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Hello, I would like to ask, which gloves should I use. Currently I am using these:

But from temple I got ones with lightning mod and I was lucky to remove other bad affixes:

I was thinking about multimod them with: resist, hp, hp with mana regen and maybe dmg during flask effect.

Thank you for your advice.

Not sure if you can add both life mods, but Life and Life + Ar/Ev should work. Instead of Dmg during Flask Effect you could also use +1 AoE Gem Level for more OoS utility, and to my knowledge the 8-10% AoE that comes with it also affects Inpulsa explosions.

Just gotta mention that the next version very likely uses unique or elder gloves, so decide for yourself if it's worth the currency to multimod this now.

What gem setup would you use for a 5 link inpulsa's? Or would tabula be better until you get 6l?

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Coldlucidity wrote:

What gem setup would you use for a 5 link inpulsa's? Or would tabula be better until you get 6l?

5L Inpulsa is better, throw out Controlled Destruction.

Thank you

I'm a new player, using this build as my first character in SSF Blight:

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Zephyrinius/characters

I'm having a lot of fun and just getting into red maps (T10). I die occasionally in delve (~115) and very rarely on map bosses. Have killed Elder once. I'm wondering what to work on gear-wise.

1. I have lots of crafting materials sitting around (orbs, essences, fossils). I'm not getting ilvl 83+ drops yet since I'm only at T10 maps. Is it worth crafting stuff now or should I just try to push through to get higher level bases? I do have some ilvl 86 sorcerer's gloves from Oba's map, but they're not elder or shaper. Should I try to craft those?

2. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten any of the unique drops recommended for the build and haven't had a 6L armor drop, except a Tabula Rasa, so I'm using that . I don't think I have enough orbs of fusing to craft a 6L but I can certainly craft a decent 5L rare chest. Would that be better than Tabula?

3. I can't get 3 red sockets on a wand, so currently my Immortal Call setup is on gloves and I only have two golem gems. I'm trying to find the delve zone with the 3 colored sockets recipe so I can switch to the recommended setup. But is it really important to have 3 different golems, rather than 2 lightning + 1 chaos?

4. I'm just about finished releveling my gems after doing the 20 quality recipe. I have a 20/20 Vaal Arc, plus some other 20/20 Arcs (Vaal and non-Vaal). Should I try Vaaling some to get a level 21? Is that better than level 20 Vaal? Should I wait until I can get a shot with the lapidary lens?

5. I'm leveling an empower gem. When it gets to level 2, should I start using it in my 6L? Or does it need to be level 3/4 to be useful?

6. What else can I improve, and what's the best way to find the upgrades I need in SSF?

@Zephyrinius: 1. Only craft what needs urgent replacement and you don't expect to get drop. Outside of shaped gear, most of the stuff for this build is pretty basic life/mana/res gear which doesn't require high ilvl to be good enough and drops pretty frequently, so i'd say keep your resources for specific stuff later.

2. Regular 5L is only better if you really need those stats, otherwise i'd stick with Tabula for now. There's a few 6L body armour divination cards that are fairly easy to farm. The only two uniques you really need are Inpulsa and Essence Worm, add white Sadist Garbs and Unset Rings to your filter and chance all those. Also do all the Bestiary content you can find for additional chances at those two uniques in your menagerie.

3. Seems like you've changed this already. As for the golems, you don't get golem buffs of the same type twice, so two Lightning Golems would be a waste.

4. I'd wait for Lapidary Lenses, Lv21 is a great DPS boost for Arc and thanks to the nerfhammer and Legion being core now, there's more of a reason to have Vaal Arc aswell.

5. Only really useful at Lv4 with a +1 Chest, so assumingly never in SSF.

6. Aside from the mentioned uniques, farm Zana Abyss maps for a Stygian Vise and maybe some dodge boots in temple, and some shaped maps to craft an Assassins Mark ring.

Hi

I returned to this build after playing it in 2016 and have been very surprised at the results. I followed the guide very closely and even with not a lot of good drops early did well. I clear any map (not blights) easily and have done shaper but need a few tips for Uber Elder and was hoping for some input. The build is surprisingly beefy which I think is because of my 42% spell dodge with the boots. I do not die much except to the odd oneshot.

I need some help with Uber Elder

1. My hideout DPS with 3 golems and HoT(I will get into this in point 2) is 99k, in maps with 4 power charges, diamond flask and cinderswallow it is about 200k. My Crit Multi is 463%, shock dur 20%, shock effect 109% and 43% pen.

2. I got a Synthesized Topaz Ring with the two damage mods (79% increased HoT effect and 53% inc lightning damage) the ring makes a 14k difference in HO tooltip so i am using it instead of zealotry or wrath in my unset ring.

3. I have looked at upgrades to armour etc and everything is multiple exalts for a slight increase. I just got the omen wand and since I don't have all the veiled mods I put on Mana is there a better one?

4. I speced into Throatseeker and got rid of the 3 node jewel on the left side of the tree for a DPS boost. I chose Throatseeker over Crackling Speed as my Arc tab shows 4.03 cast/sec and I didn't think more speed was needed.

4. I am not sure how to work out what effect my shock has on DPS. I can't figure out DPS with your formula because of the increase in effectiveness from the ring.

I am not experienced at Uber Elder and in my few attempts have got through the first portal phase but end up dying. I have watched your videos and I am nowhere near as fast at burning the guardians as you are so I am missing DPS somewhere.

How does my DPS compare to those of you with other higher end set ups? Are there any glaring errors or easy changes I can make. I realize with our life/mana pool we have to be good at fight mechanics and can't facetank Uber, I am working on this. I know I won't ever get to an expert level in movement and maybe won't be able to complete on this character, I would like some input on this.

Thanks again for all your work

Hey

I'm trying to get into PoE, after playing sometime ago and leveling up a Witch to lvl 33.
I didn't follow any build back then but I want to follow this build, so I used my full passive skill reset (no idea how I got it, honestly) and leveled up according to this guide, but I'm at some place in chapter 3 and I have no idea if I can get all the gems and other things required for this build leading up to this point? Is there a way I can still follow this build?

Thanks

Thanks for all the advice! I have made several improvements (including corrupting a second Tabula and getting +1 gem level). I have a question regarding the belt, though: I finally got a ilvl 84 stygian vice and (with a limited supply of fossils) managed to get a T1 life roll and T1 +lightning damage roll, plus an okay mana roll. But equipping it, even with a decent abyssal jewel, shows a drastic DPS drop (like -30%) versus my Cyclopean Coil. Am I missing something, or is Cyclopean Coil just better?