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Are people sleeping on dark pact as a league starter for 3.17, or is it just too weak. I know, there are the EAs and Nightblade/elusive builds, but dark pact seems to be super strong with no investment whatsoever. No uniques required. Random PoB Occ with no gear, lvl 85 and a 5l Dark pact gives me around 1m single target It scales with minion life, crit, chaos dmg, 5 chains. This has to be at least solid. somebody playing it in 3.16?

Occultist ascendancy

Dark Pact for 3.17 boss meta?

1.1M

DPS

-

EHP

2.47K

Life

~1.4divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoMetalicum
Pathfinder ascendancy

[PoE Build] Starter buildy 3.17 Archnemesis!

250

6.3M

DPS

-

EHP

4.87K

Life

~37divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoPidzam
Elementalist ascendancy

My 3.17 League Start Build! Crackling Lance Elementalist!

25

17.18M

DPS

24.65K

EHP

4.54K

Life

~6.5divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agotabl3s

This is my first own build and only a THEORY CRAFT until league start. The idea of the build is to self-cast Dark Pact with mana cost of >= 100 to trigger [[Kitava's Thirst]] which then summons the skeletons, casts Desecrate and Flesh Offering, which in return powers the 200% cast speed of corpse pact. I plan to start this league with self casted Skeletons + Dark Pact and transition into this build as soon as it is possible. (need a 6L and [[Fevered Mind]] to hit the 100 mana breakpoint, OR link with archmage gem) Mana regen is gonna be interesting since our Dark Pact costs 100+ mana and

Necromancer ascendancy

Selfcast Dark Pact Necro powered by Kitava's Thirst

1

6.18M

DPS

-

EHP

4.01K

Life

~5.7divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agonilz84
Deadeye ascendancy

Elemental Nightblade Helix Deadeye - SSFHC Boss Starter Build [Path of Exile 3.17]

2.55K

3.44M

DPS

183.84K

EHP

6.22K

Life

~3.3divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agojungroan
Deadeye ascendancy

[PoE 3.17] Spectral Helix Trinity Deadeye League Start Guide - 1-2 Ex All Bosses, Wave 25+ Viable

826

4.77M

DPS

-

EHP

6.21K

Life

~5.7divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoKobeBlackMamba

Full Guide: Patreon: Build Updates: NEW 3.13 CHANGES: - Essentially no changes of any kind this league. Chieftain was very slightly altered. Tasalio lost some life regeneration but gained a bit of additional physical damage taken as fire. - While I don't recommend league starting this, it will still be a powerful choice for later in the league! OLD CHANGES: Heist Changes: Overall looking great! - Changes to curses shouldn't heavily impact Asenath's Gentle Touch. Should still perform as expected. Alternate Quality Gems

Chieftain ascendancy

BV chieftan

2

1.17M

DPS

-

EHP

6.12K

Life

~27divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoWakemylight
Inquisitor ascendancy

The SIMPLEST Mapping Build for 3.17! - Pohx's Righteous Fire Inquisitor

3.59K

2.14M

DPS

91.36K

EHP

4.78K

Life

~8.4divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoZizaran
Assassin ascendancy

3.17 | Forge of the Phoenix | Cold Blade Blast Assassin | Budget League Starter

19

2.53M

DPS

-

EHP

4.15K

Life

~2.1divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoTelvanni PoE
Raider ascendancy

3.17 | Forge of the Phoenix | Spectral Helix Raider| Budget League Starter

40

1.92M

DPS

-

EHP

3.92K

Life

~1.1divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoTelvanni PoE
Saboteur ascendancy

[3.17 ArchNem] Tankiest Bosser is back for another League | Quite Cheap Seismic Trapper Build Guide

20

9.46M

DPS

-

EHP

3.87K

Life

~16divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoCyclonDefinitiv

------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------CHEAT SHEET--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHIELDS: Shields are shown with specific values to show damage at those armor levels. Uniques are shown with mid-roll modifiers unless the uniques are very cheap (max attributes Carnage Heart). LEVELLING: Levelling trees are general recommendations. If you feel squishy or feel like your damage sucks, pick up damage/life nodes as needed. Make sure to keep upgrading your weapon with t

Gladiator ascendancy

3.17 Ready and (HC)SSF Compatible - Versatile Combatant Impale Shield Crush Gladiator - Crush the Atlas - 3m+ Sirus DPS on cheap gear

38

3.15M

DPS

-

EHP

5.54K

Life

~2.6divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoOMFGaTaco2
Pathfinder ascendancy

[POE 3.17] Budget League Starter Poison Concoction Pathfinder Build Guide - Archnemesis League

1.29K

2.46M

DPS

-

EHP

5.4K

Life

~3.5divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoAsmodeusClips
Berserker ascendancy

[Path of Exile] Spectral Helix Berserker 3.18 Sentinel League Starter

73

11.85M

DPS

55.71K

EHP

4.26K

Life

~13divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoTaaki PoE
Necromancer ascendancy

[3.17] Absolution league starter checklist and tips

134

1.65M

DPS

-

EHP

5.29K

Life

~4.3divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoLuciousGamingz
Elementalist ascendancy

PoE 3.17 Hexblast Ignite Elementalist League Starter. Including leveling tree and step by step prog!

75

1.82M

DPS

-

EHP

4.32K

Life

~5.5divine orbs

Min Budget

Looking for some feedback before leaguestart. I've been working on a medium-high budget version for comfortable bossing and harder atlas content. I bumped up the gem levels on BB to simulate the buffs. Added Skitterbots for 'Divine blessing support' as a temp aura for bossing. (That's why I have to much reserved mana) My focus is on great sustain in longer boss fights. Life on spellhit, up to 86%dmg taken recoup, 800+ life regen, Eldritch battery w. 800+ ES regen (will also make the Blessing cost feel "free") and fix mana issues. Other defences: Armour stacking, 50/50 block. PoB: [https:/

Inquisitor ascendancy

Feedback: BF/BB Inquis

3

4.57M

DPS

-

EHP

4.87K

Life

~6.7divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoCorndog1000
Necromancer ascendancy

Stone and Carrion Golems League Starter Updated for 3.17 Sentinel League

1K

1.81M

DPS

-

EHP

5.45K

Life

~2.5divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoVon Vikton
Pathfinder ascendancy

What do you guys think of Esoro's Poisonous Concoction build guide?

60

11.3M

DPS

-

EHP

4.96K

Life

~37divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoRebuffering

Been working on a Golemancer Champion because... I enjoy tankier variants so I can be half asleep through content. They also added Duelist voicelines to acts 6-10 so I figured, why not. POB: EDIT Tree 2 - Slight variation of the pathing to include Resolute Technique, drop Precision, fit in a Glorious Vanity. Gains 1284 energy shield and if you can get your hands on a Ghost Dance Skin of the Lords, this version has 27K evasion and 35k armor. Unfortunately this pathing loses around 2.5 million DPS and 30% spell suppression s

Champion ascendancy

Stone Golemancer Dominating Blow | CHAMPION | Phys / Impale - Build Thoughts?

5

12.51M

DPS

-

EHP

4.7K

Life

~43divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agojhillman87
Champion ascendancy

Low Life Steel Champion - 3.17 League Start Abridged Guide | Path of Exile: Siege of the Atlas

51

1.32M

DPS

-

EHP

3.42K

Life

~33divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoMrTastix
Saboteur ascendancy

Big Buffed BOSSING - Ice Trap Saboteur League Starter Build Guide! [3.18 UPDATED]

1.1K

23.19M

DPS

62.67K

EHP

5.03K

Life

~12divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoThis is Badger
Necromancer ascendancy

PoE 3.17 - Minion Army Necromancer - League Starter - HC - SSF - Siege of the Atlas

255

3.3M

DPS

330.34K

EHP

8.56K

Life

~7.9divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agokayellaPoE
Elementalist ascendancy

[3.17] Armageddon Brand Build (League Starter) | Elementalist | Archnemesis | Path of Exile 3.17

29

1.14M

DPS

-

EHP

5.21K

Life

~5divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agothemehmetbozlak
Elementalist ascendancy

[3.19] Armageddon Brand Build(League Starter) | Elementalist | Lake of Kalandra | Path of Exile 3.19

288

1.56M

DPS

62.09K

EHP

5.36K

Life

~5divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoTheMehmetBozlak

Here's my take on Zombie Guardian for aHC, but certainly viable in aSC as well. Any tips or criticism welcome, especially on Zombies part. I've leveled similar builds to 100 for 3 leagues now on HC leagues, but with Spectres and Spiders, never Zombies. This time I decided on Zombies. As my playstyle is holding down Shield Charge, Zombies should attack everything without Feeding Frenzy, but if I find that doesn't work, then I need to socket in Feeding Frenzy for them. I don't like Predator support personally, but feel free to use it if you like that playstyle. Th

Guardian ascendancy

My 3.17 HC Zombie Guardian

12

3.6M

DPS

-

EHP

10.43K

ES

~14divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoAlhoon
Inquisitor ascendancy

Pohx - Path of Exile 3.17 - Righteous Fire Inquisitor Archnemesis League Start

117

1.46M

DPS

-

EHP

5.39K

Life

~6.1divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoRebuffering

Edit: changes made, read edit before you dive in. This build will need self tuneing to be optimized Hi, Just thought i would share my summon reaper bossing necro I made for 3.17. the intention is to start as a life build and transition to this CI version after getting a chunk of currency. I know with the new league some of these items might be outclasses because of the new implicates but without knowing this is what i got. The intention is to use carnage cheiften specters for frenzy gen. should be more than enough to clear maps. during boss fights, switch to a bow and use ensnaring arrow an

Necromancer ascendancy

My 3.17 Summon Reaper bossing league start!

8

5.13M

DPS

-

EHP

4.72K

ES

~13divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoIburn_bridges
Pathfinder ascendancy

[ PoE 3 17 ] BEST LEAGUE STARTER POISONOUS CONCOCTION BEGINNER GUIDE ACT 3 WALKTHROUGH

46

6.83M

DPS

-

EHP

4.06K

Life

~3.9divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoAshimar
Slayer ascendancy

SPIN2WIN is BACK! 3.18 Cyclone Slayer Build Guide - Path of Exile

5.04K

17.31M

DPS

49.3K

EHP

5.45K

Life

~6.6divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoNavandis Gaming
Raider ascendancy

Why I choose Grace over Determination at League Start [VLS Raider POE 3.17 Archnemesis]

72

2.23M

DPS

-

EHP

4.34K

Life

~1.2divine orbs

Min Budget

Necromancer ascendancy

Von Vikton - Skeleton Mages Necromancer League Starter for 3.17

152

3.1M

DPS

-

EHP

5.52K

Life

~3.3divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoRebuffering

Hey guys, this build surprised me and everyone. We started this off as another meme and this dagger caught my eyes and lead to another meme build, which... Honestly, turned out pretty amazing. We kept it cheap to simulate league starting gear and it's taken out all content so far. A lot of people were asking for this build the past couple days so I figured I'd get this one out before minmaxing. We're around 20k armor, 70 spell suppression, decent leech and those can definitely be improved. DPS sitting around 5m or so. Let me know if you guys have any questions! Video: [

Assassin ascendancy

[3.17] Lightning Strike Poison Assassin | Great Archnemesis Starter?

45

15.5M

DPS

-

EHP

4.81K

Life

~1.9divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoIncommodious
Necromancer ascendancy

Skeleton Mages Necromancer League Starter Updated for 3.18 - The Best Minion Build of the League

5.1K

1.97M

DPS

-

EHP

5.4K

Life

~2.8divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoVon Vikton

Hi friends! I really want to make flameblast work without totems. If someone can give me some feedback on my PoB I made, that'd be great. I'll value and appreciate any feedback. PoB \- The thought process was as follows Problem \- Flameblast needs a lot of cast speed and mana so I can maybe make it feel good Solution \- Use Instruments of Zeal to get mana regen plus 75% cast speed. Problem \- Gaining Fanatacism without too much pain. Solution \- Frenzy as my attack, spellsplinger to toss some fireballs

Inquisitor ascendancy

Self Cast Flameblast - Feedback on my League Starter Build

2

1.36M

DPS

-

EHP

3.13K

Life

~1.4divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agomisterpink311
Saboteur ascendancy

PoE 3.17 League Starter - Seismic Exsanguinate Trapper | Budget Boss Killer

915

3.78M

DPS

-

EHP

5.03K

Life

~11divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoLolcohol
Occultist ascendancy

[POE 3.17] Wintertide Brand Archnemesis League Starter

51

1.09M

DPS

-

EHP

5.27K

Life

~1.4divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoPeuget2

A BUILD EH UMA RELEITURA MINHA! By Besk SUMARIO Recompensa de quest SEMPRE FACA O UPGRADE DOS FLASKS NO NIVEL MINIMO! Flasks level: 1 3 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 60. Obs: nao utilize nem Sanctied life flask, nem Eternal life flask! pois o regem eh menor! Se vc juntar 3 flasks, vc vende-os no npc para dar upgrade e elevar ao proximo tier de flask! LEMBRANDO QUE FLASK EH UM AUMENTO DE DANO INSANO NESSA BUILD PARA PROBLEMAS DE MANA VC PODE TIRAR C

Pathfinder ascendancy

Poisonous Concoction opinion

2

3.28M

DPS

-

EHP

4.68K

Life

~4.2divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agobeskwow1

Hey guys, reviewed my 3.16 league starter - now featuring more armour. After some playtesting, I also dropped Herald of Ice because it did not add a lot towards clear (not as much as commonly anticipated). With 45k phys/90k ele damage max hit taken (10k hit PoB Input), this build is quite tanky despite its low HP pool. If you have Molten shell up, this goes up to 70k/160k. Real DPS might be a bit lower - you need a couple of seconds till you get power charges and frenzy charges from Assassins Mark, then you also need to have t

Deadeye ascendancy

7.5M DPS White Wind Spectral Helix Starter

2

5.72M

DPS

-

EHP

3.99K

Life

~3.8divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agometalonorfeed
Guardian ascendancy

Storm Brand guide - Leaguestartable - Feared/Hidden/Maven Viable

60

5.97M

DPS

-

EHP

6.5K

ES

~40divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoNildrem

==================================================================================================================== LIGHTEE'S NOTES ==================================================================================================================== When doing the early game leveling, make sure to use the rare rustic sash + whetstone + weapon vendor recipe to create a 40-59% increased physical damage weapon at various staged. I typically do this on a poleaxe at level 18 right before fighting the Weaver boss. Do the recipe again at level 23 with a vaal axe and this will take you all the way

Champion ascendancy

~1 week until 3.17 - Last call for my fellow Exiles to test my comprehensive, in-depth, beginner-friendly, SSFHC-viable CHECKLIST build guide for Toxic Rain Champion

32

4.45M

DPS

-

EHP

7.33K

Life

~9.6divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agockresse
Slayer ascendancy

[3.20] Shockwave Cyclone Build (League Starter) | Slayer | Forbidden Sanctum | Path of Exile 3.20

1.2K

4.24M

DPS

40.61K

EHP

5.28K

Life

~3.9divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoTheMehmetBozlak
Champion ascendancy

Zero Mana+6 Buffs=OP! Cyclone+Sweep Champion League Starter,Eternal Blessing+Blood Magic | POE 3.18

1.28K

22.03M

DPS

38.92K

EHP

3.65K

Life

~8divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoJaamon
Chieftain ascendancy

POE 3.20 | Consecrated Path Totems Chieftain Leveling and Build breakdown | League Starter Idea

355

13.29M

DPS

31.05K

EHP

5.79K

Life

~26divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoJorgen

Theorycrafted a Poison build centered around Binos for prolif, elusive stacking for efficient dps scaling and assassin to complement both the efficient poison scaling and the elusive effect. This is not the absolute starter setup, more the red map follow up version. League start would likely include sword mastery for frenzy instead of redeemer chest, no thread of hope and rare jewels but instead crit grand spectrum, dropping some crit nodes in order to fund the pathing to the ranger life nodes. Things I don't know how they turn

Assassin ascendancy

5.5 Mil Dual Binos Spectral Helix Assassin (Starter?)

36

5.6M

DPS

-

EHP

4.34K

Life

~4.4divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agometalonorfeed
Chieftain ascendancy

attempting to league start a discharger with doedre's elixir

12

1.56M

DPS

-

EHP

6.51K

Life

~16divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agohtsukebe

Hey, recently started theorycrafting possible league starters. I tried to rely mostly on proven concepts. In this build this happens to be Spectral Helix, a bit of Elusive stacking, Spell Suppression (may get nerfed but It is so easy to cap with Raider so it will still be used). With just Frenzy Charges (Raider), Elusive (refreshed with Withering Step regularly) and Chill (Vortex+Bonechill on LMB) ticked against a Sirus config, this setup nets 3.6Mil Dps assuming 2 Hits (should be the average) but with good positioning, 3 hits are possible; this would net 5.4 Mil dps. Build is a bit glass ca

Raider ascendancy

White Wind Spectral Helix Raider League Starter

8

3.31M

DPS

-

EHP

4.05K

Life

~2.9divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agometalonorfeed
Chieftain ascendancy

Build Idea Testing for 3.17 - Tectonic Slam Totems - YES I KNOW, NO PATCH NOTES YET - PoE 3.17

49

1.77M

DPS

-

EHP

5.5K

Life

~7.6divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoJorgen
Occultist ascendancy

Wintertide Brand Occultist - Leaguestart Testing the Superstar of Cold DOTs for 3.17 // 3Ex Budget

768

1.54M

DPS

-

EHP

5.04K

Life

~1.4divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoPalsteron
Occultist ascendancy

[3.16] Strength Stacking Cyclone Occultist

71

49.61M

DPS

-

EHP

8.3K

Life

~101divine orbs

Min Budget

4 years agoIncommodious