[3.4] Teleports Behind You - Poet's Pen Lightning Warp & Arc, MF / Facetank t16 / Shaper / U. Elder

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Namcap wrote:

So has anyone found a good method for exploring the darkness in delves on this build? I got so used to a fast whirling blade + phasing on my 1st character that I just can't seem to find anything that works here. I'm talking about running into the darkness side zones as the cart advances, not going back to revisit everything.

LW is too clunky due to terrain, just running + phasing is sketchy as fuck since we don't have huge leech/life on hit. I seem to get stuck a lot on the way back from whatever chests/loot is in the darkness and end up dying (phase run doesn't have 100% uptime so can't just walk through mobs).

Dont use this build to do Darkness in Delve.
If you want take a nice stroll in Delve Darkness use this build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHYrrlHDkI&t

Hi, I'm having a lot of fun with this build (second character of the league) and rolled over everything till tier 15 (died from time to time to darkness -thanks to the flare button not taking command) and from time to time to random one shot. This, I can live with, even if it can be annoying. I have known some build that were tankier (thoug the MoM + mind of the council is impressive), but not many that were faster mappers.

However, I tried Minotaur and he just wrecked me... 6 portals later, I had died as many times to one shots (I tried to kite him but he teleports and instant kills) and put him a little above half his HP... Argh.


I had some ideas looking at the build of a poet's pen hierophant, that uses immortal call in PP, alongside an offensive skill + support (he uses volatile dead, but the principle is the same). What do you think of this idea (he says he gets permanent IC from it) and which gem would you replace in the "classic" setup for bossing (arc + ball lightning) ?

I got "VD destroys +1 body" enchant on my helm, which seems OP, except we don't play VD... But I thought VD + unearth could maybe replace the bossing setup, as the tree is not lightning oriented. Any comment ?

+ I don't understand the purpose of barrage. I'm wondering if I could not do better with just a 6 link Frenzy and some utilities (like CWDT utilities or so).

Last but not least, any idea of what I should improve now, gear or tree wise ?
character is Freya_Mjollnirsdottir.

My (not so bad) gear :

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Pingouinmalin wrote:

However, I tried Minotaur and he just wrecked me... 6 portals later, I had died as many times to one shots (I tried to kite him but he teleports and instant kills) and put him a little above half his HP... Argh.

+ I don't understand the purpose of barrage. I'm wondering if I could not do better with just a 6 link Frenzy and some utilities (like CWDT utilities or so).

Last but not least, any idea of what I should improve now, gear or tree wise ?
character is Freya_Mjollnirsdottir.

My (not so bad) gear :

Hello there! Im doing this build 3rd league in a row and every time tailoring it a bit to my taste so I can share my output.

Ok so first of all, to facetank the Minotaur it's all about timing your Stibnite Flask which you are missing. I think it is an important flask for this setup to keep some bosses perma blinded and missing most of the attacks. Jewel with chance to blind also helps but it is less reliable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npENVFuJ9WA

Have a look it's not hard to do even with my average gear. Also don't go too crazy with map mods on that fight like increased crit chance/multi.

The point of Barrage is to have a fast source of life leech on hit and this skill hits a lot per second. You kinda skipped GMP on your Barrage setup and thats why it feels useless. Author of the guide recommended to use Frenzy for clear speed and Barrage for single target fights but many (including me) skip the frenzy setup and go for Barrage only and getting 3.65 APS without frenzy charges. It's more comfortable that way even if we lose a bit of extra bonus damage per frenzy charge active. I see you have a CD belt so you probably aim for higher attack speed anyway.

For improvements I would say get the Stibnite Flask and quality on your gems that support your main attacks. Also Lightning Ball 21 does more damage than 20/20 one.

Have fun!

Hello all

I want to respec my char to try this build, but the problem - i killed Alira.

What would you recommend ? Can I revive her ?

thanks

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pkirill wrote:

Hello all

I want to respec my char to try this build, but the problem - i killed Alira.

What would you recommend ? Can I revive her ?

thanks

Hello!
Vendoring 20 orb of regret and lapis amulet to any NPC gives you a Book of Reform which grants you Alira's favour

Thanks, nice

What is the most important for Mind of the Council helm ?
How much increased maximum Mana matters ?
Is a good roll for mana mandatory ?

Thanks

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pkirill wrote:

Thanks, nice

What is the most important for Mind of the Council helm ?
How much increased maximum Mana matters ?
Is a good roll for mana mandatory ?

Thanks

It's not that important but worth getting a decent roll. In the end we will need quite a bit of max mana for MoM so every bit helps.

I have a few more questions:

Do we need an additional dex on items ?

Another question about tree (the poster tree is not working):

Some people use Breath of Lighning + Heart of Thunder

https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/alsiel/MARITYATYA

Some people use more classic variant:

https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/Bluzzee/Speedyblu

But some people dig tree to the center and use Unnatural Instinct:

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/khaxd/characters?characterName=roflandelve

What is the most HP-life oriented ?

Thanks

Started building this, have my two pens, but as soon as I started lightning warping around I found the play style too fast for my liking (I'm 52 years old). Can I just run around normally and have pen #2 with the boss ball lightning setup in it?

If I did that would I also simply trade flame dash out for lightning warp for my gap crossing movement? I could then use it when I wanted on a right-click, without it auto-casting.

Will this hurt my DPS too much for clearing and bossing?

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pease1 wrote:

Started building this, have my two pens, but as soon as I started lightning warping around I found the play style too fast for my liking (I'm 52 years old). Can I just run around normally and have pen #2 with the boss ball lightning setup in it?

If I did that would I also simply trade flame dash out for lightning warp for my gap crossing movement? I could then use it when I wanted on a right-click, without it auto-casting.

Will this hurt my DPS too much for clearing and bossing?

It would actually improve your DPS - and you can certainly play like that. :) It would just be slower - and the dps increase is mostly not needed for mapping.

But in principle this is very very much viable.