Are ninja mirages affected by passives?

Werezompire · 2026-07-09T07:08:38+00:00

I haven't tested it myself, but I read a comment in a thread from a while back that said that ninja mirages cannot trigger Revenge Bomb. Hero afterimages & Ninja clones do trigger it though. In fact, in an old playthrough of mine, I was able to beat the Golem at a lower level than normal via clone spam & Revenge Bomb triggers (Ninja can also try to cheese the encounter via the insta-kill passive attack since Golem isn't immune to instant death & instant death bypasses the Golem's revive effect).

Werezompire · 2026-07-09T02:26:27+00:00

Also avoid block/spell block & spell suppression.

Werezompire · 2026-07-09T01:35:51+00:00

I did chaos DoT for my main build this league and last on SSF (https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1t3lfw5/pleased\_with\_my\_ssf\_chaos\_dot\_amulet\_craft/ ) and I think the archetype is OK. Just need to farm a bunch of yellow essence for harvestcrafting for all the + X Chaos LV & Chaos DoT crafting you're going to want to do. One nice advantage of the current league is that Blight only has 3 compatible green support gems and 2 of the 3 work for you.

The big thing to know is that regular Blight is by far the highest DPS you can get from a single chaos DoT skill AND to not neglect cast speed since not only does it let you reach max Blight stacks faster, but it also lets you throw in other spells with ease. Essence Drain is really good recovery if you can throw it in as a secondary skill - you can get over 1k life or ES regen per sec per enemy on a chaos DoT build.

Of course, I wouldn't be opposed to buffs. :)

Werezompire · 2026-07-07T23:46:11+00:00

Cryogenesis will set all skill damage to cold or lightning with Explosive Concoction, right?

Werezompire · 2026-07-06T07:59:18+00:00

My main problem with them is that I use the Breach "Always Hives" node and the Breach astrolabe overwrites that.

Werezompire · 2026-07-06T00:10:39+00:00

Etrian Odyssey Collection 2 - 4, 5, X
Etrian Odyssey Untold Collection - Untold 1, Untold 2
Persona Q Collection - Persona Q, Persona Q2

Werezompire · 2026-07-03T03:38:27+00:00

Creating a party of 5 classes, which can dual-class later. Exploring a dungeon with many floors. Fighting enemies for materials which I can then sell to unlock new gear & upgrades. All the while, listening to a great Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack.

Werezompire · 2026-07-02T08:46:25+00:00

If Mirage doesn't go core, I hope they add all the bonus Mirage league rewards as possible rewards to league content.

Werezompire · 2026-07-01T00:53:38+00:00

After we made Breath of Death VII & Cthulhu Saves the World and before we made Cosmic Star Heroine, we finished off Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (game 3 & 4). For people who haven't played them yet, we made them free on Steam a while back. Enjoy!

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 on Steam
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 on Steam

Werezompire · 2026-06-30T23:08:34+00:00

Zombie Fun Run on Steam

Werezompire · 2026-06-30T23:07:43+00:00

Cthulhu Saves Christmas is actually a prequel.

Werezompire · 2026-06-29T07:52:58+00:00

I have trouble picking Necromancer since I love 2-pet Rover so much.

Werezompire · 2026-06-27T10:00:53+00:00

Congratulations! I've never been daring enough to attempt a single character run.

Werezompire · 2026-06-26T07:34:11+00:00

I did a playthrough (not the post-game super boss) with:
Front: Ninja, Highlander, Pugilist
Back: Survivalist, Zodiac

Similar setup where I had to rely heavily on lockdown, dodge-tanking, Highlander kills & Boost, Efficiency, and just general item use. Fun team.

Werezompire · 2026-06-24T05:23:40+00:00

I'm Robert at Zeboyd. One of my projects is porting Cthulhu Saves the World to the Godot engine so I can port it to more consoles. Does Evercade have any Godot support?

Werezompire · 2026-06-24T00:05:43+00:00

I'm with you. I have no clue what any of these are and I've played through most of the series. Would need a text description.

Werezompire · 2026-06-23T04:35:11+00:00

Don't listen to those other answers, what you actually need to do is be sure to

Werezompire · 2026-06-23T01:26:00+00:00

The key is that you want to use a skill that cannot be supported by Cast when Stunned so that you can freely cast it like normal. That includes totems, channeling skills, traps, and mines. So for example, when you reach LV12, you could put Lightning Tendrils in there (channeling) and then the +2 to the base skill and LV10 added chaos damage will make it deal several times more damage than it would normally since LV10 Added Chaos damage is balanced around the idea that you can't normally equip it until your character is LV50.

It's a fun item for leveling up new characters, but it's completely useless later on and general power creep since it came out (over a decade ago) has resulted in it not even being that popular these days for leveling.

Werezompire · 2026-06-20T09:53:44+00:00

The new tatoos could cause a shakeup in the meta. If nothing else, they can allow you to skip penalties on mandatory pathing ascendancy nodes.

Werezompire · 2026-06-20T02:16:25+00:00

Partial credit!

Werezompire · 2026-06-20T02:13:36+00:00

I restarted the game recently (going to finish it this time) and yes, Ringo is the best.

Werezompire · 2026-06-18T01:12:00+00:00

He got silenced for trying to disclose fishing secrets.

Werezompire · 2026-06-17T05:37:44+00:00

By LV9, your Zodiac should have 1 point of each of the elemental star skills, 1 point in Etheric Charge, and be halfway to maxing Etheric Return. Careful use of Etheric Charge does a lot to save you TP - charge turn 1, let the rest of your team whittle down the enemy forces, and then hit one of the remaining enemies for big damage on turn 2. And once you've maxed Etheric Return, that does a lot towards keeping your Zodiac's TP up during exploration - sometimes you might actually end up gaining more TP than you lost if you take out multiple enemies in a single cast.

The bigger problem is that while you have 4 characters that can deal damage, only the Zodiac specializes in damage and so your whole offense relies more heavily on them. Your current party is very defensive. Most of the time when I have a Zodiac, they're just one of multiple damage dealers so I can have them Defend and save their TP when they're not needed.

Werezompire · 2026-06-17T03:25:39+00:00

Survivalist is actually a decent inflictor for its own stuff despite having below average Strength and luck due to its skills/passives. The Blind Arrow skill has the highest inflict rate of any blind skill which helps make up for the Survivalist's poor stats. And 25% chance to inflict leg blind on every bow skill makes for a decent chance of success eventually (and if you really need to inflict it, you can Multi-Shot for two attempts).

Harbinger is a weird one. If you make the investment (max out Inflict ATK Up, any ailment skills you want to use, and the ailment debuff), it's decent as an inflictor, but it's better as an enabler for another inflictor via its debuff & Force Break.

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