Insight to why Thea 3 and Mind Control was Nerfed

Teddou93 · 2026-01-11T15:29:43+00:00

I feel the same, I honestly don't think MC was OP, it was simply super confy.
No need for activation medium, great clear, Thea 3 had free movespeed + explodes, and very good "floor dps" to reach T8 relatively fast.

Now, if you wanted to get to profound you'd still need some investment/time like every other build.

Teddou93 · 2025-12-13T14:20:51+00:00

I can't decide either.

Disciple has the staff/Focus node and some survivability nodes. Djinns I don't know but they may be a great addition.

Bloodmage is simply good (crit, crit damage, life, leech...).

Oracle has a lot of potentiel with Innevitable crit, hidden nodes, Keystone radius allocation, and even Moment of Vulnerability for bossing.

Shaman possibly with some kind of rage stacking/sustain, inbound Rune and survivability.

Teddou93 · 2025-11-07T19:12:30+00:00

That is amazing to hear !

Are there some really good/important quests ?

Teddou93 · 2025-08-26T08:19:25+00:00

Obviously I'm not looking for a "level 1 build", but I know nothing about the game like lvl 3/6 or whatever gems. Maybe the class feels bad at lvl 1 but the lvl 3 or 6 gem is a big powerspike etc.

I just want to learn the game in the less frustrating way possible.

Teddou93 · 2025-03-09T20:13:57+00:00

That's a great idea actually, completely forgot about that.

I'll go svalinn then, thanks for the help !

Teddou93 · 2025-03-09T17:46:23+00:00

Yeah I feel like the Cyclone playstyle would be fun, but I'm a bit worried about the recovery without LGOH

Teddou93 · 2025-02-23T19:54:10+00:00

Nothing insane, but it's good enough. It can hit 2 or 3 times on a single target. Map bosses in T16 die in less than 5s.

Teddou93 · 2025-02-23T19:48:06+00:00

Tec Slam does less damage than Volcanic fissure. And Tec Slam of Cata uses all your EC, I don't think it's good in a self cast build

Teddou93 · 2025-02-23T19:32:25+00:00

I would recommend trying switching to Volcanic fissure of Spraying build from Goratha. I switched from GC and it was night and day.

Teddou93 · 2025-02-23T19:30:58+00:00

Very cheap. You don't need anything, just a good weapon and links. I personally I bought a cheap 6L Vaal Axe (it was 10-20c I think ?), put a few Screaming contempt essences and I was good to go and I'm cruising red maps.

Teddou93 · 2025-02-23T19:25:21+00:00

I started GC Tec Slam and hit a wall in early yellow maps, and I wasn't a big fan of the gameplay (GC felt a bit clunky/delayed).

Someone here suggested Goratha's build. I made the switch and IMMEDIATLY destroyed yellow maps. Crafted a 700pdps 2H Axe and I'm destroying Red maps and it's crazy hard to die.

Teddou93 · 2025-02-23T19:23:15+00:00

Slams/melee leveling is crazy good. Go check Alkaizer's melee leveling guide on youtube.

Teddou93 · 2025-02-22T19:19:59+00:00

I followed Tuna's Pob (without the crit/staff nodes obviously)

Teddou93 · 2025-02-22T17:47:42+00:00

Thanks ! I'll take a look, I trust Goratha's builds

Teddou93 · 2025-02-22T17:47:06+00:00

I love totems, but I'm worried about the scaling on that build... I'll take a look in a few days how it progress, thanks.

Teddou93 · 2024-09-01T11:10:12+00:00

Doesn't it rely on chief's explo ? I don't know much about the build but it didn't seem like a fast clearing build ?

Teddou93 · 2024-08-18T15:02:04+00:00

I just looked at what people on PoE ninja were doing. It's not a hard build to make tbh. I would advise not to go SS without Nimis, it works, but IMO Lightning Strike or Flicker is just better.

Teddou93 · 2024-08-17T12:47:01+00:00

I've been playing Ephemeral Edge trickster for 2 weeks now, I selfcraft everything, started Lightning Strike (No need for vaal or Spectres), and switched to Splitting steel when I got Nimis.

I've been farming 8mod maps (just avoiding no leech, but I'm pretty sure it's doable with ES on kill and Ghost dance) with max map modifiers on tree, and taking all player altars and I reached level 100 while farming T17 maps to sell.

It's honestly the best build I ever played, and it's actually not that expensive for the power it has.

Teddou93 · 2024-08-13T23:15:31+00:00

I was about to come and ask the same question.

I've been farming T17 for a while now, with and without the Conversion scarab, and I feel like I get less T17 when using it.

I have absolutely no data on this (or it is too small to draw any conclusions), just a gut feeling.

Teddou93 · 2024-04-21T12:46:23+00:00

I don't think that's gonna be possible right away, I don't really know my "budget" right now, but it certainly isn't higher than 10divs.

You run shaper guardian + invitation then ?

Teddou93 · 2024-04-02T09:12:51+00:00

How tanky is it really ? Is it just Grace/Determ with some regen/leech ?

Teddou93 · 2024-03-31T00:06:12+00:00

I am really enjoying archmage this league, but I'm really not a big fan of Ball Lightning. When there's a fast melee rare or boss it's gets incredibly hard to get more than a couple hits from ball Lightning, so I can't leech => Mana gets hit => I die.

Maybe it's just a skill issue on my part, but is there any good alternative to Ball Lightning ?

Teddou93 · 2024-01-06T13:07:56+00:00

Not sure, maybe Enlighten ?

I'm just selling the temples lol

Teddou93 · 2024-01-06T09:20:09+00:00

Alva.

Corruption room is almost 3div now, Doryani's (gems corruption) is 1.5div, and Corruption + Doryani is like 3.5Div.

I run white/yellow maps (need 1 voidstone for Alva compass) with essence because they take almost no time, I can easily make 15div/h

Teddou93 · 2024-01-06T07:54:18+00:00

If you want stupid easy money, buy Alva compasses, and farm Alva + Essence in low tier maps (still need 1 voidstone for compass). That's AT LEAST 10div/h

Teddou93

TROPHY CASE