GGG forces us to play chicken mode
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I only read the original OP. The others were TLDR
I have a lvl 86 EK Scion. Played the phantasmagoria map and didn't get oneshotted by the boss even though she is kind of a glass cannon. Only 2708 life and 587 ES. Planning for more later OFC. Playing it safe until then. I have maxed Ele res though. I have over 22K damage with two rare wands. Both wands are heavy on inc. phys and inc. spell damage. (over 100%). Heavily invested in cast speed and increased projectile damage by both gear and tree wise. Mana regen also key to sustain it. Also I have a 5L Atziri's splendour with 323% increased Armour/Evasion and ES combo, 21% Elemental resistances, 100 life and mana on kill which also helps to sustain my mana. Altough sometimes I have to use a mana potion still. I also have good rare jewelry. 125% IIR. My 5L consist of EK---Spell Echo---Faster Casting---Added fire damage---Life leech. I run a Purity of Elements and a Herald of Ash and use a fire golem for 20% increased damage. I use lightning warp to escape risky situations. I use an EK totem with over 6K damage to aid me during fight. Ice spear witl LMP to shatter lesser foes. Good thing for EK and other builds is that GGG plans to improve Poison damage in an upcoming patch. Apeps and Voltaxic prices went up like crazy since the announcement. Managed to grab a good roll Voltaxic for only 2 ex worth. I will later 5L it. By the way I find 5L chests and 5L 2H weapons is the only way trough endgame. I still have 1H builds but they often suffer from low DPS. I mean one of my two hander Ele buzzsaw does 3.6 hits per second with decent DPS. How on earth a 1H comes near that. I mean it's possible but, still... Went off topic here a bit, sorry. My point is that try to use builds that are not yet broken and if you encounter a boss that you can't yet beat then just skip it. That's what I usually do. For example Graveyard Merveil. I may have a chance against her but I never risk it. I also do the same with Void Anomaly on the Quarry Map or The Warden on the Dungeon map. I hope I helped and my wall of text on my build was not to brag but to better show what I do to not get killed. I play since the original closed beta back in 2012. That's how I managed to accumulate some wealth and very good rares and uniques etc. You don't have to be a no lifer to get good gear. I still die occasionally to spike damage,lag, bad timing or taking unnecessary risks. I rage quit, calm down ( a good f*ing with a GF also can help :) and go back playing. Peace, love and RNGesus be with you all! |
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" Just a heads up the IPD (increased physical damage) on the wand does NOT apply to a spell like EK, ek is scaled by spell damage\cast speed\auras (and the little bit of generic physical damage inbetween the ranger\shadow area) https://youtu.be/T9kygXtkh10?t=285
FeelsBadMan Remove MF from POE, make juiced map the new MF. |
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I don't like to be a chicken wtf :-((
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@goetzjam: Don't worry. Both those wands have a ton of Spell damage and cast speed and crit chance. They're still the best wands I currently have for the build. If the change to poison turns out to be a Rage I might buy me 2 Apeps' :)
However I actually didn't know that IPD didn't factor in with EK despite being an GOOD OL' player. I just figured (when I started the build) that since EK is a phys based spell it might be affected by IPD. I've never experimented with EK before and didn't research the build either. Still turned out to be my best build so far. Clearing maps is also most efficient with this character. Anyway what I said is still valid and I believe to be good pointers. |
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LOL how do you think i feel when I have 7K ES, 82 All resistances, 19k armor and life leech. The game balance at the highest content is so out of wack. It why a lot of people call this game Path of One Shot.
ProbablyGettingNerfed - L100 Occultist
Vinktarded - L100 Pathfinder GoogleDiversityHire - L100 Necromancer 3.13 was the pinnacle of PoE. IVYS+1 Gang 4 Life. |
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Uhm. @TO, if this game lacks defense so hard, how do people kill Core Malachai and Uber Atziri on Hardcore (so, obviously deathless) in a 4 month league? They cannot have legacy gear there... People also already managed to kill Uber in the 1 month flashback league (on SC only though, it seems).
Seriously, the defense in this game is balanced towards the monster offence. The less defense there is, the better, because it makes the difference between perfectly equipped characters and poor people smaller, and thus will put poor people (like you) in a better situation, so you should be thankful (think about it for a while, you will maybe understand it, if not, I can elaborate). Remove Horticrafting station storage limit.
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" That's why I recommended Atziri's Splendour as a body armour. If you find a good one like me with Armor/Evasion and ES you are "saved" from most of the deaths you would have without it. Plus it has ele res. Also 100 life and mana on kill is not so bad either if you can kill mobs fast enough like me. All that from one body armor and did I mention it's cheap. I got mine for 2 exalts. Even if you not play often you can farm 2 exa in like a week or two. Do maps, pick up only rares and unique and orbs, vendor it for alts, vendor alts for jeweller's, jeweller's for fuse then trade the fuse for exalts and bang there you go. And people complain about economy and that you can't start a sentence with "and". :) The latter is probably valid. Maybe you would never be as rich as the richest but you will do fine. @SaiyanZ: Since when doing a lvl 71 map counts as high level mapping. High level starts at lvl 74 and/or lvl 75. That's the part where you got to get your shit together or you'll end up dead a lot of times. |
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