All builds will devolve the Cast on ___ until it is removed.
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No matter what the class of the caster or the ascendancy, there is a tendency to have all builds devolve to one recipe; namely Cast on Crit or similar triggers.
At this point there is little reason to have most of the other skills in the game when cast on ___ becomes the meta every league. You could remove the other skills and few would notice. These skills turn every build into an auto-bomber. While I am not opposed to god complex in a game like this I do find the lack of variety at the top disconcerting. Last bumped on Feb 10, 2026, 4:05:36 PM
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I doubt it. I tried to fit in cast on crit into my build and it didn't work. The build requires a lot of investment and it sucks until you get that investment.
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Pretty sure this is just a consequence of there not really being better options in terms of spirit gem skills. Most caster builds are full ES, and there aren't many options besides "just add CoC or CoA" when you have 150+ spirit. Which is stronger, a convoluted charge generation + charge regulation combo or just slotting in CoA with comet
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" its time for cast on hit(projectiles) or similiar.... |
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" Its a consequence of being obscenely out of balance. |
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" Or better yet get rid of triggered spells. |
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"Cast on" make builds look and feel more fun with tying skills together to form some sort of combo. I have an Ice Mace build that when smashes can cast on Ice Nova to create visual of smashing an Ice AOE. It should never be removed to enable fun stuff like these.
What they can do is monitor specific skill (notably the high damage modifier skills with like +1000% damage or such) to have hidden depreciating damage on cast triggers. Something along the lines of "Every subsequent cast in the last (8-10 seconds) increases the cast delay/cooldown by (75-100% or something)" Reducing the spammability of these high damage skills and letting other builds match their dps while still letting these CoC players have their builds somewhat playable but on a slower more balanced pace. |
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I actaally made pretty similar post recently. https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3910424
Even CoC CoA doesnt work in every build they for sure narrow spirit meta too much. |
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I have five characters in T15. Only one of them is cast on crit. It's not an issue. Everyone playing the build that their favorite streamer is using makes it appear that one talent is OP. It's not. It's just lack of creativity on the players part. (which is also not an issue. Play how you want)
Balance shifts every league. They are always tuning. It's fine. |
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Nah it's absolutely an issue, just not the most pressing one on the radar.
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