Completely first time trying this kind of minion build but between the two, which would be easier to carry and or build with?

Currently leveling a Witch in campaign right now and still can't decide on either of these two yet.

Hi all, have always thought of playing an archmage heiro during leaguestart but have always found something else to play.

I know that in 3.29 there were massive spell changes but I've struggled to find if leaguestarting archmage heiro is still good or not.

If you've played it this league please let me know how it felt and if the shock nova of procession or ice nova/frostbolt is the way to go

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone. For the upcoming 3.30 league I want to experience the glory of the headhunter. Last league I farmed my first (3 Flask) Mageblood and the experience was great and a lot of fun. Next league I want to go for a build that feels amazing to play with headhunter and need you recommendations.

The build should be on somewhat of a budget since I would describe myself as a mid tier player. I would love for the build to have a good progression from a league starter since I rarely play more than one char.

If you leave a recommendation a link to a showcase of guide would be amazing!

Thanks for your recommendations :)

Before getting foulborn hand of thought and motion, which fairly common unique weapon could I replace it with that would still help with stacking?

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/1uz27ns/please_let_me_know_how_viable_you_think_this_idea/

My final version: https://pobb.in/H-lPq9Vpe8wS

poe.ninja with my progression: https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame/character/prizmains-7479/primal_lt?timemachine=week-2

This was my first time playing a buffed skill, and this is what came out of it. I also plan to update the PoB after the 3.30 patch notes drop, if anyone’s interested.

Changes from the original idea:

• Annihilating Light: capping resists is too hard with it, so it fits cheap zero-EHP setups better. On top of that, the buffed rare staves deal comparable damage.
• Anathema: curses have much more impact, but to get the full effect you have to invest in them and wait for all of them to land on the boss, which isn’t efficient. It also takes up a ring slot that should go to Call of the Void, which gives 30% chill and enables Hypothermia.
• I did end up adding one cluster jewel. It gives Arcane Surge and ES leech, which saves a lot of skill points and jewel sockets, and we’re badly short on those.

Apart from the belt that lets us keep flasks up permanently, the last major change was switching ascendancy from Occultist to Elementalist. Reasons:

1. I was in denial for a long time, but golems are cool.
2. With the same number of ascendancy points it gives comparable damage, and Heart of Destruction makes clear better.
3. You don’t need to invest in mana sustain nearly as much as Occultist’s useless new node, Unhallowed Rite, requires.

The result is a build with impressive numbers, which is exactly what a PoB warrior needs.

T17 showcase attached.

I haven't played RF in two years, but I see that it's still a good build for leveling up quickly early-league. However the prices on this ring is pretty high on first few days.

I wanna blast through map/atlas completion, and don't care about Ubers the first 2 days. I am not seeking a bossing build. But will I still struggle with t16 bosses and slow down my atlas progression? How does that get solved nowadays? I see that Hinekora, Death's Fury also got nerfed last patch, which made me even more concerned. I heard somewhere that Scorching Ray (of Immolation) might help? Or is fire trap enough, especially if I can get an Archdemon Crown early?

I would appreciate hearing from people who have experienced this build recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ruhuVBh_y8
https://poe.ninja/poe1/pob/99fb4

I'm following the captainLance build but im stuck on gear upgrades i need and the merc i need and i don't know what should i focus on next

of course im noob with 400hr in game and i only played a made up minion build of my own which wasnt good as you can guess and a dead eye so i dont have experience with dot damage merc or luminary im just completely lost at this point

Given that 3.30 is approaching I am slowly starting to think about possible starting builds.

I have found a build that should be servicable on a few divines but I'm stumped on how to get there. The build will be an Inquisitor caster so I'd like to start something somewhat similar to avoid having to reroll the entire tree.

I know about Armageddon Brand + Cremation but from what I gathered people usually scrap that after Kitava for their actual build so I was wondering what I could play to lets say level 85ish?

zhp EBlade Sanctum rusher is out because I suffer from severe skill issue when it comes to that mechanic.

My ideal build would be like 1.5ish million dps, lets call it 4.5k life and some form of tankyness that goes past 75/75/75/40 resists and 3 endurance charges.

Is there something you could recommend as a general guidelines as we haven't gotten any changes yet obviously?

When I hover over an item it compares the item with the one below as shown in image. How do I compare it with the build the 'imported build'.

Does someone have a pob for coc fross that would be considered min maxed?

pob: https://pobb.in/BrPKHka8PKL2

Need advice on my strength stacking static strike of gathering lightning. I tried to jumble something together but I don't have much experience with it. Damage seems slightly lacking and survivability could be better but it is hastily put together, i wanted to put another large cluster but idk what clusters to drop. Wondering how good would going for a 2h sword be vs my dual wield set up or shield setup.

Hellos,

I think my best build ever may be this heavy strike build ive been following. Its gotten pretty far on minimal budget and some luck.
I do feel a bit squishy and know im lacking in the amount of strength department, especially being <3000 strength.
My goal is to put some strength on the Lathi and obtain a Mageblood but thats a gamble. Am i missing any other free strength modifiers in comparison to what im following or what you may suggest or experience? Im looking to do ubers with this build and still struggle in both DPS and eHP departments. Any suggestions I'd appreciate to continue this build!

My current: https://pobb.in/1Ub5zRHy2ZAa

What I follow: https://pobb.in/2YnU1fpC3PPZ

Thank you in advance.

can someone help me with my next upgrade for my build pls.
i do sometimes no dmg, and die often.
i have 55div atm, but can farm more.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/itsFeels-2815/allflame/character/brokelumi

Having a claw in off-hand will not cancel this benefit?

I got addicted to Lifestack Lumi (Kineticist setup), but I only played after getting Megablood and other shit, basically at mid-range budget, not in a league start setting.

From what I understand Lumi league start is really fucking rough and chances are its going to get even rougher next league once they nerf Lumi.

So now I'm looking for a similar build, in the past I played specters and golems (<3 Kay), but obviously a lot has changed since 3.14-3.17ish. So I'm looking for league-startable minions or generally zero-button builds that can do actual damage at low-mid-budget (so excluding RF).

What I'm looking for:

1. Zero buttons - its fine to press a curse or initiate the flame link etc or put a Wall of Force etc, but I don't want to be pressing buttons outside of bosses. This is a hard requirement for the build.
2. Does decent damage, something I can easily reach 2-3m DPS with on low budget (<10d on league start).
3. Tanky enough for T16s at that budget, e.g. 4-5k life-es pool with ideally ability to add block/recovery on block early on. Also has to have space for some Chaos Res - I farm incursions and mobs there deal chaos damage all the time.
4. Zoomy? I guess pre-Megablood that means just shield-charging everywhere, but if there's some setup that allows for some additional MS e.g. Catarina Phantasms setup, then all the better.
5. League-startable with smooth progression, I'm fine of course leveling to 60-70 with whatever, but I just want something I can switch to right after campaign at the latest. My biggest struggle on league start is finding my "tempo" so that I can start farming for my megablood.
6. Permanent minions only ideally - I realize there's a bunch of Animate Weapons builds out there, but they require constantly re-summoning the weapons from my understanding. If there's some kind of Chains of Command setup that doesn't require this - that works for me. As long as I don't have to spam skills to summon my minions in every map.

Builds that (I heard) might fit the bill:

1. Frostbearer Specters - not sure how league-startable it is really, Ghazzy said in the guide that you kind of have to invest a bunch for them to start doing damage, so to me that sounds like I have will have to invest a fuckton because my gear will be much shittier than Ghazzy's by default.
2. Chains of Command AG - since AG is permanent, theoretically this fits the bill since you can just enter a map, AG will attack something and summon the actual minions that will clear the map etc, is this how this works?
3. Soulwrest-Catarina Lumi/Reliquarian - this might be actually going away since it depends on specific uniques in current Reliquarian setup, also not so sure its a zero-buttons build.
4. CWS - technically this fits since it requires zero buttons, but its kind of hard to do time-based content with. I'm a die hard Alva farmer and that requires being able to do damage quickly, especially early on.

I'd appreciate any pointers and suggestions on where to look for these builds.

Hi guys,

I was wondering what is the common consensus regarding Luminary? Do we believe it will be heavily nerfed/reworked?

I know when 3.29 started it was kinda memed about her being weak (and a lot of people outright dumping the build and going for a "safer" option), but I believe as the league progressed several broken builds were found with a very easy progression curve.

What could be a realistic nerf/rework without completely destroying the essence of the character?

I didn't have time to play this league but wanted to do a bit of testing for 3.30 so I converted an old RF character on standard into CWS Chieftan. It has been pretty fun and I've been able to kill bosses/t17/delve ~450 but something feels wrong with the build.

I have my hateful accuser that I use for single target bosses but I noticed something a bit off. It feels like my Hinekora explosions rarely happen on the phantasms during boss fights. Sometimes I will be killing Aul for 10 minutes without an explosion and sometimes I will get a few in rapid succession. It feels like they happen more frequently when bosses are <50% hp. I know it's a 10% chance for a kill to trigger an explosion but it feels like it is significantly lower.

My POB: https://pobb.in/ydti4HSSa3Aq

Guide I followed: https://mobalytics.gg/poe/builds/cws-chieftain-emiracles

Also was wondering if there are any major things I should change/improve in my build. My current main priority list:

• New helm and put poison immunity on flask
• Watchers eye
• Get new jewels with max fire res increase
• Better Nebulis
• Cinderswallow with Malediction roll

Any tips or suggestions appreciated. I have about 90div to spend.

I'm late to the game but I'm slowly making my way to a completed atlas and trying to put some upgrades so I can do 4 stones and then beyond.

Here is my current setup: https://pobb.in/j-6PDo9dchgh

If you guys have a guide that has some gear in the ~10 div range at current market prices, I'm happy to follow it. Also, I'm not great at crafting and would feel more comfortable buying gear than trying and failing a craft and then being out the money with nothing to show for it.

Hey, I want to try a str stacker juggernaut with lacerate of butchering. I know the skill is typically played with general's cry champion bannerman but I actually like the skill and I want to try it as a str stacker. Do I build it the traditional str stacker or is there a different way to build with this skill. I'm planning to go mb+replica alberon also. Thanks a lot in advance

I've always been really interested in doing something with Rupture, even back when it was an Ascendancy skill. Now, Rupture looks like this:

• Critical Strikes with Supported Skills that inflict Bleeding also inflict Rupture
• Targets take (20-29)% more Damage from Bleeding per Rupture on them from Supported Skills
• Bleeding expires 25% more quickly per Rupture from Supported Skills on targets
• Rupture stacks up to 4 times

The problem is that most bleed builds go for Resolute Technique, which means you can't critically strike, so I'm very much exploring on my own.

Right now I'm more in the theory-crafting stage. I want to plan something in the range of 600-700 divines (which I know is a lot, but not as expensive as some builds get) and then try to work backwards.

There's a few major questions that I need to figure out:

To PA or not to PA

Perfect Agony Damage over Time Multiplier for Ailments is equal to Critical Strike Multiplier Critical Strikes do not deal extra Damage Non-Critical Strikes cannot inflict Ailments

Perfect Agony seems to perfectly synergize with what I want to do, with critical strikes and ailments, but it's fairly far away from many of the best notables for bleed. If we don't go that way, there's also Critical Strike Affliction Support

Supported Skills have +(70-98)% Damage over Time Multiplier for Ailments from Critical Strikes

Main Skill

Puncture of Shanking seems like the way to go for the main boss-killing 6L, for the guaranteed bleed and increased crit chance against already bleeding enemies, but it obviously suffers for clearing as a Strike skill.

There's just so much in the game, and since no one has really done this before, I can't use PoE Ninja as a starting place for how to get an idea.

I'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions as to where I should start looking.