I've been playing the Frawrst marauder and its fun so far, just started act 5 and the damage and survivability are good though managing warcries and a totem and leap feels like a lot of buttons even though it probably isn't that many as poe builds go
I'm also running into mana problems so I had to turn off most of the auras just to have enough mana to kill stuff without chugging flasks
But thats an issue I'll worry about closer to the end of the campaign, what I should be worrying about now is finding a mace since I'm at the point where I start picking up mace passives and I want to try shockwave anyway
Praxis is super cheap now-a-days if you need something to cure your mana ills until maps. I'm actually being lazy and still using it at level 77 -- with all of the endurance charges and such I still feel pretty damn tanky, though I'll replace it once I stop being lazy and grab some mana leech.
It's definitely a shoutey build! I like it, because you sort of trade off by using your main attack more sparingly than in most builds. The shouts give you big hits (particularly once you get your 2nd ascendency), so it's a lot of shout, slam slam slam, repeat, and cycling out the shouts to get what you want and getting as many exherted attacks as you can. But yeah it is definitely more different buttons total than a lot of builds -- I have blood rage on like control+T which I normally wouldn't do. Exerted vaal ground slam feels so good though, and it's worth it.
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
i tried experimenting with the link skills.. and good lord they have some hilariously terrible targeting AI.
if there's a totem within a footballfield of your cursor... grats you win a death!
and then they give it a short duration instead of being an active/cancel thing like an aura, so you get to experience this trauma constantly.
why do they even let it target things like SRS minions or skeletons... what a cruel joke, lol.
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AegisFear My DanceOvershot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered Userregular
Fixed a bug where Tempest Shield would have to be reactivated after logging out.
Chain hook+multistrike as bootleg flicker strike works, but it's not exactly the most satisfying experiences. CH and CP both feel like they need to have less startup or something to feel better. Even with Faster Attacks.
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AbsalonLands of Always WinterRegistered Userregular
Man whomstever created the default item filter sound for Exalted orbs did a g o o d j o b.
Now I need to think about spending it or waiting a bit to turn it into chaos. I have a few smaller things I should buy, like an Aegis Aurora.
i tried experimenting with the link skills.. and good lord they have some hilariously terrible targeting AI.
if there's a totem within a footballfield of your cursor... grats you win a death!
and then they give it a short duration instead of being an active/cancel thing like an aura, so you get to experience this trauma constantly.
why do they even let it target things like SRS minions or skeletons... what a cruel joke, lol.
You have to take a mastery for it to be able to do that to minions specifically so it doesn't happen if you don't intend it to
i tried experimenting with the link skills.. and good lord they have some hilariously terrible targeting AI.
if there's a totem within a footballfield of your cursor... grats you win a death!
and then they give it a short duration instead of being an active/cancel thing like an aura, so you get to experience this trauma constantly.
why do they even let it target things like SRS minions or skeletons... what a cruel joke, lol.
You have to take a mastery for it to be able to do that to minions specifically so it doesn't happen if you don't intend it to
Yeah, but the point is that it's a crapshoot between which minions it makes sense to use it on and which are completely insane. A zombie or spectre can go a really long time without dying, so it may make sense to use it on them. SRS? Pretty much just asking to die. It needs a way to be able to "pick" targets better or disable targeting based on type -- it's not uncommon for a minion build to use a combo of temporary and more permanent minions, and as of now you're rolling the dice on accidentally targeting a temporary minion and dying.
Picking the mastery already filters out minions that are invincible, it should at least go the other way and filter out minions that are explicitly temporary.
i tried experimenting with the link skills.. and good lord they have some hilariously terrible targeting AI.
if there's a totem within a footballfield of your cursor... grats you win a death!
and then they give it a short duration instead of being an active/cancel thing like an aura, so you get to experience this trauma constantly.
why do they even let it target things like SRS minions or skeletons... what a cruel joke, lol.
You have to take a mastery for it to be able to do that to minions specifically so it doesn't happen if you don't intend it to
Yeah, but the point is that it's a crapshoot between which minions it makes sense to use it on and which are completely insane. A zombie or spectre can go a really long time without dying, so it may make sense to use it on them. SRS? Pretty much just asking to die. It needs a way to be able to "pick" targets better or disable targeting based on type -- it's not uncommon for a minion build to use a combo of temporary and more permanent minions, and as of now you're rolling the dice on accidentally targeting a temporary minion and dying.
Or just last indefinitely, so that you don't have to worry about retargeting every 10 seconds or w/e. Maybe couple it with turning off or reducing passive mana regen, instead of a cost?
edit: Spent some C trying to get resists and what not up to date for the Arma Ignite, and it still just felt very bleh, so instead I'm rebuilding the Bane Occultist as Poisonous Concoction. My gems are all still shit, but it already seems nice. My chest is literally a white 5L with the 5 socket empty, need to save up so I can buy a Carcass Jack.
edit edit: Also, I was dumb, didn't read the gem, and spend my last C to pick up a Bino's because I figured, why not proliferate. But you can't use a Mainhand with Poison Concoction...
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"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
the whole "you die when your linked target dies" thing is.. really dumb.
it's amazing that they chose to design a whole batch of gems that are completely unusable in hardcore.
the skills don't even give enough of a buff to make that risk worth it in softcore. aside from crab memes
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AegisFear My DanceOvershot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered Userregular
Hmmm, I have not seen my life bar move in quite some time (unsurprising given Aegis Aurora and 30k armour before Molten Shell).
I wonder if the next big upgrade path would be to pivot to low-life. Initial path suggests I could gain 300 more ES (2900 total after Energy Blade), plus Wrath as a new aura, and Pain Conviction for a roughly 50% increase in damage.
I'd need to find a crusader amulet with wrath reservation reduction, hmm.
leveled a scion to see how I felt about crit flicker strike, just because I knew I could start it earlier, and I have to say
tossing on terminus est at 51 and being able to eke out decent flickers because you've gone all in on crit chance to sustain it is alright
but it's not the same as hitting 69 and tossing on Oro's Sacrifice and flickering for the first time and immediately start getting lost because where the hell was that first pack I attacked, like half a map away?
I know it'll get there, but if it's not going to be that until later I might as well stick to my witches in the future
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KwoaruConfident SmirkFlawless Golden PecsRegistered Userregular
Finished the campaign, time to do some labyrinth and buy some ugrades and see how far a slam berserker will take me
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BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
Trying to level up lightning strike raider, and I forget how unpleasant leveling melee can be.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
Finished the campaign, time to do some labyrinth and buy some ugrades and see how far a slam berserker will take me
It should be pretty far! I'm up to 85 on the frawrst build and it's super smooth going into red maps. I have about 30c worth of gear too; it's definitely the strongest I've felt for cheap since super nerf patch last league.
On the sad side, I leveled one character to 77 and this guy to 85 with no exalt drops yet, or anything particularly valuable at all. Still grinding chaos recipe, booo.
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AegisFear My DanceOvershot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered Userregular
edited November 2021
So apparently if you can get at least 100% reduced maximum mana (which scourge implicits allow), your mana pool becomes 0 and you can now reserve all the auras, as they are % reservation and don't have a minimum of 1.
So apparently if you can get at least 100% reduced maximum mana (which scourge implicits allow), your mana pool becomes 0 and you can now reserve all the auras, as they are % reservation and don't have a minimum of 1.
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Uh... Well, 50% of 0 is definitely 0... So much for killing aurabots
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
edited November 2021
2 ex dropped yesterday. I was taking my time a bit in white maps but I'm blowing through yellow and the only time I see my life bar even move is when I've got 180 corruption stacks and sit still.
Eventually I'm going to need to go to Daressos 6L for the endurance charges but in the meantime I dropped 1ex on a pretty sweet 6L chest piece with 80 res, 145 life, and 1500 armor. Lori's Lantern was a surprisingly effective pickup, damage being unlucky had an immediate effect.
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
So apparently if you can get at least 100% reduced maximum mana (which scourge implicits allow), your mana pool becomes 0 and you can now reserve all the auras, as they are % reservation and don't have a minimum of 1.
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I'm gonna be bummed if they overreact and kneejerk nerf Voll's instead of toning down the Scourge effects slightly.
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Praxis is super cheap now-a-days if you need something to cure your mana ills until maps. I'm actually being lazy and still using it at level 77 -- with all of the endurance charges and such I still feel pretty damn tanky, though I'll replace it once I stop being lazy and grab some mana leech.
It's definitely a shoutey build! I like it, because you sort of trade off by using your main attack more sparingly than in most builds. The shouts give you big hits (particularly once you get your 2nd ascendency), so it's a lot of shout, slam slam slam, repeat, and cycling out the shouts to get what you want and getting as many exherted attacks as you can. But yeah it is definitely more different buttons total than a lot of builds -- I have blood rage on like control+T which I normally wouldn't do. Exerted vaal ground slam feels so good though, and it's worth it.
I do. Usually for things like self cast curses or curse-proccing attacks.
I do, if you still need it. I can be on soonish.
@Noggin that'd be awesome
if there's a totem within a footballfield of your cursor... grats you win a death!
and then they give it a short duration instead of being an active/cancel thing like an aura, so you get to experience this trauma constantly.
why do they even let it target things like SRS minions or skeletons... what a cruel joke, lol.
Domination -> BrunswickBeardcombe - SuperKudukuJazz
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[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
Now I need to think about spending it or waiting a bit to turn it into chaos. I have a few smaller things I should buy, like an Aegis Aurora.
You have to take a mastery for it to be able to do that to minions specifically so it doesn't happen if you don't intend it to
Yeah, but the point is that it's a crapshoot between which minions it makes sense to use it on and which are completely insane. A zombie or spectre can go a really long time without dying, so it may make sense to use it on them. SRS? Pretty much just asking to die. It needs a way to be able to "pick" targets better or disable targeting based on type -- it's not uncommon for a minion build to use a combo of temporary and more permanent minions, and as of now you're rolling the dice on accidentally targeting a temporary minion and dying.
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Or just last indefinitely, so that you don't have to worry about retargeting every 10 seconds or w/e. Maybe couple it with turning off or reducing passive mana regen, instead of a cost?
edit: Spent some C trying to get resists and what not up to date for the Arma Ignite, and it still just felt very bleh, so instead I'm rebuilding the Bane Occultist as Poisonous Concoction. My gems are all still shit, but it already seems nice. My chest is literally a white 5L with the 5 socket empty, need to save up so I can buy a Carcass Jack.
edit edit: Also, I was dumb, didn't read the gem, and spend my last C to pick up a Bino's because I figured, why not proliferate. But you can't use a Mainhand with Poison Concoction...
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it's amazing that they chose to design a whole batch of gems that are completely unusable in hardcore.
the skills don't even give enough of a buff to make that risk worth it in softcore. aside from crab memes
Domination -> BrunswickBeardcombe - SuperKudukuJazz
I wonder if the next big upgrade path would be to pivot to low-life. Initial path suggests I could gain 300 more ES (2900 total after Energy Blade), plus Wrath as a new aura, and Pain Conviction for a roughly 50% increase in damage.
I'd need to find a crusader amulet with wrath reservation reduction, hmm.
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[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
if u would like to do damage_type_name, this item is for u
i did however 1shot vaal this
and got this for a hybrid life mana es build
If you would like to convert damage, you might like this item.
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
do u even shock?
EDIT: o ye i forgot im low life and also use brands
3200 ES after energy blade was more than expected, but I'll take it. 620-700 ES on block is more than sufficient.
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[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
Got that sweet +chaos damage / deals no physical damage scourge mod
Feels good
ya got krangled
And that's why I only krangle side grades or small steps up. It's not really worth the risk.
This mf is tanky af
tossing on terminus est at 51 and being able to eke out decent flickers because you've gone all in on crit chance to sustain it is alright
but it's not the same as hitting 69 and tossing on Oro's Sacrifice and flickering for the first time and immediately start getting lost because where the hell was that first pack I attacked, like half a map away?
I know it'll get there, but if it's not going to be that until later I might as well stick to my witches in the future
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
It should be pretty far! I'm up to 85 on the frawrst build and it's super smooth going into red maps. I have about 30c worth of gear too; it's definitely the strongest I've felt for cheap since super nerf patch last league.
On the sad side, I leveled one character to 77 and this guy to 85 with no exalt drops yet, or anything particularly valuable at all. Still grinding chaos recipe, booo.
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Characters
[5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
Uh... Well, 50% of 0 is definitely 0... So much for killing aurabots
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
Eventually I'm going to need to go to Daressos 6L for the endurance charges but in the meantime I dropped 1ex on a pretty sweet 6L chest piece with 80 res, 145 life, and 1500 armor. Lori's Lantern was a surprisingly effective pickup, damage being unlucky had an immediate effect.
I'm gonna be bummed if they overreact and kneejerk nerf Voll's instead of toning down the Scourge effects slightly.
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Origin: ShogunGunshow
also just vaaled a ground ichimonji and..
we gotta krangle some shit on dis badboi
EDIT: round 1
notbadnotbad but we go agane
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