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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10801 Posts
June 26 2025 13:10 GMT
#34901
On June 26 2025 21:13 haitike wrote:
....I’m planning to do bosses with this build anyway.


Can it do T17 or Ubers? Atleast T17 would be important because else i can just Pcoc again ^^


My gear is now probably 30-40 Divines, so I can sell it while leveling and have a nice start over
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8590 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-06-26 13:17:31
June 26 2025 13:14 GMT
#34902
On June 26 2025 21:13 haitike wrote:
I leveled my Arakaali Spider Witch to 92, and it's feeling good. With the new helmet, a cheaper Squire, and the Amanamu’s Gaze jewel (around 5–6 divines), I’m rolling over most content. Since I'm playing a Witch (tankier than Elementalist), I sometimes have to use Melee Splash due to not having Profane Bloom but it’s fine. I’m planning to do bosses with this build anyway.

Show nested quote +
just bough some fun hollow plam gear to lvl up a new charater (squire flicker strike).
hope its as fun as ppl say !


Oh, I hadn’t heard of that build before, but I looked into it and it seems to use a one-handed weapon with three support gem mods from influence, plus The Squire, making it essentially a 9-link. Did I get that right? That sounds insane for Flicker Strike and I'm tempted for a third character


You mean Necro? Elementalist doesn't really make sense because you don't benefit from the new Golems with The Dark Monarch. Sounds like a fun build though. Maybe I'll try that since I would have to level another char for it (would be my first full respec ever I think...). What skill are you using for initial kills or when spiders die on bosses? //edit: oh, worms?

Hollow Palm Flicker sounds tempting as well because I have never played either of the two. hmh...
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2719 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-06-26 14:08:24
June 26 2025 14:06 GMT
#34903
Yes, I wanted to say Necro.

You only need to use the worm flask at the beginning of the map (hold down divine ire before using the flask) and in bosses with no previous monsters. That is because the spiders keep genereting themselves because when monster die with their poison, the poison counts as your kill. So you don't really need Gravebind.

Can it do T17 or Ubers? Atleast T17 would be important because else i can just Pcoc again ^^


I think probably yes, but I still didn't try. I need to invest more in the chracter, buy cluster jewels, jewels, etc.

Hollow Palm Flicker sounds tempting as well because I have never played either of the two. hmh...


I think he meant using Hollow Palm for leveling the character until maps. As far as I know, you can't use flicker strike unarmed. The squire stuff sounds interesting though.
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8590 Posts
June 26 2025 16:03 GMT
#34904
On June 26 2025 23:06 haitike wrote:
Yes, I wanted to say Necro.

You only need to use the worm flask at the beginning of the map (hold down divine ire before using the flask) and in bosses with no previous monsters. That is because the spiders keep genereting themselves because when monster die with their poison, the poison counts as your kill. So you don't really need Gravebind.

Show nested quote +
Can it do T17 or Ubers? Atleast T17 would be important because else i can just Pcoc again ^^


I think probably yes, but I still didn't try. I need to invest more in the chracter, buy cluster jewels, jewels, etc.

Show nested quote +
Hollow Palm Flicker sounds tempting as well because I have never played either of the two. hmh...


I think he meant using Hollow Palm for leveling the character until maps. As far as I know, you can't use flicker strike unarmed. The squire stuff sounds interesting though.


Ah, makes sense, thank you! Fuck maps I guess, back to PoB. ^.^
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6178 Posts
June 26 2025 21:39 GMT
#34905
Yeah, it jsut for leveling up :D

I'll swap to flicker later on.
n_n
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10801 Posts
June 27 2025 07:05 GMT
#34906
Leveling a second character this league is hilarious.

Just running and watching your Merc kill stuff (Wanders and Lightnign Bow seem best :p).
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10801 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-06-30 09:44:25
June 30 2025 09:43 GMT
#34907
On June 26 2025 23:06 haitike wrote:
Yes, I wanted to say Necro.

You only need to use the worm flask at the beginning of the map (hold down divine ire before using the flask) and in bosses with no previous monsters. That is because the spiders keep genereting themselves because when monster die with their poison, the poison counts as your kill. So you don't really need Gravebind.

Show nested quote +
Can it do T17 or Ubers? Atleast T17 would be important because else i can just Pcoc again ^^


I think probably yes, but I still didn't try. I need to invest more in the chracter, buy cluster jewels, jewels, etc.



Managed to level the Char up over the weekend as Occultist... Now doing some T16 and just swapped to CI (maybe a bit too early but you never know if you don't try ).
Just need to work at my tankiness a bit, right now i'm a bit vulnerable to various random one shots but it isn't too bad if I don't roll rippy mods. Looking for some way to passively get Endurance Charges and more Jewels with ES should possibly do the trick to make it a phenomenal map blaster.
Not sure about endgame bosses yet, dmg seems fine aside from the occasional chaos/wither resistant mob so with good play at least all non ubers should be plenty doable..
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14047 Posts
July 06 2025 06:06 GMT
#34908
I keep flipping from "I'm leaving the league for the season I'm so buns" to "WE'RE SO BACK BABY". Warden KB has so many peaks and valleys you've got to just enjoy the ride.

Oath of winter makes everything till yellow maps free. But then you hit this incredible wall where your dps is just dodo and you need to gear properly like any other class but you're not able to grind any good strategies. Then you get your double tincture "turbo" buttons and everything feels free again. Then you try and juice and find out that you have no defensive accensions and you'll get popped or drained.

I'm on my last "first real" round of upgrades and are now going to get my wand good, and finally realizeing that trickster KB would probably have been better.

Guess who already rolled up a trickster tho, this guy. Guess whos now addicted to crop rotation and is a dirty little farmer now? This guy, harvest scarbs are cheap and you can really get a ton of juice from it.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8590 Posts
July 06 2025 07:47 GMT
#34909
On June 30 2025 18:43 Velr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 26 2025 23:06 haitike wrote:
Yes, I wanted to say Necro.

You only need to use the worm flask at the beginning of the map (hold down divine ire before using the flask) and in bosses with no previous monsters. That is because the spiders keep genereting themselves because when monster die with their poison, the poison counts as your kill. So you don't really need Gravebind.

Can it do T17 or Ubers? Atleast T17 would be important because else i can just Pcoc again ^^


I think probably yes, but I still didn't try. I need to invest more in the chracter, buy cluster jewels, jewels, etc.


Managed to level the Char up over the weekend as Occultist... Now doing some T16 and just swapped to CI (maybe a bit too early but you never know if you don't try ).
Just need to work at my tankiness a bit, right now i'm a bit vulnerable to various random one shots but it isn't too bad if I don't roll rippy mods. Looking for some way to passively get Endurance Charges and more Jewels with ES should possibly do the trick to make it a phenomenal map blaster.
Not sure about endgame bosses yet, dmg seems fine aside from the occasional chaos/wither resistant mob so with good play at least all non ubers should be plenty doable..


I somehow missed this post. I'm much in the same boat, just a week later because I did continue with my Cold Snap Ignite a bit further because the clear got better with a couple upgrades. However, it was just a pain to kill even the first Black Star. I also got one-shot fairly often, which I blamed on bad gear on CI (I typically don't play CI). However, now on my second char I'm not so sure anymore. This league feels more rippy, even besides some of the insane Mercs. Anyhow, at some point I decided it's time to do another char, didn't respec but leveled another Witch for Arakaali's Spiders on Necro.

I personally don't like the clear speed. The Dark Monarch helped a ton but it still feels mediocre. However, bossing is very smooth. I did the memory strand ones blind and only died to the last one because I didn't know what to do in the "rose" phase. In that phase particularly though, the spiders feel like a cheat because they absorb so many of the projectiles. I think I would have lost all 6 portals on any other char...

As for the new league in general, my concerns from before league start still stand and some new ones were added. Mercs are not exciting at all. Finding the right one for you is annoying. Quite a few of them randomly one-shot you, even when playing careful, which makes interacting with them not fun. And then even if you got one, you still need to gear him and I have to gear myself properly still... Currently, I'm playing without one because why bother...
I despise the new petal skills and hope they get rid of them as soon as possible. They are like sentinels but instead you have to spam them and half the time they don't seem to work...
Random side note: The ground effects you can add in memory strands (Exarch, Sirus etc.) are a pain in the ass. Not sure if those are new modifiers or T17 ones but I cannot remember them from last league.


On July 06 2025 15:06 Sermokala wrote:
I'm on my last "first real" round of upgrades and are now going to get my wand good, and finally realizeing that trickster KB would probably have been better.

Guess who already rolled up a trickster tho, this guy. Guess whos now addicted to crop rotation and is a dirty little farmer now? This guy, harvest scarbs are cheap and you can really get a ton of juice from it.


This made me grin, thanks!^^
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17264 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-06 13:39:32
July 06 2025 13:37 GMT
#34910
Mercs are just one of those things you have to be all-in on before they're actually good. They're a lot better in trade where you can get access to all the relatively common uniques that make them do interesting things for your build. Until then, you just do less damage due to them adding 40-50% hp on rares/uniques.

I was doing a rallying cry merc on my Starcaller build to add a lot of flat phys, but my latest iteration is just Doryani's Institute on a hatred merc while I search for a smite merc that doesn't have purity of lightning. It's hard to beat Doryani's for just about any build this league. There's also the option of wearing The Admiral for non-lightning builds.

The process of finding the right merc does suck - they could make that a lot better by just increasing the amount of exile slots so you more consistently get the types you're looking for.

Here are some the notes I made early in the league for things useful for mercs. I haven't updated it in awhile.

+ Show Spoiler [Merc Notes] +
Mercs are allies (can be Linked)
Mercs are NOT party members
Mercs are NOT minions
Keystones and Notables from gear do work with mercs
Triggers don't work with socketed skills due to merc skill system
Curse limit is per enemy, so you or merc need +1 limit to have 2+ combined curses

General ideas:
Curse on hit (Curse on hit rings, gloves; Anathema curse limit)
Charge generation (Conduit doesn't work)
"Nearby" effects
MF + Gravebind

Rings
Doedre's damning (Additional curse)
Grattus signet (Attacks unnerve, spells intimidate)
Call of the Void (Enemies chilled by your hits lesson damage by half chill effect)
Blackflame (Wither does not expire on enemies ignited by you)
Icefang Orbit (Non-chilled enemies you poison are chilled)
Venopuncture (Non-chilled enemies you bleed are chilled)
Polaric Devastation (Left, cover enemies in Ash when you ignite them; right, cover enemies in Frost when you freeze them)

Amulet
Perquil's Toe (nearby allies damage is lucky; 5M)
Yoke of Suffering (Enemies take (5-10)% increased Damage for each type of Ailment you have inflicted on them)
Aul's Uprising (Hits against Nearby enemies have 50% inc crit chance; 6M)
Shaper's Seed (Nearby allies inc 80% mana regen, regen 4% life per sec; 4.6M)
Eternal Struggle (15% cull w/ exarch)
Pandemonius (Blind chilled enemies on hit)
Xoph's Blood (Cover enemies in Ash when they hit you)
Xoph's Heart (Nearby enemies are covered in ash)
Ignomon (Nearby enemies are blinded; ??M)
Corruption implicit (Additional curse)

Belt
Kaom's Binding (Nearby enemies convert 25% phys to fire; 6M)
Belt of the Deceiver (Nearby enemies intimidated; 2.5M)
Gluttony (Cull vs cursed enemies)

Gloves
Ceaseless Feast (corrosion -armor debuff, endurance/frenzy charges)
Lochtonial Caress (Conduit)
Asenath's Gentle Touch (Curse w/ temp chains on hit, explosion)
Gravebind (Nearby enemies killed by anyone count as killed by you instead; 4M)
Vixen's Entrapment (Additional curse)

Weapon
Oro's Sacrifice (Frenzy on igniting an enemy)
The Red Trail (Frenzy)
Replica Tulfall (Frenzy/power w/ freeze)
Terminus Est (Frenzy on crit)
Kingmaker (Nearby 10 fort, cull; 3M)
Singularity (100% increased Damage against Hindered Enemies; 3.5M hinder)
Dying Breath (Nearby enemies 18% inc curse effect on them, allies 18% inc non-curse aura effect; 7.5M)
Sign of the Sin Eater (Enemies inflict ele ailments on you instead of nearby allies; 6M)

Shield
Redblade Banner + Enduring Cry
Victario's Charity (10% grant power charge to ally on kill, 5% grant frenzy on hit; 4M)
Replica Victario's Charity (10% Frenzy charge to ally on kill, 5% endurance on hit; 4M)
Brinerot Flag (Warcries grant Arcane Surge to you and allies, 10% inc effect per 5 power max 50%)
Anticipation (Permanently intimidate enemies on block)
Dawnbreaker (Scorch enemies in close range on block)
Sentari's Answer (Curse w/ punishment/temp chains/ele weak upon blocking melee/proj attack/spells, respectively; ignores curse limit)
Deep One's Hide (Curse w/ vuln on block)

Body
Doppelgänger Guise (10% regen when hit, 30-40% less phys/chaos taken)
Doryani's Institute (Nearby negative lightning res; 6M)
Cospri's Will (Additional curse)
Expediton's End (Nearby enemies chilled; 3M)
Belly of the Beast (40% max life and 15% ele res for merc)
Garb of the Ephemeral (Nearby enemies can't crit; 6M) & (Nearby allies min 100% action speed; 5M)
Hunter prefix (Additional curse)

Helmet
Blood Price (Reserve 8% nearby enemy life; 3M)
Thundersight (Sap enemies)
Flamesight (Scorch enemies)
Galesight (Brittle enemies)
Crown of the Tyrant (Nearby -10 ele res, nearby allies +flat dmg; 6M)
Leer Cast (Nearby 50% increased damage; 7.5M)
Eye of Malice (Cold/Fire exposure, nearby 1.5x cold/fire res (can scale negative); 2.9M)

Boots
Windscream (Additional curse)
Legacy of Fury (Nearby enemies scorched; 3M)

Aura Range
Dying Breath
Victario's Charity
Victario's Influence


Approx distance to side of monitor on 16 : 9 - 8.5M
So top/bottom would be right around 5M
Conduit sharing range - 12M
Most auras - 5.5M
Soul Eater - 5M

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Distance#Nearby

Eldritch implicits - exposure, unnerve, intimidate on hit


In other news, I've been delving for the first time in years. It's kind of nostalgic being down here.
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Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14047 Posts
July 07 2025 01:28 GMT
#34911
Just the toe on your merc makes the merc worth it. But when you can get some chaos togetaer a dory+ -lightning resist ammy+ring Is shocking amounts of damage for lightning
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6178 Posts
July 10 2025 22:34 GMT
#34912
playing doriany on merc is almost cheating this league, no thx !
n_n
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14047 Posts
July 11 2025 06:33 GMT
#34913
So I've narrowed into this new farming strat that is shitting out div.

You get your 8 mod Dunes map 2x monstrous lineage (for +80% magic pack size) 1x harvest doubling and a sacrifice fragment.

https://poeplanner.com/atlas-tree/BQAUAACBAF8-Yw8klwBIsvrvumyZtOmGtCySeQDB7oQqZ77-xW2IwCo8WfNbMPpL34xBq032H16dzlpDdcn9TLqN6msxCguovCq72VvMt73a4_NgsuT3i-H5zM01taFuyB2PRsCe2AQ_Z2AqXtSPh53Qxpfi1bK12IKnKY3BWI45h1VZhlf8glGAdjfjAPnPR7fP4RAZCpvGXWvBQtoj4g5OG6LQBPxfSssXxSE1MJHOx10XULBI5uh-QA75GZQsSP21wa_l7Gtl9HpxC31tj-UDMBQXiAdB_jPGXtPVaSPCwnbZXKlDWta1YxGsoHFmH7SexBi5YkBobVbkM284ka_pJOlnudTQKBQAH4sIAAAAAAAAAwMAAAAAAAAAAAA=

Something like that, but with a lot of flexibility. You just bum rush the boss, pop the shrines and then dive into the harvest. the trick is that you don't need bosses to spawn, you can get another harvest going really fast. What crop rotation does really well with all this juice is to spawn fat stacks of magic pack mobs. GGG is going to have to limit the 40% magic pack size scarb to 1 per to ruin this. This strategy is what brought Yellow Life Force from 20ish per c to 32 now.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10801 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-11 12:59:49
July 11 2025 08:46 GMT
#34914
I got my Arakali Spiders finally in true endgame and did some T17 and T16.5.

The loot is bonkers.
The maps (and rolling them) are the most annoying bullshit I ever experienced and my build can run plenty of mods...

Does anyone find these map mods "fun" or engaging? You're an idiot if you don't play these maps currency wise but whats the point if you hate your life for every second doing it?


I acutally like my build but I hate that it's not really viable for Delve or Bossing (it can do them but it's annoying due to Spiders lifespan and the RNG with resummoning)...

T17 were a mistake in their current form... T16.5 are the same mistake in a slightly diffrent form.
abuse
Profile Joined April 2011
Latvia1934 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-11 12:20:16
July 11 2025 12:19 GMT
#34915
On July 11 2025 17:46 Velr wrote:
I got my Arakali Spiders finally in true endgame and did some T17 and T16.5.

The loot is bonkers.
The maps (and rolling them) are the most annoying bullshit I ever experienced and my build can run plenty of mods...

Does anyone find these map mods "fun" or engaging? Your an idiot if you don't play these maps currency wise but whats the point if you hate your life for every second doing it?


I acutally like my build but I hate that it's not really viable for Delve or Bossing (it can do them but it's annoying due to Spiders lifespan and the RNG with resummoning)...

T17 were a mistake in their current form... T16.5 are the same mistake in a slightly diffrent form.


Hey you bring up a good point and I honestly I just have one thing to say about it

+ Show Spoiler +
*You're

I don't believe you.
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8590 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-11 15:25:55
July 11 2025 15:22 GMT
#34916
On July 11 2025 17:46 Velr wrote:
I got my Arakali Spiders finally in true endgame and did some T17 and T16.5.

The loot is bonkers.
The maps (and rolling them) are the most annoying bullshit I ever experienced and my build can run plenty of mods...

Does anyone find these map mods "fun" or engaging? You're an idiot if you don't play these maps currency wise but whats the point if you hate your life for every second doing it?


I acutally like my build but I hate that it's not really viable for Delve or Bossing (it can do them but it's annoying due to Spiders lifespan and the RNG with resummoning)...

T17 were a mistake in their current form... T16.5 are the same mistake in a slightly diffrent form.


I fixed the problem with bossing by allocating Replenishing Remedies via Impossible Escape. It frees up my annoint as well, because I can allocate another 24 reservation efficiency. That way you always have enough charges. I also leave a bit of an interval between summon row 1 and 2 so I don't lose all of them at once. However, summoning RNG can still be annoying sometimes if it somehow summons 18 instead of 20 or so...

The modifiers on the maps can be annoying for sure. The Exarch/Sirus ground effects are a pain in the ass because they are so fucking dangerous and with all the shit happening you can barely see them. I decided to roll over those as soon as I see them now. I like the Elder slam effect though because it forces you to play differently but is clearly visible and gives you enough time to adjust. Then there are some things that just make the map feel like a slog. Like the -attack/cast/movement speed for, which I sometimes misread for additional speed for monsters and then wonder why I'm crawling across the map...

I'm personally at the verge of stopping the league. Idk, normally I would be more engaged at this point, getting upgrades and so on. But it all feels stale. Doesn't help that minions are boring as fuck to play (yes, this is my first time playing minionsin PoE...). I could reroll my really strong Storm Call build from Settlers, which would be absolutely nuts with the new merc tech, but I don't feel like doing that... meh

//just realised I played a minion build before: Holy Relic in Kalandra. But that league I quit super early and I hated that build.
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17264 Posts
July 11 2025 19:05 GMT
#34917
Yep, the t17 mod pool is probably the least enjoyable thing they've added in years.
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haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2719 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-12 13:57:58
July 12 2025 13:57 GMT
#34918
T17 would be fine if they were not so profitable, and you completed them mainly as a way to get Uber Bosses fragments. I think that was their initial idea.

But they overtuned the profit and you are kinda forced to do them despite being annoying.
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17264 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-13 17:28:56
July 13 2025 17:26 GMT
#34919
The really awful mods that everyone hates are also the ones that give the massive reward bonuses (exarch runes, drowning orbs, remove life/etc on hit, etc). This is true for both T16.5 and T17. People hate these mods, but run them solely because they are so much better than the regular mods.

Once you remove the profitability, you have mods that are both completely unfun and pointless to ever keep. The path to ubers ends up even worse of a grind, will result in less people running them and therefore adding fragment scarity, and that in turn will make uber drops go up even more. If anything, uber drop prices need to fall by 2-3x for most desired items to get them in a good spot.

The whole T17 system just sucks. It'd be so much better if they just canned the entire new mod pool and had completely separate mods for the map boss and the rest of the map, or just turned T17s into unique maps that are both off the atlas and have a specific range of mods (similar to synthesis). In my eyes it fits better to reduce the fragments needed per uber and reduce the amount of T17s in general (along with the above changes) as this also alleviates the problem of a lack of map variety.

Dunno what you do for T16.5's. That system also sucks right now. It has all of the modpool problems plus the memory strand system is as bad (if not worse) than the old memories. It's painful to roll each map before running it. It's painful dealing with two separate map devices that don't share fragments. It's a crapshoot which altars you'll get and therefore synergizing with the atlas is painful.

My problem is that when confronted with the question of "would you rather play maps with these mods or just play another game," it's the latter I'm often choosing.

Anyway, on the more positive side, I do think putting the old memories as Kirac missions is a general positive that I think has gone pretty overlooked this league. There's definitely room for improvement here - I think the individual maps should be better (since you don't have all the extra IIQ/IIR that the memories had), plus some changes to obtaining the special maps. A new scouting report, special icons on the maps themselves, higher frequency of them appearing, etc. The current option of spamming regular reports or opening (but not running) kirac missions to force a reroll just isn't very good.

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On July 12 2025 00:22 Miragee wrote:
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On July 11 2025 17:46 Velr wrote:
I got my Arakali Spiders finally in true endgame and did some T17 and T16.5.

The loot is bonkers.
The maps (and rolling them) are the most annoying bullshit I ever experienced and my build can run plenty of mods...

Does anyone find these map mods "fun" or engaging? You're an idiot if you don't play these maps currency wise but whats the point if you hate your life for every second doing it?


I acutally like my build but I hate that it's not really viable for Delve or Bossing (it can do them but it's annoying due to Spiders lifespan and the RNG with resummoning)...

T17 were a mistake in their current form... T16.5 are the same mistake in a slightly diffrent form.


I fixed the problem with bossing by allocating Replenishing Remedies via Impossible Escape. It frees up my annoint as well, because I can allocate another 24 reservation efficiency. That way you always have enough charges. I also leave a bit of an interval between summon row 1 and 2 so I don't lose all of them at once. However, summoning RNG can still be annoying sometimes if it somehow summons 18 instead of 20 or so...


I fixed it now by constantly having the Worm ring in my inventory... If i lose all spiders and can't TP I swap it onto the Merc and pray that my Divine Ire will kill one sooner or later ^^.

My next session will probably be filled with redoing my whole Aura setup... The tought of rerolling all socket colours and so on makes me cry a little inside when thinking about it but the potential gains seem very promising (i still run it like I did when I started T16's when the main issue was to "somehow" fit all the stuff in).


Else... I think I found my way to make decent profits at an ok pace with Simulacrums because Harbinger got old. The invites are fast to farm (or 100c to buy) even on "a bit above Alch+Go" T16's and an unident Voices goes for 10 Div.
Now thinking about redoing one Atlas tree... My Simul tree atm was just to have "something that doesn't need any interaction because I actually just want destructive play" .

I guess you go Simulacrum + Alva and Harvest?
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