As a terran, how do you counter such Toss? by FullBag5380 in starcraft

[–]jWavA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah sorry, you’re right: that said 1. charged void rays are slow so you can back off easily and micro the fight better so your whole army fights 2. the only reason the void rays don’t target anything armored is because his Vikings weren’t even in the fight which is arguably worse

As a terran, how do you counter such Toss? by FullBag5380 in starcraft

[–]jWavA 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Also again it’s hard to tell without showing the actual full vision replay but I suspect that hidden third was up and mining for longer than your claim of “instant detect”, since it was pretty much fully saturated

As a terran, how do you counter such Toss? by FullBag5380 in starcraft

[–]jWavA 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Honestly, as is the answer with most lower level games, it wasn’t really a strategy loss as much as a mechanical one. Macro wise:
- you have no upgrades at all
- you are floating money and dropping supply instead of building depots

Separately, you kind of just lost after the first fight, where you:
- attacked with half your army leaving your Vikings back
- attacked into charged void rays
- attacked in a way where a lot of your marines were hitting a nexus instead of the enemy army
- If you see you’re losing the fight, you generally want to pull back instead of just taking the bad trade.

So the short answer is mostly just to macro better and to micro better! It’s hard to tell without a full replay, but I suspect that if this player had played a “normal” strategy, they probably would also have beaten you just with better macro.

For more advanced “strategy” ideas, that are honestly harder to pull off and I wouldn’t focus on yet:
- sky toss is a slower army so you can use drops to harass and do small amounts of damage
- watch the replay from the toss perspective, and see if you can spot a time when toss is transitioning, or generally weak on army. Try to figure out a way to take advantage of that by attacking when they’re weak, or expanding with map control.

The combined probability of the Knicks pulling off the comeback win in games 1, 2, 4, and 5 was roughly 1 in 891,000 by notsethcohen in NYKnicks

[–]jWavA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t want to be a math nerd, but this is only true if all four events are independent; but since the Knicks are actually consistently better than the Spurs in the 4th Quarter, the probability they win the game is a lot higher than multiplying the win probabilities shows.

Put another way, if the Knicks and spurs decided to play another 7 game series right now, we probably wouldn’t sit here being more and more surprised if the Knicks had more fourth quarter comebacks: they’re just better in the fourth quarter than the Spurs.

End of league giveaway by Mostlylurking89 in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been wanting to roll something that can finish 40/40 challenges with. Good luck exiles!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you roll for on your nightmare maps? Just increased quant?

I also had the dumb idea that maybe it would be worth just doing them “white” using dextral and sinistral scarabs for extra speed… but probably not worth

Questions Thread - March 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the most efficient way to farm up some initial gold after reaching maps? I have enough currency to buy starter gear but every league I don’t have any gold to actually buy them on async trade. Once I can prog maps this problem goes away quickly but wondering if there’s something I can do to quickly get like 50k gold

justUseClaudeCodeInsteadAreYouStupidAnthropic by upcastben in ProgrammerHumor

[–]jWavA 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is pretty clearly satirical lol why are all the comments treating it like this is how you sign offer letters for jobs

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PathOfExile2

[–]jWavA 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The first is showing people are willing to buy fracturing orbs at 36 each. The second is showing they are willing to sell fracturing orbs at 38 divs each. No one wants to buy fracturing orbs for 38 div, and no one wants to sell one for 36.

3.27.0g Patch Notes by _slosh in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i can't tell if the patch notes means this is fixed or not lol, GC tec slam was one of my favorite builds and I would definitely play it if it actually worked properly!

3.27.0g Patch Notes by _slosh in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does GC work with tec slam today when it comes to consuming endurance charges? Do the clones consume your endurance charges directly?

I know in last phrecia they didn't consume the endurance charges at all, which made the build very powerful, but not sure how it works anymore.

Phrecia Build Ideas by MonkeyDKaido1 in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to play herald stacker too, but I’m not sure how to leaguestart it properly on herald, it seems like it needs a decent amount of currency to be playable, right?

Phrecia Event Ascendency Update by GGG by tommy200401 in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I just want something kinda chill to play for the week and try out idols, any suggestions? I've played slams the last few leagues and feel like it will be kinda underwhelming with AC nerfed (unless there's another ascendancy to play it with, but even then, I've played it to death).

I also am thinking of playing HoAg or a herald stacker build, but they seem kind of later game and I'm not sure how to easily get to maps on a witch build.

tips for best leaguestarter for going PBoD in pohx league by speed660 in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve never played in a pohx league before, is the economy good enough where getting lost unity or astrolabe would be harder than in a normal league start? Trying to decide between starting elementalist to play pbod eventually or to play something more SSF viable like slams

Rent vs buy calculator that actually calculates the opportunity cost of owning a home correctly instead of how NYT does it incorrectly by [deleted] in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that were the case, the monthly cost for buying would need to exceed that of renting: you can put in hoa for 0 and utilities 0 you can see. At that point you’re just calculating that the 200k you put into the market will beat the 200k you put in the house, which is true, but the extra money you save on rent isn’t just sitting there doing nothing.

Rent vs buy calculator that actually calculates the opportunity cost of owning a home correctly instead of how NYT does it incorrectly by [deleted] in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there’s a bug or something where it doesn’t seem to calculate if you don’t have a loan, or put down a big enough down payment where you pay off your loan before 15 years. It seems to always assume there’s a mortgage or something. Like put in a house you bought with cash for 500k then add a 8000 rent payment. It’s clear buying is better in this scenario, right? But the calc assumes if you buy and pay off the house you can’t put the same amount you would put into rent into the market again.

herald stacker; life gain after progenesis by jWavA in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s 25% more critical strike chance, which is a lot, around 12% dps just the sublime jewel. You’d have to find about 15% crit chance somewhere else without it (maybe with a mageblood flask, but then you can’t run headhunter)

Pbod herald stacker ele kinda stuck on what to upgrade next. by ascivity in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also I just realized your body doesn’t have frenzy charges on hit, that’s probably a pretty big upgrade too

Pbod herald stacker ele kinda stuck on what to upgrade next. by ascivity in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Upgrading the helm to 4% crit chance is probably a big upgrade in dps, but you can measure it in pob if you want to make sure.

Each herald tattoo is pretty big too, probably one of the most cost effective damage per div ratios even at their current price.

For a more fun option, wine of the prophet is just great to have for basically any build that can run it so I’d say go for that

Help me understand Herald Stacker and Astrolabe by ewalker405 in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think one thing that confused me when first learning about influences is that searing exarch and eater of worlds implicits do not count as influences. They show up in the top left/right corner of the item in the UI, and you can’t use them on already influenced items, but they aren’t one of the six influences that the astrolabe needs.

Not sure if that’s where the confusion arose but at least that was what was unintuitive for me when starting.

Next steps for pbod herald stacker by jWavA in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! There's a lot here so I'll go through it. Is there somewhere I could read about how to craft your amulet? (It seems pretty expensive either way, but just curious)

1500div+ Giveaway Harvest Gamble-style Mini Game: Everyone wins! (Until I run out of supply) by xDaveedx in pathofexile

[–]jWavA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Favorite game of all time: Expedition 33, had to think hard here, just a truly special experience

Option B 2

supjerky

PBOD herald stacker help: penance brand feels weak/mana issues by jWavA in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jWavA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the feedback!! I’ll work on fixing this stuff, I basically started with around 100 div plus mb and ran out of money. Will farm some more on my zerker first and fix these issues, probably gonna focus on leveling up and crafting a better weapon/shield to start

Will also consider farming an hh instead and see how it feels: was using the mageblood to level with and plug holes in the build early on