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Truga posted:bane so is the way to go to use curses to raise DPS on bane now? i remember it used to be you wanted vixen's to cast one for you before the curse changes but rip. anyway i remember the best bane builds only having despair and maybe temp chains in the actual bane link like 2 years ago
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Oct 22, 2021 13:50
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Random musing - It seems like they took out quite a bit of elemental penetration from the tree. This is kind of an indirect buff to the a crit inquisitor as well as one of my favorite dumb weird uniques, Abhorrent Interrogation. Trickster energy blade with harness the void + some attack and wither totems giving you bonuses to both chaos and lighting damage. Note that -res from various sources as well as exposure are still good in that setup.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:05
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This guy has a couple vids on Bane Occultist. No idea if its any good, but the person on reddit who made the call out for all the scam builds seemed to think he was legit.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:05
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I think I've settled on phys trapper. I've played: ED/C Trickster / CoC Cold Assassin (Heist) BF/BB Chieftain (Ritual) FA Elementalist (Ultimatum) FR Totem Hiero / Phys Cyclone Glad / SST Raider (Expedition) It's nice to still have major archetypes that are available for me to explore. Really need to hit up a summoner build one league.. maybe this one. Probably should have done it when spectres were still broken, oh well.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:08
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Did they nerf the Rhoas this patch because I swear Mud Flats kills me more than Sirus ever could now, so much stun.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:38
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MMF Freeway posted:I've decided, after much waffling, that I'm gonna play the poison potion skill. Had a go in PoB and the damage is pretty respectable with no damage mods on gear and the poison masteries are just so good. I saw it was one of Mathils starters but I don't think it matters because of how little specific gear you need. Nugy also has a detail build he was making yesterday. If its not up already you can find his twitch stream where he went over making it. It seems solid, 1m dps, if you can get them to shotgun its 5m dps on almost no gear.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:41
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Urgh now I’m torn between exsang/sabo or trying out minions using ghazzys slave drivers which have 14m dps on a 6L and pretty easy gear to get but scales very well.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:44
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Dias posted:Did they nerf the Rhoas this patch because I swear Mud Flats kills me more than Sirus ever could now, so much stun. lolno. They didn't buff up any of the other acts though.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:44
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drat it feels good to have decided on a build weeks ago, parked a name for and as more reveals showed up the more I am sticking with the plan. Slam totems, let's go.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:44
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Thinkin' about a Necromancer this league. Kay's guides seem comprehensive, so I assume they're a good resource? Another question: is the chaos recipe worth it if you're a very, very slow player? I only get 1-2 hours in on the average day, so I won't be hitting maps until at least 4-5 days into the league. Once I'm there I take my time, usually running one or two maps at a time in between other stuff rather than setting up dedicated hours to go fast as possible. I ask because a lot of the downsides I see when reading about the recipe is that if you're zooming through multiple maps efficiently the precious seconds spent grabbing and vendoring rares adds up. Not sure if that's less of an issue if I was never going fast between maps no matter what, or if only stopping for currency and top-tier bases is the right call anyway.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:47
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I'm doing either Wintertide Brand CI Occultist (transition to LL if I care enough for my starter) or Arc Ignite Elementalist. Both of which can get me to reds and let me farm for whatever I roll next, both have a chance to be really solid endgame builds. The decision will be made when I complete the quest at level 12.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:47
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Might do Exsang Scion. two minutes later Maybe I'll start with minions after all. two minutes later You know I've never really done a trap build... two minutes later Oh hey, blazing salvo + flame wall is always good times for a bit.. two minutes later
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Oct 22, 2021 14:51
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Big Mad Drongo posted:Thinkin' about a Necromancer this league. Kay's guides seem comprehensive, so I assume they're a good resource? Chaos recipe is good day 1 and probably if you're slow it stays goodish for a while. I say there's no harm in using the Chaos Recipe Enhancer tool and doing that while you're leveling to get some extra currency. I'm probably gonna try to do the whole Heist farming thing after lvl 53 myself for an early currency boost, even tho I'm not sure I quite understand it - you just buy Chance orb contracts and run them, coming back every level-up?
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Oct 22, 2021 14:51
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Big Mad Drongo posted:Thinkin' about a Necromancer this league. Kay's guides seem comprehensive, so I assume they're a good resource? I'm a pretty slow player myself, at least by this threads standards, and it's never not been an utter waste of my time. You make more money just running a plain white map for currency drops. That said on like the first day sometimes I need just 1 or 2 extra C and its worth. Also does anyone know what the league rewards are gonna be like. I know about the krangling and the krangle tree, but like, does Scourge have targeted drops and poo poo? Or is it just basically an extra few screens of enemies and we're gonna get dogshit from it. Im praying for another early tabula league.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:51
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The only time i find chaos recipe worthwhile at all is while delving
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Oct 22, 2021 14:53
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Speaking of vendor recipes, do y'all use the 5x chance recipe on leaguestart? 1 item of each rarity (normal, magic, rare, unique) gives 5 chance orbs, it's massive for buying maps from zana to progress the atlas quickly. Way better than alch shards.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:53
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Hell no
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Oct 22, 2021 14:54
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Larry Parrish posted:so is the way to go to use curses to raise DPS on bane now? i remember it used to be you wanted vixen's to cast one for you before the curse changes but rip. anyway i remember the best bane builds only having despair and maybe temp chains in the actual bane link like 2 years ago The support nerfs made using more curses less of a dps hit, so most builds use at least 2, often 3. Despair, temp chains and whatever fits your colors on a +lotsogem chest/bow/staff.
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Oct 22, 2021 14:55
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Cynic Jester posted:The support nerfs made using more curses less of a dps hit, so most builds use at least 2, often 3. Despair, temp chains and whatever fits your colors on a +lotsogem chest/bow/staff. Thanks gamer. I haven't done bane for a while... Lmao I can't decide at all still.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:02
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Big Mad Drongo posted:Thinkin' about a Necromancer this league. Kay's guides seem comprehensive, so I assume they're a good resource? Her guides are what I'm working off of. I'll probably make some adjustments for more damage but otherwise her skeleton skill tree is roughly the same as what I initially laid out in PoB so I'm going to defer to her significantly greater amount of playtime and experience. My skill tree was probably too glass cannon, even for SC, anyways.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:10
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They should launch the league rn imho.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:10
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euphronius posted:They should launch the league rn imho.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:19
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:Reminder that TR champ is a SSFHC build - it is incredibly tanky and relatively easy to gear at the cost of being a bit slow and tapering off in roi. Raider TR would probably feel better for SC people that don't mind dying once in a while, and other bow builds get much faster with serious investment. If anyone is interested, Balormage took Lightee's TR Champ and retooled it for softcore. More damage, slightly less defense (still insanely tanky) https://pastebin.com/8sqwEcqd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnEQ_29-mhs
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Oct 22, 2021 15:22
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:Speaking of vendor recipes, do y'all use the 5x chance recipe on leaguestart? 1 item of each rarity (normal, magic, rare, unique) gives 5 chance orbs, it's massive for buying maps from zana to progress the atlas quickly. Way better than alch shards. Not really but that seems pretty ok as a thing to keep in mind during leveling if a trash unique drops.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:26
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euphronius posted:They should launch the league rn imho. How about "no" because I'm still at work for the next 2 hours.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:29
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whypick1 posted:How about "no" because I'm still at work for the next 2 hours. No they should launch now so that all the launch bugs will be ironed out by the time we working stiffs get home.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:30
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Think I'm gonna start Octavian's version of the Spectral Helix build since it's the kind of build I haven't done in ages (projectiles/bottom of the tree), it's nicely tanky which I like, and it's got good damage with lovely starter gear (the 365dps axe is about the only tough thing to get). Setting gem levels/quality down and adjusting to 5L with very little on config still gives me 670k dps vs Sirus in POB which seems plenty. One thing I don't like about his version is that, being HC, he doesn't prioritize going fast much. POB doesn't even have a movement skill lol. It has decent inc attack speed, what's the go-to attack-based movement skill in these modern POE days?
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Oct 22, 2021 15:31
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Two minutes later Is there a fun league-startable self-cast slam build right now? (Not Generals Cry, not totems, not traps.)
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Oct 22, 2021 15:33
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docbeard posted:No they should launch now so that all the launch bugs will be ironed out by the time we working stiffs get home. You're not considering download time into this.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:34
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:Speaking of vendor recipes, do y'all use the 5x chance recipe on leaguestart? 1 item of each rarity (normal, magic, rare, unique) gives 5 chance orbs, it's massive for buying maps from zana to progress the atlas quickly. Way better than alch shards. God, no
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Oct 22, 2021 15:40
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docbeard posted:Two minutes later Slams aren't god tier anymore but they're fine imo. You could league start basically any of the slam skills and be fine, although the only one I like is Consecrated Path and Ground Slam (which does kind of suck). I wish Perforate counted as a slam skill, because it's pretty good, especially in sand stance.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:40
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euphronius posted:I hate Dying I hate dying and I'm too lazy to trade which is why I've been yoinking ssfhc builds* for league start for awhile now. *more often than not just doing whatever steel is doing
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Oct 22, 2021 15:42
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Larry Parrish posted:Slams aren't god tier anymore but they're fine imo. You could league start basically any of the slam skills and be fine, although the only one I like is Consecrated Path and Ground Slam (which does kind of suck). I wish Perforate counted as a slam skill, because it's pretty good, especially in sand stance. I do keep meaning to try Consecrated Path, hmmmm.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:48
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:Speaking of vendor recipes, do y'all use the 5x chance recipe on leaguestart? 1 item of each rarity (normal, magic, rare, unique) gives 5 chance orbs, it's massive for buying maps from zana to progress the atlas quickly. Way better than alch shards. The only time I get chance orbs from a vendor recipe is when I accidently sell mirrored 6 socket items
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Oct 22, 2021 15:50
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docbeard posted:I do keep meaning to try Consecrated Path, hmmmm. Fist of War support is really good and CP is like Flicker-lite, is an AoE, and the teleport isn't very far but it still means you always hit your target unlike strike skills. It's very nice. Plus damage conversion shenanigans.
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Oct 22, 2021 15:53
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Larry Parrish posted:Slams aren't god tier anymore but they're fine imo. You could league start basically any of the slam skills and be fine, although the only one I like is Consecrated Path and Ground Slam (which does kind of suck). I wish Perforate counted as a slam skill, because it's pretty good, especially in sand stance. Perforate is a slam. I leagues started it back in...Harvest? When slams were introduced. I switched to Earthshatter later because it was more fun imo.
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Oct 22, 2021 16:01
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I notice Octavian's Spectral Helix build uses Ancestral Cry despite seemingly only benefiting from the +Armor since it has no Strike skills. Besides Ancestral Protector, but his POB isn't using it for damage. Am I missing something about this skill? While the armor boost is nice, is it really big enough to be worth using over another Cry skill, like IDK Intimidating Cry or some poo poo?
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Oct 22, 2021 16:11
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Traxis posted:If anyone is interested, Balormage took Lightee's TR Champ and retooled it for softcore. More damage, slightly less defense (still insanely tanky) kinda bonkers, only 122% life on tree but has like 60k ehp against a phys hit, with max hit taken as 39000 against phys when enemy damage is 10k. gently caress champion is insane.
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Oct 22, 2021 16:12
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I wish they would revert seismic cry  The only nerf they ever did that hurts
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Oct 22, 2021 16:13
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The only chance recipe I use is the two rares with same name one, and even then generally only because it's often a challenge
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Oct 22, 2021 16:22
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