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I can recommend you just copy the builds of the clever youtubers. My favourites for starter-builds are Badger and PathofMatth. Grimro is an option, you can have a look at jungroan (though his builds are mostly tailored to his playstyle and on the lower side of dmg since he is a very gifted player mechanic-wise), ziz for tanky builds (hc-focus), Cobemamba for some crazy stuff or untested stuff with MbX. Tons of options to choose from.

I thing I am sure of, Crackling Lance will still be shit.

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Mabuz wrote:

The "best" source I found is poebuilds.net, Which is were I found the crackling lance build.

DON'T ever use that site for builds, or indeed anything. It's linked to RMT (Real Money Trading) of stuff in the game, which is against the ToS (Terms of Service) and can get you banned. Don't worry, just getting builds from there is okay, however the builds they showcase are often designed to be underwhelming so as to drive you to use them to buy upgrades so they don't feel shit anymore. Just forget about that site entirely.

For finding builds for 3.16, you can turn to build guides in the builds section of these forums - look for ones with lots of pages from other people who vouch for it, or for new builds go for people who have many other past build guides that such vouches - or you can check out videos from popular and well known streamers of the game, the kind that've been playing it for years and put out plenty of guides.

But NONE of those things are going to be ready for 3.16 yet. You're going to have to wait until around Patch Notes time, after which they'll start coming out with stuff for the new league. Given the amount of changes, you can't just rely on old builds if they haven't been updated yet. So just wait.

If you want specific recommendations, just come back and make a post here just before league launch and we'll be able to link you some specific builds to try. But right now it's just too early for us to be able to do that.

Check what the major streamers are recommending close to launch and then check some other videos on Youtube to see what the gameplay looks like. If mobs ever appear to regularly be getting hits off while a skill is being used it's likely trash. That could change if defenses truly get buffed in 3.16 but I wouldn't expect them to be.

I had to laugh when GGG said in the manifesto that Divine Ire ignite has to be nerfed in 3.16 because it's too strong. If a skill is mechanically bad like Crackling Lance it's just plain bad. The numbers don't matter.

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Thror2k5 wrote:

currently, you cant.


there are a ton of changes in the tube for 3.16. without seeing ALL of them, nobody knows what will be good/decent/terrible.

none of those 'resources' are going to help you pick a 3.16 build, because none of them have access to 3.16 information.

You are right, but only for builds which are affected by the manifesto and OP builds of 3.15


There are plenty builds (niche , but ok damage), which are not affected by the changes.

essence drain, specters (fuck it most minion builds), traps, mines, totems (if they don't get canceled because of forbidden rite)

lol I mean cmon it's not rocket science (not you op, but directed to all the dudes like ho hum wait for patch notes).

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Evika wrote:

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Thror2k5 wrote:

currently, you cant.


there are a ton of changes in the tube for 3.16. without seeing ALL of them, nobody knows what will be good/decent/terrible.

none of those 'resources' are going to help you pick a 3.16 build, because none of them have access to 3.16 information.

You are right, but only for builds which are affected by the manifesto and OP builds of 3.15


There are plenty builds (niche , but ok damage), which are not affected by the changes.

We haven't seen the full Patch Notes. More specifically we haven't seen most of the skill balance changes, because they were mostly not relevant to the purpose of any of those manifestos. For instance, I wouldn't expect Forbidden Rite totem builds to get through this patch unscathed, but I also wouldn't expect to see what they had planned for it in those manifestos since it wouldn't be relevant.

And I rather doubt Forbidden Rite totems (and Spectral Shield Throw) are the only two skills that we see rebalanced in the patch notes, even though they're the two go-to examples of OP builds from 3.15. Always be ready for a shock.

just an example: Earthshatter - Earthbreaker Support is something, which wont get nerfed in patch notes and can do most content easy (except the Feared).

You can check the build (private league) in the VODs of the twitch streamer Tatiantel2.

From what i´ve seen so far everything that worked in 3.15, will do fine in 3.16.