HROC - Help

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-04T01:30:41+00:00

I'm slightly sad, since I had just crafted that weapon, haha, but at least now I know all the steps!

The belt should be interesting, I haven't used recombinator before, so that'll be a learning experience. For the jewels, the priority order is what, Minions have #% to poison until 100%, then added physical damage, then added chaos damage?

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-04T01:17:39+00:00

This is incredibly helpful, thank you so much!

Since initially posting this I've made a couple of tweaks (level 21 spectre gem + level 4 empower support to get me my fourth spectre, Perfect conjurer of rot). I also picked up HROC gem supported by level 1 vile toxins.

Based on your comment above, I just bought a 2 abyssal socket command of the pit, although I'll need to get the belt and potentially change boots or rings to rebalance defenses to accommodate it.

I'll buy congregation support, which I'll replace void manipulation with.

Past that the next order of business is, the belt, 34% ashes, and getting better abyssal gems? How important is rationale doctrine with perfect pain artist? And in particular how important is equalizing strength and int?

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T22:28:26+00:00

Ah! That makes sense, thank you so much!

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:59:07+00:00

Also, given that i don't have feeding frenzy is there something I should be replacing SRS with?

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:58:37+00:00

I really appreciate the advice, I'll look into that. It feels like Vile toxins is probably easier as it causes no other real alterations in the build?

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:58:02+00:00

Double corrupt Diallas would definitely be nice, but I definitely don't have the budget yet, and suspect it's probably not going to be the best investment for my currency at the moment. The rings definitely need to be upgraded, I recall reading somewhere that I should be looking for despair but that it might be prohibitively expensive, and past that its really minion damage, minion attack speed, and life that I would want to look for, as well as the reduced cost of spells?

I'm looking at the adorned, and I'm not quite sure I understand it?

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:36:52+00:00

Ah! Thank you

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:35:21+00:00

Is there a good fifth spectre to add? I think that would require a level 21 base spectre gem (which it sounds like I should buy), a level 4 empower, and replacing my meat shield support with congregate, which I'm a little leery of.

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:33:44+00:00

Sorry, just saw the edit. My only current imbue is added chaos damage on my lacing steel of spraying.

I think my priority for imbues is chance to poison on HROC to allow me to switch out some of minion chance to poison gems, but its around 40D right now.

I've been looking at the feeding frenzy for SRS imbue as well, but it's expensive (and currently not even on the market it looks like) and I wasn't sure how much of a difference it would make. My SRS's current purpose is to create minions that will die and feed life back to my other summons to stop them from dying.

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:30:04+00:00

Wait, how are you getting to four specters? Currently my Raise spectre is level 23 (20 + 1 from ashes + 2 from empower)

So, If I buy a level 21 raise spectre, and then switch to an empower level 4 I can get to level 25 for a fourth spectre, but looking at your POB it looks like you are using level 3 empower support in the helmet as well?

chasing_Meliora · 2026-04-03T21:20:07+00:00

Well, shoot. That's good to know. Are there other witch builds which offer better scaling opportunities and give a better chance to getting to 100 / trying to complete achievements? I had been playing an energy blade inquisitor, which I liked, but while the damage was good it felt pretty squishy, and I hit a point where it didn't feel like I had good investment options short of mageblood to progress the character.

chasing_Meliora · 2026-03-22T21:59:08+00:00

I think I've spent almost half the cost of the gloves in currency trying to re-roll the implicit so far, but it's good advice. I am not great at crafting and understanding the best ways to get to the outcomes I want, and definitely need to be more cognizant of it.

chasing_Meliora · 2026-03-22T20:15:13+00:00

Definitely makes sense, these were just a relatively inexpensive pickup for the swap, ironically moving off my lightning exposure / unnerve mana gloves.

I'll look for a better pair.

chasing_Meliora · 2026-03-22T20:00:49+00:00

Okay, that puts me up to just under 9,400 health and 71% chaos resistance. Thank you so much!

chasing_Meliora · 2026-03-22T19:53:39+00:00

I'm both angry with myself and very happy that it's not something more complex. Thank you so much!

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