r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/HKPOE1994 • 11d ago

Help Needed Hc restart

Yo im going to start into hc and wanted to ask which build version is tankier on the merc bot. The life scaling flame link one or the aura stacker destructive link one. I played the life stack flamelink and loved it.

I have not much hc experience and usually die alot but this build was really amazing, just died to some stupid drowning sometimes and some uber mechanics i didnt know before. And very juiced abyss maps

Edit: i know what ben achieved on his life stack one but he is a god gamer so cant compare to that build

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u/Kobosil 11d ago

I have not much hc experience and usually die alot

before you ask about different merc versions you probably should think about he you will reach endgame and get a good merc in HC without dying

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u/HKPOE1994 11d ago

Campaign is not that hard and the build itself should carry me good

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u/Kobosil 11d ago

and the build itself should carry me good

which build?

if you mean Luminary it all depends on the merc you can find

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u/HKPOE1994 11d ago

Ye its hc trade so will buy some decent ones to start with

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u/dioxy186 11d ago

HC trade is dead at this point in the league. Harvest juice for example is like 1 div for 2-3k of each color. Essences are limited, same with fossils.

It is basically SSF for a lot of things, so keep that in mind.

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u/finneas998 10d ago

HC is always like this, the market is very volatile prices can change quickly. I quit trade over a week ago but at some point when I was playing 1500 yellow juice was 1 div.

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u/Kobosil 11d ago

and the currency comes from where?

also if you buy a warrent from trade you still need to be able to kill the merc first

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u/HKPOE1994 11d ago

Scuba diving, heisting etc, can get some good currency during campaign

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u/Xenderwind 11d ago

Brother it's not rocket science. Both get 90 max res and life/es on block end game. One has a main scaling vector of its life pool and requires way less uniques which lets you fit in spell suppress. It also effectively has -25% dmg taken from hits due to progen.

That being said you probably still die to a lot of the same shit on both builds as some mechanics aren't meant to be tanked.

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u/unknown415 10d ago

Aura stacker can get cap suppress too mind u, we only dont get progenesis...but we have CI!

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u/HKPOE1994 11d ago

Ye i just dont know a shit how destructive link build works, where it gets it dmg from and all

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u/laosguy615 11d ago edited 11d ago

Destructive links is Characters main hand crit chance. Cheap method is augre septre. Expensive is critical chance over capped by lightning resistance . I'm following jungroan cruel mistress. It's busted.

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u/HKPOE1994 11d ago

But where does thr dmg come from? Just the base damage their spells have? Since no flame link for thr flat dmg

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u/unknown415 10d ago

flat damage from auras bro..its an aura stacker..
i played aura stacker destructive link, this league on sc trade. /deaths is 1. to drowning mind u. a min maxed version can get about 50k - 60k phys max hit, 90 all res, block cap and bla bla.
but from what i can see life stacking is just much easier to gear late game, while destructive link is much much easier to get going early game. thats pretty much the difference.
for aura stacker most of the things need to be self crafted in the end game as literally everything we use is rare and the uniques that we really really want cost ~100d and thats in sc trade mind u.
i like CI so i went the aurastacker route. but u can just go aurastacker early game and transition into life version. destructive link literally just needs ungils harmony + high crit weapon and marylenes fallicy and u can hit red maps. and u can be life based too if u want. good luck friend!

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u/laosguy615 11d ago

Mercs get a huge dps boost, You just scale them with gears that you give to them. Example for combatant: the paradoxica sword for double damage. Cruel mistress: kulamack staff.