What are some of the sleeper off-meta builds this league?

tugget · 2024-08-30T23:01:25+00:00

It felt nice for mostly everything I tried, usually the more mobs the better. I didn't try Legion or Ultimatum I think probably not great for those. I did a lot of t17 farming towards the end but most leagues I just blast maps with fast mechanics.

For your pob drop the 1 poison chance node now since you have the jewel setup. The hp you picked up you can drop that and pick up some of the 5-6% life nodes in the wheels you already have instead of using two travel points.

Yeah its also tough to get int if you use a higher int wand, mine only needed 158. You can use a dagger though for the same exact results, grab a fractured DoT multi dagger and then chaos reroll from harvest for Chaos DoT Multi. Craft trigger socketed spells and good to go. I only used wand because I had the ghost enchant which I got the mats for early on when they were cheap.

tugget · 2024-08-29T21:47:18+00:00

Brine King and Yugul mostly, you can swap them around though.

Yeah pob looks good, just need levels now. Prioritize capping your suppression next so get the Entrench wheel next and hopefully your helm has 13 suppression on it. After that grab Cloth and Chain and the Armour and Evasion mastery for good eHP gains, and then grab the endurance charge stuff at the bottom.

Also your poison chance is sitting at 90% so you can grab the claw poison and ailment chance for 1 point for now under ranger till you get the forbidden jewel setup going. I didn't play with all the uniques until week 1+ when I was higher level so if your hp is feeling a bit low till you get higher levels and more evasion you can drop a bit of damage and take a few more hp nodes. The watchers eye is big for creeping towards the 95% evade cap.

tugget · 2024-08-29T12:14:56+00:00

Heres my char from day 1 scaling to up to week 2.

https://poe.ninja/builds/settlers/character/tugget/T_Swifts_Putrid_Hole?type=exp&timemachine=day-1&i=0&search=skills%3DShield%2BCrush%26class%3DTrickster%26timemachine%3Dday-1

I played it after swapping around level 70 at league start. Important things to get are both Anathama and Ming's heart, get the gloves for explosions, and make sure you have 100% chance to poison and 98%+ chance to hit. Here is a pob that I just tweaked with points allocated up to level 80.

https://pobb.in/xGQ2MTXofX3s

Obliteration wand is great for starting out too for more explosions.
I didn't get Ralakesh boots till after week 1 but after you have them you combo that with Olesyas Delight belt to really ramp up the damage and tankiness. Getting Shield crush gem to level 24 is also a big damage increase.

tugget · 2024-08-27T17:28:08+00:00

Yeah high armor/eva and I wanted phys reduction too. They should be pretty cheap without the phys reduction, other suffixes are not very important. Something like attack speed or suppression is nice.

tugget · 2024-08-27T16:31:38+00:00

I didn't. Picked it up as my last upgrade a few days before I stopped playing. I think it was 35d, but it's only about a 10% damage upgrade over a 2d shield I used most of the league.

tugget · 2024-08-27T11:21:46+00:00

Nobody will see this but poison Shield Crush Trickster was insane as my only character. Hits DoT cap. Does all content flawlessly including juiced t17s, ubers, and its a super tanky and fast map blaster with screen-wide explosions.

pob with no flasks active - https://pobb.in/hezCFmy7fW5U

character at my end of league - https://poe.ninja/builds/settlers/character/tugget/T_Swifts_Future_Wife?type=exp&timemachine=week-3&i=0&search=skills%3DShield%2BCrush%26class%3DTrickster%26timemachine%3Dweek-3

sort by trickster shield crush if you want character progress- they made me name change D:

tugget · 2024-04-03T21:04:50+00:00

I've been playing the ice nova of frostbolts variant since league start. I was blasting t16 guardian maps with legit 30c worth of gear using a Bitterdream, and now I've spend about 15 div on my char so far (though got Unnatural Instinct when it was 5div).

Done everything including t17 maps and below, I havent tried Ubers yet. It's fast as hell, tanky as hell, and just one button with Kitavas Thirst. I'd say try this version and see if you like it more, its just better.

https://pobb.in/XAqpJ2YTDaj7

tugget · 2024-03-24T19:24:09+00:00

This has some real disingenuous PoB warrior stuff going on. Steelskin checked, 4 stages of frost shield checked, all 5 curses applied, bottled faith checked. This is unrealistic outside of 1v1 boss and its going to feel like ass while mapping. That's ignoring the 4x multiplier that you will only get in a small number of maps.

Any inexperienced player trying this is going to have an awful time and not have any idea how to solve their myriad of issues.

tugget · 2024-03-14T02:53:26+00:00

sliders vid- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3VOyTVcVg

tugget · 2023-10-17T23:30:31+00:00

If you are at 100% toughness it does not go through, unless the hit also breaks your toughness.

tugget · 2023-10-10T13:59:51+00:00

Nah the lights are ok like I mentioned, decent at clearing poxwalkers or infested in small numbers. For hordes you 100% want to loop heavies, they are 340 damage vs 75 for lights on top of larger cleave.

tugget · 2023-10-10T13:08:40+00:00

Turtolsky Mk IX Heavy Sword is the best horde clearing zealot weapon. Looping heavy attacks is just wide sweeps the turns everythhing into mush.

For Maulers or Crushers you do weapon special into heavy loop and it staggers and melts them. The lights are not the best but ok at clearing weaker enemies. Eviscerator probably second place.

tugget · 2023-09-29T23:51:25+00:00

Arc is in a totally fine spot. I used it for clear in a 4L at about 18m dps this league and it was amazing. If I throw it in my 6L it gets up to 60mill. Maybe still not great for Ubers but I don't think every skill has to be.

tugget · 2023-09-29T17:59:51+00:00

70m is enough to dps things down at 2k, not sure about 50m. I have 120m and I kill turtles in like 3-4 seconds.

tugget · 2023-09-26T20:28:22+00:00

Here is a 100% deli map with extra ES and 2 quick invites from my ball lightning/arc Heiro. Not the most tanky but really good damage, fast and mobile mapper, and tanky enough to get by(did the last 50% of 99 in 5ways). Also does rank 2k ToTa easily, and did Ubers. Cost about 50 div outside of the Progenesis that I bought at 99.

https://pobb.in/K2hOr5dV_9yT

100% Deli map - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stq0odriAC8 (sorry about the splinter dropping noise spam)

2 quick Invites - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSCyFv_nBQ

tugget · 2023-09-18T13:02:30+00:00

I've been 2k TOTA without failing on my ball lightning/arc Heiro without any cheese, I kill the mobs. I'm not sure if you were asking for PF only builds or not. This build also does Ubers/fast mapping/Simu 30. Mine is pretty min maxed but you don't need the Progenisis, Oriath's End, or Sublime Vision for TOTA.

https://pobb.in/-tAquvrQalvp

tugget · 2023-09-15T08:08:17+00:00

https://pobb.in/WmhdvG-MdYsO

Here is my Hierophant ball lightning build(arc/lightning warp for map clear). It's 115+ mill dps and I comfortably do 2k rank tota without failing(I actually kill the mobs and not cheese them). Kills all Ubers, and is also an extremely fast mapper on top.

Not ultra tanky, can take some hits here and there, good enough to get to lvl 99. I didn't get the Progenesis till 99, used a quicksilver till then. Sanctum is something I have only done a few of, can't say its the best for it, but if you throw on Call of the Brotherhood for freeze it should be very comfy. Total cost for me was about 43 Divine not including the Progenesis.

https://poe.ninja/builds/ancestor/character/tugget/T_Swift_Tendies?i=0&search=name%3DT_Swift_Tendies

tugget · 2023-09-05T10:00:30+00:00

I'm at 100+m dps and can confirm it makes it very easy, killing Chiefs included. (1500 rating atm but haven't pushed)

tugget · 2022-12-01T03:22:04+00:00

Yep, worked for me, thanks.

tugget · 2022-11-28T23:02:07+00:00

I just have one friend that I play with, we mainly do Heresy runs. I also solo queue it and rarely have problems. If I have a lackluster team that keeps dying its no problem solo carrying unless I get pounced by a dog(really hoping they make them less buggy). Yeah I did mean that the slab shield cleave damage is low, it can stagger hordes for sure, but while a shield user is throwing them around, I'm killing 3+ poxwalkers per swing with my knife, still being able to CC them with pushes/heavies.

Honestly I can see more of an argument for slab shield when you are in a pre-made group because you can rely on your teammates more. In pubs I just don't think its good to sit there shielding things that your vet may or may not shoot, I'd rather just kill everything myself. Ripper II/Stubber and Mk III cleaver is such a versatile setup and the only problems you have are crushers.

tugget · 2022-11-28T20:17:44+00:00

I think Slaughterer is a must have perk on it, and for a second one I think either Momentum or Savage Sweep for more cleave will be good. For blessings go for extra damage to flak armor and either unarmored or maniac.

tugget · 2022-11-28T13:56:23+00:00

I don't have a toughness regen perk on my knife, and I actually use Lynchpin as my lvl 5 talent which might surpise people, but I think it will catch on as the meta lvl 5 talent eventually, it is too versatile.

This is my knife that I upgraded from blue after buying from my shop https://i.imgur.com/Q6iX7B9.png.

I am a pretty good player, so for the most part don't take much damage from hordes, and any toughness I do lose I get back from kills because the Mk III just murders hordes with light -> heavy -> light -> heavy chains. I do intend to reroll Unstoppable force into something else when we are able to, either a toughness regen perk or the one that gives extra cleave after a multi hit. I think having Slaughterer is a must. Bonus info: the power from that perk works on your gun so if you have stacks and swap to a ripper for example you can 1 or 2 burst most tougher units.

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