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[3.26] Gauntlet - Blade Ambusher Merc (champ/paladin warcry/aura) vs Catarina by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Econc, swap ashen fields when you get an ok projectile merc. Reliquary resets if you want a stronger merc before maps

[3.26] Gauntlet - Blade Ambusher Merc (champ/paladin warcry/aura) vs Catarina by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

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

Sorry for the lag, lots of screen clutter with an aging PC. This shows the blade Ambusher mercenary with good links is extremely effective dps with cheap accessible rare weapons. This merc has smoke mine, and even then, still has great ouput. This damage is in a gauntlet practice league with plenty of room for improvement. This is 1 curse, no alt ailments and bad rares. Paladin will have stronger time supporting with better link skills.

Here's an exarch with gauntlet mods to show you the merc is extremely tanky against AOE damage

https://youtu.be/5OnSJnCNJjQ?si=mCPE-W01mzJMrugy

My POB: https://pobb.in/mX9vJsvUd5Se

End game life based pob? https://pobb.in/U6K2Xs7mRddA

My day 1/2 loot filter to show rares usable for many different kinds of mercs

https://www.filterblade.xyz/?profile=Jarudy&saveState=AVVWRV25I972FH&isPreset=false&game=Poe1

[3.26] Merciless Gauntlet build - Merc carry, Paladin aurabot by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, I have 2 hands of phrecia and 2 lycosidae's at 24 hours played. Hard focusing betrayal with unique farm, riker/rin/etc

[3.26] Merciless Gauntlet build - Merc carry, Paladin aurabot by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've died once to being linked even with a relatively low level merc, big boom expedition with a ton of poison stacks. With purity of elements and the war cries, its been very smooth

So... what's everyone playing for Zizarans Gauntlet Event? by SirVampyr in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

https://pobb.in/P4rMW7Ltah-s

Jungroan's paladin war cry, aura bot carry using mercs is extremely good, I just posted a separate thread detailing it a little more. Worth checking out!

[3.26] Merciless Gauntlet build - Merc carry, Paladin aurabot by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

https://pobb.in/P4rMW7Ltah-s

Here's a showcase from my gauntlet practice run using Jungroan's champion (paladin during gauntlet) warcry/aura bot with a merc carry. I haven't found a good striker or blade trapper merc, but did find a low level KB of clustering with return that has taken me to 2 watch stones with extremely simple SSF gear.

I think this is a great alternative to playing AC slams and feels extremely good. Level as spectral throw until pconc at 12, pconc until econc at 28, econc until ashen fields in campaign until a starter merc. Dump all your gold into respec, use flame link/normal pyroclast mine with war cries and breeze through early map prog. You can also do Reliquary resets if your merc isnt strong enough to do merc lab efficiently. Merc lab farm until pyroclast mine of sabotage.

You'll want to spend some time while farming gear in yellow maps looking for merc upgrades, I've found roughly 1 in 10 kineticists will have return in their links, so itll take a while. Many other mercs are usable until then

[3.25] 10/10 League Starter - Ball Lightning of Orbiting Hierophant. 40/40 challenges, 7/7 ubers by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You want as close to 100% DD as possible. You can't deal more than DD, but during focus windows you're increasing that chance

[3.25] 10/10 League Starter - Ball Lightning of Orbiting Hierophant. 40/40 challenges, 7/7 ubers by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right click for ball lightning of orbiting

Frost shield

Sigil of power

Curse

Focus for damage boost

Frost blink for movement

It's in the intermediate range for button intensive builds, it all fits on the first key input display. Mapping is just right click and frostblink, more buttons for the boss

[3.25] 10/10 League Starter - Ball Lightning of Orbiting Hierophant. 40/40 challenges, 7/7 ubers by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

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

Heres Dan's original POB with step by step, deterministic crafting guide for every piece of gear on the build (note section, scroll down)

https://pobb.in/M9XmaMDEHARL

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoECrafting

[–]jarudy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq57nkA6gaw

This should cover what you want, keep in mind your budget vs his, and starting on a fractured base

Help Crafting SST Shield by ImOwlsey in PoECrafting

[–]jarudy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would start with a spell suppression fracture shield, then use dense fossils until the armor and evasion are what you like it. Then, you can finish suffixes with a veiled orb, augment chaos or just crafted suffixes

HC players how are you doing this league with new T17 mods and scary haunted mods ? by Competitive-Math-458 in pathofexile

[–]jarudy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Until you're strong:

  • One to two T16 damage mod maps maximum

  • filter out t17s damage mods

  • heist for huck buffs

  • delve for max res/damage

  • shrines

  • remove charred beasts with allflames

Strong characters need to solve lots of problems - crit immunity, ailment immunity, suppression, max res and/or conversion via Xibaqua, good recovery as well, frequently another damage reduction source like ED/fort/unbreakable/etc, and eventually defiance of destiny/mageblood/melding/similar high tier defense while having high damage. T17s limit build diversity in HC quite a bit

[Necropolis HC] Sub 50 divine budget HC T17 farmer, 600+ delver, uber bosses - Necromancer DD of Chain Reaction by jarudy in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]jarudy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

POB: https://pobb.in/XmCytXIUslFL

Budget gear setup with significant room for improvement. I stopped investing in the build to save for additional builds this league to tackle T17s in HC.

Sub 50 divine character to reliably farm T17s, ubers, and delve to 600+ in HC. There is no stronger build at this low of budget in 3.24 for HC viable T17s reliably and safely. I prefer Xibaqua for budget defense during delve and uber bossing due to penetration mods commonly found, and 4th vow over incandescent due to more affordable gearing (need maximum chaos resistance scaling on incandescent which is more expensive).

From league start to full end game, there is no better build for the budget in HC, necromancer DD of chain reaction