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@kingkano
Thank you :) Your gear looks fine overall, two minor things i've noticed is missing quality on your Faster Attacks and Tempest Shield being too high leveled. If you haven't yet, also try to upgrade your Pantheon powers for some extra safety. You could also farm a boot enchant in Merc Lab for some extra single target damage, although probably not worth anymore that close to league end.
The rest comes down to experience, in case of Elder his slam always comes after doing his spinning ice projectile spam and has a similar short animation as Shapers slam. So once you see him appearing above you, try to move away quickly. His Petrifying Arc has two versions, one greatly slows you and the other locks you in place completely. You can counter them with your Life-, Basalt- and Sulphur Flask, usually just popping the Life Flask is enough if you get caught. This is also one of the reasons why I recommend a Catalysed Eternal Life flask, it's just really good in this situation. A general rule for bossfights is that all inherently deadly skills give you a visual indicator and some time to react, and most of the time those skills will target the position you had during animation start, so just moving away is enough in this case. But it's also possible that mapmods or other modifiers can make a skill deadly, good example for this is extra projectiles + damage on Core Malachai. I'll also put this information in the reworked mapping section for next patch.
@PhantomHobo165
Elder Essence Worm + Mark of the Shaper is just a really highend setup that I only advice if the rest of your gear is good enough that you don't lose any damage in other slots from missing resistances on your second ring slot. A perfect Shaped Opal Ring can potentially be even better than this, but getting such a ring would prove very difficult and costly.
Currently the only way to get an Elder Essence Worm is by chance/scouring elder-influenced Unset Rings, or alternatively using a Trash to Treasure prophecy. There are however multiple unique Unset Rings so in either case you aren't guaranteed to get an Essence Worm.
@KhobarKast
I'd say keep going, this one isn't good enough to justify the low stats. What you want here is atleast two out of "Adds Lightning Damage to Spells", "Innervate + Shock Effect" and "Nearby enemies have -9% Lightning Resistance". Fossil crafting is your best bet and even required to hit the last of those three mods, use Metallic + Pristine and if you can afford, also Prismatic Fossils.
@lawoof
Depends on the base of the 5L and if you actually need those resistances. Sounds like you had a Dex based chest there, so getting enough blue sockets would be close to impossible in SSF. The new mastercrafting system seems to make things even easier so with the information we currently have, i'd recommend going with Tabula no matter what.
@marc004
Keep in mind that this will result in a huge damage loss since you won't be able to reliably get high shock damage increases or chills for Hypothermia on bosses any longer. For regular mapping it should still work tho if that's your only goal.
@xZANZIBARx
Not the most foolproof build for HC but it does work if you can handle the playstyle. Just a quick look at the poe.ninja builds section shows me that there are quite a few people at Lv95 with this build in Delve HC.
@MrsDeath_
You seem to underestimate this build. I'll let the players speak for themselves why they chose and liked this one.
@zonzongl
I recommend to start with getting the correct flasks and an Essence Worm for your Wrath, then Ahn's Heritage + 2x Fragility and a Clear Mind (remove Clarity for this) and then work towards a cheap 5L Inpulsa. All this may also require you to upgrade some other gear to stay resistance capped, helmet, boots and belt have lots of potential for this.
You're also missing Cold Damage to Spells on your Abyss Jewel and Cruel/Merciless Lab to make Hypothermia work, the labs shouldn't be difficult after you've done these changes. And if you haven't yet, also choose the right Pantheon powers for some extra defense. Replied today already cuz' i'll be gone until Wednesday and choose to stay off the internet there. Getting back just in time to start working on the 3.5 setup, expect some great changes for an overall even better build! twitch.tv/enkivt
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Awesome work on the build and thanks for your continued support Enki.
I have gone with your build to try and god I am glad I did. I am pretty much destroying all maps and contents now. However, I would like to have your educated opinion on my build if it is at all possible: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/KoRAnORA/characters I am thinking of throwing a Head Hunter to make things even much faster for mapping. Regarding bosses I do not have a set for that and would like advise in that regard. My regards, ^^ I have three phones, Blizzard. Three f***ing phones.
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" Why do you have crafted attack speed instead of cast speed on your sceptre? And even with crafted cast speed your sceptre is slightly worse than cerberus limb. It's possible to get a better rare sceptre. Your lightning resistance is not the highest - the wise oak flask is doing nothing for your DPS. You are missing last ascendancy and two passive points. Do the lab, type /passives in the game and do the quests. Why you are not using essence worm with wrath in it? It's 22% more damage. You can replace your devoto's helmet to get more resistances (but the enchant is nice, I don't know the prices in standard for a good rare helmets with this enchant, it's probably costly). Crafted "lightning damage to attacks" on your rings and "elemental damage with attack skills" on your belt doesn't work for arc (it's a spell). Your watcher's eye is almost useless too. At least get a watcher's with mana leech while affected by wrath and then replace your lavianga's flask to atziri's promise and mana leech support to culling strike. p.s. From my experience, after you get enough damage to kill a monster pack in one cast of arc, Headhunter doesn't add much to map clear speed for this build. It's nice to have, but you have to tighten your resistances even more without a rare belt. It's probably a wise decision to spend those exalts on other gear instead. Last edited by blg_RealiZe#1295 on Nov 30, 2018, 11:10:55 AM
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Is this build a good beginners 3.5 League starter?
Im playing POE since 2 Weeks now my build was iceshot Deadeye im loving it. Now im looking for a really fast league starter build planning to play maps on day 1. Is this build good for that or should i just got with iceshot deadeye? |
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" If arc didn't get nerfed (we don't know the patchnotes yet) - it's a very powerfull build for the main story and early maps. All you need to get to maps - a 4-link arc setup. |
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About Ascendancy;
Why Liege of Primordial insteed of Pendolum of destruction? What do I gain from a golem buff insteed of damage buff? |
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" Summon Flame Golem is good to maximize damage and boost explosions caused by Inpulsa's, Summon Stone Golem adds a huge amount of life regeneration and occasionally taunts Summon Chaos Golem gives physical damage mitigation. Pendulum of Destruction is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that applies grants a buff that grants increased area of effect for 5 seconds, then a buff that grants increased elemental damage for 5 seconds. These effects cycle between each other. Mechanics Pendulum of Destruction first applies a buff that grants increased area of effect for 5 seconds. When that buff expires, it then applies a buff that grants increased elemental damage for 5 seconds. This effect cycles indefinitely. My guess is that since PoD is once every 10 secs and it is only 5 seconds long that it is not enough of a DMG buff. If you are surviving then you can spec out of some life for more damage, in the passive tree. Or get Flame Golem if you have Inpulsa's for more DMG like the guide says. Last edited by x_Peleus_x#2680 on Nov 30, 2018, 4:25:42 PM
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Selling gear that works great for this build at discounted prices, PM me if you are interested! In game name - CosmicChainz
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" Thank you kindly, blg_RealiZe for taking the time to so extensively inspect my character. I am genuinely humbled and appreciative. I have implemented the vast majority of you have asked. All resulted in an out-of-this-world damage boost some (45K+ DPS according to BoP!) You are the real MVP. I am now on the lookout for a better weapon thanks a lot. :) Feel free to browse the changes: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/KoRAnORA/characters My regards I have three phones, Blizzard. Three f***ing phones.
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Hey, thanks a ton for this guide. I made this exact build. I got 6L inpulsas and saved up another 4ex. trying to figure out what I need most right now. Should i try to get wrath gem (but my rings are already pretty damn good) or do I focus on replacing doryanis? Havent found any perfect scepters worth buying.
thanks a ton for the help |
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