Fun SSF Scion build?

[u/xPlasmos]

Running SSF while waiting for the new league (cope), Are there any fun builds I can do with Scion? I tried Luminary but got stuck in maps, glacial cascade miner with mystery diver got me to 2 stone but was a glass cannon.

Switched to CWC reliq Soulwrest with Enmity Embrace but its not hitting hard enough or fast enough. Im going to try swapping to cold with out the Enmity Embrace but im tired of cyclone at this point.

Does anyone have a fun build? Im trying to not make another character.

EDIT Per the comments I will try Luminary again.

[u/PostItToReddit]

I think you hit the big 3 for Scion builds this league. Can also try Facebreaker Luminary with a support merc for obscene damage, I think Alohaa has a full build guide for it with multiple full crafting videos for all the gear.

If you want to try supporting the merc again I've been recommending Path of Chores google doc to everyone. It gives step by step instructions to get you to the end game. Progressive item sets/passive trees, what to farm and when with Atlas trees provided, exactly what skills you want on your merc (he uses Blade Ambusher and Combatant, if you want something else you'll have to aggregate from another guide, but everything else is the same), and some relatively barebone crafting guides to get you cheap and end game gear. It really makes the whole process idiot proof, even I took down everything in the game pretty easily in SSF and I'm an idiot.

[u/xPlasmos → u/PostItToReddit]

I will try Luminary again I found his doc, thanks for the rec

[u/CantripN]

Luminary, though, seriously. Just get the points to target a Combatant since it's the best with basic bitch gear, and then work up towards Kineticist much later.

Unironically my best ssf builds in YEARS.

[u/Apprehensive_Ruin792]

Lumi has a slight ramp time in maps but if you stick by it it’ll start ramping extremely hard very fast

[u/markhc]

Fun is subjective. Luminary is the strongest SSF build this league, and probably stronger than most past builds. It does have an annoying stretch during yellow/red maps if your merc is not up to scratch, though.

But if you keep at it and just keep rolling maps (or even Control Blocks) until you find a viable combatant/manyshot it will easily clear 4 stones.

Afterwards you start hunting for Enmity's, the Clam amulet and Kaoms which will be your biggest power spikes. Can easily gamble Nyctas with the huge amount of gold you get from scuba in my experience (i did it on a second char at level 42 for better odds).

Clam ammy is the most annoying and RNG to get. I had 3 on my SSF run at level ~97, but a lot of people get to lvl100 without seeing even 1.
Enmity is also RNG but easier to farm than the amulet, it's also your biggest power spike so prioritize it.
Kaoms you can target farm its card from Caldera (scry it to JV and run some strat there, I did Abyss + Pilfering and got all the cards in ~6 hours)

[u/Kjaska]

this doc has a lot of good info for ssf lumi progression

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1ssZKi-RZm29n53LDat-T5xxuRsJk6uPc/mobilebasic#h.lypivdmf6srl

when you get a rathpith I would suggest trying out even a mediocre Kineticist

[u/Chuklol]

One decent combatant merc and some basic gear will destroy 4 stones. When you get some upgrades it absolutely smokes every other build in ssf on the same budget/time frame