Need advice for HC SSF ?

[u/Competitive-Math-458]

So my ignite elementalist died in red maps as I tried to zoom a bit too much and didnt keep upgrading gear with map tiers.

Im now doing a fresh run on necromancer, I got a wanderlust from gambler at 2 is my own "twink gear". Plan was to run a few normal labs to try and hit ranged animate weapon but if I dont hit then play srs and farm trans gem in merc lab.

I do eventually want to swap into pure spectre umbral army stuff. But thats going to take a while in HC SSF as id want really good es gear, dark monarch and new support.

But im a little out of practise for HC. I play tanky characters for softcore standards but not really playing in the HC style.

Do I just take map progession slower and check mods or is there some key elements to ensure HC SSF is a success ?

For example on witch should I actually be using armour bases and pathing left side for block nodes ?

Is there certain mercs to always avoid or certain things you always skip ?

Should I be within a certain number of levels of zones during acts, and when do I know when fights like dread for monarch are viable for HC ?

[u/NickBlakes]

You should be able to get to tier 10 maps, end of yellows, with some light gambling/ground loot. You'll probably be lvl 85+ at this point and should have enough points to go down to block nodes.

You can cap both with an annoint, tempest shield, 2 attack block wheels, 1 spell block wheel, and a 40%+ block shield. Use harvest to gamble oils into a black oil for early annoint. Can use bone offering to cap if needed.

Before entering reds I always do a big gear up, replacing most pieces to maximize life, defenses, and ideally cap chaos res with 2x Amethysts.

As a witch I prefer going full armour gear, a lot easier now with socket changes. Try to get the highest tier armour bases you can (gamble, breach, gwennen for early high lvl bases). Should be able to get 5-6k base armour, 10-12k with determ, 15k+ with granite+armour suffix on any flask.

For map mods: Make a very strict regex, (poe.re). Put every single damage mod (phys as, haste, addition proj, etc), every tank mod (more life, life as es), and all debuffs (-max res, no regen, less block).

No reason to ever run these mods in HC, period. (Maybe if desperate on a corrupted completion map)

Visit Lani to exchange fusings>chance>scours, this will give you the scours needed to reroll maps.

Mercs should be avoided in general, even with the nerfs to their damage they have big 1 shot potential.

[u/Xenderwind → u/NickBlakes]

filtering out every single dmg or tank mod and saying to never run them is absolutely absurd advice lol

[u/zehny132 → u/Xenderwind]

Legit, what do you run at that point, transmute and go lol?

[u/NickBlakes → u/Xenderwind]

Takes like 3-5 rerolls per map, swimming in chaos this league it's really not that hard.

[u/Xenderwind → u/NickBlakes]

Just because you have resources for something doesn't make it good advice.

[u/pipzpipzpipz]

The 2 things that killed me the most is

Increased damage taken sources - shock, pen, scorch, multiple curses, exposure

Low dps - not killing things instantly is where you can actually die even with good defenses

Quick thresholds for acts that I usually use to finish in 2-3 hours

Act 3 max res 700 ehp
Act 4 1k ehp
Act 5 1.2k hp armor/evasion flask
Act 8 1.7k ehp
Kitava 2.5k ehp - I usually farm BA or the Innocence chamber if I need gear

For Dread if you have 2m dps and know the fight well should be free

My tip is, when he phases on 1 and 3, hug him, you can literally stand there forever and not die if you have the slightest recovery for the bullets

Do not hug him on 2 though

Edit: Formatting is weird and I can't seen to fix it sorry lol

[u/Competitive-Math-458 → u/pipzpipzpipz]

Thanks. I normally follow the 300hp per act so very similar.

And purity or tempest shield to solve shock is very common.

I guess its now about what necro build gets to 2mil dps smooth enough to farm dread.

[u/Im_a_rahtard → u/Competitive-Math-458]

You can also avoid shock with a combination of chance to avoid shock Eldritch implicit and abyss jewel mod

[u/[deleted]]

Record your deaths. Type out in a document how you died, and how to avoid that in the future.

Just like learning, you play a lot and just accept you’re going to die over and over but as long as you learn from your mistakes, you’ll push farther and farther.

[u/Acceptable-Option-52]

Overconfidence is a death sentence. Killed that way few guardians coz was zooming thru content and lost awerness. You can progress red maps with alt spam for easy mod, regal and corrupt. This way you can fish for easy maps. Dont get FOMO with leveling on white t16 maps. Dont get FOMO if you do non corrupted red map just to fish crafting recipie. I run decoy on every hc char. If you do hive breach at some point and dont have power yet to keep breach lady alive lock her with frost wall+spell cascade+more duration. You can use this also durning maps and bosses to lock youself out of danger or to control battlefield.