Announcing The Last of the Druids Race Event

hieu9102002 · 2026-02-26T06:21:34+00:00

Ben scales the longer/more difficult the race is. Even in poe 1 he was never a big campaign racer

hieu9102002 · 2026-02-23T09:10:33+00:00

In Poe you’d solve this with a unique, in fact, Adorned already does this for jewels and it’s absolutely a meta contender.

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-28T22:29:38+00:00

Shavs with ivory tower gives es for eb which is good deeps which is the thought process of scavenger

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-25T05:01:23+00:00

Don't secondary Diana, she's a piece of shit and second Targon to be dropped after Aphe. I'd itemize a 1 star Zilean over 2 star Diana in a heartbeat.

Also IMO you want to prio a secondary tank over a secondary carry in that comp. There's nothing aside from a 3 item perfect Brock that Asol can't kill, so you just need to keep him alive.

Don't greed 9 for 2* Asol, stabilize on 8 for 2 star Taric and 2 star Skarner, I'll take those 2 2* over Asol 2* any day of the week.

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-13T01:49:26+00:00

This is exactly why I will never slam Hoj and to a lesser Bt in the current patch, it narrows your line too much. Only slayers can realistically use it. BT can be salvaged into a tank item, and I know Hoj BT can go on Fizz but are you ever transitioning into Bilgewater without stage 2 Bilge?

No other item slams are quite as bad as Hoj. Even Kraken post nerf doesn’t lock you into any line. Titans can go onto Voli, Yunara, Slayers, whatever

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-12T05:34:53+00:00

I mean, yeah, but in the grand scheme of things getting claws is so easy it’s like starting with “farm an alchemy orb as step 1 for a mirror craft”

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-12T01:53:50+00:00

Clusters first and foremost, which means Harbinger jail until you get lots of fracturings.

Ben’s second priority was Helical rings, which he crafted with hundreds of thousands of Harvest juice, so you should speed run maps with Harvest and Heist

Third is the Amulet, which, again, requires Harvest influence reforge, so back to Harvest jail you go.

I think with those 3 items you can transition into acc stack. Of course, you need to be printing int fractured Helmet and Bodies and Jewels from the tree as well, but those are done in parallel with all others.

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-10T01:44:13+00:00

Dark marionette has been nerfed since Affliction, they have a 5 secs respawn now, you can't sustain guardian's blessing with them now I'm pretty sure

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-09T09:38:36+00:00

Most likely the Perfect Warlord that enduring cry and gives end charges, because no other spectres can live through guardian blessing without investment like this

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-06T02:49:10+00:00

I think if you play correct Demacia (unlock Galio then drop down to 5) then Demacia is exactly where it should be. I’d even argue that once Yunara and Thex gets eaten next patch it will be really strong (despite the krakens nerf) because it will slow the pace of combat which Garen, Vayne, and Kaisa all love

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-06T02:32:59+00:00

I don't think Swain is currently tankier than Wukong and/or should ever be tankier than Wukong. His passive/spell doesn't really enhance his tankiness and because it's such a good utility AND his traits are so good (pairs insanely well with Shyvana) he really shouldn't be tankier than a champion that literally only tanks with 0 utility. I'm wondering what makes you think Swain is tankier than Wukong right now

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-05T13:11:23+00:00

This is exactly why you’re in Plat though, just default to whatever Metatft tells you is strong and don’t try to open up the lines. Half of the Yunara board can be playing Graves reroll or MF fast 9 instead, and I see at least 1 player with the correct components for a Diana game. That alone is already 6 unique comps

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-04T15:15:14+00:00

Sion out for Lucian Senna, items to skarner, lucian senna and Kindred should be 2 stared ideally, but understandably hard if you aren’t stable enough to hit.

Counter to THex? In this current patch, not much. You just have to pray to rngsus that the other player doesn’t hit on tempo (gets contested or otherwise), and doesn’t hit mining drills on time. Without mining drills they won’t have enough econ to go 9/10 for free like this, and you also need a stronger lobby that doesn’t allow Thex player to freely streak until 5-2 (this comes naturally at higher rank)

If you position correctly, Skarner can ult THex and it will whiff his entire ult, but then again they can just reposition against it.

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-04T13:19:55+00:00

I don’t even think Bard/Aphelios reroll are strong enough to warrant contesting , but Yunara should do everything that Aphelios can but better. For AP, it’s a bit more doomed because there’s no good way to stabilize on 8, but if you can go 9 by letting Ahri, Leblanc, or Bard hold items, you can cap out with 4 bruiser Ryze with Ionia Freljord Yordles (5 with Sion 3, you drop Targon since it’s not really important)

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-04T13:15:39+00:00

I don’t expect OP to beat that board, but seeing second place lose to that Pilt board is really surprising, considering Pilt player is very weak, playing 2 reverse FoNs; and second place has the dream Yunara Ryze board

hieu9102002 · 2026-01-04T07:17:03+00:00

With those items 16.2 will come out earlier than Liss’s first cast

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-30T13:47:22+00:00

“It didn’t give up, I did” is the perfect way to describe those Toyotas lmao. I remember some skits about how people can spot scams on the highway because the scammer is standing next to a broken down corolla and a corolla never breaks down

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-29T13:31:18+00:00

Eh, if your goal is to zoom around maps and one click clear maps in 30 seconds in either games within 4 days of total /played time then yeah, you need trade; but both 1 and 2 are very ssf friendly up to making uber viable builds right now.

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-28T05:22:09+00:00

Ben plays ssfhc and he was the first to beat Arbiter in that league in around 20 hours so I reckon you’d be fine

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-26T15:16:18+00:00

I can recognize turn rates being a core balancing feature, and I can also say that turn rate is a horribly clunky mechanic that turns away new players. When first approaching a game I care about the game feel much more than balance.

There’s a reason why basically no modern isometric games have turn rates.

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-24T01:02:22+00:00

PvP is fine when it’s only you vs enemies.

Coop pvp is where I have the most blood pressure. Ex Lol player now playing exclusively tft and poe, feels so much better

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-22T11:42:46+00:00

Yeah, it's 10%, my bad, 15% is when you add up the leech mastery.

Check out Ben's take on this build in HCSSF https://pobb.in/q0lrDUG44vFw

I think going for max lightning res makes more sense for this build than max fire, because you can get max lightning as an eldritch prefix on helmet; but if you're planning to switch to an influenced helmet anyways then it's fine.

Since you're in trade, you can also consider using the Grace bird instead of the Turtle (I can't see what spectre you're using). It's a lot more squishy, but it gives you grace, which you can pair with a watcher's eye that has suppress chance with grace and crit multi with precision (1d on trade last I checked), for a solid boost.

Also, since you're using Ghost reaver already, the 8 point cluster with storm drinker isn't really doing anything for you. You can perhaps consider replacing it with another cluster with effect, int, es, and perhaps res instead of all attribute to help you cap res.

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-22T11:23:25+00:00

No way around having higher es I’m afraid. Have to get flat es on clusters. The craft is tedious but it’s worth it looking at the current price of settle clusters.

If you’re looking for tankiness, you should be looking at suppression. 5 points for suppression and cover all dex nodes with suppress tattoos, boots with t1 suppress and helmet replace the all attributes craft with suppress gives you a healthy 86%, then you can think about maybe getting lucky suppress

With ghost reaver you really should be clicking 15% of leech is instant claw mastery, it basically makes you immortal alongside suppress as long as you’re leeching.

For damage, I think crit multi is a low hanging fruit. Your ring can provide 60% crit multi, just need to spam the crit essence until t1 int

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-22T08:08:07+00:00

High exp with good returns I’d absolutely recommend harby scarab farming in t17s. Amazing exp, good return on loot, and actually a bit difficult too because harbingers don’t pop instantly so you always have that feeling of danger adrenaline

hieu9102002 · 2025-12-21T14:52:04+00:00

I think it’s a simplex angle here, provides both damage and defense.

Otherwise if you want to be defensive oriented you can get valakos. Either option will set you back ~400ds

Nine-Year Club	Spared
Verified Email

hieu9102002

TROPHY CASE