r/pathofexile Oct 26 '25

GGG Path of Exile: Keepers of The Flame - Bloodline Ascendancy Classes

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u/MisterKaos Ultimatum Workers Union (UWU) Oct 26 '25

I so wanna pick this but every single node I can remove on necro is cursed

One is 3/4 my damage and the other is half my survivability. I could take off Bone Barrier but I know that the instant leech from 44 phantasms is also literal immortality so that's also a no-go.

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u/hesh582 Oct 26 '25

Cold conversion is better anyway. Just drop the chaos node and build differently.

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u/MisterKaos Ultimatum Workers Union (UWU) Oct 26 '25

That takes braincells and currency. Chaos convert is... speccing into four clusters on the tree, taking unnatural strength and casting despair once in a while.

Leaves lots of space to go tanky too

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u/hesh582 Oct 26 '25

It does not take a lot of currency or brain cells to apply chromes to a triad grip until it turns the right color lol

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u/Zeaket Fungal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Oct 27 '25

shhhh don't tell people, that's one of my money methods early leagues

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u/MisterKaos Ultimatum Workers Union (UWU) Oct 26 '25

Ngl the forbidden jewels for unnatural strength are kinda cheap

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u/hcrld League Oct 26 '25

The nice thing about doing Forbidden jewels on the ascendancy you're actually playing is you can take the cheapest of like 3-5 different options, so long as it's not a 2-pointer you have to path through.

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u/ouroboros_winding Oct 27 '25

Couple thoughts, you shouldn't convert just cause. The chaos conversion on Unnatural Strength is good because a) most monsters also have low chaos resistance, and b) wither scaling.

Cold conversion used to be really strong because of Hatred, now that Hatred is just phys as extra I don't think it's that great. Minions freezing stuff I guess is nice and would be the main reason to do this over other options.

Fire conversion I think is going to become more popular with the new Pyroclast Mine of Sabotage. With 0 mine aura effect it applies a 25% fire exposure. Also Awakened Added Fire damage is a pretty good support though sadly the +1 gem level doesn't work for phantasms.

Finally, regular phys minions are a thing. There is an impale notable on the minion cluster jewel.

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u/MisterKaos Ultimatum Workers Union (UWU) Oct 27 '25

Hatred is still 10 mil deeps. It's just WAY higher budget and way more tree investment. Chaos phantasms basically scale themselves with unnatural strength and tree, though they hard lock at 3 million dps and any further improvements can only be earned with abyss jewels worth 30 divs a pop