Let's Play Path of Exile 1: Season 6 Episode 02 - This Was Absurd

> 3.29 CHANGES < - Reduced mana cost got changed into increased mana cost efficiency, which might make our early mana sustain harder, see "Dealing with mana" for tips on how to deal with potential issues - We can now corrupt +1 maximum endurance charge on rings, meaning you can corrupt Kaom's Signs for +2 endurance charges, or get random rings with +1 endurance charge(depending on how rare it is) - Socket color changes mean we can get +10% quality on various gems, prioritize Boneshatter and Pride here - Phys reflect is gone and replaced with thorns, we can easily deal with thorns, so that's 1 more map mod we can run now! > Can I use this really good Talisman I found? < Talismans have good implicits, at the cost of not being anointable. While the anoint on this build is REALLY good, it's not required, and it requires a prismatic oil which you might not have yet. So for early/mid game I'd say: go for it! > What Bloodlines ascendancy? < Dropping Unrelenting for "That didn't happen!" from the Delirious Bloodline is great to get VERY tanky, at the cost of some damage you'd get from your jewels otherwise. With the amount of recovery we have you'll almost always recover back the 40% of your hit before it actually applies. > Leveling < We level with the tried-and-tested Sunder all the way to Merciless lab. For weapon upgrades you can vendor a Rare Rustic Sash with a Blacksmith's Whetstone and a 2H Axe of any rarity to get a Magic Axe back with 50-64% increased Physical Damage. If you're someone who wants to swap to their endgame skill early, don't do so before picking up either "Unflinching" on your ascendancy or "Inexorable" on the tree. You likely want to run Determination as well to mitigate the self-damage. > Corrupted Rings < You always want at least +1 endurance charges on your ring. In 3.29 new corruptions got introduced that include +1 to Maximum Endurance Charges, this will likely have a high itemlevel requirement. Generally, the order of ring power is like this, from weakest to strongest: - Regular Kaom's Sign - Kaom's Sign with non-endurance charge corruption - Rare ring with bad mods and an endurance charge corruption - Rare ring with good mods and an endurance charge corruption - Kaom's Sign with endurance charge corruption(+2 maximum endurance charges) - GG Ring with an endurance charge corruption(think T1 life, DoT Multiplier, good resists), might be most useful when combined with a +2 Endurance Kaom's Sign Look up what the minimum item level is to get +1 Maximum Endurance Charge, and corrupt every half-decent ring you find with that itemlevel. Also corrupt every Kaom's Sign you find, but especially those with the item level to get +1 endurance charge. Don't forget that Kalandra's Touch exists, if this is relatively available you might only need to get 1 GG ring. > What map mods should I avoid? < - Avoid bleed - Monsters cannot be stunned(EASY TO MISS, DESTROYS YOUR CLEAR) - Monsters steal charges on hit There are some other mods that are annoying, but you can deal with them. Above mods will completely brick your build. Make sure that on eater altars you don't click "players have -% physical damage reduction" either, since the self-damage from Boneshatter will kill you if you do that. Regex: "!er,|tun|f ph|on," > Tincture stuff < Your Tincture is very important for your damage. By not rolling increased effect and by taking the "10% of damage taken recouped as mana" mastery we can sustain this for a long time compared to some other builds. If you don't mind pressing it more often you can roll increased effect on it for even more damage. > Getting 100% chance to bleed < The tree in this build is very lenient on getting you chance to bleed, so getting to 100% shouldn't be a problem. That being said: if you get some other sources of chance to bleed you can replace nodes on the tree for more damage(usually by just pathing around the other side of a wheel). Other sources of bleed chance: - Veiled prefix on axes for %phys and 25% chance to bleed - Jewel suffix for 5% chance to bleed - Eater of Worlds glove implicit for bleed chance(likely not really worth it over the consistency of getting more aggravate chance) > What's Forbidden Rite doing in the links? < Casting Forbidden Rite means you hit yourself, which triggers the "Unflinching" Ascendancy to give you Endurance Charges. You can use this before fighting something like Shaper to make sure you start the fight on full Endurance Charges. > Divine Shield < Basically: if you have ANY energy shield: take Divine Shield. If you have none: don't take it. Easiest place to get some ES is by using a Crystal Belt before you use Ryslatha's Coil. > Dealing with mana < - The 10% damage taken recouped as mana mastery will give you a lot of mana regeneration because we constantly hit ourselves - If you get a 6-link early on, you can link Lifetap as your 6th link to prevent having to rush mana nodes or crafting -mana cost on jewellery - Having a source of physical damage leeched as mana is great, on the tree we take Spirit of War, but you could drop that and get it on gear or a jewel instead - -mana cost on rings and amulet helps a lot, but later on we want to ideally replace our rings with Kaom's Sign(or a corrupted +1 endurance charge ring if you're rich), so don't come to rely on this too much. - Picking up the increased mana cost efficiency of skills mastery at the Spirit of War notable on the tree will help with mana issues too > Pride or Determination? < If you have half-decent gear you don't really need the armor Determination provides, so you might as well use Pride. If you ever feel like your mitigation is lacking somewhat, feel free to swap in Determination instead of Pride though, since Pride doesn't add enough damage to justify potentially dying for. > Can I add explosions? < While you can technically add Haemophilia, this likely doesn't add as much clear as you might think, especially since it means you miss out on 1 (or potentially 2) additional strikes. If you want more clearspeed I'd recommend getting +2 strike gloves, onslaught on boots and then anointing Sione's Ambition. > Spell suppress? < Technically you could fit Spell Suppress in builds like this by picking up Entrench(with Iron Reflexes along the way), using hybrid armour/evasion gear with suppress on it and a small suppress cluster jewel. With the changes to suppress in 3.27 I wouldn't really recommend this though, since it's a lot of investment and this build is already plenty tanky without it.