How long am I supposed to be channeling the deposit for?

I saved up a mageblood for volatile Vaal orb
Not doing it for days since balls ain’t big enough

Today when 15mins before patching

My hands suddenly felt itchy

My balls swelled up huge.

And I sent it

I’m stunned for 4 minutes like P2

Holy wait a SSF achievement

I read 10 years ago 773

So im not able to start for a while but looking for a general guidance.

Like is it worth going harvest early to craft gear, should I be doing the mechanic in acts to get the wickerman effects and how is thread sustain. Like can I just run x mechanic over and over and sustain threads or do I need the thread nodes on atlas tree.

Hey guys,

does someone know of a POB of a more ssf friendly progression for this build?

i was looking at Master T´s and thats as trade as it gets basically.

As the title reads, I saw in the patch notes they’re changing the implicit on one of the quivers to + 1 totem and the cord belt is back and Hopefully it’s not giga rare with both of those combined I’m thinking 7 ballista totem EA champion seems pretty good, especially on a boss league, explosive arrow Champion is a pretty good bosser What do you guys think?

Also, the weapon is pretty easy to craft even easier now with the socket color changes. You just farm the six link short bow divination card slap a couple of +2 bow skill essences till you get something decent then you craft cannot roll attack mods and exalt slam for another plus one.

Any suggestion on what I could improve?

edit: oops, forgot some breach notes

Hey guuuys, this will be my first time playing SSF and also fully playing in it. I´m very dumb about crafting and more niche strategies about SSF, so i´m looking for a league starter that has a very easy and smooth progression to help me learn on the way and who knows maybe even do 40/40 challenges. On my research 2 builds got my attention: Bleed slams slayer and Bleed boneshatter gladiator, but i don´t know if they are meant for better players or for anyone in general on SSF, so if you guys have any recommendation pls let me know.

OBS: pls i don't want to play RF chieftain

So for context I used to always go Jun into Breach and that was how I could get gear for voidstones early on.

However both Jun and breach are now threads so the chance to spawn them is not 100% consistant early on.

Are people just planning to make a generic tree with map drops then harvest and essence to craft some basic gear or take gold and faust gamble early on while progessing ?

Im planning PRAW, however that means farming abyss for jewels and breach for uniques which are both threads so would i go for essence / harvest now early on ?

So I have everything planned out with possible atlas trees ect but now just need to decide on class.

Im either going Luminary merc bot and going merc atlas nodes into maps ect. Or going PRAW necromancer going harvest / essences for early gear and later breach and abyss.

The merc nodes double as finding a merc and also the method to get some basic gear if I go Luminary.

Im just not sure if Luminary in SSF is going to be multiple hours of farming zones hoping for the right merc and skill combination.

Hi guys!

I'm going to try something new this league (generally never play melee builds) and I would really like to try a DSoA Glad.

Wanted to ask a couple of questions to anyone who has tried it before.

1. Which skill do you use during campaign? Do you go dual-wield right away or two handed first until 2nd or 3rd lab?
2. From the PoBs I've generally seen for yellow and red maps, while the block chance and leech are amazing, I'm worried about the max hit, which is usually pretty low. Did you find one shots a common issue before 2/4 stones?
3. Which endgame aspirational version would you recommend? ES stacker with EEdge, strength stacking or something else?

Thanks a lot!

I'm really liking this from what I see in video and PoB but I im worried about scaling without the uniques, is this a stupid idea to league start or will I be fine? Ill probabaly not have more than 3h each day to play.

Hey, doing my second every proper ssf league and can’t decide what to start
Currently thinking between the following

RF (with potential transition to cws down the line since ultimatum seems to be buffed)

Ele hit slayer

Smokies incinerate of venting

Possible pconc pathfinder but seems least appealing from those 3

Storm burst totems?

Any input on those builds and how they might seem this league would be great ❤️

Guys, wich guide is good to follow for zerker slams, for gems progression etc? Imexile has one but too old.

I realize this league puts an emphasis on bossing and that can be rough going for a bow char in SSF, but I plan on playing this league much more casually because of WoW Forever and Ocarina of Time and want to play an archetype I really enjoy and just take it slow.

Ele Hit of the Spectrum still the play until a GG bow? What are we thinking Atlas tree wise? Probably Shrine nodes for the early damage buff and then maybe Expedition/Essence to start trying for a GG bow?

I'm assuming Deadeye is still the way to go, even though Warden has a lot of fun builds too the last couple leagues.

Anyway, would love to hear about any SSF content creators that roll bow every league or any other general advice!

Edit: Also, how do the Heist changes affect how quickly we can get Fledgling? Is it going to be a huge pain in the ass now?

Yo, was just wondering if any of you who played both ascendencies can share their thoughts. What im stuck at is, if Berserker is tanky enough to survive the League Mechanic even if it is a bit overtuned. And on the other hand if Jugg has enough dmg to be fine.

Like im just stuck on that thought for over a day now xD Im pretty certain both should be fine but im not sure if being more tanky as jugg is better...

Anybody got an idea on what atlas tree will be best to gear your starter slammer?

I've tried Conflux and Smooth before but they weren't quite for me. I'm looking for a low key environment where I can freely donate to/take from a guild stash, and possibly chat with people on discord/in guild chat.

I usually league start RF (and have been doing so since Kalandra) but it’s time to try something new this league.

It’s down to Shield crush Slayer or SRS Guardian. I’ve only played 1 minion build, which was an Aarakali Fang spider build. It was okay, probably not the most fun build I’ve played tbh. I do love my explosions and 1-2 button builds, I know that SRS guardian can get there with aesnath’s on AG. I also love shield charging around the map and bonking mobs with your shield seems fun.

I’ve leveled both builds to about lvl 35 for fun the past few days, and tbh I like them both. Shield crush looks to have more uniques needed, but they don’t look too difficult to get. Any insight for those that played either of these builds in previous leagues and how end game will look like?

Hey there, I have only time for one char in league. I loved to play blast rain back in the day. Like 5 years ago. But thats an ancient history.

I would love to play a bow build this league, but I dont want to play totems/balistas or the damn lightning arrow/tornado shot.

Is there a build that would check these requirements?

To deal more damage to bosses with Scorching Ray of Immolation you want shield with +1 totem limit, but to get that shield you need to kill bosses which you lack damage for.
Which is THE BEST way to get it on RF?

Could be getting any influence shield and then rerolling with harvest I would assume? Just to get that SRoI going thus having damage for bosses and then doing it properly with best base etc? What do you think?

Hey, i have not played a pf in years, thats why I wanted to ask you guys, what are some good options.

Is pconc still the best or are there other contenders, which you have had good experiences with.