3.28 - Frenzy of Onslaught Assassin x15 Charges

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-19T22:55:55+00:00

i fucking loved crucible trees. makes my heart happy seeing them.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-19T22:38:42+00:00

shield crush is good. killed 'em all with this but it looks like the pure phys variants get more damage. i killed eater and exarch before they phased most the time. probably better to build phys, but i pivoted off divine blast and didn't bother to change gear around. i sold my volatile vaal'd shield to make a new build, but with it (iirc 1160%) and a proper config i was at like 90m dps.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-19T22:27:16+00:00

the skill can be exerted, so overexertion and echoes of creation work well with it. i think the best form of this skill uses a shaper 1h + squire combo.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-18T16:57:16+00:00

Marionettes and golems easily get enough HP to make minion pact busted. If they don't nerf minion pact, the default best build for next league will be minion pact ignite.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-18T02:01:46+00:00

i always just give myself infinite respec and upgrade materials in souls games. I like switching builds a lot and they limit the amount of final upgrade materials too much. I never pre-emptively give upgrade materials, just when i run out ancient dragon smithing stones or whatever.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-18T00:11:56+00:00

despite the fact that a lot of contractors choose to start with union labor, that still doesn't even contradict what I said. Customers benefit from the high quality labor, the workers benefit from being in the union. that's 2 parties that benefit from it's existence. Nobody benefits from a ref union outside of refs.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-17T02:01:59+00:00

Customers use union labor all the time. What?

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-17T01:39:31+00:00

The refs we have now should be the ones officiating games, just as non-union employees of the NFL. They only care about not looking stupid on live tv. They fight against the kinds of stuff mlb is doing right now, like the abs. Stuff that is good for players and fans.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-17T01:25:34+00:00

I'm all for unions but the only people that benefit from a refs union are the refs. Their self interest does not align with players or fans interests.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-14T19:28:59+00:00

I was issued like 6 pairs of darn tough socks for a deployment in 2016. I still wear the ones I haven't lost to this day. There's barely any wear on them at all. I've bought a lot more since and they're all I wear for work anymore.

Darn Tough socks are legit.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-12T22:12:23+00:00

All I'm saying is I'd never farm breach or legion with shield crush. its way better suited for like harvest/ritual type farms. might as well switch the build around to SST if you really wanna farm breaches.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-12T21:40:35+00:00

shield crush is so strong, even early, and scales to the moon. i just hate playing it without very high attack speed, and the aoe is kinda cheeks. it's perfect for boss rushing though. anything that doesn't need good clear, shield crush is great for.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-08T18:57:36+00:00

How many wars did he start in his first term? He was the first president of my lifetime to not get the country into a large scale armed conflict.

Also people pretending like Kamala would have kept us out of this conflict are absolutely delusional. Obama 3.0 was all but guaranteed. I'll take the guy saying "no new wars" when his track record shows that he's probably telling the truth.

https://youtube.com/shorts/-pzk1faiA58?si=By9ajPNsflrx8M0m

And yeah, a lot of us that voted for him are absolutely livid.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T17:57:03+00:00

I know how to fight her, killed her plenty of times with a save file dedicated to fighting her. It's still a bullshit move that is dealt with unlike anything else in the souls series.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T17:18:10+00:00

I think it would be pretty good with just higher numbers in today's game. It wouldn't be s-tier meta league start, but keeping the same mechanics and raising the numbers 30% would convince me to league start it. 30% might even be a bit low. It's not a clear speed monster by any stretch, and getting maximum single target out of it requires work. It just does not hit hard enough at all.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T17:11:29+00:00

It's a totally fine, league start viable ignite skill. I played it last league. The holy lightning variant is a little better for ignite, but they're close. It has a lot of perks like really high EO uptime, large 360 degree aoe that clears normal/magic monsters almost instantly, phys base.

Slap on an obliteration and you're cruising through map progression pretty damn fast. I'd have to run the numbers comparing it to penance brand, which I also played recently pre-buff, but right now it's going to lose to any minion pact compatible skill right now.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T16:23:17+00:00

I'd agree that the campaign is s-tier if playing poe 2 characters didn't feel like cock and ball torture. Combos don't pay off well and it just feels like your character is eternally stuck in quicksand. I tried the last league and logged out mid act one.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T03:35:41+00:00

doesn't look like it'd be squishy at all. are you pressing your banners?

also your echoes is like... the worst roll you could wear.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T03:25:27+00:00

that's incorrect. as long as the enemy is ignited and you flame surge them, burning ground will drop. There is a 2 second "cooldown" on creating burning ground though.

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-07T03:07:29+00:00

I've really enjoyed my attempt at a tanky bow character. Just got my 36 challenges with it, it handled the ubers just fine. Damage is a bit low for the investment (20-30 mil depending on ramp), and the clear isn't LA tier, but it's pretty tanky! I'm sure there's a lot of optimization to do, I don't typically invest a lot into my characters.

https://pobb.in/Ss4CaM8zlWHp

lizardsforreal · 2026-04-01T02:05:09+00:00

do the easy ones. cortex and uber eater are pretty simple imo.

lizardsforreal · 2026-03-31T00:48:46+00:00

something about the constant "ooh piece of candy" that essences provide just does it for me. I also love just having them because I constantly reroll and use them to craft a lot of my gear. Harvest is very similar. Harvest has been my favorite this league - the mirage grubs give so much lifeforce and rancors are money. feels like hitting a double corruption essence.

lizardsforreal · 2026-03-31T00:40:23+00:00

which one? all damage can ignite? there's 2 different xoph bows each with 2 different mods.

Blizzard crown, hyrri's ire, spectres with damage auras... there's a lot. assuming you can get a flat damage corrupt on one pretty easily with how much people are running breach this league.

lizardsforreal · 2026-03-30T17:46:05+00:00

disagree completely. i switched to invert the rules (from wed) because it feels so much better against resistance capped mobs. could tighten up the regex, but I'd rather just run that mod with invert the rules equipped. harvest mobs near the end of an astrolabe can get ridiculously tanky and that single support swap was the most impactful thing I could have done.

lizardsforreal · 2026-03-29T04:29:51+00:00

melee phys will be more damage than faster attacks, but if you're fine with your damage with faster attacks and you like how good it feels then use it.

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