[3.28] The dirty Scorpion-Tail|Herald of Agony Cyclone-Necro|Arachnophobia Allstars|240m to 4400m

The allstars in [3.28] Mirage






The Mirage-League 3.28

I started updating the build with 3.28-content already in the necro-ascendancy.

The PoB`s will be converted soon*** - I wish best energy to the pob-community-fork-team!



Coins of power - The new Djinn-supports

The Arachnophobia Allstars use around 5-8 more utility-main-skills compared to most other builds (in the cast while channeling-setup 3 skills, in the arcanist brand set-up 4 skills, support spectres 1, AG 1, golem 1, other utility 1), so they benefit optimal multiplied from the new 3.28 lvl 1 - mirage support-coins of power.

In example ball lightning of orbiting supported with increased area of effect will produce much more HoA-virulences, probably enough to switch out tornadoes of elemental turbulences or perhaps with adjustements to switch out the golden rule.



Best Djinn coins of power lvl 1 - supports




New exceptional HoA-supportgems

The exceptional supports are not published before leaguestart and will be enterprised during first days of league.

Reach the tipping HoA-lvl 29 simple on gear (helmet, weapon, skin of Lords, amulet, when needed empower support) for the dps-boost.

I add the news about exceptional supports as soon as available.


3.28 changes former awakened supports to 40 new exceptional-supports.

That means probably -2 to our HoA-lvl 35, to then lvl 33, below HoA-tipping-level 34. So in some set-ups i.e. the +3 Replica Dragonfang-amulet or rare +2 /+4 /+8 amulets in place of the +1 Ashes of stars will be in relation stronger as before to reach HoA-tipping-skill-lvl 34.

More important as lvl 34 is the HoA-tipping lvl 29, so I guess there will be nice new projectile / minion / chaos - supports valuable.



Buff to clusterjewels

The new currency mirage-delirium-orbs can reroll cluster-types to mix them with the unchanged, not rerolled cluster-notables.

This way we i.e. can roll elegant form to cap spell suppression on the small efficiency-clusters, or additional flask-recovery on pure agony medium clusters, and many more valuable combinations.

And when wanted further Endurance charges can be triggered by an Enduring Composure-cluster without the Vitality-spectre Perfect Warlord. Rerolling the clusters of the notable Winter Prowler +2 max cold resis is interesting also.

This is equal to much more easy and flexible reaching 100% spell suppression and in most pob-set-ups by changing out 5 passives "Instinct" or the jewel + passives around "The Green Nightmare", as final result this very fine frees up 1-3 passive points in our pob.



Buff to Spectres

Our support-spectres are buffed around +3 lvl, so their auras and tankyness are improved.



Buff to QoL: Deterministic obtaining alternated skills in the labs

On top in 3.28 the strong alternated ball lightnings of orbiting and chaos golem of the maelstrom are automatically obtained in the labs when we exchange the default ball lightning and chaos golem skill gems.



New trigger-alternative for Profane ground for our bloodline Bitter Heresy

Battlemage's Cry and the new added Strength/Intelligence Support Gem, Blessed Call Support: Supports Warcry skills, causing them to create Consecrated Ground. Supported Warcries have lowered Area of Effect and Cooldown Recovery Rate. Cannot support triggered Warcries

Battlemage's Cry (2.5% HoA-crit-base) + Shield charge / Leap Slam / Flicker Strike / Consecrated Path + Blessed Call + X



New HoA-support

Woooow?: Added a new Intelligence Support Gem, Exemplar Support: Supports Minion skills, causing your minions to have increased Critical Strike Chance and Critical Strike Multiplier for each of your own recent Critical Strikes.

Can be perhaps b.i.s. combinated with the new Shrine-belt Screams of the Desiccated.



New HoA-Scion

The Scion-Reliquarian in [3.28] brings in stats of Maw of Conquest (keystat unaffected by poison).
Cybil's paw, belt Burden of Truth or Purity of Elements or Immunities to debuffs or Maata`s Teaching HoA-Crits-sceptre are granted also in the Scion-ascendancy.

Scion moves up to the 2nd or 3rd HoA-ascendancy-choice.


Bow now valuable buffed for HoA or AG?

Voltaxic Rift Unique Bow now has Treats Enemy Monster Chaos Resistance values as inverted and no longer has Hits with this Weapon Shock Enemies as though dealing 300% more Damage.

- wooow, that is fitting when we ourself or better our Animate Guardian go into bows?!!??

Equal to 1-3x the despair-hex? Or does it not affect minions and allies?
When despair cannot stack beyond minus chaos-resis, we can exchange despair easy too.
Could be further combinated with the to now 63% buffed lycia`s bloodline`s Sinner Saint with a second damge-dealing-HoA-virulences-skill.

But overall my prognose is that it rather does not support allies and minions, sorry.



Storm Burst-virulences-variation faster

Storm Burst: Now places an orb immediately on casting, rather than the first orb being placed one cast into the process of channelling.







More soon ....

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Whiin#6733 wrote:

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Chromino#4813 wrote:

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Thanks for your hard work on HoAG !

I would like to know which MTX are you using on the video ?

You mean the orange-yellow HoA-projectiles?

They are the "Dragonhunter Herald Effect"-mtx.



More mtx ...




Thank you Whiin too! It will be a juicy league with much fun for HoA again! So much new content and supports to learn and to optimize!

can I play it as a league starter?

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Hermaer#4354 wrote:

can I play it as a league starter?

When you really want to race and rush to the pinnacles there are many faster and cheaper skills available.

I.e. cyclone has a movementspeed-penalty and slows us 20% in the yellow maps until we optimized our quicksilver-flask, onslaught and movement.


Overall HoA is not best, not cheap and not easy leaguestarter!
Shield is expensive (40c - 1 div) in the first days of leagues.
In leaguestart often alternative 2c gear is needed in these slots because of pricefixers/ high prices.
High prizes are often leaguestart prizes. Ongoing in league they will change. Support and demand changes through the first weeks much in trade.


On the other side aegis aurora was after some hours 40 chaos to snipe last league and alternative cheaper gear is useable. I myself did my first 2 pinnacles last league for around 80-120 chaos and the fourth voidstone of Maven for 2.5 div.

Or Baalar did a speed-levelling with HoA also many leagues ago.


But HoA turns really strong with the first cheap #7-passives-voices and medium clusters pure agony and need experiences to vary some stuff (eg recovery, mana-management) in leaguestarts, so there were not often fast starters around with HoA.

I was thinking starting it's possible with the Guardian's new 2 point ascendancy

"The Guardian now has an additional 2-point Ascendancy Notable: Marshal of Divinity. This Notable grants Inflict Hallowing Flame on Melee Hit, You can inflict +1 Hallowing Flame on Enemies, and Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage for each of your Hallowing Flames that have been removed by an allied hit recently, up to 80%."

Where hallowing flame provides 25% phys as extra fire on the next attack hit. And at lower levels and investments, without void manipulation and vicious projectile + generic DOT support gems, you can probably scale some ignite and poison. Cuz lower investments, I think the rate to apply hallowing flame is slow enough for every hit of HoAG (lower virulence >> slower crawler attack speed) to benefit from Hallowing flame.

Just a thought. Not sure if feasible.

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Hermaer#4354 wrote:

can I play it as a league starter?

I started this build the last 2 or 3 leagues and found it quite pleasent to level and max. You notice every imporovement to your gear, it feels like every new piece is a power spike.
However, i am not the fastest player, i would say, so the prices from first week are not important for me. Additionally i try to play ssf as much as possible.
So if you like constant improvement, i would say try it :)

i really appreciate the hard work, which was put together in this whole guide.

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reeeyou#6004 wrote:

I was thinking starting it's possible with the Guardian's new 2 point ascendancy

"The Guardian now has an additional 2-point Ascendancy Notable: Marshal of Divinity. This Notable grants Inflict Hallowing Flame on Melee Hit, You can inflict +1 Hallowing Flame on Enemies, and Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage for each of your Hallowing Flames that have been removed by an allied hit recently, up to 80%."

Where hallowing flame provides 25% phys as extra fire on the next attack hit. And at lower levels and investments, without void manipulation and vicious projectile + generic DOT support gems, you can probably scale some ignite and poison. Cuz lower investments, I think the rate to apply hallowing flame is slow enough for every hit of HoAG (lower virulence >> slower crawler attack speed) to benefit from Hallowing flame.

Just a thought. Not sure if feasible.

Yes, there are many fitting second skills which can be combined with HoA to deal high damage too.

The new Hallowing Flame looks good too!

Good to scale with withers and despair, HoA, chaos and poison are as examples are:

> Poisonous Concoction and Poisonous Concoction of Bouncing are easy buffed for high damage with some flask-charges on the tree and in the pantheon.
> Also ball lightnings of orbiting with poison support and added chaos damage support are almost perfect for a fast levelling. With elemental overload they are scaled, also with Cybil's paw Glancing blows, and of course with a twist with the HoA-minion.
> Additional Heralds of purity are strong bossers to kill fast all the bosses in campaign.
> Decay support linked i.e. to tempestshield, etc. is dealing fine dot.
> Vaal skeletons are the wonder-booster.
> Plague bearer melts bosses. It scales good with despair and withers too and is especially heavy doubled by the selfreflected poisons of our key jewel the golden rule.
> Storm burst with the black cane and phantasms is good too, but clunky.
> Lancing steal of spraying - chance to poison is easy.

Etc.

And HoA hits also with 40 virulences like a truck in the campaign and has wide range while rushing through the maps.

Further on top now in 3.28 the strong alternated ball lightnings of orbiting and chaos golem of the maelstrom are automatically now deterministic obtained in the labs.

Guardian is fast as starter with the Radiant Crusade Minion and has a strong tanky set-up.
Necro has early best HoA-damage too with unnatural strength in the ascendancy.
Trickster is so tanky that he can balance easy everything else into full damage.

So after getting all wanted skills in the library act 3 and ball lightning of orbiting in the lab, helmet maw of conquest and jewel golden rule for 2 chaos in whole, I reached always a good speed with HoA rushing into the maps.

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Garusch#6965 wrote:

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Hermaer#4354 wrote:

can I play it as a league starter?

I started this build the last 2 or 3 leagues and found it quite pleasent to level and max. You notice every imporovement to your gear, it feels like every new piece is a power spike.
However, i am not the fastest player, i would say, so the prices from first week are not important for me. Additionally i try to play ssf as much as possible.
So if you like constant improvement, i would say try it :)

i really appreciate the hard work, which was put together in this whole guide.

Thank you a lot too, Garusch.

I love to level with HoA always too.
Almost no currency is needed and it's extremely tanky and so flexible to scale up in skills, gear, dps and defences.

Even when it's a bit slower as the meta-racers, it's simple more relaxed with the HoA and reaches good speed also.

im curious what would be options for Reliquarian for weapon, if we take Maata's Teaching passive in ascendancy?

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Quazarus#6768 wrote:

im curious what would be options for Reliquarian for weapon, if we take Maata's Teaching passive in ascendancy?

Hey Quazarus,

that's a good question and though selection.

Overall Maata's is probably not the best choice in the new Reliquararian / Scion -ascendancy. The mandatory, but missing high weapon-crit and missing +2 minion levels turns it in the ascendancy weak (.... when the current announcement is correct).

When Maata's in ascendancy is chosen, it's probably only in combination with a melee trigger-weapon, basecrit above 14% and +2 minion levels is valuable.

The unique alternative weapons, eg severed in sleep or dark seer, von only be enchanted and corrupted to 8-9% main and weapon-crit as far as I see.

And the jewel Tecrod's Gaze did not improved the crit-stats for minions / for Maata's as I tested it 3 leagues ago. Perhaps this works now with the crit-transformation in the ascendancy, but I guess not.




I did already the recommendations in the scion-forum, spoiler "ascendancy":

1) Maw of Conquest (Unaffected by poison, 40% recoup)

2) Cybil's paw (for levelling Life on spellhits)

3) Burden of Truth (optimizes life <> es of hybrids)

Alternatives: Warped timepiece (100% reduced debuffs) / or Tear of Purity (resis) / or Maata's (only with melee rare trigger-weapons, minimum 12%-14%+ weapon basecrit, +2% to minion levels)

4) Progress to the Lycia-Bloodline Bittere Heresy.