Path of Exile

Deathwing said:

I'm also leveling a bit of a homebrew. Blade Blast Spellslinger, Bladefall Poet's Pen Chieftan with Asenath's Gentle Touch. I really love chaining packs.

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So, I kept my cospri's and I've been thinking about remaking this build as CI as everyone is doing and scaling area. Here's the thing...he's got great chains, but he's running a level 5 awakened COC which is a waste because he has no CDR. He needs 30% on his gear to get the 52% total to hit hte next lower server tick and take full advantage. At this point, he spent 8ex+ on a gem when he could have nabbed 15% CDR on a piece of gear and invested elsewhere. I'm sure he's not done and I hope he realizes this. Of course, he'd need to bump up to about 10 aps...I forget the exact number. His 7.52 is perfect for what he's doing though.

Bladerfall self cast /Kitava's Thirst Bladeblast full fire Chieftan. Big tank and BIG dps. Started a Debeon's Dirge Ice crash Raider and when I got the money rerolled a Hollow Palm Ice Crash Raider. Hollow Palm Raider is pretty fun. I've also learned a lot more of boss fight mechanics since my survability is a combination of taking one big hit every 4 seconds or just dodging everything.

Watching people play bleedquake looks pretty great with Fist of War. Syncs up almost perfectly with certain boss mechanics for the ol' hit and hop combo.

Bleedquake does look awesome. I’ll probably try that and maybe earthshattter marauder.

Flame golems because I am autistic as hell apparently.

Deathwing said:

Wouldn't mind a PoB for the first one. I'm doing Poet's Pen Bladefall and Spellslinger Bladeblast.

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Here's the guy I found on PoE Ninja when I thought of doing it. I followed his build 85% of it. His gear is pretty insane given the mechanics of the league and his DPS is like 4x mine right now.


His PoB is under there. The key with black cane and Kitava's feast both is just stack the fuck out of cast speed.

AladainAF said:

So I got my Xiba gem and holy shit the defense $$.

However, normally I know it's not worth going for the side nodes, but I think this gem is FANTASTIC for VD/Spellslinger on how it rolls the smalls. I made a fancy layout for it but 1800 Xiba is probably one of the better ones.

Nodes in green I will probably get since the build has 4 "do what you want" points from 96-100 if I managed to hit 100 this league for some weird reason. I'll definately get the 3 next to the keystone.

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What's your build? I think I fucked my VD/Spellslinger up as I keep dying on T2 Maps and final boss of 3rd Lab.

So has anyone found a good guide on searching out seeds you want on trade or pricing seeds? I can’t even seem to figure out how to search by tier.

well, I guess they have unique names....this helped. I must have missed it on reddit.

AladainAF said:

I am having absolutely no issues with VD/Spellslinger single target damage. It's a little slow killing bosses, but the fact you can just facetank it makes it trivial. This is only uhh 2 watchstone drox but other than inpulsas and 2 nice jewels, my gear is dogshit. My cluster only has 1 of the 3 notables I think with decent mid-league gear this is going to be pretty standard fare on the end game stuff, and probably a 4 minute Siris or so.

Boss starts at 2:50

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I added a Vaal Righteous Fire to my build to really melt the bosses.

Chris said:

What's your build? I think I fucked my VD/Spellslinger up as I keep dying on T2 Maps and final boss of 3rd Lab.

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Here is mine currently @ lvl 81. Lab was no problem. T5 maps at the moment.


My gear is pretty weak, I'm using Obliteration wand as I cannot afford an Inpulsa's yet. I swap it out for a Chernobog's Pillar for bosses sometimes if I think I need more mitigation.

Shroud of the Lightless is a nice psuedo 6-link with Elemental Penetration for now. Although it's Shade Form skill does not fire.

Less than 1ex spent on the build.

Thanks guys! Can anyone craft the cast on attack wand on PS4/EU servers?

I don't have the craft. i just bought a cheap wand with it so I could trigger Bone Offering / Curse / WoC. This allows you to drop the 3rd Spellslinger for a Shield Charge set up, or in my case Vaal Righteous Fire. And it lets you move to the Frenzy / Barrage support activation, which allows generation of Frenzy Charges.

Aladain is right, the defence boost you see once you get Mistress of Sacrifice / Bone Offering is huge.

Evernothing said:

I don't have the craft. i just bought a cheap wand with it so I could trigger Bone Offering / Curse / WoC. This allows you to drop the 3rd Spellslinger for a Shield Charge set up, or in my case Vaal Righteous Fire. And it lets you move to the Frenzy / Barrage support activation, which allows generation of Frenzy Charges.

Aladain is right, the defence boost you see once you get Mistress of Sacrifice / Bone Offering is huge.

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1 Exalt on PS4! I got 4 Chaos.

Using a 3rd spellslinger could work though, I didn't think of that.

What's the difference between Barrage and Frenzy/Barrage Support? I have the frenzy version and never used the barrage version.

Last question: why is nobody taking the nodes which give extra corpses and corpse health on the skill tree?

Chris said:

1 Exalt on PS4! I got 4 Chaos.

Using a 3rd spellslinger could work though, I didn't think of that.

What's the difference between Barrage and Frenzy/Barrage Support? I have the frenzy version and never used the barrage version.

Last question: why is nobody taking the nodes which give extra corpses and corpse health on the skill tree?

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Anointing Undertaker is more efficient. Especially with glancing blows. Last season it was popular to anoint something like Deflection.

I actually played this build two seasons in a row. Both times I did life versions with no herald of ash. The tank of the build is great (was my first ever level 100 last season) and the DPS is plenty. I melted Kosis wave 20 no problem face tanking last season.

Here is my variation for this league:
My friend who is new to POE has been playing and I understand how drasticly different it can be when you don't understand what to prioritize. Here was my list for him...

1) Max resists (and chaos this league is super easy but not priority initially.)
2) As much life as possible.
3) Trigger wand / glancing blows for spell cap. MAKE SURE IT IS 1.5 APS FOR LATER (Imbued)
4) 5% health back on block or Surrender shield.
5) Life leech fire damage on amulet. Either Alva mod or Warlord.
6) Corrupting blood immunity on jewel.

At this point you should have massive regen from tree, huge recovery on hit from block, and leech cap. At this point T16 is easy and I would shift to damage...

I run no inspiration, but 6 link with 3 spellslingers. I have 10 mana after reservations (and I took 70 mana on gear to hit this on purpose). -9 to cost of skills on ring lets you run this. I keep flame dash at 0 cost. Kept 10 mana uncapped this season to enable easier enduring cry which costs me 8 mana. My tree keeps me casting no problem.

1) 6-Link Impulsa (Can do this while you gear defense as well it is huge)
2) 20% CDR on Belt + 15% on boots to hit the 52% cap. THIS IS A HUGE SINGLE TARGET BOOST.
3) Get 30% CDR Spellslinger enchant base helmet and craft it. At this point you can drop 15% on boots. Your goal is 69%. (You get 19% from level 20 Spellslinger)

That is it. I have not even come close to dieing Awakener 8 this season. Face tank cortex no problem. Only thing that is difficult is Atziri because you have to be careful with elemental reflect on shield (I did it last season though for my challenge).

At this point I am done and saving for new build. However, if you want to push it further....

1) Awakened Spell Cascade (Main link and desecrate spellslinger)
2) Awakened Curse On Hit Level 5. At this point you can put elemental weakness in your wand and drop tempest shield. (Tempest shield is actually pretty useless this league because you don't need it to block cap. I just use it to run -block% maps).
3) Awakened Elemental Focus
4) Fire penetration on neck / -% Fire Resist Helmet

Hopefully this isn't information overload and sorry for the roughness. It was mostly notes I had given to my friend.