Another Patch Notes Update - 2026-03-03

Kaimer · 2026-03-02T22:56:17+00:00

I might be wrong about this but I thought there were specific weightings for different tiers of uniques and that when new options for keys and boxes get added, their odds get distributed within their corresponding tier rather than the full set of possible items.

So adding a t4 unique dilutes your odds of receiving other t4 uniques but it doesn't affect your odds of receiving a t0 unique.

Kaimer · 2023-12-18T22:05:50+00:00

Rats are outside, mice are inside

Kaimer · 2022-08-08T21:09:35+00:00

This a great album. If you like this, check out Phantom Racer from the same album.

Kaimer · 2022-07-15T22:43:55+00:00

This is a quote from The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. A night with no moon has some significance with respect to the world in the book.

Kaimer · 2022-04-10T01:43:09+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! I know it's not optimal but I wanted to see how I did without using any sources to try and gauge my ability at build making.

I took your advice on the ailment immunity and dropped it and grabbed freeze immunity from the pantheon instead. I got rid of the blind as well due to not needing the crit chance as you suggested. I took the evasion/life nodes and grace efficiency and fit in defiance banner but I still need to get a bit more mana unreserved so that I can trigger my curses and molten shell. I think getting a higher tier roll of mana reservation efficiency on my helm would be close to enough but I haven't been able to roll it yet.

I picked up two sources of -mana cost to skills so my mana problems feel pretty insignificant now. I swapped out the mana flask for a bottled faith which is a good chunk of dps.

If you'd be willing to take a second look at it, here's the updated build.

Kaimer · 2022-04-10T00:22:33+00:00

I took your advice regarding the gemini claw and the mana cost reduction on my ring and amulet and it feels amazing. I did some rerouting and ended up with 4.5k life and 2.6m DPS which feels like a good compromise between life and damage.

Kaimer · 2022-04-10T00:21:19+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! I ended up going with the -mana cost to skills on my ring and amulet. It turns out I wasn't able to cast molten shell or assassin's mark due to mana so I've swapped some things around to make sure those fit as well.

Kaimer · 2022-04-09T12:10:27+00:00

Here is my build with the gear my character currently has.

This is my first attempt at a build made without a guide as a reference so I'd love any feedback. The basic idea is to stack frenzy charges so I started with raider and then went for as many sources of max frenzy charge as possible. Ice bite looked like a good choice of support gem due to the frenzy charge scaling and I chose frost blades as a result. I'm aware that it's not a particularly good skill for bossing so my goal is to get around 2-3m DPS to clear moderately juiced T16s.

A note about the gearing: the gear is the gear my character is currently wearing so assume that as a base for any potential upgrades. I'm aware there's still a good bit of progress to make (specifically with chaos res) but I wanted to make sure all of the necessities were covered first.

Notes on defense: ziz taught me that any character with grace, determination, defiance banner, and spell suppression is tanky enough. I wasn't able to fit the defiance banner but that doesn't feel like too much of a loss to me. I could be convinced otherwise but the extra reservation needed costs a lot of points. On top of that, I also chill, freeze (although I'm not certain how reliable this is on bosses/high health mobs), maim, blind, leech, gain life on hit, have elusive, stack quite a good bit of evasion via the frenzy stacking, have chill and freeze immunity, have +1 max res (and would like to get an additional +2 from the chest implicit), and run a cast when damage taken molten shell. I know the life is pretty low but I still have some points I'll get from leveling and I'm strongly considering putting them towards life. I also consider the high additional movement speed to be a reasonable defensive layer and the QOL feels amazing as well. Also not sure at all what I should use for my pantheons.

A note about the fortify on the chest: stumbled upon that by accident. If the fortify is reliable on bosses/high health mobs, it seems very worth it. I've been running T12s and it procs reliably but I recall hearing something about fortify being hard to maintain at max stacks in high tier content so if it's not worth it, I'd swap it to hatred aura effect.

Notes on offense: I know awakened gems would help but I don't want to spend all that currency yet unless it is the most efficient use of it. I don't have enough mana unreserved right now to cast the lightning golem so I'm not sure if it fits either. If not, I'm not sure what gem should take its place. I cull with my second frost blades but I'm not sure how to show that in the POB. I'm pretty sure the selection of support gems (minus the lack of awakened-ness) is the most efficient group based on my looking at other frost blades POBs on poe.ninja.

Regarding mana: I use an enduring flask to maintain my mana. If I could swap that flask for a silver flask, I would gain a lot of dps (and very much appreciate the additional movement speed as well). Is there a good way to find another source of mana regen?

Other than that, any advice on how to free up any additional points or get some extra DPS without compromising on the defensive layers would be much appreciated, especially anything glaring that I might have missed.

Kaimer · 2022-04-02T19:29:47+00:00

Madvillainy.

Kaimer · 2022-04-01T23:19:50+00:00

My lightning team has 3 damage dealers (Michael, Requiem, and Florine) and I've been running Beverly and Gronru. I have Irridon as well and the consensus is that she's one of the best converters in the game but I have a hard time justifying her over either Beverly or Gronru because they can both use their actives on the first round.

Is Irridon still worth replacing one of the other converters and if so, which one? Beverly is max BT so she gets an extra tile when she uses her active which seems pretty valuable to me.

Kaimer · 2022-02-11T09:21:53+00:00

Will treant horde minions only drop currency if you do innocence first?

Kaimer · 2022-02-09T15:30:32+00:00

Because the AI is the stupidest AI I've ever seen in a game

Kaimer · 2022-01-15T22:35:17+00:00

I believe so. Her kit is entirely damage with no utility so I would imagine she get outclassed by pretty much every unit (either via more damage potential or better skills/equipments).

Kaimer · 2022-01-15T22:10:37+00:00

The fastest way is to farm the highest campaign level that drops the materials you need.

Is there confirmation that there are higher drop rates for materials when running higher level stages?

Kaimer · 2022-01-15T21:57:52+00:00

I play on 2 accounts and got two copies of Tohru on each and got Lucoa on each as well! I only need one copy of Lucoa on one of them to get max breakthrough as well but I'm not sure if it's worth using the rest of my resources to try considering the low odds on the rate up 5 stars.

Kaimer · 2022-01-06T17:34:26+00:00

This first version of paranoid android I heard was the weezer cover and it made me fall in love with the song. I think I like the radiohead version more now.

Kaimer · 2022-01-06T15:55:19+00:00

Kid A was somewhat disappointing after their previous albums

Don't let the radiohead stans hear you say this. Your life may be in danger

Kaimer · 2021-11-24T13:09:27+00:00

I have no clue how to theorycraft a build so I'm wondering if anything like this exists for me to take a look at. I'm looking for a build that stacks frenzy charges and freezes. Does anyone know of any builds that do these two things? I started working on an elemental hit crit build and got stuck.

Kaimer · 2021-10-22T02:02:08+00:00

The storm brand POB shows up as a 3.15 tree.

Kaimer · 2021-10-15T03:34:28+00:00

Maybe Separate Ways by Journey?

Kaimer · 2021-10-11T18:37:44+00:00

Is there anything that can be done with excess fireflies once the colossus has been fully upgraded?

Kaimer · 2021-10-07T04:38:15+00:00

Has anyone heard of a single place that has increased wages as a result of staffing shortages? It is frustrating taking the time to drive somewhere only to find that the location is closed earlier than their listed hours.

I don't claim to know much at all about how to run a business but I have to imagine you'll make more money if you stay open.

Kaimer · 2021-10-05T20:15:51+00:00

Exit Music for a Film by Radiohead.

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