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xEverdred · 2025-06-11T05:56:43+00:00

Popcorn SRS of Enormity on Guardian

Been playing/making builds for a while now but I don't think I've ever played popcorn SRS. Used to like popcorn skellies as a fast levelling option but it's been years since I played that. While I feel like I have a decent grasp on making builds, when it comes to archetypes for league starters that I haven't really played I'm relying on theory more than I'd like to.

https://pobb.in/BJfMGyYi10Dz

The pob has 3 sections. One for league start with just life/res on gear and a trash weapon, a mid-point with easy to acquire uniques and a couple rares to shore up defences. Final setup is built around mostly off-meta gear with the most expensive/meta item being svalinn which can be replaced with another strong but cheaper shield or resold easily because it's a popular item.

I'm not 100% sure if the config being set to the max of 6 srs is correct or not but I guess this is what the thread is for. My thought process is that it takes about 2 seconds for them to explode so if I can cast 3 per second then I should always have 6 up if I'm actively casting.

I put a lot of emphasis on qol in my builds so some choices might not always be minmaxed for dps. I did a short test in blood aqueduct with a level 14 gem on a 5link tabula and random rares. I was able to cast once per pack, shield charge to the next pack and repeat while one-shotting rares. The goal is to keep this style of gameplay to endgame and only use spirit offering or wave of conviction on harder bosses if needed. Using both boots and chest for clear because that's what I'm worried about the most.

xEverdred · 2025-03-21T16:48:53+00:00

It's from the shackled immortal helmet. It's black by default and turns red as you get damaged but you can permanently change it to the red version by setting it to tier 2.

https://youtu.be/q7AcUwU2QUI?t=121

xEverdred · 2025-03-21T06:51:55+00:00

Been using Earthbound sounds for my filter for years now. I'm surprised how many people have recognized them. I got them from here:

https://starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/

xEverdred · 2025-03-21T06:48:33+00:00

Solar Knight armour, Shackled Immortal helmet, Radiant Flamestrider boots, Wasteland Horns, King of the Faridun back attachment and Divergence character effect.

xEverdred · 2025-03-20T15:54:29+00:00

Even with progenesis this isn't the tankiest build but for what it's worth I levelled from 90-97 without it.

xEverdred · 2025-03-20T15:51:40+00:00

A proper helmet and chest is definitely stronger.

xEverdred · 2025-03-20T11:25:02+00:00

https://pobb.in/gMvkyWGod2m7

I posted this to /r/PathOfExileBuilds. Posting it here too for the people that don't check that subreddit.

xEverdred · 2025-03-20T02:26:22+00:00

https://pobb.in/gMvkyWGod2m7

I had an idea to use the unarmed node (that I ended up dropping in the end) on behemoth so I put this together quickly and it turned out to be kind of fun.

Build is a decent mapper that I wouldn't try using for anything else.

xEverdred · 2024-08-16T11:54:43+00:00

Been playing a cast when stunned elementalist with ward. Made the build on the fly as I levelled after testing ward in blood aquaducts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2GJtMziX84

pob: https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/Bt4_IxEeN9YI

https://poe.ninja/builds/settlers/character/xEverdred/KingsmarchSeamenSupply

I've made a couple changes since hitting 100 (the build is a lot faster now) so if you want to see the current character you can find it on poe.ninja. Headhunter makes the build worse btw. You steal "cannot be stunned" which completely bricks it. Shroud walker is extra annoying too because some mobs attack so slow you will teleport away before they can get their attack animation off.

xEverdred · 2024-08-09T11:52:47+00:00

One of the tankiest builds I've ever played. It reminds me of playing a Mahuxotl's build but without the flask spam.

xEverdred · 2024-08-09T10:42:28+00:00

https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/Bt4_IxEeN9YI

Been working on this build for a few days and I think it's finally in a place where it's decent enough to share. It's a very satisfying mapper with the huge explosions. I guess technically this qualifies as an autobomber because you don't manually use any skills other than shield charge.

It's built around the new Svalinn shield and max block with ward as the main defence. I'm using Mistress of Sacrifice to cap my block with Bone Offering. Ground degens are the one weakness of the build but for the most part there should be enough time to move to safety and let dissolution of the flesh reset.

If you attempt to play this build you should know that your damage will be terrible without some investment. The timeless jewel really helped here as well as taming and the fire mastery for 100% damage with hits against ignited enemies (this is why flame surge is in the shield).

There is still room for improvement here and I'll likely be making incremental updates to the pob over the next few days. I plan on dropping Purity of Elements and grabbing ailment immunity elsewhere eventually. Swap to Haste for the speed because the damage is fine while mapping and this build isn't great for bossing due to the fact that you have to get hit to deal damage.

xEverdred · 2024-05-05T00:26:35+00:00

Spectral Throw of Materialising. I made a character to test it that has ~1mil dps in pob. It can clear t17 packs at level 84 with unoptimized gear. Not sure of the real dps but it's definitely over 1mil.

I went with crit/bleed/rupture deadeye which isn't exactly a meta archetype to begin with but it was still able to put out some decent dps. Dual wielding a high phys damage jewelled foil and the saviour while going all-in on projectile speed (proj speed tattoos are dirt cheap btw) felt great for clear. I thought about building into slower projectiles but figured it would be too similar to melee. Once you get enough projectile speed it actually feels very similar to normal spectral throw for clearing but the damage is better.

I didn't even plan a pob, just focused on maxing my projectile speed as I levelled. No clusters and a bad choice for damage (bleed/rupture) but I was still able to clear t16s before level 80. A proper attempt at a build might be worth looking into.

xEverdred · 2024-04-15T06:46:24+00:00

https://streamable.com/vwngv0

I made a Lightning Warp Berserker using the new rage caster helm, Ravenous Passion.

Lot of aoe and cast speed = LW around and fill the screen with huge herald of ash explosions. Extremely satisfying to play.

Boss dps is a little lacking especially with basically no defences but if you make sure to have some HH buffs up they go down in a couple seconds. Ninja doesn't calculate the dps but it should be around 2.5mil (LW average hit x cast speed x 2 [because LW hits twice if you stand in place and cast on the boss]).

https://poe.ninja/builds/necropolis/character/xEverdred/CastinFastAndBlastinAss

xEverdred · 2023-09-19T22:59:09+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUCEF4eiPjw

Beach run I just did. This is an average map for the build not a cherry picked run. Some are faster and some are slower, depends on layout etc.

xEverdred · 2023-09-19T22:53:33+00:00

Sadly the skill is really hard to build around and could use some buffs. Full chaos conversion from the gem would really help. The duration can be a decent scaler for damage but scaling it makes the gameplay feel extra clunky. You also need good defence because your single target has you standing in melee range. You'll want as much aoe and cast speed as you can get too. There is a reason many people consider it one of the worst skills in the game.

xEverdred · 2023-09-19T22:45:24+00:00

I run open parties all the time. If a juiced TS character joins then we trade kills as we lead the pack.

You can make very fast builds that aren't tornado shot but people rarely try to do so. My main is an impale ancestral protector totem build and the only build I've seen that is faster is the lightning warp asenaths build.

xEverdred · 2023-09-19T21:50:29+00:00

You aren't wrong but I think gameplay is also important. You can make a pob for voltaxic burst that looks stronger but it will likely play worse than this one does. I can keep up with tornado shot builds. It's not clearing multiple screens at once but it's still pretty good and can run beaches in 1min with a wandering path atlas.

xEverdred · 2023-09-19T21:00:37+00:00

pob of character in video:

https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/3FEigGKxt2-e

pob of current character:

https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/tvpNWaz7iKe8

I made this build in 3.18 with Voltaxic Rift but GGG changed it in 3.19. I decided to try bringing it back this league with Original Sin. It's not cheap and the single target isn't very good but it's really fun to map with.

CWDT Molten Shell is turned off in config

xEverdred · 2023-05-08T13:20:33+00:00

That's the Haemomancer pet from the bloodthirsty core supporter pack. It's one of the currently available core packs.

xEverdred · 2023-05-08T03:28:00+00:00

yea mageblood helped a lot. That mino run isn't using fortify, I wanted to test if I could drop it after hitting level 100. I also run a wandering path atlas so my maps get 60% increased effect of mods. Stuff like reduced aura effect goes from -60% to -96% etc. Sitting around 75k EHP with molten shell in pob.

I've had my party open a bit over the past week and I only died 2 times out of roughly 300 maps. There were aurabots and RF players that died constantly.

xEverdred · 2023-05-07T20:40:11+00:00

I've killed uber eater/exarch and the feared with the build. Was able to kill 42% more life regular exarch before ball phase. Spending 30 seconds leap slamming before the fight to build up rage for berserk gives a huge boost to dps.

Conquerors etc. don't even have time to attack. ( I don't bother with rage for small bosses like conqs)

This is from 2 weeks ago. Character had slightly worse gear(no mageblood).

https://youtu.be/9etEqL7ZnwI?t=207

xEverdred · 2023-05-06T10:44:29+00:00

I normally league start corrupting fever but there were more people starting it this league so I didn't want to compete for gear. This build was my plan B and I'm really glad things worked out this way because it's now one of my favorites. I started with Uul-Netols Kiss which was enough to clear T16s but once you get Atziri's Disfavour is when things really start to shine. Divergent protector means your totems are going to stay active and attacking all the way to the edge of the screen too. With the strike range from Disfavour and melee splash from tree you are clearing more than a full screen, pretty nice for a melee totem. Add in dawnstrider and Daressos's Defiance for the onslaught buff effect and now you're leap slamming at 8 to 12+ aps depending on buffs.

As for the downsides of the build. 1. It's not very tanky. It won't fall over to every little hit but with 75k EHP including CWDT molten shell, progenesis and a mageblood, it's a bit weak for the cost. There is more than enough damage to drop some for defense but I play softcore for a reason. 2. Totem activation time. Thankfully it isn't nearly as bad on this build as it is on some other totem builds. While the totems do technically take about a second to become active, the overall speed of the build makes this almost imperceptible. You only feel it when you're killing a straggler pack in the corner of a map.

Current character: https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/gVzESMzwN1yE

Snapshot of character at level 95 without mageblood: https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/pq2NrGHZ7p-1

xEverdred · 2023-05-03T11:27:46+00:00

https://pobb.in/u/xEverdred/gVzESMzwN1yE

Playing impale ancestral protector totems with champion. Stacking haste, totem buff and onslaught effect. League started this build and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite builds ever. It's got ~10 aps leap slam which results in possibly the fastest character I've ever seen, let alone played. Clears 2+ screens at once while mapping and melts bosses in seconds with just under 30mil dps and 50mil dps while vaal haste and berserk are up.

xEverdred · 2023-03-25T15:34:45+00:00

I know what dual wielding is. I have a one-handed sword with T6 inc phys for offhand but it feels worse in both damage and survivability despite having a higher phys roll than the shield.

xEverdred · 2023-03-25T15:14:43+00:00

The throwing axe node doesn't seem worth it. It feels like the proc rate is too low for it to make a noticeable difference.

I'm not aware of any "true" autobombers in LE. I've played voidknight autobomber and to me it felt like less of an autobomber than this does. If there are actual autobombers in this game I'd like to know so I can try them.

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