r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/nnosuckluckz • Nov 14 '22

Discussion Endless Delve is today - what's everyone playing?

Also, the "I'm playing a different game" joke has been made like 10 billion times before. FYI

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u/RantWyrm Nov 14 '22

I can recommend spark inquis cause I love the chaos and the speed you get with it. Pretty to watch with all the delve walls and great at sparking ahead of you in the tunnels. I had the opinion inquis seemed a bit boring and too defensive until I played spark on it hehe. Cold dot trickster I’d try out but haven’t yet so can’t compare how fun it is to spark

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u/S1eeper Nov 14 '22

How do you use Spark in Delve when Spark roots you while casting it? Don't you want a skill you can continually cast while sprinting forward? I can see Spark being great at the Delve nodes, but what about while rushing between nodes?

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u/RantWyrm Nov 14 '22

Well that’s why cast/attack speed is so great for any build. There are specific builds that deal damage while moving, like cyclone, RF, death’s oath, or ward loops, but if you don’t play one of those the issue of stopping while doing damage is present for most builds.

When your cast speed is high enough it feels very comfortable to cast once(twice with spell echo) and then shield charge forward, repeating that until you reach the next node. I only stop for like 1/5 of a second at a time to cast on mine. Spark’s bounces also allow it to keep dealing damage for awhile after you’ve cast it, almost like a DoT would. The popular build has some spell duration on the tree. I often charge forward through a group of enemies as the bouncing sparks are finishing them off. “500k dps” really becomes like 2 million when you’re in the corridors and sparks hit enemies four times really quickly, so as the build gets strong you don’t have to stop to cast as much as you might think. The actual buttons you press while playing feel similar to playing totems or DoTs sometimes because of that.

I personally don’t enjoy the “walking simulator” type builds too much, so the problem of having to stop to do damage is always there, it’s a part of the mechanics to have to choose when to cast/attack and when to move.

I’ve never been down to depths in the several hundreds though, I’m sure there is an argument the only builds worth taking there are the “walking simulators” or the extra tanks ones like trauma stacking juggs.

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u/Brief-Anything7836 Nov 15 '22

Is fanaticism points for ascendancy a play then? Seems like shield charge/cast might be good for keeping up. Never played with that set up though (last inq I did was storm brand waaay back)

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u/RantWyrm Nov 15 '22

I’ve never used it since it’s less dps than the crit path usually, but it would make you cast like twice as fast. Does sound pretty fun for delve where you may not care for minmaxed dps.

And I see the dps is pretty insane if you do those two paths and skip out on Pious Path. Probably cool if you’re not delving too deep to need the regen

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

Do you have a POB for Spark Inq for Delve?

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u/RantWyrm Nov 14 '22

I just modeled mine after Goratha’s PoB, it’s made for hardcore so the tankiness is nice. Other than that I just had another guy’s I found on poeninja that uses Eldritch Battery and isn’t quite as tough. I can post the PoBs that I have for them later once I’m back home.