[3.13] SIEGE BALLISTA HIEROPHANT Build > Iron Commander & 15 Ballistas! CHEAP LEAGUE STARTER!

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After first lab dps go high, but still bosses die pretty slow.

Hello,

This build is good, I'm in map now and story was pretty easy (11 deaths, almost all in delirium).

I changed to siege ballista at act 5 but I think rain of splinters is mandatory to switch to ballista.
It was pretty slow before I buy rain of splinters.

I see a lot of people playing with this medium jewel cluster :

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Delirium/6joELR0UG

Did you think it's good for your build ?

i realy must recomended new support gem second wind for dash i am realy fast and with 2x dash is nice so if you dont use portal in helmet give light golem here and put dash+second wind and CODT+IC its my tip :)

Doing pretty well with this build. Early game / acts were pain in the ass and as someone else mentioned, Holy Flame Totems were pretty bad.

Here is my current PoB: https://pastebin.com/sZqAbrsp
Current Level: 83
Current DEX: 1085
Current Ballistas: 11 (5 linked)


Effective DPS is at around 140k / ballista. I just got into yellow maps and so far I can manage - Delirium does some instakills but normal content is just fine.

Trying to upgrade to Hyrri's Ire next when I get the money.

My modifications

- Running and Lightning Golems with Minion Life, Culling Strike, Greater Multiple Projectiles
- Running Dash with the new Second Wind support
- Skipping top right of the passive tree and focusing on the cluster jewel at the bottom (not sure about the jewels yet)

For lack of damage

- Hyrri's Demise, Iron Commander and Fractal Thoughts are must haves, as they scale your damage a lot by the DEX you have
- Try to get Astramentis and 2x Fluid Motions as soon as possible too, as they give you a huge DEX boost -> huge damage boost
- Brawn Jewel solves attribute problems with Fractal Thoughts
- Run with Silver Flask, Diamond Flask and Atrziri's Promise, if you don't have better damage flasks - they work well
- It is important to stack DEX, flat damage (like adds x to y phys/cold to attacks) and % increases in your rare gear. Any kind of flat damage increases work because of Fractal Thoughts 1% increased elemental damage per 10 DEX

Questions for the creator

- How do I search for the timeless jewel?
- What does the timeless jewel actually do?
- What's the timeless jewel's seed value range I need to have? Hard to find exactly 6624
- What do you think about skipping the top-right part of the skill tree and focusing on the cluster jewel at the bottom of the tree?

Bought 6 link commander too, pretty cheap this league.

Also i found cluster gem with 30% hatred effect + every 25 of str/dex/int give 1% cold damage. This good for ballista?

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Piwwoli wrote:

Questions for the creator

- How do I search for the timeless jewel?
- What does the timeless jewel actually do?
- What's the timeless jewel's seed value range I need to have? Hard to find exactly 6624
- What do you think about skipping the top-right part of the skill tree and focusing on the cluster jewel at the bottom of the tree?

It gives 5% increased dex nodes + some flat, whic allows you to get 1800 dex
You can't really find the same on on trade, you need to buy any maraketh and place everywhere and divine till you get something good out of it.
Watch the video guide (1st one) i explain it there.
Right side of the tree is important to get high dex

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Right side of the tree is important to get high dex

I was referring to this part of the tree exactly: https://i.imgur.com/U2mREyn.jpg

I'm thinking of not getting those and spending the points on a cluster jewel.

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Piwwoli wrote:

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Right side of the tree is important to get high dex

I was referring to this part of the tree exactly: https://i.imgur.com/U2mREyn.jpg

I'm thinking of not getting those and spending the points on a cluster jewel.

Well if you can get something better out of it then why not?