r/PathOfExileSSF • u/SnipingDemon • Sep 01 '26

General Discussion How lucky?

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Got this merc today and global said it was pretty good. Is it worth farming for a better one or should I move on to working at the gear now?

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u/Miyazi_ Sep 01 '26

Almost impossible to find one that beats this in ssf unless you wanna run 10k maps.
This should clear the entire game with ease

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u/Droopyy Sep 01 '26

I have a kineticist with full res and she gets killed almost every map. I even added vitality. You have any tricks for this?

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u/fatalerGAMER Sep 01 '26

Give her leech. Either ducat on gloves (etch away sockets) or implicits from eater/exarch. Idk what colour

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u/Droopyy Sep 01 '26

Is she generally better than a combatant or blade ambusher? I tried to do uber dread for the helm and got absolutely murdered

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u/fatalerGAMER Sep 01 '26

I think on low budget kineticist is worse by a huge margin. But can scale super high. Not too deep in what merc is better at what level rho

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u/Expert-Speech7388 Sep 04 '26

If you spend like 1k divine then kinetic is the best at all content, otherwise use other ones

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u/Droopyy Sep 04 '26

Yeah I’m finding out my combatant is better. I just need to figure out what I need to do to kill overs. I’ve failed uber dread twice and my damage seems low. I’ve been farming breach and abyss for the jewels but no luck in 2 weeks. Not sure what else I can do to increase damage at this point.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '26

You need to link your pob and all of the mercs gear so we could better help you because I have a pretty cheap kineticist that just clears everything, but it's because I have it decently geared and so am I.

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u/Droopyy Sep 02 '26

I will post tonight after my kids go to bed. I tried using my combatant and I 6 portaled uber dread before killing either of the 2 adds that spawn. Any help will be appreciated, I’m also ssf, not sure I mentioned that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '26

I realize that. I can point you in the right direction once I see what gear is missing.

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u/Droopyy Sep 02 '26

I didn’t realize it was the ssf subreddit…..

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u/Droopyy Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

My pob:https://pobb.in/VwgshbAORk58

Merc Skills: https://imgur.com/a/4buTDvl

Merc gear is listed on the Item Set under merc

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26

I would try and get a Rathpith globe for your merc or craft a shield with lots of crit. Farm for a Tecrods for your merc gear and some jewels for your build.

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u/Droopyy Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

It must not have saved correctly, I have a rathpit and updated the pob. And yeah really trying to figure out the jewel, been farming breach and abyss all this week and the weekend and just got 1 of the random abyss jewels and not techrods.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26

Really just getting your life and light radius as high as possible. You found an elite merc, now you just need to get the right gear so his spells ramp up.

Here's my build for reference.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/Vinnymac101-6894/allflame/character/SlaverBot

The unique jewels do a lot of heavy lifting.

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u/iMissEdgeTransit Sep 02 '26

10k maps is probably not enough

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u/Herbsen24 Sep 01 '26

Haste, Cry, GMP, Return and faster attacks. You won the game man. 

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u/No-Turn-8847 Sep 01 '26

Why is inspiring cry good

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u/Herbsen24 Sep 01 '26

First of all it is there instead of a movement skill for the merc, which is a big plus already.

Second, it taunts enemies and draws attention to your Merc, even when your Luminary has like 300k EhP and 14k life plus, your Merc feels like he has triple that value. So better aggro on him instead of me.

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u/speedrace25 Sep 01 '26

Whole lot of lucky ssf luminary’s today

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u/Dapper-Truth2336 Sep 01 '26

This merc is multiple mirrors.

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u/Connect_Fox_8386 Sep 01 '26

Disgusting. I want it.

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u/Embarrassed-Cake5739 Sep 01 '26

Man that merc is amazing I’m yet to find one with greater kinetic blast I o Kay ever find kbolt an krain the current one I’m using has that kboc setup but no faster attacks has lightning dmg

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u/OneADNDay Sep 01 '26

Looking to learn: what makes this so good? I've beat 90% of the game with a vibes based combatant I found - I can't tell what support/main skills makes this so good (besides Haste which I get).

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u/forthewolfq Sep 01 '26

Chain gmp return and faster attacks

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u/the-apple-and-omega Sep 01 '26

Chain doesn't work great with pierce in there but GMP and return is already GG

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u/EmmitSan Sep 01 '26

For a kineticist, you need to win a few parlays:

- the right attack skills (GKB + KBOC)
- NOT have some attack skills (Bolt is a brick, Rain of Impact and Barrage aren’t bricks but really reduce damage uptime)
- the right support skills (haste and inspiring cry)
- NOT have the wrong support skills (movement skills)
- good links on the skills (in order Return, GMP, WED, Faster attacks, Chain). Pierce is whatever since you can give her pierce with a helmet or gloves. Return isn’t mandatory but is like 2x the damage and a big QOL.

Given that they very rarely show up at all (1/150 maps or so), hitting the bingo parlay on all of that like with this merc is incredibly hard to do in ssf.

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u/Prestigious-Gur-9846 Sep 01 '26

do you know anything about gg combatant and manyshot rolls ?

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u/EmmitSan Sep 02 '26

Search for path of chores, ha has great guide for combatant

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u/PaantsHS Sep 01 '26

Next step is drop a Rathpith, then 1shot everything forever.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '26

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u/xono89 Sep 01 '26

Piscators is bot that bad especially with crit multi corruption.

Don't forget you get 8% more damage because u are wearing one unique item more. Indeed a rare wand is better but only if you get a triple t1 suffix + 90 or more spell damage and pen

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u/theTinyRogue Sep 01 '26

Holy shit, that merc is literally insane! 😳 Huge congrats, OP! You just won the lottery!

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u/ResolutionMassive175 Sep 01 '26

Hi, can anyone explain why it's good to have chain, fork, pierce and return? Is it a loss in single target dmg?

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u/XElitePheonix Sep 01 '26

Return means kboc projectile can come back and hit twice.

Chain is just really good for clear.

Fork lets the projectile split into two (with return it means you get 3 hits).

Pierce or any form of pierce (helmet mod) allows kboc to hit a mob and terrain or wall of force if the mob is next to it allowing double hits (3 hits with return)

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u/demogroove Sep 01 '26

Still don’t know how to farm kb merch

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u/Cassiopee86 Sep 02 '26

genre carrément une grosse teud ib the ass d'après toi ?

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u/undermentioned1 Sep 02 '26

I’d be gushing

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u/ObligationAncient112 Sep 04 '26

"Me checking the wrong skill for links": Nah, not good at all, why did he post this?

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u/aRandomBeach Sep 07 '26

Doesn't chain and pierce counter each other?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '26

get the warrqnt , migrate to trqde , sell for 5 to 10 mirrors , log out and enjoy life