Feedback and Suggestions (Path of Exile 1) - so.. the melee is FINALLY dead now? :) - Forum

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Phrazz wrote:

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TorsteinTheFallen wrote:

all in all crit builds got axed with half or more damage gone considering crit, flasks, gems, tree, mana...

stone age it is

Just did my third deathless Simulacrum yesterday. Went smooth as hell. Still using a Strike skill. Melee isn't dead. Still not "META", but far from dead. Some ascendancy classes are more dead than others, though - and they need to do something about that. And buffing some very old, forgotten, underpowered and underplayed skills is a must the next two leagues.

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kenbak wrote:

I don't know, but I think the impale nerf was too high.

Haven't played impale after the nerfs, but I may agree here. But for years, pure physical wasn't even a thing - and far from viable. For a couple of years now, it has been THE best option for most melee builds. It DID need a little nerf, but they may have overdone it slightly.

Need to test to be sure. Ideas for a test build (except Cyclone?)

You can test Lacerate, Reave, Perforate.

These skills used to work relatively "well" without so much suffering.

With a good Paradoxica, Ryslatha's Coil, Chest with base crit + power charge, boot with tailwind, Abyssus, Aul's with Pride (to be able to use Skitterbots). Even with this investment, it has only half of a standard Ranger build of +-6ex. I could see this by comparing my friend's Ranger Ice Shot, who spent 6ex on his build and showed me his gameplay. It has an insane clear, and it also has a very superior single target.

I understand that not everything can be balanced perfectly, but I think they went way beyond what they should be. That is, at least in relation to pure physical + impale interaction with some skills I tested.

Last edited by kenbak#5806 on Sep 10, 2021, 2:10:57 PM