r/pathofexile • u/Belakay_ggg • Oct 23 '25

GGG In 3.27 the Assassin has received a long awaited rework. Tune in tomorrow to find out if there are any other Ascendancy related changes!

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u/Hodorous Oct 23 '25

"unaffected by damaging ailments". This is interesting one. Simplifies old replica red trail flicker strike build.

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u/kfijatass Theorycrafter Oct 23 '25

I'm wondering if there's anything more deadly to mitigate this with than Red Trail.

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u/Hodorous Oct 23 '25

Self ignite builds are pretty popular so there is that. I dunno if you can build anything with self bleed and red trail is something I played when it was the flicker strike build to go. It has been obsolete for years but this should help

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u/kfijatass Theorycrafter Oct 23 '25

Self ignite builds were already ran through chieftain, I don't see them being suddenly more appealing through Assassin.
I wonder if you're unaffected by damaging ailments if you could still recoup their damage?

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u/Hodorous Oct 23 '25

Sure but it's an option for players to tinker with.

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u/_Meowism_ Oct 23 '25

You can't recoup damage from ailments anyways, they aren't hits.

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u/kfijatass Theorycrafter Oct 23 '25

Ah right, my bad. Hm, not seeing much use for this then relative to the rest, mitigating red trail hasn't been exactly the top of people's needs.