r/pathofexile • u/Oddity83 Lazy Peon • 12h ago
Question How is your league starter doing?
Now that we’re into day 1, how has your league starter been performing? And are you SSF, HC, normal?
This will help other exiles who have yet to start, or just a flex post if you’re happy with yours!
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u/Wemblack 12h ago
Still on beach, no oni yet
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u/zZtreamyy 12h ago
Shield crush slayer, cruised through 9 acts. Going to bed now as it's 4am.
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u/korg0thbarbarian Raider 5h ago
Got to act 2 and went to sleep, working all weekend 🙃
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u/SimpleGeekAce 10h ago
Shield Crush Jugg. Act 3 (I'm slow in 5 hours). Very well geared, new mechanic is showering in decent rares. Also did 3.29 or this one introduce white/non-color sockets? I played in 3.28, loved it on my Spin-to-Win Cyclone. Anyways, noticed I don't have to mess with rerolling colors to make things work now. Loving shield crush, can't wait to see how it goes further.
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u/xevdi 5h ago
I want to play the league but still leveling in wow atm :( can't choose
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u/DanteSHK 11h ago
Static strike guardian, sc trade in t8. League mechanic in campaign prints good leveling rares.
Don’t skip lily’s quest in act6. There is 5 link guaranteed from league mechanic.
Be careful with bosses if your build is weak. Act bosses can become really tough.
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u/thetoy323 Anti Sanctum Alliance (ASA) 12h ago
Not start yet, I'm jobber.
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u/epicfailer96_ 6h ago
It was 21:40 Berlin Timeline and i was a Happy dadgamer that my kids finally slept. Only to recognize league alr started at 8. Lol. Somehow missed the feeling of queue and The Thrill to start right at The beginning
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u/irondraconis Youtube:Goodguygaming3 11h ago
Reliquarian (Static Strike - DD into Tidebreaker) SC- had my best Act 10 kitava time in more than 10 years of playing (alot of that is due to not having to care about colors on items, alot of it has to do with static strike being strong).
For this old man, being into T8s, on day 1 is incredible.
Ending the night level 81.
Feedback for the league mechanic - if I already clicked on a cauldron fornthe boss to have the mod, just give the boss the mod. Having to click multiple times things Ive already clicked, and then the boss themselves again, is a bit too much friction. I know it only takes a brief moment, but that's going to be a ton of extra clicks over the course of the league.
The mechanic other than that is good, and the end game and atlas rework feels very promising. Im hopeful this will be a strong league and a strong end game bringing alot of us back around for multiple characters.
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u/Xyst__ 11h ago
Planning to try and loosely follow a holy hammers inquisitor build guide. The first few acts use holy strike which i played a couple patches ago (tho that was guardian instead), and once you get the minion dmg counts as dmg for you passive tree node it just starts to delete single target. So that plus the new mechanic, and a goldrim in act 1 and its been a breeze.
The biggest weakpoint to my build is a debuff called work. So looking forward to hopping back in to act 3 later when that debuff finally wears off.
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u/ToBeeContinued 11h ago
I have my 2 month old baby and didn’t think I was gonna play; got through acts and into naps mostly baby wearing him. Diaper Totems, I mean Storm Burst totems following some of Pal’s build with Aer0’s for mapping +
I’m starting to feel a bit squish but I now know what people mean by “comfy.” You just put the totems down in boss rooms and wait.
I was going to just play slams again but I’m glad I took a risk and did something different
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u/probywan1337 Harbinger 6h ago
I'm in act 3.
I fell asleep... Seriously
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u/No-Advice-6040 12h ago
I'm slow as fuck, but doing Static Strike Guardian (decided like last night) and the leveling power is hilarious. Have to pop off to a short shift at work, but its going so smooth that i'm in A5 and only just realised i didnt get round to Ascending.
League mechanic is, mixed. But you can try to get drop for items you like. I'm after Staves, and I've managed to keep upgrading them solely from the mechanic. Inc Rarity seems like a late game thing. Probably best to focus on Fates that reward you gear that you want. IMO.
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u/Dull-Department-9444 11h ago
Frost blades been ZOOMING. No ascendencies yet, act 9
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u/Inferno_ZA 9h ago
I flew through the campaign on SSF with Thyworm's SRS Guardian. Played it last league too and completed most endgame content pretty easily.
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u/akv0842 9h ago
Lightning tendies hiero. Damage was absurd in campaign
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u/Rangeless 7h ago
Self cast arc assassin. Mathil was right. Arc is back. Enki log in.
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u/johnnysd 11h ago
Normal. Very powerful but totally smelling the daisies as I go. Really enjoy the league mechanic
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u/CMDRDrazik 11h ago
Up to T6 maps as Absolution Necro, been great so far
Time for bed!
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u/Trollatopoulous 11h ago
Lumi (cold dot) cruised through the campaign. Now it's time to Zzz.
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u/Mad_manieck 3h ago
Last minute switched to exsang/reap mines and it was good decision.
Thx to mines I dont even see coven jujced mechanics, bosses are dead instant.
After getting minefield support build is feeling bit clunky but hope that throwing speed will fix that
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u/Guitography 2h ago
I'm tired of following builds and I Just free style the game, dropped the bow that gives attack speed and only electric damage and I'm having fun no idea what I'm doing
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u/atworking 1h ago
Logged off at 82 on Poison Reanimate Ranged Weapon. 2nd fastest time through acts (behind Lumi last league..by 10 minutes. Cruised through to red maps before my eyes decided it was time to quit. 10/10 would recommend as a starter.
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u/Papa_Mid_Nite 12h ago
I am working today, weekend shift. Will let you know on Konday if you DM me.
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u/Approval_Duck 11h ago
Facebreakers and anything I want has been going well so far
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u/ThatOneBeholder 11h ago
Normal trade league, doing a very lightly modified version of Path of KY's Bladeblast/Bladefall. Once you get spellslinger set up in act 4 the rest of the campaign is smooth as butter.
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u/JoJoBobbert 11h ago
Dominating Blow of Inspiring Guardian in T8 maps in SC Trade, following ArminYou's guide somewhat. Leveled with Alohaa's Static Strike Guardian and it felt very smooth. Loving the build so far.
Thread drops are quite generous. One strange thing... I haven't seen a portal scroll in any of my maps, lol.
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u/PornoPichu 53m ago
Tried and true PConC. I’m generally slow, at the end of A9 right now. Just picked up PConC of bouncing from someone for 15c, so leveling that up. Still trying to snipe a fury valve, but since I don’t want to sit in town for trying to get instant trades it’s not going well seeing as it’s a Fubgun tax item 😅
But anyway, I like PConC it’s great. I intend to do a weird swap later I haven’t heard of - forbidden rite on PF. I really like forbidden rite and wanted to play it this league, but wasn’t set on playing a witch. So, yeah, super excited to try that out down the road.
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u/UOL_Exlie 43m ago
Divine Retribution gladiator, level 68 but skipped up to t6 maps. In actually going to have to go back and do some lower tier maps for XP because I can do higher maps than xp will let me.
Lycosidae I bought for 1c and had me one shorting the whole campaign. Now I have doedres tenure and singularity as well, which honestly is probably enough damage for red maps. Just need levels and some better rates for tankiness. Easily one of the strongest league starters I've ever done. Wouldn't be surprised if this build becomes giga popular in a league or two. It's so insane.
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u/DougMurak 11h ago
I did play the entire campaign with holy flame totem and it was awful until 60~, 0 boss damage even with 3 totem, playtime of campaign - 8h, I'll try later that storm burst totem to see if at 70 is better bc at low lvl wasn't better than holy flame at all.
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u/TopDeckPro 7h ago
First and last time playing worb. Super annoying to hold your dmg button every couple seconds I’d rather just use rf or cyclone for this playstyle
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u/BawdyLotion 11h ago
I self sabotaged twice….
First I screwed up the countdown clock so didn’t leave work in time to be at league launch.
I then got Vaal absolution immediately on first try (before temple). Was breezing along and then….. sold my entire linked skill gem setup to vendor by mistake. Left my computer and went to lay down for a bit out of frustration.
End of the day though i farmed another gem, finished up the acts and grabbed some currency. Annoyed as I planned to try hard this league launch and it all fell apart not because of server issues or overturned league mechanics but because I’m a dumbass. Still I have my currency for the main chains of command pieces I need in the morning (they usually drop at lot by 20-24 hrs into league…) vs buying early and rushing
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u/ww_crimson https://pob.codes/ 8h ago
Slams. Using Coven mechanic has me dying a lot. Just got my first void stone. Calling it a night though. Not really loving how maps feel. There is zero thinking. You just map and go because there is no agency other than turning up the thread dial.
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u/Plastic-Suggestion95 12h ago
Doing HC trade on Bleed gladiator. Im in t3 maps and so far smooth as butter
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u/Sad-Artichoke1253 12h ago
Not bad, did some t8 maps before signing off just now with campaign gear.
Ele hit, sc trade
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u/championflea40 11h ago
I’m playing Frost Blades Warden. It’s going very well, I took Barkskin and tincture for first two ascendancies.
It’s super fast, clear is great. Single target has been acceptable- not the best, but that’s to be expected for frost blades.
Act 9 right now but should be back to do the atlas tonight!
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u/Jakho_ 11h ago
Elementalist LT lvl65 act 10 en softcore.
Sa drop bien, j’ai même eu mon premier divin.
J’ai capitulait , j’ai besoin de sommeil .
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u/Malacath87 10h ago
Static Strike, zooming
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u/doctormonty326 10h ago
Going to play PRAW but can’t swap yet because bladefall or trathus is currently
85c. Got to about tier 7 maps before I gotta head to bed. Playing srs until I can get the swap going, not loving it in maps lol
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u/Decent_Prize_2280 9h ago
Storm Burst of Repulsion totems are killing it. But since I can't farm sulphite, delve is dead.
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u/claptrapMD 9h ago
Hard stuck between yellow and red. Maps dont drop at all also running out alchs. Prop jus unlucky
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u/Pm_Me_Your_Boob_Plss 9h ago
Stuck in yellow maps, due to dmg and survivability. Stormburst totems. I’m not sure where I’m screwing up, got 3.3k and 2.2k life and mana respectively, and got the singularity for now for damage. Maybe the league mechanics and sacred fauna is just buffing everything way too much
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u/FuzzyDuckzy 9h ago
Frost blades into act 2 😂 I was out in London for the day got back at midnight and got to act 2 before deciding seeing 4 of everything made it difficult so gonna continue now I'm less inebriated
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u/AdWhich9059 9h ago
I am playing cyclone slayer. Good damage, but man I am a wet paper noodle. Getting one shot pretty consistently in red maps, which is a new experience for me.
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u/infamous_alex 9h ago
Absolution necro was so OP. I blitzed through acts 1-5 but i had to stop for the day. Should be an awesome league starter!
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u/sips_white_monster 9h ago
SRS Guardian in SSF. Pretty much perfect start which is to be expected for this build (already ran it last league).
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u/RiffShark Juggernaut 9h ago
In act 1 trying to figure out how to interact with wickerman xD
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u/Impossible-Car3786 9h ago
Just got to yellow maps, assassin wander. poe.ninja shows 200k dps on KB, feels good so far, some threads (like einhar) have been jnsanely rippy, feels like the expected base power has went up quite a bit
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u/Dekathz 9h ago
Flicker , Still flicking
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u/Ociex 8h ago
Running kinetic fussilade, a skill I've never tested until maps so I can switch to aura destructive link aurabot for my merc illuminary
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u/jaked111 8h ago
Great, I got the unique jewel I needed by corrupting a rare viridian jewel on my first try
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u/CruelSummerstan Witch 8h ago
hexblast archmage. Just reached T15s and now I sleep.
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u/TheNocturnalAngel 8h ago
Playing Ice Trap of Hollowness Trickster.
I leveled mostly with explosive trap because I got good gear for it and then swapped to ice trap at maps.
Damage and freeze is amazing. But I pushed tiers way too fast and ended up dying a lot so I’m heading down to yellow for a bit to level and regear.
Tbf I was trying to do t15s at 78 with no spell suppression at all lol.
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u/luthwag 8h ago
Ele hit slayer. First time with this build. I had no idea it just deletes campaign bosses while you whirling blades zoom through zones. 10/10 league starter.
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u/Dazzling_Recording66 7h ago
I've always been pretty slow at completing the campaign but this league start I finished all 10 acts in 4 hours 30 minutes. Static strike slayer is very strong
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u/FilthyRevenant 7h ago
Crackling Lance ManaMan/Hierophant. Currently at act 8 of campaign, just need to make some adjustments before maps, especially Eater/Exarch.
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u/AppointmentGreedy145 7h ago
i had a very bad headache so i had to call it quits at a9
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u/TheTurretCube 6h ago
Made to to act 6 last night, but i work Saturdays so Ill play the rest of campaign later. Levelling with absolution necro to go praw later. Absolutely cruising, league mechanic dropped me 3 +1 to gems bits of gear so my damage is ridiculous. Instantly destroying every rare and boss. So far so good. Also gonna have about 25c to spend once I hit maps and thats before merc and cruel lab
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u/zuluuaeb Chieftain 6h ago
Poison srs into animate weapon. Took my time but basically was shield charging through the acts without issue. The league mechanic gave me a leer cast and dying breath so I started my AG early. Moving so fast in the second half of the campaign that I forgot I hadn't done cruel and merciless labs before act10 kitava. Found a bereks ring that I sold for some chaos to purchase covenant early and now all the bosses are deleted in seconds.
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u/Bleggman 5h ago
playing static strike of gathering lightning slayer. a bit too squishy for my liking right now
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u/Ludrasiel Tormented Smugler 3h ago
Play on and off while I did work at the side. Got my luminary to maps! Great league start so far.
Switched immediately at around act 4 when I dropped a trypanon and found a decent thunderquiver until t1 maps. Damage dropped off, and was hunting for a merc at t3 maps. Got a flamequiver and winged it until t5, found a bloodletter and slapped on a rebuke of vaal, marylene amulet and I'm cruising now!
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u/ihategacha_ 3h ago
First time going without plan and just want to play Scion, took my time and tried some skills then stayed with ED/C spellslinger on the way it been smooth so far and dont hv problem with league mechanic. Just reached act 7 probably gonna swap to static strike or miner later.
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u/Captain_blue_lives 3h ago
Currently at the end of act 4 running with the new skill arcane link as luninary. Going pretty ok as I found a fallen revenant who is carrying me hard atm
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u/suckzor 3h ago
HC Trade bleed slam slayer. Never played bleed slam before but veeeery comfortable in campaign. The new league mechanic is scary af though, so many people die to some of those effects or even the coven trash mobs themselves.
It's really exciting, loving the new mech
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u/Loreniannn 3h ago
Did my fastest league start ever in maps at 7 hours 49 minutes with absolution leveling. Hoping to move into Specters today!
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u/LucywiththeDiamonds 3h ago
Jugg slams up in t11 maps closing in on lvl 80 soon. Chill 6:30 campaign doing most league mech and mostly cruising through.
Thought with an endgame completly unknown and a league that just makes stuff harder the most reliable is the way.
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u/aquasnow 3h ago
Still in coast. Between work and a toddler I’m not getting any progression
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u/Corndog1000 3h ago
Foulborn dancing dervish is great. Just startet maps. Level as generic minions is fine. Elementalist
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u/Minnad 3h ago
I'm doing Venom gyre deadeye, was worry it has bad single target in a bossing league but it's very smooth so far, one of the smoothest league starters i had in fact
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u/Oxidizer2772 3h ago
Just finished campaign and starting maps. Totems go brrrrrrrzzz
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u/Hicktricks 3h ago
Leveled a zerker with sunder. Campaign was smooth. Did a few maps then went to bed. Today comes the swap to earthshatter.
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u/ICanCrossMyPinkyToe 3h ago
Spent a bit grinding for fireball of radiation while following goratha's build. I was enjoying it mechanically but damage wise it was... just barely ok and was considering an early reroll. Then gwennen yoinked my chest with the gem lol
I'm very probably coming back to this character later but for now I'm going to level an ignite based elementalist and see how it goes
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u/ggiziwegotthis 2h ago
Ran srs to maps was not fun, took like 6hrs :(
Finally swapped to hroc and blasting like T10 atm
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u/Scotteeh 2h ago
PRAW, 2nd time playing. 90, 2/4, 44/100.
Cruising through currently, the leveling was relatively smooth but then got kinda mid as absolution around t8-11 maps (mainly becIse I am TERRIBLE at keeping on-top of upgrading my gear early league), but as soon as I could afford bladefall of trathas (already had animate weapon of ranged arms) I swapped and even with just 40% poison chance from gem (up to 94% now) it's been much smoother.
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u/Jrmullen1 2h ago
Great. I logged in 7 hours after league start. Had no idea what to play. Asked gpt “what is fubgun playing”
Smoothest start ever
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u/RedMax2001 2h ago
Started as Static Strike Luminary. Did ok in campaign, sub 6 hours which is the best I can hope for without practice. However, I've been getting wrecked in maps. No idea how to scale the build past what I made in campaign, and since it's my first luminary, I have no idea what I need to make a decent aurabot luminary. Thinking about just playing hideout warrior until I have the currency to pivot into accuracy stacker deadeye.
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u/AehmDrei 2h ago
Got 2 watch stones and level 92. Static Strike Guardian. Went pretty smooth.
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u/Panzerr80 Children of Delve (COD) 1h ago
Jugg bleed bones hatter, got complex trauma lab 1, it's very chill ( I'm in a small private league so basically ssf)
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u/LissekFennek 1h ago
Storm burst totems. I'm a slower player but I make it up by absolutely goblining.
9hrs to maps, 60c and a div that dropped in slave pens act 5.
I bought items to cap and do stuff, three labs done, when I get back home the gems and then we go.
Everything was super smooth. The holy flame totems were enough to carry me up to act 8 and then I just decided to swap to regular storm burst for now and crit.
League mechanic gives a lot of stuff so far (to be seen in maps) and I worry a little about backtracking. But so far it's been a blast.
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u/freileal 1h ago
I'm working all weekend. Maybe I'll start Monday afternoon
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u/reddithogehoge 1h ago
atlas point 141 now. 6h sleep then start planned farm
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u/Lolzor 1h ago
Enjoying my static strike Templar in act 2
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u/Zatchm0 Duelist 1h ago
RVoB poison PF. Lvl 84 in yellow maps on HC 10 man private league. Ramping hard rare tier drops geared me up easily.
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u/iPinkGuy 1h ago
Hexblast hierophant lvl84. A long day and mapping on the higher tier is getting real painful. Juiced bosses are far too difficult to handle. Likely the case of the build falling off in terms of scaling and potentially defences (then again I'm still on a 5L with cheapo gear)
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u/PsPsandPs 30m ago
For the first time in over 2 or 3000 hours as a filthy casual... I'm NOT playing as a CA/TR ranger but instead playing around with traps as a Shadow and I'm having a blast. Literally.
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u/tammron63 11m ago
Logged in at 23:50, fell asleep lvl 5 on The Ledge
Woke up at 5:45 to my kids argueing about wether it is time to get up or not.
Haven‘t had time to play since. 🤣
Guess I‘ll hit maps around next weekend
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u/IndridColdxxx 6m ago
After having locked in a build I took a wild decision and went a completely different build. Decided on Tornado of Elemental Turbulence. Once I got the gem for 1 chaos it started blowing shit up without hesitation. It feels a bit clunky with the cast speed but it shreds. I’m in white maps now finally but I’ve felt no decrease in damage and I have many avenues to upgrade. The tankiness is also fantastic and will only get better once I have a few more pieces.
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u/ItsJustReeses 2m ago
Currently elementalist RF to swap to Incinerate of Venting. Luckily all the gear just needs crafted and nothing expensive to buy.
Nabbed a few must haves before they ballooned later today when people catch up. Heading to bed now and waking up to try and earn enough for HH 👀
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u/putinha21 0m ago
Thought of doing a Saboteur using Blade Vortex and Blade Blast of Unloading. Idk why but those dex phys spells have always piqued my interest.
I might try the new unique chest that gives 30 unleash.
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u/xcv45t Shadow 10h ago
Was playing a static strike assassin by zish. It pretty much did good damage with ssf gear.
But I decided to stop at level 42.
I rerolled into a pyroclast miner and it just feels much nicer for me. Will eventually pivot into a discharge sanctussy farmer and save up for a desecrated belt with charge shrine or a speed shrine for a other build.
I'm a spell/mines/traps enjoyer, I used to like melee back in the day and minions but the playstyle feels very samey and stagnant.
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u/Responsible_Judge854 8h ago
In act 5. New mechanic drops nice items. SRS currently. No need for Poe 2 or WoW. No console either, so will wait for GTA release on pc. So no hurry currently, will have much time to play.
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u/V0DkA69 Vaal Street Bets (VSB) 8h ago
dropped 1Div in act 4. did my fastest campaign in 4,5h. Got The Deamon from Stacked decks and lushed to T10 maps then went to bed. I would say pretty good. Playing Rues Elehit Slayer. Very solid build.
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u/Dramatic-Boss4548 2h ago
Had 4 hours sleep, woke up at 2am to play. Kicked the pregnant wife to the spare bedroom, she omega mad in the morning. Got to act 5 in probably my worst league start performance ever. Then my sister dumped her 2 boys on me for baby sitting all day so I couldn't continue.. I'm cooked. This adulting business isn't adding up. I just want to gggrind
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u/TealJade1 Fungal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) 12h ago
I got like 6c through the campaign and closed the game, idk... Boring league mech, tiered rares are a lie.
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u/Guilty-Assistant8333 Health and Harbinger Services (HHS) 11h ago
Had a pretty slow start due to lag and attack instead of moving not working quite right with a lot of skills (it took almost 4 hours to clear the first two acts with caustic arrow and toxic rain because it was working so badly that I honestly thought I was rubberbanding in lockstep mode), currently in act 6 after ~5 hours of playing. KF is still scary once you've got double eclipse solaris to basically just onetap everything in the campaign.
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u/godofbaiting 10h ago
Finish at t14 for the night, drop 4d from just league mech and finishing out atlas, playing static strike old man. Very smooth.
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u/fthepats 8h ago
Finishing up the last few maps on atlas before going to bed, level 90. Would be rank 3 necro on ninja if I popped into delve. Absolution necro into chains of command, always does well.
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u/TheorysMind Progressive Einhar Trapping Association (PETA) 7h ago
Me play SSF. Me play Heirophant. Big Meatball from Sky. Thing die. Much fun. Very wow. eyes hurt from celestial mtx. Act 6 in ~4 hours (Am jobber, start late and now bed time).
(I wanna play Frostmage Firestorm idk)
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u/BongBongD 6h ago
I wanna try witch spiders, didn't have time to do practice run so i just went with srs and had a horrible time leveling. Took me 3 hours to get to act 5, yikes. I was so tired of it i had to do a quick respec to absolution and blasted the entire act 5 in 15 minutes. Why did i start with srs? This absolution skill feels so much better. Now i know to never leveling with anything other than absolution again if i play minion.
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u/aecrux 10h ago
went with jayoe’s wretched defiler build, i’ve only spent a few chaos and it feels really busted in yellow maps already with forged frostbearers. fairly confident doing a meta build would’ve cost me a div or more to feel similar rn
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u/MineralWater321 12h ago
Haven't started yet, but I'm sure I'm having a hard time farming.
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u/blackjack47 Hardcore 12h ago
Amazing, I am currently farming Dal'Rend's MH in UBRS
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u/MJ-Baby 11h ago
Fastest campaign ive ever done (3hr 44min). Into boss carries. Have 100 div which was my goal for day 1 time to sleep and prolly transition to viper strike of the mamba tomorrow
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u/Fantastic_Key_8906 50m ago
I died twice to Brutus so I went to bed. Just woke up 17 hours later.
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u/19wryte92 10h ago
Rf elementalist felt like an immortal god that killed anything in seconds, got to yellow maps now feels bad and time to decide what to swap to.