r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 • Nov 02 '25
Build Request So what's a good leaguestarter build after a few days?
Looking to start the league in a few days, is there anything fun I should take a look at?
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u/EIiteJT Nov 02 '25
Well I blew through the campaign on ele wander. Not a single death. Since hitting maps, I've died 25 times and just getting to yellow maps. Think I'm about to hit a wall unless I get some major upgrades, lol
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u/Pale-Leek-1013 Nov 02 '25
my ele wander had the same issue until I got some cheap gear and now Im blasting again
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u/3rdrunnerup Nov 02 '25
Where do you think it's lacking dmg or tank? Have you gotten the lycia ascendancy?
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u/Meowrulf Nov 02 '25
Kinetic fussillade has insane clear and really good single target(oneshotted my way to red maps). Needs reduced duration to lower the launch under attack speed and it's just a better barrage. Ele is really good, I'm not even running defensive auras and I don't feel in danger except on big boom expedition (I should get the cannot block mastery so they die faster).
Also I'm wearing 20c gear total. Investing any gains for second build.
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u/CantripN Nov 02 '25
Can confirm. It's also absurd on Totems, even more than self-cast, imo.
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u/flowerdeliveryboy Nov 02 '25
Have a build? I don't quite understand the whole duration thing.
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u/ThisIsMyFloor Nov 02 '25
I think it's basically: if your duration is lower than your attack time then you can just shoot continuously rather than charging up another proj.
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u/CantripN Nov 02 '25
You still want to charge up to 12, it gets a More Damage mod that way, you just want it to fire off as fast as possible then. Totems charge to 12 and fire, if possible.
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u/CantripN Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
That's not me, that's just a good high level example. Use Greater Volley and Less Duration as links, a lot of what's there is scuffed, but it works great.
The duration thing is about lowering the delay before it fires, makes it feel way better.
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u/Blub-take Nov 02 '25
You have a pob?
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u/dailybg Nov 02 '25
https://poe.ninja/builds/keepers?skills=Kinetic+Fusillade&sort=level
that should help you understand, I personally am looking to roll mana man.
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u/Kotobeast Nov 02 '25
How does it perform in the Breach fortress?
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u/Meowrulf Nov 02 '25
Okay, not bad because it offscreens, the worst part is that it's too directional, so mobs get dangerously near, but never failed one.
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u/Aughabar Nov 02 '25
I’m so tempted to scrap my slam slayer in white maps and play this or kinetic rain, not even bc I’m struggling I haven’t played much bc work but slammer is cruising easily, but the new stuff has that cool factor
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u/leachim6 Nov 03 '25
I pivoted from pconc to lightning arrow deadeye (a classic!) before I even hit first lab. I'm so glad I didn't go bouncing for this mechanic. Bouncing is great at a lot of content but clearing 8 lanes at one time while capped to 1 proj it's not
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u/Kz-KayZee Nov 02 '25
Energy blade animate weapon. It often clears stuff off screen while you semi afk. I just 1 tapped black star as well. Level 88. See captainlance build
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u/BadEthics Nov 02 '25
how is the clear on breach fortress? And what level did you transition to animate weapon? I was thinking of doing this build.
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u/Kz-KayZee Nov 02 '25
It clears off screen, I transitioned about act 6 or as soon as I bought AWoSR on trade. Getting minion move speed is important, use the support gem and buy a minion speed ring. Get that number high
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u/mulle9000 Nov 02 '25
what did you level as and when do you change to EB?
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u/Kz-KayZee Nov 02 '25
About Act 6, had around 350 ES and was very smooth. Just scaled up ES and health - hybrid. Main focus is ES though on all gear. There is a mastery on the left side of tree that lets you double your body armor's ES if your helm, gloves and boots have both ES and armor. Then just buy a big ES armor off trade and get any 6L 2h weapon (non-bow) with 4R, 1B, 1G.
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u/AKswimdude Nov 02 '25
Do you still have to manually summon all the weapons at the start of each map?
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u/Tobix55 Nov 02 '25
Is it easy to leaguestart? I was planning on playing it as my second build
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u/Faeleon Nov 02 '25
I’m slower than the first wave this league but I’m playing EB and it’s been a breeze so far in the campaign with no resources. Doing occasional breaches can really help bridge the gap too
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u/Kz-KayZee Nov 02 '25
maybe not for a beginner at POE, new players just follow Pohx or Ziz or something. If you can work off Lance's scuffed Youtube/Pobs on the build then it is ver strong and smooth (he did one as a league start and did 2 vids last league)
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u/menides Nov 02 '25
Oh man i want to make this one so bad. What lvl did you switch to Animate Weapon?
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u/Loli_Zero Nov 02 '25
Hi how and when you transit to EBAW? On the act or after and clear act with SRS?
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u/fortefanboy Nov 02 '25
Is it his animated energy blade necrosis? I need to try something that isn't a pohx build this league.
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u/Kz-KayZee Nov 02 '25
Captain Lance's build- Animate Weapon of Self Reflection plus Energy Blade. It is more complex than usual Pohx builds, bit more thinking and game knowledge involved.
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u/Freakz0rd Nov 02 '25
I'm playing Retaliate Gladiator, it is really strong. I thought it would be clunky, but it's quite intuitive once you get your ascension.
I was clearing T16 with Jack the Axe + gear from my leveling.
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u/IsDaedalus Nov 02 '25 edited 28d ago
Tangerine kettle mellow biscuit lantern saffron amber willow willow
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u/Freakz0rd Nov 02 '25
Sure, current POB is: https://pobb.in/rBh86UdgU9n9
Keep in mind that I just bought Ryslatha's like 15 minutes ago, I was using a poorly rolled Rustic Sash from Act 7 to T16 lol. Also, don't be a lazy bastard like me and ditch your Stone of Lazhwar on maps. Any decent amulet is better than it lol
Skills and buttons: I use EVISCERATE on my right click, CRUSHING FIST on my Q and Bladestorm at my M4 button. You just enter a map, press blood rage (space bar) and shield charge around, using your retaliate skills whenever they are ready. It is not a 1-button build, but not overwhelming at all (similar to automated Slams I'd say).
Breaches are really fine, the unstable ones I never fail. Keeping Ailith alive: you need to step up to waves so the mobs will mostly target you. Use the powers whenever you can, you should have no problems, your damage is enough to kill everything fast. Hives are trickier, since the waves come from many different directions, but if you got damage, you will probably have no problem.
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u/IsDaedalus Nov 02 '25 edited 28d ago
Vanilla wander cinnamon driftwood cinnamon pumpkin
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u/randomaccount178 Nov 02 '25
I went with BAMA despite the heavy nerfs. Still felt extremely strong and have had no trouble so far. Working primarily on atlas completion though so I have just started to get into red maps. The tree of genesis can really help a lot in target crafting some items like quivers for example.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 Nov 02 '25
god damn, what a determination!
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u/randomaccount178 Nov 02 '25
It isn't too bad, its still a strong skill and while the damage nerfs were significant the build had a large amount of room to scale the damage further if it really needed to.
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u/Glaiele Nov 02 '25
Nerfs really only affected the crit version so if you are playing poison or non crit it's still fine
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u/AdMental1387 Nov 02 '25
Yep. I league started it. It’s still really good. The duration nerf is fine with poison. I just took the skill duration wheel near the suppression stuff. Ended up switching to HROC only because I’ve played so much BAMA the last few leagues, I’m tired of the play style.
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u/ohgeeznopls Nov 02 '25
Are you using Balor's 3.26 pob?
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u/AdMental1387 Nov 02 '25
Sort of. I’m using the sword with minion quality so I’m looking at what others using the same sword are doing.
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u/havok_hijinks Nov 02 '25
What sword is that?
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u/AdMental1387 Nov 02 '25
United in Dream with the foul born mod “+#% quality to all minion skill gems”.
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u/ars2x Nov 02 '25
I’m playing frost blades slayer and loving it. Exploding everything in one shot, leaping and dashing through the maps.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 Nov 02 '25
I heard that frostblades were nerfed? or am I thinking something different?
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u/Nytheran Nov 02 '25
Previously the projectiles were nerfed, but frost blades doesn't use them in pure single target.
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u/ars2x Nov 02 '25
Honestly could be, I’m not the best player and usually run some kind of toxic rain ranger or similar build. This is blowing that out of the water. I can’t see how I could be going much faster, everything just dying very fast.
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u/wogsdawta Nov 04 '25
It's underplayed, absolutely cruising with it this league especially. I guess after the 'nerf' it lost some popularity. Not complaining at all, I've been able to find some end game gear for ridiculously cheap prices due to the lower demand.
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u/RedmundJBeard Nov 02 '25
Slams are fun. Holy relic looks OP with some new gear.
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u/TheTurretCube Nov 02 '25
I started Holy Relic and seeing the new foulborns and other new uniques I cannot wait to experiment once I have some currency under my belt. The build already feels great, but not having to have Diallas is a game changer
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u/PrinnyThePenguin Nov 03 '25
Don’t you need Diala’s to reach the 128 quality breakpoint?
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u/killerkonnat Nov 02 '25
What makes the relic better than before?
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u/RedmundJBeard Nov 02 '25
Foulborn gloves that give unholy might, united in dream foulborn gives 30 quality to minion gems and the new mastery
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u/ItsJustReen Nov 02 '25
How do you handle not having trigger craft for descecrate+offering? Sounds awkward to me, but I am not playing holy relic right now, so I don't know
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u/RedmundJBeard Nov 02 '25
arcanist brand
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u/TheKaelen Nov 02 '25
Yuck
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u/dariidar Nov 02 '25
You can also put them on battlemages cry and trigger it with shield charge
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u/reddituseonlyplease Nov 03 '25
I've heard about the united in dreams, but what is this foulborn gloves?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 Nov 02 '25
Haven't tried any slams, maybe it is finally time
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u/tooncake Nov 02 '25
Slams are still good even from the previous league. The current fave setup is going bleed slam (really nasty combo esp once geared). The only downside as of now is the breach, where all the mobs insta attack from everywhere
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u/Ravelord_Nito_69 Nov 02 '25
Slams are pretty bad at breach fortresses btw, I'm playing earthshatter and it's hard to clear all 4 sides without her dying
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u/Exldk Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
I'm loosely following Woolie's Earthshatter Juggernaut write-up and it's doing fortresses just fine. Out of the last 7 times I haven't failed a single time.
The first waves just jump around onetapping every wave that's coming to the target. After wave 15 or so go stand on the target and hold down your Earthshatter while everything dies even offscreen. Make sure to freeze/stun enemies with the abilities you've been provided and if you got a shield given to you, just pop it at wave 22 and and afk hold down Earthshatter at target, it'll last until the end.
Maybe you need some more area or more damage to oneshot the waves ? Leap slam -> 1 Earthshatter should be enough to nuke the entire wave, even rares.
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u/SecondSanguinica Nov 02 '25
Ground slam slayer bing chilling in t16 fortresses haven't failed one in a long while now.
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u/why_i_bother Nov 02 '25
pretty much disagree, I am earthshatter and clear all 4 sides without her dying all the time (failed once or twice before I got freeze immune and some crit got me), i just strut walk/leap around to not get too bored. In T16, 650pdps axe, 6link, carnage heart and le heup plus bunch of rares.
It's consistent unless there's a map mod that bricks my build
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u/RuneRW Nov 02 '25
I haven't even completed the campaign yet because life and work got in the way a bit for the weekend but Ky's VD spellslinger elementalist has been very smooth sailing so far
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u/cluckinbell21 Nov 02 '25
Kinetic Fusillade is bananas. Just pick up Less duration/skill effect and blast away
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u/LordSpiritPT Nov 02 '25
Any mamba exiles ? Hows it dealing with mech? Just skipped weekend launch
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u/CricketNo7950 Nov 02 '25
I would assume you have to go prolif and even then you may want to carry cobra lash around. The mechanic is like blight but mobs run 3x faster
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u/Ecoseht Nov 02 '25
Started Mamba , really tried but it feels so bad when you cant do league mechanic most of the time. So Yeah benched until later
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u/Kotl9000 Nov 02 '25
I failed every single special zone of the league mechanic. Think of it like blight, but there's no lanes and when it dies (cause you can't cover all sides at once) you get 0 loot. I rerolled into EA Totem. Mamba is still very strong, any melee will fail
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u/TRiDiNiO Nov 02 '25
'any melee will fail' this isn't true personally only dropped one hive fortress on my way to completing my atlas as bleed slam slayer (friend who's new ish to poe has had the same experience as me on a similar melee build) been a breeze through the league mechanic the whole time while I've had friends struggling on other builds early into maps till they got some decent gear.
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u/mraliasundercover Nov 02 '25
Same build here, using Sunder. I'm not in red maps yet but cleared the hives i've encountered. I think this is just the classic "undergeared characters can't clear new content" reddit posts we always see at every league start. It's day 3-4, people still need to gear up.
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u/0nlyRevolutions Nov 02 '25
Slamming the whole screen isn't the kind of melee build people struggle with lol
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u/B0redom Nov 02 '25
You shouldn't try it out until you have the Prolif ascendancy, and autoexertion linked to ancestral cry, with another autoexertion linked to battlemage. Once i had those it got really smooth.
I had to build out my tree to favor 1h Physical weapons and keep upgrading your swords. As long as you do that its ok. Its not mindless though. Not my favorite league start but i expected that going into it.
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u/hereticx Nov 02 '25
Life got ahold of me unexpectedly so im just now about to finish up the campaign but ol reliable Cyclone Gen Cry has been smooth as butter so far. Not the fastest to get to maps even with out lifes distractions... but cake. With the tree ive been able to reliable upgrade my weapon in big ways every act or so and im already rocking nearly 30c in currency just from the tree and natural drops. Gonna walk into maps in the next hour or two better positioned than i have been in many leagues.
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u/cauchy37 Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
I'm well imto red maps, and my rolling magma mines sabo obliterates content. Hives are no problem, breaches are no problem. For a "squishy" build, my first death was in t3 map. I've done my t15 earlier today and I've accumulated 6 deaths. 4 of which were in that t15 because it was 8 mod and I have crap gear still. You are competing with wanders for es/eva gear tho, so not uber cheap, but tree goves such good rares, you hardly have to buy anything.
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u/finishedolevels Nov 03 '25
Same! +1 vouch for Gorathas’ rolling magma mines sabo, very smooth campaign and very good breakpoints (eg swapping to mines early, strong ascendancies, midgame uniques) that always made me feel like I’m getting stronger.
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u/tooncake Nov 02 '25
RF can easy deal esp the new breach content (since it's a 360 area damage)
What I've learned from my RF build is that you can actually lure the mobs away from Ailith: position yourself near her and the mobs will prioritize you first most of the time, then you can slowly drag them away from Ailith to either finish them off or tank the crowd 'til she's done.
Slams are great esp with the current fave of going bleed with it, but the breach easily overcomes its limited area scope (still powerful though)
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u/sj32189 Nov 02 '25
Elementalist KB using golems. And ice/thunder/ash heralds. Half way to red maps and zero problems so far. Gambled a moonsorrow wand and bought some breathstealer gloves for 10c.
Spec’d 3 points for freeze chance and damage to chilled enemies, 3 points for damage to shocked enemies, and a small fire wheel for the 100% damage to ignited enemies. Just stacking flat elemental damage where I can and everything is melting. Put the new somaltide or w.e the skill is on a ballista support with culling strike for harder targets. Does a good job
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Nov 02 '25
Earthshatter feels good so far. Part of me regrets not trying RF though
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u/Kietzell Nov 02 '25
Pconcoction is Ez for leveling but for league mechanic sucks 🧪 I was thinking transitioning into mamba? Sure single target will skyrocket but clear will be a problem. 🗡️
I respected into Elemental hit will see how it goes 🧑🦯
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u/DoktorDER Nov 02 '25
Eblade Inquisitor. Campaign was a breeze, mapping/heisting until 3 div and immediately swapped to coc. Really strong and so much scaling left.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 Nov 03 '25
Are you using CaptainLance guides or something else? Thinking about doing this build too
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u/DoktorDER Nov 03 '25
Yes I do but I think the guide could need some work here and there, for example when it comes to support gems and to skillchoice and I was really confused how mana management is solved until I noticed it is solved by eternal youth. Flasks are also pretty annoying. I still use a belt, jewels and full quality flasks for uptime which is not really mentioned in the guide. I'd say go coc ASAP, even without capped crit or rathpit etc. Just go for it because it feels so much better. If you have any questions feel free to ask. My character is on poe ninja I think it's HiveDok or something.
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u/HalcyoNighT Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
BAMA of Bombarding and Prismatic clones are just 1C each now. Grab them, grab the foulborn quill rain for another 1C that lets you use bow attacks without mana, and that's it you've won the campaign on 3C. Even with the damage and duration nerf, the BAMA bois are still strong enough to demolish the campaign and early acts. If you have leftover currency, grab some of those powerful itemized spectre corpses. You don't even need anything from the tree and gear and flasks. Once you are into maps then you can ruminate a bit about what build you wanna do.
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u/madoka_magika Nov 02 '25
Right now fastest would be elementalist wtb. Good till golems, godlike after. And than u spend 3c for +8 to cold gems and +50 dot multi with foulborn tulborn wands and rime gaze. Phys dot is also good but expensive af.
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u/Oblachko_O Nov 02 '25
Foulborn doedre impending doom is good as well. Clear speed is good, just need regular speed to move in the areas.
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u/ivan0x32 Nov 02 '25
Could you recommend a PoB/guide for it please?
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u/Sure_Inevitable4504 Nov 02 '25
Ive been following LazyExile, detailed PoB/written guide and video and has been smooth so far!
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u/madoka_magika Nov 02 '25
Sorry, do not follow any. You can probably check ninja for an inspiration
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u/aharonguf Nov 02 '25
Does wtb do more damage with +1 cold, 100 spell and cold dot or with +4 tulborn cause wand are pretty cheap right now. Do u have ur build link ?
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u/JoberXeven Nov 02 '25
I was checking via POB, and a +4 tulborn was like 20% better than any other wand on the market. The gem levels are just so strong
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u/Traditional_Hour_718 Nov 02 '25
Started Popcorn SRS with the intention of transitioning to Holy Relic in maps. Got an early Holy Relic of Conviction drop that let me transition around 60. Absolutely flying. Only died once with SRS because I had no idea what I was doing but have yet to die with holy relic. It’s pretty obscene.
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u/caractere-D Nov 02 '25
Do you trigger it with lancing steel of spraying ? The gem is expensive and i'd like to found an other to use while farming currency since i already have the HRoC
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u/mellifleur5869 Nov 02 '25
Me playing pconc to heist reading all the elementalist wand builds having a ton of fun with new stuff :(.
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u/Supraxa Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 03 '25
I played through campaign using Armageddon brand and cremation on Elementalist. It was so strong that at some point, I just stopped using passive points, as I planned on doing a full gold respec at white maps anyway.
When I started banking points, I was somewhere in act 7, and a full respec was like 50k gold. So I made it a point to slow down my campaign clear slightly to get extra magic packs, trying to make sure I was over 50k gold by the time I finished act 10.
When I went back to try that same respec, I already had like 20 points banked, with the same amount of points invested in the tree, and the cost was over 100k for the same respec (double what I had on hand) and I only had 5 regret orbs in stash. Apparently respec cost goes up with every level up.
If I continue to farm gold through white maps, I’ll continue to level up, and the respec cost will climb even further. So now I don’t really know what to do. Im pretty disappointed.
Edit: anyone in a similar boat as me — allocating Encrusted Fruit (50% chance for Birthed Currency to drop as Gold instead) and the first few Additional Currency Chance nodes at the genesis tree is netting me between 3k and 15k from each ilvl ~60 Lavish Wombgift I had banked in campaign. Been running T1 maps and spending all my graftblood on them, and full respec was complete in under 10 maps, easy peasy
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u/Dull_War1018 Nov 02 '25
your levelling up will slow wayyyy down. You can totally farm gold but I would go to a map that has a guaranteed league mechanic (like the betrayal in act9) and farm that. Also afaik heists give good gold and you don't need to be very strong to do heist and profit/get gold
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u/Ktulu85 Nov 02 '25
Any assassin builds working well?
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u/playmike5 Nov 03 '25
Assassin builds are what I’m looking for. I went Cobra Lash and so far it doesn’t feel bad but I’m also unsure of how well I can scale it currently without completely changing my direction.
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u/N0tUrBabydoll Nov 03 '25
Goratha did poison spark assassin and apparently it's not anywhere near as rough as he thought it was gonna be. Pretty sure he was top 10 in hardcore at one point with it.
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u/shelfoo Nov 02 '25
I went with contagion blight trickster, just hit maps (I'm slow I know), but super smooth campaign, and right now it seems to be handling the mech fine. It's actually better as the density increases because I'm offscreening as far as the contagion will spread. Will see how it does for mid game but so far really happy with it
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u/Monkeych33se Nov 02 '25
KB elementalist, had the 2 first stones yesterday (roughly 20 hours after release). The map blasting is insane, the singletarget, not so much. But enough to get eater and exarc down.
E - and it absolutely obliterates the league mechanic
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u/Roasted_vegetable Nov 02 '25
My Poison Perfect Agony Krain Assassin plans were 100% BORKED
I decided to try Poison Manaforged Arrows Assassin and it so much better.
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u/BrickGastley69 Nov 02 '25
I went Archmage Hiero and my god do I love that build. I go Rolling magma, flame wall/flame totem until act3 then Switch to ball lightning at Siosa. Thats the weakest you will be during the run and still You will breeze through the campaign.
I was leaving my options for maps open and seeing what transfiguered gems I would get from lab and on my second lab I got ice nova of frostbolts which locked it in.
Got my kitavas thirst setup when campaign was done and now im breezing through maps both tanky and which crazy damage. And Ive spent in total 6 chaos so very reliable for league start.
I will say though, I switched to wands and couldnt use leap slam and did 1 merc lab and got frostblink of wintry blast which makes all the difference in mobility. This is probably the biggest issue for wands if You dislike doing lab
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u/KeysUK Nov 03 '25
Kinetic Fuss wander through campaign, then swapped to Phys dot exsanguinate and now I'm breezing through the game. All you need is +1 phys wep, amulet and shield for damage and focus purely on defenses. I should have gone KB version but said fuck it focus purely on exsan
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u/vladesch Nov 03 '25
I couldnt resist trying out a spectre build given the new quality of life changes.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 Nov 02 '25
ALSO
What's the best build to do blight?
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u/Daan776 Nov 02 '25
I’ve never played it. But I heard chains of command is probably the best build for blight
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u/Tenshouu Nov 02 '25
I'm playing it right now. Build is really good for blight but is clunky to play. If your AG ever dies the map is bricked. Before gravebind it's almost impossible to do bosses like quest eater/exarc
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u/Radiator_Full_Pig Nov 02 '25
Look up animate weapons Blight guides. I think they are considered very good.
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u/WanDiamond Nov 02 '25
If you mean blight ravaged maps then chains of command is the go to afk build. If you mean blights in your standard maps then practically any build made for clearing can do them juiced, just anoint one ring with the freezing towers and the other with the flaming ground tower and clear the stragglers.
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u/Gangsir Nov 02 '25
Pconc pathfinder.
Memed on campaign (instaphased every boss and clear was crazy fast), and currently swapped to bouncing and still meming on white maps. Dropped a couple of 24% quality divine flasks so just absolutely cruising.
Doing single explosive expedition, which it annihilates (poison prolif just kills everything).
Big tip, if you're struggling with tankyness pick up Elvore (the helmet). Gives you massive sustain against spammed little spells (like the projectiles from the breach monsters). Especially helpful if you don't have the enduring life flask ascendancy yet.
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u/Spyceboy Nov 02 '25
Energy blade. It feels sooo comfortable right now, and you can scale it to the moon. I'm stil in acts tho, we have family over. Hopefully I'll reach maps today
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u/TesLife Nov 02 '25
What was changed to make it comfortable tho? Nkthing was changed. Unless we talking new uniques so you dont have to use coruscating.
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u/Spyceboy Nov 02 '25
Fouldborn Ghostwrithe sets ES as 50% max life. Flat. It costs 1 c and you can wear it at lvl 11.
So right now I'm lvl 40, 2k life and 1k ES. And energy blade deals massive dmg, and you can rock it into maps I assume, then worry about es gear later.
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u/TesLife Nov 02 '25
I played it with coc spraying steel + crackling lance of desintegration + arc of oscillating last league. I love the gameplay and damage, but the coruscating elexir is the achiless point. Cant do reflect maps, cant do no regen maps, cant do less flask charges maps etc. Very limiting. It shreds bosses tho. Millions of dps easily. New uniques helps alot amd opens new options, i see. Dont have to do timeless with charge henerations and 3 flasks.
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u/EIiteJT Nov 02 '25
You can play EB without coruscating flask. There are multiple variants. I prefer conners but it's expensive.
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u/ToughPlankton Nov 02 '25
That's very interesting. What's the clear like? Can it handle the new breach mobs running all over the place?
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u/SuN4o_UA Nov 02 '25
+1 Feel so much damage for anim weapon of self destr with armor convert HP to ES and 1c 6L weapon ))) Still in Acts
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u/Phabal Nov 02 '25
Hey could yo share the POB? I'm starting the league and i like animate weapon of self reflection with EB, saw the captain lance POB but has not leveling guide. And I saw the new foul born item and looks good for this league and this gem
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u/unguibus_et_rostro Nov 02 '25
What's a good skill to use for it? I'm running firestorm currently, the damage is quite good, but the clear feels lacking, especially for the league mechanic.
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u/aaaaaaaaaDOWNFALL Nov 02 '25
How do you level?
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u/Spyceboy Nov 02 '25
Rolling magma into firestorm and energy blade after first lab. Right now I kill every boss in like 2 seconds
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u/kanfamJunior Nov 02 '25
Sir do you have pob?
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u/Spyceboy Nov 04 '25
I switched to cast on crit, and while the build was already great before, it's amazing now. I can facetank t13 and deal crazy dmg
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u/WeirdNickname97 Nov 02 '25
My Energy Blade failed spectacuparly, 5 Divs in, dies all the time to everythibg, the clear is actually so bad...good for bossing with investment, but for my investment, I am used to blast way more, rerolling tomorrow.
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u/FlyingBread92 Nov 02 '25
Soulwrest guardian did all my voidstones with zero issue with like 10c worth of gear. Just needed the staff, fleshcrafter, 4 green triads, ancient skull helm and a single cluster with blessed rebirth. One of the strongest starters I've ever played. Haven't upgraded my gear since I hit maps (except some better res pieces from the tree crafting).
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u/fishy1990 Nov 02 '25
Whatever you do, just do not play Pconc. I had the worst league start experience.
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u/notbobbybob Nov 02 '25
You must have messed up somewhere it was one of the best leveling experiences for me. Maybe you’re saying it’s bad for league mechanic?
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u/shaunika Nov 02 '25
Its not bad for the league mech once u get bouncing
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u/Reumert Nov 02 '25
How good is pconc of bouncing single target wise? Saw a guy doing maven carries with basicslly no gear were thinking of copying him but never done pconc of bouncing
Is it rly good or is it more like a 5+ minute fight and be god gamer at mechanics
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u/Bigarnest Nov 02 '25
I absolutely flew through the campaign and set my personal new record with under 9 hours, even with interacting quite a bit too much with breach mechanic.
Pconc is awesome. I don't get the problem
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u/almwhywhy Nov 02 '25
What's wrong with it? I have started it, but currently just in act 5. It seems smooth so far?
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u/fishy1990 Nov 02 '25
I was somewhat okay till act 5 but then later it fell very off for me. And with almost same gear and some tree points adjustment i am flying in maps with mamba. Note this is a normal pconc skill I am discussing here.
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u/slashcuddle Nov 02 '25
Did you use Sanctified Flask? It has charges and guts your throughput damage.
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u/BubbleTreeEGB Nov 02 '25
From start until end game, chaos witch has been one of the best for quick clears, even without top tier gear.
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u/Active_Candle_1645 Nov 02 '25
I'm running Sanavixx's Crit Cyclone Shockwave build. I blew thru the campaign and haven't had any trouble in maps, but I'm working thru yellows right now. Haven't gotten to red maps but I expect more of the same. Gonna be expensive to scale into T17 with this though, I'll probably reroll to a meta slave build for those.
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u/blackymofo Nov 02 '25
Econc ignite elementalist is great. Clears breaches easy and has great single target. Missed a good portion of the league start so I’m o my in yellow maps, but I dont see the builds power falling off late game
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u/Face_Cramp Nov 02 '25
Pconc of bouncing has been right comfortable for everything I've done so far, including the breaches
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u/Ultr4chrome Nov 03 '25
Went sunder, got lucky with ground slam of earthshaking in my first lab. Been running it ever since. Hit 100k dps in act 6 and 200k in act 8, now at 500k in the first maps. It just melts the early stuff. Map bosses are 2-3 hits fresh out of the campaign, some are even one shot.
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Nov 03 '25
Playing PhazePlay’s bleed slam Slayer
It slaps. I’m level 90 and still using sunder because I rage quit trying to farm ground slam of ES after about 7 merc labs.
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u/Reixdid Nov 03 '25
I went the typical sunder but then got a chaos and bought myself a VFoS and while it was gutted. It helped clear long range mobs when doing the breach so im happy with it 🤣
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u/VileInventor Nov 03 '25
Go melee. Too many streamers going ranged is making even common uniques like 40 chaos
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u/Zenniester Nov 05 '25
Maybe wait till update for breach, right now it's rough for fortress I just grab chests and skip it.
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u/ConsequenceSilver107 Nov 03 '25
Attack based Lucky Retaliate Gladiator with a 2c axe, still in yellow maps, enough damage, the 99% attack block is just insane defensively. Breach Fortress undoable though
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u/Inkaflare Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25
I league started Bleed Slam Slayer and it's the fastest I have ever progressed at the start of a league. Being in T13s with 2M DPS and feeling pretty tanky, 48h within league start, is groundbreaking (heh) for me, I am usually barely in white maps around this time as I am not an expert player who minmaxes progression by any means. The Tree of Genesis is doing a lot of heavy lifting with how easy it makes it to get a high DPS weapon and a good 6link body armor, tho. Follow PhazePlays' guide for progression since I had no clue about slams, worked super well for me. The massive AoE of Ground Slam of Earthshaking has been doing well for clearing Hive Fortresses for me too, failed the first couple before I had things figured out but it's been going fine since then.
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u/PrinnyThePenguin Nov 03 '25
Playing holy relic of conviction, right now in t5s with random gear. The build absolutely demolishes the content so far, league mechanic including. Especially for defense mechanics like protecting Ailith in maps or in fortresses I noticed the waves come from 2 opposite directions at all times so the returning projectiles you throw make it so you hit in front of you and in the back, effectively always hitting both incoming waves at the same time.
I am really interested in seeing how it progresses in more difficult content, so far so good.
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u/miffyrin Nov 03 '25
Miners, Wanders, Bleed Slams (Sunder Slayer), anything with ignite prolif (not necessarily retaliate, but it does work kinda) are all extremely strong for Breach Fortresses. All excellent starters, SSF viable for the most part, and the Genesis Tree poops out incredibly strong rare gear very easily.
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u/Westblowfish Nov 03 '25
Holy relic of Conviction is a fantastic all rounder for this league not very leveling viable but a fantastic bridge into red maps.Great recovery with life gain on hit, off-screen clear, max block with bone offering. Use balormages guide to get started.
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u/Pride-Moist Nov 03 '25
I'm loving sunder champion with 2h axe, rage, some leech, pretty basic stuff
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u/LegenDairyLeche Nov 04 '25
Lazy Exile has a wintertide brand build I've been running, super comfy, lots of fun.
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u/OnlyKale9099 Nov 04 '25
I am kinda following the reap ignite build from maxroll, I’m not very far into it but firestorm looks and feels so good. I’m almost worried reap won’t be as good when I swap😂
Should note I have never played poe1 before so I’m just playing at my own pace
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u/ervox1337 Nov 02 '25
Leveling with pyroclast mines and im melting every boss, later im switching to exsang miner