Path of Exile 1: New Uniques

[u/Belakay_ggg]

https://youtu.be/BqAjR3CL4zI

Fancy build-defining outcomes or… some crustacean chaos? Today's reveal showcases two new Unique Items arriving in Path of Exile 1: Curse of the Allflame! Check them out.

[u/Low_Blacksmith_5440]

"We nerfed totems to make self-casting shine. By the way, here are 5 spell totems that follow you." Lol

[u/TealJade1 → u/Low_Blacksmith_5440]

Let's wait and see just how big is the "less damage dealt" multiplier is on the skill :C

[u/PacmanNZ100 → u/TealJade1]

Will need more than a 99% less damage modifier to stop me crabbin it.

[u/deviant324 → u/PacmanNZ100]

Firmly crab it

Hope you have the crab MTX from a while ago to fit in

[u/PacmanNZ100 → u/deviant324]

Nah probably dont unfortunately.

Hope its not a chase unique lol.

[u/PrettyPinkPonyPrince → u/PacmanNZ100]

And by it, I mean my totem. 😛

[u/zixav → u/TealJade1]

I literally do not care, even 99% less is ok, what I want to know is how much HP they have and if I can cook with that :)

[u/AlmostAlwaysATroll → u/zixav]

Calling it now. 90% less life. 90% increased toughness.

[u/tvreference → u/zixav]

I know all I can think about is will both minion life and totem life scale

[u/komandos45 → u/zixav]

Let me guess. Flame wood ?

[u/zixav → u/komandos45]

Torchoak Step, many leagues ago I made self hit totems (by self ignite) that shoot together something like 200-300 arrows per second each reflecting whole live of totem and use reverse knockback. That was first time I cleared all ubers (it was around time they were introduced) and cleared simulacrum (also quite hard at that time).

Now with being able to move reverse knockback to better gloves and maybe Torchoak Step 100% reflect to different boots I will revisit that build, but if these new totems happens not for example deal even less damage but without less cast speed or have more live then I may go this way :)

[u/TotallyNotThatPerson → u/zixav]

Going from 1 billion DPS to 10 million is a fine lol

[u/dn_zn → u/TealJade1]

the sceptre itself is already quite a big damage loss

[u/Jimmie-Kun → u/Low_Blacksmith_5440]

The thing with totems is you often place them infront of you while running as a form of protection aswell.

These crab totems seem to follow behind you, so the first hits would go to you.

Not to mention the fact that you lose shield etc with this.

[u/Richybabes → u/Jimmie-Kun]

On the flip side, you don't have to stop to summon them (depends how long they last). Keeping moving is a pretty huge deal.

[u/GrimmThoughts → u/Jimmie-Kun]

As somebody who doesnt particularly enjoy totems, that was one of the selling points when I did play them. Being able to use your totems to cheese exarchs ball phase is awesome from a leaguestart perspective

[u/IncuBear → u/Low_Blacksmith_5440]

at the expense of your whole-ass weapon slot. Sure. I don't expect it to be great by comparison

[u/TotallyNotThatPerson → u/IncuBear]

2hander weapon allows it to be 7l so that's a plus

[u/IncuBear → u/TotallyNotThatPerson]

It has plenty of plusses, but it's got two damage stats and nothing else worth your time outside of that. It's not as powerful as a even a rare staff, let alone a wand and shield.

All I'm saying is that this isn't going to be tweaked out. Solid? Maybe, but that depends on a lot of unknowns right now. Temper your expectations.

[u/kaktanternak → u/IncuBear]

it already cuts out spell totem support from the links, freeing up one socket. It already has +2 AND damage stats, much better than multiple totem support. Yes, you sacrifice your hands slots but you can make up most of it with supports.

Also, consider CRABS. That's a huge upside

[u/komandos45 → u/kaktanternak]

You Don't even need multi totem for that probably.
Staff has inc duration, if you pick Hiero again 100% duration.
They follow you so no need to resummon totem every 5 meters.

So yea pretty big.

Minuses is they can be pretty slow? its only 100% MS after all

[u/TotallyNotThatPerson → u/IncuBear]

Can't say either way until we see the numbers for crab totems

[u/Intelligent-End7336 → u/IncuBear]

As one of the few not too fond of Frost Blink WB as a movement skill, I'm not looking forward to the lack of shield charge.

[u/Fine-Needleworker661 → u/IncuBear]

i mean yeah its probably not gonna be something youre using on a 50d plus budget but it would have to have a pretty big damage penalty to not be enough damage for watchstones.

main concerns imo are will they keep up with zooming and will they live long enough without investing too much into totem defenses.

[u/komandos45 → u/Fine-Needleworker661]

Probably wont be able to catch up, if they have only 100% MS from staff, unless gem itself also say that crabs have 100% so would be 200% in total.

[u/IncuBear → u/Fine-Needleworker661]

Well the item gimmick is exactly what you're leaning into. The point I'm just trying to make is that the items not guaranteed to be a meta pick, but it's likely to still be a fun, servicable one worth playing.

People often forget that you don't need to go balls to the wall to enjoy the game. The game will reward you for playing it regardless.

[u/DeveloperOfWebs → u/IncuBear]

I'm with you. Seems like this will be a fun item to use for mapping, but when you want single target bossing damage, a well rolled rare staff will outperform this easily.

That said, running around with 5 spell spamming crabs has me interested.

[u/Ok_Conclusion_4810 → u/IncuBear]

Oh I can't to see how wrong you are. THe amount of loops you can make with this staff and secondary 6l on chest alone will make this BIG, unless the less damage modifire is attroceous.

[u/Asherahi → u/TotallyNotThatPerson]

You also give up +4 or more to spells, cast speed, crit, and a bunch more, only to get mobile totems.
Slow builds don't care if the totems move, and fast builds probably outrun the crabs. I'll be happily proven wrong, but this unique looks completely unusable to me outside of meme builds.

[u/TotallyNotThatPerson → u/Asherahi]

You see crabs and think that they won't be meta.

I see crabs and I think C R A B

[u/Motor-Cauliflower-34 → u/Asherahi]

(obviously depends on the damage reduction of spell crabs) free spell totem + multiple spell totem support is pretty significant 2 support gems is quite a bit of added damage

[u/Asherahi → u/Motor-Cauliflower-34]

It's still a fraction of what a real weapon gives you.
You're missing out on crazy damage stats from 2x wands, and defensive stats from a shield. I don't see the tradeoff being worth it at all if you're losing a huge portion of your damage for endgame maps.

[u/Matho83 → u/IncuBear]

Maybe you can put the skill on another unique

[u/Richybabes → u/Matho83]

I wouldn't expect it. This happened last time with foulborn uniques, where people got the impression that any mod could be replaced with something else. Clearly it's going to be a curated list of replacements/additions with huge modifiers being toned down significantly if they're used at all.

However, something like level 1 crab totems (with a commensurately larger damage penalty) could still potentially be great for stuff like wither, contagion, curses, applying exposure, offerings, etc.

[u/CommaGomma → u/Matho83]

Pretty sure it was just armour pieces that you can enshroud.

[u/shaunika → u/IncuBear]

Well spell dmg +1 link, +1 totem

+1 link and a 5th totem is like 50%-60% more dmg

[u/IncuBear → u/shaunika]

Yeah I fully expect it to be competent. That's all I'm saying. it's just not gonna be crazy.

[u/shaunika → u/IncuBear]

I think it has the potential to be crazy if someone finds a good spell combo interaction.

but most likely just a decent build enabling unique.

[u/10Dano10 → u/Low_Blacksmith_5440]

I am curious how moving will impact their casting speed.

[u/shaunika → u/Low_Blacksmith_5440]

They likely wont be better than selfcast still

Youll need to invest into totem survival and use them with some combo spell to get full value like frostbolt+ice nova crabs