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How do you feel about Archnemesis mods on rares?
Incredibly fun, I love them!
They're alright
Needs more work
Almost as much fun as shoving a red hot nail under my fingernail
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M. Night Skymall
Mar 22, 2012

Stux posted:

there are more melee skills than boneshatter

What melee build do you think is a good starter then?

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J
Jun 10, 2001

frajaq posted:

Do people make map tier lists of the more valuables/easiest ones to run and favorite them?

Check this site out, it lets you set weightings for layout quality, boss difficulty/annoyance, monster density, and value of div cards, and it will show you a list of the maps that most meet those criteria. https://mapsofexile.com/

Mikojan
May 12, 2010

Its me, the only tectonic slam enjoyer in the world

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Jugg slams will take you all the way from Friday to 1000 divine super builds

Do whatever until you get a BLS, stack strength. Buy expensive stuff later. There

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

M. Night Skymall posted:

What melee build do you think is a good starter then?

Depending on your definition of melee, Splitting Steel is a good starter.
Earthshatter will work well enough, but its a lot of buttons for not a lot of payoff.

frajaq
Jan 30, 2009

#acolyte GM of 2014


J posted:

Check this site out, it lets you set weightings for layout quality, boss difficulty/annoyance, monster density, and value of div cards, and it will show you a list of the maps that most meet those criteria. https://mapsofexile.com/

Oh gently caress thats exactly it, thank you!

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Alternatively just use pillar of the caged god from like .. level 13 I think . You can get them pretty easily. The switch to BLS. Then eventually switch to replica alberons.

You can buy bad roll corrupted Astrementiss for cheap too

Edit

This will let you start almost any slam Jugg build or Jugg melee build

euphronius fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Mar 28, 2024

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

M. Night Skymall posted:

What melee build do you think is a good starter then?

poison lightning strike obivously. any other questions

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

if i hate hextblast ignite im going to play poison lightning strike deaths oath, an idea ive decided would work flawlessly

FZeroRacer
Apr 8, 2009

M. Night Skymall posted:

What melee build do you think is a good starter then?
zerker cleave of rage. it got a nominal nerf in its aoe being slightly less fuckhuge. gearing is fairly simple at the low end and scales nicely.

M. Night Skymall
Mar 22, 2012

Alright between splitting steel and LS maybe I'm actually starting a melee build with CoC DD, I'm a convert, melee all the way.

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

I love Ice Crash and will continue to love Ice Crash well that's my story

GodspeedYou!Witchy
Jun 24, 2020
I’m excited to start exsanguinate mines because I have the flower MTX for it

Mikojan
May 12, 2010

Stux posted:

if i hate hextblast ignite im going to play poison lightning strike deaths oath, an idea ive decided would work flawlessly

Death's oath is crazy enjoyable, idc what ppl say

queeb
Jun 10, 2004

m



is BAMA bait? it seems cool as hell but ive never played it so.

i found this, this is pr3vy's build guide he just posted which seems very in depth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbBbwPDUrtwYryAElxNIHs0chSiRwF5jDIBhf6fZZow/preview

it basically looks like a totem build

Erulisse
Feb 12, 2019

A bad poster trying to get better.
I wish we had some crazy LE style uniques that convert all ignites to idk, poison, etc
Like we have ele conversion

That would be dope af

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

In crucible you could convert exsanguinate and reap to fire and it was indeed dope as hell

M. Night Skymall
Mar 22, 2012

queeb posted:

is BAMA bait? it seems cool as hell but ive never played it so.

i found this, this is pr3vy's build guide he just posted which seems very in depth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbBbwPDUrtwYryAElxNIHs0chSiRwF5jDIBhf6fZZow/preview

it basically looks like a totem build

The guide I saw said to farm normal lab in act 4 to get your transfigured gem for the swap, which seemed pretty poo poo, but otherwise it's probably fine.

shimmy shimmy
Nov 13, 2020

Red Red Blue posted:

Still going back and forth between archmage ball lightning and explosive trap, probably won't be able to decide until 5 minutes before servers go up

Nah it's the same voice actress but according to her imdb she hasn't really done anything for years, I think people just assumed she wasn't acting anymore

oh poo poo that's awesome, locked in to elementalist EAB then.

Setec_Astronomy
Mar 10, 2003

there's nothing wrong with you that an expensive operation can't prolong

queeb posted:

is BAMA bait? it seems cool as hell but ive never played it so.

i found this, this is pr3vy's build guide he just posted which seems very in depth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbBbwPDUrtwYryAElxNIHs0chSiRwF5jDIBhf6fZZow/preview

it basically looks like a totem build

I can't say for certain as far as leveling, but the group MF guys are planning to use BAMA as their damage dealer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWdzAzKbbVA. They're hitting 17 BILLION DPS in PoB which seems pretty decent.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

EAB is great

Just remember number of explosions is attack speed * number of totems * fuse duration. You will be doing this calculation a lot .

This is assuming 100% hit chance which you should be at

Also for the love of god do not have added fire damage anywhere on your gear and have at least one instance of added lightening or cold somewhere

wemgo
Feb 15, 2007

queeb posted:

is BAMA bait? it seems cool as hell but ive never played it so.

i found this, this is pr3vy's build guide he just posted which seems very in depth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbBbwPDUrtwYryAElxNIHs0chSiRwF5jDIBhf6fZZow/preview

it basically looks like a totem build

Not bait, just kinda odd playstyle

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

BAMA is certainly not bait and absolutely very strong, but if a guide tells you to farm normal lab for a 1/24 chance to get a certain alt gem you should probably just ignore that guide and everything its creator ever said or did.

TyrantWD
Nov 6, 2010
Ignore my doomerism, I don't think better things are possible

queeb posted:

is BAMA bait? it seems cool as hell but ive never played it so.

i found this, this is pr3vy's build guide he just posted which seems very in depth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbBbwPDUrtwYryAElxNIHs0chSiRwF5jDIBhf6fZZow/preview

it basically looks like a totem build

I played it last season and it was extremely strong. Easiest leveling experience I ever had, 0 deaths up to level 95. If it weren't for PBoD existing last league, I'd say it was the strongest build I've played in a long time.

No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

speaking of bait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KdApGGVqs

M. Night Skymall
Mar 22, 2012

Wuxi posted:

BAMA is certainly not bait and absolutely very strong, but if a guide tells you to farm normal lab for a 1/24 chance to get a certain alt gem you should probably just ignore that guide and everything its creator ever said or did.

I'll be sure to let Ghazzy know he's on your naughty list. https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/bama-guardian-build-guide

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

M. Night Skymall posted:

I'll be sure to let Ghazzy know he's on your naughty list. https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/bama-guardian-build-guide

Not sure what your point here is. He's an idiot if he's actually telling people to run normal lab for 2h. Who the gently caress does that?

xZAOx
Sep 6, 2004
PORKCHOP SANDWICHES

Wuxi posted:

Not sure what your point here is. He's an idiot if he's actually telling people to run normal lab for 2h. Who the gently caress does that?

SSF players I guess?

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."
^^^^ fine, okay. Boring!

Just trade for the gems, jeez

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

xZAOx posted:

SSF players I guess?

Even then you should never grind a specific alt gem before Merc lab, when you get a lot more useful stuff in general and the extra options at the end of the lab.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Yeah I posted the divine font chart earlier Z nerf lab is where it’s at

wemgo
Feb 15, 2007
If you can grind normal lab in ~5 minutes (yes this is possible early on good layouts) then maybe its worth doing over merc lab. Even then, merc lab will likely be better though if your atlas is unfinished.

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."
Does any secret trade site deal in detonate dead futures or options

Bugsy
Jul 15, 2004

I'm thumpin'. That's
why they call me
'Thumper'.


Slippery Tilde
BAMA real good. Pr3vy had the guide from last league and it was very good.

Witch doesn't get blink or mirror so if SSF have a ranger kill brutus then mule it to a witch.

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/The_Doppelganger is the easiest way to get a 20% mirror arrow and then if you want you can change it to blink arrow by vendoring with an orb of alteration.

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

Mikojan posted:

Death's oath is crazy enjoyable, idc what ppl say

yeah io played it before with caustic arrow and really enjoyed it, kind of like a more satisfying RF to me

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

Andohz posted:

I was considering going DD, went through BA once on an old DD character and naw, I hate it.

On bosses you use arcanist brand to cast the desecrate part though, afaik.
so it's not actually that bad for bosses then? Cause I was thinking of aiming for a boss rushing strat anyway.

If that can carry me far enough, I'd look at a map clearing secondary character like RF or the elusive wardloop or similar autobomber

wemgo
Feb 15, 2007
Watching BAMA and its like ea ballista but faster and stronger i think.

Imagine if your totem button was also a movement skill, basically.

Seems… real good. drat the indecision (im still starting coc dd)

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
How boring and small

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yy3DXB63sk

Character size meta when GGG?

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
BAMA is sorta a 2nd character skill because as mentioned trying to RNG into it is not a fun time at league start but will be plentiful when people can get the guaranteed uberlab gem transfigs or the market has been saturated.

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docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out what BAMA means

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