[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

POE has, supposedly, gained its highest ever following this league.

Thus, I expect this league's mechanics to be repeated next league.

To wit - I expect a league with extremely high mob pressure, requiring very high clear speed.

I also expect that 4 or more challenges will be very time intensive - most likely along the lines of requiring "focused" play and lots of map clears. Reinforcing the need for fast clear speed.

And, I expect that 1 or more challenges will require peak end-game kills... Shaper/Uber Atziri/Vaal Temple/New Boss(es)?/etc.

So both AOE and single target DPS will likely be very important in the coming league.

In other words, next league's challenges will likely be a repeat of this league's... but perhaps more so.
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This league, Hand of Wisdom and Action builds seem to have been - by far and away - the best build for the league.

Best in the sense that the build doesn't require mirror-like gear and can kill all content; moreover, the build offers very fast clear speed and high single target DPS - leech enables the build to survive high damage encounters.

Unfortunately, HoWA requires a breach-specific drop; next league, breach won't be available, except perhaps through Zana.

So, my question is... what build(s) do you think might be best in the next league, knowing what we know now and assuming that no major changes are made to life/CI?

Yes this is extremely speculative 1.5 months out from the next league... but, nonetheless... I think the question has merit.

At a minimum, players who have completed all the challenges they want to complete this league, could begin to try out new build ideas... with a mind to suitability for next league.
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My preliminary thoughts...

Maybe crit Ancestral Warchief using Rigwald's Curse. I haven't played this build, but the DPS is fantastic... if totem survivability is OK, then this build could be fantastic.
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What do you guys think?

Well, assuming the Johnson Dollar Diversity Dilemma Hypothesis isn't true of GGG's virtue signaling and the company isn't about to do a big money grab, then immediately go under:

I'm done with high clear speeds and I'll be playing HC SSF next league. I didn't mind the occasional death before in fast party exp and I guess I've been super lucky as well, but now I've been 99 for ages and I'm only 10% into level, having gotten enough exp to be about 50% in. Fuck speed. At least as far as life builds with -only- 9300 ehp go.

If they don't remove AOE overlap in PvP and realize EA's fixed t value is buffing it instead of nerfing it, I'll just play EA again, but on a different class. Bouncing between rank 11 and 16 on the 1v1 ladder just by doing Leo dailies in PvM gear is too much fun, with all these players who are actually good at the game and experienced in PvP crying like little girls and spamming how immoral I am for using a strong attack.

As great as they are, totems just don't appeal to me. If they nerf EA, I'll probably do something weak and safe and won't go for 100% challenges. I'm thinking of CA+ED of some sort.

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Hank wrote:

Unfortunately, HoWA requires a breach-specific drop; next league, breach won't be available, except perhaps through Zana.

Did they confirm that? I was under the impression Breach was received well enough that it's basically a guarantee that they will prophecy it and Chayula kills will be part of endgame challenges forever. I sure hope the badass breachlords don't just end up as bosses of misc. maps with crappy layouts no one ever even clears.

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Hank wrote:

Yes this is extremely speculative 1.5 months out from the next league... but, nonetheless... I think the question has merit.

23 more days unless they changed something.

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hankinsohl wrote:

What do you guys think?

I don't start planning anything until I see the patch notes.

That said, I've never done a wander, and since double dipping probably isn't being addressed until 3.0, Occultist Wander sounds neat.

@Chim: Re: Breach, they've said that's what they're thinking of doing, but they haven't confirmed it yet. It might end up going proper core.

I finished 40/40... WOO!...

I did 500-600 Shaped Mesas, think it was overkill, but it got the job done... should have started Prophecies sooner... went faster once I learned it was time AND cost-effective to just seal all unique item and pale court prophecies and run the mappable ones I wanted, and sell all the valuable ones... I think I bought 200c worth of coins and easily made double that... just selling anything that gave Zana Rep, Twice Enchanted, Vaal Pathways, Vaal Winds, 5L, Voidheart, Tabula, etc...

I also have made much more profit now as clearspeed vs MF... I'm worth about 3000 chaos now... 97/126 atlas with Shaped Strand, Vaults, Shaped Atoll/Shore, and Shaped Reef/Coves/Promenade for t11-14... unlocked all t15 and only missing Perandus Manor... I think I could hit 100 if I tried, but probably wouldnt sustain my preferred maps as well...

I basically crafted my own lootfilter finally... deleted over half of Neversink's filter, and then recolored and used a lot of elements I liked from doeboyPoE on reddit... I don't think it matches the PoE aesthetic anymore, but everything catches the eye... and I have 3 versions for when I'm doing chaos recipe or just collecting jewelry and good bases AND what tier of maps I no longer want to see (added a special filter for unid low tier rare maps... tons of people want for challenge)

Looking ahead to 2.6, I dunno what I want to play, but I prefer the clearspeed way of doing things I think... Hopefully try some things in the next few weeks to get an idea of what I want to try next...