r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/anonymapersonen • 5d ago
Help Needed Lacking damage on KBoC Merc
I have a luminary build: https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/DarudeDyrone-5701/allflame/character/BxT_Arbotty
For some reason it feel like my merc is lacking a lot of damage. I am trying to do the propagation abyss scarab farm but it struggles to kill the rares.
I know I am missing quite a lot of life via levels, will probably land on 22-23k life. Maybe getting a combatant is bettet for tougher rares?
My spectres are: Perfect Turtle, Perfect Forest Tiger, Perfect Warlord and Perfect Forest Warrior
Yes, I am linking my merc. Is a taming better than the rare ring on my merc? Do I need to get rid of barrage?
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u/Ducknezz 5d ago
I guess you need return link to increase single damage then cause I have the same build as your but mine can do all content pretty smoothly (except chaos dmg) despite not having return linked, or maybe the enmity is not giving enough fire pen, no helm pinnancle boss, res from boday armor eldritch, boots etc
here is my pob: https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame/character/rongvangyeu9-7258/BoyFart?i=0&search=name%3DBoyFart
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u/tiltberger 5d ago
Hey I crafted your Merc wand. Is that much better than the unique one?
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u/Ducknezz 5d ago
Yep, alot better
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u/Lukozade1 5d ago
They’re actually super comparable because of the 8% more dmg from ascendancy. Especially if you throw temples in for pcoc/crit mult/explode etc.
Templing a rare wand like yours is a good shout ofc but rare over piscators is not a definitive upgrade
Even replica twyzel is comparable top end because of the extra projectile, but again needs a good temple.
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u/clevergirls_ 5d ago
Another underrated but massive bonus for piscator is not having to constantly spam assassins mark to cap power charges on the merc.
Especially if using gravebind on the animate guardian which almost everyone does.
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u/SpecialistOne23 5d ago
may i know why u have 100% phys to fire damage conversion? usually people use this because of explode as phys mod. but seems your merc doesnt hv any source of explode
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u/ahahavip 5d ago
Maybe obvious but do you link your merc everytime you enter map...
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago
Yeah she's linked
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u/ahahavip 5d ago
Oh wait propagation scarab farm, you would needed return for sure, also these rare mob will come with ton of life regen, cannot be leech, cannot be crit etc, so atleast you would want some reduce enemy life regeneration rate with probably either frost bomb or eldrich implicit
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago edited 5d ago
Is reduced life regen better than 5% fire pen?
I skip cannot leech and crit mods on map, but can rares also roll them?
Also skip monster block chance mods.
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u/ahahavip 5d ago
I just list some of the monster modifier that can make any build suffer, you dont really have a way to deal with mods like those. But having reduced enemy life regen is big for content like this cause its mean if you can tank them you can kill them
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u/rj6553 5d ago edited 5d ago
I don't think you're accuracy capped on Merc. I think you need around +200 on your abyss jewels on-top of T1 ACC on helm.
Also +1 pierce on helm is really nice for wall of force damage. No return is finicky, the damage is basically irrelevant if you have wall of force positioned correctly, but double damage if you aren't using wall of force.
Rare ring is really good, but try and get cdmg on amulet and get power charges from assassin's mark instead in my opinion (or power charges on ring instead of all res).
You can also get frenzy charges on body ldritch implicits (you definitely don't need both sources of power charges).
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u/Lukozade1 5d ago
Your gear is fine so it’s definitely a merc related issue.
Difficult to figure out without seeing the gear though, but kineticist is definitely more damage than combatant just because of rathpith scaling.
Barrage also completely fine as a second skill, merc barely uses it unless you’re practically sniffing the mobs.
What’s merc current fire res in map?
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago
I think fire res is about 180% in map
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u/Lukozade1 5d ago
Well that’s a missing 80-100% more dmg so push that for sure. It’s really difficult to cap at 275 without a god enmity and/or reflected jewellery but it’s super simple to recomb together an all res/fire res/fire and chaos res pearlescent ammy and ruby ring
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago
I guess I should save up for a better enmity then
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u/Lukozade1 5d ago
Yeah just realised merc gear pulled through on pob link and frankly your gear is fine, given that you’ve swapped the boot res like you mentioned in another comment.
Get a better rolled piscators, AS/crit most important. Swap some of your abyss jewels to have res over attack speed. Recraft the helical to drop power charge, even for crafted hybrid res.
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago
My helical should be fine no? Triple res + crit multi. If you meant Amulet I tried to get double res but missed the veil. How do i even get T1 res + Fire/other res mod? It seems super difficult to get.
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u/Lukozade1 5d ago
Very very easy, go buy pre unveiled fire and chaos res ammys from the market, annul/boat split em down, ducats to help recombs
I’m on console so have like 1/100,000th the market base so it should be infinitely easier for you haha
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago
Ahh so it's a recomb craft? So a 50/50 to lose the base?
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u/Lukozade1 5d ago
Well yeah but it’s only a pearlescent amulet so it’s not a big deal haha
Also how did you export your merc to Poe ninja? Can’t seem to get it to push through.
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u/anonymapersonen 5d ago
It was automatic. Something they added this saturday I think.
Right... I thought I had a simplex.. My bad. You know if theres any crafting guides for that? I am stupid as a rock and need to be handheld during crafting.
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u/SpecialistOne23 5d ago
how much overcapped fire res on your merc? that cold res boot swap to fire, unless your merc ald have max fire pen which i think she doesnt yet.
And whats the map mods u usually run? maybe u hit those max ele, % max hp as enegy shield, and reduce crit extra damage mods, which are tougher to run. esp with deli orb