Has Ascendancy really created diversity?

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Tin_Foil_Hat wrote:

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Morgoth2356 wrote:

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Bars wrote:

Not really. Evasion is better than armour in most situations. Even the world's first level 100 character in PoE was an evasion-based bow ranger.

Havoc first level 100 in what was the Default League was not Evasion-based, he spec'd into Iron Reflexes like any sane evasion player at that time since evasion was even worst back then than what it is now.

What league are you talking about because Evasion was the best because you could max out Block and Spell Block while getting Acrobatics and Ondars. If we are talking pre 1.3 evasion was the best way to play the game because it had the strongest layered defense.

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Morgoth2356 wrote:

I'm talking early Open Beta, before challenge leagues even existed, way before the max block/evasion/Acro etc. melee meta that got killed with 1.3. Havoc, like everybody else, was spec'd into Iron Reflexes. I just checked his video on his YT channel where he dings 99 and opens his tree, he is spec'd into IR. That's why the statement "World's first level 100 character in PoE was an evasion-based bow ranger" is false.