[3.6] Herald Of Agony Ascendant - Begginer Friendly - Hardcore viable

do you think this build is the best way to play as support and in same time to be able to play solo ?


also wondering with :


https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2213233/page/1


and other kind of summoners boosting their minions with lot of aura


Could you say me best way to play this kind of gameplay ?

I need to be effective support, ( who boost survivability mainly and dps secondly)
realy great tank,
able to play solo


i have 170 exalted to focus in one build for the needs i asked.

Do you know wich one is the best to do this plz ?

Thanks and have a nice day

Azure41.

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Azure41 wrote:

do you think this build is the best way to play as support and in same time to be able to play solo ?


also wondering with :


https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2213233/page/1


and other kind of summoners boosting their minions with lot of aura


Could you say me best way to play this kind of gameplay ?

I need to be effective support, ( who boost survivability mainly and dps secondly)
realy great tank,
able to play solo


i have 170 exalted to focus in one build for the needs i asked.

Do you know wich one is the best to do this plz ?

Thanks and have a nice day

Azure41.

thats exactly the case.. the build is awesome to support friends

and also awesome to do any content of the game

Bax, i would say that its hard to play as life based from maps till low life gear...its 6k hp but you cannot use any defensive auras :(

Hi, thanks for the answer, then i will go to your build, i hope i'll love it ;)

just some links that you could add in your guide for endgame items, it will help lot of peoples i think :

It's in standard, juste change league if needed :


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Gems level 21, 20 % depending on your budget change the level or / and the %

What is the purpose of playing on standard?))

if you are like me and like reroll often, it's easyer to play in standard than in league ;)


Edit : how we manage the life used when casting the lightning balls ? since we can't regen life, does we need to spam life pots ? is it the life gained on spell from your ring ?

This is the gear i found today in trade, does i have to change anything ?

( gems in helm arn't at the right lvl, currently changing it )

Also i can't run all the aura :s lack : haste i think i need more - 1 % mana reserved jewel to run this last one. Wich aura are you using in same time coz even with a -5% reserved mana amu I cant run my last aura

=> you need 9 % reduced reserved mana with all the other gems at max level in more than the tree nodes ofc. Now i have all my auras.

i switch portal gem and chaos golem gem when i need to back town and no TP

With my despair curse it's increase him damage and boost our survivability, wich is my main aim

I think i'll kick both of them and use an animate guardian for huge boost from items in damage / survivability and all of our boost will be give to the animated guardian also. like this set up from an other build :

Setup:
Helm: Leer Cast
Staff: Dying Breath - > kingmaker + convocation = culling strike + fortify + mf ( + % crit mult if used on crawler )
Boots: Victarios Flight
Chest: Ambu's Charge
Gloves: Southbound





Also i switched Grace by Vaal grace in order to have a panic press skill


It's a fun build but it has a lack of mobility and to much single target so i use two flask for this build atm :



i use dying sun to put my curse from shaper's touch and psn to maximum ennemy


Also I think you could give the 3.5 build topic since it has some nice tip for this build : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2255630/page/1



Also what do you think, instead of lightning balls use in boots this set up :

Cast when damage taken level 1, firestorm lvl 8 , poison support 4, and lesser poison support lvl 7 ? ( levels and quality just increase damage and not the % luck to put poison)

Like that elemental equilibrium still works, it's hit realy often time, so lot of poison, as it's on CWDT it's cost nothing in mana, so no rings mandatory, and also it give us the ability to run in maps without stoping and cast convocation when needed, better aggain if using a phasing watcher eye's ( for the life cost, does the life on spell hits works in this set up ? )

Also it may cast the curse from my gloves by this way ? and if all of this works i can kick undying sun, since i don't need more projectile to cast the curse and poison to maximum ennemy

Edit : i tryed, it works, but clear speed is faster with the lightning orb coz it can be cast more often, but it's great for lazy peoples, just use convocation and rush :p

it's realy a great build, the first one that i don't feel squishy or useless to my party.


i'm happy to followed this guide, i'll just try to upgrade it a bit more, i love min/max, if you have a tip for wich corrupt in sword it can be great ;) ( dunno if the accuracy give anything to the HoA.


Thanks a lot, i tryed like 20-30 builds before yours, and i can now say i found my build.

Azure41.

Edit : This is my final set up :

Bax, are u there?)

Just wondering why so few scions playing HoA? A lot of glads and juggs, also a lot of guardians but almost no scions https://poe.ninja/challengehc/builds?class=Ascendant,Guardian&skill=Herald-of-Agony

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xxxenforcerxxx wrote:

Bax, are u there?)

Just wondering why so few scions playing HoA? A lot of glads and juggs, also a lot of guardians but almost no scions https://poe.ninja/challengehc/builds?class=Ascendant,Guardian&skill=Herald-of-Agony

As i see in the items used in guardian, they are more focusing in their own power / survivability then scion for upgrade the team stats also.

But i may be false ;) Also still playing as scion and it's realy funny and tanky, it's a 100 % support char that can also handle the content solo without being lower than other pure dps spe.

Also it don't need spectre, and for that, i love it :p


Edit : look at this one for exemple, look at gems used. They are powerfull and tanky, but they give nearly nothing to the team :

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Exso/characters?characterName=CraftM

I think it's better for solo, but lower for team fight

waiting for Bax_CD analysis.

Azure41.