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[sonic field]

pure str mercs can equip str/dex and str/int requirement

[gilded bone]

y

[sonic field]

so as i said, the attributes are not the restriction for you here

its the weapon type

[hot gyro]

frustrated you run lab and get random disconnected

[gilded bone]

yeah yesterday I did about 5 lab runs and I only got dced on the one with twice blessed

[hot gyro]

i hope they fixed the server stability soon :3

[gilded bone]

I've been playing a lot today and I didn't have problems on Frankfurt , in the past 2 days I did have lot of ping problems ,maybe it's related to the google problem too ,4 days ago a lot of website didn't work

[twin mauve]

10 runs to get volcanic fissure of snaking in 1st lab

[tepid sparrow]

You're supposed to put different % quality on the gems so they offset if I understand correctly

Woolie did a whole thing on it in settlers

[sterile brook]

Got a link to his video on that? Sounds useful

[tepid sparrow]

https://youtu.be/TAEyHagm9oE?si=dmLeCDjLKeKb-dsc

4:08 I believe he starts talking about it

[sterile brook]

nice ty

[radiant zinc]

im getting one shot in t1 maps and have no idea what im doing LOL

[sick glacier]

anyone else hoping we can get the merc witch hat as an mtx? love me a big pointy hat

[tepid sparrow]

Do you have a PoB?

[radiant zinc]

yeah but brace yourself

[tough harness]

arma brand or penance brand for levelling on an ignite chassis?

[radiant zinc]

how do i export the pob

https://poe.ninja/pob/74ef3

i found it

[tepid sparrow]

Export/import page, there's a "generate link" thingy

You've got negative resistancez

That's why

[radiant zinc]

ik but i dont have any bases with links to craft nor the currency to craft

[radiant zinc]

do i farm them on act 10?

[sonic field]

gamble at faustus for gold

he give sgood items often

[radiant zinc]

i forgot that

[tepid sparrow]

Or you could uhh look for some two stone rings

[sonic field]

just dont gamba jewellery

[tepid sparrow]

And craft on some resistances at the bench

[sonic field]

its expensive and less likely to give good stuff

so only gamba armor

[tepid sparrow]

Can check vendors right?

In acts 8-10 I think the potion vendor also has two stone rings

Just find two with open suffixes and you can craft on some resistances

[radiant zinc]

[tepid sparrow]

Did you take Alira as your bandit of choice?

[radiant zinc]

okay lightning isnt negative anymore we doing some progress thanks to gamba

i killed them all

[tepid sparrow]

Gotcha

Usually people leave Alira alive she gives +15% all ele res

[radiant zinc]

what are 2 stone rings though

[tepid sparrow]

Til later

Two stones have two elemental resistances as their implicit

So like a ruby ring is 20-30% fire resistance, a two stone (red + blue) would have 15% cold and fire resist

[radiant zinc]

oh yeah theres some at the shop

[tepid sparrow]

Check for ones with open suffixes

So you can craft on 20-30% of another resist

[radiant zinc]

not negative anymore pog

well other than chaos

[tepid sparrow]

Nice you should aim for 75/75/75/0

Not sure specifically for berserker but life (4,000 or so) and 75% Res should carry you pretty far

Apart from waking up giga Mercs

[fierce night]

is it just me, or are random crashes a thing since leaguestart?

[radiant zinc]

well rn im at 20 20 38 -40

[tepid sparrow]

It might actually be worth it for you to go and swap to Alira Bandit, you will lose 1 passive point for now

But 15% all Res will help more

Although I guess 20 regret gonna be hard to come by

[radiant zinc]

yeah aint even got one LOL

[somber lantern]

Yep >.>

[fierce night]

its not just me then

[sterile brook]

They could also use two passive points, as a marauder, to get +20% all resistances from Diamond Skin and the node next to it, and not spend the regrets

[tepid sparrow]

Good point yeah!

I didn't delve into the tree as I'm on mobile, but I'd assumed they'd followed someone else's and everything would be in order

@radiant zinc do that, get Diamond Skin

[radiant zinc]

doing it asap

[fierce night]

havent been part of the convo but, dont forget about bench crafts

[gilded bone]

I really need 2 divines to buy Dialla's Malefaction , I'm on a tabula at lvl 86 , 0 divines , might get to lvl 90 bofore I get it

[rose dragon]

Sell off random scarbs from your stash

[worthy crane]

which map does non channeling mana support come from now?

[gilded bone]

the bench should tell you

[woven ridge]

Ive gotten 4 raw divines from random t6ish blights so far.

They buff salvaged towers ?

[gilded bone]

no changes , rng

[dire glacier]

hi guys, i havent played poe 1 since 2020 and im kinda confused. why does nothing happen when i click on this button

[devout veldt]

do anyone know what the RF lvl 100's in SFF have been running for their atlas?

[atomic dove]

i seriously despise mercenaries.... they are so over tuned. i have 5k hp, 75% block, 82% resistances, 60% phys dmgt reduction and get deleted still.... im just skipping the mechanic at this pointr

[verbal tapir]

Potentially betrayal

[verbal tapir]

Yeah I've only been attempting if they have something rlly good I just get obliterated otherwise

Makes me scared to find one with a divine knowing I might just lose

[atomic dove]

yea, its just not worth wasting time fighting them. i would be terrified if i played hardcore.

[verbal tapir]

I saw sushi got 2 mirrors from one

Albeit he just stood on top of him and one shot the Merc before he could attack so

Xd

[atomic dove]

im feeling like RF leaguestart was not the play in this leaguer

[gilded bone]

I've played RF like 23 times, I might try it later this league , but yeah you need single target dmg vs mercs

[gritty basin]

Have you done a yellow-tier map yet? I saw people saying they couldn't access Kirac missions until they had actually done a map in that color set

[deft gale]

I have reached act 3 but dont seem to be able to do any damage in since I entered the temple of solice seems that no mater where I go now I dont do damage

[dire glacier]

yes i only do yellows

[gritty basin]

Weird

[shell anchor]

Did you change anything recently?

[odd gate]

did you swap your weapon set by accident by pressing x?

[deft gale]

Nope and Nope

Just double checked that and no it showing that I am on the correct slot and tried the other acts too same no damage

just picked up the waypoint and then was suddently not doing any damage

[odd gate]

do you have enough mana to cast your skills? you might be default attacking?

[prime tree]

when you say you "dont do damage", literally or just low damage?

[deft gale]

zero damage and the skills are firing but no damage I went to an earlier act just to check

[runic zephyr]

i havent seen that answered anywhere, do mercs that attack have a hit chance? or do they always hit. i cant seem to see their hit chance anywhere but their gear often has accuracy

[prime tree]

did you allocate ancestral bond in the top left maybe? no idea what your tree, gear or build is.

[runic zephyr]

void manipulation classic i bet

[prime tree]

or that

[gilded bone]

post your profile

[deft gale]

I was following a guide so no idea but I will check not even sure what an ancestral bond is. I am doing a bama guardian build but running rolling magma and absolution right now

[runic zephyr]

best to just tell us what your account name is and make your profile public if needed

[prime tree]

guardian (ie. hiero start) and act 3 would be close enough for you to have pathed to it https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Ancestral_Bond, it's a keystone in the top left of the tree

[south plume]

so we get a trash trans gem while mercs get a good one? BRUH

[deft gale]

yes that is what i have done just read the info and no damage it would only be from my minons

[normal ledge]

what are some good items for mercs?

[deft gale]

Guess I the guides a bit basic but I guess I would take that when I transition to full bama but it showing as a key in the build for where I am

just need to de spec it I guess for now

[runic zephyr]

the obvious AG stuff, but if you got a merc with a good clear skill im having a lot of fun with blunderbore + empires grasp

also, kaoms binding is very good

[normal ledge]

idk what the obvious AG stuff is

[runic zephyr]

google "poe AG gear" :P

[runic zephyr]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fIs8sdvgZG7iVouPdtFkbRx5kv55_xVja8l19yubyRU/edit#gid=1983365983 this one also has merc gear though

[runic zephyr]

totems arent minions FYI so that node has nothing to do with BAMA

[deft gale]

ah I see my error didnt read the guide properly 🤦‍♂️

[normal ledge]

"reading"

https://tenor.com/gcvsp8SG7b2.gif

[deft gale]

Thanks for point out the issue guys much appriciated

[prime tree]

a common enemy of poe players to be fair

[normal ledge]

its k Iron, i dont read either

no one reads

[prime tree]

almost everyone will at some point go "wait, keystones have downsides?"

[deft gale]

I blame it on my new glasses clearly need to get a refund

[fringe arch]

Im so close

To transistion to dom blow

Just a few more levels and I can stop playing shitty sunder

God pls

[versed smelt]

Why does GGG hate armour/melee defenses?

[fringe arch]

Wdym

[versed smelt]

mercs with chance to ignore all phys damage reductions is nonsense

on screen wide slams, to boot

[fringe arch]

I mean that's not exclusive to mercs

Its a thing in expedition and ulti too

Same thing with evasion

[versed smelt]

yeah

[tall folio]

has anyone tested mark of submission? it doesnt seem to work on mercs

[versed smelt]

that's why I didn't ask "why is GGG bad at balancing mercs"

[fringe arch]

The idea is you can choose if you want to take it if you thinm ur build can tank it

If it can't then don't fight the merc or pick the mod

Yeah ggg assumes players have a sense of preservation

[runic zephyr]

not a great design if youre punished for not fighting him tbh

[fringe arch]

To be clear I don't

However,

Complaining about dying to things you could have read beforehand is kinda silly

[versed smelt]

eh, I'll accept that logic when they make mercs with "ignore evasion", "ignore spell suppression" and "chaos damage always bypasses ES"

[fringe arch]

The punishment is taking one hit to renown

There's only 3 stages

:p

[versed smelt]

but currently, they're just making some mercs that bully melee, while full dex or CI builds get by freely

[fringe arch]

Aren't there mercs with guranteed hits through evasion too

And ive seen several mercs with precision

[versed smelt]

none in the skill gems that I saw, but maybe I just didn't see them[

[fringe arch]

Possibly

[versed smelt]

sure, but precision is a flat increase to acc, so you only need to get flat increase to EV too

overwhelms 100% of phys reduction ignores infinite armour

[fringe arch]

I met a Cruel Mistress (insert barking) with a bunch of chaos skills rn in act 7 and thought "yeah, I can take her with -30 chaos res "

I got snapped

[fringe arch]

Cannot be evaded ignores 100% evasions too tho

And evasion builds are by nature inconsistent

You feel invincible

[versed smelt]

yeah, and I just said I didn't see no mercs using that

[fringe arch]

Until you die

[fringe arch]

Feel like I've seen a few with it but precision alone is good enough with how much damage mercs do

Evasion builds inherently stack less health

Bonk > death

Armor is the worst global defense

[versed smelt]

true

[fringe arch]

But it's not by far anymore

Tbh

It's gotten better over time

It has more things it's bad against is the thing

Like any hit that isn't phys

And any phys hit that's moderately threatening

Unless ur stacking armor the thing it's good for is soaking small phys hits

Which it does well

But with how good endurance charges are now, and with how their dr is without any clauses while armor's is, there's not much point to picking armor over going evasion/ss or es/ss and just picking up enduring cry

Armor stackers mostly benefit from starting near some good block/life nodes nowadays

Also life leech nodes

Im playing dom blow champion mind

Im stacking armor too

[exotic forum]

I thought they said something about being able to swap mercenaries to deal with different things

[balmy moss]

give me this memory portal in mtx!!!

[zinc smelt]

Has anyone tried the settlers stuff on atlas? Any good?

[balmy moss]

I love it

[south plume]

Ugh, trying to find a fitting Merc is a pain. I'm trying to get haste with flammability or determination but it seems far harder than I thought.
Anyone even managed to get that combo?

[tropic breach]

how do you get trarthus gems? I figured I would just need to have a infamous one, but I found one in maps and still can't take their gem

[gilded bone]

no , I've only found with malevolence ,grace , now I'm using one with aspect of the spider ,it's really good

I've found a trarthus gem , in the currency stash

[tropic breach]

okay, so they have to be in their stash and not them actually using it?

[gilded bone]

y , only in the currency stash

[prime tree]

is it just me or does the dex gear on mercs never have any suppress on it?

[gilded bone]

I've see a few with suppress

my merc right now has a chest with 16% suppress ,104 hp,fire and lightning res 25-34 , his gear piece

[prime tree]

must be low sample size then. i checked the last ten dex mercs and 0 had a single piece of suppress gear

[gilded bone]

my merc is dex-int , main skill EK, seismic crush and he has aspect of the spider ,he's only lvl 70 , I need to switch him soon

[foggy flare]

After doing the new memories/bosses the first time, I procd another memory with Eagon but it dosnt show on atlas and when I talk to him todo the quest theres just no map in the ui is this just hard bugged?

[south plume]

did you ever run into a merc with haste and determination?

or haste + flammability

[gilded bone]

with both no , you can see the merc skills on poedb

https://poedb.tw/us/Mercenaries#Builds

[south plume]

also wtf i got this randomly with orb of chance lol

[south plume]

thanks!

hmph... haste + elemental weakness
or flammability + anger... very few nice combos

[cunning warren]

have ggg said anything about the constant crashes yet?

[south plume]

i wouldnt expect anything for a while

[tame current]

am i crazy or celestial brace glove doesn't exist ?
none on trade, none on poe ninja

max forti gloves, literally only way champ is gonna be great

[odd gate]

uber drop and probably being insta bought

[tame current]

poe.ninja does not have it on data

no data price, no character is using it, the glove is 25% drop from uber elder

[odd gate]

weird

[agile hemlock]

no one in builds has it either

[tame current]

im surprised no one is talking abou it, it's litrally bis for champ armor stacker

[agile hemlock]

uber exarch hm.

[tame current]

oh mb uber exarch

20 omni in the market, which means there should be 200 celestial brace

but there's 0

[agile hemlock]

yea, that is odd

[nimble orbit]

So, any of the new skill gems good? I've got a few but haven't really checked em out

[static sun]

are minion builds any good ?

[agile hemlock]

yes, BAMA, SRS, holy relic of conviction come to mind.

[tropic breach]

the new skele mages are also very good, with the conversion gloves

[gilded bone]

yeah that was one of the build I was think starting with , I might make a new character and play it later

I just got 100% chance to poison on my holy relic , next big upgrade is dialla's malefaction

everything melts 🔥

[agile hemlock]

nice

[tropic breach]

does anyone know if we have a chart of where to unveil specific things on maps?

[devout osprey]

it should be in crafting bench

undiscovered section or something

[tropic breach]

i don't ever see it popping up on undiscovered

[devout osprey]

which one you look for

[tropic breach]

% of phys dmg converted to lightning

[devout osprey]

tried to not type anything and scroll down "undiscovered"?

[tropic breach]

maybe it's "conversions"?

[red hare]

don't ever talk to me or my son again

[devout osprey]

yeah it could be it

[prime tree]

.bmp *56k modem noises*

[fading lynx]

Anyone know why celestial braces don’t seem to exist

I can’t find any documented changes regarding drop rates or removal of the item

[tropic breach]

so with the new update, unveiling items is pretty much pointless now right? Unless they have really good mods on it.

[fading lynx]

Yeah pretty much

Much easier to just only pick up decent items

[scarlet sun]

are the servers fixed? I will be starting tomorrow

[zenith valley]

nop

every 20min atleast 1 spike that makes me die

no matter which server

[south plume]

HMMMMM

[hybrid shale]

the server disconnected me with an expensive heist trinket and rolled back everything 🙃
this is the worest launch ever and ggg is not even saying anything about the issue

[hot portal]

any one else game crashing sometimes when aproaching a mercenarie?

happened twice in the submerged passage and twice in the broken bridge

[scarlet sun]

can mercs use skills from items?

[violet nymph]

Any guide of how mercenary works and how to build them?

[livid yarrow]

no

[bright arch]

im pretty sure they removed it in settlers

[tropic breach]

i mean it's on unveiled mods, so i wouldn't see why it would be removed on an actual craft

[bright arch]

they removed it as a craftable mod in settlers, so very likely to not be craftable anymore

[tropic breach]

unless this dude just completely didn't update his guide, I'd assume it's still possible

and I'm pretty sure he also used this in settlers as well?

[bright arch]

[hasty knoll]

Anyone here looking for divines?

[strong jetty]

isnt leercast just a 50% damage increase if on your merc? am i missing something

[echo pewter]

Do mercs not show up if you're over leveled (campaign)? Trying to find Mercs so I can hire one for a new character

[rotund stump]

so... did anyone else's mercenariess become one hit insta gibs when they get to maps?

[shell nimbus]

Need to get one that is of level, I ran into that issue during campaign with a lvl 20 one that was dying instantly to lvl 40s

So I picked a new one up

[rotund stump]

nah i'm talking, like the second you hit maps... the difficulty of getting or beating the merc on the map jumps like exponentially in difficulty. Like they way out level the map they are in.

[shell nimbus]

Ohh well I haven’t been to maps yet so I would not know about that

[quaint sage]

Hey guys, I understand is very hard to say but any indication already to what builds might potentially be strong boss killers? Thanks

[agile hemlock]

Frostblink mines should be decent, past that the classics like scorching ray totems, explosive trap, mamba, potentially ambidex.

[quaint sage]

Appreciate it, so would that be Trickster then for both miner options?

or traps

[agile hemlock]

Yeah. Fearlessdumbo for explosive trap, Jung for frostblink mines (may be bait).

[quaint sage]

ty bro, yeah watching his thingy now. Appreciate it mate

[thorny stump]

is there any cyclone builds that can do uber content?

[tepid sparrow]

Yeah, but it's expensive

[thorny stump]

how expensive?

[agile hemlock]

Cyclone CoC eblade inquis is probably the cheapest, but I'm not sure you should count it.

[tepid sparrow]

A mirror at least id say

[thorny stump]

oh god

[tepid sparrow]

Endurance stacker Jugg with Cyclone Shockwave Generals cry tectonic slam of cataclysm

[agile hemlock]

What's the cyclone even doing there

[tepid sparrow]

No idea but it's fun

https://poe.ninja/builds/settlers/character/SuperBUMZ-7433/PhreciaENCE_BUMZ?i=1&search=class%3DJuggernaut%26skills%3DTectonic%2BSlam%2Bof%2BCataclysm%2CGeneral%2527s%2BCry%2CCyclone%2CShockwave%26sort%3Ddps

https://youtu.be/b5U_DbQ4eTo?si=fTuUzElqtxdHxRWU

[agile hemlock]

yea that looks about right.

[rotund patio]

I see a lot of Sabos going rolling magma, is it better than pyroclasp?

[tepid sparrow]

I did a variation of it with 100 spell suppress in Phrecia

Was fun

[quaint steppe]

uhhh anyway i can remove this?

[agile hemlock]

It's a new setup using this new node

[quaint steppe]

tbf its only 1 slot but its rly annoying

[rotund patio]

Yeah I figured, just wondering how it compares

[livid yarrow]

i also have one of those

[quaint steppe]

dang so its just borked till they fix it?

[livid yarrow]

no, u can fix it

[agile hemlock]

should be better, tho it's not a leveling setup (people do run with pyroclast mines of sabotage tho).

[gaunt yacht]

Hey guys i got stuck on uber lab, don't know how to upen these door, does anyone have any suggestion?

[quaint steppe]

how?

[violet nymph]

the answer is right in front of you

[gaunt yacht]

? I can't reach that lever behind locked door

[livid yarrow]

you are sopposed to migrate char to fix it, but i just tried and it didnt work, so sorry, now i got no idea

my trade is stuck in phrecia

[violet nymph]

Yes you can squint your eyes harder

[livid yarrow]

might be possible to delete char and remove it that way

[gritty basin]

Does anyone know if there's data being collected/shared somewhere that lists out possible skills/skill sets for each merc type? I'm probably going to start making one if nobody's done it yet, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel

[livid yarrow]

alright i figured out how to do it

u need to press the league migration from char selection, migrate from the league where the order is placed, and it will be moved to standard league, then just log into any standard char and remove the order

[modest marlin]

guys why am i missing a merc

i can only have 2 no more

hiring more doesnt do anything

[livid yarrow]

you prob overleveling from them

20 levels or something and they dissapear

[modest marlin]

how do i dismiss them?

[livid yarrow]

just press them and dismiss

[modest marlin]

they dont exist

like literally

i can only have 2

3rd one isnt there

[gritty basin]

Are you looking in town or your hideout

[livid yarrow]

shouldent be possible

[modest marlin]

both

[gritty basin]

Dumb question, but are you certain you have a third one?

[modest marlin]

every time i hire one the only option is replace

when i have 2

[gritty basin]

If you're in the edit mode in your hideout, you can move 'em around - either as the character model or as a sort of flag/banner if you don't have one in that spot

[modest marlin]

ill go buy two mercs real quick to prove it

now it decides to fix itself

wow

[versed lodge]

does anyone know what happens when you give a merc an item and then you swap them for a new one? are the items gone?

[gritty basin]

Lmao the classic struggle

[livid yarrow]

u simply remove the last one and add another

[modest marlin]

ive been trying to get a 3rd merc for like a day now

itd cap at 2 and just keep replacing the 2nd one

[gritty basin]

Giving them an item will permanently delete the item they had, but you can reclaim the item you gave them before giving them a new new item

[livid yarrow]

only the first time u change gear is when u lose the one they first wore

[modest marlin]

3rd one didnt pop up

[versed lodge]

yeah that i know, but what happens to the item when i gave them one and dismiss them? do I lose the Item?

[livid yarrow]

u cant press reserve and not replace?

[gritty basin]

Yes, any items they have when you dismiss them are gone forever

[versed lodge]

okay tyvm for clarification

[pastel vault]

Did scarabs lose all value this league or is it because nobody is really using them yet? Every single one I find seems to be only worth 1 chaos.

[somber lantern]

cant play again 😦

tried every gate

cant even go through the next campaign map

[gritty basin]

Probably a combination of both. It's pretty early in the league for people to be really juicing, they probably will go/have gone down in value because it's they're easier to get via Kingsmarch than before (I think), plus they don't get used in the Kingsmarch map devices, and also it'll be easlier to farm them via Syndicate b/c the board doesn't reset. Also you can get them in Merc pockets

[livid yarrow]

i think about half of them are worth about 1c, maybe ur just unlucky

ive sold a few for 7-10c

[gritty basin]

And on top of all that, if you're not checking via Faustus then your values are probably skewed bc I don't think people are really doing a lot of small-value currency trades now that the exchange is a thing

Also BBD is right, a lot of the scarabs are just meh in terms of economic value

[pastel vault]

Yeah just curious because I've found some that I remember back when I played even 2-3 months into last league there were worth a fair bit. And now they are like 3-4 chaos.

[somber lantern]

Can't even exit town now x.x

[gritty basin]

@somber lantern if you're in EU, those servers have been janky since launch. Best suggestion is to try playing on Canada East - or I've heard Milan is stable but I haven't tested it

[somber lantern]

welll i tried ALL including NA ones, i get lost connection to server there too...

[gritty basin]

Only other idea I have is validating your install if you're on Steam. It made my game a bit smoother, but idk if it was related to the instability or just the stuttering

[warm compass]

t3 map, 76% fire res, 4k life, died to a Mercenery with Flame Dash in 0.7 seconds, through life flask regen

I love this league LMAO

what the fuck

i also have 350 life regen per sec with vitality 🤣

incredible

[gritty basin]

350 doesn't feel like a lot of regen tbh - that'd take you more than 10 seconds to regen to full... but maybe that's just the RF in me talking 😄

[north fulcrum]

What Merc support gem links are rippy

[modest marlin]

is it me or do mercs stun hella

[modest marlin]

phys overwhelm

skip everytime

[north fulcrum]

I got melted by a nasty ignite from HC kem

[gritty basin]

I'm regenerating 1250/second with a merc's vitality and no life flask up

[warm compass]

Still feels illegal that a flame dash has 6k dps through 76% res lol

[gritty basin]

That's fair lmao - maybe look at grabbing that thing that makes you immune to burning ground?

[warm compass]

imagine if that works lmao i'll try it, but watch once i get it, i'll die to other stuff 🤣 thx for the idea

[dawn iron]

how do i profit from this mercenary mechanic?

does anyone use mercenary here?

[livid yarrow]

yeah, most uses them it seems

[dreamy pike]

does a weapon with culling strike work if you give it to the merc?

[livid yarrow]

it should

skills on wep dont work, trigger on weps dont work

so unless it says trigger or skill, it should work

[odd flare]

Please welcome me to discord 🚘🚀🦾🦿

[dawn iron]

so i just check for
-hire for good auras
-take whatever gear/loot is good

[livid yarrow]

pretty much, im using a determination tanky merc right now, it works fairly good

and taunt is good as well

i would like a determination/anger aura merc, but im not sure if those excist

[olive aurora]

do kirac missions no longer work for atlas bonus completion?

[tired widget]

not if the mission is lower tier than the map naturally is

[devout osprey]

this used to still work in the past. fixed?

[olive aurora]

no more cheesing it i guess

[tired widget]

by the past do you mean this league? I'm only going off of the patch notes, haven't tested it myself

[devout osprey]

previous leagues

[tired widget]

oh yeah they changed that this league

[gritty basin]

Yes, that was unintentional/undesired by the devs, afaik. It's now working as intended, where maps only count if they're at or above their 'base' tier

[unique drum]

Hello, i have a question if anyone can help please. I love PoE, like really lot, but i feel weird about S-tier builds in this league. In 3.25 (my first league) i played LS Slayer, CI EE LS Trickster (lvl 100 - main, most loved character) and Ice Nova of Frostbolts Hierophant. But when i saw S builds for this season, i had to go with Volcanic Fissure of Sneaking Berserk. Im in Act 4 now playing Sunder leveling, but i kinda losing interest and fun :/ League before i could go and level and never lost fun etc. I would like to have some similar build to the builds i told about. But cant find anything sadly. Just saw that S-tier is also bleed gladiator, but the guy put there 3.25 build, so, any advice or some build suggestion with some nice pob so i dont lose interest, please? :/

[livid yarrow]

i have a suggestion, instead of trying to find build that are high tier, go for a build with skills u find fun, truth is 80-85% of skills can make rly good builds

[unique drum]

Yeah, but still..i was told that LS got nerfed and its like -30% dmg now even on high budget

[modest plank]

tin foil hat time : * streamer stuff are sometime bait, it's to inflate prices of certain stuff so they can get mageblood in the first 3 days *

[livid yarrow]

so try someone else, perhaps cyclone this time?

have u tried it, very unique skill

[modest plank]

cyclone had been played to death at this point, it's not unique
unless this is your first time trying it

[livid yarrow]

hes new to poe, he might not have tried it

[unique drum]

I didnt because i didnt like how it seemed when i watched people play it

[livid yarrow]

so go stream "sniping", check out what ppl play, theres so man builds to chose from

[modest plank]

let me suggest you to play Energy Blade instead, then you can pair that with literally any spell
ANY SPELL

the down side is, after playing such build, any other "normal" spell build will feels shit

[eager root]

any tips to kill the merc who 1 taps anyting

[livid yarrow]

run like a coward, kite

[modest plank]

there some broken OP merc, not sure if there is a list of them yet (map mods make them even worst, of course)

[eager root]

cant kite with rf XD

[unique drum]

You know, first time i started on standard with wave of convinction build, then a friend of my told me to come play league and showed me LS SLayer... The joy of progressing through acts etc, how better and better it got...i want it again, but i dont know honestly, cant find anything exciting to play :/ I dont like warcries, its confusing for me, also i like to be tanky but with dmg (CI EE LS Trickster ideal - high dmg, unkillable cuz ES leech and 16k ES)

[livid yarrow]

yeah sorry its not easy, we will eventually figure out whats hard and whats not

[modest plank]

as I mentioned, Energy Blade
you want damage? ✅
you want ES tankiness? ✅
downside? fking expensive

[unique drum]

that expensivnes is kinda problem tho

[modest plank]

it's cheap to start however, no doubt I can made it to T15 with just junk gears
I doing yellow map no problem at all now on just Life (ES isn't high enough yet)

[twilit igloo]

Hi guys, does anyone know if mercenaries take reflect damage mod map or no ?

[unique drum]

Do u have some pobb or something? Is it Inquisitor?

[modest plank]

inquisitor is the only way due to ascendancy, checkout captain lance guide on youtube
my setup is terrible cuz I transitioned half way during campaign from normal spellcaster, but it works still

I playing Cracking Lance (lightning) as the spell looks really cool
one thing the guide didn't mention is using [Call of Brotherhood] ring during the early stage if you not playing a cold spell
this is very very important for survivality / crowd control

[unique drum]

I dont know man, watched it fastly, but its probably not my playstyle. Still thinking playing rather on standard this league insted of there :/

But thank you

[modest plank]

but then again you can literally just use any spell, assuming you into spell casting of course
dont need to stick to the popular ones

[unique drum]

Im mostly into LS probably, but the nerf is insane (what people told me)

[livid yarrow]

ive never even tried LS, seemed boring to me

[unique drum]

I loved it

[eager root]

i tired the berserker build was fun but switched back to rf addicted to hinikora explodess

[lunar stirrup]

What's that on the bottom picture?

[devout osprey]

mines a smoothie

[lunar stirrup]

oh ... those are mines?

[devout osprey]

untriggered ones yes

[soft onyx]

guys how to spawn Eagon on maps?
i got 60% from atlas
maybe there any tech?

[quartz ember]

hello guys i have a question i need on this 4 blue 1 green socket and should i roll this like one by one chromatic or craft like 2 blue 1 green or 3 blue someone can answer me?

[devout osprey]

chromatic calculator

[drifting thicket]

Socket colour crafting calculator: http://siveran.github.io/calc.html

[devout osprey]

do you have only 5 sockets?

[quartz ember]

yea

[devout osprey]

"1,333.3" average cost in chromatics if 3B, the best option from calculator, so i thinkk one by one is much cheaper

make it 3 sockets, "at least 3 B" then 4th sockets u want to make blue

3-4-3-4-3-4 until blue

[frozen garnet]

best mercenaries for volcanic fissure?

[normal ledge]

does anyone have a strong champion build? econc seems kinda meh with it

[gloomy bay]

Found a Merc in Act 2 with Matua Tupuna, a lv 63 shield lmao

[humble glade]

Just thinking a head to my next character a little bit. What's the stat of Lightning Strike slayer right now. Up down or the same from settlers league?

Or lightning strike in general

[livid yarrow]

hes there specifically to kick ur ass lol

[humble glade]

I've been having good luck with just currency. Found 3 raw chaos through mercs and first mercs stacked deck turned into the fortunate

[strange wind]

so this is my first league and im just reaching endgame...where do i start?

[normal ledge]

@strange wind

[hidden holly]

the new minion unique seems neat

[opaque gate]

So I found the Nameless Seer on Iceberg, Div Card are the following:
The Side Quest 5 20x Scouting Report Useful AF
Mitts 5 Gloves Situational
The Long Watch 3 The Vigil Situational
A Chilling Wind 4 L21 Vaal Cold Snap 20% Qual (corrupted) Situational

This worth scying?

[gritty basin]

Depends on what you want, I guess

[opaque gate]

I guess not, the Scouting reports are meh for me, ok Ill just use it for the challenge

[gritty basin]

Personally, I probably wouldn't - I don't imagine that vaal gem sells often enough to be worth it, so it's basically just a gcp in my eyes. Gloves would be the most economic value, but if you look at poe.ninja by the time you're out of the top 10 in value (ignoring source) you're already down to 40c and it's just going down from there

Scouting reports aren't bad by any means, I just don't think they're good enough to take value over other stuff. That said, if you find Nameless Seer again you can scry something new. So it's not like you only get one shot for the league

[dawn spade]

there is any tierlist of mercenaries already?

[livid yarrow]

not rly

[kindred shoal]

Is there even a point to hiring miner or smither? The town comes complete and the metal bars are basically worthless right?

Just send some big shipment to Kalguur every now and then

[gritty basin]

Metal bars count for 5x the value, which directly impacts how much return you get on your shipments

*compared to their ore version

[kindred shoal]

Yeah but also, nobody cared about filling the orders yeah? Was deemed to be pretty useless

[gritty basin]

That I couldn't speak to. I'm still working through white maps, haven't really looked at Kingsmarch a lot this league

[proper pendant]

man.. iot's so expensive to swap from SRS to Holy relic...

[tired bloom]

does anyone happen to know if gem level mods affect mercs?

[serene nymph]

am i really a lab slave until i get the transfigured gem i need?

[ebon solar]

this mercs aura is crazy

[spiral orchid]

woop woop first divine merc of the league, in a t5 map too

[civic gazelle]

does anyone know when the next skill effects sale is

[mint vigil]

so if I understand this correctly, if I already have a buff from Wine of the Prophet flask and I trigger the flask again then it will remove the previous buff and apply a new buff(aka they don't stack) right?

[vast olive]

how do i get this gem??

[livid yarrow]

later, in maps

or just buy it

[vast olive]

won't let me take it in the campain????

[livid yarrow]

just buy it for 1 c

[vast olive]

it only allows you to chose them in maps?

[livid yarrow]

yes, when you start mapping, they show up in the mercenary rucksack, same place u steal currency

[mint vigil]

its not stealing, its legitimate salvage

[fleet notch]

If you have a merc hired, can you find the same merc in the wild to fight/hire?

[livid yarrow]

yes

[civic gazelle]

they appear during campaign too

[modest plank]

for future reference - a gem you can pick up will appear at the currency slot, not the one at their skill list

[livid yarrow]

rly? had no idea

in that case im wrong

[modest plank]

it just very rare, halfway into mapping I only ever seen ONE

[gilded bone]

lvl 90 no and no divine drops

[bright arch]

they appear in lvl 65+zones, wich is like the very end of act 10

[rose dragon]

Well hopefuly you droped some div-worth stuff, otherwise reconsider your farming strat

[scarlet sun]

I didnt start league yet but I sit on reddit. i just saw the memory abilities, do you really have to go hug enemy and Press 3 abilities before killing them? so no more offscreening?

[rose dragon]

With enough dps you will offscreen them, getting to point of enough dps is same suffering as now ofc

[languid prism]

is it correct that frostblink and blink arrow are separate skills even though they can be linked together?

[gilded bone]

only to use the memory abilities ,you can offscreen them with your normal skills

[bright arch]

every skill can be "linked together" but those are still completely different skills that wont impact echother

[languid prism]

yeah also i think you can blink arrow and then frostblink to teleport further than normal

[modest plank]

why you want to make the build harder to play with additional buttons though

[swift zenith]

this is actually really nice, I had a hard time summarizing everything to my friend the other day

[past spire]

Yo should i join the train of doryani merc mechanic or you think it will get fixed eventually?

[languid prism]

so need to clarify, if my accuracy rating is 706 and my life is 280 that means the node precise technique is working?

[rose dragon]

Yes, but to be double sure you can import your character into PoB and see a big red warning if your accuracy is too small for PT

[vale loom]

what is an infamous merc? are they better somehow?

[languid prism]

they're stronger than normal i think but have very good rewards but i think they're based on your renown

[vale loom]

can you level mercs up? I found one in act 2

[languid prism]

nope they stay the level of the area

you can only replace their items

[balmy moss]

anyone know a decent boat guide?

[gilded bone]

no, you need to switch them from time to time , you can gear them really well , so lower lvl ones can be used on alts

[rose dragon]

I don't think anyone tested boats exhaustively enough yet

[remote tundra]

i think send boats is the play

[languid prism]

does blood rage give onslaught?

[dapper pendant]

doryani proto armour on Merc has a bug or is it intended? any info from GGG? should we all buy this armour?;)

[modest plank]

i dont see what's wrong with it technically?

[dapper pendant]

Merc is unkillable with this armour

and gives like x20 your dps

if it's ok then we all need a doryani proto on Merc 😉

[rigid girder]

What's the best way to craft the vfos jewel?

[dapper pendant]

ssf or trade?

[somber berry]

How do i get the trarthus gems? Is it just a random chance if they have one or?

[gilded bone]

random chance , it will appear in their currency bag

[rigid girder]

Trade

I was thinking reforge attack or serrated fossils

[thick halo]

Is mercenaries league the best for the whole season? Or should I just play standard league? Looking to trade

[gilded bone]

mercenary league if you play standard you won't get the mercenaries

standard has almost no players

[thick halo]

Much appreciated

[balmy moss]

🙂

80c worth of mercenary gear for 15k gold from perandus

[tough harness]

... question

is it possible to have both types of RF running, assuming you can sustain both?

do they exclude each other?

[past spire]

Looks like it avoided the patch fix so enjoy while your can and do all uber bosses

[wary kite]

so how am i supposed to tell if a merc is going to 1 shot me or not, seems like its a 50/50 whether or not they 1 tap or do 0 damage to me

[balmy moss]

Rog, you beautiful bastard

[scarlet sun]

if I hire a merc do I get all of his items? and if I hire a merc do I get his currency?

[gilded bone]

no , if you hire you can take his items out , you can give him items

you either hire or take one

[modest plank]

typo up there; [ CAN'T take his items out ], can only replace

[heady gazelle]

Am I gonna regret trying snaking build due to how popular it is 👀 haven’t played in years so I’m unaware how much streamed builds influence the market 😂 my other option was trying to chaos zoomancer build for some chill gaming

[languid prism]

i usually play solo in PoE mainly because public parties are usually quite strict

[agile hemlock]

should be good, slammers are pretty cheap usually.

and the gem is easy to self-farm.

red trans gems and allat.

[modest plank]

check through POE.ninja for related build, and study their item & check the costs
if it's not terribly expensive, do decent damage, then it's okay
gem just 25c ish, the 6L kaom axe is just under 3div so that's pretty cheap

[heady gazelle]

Happy days

[solid oak]

I had no business beating this pinnacle boss lmao my merc tanked it like a G

She's a chaos dot curser too so was very surprised lol she must have infinite hp 😂

[violet nymph]

also if you want to save some currency you can try your luck to make the gem yourself after a labyrinth run

[fallow mica]

https://www.twitch.tv/mistercop/clip/FriendlyHeartlessJellyfishMoreCowbell--FyP4gLiy1HFj8q4

[violet nymph]

pretty nice that the gem isnt 1.5+ div starting price

[solid oak]

Im connected with my Bluetooth speaker and that scared to outta me 😂😂

Ye i started cold dot, got to lvl 80 and rerolled to Snaking, having an infinitely better time

My merc looked like he was having way more fun than I was so I just said fk it lol

[languid prism]

so if im looking for stuff on the trade website what should i put as the min and max for the level of an item?

[solid oak]

Depends if you wanna craft or just be able to wear something?

[languid prism]

https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/ice-shot-of-penetration-miner-deadeye-league-starter
im doing this build but the pob doesn't show the progression of the leveling so im using the maxroll leveling but i'm not following the gems since it has a gem that seems a bit dumb to use if you already have a blink skill

[solid oak]

Level of items dont really matter then ig

[languid prism]

but i will be looking for items that have the correct amount of links and the colour of the sockets

[solid oak]

Yeah

[languid prism]

although i do need to look for bows since if im correct every 10 levels the vendors will start selling the next upgrade of the bow

[solid oak]

Ye vendors refresh every time you level up

[languid prism]

i think composite bow is the 13-23 bow

[solid oak]

Ye i would just look at the stats of the bow for now

Say if you need "phys damage and attack speed" you just look for one with those for example

Item level doesnt matter, the required level does so you can actually equip it

[languid prism]

level under requirements i think is the character level

[solid oak]

Yah

Make sure have enough dex too lol

[languid prism]

i'd say i have enough

[solid oak]

Yeh lol for sure

[languid prism]

this is just an alt character of mine

[solid oak]

Ah okay

[languid prism]

my main character is still in act 1 but i play that one with a friend im doing the EA ballista build but 2 witches but one is for solo play

[solid oak]

Oh noice (:

So ye just make sure you put the max required level to your level and you should be good

[languid prism]

which i think is 33 since i think the next level of the bow is 23-33

[spark folio]

bro can doryanis stop climbing

[languid prism]

im basing it off the axe

[rose dragon]

doryani's bugged supposedly, making merc immortal

gonna climb until they fix that

[solid oak]

Ye if you're level 33 just set the max required level to 33 and you'll be good

[languid prism]

im 25 atm

[solid oak]

25 then lol

[languid prism]

also im suprised people are selling 4 socket items for an alchemy orb even if its just a common

[solid oak]

Yeah its easy to 4 link stuff

So try not to overpay for stuff just coz theyre 4 link

[spark folio]

what tech makes them immortal, i think thats just striker mercs that are immortal

[languid prism]

thats if the jewellers orb will get 4 links since it can take links away too

[spark folio]

dory just huge dmg boost

[solid oak]

Ye true ig you dont have much at that lvl

[rose dragon]

If you are around lvl 25 it's not weird that you didn't encounter many 4links yet

[solid oak]

Oo never knew that lol thx

[languid prism]

i just reached level 25 as well XD

[rose dragon]

Since 4socks only appear on items with item level 25+ - so items droped from normal mobs in area level 25, magic mobs in area level 24, rare mobs in area level 23 iirc

[languid prism]

but the monster level i think in act 2 is 23 at max

[rose dragon]

Yeah, so go get your items in act 3 🙂

[languid prism]

but i kinda need a 4 link bow since i need faster attacks support on it

[solid oak]

You dont need to link them on your bow btw

Can put the skills helmet, boots, body as well

On*

[languid prism]

i know but i need a 4 link bow anyway for a bow mastery which gives +100 accuracy rating per green link on my bow

[solid oak]

Ahh okay

[languid prism]

which is why im looking at the trade website for one

[solid oak]

Yeah

[languid prism]

although its still early days so i think 1 alchemy orb is alright but will probably drop to alteration at some point

[solid oak]

Yeh, orb of binding are good too, they make normal items into rare 4 link

[languid prism]

which i haven't gotten yet since i think they drop from act 3 onwards

[solid oak]

Ahh okay

Sorry I just assume you dont know much lol my bad 😅

[languid prism]

i have a lot of playtime but i just never used the trading website since was afraid of being scammed

[solid oak]

Ohh fair

Yeh ive defo scammed myself by over paying so many times 😂

[heady gazelle]

So to craft the snaking gem I just need to bring red gems with me after lab and try to convert it at the end?

[languid prism]

plus whenever i started trading it would usually be near the end of the league

[rose dragon]

ye, for best results use merc lab - since it has an option of giving you transfigure directly that gem. so also have volcanic fissures in inventory

[scarlet sun]

i was searching for a build to play, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khR0v6JMMJo&t=44s why does he have 9k rage in config

[languid prism]

that reminds me after lab, i'll need to bring ice shot

to get the one i need for the build im running

[rose dragon]

iirc people put in crazy amounts of rage to force pob to actually consider maximum rage

[heady gazelle]

Cool thanks!

[grim basalt]

PSA don't run swift brand on penance brand unless you have enough cast speed for max activation.

[languid prism]

wait actually if im searching for an item on the trade website should i set the min level 4 levels below my current level or should i do 5?

[modest plank]

why below? got higher, you will level up fast anyway
and higher iLVL can roll better mods...

[languid prism]

not item level, character level

[rose dragon]

dont filter by item level, filter by level requirement and set max to your level

Though i wouldn't bother trading in campaign for sure

[languid prism]

this is character level is it not? also just looking for a 4 link since i need one

[rose dragon]

Ye

[modest plank]

exactly as i means, dont restrict item to your level only, since you will level fast...

[honest quail]

how to get the trathus gems to drop?

[scarlet sun]

yeah 5k ehp is good enough for t17 thanks ai

[rose dragon]

Lel 5k ehp t17 sound fun

Like t7 maps with 5k ehp sound a tad frisky

[waxen radish]

is crafting bench bugged? It does not take my resources into account sometimes.

[modest plank]

just UI display problem, can be used with no issue

[waxen radish]

it happened 3x today - relog helps - but i dont think its conicidence

[sonic field]

it is bugged but you can ignore it, if you have currency it will work anyway

[waxen radish]

ah okay i did not try to click anyway:))

[scarlet sun]

are strongboxes still good?

[rose dragon]

Boxes got nerfed a lil bit, but should still be good

[plucky jewel]

is there an explodey build this league? whats the best way to do explosions?

[rose dragon]

Basically ambush scarbs give now 3 boxes instead of 5

so less boxes per map

[rose dragon]

Chieftain and gladiator ascendancies give explodes, for other builds either synth mod on weapon or oriath flask

[scarlet sun]

could you explain to me what are allflames and how to use them? settlers was my first league

[plucky jewel]

gladiator is guaranteed explosions as long as they are bleeding right?

[plucky jewel]

nothing else is guaranteed explosions? what about herald of ice pops?

oh i guess occultist has 50% chance to explode

[rose dragon]

Synth mods are guaranteed

And with enough packsize oriath's end is pretty much always going off

[plucky jewel]

do explosions work with totems?

[queen cedar]

ehh not really. most explosions are "ennemies you kill", so you need to be getting kill credit (you usually don't, with totems, unless you're a dot build), and explosion damage is stopped by ancestral bond

[wispy lion]

Did it 1 tap u

[languid prism]

might keep these

and another one

[dusk drift]

anyone know how to look up the glove mod "minions convert fire to chaos" or whatever? The merc gloves? I don't see it on trade

[rose dragon]

https://pathofexile.com/trade/search/Mercenaries/Q8KLOr3uw

[hot quail]

Occultist, glad, or mercernary with gravebind gloves and Conqueror influenced explody chest

[solid oak]

Yeh i had that too lol, he looked like he was having way more fun than me so I rerolled 😅

[frigid storm]

is there any place to see level/numbers or anything for merc skills? would be nice to know a. aura effects (there's a difference between grace 1 and 20) and b. if giving them a certain weapon improves their damage

[floral drum]

please please please dont roll back

[thorny pine]

if i lose my opolent ritual divine im not going to do anything but i will be very annoyed

[floral drum]

please please please please

[thorny pine]

it rolled back

im malding and balding

[fierce night]

ive been sent to main menu more than i have done maps this league

its horrible

[languid prism]

does kingsmarch unlock at maps?

[fierce night]

yes in karui shores

after a10

you talk to johan on the beach

[flint ivy]

#i need help kill mer lv 83 with work 20-30 chaos please pmmmm

#i need help kill mer lv 83 with work 20-30 chaos please pmmmm

[languid prism]

lmao first infamous merc and i get deerstalker

[gilded bone]

uber lab is so bad today

[flint ivy]

#i need help kill mer lv 83 with work 20-30 chaos please pmmmm

[random juniper]

can anyone here help me with a juiced map? its a t16 but my char is new and i cant clear it

[modest plank]

oh dear, SG is on fire again, rollback and rollback 🤣

[tame current]

anyone crashed 4-5 times in a row ?

lmao SG here too

[cinder leaf]

yerr

ate 5 of my maps that I need for completion too

I can muster through a simple dc but it crashes the whole instance so my maps go poof

[modest plank]

time to sleep

[cinder leaf]

but I just woke up

[fluid musk]

As I’m completing my atlas should I be using my mercenary?

He does increase the scaling of my maps

[eager charm]

No real reason not to

[slender spade]

Is it only me, or today servers are DCed constantly again like it was 2 days ago?
Yesterday it was pretty good actually, but all good once ends

[tropic breach]

i can't believe they have not even communicated about the server issues. this is crazy.

[heady gazelle]

Is there a decent resource somewhere explaining the merc system? I assume the equip they get is random on each merc..any specific skill combos that are worth going for? Using 1 atm that has frost nova lol

[spiral orchid]

Check pins in general, it was mentioned already

[tropic breach]

depends on your build and what you want to help support you. haste is good for minions, wrath is good for lightning, etc. Some mercs do some heavy dmg as well

[heady gazelle]

Playing vfos

[gilded bone]

depends what buffs your build , or if you want the merc to do dmg , https://maxroll.gg/poe/resources/mercenaries-of-trarthus-guide , there are a lot of unique items that work

[tropic breach]

I see, i figured they'd put it on poe 1 updates like every other update. But also, it's not just EU. It's literally almost every server because EU is comign over to DC and texas servers, crashing them as well.

[gilded bone]

there's this too https://poedb.tw/us/Mercenaries#Builds

items like leer cast buff you , 50% inc dmg ,aspect of the spider is always good, for dot malevolence aura...

[heady gazelle]

Oh sick, thanks peeps

[plucky jewel]

what'

whats the fastest way to farm big gold?

[pastel mauve]

playing the game

[plucky jewel]

lol

[prime tree]

allflames probably https://old.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1lc83ia/new_tier_16_strategy_that_can_make_you_up_to_200k/

[glass cipher]

Question yall, how do I set up my Awakened POE1 ? whenever I wanna PC smth, I need to manually select all the checkboxes, isnt there a way to automatically have all of em checked? Like in POE2 Exile Exchange

[lunar stirrup]

Is this from mystery box?

[grim basalt]

Check what check boxes?

[glass cipher]

These white boxes

in POE2 it works that automatically all are checked

but i have no idea how to do it in awakened

[grim basalt]

Oh that's default in Poe 1 awakened

[drifting crown]

It checks relevant stats automatically

[grim basalt]

You price check according to mods

Selecting all of them especially this early in league is kinda bait

[glass cipher]

i know

but how do i have it automatically

@grim basalt

[gilded bone]

"The app does not magically check the price of your item. You tick the checkboxes and relevant filters for the item yourself. Choose stats that synergize well, this knowledge only comes from playing different build archetypes." from https://snosme.github.io/awakened-poe-trade/quick-start

[heady gazelle]

Oh, you can give mercs gear.. interesting..

[languid prism]

dc'd in first lab, great game GGG

[gritty basin]

So the +3 charges gained on hit mod for flasks isn't showing up on the crafting bench... I thought they had said all the veiled modifiers got moved to being found in maps, but maybe I'm misunderstanding something? Does anyone know where we get that mod now?

Edit: I'm dumb. +3 charges isn't a crafted mod. Man I need to sleep more...

[bright arch]

damn kineticist with KB of clustering is so fucking huge

[modest plank]

has the server stop catching fire? maybe get a couple more maps before go to sleep...

[bold trout]

i just lost an offering to the goddess and a 6link to server crash so no :D

[modest plank]

rip

[covert coyote]

Why do these shit devs not hotfix nerf mercenaries, hc is literally without a league mechanic

[low gyro]

okay realtalk, how should you be able to get lvl83+ mercs with the dmg scaling of this game since they are basicly Bosses with player skills.....

ich have 100k ehp and a 6 link burning arrow one shots me easily

[covert coyote]

The scaling starts getting absurd in yellow maps

It shows utmost incompetentence

Which is fine, but when we lose so many hours of progress in HC to this, it is just unacceptable

They should create a well balanced experience, dealing with overtuned bs after this long of a break is just appalling

[low gyro]

metamorph league was worse be far but still its insane scaling

[golden urchin]

if you play HC once, you know not to touch league mechanic post campaign ever until you see how rippy it is from others

its happened basically 90% of leagues

it will probably get fixed and I'm not saying you're wrong in feeling the way you're feeling (i would also like a merc to be with me on my maps xd) but it is what it is

[covert coyote]

We also had barely any gem balance changes

First league in 10 months

[proper pendant]

what builds seem to be op at the moment for the witxh ?

[gilded bone]

elementalist and necromancer at top 5 most played , you could check some what ppl are playing here https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries

I'm playing holy relic of conviction ,poison srs is great too

[rotund patio]

If I am playing a miner and detonate as fast as I put out mines, would toggling off automation+detonate briefly increase my damage by elonginating the detonation chain (more proj from pyroclasp mine) and briefly getting more mines out for the aura?

[olive aurora]

any confirmation on which map drops apothecary div card this league?

[rotund patio]

as long as I dont reach my max active mine cap

[gilded bone]

if you hold alt on a map on the atlas you see all the div cards that it drops

[golden urchin]

you can just hold alt on the atlas

but its defiled cathedral

as always

[tepid sparrow]

At this point I think streamers do it for the publicity

Getting blasted by Mercs on their HCSSF(btw) characters

[golden urchin]

the racers who were trying to win definitely stayed away from it 😛 (ben, imexile, allex, etc)

[wise lantern]

Am I pricing my item strange or something? I keep getting whispered but not super fast, just every few maps. I invite them and then they never accept it

[prime tree]

Is anything on this board preventing the transportation members from showing up with reinforcements?
Whenever fort pops up i get 2-4 fort members showing up including the leader, but - and i've counted at this point - after 15 transport encounters not a single one had ANY reinforcements. That is with the atlas nodes and the reinforce scarab.

it's either grav or leo solo and that's it.

[tepid sparrow]

Could be strange bot behaviour, flagged up to search specific stuff but once the person on the other end checks theyre not interested

[tepid sparrow]

Would like to know as I've had that issue when trying to get Grav promoted as well

[prime tree]

case in point

[tepid sparrow]

I wonder if there's more of a chance for friends to show up if the transport has travelled a little?

[south plume]

what was the link for all merc skill combos?

[wise acorn]

does automation work with offerings and desecrate?

[prime tree]

neither are instant, so no

[golden urchin]

see the wiki page for automation, it tells you what it can support

[warm compass]

4k life, res capped, just got one shotted by Tempest Shield from a mercenary while using ball lightning

[tepid sparrow]

Shoulda dodge rolled

[warm compass]

I thought tempest shield only reflected attacks? Anyway not even the point, why is it doing 4k damage in a T6 map

[prime tree]

getting incredibly lucky seems to have "fixed" it, by just getting the correct bargain option when he just showed up on his own again...

[warm compass]

Tf is this shit mannn

[golden urchin]

you're likely not shock immune and got a high shock effect on you before it hit in some way

[warm compass]

i have purity of elements

it was a one shot

[golden urchin]

i mean mercs definitely are overtuned for sure

ah

[warm compass]

overtuned is understatement ahah

crazy

[golden urchin]

well it's just them being overtuned af

[warm compass]

harder than wisps

[golden urchin]

hopefully it gets fixed soon

i think they just ignore resists or something tbh

[warm compass]

hopefully, right now i can't do any merc past t5 they just CLAP me

its wild i feel like i've never played this game before

[thorny pine]

i really hope it does, im playing flicker so i can not off screen them, if ggg doesnt nerf their one shots i will not be able to interact with any mercs for weeks until i have enough dps to one shot them

[warm compass]

this is basically the only way

[thorny pine]

really cool mechanic, shit implementation, a ggg classic

[warm compass]

yeah, i love the idea, but its super punishing, i feel like i need 9 endurance charges

[tepid sparrow]

I've got 9, still get slapped

[thorny pine]

i have fort, 4 end, 78% res, 3.8k life, and like 35k armour and white map mercs one shot me

[warm compass]

thanks for saving me time

[thorny pine]

the one other thing that has killed me was the new originator maps

[tepid sparrow]

Oh yeah man those maps, so giga

[warm compass]

i havent tried originator, but now im gonna save them until they fix some shit

[tepid sparrow]

I barely survived my first one at T4 or t5

Infaxt I don't think I did survive

[thorny pine]

they are so ass

good loot tho

[tepid sparrow]

I think I popped the flowers and turned everything rare and died

A lot

[thorny pine]

i got the mod that spawns the sirus degen thing and died because flicker is bad at ground effects

[golden urchin]

I've got like 30+ of these maps stocked up rn scared to touch em 💀

[warm compass]

have you guys seen a div in the currency inv that mercenary have?

if not, i wont interact with them until a patch comes in, doesnt feel like im missing out on much, maybe a few chaos per merc

[gilded bone]

a lot of ppl found div from the merc but I didn't , rng

[nova onyx]

im really not enjoying this league, not only its been crashing like crazy but i cant find a single build i enjoy playing

ofc ggg nerf every fun skill to ground and meta is absolutely horrible cant find a single fun to play build

[golden urchin]

bro someone got 2 mirrors off one

someone else got 2 hinekoras

[warm compass]

is that real

[golden urchin]

divs are the least of your worries 😛

[warm compass]

in T16 or 17 ?

[golden urchin]

yes its real

someone lost 3 mirrors or something due to instance crash

[golden urchin]

no idea, its on reddit but don't think the pic included details of the zone

[warm compass]

damn i guess i have to check them and cope

if i die

oh well

what a FOMO league this is

[nova onyx]

can someone recommend me a fun build thats zooming but isnt 2k max phys hit? not a single fun build this league already rerolled twice

and i dont want to play 3rd league of LA deadeye

[warm compass]

im playing self cast arc or ball lightning

[gilded bone]

I'm playing holy relic of conviction for the first time , a lot of fun , poison srs is another great build, check poe ninja to see what ppl are playing too

[golden urchin]

you can do flicker strike i guess, i mean pretty much most popular builds are zoomy af, but you have to actually build defenses

[warm compass]

im having fun when im not doing mercs

[hidden talon]

I'm doing shield crush.

My build is bad but I just finished the campaign with a lot more phys max hit than that.

[warm compass]

my phys hit is 4k with shit gear and almost no armour, if you go more strength on gear you can go full armour and ES and rank that up

[nova onyx]

i loved to play blade vortex or winter orb before ggg "adjusted" it to being a 1tap glasscannon and played alot of LA/TS

[tepid sparrow]

Juggernaut; Cyclone sHoCkWaVe general's cry Tectonic Slam of Cataclysm

[ionic wagon]

the pic of 2 mirrors was apparently act4

[warm compass]

no fucking way

[golden urchin]

i reckon just pick a build thats left / bottom left / bottom side of the tree, or play trickster with CI and tons of ES

[nova onyx]

about flicker strike would you recommend slayer or berserker for t17s?

[golden urchin]

if you play witch / ranger you're bound to be squishy with low max hit on phys without tons of gear investment

[golden urchin]

both are really good, idk how well defy pain works so far but if you build slayer with mainly armour and lots of defensive layers (fortify, flesh and stone sand stance, arctic armour, determ, armour gear in general, iron reflexes if hybrid, etc) you'll be fine

but with new berserker ascendancy, u free up a ring slot and do more single target damage

with slayer u need a unique ring to get the same effect

magefist is currently doing zerker flicker

it looked good on his vid, u can check it out

[nova onyx]

so zerker has more defense layers while slayer more dps?

i guess other way around since slayer stacks endurances

[golden urchin]

zerker can also stack endurance, both are basically same location on the tree (basically)

its honestly personal preference, both can do all content

but you actually have to build with good defences in mind (or follow a good guide)

most people in softcore who play flicker strike just go unga bunga damage and want to one shot everything, they dont care about the few deaths here and there

[tulip sonnet]

is this shit for

tier 8-10s

i keep getting oneshotted by groups of ranged monster and not sure what to improve

defence wise

[mint vigil]

chaos resist

[spiral orchid]

Life is a little low
Also are you sure you’re not getting hit by elemental weakness or exposure somewhere ? That’d screw you up hard rn

[grim rover]

when do the trarthus gems start dropping >.>

[gilded bone]

mercs have them , look in their currency tab

i don't think there's a req for them to have it , someone found 2 mirrors in act 4

[grim rover]

oh damn, they gotta be in the currency tab, gotcha.

thx

[tulip sonnet]

I mean , i cant be getting hit with that like 10 maps in a row

[surreal apex]

pump those armour and life

[rapid urchin]

oh wow

[hoary lodge]

anyone got a atlas tree for map progressing rapidly.

[rapid urchin]

grab every map node

and shrines

[thorny frost]

contemplating what body armour is gonna be my endgame on flicker berserker, thoughts?

[agile hemlock]

Replica farruls is a common move afaik

[smoky ember]

Easier to sustain charges this league, so maybe not anymore

Ceaseless is likely enough on its own, but it's being price-fixed to hell atm.

[thorny frost]

so would it be bronn's lithe or a rare body armor, cause i lose so much dps when unequipping bronn's

[smoky ember]

It's probably too early to say. There's a lot of new uniques this league, so there might be more broken interactions out there.

[fluid onyx]

anyone that has a basic guide for basic gear for basic mearcenaries 101?

[wooden cosmos]

quck question; if monsters around me have -200 lightning res, i shouldnt use ''treat monsters elemental resistances as inverted'' right? that would totally screw me over no?

[agile hemlock]

yup.

[gritty basin]

Craft, or sell as-is... decisions, decisions...

[vale loom]

how rare are infamous mercs?

[rapid urchin]

nice T3

[weary drift]

Uhm i just went into a safehouse and there is no one here it says the safehouse has been abandoned and i cant get to the loot is this a new thing?

[rapid urchin]

map drop

[proper pendant]

can someone link me a good holy relic guide? ( lvl-ing included ) ?

[gilded bone]

malevolence merc is the way to go for poison holy relic , I'm still on a Tabula in T14 and everything dies 😄 , this build is so nice

[gilded bone]

https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/holy-relic-necromancer-build-guide I'm using this

[proper pendant]

i am in act 10 still on srs but i can't kill anythi

i basically rely on the mercenary to do all the dmg

[gilded bone]

srs gems ?

the https://pobb.in/tJjQ5k8gRVIS has the srs leveling

[proper pendant]

i have unleash melee splash multistrike and minion dmg

[gilded bone]

go for srs , melee splash , chance to poison , unleash

[gritty basin]

I believe that happens when - somehow - the safehouse becomes invalid when you try to go there. It's not a new problem, but I haven't figured out a way to replicate it yet

[proper pendant]

i will try and see if i can get a green socket

[gilded bone]

with unleash you summon 20 srs in sec

multistrike is more for single target

I wanted to check holy relic and if I didn't like it switch to poison srs , my 2023 Maven kill build , but holy relic when you have 100% chance to poison and a malevolence merc is so good , even before that I was on a 4 link in yellow maps

and I was doing well

[proper pendant]

it the first time playing minions in like 4 years for me , i have no clue what I am doing

[sharp girder]

anyone suggest a good fun build? kinda still beginner, done ED and cyclone past seasons

[proper pendant]

FloRyu , one more question , in that Balormage guide , he has 4 auras while lvling ,,, anger / clarity / purity of elements and skitterbots ... but I have mana for only 3 ... with one do you drop?

[gilded bone]

check , depends what's fun for you , I'm playing holy relic for the first time , super fun, I've played RF like 23 times , poison srs,skele mages all fun

[sharp girder]

Never done bow builds, so would like something like that but no totems and stuff

[gilded bone]

check the cruel lab till swap to holy relic , use skitterbots, hast and if you need res purity of elements , clarity for mana problems

[proper pendant]

O , I don;t have haste , i will buy it now..

[gilded bone]

check https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vPoXHbQ-4I7_7JEAHXfU76A8E-wy_hRsWiIrFhb_Av0/htmlview?usp=sharing

[sharp girder]

think ill go with lightning arrow deadeye maybe

[gilded bone]

I've been having such bad rng , lvl 92 still on a Tabula but everything melts

[gilded bone]

did you get the holy relic of conviction gem ? if not best way would be 3rd lab/merc and you get it 100% if you find "Transform a non-Transfigured Skill Gem to be a random Transfigured version" and you need lancing steel of spraying too

[rapid urchin]

if only it was phys or something...

worthless for me...

[proper pendant]

I am trying to play this SRS until i finish the acts then I will start the lab runs ,. I am lv 62 at the moment

[vernal quail]

anyone got a link to that google doc of the league challenges for mtx?

[wispy vale]

I haven't found one yet.

[vernal quail]

https://tenor.com/view/charles-gasp-b99-charles-boyle-gif-4812994022855361615

[kindred pumice]

is there a hotkey to place your maps into the new map storage on the map device? Or are we just having to drag and drop?

[gilded bone]

ctrl+shift

and from there ctrl to get into the map device

[kindred pumice]

ahhh, lovely. Thank you!

[gilded bone]

same for merc

[elfin kernel]

there's something kinda surreal about buying a 6link body for my rf build. then getting something better. then someone else with the same build shows up to buy my old one

[neat summit]

lol

merc still scurry

well idk about right this second but last night oof

[rapid urchin]

fucking mercs are one tapping me lmao

nothing else does

[gilded bone]

😄 T16 with a Tabula 👍 , I'm doing well

[tawdry knoll]

Best solution to getting one tapped is to not get hit

Or to one tap them before they one tap you works 100% of the time it works

[coarse rock]

got pconc PF and animate guardian necro for blight to maps and didnt like either, need to find a new plan

[tawdry knoll]

Play my build

The one tap entire screen flameblast of celerity build

[gilded bone]

holy relic of conviction , super strong , I'm in T16 with no good items and everything melts , the malevolence merc helps a lot too when you have 100% poison chance

there's this doc with builds too https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vPoXHbQ-4I7_7JEAHXfU76A8E-wy_hRsWiIrFhb_Av0/htmlview?usp=sharing

[lament sinew]

What is the hotline to call when you can't stand your merc roasting you everytime you die in t16 maps?

[bitter pasture]

hmmmmm what to choose, what to choose?

[tawdry knoll]

Chance orb

[coarse rock]

hows EC to smite slayer working out?

[thin ginkgo]

Which uber drops the new strength ring? or is it a global drop

[grim basalt]

Uber items are still really expensive right?

[lean lance]

any tricks how to avoid spending link skills on mercenaries in party instead on players when playing as aurabot? they always walk over real players and links always target them... so stupid

[fluid onyx]

where do people farm vivid vultures these days with the memories gone?

[zinc oxide]

I been seen that mercs have really cool skills that we don't have, like tunnelslam, slicing wind, Heavy strike of vulnerability...it would be cool if they were added into the game 😎

[fluid musk]

Probably will be next league

Or if I’m not mistaken the new bosses can drop em no?

[zinc oxide]

What? I'm talking about skill like tunnelslam, that doesn't have an associated gem

[fluid musk]

Idk I’m just brainstorming what I’ve seen/heard

[fluid musk]

Oh I see

[zinc oxide]

The problem I see is that is easier for them to make a skill when they don't have to think about all the crazy things a player can make with them

[fluid musk]

Yeah I feel you

Should just nerf it as they see fit after we make some crazy shit

😂

[zinc oxide]

They don't have to ask "mmm...what if someone use this with doryani prototype and then they use this keystone and then..."

[mellow hatch]

On my ps5 the mercenary recall spell is gone after I mistakenly over-wrote it with another spell. Now I can not recall my mercebnary reliably from combat. Anyone else having this problem ?

[zinc oxide]

What??? I didnt know you can change Merc gems

[mellow hatch]

No this is the mercenary recall spell; this not associated with any gems on merc

[gilded bone]

can't you move skills around ? it should be there

[mellow hatch]

Looks like this:

[gilded bone]

yeah on pc you can move it in any slot

[mellow hatch]

Nope not on my ps5 skills tab

[zinc oxide]

Ah, the recall action...it should be there, where are the other skills are

[mellow hatch]

I raised issue here: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3791448/page/1#p26211124 can not find it on ps5 strange

[grim basalt]

bruh kingmakers are mad expensive

[sick glacier]

holy gems

[wispy jasper]

Anyone got an idea how to price this?

[hollow osprey]

More more, less less

[nova sparrow]

btw why isn't Ynda's Stand showing in Poe.ninja and no one has it equipped in the leaderboards, is it super rare or people didn't reach the content yet?

[hollow osprey]

You want the more part to be high because of bleed

You want the less part to be lower because smaller range of DPS means less worrying about your bleed damage

[stray mortar]

I shouldn't have went for the chaos minion build I found. One of the biggest piece of garbage i've ever seen has a hard time clearing a t12-13 with over 200 c in it

[hollow osprey]

Combined this with your Perquil's Toe merc and you should be pretty gucci I think

Bleed rolls based on your hits, the stronger the hit the stronger the bleed anyways

[wispy jasper]

I'm not sure what you mean, I'm asking how to price it because its a perfect roll, not how to use the item

[hollow osprey]

Uh use the catalyst on them and price them at around 5 div?

Or higher

[wispy jasper]

trade already has an 8 div and 9 div there are worse than mine

theres no rolls as good as mine on trade

[hollow osprey]

Then go balls and put it at 15

Bleed builds only use this belt anyways might as well do it

Put them around 15 20 div

[wispy jasper]

ty

[quaint topaz]

is the new level 5 max in settlers equivalent to the old lvl 10? or are we just capped at ''half'' power workers

[grim basalt]

do we know when the next stash tab sale will be/

[sick glacier]

anyone know what level range mercs can spawn in? like if im level 60, whats the lowest level zone i can still find them?

[lucid lake]

3 days 2h if poedb is right. they always have a countdown on their website

[past spire]

i just did the new boss fight in || zana memory its a cool fight ||

[pastel vault]

What's the best gem color to transfigure?

[shy olive]

i can change assendancy?

[tulip kayak]

which one's the clone?

[devout osprey]

yes, respec all ascendency points, and click the final altar in lab

any lab

[sharp fox]

Do we know if mercs benefit from +level to all skill gem gear if it matches the gems they have?

[coarse rock]

Are the servers toast again?

[somber lantern]

They never stopped being toast

[spark zealot]

So...are these mercs getting nerfed at some point? In Phrecia I died to random stuff all the time because I tried making my own build, this time I'm following a leaguestarter guide, I feel op and everything is easy, except for the mercs which just oneshot me half the time.

[opaque radish]

if they get nerfed, they'll be less useful as party members