Path of Exile

[WTFBrandon]

I've seen people constantly WTB Death Harps.
Better keep an eye out for those as i'm assuming they would prob buy for more than just a normal buyer.

[Kibblre]

Originally Posted by WTFBrandon

I've seen people constantly WTB Death Harps.
Better keep an eye out for those as i'm assuming they would prob buy for more than just a normal buyer.

The problem with mine is that the rolls for physical damage range from 100%-125%, so I have a pretty low roll which lowers the value.

EDIT: Just sold it for 2 GCPs; I don't think I'd get much higher.

[.Layne.]

So can I get a list here of whoever's playing HC and the only-for-losers-league?

[MinaciousGrace]

I'm still on hc

char name nosauciermagic but i dont really play much until the weekends

[PrawnSkunk]

I'm making a Twilight Strand-only joke character -- Essentially, a toon that never leaves the tutorial zone. The exp penalties get insane.

Already level 9, gaining 0.46% per run of the Twilight Strand. Got two uniques so far :0

epic spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...IN3dVOEE#gid=0

dohoho add iCantExitTwilightStrand on hardcore, or my username PrawnSkunk.

[swordmasterz]

Dem duelist tree changes

Overall a pretty nice buff for duelists. Slightly helps my ranger out too although I have invest more to get Mana Flows

The passive skill tree entire refund was the true highlight of the patch huehue

[.Layne.]

hey psst

wassup 8 auras rofl

[.Layne.]

if only i had implicit + life stats this would be perfect... but since im going CI build, who needs life.. or chaos resist? xD

i got it for 2 chaos h8-]

[Kibblre]

Have you seen success with CI builds? I feel as if they're not viable since you're going to have some trouble getting enough ES to be able to sustain higher level mobs.

[.Layne.]

well its not the fact that u need like 10000 es
you need like 6k for the hardest things and a lot of armor and life leech
im going ghost reaver so my life leech is directed to es instead.
when u do CI, your es increases by an extra 50%.. so if you had 4k rs to begin with, thats automatically 6k
and with your life leech youll be dealing so much more to outdamage the dps from mobs.
you counter bosses with granites with increased armor if youre afraid of dying
the only thing you should watch out for is puncture cuz that stuff is pretty subtle


CI is arguably the best passive in the skill tree because of how many passives you free up from life nodes and that u can resist chaos ofc. the chaos damage is what everyone fears the most. esp if you have life and es combined, it's a big hassle to keep up with monsters in maps.

the only things that keep me from having superiority in my build is reflect elemental and corpse explosion. in the later game ill deal out more reflect damage than my life leech of course. esp when the buff is on their allies. ofc we all know when a boss' corpse explodes.. it hits hard since dmg formula is based on hp

sorry i wrote this with my phone. too lazy to capitalize stuff lol

[Kibblre]

Where are you getting the extra 50% from? Is that just a hidden attribute of the passive? It just says it puts your max HP to 1, so I'm assuming you only get the amount of ES that you had beforehand and not any extra.

EDIT: Just did some looking around; it seems CI added 50% extra ES during closed beta but has been nerfed entering open beta to not give an ES bonus. Does this still hold?

[.Layne.]

hmm im not ci yet so i dunno if they nerfed it
i dont even have 2k es at lvl 50 cause im still hoarding fast cast and mana regen
but the passive on the site says so

[Kibblre]

The passive on the site simply says it set your HP to one.

[.Layne.]

hmm weird. maybe i was looking at an old build earlier.
but yeah maybe they nerfed it. ill check with a refund point later today to confirm

[Kibblre]

Yeah like I said, I'm pretty sure it was between closed and open beta that it was nerfed. The general consensus I've been seeing with CI is that it's too weak now.

[.Layne.]

hmmm in my opinion i free up so many passives
this is one build that makes CI stand out
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/214705

even without ES boost
its still super op imo

[MinaciousGrace]

there are viable ci builds but the issue is that the nerfs it sustained between closed and open beta made it too gear intensive to be viable as a first character build path, especially in hardcore

the other issue is that kaom's makes hp builds just way too good

[.Layne.]

that i have to agree with.

building a good base es for CI is pretty hard for a first build
im struggling to even find a decent 4L chest sigh


kripper's freezing pulse staff marauder with blood magic almost 9k life is too amazing
im probably goin to consider stacking hp and armor and using EB instead.. for more auras

[Kibblre]

Being rich > poor builds. See the build Kripp made for shits and giggles out of shockwave totem?

[Kibblre]

Coming in 10.3:

"There are now four Energy Shield passives behind Chaos Inoculation. There are three 8% additional Energy Shield nodes and a new notable (Infused Shield), which adds a 20% multiplicative Energy Shield bonus."

Incoming influx of CI builds as it now seems much more viable.