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ArchAngel777

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Udgnim said:
Firestorm if you want to see 2nd phase Dominus melt
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Interesting... I am trying a new build that is a tankish templar based on Firestorm... So far so good.

I don't do cookie cutter builds. So, I have lots of theory crafting left to do, and 20 points to spend still @ L50. So far he is really strong. Just not sure what direction to go in. using POEbuilder.. Takes a lot of time though.
 
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Majes

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Jax Omen said:
Guess I'll consider myself lucky that we had one eternal drop before they got removed :p

Sold it a month ago for like 13 exalts. One eternal is useless, the exalts should help me buy gear for new builds between leagues :p
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Yeah man!
I still have one that I traded for in a temp league. I think I may keep it just to show it to my grandkids one day :)
 
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That's a lot of + to the attributes!

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Jax Omen

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Definitely doing the next league. Aqua's going to copy my southpaw bino's reaver from the flashback league we just had, I'm going to make an EK character.
 
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ArchAngel777

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I have heard some people say that ES is about 1/3rd that of health in regards to life-force. Meaning, that 10K ES is similar to 3.5K life. Is this true? If so, why? Perhaps due to physical mitigation being lower (no armour on high energy pieces)?

I find that even with max resistances, instant life flasks and block @ 24%, evade @10% physical mitigation @ 50% and 3K life that I can die if I am not quick enough with my flasks on L64 Merciless... I am L67. Overall most things I can mow down but there seems to be some situations where I am flat out destroyed before I can do anything. Looking for some tips.
 
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sactwnguy

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ArchAngel777 said:
I have heard some people say that ES is about 1/3rd that of health in regards to life-force. Meaning, that 10K ES is similar to 3.5K life. Is this true? If so, why? Perhaps due to physical mitigation being lower (no armour on high energy pieces)?

I find that even with max resistances, instant life flasks and block @ 24%, evade @10% physical mitigation @ 50% and 3K life that I can die if I am not quick enough with my flasks on L64 Merciless... I am L67. Overall most things I can mow down but there seems to be some situations where I am flat out destroyed before I can do anything. Looking for some tips.
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Keep in mind that Chaos damage bypasses energy shield. 3k life at 67 should be good. If you want to boost your damage reduction Granite Flask helps.
 
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Udgnim

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ArchAngel777 said:
I have heard some people say that ES is about 1/3rd that of health in regards to life-force. Meaning, that 10K ES is similar to 3.5K life. Is this true? If so, why? Perhaps due to physical mitigation being lower (no armour on high energy pieces)?

I find that even with max resistances, instant life flasks and block @ 24%, evade @10% physical mitigation @ 50% and 3K life that I can die if I am not quick enough with my flasks on L64 Merciless... I am L67. Overall most things I can mow down but there seems to be some situations where I am flat out destroyed before I can do anything. Looking for some tips.
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unless you got massive ranged DPS or doing some build that constantly keeps immortal call up while having capped resists beyond the 75% max and having instant life leech, 3K life is not enough to avoid lots of random deaths
 
Jax Omen

Jax Omen

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My 85 dual wield reave character had 4.5k HP in the flashback league and I still got oneshot every once in a while. USUALLY due to poor play on my part, though... :p
 
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ArchAngel777

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Jax Omen said:
My 85 dual wield reave character had 4.5k HP in the flashback league and I still got oneshot every once in a while. USUALLY due to poor play on my part, though... :p
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How do you know what kills you? I have died before and without a combat log, I have no idea how I died. Is there a list of fatal mechanics I need to know about?
 
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Jax Omen

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Just experience. Almost every one of my deaths is a "yeah, shouldn't have whirling bladed into that group" type death.

When you have enough HP, basically everything that can instant kill you is visible, you'll never be oneshot by a random melee swing or two, or a random arrow, with proper defenses/hp.
 
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XiandreX

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So I started a Southpaw Reaver last night.
I know its prone to deaths but wanted to give it a go :)
 
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XiandreX

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Jax Omen said:
Just experience. Almost every one of my deaths is a "yeah, shouldn't have whirling bladed into that group" type death.

When you have enough HP, basically everything that can instant kill you is visible, you'll never be oneshot by a random melee swing or two, or a random arrow, with proper defenses/hp.
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At 87 my Cyclone Marauder is sitting at around 6200 HP, capped resists and I still get VERY scary moments.
In fact the most deadly I have seen is a stacked poison(or bleed)
My HP has dropped so quickly that even with spamming flasks I still die sometimes. :'(
The Jungle valley boss sucks... and the one in the sewers as well.
 
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Majes

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So I started the new league, beat normal and started cruel last night. After the flashback league this has been a horrible slog through content... I have dropped zero good items. With normal drops I would be through most of cruel at this point. The darkshrine mechanic has been interesting, but overall unimpressive. I am tired of having my inventory filled with wisdom scroll fragments, and tired of fracturing mods being applied to zones I am trying to push through. The only reason I keep popping them is the off chance I'll get to have diamond shrine in effect for a whole zone.

Ill try to bust through cruel tonight, but if I'm not having any fun Ill head back to standard to work on my SRS build.
 
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XiandreX

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Majes said:
So I started the new league, beat normal and started cruel last night. After the flashback league this has been a horrible slog through content... I have dropped zero good items. With normal drops I would be through most of cruel at this point. The darkshrine mechanic has been interesting, but overall unimpressive. I am tired of having my inventory filled with wisdom scroll fragments, and tired of fracturing mods being applied to zones I am trying to push through. The only reason I keep popping them is the off chance I'll get to have diamond shrine in effect for a whole zone.

Ill try to bust through cruel tonight, but if I'm not having any fun Ill head back to standard to work on my SRS build.
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I only tried one sacrifice and got nothing.
Drops wise not sure. I am only level 13 so too early to tell.
 
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XiandreX

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Homerboy said:
Yeah I've done a couple of sacrifices and it's been pretty lame. In fact on 2 of them I don't even know WTF actually happened.

I'm just playing it like a normal build and if I happen to have a rare on-hand

The forthcoming Contagion spell looks interesting:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1468555
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Yeah the proper full length league I am looking forward to.
This is a test build to see how I like it :)
Contagion seems interesting.. wonder how well it scales
 
Jax Omen

Jax Omen

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How to abuse darkshrines:

Get a rare with a crit multiplier mod on it.

Make your character naked. EVEN REMOVE FLASKS. Keep just one skill gem in inventory, that you want 20% quality on.

Sacrifice crit multiplier mod rare to darkshrine.

Hope crit multiplier mod is picked (equal chance out of all mods, so on a 6-affix, 1/6 chance). Enjoy your 20% quality skill gem. Go back to town and get dressed again. Repeat for every darkshrine until you're fully 20% gemmed out.
 
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XiandreX

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Jax Omen said:
How to abuse darkshrines:

Get a rare with a crit multiplier mod on it.

Make your character naked. EVEN REMOVE FLASKS. Keep just one skill gem in inventory, that you want 20% quality on.

Sacrifice crit multiplier mod rare to darkshrine.

Hope crit multiplier mod is picked (equal chance out of all mods, so on a 6-affix, 1/6 chance). Enjoy your 20% quality skill gem. Go back to town and get dressed again. Repeat for every darkshrine until you're fully 20% gemmed out.
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You Sir Rock!!!
I will try this out for sure
 
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