from Izaro mostly come on days where his mods stack high ele damage, or where you just don't have enough life for the weapon and buffs combo. Might be worth dropping a key to reduce damage incoming, for example.
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Jun 4, 2018 01:40
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It feels to me like melee builds dont get enough of a payoff for having to be in melee range tanking hits. My melee builds are all about "Well I'm going to be in melee range with these bosses/rares tanking big hits, which 4-5 layers of defenses can I stack to just about survive it", my ranged builds are "Eh, I will kill everything while it is on the other side of the screen, if it ever makes it over to me I will run to the other side of the screen with my +100% movement speed". All melee really gets is fortify, which also requires you to proc it, and 20% less damage doesn't feel like it makes up for getting chunked by bosses every second because you are standing next to them.
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Jun 4, 2018 02:19
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Applebee123 posted:It feels to me like melee builds dont get enough of a payoff for having to be in melee range tanking hits. My melee builds are all about "Well I'm going to be in melee range with these bosses/rares tanking big hits, which 4-5 layers of defenses can I stack to just about survive it", my ranged builds are "Eh, I will kill everything while it is on the other side of the screen, if it ever makes it over to me I will run to the other side of the screen with my +100% movement speed". Surprisingly a lot of the time it's easier to dodge poo poo in melee.
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Jun 4, 2018 02:32
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https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/killstealing/characters So I've been doing summoner stuff and it's really cool. Skeletons are great when boosted, spectres are good as always, but I feel like I should be picking between the two: spectres require vis mortis/ullr, and going skeletons will let me keep a life chest (with +1 skele craft) and seven-league steps for movespeed. Anyone with experience wrt this choice? I can go phys advocate spectres, but then I'll still have to pick between using vis mortis/bones of ullr and not.
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Jun 4, 2018 03:54
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death's oath occultist review: i think its objectively slower than ED since it doesn't have contagion, but it subjectively plays a lot faster since you just run up to a pack and tap blight and move on. you never run the risk of being interrupted during a spellcast. ed's long cast time was really frustrating for me but shielding charging in and vomiting blight and pestilence and bile onto everyone is my ideal gameplay. not sure how late this can take me? might have to transition to another build to really get guardians on farm
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Jun 4, 2018 03:59
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moush posted:Started as a deadeye but was not progressing as fast as I wanted to. Made the switch to arc totems and am glad I did, this build's busted. i can still taste him posted:Ya, same. I slogged through to maps using molten strike all the way up. Geared up for resistance, life, armor, etc. And promptly got my rear end kicked by lab and low tier maps. Idgi either. Are either of you following a specific build that a dumb person like myself could follow? If so would you mind sharing a link? Thanks!
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Jun 4, 2018 04:03
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Skyl3lazer posted:Surprisingly a lot of the time it's easier to dodge poo poo in melee. They've been doing a better job building boss fights this way, but it's by no means consistent, especially in early mapping and the mid-Atlas experience. Definitely the criticism has some truth behind it.
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Jun 4, 2018 04:03
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Jinnigan posted:death's oath occultist review: i think its objectively slower than ED since it doesn't have contagion, but it subjectively plays a lot faster since you just run up to a pack and tap blight and move on. you never run the risk of being interrupted during a spellcast. ed's long cast time was really frustrating for me but shielding charging in and vomiting blight and pestilence and bile onto everyone is my ideal gameplay. not sure how late this can take me? might have to transition to another build to really get guardians on farm Oh yeah I neglected to tell you (I was probated at the time) I have indeed done a build with death's oath although I didn't bother with essence drain (cause I'm dumb/didn't want to). Instead I used a decay weapon and decay support and tried shield charging around. As I recall my version had trouble doing enough damage to satisfy my shield charging around at like uhh tier 5 maybe? I don't really remember. Guys I have a sinking feeling that my lightning warp build would just be better off just using cospri malice and that kind of saddens me. I miss Diablo 2 teleporting I recall it being much faster.
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Jun 4, 2018 04:06
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Keru posted:The true path to BV is to have as much Herald MTX as you can. I plan on doing auto on thunder, gloom on ice for the explosions, and using innocence of ash.
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Jun 4, 2018 04:54
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My opinion on the new Risen Vaal Advocate spectre-candidates: Phys: sucks for clearing, great for damage, damagetype matches skeletons. Lightning: good clear, good singletarget, can use wrath. Fire: alright clear, secondary attack slows them down, projectiles slow. Chaos: good clear but you need 3-4 since projectiles appear to have a narrow hitbox, attack is phys with chaos conversion so can use with skeletons. Overall they're not that great imo. Very nice life and damage, but solar guards appear to have quicker attacks and fill the screen up more.
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Jun 4, 2018 06:00
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The Locator posted:Are either of you following a specific build that a dumb person like myself could follow? If so would you mind sharing a link? https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2115624 Mostly following that, but also checking poe.ninja to see what other people are using.
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Jun 4, 2018 06:22
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Oodles posted:Do I want to reroll a blue to red to get it totem-able? Or just keep it as castable arc for a while? only start using totems once you get your first ascendancy, your triple linked +1 wand should carry you through normal lab
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Jun 4, 2018 06:49
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moush posted:https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2115624 Ya, that one.
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Jun 4, 2018 07:35
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I posted some ideas I had for corifying Alva on Reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/8of6r2/new_ideas_for_bringing_alva_to_core/ Mostly so GGG would actually see them. There are three bad ones, one okay one, and one loving fantastic one that I stole from another post buried deep somewhere GGG would never see it.
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Jun 4, 2018 07:37
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After having bricked nearly every single Tabula I've Vaaled, I thought what better than to spend every last Chaos Orb I own on a Tabula to attempt a double corruption modifier. Not the worst certainly but I'm not sure if this is even worth more than an uncorrupted Tabula. I also got some Perandus Coins. Do they have any use in this league? Where could I even redeem them?
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Jun 4, 2018 09:52
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If you get the Perandus Manor map he'll spawn in there
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Jun 4, 2018 10:14
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CDW posted:Would appreciate an invite on Zapzappityzapperson My mind went "Heh, Zapp Brannigan. Wait, ArcBrannigan!" ...not gonna reroll for that. Wish I'd thought of it before though.
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Jun 4, 2018 10:44
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It is absolutely astonishing at how powerful trappers are this league. I have zero desire to make something else and this character is going all the way to shaper probably. I'm gonna do Uber Atziri tonight I think. Going CI to deal with the bullshit chaos damage was a good choice too. I have to credit Tarke Cat for that one.
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Jun 4, 2018 14:19
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Yeah in following tarkes CI arc trapper tree. Arc traps are so loving strong, and lightning spire is also insane
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Jun 4, 2018 14:27
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This league is the absolute tits. I'm having a lot of fun so far and can't wait to get back to my place to play on my PC. Sadly I failed on my mission to get my dad to play this game 
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Jun 4, 2018 14:27
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Lightning spire trap is cool but between the damage range of lightning, the random aoes and my current crit chance I'm getting some very inconsistent results. Sometimes I throw three traps on top of a boss and it tickles them, sometimes it instantly deletes them.
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Jun 4, 2018 14:32
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I'm currently running my Spire in a 4L (Spire/Trap&Mine/CD/Pen) and I'm totally adding increased duration for my 5th link (and Efocus for 6th, using Arc for shocking). Just for giggles I ran it instead of Pen and the QoL was pretty great.
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Jun 4, 2018 14:38
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I just got through story mode and I'm looking to upgrade my equips and gems to get me to mapping, and would like some opinions. Character is ED trickster. character link: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/danceofficer/characters -I'm thinking of going Tabula for chest, or 5L cloak of defiance -obviously need to grab a shield for shield charge -thinking of getting a cheap +1 curse ammy/item to run dual curse despair/enfeeble -max resists, obviously -and I'm looking for ideas for a cheap weapon. -get second blight jewel and clear mind I got a lucky ex drop, so budget is about 65c. edit: oh yeah and I'm obviously getting allelopathy gloves. Dance Officer fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Jun 4, 2018 15:39
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Vasudus posted:It is absolutely astonishing at how powerful trappers are this league. I have zero desire to make something else and this character is going all the way to shaper probably. I'm gonna do Uber Atziri tonight I think. Anything specifically that you are following? I'm going to roll a new character tomorrow after work.
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Jun 4, 2018 15:45
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MMF Freeway posted:Lightning spire trap is cool but between the damage range of lightning, the random aoes and my current crit chance I'm getting some very inconsistent results. Sometimes I throw three traps on top of a boss and it tickles them, sometimes it instantly deletes them. You definitely want to get increased AOE support on it, which increases the radius of the hits but does NOT increase the range in which it can hit. Higher AOE means less potential misses.
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Jun 4, 2018 15:47
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please knock Mom! posted:https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/killstealing/characters split down the middle and just wear ullr, not vis mortis. with flesh offering, haste & vaal haste, etc. move speed is not an issue and 3 spectres + loads of skellies (+ zombies too, probably) is very good. i would probably stick with solar guards in that situation and 6L the skeletons. that's what i did last league on the other hand if you go for 6L spectres with vis mortis and ullr, you can now get phys advocates, slap summon phantasm on with a bunch of supports that will boost both the spectres and phantasms, and have a potentially really silly build that hasn't been previously possible.
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Jun 4, 2018 15:58
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even without traps or totems i've been rolling face with an elementalist just self casting arc. this is exactly the kind of build i love as a league starter too. barely any using other skills to level, simple, fun, strong. havent had to buy any levelling items at all yet either, i'm not technically ssf but i've effectively been playing as such. just making use of vendor recipes is all you really need. this is one of the most fun league starts i've ever had probably. it's definitely comparable to molten strike in terms of how enjoyable to me it is e: i did get that new skeleton wand out of atzoatl one time so i feel like that's probably the second build i'm going to try. i've always meant to try skeletons but never got around to it before SpruceZeus fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Jun 4, 2018 15:59
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Zotix posted:Anything specifically that you are following? I'm going to roll a new character tomorrow after work. I'm following my own guide for the most part. It looks mostly like Tarke Cat's CI trapper build tree wise because uh, there's only so many ways to make a CI trapper. If you pull my character in PoB you can see it (Vasudus/Vasudus_AyyyBlammo) but I basically follow a common tree layout and then make all the customization in gear choices. I managed to juggle my resistances just enough to fit an Essence Worm in, so now I have Wrath, Discipline, and a level 12 Vaal Clarity. My next upgrade is probably a 5L on my Incandescent Heart followed by a Clarity -cost Watcher's Eye.
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Jun 4, 2018 16:06
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You're just using Arc? Or something else? I've seen some talk about Lightning Spire, and I'm not sure if I can fit that in with Arc. I'm a relatively new PoE player.
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Jun 4, 2018 16:18
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Just arc! Plus orb of storms as utility to proc elemental overload and arcane surge and to inflict blind.
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Jun 4, 2018 16:26
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Traps are so fun now. I'm doing bladefall ascendant trapper just to be a ~snowflake~ because everyone is playing arc sabo, and even with my barely-thought-out build it's so fun. The advanced traps are a blast. I've only tried flamethrower myself but I've seen you guys raving about spire. I love my flaming murder pinwheel too much to switch I assume seismic is good too, but no one seems to be using it. This is the first league mechanic I've ever hoped they just leave in wholesale. Like, Alva every zone, forever. Trying to build the temple you want is so much fun.
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Jun 4, 2018 16:32
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Can I get a guild invite for AckbarMemorialTrapper please?
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Jun 4, 2018 17:00
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Question for the Fire Trappers out there - what auras/curses/triggered skills/etc are you using? I’m trying to figure out what other skills I should have in addition to my Fire & Flamethrower traps.
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Jun 4, 2018 17:52
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I started out a vaal double strike duder after getting some basic starter gear to use from my arc totem guy. The game immediately proceeds to give me a quicksilver flask at level 4 with extra charges and 30% extra run speed. Then at like level 7 gives me a tabula. At 15 I equip both of my bleed daggers and go to town. In a blink of an eye I'm like at +22 seconds left on the incursion with 2/3 of the mobs already dead.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:05
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I moved this weekend and won't have internet access until late this week after playing all of Friday. Reading this thread all I want to do is go home and sit at my computer 
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Jun 4, 2018 18:50
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vaal double strike looks fun as hell with all the clones
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Jun 4, 2018 18:55
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Anyone recommend an Atlas/Shaping guide? So many out there that worried I might pick a bad guide. Something about stopping at tier 9 or 10 and shaping good layout maps or something?
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Jun 4, 2018 19:03
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Ultima66 posted:I took someone's really well geared PotCG char from 3.1 and played around with it a bit. The stuff introduced in 3.2 and 3.3 is a massive gamechanger though so things will look very different. Could I get a pastebin of that crit champion?
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Jun 4, 2018 19:29
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McFrugal posted:Could I get a pastebin of that crit champion? I didn't keep it because I felt it was pretty off in terms of optimization. Sorry, I'm not really good with stat stacking builds. Anyways, my Lightning Strike Deadeye is at red maps but it just feels "off" in terms of gearing. I bought a 320 pdps Imperial Claw yesterday to switch from pure ele scaling with a claw that had almost no damage on it (just aspd/crit/multi). It turns out even with all the phys claw nodes, you get so much WED/proj/lightning damage that Wrath still outperforms Hatred and Added Lightning Damage still outperforms all other supports. And my damage is just generally not quite there. The final goal would probably look like Mathil's pure cold ST character, just using Lightning Strike, but my gear isn't nearly good enough yet and at this point my damage is maybe 15% of his, 20% if we're being ambitious. I think I should sell the claw, reroll, and regear the character once I can afford much better stuff. LS is awkward to use for single target as well, because you have to position yourself in a way that your Ancestral Call hits the enemy but your main attack doesn't. Too far and no Ancestral Call, too close and your main melee attack hits which does worse damage than the projectiles. It's not very friendly on enemies that walk around/melee you.
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Jun 4, 2018 19:43
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I'm pretty sure it's quicker to farm a tabula than trying to buy one this league.
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Jun 4, 2018 19:44
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