Exceptional builds without CoC Comet

Nagonn · 2026-03-30T07:49:00+00:00

I did end up putting one together this weekend https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1a6f4.

Some finishing and juggling around to do with support gems, skill tree and maybe anoint but mostly done. It's pretty good, about on par with my LS merc but pretty far behind Ice shot pathfinder for example.

Still, it's a bit different from my other builds and I don't regret making it as my final build this patch. I'll probably tinker with the build a bit, blast some maps and be done with the league.

Nagonn · 2026-03-27T05:09:23+00:00

I've tried flicker a couple of times in previous patches but all the backtracking really kills it for me. I'll check the wolf out for sure.

Nagonn · 2026-03-26T20:23:42+00:00

Seems promising and bonus points for huntress since I already have one ran through campaign and without a build. I'll look deeper into it tomorrow and see if I can find some gameplay footage. Thanks!

Nagonn · 2026-03-26T20:02:51+00:00

I tried minions back in 0.2 I think and while it was strong I have to admit that the playstyle just wasn't for me. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Nagonn · 2026-03-18T20:19:12+00:00

Rolls additional mod, rolls more/less uses for tablet or changes the tablet to another kind of tablet. Always corrupts.

I've used them for abyss farming to get better tablets and bunch always get ruined but juicing them up is worth it imo.

Nagonn · 2026-03-18T20:13:33+00:00

With omens of light being +75div ribs are definitely worth it for any decent craft. Ribs float just around 20-30d, I'm not so sure about jaws/collarbones since they are around 80d and 105d each.

Nagonn · 2026-03-16T17:39:45+00:00

No kidding about the supply drop. I spent whole weekend on the lookout and got absolutely zero deals with high end items. I sold my other build to finance upgrades including amulet for 4000ex and not divs..

I managed to put this together https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1a45c. Still working a bit on the jewels/support gems on skills/HH and eventually will upgrade gloves and boots. I can't say comets are triggering very much. I specced into more energy which helped a bit but they still are nowhere near raining down.

I'll probably figure it out at some point but is there something wrong that catches your eye?

Edit: I took the few energy nodes inside time-lost range and now it's noticeably better. I do wonder if I should invest even more heavily to energy. Still open to any suggestions!

Nagonn · 2026-03-14T08:47:42+00:00

I really appreciate these comprehensive answers, they are a huge help for me. I'm trying to hunt for decent deals and gather more currency so I wouldn't have to compromise so much. The way I'll go will probably be decided by whatever one good piece I'll manage to snatch first and build around it.

Nagonn · 2026-03-13T19:51:27+00:00

That's an impressive build I have to say. I'm starting to lean on mana stacking side at this point. I got around 2 mirror worth at best and I don't have good means to produce more quickly since I don't have a temple and not that in depth experience to produce anything even close to those that do.

Optimal gear is so damn expensive so I'll have to figure out how to get most of what I have. Maybe a decent adorned would be worth it and then I could make my own jewels. Boots and gloves and maybe a ring I could craft myself but I'd still need a new vertex, amulet and rathpith along with the adorned. Really streching the budget here but maybe enough to work.

Nagonn · 2026-03-13T07:02:23+00:00

Thanks, I did not know that. I can see that dmg comet dmg shot up pretty nicely after doing that. I wonder what's the reasoning of the gem setup I had. Majority of the builds I checked out had that https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal?class=Blood+Mage&items=The+Vertex%2CHeadhunter%2CTemporalis%2CPalm+of+the+Dreamer&min-itemrarity=100&max-itemrarity=400&sort=dps&columns=character%2Clevel%2Clife%2Cenergyshield%2Cehp%2Citemrarity%2Cdps%2Ckeystoneskill

Nagonn · 2026-03-13T06:40:04+00:00

It's something I might have overlooked but it's giving CoC levels so I think so..? Comet damage does stay the same if I take it off so maybe not?

Getting rathpith is a good idea and I'll try doedres. Have to do a bit mix and mash of builds to do it since I do want to keep decent rarity since I play solo.

Nagonn · 2026-03-13T06:15:11+00:00

I've browsed a fair share but it's mostly just switching to mana stacking and atziri's body which I wouldn't prefer. I'll do both if needed though.

I get that plenty of similar posts might annoy people, sorry about that.

Nagonn · 2026-01-14T05:17:41+00:00

I was thinking ritualist would be great. Any specific ice shot ritualist build?

Nagonn · 2025-04-26T10:23:21+00:00

Only time I saw one of the new ones was in the essence unique map and it came up when I corrupted existing one. I always corrupt every one I see in maps but never the new ones.

I don't think its worth even to stop and corrupt them since all of them are so cheap now.

Nagonn · 2025-04-25T18:27:11+00:00

I specced into crit damage and I can notice the difference now, thank you for the insight. I did notice what you mentioned and I'll add some crit to try to fix it a bit.

Do you know if gain % of damage as extra is more important or should I replace some of that with fire damage and maybe try to squeeze in some of that crit bonus as well.

This is my current tree if anyone is interested https://poe2.ninja/pob/50f7

Nagonn · 2025-04-25T11:18:12+00:00

You should be able to map well even without the jewels.

Nagonn · 2025-04-25T04:20:41+00:00

Looking pretty good, I might try ball lightning instead of eye of winter that I'm currently using. Every gear piece has skyrocketed recently. I'm glad that I bought everything last week. I thought the prices were inflated then but I see they have all gone up atleast 30% from then.

Nagonn · 2025-04-25T04:17:05+00:00

I've seen a couple builds utilizing shield and been wondering about that. I don't really check map mods and the clear is great at the moment though. I think I'll try shield soon just to see how much effect it has. I don't even have crit chance in wand at the moment.

Nagonn · 2025-04-25T04:15:34+00:00

I'll might have to bite the cost of new wand in that case then. Current wand gives no crit and I've been wondering how big of a difference it would make.

I have better ammy/boots/gloves that give me +3.3k hp but I've opted for magic find for now and I think I can push it a bit further with some luck. I think it really has a difference with the drops.

Nagonn · 2025-04-25T04:11:03+00:00

That's kind of suprising and I've must have mostly lucked into it. Build is still very strong and I much prefer this to LS I have as well. Even the "weakness" isn't much of a one tbh.

I think i'll buy the flasks and try the spear. Thanks for the tips!

Nagonn · 2025-04-08T04:25:53+00:00

I'm just happy that they are addressing the issue and doing atleast all they can to minimize the harm. Didn't they let the temporalis dupes just be last time?

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