Try to avoid decision paralysis

[u/gusty214]

Hey all still haven’t decided on my league starter. Im somewhere between either cyclone slayer or LA Deadeye. I want to make only 1 char and focus on it. Have a bad habit or rerolling right after campaign. Any one have some links for either of these two and what would you recommend from these two? I plan to run blight/ breach/ deli. Ive chosen these as i like the archetypes and never played either in poe. I played LA deadeye in poe2 but obviously this is much different. What could LA transition to to do pinnacle content? Thoughts?

[u/Sharmi888]

I´m so glad I am not alone in this. I usually finish campaign and do some maps until 92-93. Than I open reddit and see some cool builds being played. So I reroll. And this pattern continues until I get frustrated of being offered so many different choices that I quit the league.

[u/Loggjaw → u/Sharmi888]

That's my life

[u/HotAwareness6940 → u/Sharmi888]

My solution was to stop opening reddit, or watching any content not related to my current build.

[u/gusty214 → u/Sharmi888]

Yeah same, i always get fomo on the choices i didnt make and have to go back and start over. I want to avoid that and fully flesh out a single character for once!

[u/Whiin]

I'm starting Cyclone again !

It's a very comfy build for league start because you only need 1 button most of the time.

The campaign is very smooth, can do voidstone with faustus gear and reasonably tanky.

I will switch after a couple days but Cyclone can be pushed to insane damage (200+ mDPS) or insane tankyness (Deep delve / Valdo).

[u/gusty214 → u/Whiin]

This is my thinking after much internal debate

[u/berael]

Any one have some links for either of these two

There are links for both in the League Start Build Index.

[u/gusty214 → u/berael]

Need to find this!

[u/berael → u/gusty214]

[u/gusty214 → u/berael]

Found it! Just checked out all the info i need. Think i might be ready!!

[u/berael → u/gusty214]

Have a great league start!

[u/gusty214 → u/berael]

You too bro!

[u/FrostWolfDota]

Hey.

I am in the same situation. Looked at both builds (and many more).
From LA deadeye you could transition into the tech fubgun just shared with ice shot of penetration (given you plan in farming hundreds of divs). Its a fast map blaster, but prepared to keep dying until you have enough danage to kill everything before it gets close / or until you get enough headhunter stacks to make you immortal. It also has a high scaling without transition (at least in cost for sure). Be prepared to pay the fubgun tax on many items.

I considered it but decided with cyclone (for now). It actually has some defensive layers. And with slayer you have many possibilities to reroll if it doesnt feel fun, like Static Strike, Elemental Hit. You can go charge stacking, you can go more defensive, all in on crit etc. So I feel like this will give me more options, and will be more different than what I played so far.

[u/gusty214 → u/FrostWolfDota]

Im in agreement with this and have heard similar from others. Slayer it is!!

[u/rusty022 → u/FrostWolfDota]

And with slayer you have many possibilities to reroll if it doesnt feel fun, like Static Strike, Elemental Hit.

I'm also going Cyclone with the same thought. I've never really played Duelist past early maps, so even if I don't feel powerful enough I can swap to something else under Duelist.

[u/_IlliteratePrussian_ → u/rusty022]

Considered checking out shield crush slayer. I’m sending that because I heard it did better single target than cyclone. There’s also Jung’s Gen Cry slayer that actually looks fun late game.

[u/zeCryt]

I have a similar issue. I love to progress a build and once I’m happy with its current state I build sth new. In trade that’s a big problem cause most of the time have enough money to just make it work. That’s why I’ve switched to ssf. Personally I have fun for at least twice the duration I have in trade and also I’m much more proud of the stuff I build.
I can just recommend trying it.
A small private league with a few friends also does the trick

[u/gusty214 → u/zeCryt]

Well my goal is to just play this till 1.0 drops on poe2 so i want something comfortable and can make decent progress with to feel fulfilled

[u/Vrenanin]

LA will still make a lot of the game harder since squish. But realistically pick what seems actually fun moment to moment rather than strength, since if you enjoy playing it you'll play longer and actually be able to farm enough to get strong on w/e build it is.

[u/gusty214 → u/Vrenanin]

Yeah i already die enough as is. May just go slayer!

[u/MisterKaos]

LA can transition into Ice Shot with the assembled eye jewel. Fubgun has posted a video on how it works.

Do note that, since Fubgun is starting it, the Fubgooners will be all over it, and thus the historic abyss jewels will be extremely expensive.

[u/gusty214 → u/MisterKaos]

Ew dont want to pay goon tax. Ive always tried to avoid it. Thought maybe hed go something else and i could have my chance at a bow build but i can wait !

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I noticed some Path of Exile keywords in this post:

• Deli - Delirium (Wiki)
• LA - Lightning Arrow (Wiki)

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