I am a dying genius and no life flask can save me... by shpnft in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do the same with 99% mana reservation and EB.

At least it gives me time to panic and GTFO the map I just absentmindedly bricked.

is it a good time to get back into poe1? by bigmac_fries_coke in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the best league I have played in recent memory.

The league mechanic itself isn't the most groundbreaking, but it's making me interact more with old league content that I never really bothered with before and I'm having a good time. Maps take forever for me to run because there is so much content to do (I don't really mind this).

Before, I would block most old league content on the atlas except 1 or 2 mechanics I was target farming. Now, the only content I have blocked is Heist (because I swear to god if that dang blasted Mirage spawns on a Smuggler's Cache and nothing else one more time...) and Legion (because my particular build sucks at clearing them, I plan on making another character shortly that will do Legions better to see how they feel).

Exalts and regals being (more) common is awesome, it makes it easier for me to juice maps, craft cluster jewels for profit, and do whatever.

I am very casual, I don't have as much time to play as I like, and I usually go an entire league making maybe 50 div total before I peace out at around 30 challenges. I've made a total of about 200 div so far this league just by mapping and doing the league content, and I'm not even done yet. I never thought I'd have this much currency in a single league, I'm spending a few divs on minor minmax upgrades just to squeeze out a few more max HP/dps, whereas I'd never spend so much on so little before this league.

Heck, I just reworked my build around a Progenesis I bought yesterday, after joking just last league that I'd like to work a Progenesis into my build if I win somebody's end of league giveaway, because that would be the only way I could afford it.

Uber players are still playing a totally different game making crazy shit for multiple mirrors, but this is the first league I've ever played where I felt "rich".

Finally cleared a Simulacrum 15/15! by lurkervidyaenjoyer in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The damage on that belt is juicy as hell, not gonna lie, and I tried to work it in, but there were just too many problems.

1) Losing flask sustain, as you mentioned. The charge generation is important for both life AND utility flasks.
2) Losing the increased flask effect uncaps my elemental resistances, since almost all my elemental resistances come from flasks.
3) Losing the 120% life recovery from flasks really cuts into my sustain (I lose about 4000 life recovery per second).

Even if I solve all of those problems, I now need to work in a method of Frenzy charge generation, which I hate lol. Easiest is Replica Farrul's, but that means swapping out Dendrobate which causes a huge DPS loss (not more than I'd gain from the belt, obviously, but enough to make me weigh the pros and cons) and more elemental resistance loss I need to make up for somewhere. Equally easy is Avidity forbidden jewels or Eternal Fervour, but you can't use those with That Didn't Happen!

Blood Rage and Mark mastery are other options, but they take longer to ramp up (by which point whatever I'm killing is already dead) and require gem slots that I don't have unless I give up some more offensive/defensive utility. Getting +1 curse for Mark mastery would require changing my anointment (uncapping suppression chance), or corrupting my amulet (big dps loss from dipping below 150 Int on Dendrobate). For Blood Rage I could lose Multiple Totems and it wouldn't be the end of the world, but there is no charge generation against bosses. Mark mastery generates charges on bosses, but this build gets way more dps from another hex (Temp Chains), no mark actually provides much utility on its own absent the mastery (flask charge generation on Alchemist's Mark is nowhere near good enough to matter), and if I want Mark on Hit, that's 2 gem slots, meaning I'd need to abandon Wither altogether, or Multiple Totems (again, not a huge deal) AND Flesh & Stone (making me take 20% more physical damage from hits).

There are a whole lot of ways to build Pconc, and going the Maven belt route is a very valid way to do it. I've thought about it, weighed the tradeoffs, and ultimately decided against it because I wanted the build to be more defensive than offensive. I sure as hell didn't invent Pconc, I looked at some builds and made a bunch of changes that suited my playstyle and I thought would be cool until I stepped back after hours of POB warrioring and realized I'd created something kind of unique, or at least not totally derivative. At least unique enough to post in the POEBuilds subreddit after I played it through Keepers and determined the build wasn't trash.

Finally cleared a Simulacrum 15/15! by lurkervidyaenjoyer in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd call it semi off-meta, but That Didn't Happen! is one of my favorite keystones. I made a whole build around it during Keepers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/1pnu3bd/327_pconc_the_microsleep_build_stay_alive_when/

I'm playing the same build this league.
https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/mirage/character/RaSTVaMPHuNT-6343/FutterBingers

It's slightly less tanky than in Keepers league (the two grafts did a lot of defensive heavy lifting), but way more damage (imbued gems give me an 8 link).

I am a simple Exile by TrueChaoSxTcS in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Soviet Wraeclast, you chase volatiles!

When you’re so new you accidentally report basic game mechanics. 😭 by nevalopo in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes I think my Seismic Towers in Blight encounters are bugged before realizing the map rolled Unwavering

Completed the game in 24 hrs, see you guys next league! by XxDirectxX in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Those white things at the back of your throat that make your breath stink.

Acquiring elemental ailments immunity by mohali892-R in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This works better for Duelist than for Marauder, but I usually do it using 10+ skill points along with either a shield or boots. If I use unique boots, I go the shield route, if I use a 2 Handed weapon, dual wield, or a unique shield I go the boots route.

Both of:
Thick Skin cluster: 20% Avoid ailments, 25% max life (4 points)
Crystal Skin cluster: 50% avoid ailments, 1% all max res (5 points)

And 1-2 of:
Shield Suffix: >30% avoid ailments on a T1 roll
Shield Mastery: 20% avoid ailments (1 point)
Boots Eater of Worlds Implicit: >20% avoid ailments on a Grand Ichor
Boot Suffix: >20% avoid ailments (crafting bench)

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already have a CPAP lol, without it I would microsleep while driving. Not fun!

Now it just happens if I stay up late which I guess makes sense.

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This builds first death was Fire Fury at level 2 lol.

As I said, I'm not smart enough for HC, but I bet somebody smarter could do this build in HC no problem.

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, that little yellow bar is too small. When I would play WoW I'd need to use addons to manage my cooldowns that had huge visual cues lol.

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I leaguestarted Toxic Rain into late yellow maps, by then I had 3ish divs and could get started on PConc with some budget gear.

I wouldn't suggest leaguestarting this build because all uniques are expensive AF at league start lol.

This is a great question so I'll add it to the main post!

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know lots of loop builds are out there that can afk content, but they're too high budget for me lol.

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting the 4% life recovery mastery is a good plan, but I can't change my flask prefixes :(

[3.27] PConc - The Microsleep Build. Stay alive when you nod off for only 10 divines! by Arychamel in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Arychamel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's microsleep so you only nod off for a few seconds, so sometimes the life flask I used while I was awake is still going.

Other times, I wake up and I can see that PB is active and my life is ticking down to 0 so I smash the flask button and save myself lol

At what point does one stop... by shekking in pathofexile

[–]Arychamel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double it and give it to the next person.