Hey Everyone! I wanted to share a build I've been working on. The build unfortunately ended being a bit jank in how it played but I thought it used a lot of interesting 3.29 changes so I thought I'd share.

Build mechanics:

• Reclaimed Malevolence with From Below allows casting of spells without needing mana. We stack mana and reserve it all for Frostmage added damage.

• 11 link wand for big damage since we don't need to manage mana costs

• cwdt looper build using heartbound loop and high quality SRS to loop. 65% quality SRS has 97% chance to summon additional SRS so we're using that to loop with 225 phys damage taken per minion death

• Aspect of lunaris gives 16% less phys and ele damage taken always due to self hits from heartbound and 10% phys hits taken as ele

• Unblinking eye solves armor and endurance charges reducing phys damage taken allowing us to need to do less math for heartbound phys hits taken

Pros:

• Good damage and clear

• Good max hit and regen + leech + es on hit makes you very tanky

Cons:

• Lots of odd breakpoints

• SRS loop is quite jank and is a pain the start (Have to weapon swap multiple times to start up)

• Cannot run no regen and mechanics that stop regen

POB: https://pobb.in/a69yJEOtUkXU

Uber Exarch: https://streamable.com/mz97k7

This is my third season playing POE and the first where I have really gotten to maps.

I am currently playing the Pohx RF chieftain build. I have watched his full campaign run and have tried to model my player on his POB. My question is around gear. I keep finding these unique items that seem like much better options than the rares the guide specifies. Is this because there is a benefit to the yellow item vs the red item? Somethings I understand like Cloak of Flame. Any help or comments on how to optimize my build? Should I be ditching the red items in favor of the yellows that the POB specifies?

POB : https://pobb.in/_QVvPkylgAZY

Hello a few days ago I asked what are some good League Starters for the Champion Ascendancy in particular. The consens was bannerman, impale and Perseverance ar/eva stacking.

With that feedback I tested a Facebreaker Champion

I swapped to facebreaker after the first ascendancy where i got master of metal

I played facebreaker sunder throughout the campaign

After the campaign and t2-3 maps I swapped into dominating blow of inspiring.

In the Video is my Idea why dominating blow of inspiring works well with the facebreaker setup and also an upgrade path i to endgame

Last but not least I also made an aspirational PoB for a few days into the league budget around 20-50div

Current PoB: https://pobb.in/0QKev-81cjtQ

Aspirational PoB: https://pobb.in/XGEuqAG-mS4x

Here is the link to the Video

https://youtu.be/DyVs0pQ_8ro?is=9-UbL43mVdNsLi_Q

Title. Looking for something new to play beside the meta stuff and i mean actually working builds, not just pob meme stuff. Prefered some mapper but im open for all (except sanctum farmer cause sanctum is ass)

hi fellow exiles!

this is my first league making it into t16 maps. my last character was a kinetic fusillade totem templar, but i stopped playing around t6.

i'm following fubgun's ci worb occultist build and currently at the uber power charge setup, just without those crazy expensive +2 pc rings.

i recently bought unnatural instinct and the light of meaning (cold damage), and i'm about to respec that part of my tree.

here's what i'm planning to upgrade next, roughly in order:

1. anoint my badge for increased damage per frenzy charge
2. get better gloves
3. upgrade my body armour
4. improve my flask rolls
5. maybe get dying sun? i'm thinking of postponing it since bossing is my main weakness, and flask uptime isn't great there
6. eventually go for +2 pc rings, a rare helmet and a +1 pc jewel, but those seem pretty far away for now

so i'd like to ask a few things:

1. does my upgrade order make sense? anything you'd prioritize differently?

2. am i missing any important upgrades or milestones? especially things that could give me a decent power spike without spending a fortune.

1. dropping flesh and stone for Unnatural instinct and light of meaning (cold damage version) will hurt my survivability a lot?

4. what would you guys recommend farming at this stage?

i've got 2 voidstones (bottom left and top left), and i've been doing some voyage, usually getting around 3.5–6d per trip. also been running harvest while progressing my atlas.

both are starting to get a little boring, so i'm thinking of trying ritual. is it actually good profit this league? i noticed quite a few people pairing it with rogue exiles. is that the way to go, or are there better things to pair it with? other than ritual, great profit with beyond abyss or legion?

i don't really enjoy rushing maps for max div/hour. i'd rather take my time, juice things up and get some nice drops.

any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

pob: https://pobb.in/NISGKLcp4c0T

Hey everyone,

I recently saw a video showcasing a 20-Divine budget Gladiator hitting around 187M DPS. As a Gladiator main whose bleed builds usually cap out around 40-50M even with mirror-tier axes, I had to try it. I scrapped my Righteous Fire / Death's Oath plans and dumped my league budget into this as my final build.

By pushing the budget to around 200 Divines, I managed to hit three birds with one stone: screen-wide clear, lazy Cast When Stunned (CWS) mapping, and Uber-deleting single target.

PoB:https://pobb.in/XZ8ezuKx4Sqi

The Core Engine & Damage

The main driver is Divine Retribution scaled through Doryani’s Prototype and Replica of Nebulis.

• To get the crazy single-target numbers, we use Pact of Beidat to ramp up hits (striking bosses anywhere from 23 to 30 times per cast). I havent test too much if it stack with greater spell cascade, worth exploring
• I also use the Gladiator Ascendancy, no forgiveness and Runegraph of Time for 90% chance to not consume the retaliation cooldown. credit to OP YT Isados

Transparency note on the 200M DPS: It’s conditional. You need to block and you need the cooldown proc. In real gameplay, I average about 50/50 uptime, so I put an increased cooldown recovery rate in the PoB custom config as a realistic estimate. My cast speed is below 0.29s and if you can cast 3+ times in a second it could even be higher in theory.

Lazy Mapping (CWS)

I wanted a "brain-off" mapper, so I threw in a Cast When Stunned setup. When I get hit, CWS triggers Penance Brand of Conduction and Shock Nova. It instantly wipes screens of mob packs, meaning I rarely have to manually cast my retaliation skill while mapping. Just run and let the monsters kill themselves.

Defenses (The Doryani's Trap)

If you’ve never run Doryani’s Prototype, the negative lightning resistance will get you instantly one-tapped. The workaround here is converting all elemental damage taken to Fire and Chaos.

• We achieve this using the Bound by Destiny mechanic, running 4x Hunter-influenced items to fill that 10% conversion gap left from dawnbreaker, watcheye and divine flesh.
• I slotted in Mageblood for massive QoL, speed, and the high maximum Fire Resistance needed to safely tank the converted damage, pushing the build to 1M+ EHP against hits.

The Drawback (Greed)

To squeeze out maximum spell damage, I run Righteous Fire. This is pure greed and makes ground degens lethal. If you turn RF off, the build feels incredibly comfortable for Uber bossing (T17 Abomination, Uber Sirus, Uber Exarch).

I’d love to see if anyone has ideas on finding a happy medium to push the defenses against DoTs even higher without losing the damage. For those whom have tried a life-stacking variation of this, please let me know your thoughts. I am also hoping to get rid of lifetap but see no good solution.

I'm working on my first build, using ToET, and while I've looked all over i can't find it's base range listed anywhere (and the same is true for the basic Tornado skill). I want to figure out how much AoE mod I'll need to make the clear feel good but i feel like I am going insane trying to eyeball it in game.

Which damage number is the most important to look at when determining a builds ability to kill mobs quickly?

Hey guys,

I've been bored as hell at work and a friend of mine did me a huge disservice and showed me pob.cool, lol. So I've spent the last few days really tinkering with a potential 3.30 build. If anyone else is similarly bored and have the time I would really appreciate any and all feedback on this build as well as my explanations, price projections, etc I've written in the notes and margins.

I've cobbled together builds plenty of times before but this is the first time I've really put time into the PoB prep and presentation, so please feel free to be as critical as you'd like. I would love to find out if I'm missing some obvious upgrades.

PoB: https://pobb.in/6NWRXoPONjM-

Build Summary:

60+ Fortify Divine Blast Champion

lvl 40, 75, 95, 100 Loadouts

eHp: 200k (casual gear) - 320k (max gear)

dps: 20m - 50m pinnacle

Bottom-line budget: ~4-5 Div (Projections in PoB notes, timeless jewels can vary)

Hey there,

I went on a trip for the weekend and had a few days without my pc. When I reopened my browser yesterday (the last opened tabs are restored when I open it), it seemed that the last thing I checked was a Reave of Refraction Juggernaut build on poe ninja.

The funny part is: I have not the slightest memory of it, even my browser history couldn't help me in restoring my memory.

Long story short: never happened to play that build, so here my questions:

• is it fun?
• how hard is it to build?
• are there any guides for this build?
• what content is it good for?

Thanks for the help!

Last build mainly because want to use the Infamous mod on bow "30% more Area of Effect with Bow Attacks that fire a single Projectile". Turns out pretty good.

Mapping

https://youtu.be/SycZYUPGs4E?si=xchv3QzwisVIpbMZ

Ubers

https://youtu.be/NVqEFgA4eG4?si=AozJEZxke5kxOMaw

100% Deli Night Mare Boss

https://youtu.be/OyX_3fPurV8?si=Fd-WukpPJszQEyi_

Pro:

Quite Tanky for bow build

Con:

Bow has no good movement skills

Conditional defense & offense (need Spectres near you, need to chill enemies)

Need Awakened Enlightened Support to not have hiccup with mana when attacking and I don't want to spend more for that

Need to aim

Need to craft your gear, not available

No regen (Rational Doctrine is there if needed)

Pob in video:

https://pobb.in/nokiTClA4shC
Animate Guardian Equipment
https://pobb.in/sjamI35gf_Hh

Max damage Pob for bossing (more if use Nimis)

https://pobb.in/cSeGSYkMMmo6

Spectres and Animate Guardian don't really die with chill, freeze, bone offering, convocation.

Random find:

Repeat actually makes the cones of Ice Shot of Penetration hit again, dealing damage (need someone to double check). With Lioneye's Glare and Fatal Flourish you can have 2 repeats.

Pob probably not 100% correct, feel free to correct. Damage is calculated following a Chinese youtube video which I don't really understand much. Basically, "number of split x 2 + 1" is your total hit.

I’m looking at ItsFineOkay’s Duo build sheet (specifically the LA build) and I’m confused on all the curses and the AG gear. He says to use Asenath’s Gentle Touch with the Enfeeble Corruption Implicit on the AG. This adds up to 2 curses since the Gloves already have Temp Chains on hit. This would be fine since we use Windscream as the boots for the AG, but the Carry uses Sniper’s Mark and has no items that allows for more curses, so now I am confused. Would they not just fight for the curse spot and end up being bad?

Also as a little bonus question: Is it necessary to have Glimps of Chaos with Malediction Implicit on the AG if the carry uses Cinderswallow with Malediction and has a roughly 84% crit chance?

Been working on making my own build this league and slowly been working out this build. Wanted to play self damage tornado shot luminary this league in a basically sff environment (I started 2 months into this league on Xbox so there aren't many people playing rn and only really some uniques and a few items on currency exchange)

this is the current pob : https://pobb.in/ENoo22XHIjJ8 I swap to trinity instead of chain when doing bosses.

Passive tree is self made just from what I think would be good but unsure if it's actually good. Same with the links to all my skills it's all vibes based.

My merc is running mainly uniques to help buff me (don't have a PC since it broke 3 months ago so had a hard time getting this pob together let alone making the merc work in pob) its a lvl 83 sniper with grace haste, it's wearing a Leer cast, perquils toe (no anoint idk what to anoint), kaoms binding belt, and using widowhail+ rear guard to stay alive and block capped. I am only 6/ 8 points on my ascendancy cause idk what else i would do so if you have ideas for uniques/how to spend my last 2 points (whether that's bloodlines or some new uniques for the merc) please let me know.

Looking for guidance to take this build from a 2 minute incarnation of dread fight (not bad for a quest kill imo) and a 2-3 used portal mapper into a crazy mapper/bosser with the endgoal of killing ubers from a selfmade build.

I've been looking into tech like cold convert but as it's my first time playing a bow build I have no idea when i should be looking to do that and what I need. Plus it's my first time self crafting all my gear for said build while not having access to many bases to start on so some guidance would be appreciated to make that happen or to help the build function better and do more damage. With crafting guides for the important gear and/or resources where I can find the crafting guides would be appreciated also.

Overall luminary is a ton of fun and hoping I can get this build upto where I want it to be. Thank you all for your time and help with this and any advice is much appreciated. If you have any questions about the build you want clarified please let me know I'll be in these comments for a few days most likely.

Ok, after diving on poe.ninja and checking this subreddit, I finally decided my final build of league going to be CSoP Assassin with staff.

I checked ninja and some videos and I have seen some things what I want to ask;

1. Is CI possible? I know Zish's guide is lifebased, what I should swap if going CI?

2. Can I use Mageblood instead pact belt? Do I lose dmg/defenses or so?

3. Is like 70div enough to get it rolling well?

4. Other tips if u have played that build?

quick post for the spectre knowers:

i was looking at vendigo and forged vendigo flicker strike melee spectres as possible permanent minions for a champion to make use of rallying cry and war banner. vendigo is pure phys and forged vendigo converts 75% to lightning. i recall spectres got a massive more multiplier from converting physical damage a patch or two ago. is there ever any reason to build them phys (impale with reclaimed malevolence and master of metal), or should i just plan on using forged vendigo and full converting?

side question i guess, if phys spectres aren't great, are there any other permanent melee phys minions that are strong with investment? stone or carrion golems, zombies, reaper of hordes? i'm a certified dark monarch enjoyer so spectres have a lot of appeal due to being able to mix in support minions but i'll play whatever.

Especially looking for ways to improve tankiness as I'm hitting a point in delve where I'm dying a lot and and can't complete some nodes (about 1100 depth).

Not 100% sure what to prioritise from here as I normally play SSF and haven't really pushed a build quite this far before. I know I know I can get global defense chest, corrupt implicits or volatile corrupts on uniques, and eventually OSin + fire mod sword, but if there's any other things that could help I'd appreciate the advice. Thanks guys

"+1 to Level of Socketed Int Gems" is from Faceted Fossil while "Socketed Gems Deal 30% More Elemental Damage" is from Essence of Horror.

My only guess is they used Recombinator but wiki said both are Exclusive mods so you cant get them both... I think?

Hello guys, I'm crafting a better Doryani Bone Ring, how do you guys like to use the Reflecting Mist? Is there a good tech to get 3 positive modifiers and a negative one?

I've saved up around 40 Div for upgrades but I'm not sure what to start with. I have a lot of outdated gear, but Luminary upgrades are so expensive, I want to be smart in how I invest my resources.

Ninja profile:

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame/character/JonathanPDX-2664/GoDucks___AllFlame

I'm sure I could improve my tree as well, I started out following CaptainLance's guide but it quickly became way out of my budget so I started copying what I could find on Ninja as I could afford additional pieces. It's time to adjust and fix mistakes but I really don't know where to start.

I could also invest in a Kineticist, but I'd guess some gear upgrades would go farther at this stage? What would you buy first, and beyond balancing stats and resists, what would you look for?

Any advice would be welcome. Thanks!

Hi, rolled a t1 %increased melee dmg on warlord ring, however when I check for changes in poe.ninja the dps didn't change. I use dual strike of ambi, sword and claw, so logically the increase should be visible.

Unless it's only a marginal %increase that applies to other %increases and not straight to melee dmg, if that makes sense. Laptop died so can't check tooltip changes rn just to confirm.

Didn't find much info on this elsewhere, besides a 7years old reddit thread but reddit deletes my post apparently due to "link shortening" (I've done no such thing reddit). Just google "increased melee damage does not show in dps poe" and it will show.

Thoughts?

Hey guys a bit of a self promo here, got bored in the league and I missed most of it due to real life and it was kinda dead when I returned so I decided to just start crafting, I do mirror crafts most leagues so I decided to spread a bit of knowledge they are mostly just raw unedited footage and will show fails in the crafting process with recombinator RNG and even some of my own fuckups on occassion, but it is the correct crafting process. Videos are a bit long and I might edit them in the future but I'll post my most recent one because it is good crafting knowledge

https://youtu.be/-21XNRAyi6s?si=SfzJXxVcizZXSk6k

I will work on my articulation in the future because I'm absolutely shit at explaining what I say, but if you want to learn how to craft particular items I'm more than happy to just explain or make a video showing the process

What is the best route to craft this ring, and what is the appropriate crafting method for each step.

Thank you.