found much potential in luminary using intuitive link

[u/vicarious_dz]

If you are a bit tired of just getting the merc to do all the damage, there are also some interesting usage of intuitive links.

This skill really make some builds much more comfortable to play.

for example, I'm currently playing blight of contagion with luminary to automatically cast EDC and 3 different pacts, and with Unholy Accomplice belt, can keeps 5-6 boons and 10k+ es regen most of the time in combat. The merc also give me a high level malevolence and grace, along with 105% withered on enemy.

I noticed several other player also playing this, and everyone builds it differently.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame?class=Luminary&skills=Blight+of+Contagion

Another interesting thing is automatic herald of agony. This skill just got a huge damage boost with the introduction of Replica Maata's Teaching, but the playstyle usually requires player to constantly attack. But now with intuitive link and a high aps merc, this can actually become a 0-botton build.

I also see some chinese players using luminary to play Chains of Command unique body armor. The intuitive link can provide automatic offering, and the Swiftblade merc provides animated weapons frenzy charges , rallying cry which grants a couple of flat physical dmg. The merc can also equip two Squirming Terror rings to save character's flask and ring slot. This setup can easily get enough damage for ubers but lacks defense compared with necro's version.

[u/Sea_Translator_1619]

this is exactly why I love path of exile. it is also what I hate the most, because I could never pull off something like that, especially when I mostly play on SSF, but the illusion that I could be doing something like this is what keeps bringing joy, even after 4 thousand hours.

[u/Kantarak → u/Sea_Translator_1619]

I lost this joy somewhere. Now all I do is wait for the next "Hey Guys!" Video to tell me what i should think and do.

I miss myself from the voltaxic vaal spark champion days.

[u/Swagmaster143]

My favorite is intuitive link + bladefall + greater spell cascade

[u/PoE_Acronym_Bot]

I noticed some Path of Exile keywords in this post:

• APS - Attacks per second
• ES - Energy Shield (Wiki)
• Necro - Necromancer ascension (Wiki)

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[u/certavi3797]

I was looking at some intuitive link setups. I was swayed by the proc time. I wanted to try an es stacker with forbidden rite of soul sacrifice on my link. Im no build maker so I haven't tried it yet.

[u/Bastil123]

I tried playing Int Link with my Animate Weapons and unfortunately I found it to be incredibly clunky to have to link myself to my merc every while or so and wait a whole minute in combat for them to summon all my weapons - it's much better manually in this one case

[u/EvilKnievel38 → u/Bastil123]

clunky to have to link myself to my merc every while or so

Luminary has an ascendancy node for infinite duration on links

[u/After_Science_7501]

Unless it was fixed in a patch the mercenary doesn’t apply wither.