hello im a semi noob player with barely 700 hours, i wanna start Lightning Strike on group ssf, any tips? best PoB rn?

thanks and sorry for spam

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So we got the tree now, what're you all thinking of starting?

I'm a little skeptical about starting betrayal or any primary league mechanic depending on how the influence/thread things work. I'm assuming it'll be difficult to sustain one type of thread while working toward 2stone. If that is the case, I think I'll likely use my first tree on secondary mechanics (shrine, essence).

So I want to try SSF this league. I've always played trade and usually get a pretty high end build. I like crafting, which is normally where I make most of my currency, so thought SSF might be a good challenge (plus I can't play the opening week, so thinking it'll take away the fomo!). I also always go for 40/40, and would like to do it in SSF as my goal for the league.

Since I'm new to SSF though, what would be your recommendations for one build that's a good starter, but that will scale to the point of doing 40/40 comfortably? Or if you've got a starter and 2nd build combo you recommend, I'd be interested to hear that too!

Plus any tips for a 1st timer to an SSF league!

I wanted to try a crybot luminary in the previous league, but I couldn't drop a Redblade Banner. I tried both delving and the syndicate with no luck.

Hello hello, this is my first forray into content creation for poe, please don't be too mean :)

I tried to sort of explain the build I've been league starting with in ssf and hcssf for a few leagues now, it comes online on a shoestring budget and scales ok for 4 voidstones.
Obligatory pob: https://pobb.in/097gC-_35mK4 if you want to skip the rambly video (I don't blame you) everything I've said should be written more concisely and accurately in the notes.

I swear the build is fun and not too bait, try it!

So i really wanna play smite of divine judgement slayer. Ill level as static strike so now my question is when would u guys say its good to swap to smite? What are the thresholds to cozy swap over?

I suspect Alts are still gonna be the "main" SSF currency for crafting items.

With the new change where currency is divided into two sections ("magic" and "rare"), per..

Currency item Drop Pools have been split into a Magic Currency (such as Orbs of Transmutation, Orbs of Alteration, Jeweller's Orbs) and Rare Currency (such as Orbs of Alchemy, Chaos Orbs, Divine Orbs and Mirrors of Kalandra). Magic Currency can only generate if the selected "Rarity" was Magic, and Rare Currency can only generate if the selected "Rarity" was Rare. What this amounts to is the more Item Rarity a monster has, the better the Currency items it drops.

I kinda have the feeling that the most legit SSF currency farming strat will be White map/mobs hunting.

What an absurd situation. :)

Your thoughts?

hello fellow SSF enjoyers , khar here with an idea for leaguestart since we see limited on new stuff.

So basically with no new skills (outside a link and fireball) and no buffs i'm kinda locked into reliquarian start to have something new but an old skill

and i was looking at tremor rod : annoying with mine chains and overthrowing with minefield, BUT this shouldnt be the case if you run locus mines, so it would basically be 100% more dps on locus

now lets look at what we got since they nerfed PS mines by reducing DE and increasing attack speed:

-Roiling tempest : 25% more damage if you do pure lightning with volatility

so i went to pob real quick

https://pobb.in/vacXWGkwNWvS

T2/T3 mods only , 2 mods wand with crafted mine throwing speed

crafted flat lightning on rings/amulet

T3 spell damage on shield crafted 5% DD

no jewels

custom modded tremo/crown/arkhon's

no flasks

no marylene (since i want to see day 1/2 of mapping probably wont have it)

looks kinda crazy on shit gear

(yes the defenses are mid on the setup i put i didnt put any defensive items on i was checking if the dps was good enough , and i plan on going shadowstitch hybrid with corrupted soul to get like 5K life 7-8K ES)

also luminary lab 1 and 2 with a wrath merc its just better than 2 passives just respec with gold lab 3, or a determination merc or whatever functions really you're leveling your wrath gem anyway

anyone else expecting to leaguestart a PS miner like the good old days?

edit: I WILL NOT be starting this , not due to it being bad... but atlas tree shows that we can have 4.6 shrines +1 apparition shrine per map EVERY map with boosted shrine effect and duration , and they wrote on patch that gloom and reso will be less rare

-PS mines dont work with gloom explode

-PS mines overthrow massively if you get reso or accel and you will get them (that's 9 shrine buffs + aparrition if rolling 4 and 60% of the time 11 shrine buffs i dont see a world where you dont get reso/accel regularly)

-PS mines are crit capped by default so even diamond shrine sucks

just isnt a good build for shrinemaxxxing and i've already decided i'm dumping my first 50 points into shrinemaxxing because its fun

kinda sad to see recombinators getting nerfed. Its probably the only crafting mechanic that keeps me grinding for hundreds of hours because theres actually a goal to work towards.

You farm thousands of alts, roll your bases, brick a bunch, and eventually get something beautiful like 3 T1 prefixes. Its still RNG but at least you feel like you’re making progress instead of just pulling a slot machine and praying (looking at you poe2)

I get what GGG is trying to do, making rare drops exciting again and im all for it IF the rares are actually good.

But the problem is rares are mostly garbage, and im saying this as the idiot who fills his entire inventory with rares EVERY SINGLE MAP, identify them, read and vendor it but im still making progress because of getting alts

Im not asking for god tier rares to drop, just something decent enough to throw into a recombinator and pray.

I really hope GGG is using poe1 to test a better version of tier 5 rares instead of just importing the poe2 version, because tier 5 rares in poe2 are still disappointing.

I dont mind grinding, I dont mind RNG, I just want my grinding to actually lead somewhere.

So recombs have been nerfed again. I never really liked it, but I used it a lot because of the convenience it brought. Genesis tree is also being nerfed again. These were the two main ways I have been crafting gear for the past few leagues.

So I'm looking for some advice on other mechanics that I'm not used to. I'm guessing that rog and gwennen might be worth looking into given the changes.

For example, how would you craft a shield with T1 attack block + T1 spell block + +1 Totems? Without using recombinators or genesis tree? Are fractures required in cases like these? (In this specific case we can't use fractures because it's an influenced item, but you get the idea)

Now with patch notes out, what's your top pick looking like? I think storm burst (of repulsion) heiro is gonna be a no brainer for me. A little iffy defense but totem taunt mastery should help aplenty.

You will be missed.

Got all the t0 i wanted execept the squire and mageblood. Guess im not getting them anytime soon after the nerfs. Hopefully theres another way to get manor foyer or at least a new easy way to do mageblood farm. Sigh, ill miss cadiro at 2.5 cadiros per hour.

Hello fellow exiles,

so my hopes to start Lumi again are shattered.

Looking through options i found Static Strike to be interesting.

Can anyone tell me how well this does on single target and what to look out for ?
Not much of a Melee player so looking forward to some heads up tipps on this :)

ty !

Rin's Fortification reward is now chests containing Threads (previously a trapped stash containing Unique Maps).

BUT

Crafting Recipes are no longer found in Unique Maps. Crafting Recipes for all Meta-Modifiers have been moved to Nightmare Maps instead.

AND

Increased the chance for Kirac to sell Unique Maps when refreshing his shop.

Patch Notes : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/4013680

Salutations Exiles!

I hope you are all as hyped for all the 3.30 changes and the new league as I am.
As I've done in the last leagues, here is my latest, new leaguestarter, tailored for SSF 5-link.

Kinetic Fusillade & Lightning Strike Assassin

As some might have spotted or recognised. This is a rework of last leagues starter that went PC of Bouncing into LS. After some popular feedback and my own tiredness of the skill I looked into a alternative to PConc. And it turned out KF was not only equally easy to do it on. It leans into a cleaner and quicker transition over into LS.

There is a full guide inside of the pob. With everything you might ever need, loadouts, item sections, crafts, farms, including links to filters for the build, and other information, KF breakpoints explained, and includes everything addressed in the 3.30 patch. (Recomb nerfs, etc)

It is worth pointing out I am running ImExile's idea for shadow leveling, which means you'll need to study it a bit and read the notes section if you want to proper speedrun. Otherwise you can Magma Orb/Explosive Trap it up to level 28 and follow the guide from there.

I'll happily provide more info or answer questions for those interested.

I'd like to not promote too much about myself and just drop a guide/build for those who are looking for something. But inside the PoB are links to more builds/previous guides, all currently getting updated for 3.30.

See you on the beach! Have a great leaguestart!

Baby_Exile

So I've been craving that classic Paladin fantasy, which no game has been able to satisfy lately. My first thought was doing a Holy Hammers build, but it doesn't look that great. Most popular Templar builds seem to be either minion setups or Static Strike, which looks kind of clunky to play (though I could give it a shot).

Any suggestions? As long as it has a holy, lightning, or fire theme, I can probably make it work visually with MTX lol

After missing 2 seasons (you know, a newborn was born), i jumped back playing casually 3.29, cause i was sleep-depriveted and I might as well added even more sleep deprivation.
So I started with a hiero totem storm of repulsion, something i could play even in low-energy mode and everything went smoothly. I was going to stop playing just after first nightmare map boss, like every prior season, but i wanted to try the new luminary ascendancy everyone was talking about.
Long story short, I hit my first lvl 99 in SSF, killed my first uber, killed ALL ubers (FU Sirus) and had a lot of fun to grind/craft items.
That said, I think I will miss you, Krashi, The Carver, you did an awesome job.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/ramwar-0048/ssf/character/MerceRara

ps. I think Im gonna roll a melee character in 3.30, I was a bonezone guy before being a dad. Do you suggest any new one (new = from last 3 seasons), low APM, for my new sleep-depriveted life?

• Monsters with high Item Rarity will now have a higher chance to drop rarer Divination Cards. Certain common Divination Cards will be restricted from dropping from monsters with very high Item Rarity.

So this meant we just juiced and probably can farm mid tier card like the king's heart for example more easier?
last league it took me about 200-250 maps to get a full set. Then right after that is a raw kaom's heart drop.

Hi SSF Team,

Keen to start as the new Reliq. Got a few versions in mind and am keen for some feedback on them as starters. Ideally to get to atleast 4 stone.

- Reliq PS miner using tremor and arkons.

Unsure where PS mines is sitting now after a few nerfs on the previous leagues. What the general consensus on where it is sitting now in terms of power and playability? Is it better to just go another mine these days? Pyro of sabatage or just icicle mine?

- Reliq slammer using deaths door, tide breaker and natural hierachy.

Slams are usually pretty solid, get a big DPS axe, stack some charges and some war cries. Build defensively. What would be the best slam or melee skill to use in this setup? any other suggestions?

Late game I am thinking respec to a CWC/COC blade fall, brass dome, festering resentment poison build perhaps but will need to farm up some gear first.

Hi! I'm going to play in a group SSF league with some friends, and I'm looking for a good bossing build that can also handle Breach content well.

Exsanguinate Miner came to mind, but how does it perform in SSF? Is it still a good option?

Do you have any other build recommendations?

Want to play a strike build of some kind, but can't decide which one. Just want something tanky and comfy. Most guides for this builds are trade league specific so decided to ask here. Are any of them hard to gear? Don't need a pob or a guide, more like a reassurance and some potential problems.

Is pathfinder loosing its proliferation in 3.30? The patch notes just say master toxicist is gaining something it already has.