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Nymel wrote:
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imRadial wrote:
Im getting really frustrated by the amount of times im getting one-shotted.
Granted I dont have the best gear but last league this wasnt the case with the same gear.
Could anyone help and see if im missing something?
I see people not running the profane + devouring diamond setup. arent they crucial for the pure spectre build?
Profane Proxy provides an efficient way to apply curses. It can be replaced by self-casting or Hextouch curse on hit. Self-casting has the benefit of using the Doom mechanic while Hextouch applies Elemental Equilibrium. I'd personally use self-cast on Physical builds and Hextouch on elemental.
Devouring Diamond solves the regeneration problem that this build has. There are a number of alternatives including Blood of the Karui, Forbidden Taste,
Eternal Youth, going Energy Shield, or just going without.
Only ~20% of spectre users are using each of those uniques.
What content are you getting one-shotted on? I'd have different suggestions if it's bosses/heist/delve/etc.
I took a look at your character and here are a few thoughts.
First of all, you should update your jewels. You want to get minion Taunt/Blind on hit from Abyss Jewels. Hinder is also pretty good. I'd also suggest fitting in Zombies since they apply those debuffs and body block very effectively. Maybe move Carrion Golem out of your boots? Also, you are missing a jewel socket by The Agnostic.
You are using Bone Offering but you are not Spellblock capped. You should take Glancing Blows. You can also upgrade to a Life on Block shield, replacing Victario's. This will make a massive difference. If you do that, don't forget to swap to Diamond Skin for some better resistances. It might be worth taking Sanctuary to get blocked capped and dropping the Rumi's. This will give you capped spellblock on bossfights when you don't always have flasks up. I'd personally drop Enduring Bond to get the extra points. It really just gives flat minion damage and buffs the duration of Bone Offering. Not worth it for 4 points in my opinion.
You can do some general gear upgrades. Your boots, amulet, and helm have really low life. The helm only offers sustain. If you don't need the sustain then drop it for something else. You can also get a decent chunk of life from upgrading the ring/shield. You can also throw a defensive Uber Lab enchant on your boots. You have a ton of life on tree
To improve your sustain you could swap your life flask to either Blood of the Karui or Forbidden Taste. The latter is a lot better, but requires maxed chaos resistance (Which is worth shooting for given the extra resists from Commander of Darkness, Diamond Skin, and Barbarism). You can fit in a bleed flask by taking my previous suggestion and dropping Rumi's.
You can swap out Spell Cascade in your weapon for Frost Bomb to make up the damage for bosses.
If you can upgrade your wand to +1 then you can run the Jinxed Juju. This is one of the best defensive amulets in the game.
TLDR: Get abyss jewels. Take Glancing Blows and get Spellblock capped. Get a +5% life regen on block shield. Upgrade your gear to have more flat life.
Most of these suggestions are based on choices I made for my character "YetAnotherSpecterWitch" Freel free to take a look at gem/items/etc. That said, I crafted my chest/boots/wand/helm/shield this league and they made some of my gearing a bit unusual.
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L4m3R91 wrote:
Is there any trick or strategy to farm Minions Nodes in Delve? To get the Chest with +1 Spectre.
If you check the Poe DB delve biomes you will see that minion nodes spawn after depth 50 in the Fungal Caverns, Petrified Forest, and Abyssal Depths.
I noticed you have an offering chest with +1 spectre. Does anyone know if there is a way to guarantee the offering mod on ur chest with a hunter exalted orb slam?
- You link wrath with generosity but the minions count as allies so they already have the buff, is this for something else?
Generosity increases the effect of all linked auras on your allies, that's why it's used. But at the cost of not benefiting you at all.
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Kilroy83 wrote:
- You use armageddon brand to proc ee, wouldn't it be better to use raging spirits with infernal legion so they do fire damage and benefit from all the minion perks?
We're not scaling fire damage since gloves give us 100% cold conversion (at least with pure spectres). So it's 2 links instead of one + no extra damage really.
Oh I'm going with the basic for now, currently playing hcssf so it's kinda hard to gear up with the most optimal stuff :/
I noticed you have an offering chest with +1 spectre. Does anyone know if there is a way to guarantee the offering mod on ur chest with a hunter exalted orb slam?
Just block prefixes, slam and pray.
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maxui333 wrote:
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Masushulo wrote:
Hello,
Why do you take "Solidity" over "Diamond Skin" in the passive tree?
Does increased damage from attack skills affect spectres in any way?
Thanks
I don't think it affects damage of spectres, resists are most likely capped so it shouldn't matter that much. It's down to block vs armor. If you're using shield with hp recovery after blocking then Solidity is way better. For something like Victario's Charity you might be better off with Diamond Skin.
Solidarity is actually not good for most builds who invest in life on block. That's because those builds will almost always take Glancing Blows in order reach the block/spellblock caps. You hit max block cap with Glancing Blows + base shield block + either Bone Offering or Rumi's so the extra block from Solidarity is mostly wasted.
Ironically, it's most worth taking on non-block focused builds if they don't need the 10% all res. I mean, 7% block is still pretty good in terms of defense, and if you don't need the resistances then it's "free".
Last edited by Nymel#2384 on Oct 4, 2020, 3:08:47 PM
Do you think the spiders build is still viable this league?
20 spiders and 5 Snow Rhex are carrying me through all content except Sirus and Uber Elder just fine. I like the zoom-zoom of shield charge, so I keep Victario's Charity on all the time.
The spiders take out the trash, and the birds multistrike anything left.
I noticed you have an offering chest with +1 spectre. Does anyone know if there is a way to guarantee the offering mod on ur chest with a hunter exalted orb slam?
Just block prefixes, slam and pray.
Just a plus: Be sure that the chest is ilvl 80 (to be able to get offerings) and lower than 84 to block 2 more suffixes. So it will roll offering OR %life/s
Hey there everyone.
I m at that point where I dont know what to upgrade.
Is my second season basically so Im not an expert but My damage is really low.
Minotaur for example took a while to kill.
Far away from what it showed in Kay showcase video.
Can anyone help me?
My char is public, maybe someone will take a look and help me out.
Thanks everyone
Drop the Physical to Lightning support on your zombies/golem and add Elemental Army to give your enemy -10% lightning resistance.
It looks like you have a cluster jewel but it does not look like you have allocated any skill points to it.
You could swap to a Darkness Enthroned belt to get ~2.5 more abyss jewels. That's at least 50% increased minion damage.
You can get a medium Thread of Hope and put it near Mystic Bulwark so you can take Ravenous Horde.
Finally, you could change what spectres you are using. Some of them are better for mapping and others are better for bossing.
On a side note, you could swap to a Jinxed Juju amulet and buy a 21 spectre gem to add some survivability and a bit of damage.
Also, you should upgrade your flasks. You generally want charge recovery/duration/reduced charges used. Ideally this should be based on flask type so all of your flasks have the same duration and/or similar charges used.
You either want an Seething/Bubbling life for instant recovery or a unique flask that helps regen your massive life pool. Blood of the Karui is a good starting option and a well rolled Forbidden Taste is the best as long as you have capped chaos resistances. Soul of Arakaali can help cover a bit of the distance if you choose to do that.
At this point you should not be using a Bismuth flask for resistances. That's going to get you killed. I suggest swapping that out for a Basalt flask in order to get better physical damage mitigation.
Last edited by Nymel#2384 on Oct 4, 2020, 3:39:13 PM
Does the item level of the wand matter when goes for the +2 like is there a certain level or does it just need to make sure it can actually roll the mod
