PoE Explosive Concoction, League Starter builds

If EC was a well designed skill then the interesting aspect (flask usage) would be extremely beneficial to the skill. As it is, this is not the case. &x200B; This isn't going to be a math heavy post, but long story short, you can only regenerate so many flask charges, and that number is way lower than what you need to constantly use sapphire/topaz flasks outside pure mapping. The new sapphire/topaz flasks are quite good, but really only modestly better than just slapping on a diamond flask and require massive investment to sustain. The recent 3.21 change to EC which makes you use massive am

DISCLAIMER: I have not actually played this build in any way yet and 3.18 is when I'll possibly try it, so it could have periods of build progress where its shit before it becomes good, or just be shit forever. DISCLAIMER 2: This is NOT intended to be a day 1 all uber bosses killed build with all magic gear like DD, but one that can function early without needing gear in SSF but will also feel rewarding to build it up as you play throughout the league. Build Features Ethics Not DD, Seismic, EA +++ Hit based attack build +++ Does not use omniscience +++ Does not use Ashes of Stars ++ Does not

Hi, a little showcase of me dying to Sirus 8 :) but you can see the dps coming through, if only Sirus didn't blink every second it would've been cleaner and faster but oh well. here's PoB if anyone is curious, it was my league starter, the gems are not even max level and the gear is really bad, one could say its SSF since I play trade league but didnt trade with anyone:

Hey there, weary exile. I hope you're as hyped for league start as i am. I've thought about league starting Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder, and came up with this PoB. I'm wondering what you guys think, and if there's a better angle to approach it. Damage seems to be okay (?) if calculating with the 300% increased damage mastery and an conservative approach of 3 poison hits/"shotgunning". 36k Poison DPS \ 3 \ 3 = 342k DPS 133k Total Damage Per Poison (3.6s duration) \ 3 \ 3 = 1.2m DPS My defenses however, are all

Looking for some discussion on this theorycraft and its potential as a league starter. PoB: For the most part, this is a fairly typical Poison Pathfinder build. In that sense, I think this (or any other Poison) build will do well at league start. Especially so with the new Mastery node for Poison that grants 300% increased damage on first application. I've also looked into some synergies for this build to grow into that I'd like to discuss. Lethe Shade Lethe Shade seems like a fairly mediocre node which gives a small upside