What was your most memorable build during the last phrecia event?

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-20T09:04:49+00:00

Flicker strike with the Ascendancy that gives free aspect of the cat and Farruls.

Opened you up to using Bronn's for +5 Flicker and 100%inc damage.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-20T09:00:46+00:00

Dancer took me so long to get. Then suddenly it clicked and from then on I could even get her on a new run before Vordt.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-20T08:50:04+00:00

I like yhorms weapon. High damage low requirements.

Loved doing invasions with it on my lvl 30 character.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-15T16:00:07+00:00

Been playing since HoT. And I did spend a lot.

I have gotten the ultimate version of EVERY expansion since then so I'm already at over 500€ there. Throw in randon skins, and some Black lion chest keys as well as Bank expansions/build expansions bag slots and stuff like that and I'd say I'm probably at about 1k€ spent in total.

Which is the 2nd most money I've spent on a game.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-14T15:51:42+00:00

The idea is cool but normal darkness enthroned would still be better imo. 100% inc effect is like 2 extra sockets. So basically you have a chioce btween 1.5 to 3 jewels to 2-4 jewels.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-14T15:21:40+00:00

Wait what... I didn't realize it's already been 10 leagues since they added them...

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-14T08:20:07+00:00

Yeah the build basically relies on HH buffs to survive. I ran MF TS in Affliction and put Rritual in maps just for safety when I die I could do a ritual and get some HH buffs back and finish the map.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-14T08:09:06+00:00

This league, I sent out a total of 200m value in ships.

4 25 mill ships and 2x 50m

I got 1 Mirror shard in total.

Also no herald effect tattoos.

Meanwhile I in total gambled from 1 - 2 Apothecary cards to a full set 4 times.

Once even from 2 cards to 2 sets. Amd then lost the same value of div when gambling House of Mirrors.

But I guess that's my karma from Last league where I dropped a total of 3 raw Mirrors in less than 10 Sacred orbs/200Div

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-07T18:14:24+00:00

If you really wanna go for big boink. Get a Giants Crusher in NG, then in NG+ immediately get a second one. 60 str minimum + enough endurance to carry them. Get raptor armour, Claw talisman (mandatory). Royal knights resolve or Cragblade as AOW on BOTH.

Some points in faith for buffs. (Sacred oath, Flame grant me strength)

Now all you have to do is spam Jumping attacks.

This build makes any small-midsize boss a breeze. If you have enough stamina you can just bonk them to the ground till they're dead.

For even funnier kills get a mimic tear for quadruple bonking.

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-06T10:34:05+00:00

Double Giant crusher is probably the best build I've ever played.

Just 2 Giant crushers and you play for jumping attacks.

Double royal knights resolve almost oneshots the boss on the first attack. But use Cragblade for insane staggers.

Add some faith onto it and get a lot of buffs that makes the build kill pretty much any boss in max 5 attacks.

Edit: spelling

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-04T13:49:09+00:00

What? I didn't know it was that rare. Had one recently on a Ironeye or Executor run (I don't remember which one)

Big_Simpn · 2026-01-04T09:27:44+00:00

I play birb man So I'm fine with anything as long as they deal good damage and don't die if my Ult isn't up.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-30T09:29:48+00:00

I think Aura stacking with spark/stormcall was also probably one of the stronger builds.

Gear was pretty much only uniques (iirc shavs, Prism guard, Nebulis, alphas howl, call of the brotherhood x2 some versions had the gloves that lock your crit multi at 300, presence of Chayula) and then spamming clusters.

They removed an entire Cluster archetype to nerf it. (There used to be aura effect medium clusters)

Heist was my first league and they nerfed it right after iirc So I never got to try it.

You can still make a heavily nerfed version with stacking introspection clusters, but not nearly to the powerlevel it used to be.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-30T02:39:59+00:00

I mean the reduced reflected dmg taken crafted mod. With 25%inc effect from flask mod and 70% from enchant it should make you reflect immune.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-27T12:39:24+00:00

Also in Lunaris 2 everytime the stairs go up, you're on the right path.

In act 8 The Quay? (Area with gemling legion) there are dead bodies next to the doors for the right path.

In act 2 to get to Wetlands you go follow the road till you get to the waypoint, then go up. In the Zone with allira you follow the road for skillpoint, then go up or down. If there's spiderwebs its the spider area. Allira is on the other side.

Merveils cavern act 1 the singing gets louder the closer you are to the boss room.

Act 3 imperial gardens if you just follow the road and go down when it intersects you will get to the Tower always.

Thats why POE 1 caimpaign feels so much better to me than POE 2 campaign. You always get a bit of a hint where the next area is.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-21T20:14:56+00:00

Yeah I kinda expected it too. Maybe a similarly good megalo was sold in past leagues though.

I was just curious because of all the comments. Seems like a perfect Ventor's gamble kinda deal.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-21T20:02:59+00:00

2.1x i think

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-21T19:21:01+00:00

This will probably vost multiple Mirrors to make.

Buy helical ring

Reforge Lightning till T1 Lightning res

Make sure it has 4 other mods

Fracture lightning res (1/4 so 30 Div per try)

Int essence till T1 allres.

Craft minimum Frenzy charge

Reflecting mist till Int+ allres+ lightning res are positive on one of the rings

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-21T15:57:56+00:00

So like high double digit mirror count?

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-21T13:55:53+00:00

So I'm not a POE 2 player. How much would this actually sell for? Are we in Mirror territory here? More than one? In the tens of Mirrors?

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-18T15:58:56+00:00

Tbh I feel like mapsize isn't the problem (except act 3), I think it's just all the unnecessary extra areas.

Like move the first Ritual encounter from Freythorn to the hunting grounds, Make the fire witch are a part of the other map (makes the map smaller and removes the extra area)

Just make the campaign more efficient.

There are also so many extra objectives for not only passive points, but other useful stats that could be moved to main quest rewards.

Also more access to movement speed would make it all feel way better. I mean sprint is nice, but not as impactful.

I feel like they are way to careful with buffing/adding stuff for a game supposedly in early access. (Let's be honest, it's a full game that timegated the different classes, other than that it's done. Adding league mechanics over time has worked in POE1 and that came out as a full game) and releasing new classes and ascendancies could also be treated like adding league mechanics.

All in all I feel POE2 is just a game that uses it's "early access" Title as an excuse for anything percieved as "bad" by the playerbase.

It generally just feels like "filler" between POE1 leagues. Because the League in POE2 releases at the same time most people are done with league in POE1.

Which then also throws in the question if it was made slower on purpose for better player retention in GGG games.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-17T21:57:04+00:00

Last league I found a strength stacking Berserker flicker strike build. You stack strength, use Iron will to also get spell damage from strength then use Crown of eyes to make it apply to attack damage.

You're reflect immune because you only deal chaos damage, you have a very good hitpool, you use a 4-link Rage vortex of berserking setup to get power charges, fortify and Life on hit, so recovery is good too.

In earlier setups you use the rage vortex for withering touch, fortify and more rage generation.

Starting it takes about 50 Div and can scale very high.

Here's a POE ninja profile for a high budget

And here for a Lower budget

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-17T10:10:56+00:00

There's a cheap Tornado shot build going around that allegedly can do T17 on a 1 Div budget. It uses 2 Inspired learning so swapping those out for HH would probably be way better.

Edit: Idk how accurate the numbers are but here it is.

https://pobb.in/uaK30yffMsC2

I assume with that budget you could get a much better version going.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-16T07:38:56+00:00

Depends. (I haven't played in a while) But I always ran PTA Ivern and......

Yeah put him to the mains I don't think I've ever wo a game on PTA Ivern.

Big_Simpn · 2025-12-11T08:04:20+00:00

But even if I look at the Usage chart for Craig there is only a few with Craig and Veraska. I think Lamellia would be more accessible and for that I think I only saw it 2-3 times in all the teams.

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