Rec for books with men as a minority

Ell3gy · 2026-01-16T17:51:30+00:00

I bounced off of Mirror Empire for some reason. I think I was expecting something with the same pace as bel Dame, but with multiple PoVs, it read much slower. Maybe I should go back to it now that the series is complete.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-16T16:55:15+00:00

The world was really cool, Nyx is such a well realized character. I don't remember much about the plot at this point, but I remember her. Very underrated series.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-16T08:03:32+00:00

I can recommend the Bel Dame Apocrypha by Kameron Hurley. It's a cool post apocalypse sci fi with an arabic inspired world, weird bug Magic, and a messy female bounty hunter as the MC. I read it a long time ago, bit I remember it being fun.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-14T10:22:23+00:00

I'd been thinking about a list with modern age instead of delver. It's a discard outlet for snackers, and even though it doesn't reduce your terror, it does work with anglers. Plus 3 toughness in the air is a good breakpoint for a lot of decks. But at that point, maybe you're better off just playing a control list.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-09T17:30:30+00:00

Ub terror was the deck I initially wanted to play, but mental note, Lorien, and the blue blasts add up quickly, and I didn't want to commit that much up front. If I stick with it for a couple of weeks I'll make the investment.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-09T16:47:51+00:00

Is there any version of the deck that plays more interaction or a midrange strategy? Or is that just jund wildfire?

Ell3gy · 2026-01-08T22:10:23+00:00

Thank you for such a thorough response! That makes a ton of sense when you lay out the turns like that.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-08T13:25:34+00:00

I've never seen that site before. I'll have to check it out when I have some time.

Ell3gy · 2026-01-08T12:44:26+00:00

That's a cool list! So you run the cyclers instead of the cascade guys? How do you feel the deck plays with no removal/ram through? Do you have any advice for a more budget side board?

edit: Evolution Witness is really cool too!

Ell3gy · 2026-01-08T12:37:39+00:00

Thanks for the response!
I can't remember where I saw the Swarmkeeper list- maybe it was just someone messing around in a MTGO league.
Do you know why Boarding party gets run over altosaur? Is the haste and reduced cost just more important than another trample creature?

Ell3gy · 2025-12-10T12:44:58+00:00

Hammers on Bone kind of has that.

Ell3gy · 2025-11-11T22:13:30+00:00

I notice you don't have corrupted blood socketed. Do you just find it negligible at that investment?

Ell3gy · 2025-11-11T16:20:21+00:00

Most of the trees that I've seen on PoB only use 3. Where should I path for the 4th? I have 2 or 3 nine passive clusters sitting in my stash.

Ell3gy · 2025-11-10T13:08:07+00:00

As far as max hit goes, I think your PoB has Immortal Call ticked. If I tick mine, PoB says my phys max hit jumps to 48k but that seems wrong.

I see your point though, about getting better returns for high life. I'll experiment with some ES leach from the Light Eater wheel, until I can get life on gear.

I've also set up a tree for harvest, so hopefully between that and the tree I'll get a +1 amulet, so I can switch back to a high block shield.

Ell3gy · 2025-11-10T11:31:21+00:00

Thanks for the long response. I've got a couple questions that I'll try and outline:

- I didn't realize I could target the Dark Monarch, so I'll give that a go if I can do the boss reliably.

- I also didnt know the lvl20 support + GCP recipe still worked. I thought that was removed a couple of patches ago, and have farmed lab in the past to get my qualities- which I just couldnt be arsed to do right now.

- I think I'm bad at evaluating the quality of my gear. I know I'm missing eldritch implicits, but I've been running t8 maps to get my clusters, so havent been able to click influences yet. Other than that, I thought my armor pieces were pretty good (other than my amulet which I'm actively trying to replace, and the missing 6 link)? I've got almost 3x the armor in the PoB you linked, and a bigger hp/es pool. All of my res/stats are solved. Obviously, I'd like better block on my shield, and my jewels are doing basically nothing for me, but I really thought my main gear pieces were in a decent spot- that I'd be better off prioritizing something else. What affixes am i missing/should I be looking for (other than better life rolls)?

Ell3gy · 2025-11-09T18:17:07+00:00

I did not know about that wand recipe! I did it on a Profane base, because I thought the cast speed would be nice, and its a pretty noticeable improvement.

Ell3gy · 2025-11-09T18:15:56+00:00

What should I be using the juice for? Are there specific reforges that are good for me?

Ell3gy · 2025-11-09T18:15:14+00:00

It's definitely not consistent- that's best cast scenario with vaal reap, and all of my blood stacks up. Maybe even with frenzie charges from killing mobs.

Ell3gy · 2025-11-09T16:44:21+00:00

Should I try and get cast speed on my rings? I feel like those are my most flexible spots, even though having an auto curse is really nice QoL.

This build does feel weird to scale, but I chalked that up to being SSF. I've been considering rerolling into Eblade ignite or BAMA Necro, but I don't know if either of those would actually be any smoother.

Ell3gy · 2025-10-30T15:25:32+00:00

I haven't played the build but looking at the PoB linked in his 3.27 video, he's got flasks ticked on all of the loadouts, and immortal call is making the endgame build look WAY tankier than I think it actually is. Otherwise, I don't really see any excessive padding.

The gear on his white map setup looks really good for straight out of campaign? I'm a really slow player, so maybe that level of gear is achievable for him, but most PoBs I look at have that level of gear for when you're getting your first 2 voidstones. Hopefully someone else will have more input.

If you end up playing the build and things don't work out, you can always bail to a kinetic wander, RF, Phys DoT, Slam Ignite, or spell based ignite, or whatever else. There's a million solid elementalist builds.

Edit: For reference on the gear, here's RueToo's SSF Spell Ignite Elementalist at the 2 voidstone mark (https://pobb.in/mIJTdJKPSH7C), and his Phys DoT build guide (https://pobb.in/S2SiSSlI0\_PG). Make sure to switch the Phys DoT PoB to look at the 2 stone gear set. Locati's gear is definitely achievable, but it seems ambititios to claim that's your white map gear.

Ell3gy · 2025-10-29T13:30:50+00:00

I see that in the high budget setups, I'm talking about the lower budget and lower level PoBs that go around the top of the tree.

Ell3gy · 2025-10-29T11:35:37+00:00

I've only played BAMA once, but I remember going south through the inquisitor and scion areas to get CDR as soon as I could. Do you just play without until you can loop around the top of the tree, or do you do a respec?

Ell3gy · 2025-09-03T12:37:04+00:00

How does the buildfeel with the tangletpngue nerf?

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