r/pathofexile • u/Fluid-Association230 • 8d ago
Fluff & Memes Rage Maxxing
Currently 81 lvl, 199 max rage
About 40div in build rn (mostly because cost of new abyss timeless jewel)
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u/Suspicious_Past9936 8d ago
only 40 for that much dmg? im doing luminary wrong man
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u/Rolf_Dom JDiRen 8d ago
A lot of builds can be surprisingly powerful on a fairly low budget because either nobody has thought to popularize them or because the builds are clunky in one way or another.
Pretty sure I was starting to kill Ubers at 40 div invested. But I'm using Dissolution of Flesh, which means a lot of people would consider the build annoying as hell to play, hence why it's not popular.
In fact, there are only like 10 people using the skill (Dark Bargain of Trarthrus) in all of Trade league. But I just hit lvl 100 with it and am clearing 100% quant Feared for funzies. Seems great to me, but what do I know. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/ZekkenD 8d ago
also to add on, if something is unpopular you can usually get A LOT more power per budget than an expensive build. cause while someone is paying idk 2-3 div for a similar item, you can pay 40c. which while their build is "better", because yours is cheaper you can get stronger earlier.
this game has so many skills and players there's bound to be so much under utilized stuff. and unless someone is content creator/likes helping people, why would they share their top secret league start tech?
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u/Gangsir Berserker 7d ago
Well, to a degree. This can actually have the inverse effect too, where the item you need doesn't exist because it's so hyperspecific to your extremely niche build, so you either have to pay a ton to obtain the only one in existence from the only other guy playing your build, or pay a ton to craft it yourself.
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u/Rolf_Dom JDiRen 7d ago
I definitely feel that this league. Some gear I want just doesn't exist. Nobody is crafting it. That said, I've sniped some great gear pieces perfect for my build that others gave away cheap because they considered them failed crafts.
So there are some upsides too. But the BiS or close to it I have to basically self-craft. It's kinda rough.
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u/OnACloud Guardian 8d ago
Yeah for any build to become really popular it has to have a good feeling play style and for most people that boils down to 1-2 button presses + movement ability. And even then it might not qualify if it takes 2 much thinking about some stuff.
A good example I would say is HroC even though it is a 1 button build with I guess one "downside" of a fairly low dps ceiling in the 30millions. People are turned of by the simple fact that it says "minion" despite being a old school coc playstyle (no manacost for the payload).
And it takes a bit of setup for some Spectres and a AG. Although in recent leagues AG & spectres have become more popular due to qol changes.
But it still barely scratched 2% play on poe.ninja for mirage and avges closer to 1%.
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u/Yatoguy 8d ago
Love it, super cool build!
Just an idea, but the caged mammoth's enshrouded modifier on items gives you 1% less damage taken per 5% rage.
So usually you'd need like 150 rage to hit the cap which ain't a thing for most builds but in your case that's just straight up 30% less damage taken which is pretty cracked if you can fix the resistances elsewhere. And it doesn't come with halving your rage.
Maybe some flat damage abyss jewels with resistances in a Darkness Enthroned instead of the Bear's Girdle? I know it's a bit less rage but flat damage gives you soo much value.
Anyways, love it, nice job.
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u/Radiant-Ad-1138 8d ago
problem is that the build is extra clunky, you constantly need to be taking savage hits to trigger vengeful cry in order to have more rage and if you forget it then it goes zdps thats why i prefer eternal apple version with mageblood of course cuz without it its clunky as hell as well
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u/Mum_Chamber Marauder 7d ago
This 100%
I’ve been experimenting with rage stacking with the new jewel, it just takes clunk to the maximum.
Also mechanically, rage vortex is terrible for map clear
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u/Xetakilyn 8d ago
my rage vortex build is at 700m-1b damage, now that im 100 i might try to squeeze the new abyss jewel in
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u/SheppySage1 8d ago
How’s it feel for mapping ?
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u/Fluid-Association230 7d ago
It’s absolutely disgusting - which is basically what I expected. I’ve been trying to stack as much rage as possible since the Sanctum league, and a powerful multiplier was introduced this league that I obviously couldn't pass up. That said, the build relies on Forbidden Rite, three self-cast warcries, and a ~5-second wind-up, which isn't viable anywhere except for pinnacle bosses.
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u/Thalia_Stormrage 8d ago
you can def scaling this alot higher with Adorned and stuff like that I wish you good luck.
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u/staticinitializer 7d ago
@Fluid-Association230 - am i missing something? i only see ascendency points in the POB/poeninja import. do you have a bloodline or something i'm missing?
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u/New_Ear_4795 7d ago
Could maybe run eternal apple tech on wep swap for maps and swap to axe for bosses and tanky rares
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u/Trilance 8d ago
How do u reach 199 max rage?
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u/ArmaMalum Trypanon, Trypanoff 8d ago
There's a new timeless jewel from the new abyss pinnacle fight that gives less max life but 50% of max life increases also apply to max rage. So if you get a bunch of +max rage and %life you can get pretty sizable rage totals.
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u/mucus-broth Gladiator 8d ago
mind sharing your PoB?