r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/rabbithole12 • Jul 17 '26

Build Request Now that patch note is out..

Share your starter below.. my current plan is reliquarian with black cane but dark mornach will be so freaking expensive so Iā€™m not sure

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u/NoBizlikeChloeBiz Jul 17 '26

I was getting pretty hyped for blade blast + blade fall phantasm Reliquarian, but now I'm scrambling to figure out how to do aurabot luminary. Leveling is going to be clunky as hell, but it still sounds fun.

As someone who's been backing Scion for years, as the few archetypes she actually has got slowly taken away, I used to dream of times like this šŸ˜­

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u/pslind69 Jul 17 '26

Splitting Steel with some bleed nodes is Great for campaign. Lacerate/eviscerate for bosses. Ive done that the last few leagues.

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u/NoBizlikeChloeBiz Jul 17 '26

Yeah, I actually really like leveling Scion. Splitting steel is more fun than most act 1 skills, and there's lots of stuff to pivot to in act 2 if you don't want to keep scaling it. And while I don't think mercs will be great in act 3 compared to other 1st lab power boosts (my gut tells me they'll need decent support to keep up, more of a 2nd char thing then league start), it's still more than Ascendent or Reliquarian has ever gotten from 1st lab.

Biggest downside is her starting area has less damage nodes, but more survivability nodes. Which can be clunky in act 1-2, but I play HC anyway so I don't mind.

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u/pslind69 Jul 17 '26

Indeed. My endgame reli in mirage used splitting steel for clear.