Replica Heartbreaker with Reap/Exsanguinate

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Replica_Heartbreaker

could this be the new meta????

Try it and see.

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kaijyuu2 wrote:

Try it and see.

As soon as i get one in ssf i will i promise.

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TheKlausHaus wrote:

https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Replica_Heartbreaker

could this be the new meta????

could be, if any popular streamer makes a very good build out of it..

Impale works best with fast application, if you DW these you have 40% chance per spell hit. So it would take 12 regular spell hits to stack 5 impales on average.

You could use the impaler, in which case it should take 2.5 hits on average.

This item has been in search of a complement ever since Heist. It's meh despite the good base stats.

With base impale your 1st impale falls off around the time your 3rd impale hits, meaning your damage is only like 28% more damage total after ramping (that's dual wielding them of course so 14% more damage per weapon.) Meh. With +2 Watcher's eye you get 3 active impales at a time, still meh. So you're left with Impaler options.

I checked Impaler with the blood spells and with 100% increased cast speed (0.4s cast time) you'd be doing 44.5% more damage over the 4 second window, or 35.6% more overall considering the time to proc the Impaler. 17.8% more damage per Replica Heartbreaker. Still meh. Needs a gimmick to make it broken. Take the numbers with a grain of salt that's just what I got putting it into Excel.

If you could guarantee when Impaler would hit you could do a wacky build with Pledge of Hands and make sure your very last repeat always hit exactly as Impaler falls off to get a huge damage multiplier. But it's only 40% max chance so you can't. Not worth the gimmick.

TL;DR It's better than most uniques but nothing special or broken. It will quickly become broken if they introduce more sources of spell impale or the ability to get lots of impale effect for spells on gear.