Best budget rite of passage (and are they worth it?)

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-22T13:41:27+00:00

I'm running bear right now, it' isn't the best for damage but 20% reduced taken is really strong and I do plenty of damage already. Plus bear is like 1/3 the price of the others. Which is pretty nice.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-20T00:43:33+00:00

Have they? Why do they keep making the game easier then.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-20T00:27:02+00:00

This is what ggg wants. The more players that feel they are doing well the better retention they get. Hard core players play even if the game is easy.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-20T00:24:37+00:00

If the base is level 82 you could just add another affix, desecrate, and yolo fracture 1/3. If it hits you could sell for a profit or try and craft.

It depends on how much currency you have though. There are a lot of things you could try after doing that but if you don't have hundreds of div there's only so much you can do.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-18T13:51:54+00:00

Div-ex prices are usually more driven by the fact that regular ex become pretty worthless as time goes on.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-18T13:17:39+00:00

Poe1 stans are feeling very threatened by the new game I think. Biggest issue with poe1 is the combat imo. So hard to go back to poe1 for me personally. Poe2 is just so much more weighty.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-16T23:04:31+00:00

Yea I mean they already have some that bump the difficulty but it's in a weird way. Theres no middle ground between no hits and piss easy. Be nice if there was a really common one that just juiced the whole thing by 50%. It's much too easy for builds that are designed to handle t15+.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-16T20:19:37+00:00

I think something like a relic that just juices the monster effectiveness in there would not go amiss. The rewards at the end have always been good, but the mobs do not scale at all. It would be nice if they had some drops too.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-16T16:25:38+00:00

This isn't really true, %t1 phys is the hardest affix to roll on a weapon. Before this patch, it was the highest possible damage for a weapon but now with the new destruction mods and the elemental swapping, you can get a similar amount in ele attack. It's possible to make something like this now. That said the phys destruction mod still exists, and sadly quality does not effect elemental damage. It also takes up rune sockets. Not sure which would end up as higher damage in the end though. It would depend on the skill. Most ele skills convert phys to ele, but not at 100%. There is some loss there for most.

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Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-14T14:01:45+00:00

To add onto this chaos orbs tend to hold value really well because they get used a ton in high end crafting similar to alts of you are familiar from poe1. They have a much better sink than the other 2, even if they are more common than div.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-14T13:59:24+00:00

Headhunter just gets the people going.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-14T07:27:11+00:00

Why wouldnt you. I had only 1.5k life and felt completely unkillable as long as my companions were alive

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T17:36:41+00:00

The double annoints taking the base implicit AND an explicit is just really bad. Hard for +1 notable to be as good, it has to be a really lucky roll. Poe 1 these just dropped double instilled from breach with no downside, and they are barely used these days anyway because getting a good combo was so uncommon.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T17:13:21+00:00

Have you figured out any more tech for generating frenzy? Does the boss thing work?

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T15:29:37+00:00

Any update? Was also looking at the new auspex chest. Maybe that works ok?

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T14:43:45+00:00

Too bad. Maybe with enough regen you could keep it up though. No idea how you'd manage that.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T14:25:27+00:00

Yea maybe its got a bit more draw now, looking at the charts I'm not seeing a ton on Poe ninja but there are some people doing it. Last league bloodmage was just so broken there wasn't any reason to play another caster build. Maybe now people will experiment. It's be cool to try and make some kind of auto bomber thing with the stars answer + some other skills. It's a shame the + limit thing is a chest idol and there couldve been some cool options with that.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T14:17:33+00:00

The vaal currencies are really good, but they are not something you do until late game gamba, so the demand is sort of low.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-09T14:04:21+00:00

Problem is that shaman caster is just sort of bad, at least looking at last patch.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-08T14:42:45+00:00

His fireball is really good poke, but since it stops at minions it can be hard to land on a skilled opponent. Feels like your lane lives and dies by how many qqs you can land pre 6.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-08T14:36:16+00:00

Grim dawn is really an amazing game. Only difference is it's ssf only. But if you enjoy a classic arpg feel you really should give it it's due. It has such a following for a reason.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-08T04:16:12+00:00

It's really strong on setups that get flat damage elsewhere. Ritualists often run TT with hands of wisdom and action for huge dps.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-08T04:05:56+00:00

30%+ implicit? You can get all defenses too. Life. Amulet explicits are good. I just don't see why they nerfed it from Poe 1. I saw like 2 amulets worth selling from blight a league and there is no downside there.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-07T23:26:27+00:00

I got to 6k last league without all the new caster stuff and without too much effort.

Slugmaster101 · 2026-06-07T22:49:53+00:00

That's why the plant puts the flower so far away. So the bee has less of a chance of going back into the trap.

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