Path of Exile

Harfle_sl said:

Pretty sure 2handers are used till like mid cruel or merciless, then fuck them they aren't worth it after that.

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Yeah that's why they're buffing them, I think it was announced a while ago too, like before they started doing the act4 stuff. They're also redoing claws implicits so they don't suck shit anymore. Especially all the lifesteal ones are so garbage, it's funny cause the "low level" life on hit implicits are so much better but then you get to like 60+claws and it's all shitty life leech which you get already a fuckton of from just picking up claw passives and that life node in the shadow area. The new Maraketh claw base they teased in that regard is awesome, especially since it has both life on hit AND mana on hit which is a huge deal.

Melee's a big unknown at this point though, it's hard to tell from the previews if the warcries are gonna be any good, the aoe damage one looks fairly garbage to me, it looked like it did shit for damage and then why bother using a warcry instead of just using Reave/Cleave/Static/Lava one more time anyway. The damage reduction sounds good but it eats a support and requires to hit before it's active meaning you still have a good chance of getting fucked by leapers/chargers just the same. Maybe it'll be great, maybe it'll still be pretty crappy. I originally planned on running some sort of melee for my first main but after playing SRS in the 1month, I really want to go back to that so probably will check it out after(plus better when you have a bunch of currency to waste to buy weapons with anyway, since melee with shit weapons is horrible).

Vitality_sl said:

I use Terminus Est 2h sword in my infinite flickerstrike build. Don't even need to run blood rage with it.

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There's a bunch of builds that use 2H weapons still, they're just not regarded as particularily strong. There's the good ole Ground Slam for early leagues, Cyclone with 2H...axe I think it is? Flicker builds in general. Static Strike builds which are actually fairly strong and are mostly about 2H weapons due to the mechanic. I think there's some staff melee shit too with elemental stuff though I'm not sure what's the build I've just seen people trying to buy melee staves with +3fire and what not.

You can only have one golem up, they mentionned that already. Might be uniques to have more than one though, but otherwise golems are meant to be a strong single unit rather than an army of stuff. Not sure how that's gonna turn out.

Well now that it's a thing, they might add more of them over time, especially if they reuse existing models and what not. Kinda disapointed the skill reveal was basically all the skills they had talked about, and then a line about "5more skills to be revealed!". Like meh. Guess beta is soon, just wonder why they didn't bother unless the skills won't be available at the start of the beta because unfinished and such.