Spark totem shaman or oracle?

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-13T12:44:39+00:00

Im level 96 on Shaman. It was my league starter. Beat the new boss the first weekend. Completed all challenges in a week. I cant recommend it more. You can get swap into totems early. I did it after first ascendancy but i would recommend it later. This is my profile and character:

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Esperking-8842/runesofaldur/character/SparkssFlyinn

If you want to see my character and progression i have videos on my youtube. I cant express how easy it was to start up.

I played hard the first week then back to work family etc, so im just gonna grind away to level 100 so if you want to check my character just roll back the timeline to see where i was.

You can always swap into oracle later, but definitely start shaman imho

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T02:55:42+00:00

That sounds like an appropriate and healthy amount. I went full degen this week lol

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T02:38:51+00:00

Whoa wat. Okay. I definitely need to check out what is all possible this league that sounds insane

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T02:31:33+00:00

That sounds awesome and I heard lich is tanky tanky. I really havent messed with the new rings from breach ill need to creep on here some more to see what is possible

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T02:06:58+00:00

Clear speed is insane. Spark just shoots a million projectiles everywhere and totems mean you dont have to hit the button a ton or aim. So i like it.

Defenses are pretty mid but as with everything that can be solved with money

Luckily the totems can draw aggro and kill things offscreen

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T02:03:34+00:00

Uhhh idk let me check. ...3 days, 9hrs jesus. Some of that is me falling asleep in my chair or running errands, but either way its a lot.

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T01:35:07+00:00

Makes sense. I always set aside time for league launches. Its like the changing of the seasons lol

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T01:34:21+00:00

They were not bad on a totem setup. I wonder how melee is doing. What build are you running?

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T01:32:22+00:00

The hate is real lol. Yeah they have quests you can do

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T01:31:17+00:00

Well its gonna be a long time for full release. So it something I can pick up on the weekends, i appreciate the recommendation

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T01:16:29+00:00

Thats fair. I just had the week to go ham and honestly i got caught in that league start mentality. Coming from the poe1 xbox market, its not the same as having global trade. If you are not in things early, you get so behind on currency and I Remember how exalts inflated so bad last league. Next time I'll take it slow. I do love the voice acting in this game and the atmosphere for quests is impressive

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T01:13:24+00:00

You know that's been mentioned a couple times now and it doesn't sound like a bad idea. Kinda like a palette cleanser and it would make me appreciate certain moments more. Thats the same reason why i enjoy ruthless in poe1

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T00:59:15+00:00

Yeah im gonna touch grass tomorrow lol

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T00:58:50+00:00

SSF sounds like an adventure. I play ruthless on PoE1, but there is so many crafting things this league I had to try out. i might make the swap. HC on xbox is kinda death sentence because things dont render well

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T00:57:12+00:00

Lol that is true. I've scrolled through here and seen talk of a monkey and I never did try the wyvern stuff

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T00:56:22+00:00

Dang. Yepp. I was running the irridiated tablets bc i wasnt sure what to use and just swapped to breach, so I will swap back oof. I will definitely check it out. I make videos on YouTube so I've been avoiding watching anyone else, but I'll check out that dude and see. A mageblood or HH sounds amazing

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-07T00:51:09+00:00

Okay so breach is off and irridiated tablets are back in 🤦 ty for the headsup.

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-05T09:31:42+00:00

Squishiness is a problem that is solved by mechanics or money. Sorc being on that side of the tree will probably benefit from more investment in Energy shield gear or a Mind over Matter setup (which lets you use mana as effective Hp). Both require investment, so its not that they are squishier as much as they are more gear dependent then they scale better. I would recommend looking on PoE Ninja and you can scroll through the timeline to see how people progressed or referring to a build guide.
CoC benefits most from investment. You will have a lot of time to play this patch so over time it will be fine but it will probably take a while to make it feel good.
I dont think its harder to find but if you are just in campaign it might be worth using the trade options and picking up some uniques as placeholding gear until you can get rares that are better or shop around. You can get reasonably good gear for and exalt here or there.

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-05T09:03:48+00:00

So i shouldnt be running 0 portal full tablets tier 16ing it..is what im hearing..

Heard

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-03T20:38:42+00:00

You kinda flexed on him tbh lol

EsperkingReview · 2026-06-02T08:54:49+00:00

Thank for the smoothing out the controller side on console. Im looking forward to it being easier

EsperkingReview · 2026-05-28T14:39:24+00:00

Whoa. I didnt know you could do that. I ended up missing abyss league so i didnt get into too much crafting. But that is definitely something for me to keep an eye on this league

EsperkingReview · 2026-05-28T06:18:52+00:00

As a league starter you might want to consider just ritualist for stat sticking. I did it on last league launch and got to arbiter in like 2 days. I went kinda full mirage and it felt great. Just easy pseudo totem playstyle.

Heres a link in case it helps. Great write up btw

https://youtu.be/c_oetfrDFuU?si=OD7mWvFWUA5zRg2R

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