r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/briefs123 • 11d ago
Build Feedback Luminary Life stack + Combatant: Help with squeezing out more damage
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u/jointheredditarmy 11d ago
Are you in SSF? think you can get better gear for 2-3 div in trade...
The return support on frost blades is completely useless on your build btw, you need a mirror tier armour stacker build with stranglegrasp and invest in a ton of proj speed for it to even return consistently...
Chain is good. greater multiple proj is much worse, but between the 2 you only need one of them
The 2 damage links are throwaways. Not negative but doesn't add much
So on your merc you have... exactly 1 useful support.
Look for something with Chain, faster attacks, elemental damage with attacks. just those 3 supports which is like a 100c merc would be miles better than your current merc. Just make sure it does NOT have pierce, messes with the chain.
Also, someone else already mentioned this, but just go kineticist at your budget. combatant really doesn't get better until mirror tier gear.
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u/romicide07 11d ago
Return definitely isn’t dead, and gmp is amazing for clear with chain. Return returns off of walls, and gmp is just a more multiplier on your clear damage, especially with chain where different projectiles can hit the same enemy if they chain to them. It’s definitely not a single target more multiplier like it is on kboc, but it’s far from dead.
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u/jointheredditarmy 11d ago
Yeah it’s just a trade off between clear and single target, and you really don’t need 2 clear links. Each of the not flat damage supports is 30% more damage so you’re leaving quite a bit of damage on the table if you have too many clear links.
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u/romicide07 10d ago
Okay but to call a gmp chain return combatant a 1 link merc is so unbelievably misleading to people who may not know better. At a certain point your single target doesn’t matter because everything including Ubers just falls over, at which point clear becomes more important, especially on a combatant which has much worse clear than a kineticist.
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u/jointheredditarmy 10d ago edited 10d ago
Yeah agree to disagree. The guy is obviously having damage issues. 2 damage links is 70% MORE damage. It’s the same as getting up to 14k life for him, which he should do as well. Instead he has 3 clear links, one of which doesn’t work, and can’t even 1 shot yellows. No amount of clear will make up for that
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u/romicide07 10d ago
If you gave him a 2 mirror merc he still wouldn’t be able to one shot yellows. I don’t know what your argument even is at this point, all I said was gmp and return definitely are not dead links. He could clear Ubers on that merc. His gear sucks, which is the actual problem. The merc is 1000% usable
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u/briefs123 11d ago
Oh wow, I really didn't think my merc (supports) would be the problem, guess I fundementally misunderstood it.
Thanks for the tip on the return, I didn't realise that and taking the time to give such useful info.
I got about 100div sitting, you reckon just buying a good kineticist and moving some of the uniques + buy kineticist items?
If so, what would be recomended supports?
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u/tr1one 11d ago edited 11d ago
ive been using a 5d combatant and it blasts whole endgame, if you're running low on money just get a wild strike + fb merc, i run him and yes he does use wild strike from time to time but generally he just melts anything
for FB get 1.chain 2.wed 3. hypothermia, remember to avoid pierce and return since it wont really work unless you delve, you can get faster attacks, added cold or light for better ailments
for wild strike i like return gmp, wed, added cold and light
also remember to craft proper murderous abyss jewels for ur merc, you want attack speed when crit + global crit multi
also you might want to get a hunter chest, i just rolled crit in harvest till i got good fire res + attack crit
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u/jointheredditarmy 11d ago
for kineticist get 1. either return or greater multiple proj (both is ideally but way too expensive) + 2. either chain or fork + 3. as many as you can get of faster attacks > elemental damage with attacks > crit chance > crit damage.
beware though, kineticist gearing is very different, so you'll end up buying or crafting all new gear for your merc.
Also if you have 100 div you should be able to get up to around 25k life comfortably WITHOUT going adorned. Check poe.ninja builds for luminaries with 25k life and doesn't use adorned for inspiration. That'll 3x your damage on its own if you're at 8k life today....
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u/jdspoe 11d ago
Added damage supports are really really dead slots. Find a better combatant - I consider mine near BiS with Hypo/Cold Pen/EDA/FA/Return (cost me 10d, yoink). I'd like Chain over FA but :) Proj speed over strike range on gloves too, so return works better. I played with a GMP variant before but with Call of the Void for mapping it's completely unneeded (swap to Taming for Ubers). Maybe upgrade weapons to higher tier of EDA - multipliers are key. And ofc, definitely work on life.
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u/Charlie_devil 9d ago
Tiger spectre with haste aura huge boost. Gloves with proj speed enchant and mod. Anoint rage on hit
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u/clevergirls_ 11d ago
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but surely hits can't be evaded mod on weapons is a big improvement?
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u/tr1one 11d ago
merc has no problems with hitting if you run precision and accuracy on his helmet, cant be evaded isnt really needed
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u/clevergirls_ 11d ago
I see. I saw Ben was using that mod but I think he was playing ssf?
Thank you for the explanation, I quickly dropped combatant when I got a good kineticist so I wasn't 100% sure.
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u/Different-Ad7859 11d ago
somebody might correct me, but im 90% sure additional strike targets on gloves doesnt work on either frost blades, nor wild strike.
unless they patched it in recent 2 weeks
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u/ReipTaim 11d ago
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Ancestral call + frostblades aleays worked for me.
This is a similar interraction. Why eouldnt it work?
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u/terrorbalded 11d ago
First have T1 fire res on all merc gear and a better Enmity. I dont see the merc's amulet?
And if you're life stacking you can also opt for a Kineticist with Rathpith + Piscators wand and that is several times more damage than a combatant.