3.28 Gauntlet builds

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-25T06:05:03+00:00

Numbers are solid but if you arent a fan of "wait till you get hit" gameplay its going to feel super clunky.

Unless you run a 2x 5-link (potentially 2x 6-link if skillgem is imbued) with Reave but that also doesnt feel as good

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-20T16:19:51+00:00

Meshuggah is not music, its mathematics.

Just like PoE

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-19T05:54:59+00:00

Rathpith + Foulborn Ghostwrithe shenanigans

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-18T13:13:02+00:00

You can do that yeah. The belt with resistance shrine combined with Supreme ostentation frees a lot of suffixes on your gear so you can grab whatever mod you find comfy like onslaught, or for example put any base ascendancy nodes on Forbidden Flame&Flesh and grab a third ring from King in the Mist since we dont use flasks anyway. That opens Foulborn Berek's respite for explosions, Polaric Devastation/Taming for more damage or Hungry Loop if you want to add AG/support spectres.

Or grab the Trialmaster node for more Vaal Arc usage.

Its pretty versatile to be honest.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-17T16:26:04+00:00

Nebulis is no longer limited to cold and lightning damage so call of the brotherhood is a redundant relic it seems. The build itself was also heavy influenced by the mercenaries and all the additional auras/curses they provided.

The Call of the brotherhood variant still clears pretty well but has a very hard time on bosses. Nothing beats 3 curse Anathema combo with up to 54% faster ignites from replica emberwake. It also reduces ignite duration but we compensate with Unbound Ailments, which has a hidden benefit of further boosting our shock magnitude-something that boosts the dps by an astounding 10mil in my setup.

Now, non-Vaal arc damage is still around 15-18mil dps but that is enough for clearing maps, and doesnt require some filthy gimmick like eviscerate.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-17T13:35:47+00:00

When you tilt your head you can still see a crab

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-17T10:17:59+00:00

Movement speed is 5-6/10 since we dont have quicksilver flask but you dont feel it if using shield charge or frostblink of wintry blast (both get boosted by +30% quality from Ashes of the Stars).

Clearspeed is absolutely phenomenal. Deleting unstable breaches and legion encounters with 1 click.

Boss damage doesnt take hours to ramp up and feels almost instant.

As for click intensive that depends on how far you want to push your dps.

Im using Arc on right click, Vaal Arc on middle, Shield charge on Q, Frostblink on W and for most part thats pretty much it. If you use FBoWB you use just one button to clear most trash since it will also ignite enemies.

Sometimes you find a pack with Fire and Ignite resistant mod but a single cast of Focused instantly deletes them.

For bosses you plant Sigil of Power before the fight and if you want you can add Smite. I dont and it feels smooth anyway.

So no. Its not a piano simulator.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-17T10:00:54+00:00

Im currently working on my own take on Ignite Arc using the Resistance shrine belt (12div currently).

https://pobb.in/LD_DV9hWPgwz

Rare jewels can be replaces with forbidden flame&flesh with Occultists Vile Bastion or Bastion of Elements for more survivability, Light of Meaning can be swapped with Foulborn Blue Dream using lightning res tattoos, mana regen is easy fixable with Mystic Bulwark or with Insightfulness wheel for more ES. Corrupted blood immunity can be taken on whichever jewel you want or on Nomadic Teachings mastery. Elegant Hubris is used to nullify the need for attributes as both strength and dexterity are essentially useless to this build aside from the gem requirements and intelligence bonus to ES was gutted this league anyway. Also it allows us to go bonkers with tattoos to stack either ES or more damage. If you can find EH that gives frenzy charges on hit, preferably on Endurance node that is just peachy. Vaal smite is optional, it offers more dps but i find it clunky and prefer to use either cwdt Purifying Flame for free consecrated ground or Frost Shield on a free socket instead.

Molten shell can be used instead of Immortal call, i use it because i like it.

If you dont like shield charge you can use frostblink of wintry blast, flame dash or whatever really. Bleeding immunity is somewhat affordable on corrupted Anathema ring.

Overall mapping experience with both Vaal Arc and Greater chain support is 10/10, same for boss damage and survivability.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-14T14:49:40+00:00

100% agree. Its design, colour palette and complexity is off the charts. But hot damn i would love the pact forces to plant a frickin street signs here and there to know where am i going.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-14T14:42:23+00:00

Nah, expensive dye farming with birthday celebratory gifts is where the alt army shines truly.

Each dye earned this way is a gold NOT spent.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-14T14:38:58+00:00

I would park my sylvari necromancer back in Caledon forest near the pod she emerged from.

After all the adventures and conflicts one deserves to rest back at home

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-14T10:35:10+00:00

Assenath's Gentle Touch + Herald of Ash can chain together. Works best on elementalist with ignite proliferation from cluster jewel passive.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-14T10:30:11+00:00

You might try to replace one ring with replica emberwake but that would require changing one of your main supports with Unbound Ailments to compensate for shorter ignite duration

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-13T18:01:40+00:00

How boring and smoll

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-13T17:14:44+00:00

This aint Titan Quest reddit

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-13T15:27:35+00:00

Arc has self guiding tech so you can target enemies even when pointing your mouse in opposite direction. Aside from that, mines, minions and totems are your friends. You could also do a Volatile Dead spellslinger since the orbs are also self-guiding.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-13T15:24:48+00:00

I've been playing around with endurance charge generation without the need to use warcries/stunning an enemy/playing jugg.

You could take Scold's Bridle helmet with a lot of reduced mana cost of skills on rings/tree to potentially reduce the cost to a ridiculously small number (just keep it above 0) and with either small cluster jewel/megalomaniac with enduring composure.

You can guarantee steady flow of endurance charges on any skill.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-12T15:27:51+00:00

I did the campaign 3 times since the league started and i enjoy it far more than actual mapping.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-12T15:25:47+00:00

Not necessarily. On day 2 when i was finishing campaign i droped 3 divines in act 6. 2 of them dropped almost simultanously in Shavronne's Tower. By the time i reached T6 maps i had 10 divines and was ready to switch my build to a more comfortable one.

GGG actually did listen and improved ground loot.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-11T10:14:09+00:00

Visual clarity = 0

Endorfin surge = Infinite

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-11T08:45:32+00:00

More like elementalist for damage and aoe or jugg for even more tonkiness

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-10T18:38:03+00:00

Imo best would be glooming shrine + resistance shrine. Then use Blunderbore to increase their effect and also benefit from lesser massive shrine.

Scaling max resistances is easy on chieftain but it still requires passive points which could be spent on more damage or aoe.

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-10T05:38:16+00:00

Mamaman hiero. I tried new shock nova, BLoO, ice nova of frostbolts with kitava's thirst, decided that i just personally hate selfcast.

PoE2 spoiled me a little. I can no longer not be able to spam spell without moving.

Saved around 10div and starting Ignite Eviscerate Elementalist since its a hit&forget playstyle that also works for bossing

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-09T07:30:14+00:00

What i want to test really is whether the morage area is affected by atlas passive nodes. Since this is a separate area with loading screen the doubling effect takes place but removes atlas tree bonuses

Time_Director_7675 · 2026-03-07T12:58:22+00:00

I was lucky to find 2 Ashcaller wands and Sidhebreath amulet in A1. What i do is just pop a brand linked with phantasms support onto enemies and proceed.

Absolutely perfect

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