PoE Cruelty, Melee builds

POB: Tried my hand in build making. Currently it works decent enough to do basic t16 mapping. Would like to push it further. I am limited by my knowledge (and currency) so I'm asking for any suggestions on how to make this better. Some of the components of the build: Red trail, golden rule, maw of conquest and a unaffected by bleeds watchers for infinite frenzy sustain and chaos res. Haemophilia for explode. Solstice vigil for temp chains and longer flasks, self-poison/bleed etc. Anathema for more curses. Dendrobate for damage. Trickster for a nice colle

Hello and happy holidays! I've been spending some of my downtime this holiday season theorycrafting a super tanky pathfinder build, described in my initial post here. As a quick tl;dr, basically the build abuses Loreweave + Transcendence + the new Eternal Damnation unique as well as full phys taken as elemental to get nutty mitigation numbers. We leverage flask effectiveness and uptime to get perma sustain on Taste of Hate to achieve this. Without further ado, here are some POBs (all poison builds bc

The idea is: freezing everything on screen is a defensive layer, probably very good in the Sanctum Frost Blades is getting a huge increase to added damage % so let's try to build around it. Ailments don't care about resistances on hit and whatnot, just base damage, so high added damage is good. Heatshiver gives up to 130% added cold damage as fire if we can freeze things. Hence Expedition's End for %as more damage freezes and Southbound + freeze duration stacking. This all means we can inflict 1 second freeze on Pinnacle bosses with attacks. Crit ailments medium cluster jewels also share an ai

Hey Guys, two or three days ago i got a little bit bored about this league. All day doing 5way carry and earn currency and no goal were to spent it. So i tested about 4 or 5 builds to have some fun Accuracy Stacking Spark Venom Gyre Jug but none of those builds was able to satisfy me. So I looked into poe ninja and tft about some new fun and found and interesting Frost Blades build. FROST BLADES ARMOURSTACKING. I remembered my last Frost Blades build and my feelings were like YES lets build it. So here we are. I would love to have some feedback about how i created the build or even some sugge

Hi, some of you asked for an update on my progress to get Hateforge with VLS going in the current league. I leveled the character to 96 and moved to a cluster setup: A little pheonix showcase, sorry for bad quality, my potato can barely handle the build without recording Build still has alot of room to improve, especially the rares but also corruptions on weapons (i kinda scoured the market without hitting a single crit or as).

Hey guys ! I'm currently playing a Jugg Cyclone/Shockwave Crimson Dance, and I'd like to share it with you and hopefully get some feedback. Not sure how to write this post so please don't hang me yet :D PoB : Ninja : The build is aimed to be kind of a brainless tanky "me

Hey, started the league with a bit of a meme gigagonk tank build but tbh it's working wonderfully figured I'd post a video or 2. Searing Exarch(not uber): Ignore the bad gameplay, I don't visit exarch a lot :d Can see shockwave definitely being a bit luke warm DPS-wise, but also how well vaal EQ interacts with this build, every time I move a bit and let go of cyclone a vaal EQ shockwave will appear, its cooldown is what surprised me the most, it's often already 50% ready to go again before the first one ends T16 Waste Pool:

Hello, I have been playing Path of Exile for many years but today for the future league I would like to try to make my first own build. The new "Polymath" ascendancy point for the trickster gave me this desire. I theorycrafting a build using "Viper strike" and dual wielding. If my calculations are correct I get 15% regeneration. PoB : I am aware that my build must have many errors, I have never done this, please be indulgent :). By the way, if my build it is good for trash, please tell me if a build with this ascendancy is pos

I have thrown this together in the last hour or so as an quick idea to make best use of the new Cloak of Flame. Its still very rough around the Edges and needs to be fleshed out. Its meant for a Leaguestart SSF Enviroment. It includes Cloak of Flame and a Warlords Helmet though which may need a few days to obtain, longer if unlucky. But i am confident you could live off of Armour longer if needed. I am thankful for any ideas to improve it. I am sure i have some oversights i could easily include since i didnt spend very long on it and im unfamilar with Melee based scaling. None of the gear b

Update: New pob. TL;DR: A lot of scaling doesn't work as intended, we crit ambush now. Estimated damage is 2.2m on average, with a possible ~200k plague bearer. Basics of how it works - Step 1: Curse target boss with Despair and apply wither. Step 2: Ambush to the target. Step 3: Spawn worms with flask (1 use is enough) and drink diamond flask. Step 4: Focus if you can. Step 5: Hit the worms either manually or with "stike additional nearby enemy." Step 6: Maintain wither and Despair until ambush is available again. Then repeat. Worms spawned from fla

Hi , i wanted to add elusive into my build ,but its non-crit, and i use molten shell for walking so i cant use withering step. Is there anyway to have it ? Arcanist brand,totem,some mod somewhere, no witnesses is removeed from game i belive ... And in general you can give me some tips and ideas to improve DPS/Defence (non unique preferably,i need resistances). And regarding my build , i always do my own build and this is build with best dmg i ever made, i avoid meta skills, and " boring ,meta" ways of building like omni,ashes, abyssus,ryslatha,all sorts of stacking ,so thats why my builds l

as the title says, I want to go a little bit oldschool and created this "low"-budget PoB linked below. Is this realistic dps, and more so, enough dps for tackling on the lategame? Did I configure everything "correct", as in, realistic?

Hey All! I'm leveling my newest build which is a bleed-based Lacerate Gladiator. Here's my PoB: Can anyone identify any ways I can get more block? Specifically, more Spell Block? I know I can get 2-3 percent more from using better embers on my Body Armour, but apart from that, I am really not sure how to push it any farther (apart from cluster jewels, because I'd rather use those slots for damage). I've got Tempest Shield, spell block enchant on my amulet, and the Blue Nightmare already. Am I missing anything easy? My build will also eventually have spell su

I don't think lacerate overall is optimal but I think I have pretty decent results with what I have. 1.2m dps against sirus with poop gear for league start, 4.9k hp and 60% block. 2.5m dps against sirus with a bit of investment in uniques. (although I lose around 400 life) I would love if anybody would tell me how to reach an even higher ceiling (+3m dps) or just any sort of improvement for the build, Im not the best at pathing and I am learning to craft items.

The Build: (staff) You could also go for a Rebuke + Aegis Setup, though Aegis is expensive: A bit of a meme, but check it out if you like the idea of melee ignites. The gearing is pretty easy, and proliferation is neat. \- Elemental Overload Divine Shield \- Life/ES on Block \- Ice, Stone, Chaos, and Flame Golems \- Divine Inferno + Infernal Cry for Melee Ignite scaling \- Gem Swap Enduring cry for survivability or Ancestral cry for better clear