What (no 1hp) builds can run delve 800-1000 smoothly and kill AULs with bad mods

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Noble_Seiken wrote:

Question - why are people getting 1 hit at these depths? The monsters are capped at lvl 83 right? I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but there's not a lot of info around.

83 mob lvl (according to) https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Delve

applies til the 231 depth.

After that, mobs have 1% more dmg per ~3 depths and 1% more health ~ per 2 depth. So on 600 depth mobs have 104% more dmg and 208% more hp, later they get even more (not much more, but it's enough if u multiply it by 1000 depths...). So (for example) my Vortex Occulits on the ~1150 got challenged by mobs with 401 more dmg and 801 more hp. Add to it 30% more dmg mod and u're done. That was the moment in delve when game told me: "time for 1hp build".

Anyway Vortex Occulist is another story - there's more crowd control things like temporal chains etc. So it's much easier to reach deeper nodes (not even mention dot, which is much safer playstyle).

I hit the 2.3k mark with a life based build (no 1hp) before it was clear 1 hp or aura stacker is required to reliably delve deeper.

Some reference Aul 1219: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qqC5-AE8nk

T3 Azzrite at depth 2277 in 3.12: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ER-3Ndv3G1I

Nice, I saw it's 3.7 so probably Legion league. Looks like u had a tons of dmg with Molten Strike and used self cast immortal call. In the end u used some vaal skill, which one?

Btw what reserves almost all your mana? I see herald of purity and blood and sand (25% + 10%, in azurite vid). What else?

Btw is 1200 AUL with almost no mods still simplier than mine with AOE, pen and turbo & onslaught?

The Aul one is old but not much changed since then regarding the encounter or my build except that i have a lot more damage thanks to Cluster Jewels.
The Aura Reservation in the video from 3.12 is from Purity of Ice,Fire and Lightning.
I cant judge the difficulty between those mods as i have no exact same Aul in the exact depth with your mods but from what i can tell the only real damage mod is penetration which will cause more damage in a single hit. I think an Aul 600 levels deeper without mods will deal a lot more damage than yours and will also have more life.