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@enki I just wanted to say thank you so much for this build guide. Extremely detailed and thorough. As i look around to find others to try it even more points out how good your's is.

As I play the character (http://poe-profile.info/profile/stevilg/yhctiw#) if I have one issue its my defense/life pool. I know some is my inexperience with the game, and I know I missing out on fortify by choosing not to run shield charge / leap slam + fortify (I just can't seem to get over wanting to get close to anything when I do so well at range), but I am looking for other suggestions of where I can get the biggest defensive gains at minimal DPS loss.

Forget, dumb question. :D
Nice guide, bro. I will start using that build in SSF, is more fun than trade leagues.

@bullitt840814: 4L and probably a low Arc gem level are most likely the main reasons, but your character tab is hidden so I can't check it.

Arc is nearly lvl 20. But You are right that 4L is the main reason. Tab should be now visible

Hey Enki and thanks for this build and helping me and everyone else earlier.

Im now reaching end bosses and seem to be struggling on surviving. I barely killed minotaur and wasted all my portals doing that. I seem to have issues with maps starting from level 12 and often get one shotted.

I've leveled and upgraded quality of most of my gems and items, got all of the recommended gear apart from 6 linked inpulsa, got high resistances (80/97/79 and -2 chaos).

I made some changes in passive tree hoping i would kill bosses before they would kill me and took more shock effectiveness and duration over some agility and health but either way i was dying before that and im dying now anyway. I had about 4800k health with 400 shield before those changes and now i have 4400 with 440 shield so it didn't seem to matter.

Is there anything else i could do? Change some items or revert some passives? I am trying to use shield charge to get out of the one shot abilities but sometimes it just wont go off or im slowed too much. I usually don't have mana issues due to wrath+watchers eye and i have about 70% unreserved pool (1200/1600 mana).

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/aka_Celador/characters

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aka_Celador schrieb:

Im now reaching end bosses and seem to be struggling on surviving. I barely killed minotaur and wasted all my portals doing that. I seem to have issues with maps starting from level 12 and often get one shotted.
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I had about 4800k health with 400 shield before those changes and now i have 4400 with 440 shield so it didn't seem to matter.

I've been there before...

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babuino720 schrieb:

> 4.7k life / 1.2k unreserved mana / overcapped resistances / 55k arc damage with flame and lightning golems and Wrath

> Tried t16 map (Maze of the minotaur) and died 4 times (got 1 tapped)
> His life bar barely moved
> Had to hire uber carry service to kill the boss for 10c

At this point I'm seriously considering uninstalling the game. After following the guide through and through I still couldn't overcome a simple t16 map boss. Please tell me this isn't normal and my gear needs a small change or two.

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Enki91 schrieb:

@babuino720: Why exactly are you using Elemental Equilibrium? You've been directly nerfing your damage for no positive gain all this time. You've also went off-path on some other things in the tree, switch to the recommended tree in this guide and it will already be better.

Just wanted to come and say thanks to Enki for an absolutely awesome build. This is my first character and patch in PoE and I'm having a blast.

My only questions are: Am I at the point where gear upgrades are going to cost 5+ ex per piece yet, and is there anything I should be changing to improve my damage/survival?
Being my first character I'm assuming I'm not doing everything perfectly (i.e. I only just sorted out my CwDT vortex setup..).

Thoughts and opinions appreciated!
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/SScouty/characters

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Enki91 schrieb:

@TobynotTobe: There's a few small things you could do. I'd start with getting rid of the CwDt Temporal Chains setup, since you have no source of +1 curse it will just keep overwriting Enfeeble. Switch the Temp Chains gem with Vortex, which will give a similar slow effect but keeps Enfeeble active on top of that.

Next is getting en Eternal Life Flask, that should give you more life/sec which you will notice proves to be helpful in many situations.

For more Shield Charge speed you can remove the mastercraft on your weapon and replace it with Attack Speed, and also dump Lightning Walker and put those points into the last attack/cast speed node and the 25% mana regen at witch start. You can further increase speed by getting the Lightning Golem Buff Effect helmet enchantment, that would require you to craft a new helmet but maybe that would also make balancing for Wise Oak easier.

Last change is replacing Vaal Clarity with a regular one, to my understanding that would give you more uptime on Vaal Arc and with the proposed changes you won't really need Vaal Clarity anyway.

Omg you're a god. Thanks for the quick reply, I spent all day changing some stuff around and I can't believe I didn't even see that spec of mana regen at the start of the build. Definitely helps with tossing the amulet away for one. I got a new helmet as well with good life/res and I'll try to get an enchant in the lab soon, I was trying not to spent 100c+ on gear for a while, but I guess I hit that point, and it definitely helps manage the resists like you said, and didn't need the lightning walker spec. Main thing now to get is an amulet (hard to find high dex with other good stats), and a small belt upgrade down the line. Eventually a better weapon as well, but they're still hard to come by.
I've changed the life flask, do you highly recommend catalysed or is bubbling okay too?
Didn't even know vaal clarity would effect arc like that, changed it over. is 21 okay?

I feel a bit dumb for having temp chains for so long, I thought they stacked, especially when it says makes other curses last longer. Got rid of that, and trying out vortex, but I don't notice a huge difference having vortex on. Is it okay to use tempest shield without a block setup or does it go to waste? One last thing if that's alright... I'm using the primordial stone to get 3 golems, since we spec into the ascendancy there's the 20% bonus dmg (correct?), also helps with the life regen and having stone golem can sort of be like a decoy totem. Is this better than having another jewels for stats or just preference.

Anyways, THANKS SO MUCH!

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SScouty schrieb:

My only questions are: Am I at the point where gear upgrades are going to cost 5+ ex per piece yet, and is there anything I should be changing to improve my damage/survival?

Thoughts and opinions appreciated!
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/SScouty/characters

Hey thought I could help a bit, (paying it forward).

For surviving, just putting quality on your flasks first of all would help.
On top of having 3 damage flasks, I would change at least one to a defensive one. (wise oak or basalt)
You also don't have increased duration in your cwdt set up and have 2 immortal calls activating at the same time.

We are a mind over matter build, so mana helps with surviving, would actually use your crafting benches on gloves and amulet. Just a temporary fix anyways.

Most of the gear I find relatively cheap, not super, but relatively. Don't think 5ex per piece is necessary.

Hope I helped, GL now.

Hey @enki, I'm working through this build and I'm not sure where my next upgrade should be. I just got a 6L inpulsa's and feel at a loss in terms of where to go as the upgrade options don't seem to add substantial DPS. My PoB link is https://pastebin.com/9SL6cvRg

Here is what I'm thinking for my upgrade path. What am I missing/doing wrong here?
1. balance resistances using res enchants on the amulet, boots, glove and get a wise oak
2. level to 92 to get flask nodes and enchant belt with increased flask duration
3. farm lab for helm enchant (plz no)
4. lv21 vaal arc
5. jewels with life, cast speed, and +30% increased damage
6. watcher's eye with lightning penetration

Current stats


Current gear

@Hippozzz: Probably got some unlucky crits there. Can't really see anything that urgently needs to be replaced, only thing you could do is put mana mastercraft on gloves and boots and farm a better boot enchant. If you didn't already, also upgrade your Pantheon powers.

@stevilg: Your gear is kinda all over the place, and your gem- and flask setup are suboptimal. Only thing worth keeping are Singularity, Essence Worm and maybe your shields and boots, the rest has to be replaced and updated to what's listed in this guide.

@bullitt840814: Looks like you've went way off this build. While I do appreciate people trying things for themselves, it's often what causes issues and in this case has nothing to do with this build anymore. Same as above, you gotta switch to the proper gem- and flask setup, fix your passive tree and update almost all gear pieces to what's recommend in gear section.

@aka_Celador: Main issue is your passive tree. You're missing lots of life and mana, and some other crucial nodes such as the Alchemist cluster, i'd definitely recommend switch over to this builds tree. Gearwise you should mastercraft life on your ring and replace your helmet, shaped helmets for example can roll shock effect, or buy a base helmet with one of the listed enchants and then craft it.

That said, Minotaur is the hardest Guardian for this build. Stay on range, wait until his burrow animation starts then move away to stay within casting range but outside of his burrow AoE.

@SScouty: Your gear looks mostly fine. TobynotTobe has already given a good rundown on what you can do, in addition to that i'd recommend to mastercraft mana on your gloves and life on your amulet, and switch Rotgut + Quicksilver with a Basalt and Wise Oak. Also get yourself a Lv4 Empower and maybe farm for one of the boot enchants.

@TobynotTobe: Bubbling Eternal is fine, so is Lv21 Clarity. Tempest Shield is only really impactful is you stack lots of block, with just the base block from Shield it barely does anything. Vortex' impact may not be immediatly noticeable, but it will save your life in some situations.
The Anima Stone idea is pretty interesting, never considered it since they used to be really expensive, but at current prices it could be a serious alternative give that you don't just get 20% damage and another golem, but also more golem buff effect.

@Dahj: Start with replacing all flasks but the Atziri's Promise, then buy a helmet with the right enchant (Lightning Golem buff effect should be cheap) and essence/chaos craft it. Also get a Watcher's Eye with the Wrath Mana Leech mod for more reliable sustain, that would also allow you to get a new boot enchant or maybe even new boots altogether. Replace the mastercraft on belt with Flask Duration and on Shield with Mana, Gloves still have a suffix open for resistances you may need after these changes, or Mana otherwise. If you have currency left after this aim for a Lv21 Vaal Arc.