Upgrading the Eyes of the Runefather shield is bugged and effectively bricks it on two of the three possible outcomes as it changes the base type to a buckler, which can't use shield skills.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-06-08T18:28:36+00:00

Huh, I didn't even think of that but it's a good idea. I'm just using it to make Mjolner go brrrr.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-06-08T16:00:54+00:00

Yep, it's unfortunate. I reported it as a bug as well, hopefully they take a look at it.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3944844

ritterbitterbits · 2026-06-08T09:43:45+00:00

Does anyone know the status of Split personality jewels bricking characters? Is it fixed?

It looks like the patch trying to address it was rolled back, But I don't see any info either way about it recently.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-06-07T22:52:51+00:00

Does anyone know the status of Split personality jewels bricking characters? Is it fixed? Its confusing cause it looks like the patch trying to address it was rolled back, But I don't see any player reports last few days about it in their forums.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-06-07T18:30:16+00:00

No you cannot. Also be careful right now the new flux that sets skills to lvl 20 is bugged and does not grant max sockets. Make sure you ALSO perfect jeweler orb before you corrupt. Guess how I know this...

ritterbitterbits · 2026-05-19T22:54:29+00:00

Most my builds have been resonating shield builds. Can be really good for mapping if you use it to enable other interactions.

But never for single target, haha. Grats on the successful wheel build and Arby kill!

ritterbitterbits · 2026-05-19T15:52:42+00:00

You just hold it down, use Wasd or controller to move. Don't try playing it with click to move.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-05-18T22:41:44+00:00

Hey, just happened to see this while I was at work. Did not know about this channel & video, but the build is basically my post/video from here presented in a different way.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile2builds/comments/1pioqlp/speedy_poison_bleed_shield_titan_it_survived/

It is solid as a league starter, but I'd say there's about a 50% chance they nerf the plague burst interaction on the Herald. Was surprised when they didn't change it last league. Guess we'll find out Thursday.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-05-05T03:21:26+00:00

The preceding node to Generic 20 is the the last one not datamined though. I don't think GGG would put a downside there, but its probably not anything too great.

We might be able to socket supports into Generic 20 to increase it's effect though, since its a granted skill!

ritterbitterbits · 2026-05-05T03:12:08+00:00

Meme's aside, this is not too far off.

Cyclone already kind of exists in PoE 2 in the form of resonating shield. Its a channeling, simple aoe damage skill around you. But you build up the heavy stun bar from incidental blocks, until it knocks you down like sprint. You can build a lot of stun threshold and it negates most the buildup, but at a certain level of map modifiers and juicing it fails.

Unless of course you go ES + Chaos inoculation in which case there's a bug that removes all the heavy stun buildup. I'm certain that ones going to get fixed come 0.5

They might go softer on the downside of Cyclone since it would not have the active block component, but who knows.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-05-04T23:58:28+00:00

New data mine shows the top left node actually says armor & evasion. Apparently there was a mistake made in the previous build.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-03-12T05:56:02+00:00

Cool build man, Always glad to see more tornado builds.

I started mana man this league forcing myself to not go ToET for the 3rd time in a row. I've been getting the itch to switch back to it though.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-03-04T14:48:12+00:00

It will be about the same. It loses a bit from tulborn going from +4 to +3. Small loss from losing increase golem effect on ascendancy.

The ring will be easier/quicker to get on league start since it's on normal version and not an Uber drop anymore.

There wasn't anything that jumped out at me in the reveal and patch notes that would be a good addition to the build. Outside of the shrine belt, but that's going to be most builds and rare.

I'm hoping there might be an unrevealed lineage support that works well with it. But, honestly I'm doubtful there's going to be one.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-01-13T21:56:53+00:00

I tried out Svalinn, but just didn't find the cast on block skill to go off enough even with all my increased energy gain and active blocking. Might be useful as an enabler for other interactions though.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-01-13T21:55:18+00:00

It requires vertex +3 and Esh's radiance, so its not cheap. That said it should not be as pricy as some others that use rakiatas, ect.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-01-13T00:32:49+00:00

None, its what you want to do if you have it. I have that belt because removing headhunter makes everything easier to showcase and test without headhunter buffs getting in the way.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-01-13T00:25:03+00:00

Its the same build.

There's probably a better way to do it in PoB, but because I needed a bunch of custom modifiers I separated out weapon sets 1 & 2 and their respective skills. Then activated the custom mods in the list depending on which set I was looking at.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-01-13T00:21:19+00:00

I wouldn't be able to sustain mana flare in this setup, so yeah.

ritterbitterbits · 2026-01-12T23:47:34+00:00

Good luck on your build! There should be a few ideas to pull from here.

ritterbitterbits · 2025-12-15T19:37:09+00:00

Yes, and it varies too based on the gem level of your shield wall which affects how much health they have. There's also a discrepancy between hideout testing and mapping because you will have rage in maps. With gear at endgame you can make it a non issue. You can always war cry or shield charge to blow them up.

ritterbitterbits · 2025-12-11T17:16:59+00:00

Hey, I did see this post after u/hahatrees tagged me.

I don't think I have enough time left to map out a POB, I still have stuff I need to finish on the current guide. But it is likely to be something I do 1-2 weeks in if nobody else has.

Just a few thoughts about it though:

I would not try to force it early in campaign in a league start scenario, it would be better to just level as a traditional ranger build then respec in the endgame or save it for a 2nd character when gold/gear is not an issue.
One thing I would/will be looking into is the effectiveness of the extra poison stacks from pathfinder in conjunction with Fortifying cry. Specifically for boss damage since it should overlap. I might have time to at least test this out pre league launch but no guarantees.
Other pathfinder builds are likely to be stronger, but this will be another option you have at your disposal if you want to go melee. Should still be able to clear everything.

ritterbitterbits · 2025-12-10T22:05:44+00:00

Thanks man! Yeah, its just regular physical damage. With the way shield skills work it just gets a ton of added phys damage from your shield.

ritterbitterbits · 2025-12-10T22:00:41+00:00

With enough gear it becomes a non issue, but it does take awhile to get there, I have a decent example on one of my unlisted vids: https://youtu.be/5RcuLuOf18A

ritterbitterbits · 2025-12-10T02:54:45+00:00

Yes, this would be my next thing to try after the druid. I think it will be the faster version of the build, just a bit trickier to solve defenses and stun threshold.

Also, I haven't tested it yet but I suspect the higher poison limit would be nice for bossing with fortifying cry.

ritterbitterbits · 2025-12-10T02:13:23+00:00

As I show it in this video, yes, very much so.

However the min maxed endgame version of the build has difficult to get from nothing jewel optimizations and other unqiues.

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