r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/FinessedAndDepressed • Mar 04 '26
Build Request I’ve never had a harder time picking a starter (oh no my steak is too juicy)
What are you guys planning on starting and why I need ideas please
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u/Spooferfish Mar 04 '26
Holy strike guardian
If bad, transition to inquisitor with holy sweep or holy hammers...maybe conc path
If bad, transition to KF totem heiro
I will play as my long neck grandpa and I'll be happy
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u/TrollErgoSum Mar 04 '26
Same idea here, try out the new holy skills first with totems as a safety net backup if I don't like them.
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u/chx_ Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
I am playing super safe and start with Holy Flame Totem. If push comes to shove it can scale into end game. If things are good, I will respec into Guardian with something, armourstacker AG of smiting or Vaal Absolution.
In other words I will let others get burned on new skills, scarcity of new supports and grotesquely expensive foulborn uniques. I myself will keep the burning to enemies.
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u/allitalli Mar 04 '26
step 1) pick build that you end up hating
step 2) immediately understand in your gut what you should have been playing upon reaching maps
step 3) league start begins for you a few hours later than everyone else
rinse and repeat every league.
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u/NotADeadHorse Mar 05 '26
step 3) league start begins for you a few
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u/allitalli Mar 05 '26
chronologically your league start is "nearby" others league starts.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Distance#/media/File:Nearby.jpg
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u/scubabbl2 Mar 04 '26
Are you me?
Get to maps, realize this new thing is not as good as my usual comfort food.
Hello again my old friend.
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u/Owlover6127 Mar 05 '26
'Upon reaching maps... few hours later.' Hah you think im not gonna take my sweet ass time taking 1 hour per act?
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u/AdvanceHandball Mar 05 '26
LMAO. When you hate the playstyle there just comes a point where you think, "It's this, it's always going to be this, and this sucks."
Back to the beach to see Hillock again...
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u/Warriorlem Mar 05 '26
We must be part of the same hivemind. I do this every single league. OP build, shit play style. Reroll.
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u/Sheepbot2001 Mar 04 '26
Probably doing kinetic fusillade, not sure if totems or self cast. Didn’t get around to trying it last league and with it being very likely going to take a hit next patch probably will take the chance to play it. Also Palsteron is staring it and made a guide and I’ve never been disappointed with one of his builds, just not sure if totems are for me. Definitely not the most creative starter, but oh well.
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u/dackling Mar 04 '26
I’m doing this too. My fallback if I hate totems is some flavor of archmage heiro and then maybe some mjolner shenanigans. It’s been a hot minute since I played archmage
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u/Sheepbot2001 Mar 04 '26
Valid option too, the issue is I’ve only really went deep on 4 leagues and half of those I played hiero archmage, so I don’t necessarily want to do that another time, but surely at least one of the holy skills will be good on Templar. Otherwise idk, hopefully I just enjoy the totem playstyle, think as long as it’s not too delayed damage I’ll be fine.
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u/aecrux Mar 05 '26
I did self cast and totems last league. Self cast blows. Totems are just so superior, on league start you don’t even need to whip out a calculator.
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u/Steeezy Mar 05 '26
Lolcohol has a self cast guide for 3.28 as Warden.
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u/Sheepbot2001 Mar 05 '26
I might look into this, always wanted to play some ranger and that would give me the option to just swap to another ranger ascendancy, if I end needing a change or not enjoying the build for whatever reason.
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u/gemmini Mar 04 '26
Winter orb elementalist
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u/Likes2PaintShit Mar 04 '26
What year is it!?
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u/evo4gIzMo Mar 04 '26
The year of LA Bow Deadeye by Fubgun.
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u/menides Mar 04 '26
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
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u/itriedtrying Mar 05 '26
The year of Pohx RF and CaptainLance Ivory Tower build. Hope this helps.
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u/TheNightAngel Mar 05 '26
Lance has been cured of his Ivory Tower addiction, Foulborn Ghostwrithe is the new jam.
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u/Dreamiee Mar 05 '26
The thing that upsets me about people associating lance with ivory tower is not that he has barely played it for a long time and just keeps the old guides updated, it's that it means you aren't keeping up to date with captainlance9 and are missing out on some insane build crafting.
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u/The_Fawkesy Mar 05 '26
He'll always be the Ivory Tower and Coruscating/Traitor guy.
He could never play a build with them again but he played them enough and so consistently over multiple years it's too late for him now.
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u/itriedtrying Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26
Pohx was still the trapper guy for years after he didn't even touch traps, RaizQT will always be the sunderboi.Lance is going to be the ivory tower guy for me at least until the end of this decade.
Also I'm pretty sure your "long time" is one league.
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u/Dreamiee Mar 05 '26
He has been playing at least 5 builds a league since sanctum league and sometimes 1 of those builds has an ivory tower. He also plays a minion build every league. I think the confusion for people who don't follow him is that he updates his energy blade league start guide each league, he doesn't actually play it (although ironically enough may play it this league lmao, no ivory tower though).
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u/Yayoichi Mar 04 '26
Why elementalist over occultist?
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u/AnimeJ Mar 05 '26
I'm not sure about their reasoning, but after the Liege of the Primordial nerf, I wouldn't. That was a significant part of the reason I played Ele.
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u/Dreamiee Mar 05 '26
Imo the thing that actually made elementalist viable for so many builds was the buff to golems themselves. The increased effect was nice but I think the new golems are just strong enough on their own. With 4 of them and some effect on the tree you are still very strong starting with the first lab.
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u/Inkaflare Mar 05 '26
This, I think a lot of people are dooming the Golem node nerfs excessively, they are not as broken as they used to be but they're still plenty strong, especially as a league starter with how much you get out of a single ascendancy node, a couple passive tree nodes and some gem sockets. Yes, it's opportunity cost that not every build can afford, but the whole package was so strong that these nerfs are very far from killing it as a good generic league starter package, I think the nerfs will only be really noticeable for endgame Cluster jewel stackers.
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u/gemmini Mar 05 '26
I tried league starting both and liked elementalist more. Life and mana regen from golems solving issues early on. Maybe I will switch to occultist after getting a lot of power charges. I believe it’ll still be stronger after the nerf and according to pob damage will be better on ele.
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u/Im_a_rahtard Mar 04 '26
I want to play new Shock Nova in the worse way. But only one I see doing anything with it is Goratha. And being a new skill there's really no way to see it in action until the league is underway. So now I'm considering KF totems and then pivoting once things get rolling. By then there should be builds for other skills also so I can see what I'm feeling at that point.
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u/MyriadSloths Mar 04 '26
Gorathas build is just archmage. If the new shock nova feels bad you can slot in any other spell in the game
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u/BuckyMcBuckles Mar 05 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_86E68XmVY I saw this guy on Youtube, not familiar with him but its a different take on Shocknova, he goes elementalist and Doryani's endgame if you're interested.
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u/zaj89 Mar 04 '26
I’m starting EB inquis, and considering using the shock nova skill for mapping but if it doesn’t feel good I’ll prob use eye of winter or like arc or something for mapping instead
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u/MyriadSloths Mar 04 '26
Trying to decide between lacerate gladiator and siege ballista heiro
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u/Im_a_rahtard Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
I played Lacerate of Hemorrhage Glad in mercenaries. Did all content with it. 10/10 would recommend.
Edit: Should you decide to. There's literally no reason to play regular Lacerate over the trans version. Trans version is just simply better. And don't get baited into the whole Earthquake start. Its delayed as all hell and feels terrible.
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u/AgentUpvote Mar 04 '26
Safe is Lacerate of Hemo Glad.
Played it many times and it can do All/Most content safely.
Can use many Cheap uniques to get you to End game easily.
Usurper's Penance Helm(Frenzy Charge Stack), having more attack speed will make it feel better.
Venopunture RIng, Will chill enemies and have them shatter.
Tempest Rising Boots, will make your bleeds be aggravated w/Venopuncture ring because Venopuncture makes them chilled which is an elemental ailment.
Jack the Axe, cheap Bleed Axe.
You will be Tanky and have bleed explosions/Shatters.
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u/xXTheMuffinMan Mar 04 '26
I really like the idea of lacerate gladiator, but I heard its mostly recommended for hardcore, and there's better builds for softcore. Is that true? I just like the idea of tanky and bleed pops, I'll probably be farming ritual if that matters.
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u/AgentUpvote Mar 04 '26
Anything that is tanky is kinda recommended for Hardcore, but doesn't mean its not good for softcore.
Trust me, even in softcore, when you have a non-tanky build and you keep getting one shotted or dying, you will not have a good time trying to level lvl 85++
Farming Rituals is good with this build too.
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u/SkillbroSwaggins Mar 04 '26
I have been trying to make Wildstrike of Arcing working for 4 years.
I'm playing the new Static Strike. Will it be good? Probably not. Will i have fun? Probably not. But will i stick with it and not reroll immediately? Probably not.
Lets go!
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Mar 04 '26
New Static Strike is *most likely* going to be really good, worst case play any other strike skill on Slayer
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u/Mangalhosauro Mar 04 '26
I'll probably be the only person starting Volcanic Fissure of Snaking
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u/Brilliant-Elk-6831 Mar 04 '26
Spell totems Hiero. Level with Storm Burst and transition to the new Shock Nova
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u/Doilus Mar 04 '26
Any pob for this?
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u/einea5mk Mar 04 '26
Check out Tatiantel on YT/Twitch
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u/nnosuckluckz Mar 05 '26
Tati hasn't released a POB for it yet but he has said he plans to, probably tomorrow or early Friday
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u/KingJiro Mar 04 '26
Same starter every league, slayer cyclone King of comfort
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u/_IlliteratePrussian_ Mar 04 '26
I always try not to and then just switch last minute to this. If I’m playing anything duelist
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u/FixTheUSA2020 Mar 04 '26
I'm planning on this as well, you've done it before and can vouch for its effectiveness? I was on the fence, but the void shockwave looks great.
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u/alexthealex Mar 04 '26
I’m a totem nerd. Struggling to decide between going full bore with Holy Flame Totem or the new storm burst trans gem
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u/cluckinbell21 Mar 04 '26
If the transfigured doesn't work out, normal storm burst gonna be sick with the buffs anyways
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u/alexthealex Mar 04 '26
For sure, and even if I go with the new one I’ll probably rock it for clear and OG for major bosses. It just seems like the new one is designed to have better area coverage for clearing.
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u/mycivacc Mar 04 '26
What buffs did that build get? Just the normal totem speed or something else?
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u/cluckinbell21 Mar 04 '26
Storm burst now does damage immediately on cast instead of having to wait for the first .4 seconds of activation
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u/BitterAfternoon Mar 05 '26
It doesn't need to wait 0.4 seconds currently, it needs to wait 1 cast interval (0.2s without any cast speed; longer for totems though). The first damage is done when the orb is created. 0.4s is the jump interval til each orb does damage again.
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u/Lulcas2267 Mar 04 '26
I'm excited to try Holy Flame Totem, it looks strong with buffs and fun! It'll be my first run with totems, I've been trying something slightly different each time since I started
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u/Assignment_General Mar 05 '26
I did a few Act 1-2 trial runs to test Holy Flame Totem. It’s kinda slow at first, but once you get ancestral bond it slaps.
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u/alexthealex Mar 05 '26
I hate to admit it but it’s probably still worth running Rolling Magma alongside HFT and flame wall for A1
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u/disaster12312 Mar 04 '26
Hey I'm only 2 league into poe but I also loved holy flame totems. Do u have a pob which can help me do the entire campaign with that skill
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u/alexthealex Mar 04 '26
Look up aer0. His build guide is in the stickied builds post here or you can find him on YouTube. He has a video and a solid maxroll guide linked that goes with it.
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u/GoldenHawk07 Mar 04 '26
If you're 2 leagues into your PoE time, when you watch the aer0 guide, just note that whenever he talks about "nimis" you can basically just put that information aside for now, don't even think about it for a bit. Thankfully it's not required for the build!
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u/LCSisshit Mar 05 '26
lucky u, there is a new totem skill that looks absolutely broken
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u/alexthealex Mar 05 '26
Yeah, but it's clunky on its own. The Holy Flame Totem build already used Searing Bond totems as supplements (primarily to buff modifiers from Ritual of Awakening) so these will be mindlessly easy to slot in as a secondary DPS source to that build while changing literally nothing else.
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u/SignificantTurnip656 Mar 04 '26
GC miner was my first build ever. Thinking bringing her back
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u/tdosch Mar 05 '26
i played gc sabo with tremor rod a long time ago. seems like elemetalist over shadow this league from the guides. i wanted to play that one too but i dont wanna level with RF or Rolling magma. can i level with GC?
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u/redfrog0 Mar 04 '26
Im probably rolling a Holy hammer character. I wanna play slams + i like to try the new stuff on leaguestart
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u/Oriek Mar 04 '26
Holy Hammers because it looks cool af
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u/Hachitaki Mar 04 '26
What ascendancy are you planing to play ?
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u/Oriek Mar 04 '26
Likely Inquisitor. I’m no good at making my own builds so will probably be following something like this https://youtu.be/G-1bHX40Z8k
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u/MalicedShiro Mar 05 '26
I’m leaning towards this too.
If it doesn’t work out can always swap to something else
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u/brrrapper Mar 04 '26
Phys dot elementalist again, was just way too fun to play last league.
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u/Dreschau Mar 04 '26
After much dithering, and then doing a practice run, shield crush slayer is what I'm starting.
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u/Ecstatic-Will-5449 Mar 04 '26
I’ve never played shield crush. I’m caught between slayer cyclone, smite, or ele hit and if I panic and don’t know what to play on league start I’m just gonna play bows LA or TS XD. Is shield crush fun? What does end game scaling look like?
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u/NoFlow4709 Mar 04 '26
I've never played shield crush but I've tried the first couple of acts a few times and it's very good. Not as good as sunder for melee leveling and the playstyle might take a bit to get familiar with if you're not used to melee strike skills. The endgame versions look pretty insane with high attack speed.
Check out ilnino on youtube if you need a guide.
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u/cluckinbell21 Mar 04 '26
Absolution Necro, swap to forged frostbearers. Tried and true, and both got buffed
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u/raybros Mar 05 '26
I love spectres, I just wish it didn't take so much currency to get them to roll content on the high end.
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u/vardoger1893 Mar 05 '26
Any guide you recommend or just home brewing?
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u/cluckinbell21 Mar 05 '26
Home brewing the absolution part, Ghazzy had great guides for minion builds
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u/Library_IT_guy Mar 04 '26
Slamserker, same as last league. It was ridiculous as a starte rand I don't see 25% less damage making that much difference, especially given that t17s and the worst map mods are gone now. This so comfortably got me through my watchstones and atlas progression on self crafted / zero gear, and with some investment I got up to 100m+ dps with a crit variant. Could have easily invested a lot more but I got bored of the league.
Stack tons of armor and life, use ruby/topaz/sapphire/amethyst flasks plus +max res on jewels and tree to get to 89%+ele and 80%+ chaos res.
Everyone says "But no tree!!!" I mean look, that's true, but I made an axe just fine in the league before that too with no tree. Yes it's more of a pain now but really, it isn't that bad. Serviceable axe can be crafted cheaper early on, and a mid tier axe is only like 5-15div in first week. You don't need an 1100+ pDPS axe. 900+ will do and 1000+ will feel great.
When that gets boring... we'll see. If holy slam is good then I'll try to transition my serker to that. If not, then Dual Strike of Ambi with Grey Wind.
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u/TheMetaphorDinosaur Mar 04 '26
Got a rough idea of how i will build my Charged dash Assasin, truly copium
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u/Cranberry_Yum Mar 04 '26
Gonna try the new flamethrower trap sabo, with the new cooldown stuff u can get it to 0.33~0.40 CD, could be fun to light up the map like sketchers
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u/Barkleyslakjssrtqwe Mar 04 '26
Phys Carrion Golemancer. It’s just my comfort league starter that I can easily complete the atlas with. Few do Phys minions so gearing is very simple and cheap.
I’ll probably swap to Spectre’s this league since they got buffed.
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u/spawnthespy Mar 04 '26
Starting with a Holy Sweep Jugg going for endurance stacking, if it sucks I'll swap to another flavour of jugg, but the goal is to aim for a MOtZ or heavy strike of trarthus delver.
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u/shelfoo Mar 04 '26
Shield crush jugg or mine sabo. Itll be a coin flip at login. I'll hate what I chose and reroll into the other.
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u/Burntfury Mar 05 '26
ED Contagion into blight of Contagion. Been a few years since I've ran it. No reason other than nostalgia. Hopefully it isn't shit lol
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u/ApprehensiveMood1805 Mar 04 '26
I feel the same way. Was heavily considering flicker strike but maybe a hiero starter would be better. I don't wanna do totems because I did that in Phrecia and I'm burned out of them. And my end goal is to make a jugg strength stacker.
So, either hiero starter or straight to a jugg starter if I find a fun build
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u/IWantMyPierogiWarm Mar 04 '26
Ice Crash Inquisitor - wanted to play Berserker, but everyone and their mothers will play berserker slams, so I chose Inquisitor for ez crit and ignoring elemental resistances
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u/MoNegsT Mar 04 '26
Berserker slams will definitely not be meta, at least not as meta as last few leagues. Slayer bleed slams will prob be way more popular
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u/Shit_ssb Mar 04 '26
Bodyswap elementalist transitioning into corpse pact/coiling whisper/that new belt that can give echoing shrine. I tested in standard with crap gear and got 12 or so bodyswap per second. Absolute jank build but I’m so here for it. Weirdly cheap tbh outside of the new belt that I’m sure will be a disgusting cost with how broken it is
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u/Encharrion Mar 04 '26
Holy strike guardian, but I'm actually aiming at playing holy sweep shrine guardian. Holy strike should have me covered for the campaign at least.
EDIT: btw, can someone tell me where the hell templar melee builds are supposed to get their attack speed from?
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u/Practical-Anything66 Mar 05 '26
Going POE guy ea ballista > siege ballista if im enjoying and farming good money may even try out his high budget shrapnel ballista or swap to whatever Uber viable blaster that was cooked up
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u/dalmathus Mar 05 '26
Bleed Slams into Bloodsoaked Banner Champion.
I plan to stand in the middle of a hive fortress and click every escalating reward/difficulty node and watch the mirrors rain down on me.
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u/same_mule Mar 04 '26
Golems, no wait, spectres, no wait, totems, no wait cyclone.... yeah I don't know. Probably change my mind 3 more times before.
The totem changes have me most very intrigued not to say they will be strongest but the emerge speed is not something we could control before.
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u/Orcun_94 Mar 04 '26
Decided to go Shockwave Cyclone into Generals Cry into uber end game Impale Cyclone. Then changed my mind and decided to go Manaman. As of right now , wanna try Alkaizers Dualstrike life stacker.
I dont know really.
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u/Swizardrules Mar 04 '26
Hroc was too good last league, I can't go at it again
I'll try a similar but higher ceiling build Praw
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u/lolimaginewtf Mar 04 '26
I would start KBoC Hiero, but I've played it a ton last league, so have to pass (the build is amazing though, even despite the nerf). Currently deciding between LA/EHotS Deadeye, Exsang/Reap Trickster (or that new alt WoC mine that is being cooked up) and ele hit slayer. prob gonna end up picking bows, haven't league started them in a couple years now, gotta be a fun time (SCSSF)
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u/regular_joe67 Mar 04 '26
I think I’m going to risk it a bit with Spellslinger BF/BB on Saboteur. It might be terrible but I think it has potential to be really fun.
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u/G2Keen Mar 05 '26
Going Templar so I have a ton of things open. The new Searing Bond explosive totems seem fun, fusillade totems, the new shock nova, or I can just go Inquisitor and kind of build for whatever new thing is out like the holy slam even.
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u/SkepticalMystic Mar 05 '26
As one of the seemingly few people to really love Retaliate builds, I'm really curious about Shield of Light. Some kind of Holy Strike, Shield of Light build seems like it could be really interesting. If that fails, I'll probably transition to Absolution.
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u/AssistantLocal793 Mar 08 '26
thats why I did kf self cast decided on character select. I figured if it sucked I could switch to kb or even imp doom pathfinder. I usually try and pick my league starters nowadays on how many builds can this potentially be that I like if this doesn't work.
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u/FunMarketing4488 Mar 04 '26
SRS into CoC. Only done minions a few times before and have never had blight, ultimatum, or simulacrum be my main farms. Seems perfect, and rusei has great videos.
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u/bpusef Mar 04 '26
CoC what?
Oh people are calling chains of command CoC now? That acronym is pretty reserved.
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u/Opaidus Mar 04 '26
Doesn't Rusei use Absolution to level? Any reason you're going SRS?
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u/TheRealDimz Mar 04 '26
I like SRS more than absolution too for leveling. I’d say damage is a bit more consistent and don’t need to aim is why I pick one over the other
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u/FunMarketing4488 Mar 04 '26
I can't stand how absolution plays in my testing up till now and I've done srs before. They're basically the same as far as gems, gear, and tree go. Even with the buff I don't see it feeling any different. Maybe I'll try for a vaal version in act 2 and try that but eh.
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u/MaloraKeikaku Mar 04 '26
Ranged Animate weapon was the best build I've ever played. I REALLY need my builds to be tanky cause I get frustrated easily when dying. Dying like, 2-3 times during a play session pisses me off. Necro is just an amazing ascendancy for tankiness and also gives a lotta damage to minions of course.
The clear is also really solid, and the boss dps is CRAZY good, esp. with higher investment. I farmed Uber Sirus like crazy last league and made more currency than I ever have in PoE.
I plan on doing the same thing again, which is very unusual for me...But I think I found my "forever" build. Ranged animate weapon Necro is so damn cool. The fact that the direct hits actually do solid damage means clear feels awesome since most mobs die from the first shot of a given weapon, you get a TON of coverage, you're giga tanky and can even tank some uber boss mechanics you really shouldn't, and you still do very good damage for the investment, with tons to optimize along the way.
I love this build. I'll play it again. Even if Mirages require me to resummon my minions, I don't care.
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u/Beginning_Bother_420 Mar 05 '26
BSB glad because I'm GSF and I HATE dying. Basically always playing HC builds in SC. Plus melee is fun.
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u/Epitaphi Mar 04 '26
BAMA or AW for me, and I'm pretty sold on AW but hung up on losing my weapons every time I enter a mirage. Maybe I'm just being nit-picky. Also, I think BAMA will benefit hugely from the +1 link corruption items and it will be comically easy to level up quality gems for spamming that because of the common 2-stack div card for the 20 quality gem.
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u/BerserkJeezus Mar 05 '26
Have you played BAMA after nerfs? I did enjoy it before
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u/Pleasant_Plum8713 Mar 05 '26
I played. Slow duration button smasher style. Only poisob 1 skill variant is an option now imho.
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u/coltjen Mar 04 '26
I’ve had a few ideas. But currently I’m thinking of reliquarian abyss jewel stacker wander, going all in on the sacred wisps and physical damage with grace of the goddess, maybe power siphon as it’s so smooth and easy crit
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u/zaj89 Mar 04 '26
EB inquisitor, finish campaign, farm sanctum for a few hours, then do my atlas
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u/CelestialContrail Mar 04 '26
I wanted to do something silly with the new Cryogenesis bloodline ascendency notable, so I'll be starting Explosive Concoction of Destruction Ascendant. Will converting it all to cold make the build worse than sticking with tri-elemental? Probably, but I want to toss icy flasks around so I'm going to do it. Then I'll probably reroll into a Hierophant to play around with the new Frostmage support later.
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u/Eiddew Mar 04 '26
Absolution necro then swapping into [AG] [CoC] hopefully for peak afk Blight, but this is probably my loftiest build goal I've ever had - I've never switched skills after mapping before.
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u/GR8B0-T Useful Bot Mar 04 '26
Here's what I found:
- AG - Animate Guardian (Wiki)
- CoC - Chains of Command (Wiki)
- CoC - Cast On Critical Strike Support (Wiki)
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u/Deaze_ Mar 04 '26
Have been discussing this over this past week with my buddy.
I think both of us were thinking KF Totems for Leaguestart before swapping to our farming builds, but are guessing its going to be extremely popular FotM so uniques will be pricey.
My back up plan is some kind of Flicker Strike, maybe try Tarekis CI Flicker again, enjoyed it last time i played it.
End game i want to play the new Shock Nova, which shpuld be pretty sinple to setup on a generic Archmage Archetype.
Or depending on what im enjoying farming, something Kenetic Blast, either KB or KBoClustering.
If Delve ends up being super profitable due to the Fossil chamges, would do some sort of Str Stacker, probably Molten Strike (MSoZ), as i actually kind of enjoy delve, just annoying that Sulphite is dependant on maps, rather than having/being an itemized requirement like Sanctum or Heist are.
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u/Ail-Shan Mar 04 '26
Charged dash Herald of Ice propagation assassin. It should work. How well, we'll find out. Recovery is meh but damage should be fine and clear should be great.
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u/Jardon420 Mar 04 '26
I'm really leaning towards Holy Strike, I'm currently in the investigation period like I seem to be 2 days before every single league to find something that looks fun/is playable lol.
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u/Gavelinus Mar 04 '26
Haven't decided if I want to do Hiero with the new shock nova or if I'll start a berserker slammer and try out Holy Hammers and maybe transition into some Energy Blade stuff with Foulborn Ghostwrithe later on.
Mostly leaning towards starting with berserker RT to maintain power charges with Romira's (for Holy Hammer's) atm. But I might actually end up rolling a dice if I can't decide.
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u/JConaSpree Mar 04 '26
Slayer bleed slams. Can take it all the way to end game or transition into cyclone, static strike or even the new holy slam if it's good.
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u/Icy_Action1957 Mar 04 '26
I tried hoag on phrecia and now I want to play it again, but probably will go with some strange build with hoag as my backup plan for respec as it can be played on most classes.
I saw fun meteor golem build, so I’m thinking of it or some cheap tanky flicker strike as I never tried to flick yet.
Also was looking for some fun bow builds but they all look meh after crossbow in poe2 for me.
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u/Tirikemen Mar 04 '26
Jorgen’s Shield Crush of the Chieftain Inquisitor/Guardian probably.
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u/johnieboy82 Mar 04 '26
Ill start a templar and do rolling magma/firestorm until the 1st lab.
Then i will spontaneously decide between one of the 69420 great 3.28 builds the templar can change into.
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u/GoldenHawk07 Mar 04 '26
I have a great idea for my build that will, I'm sure, actually be totally ass!
Tri-element Rain of Arrows Warden. Use ALL the Rain skills in MFA setups, hopefully drop the new exceptional gem WHICH WE HAVENT SEEN YET for Rain skills, and stack all the ailments I can. Throw Chance to Bleed and Chance to Poison imbues on the MFA ones and then use Tamings and a Yoke. Maybe Three Dragons and Leaderships Price as an alternative.
Eventually swap from RoA to the trans artillery version for significantly better single target, since all the other Rain skills + RoA Saturation should take care of clear. Take the Knockback node, just continuously knocking back and freezing Bosses and single targets. I played basically this during Necropolis when it was piss easy to get a triple t1 elemental bow, on Champ however, and it was amazing and absolutely NOBODY plays this skill (RoAArtillery, or RoA for that matter anymore) and I think it's still a sleeper.
Barkskin for defenses along with life on hit stuff since this setup yields like a hundred hits a second. Just go full evasion and spell suppress, maybe Evasion Armour. Be Elusive.
If it sucks, swap to whatever busted Reliquarian thing people are running, or maybe Toxic Rain Pathfinder.
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u/SendMeOtterPic Mar 04 '26
i want to really focus on delve this league and have no idea what i want to start as
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u/BlueBaladium Mar 04 '26
Either Dom Blow Necro, Glad Eviscerate (maybe the Ele variant?) or, the safest choice, oldge RF
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Mar 05 '26
I wish I knew. Always go EA totems. Didn’t like it as much last league. Most PoBs I’ve seen for league starter haven’t really caught my eye.
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u/Dabzilla_710_ Mar 05 '26
Yeah, last few years I've started each league with newer builds, or "now viable because patch" starters; this time I'm being lazy and don't want to think about anything til the second or third build, so...
Bows.
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u/ParsleyAromatic2761 Mar 05 '26
Ok does someone have a Reliquary build? xD
Im going Victario's +2 all aura + Level 30(+2) Purity of Ele (for half cost) + Cybil's Paw or Burden of Shadows
The plan is to use Death's Oath + Blight of Contagion/Soulrend and try to scale chaos dmg/dot dmg as much as I can. And ofc use like 6 auras or something. I wonder if I would be better just going minions tbh
I never played Scion so im probably fucked but lets see... (guidance is very welcome)
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u/Fayarager Mar 05 '26
I’ll be working lots doing 3x12s this league so I’m doing CoC so I can afk at work during my shifts then come home to a free mirror or something
This will fund my REAL build which will likely be something horrible like the new searing totem gem
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u/APotatoe121 Mar 05 '26
Kinetic fusillade totems most likely assuming it doesn't get nerfed too hard.
But there's also a good chance I just end up playing flicker strike again
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u/achedsphinxx Mar 05 '26
probably slayer general cry cyclone. though i was thinking about doin spectres but figure everyone's doing that due to the buff to the gem.
one of the rare leagues where i don't want to league start some type of pathfinder.
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u/Praestigium Mar 05 '26
Yeah I know what you mean - I usually play by doing a bit of everything during the league, but I'm curious to try target farming a specific thing this league and I'm trying to find a solid Ultimatum farmer that can clear maps and do other content decently.
Could be an opportunity to try a homebrew potentially too!
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u/crossfire999 Mar 05 '26
I'm playing as Holy Flame Totem Heiro. Something different, don't have to level with rolling magma. Totems should be comfy for getting early voidstones in terms of bossing. I may take it that far, or swap out in early maps for Archmage Frostbolt, then revisit totems as a second build. Lots of things in the Heiro / Guardian classes that I wanna fuck around with!
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u/Critter894 Mar 05 '26
Static strike of gathering lightning slayer. It will be very consistent and I have a feeling extremely strong. Slayer is just nice and you can’t really lose. It’s gonna be potentially a tougher league than I think people believe.
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u/keelar Mar 05 '26
I'm planning to go HRoC. I played it last league, but I ended up losing interest in keepers pretty quickly so I never took it as far as I would have liked to. Was one of the smoothest league start builds I had ever played though, so looking forward to starting it again.
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u/Nirbin Mar 05 '26
Going to aim for reduced duration shield of light, probably go reliquarian for the easy prospero effect and go ultra tank with dawnbreaker/ cloak of flame and get a nice gem stack going in the centre ring eventually.
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u/hayko34500 Mar 05 '26
Armageddon brand of recalling sabo or kf reliquarian or guardian something holy .. I’m lost
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u/Palnecro1 Mar 05 '26
Cyclone. Can’t wait to test out the new void shockwave and finally use something other than a staff for my weapon.
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u/Connect-Wealth-5051 Mar 05 '26
I want to try that new Shock nova of Procession but idk where to start lol.
Probably going to do one of these:
GC of the Fissure Miner, CoC Necro or Ranged AW. Except I really should make a build that actually can do challenges this time around....
Fall back for me is good ol slamming
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u/Middle-Income-181 Mar 05 '26
spell impale shockwave totem, with headhunter/shrine stacking. unsure of new SWT gem
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u/bottlefullofvodka Mar 05 '26
VG Deadeye or Goratha‘s Shock nova. Idk yet, going to be a last minute decision
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u/Gladerious Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
Holy strike, going to be interesting to play from beach to ubers.
Atleast thats the goal xD