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Disclaimer: this is overkill and a conc + horror mod helm is plenty to do all content. I got really lucky making this but if you get unlucky and have to start over certain steps it will get very expensive fast. expensive and rng crafting steps I used: 1: Obtain an ilvl 84 + shaper elder influenced bone helm either by buying one or awakener orbing one 2: Essence of horror until you get hypothermia + the essence mod and an empty prefix and suffix. Average 24 horrors and might have to annul. 3: Craft suffixes cannot be changed and harvest reforge crit. This will hit either attack or spell base crit no matter what so 50% chance to get spell crit. 4: Reforge keeping suffixes until concentrated effect. I think the average is 5 reforges. 5: Craft life if an open prefix or try to exalt/leo slam life or aoe or even minion damage to sell. Last edited by Manadrained on Aug 20, 2021, 5:07:23 PM	Posted by Manadrained on Aug 20, 2021, 5:05:53 PM Quote this Post
" Manadrained wrote: Disclaimer: this is overkill and a conc + horror mod helm is plenty to do all content. I got really lucky making this but if you get unlucky and have to start over certain steps it will get very expensive fast. expensive and rng crafting steps I used: 1: Obtain an ilvl 84 + shaper elder influenced bone helm either by buying one or awakener orbing one 2: Essence of horror until you get hypothermia + the essence mod and an empty prefix and suffix. Average 24 horrors and might have to annul. 3: Craft suffixes cannot be changed and harvest reforge crit. This will hit either attack or spell base crit no matter what so 50% chance to get spell crit. 4: Reforge keeping suffixes until concentrated effect. I think the average is 5 reforges. 5: Craft life if an open prefix or try to exalt/leo slam life or aoe or even minion damage to sell. Man dude, I love you. This is how PoE players should be - sharing info and working to better builds all the time. I think it's safe to say we have one of the top bossing builds this patch in terms of raw output and safety, maybe not QoL. I will be exploring and publishing some QoL variants of the build. First up - double cluster jewels, dropping DPS for massive brand attachment range and hopefully even duration. The mana issue seems to be rather manageable now, though ideally we drop Essence Glutton and go back to Commander of Darkness to free up 2-3 ele resist suffixes on gear, and use those for DPS instead. 💥💫BB Unloader 1000% AoE 70m DPS🗡️🔪🔫: view-thread/3466787 FlickerCoC Ice Nova / Spear Assassin: view-thread/3225536 🔨⚡CWC Lightning Conduit Mjolner Trickster: view-thread/3300148 VD Arcanist Brand Necro: view-thread/2911667	Posted by primaeva on Aug 20, 2021, 7:58:43 PM Quote this Post
Any thoughts about how you might change the build to compensate for the loss of fortify in 3.16? Idk if you’ve watched any of the recent Chris Wilson interviews but they’re basically taking fortify away from casters next patch.	Posted by IceColdPorkSoda on Aug 20, 2021, 10:31:04 PM Quote this Post
I like the double cluster idea. The small brand attachment range is one of the most frustrating things about the build. Just adding a single medium cluster with holy conquest and seeker runes makes a massive difference.	Posted by IceColdPorkSoda on Aug 20, 2021, 10:32:26 PM Quote this Post
will still be tanky without fortify since we have sap if that doesnt get nerfed but we use a melee skill so depending how they address fortify we might still be able to get it. The biggest qol improvements for mapping imo would probably be asenath gloves or more aoe to chain explode things as well as reduced cool down on brand recall from alt quality and enhance rather than brand attachment range but I suppose it varies person to person since I feel the mapping is solid already. It's definitely not some bow raider/deadeye level zoom zoom though. Last edited by Manadrained on Aug 20, 2021, 11:56:45 PM	Posted by Manadrained on Aug 20, 2021, 11:43:42 PM Quote this Post
From what Chris is saying it sounds like fortify will work like ailments. They will be inflicted only by melee skills and their magnitude will depend on the damage that melee skill inflicts.	Posted by IceColdPorkSoda on Aug 21, 2021, 12:40:51 AM Quote this Post
" Manadrained wrote: will still be tanky without fortify since we have sap if that doesnt get nerfed but we use a melee skill so depending how they address fortify we might still be able to get it. The biggest qol improvements for mapping imo would probably be asenath gloves or more aoe to chain explode things as well as reduced cool down on brand recall from alt quality and enhance rather than brand attachment range but I suppose it varies person to person since I feel the mapping is solid already. It's definitely not some bow raider/deadeye level zoom zoom though. Just chunked a rando 108% quant Minotaur in 1m20s (skipping mechanics of course). With Tailwind Elusive boots and Bottled Faith (and phasing probably), it could probably hit near 1 minute flat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2X_bU8olc&t=1s 💥💫BB Unloader 1000% AoE 70m DPS🗡️🔪🔫: view-thread/3466787 FlickerCoC Ice Nova / Spear Assassin: view-thread/3225536 🔨⚡CWC Lightning Conduit Mjolner Trickster: view-thread/3300148 VD Arcanist Brand Necro: view-thread/2911667	Posted by primaeva on Aug 21, 2021, 3:06:30 AM Quote this Post
" IceColdPorkSoda wrote: I like the double cluster idea. The small brand attachment range is one of the most frustrating things about the build. Just adding a single medium cluster with holy conquest and seeker runes makes a massive difference. Ahh I just tried the double brand setup for a couple maps. I hemorraged 500 life and ~450ES though. Still, totally not dying in maps. Here's a go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2X_bU8olc&t=1s Will do some juicy logbooks to really stresstest it. 💥💫BB Unloader 1000% AoE 70m DPS🗡️🔪🔫: view-thread/3466787 FlickerCoC Ice Nova / Spear Assassin: view-thread/3225536 🔨⚡CWC Lightning Conduit Mjolner Trickster: view-thread/3300148 VD Arcanist Brand Necro: view-thread/2911667	Posted by primaeva on Aug 21, 2021, 3:07:32 AM Quote this Post
" Manadrained wrote: Disclaimer: this is overkill and a conc + horror mod helm is plenty to do all content. I got really lucky making this but if you get unlucky and have to start over certain steps it will get very expensive fast. expensive and rng crafting steps I used: 1: Obtain an ilvl 84 + shaper elder influenced bone helm either by buying one or awakener orbing one 2: Essence of horror until you get hypothermia + the essence mod and an empty prefix and suffix. Average 24 horrors and might have to annul. 3: Craft suffixes cannot be changed and harvest reforge crit. This will hit either attack or spell base crit no matter what so 50% chance to get spell crit. 4: Reforge keeping suffixes until concentrated effect. I think the average is 5 reforges. 5: Craft life if an open prefix or try to exalt/leo slam life or aoe or even minion damage to sell. Oh nice this is awesome ! Need a ton of currencies but knowing it's possible is enough for me ! Thanks a lot	Posted by Tirlipop on Aug 21, 2021, 5:38:53 AM Quote this Post
Hi Thanks for the build. At the moment I'm trying to build my own helmet. but don't really get all the crafting steps. how can I get a better helmet from the one I have? How can I get rid of the bad mods? should I annul and hope for the best? Thanks :)	Posted by Bumbledore on Aug 21, 2021, 6:30:03 AM Quote this Post