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hunts

United States2113 Posts

February 26 2017 00:37 GMT

#23741

On February 26 2017 09:34 bo1b wrote:

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Howa st is arguably the strongest build in the game with good enough gear. Definitely up there with bflurry assasin and coc discharge.

Interesting. I've been away from the game for thus league. How would ngamahus flame cyclone compare? Is it just not a top build at all?

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 26 2017 00:50 GMT

#23742

Here is the shaper down on a 4link, dying sun is pretty good I guess but doesn't affect boss kill speed.

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 26 2017 00:59 GMT

#23743

Yeh I just put some gear into that build, made some changes to it and now I'm crit capped with 140k dps per totem (with gmp, take that out and put in slower proj in and up ~200k dps per totem.

That said it probably costs around 30 ex to even start, so....

phantomlancer23

733 Posts

February 26 2017 01:28 GMT

#23744

Thanks for the recommendations guys i ll check them out and i ll decide after the patchnotes.

r.Evo

Germany14080 Posts

February 26 2017 01:53 GMT

#23745

On February 26 2017 08:35 bo1b wrote:

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What version did you end up going?

Elementalist and was suuuuper happy with it.

Pathfinder or Berserker might end up stronger but Elementalist just does the job with barely any investment. 5L quill for AoE + Wyrmsign for singletarget, done. Fast, budget, safe, fun.

Just a low ilvl trash quill with wyrmsign carrying was totally fine for all early maps until I could afford the 5L prophecy.

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 26 2017 02:04 GMT

#23746

Fair enough. One day when I have unlimited currency (never), I'm gonna try it with 6l +1 arrow quill rain, + 1 rear guard and pathfinder with a dying sun, thats 6 arrows with conc effect and no gmp. Should only cost about 120ex lol.

vndestiny

Singapore3441 Posts

February 26 2017 04:59 GMT

#23747

If I wanna do a caster Berserker but my tree never travel to Templar or Witch area, what should I do for lvling ?

2h stuff taking every dmg nodes at Mara start then respec them out later ?

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 26 2017 10:44 GMT

#23748

potentially blade vortex.

EchelonTee

United States5256 Posts

February 26 2017 10:46 GMT

#23749

yooo AngryAA doing a tabletop version of PoE with some other streamers (ziggy, ziz, tso's, amie), check it out

https://www.twitch.tv/angryaa

trailer : + Show Spoiler +

Bairemuth

United States404 Posts

February 26 2017 22:18 GMT

#23750

Hey guys, I haven't played this game in 3+ years. I feel like a noob nowadays, I feel as if so much has changed. Right now I am interested in getting a loot filter, but I am afraid I might lose out on items I might would want. Could anyone recommend a good, but not overly restrictive loot filter? I am considering NeverSink's loot filter, what are you guys' thoughts?

I basically want something to filter out useless white and blue items, but keep pretty much anything else.

Alur

Denmark3900 Posts

February 26 2017 22:37 GMT

#23751

Afaik that's pretty much what standard Neversink does.

LagLovah

Canada552 Posts

February 26 2017 23:59 GMT

#23752

Bit annoying, i'll be leaving on vacation the day after league starts. Oops. Starting a week late will be very different.

Probemicro

3708 Posts

February 27 2017 00:19 GMT

#23753

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1838713

ctrl-f flameblast, nil

nerfed kek

only 3 gem got boosts to both its initial aoe and +radius per level, static strike, RF and blade fucking vortex lol

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 27 2017 00:50 GMT

#23754

Did bladeflurry get gutted?

Probemicro

3708 Posts

February 27 2017 01:31 GMT

#23755

On February 27 2017 09:50 bo1b wrote:
Did bladeflurry get gutted?

its initial damage radius got buffed (12 to 14) but the heavy nerfs to aoe gem and aoe nodes (i mean if u are using bladeflurry you will take aoe nodes anyway) will make it lower than now.

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

February 27 2017 01:36 GMT

#23756

Flameblast isn't actually that nerfed because its stacks are already '+ base radius' not 'increased/more aoe'.

So it will only suffer in the general sense of stacking aoe gem+nodes+mods like everything else, not in a specific sense where its (channeling) stacks got worse.

Probemicro

3708 Posts

February 27 2017 02:13 GMT

#23757

On February 27 2017 10:36 Lachrymose wrote:
Flameblast isn't actually that nerfed because its stacks are already '+ base radius' not 'increased/more aoe'.

So it will only suffer in the general sense of stacking aoe gem+nodes+mods like everything else, not in a specific sense where its (channeling) stacks got worse.

its has nothing to do with how stacks increase aoe, 10 stack base fb now is still the same as 10 stack base fb 2.6

as long as your base radius still remains the same
if you take aoe gem and the 2 main aoe node clusters, your overall aoe is expected to drop by ~30% from before, period
thats how badly the aoe gem and node clusters are gimped

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

February 27 2017 02:30 GMT

#23758

On February 27 2017 11:13 Probemicro wrote:

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its has nothing to do with how stacks increase aoe, 10 stack base fb now is still the same as 10 stack base fb 2.6

That's the point. Because it already had the favourable mechanic the base radius at 10 stacks is still the same as before.

Compare this to Reave, which instead uses a more modifier for its stacks. This is why Reave is completely gutted and Flameblast isn't.

Yes, an AoE nerf hurts Flameblast because Flameblast is a skill that you normally take all the AoE you can get on. But it doesn't hurt Flameblast in particular because Flameblast is mechanically susceptible to the changes, which was not at all a given if you're not very familiar with how AoE works in PoE.

It could have been a lot worse for Flameblast if it was coded in a slightly different way. You know.. like Reave.

r.Evo

Germany14080 Posts

February 27 2017 02:41 GMT

#23759

Just in case anyone is similarly terrible like me and needs a few more challenges done at 1800 CET / 1700 UTC we have a brave hero who will do a Shaper run in SC.

Game is hard. ;;

Probemicro

3708 Posts

February 27 2017 02:45 GMT

#23760

err 30-40% is PRETTY significant. at higher pack size map have to lay down a few more totems to kill some stragglers.
prolif variant also has same base aoe and thus also hit hard

reave...what reave? no such gem exist