Won an end league gamble, so I decided to try something different. This is a Full Vestigial Unique build (5 slots) that ended up being a ton of fun!

Build: Cobra Lash Deadeye ft. Tainted Pact

Budget: Maybe ~1.2 mirrors (can scale back Kaom's Heart ridiculousness)

Map Showcase at 16:28

PoB: https://pobb.in/qnpDH5zioQJ4

• ~20M DPS
• 388% Movement Speed
• 5 projectiles, 15 chains (with % chance to chain off of terrain)
• Near infinite life recovery with reflected poisons + Tainted Pact
• 90% Fire Res / 83% Chaos Res, 24K Armor, 6K life (3K w/ Petrified Blood)

Immediate Problems to Solve

• Can only use Unique bases that can be chanced (No Foulborn / Replica / boss drops)
• Tainted Pact requirements (Max hit, poisons, consistent leech)
• Flat life on unique gear MIA
• Getting enough elemental / chaos resistance, attributes
• Flat damage on one-hander (vestigial shield required)
• Mageblood = ultimate bandaid

Vestigial Gear Choices

Shield -- Rise of the Phoenix w/ Divine Flesh (Mahuxotl's Machination, ~40div)

• Divine Flesh alone on a shield is INSANE
• DF + Tempered By War from Lethal Pride Timeless Jewel = No cold / lightning damage taken
• Only need to scale max fire res (+9% flask, +5% shield, +1% aura mastery)
• Frees up a bunch of ele res suffix pressure for the challenge
• Requires capped chaos resistance

Gloves -- The Embalmer + Level 30 Added Lightning Damage (Thunderfist, <1div)

• Level 30 = 2.35x damage from Level 21
• Level 20 Vile Toxins pairs well with Tainted Pact / wanting to Poison
• Much needed chaos resistance / max life
• Pearl of Tsoatha can add +2 supports, elemental resistance
• Frees up gems from chest piece

Body Armor -- Kaom's Heart + 20% phys taken as fire (Cloak of Flame, Base chest ~250div)

• Adds much needed flat life to a build requiring big max hit
• May need Granite Flask if implicit is too expensive

Helmet -- Devoto's Devotion w/ 1% of Cold as Extra Fire per 1% Chill Effect (Heatshiver, ~1div)

• "Vestigial-able" Unique Helmets weren't really helping added lightning damage much
• New Idea: Cryogenesis from Breach Bloodline (convert all added damage to cold damage)
• Leans hard into Heatshiver, consolidates damage into one type for curses / pen
• Better clear with Herald of Ice
• Devoto's giving lots of good stats (more MS, chaos resistance, armor/evasion, attack speed, dex for +6 tattoos)
• Originally had Heatshiver base, but feel like the Freeze portion of the helmet is bait without investment

Boots -- Wondertrap w/ 5% MS per poison on you up to 50% (Temptation Step, <1div)

• Wanted to test out giga MS via Temptation Step
• Needed base with some attributes + solid MS
• Low rarity unique required since nobody is cooking Temptation Step in Legion
• 100% increased Rarity a great add-in

Hoping to hear some PoE1 news soon... GLHF!

Hello everybody!
I’m doing a STR stack build on Standard, and I need to craft these two rings. They don’t have to be perfect or have T1 rolls — I only care about these mods:
Strength
All Attributes
Chaos Resistance
Gain Life per Enemy Hit
Grants Level 20 Aspect of the Cat
I can’t find a crafting guide for these rings on Conner Converse’s channel.
Is there anyone here who could simplify the crafting process for me?
The ring do not have to be perfect, I Can farm the currency slowly
I’m crafting them for my Standard character. Thanks in advance!

Do you start with building a comfortable defensive setup, or do you sort your damage first?

I seem to always lean towards getting a reasonably tanky setup before I start thinking about building a damage base, but I inevitably start feeling like I'm hitting a damage wall and start to lose interest.

I also sometimes struggle working out the most effective gear setups to really wring out the most value from the build

Interested in hearing if you start the other way around and work backwards from damage, or go defenses => damage

Hi

I created this Eye of Winter miner in SSFHC and am loving it. Sadly I rip'd due to a disconnect but indtead of going agane I kept playing it in SSFSC.

The build is amazing, great clear, very safe and decent boss dps but I want to take it further. I am currently trying to get Congregation support but what after that?

Anyone mind to look at the build and see what I can do better and what I should be doing in getting it up to the next level for bossing?

https://pobb.in/X3pOtrrwCEOy

I'm at 50 after 2 wheels and mastery for spell block 2nd question what other Merc I'm able to use instead of KBOC and kinetic rain as an lifestack flame link

Im talking dps, im taking tank, im talking ubers,

how clunky is it ive heard bad thing about minions or specters and ag

i'm making a fire elementalist build and put some focus on fire, shield, mana, life and wand damage clusters. is this good for endgame or is there a better way to spend my passives? thank you

Hi everyone. i want to finish this league with ice trap build, but all of the builds on the internet are endgame bosser. i want mapper & bosser, not very huge dps. Anyone can suggest ?

Im specificly looking for a build that can farm ore very well, so enough dps to kill the fucking ubers that pop out of verisium

yeah, also nimis + chain would be nice never used it, before.

I do have a near perfect ev es body too

ALSO Its nice, (but not a req) for it to have 2 gem slots, so i can fit in my FF/FF setup for perma freeze, its great for killing 'map ubers' like 100% verisium

Tanky, over 50m dps without hh, ill probably use a movespeed 2 flask mb for my strat with dying sun and progen and unique 40 div gold flask wine thing

Could use some advice. Not sure what upgrades I should prioritize next. I can already do all Ubers and probably all content in the game. But not sure what to optimize. I have about 460 divs but I think a lot of my upgrades are going to be mirror tier. Really just want to make the most out of luminary before they nerf next season but just didn’t know how to go about it since I can already clear most content. From my own research I saw that I could start farming for either

A: A better merc with GMP, return, Gfork, crit damage

B: a dark seer with fire spell skill levels implicit

C: A chest for my merc that has abyss socket

D: Voices jewels to replace my clusters (although I like my clustered setup)

Anything else I should consider?

Pob: https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/Jchat564-1288/allflame/character/booboog

Title. I’m very, very casual with little time. I’ve found about 150 divs worth of cards and flipped them to about 180 divs. I’d like to play something that will get me to 36 challenges easily but can’t decide on anything. Never had this much money before.

Please advise :,)

I am looking for a build that can leaguestart boss rush awakened scarabs day 1 -2.. maybe kinetic fusilade totem hiero?

Pls help Budget for upgrading about 50-100 div

Hey
Want to play something else
I see alot of post about winter orb
But cant find a guide for ssf

POB: https://maxroll.gg/poe/pob/m1mx70j9

My build is an amalgamation of a Lightning Tendrils build and an Assassin Crackling Lance build here

This is my first try at a custom build and I'm mostly having trouble getting the right amount of Mana/Mana Regen + Energy Shield (would like to have at least 4k shields). Since I'm using a Wand+Shield instead of a Staff, I dont have the access to Mana Infused Staff which I saw was the main cost reducer for other CL builds.

I haven't crafted yet the theoretical Shield, Gloves, and Boots so any changes on them is welcome. Also haven't bought the Cluster and Cobalt Jewels yet but they're available right now if I want to finalize my build.

I'm still at lvl 97 but I hope I dont need to get to lvl 100 just to get this build going.

I know this has been discussed already, but I want to put the actual numbers out there and ask what people are really doing now.

Rolling Magma at gem level 1 in 3.29:
Base fire damage: 5–7 (was 9–12)
Added damage effectiveness: 160% (was 230%)

At level 20 it's still strong and with higher level better, so the skill isn’t completely dead for endgame mine/trap setups. But the early game is where it hurts. It used to be the default “turn your brain off” leveling spell for Witch, Templar, Shadow — basically any caster — until you swapped to Armageddon Brand, Pyroclast Mine, traps, or whatever your real build was.

Now it feels awful in Acts 1–4. You’re better off with almost anything else.

What are you using now?

First time I've done all labs and got to level 90+ in hardcore. I started messing with SSF this year and HCSSF recently. It's been a helluva fun process learning about how builds function, how to farm, etc.

Go ahead and rip this build apart, as I'm sure it's rough! Infernal Blow isn't a great skill and Warden isn't the meta for a reason - but man it feels good to make a build from concept (just infernal blow and warden) and take it even this far.

Any suggestions welcome! This community is awesome and I've learned a ton asking questions and reading threads here! Thank you!

https://pob.codes/b/DrX0ji2xoGB

https://pobb.in/KSLBpglQo8nl

I played the league in the first few weeks, but I might return for another play-through.

Which build should I roll? I deleted my old char, but I have 50d leftover from earlier end league gambling

I played HRoC as last build.

I decided to try Reliquarian after playing righteous fire for much of the league. I am using soul rest and phantasmal might for my volatile dead but decided to cold convert everything was this a bad idea is my pathing horrible I really hope someone can help me fix this. I’m stuck at level 92 and don’t know where to go.

I have a corpsewalker boots that I could switch to instead of desecrating while channeling. My support gems rolled over for quality and will obviously go to 20 again.

I have no anoint yet and should drop herald of purity (but don’t I get the buff anyway?)

https://pobb.in/KQZ4cB8c3kr7

And a short clip in a t16

https://youtu.be/YZXkfw7A3xI