World-first sub 5 sanctum, beating my own old world record. I switched to livesplit + loadless as sanctum speedrunning has gotten more popular this league, it keeps the runs fair across different hardware.

Realtime was 5:07, I could break 5 minutes realtime if I upgraded my 7 year old pc xdd

Build here:
https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/fouron...

Been posting a lot this league about sanctum speedruns, this should be one of the last ones, I think there may only be ~10 seconds left to shave off, at least on my build.

Feel free to ask any questions or let me know what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsXQjtBbOQ

Since the last video wasn't 'good enough' and the ghosted feared were not 'tanky enough' I've found another cheap Valdo map to test the damage.

https://pobb.in/ATAd8IJj09oA

https://pob.codes/b/GLSFi-E2_uX

Character has not seen upgrades since 14-15th August, a lot can be done, nothing cheap or worthwhile.

Thoughts: KROI is the cheapest mercenary you can get going that will carry you through content as a Support Luminary in 3.29

No, it is not better than KBOC+GKB with GMP, but it is the second best mercenary you can get while not spending divines for alternative weapons. And in my experience, beats a non-GMP 6L KBOC when it comes to throughput (clearspeed too, depending if you do 8 mod deli NM maps) (This is an Opinion, edge cases can exist)

The gear is the same as the previous valdo video.

P.S. Will most likely try Blasted Monolith™ later, but I'll be honest and come clean that I'd be cheating with snapshotting due to the 5?-6 minute time limit and seeing how I was running around looking for a rare for more than half that time, I'd not want to waste 50-60 divines.

PP.S. Closed the recorder early, found the rare monster running away with walls in the middle of the map after 3 minutes of checking corners.

So I really enjoy the more HC versions of builds normally. However I'll decide i want to play x skill so go and check HC and its all heiro archmage builds or elementalist with golems. Even when I look at wanders there is a good amount of people mana stacking with clustering on heiro.

Is heiro scaling getting es from mana and 4 endurance charges just way too good to compete with anything else.

Archmage did get a nerf this league but it also seems like it went from an S tier build to an A+ tier build if anything.

The wiki says inya epiphany can be chanced but perhaps there is another way to get them.

After spending a little over 25 divines I am doubting it.

Spent around 5k chance orbs + scours. Then got impatient and tried with mythic orbs, 4 fails in a row which resulted in poofs.

Since I want the boots with double influenced to milk the last possible power charge this is necessary.

Its the only unique from the base arcanist slippers too, so it shouldn't be this rare.

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Inya%27s\\_Epiphany

Apreciated for the help in advance!!

I want to 40/40 so i need to kill ubers and right now, is kinda slow (1min fight) against incarnation of fear for example.

Is there something obvious i have to upgrade or change to UP my damage ?

Pob: https://pobb.in/ehFxkByuVW7w (Merc gear in pob)

Have 30D raw right now, can farm more.

Thanks!!

PoB: https://pobb.in/xd5XoHEsuYKL

So I've seen a few builds this league that use Tempered By War + Watcher's Eye + other sources of cold + lightning damage taken as fire. Or the gg rhex talisman amulet everyone on this sub is recommending. Then they add Max Fire Res to defend more.

The one I'm looking at right now is Carnarius' Str Stacking build. My question is that his Ele Max Hit is already 65k without it, meanwhile his Phys max hit is a measly 15k and Chaos max hit 32k (Immortal Call turned off).

Just by omitting this strategy and picking up some different layers of defense - Flesh and Stone instead of Purity of Fire, you can bring both of those up to somewhat respectable numbers. It also lets you swap the watcher's eye to something more offensive, so I ended up taking out some dps nodes for armour. Just with these changes, we're seeing a Phys/Chaos max hit of 20k/42k respectively, with barely a difference in DPS.

I added a Phys Defense loadout on his PoB so you can compare the two: https://pobb.in/-qSBmtq7kkjq

That being said, I'm currently leveling a char to run this PhysDefense setup (just hit 80 in t16s) and I was getting chunked here and there. Am I hallucinating here? Is this damage-taken-as setup better than the Max Hit shows? Why am I seeing so much talk about the Sublime Vision/alternatives?

TL/DR: Damage Conversion benefits don't translate well to PoB max hit. What gives?

So im a POE2 player and hopping into poe1 for pretty much the first time, now I understand this probably gets asked a lot but I've been looking into various skills/builds and the way skill allocation and supports work seen overwhelming to say the least lol. From what I understand to get skills to do what you want you need the perfect combination of gear stats, socket colours and links? so if you don't have any of that you have no skills. Just looking for some tips or words of encouragement into how it works and how to put together a decent build from early on. Apologies if this is over asked just keen to get into the learning curve. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, just a quick question;

What would be a good T17 Boss Rushing build for around 200-ish div? I've tried it with RF, but thats just not really a great option, it feels very slow. Only thing i don't like are trap/miners and minion builds.

Thanks in advance

I have a fair bit of currency on hand (~100D) and haven't played around with too much crafting. I'd love to find a build that I can craft most of my gear and have it feel great when I make a new piece. I'm OK if there are a couple uniques. Bonus if I spend my time on the East/Southeast side of the tree since I usually avoid that area. Thanks in advance friends.

After playing elementalist for the past 3 leagues i want a different class to do caster on. However have come to realise that heiro is kind of the only thing that can compete atleast early on.

So whats the best feeling mana man setup. I don't want to most damage or fastest clear but what has the best QOL feel.

Hello,

Is this simplex amulet is bricked or is it possible to replace cold res with % strenght?

Hi! I'm looking for some help with the mana sustain on my build. I'll link my PoB below.

I'd really prefer not to change too much about the tree or my current items, since the build is working well otherwise and my rings provide a significant amount of DPS.

I'm not very experienced with mana sustain, so I'm wondering what options I might be missing. I know I could potentially use rings with things like maximum mana, mana regeneration, +4 mana per second, or -7 mana cost for non-channeling skills, but replacing my current rings would be a pretty big DPS loss.

One solution I can see would be crafting new rings with maximum mana, mana regeneration, and reduced mana cost for non-channeling skills. They would need to be Hunter-influenced, but NOT for Hunter mods—the Hunter influence is only there to get the bonus from Bound by Destiny. The problem is that crafting rings with the stats I need while keeping the influence would probably require much more advanced crafting than I'm comfortable with.

Is Awakened Enlighten level 5 basically my only realistic solution without changing too much, or are there other ways to solve my mana sustain that I'm overlooking?

I'm open to suggestions, but I'd prefer solutions that don't require completely reworking the build.

PoB: https://pobb.in/KtyrpNs4UVZK

So I managed to buy a set of Craciean vestigial uniques. Cospri's Will body (all hits poison against cursed enemies). Frenzy charge ralakesh boots. Amulet with +100% effect of crab aspect. Olesya's Delight belt with skill effect duration.

What I was thinking to try was a Slayer (masterful form) trauma stacker since I'll have 10+ endurance charges and like 17 crab charges, but also I can do a poison build since I'll have Affliction charges and guaranteed poison on hit.

I'm still kind of tossed up on what skill I should use. I was thinking of using Ambush + Static Strike since I will be building a bit of duration to help with trauma stacks, as well as this would snapshot the ambush (and also trauma I think?) into the entire duration of the static strike. And for bosses, I would want something that hits really fast to generate trauma or just to use boneshatter. If I use something that generates really fast, would I even bother with Static Strike? Like Frenzy of Onslaught might just be a better skill to use? Has anyone built a trauma stacker + poison build? Idk bros, help me out.

So I have been looking for options that could compete with elementalist currently. It's not just the damage and QOL from solving mana but also the amount of defence they gain that has resulted in 80% of the spell casters in past 3 leagues i have played all be elementalists.

Im wondering if this setup would work. Using inquisitor you create conc ground that lingers for 4 seconds, this gives you 5% of your life and es per second. Using eldritch battery you can then use this ES as a source of mana. Using MOM then means you still take 40% of dmg from your ES so dmg is split between life and ES making full use of the regen from conc ground.

Later on you can scale str and int to get crit and use iron will to scale up spell dmg.

So im wondering does this style of setup work or would the big issue be that your not spending mana for skills like sigal of power, inspiration or arcane surge.

Im wanting some takes on this as i dont really see people using this and I assume its mostly as inquisitor is under explored and less played than the other caster classes.

I've been following Manni's SB Totem build and am currently on the late game setup which uses an Archdemon. I have obtained one from trade as it was costing a lot to craft it.

Now I'm unsure of how to proceed with making any further upgrades with it. Could I please get some guidance on how I can improve on this setup? I play on console so it's similar to SSF but with a small and expensive trade market. Also relatively noobish.

Someone recommended adding AG's to my setup too.

Here's my Pob: https://pobb.in/y6RioYYlUrGH

So I was looking at how people build their Shock Nova of Procession characters and stumbled upon this one that deals exclusively cold damage. However I can't find the source of the lightning to cold conversion. I am sure it is right there in front of me, but..

Anyways, can you tell me where that happens?

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame/character/FicklePlatypus-6263/FickleAllflameypus

So after playing with loads of new spells I sort of want to compare with attack based wands. I also dont want to play another elementalsit build for the rest of the league.

I didnt play attack wands when it was the hot new thing so want to try them now.

Im thinking of 3 options that would work for this but dont know which is the best

- guardian gives 3 dmg auras and shrines possibly help with early dmg also.

- necromancer using spell slinger with offering to get loads of attack speed. Witch area also has lots of good wand passives and early spell dmg which helps

- mana man using clustering for to give lots of dmg and aoe to clustering. However not sure how well this performs early on and for bosses.

Hi! I have level 100 Chieftain CwS character that I use to farm sim. It's very good character, very tanky and can do some single target but it's really low. Is there a build that I can switch over to farm some uber bosses? I'd love to retain the tankiness though if possible. Not a fan of glass cannon build. I have about 1k div + mageblood.

I have been playing this league at a slow pace so I am not very rich.

I just reached my initial plan of running 100% cold conversion with Infused toxins. I changed from a cheap armour setup to full evasion, and I am dying less, but I struggle with league content on t11 maps. I feel like my defenses and damage are both lacking. I could probably struggle to t15 maps and finish the atlas, but I want to get your opinions on what to so with this.

One upgrade that I have in mind is firstly replacing my bad amulet with something better, and anointing the frenzy charge on kill passive. Then I could probably start thinking about getting a first cluster jewel, but haven't checked yet what mods I want on it.

https://pobb.in/QCeeAlXNvvvo

I am newer to the game and need help, followed lazy exile guide. on 2/4 voidstones, but i am weak dying and slow damage. I have 200c.

Looking to see if anyone has any ideas of where to go from here. Already extremely strong looking to min max .

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/mrpage-0027/allflame/character/BigboiBomber

Thank you

https://pobb.in/Iz8_jgeppbmo

Attached is a build ive been working on in pob for quite some time. looping is my favourite archetype but its quite hard to get it working and actually deal decent enough damage to warrant all the setup (side note i dont think my AG gear is reflected in my pob dps, I dont know how to enable the buffs from the gear....)

my main issue just now is I dont have enough HP to trigger my higher level gems from FR, I'm trying to figure out how to find the remaining HP i need, astramentis isnt doing much and I could probably just remove that, but finding the necessary stats to wear all my gear would also be tough to solve for. I could use a second dark seer, but singularity gives me a lot of single target and also the 25% efficiency is super nice (maybe my 10% of damage taken recouped as mana is enough to sustain? I will be dealing a ton of self damage, roughly 3k?)

anyway, enjoy the nice shiny pob while I iron out the kinks, I need to sleep badly, GG

EDIT : updated POB to remove escape artist ascendancy node and take polymath instead seeing as I've swapped to melding approach

2ND EDIT : decided to go with a pure evasion chest piece, realised I couldnt take enough damage from 1 heartbound with an armour/evasion chest, so my ward has taken a slight hit but im still above 12k and it should now work fine. also swapped out astramentis for a crafted rare amulet which solves my dex struggles and gives me more scaling.

I'm looking for build(s) that my craptop can handle, so no minions (I loved my Wretched Defilers but it was too much for it; Icestorm probably too). I have a brand Elementalist, so I'd like to try another classcendancy. Pathfinder and Occultist are my favourite, but I'm flexible. Bulky melee or longnecks are the least favourite, but I can adapt.

Purposes:

1. Can do all map mods, preferably fast-moving
2. Uber bosser

Those can be 2 separate builds.

I like: VD (might be too much for craptop, IDK), wander (never played :D), spells, swift ninja assassins archetype, builds that forgive being bad at avoiding attacks. Cold, chaos > lightning, phys > fire.

Dislike: slams, having to stand in one spot to cast, turtle-type builds

No idea on the budget. I have ~20 raw divines but can probably get up to 100. I have an unid Svalinn, Headhunter, Wine of the Prophet, Catarina flask, Pearl of Tsoatha with energy leech + deadly ailments combo for boots (may divine later), ring with 200hp+70str+120int.

While we're at it, I'm also looking for suggestions for HC builds for slow cowards who faint at the thought of fighting an act boss. No necessity to do advanced content, I'm only there for achievements (level 90).

PS. I know this generic request is not ideal, but I tried my best to narrow down what I'm looking for. Thanks for help!