Phrecia 2.0 - league start - bog (beef) shaman - the pinnacle of lifestacking - multiple pobs

#Beef (Bog) Shaman - Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/24Ul5xH03Ac - Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/1qowoaw/beefbog_shaman_the_pinnacle_of_life_stacking/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button #Intro - The pinnacle of lifestacking in poe. It was already ridiculous in the first Phrecia league. And there has only been buffs since then. With foulborn items, bloodlines, runegrafts, and ascendency changes. It is looking juicy... There's going to be a lot of people playing life stacker, but that just means the top top gear is going to be more expensive and everything else will be cheaper. And you will not need the top top gear to clear ubers... not even close. - Reddit Post from the first Phrecia league https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/1jftc5n/beef_shaman_30k_life_stacker/ Theres a bunch of PoBs and discussion in here if you are digging for information. #Loadouts - League Start Just a generic cold dot league start build that requires "minimal" respeccing to life stack once you get rathpith and/or dissolution of flesh. Skills section is broken down by levels, hand holdy. I have a couple uniques in the item section, they can carry the leveling process if you snag one. Passive tree not hand holdy. If you need damage or defense, hopefully you know which nodes to path to 0.0 - Budget Darkpact (dissolution) Don't feel like you need to be locked into dark pact. I tried a bunch of different skills and that was part of the fun. You just slot in sacrifice support and that's all the base damage you need. But my favorite is dark pact. The damage feels very consistent, and I am partial to nova skills. (blasts centered on the player) Stats and res are pretty tight on the build. But we have a lot of jewel slots and rare pieces of gear and 2 perma flasks. So it should be real easy to fill it out. The most important stats on the rare jewels is enough flask effect duration so your flasks are perma uptime, then life / crit mult. - No Dissolution of Flesh I might work on a loadout without this jewel. I know its a divisive playstyle. But with 30k+ life I think it's pretty bearable imo. - DoT Foulborn Rathpith This shield is really expensive in Keepers. A league where Bog Witch doesn't exist. So it's going to be even more expensive here. I hesitate to make a loadout around the 100 divine unique. #Other PoBs (use them as guidelines not as absolutes since they are from awhile back) (you should do that with every PoB though :p) - Cold DoT League Start (super detailed) https://youtu.be/3O9XRfA4Se8 https://pobb.in/-yO4-rUe6Jyn - beef shaman - all ubers - deathless easy mode The easiest ubers I have ever experienced. This is an endgame setup for the lifestacker. The video description also includes a ton of other videos showcasing beef shaman with different setups. Using skills like ice nova, bodyswap, arc, reap, etc https://youtu.be/sQwTjVryvwc https://pobb.in/dKNzKNTxj-ac - beef shaman - speed clearing maps Same mostly endgame setup as above with some easy gem swaps for more aoe and speed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKJ8c6biB4A https://pobb.in/D16VKi-9HRJc - Giga Budget (if you won the house of mirrors gamba) https://pobb.in/_ZK9kT7Tf94J - Baby Budget https://pobb.in/k4L9RAD3fE3q - "Zero" Minimal Budget https://pobb.in/ycfdE6hFocuD - Twink Leveling https://pobb.in/UupI0Pk8dafK - Burden of Shadows (Another Bog Witch lifestacker variant) (Does not use rathpith shield) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itIGFgh6Wcc #Common Questions - When can I switch to lifestacking? I don't recommend actually life stacking until you have and can use rathpith + dissolution. You can make do with just rathpith though. And this wasn't mentioned in the video but there are other variants that do not use rathpith or dissolution. And example is linked above (Burden of Shadows) - How are you gaining endurance charges? Depends on the loadout. Enduring Composure cluster node, or uulgraft tender embrace - Why do you have enemies are on low life clicked in the config? It's to simulate punishment's increased damage taken, which is set to level 1 instead of level 20. - Why no runegraft of the witchmark? It's a huge life cost. And I haven't used it on a build yet, so I am unsure how it feels. Looks good on PoB but I need to test it. Here is some thinking I did about situations to use or not use the runegraft. 1. Your build is not at the point where you one shot rares yet. So you need to cast multiple times. Ideally with sacrifice support you wait until your health is full to get the full damage out. In situations like this, the runegraft might be preferrable. 2. Then there's the point where your build is one shotting rares. Sacrifice deals about 10% of your total life in added damage in an ideal situation. So as long as you are oneshotting packs of mobs then I think it will turn out better than the runegraft. - Why no Blade Vortex? It's good, most people use it for good reason. It has great synergy with Rathpith and Sacrifice. So try it out. It only requires swapping a couple gem links lol. But yeah I have tried a bunch of different skills and enjoyed dark pact the most back in OG Phrecia. - How expensive is rathpith going to be? I seen this comment a lot after posting the video. So check out some comments on the reddit thread or video if you want to see detailed response. TLDR - it will be very expensive the first few days and then drop fast since it is t2 rarity and "farmable" with the tree Also check out the Burden of Shadows video listed above if rathpith turns out to be too expensive. It is another variant of lifestacking but doesn't use rathpith. Still super powerful. #Tips / Tricks - Toad Pact gives -40% all elemental resistances now. So taking this early on is going to feel pretty bad. Wait until you have decent gear and can fill resistances. - If you are using spell echo or unleash then you can frostblink during the initial animation and have the second / subsequent hits trigger at your destination. This makes for really smooth speed clearing maps - If running dissolution of flesh jewel + eternal youth keystone You should look for energy shield recharge rate on gear. It is a dead stat to most people but is actually a big damage increase for sacrifice / rathpith builds. - if a loadout has the hexblast link. The enemy needs to be cursed before casting hexblast to get a good shock in. - if the loadout does not have ailment immunity and you are annoyed with them, just swap purity of elements for zealotry. Lose some damage but it'll feel a lot better, trust. #Crafting - Adorned Jewels https://youtu.be/dwlrDebtWMs https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/1jgfnc6/crafting_adorned_jewel_tricks_tips_lifestacker/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button - 1k+ es body armor (don't bother if you have the breach tree available) https://youtu.be/sup310nvc-U