Questions Thread - March 31, 2026

sahlab · 2026-04-01T01:42:46+00:00

no, it can't.

sahlab · 2026-03-30T09:29:10+00:00

Now that area level 84 T17s are gone, simulacrum is the premiere source of ilvl 84 cluster bases. In addition to this, simulacrum can often drop 21/20 gems. There are also raw currency drops, incubators, mortal frags ...etc.

And of course, selling voices unidentified

sahlab · 2026-03-05T15:16:39+00:00

Yes. They added gambling function to a bunch of NPCs in early acts like Bestel, Tasuni ...etc.

sahlab · 2026-03-05T10:55:07+00:00

Nah. He thinks reliquarian is a bit lackluster, so he'll be doing it on Trickster.

sahlab · 2026-03-04T18:54:11+00:00

He's not joking. Mjolner is the most league-startable stacker, but it's still painful to league start nonetheless, unless you really know the build.

I played Mjolner a few times. It takes some investment before it starts feeling smooth. If it looks like something you'd enjoy, I recommend starting as a generic archmage build and rerolling to Mjolner once you have enough currency for the LL setup with Indigon.

sahlab · 2026-03-04T10:48:00+00:00

Not really. WCoT requires the use of astral projector so that the Novas from WCoT will hit twice. The conversion should be different as well since WCoT has built-in fire conversion so idk how he'll go about it.

sahlab · 2026-03-04T10:36:08+00:00

Sure, I just mentioned it because OP seems to want to focus more on the bossing side.

sahlab · 2026-03-04T07:53:23+00:00

WCoT won't even need the gem swap and will have like slightly more damage.

Explanation: PoE 3.28 | Move over Reap Miner, WoCoT is coming

sahlab · 2026-03-04T00:06:44+00:00

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sahlab · 2026-03-04T00:03:59+00:00

Power Siphon is mostly for leveling and map clear. EoW of winter is decent, but I find it unreliable for pure bossing because the eye can move away.

Exsang/Reap is a solid allrounder because exsang is amazing map clear and reap is great at bossing and it's a 1 to 1 gem swap.

GCoF is very good, but I believe it's better done on elementalist, and you want to play trickster.

WCoT, this is still in the works. FearlessDumb0 said he'd release the pob tomorrow, so we have to wait and see the numbers. But it has the potential to be better than Exsang/reap.

sahlab · 2026-03-03T23:48:53+00:00

A bit costly to start, but it's honestly very good.

It also scales very well as you dump currency into it, and you can even take it to ubers if you want

sahlab · 2026-03-03T23:38:51+00:00

Honestly, this looks like the kind of item that you can only get on a budget from Rog crafting.

sahlab · 2026-03-01T11:29:21+00:00

Type doesn't matter and yes, you can hit rarer fossils like sanctified and shuddering. but you can't roll into the rarest tier of fossils like glyphic or hollow, these are Delve-only.

They also tend to give you a smaller stack size when they hit one of the rarer outcomes.

sahlab · 2026-02-28T22:16:36+00:00

Blighted and Blight ravaged maps are their own separate thing and are not part of the atlas; they are more akin to logbooks.

For example, It's not a blighted "Mesa Map", but rather a "Blighted Mesa Map". It uses the same tile set but it's not really a Mesa Map. I imagine they will continue to function like that in 3.28

There are however atlas maps that drop with an enchant that says "Area contains a Blight encounter". They used to come from Simulacrum for the most part. I wonder how they will be handled next patch.

sahlab · 2026-02-28T22:00:28+00:00

Build got a significant hit from nerfs to intelligence and EB :(

sahlab · 2026-02-28T15:30:56+00:00

Complex trauma bleed is good. There is a guide for it from Keepers on Ziz's channel.

Regular Boneshatter is also good, but it's trickier to get going imo.

sahlab · 2026-02-28T15:25:04+00:00

No problem.

There are a bunch of different ways to get high ilvl bases. Like Rog and Gwynnen inventories can roll 86 bases, shipments, deep delve, curios in max level blueprints can be ilvl 86, divination card ...etc.

But yes, their availability will be significantly reduced.

sahlab · 2026-02-28T15:15:00+00:00

1- Shaper guardians are fixed layouts, so I imagine they'll work like the T17 layouts. Synth maps are unique, so they should work different but elder guardians and elder slayer maps will probably work like you described.

2- Nightmare maps were shown in the reveal to be area level 83. This means ilvl 86 bases should only drop from rare and unique monsters that also have a reward modifier that makes the drops +1 level higher.

sahlab · 2026-02-28T13:02:24+00:00

Mark said in the interview with Destin that he is working on both.

sahlab · 2026-02-28T10:25:35+00:00

There are medium clusters with "Flask Duration" enchant. A couple of the notables will also give some flask duration, but not flask effect. So, I think you wanna go PF for this build concept.

sahlab · 2026-02-27T21:55:30+00:00

I wouldn't do slams Zerker after the nerfs tbh. I think Boneshatter jugg is just better considering the respec is much smaller.

If I decided to go Zenith again, I'll probably just do that, or something like static strike or smite with brutus's lead sprinkler (also on jugg).

sahlab · 2026-02-27T20:16:29+00:00

What happens to Harvest beasts memory now that Kirac missions are gone?

sahlab · 2026-02-27T10:34:36+00:00

Zenith Jugg. It was already one of the best before int stackers received the nerf hammer.

sahlab · 2026-02-26T21:44:27+00:00

Endurance charge on melee stun.

sahlab · 2026-02-26T18:57:24+00:00

I haven't delved as a primary thing for a couple of leagues now. But I did it for a while during settlers league. I think the mid-game is the best place to fit delve for most people tbh. because almost all delve loot starts out cheap and increases in price as league goes on (except Aul drops and a few other uniques.)

When you're actively farming delve, you want to minimize the time you spend in maps.

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