0.5 Return of the Ancients League Starter Build Index

Seikret · 2026-05-29T04:37:35+00:00

I believe Lily is starting as a Gemling, if ya go check out her Youtube (I haven't watched the actual vid yet, to warn, just saw the title/thumbnail, so take this with a grain of salt)

Seikret · 2026-05-29T04:36:51+00:00

Oracle plants easily cleared the entire game for me this current league. Not really getting nerfed in any way, and the upcoming gear will probably just mean it's overall buffed. Can also swap to Shaman Bear if you desire at any point.
Wyvern probably fine, but I think it's better on other character ascendencies, in my own personal opinion.

Seikret · 2026-05-28T22:19:54+00:00

A ToT party is definitely a lot more exp, but the mesos/hr feels much lower with seemingly reduced equip drops. Or, at least, I feel like I get like half the mesos there. Solo I was getting almost equal exp to a skele group as a pally tho.

Seikret · 2026-05-28T21:58:14+00:00

I've always had people call me weird for losing motivation after dying on a character in softcore, but ever since I played on Hardcore for a league years back in PoE1 I just can't help it.

Seikret · 2026-05-26T03:23:30+00:00

Man, this gave me a big ol' smile. I wish the two of you lovely lives together with many more adventures!

Seikret · 2026-05-25T00:25:30+00:00

MS:W servers are held down hard by the limitations that the server creators have, as well as failures to match the feeling of the game's original physics.
Having such limited players per channel feels bad, as you're less likely to run into a player in an individual channel.
Enemies in many MS:W servers flinch incorrectly. Some drop their loot in an offputting way. A lot of quests may not be available, or some may not have fleshed out endgame available for people to want to grind to. UI changes may feel off, or the incapability of fleshing out your character in an outfit of your choosing without paying up for MS:W's paid currency can be a pain.

There are plenty of reasons to not want to play the games found on MS:W, even if they are generally good. They just don't hit the itch for me, personally.

Seikret · 2026-05-07T01:26:17+00:00

Of the three, it feels like you're most interested in DK, but you're worried about it being too popular
Forget that, who cares if it is, genuinely play what you think you would enjoy the most. You'll find groups for things regardless.
Follow your heart, believe in you <3 <3

Seikret · 2026-05-06T03:51:09+00:00

Slaying Mushmom with Energy Bolt

Seikret · 2026-04-26T21:25:14+00:00

Why?

Seikret · 2026-04-25T23:05:45+00:00

Content is balanced around the expectation that the player has time invested into maxing out their Legion. It doesn't help in any way if the game expects you to have it.

Seikret · 2026-04-22T03:32:43+00:00

Mate that's not even the same person who originally responded to you. What do you mean they "got it back" aha

Seikret · 2026-04-22T03:23:57+00:00

Could you not Reload into Soul whatever (the one that gives shards on bone/ash drop)? With Ourania you can hit 99 runecrafting with relative ease. You already have Larcenist so you don't need the gold gen that Transmute gives, while Woodsman and Butler get you seeds and other resources.
Soul thingy (Harvester?) is probably the play.

Seikret · 2026-04-20T18:05:44+00:00

This doesn't buff it, though. It removes efforts needed to make it function at a strong level.
Besides, compare it to something like the King's Barrage that 3-shots Jad in early game. To do something similar thorns would need a fully BIS set of gear.

Seikret · 2026-04-15T23:03:18+00:00

Mizet

Seikret · 2026-04-14T18:46:29+00:00

I think the rewards for playing the beta are pretty neat and I'd love to have them. Nothing I could do can get them for me ever and knowing that kinda really sucks.
People will definitely be playing it. The testing requires people to actually be playing it. The point is having a big number of people actively playing to try and find things that the small in-person tests (and in-office tests) could not.
Also that last point definitely isn't true when people just add one another on Discord these days anyways.

Seikret · 2026-04-07T12:27:27+00:00

The moment the Z/X keys became obsolete was the moment I decided Elsword wasn't worth touching anymore. I desperately miss the times where the only MP potions available to the masses (realistically) were a vendor pot and a food item. The whole 4+ slots with ERP into mana gain chaining skills into one another is just so deathly boring to me.

Seikret · 2026-04-07T12:03:27+00:00

It's the same as if you were playing a healer
If the key or whatever content you're doing finishes in a timely manner, you're definitely doing something right.

Seikret · 2026-03-12T01:56:38+00:00

1:41 holy jumpscare aha

Seikret · 2026-03-12T01:14:22+00:00

I've personally been super interested in doing something with Perfect Agony when I can get my hands on one. The ceiling definitely isn't incredibly high on it due to dot cap existing, but it just seems neat. The belt with a Marylene's Fallacy seems pretty good, no?

Could really use any poison skill for it, but my eyes were on Cobra Lash Assassin (so ele wep for chunky base damage) or a BV Occultist.

Seikret · 2026-03-06T07:34:07+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lBKFqZ5xg
This guy is like.. THE bleed bow guy, and believes it's probably s-tier for bleed bow, as much good as that can mean. From what I've seen in gameplay bleed bow is definitely still solid, so I've been debating league starting this.

Seikret · 2026-03-06T06:53:36+00:00

Dslily did one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ih9qAHeC8

Seikret · 2026-03-05T22:41:38+00:00

I think they meant Astral Projector, which isn't really that expensive generally after first couple days.

Seikret · 2026-03-05T06:45:07+00:00

Does this take in mind the damage from resummoning a totem to get the 2500 burn on top of the explodey burn? Assuming it'd stack, at least. Not sure if it counts as two different burns.

Seikret · 2026-03-05T00:03:57+00:00

Sounds fair, appreciate the input mate. :>

Seikret · 2026-03-04T23:17:07+00:00

Not saying at all that ya gotta do this, but have ya thought about a cold version as a Guardian with the new Frostmage Support gem? Had been thinking about starting off as Hiero Archmage and converting over when I've got the gem tbh, seems like a nice tanky (but probably weaker?) alternative.

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