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Ele hit bans damage of the types not picked. No Heatshiver or small amounts of +fire for ignite, or small amounts of phys for bleeds(crit node in lower right).
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You want the fastest weapons you can find (and a thrusting sword is nicest because of its range)
You want to dual wield
If you were using a big slow 2hander and tried to go ele hit with that it will feel like shit.
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Next mystery: how does it interact with combat focus?
If ignore, it'll be about 50% more damage than a typical ele hit setup. If affected by combat focus, the best I've gotten is ~90%. Still might be worth it for consistent cold damage and far less ramp time on single target.
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Its actually changing the base type of the damage, so the less multiplier on combat focus shouldnt apply at all.
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During Phrecia, I bought a Fidelitas' Spike for leveling. Easily lasted until I switched to RWoE.
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Would rather it not, honestly. Damn, yeah, nerfed 3.29
As in, more than just this fixing this oversight. I was expecting nerfs this patch.
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Looks well balanced, unfortunately. Nothing really stands out as holy shit good, but there's some nice stuff in there. Stuff like access to spell impale or just general shit like level 30 purity of elements is pretty good. The +2 wisp thing might actually be nice for wanders and the +2 proj for stuff like WORB is nice since it's projectiles don't go anywhere after hitting anyways.
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Note, if you really want ignites and bleeds where it matters most, apply it with some other skill that you're likely using anyway. It's common to use Vaal Lightning Strike or Static Strike to generate power charges and rage in single target, just piggy back off those.
Arkhon's Tools + Skitterbots can get you shock and scorch. Legacy's Fury can get you scorch. Not sure if those are good longterm solutions though.
Yoke can get you shock. Venarius' Astrolabe can get you ignite and shock. Those are probably good longterm solutions.
Not sure how to reliably get sap if you're dealing just cold damage.
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If planning on playing ele hit Id recommend buying a Venarius Astrolabe. Its got conflux and +3 levels. I think it's going to be in high demand.
You can reliably get sap from the Heist shield if going block (any of the alt types actually) or you can get the new Unseen Hue ring.
You can reliably get sap from the Heist shield if going block (any of the alt types actually) or you can get the new Unseen Hue ring.
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I don't know how reliable that is. As in, I'm not necessarily doubting you, but that I've never used it so I have no feel for its reliability.
Shield slot is a lot to give up. Even if reliable, I'm not sure sap is worth Svalinn or double foulborn Oppressor.
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Build cookin' is a go. Guildies and I working out weird shit that's probably okay but not better than a meta classic! That's PoE, baby!
---Hiero Ballista Totem Iron Commander Ele Hit of the Spectrum Dex Stacker with Breachlord all added as cold
---Elementalist Ele hit Story of the Vaal all damage ignites with just giga ignites from the hits
---Hammer Slammer Guardian (nothing special here)
---I'm thinking about some 2x Phantasm helm Black Cane Spell Impale Reliquarian, unsure if you go BB/BF or BV. Shockwave also thrown into the mix there.
We've got another 5 days to waffle and still an unknown bloodline from the new Boss and MAYBE some unique item showcases coming. Still predicting PoE Ninja is going to be 30% deadeye Fussilade or KBoC followed by Guardian X and the classic RF Chieftain.
---Hiero Ballista Totem Iron Commander Ele Hit of the Spectrum Dex Stacker with Breachlord all added as cold
---Elementalist Ele hit Story of the Vaal all damage ignites with just giga ignites from the hits
---Hammer Slammer Guardian (nothing special here)
---I'm thinking about some 2x Phantasm helm Black Cane Spell Impale Reliquarian, unsure if you go BB/BF or BV. Shockwave also thrown into the mix there.
We've got another 5 days to waffle and still an unknown bloodline from the new Boss and MAYBE some unique item showcases coming. Still predicting PoE Ninja is going to be 30% deadeye Fussilade or KBoC followed by Guardian X and the classic RF Chieftain.
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I don't have a way to confirm this, but it's definitely possible to attack a pack that has no ailments and cause the larger AOE. My theory is that as your strike swings through the pack, the first targets hit will splash with the normal AOE onto targets you haven't hit yet with that same swing. It's noticeable with density.
Yes, skitterbots will make this more reliable. You probably want it anyway for skitterbots + bonechill.
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There might be some initial hemming and hawing about how strike skills feel bad to play early or some such and certain streamers like Palsteron who have never even played it will pretend they are experts on its early game but I've done the campaign 5 or 6 times now on Ele Hit and can safely say its one of the strongest starting skills in the game, period.
Really all you want is high attack speed, you swing fast enough and the extra strikes you get either from Attack Mastery, Ancestral Call or Ancestral Cry (or any combination thereof) make proccing the bigger aoe very reliable and the damage is insane even with level 1 white weapons.
Attack speed and strike range are king is really all you need to know.
Really all you want is high attack speed, you swing fast enough and the extra strikes you get either from Attack Mastery, Ancestral Call or Ancestral Cry (or any combination thereof) make proccing the bigger aoe very reliable and the damage is insane even with level 1 white weapons.
Attack speed and strike range are king is really all you need to know.
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It wasn't deleted, this is the weird "ITS DEAD" PoE-think that holds them back from making real changes beyond just constant slight buffs. It was a skill that reached dot cap with essentially 2-3 clusters and that was it. Even with the nerfs mentioned earlier in the patch, you were still hitting DOT cap, it just took actual work rather than crafting your giga clusters and getting a good weapon.
This was one of the Mathil builds that took off and you can see in this video from Settlers how ridiculous it was.
pobb.in
It's only gotten better since.
The 2% thing doesn't mean much because in reality 40-60% of the people are playing Fubguns or Pohx or Ruetoo or Jung's builds because they're just visible and parroted online as "GREAT STARTING BUILDS!"
The real nerf is the foulborn The Embalmer losing their free poison spread. Now you have to be Pathfinder or buy a Bino's which is probably what they were going for with the new T0 rebalance.
This was one of the Mathil builds that took off and you can see in this video from Settlers how ridiculous it was.
Level 97 CI Crit Viper Strike of the Mamba Trickster [3.25]
➤ Life: 1ㆍES: 6,277ㆍMana: 192ㆍeHP: 48,944 ➤ Resistances: 75%/75%/75%/-29%ㆍEvade: 88%ㆍEvasion: 69,348 ➤ DPS: 29,558,602ㆍSpeed: 1.95ㆍHit Chance: 100%ㆍCrit Chance: 100.00%ㆍCrit Multi: 100% ➤ Config: Boss, 15x Wither
pobb.in
It's only gotten better since.
The 2% thing doesn't mean much because in reality 40-60% of the people are playing Fubguns or Pohx or Ruetoo or Jung's builds because they're just visible and parroted online as "GREAT STARTING BUILDS!"
The real nerf is the foulborn The Embalmer losing their free poison spread. Now you have to be Pathfinder or buy a Bino's which is probably what they were going for with the new T0 rebalance.