[3.22] fezz's Toxic Rain Champion - Step-by-Step PoE Build Guide for Beginners & Casuals

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ergit3000 wrote:

Hello Fezz, I'm continuing my question that you saw in reddit, I´ll copy it here for reference:

"Hello exiles,

I'm looking for some tips, some crucial things I´m probably ignoring or just unknown, because my damage in t16s and things above is low, my tankiness is ok, but i need more damage to complete some objectives.... I am trying to follow the guide from Fezz´s , Pls with your experience help me with any issue you could detect, tyvm!

My pob: https://pobb.in/itP-bvM-JO1Q

*Edit: forgot to mention my budget right now is low, like 1 Divine :/"


You mention me that you recommend not to speccing out of utility-related nodes.I followed you guide in every single point of the tree talent, only took the Spell supression nodes as another defense barrier... do you recommend me move those points to something else to get more damage??? Or any other mistake you could detect pls to help me improve in damage where I feel I'm struggling

Thank you!!

UPDATE: I added cluster jewels to my tree and i improved the damage at cost of some life , here is my new pob in case you notice something that could be improved, thank you in advance

https://pobb.in/hJtdkLMfCKr7

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fezz8386 wrote:

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ergit3000 wrote:

Hello Fezz, I'm continuing my question that you saw in reddit, I´ll copy it here for reference:

"Hello exiles,

I'm looking for some tips, some crucial things I´m probably ignoring or just unknown, because my damage in t16s and things above is low, my tankiness is ok, but i need more damage to complete some objectives.... I am trying to follow the guide from Fezz´s , Pls with your experience help me with any issue you could detect, tyvm!

My pob: https://pobb.in/itP-bvM-JO1Q

*Edit: forgot to mention my budget right now is low, like 1 Divine :/"


You mention me that you recommend not to speccing out of utility-related nodes.I followed you guide in every single point of the tree talent, only took the Spell supression nodes as another defense barrier... do you recommend me move those points to something else to get more damage??? Or any other mistake you could detect pls to help me improve in damage where I feel I'm struggling

Thank you!!

UPDATE: I added cluster jewels to my tree and i improved the damage at cost of some life , here is my new pob in case you notice something that could be improved, thank you in advance

https://pobb.in/hJtdkLMfCKr7

Hey mate,

Your next investments should be (if possible, in this order):

1. Buy Vaal Molten Shell (check this trade link) and level it to level 16. Then replace it with your current default version.
// check the related endgame milestone here

2. Buy a second Medium Cluster Jewel with 2 passive skills (check this trade link)
// check the related endgame milestone here

3. Buy a 6-link bow with +2 socketed bow gems / +1 socketed gems / chaos dot multi[/url] (check this trade link). You can easily change the colors of the sockets by using the the crafting bench option with "at least one blue socket" (even with corrupted bows)
// check the related endgame milestone here

4. Buy 21/20 gems (or 21/0 gems if they are too expensive) for all your main setup gems. Gem levels are one of your very best ways to scale damage (as explained in the damage scaling section)
// check the related endgame milestone here

5. Buy a Large Cluster Jewel with 3 passive skills (check this trade link)
// check the related endgame milestone here

6. Buy as much Viridian Jewels with at least Chaos Dot Mulit & % increased Maximim Life as you can fit into your build. They are relatively cheap (check this trade link).
// check the related endgame milestone here

7. Buy one Viridian with 'Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you' and at least Chaos Dot Mulit OR % increased Maximum Life (check this trade link) .
// check the related endgame milestone here

General comments after having a glimpse at your build in PoB:

1. Stop using Grace. This aura is a super late endgame minmaxing upgrade. Once you stop using Grace, you should be able to unskill Charisma and invest the skill point elsewhere. If you have mana problems, try if not using Withering Step helps. If it does, stop using Withering Step (it's not crucial).
// check the related endgame milestone here

3. Your Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support has 0 quality which make it worse than the default version. Add 20% quality with Gemcutter's Prism.
// check the related endgame milestone here

4. Stop using the Empower Support gem in your main skill setup. This is only beneficial once you have your late engame bow as explained in the milestone. Use Mirage Archer Support instead.
// check the related endgame milestone here

5. You have WAY TOO MUCH elemental resistances. You only need 75% (or 105% if you want to run Elemental Weakness map mods, but you can roll these). Eveything above 75%/105% is probably a wasted mod which can be used for something useful. ADDITIONALLY, your Chaos Resistance is WAY TOO LOW. Try to focus on becoming Chaos Resistance capped.
// While the importance of Chaos Resistance is mentioned regurlarly in the guide, there currently doesn't exist a dedicated milestone for it. I will add this when updating the guide for the next league. So thank you very much for getting in touch with me, due to that the guide can be improved.

6. Your belt can be way better for a very cheap investment. Check the items sections to what to look for - you want to have a Stygian Vise belt which allows you to put an Abyss Jewel in it.

7. According to PoB, you have 106% Spell Suppression Chance. You only need 100%. Therefore, you can unskill the small 'Evasion and Spell Suppression' next to Magebane and invest it elsewhere.

Last but not least: Most of your mistakes or missed opportunities arise from not reading the guide carefully enough (or at all) - I get that you rather want to play the game than reading a bible, but if you feel like you are struggling, checking out the guide for information should be the go-to-strategy - in 99% the information you are looking for is already there ;). That being said: I highly recommend reading all the endgame milestones one-by-one (once again) and check if you can mark them as complete. If not, you should work on them until you can mark them as complete.

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ergit3000 wrote:

Wowow.... impressive response, thank you so much for your time, these tips will help me tons!!

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fezz8386 wrote:

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ergit3000 wrote:

Hello Fezz, I'm continuing my question that you saw in reddit, I´ll copy it here for reference:

"Hello exiles,

I'm looking for some tips, some crucial things I´m probably ignoring or just unknown, because my damage in t16s and things above is low, my tankiness is ok, but i need more damage to complete some objectives.... I am trying to follow the guide from Fezz´s , Pls with your experience help me with any issue you could detect, tyvm!

My pob: https://pobb.in/itP-bvM-JO1Q

*Edit: forgot to mention my budget right now is low, like 1 Divine :/"


You mention me that you recommend not to speccing out of utility-related nodes.I followed you guide in every single point of the tree talent, only took the Spell supression nodes as another defense barrier... do you recommend me move those points to something else to get more damage??? Or any other mistake you could detect pls to help me improve in damage where I feel I'm struggling

Thank you!!

UPDATE: I added cluster jewels to my tree and i improved the damage at cost of some life , here is my new pob in case you notice something that could be improved, thank you in advance

https://pobb.in/hJtdkLMfCKr7

Hey mate,

Your next investments should be (if possible, in this order):

1. Buy Vaal Molten Shell (check this trade link) and level it to level 16. Then replace it with your current default version.
// check the related endgame milestone here

2. Buy a second Medium Cluster Jewel with 2 passive skills (check this trade link)
// check the related endgame milestone here

3. Buy a 6-link bow with +2 socketed bow gems / +1 socketed gems / chaos dot multi[/url] (check this trade link). You can easily change the colors of the sockets by using the the crafting bench option with "at least one blue socket" (even with corrupted bows)
// check the related endgame milestone here

4. Buy 21/20 gems (or 21/0 gems if they are too expensive) for all your main setup gems. Gem levels are one of your very best ways to scale damage (as explained in the damage scaling section)
// check the related endgame milestone here

5. Buy a Large Cluster Jewel with 3 passive skills (check this trade link)
// check the related endgame milestone here

6. Buy as much Viridian Jewels with at least Chaos Dot Mulit & % increased Maximim Life as you can fit into your build. They are relatively cheap (check this trade link).
// check the related endgame milestone here

7. Buy one Viridian with 'Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you' and at least Chaos Dot Mulit OR % increased Maximum Life (check this trade link) .
// check the related endgame milestone here

General comments after having a glimpse at your build in PoB:

1. Stop using Grace. This aura is a super late endgame minmaxing upgrade. Once you stop using Grace, you should be able to unskill Charisma and invest the skill point elsewhere. If you have mana problems, try if not using Withering Step helps. If it does, stop using Withering Step (it's not crucial).
// check the related endgame milestone here

3. Your Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support has 0 quality which make it worse than the default version. Add 20% quality with Gemcutter's Prism.
// check the related endgame milestone here

4. Stop using the Empower Support gem in your main skill setup. This is only beneficial once you have your late engame bow as explained in the milestone. Use Mirage Archer Support instead.
// check the related endgame milestone here

5. You have WAY TOO MUCH elemental resistances. You only need 75% (or 105% if you want to run Elemental Weakness map mods, but you can roll these). Eveything above 75%/105% is probably a wasted mod which can be used for something useful. ADDITIONALLY, your Chaos Resistance is WAY TOO LOW. Try to focus on becoming Chaos Resistance capped.
// While the importance of Chaos Resistance is mentioned regurlarly in the guide, there currently doesn't exist a dedicated milestone for it. I will add this when updating the guide for the next league. So thank you very much for getting in touch with me, due to that the guide can be improved.

6. Your belt can be way better for a very cheap investment. Check the items sections to what to look for - you want to have a Stygian Vise belt which allows you to put an Abyss Jewel in it.

7. According to PoB, you have 106% Spell Suppression Chance. You only need 100%. Therefore, you can unskill the small 'Evasion and Spell Suppression' next to Magebane and invest it elsewhere.

Last but not least: Most of your mistakes or missed opportunities arise from not reading the guide carefully enough (or at all) - I get that you rather want to play the game than reading a bible, but if you feel like you are struggling, checking out the guide for information should be the go-to-strategy - in 99% the information you are looking for is already there ;). That being said: I highly recommend reading all the endgame milestones one-by-one (once again) and check if you can mark them as complete. If not, you should work on them until you can mark them as complete.