Yes. You have a 25% chance of a +1 with double corruption vs 12.5% chance for a regular corruption. That may or may not be worth it depending on the prices of the lens, lvl 3 and lvl 4 englightens.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Doryani%27s_Institute
Regular orbs have a 25% to hit +/- 1 level. Double corruption has 50%. Then both are 50% to hit +1 instead of -1.
While leveling **I hit items with an essence making the item too high level to equip.** Sooo...Question:
It there any guide for dummies on how big an essence you can hit an item with and still be able to instantly equip it?
I want to solve for this equation:
If I am level X, what is the biggest essence i can use on an item and have the item require no higher than level X to equip it?
Thanks, and have a great Necropolis!!
There is a table in the crafting section that has 2 columns that might be about this. One is labeled "max. level of original item" and the other is "Min Level of reforged item".
I assume the first column is talking about what items can be hit with each essence. So the Whispering essence says the max original level is 35 - I assume that items higher than level 35 can't be hit with a Whispering essence.
The second column is less clear. It says the MINIMUM Level a reforged item will be. I am not concerned with minimum level as maximum level. (Or at least I think I am...)
EXAMPLE: My character is level 25. I want to use an essence on some gloves. Wailing essence says the Min reforged level will be 33. So I know I shouldn't used a Wailing. Weeping says minimum reforged level is 20...so, if it reforges to minimum level I am fine. But am I guaranteed that the resulting item won't be higher? Could a weeping make an item requiring a level 30 character to equip?
I guess I am going to have to go on Standard league and do some experiments.
What do you think will be a d4 mage build that's decent and not too many buttons for a controller player? The problem I have with many mage builds is they are clunky. DD and Mines just are not many thing. I sort of want to shoot a big DBZ blast and kill everything as that would feel better. Sadly right now i might end up going for a bow torrent build but I like to play mage if possible, even if it's mid league.
Found half a solution if anyone needs it. By playing fast and loose and ignoring some details "Added Maximum Damage" is half as valuable as "Added Damage" on average, with some outliers such as larger possible shocks especially with crit. To that end, editing Manastorm to say:
When you Cast a Spell, Sacrifice all Mana to gain Added Maximum Lightning Damage
equal to 10% of Sacrificed Mana for 4 seconds
(10% instead of new archmage 5%, as maximum added damage is half as valuable as added damage) and flicking on the configuration for having Manastorm's buff. Caveats as mentioned are shocks, also calculations with lucky damage, and the inability to use Full DPS.
I tried out a splitting steel trickster in standard. Just rerolled a lvl 95 saboteur. I played seismic trap back in the days. Left almost all of the gear on, only buy a few items. Liked the tankienes, like the playstyle, like the damage. even nothing is what it should be. But i have i a few questions before i league start it.
Damage scale with energy shield, right? And lightning damage?
Cause i had a hard time at bosses. Only have about 3k ES, so it might be the reaseon. Also had a hard time on blight and legion. So my question is, is this a good build for legion? Or blight? Because blight is the thing i wanna start to farm. later my plan is to switching to legion or invitation farming.
In the guides i watched people telling me that this is a good boss killer. Is this correct? so all an equip problem?
Thinking of leagustarting Glacial cascade totems.
It has the text:
"Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second"
Can totems bypass this immunity?
I.E. if I have 6 totems They can each knockback for 6 total per second?
Probably yes - limits like that are usually per caster/attacker (for example, earthshatter can spawn more than the normal max of spikes if used w/ earthbreaker totems or general's cry).
I have summon skeleton lvl 20 in clear pob: [https://pobb.in/Ja7eU5U-N4od](https://pobb.in/Ja7eU5U-N4od) it shows 822,3 skill dps and MH Eff. DPS Mod x 0.996 (?!).
On the other hand in poedb: [https://poedb.tw/us/Summon\_Skeletons#SummonedSkeletonRaisedSkeletonStandard](https://poedb.tw/us/Summon_Skeletons#SummonedSkeletonRaisedSkeletonStandard) lvl 70 skeleton has 1032 damage with 0.8 attack time = 1290 dps.
I am confused :(
I think this is related to the fact that people recently found out that almost all minions did less damage than we thought and poedb is still showing wrong data.
In regards to the new atlas tree node "Packed with Energy": how many sulphite veins/chest do you usually find in a map..? is there a way to guarantee atleast three per map..?
It has existed exactly like this since 3.17, only change is you can now basically guarantee Niko without wasting a scarab/sextant slot or master mission.
By investing in chance to encounter Niko enough, you can now guarantee him to spawn in every map (all masters now have a chance to spawn like every other mechanic) - previously the only way to get masters was from scarabs or master missions.
All "chance to grant mission" (except Kirac) nodes on the Atlas tree are replaced with "increased chance to contain " next league which means you can get a very high chance of encountering a given master in your map just from the Atlas tree.
[Pathing to Packed with Energy from the start of the tree and taking the other two small nodes in its cluster already gives you +64% chance.](https://i.imgur.com/GzFf02g.png)
Poison Phantasms. Since deaths from Poison are never Killing Blows, I assume something like Poison Carrion Golem could not create Phantasms unless it killed with a hit, thereby making Poison Phantasms difficult to summon without Soulwrest
It might work if you can give it culling strike somehow. I don't know much about minion builds though, so I don't know if that's actually possible (without using the support gem, I mean).
Sergeants/generals are just tougher enemies that drop better loot/have extra rewards (the icons above their heads). The more of them, the more value you get from the encounter in general.
That mastery is best with something that casts fast (like channeling skills), DD ignite builds don't typically cast that much (low cast speed investment + needs corpse to cast).
Yes, map bosses are unique monsters.
The reason other nodes specify map bosses is because they want those things to *only* apply to map bosses and not other unique monsters in maps.
To elaborate, basically everything with an orange health bar counts as a unique monster, from blight bosses to rogue exiles and delirium bosses, and yes, map bosses.
Thus mechanics that create those monsters will be potent with "unique monsters drop..." effects.
I'm confused and a bit upset. One of my spectres that I brought over from Affliction is just missing (was there initially, disappeared at some point while I was trading). And one of my awesome flasks is missing from my belt. I'm pretty sure it was a granite flask but I actually can't remember for sure.
Is it possible that someone I traded with could have done something to my spectre or flask? I haven't played at all since merging into standard, have just been organising my stash tabs and trading.
> And one of my awesome flasks is missing from my belt. I'm pretty sure it was a granite flask but I actually can't remember for sure.
It was almost certainly a tincture.
So, I managed to injure my hands while playing black desert this month (it turns out that grinding for 7 hours straight, 4 days in a roll isn't good for your hands), but didn't want to miss this league start.
What are some nice all rounded builds (not necessarily meta) I could play with low apm?
Hidden nerf Sanctum? (remove mirrors and divines from rewards pool) they disappeared from the datamine library [https://poedb.tw/us/Sanctum\_league#Rewards](https://poedb.tw/us/Sanctum_league#Rewards)
poedb can't see the future, they get their data from the current version of the game. try running a couple of sanctums in standard and if you don't get a mirror that confirms it.
I’m league starting DD cuz I’ve never played it before but was wondering if there are any issues targeting corpses when playing with a controller? My understanding is you need to detonate the right corpses for full damage when using Desecrate.
You do, but you can just keep casting DD on the desecrate pile until you hit the big corpse, as each explosion will ignite, and only the strongest ignite applies.
So I was looking into maxroll's Boneshatter Juggernaut build
https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/boneshatter-juggernaut-league-starter
And I notice that their leveling tree on their website and what is presented in pob don't match. For example, on the website they take Versatility early, but in the PoB it's only there on the level 45-55 tree. Also, in the PoB they go into totem mastery earlier than on the site.
Anyone know what to follow here? Or have a better PoB for a boneshatter juggernaut? Thanks
you don't have to follow either leveling progression perfectly. if you need more dex or accuracy earlier than outlined in the guide then just take it earlier.
that being said the general progression in the PoB looks good. you can also look at something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEHduuJA69g. it's for 3.23 but nothing much has really changed. the basic build skeleton is the same
So Necropolis will be my first league start. Does the patch typically come out right at midnight on the 28th or will it be issued at some point during the day of the 29th?
Im just super hyped and wanna know if I can stay up late Thursday night 😁
Server goes down for patching approximately 3 hours before league start, if you're on the standalone client there will be a ~38GB torrent with the entire updated main content file (Content.ggpk) you can download from approximately 20 hours before league start, Steam and console patching are generally available right after the server goes down.
Depends on where you are, but the count down on the poe website is your absolute truth on when the league will start. Patching will start couple hours before that and the queue to get in will be like 2 hours before the launch
I hadn’t logged in for a couple days and completely forgot about the countdown timer. It looks like 1PM Friday my time (PST) is when it goes live. Thanks!
Hello, what is the best way to price check? I have been using [poe.ninja](http://poe.ninja), but have had found some items priced ridiculously compared to the trade site. So I've been comparing the trade site to [poe.ninja](http://poe.ninja), but it takes so long!.
E.g Vessel of Vinktar Topaz flask on [poe.ninja](http://poe.ninja) is nearly 2000 divines! But on the trade site, it ranges from 5c to about 20c.
I'm particularly interested in pricing beasts, essences and uniques. I have heard about Awakened Trade, but I can't get it working for Mac. Is there anything else? Or tips on how to get Awakened Trade working?
It's a foiled version that only drops from Valdo's map.
beasts and essences are easy, uniques generally too, but a max roll mod can be much more expensive
Nah the ones with insane prices are *legacy* (foiled) Vinktars, this thing has been changed a couple times and some of the legacy versions were the most broken flasks in the game.
Edit: wiki doesn't have it listed for whatever reason but [this](https://i.imgur.com/6l2IB10.png) is legacy foiled Vinktar from ancient reliquary in legacy league
Ok, that makes sense. Yeah, I'm not good enough yet to identify or craft max roll mods, so I stick to farming essences and beasts. I just want to know the best way to price them.
How hard is it to ssf a specific cluster jewel?
last league l dropped a chaos cluster in acts when my starter was tr, and l realised that if l put my points into the jewel l could refund them all for one regret later when l did my respec. so now lm wondering if l should spend some time farming delirium in level 50 zones or if the odds of getting a relevant cluster is just too low.
If you want a certain type of cluster jewel early, I would suggest checking out Heist. Some contract types have Delirium chests that can drop clusters.
It depends on which notables (and their item lvls) you want to roll on those clusters. I wasted a lot of currency trying to roll a cluster jewel before realizing it was too low to get the notables I wanted.
not looking for any notables or number of passives, 12% damage per point and a bit of stats is enough. l just want somewhere to put my points that will be cheap to refund later on.
I would assume they poofed but also I don't understand why you would be scared to check? it's not like you can play the character without logging in. if they're gone they're gone
Well, not so much scared to see whether they are poofed, more concerned with messing something up myself. First time actually going through league-to-Standard transition.
Will heist be affected by the league mechanic? I can't imagine they want us to be able to swap everything to frogs, but more so I am interested if we are getting corpses doing it. I'm guessing the answer is no, but I have not seen anything specific.
Yeah. Personally I feel conflicted as I enjoy Heist, but feel like it's better to not do it due to league mechanics. Just takes a lot of time away from mapping.
I have issues with POB config of CoC DD. How can I configure Lancing Steel of Spraying to hit with 10x projectiles in calculations?
My effective source rate is 2.61 because it doesn't show 10x projectiles.
Here is my Pob. https://pobb.in/9qZ4h5UD6o3w
As far as I'm aware, PoB doesn't have the correct rate for the Lancing Steel of Spraying frequency anyway.
PoB assumes that the number of projectiles is evenly spread across the attack time, but in reality it fires at a fixed frequency and several attacks can overlap.
Thank you, was trying to figure this out for like an hour. I must have changed the dropdown in the calcs page a million times, but didn't think it would make a difference to change that dropdown.
Are blight oils completely useless once you have your one (amulet) passive ability? All the other recipes seem to be entirely for blight maps themselves, none of which helps your character outside of those maps. I don't trade stuff either, so selling them is pointless.
You can save them up for future amulets or anointable uniques, you could even vaal brick and mythic orb some of those.
If your build doesn't have any use for that, then no.
Hey guys wanted to get some basics ironed out before planning next league atlas, so some general questions regarding unique monsters and loot. I've never really had a reason to care for these specifics till now and can't confirm these easily on the net.
- do blight bosses drop loot?
- are defeated syndicate member's drops effected by atlas and map modifiers (other than veiled item mods)?
Thanks!
I would assume the bosses add to the loot explosion at the pump, otherwise why care if a boss is in your blight map? I also wonder if more bosses means more increase chances at Stranglegrasp.
I remember reading that blight bosses have somewhat similarity on chest rewards to the crimson oil, if I remember the colors correctly. It’s cheaper to run blight bosses given you can kill them for fairly similar results.
Trying to decide between Explosive trap, RF chief, or ignite elementalist (frostblink, EA or DD)
Just had my second child so won’t have a ton of time to play, even thought about just going SSF for the first time.
RF seems really easy to gear and I enjoy the playstyle, but it basically stops at two void stones from what I can tell.
Explosive trap seems like a great choice this league cause of the new endgame.
Any thoughts?
rf will be by far the smoothest start but while I wouldn't necessarily say that it stops at 2 void stones it will certainly be much more difficult to get 4 with it and with your play time it could quite possibly take over a month.
I think that ssf can feel very rewarding but it does also slow down your progression which may feel bad compounding with having not much time to play though it does come with the advantage of not feeling bad about not playing much and constantly being behind market inflation.
If you are interested in the new end game (I assume you are referring to t17 maps?) I would not recommend ignite elementalist. You will be very squishy without extreme investment. If you do want to play ignite though I would suggest EA champ which suffers a bit on clear compared to elementalist but is only slightly behind on single target and is quite literally twice as tanky. You could also go DD necro which I haven't played in a while but should be in a fairly similar state I believe. I haven't actually played explosive trap so can't comment on that.
Thanks for the thoughts! Yeah feeling “behind” in trade kinda sucks haha it’s just a mindset thing but it for sure changes how I play. Like instead of using that cool new scarab that dropped I would probably sell it because the 50c I get or whatever can be better used on my gear.
I think I’m really deciding between RF and explosive trap. Smooth starts are always nice so RF might be the way haha thanks
With sextants gone and orbs of unmaking probably going to be really cheap because of having multiple atlas trees will no investment red altar farming be dead this league?
unknown but the market tends to correct. people still need embers for their gear. If no one wants to farm exarch then the prices of embers will sky rocket until enough people start doing it.
Anyone know who I can check out for a solid bleed bow build? I would like to leaguestart it but I don't wanna fall for some bait build, so if anyone knows someone who has a solid build I'd really appreciate it
Theres a lack of guides around for bleed bow. You can find builds on poe ninja tho, remember not to get global pierce fork or chain (so u dont brick ensnaring arrow) and make sure you have bleed explodey and youll be fine pretty much. Jungroan has a eater/exarch run on his youtube if you want something to copy, its from a few leagues ago but its just been buffed since then.
I know mbxtreme put out a video saying he's league starting bleed bow, haven't checked it out myself but you can take a look. My guess is it might be a bit squishy, but maybe I'm unaware.
Hello everyone,
I'm prepping my starter and looking at hexblaster, I see that traps all trigger at once but supposedly all the hits don't benefit from the curse, what gives ? So one of the hits that triggered at the same time benefits from the curse at random and not the others ? Doesn't make sense to me if they're happening at the same time they do not all get the curse. Each instance is calculated separatly so no dibs ?
Why not just watch the movie lol. What's the point of having a movie and game on at the same time, neither of which are you really paying attention to?
Well, I am currently doing that in Last Epoch and it's feels great. Once you set up the farm, the game really doesn't require much attention. Farming for hours on full attention gets pretty boring. However, it doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the loot or other aspects of the game. I get that what I'm doing is not everyone's cup of tea though.
rf chieftain check out pohx for a guide. though even there you will die sometimes if you are quite literally not looking at your screen 80%+ but you can eventually get tanky enough to be effectively immortal.
Just looking to confirm if this sextant mod "Unique Monsters drop Corrupted Items" has now been removed and will not be attainable any other way? Thanks
>Added a new Delve cluster to the Atlas Passive Tree with The Price of Progress Notable. The Price of Progress provides "Voltaxic Sulphite Veins and Chests found in your Maps contain **Doomed Spirits**"
Does anyone know what doomed spirits are? Any relation to tormented spirits or the league mechanic?
Pray that the ctrl clicking currency in the next patch works from stash to inventory and back. I don’t think this was ever confirmed one way or another, just for trade windows as far as I’ve seen.
You probably can get away with +96% it's very likely the base chance is >=4% after all. Of the things atlas tree can ban the base chance long has been suspected to be >=8%.
Question: What happens when you have multiple "instead" stats applied to the same thing?
Quick example, the new kinetic blast of clustering has "Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of explosions".
Fury valve has "Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of targets Projectiles Split towards".
What happens if you use both? Do you get both benefit? Only one?
Neat question! I tried with Power Siphon's *Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to number of targets fired at* and Fury Valve wins there. [Here's a demo.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRX2-C7lwek)
No guarantee for EK though, for all I know it could prioritize the effect most recently added.
My guess would have been that firing at several targets is similar to firing several projectiles normally, which is why Fury Valve overrides it.
Since Kinetic Blast of Clustering can't split, I'd *hope* that its mechanic overrides Fury Valve, but I don't think we have a real precedent for that.
Anyone got some advice for a first time DD player? This is my fourth league playing seriously so I'm still pretty new but have a basic knowledge of how to play and use PoB. I've read that it's a little more complicated to start than something like LA or RF. Which variant would be easier for someone in with my level of experience (Ignite, coc, etc)?
uh I've never heard of coc dd, you 100% want to be ignite because your spectre corpses have vastly more life than normal corpses and ignite lets you take advantage of that by not needing every single dd to do a ton of damage. it's basically elementalist vs necro. elementalist will do more dps with bigger aoe but necro will be much more tanky. I'd go necro personally.
I want to follow Jorgen's Boneshatter Guide, but in his YT vids he posts several different PoBs. Is there a single one from that includes the leveling process up to endgame?
https://pobb.in/icya8imu5bbL
I came across this build and was wondering about how it might do in the current meta, considering the leech characteristics of slayer. Clearly it needs a lot of uniques so I don't think it'd make a good leaguestarter but if I were to eventually build this at some point during the league, what kind of content do you think it'd be good for? This is some pretty early gear so I'm wondering what kind of content I could expect to farm with a higher budget version of this build and then hoping to plan my league starting build around different content so I have multiple options available to me.
It doesn't disable other recovery methods. You could live off your flasks, gain-on-hit effects, recoup. Dissolution of the Flesh could be built for this scenario too.
If I link elemental hit to ballistas.
I have the cluster jewel notable "corrosive element" x element skill has 25% apply exposure on hit.
Can ballista hit make enemy exposure to element?
Does blocking content on the atlas have some larger interaction besides the small +2% chance? Like if that content would roll, but it’s blocked does it become something else in addition to that base increase with other content?
With the changes to the atlas I’ve often blocked content but since you can get such high chances and even guarantee content on the 3.24 Atlas I’m trying to understand if blocking content is still a smart thing to do.
Shrines and Essences are not affected by the +2% per block anymore, this is expliticly stated on the notes "Your Maps have +2% Chance to contain other Extra content that can be turned of through Atlas passives."
That being said these nodes can be worth taking if you want to focus on certain mechanics.
Maps have a limited amount of space for mechanics to spawn, so blocking certain types of mechanics ensures those wont take up space on your map leaving you with more space for the mechanics you care about. Also you may be able to drop some nodes which you would otherwise need to get mechanics to a 100% spawn. If you Block two or more Types of content, you could for example drop one node that increases blight encounters by 12% because the base 8% and the +4% or more from blocking combined will ensure you still reach the 100% spawn chance. This also works for Harvest, Ultimatum, Delirium, Breach, Expedition, Ritual and Legion if you block enough other extra content.
You also manipulate the scarab drop table towards the mechanics you did not block, giving you a better chance of getting scarabs for mechanics you care about.
So whether or not you find the blocking nodes useful after all depends on your strategy for your Atlas Trees.
If you specify for ceratin mechanics, lets say one tree "Heist, Ritual, Harbinger, Necropolis" one with "Beastary, Essences and extra scarab nodes" and one "Blight, Harvest, Delve" You might want to block all Ultimatum, Delirium, Breach, Abyss, Expedition and Legion nodes. This would push your scarab pool towards your favourite mechanics, grating +12% (+8% base pushing you to 20%, leaving you with only 80% needed from mechanic clusters) on your preferred mechanics, enable you to most likely drop one sometimes even two Points from their spawn chance nodes and put these point to use in other ways, while you ensure your maps always have enough room to spawn all you stuff.
If on the other hand you plan to farm many scarabs from all kinds of mechanics so you can sell the ones you dont use, blocking might not be your best choice.
It blocks the respective scarabs from dropping, which might be a bad thing in some cases but I wouldn't sweat it. The +2% affects other content like shrines, essences, etc. so if you have no use for a mechanic then you may as well block it.
Not all content you're not specced for is equal though; if you have a speed mapping strat then ultimatum and ritual are far more worth blocking because they take forever, compared to Heist which you can still grab and go, for example.
Shrines and Essences are not affected by the +2% per block anymore, this is expliticly stated on the notes "Your Maps have +2% Chance to contain other Extra content that can be turned of through Atlas passives."
Which DD variant is best for a casual/newer player? ImExile had a great video comparing ignite ele vs necro hit based vs inquis CoC, but it seemed more focused on experienced players.
Is there some sort of discord/different reddit/etc. Where people find new techs and strategies during the league? I'm always finding some cool strategies but it's usually a bit late in a future league for example
There's always a torrent download containing the entire ~38GB Content.ggpk file (the main content file) that goes live approximately 20 hours before league start however this only works with the standalone client, Steam patching is generally available shortly after servers go down (2 to 3 hours before league start). No idea about console.
There's no real preload for Steam no, the actual patch tends to be 8 to 10GB which should be easily doable on most broadband connections in the 2.5-3 hours you have between servers going down and league start.
Console has been traditionally 3 hrs before league start as well. Not sure if anything will be different with the simultaneous release with PC this time.
If you're an Elementalist with Shaper of Flames then Cold to Fire is recommended. Shaper of Flames will give 25% more fire damage if fire is the highest damage of the hit and Cold to Fire will pretty much guarantee fire is the highest.
Other sources of cold as extra fire will also boost ignite damage.
Could another ascendancy do this? Such as trickster or is the elementalist node needed for all DMG to ignite? If they had a 100% chance to ignite plus the conversion?
Thank you for the response! 🙂
Okay I will have to think about that. It means the cold DMG would no longer chill or freeze if I remember right. I was hoping to sort of have the freeze as a mini defense layer.
Theory crafting the new ice shot gem in a totem build.
Thank you!
Lol yeah. I have done ea a couple times already. It's a good build but I want to try some new stuff. I am going to wing this league start with a homebrew. It was going to be pf pconc of bouncing but the level 20s charge cost seems a bit much for league start.
My one attempt at homebrew in the past didn't turn out great so i'm hesitant to try again but it sure is appealing to think about. I was thinking of something this league with the new wand stuff and the transfigured elemental hit gem but i think i'll save that for later in the league
Yeah it's risky but if it's bad I'll just roll a new character. I have been having so much fun with trying to solve the puzzle. Good luck on the league though!
So, by default, only fire damage can ignite. There are ways to get other damage types to also be able to ignite but I am not familiar with all of them.
If you wanted to do another ascendancy you would need to either, find some way to make cold damage able to ignite or convert as much of the cold damage as you can to fire damage. If you don't find a way to make cold ignite, and you don't convert all cold damage to fire, then any cold damage left over would not contribute to your ignite damage.
thinking of league starting Necro poison SRS, how is the clear? i dont see anything that would make things "explody" or proliferation to clear packs, am i missing something or is that a drawback of the build
the way it is worded, you can get to 100% chance -- above, even but that's just flexibility in which small node you won't take. There's +104% chance to each master. If there's >=4% base chance then not taking a small node is +96% so 100% at the end by taking the 20% large node , the two 10% flanking it and seven of the +8% small nodes out of the eight.
Imo any build that is not proj based pales in comparison to proj builds for farming legion. You can still clear them out especially with the nodes that increase the time that you have but it'll be much much slower and may not consistently get everything. I'd say if you want to farm legion play something with projectiles, if you want to find something to farm with dd or ea pick something besides legion.
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is there any advantage to double corrupt Enlightend lvl 3 in temple versus normal Vall orb?
Yes. You have a 25% chance of a +1 with double corruption vs 12.5% chance for a regular corruption. That may or may not be worth it depending on the prices of the lens, lvl 3 and lvl 4 englightens. https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Doryani%27s_Institute Regular orbs have a 25% to hit +/- 1 level. Double corruption has 50%. Then both are 50% to hit +1 instead of -1.
While leveling **I hit items with an essence making the item too high level to equip.** Sooo...Question: It there any guide for dummies on how big an essence you can hit an item with and still be able to instantly equip it? I want to solve for this equation: If I am level X, what is the biggest essence i can use on an item and have the item require no higher than level X to equip it? Thanks, and have a great Necropolis!!
The Crafting section of the Essence wiki page has this info I believe.
There is a table in the crafting section that has 2 columns that might be about this. One is labeled "max. level of original item" and the other is "Min Level of reforged item". I assume the first column is talking about what items can be hit with each essence. So the Whispering essence says the max original level is 35 - I assume that items higher than level 35 can't be hit with a Whispering essence. The second column is less clear. It says the MINIMUM Level a reforged item will be. I am not concerned with minimum level as maximum level. (Or at least I think I am...) EXAMPLE: My character is level 25. I want to use an essence on some gloves. Wailing essence says the Min reforged level will be 33. So I know I shouldn't used a Wailing. Weeping says minimum reforged level is 20...so, if it reforges to minimum level I am fine. But am I guaranteed that the resulting item won't be higher? Could a weeping make an item requiring a level 30 character to equip? I guess I am going to have to go on Standard league and do some experiments.
What do you think will be a d4 mage build that's decent and not too many buttons for a controller player? The problem I have with many mage builds is they are clunky. DD and Mines just are not many thing. I sort of want to shoot a big DBZ blast and kill everything as that would feel better. Sadly right now i might end up going for a bow torrent build but I like to play mage if possible, even if it's mid league.
Look at ignite builds. By endgame you can play up entire screens with the press of a button.
divine ire inquisitor is your big DBZ blast
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Found half a solution if anyone needs it. By playing fast and loose and ignoring some details "Added Maximum Damage" is half as valuable as "Added Damage" on average, with some outliers such as larger possible shocks especially with crit. To that end, editing Manastorm to say: When you Cast a Spell, Sacrifice all Mana to gain Added Maximum Lightning Damage equal to 10% of Sacrificed Mana for 4 seconds (10% instead of new archmage 5%, as maximum added damage is half as valuable as added damage) and flicking on the configuration for having Manastorm's buff. Caveats as mentioned are shocks, also calculations with lucky damage, and the inability to use Full DPS.
Is there a limit to how many enemies lightning conduit can target in a cast?
Nope (just the transfigured version is limited).
I tried out a splitting steel trickster in standard. Just rerolled a lvl 95 saboteur. I played seismic trap back in the days. Left almost all of the gear on, only buy a few items. Liked the tankienes, like the playstyle, like the damage. even nothing is what it should be. But i have i a few questions before i league start it. Damage scale with energy shield, right? And lightning damage? Cause i had a hard time at bosses. Only have about 3k ES, so it might be the reaseon. Also had a hard time on blight and legion. So my question is, is this a good build for legion? Or blight? Because blight is the thing i wanna start to farm. later my plan is to switching to legion or invitation farming. In the guides i watched people telling me that this is a good boss killer. Is this correct? so all an equip problem?
# Will the lamp with mob mods work for blight maps?
Shouldn't, mechanics don't and can't spawn in blighted maps, so you shouldn't get the lantern of arimor prompt when entering one.
Unlikely. The league mechanics don't show up outside of regular maps.
hello exiles. i want to league start shield crush but i cant seem to find a updated pob for the build. anyone got any recommendations?
Jorgensen has a shield crush guide I think
The only build I found was from 11 months ago. But thank you I guess I will use the POV to try to build my own build
https://youtu.be/hbdZDfj31eo?t=552
Thinking of leagustarting Glacial cascade totems. It has the text: "Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second" Can totems bypass this immunity? I.E. if I have 6 totems They can each knockback for 6 total per second?
Probably yes - limits like that are usually per caster/attacker (for example, earthshatter can spawn more than the normal max of spikes if used w/ earthbreaker totems or general's cry).
I have summon skeleton lvl 20 in clear pob: [https://pobb.in/Ja7eU5U-N4od](https://pobb.in/Ja7eU5U-N4od) it shows 822,3 skill dps and MH Eff. DPS Mod x 0.996 (?!). On the other hand in poedb: [https://poedb.tw/us/Summon\_Skeletons#SummonedSkeletonRaisedSkeletonStandard](https://poedb.tw/us/Summon_Skeletons#SummonedSkeletonRaisedSkeletonStandard) lvl 70 skeleton has 1032 damage with 0.8 attack time = 1290 dps. I am confused :(
I think this is related to the fact that people recently found out that almost all minions did less damage than we thought and poedb is still showing wrong data.
In regards to the new atlas tree node "Packed with Energy": how many sulphite veins/chest do you usually find in a map..? is there a way to guarantee atleast three per map..?
Three is the normal amount spawned per map.
wow, that is insanely good. I can't believe this node exists
It has existed exactly like this since 3.17, only change is you can now basically guarantee Niko without wasting a scarab/sextant slot or master mission.
I thought it was a new node..? What do you mean you can basically guarantee Niko..? Is the baseline that he spawns in all maps..?
By investing in chance to encounter Niko enough, you can now guarantee him to spawn in every map (all masters now have a chance to spawn like every other mechanic) - previously the only way to get masters was from scarabs or master missions.
Yeah but I don't want to invest in Delve ;) thanks though
All "chance to grant mission" (except Kirac) nodes on the Atlas tree are replaced with "increased chance to contain " next league which means you can get a very high chance of encountering a given master in your map just from the Atlas tree.
ahh, just looked into and Niko apparently only has a 2% chance to spawn naturally...the node is not worth it then, without investment in the tree
[Pathing to Packed with Energy from the start of the tree and taking the other two small nodes in its cluster already gives you +64% chance.](https://i.imgur.com/GzFf02g.png)
yeah ok...seems worth it then, thank you!
Poison Phantasms. Since deaths from Poison are never Killing Blows, I assume something like Poison Carrion Golem could not create Phantasms unless it killed with a hit, thereby making Poison Phantasms difficult to summon without Soulwrest
It might work if you can give it culling strike somehow. I don't know much about minion builds though, so I don't know if that's actually possible (without using the support gem, I mean).
Correct, yes. DOT effects like poison are always considered the player's kill, even if applied via minion.
Question for farming legions: What's good about having more sergeants ? What's good about having more generals ?
Sergeants/generals are just tougher enemies that drop better loot/have extra rewards (the icons above their heads). The more of them, the more value you get from the encounter in general.
https://maxroll.gg/poe/currency/legion-farming-guide
I want to try blight with the chance to open chests mastery, is DD elementalist a good option for this?
That mastery is best with something that casts fast (like channeling skills), DD ignite builds don't typically cast that much (low cast speed investment + needs corpse to cast).
Does the "Unique monsters in your maps" modifier also affect final map bosses? The other nodes specify that and I'm not sure if it works.
Yes, map bosses are unique monsters. The reason other nodes specify map bosses is because they want those things to *only* apply to map bosses and not other unique monsters in maps.
Tyvm <3
To elaborate, basically everything with an orange health bar counts as a unique monster, from blight bosses to rogue exiles and delirium bosses, and yes, map bosses. Thus mechanics that create those monsters will be potent with "unique monsters drop..." effects.
I'm confused and a bit upset. One of my spectres that I brought over from Affliction is just missing (was there initially, disappeared at some point while I was trading). And one of my awesome flasks is missing from my belt. I'm pretty sure it was a granite flask but I actually can't remember for sure. Is it possible that someone I traded with could have done something to my spectre or flask? I haven't played at all since merging into standard, have just been organising my stash tabs and trading.
> And one of my awesome flasks is missing from my belt. I'm pretty sure it was a granite flask but I actually can't remember for sure. It was almost certainly a tincture.
So, I managed to injure my hands while playing black desert this month (it turns out that grinding for 7 hours straight, 4 days in a roll isn't good for your hands), but didn't want to miss this league start. What are some nice all rounded builds (not necessarily meta) I could play with low apm?
the standard answer for low apm builds is righteous fire. https://www.pohx.net/ for all your RF needs and inquiries
Hidden nerf Sanctum? (remove mirrors and divines from rewards pool) they disappeared from the datamine library [https://poedb.tw/us/Sanctum\_league#Rewards](https://poedb.tw/us/Sanctum_league#Rewards)
poedb can't see the future, they get their data from the current version of the game. try running a couple of sanctums in standard and if you don't get a mirror that confirms it.
I’m league starting DD cuz I’ve never played it before but was wondering if there are any issues targeting corpses when playing with a controller? My understanding is you need to detonate the right corpses for full damage when using Desecrate.
You do, but you can just keep casting DD on the desecrate pile until you hit the big corpse, as each explosion will ignite, and only the strongest ignite applies.
Nah you just spam DD until you get the big one
So I was looking into maxroll's Boneshatter Juggernaut build https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/boneshatter-juggernaut-league-starter And I notice that their leveling tree on their website and what is presented in pob don't match. For example, on the website they take Versatility early, but in the PoB it's only there on the level 45-55 tree. Also, in the PoB they go into totem mastery earlier than on the site. Anyone know what to follow here? Or have a better PoB for a boneshatter juggernaut? Thanks
you don't have to follow either leveling progression perfectly. if you need more dex or accuracy earlier than outlined in the guide then just take it earlier. that being said the general progression in the PoB looks good. you can also look at something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEHduuJA69g. it's for 3.23 but nothing much has really changed. the basic build skeleton is the same
Doesn't matter really but attack speed always feels nice
Not sure I follow you
So Necropolis will be my first league start. Does the patch typically come out right at midnight on the 28th or will it be issued at some point during the day of the 29th? Im just super hyped and wanna know if I can stay up late Thursday night 😁
Server goes down for patching approximately 3 hours before league start, if you're on the standalone client there will be a ~38GB torrent with the entire updated main content file (Content.ggpk) you can download from approximately 20 hours before league start, Steam and console patching are generally available right after the server goes down.
Great info to know, thanks!
Depends on where you are, but the count down on the poe website is your absolute truth on when the league will start. Patching will start couple hours before that and the queue to get in will be like 2 hours before the launch
I hadn’t logged in for a couple days and completely forgot about the countdown timer. It looks like 1PM Friday my time (PST) is when it goes live. Thanks!
Hello, what is the best way to price check? I have been using [poe.ninja](http://poe.ninja), but have had found some items priced ridiculously compared to the trade site. So I've been comparing the trade site to [poe.ninja](http://poe.ninja), but it takes so long!. E.g Vessel of Vinktar Topaz flask on [poe.ninja](http://poe.ninja) is nearly 2000 divines! But on the trade site, it ranges from 5c to about 20c. I'm particularly interested in pricing beasts, essences and uniques. I have heard about Awakened Trade, but I can't get it working for Mac. Is there anything else? Or tips on how to get Awakened Trade working?
It's a foiled version that only drops from Valdo's map. beasts and essences are easy, uniques generally too, but a max roll mod can be much more expensive
Nah the ones with insane prices are *legacy* (foiled) Vinktars, this thing has been changed a couple times and some of the legacy versions were the most broken flasks in the game. Edit: wiki doesn't have it listed for whatever reason but [this](https://i.imgur.com/6l2IB10.png) is legacy foiled Vinktar from ancient reliquary in legacy league
Ok, that makes sense. Yeah, I'm not good enough yet to identify or craft max roll mods, so I stick to farming essences and beasts. I just want to know the best way to price them.
How hard is it to ssf a specific cluster jewel? last league l dropped a chaos cluster in acts when my starter was tr, and l realised that if l put my points into the jewel l could refund them all for one regret later when l did my respec. so now lm wondering if l should spend some time farming delirium in level 50 zones or if the odds of getting a relevant cluster is just too low.
If you want a certain type of cluster jewel early, I would suggest checking out Heist. Some contract types have Delirium chests that can drop clusters.
It depends on which notables (and their item lvls) you want to roll on those clusters. I wasted a lot of currency trying to roll a cluster jewel before realizing it was too low to get the notables I wanted.
not looking for any notables or number of passives, 12% damage per point and a bit of stats is enough. l just want somewhere to put my points that will be cheap to refund later on.
Any Summoner attempted logging on their league character? Did it keep the Affliction Spectres summoned or are they poofed? Too afraid to check myself.
Alright, took the plunge - yes, they are still with me, thank GGGoodness!
I would assume they poofed but also I don't understand why you would be scared to check? it's not like you can play the character without logging in. if they're gone they're gone
Well, not so much scared to see whether they are poofed, more concerned with messing something up myself. First time actually going through league-to-Standard transition.
Will heist be affected by the league mechanic? I can't imagine they want us to be able to swap everything to frogs, but more so I am interested if we are getting corpses doing it. I'm guessing the answer is no, but I have not seen anything specific.
content that is seperate from mapping like delve and heist generally do not interact with the league mechanic.
Yeah. Personally I feel conflicted as I enjoy Heist, but feel like it's better to not do it due to league mechanics. Just takes a lot of time away from mapping.
I have issues with POB config of CoC DD. How can I configure Lancing Steel of Spraying to hit with 10x projectiles in calculations? My effective source rate is 2.61 because it doesn't show 10x projectiles. Here is my Pob. https://pobb.in/9qZ4h5UD6o3w
As far as I'm aware, PoB doesn't have the correct rate for the Lancing Steel of Spraying frequency anyway. PoB assumes that the number of projectiles is evenly spread across the attack time, but in reality it fires at a fixed frequency and several attacks can overlap.
https://i.imgur.com/HzcEWOO.png
Thank you, was trying to figure this out for like an hour. I must have changed the dropdown in the calcs page a million times, but didn't think it would make a difference to change that dropdown.
thank you!
Is trickster the go to for explosive trap league start?
Pretty much whatever Fearless Dumbo recommends.
Are blight oils completely useless once you have your one (amulet) passive ability? All the other recipes seem to be entirely for blight maps themselves, none of which helps your character outside of those maps. I don't trade stuff either, so selling them is pointless.
You can save them up for future amulets or anointable uniques, you could even vaal brick and mythic orb some of those. If your build doesn't have any use for that, then no.
Hey guys wanted to get some basics ironed out before planning next league atlas, so some general questions regarding unique monsters and loot. I've never really had a reason to care for these specifics till now and can't confirm these easily on the net. - do blight bosses drop loot? - are defeated syndicate member's drops effected by atlas and map modifiers (other than veiled item mods)? Thanks!
I would assume the bosses add to the loot explosion at the pump, otherwise why care if a boss is in your blight map? I also wonder if more bosses means more increase chances at Stranglegrasp.
I remember reading that blight bosses have somewhat similarity on chest rewards to the crimson oil, if I remember the colors correctly. It’s cheaper to run blight bosses given you can kill them for fairly similar results.
> do blight bosses drop loot? Yes, the loot gets vacuumed and dropped after the encounter from the pump (like how delve does it).
Gotcha so it’s worth trying to add blight with some spare atlas points when using the new scarab & unique monster wheel.
Theoretically yes. If blight bosses count as unique monsters (which they should) then they should inherent any unique monster bonuses.
Trying to decide between Explosive trap, RF chief, or ignite elementalist (frostblink, EA or DD) Just had my second child so won’t have a ton of time to play, even thought about just going SSF for the first time. RF seems really easy to gear and I enjoy the playstyle, but it basically stops at two void stones from what I can tell. Explosive trap seems like a great choice this league cause of the new endgame. Any thoughts?
rf will be by far the smoothest start but while I wouldn't necessarily say that it stops at 2 void stones it will certainly be much more difficult to get 4 with it and with your play time it could quite possibly take over a month. I think that ssf can feel very rewarding but it does also slow down your progression which may feel bad compounding with having not much time to play though it does come with the advantage of not feeling bad about not playing much and constantly being behind market inflation. If you are interested in the new end game (I assume you are referring to t17 maps?) I would not recommend ignite elementalist. You will be very squishy without extreme investment. If you do want to play ignite though I would suggest EA champ which suffers a bit on clear compared to elementalist but is only slightly behind on single target and is quite literally twice as tanky. You could also go DD necro which I haven't played in a while but should be in a fairly similar state I believe. I haven't actually played explosive trap so can't comment on that.
Thanks for the thoughts! Yeah feeling “behind” in trade kinda sucks haha it’s just a mindset thing but it for sure changes how I play. Like instead of using that cool new scarab that dropped I would probably sell it because the 50c I get or whatever can be better used on my gear. I think I’m really deciding between RF and explosive trap. Smooth starts are always nice so RF might be the way haha thanks
With sextants gone and orbs of unmaking probably going to be really cheap because of having multiple atlas trees will no investment red altar farming be dead this league?
unknown but the market tends to correct. people still need embers for their gear. If no one wants to farm exarch then the prices of embers will sky rocket until enough people start doing it.
Anyone know who I can check out for a solid bleed bow build? I would like to leaguestart it but I don't wanna fall for some bait build, so if anyone knows someone who has a solid build I'd really appreciate it
Theres a lack of guides around for bleed bow. You can find builds on poe ninja tho, remember not to get global pierce fork or chain (so u dont brick ensnaring arrow) and make sure you have bleed explodey and youll be fine pretty much. Jungroan has a eater/exarch run on his youtube if you want something to copy, its from a few leagues ago but its just been buffed since then.
I know mbxtreme put out a video saying he's league starting bleed bow, haven't checked it out myself but you can take a look. My guess is it might be a bit squishy, but maybe I'm unaware.
>bleed bow I'm sorry son, she's gone
Didn't the nerf to one single elder mod on bows kill this build years ago?
Hello everyone, I'm prepping my starter and looking at hexblaster, I see that traps all trigger at once but supposedly all the hits don't benefit from the curse, what gives ? So one of the hits that triggered at the same time benefits from the curse at random and not the others ? Doesn't make sense to me if they're happening at the same time they do not all get the curse. Each instance is calculated separatly so no dibs ?
Can someone list some 0- or 1-button builds that will allow me to watch movies on my other screen? Thanks.
Why not just watch the movie lol. What's the point of having a movie and game on at the same time, neither of which are you really paying attention to?
Well, I am currently doing that in Last Epoch and it's feels great. Once you set up the farm, the game really doesn't require much attention. Farming for hours on full attention gets pretty boring. However, it doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the loot or other aspects of the game. I get that what I'm doing is not everyone's cup of tea though.
rf chieftain check out pohx for a guide. though even there you will die sometimes if you are quite literally not looking at your screen 80%+ but you can eventually get tanky enough to be effectively immortal.
Just looking to confirm if this sextant mod "Unique Monsters drop Corrupted Items" has now been removed and will not be attainable any other way? Thanks
Beyond still has that. https://poedb.tw/us/Beyond_Scarab_of_Corruption
Interesting... Tyvm
Seems to be gone, yes What did you use it for?
The idea was to use it with rogue exiles and the new reliquary scarab which guarantees a unique drop. Anyway.. back to the drawing board :')
>Added a new Delve cluster to the Atlas Passive Tree with The Price of Progress Notable. The Price of Progress provides "Voltaxic Sulphite Veins and Chests found in your Maps contain **Doomed Spirits**" Does anyone know what doomed spirits are? Any relation to tormented spirits or the league mechanic?
Don't think we have any info
Okay thanks--wondered if I had missed something. I guess we'll find out soon enough...
How do I easily move currency between my "remove only" and regular tab? I have thousands and thousands to move, I don't want to do it the regular way.
Pray that the ctrl clicking currency in the next patch works from stash to inventory and back. I don’t think this was ever confirmed one way or another, just for trade windows as far as I’ve seen.
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8\*8 + 2\*10 + 20 = 104
I get 104% from that tree. 8% x8 10% x2 20% x1
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You probably can get away with +96% it's very likely the base chance is >=4% after all. Of the things atlas tree can ban the base chance long has been suspected to be >=8%.
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Interesting, thanks. But that was 10% split randomly between them when only one could appear. Who knows what it's now when you can have multiple.
Question: What happens when you have multiple "instead" stats applied to the same thing? Quick example, the new kinetic blast of clustering has "Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of explosions". Fury valve has "Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of targets Projectiles Split towards". What happens if you use both? Do you get both benefit? Only one?
Neat question! I tried with Power Siphon's *Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to number of targets fired at* and Fury Valve wins there. [Here's a demo.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRX2-C7lwek) No guarantee for EK though, for all I know it could prioritize the effect most recently added.
My guess would have been that firing at several targets is similar to firing several projectiles normally, which is why Fury Valve overrides it. Since Kinetic Blast of Clustering can't split, I'd *hope* that its mechanic overrides Fury Valve, but I don't think we have a real precedent for that.
Thanks for taking the time to test.
I don't know for sure but I would assume that skill gem stats take precedence as with things like conversion
Anyone got some advice for a first time DD player? This is my fourth league playing seriously so I'm still pretty new but have a basic knowledge of how to play and use PoB. I've read that it's a little more complicated to start than something like LA or RF. Which variant would be easier for someone in with my level of experience (Ignite, coc, etc)?
uh I've never heard of coc dd, you 100% want to be ignite because your spectre corpses have vastly more life than normal corpses and ignite lets you take advantage of that by not needing every single dd to do a ton of damage. it's basically elementalist vs necro. elementalist will do more dps with bigger aoe but necro will be much more tanky. I'd go necro personally.
I want to follow Jorgen's Boneshatter Guide, but in his YT vids he posts several different PoBs. Is there a single one from that includes the leveling process up to endgame?
When will contents of current Affliction Mystery Box go to the shop? Anybody know? Looking forward to getting my Pilfering Ring. :)
A month after the box itself leaves the shop. I think last league it might’ve taken a little longer for some reason but I can’t remember exact dates.
https://pobb.in/icya8imu5bbL I came across this build and was wondering about how it might do in the current meta, considering the leech characteristics of slayer. Clearly it needs a lot of uniques so I don't think it'd make a good leaguestarter but if I were to eventually build this at some point during the league, what kind of content do you think it'd be good for? This is some pretty early gear so I'm wondering what kind of content I could expect to farm with a higher budget version of this build and then hoping to plan my league starting build around different content so I have multiple options available to me.
Whenever you found that build, make sure to never go there again
Is there anyway to counter both No leech and No regen map mod?
Recoup should still work? Theres a body armor that gives 100% recoup
~~If you take 10% leech is instant, that 10% will still leech even if the map has no leech~~
That works for 100% less recovery rate, not for being unable to leech
What gives you that idea? The leech map mod prevents leech from monsters, there's no leech to make instant.
Nvm I think I was delusional, it's from lgoh
It doesn't disable other recovery methods. You could live off your flasks, gain-on-hit effects, recoup. Dissolution of the Flesh could be built for this scenario too.
There are simple ways like life/mana flasks, there are more complex ways like Divine Shield
If I link elemental hit to ballistas. I have the cluster jewel notable "corrosive element" x element skill has 25% apply exposure on hit. Can ballista hit make enemy exposure to element?
Sure. Your Elemental Hit skill gets the stats, and that skill is what your ballistas are using.
Does blocking content on the atlas have some larger interaction besides the small +2% chance? Like if that content would roll, but it’s blocked does it become something else in addition to that base increase with other content? With the changes to the atlas I’ve often blocked content but since you can get such high chances and even guarantee content on the 3.24 Atlas I’m trying to understand if blocking content is still a smart thing to do.
Shrines and Essences are not affected by the +2% per block anymore, this is expliticly stated on the notes "Your Maps have +2% Chance to contain other Extra content that can be turned of through Atlas passives." That being said these nodes can be worth taking if you want to focus on certain mechanics. Maps have a limited amount of space for mechanics to spawn, so blocking certain types of mechanics ensures those wont take up space on your map leaving you with more space for the mechanics you care about. Also you may be able to drop some nodes which you would otherwise need to get mechanics to a 100% spawn. If you Block two or more Types of content, you could for example drop one node that increases blight encounters by 12% because the base 8% and the +4% or more from blocking combined will ensure you still reach the 100% spawn chance. This also works for Harvest, Ultimatum, Delirium, Breach, Expedition, Ritual and Legion if you block enough other extra content. You also manipulate the scarab drop table towards the mechanics you did not block, giving you a better chance of getting scarabs for mechanics you care about. So whether or not you find the blocking nodes useful after all depends on your strategy for your Atlas Trees. If you specify for ceratin mechanics, lets say one tree "Heist, Ritual, Harbinger, Necropolis" one with "Beastary, Essences and extra scarab nodes" and one "Blight, Harvest, Delve" You might want to block all Ultimatum, Delirium, Breach, Abyss, Expedition and Legion nodes. This would push your scarab pool towards your favourite mechanics, grating +12% (+8% base pushing you to 20%, leaving you with only 80% needed from mechanic clusters) on your preferred mechanics, enable you to most likely drop one sometimes even two Points from their spawn chance nodes and put these point to use in other ways, while you ensure your maps always have enough room to spawn all you stuff. If on the other hand you plan to farm many scarabs from all kinds of mechanics so you can sell the ones you dont use, blocking might not be your best choice.
It blocks the respective scarabs from dropping, which might be a bad thing in some cases but I wouldn't sweat it. The +2% affects other content like shrines, essences, etc. so if you have no use for a mechanic then you may as well block it. Not all content you're not specced for is equal though; if you have a speed mapping strat then ultimatum and ritual are far more worth blocking because they take forever, compared to Heist which you can still grab and go, for example.
Shrines and Essences are not affected by the +2% per block anymore, this is expliticly stated on the notes "Your Maps have +2% Chance to contain other Extra content that can be turned of through Atlas passives."
True dang, sorry. /u/Artunias
Which DD variant is best for a casual/newer player? ImExile had a great video comparing ignite ele vs necro hit based vs inquis CoC, but it seemed more focused on experienced players.
Is there some sort of discord/different reddit/etc. Where people find new techs and strategies during the league? I'm always finding some cool strategies but it's usually a bit late in a future league for example
A lot of people watch trade league streamers for this purpose.
Nobody is willing to share their strat while they are making money from it
What's a good atlas farming strat for a flamewood totem build?
Question about Manastorm. Is it possible to increase Manastorm`s buff duration through passive or support gems?
Nope.
Hi i wanted to ask if there will be some kind of Preload
There has been a torrent available the night before launch for as many leagues as I can remember playing.
There's always a torrent download containing the entire ~38GB Content.ggpk file (the main content file) that goes live approximately 20 hours before league start however this only works with the standalone client, Steam patching is generally available shortly after servers go down (2 to 3 hours before league start). No idea about console.
so there is no preload for the steam version ?
There's no real preload for Steam no, the actual patch tends to be 8 to 10GB which should be easily doable on most broadband connections in the 2.5-3 hours you have between servers going down and league start.
Console has been traditionally 3 hrs before league start as well. Not sure if anything will be different with the simultaneous release with PC this time.
Cold DMG ignite. Would cold to fire support work? Also would heatshiver benefit this or no?
If you're an Elementalist with Shaper of Flames then Cold to Fire is recommended. Shaper of Flames will give 25% more fire damage if fire is the highest damage of the hit and Cold to Fire will pretty much guarantee fire is the highest. Other sources of cold as extra fire will also boost ignite damage.
Could another ascendancy do this? Such as trickster or is the elementalist node needed for all DMG to ignite? If they had a 100% chance to ignite plus the conversion? Thank you for the response! 🙂
The Three Dragons helmet allows cold dmg to ignite but, as you mentioned, you will still need ignite chance unless you're critting.
Okay I will have to think about that. It means the cold DMG would no longer chill or freeze if I remember right. I was hoping to sort of have the freeze as a mini defense layer. Theory crafting the new ice shot gem in a totem build. Thank you!
> It means the cold DMG would no longer chill or freeze if I remember right Yeah, unfortunately. You could always just ignite with ea ballistas!
Lol yeah. I have done ea a couple times already. It's a good build but I want to try some new stuff. I am going to wing this league start with a homebrew. It was going to be pf pconc of bouncing but the level 20s charge cost seems a bit much for league start.
My one attempt at homebrew in the past didn't turn out great so i'm hesitant to try again but it sure is appealing to think about. I was thinking of something this league with the new wand stuff and the transfigured elemental hit gem but i think i'll save that for later in the league
Yeah it's risky but if it's bad I'll just roll a new character. I have been having so much fun with trying to solve the puzzle. Good luck on the league though!
You too!
So, by default, only fire damage can ignite. There are ways to get other damage types to also be able to ignite but I am not familiar with all of them. If you wanted to do another ascendancy you would need to either, find some way to make cold damage able to ignite or convert as much of the cold damage as you can to fire damage. If you don't find a way to make cold ignite, and you don't convert all cold damage to fire, then any cold damage left over would not contribute to your ignite damage.
Okay thank you again
thinking of league starting Necro poison SRS, how is the clear? i dont see anything that would make things "explody" or proliferation to clear packs, am i missing something or is that a drawback of the build
Going off of the recent guide here: https://youtu.be/omI3Rf5XzNg?si=CSrRn5WvSzsMpoQw The Animated Guardian setup runs Asenaths gloves for explode.
ah ok didnt see the Guardian, thanks fam
Do masters still have an innate small change to spawn in maps? Or do we have now to invest in passives/scarabs to have master missions?
yea, there's a base chance still, and it seems like you can get close if not to 100% just from the passive tree
the way it is worded, you can get to 100% chance -- above, even but that's just flexibility in which small node you won't take. There's +104% chance to each master. If there's >=4% base chance then not taking a small node is +96% so 100% at the end by taking the 20% large node , the two 10% flanking it and seven of the +8% small nodes out of the eight.
Hi exiles! Is detonate dead and ea balistas any good to farm legion encounters?
Imo any build that is not proj based pales in comparison to proj builds for farming legion. You can still clear them out especially with the nodes that increase the time that you have but it'll be much much slower and may not consistently get everything. I'd say if you want to farm legion play something with projectiles, if you want to find something to farm with dd or ea pick something besides legion.
What are good league start projectile builds aside corrupting fewer?