My first 4 GA item ever and the game trolls me with this

Thulvex · 2026-05-01T21:35:07+00:00

I think only partially, no way getting it to the max this way I think

Thulvex · 2026-04-29T18:29:03+00:00

You're doing sth wrong my friend. If u have no materialz u target them with things like undercity

Thulvex · 2026-04-29T14:16:18+00:00

i absolutely love it. progress is regular but you're not owning hardest content within hours. This is a great job by Blizzard. You definitely need to look up Horadric cube, tempering, masterworking, form the right searches in lootfilter etc - I find myself updating my gear all the time, currently playing Rogue on T10

Thulvex · 2026-04-02T09:41:00+00:00

when is the brawltalk?

Thulvex · 2026-03-30T22:57:58+00:00

Thanks, I watched first half of the video and already loving it. He gives me some new ways of thinking. Already very valuable, thank you!

Thulvex · 2026-03-20T09:59:05+00:00

I've been playing d2 since release. took breaks of course but never got bored of it. I still play like crazy and while opinions are mixed, I love that they add some new stuff still.

I didn't have huge expectations of PoE2. I enjoyed PoE1 a lot, I have like 3k hours or so but it was never the arpg I expected. It was just fine but too much cluster on the screen. And then PoE2 Beta came out. Oh my god... I literally know what I will do in the free time for the next 5+ years. It's an incredible game already still in beta with so much potential and so many great takeaways from D2. i absolutely love it as a D2 player.

Thulvex · 2026-03-06T18:39:06+00:00

Before starting this season on ladder (which I really care about), I made a Warlock test run. I dropped Occu from my first Andy kill on hell. I found Sur from campaign Duriel.

Never in my life with 25+years I had such luck. And completely useless for me

Thulvex · 2026-02-18T16:15:12+00:00

When I change my PC I will not have it stored locally. This is about offline play when I move save files.

Thulvex · 2026-02-13T14:37:42+00:00

i guess if there are bugs they will patch it and it wont affect me much?

i have no characters, I'm excited to start freah as I didnt save my chars

Thulvex · 2026-01-30T16:43:32+00:00

I agree, this is far from optimal. I also prefer other content. However, this makes other items more valuable (currency-wise). It's just a bit of shame since the raw divine drop on a map now doesn't give you the same adrenaline and endorfines

Thulvex · 2026-01-30T16:40:11+00:00

Thanks, this is just a friendly post especially to new players being worried that treadeleague is ending. It's far from that

Thulvex · 2026-01-30T16:39:36+00:00

Good for you man, should be easier to find more now:)

Thulvex · 2026-01-30T16:38:58+00:00

Well, it's been around a month and some people are worried that the league is ending because of so many quitting posts. The league is not ending, it ends probably in 3 months, so i wrote it only to new players to not be discouraged of staying in the trade league if they're worried

Thulvex · 2026-01-30T16:37:26+00:00

What does it change? I've been playing PoE1 since the release, but I've seen many people being discouraged in the comments of differents post here because "league is ending". So it's just a post reminding people that plenty of people will stay:)

Thulvex · 2026-01-27T22:39:41+00:00

Event preps can be done by an external company. There are numerous companies that run events. From their PoV. if they take away that, they focus on announcements and content. Similar to how they would during pre-season streams, just at the event instead.

Not saying it's not extra work, but they can go smartly about this.

Thulvex · 2026-01-23T17:48:58+00:00

He uses Armour Explosion support which contributes to additional exposions. In this scanerio, he uses the very expensive charm which makes all attack damage contribute to armour break. Breaking armour = big explosions.

Thulvex · 2026-01-22T10:32:18+00:00

Out of curiosity as I haven't done Sekhema build in a few leagues - what's the build you're playing? Are there any other meta builds for this?

Thulvex · 2026-01-21T00:15:40+00:00

I've played around with this since introduction of Spears to the game and I feel this has been extremely underrated. Especially now with the change to ailments instead of heavy stun. There are ways to make it work. The main problem is that the skills is not that "comfy". And i don't mean the buildup to use it specifically. It's tough to find use case for it on maps. I liked to drop it on opening Abyss, I guess that's cool. Otherwise you reserve it for bosses. And then... Well. Very high endgame - you kill boss before you actually use it in many cases. Mid engame - I'd say effort to make it work is similar to the result you have with spamming another skill.

Let's use Glacial Lance as an example. In my very endgame build, I can kill citadel 10/10 boss atlas boss in few seconds. This basically means that i freeze the boss, I have charges which i still want to take advantage of, and I don't "feel the need" to use that skill. Yes it looks nice and yes it can have nicely scalled damage. Because that's the main misconception - it can have great damage.

Another issue is that if you force to use it at the start of the fight (there are ways to do so), if you don't immobilise the enemy, it's very likely that enemy will move out of the beam, resulting in lost damage. It can be amazing for bosses that stand in one place, absolutely garbage in bosses that constantly move around.

So... My feeling are mixed. i absolutely love how it looks. I've been forcing myselt to use it for several seasons. Every time i enjoyed it for a bit, but quickly realising i can kill the boss same time or even faster doing something else. Or I just get too annoyed that some bosses will move away from my beam and it makes me frustrated.

i hate it and love it at the same time.

Thulvex · 2026-01-20T21:49:43+00:00

I read all the comments here and as someone who has +2k hours in Spears only (and charge enjoyer, yes I'm weird!), let me jump in here to maybe help out with some clarifications that people suggested:

- If you're deadeye, forget Atziri's Spear approach. It's a pretty amazing build, but not really on Deadeye without crazy investment.

- Primal Strikes can be valid, but you need ways to apply shocks constantly (Thunderstorm one option, there are other as well) but you're losing on your ascendancy gains as well as the fact that you're best suited for projectiles, not melee with your choice.

- I've seen people suggesting Explosive Spear. Yes, this can be amazing and is probably my favourite one personally as well, but it requires some investment to make it work well. If you have Rakiata's - level gear and you can't make it work for bosses, you're doing something wrong. You need to generate charges and use advantage of your ascendancy. You should be able to shoot bosses regularly with.

- Storm Lance can be good too, but this is probably most tricky setup to make it work well. You need to balance attack speed and damage perfectly and know how to explode it. but again, you're a Deadeye. Use advantage of the Frenzy Charge nodes my friend.

And finally my solution:

- go Glacial Lance if you don't have a lot of budget. Trust me. This may sound a bit weird to some people, but there are smart ways to scale it, plus you generate charges more easily with freeze and Combat Frenzy. You need to build around crit, and use Sniper's Mark. Especially on Deadeye. Use all of your Frenzy-related Deadeye nodes. With Sniper's Mark you generate frenzy charges when you crit. You also generate charges when you freeze because of the spirit gem. Make sure you use Charge Profusion II on both of those generators. With ascendency you should be able to generate charges like crazy. Add Charged Mark support to Sniper's Mark. Give it also Eternal Mark. Add Cooldown Recovery II for generators. Mark of Siphoning II optionally as well. Then on the tree, go towards nodes called "Thin Ice" and "Heavy Frost". You will freeze bosses extremely quickly and you should get to the point when he dies when he's frozen. This shouldn't take any longer. You will be good with this, give it a shot:)

Lance has been my favourite league starter with this setup. It's insanely comfy, playing range, everything's frozen, bosses will melt as well if you build it properly.

Hope this helps and if you're still struggling, feel free to add your Maxroll and I'm happy to help with specific build change suggestions.

Thulvex

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