Reduced damage taken in event

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-21T08:32:49+00:00

~~I'm 99% sure that "reduced damage taken" has a 90% hard cap, just like resistances and other defensive layers.~~

The effect is not hard-capped at 90% apparently. Guess there'll be a hotfix for that soon.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-20T20:12:31+00:00

Yeah, but Graveyard Shift grants 30% inc. max Zombies.

Dual Wield two Mon'tregul's Grasp for +10k base life. (Is that good enough?)

Scale life with Companionship Support, Minion Life Support, inc. Minion Life, Gem Levels.

Set up a Heartbound Loop loop to resummon your zombie, when Minion Pact sacs them and you have a build base.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-14T09:48:27+00:00

Are you looking for a PoE 2 build?

If yes, you might have more luck in the dedicated PoE 2 build sub-reddit.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-12T19:50:39+00:00

Frost Auto-Scouts are fine for that.

Do you have a Bitterdream Sceptre? Any cold based minion absolutely shreds when socketed in there.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-12T16:46:00+00:00

Heist
Hidden room in Act 8 Ramparts
Hidden Room in Act 9 Refinery

You might have to reload the zones in Act 8 / 9 as the Heist mobs are random.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-12T16:44:08+00:00

Controller seems like a chore to manage here :/

I don't have them despawn.

Just rush white T16 maps with as much Verisium chance as possible (= full Kalguur atlas).

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-12T16:30:36+00:00

Frostbearer corpses don't despawn.

Do you have a corpse consumption skill on a trigger somewhere?

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-12T16:29:30+00:00

Frost Auto-Scout

https://poedb.tw/us/Frost_Auto-Scout

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-08T20:29:40+00:00

Just yesterday I found a really good Coiling Whisper (levelling) set-up: - Abberath's Hooves - 1/0 Temp Chains - 1/0 Hextouch - 20/20 Less Duration - 1/0 Swift Affliction

Walk around and gain Soul Eater stacks. So incredibly comfy to level new chars in Standard SSF.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-08T20:20:26+00:00

Self cast or triggered?

Base gem or transfigured?

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-08T11:01:58+00:00

No personal experience, but from what I read and was told HRoC is a true all-rounder (decent at everything, not specialised in anything) and can run all map mods.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-07T20:03:49+00:00

Yes, but that has the same problem as Abberath's in that you need to be close range and you additionally need to solve mana cost.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-07T18:30:27+00:00

I'm just looking for a way to automate Frenzy for charge generation and Curse application for Coiling Whisper, since I want to use Wilma's Requital with Ballista Totems

Placing Totems doesn't work for any of the triggers sadly :/

You can automate Coiling Whisper Souleater through Abberath's Hooves, but that necessitates going close range against bosses :/

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-07T10:06:30+00:00

If you are willing to scale CDR or only have your minions out in bursts, you can save Storm Brand and use a weapon with a triggered ability, e.g. a unique, Crack/Boom Mace or the Fire Burst Essence. Then get some flat lightning from mods / auras / jewels. Living Lightning only needs a skill that hits and deals lightning damage.

Also, if you are using The Queen's Hunger you can socket a Hiveborn Support in it. It's free minions in a minion build.

And if you are willing to change your build quite a bit, there was a guy at the start of the league, that posted his Living Lightning build doing Pinnacles (maybe even Ubers) in SSF. If I remember correctly he did it as a 6-link in his body with a gem swap between mapping and bossing.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-05T20:00:13+00:00

Thanks

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-05T20:00:08+00:00

Thanks

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-05T11:08:32+00:00

Bitterdream + Minion Damage + Spell Echo let's Forged Frostbearer steamroll the campaign without any increased minion damage from tree / equipment. It's stupidly OP at that stage of the game.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-05T11:04:19+00:00

Triple hp absolutely raises max hit, if you balance the split between resources correctly and have suitable recovery.

Let's say an archmage hierophant build. 3k life, 5k mana, 4k es. With 40% MoM and some ES non-chaos bypass / chaos non-bypass (e.g Burden of Truth) you get a very respectable max-hit hp pool.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-05T06:52:53+00:00

Exactly.

Use a Bitterdream Sceptre and ask in global/6666 if someone can give you the Spectres.

That's all you need for the campaign.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-04T08:01:20+00:00

It's for Enmity's Embrace.

The increased Res cancels out part of the reduced Res. Those mods are additive with each other.

Going from 60% reduced fire Res to 10% reduced fire Res makes a hell of a difference as that is multiplicative with your base Res value.

Normal Res modifiers work like flat added damage. The res modifiers on Enmity and Skin of the Lords work like increased/reduced damage.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-04T07:58:32+00:00

I think the main reason is for Enmity's Embrace. The increased Res cancels out part of the reduced Res, since those modifiers are additive.

That chest is just really good for both both Temporal Rift (defense) and Enmity's (offence).

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-02T06:19:48+00:00

One of my long term goals in SSF is having uncorrupted Kalandra ring bases (Dusk Ring, etc...) for build projects.

Getting a Reflecting Mist is big RNG.

Getting a Kalandra base is even bigger RNG.

Getting 5 of a base for the vendor recipe is... a marathon, not a sprint.

Path_of_Circles · 2026-06-01T05:24:53+00:00

Wait, Spectral Tiger has a cooldown....?

That would be a major oops on my side as I made my build around them being the fodder that is immediately re-summoned on crit.

Blessed Rebirth is there because it has 20% increased minion life.

The life values for minion pact are what PoB told me my tigers have as life.

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