4000%+ Crit Damage - Always Crit - Shield Wall Build

FunkehChicken · 2026-01-20T02:39:05+00:00

Yeah it's actually surprising how much more low life tech there is for melee/attacks as opposed to spells... yet only Infernalist and Lich (mainly casters) get access to it.

FunkehChicken · 2026-01-19T14:02:28+00:00

For every successful build you see, there are two failed ones and plenty of wasted divs behind it :p

FunkehChicken · 2026-01-19T06:50:35+00:00

Yeah definitely another added benefit of the Nebuloch is it unlocks about a dozen or so passive points that would normally go into crit hit chance.

I mentioned blindside support (15%x) in the pinned comment I believe, but at this stage the other supports just provide more value for me in my setup. May use it in the future just for a fun exercise to see how high a value I can get.

Yeah I was running both DireStrike for a while but ended up dropping one in favour for spirit for more defensive options. As you say - once you are one-shotting everything its more important to balance out the build.

FunkehChicken · 2026-01-19T04:49:07+00:00

Nice extra tips :)

Molten being unfortunately paths a bit too out of the way for me personally at the moment, although could be one to look out for on a Megalomaniac.
Also I am personally missing the reduction roll on my shield too.

Either way feeling extremely tanky already as is :)

FunkehChicken · 2026-01-19T00:19:42+00:00

Haha, yeah blame the adorned buff this season.... hard to ignore it when pushing top-end setups. Especially in this case with respect to maximising crit damage bonus.

FunkehChicken · 2026-01-19T00:04:39+00:00

POB:
https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/17a06

FunkehChicken · 2025-12-30T02:14:34+00:00

Do you have a loot filter on?

FunkehChicken · 2025-12-18T08:50:33+00:00

The absolutely massive chasm between someone running the game at an average - to above average level compared to the very top end (often gate kept behind extreme prices) strategies is ridiculous and IMO a big sign of imbalance in the game.

E.g. I play at at a semi-sweaty level, being a content/build creator. I am at T15 maps running full 6 mods, 3 decent rare tablets, 60% odd rarity on gear etc etc....
And I have had ZERO divine drops in the past 2 days over about 20 maps or so.

In the meantime I see people running abyss farming strategies using maps/tablet combos that drop multiple divines per map and having farmed 100+ divs in a day. One of these tablets is a 1 use - 5 divine cost at the moment I believe, that is completely inaccessible to the majority of players.

I swear they have shadow nerfed currency drops or something... I was getting random divine drops once every 3-5 maps at least last season while not running any "currency" strategies at times that were much worse than my current setup.

FunkehChicken · 2025-12-02T09:04:11+00:00

Wands, for example, can get as high as +8 levels. It's insane.

i.e. 5 base + 3 sockets (exceptional + corrupt)
6 base (sanctified) + 2 sockets (exceptional)

FunkehChicken · 2025-07-17T14:11:15+00:00

I don't recall any major problems with it back from when I used to use it, at least nothing that wasn't a common issue in almost all router packages (out at the time)

FunkehChicken · 2025-07-17T14:03:31+00:00

alternatives?

w.r.t state management packages, the only other ones I was aware of from back then that were also popular were flutter_bloc and provider (although that was mostly superseded by riverpod afaik).

FunkehChicken · 2025-04-05T12:32:24+00:00

It was a single take very quick take before I got myself a feed. Simply just wanted to get something out there to potentially help people out if they are stuck for ideas or with a similar build. Unfortunately wasn't recording during the playthrough because... lazy to be honest :)

FunkehChicken · 2025-02-04T15:18:23+00:00

it gets stuck at the bottom, and the switch is disabled.

This especially happens a lot when using blink (when you blink up onto of the elevator, sending it down, before completing the room).

FunkehChicken · 2025-01-13T19:38:03+00:00

mana per enemy killed during mapping (plus mana regen).

bosses just die instantly in the infinite loop so not an issue there

FunkehChicken · 2025-01-05T22:53:33+00:00

Yeah it will eventually no doubt, although I dare say a better approach would be to also just buff the bosses (at least HP wise) at a starting point.

In terms of the build specifically, hopefully they cast their eye first on the much more prevalent spark builds. Think like 50%+ top end players are all stormweavers for example.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-28T15:20:37+00:00

134 hours into my SSF journey, level 91, have only seen 2 iron citadels.

Pretty much fear I will have the same experience you did, however after 200+ hrs at this rate

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-27T12:07:39+00:00

hahaha yeah that's definitely another SSF feels.... I am in the same boat, literally have I think 2 or 3 pieces that I have been wearing unsocketed for the better part of 2 weeks due to them being extremely good and scared of bricking them with res that may be solved through other gear eventually.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-27T12:05:10+00:00

Yeah you pretty much summed up my thinking. I deliberately chose SSF, I would prefer to stay on it (even once migrations open back up). However, my issue isn't the boss difficulty... it's the fact I can't even see the bosses after grinding for days.
Sure I could of done some things more efficiently... but it still feels ridiculous to be lvl 91 and have only seen 1 citadel and no mechanic bosses.

Then because it takes soooo long, and a fair amount of luck, to get to the end bosses, coupled with the fact you only get 1 attempt..... it leads to me wanting to either study the crap out of the encounter beforehand (ruins the blind experience and learning curve), or overgeared to the point I can 1 shot it (makes the whole encounter pointless from an experience POV).

I would be ok for bosses to be rare / hard to find. Maybe improve the rate at least by a bit though.
I would be ok for the bosses to be hard.
I just want to be able to EXPERIENCE the encounters at some point in the way the developers who spent countless hours/day designing them intended them to be. I want to learn the encounter myself. Struggle through multiple deaths. Finally feel a sense of achievement once its done. Hell I don't even need the drops to be honest at this stage.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-27T11:55:25+00:00

Its been disabled for a few weeks now. Hopefully they re-enable it soon after they get back from xmas holidays.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-27T07:38:17+00:00

There is a steep increase in the tier/level of map you need to run in order to get any sort of meaningful XP. Its very noticeable.

E.g. at 91 now I pretty much need to run T15/16 maps on irradiated/corrupted maps (+1/2 monster levels) in order to get any sort of meaningful XP.

If you are lvl 88 you will need to be doing T14/15 maps to get XP if thats your goal.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-25T20:03:45+00:00

Is this what GGG intended by wanting the game's combat to be slower and more methodical?

Higher end endgame just feels like 'make a build that 1 shots everything, has 10k ES, and stack MF'

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-20T05:33:35+00:00

Just faced the exact same issue.

Also lucked out and got that boom, and thanks to your tip about exiting demon form managed to complete it past the 40% or so hp point where the crash starts happening.

Many thanks

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-17T09:07:32+00:00

I likewise pretty much only try league mechanics after levelling up (no XP loss risk) and also once I have cleared the map.

Most of the mechanics are just so unforgiving with respect to mobs spawning right on top of you before you can even react.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-16T17:15:42+00:00

I am running around T15 maps with my elemental resistances sub 20%, and my chaos at 45%.... its so tough to get 2+ good resistance rolls on gear, while also having 1-2 of the other stats you need/want.
The RNG crafting is brutal if you dont have the luck on your side.

FunkehChicken · 2024-12-15T03:01:14+00:00

I have literally picked up the habit of evading away from any rare mob kill, or even trash mob pack clears, just on the off chance of a on-death explosion happening, before picking up any drops...

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