Path of Exile

Deathwing said:

My point is that with Cyclone, you're pretty much guaranteed to be on that 0.3s CD. If you use Rage support, you build your rage to max in ~10s. However, in your case, due to granularity of attack and I'm guessing not using Rage support, you're building rage only once every 0.4s, that's ~20s. For QoL, I preferred Rage support and Berserker, or forget the mechanic altogether.

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Yeah I use rage support. 10 seconds is an eternity, assuming I can even reliably get them in 10s when I actually want to. There's a lot of start/stopping going on in maps too, Zana, charges gone, Alva, Jun, legion loot, whatever else. Playing two different characters based on how long its been since I last attacked is just...offputting. They also put the same type of mechanic at both ends of the tree so you can't really avoid it unless you just take the utility stuff that no one's going to take. Oddly enough I like rampage but it's probably because I don't expect to have it or want to include it in my pob, it's just a little minigame to play while killing shit. Like I say, no one ever brings it up so it's just one of those things about a class that makes one person not want to play it but others enjoy it. The build was actually strong as hell and not lacking in any way, rage or not.

Deathwing said:

My build testing spree continues.

Who here has played spectres? The new Slave Drivers look interesting. Do they pop legions decently? Or is minion AI still an issue? Are necros decently tanky?

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Unless they've fixed specter AI since I've played them, specters like to sit in shaper beams; I swear they even run back to them after being summoned. Since slave drivers are similar to red beasts, I expect them to be nerfed to not create a corpse as red beasts were. Or however they made red beasts not able to be made into specters.

edit, I was mistaken I thought that the slave drivers were spawning mobs as the red beasts do.

uberelite has been playing them on HC and did a sub 2 minute UE last night:


Not sure what you mean by red beasts though? Slave Drivers have been in the game all this time, on one really bothered to mess with them until now.

Derkon said:

uberelite has been playing them on HC and did a sub 2 minute UE last night:


Not sure what you mean by red beasts though? Slave Drivers have been in the game all this time, on one really bothered to mess with them until now.

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I was mistaking them with another mob that spawns shit as the red beasts do.

I got a disgusting +1 summoned totem shield for 1 ex cuz of all the cyclone kiddies

Feels good

I got a little currency now. Trying to decide to spend it on my cyclone slayer, my viper strike pathfinder, or the ED/Contagion character that never got out of act 10 lol. Decisions.

Deathwing said:

Yeah, uber's videos are what got me interested. As in, this doesn't look that bad. They certainly don't look at retarded as HoAg's minion AI.

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I have been leveling with them on and off a bit this week and I will say you do have to pay attention to positioning a bit with SDs as they do have a default attack they might use.

Deathwing said:

Yeah, uber's videos are what got me interested. As in, this doesn't look that bad. They certainly don't look at retarded as HoAg's minion AI.

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I’m playing it now with 1h and victarios version. First league that I’ve ever killed shaper. I really don’t have the time to min/max it further and I can’t for the life of me 6 link chest. I can usually get 75%+ of legion popped if it is out in the open.

I have a rare chest in stash with 98 life, +1 spectres, open suffix and 6 blue sockets too. Also 21/20 animate guardian with kingmaker. For the most part I can dodge big hits and survive most things.

I was actually considering selling off my shit to try divine ire or toxic rain trickster.

So yesterday I went from 2x 200pDPS foils to a couple Paradoxicas @ 145pDPS and 160pDPS. What a difference! I also finally got a 6L Bronn's Lithe which is a huge QoL boost.

My gems are getting close to lvl 20.

Which ones should I do the vendor recipe for 1GCP that turns them lvl1/20% ?

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Also, my build calls for my helm to have Vaal Ancestral Warchief + Phase Run + Increased Duration + Vaal Haste, but this seems like a waste to me. Any other suggestions?

Evernothing said:

My gems are getting close to lvl 20.

Which ones should I do the vendor recipe for 1GCP that turns them lvl1/20% ?

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Also, my build calls for my helm to have Vaal Ancestral Warchief + Phase Run + Increased Duration + Vaal Haste, but this seems like a waste to me. Any other suggestions?

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Phase run doesn't do much for a cyclone toon, other than looting or backtracking. Vaal haste is a nice cooldown. Looking at your links, wouldn't the knockback from the flask make close combat support a waste? Quality brutality and MPD. Infused quality just reduces the channel time before getting infused. Buy a corrupted 20/20 cyclone for an immediate dps increase. For bossing, you could add dmg support to your VAW over phase run and vaal haste.

Is it realistic to vaal your own gems for 21 or is chance too low? I like to grind for stuff like that on my own, but if it means having a better flame golem in one month I rather buy it.

Close Combat adds full damage at less than or equal to 15 units. It scales to 0 at 40 units. I think my cyclone is 30 - 35 units, so it should still be adding damage with knockback active.

Ridas said:

Is it realistic to vaal your own gems for 21 or is chance too low? I like to grind for stuff like that on my own, but if it means having a better flame golem in one month I rather buy it.

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Seems like a 2% chance of success based on this video.

I picked up the Vaal Haste.

I've never used Ancestral Warchief before. I assume mostly used on a boss for the increased melee damage?

Or does it taunt the enemies too?