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The damage itself isn't painful. Causing your ES not to recharge, however...
I might get a dousing flask for the same reason.
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I might get a dousing flask for the same reason.
Kythik
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Fogel
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Warmuth
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I’m debating whether to go league or not when the next one hits. I started in standard, is there any particular reason to do league? I have a good currency/item base and can pretty much roll up any build that catches my eye. Starting over every 3 months seems odd to me. Rolling new characters is one thing, losing, in essence, your entire account is another. I’ts not like I’ll take the time to run differential equations in my head about how to get an edge on a league start. Not to mention playing a melee class seems like a sure fire way to fall behind the curve.
dizzie
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Got a pob/forum link for a good HoWA build? Still learning so need a guide - heh.
Fogel
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Forum - Marauder - [3.5] Immune HOWA Jugg | CI 13-16k es | 1 - 5m shaper dps | Indestructible | Uber Elder video up - Path of Exile
I've used this one - You can use either blade flurry or MS depending on what skill you like. Ci build thats freeze/stun/ignite/shock proof and extremely tanky to both phys and elemental damage. Only downside is I don't particularly like either BF or MS as skills.
Caeden
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Can someone explain bossing using Storm Brand?
It appears most folks just brand the boss then toss Lightning spire traps out on the boss. The brands just tick away and you maintain your traps?
I am doing 1M shaper dps now. Gonna try to knock out Uber Elder this weekend. Slow as shit. But last league I only played the last two weeks and made it to t12. Progress!
It appears most folks just brand the boss then toss Lightning spire traps out on the boss. The brands just tick away and you maintain your traps?
I am doing 1M shaper dps now. Gonna try to knock out Uber Elder this weekend. Slow as shit. But last league I only played the last two weeks and made it to t12. Progress!
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That is the downside to HoWA builds, they have access to some pretty shit skills. Molten strike makes clearing bearable and it helps that likely the reason for even doing a serious HoWA build, delve, favors the molten strike - ancestral call blob quite heavily.
I wish they'd nerf MS already just so they can do a large correction to melee skills. Hell, just the idea of clear and single target skill is pretty much dead. With how far they've pushed the game with Delve and Betrayal, it doesn't feel good running a build devotes 10 skill gems to clearing and bossing.
I would suggest a BLS Jugg if you want something that comes pretty much equal(it's a tad slower) to HoWA Jugg but has access to non-shit clearing skills like Tectonic Slam and Consecrated Path. It's MUCH cheaper too!
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I stopped using lightning spire traps/storm call...anything like that..just use storm brand. Run around and refresh them with brand recall and recasts when necessary. it took me just under 4 minutes to kill Uelder just now (timed it)
Fogel
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That is the downside to HoWA builds, they have access to some pretty shit skills. Molten strike makes clearing bearable and it helps that likely the reason for even doing a serious HoWA build, delve, favors the molten strike - ancestral call blob quite heavily.
I wish they'd nerf MS already just so they can do a large correction to melee skills. Hell, just the idea of clear and single target skill is pretty much dead. With how far they've pushed the game with Delve and Betrayal, it doesn't feel good running a build devotes 10 skill gems to clearing and bossing.
I would suggest a BLS Jugg if you want something that comes pretty much equal(it's a tad slower) to HoWA Jugg but has access to non-shit clearing skills like Tectonic Slam and Consecrated Path. It's MUCH cheaper too!
I've stopped giving any faith to ggg's skill balance when they release skills like tectonic slam while groundslam/earthquake still exist but they pretend don't.
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Yeah. Tectonic Slam, namely the idea of consuming endurance charges for a bonus, should have been a threshold jewel or support gem, not a new skill. A lot of skill gems could get this treatment actually. It is kinda galling that TS' current area outclasses Earthquake's old area. But at the same time, it's a single player game essentially. If they properly balanced the game, I'd be clearing screens with a samey skill with a different name. The only real issue is that I hope they aren't devoting a lot of resources to balancing skills or coming up with these new ones that are similar to existing ones.
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So the straight path that is given to you ends at like, lvl 58ish? After that you have to choose your destiny. You have to path off to the sides then keep going down to get deeper. I believe max level monsters which is lvl 83 are depth 240ish this league. There are also thresholds for sulphite costs. So going from lvl 67 monsters to lvl 68 monsters is a double in cost per node sulphite. So it'll go from like 25 sulphite to 50 per node traveled. I don't remember the breakdowns, but I imagine it's per map tier. So lvl 68, lvl 75ish, and lvl 80ish.
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Thregin
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Killed uber elder with the bow ele hit...pretty much the same difficulty and time spent as stormbrand. Take it a bit more when you dish it out but you get better defenses and life leech slayer/pathfinder too so it evens out.
Had one stupid death though
Now for the next league. Heard in passing cause i had a stream on in a 2nd tab that syndicate is going core and not as rare as the other older league masters, dont have any proof of that to link though but i asssume it should be out there unless he was just speakin out of his ass.
Had one stupid death though
Now for the next league. Heard in passing cause i had a stream on in a 2nd tab that syndicate is going core and not as rare as the other older league masters, dont have any proof of that to link though but i asssume it should be out there unless he was just speakin out of his ass.
Hey man, don't worry about it anymore. With league so close to done I'm mostly just going to focus on what to play next league based on the announcement.
Might do a golemancer where i can just focus on not getting hit, or something that can take big hits.