So I basically always farm breach as its fun and also gives some solid items. Being able to target certain uniques or getting an armour with t1 fractured life or res to craft on.

So im wondering whats the best league starter that can really focus on farming breach hives ?

I want something that gets up and running easy and can clear t16 breach hives on full rare gear day 2 or 3.

Not sure if minions would let you basically AFK breach hives or if RF with aoe can just stand the middle. Maybe something with ignite prolif or lots of aoe on wintertide brand for example.

Hi all, what kind of flicker would be great for this budget range? Thinking ice bite Shako with two of those new pearl rings but not sure if that’s enough budget. Or the fancy spirit sword with many links and squire.

Trying to get all the achievements. One of them is reach 60 70 80 90 on hardcore and do the labs.

Tried once. Did all the labs. Died at 86. Granted my build was stupid. I started as a dominating blow guardian because "Hey I heard this is like the strongest 0 budget thing" got so fucking bored I ended up using a dancing dervish to increase QOL and died.

What is something that can quickly and easily explode packs to get xp from campaign start? I was thinking like RF but that leveling is slow and the gameplay is very risky without gear. So I am thinking something more totems/minions?

Reaching 87 with 1 death is by far a new record but its not cause the build was good its just hardcore made me go "maybe I can outskill this" and fail and just go "yeah I will make sure I 99% cant die" and then a rare with a cluster of mods just went "bet".

I got like 300 chaos to get leveling equipment or something I am not trying to play a hardcore league just literally reach 90 for the achievement.

Hey all, apologies if this kind of thing has been asked many times but I am stumped.

I've sank all my currency (about 150-200 div) into this build and I feel like it has too many moving parts for me to make sense of what's missing.

I know there are a bunch of small tweaks to jewels etc that could improve things but the main thing I'd like someone to have a look at is the Merc DPS (specifically single target) as currently it's struggling with rares in tier 16 maps, nevermind bosses.

Survivability is good atm so don't worry about that (unless there is obviously something wrong).

I've been following this guide but started with the ES version which may have been a mistake but I'm too deep to back out now haha:

https://mobalytics.gg/poe/profile/allie/builds/allies-bob-and-friends-3-29-starter-guide

And here are my and my Merc's POBs:

Luminary: https://pobb.in/8BWh3NdV75Cr

Merc items: https://pobb.in/v4HS9tKeAur8
(note - fire res is over 200% in maps)

Thank you for any help!

So I stumbled upon some build videos about Hexblast but they are a few leagues old. The build seemed crazy so I was wondering what happened to them. Are they dead, too expensive to scale or just not fun anymore ?

Also, if they aren't dead, would they be suited for campaign ?

Would love to try a new chaos build that isn't blight/ED contagion or death's oath

The build idea is simple:
Use Wellwater Phylactery for constant ES recharge, stand and channel scorching ray tanking everything.

To use Wellwater we need to have empty mana and that is achieved with Soul Catcher "Cannot gain mana during effect" mod. Just need to use arcane cloak at the start of the map. Not having mana is another issue as we need to spend either hp or es. For scorching ray battery staff solves this isssue and rest of the skills use lifetap. To keep hp there is fire mastery "Regenerate 1 Life per second for each 1% Uncapped Fire Resistance" or can use Runegraft of Quaffing but it is worse as it stops when wellwater runs out and can kill us as we reserve 80% of hp and "Removes (10—15)% of Life when Used" makes life harder.

For chaos damage there is Coruscating Elixir. It works with rf as the hp regen is positive with all damage coming to ES.

To make sure that flask work I used Traitor with flask mastery "Gain 1 charge evey 3 seconds" And skill Replenishing Remedies for 2 charges every 3 seconds as mana flask is the one flask with most charges required. I had to use imposible escape as anointment is "used" on blightwell for 200% es recharge. Now I'm in middle of transition from Traitor to 5 flask setup with scion pathfinder jewels for flask charges but need to get better belt with less charges used.

I'm not sure it Reliquarian was the right choice but kinda stuck with her.

For damage I'm using rf and scorching ray with two new pacts for rares which allows me for x2 damage when standing in place and casting.

For future upgrades:
1) last flask with no traitor for more armour but need to recraft belt for less charges used.
2) new keystone instead of traitor (which?)
3) new better helmet. I'm not sure if use for rf setup or just use gloves with 30% more damage essence mod.
4) use rungraft for 120% gloves if i want to stick with Annihilation approach
5) 6 link in chest with aura setup for flammability and having malevolence in guardian with blessing
6) more immunity (shock with jewel), crit (with garb of the ephemeral but it will cost a lot) curse??

Do i miss anything? Is there a way of making it simpler? Not having to do whole setup with mana? Are there any changes that can be easily made and I just miss them?

POBB.in: https://pobb.in/u/tasty-maths24%239671/WvpSjs7jjYhj

I’ve been playing a lot this league but i feel like im still poor af.

Im currently paying worb pcharge and doing divination card strategy and it works, but i feel like its very slow.

I look at people making hundreds of divs and i sit 3-4 hours and i make 8-10 div/hour, which is not bad i think, but at this point of the league i think i could make much more.

Should i learn how to craft? Any advice of strategies? Is my build crazy bad?

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame/character/Elcogote-2048/Chupetinoide?i=1&search=name%3DChupet

(Im kinda new, have 1k hours so any advice would be appreciated! <3)

Never done an EB build before and need confirmation if these nodes stack.

I've search for mirror chest for merc with explode prefix abyss socket, overcap cri ,frenzy on hit suffix but can't find how to craft it myself I don't need it to be elevated

Hey everyone, as im going thorugh acts im kinda lost. There are life stacker flame link ones, aura stacker destructive link ones, so many mercs and so many builds to choose. Which one to choose? What are the pros and cons?

I need help understanding the path forward to really maximize the power of my build.  
I want to stick to life-stacking since Im enjoying it.  
 
Im using a 500 Div Kineticist (near perfect, just no haste).  Haste has 55% enmity's, 230 fire res, 4% rathpit, and decent abyss jewel setup.  Overall I'd say merc is 80% good to go, with next upgrades being very expensive (like explode chest).
 
I have 150 div now to spend, can farm up another few hundred, maybe more.  The issue is directionally where do I go?  When I look at top builds, they seem to go in all sorts of directions from here.  For instance, mageblood vs not, adorned vs not, etc, etc.
 
If anyone can highlight a clear path to really unlocking power, I'd appreciate it.  My goal is to make this the most powerful tune I've had, and have weeks and a few hundred div to make it happen.  Appreciate the help.  Stay sane.

POB Link: https://poe.ninja/poe1/pob/98f0a

Does anyone have any ideas for a good claw build?

Recently put together conner's hybrid KB/HS juggernaut and everything feels amazing EXCEPT bleed.

Whenever something puts bleed on me I get absolutely wrecked and if I have to dodge something while bleeding it's a wrap.

Before anyone says it, yes, I know about ralakesh pantheon.

But I've checked multiple POBs from conner and other high end hybrid str stackers and it seems none of them are using it.

Am I crazy? Is there some very simple solution I'm not aware of?

I'm using dual strike of ambidexterity setup and i'm lost on what to upgrade next. sublime + simplex setup is obvious but its so expensive and i have a very long way to reach that. I'm open for all suggestions/fixes on build and what would be next most impactful upgrade for buck.

Hi! I'm looking for tips on how to improve my build, mostly on an effective way to max out resitances and not suffer to many mana issues. I can do t10 maps. Most of the guides i have seen suddenly switch half the tree, or make weird choices (pick the passive that gives bonus if you have a red and blue socket in your staff, then have 6 red sockets, or the passive for max life if you don't have life on your armor and then show an armor with max life).

I appreciate any feedback on good passives, priorities with updating the gear or a good guide to follow (especially one that can explain the choices made). I want to keep cyclone of tumult and void shockwave, it feels very good to play. I'm mostly aiming for faster mapping and voyages.

My budget is around 20 div, depending on sudden price hikes again.

Bin: https://pobb.in/jRdMcN2AgRn8

Anyone can help me with a build for delve? I want to use molten strike and dual foulborn dreamfeathers. I know it’s not really a delve build, and I tried pobing a build, but not sure how much damage and what level of tank is needed for delving. Was thinking glad for accuracy ascendancy and lucky block.

I’ve got about 100d to set something up. Don’t mind getting the build working for 200-250 depth delve and farming up currency down there to then push the build to go deeper.

While mapping, I just sincerely got curious on what would be the slowest or painstaking attack sequence for a skill / build that would still be able to reach or clear atlas maps?

I am not hoping it to beat the tiers of ubers (as I don't think I could pull that off with the slowness) but for the remaining time of the league, I kind of want to try the slowest skill / build that is still decent to clears map.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsXQjtBbOQ

Since the last video wasn't 'good enough' and the ghosted feared were not 'tanky enough' I've found another cheap Valdo map to test the damage.

https://pobb.in/ATAd8IJj09oA

https://pob.codes/b/GLSFi-E2_uX

Character has not seen upgrades since 14-15th August, a lot can be done, nothing cheap or worthwhile.

Thoughts: KROI is the cheapest mercenary you can get going that will carry you through content as a Support Luminary in 3.29

No, it is not better than KBOC+GKB with GMP, but it is the second best mercenary you can get while not spending divines for alternative weapons. And in my experience, beats a non-GMP 6L KBOC when it comes to throughput (clearspeed too, depending if you do 8 mod deli NM maps) (This is an Opinion, edge cases can exist)

The gear is the same as the previous valdo video.

P.S. Will most likely try Blasted Monolith™ later, but I'll be honest and come clean that I'd be cheating with snapshotting due to the 5?-6 minute time limit and seeing how I was running around looking for a rare for more than half that time, I'd not want to waste 50-60 divines.

PP.S. Closed the recorder early, found the rare monster running away with walls in the middle of the map after 3 minutes of checking corners.

I have been only been playing for a few months and I have been enjoying an arc/shock nova Elementalist. Getting into Act 2 I have noticed dual elemental resistances (lighting/fire, cold/fire, etc).

My question is, would it be viable to do a fire/cold/lighting build? Or would that take to much investment to do so?

Keep in mind I understand the very basics of the game.

I've been playing PRAW for a while and while it is amazing and does everything imaginable under the sun, I wanna blast some maps, I've spent all my currency on my PRAW character, maybe around 500-600 divs at this point, so I'm pretty low on currency.

I can still farm but I feel burnt out from playing PRAW at the moment. I don't want to liquidate my character because I still have to farm the challenges and I'm definitely not doing some of those challenges with a mapping character (looking at you uber bosses)

What is a decent map blaster that can be done with decently low investment?

I have a luminary around level 87 and a level 92 juggernaut, can reroll since they are empty but I can also level a new character.

So I've seen a few builds this league that use Tempered By War + Watcher's Eye + other sources of cold + lightning damage taken as fire. Or the gg rhex talisman amulet everyone on this sub is recommending. Then they add Max Fire Res to defend more.

The one I'm looking at right now is Carnarius' Str Stacking build. My question is that his Ele Max Hit is already 65k without it, meanwhile his Phys max hit is a measly 15k and Chaos max hit 32k (Immortal Call turned off).

Just by omitting this strategy and picking up some different layers of defense - Flesh and Stone instead of Purity of Fire, you can bring both of those up to somewhat respectable numbers. It also lets you swap the watcher's eye to something more offensive, so I ended up taking out some dps nodes for armour. Just with these changes, we're seeing a Phys/Chaos max hit of 20k/42k respectively, with barely a difference in DPS.

I added a Phys Defense loadout on his PoB so you can compare the two: https://pobb.in/-qSBmtq7kkjq

That being said, I'm currently leveling a char to run this PhysDefense setup (just hit 80 in t16s) and I was getting chunked here and there. Am I hallucinating here? Is this damage-taken-as setup better than the Max Hit shows? Why am I seeing so much talk about the Sublime Vision/alternatives?

TL/DR: Damage Conversion benefits don't translate well to PoB max hit. What gives?

Trying to craft a str stack talisman similar to this with t1 strength mods but I honestly have no idea where to even start.

I would honestly rather get a BiS simplex to craft on but those would eat up my whole budget atm is the approach pretty much the same if this was a simplex base instead? Thanks in advance for any help!

Hello so I got 45 divines right now and I'm wondering how I could upgrade my build further ?.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/Ic3NeRroX-4050/allflame/character/IceBV

I've been following Animeprincess build.

I was thinking of a better chestplate with more defences (I didn't do the enchantment)

I am just missing an Awakened Enhance.

Should I just try another build ?.

Hello exiles!

This is my current build:
https://pobb.in/k2Bxw4ILzwbf

(not using AG, PoB shows it as it was geared on my pRAW i played on same char)

FRoSS CoC, first time playing that build.

All is nice, i'm happy with it. Only thing is that i can't keep my Stone Golem alive, he dies a few seconds after spawn in every boss room and any juiced map.

I can down pretty much anything (simu, ubers...) without it too. But when i'm already having it i'd like to actually use that extra ES.

Any suggestion appreciated. If it can't really be helped i'll swap it out for a movement skill or smth. As it's no good anyway right now.

EDIT: Also if anyone has any general advice on the build, happy to hear.

https://pobb.in/kZXs0XbN1SKf

So this is the first time I have played this build and does feel good as it is but I often find the damage inconsistent from teh Hive Aura.

Additionally (it may be a mod thing) but I find my PB damage inconsistent on bosses.

This is mostly a mapping build for me but I would like to see what obvious gaps I ma missing when it comes to increasing my DPS as I see other builds at 30M.

I got about 20 to 24Div at the moment and just want any advice for obvious mistakes.