[3.16 - RETIRING BUILD] VD Brands: S-Tier Bosser, A-Tier Map! -- MURDERED BY GGG_INTERN SOMEWHERE--

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Miggaletoe wrote:

Any tips for keeping zombies/spectres alive? Having to recast at least once per map at the moment.

They did take the nerf 2 patches back but I've noticed Sulphur Flask (and obviously Bottled since the Consecrated Ground is so huge) has stopped me from needing to rez them so much.

Some people run them with minion life, some people put 3 points into Righteous Army, which isn't a terrible choice since it's a fat 44% generic damage for us.

Yeah doing that now. I think dropping ball lightning on CWDT to include meat shield as well? Think that worth?

For cheaper flasks you can run:

Instant Life Flask, Enduring Mana Flask*, Sulpher Flask, Diamond Flask, Rotgut

You need Freeze/Curse/Bleed removal and for the last mod I recommend Cast Speed. I like when charges full and making them surgeon's flasks where possible. A belt that grants a flask charge on crit would be legit, too, and let you do things like have increased effect instead of surgeon's.

All Bottled Faith really does is let you combine the Diamond and Sulpher Flasks, which is a benefit, but you can live without it. And make the Consecrated Ground stupidly big, of course.

*Trying to reach the point where I never need a Mana Flask. The moment I sometimes need one.

Double post sry

Got attack crit 2x in a row then when I finally get spell its 1%. Some time it be like that. Torn between reforming prefix or starting from scratch.

I'm also pulling this together along with everyone else after seeing the /r/POEBuilds comment, so far I've snagged the following (gonna divine the cane to 85% inc. explicits soon)



Keeping an eye on the ES/Hit Watcher's Eyes and Natty Instinct Jewels, can buy Instinct ATM actually but think I want to save the bit of ex I have saved up in standard for gems/random rares (have another 20 I can xfer from SSF if needed). Also going to snag a 100HP/Explode/random res chest for 50c-1ex from the same search link a few pages back, just watching for deals that don't have Str/Int atm.

Do you have any recommendations for the Rings/Gloves? On a mac atm so I can't access the new POB but I'll take a look ASAP. Should I awakener slam the helm and re-roll to Hypothermia/Crit before buying any other upgrades? Was thinking that folks were saying just Conc + the Essence mod was enough for most content and the enchant on top was a nice cherry.

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gibtuck wrote:

I'm also pulling this together along with everyone else after seeing the /r/POEBuilds comment, so far I've snagged the following (gonna divine the cane to 85% inc. explicits soon)

Keeping an eye on the ES/Hit Watcher's Eyes and Natty Instinct Jewels, can buy Instinct ATM actually but think I want to save the bit of ex I have saved up in standard for gems/random rares (have another 20 I can xfer from SSF if needed). Also going to snag a 100HP/Explode/random res chest for 50c-1ex from the same search link a few pages back, just watching for deals that don't have Str/Int atm.

Do you have any recommendations for the Rings/Gloves? On a mac atm so I can't access the new POB but I'll take a look ASAP. Should I awakener slam the helm and re-roll to Hypothermia/Crit before buying any other upgrades? Was thinking that folks were saying just Conc + the Essence mod was enough for most content and the enchant on top was a nice cherry.

It's borderline never used but I am a huge fan of the 35% decreased effect of curses on you x 2 (along with LGOH spells naturally). You just entirely shrug off some otherwise fatal situations and it's why people are quitting left and right - how can you do a Vuln/Eleweakness map with 210% added as elemental and say that "Wow, endgame blows" when two ring mods mitigate most of that??

Something like this:




Going Commander of Darkness after handling mana issues allows for cheaper buys and fewer suffixes on the ring slot - this means cheaper buys, getting 55+Str/Dex to save those passive points, etc.

We're approaching the endgame of investment and damage at ~90ex.

This popped up for 20ex, absolute steal and by no means BiS but realistically you can expect subpar helmets like this to deliver 95% of the damage for half the cost.



Here is the theorycrafted PoB made possible by copious amounts of Resist from Commander of Darkness.

https://pastebin.com/eNr0608h

Sigil of Power actually adds a good chunk of damage, wow.

And there you have it gents - 40m sPDS at peak, breakeven DPS (Damage done by 2.4seconds) at 24m sDPS.

It will require all this work:

1) Warlord Shaper Ring with LGOH + Crit Mult + Str for SOME sustain and passive points.
2) Malachai's Artifice with either Crushclaws or Hydrosphere to proc EE-cold.
3) War Banner drop on boss fight, so not viable on starting phases of Sirus/Maven.
4) VRF, same as above. Requires charging up on adds or mobs.

Still, that's about as far as we can push it without going into 200ex territory (triple crit mult jewels, etc). Oh, I suppose if you hate FPS, you can pop Enlighten-(Auras) and sneak an Aspect of a Spider in there somewhere (we're still super overcapped on res.)

Something.. has.. SURVIVED!

Woot woot!

I’m working on actually theory crafting a stupid tanky aegis aurora version but I’m not sure what I want to do about the weapon slot in that case. I feel like an immortal aegis build could be good to combine with this because the damage scaling is so silly.

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IceColdPorkSoda wrote:

Woot woot!

I’m working on actually theory crafting a stupid tanky aegis aurora version but I’m not sure what I want to do about the weapon slot in that case. I feel like an immortal aegis build could be good to combine with this because the damage scaling is so silly.

Yes, definitely dude. I need a brain to handle the HC aspect of it. 38% Cast speed wand/sceptre + 38% Crit Mult + 90% Fire Damage oughta do it, drop all the staff stuff to get the when wielding shield stuff, drop Glancing Blows for full true block?


+1 Max Curse for Enfeeble? + Life/ES on Block Shield?

You're absolutely right - who needs damage really, pump this monster up to 12k HP and murder HC Feared! :D