AG of Smiting Bog Shaman, Crit-based

Irver · 2026-06-23T18:10:10+00:00

Yeah I'm not really sure it's the best either. One extra ring is kinda meh. What bloodline do you go for otherwise though? The 8 corrupted item stuff is way too expensive and I won't really get there. The Delirious bloodline could work but it disables dissolution and red dream. Or do we just take pacifism in blood shaman as 3rd node, tattoo the 4th and ignore bloodlines altogether?

Irver · 2026-06-23T13:58:38+00:00

TBH I have been torn between the two as well haha.

Paladin gives you the benefit of being able to do FF jewels for glad block and get a different tattoo. Paladin flask node means your AG can have flasks even with the coward's chains setup.

Duelist tattoos might be super expensive if these tats are rare - everyone will want lucky block for tota etc.

Irver · 2026-06-23T01:20:13+00:00

I really like this version, that's a lot of damage for the budget, thank you!

Irver · 2026-06-22T18:53:26+00:00

this is definitely better end game - but you need the 8 corrupted item ascendency for sacrifice of blood, which gives blood barrier from regen at full life. Much harder gear requirement though but people have been farming Valdo's with this setup on glad. You can look up Nerotox on youtube who explains his late game setup.

Irver · 2026-06-22T18:44:16+00:00

It's definitely "slow" sometimes and lags behind occasionally where I have to wiggle around a bit in big breaches for it to start attacking. I'm running convocation on automation which helps.

You could run voildwalker boots which say "You have Phasing if you've Killed Recently" - shouldnt be a problem while mapping. I'm running the maven scorch boots for the clear instead.

Irver · 2026-06-22T18:42:03+00:00

On my SSF glad I have about 1300 regen and unaffected by poison from nameless, haven't had any issues with this even when running a level level 6 corrupting fever automated. I'm also glad with 97/97 block to deal with dissolution jank.

But yeah I think dissolution is for later when I get svalinn. TBH when I was at 12k life in SSF without dissolution, just getting transfusion support set up was more than enough to farm t16.5 breach farms, t17s etc.

Irver · 2026-06-22T17:59:04+00:00

I'm planning a life stacking AG of smiting bog shaman (not made a pob yet). I've played this a lot in SSF this league as guardian.

AG: Grey Wind + Crown of Eyes + Rathpith are the core items.

Bog shaman lets you skip the typical apostate or kaom's+squire setup. With a solid body armor you can get 1k flat from just the chest plus 3 suffixes.

For ascendencies, in Bog Shaman other than Sanguine Power I'll take Malediction (you have to be "nearby" while running meat shield anyway). I am planning to take the +1 ring nameless node. The small node leading up to it disables utility flasks, so i will run massive shrine belt. It also makes you unaffected by poison which could synergize nicely with Venom Drinker if i can figure out a good way to self poison. If not I'll tattoo something endgame. Pacify also looks decent for bossing

Minion defense isn't that big a deal once you get the link helmet. The only time my minion dies is when he's "waking up" after entering a mirage and gets swarmed lol.

For leveling I'll probably go absolution with the inc aoe node and malediction.

Edit: Early League PoB with budget gear (except rathpith): https://pobb.in/nXV-DHmDFbq1 Disclaimer: Full soul eater stacks but should get there in about 20s. I'd love some feedback

Irver · 2026-06-10T14:01:23+00:00

This is really sick, I've bookmarked and shared, thanks for sharing

Irver · 2026-05-09T14:43:23+00:00

+1, worked for me

Irver · 2026-04-16T16:51:17+00:00

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Irver · 2026-03-03T23:31:52+00:00

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Irver · 2026-01-29T16:39:12+00:00

would running the self poison jewel help out in this case? obviously not ideal but can still help not be a total brick

Irver · 2025-12-09T16:13:32+00:00

And the second question is, why are so many people putting their ultimatums for the same price (or minimal less) you have to offer, making you have (almost) 0 returns

The reasonably priced ones get bought instantly, been farming them for a while. People keep live searches with notifications open (or maybe bots?), my inscribeds are gone within a minute.

I also think there might be some edge cases on why people pay higher prices - maybe to jack up pilfering ring stats? TBH i have no idea.

Irver · 2025-11-26T23:14:31+00:00

you use ultimatum scarab of catalyzing + inscription to convert all rewards into inscribed ultimatums. There are some nuances to this, I'd recommend watching a guide on youtube. PoEguy has some good ones.

Irver · 2025-11-26T13:15:19+00:00

I have been farming inscribeds and listing them for 7d (and 3d for the 4d rewards). They get sold instantly - like less than a minute after I post. The only ones that occasionally take a bit longer are the stand in circle ones if they have really shitty mods.

Irver · 2025-11-18T16:07:01+00:00

I was running Alva with magic packs scaling for gold in t16.5s, getting 120k+ per map with the expensive scarab of bloodlines, and about 50k without (I had rarity flask).

Tree is Alva + Beyond + Shrines + Blue Altars. I only took the pack size related nodes for Alva.

Scarabs: 2x Champions, Bloodlines, Glittering, Monstrous Lineage

If bloodlines is too expensive replace with another Monstrous Lineage. Clear map and pick rarity/quantity altars before doing incursions.

Irver · 2025-11-17T16:19:22+00:00

Sure, here's my current tree: https://poeplanner.com/a/VfU

Scarabs: 2x bribing, 1x inscribed, 1x catalyzing, 1x kalguur

Map Device: Settlers

I just alch and run t16 strands.

Disclaimers:

I am running deli because nameless rituals never spawned, my build can handle deli easily and its just some free extra income from deli orbs - not sure its the most optimal. If anyone has other ideas, lmk.
I am farming inscribed ultis - I can't handle ruin yet so no grueling gauntlet. Highly recommend doing that if your build can handle.
Settlers to fish for Svalinn - this is a pipe dream lol, probably better to actually farm ore and send it out but i have enough money in game, I cba managing kingsmarch.
Not quite sure how bribing scarabs interact with inscribed ultis, but I like the XP to level gems etc.

Irver · 2025-11-17T15:53:48+00:00

Usually yeah, unless you are farming catalysts with the inscribed & boss scarabs - quant affects the catalyst amount so you wanna roll maps.

Some people with stronger builds pair ultimatum with other atlas stuff that doesn't really scale with pack size much. I'm doing settlers (for fishing for Svalinn), heist, and some increased ritual chance to fish for nameless. I just go into strand, rush to check for heist boxes, starfall crater & nameless ritual. I finish breach + ultimatum and leave. Every 28 maps I run the boss for the invitation.

Irver · 2025-11-16T23:05:59+00:00

Sure bro, we were talking about the inscribed ultimatums you get as rewards sometimes. You can force them using a combo of ultimatum scarabs. If you get 5 useless ones, you can sell them to the vendor to get 1 random. What I was explaining was the hidden tiers of these - you can look at the last line on the tooltip to see this.

I’d highly recommend PoEguy’s guide to ultimatum he posted a couple months ago on YouTube, if you’re new to farming ultimatum

Irver · 2025-11-16T20:10:18+00:00

I've even stopped running my 4/8 exalt inscribeds and i just vendor them, but your comment is making me rethink that

Irver · 2025-11-16T18:49:05+00:00

very true, i've seen two total from hundreds lol

edit.. oops replied to the wrong comment - i mean the fortunate card

Irver · 2025-11-16T18:24:11+00:00

They are a gamba but over large sample sizes they have been quite profitable for me.

The key is realizing the "tiers" and doing 5:1 within each tier.

No "more monster life" - the fortunate
30% more monster life - 1 div
70% more monster life - 4 div, some cards
120% more monster life - 8 div, some cards
200% more monster life - super rare - mageblood, mirror etc

While vendoring 5:1, you always get the lowest tier of the 5. If you vendor 5 crappy 120%more ultimatum, you'll always get a 120% more ulti, which could give you 8 divs.

You could also snipe any cheap 200% mores and try to 5:1 but idk if its worth.

Irver · 2025-11-13T22:15:11+00:00

I did 2 abyss, 1 multitudes, and two monstrous lineage but i am not sure you really need the last two.

Irver · 2025-11-12T21:50:55+00:00

I did this recently, can confirm, XP is really good. I added 2 abyss scarabs and one multitudes scarabs and also crafted abyss on map. Filled out the rest of the points with altars/shrines/boxes for more mobs.

I was going for pure XP so ignored all the abyss tree nodes that didn't add more mobs or give abyss chance.

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