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[opaque radish]

and there'll probably be a corresponding nerf in gear/loot on the merc

[spark zealot]

Fair enough. The hiring process just seems kind of dumb right now. Not sure what I am doing wrong, if anything.

[dreamy pike]

does curse on hit rings work on mercs?

[spiral orchid]

yes but make sure to have additional curses for them or they'll overwrite yours

annoints, doedre's damning, etc

[dreamy pike]

sweet thank you

[opaque radish]

i'm getting DC'd like crazy on US east

US west isn't much better

[tropic breach]

cali has been the only server i havent DC'd in

east was bad because EU was coming to east, and then I guess east/EU started going to TX, and now maybe theyre just going to Cali or something

hopefully not lol

[brave arrow]

Guys, my ALT is not showing item count when hovering over stackable items, is there a setting for that?
it works for showing item tiers and shit

[spark zealot]

I played on US servers all day yesterday and it was actually stable for the first time since league launch. Tried EU servers today and I'm not disconnecting but it's stuttery as hell. What the heck is even going on, I don't understand.

[balmy moss]

do we know by now whether mercenaries can/ need to be built like player characters? aside from buffs and auras useful for me, do I cap their resists, give gear that boosts their skills?

I've been killing them, thinking about trying to finally hire some

[maiden oxide]

do +skill gem levels work on mercs

[wintry rapids]

anyone know if whispers of doom annoint works on mercenaries?

[spiral orchid]

whispers of doom works, skill gem levels unsure since they're not quite the same as ours

kineticist can be used to clear maps easier for slower clear builds
warpriest is great for lightning builds
vFoS can be pretty okay for damage if you get lucky with their supports and gear them

[marble jay]

hey all. new here. Returning player from Synthesis league. Quick question:

Back then I played a Divine Ire CwC Wave of conviction character. I remember it felt pretty strong, and was a lot of fun, but i dont think i pushed it very hard. Do y'all think that style of build is still viable? I've heard both skills have gotten buffs recently but I also dont see a single other person playing this combo. Is there a specific reason? Do you guys have any advice on how to make it work?

I'd like to run something similar this league but I'm kind of at a loss for where to begin - any help would be welcome! ❤️

[maiden oxide]

thanks

[cerulean star]

Clearly a major issue if divines are... ehem... cheap
if you know what I mean

Must be duping going on, right

[brittle river]

Sigh

i just lost my maven wr it

rip 90c

[agile cedar]

late start for me what build is good

[brittle river]

because of the server

[livid yarrow]

apperantly its a ddos problem

[short lodge]

"Currently the leading issue we’re looking to address with the league is that a number of Mercenary skills, especially once you get to the middle of the campaign start to deal overwhelming amounts of damage to the player, often instantly killing you, you should expect a patch in the near future that puts all these skills more in line."

Can't come soon enough.

[opaque zinc]

brotherrrrr another lab lost to these frequent dcs it's literally like every 20 minutes but my boy on the same server isn't having that problem anyone have this issue?

[normal ledge]

can someone recommend me an anoint for cyclone + facebreaker + dawnbreaker champion?

i'm dying in red maps

[south plover]

can the memory things be seen on the minimap?

[plucky violet]

Are mercs once per area period? Like will control click to make a new instance not have a new mercenary? In campaign

[livid yarrow]

it does

if u ctrl click a new area, a new merc will appear every time

unless you are a certain level above the area

its 10 or 20 levels

[odd gate]

some areas were hotfixed to not allow merc spawns though i believe

[plucky violet]

Its gotta be 10 bc i went to 17 lvls above area and no merc

Yea its 10

[balmy moss]

awyiea bois

[sly tusk]

Can you find the a copy of the same type of merc that you're currently using? I haven't seen another one of the absolution guys since I picked mine up on like saturday

[livid yarrow]

yes u can

[brave marsh]

Any good spots in campaign to roll for merc?

[somber lantern]

Idk if it was a good idea to start as a golemancer on HC league....theres no primordial stuff for sale 😅

[livid yarrow]

yes, act 7 ashen fields

[desert oriole]

What is the recom success rate like with picking mods?

[celest hound]

does anyone have a cheat sheet on the various types of mercs and how rare they are to encounter?

[barren silo]

can u divine the ralakesh to get a different charge?

[livid yarrow]

one havent been made yet, as far as i know

[twilit wigeon]

Does anyone know what levels the mercenary skill gems are?

[livid yarrow]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Spectral_Throw_of_Trarthus

u can just check here

under required level

[twilit wigeon]

I'm talking about the level of the skill they inherently have. Are they using like a lvl 1 curse all the time, or if you get a lvl 83 merc, is it lvl 20?

[livid yarrow]

oh, alright, as far as i know its not known yet

besides, ggg will change mercs a bit, soon, making them easier

[livid yarrow]

here is some information btw

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Mercenary

[twilit summit]

How's the league feeling? Compared to PoE2 overall?

[livid yarrow]

thats an unusual question, its hard to even compare the games, but from poe 1 perspective, its a very popular league

[proven cosmos]

Heh.... Emporer.

[soft edge]

I know the devs won't see this. But as someone who always plays solo. Thanks GGG for introducing mercenaries. It's really fun to customize and have them compliment my build.

[lunar stirrup]

And also letting everyone have a taste of Summoner Build

[livid yarrow]

actually, for some reason, its really hard to find the reanimator merc with srs

only seen it once in act 2

[rigid shadow]

is this a base buff or like a scarab/atlas passive

[cursive glen]

new uniques not in pob yet?

[digital horizon]

What mercenaries are god for map clear?

[mossy condor]

What's a good league starter? Looking at poisonous concoction or righteous fire

[teal eagle]

yo did lightning strike warden get nerfed

[limpid basin]

ls got nerfed

so yeah it got nerfed

[rose dragon]

LS warden was a bit assy already in 3.25

Just go slayer or trickster and consider Smite on midbudget

LS better on very high budgets

[gilded plover]

this merc really just teleported behind me and one shot me AND my current merc...

[livid yarrow]

yeah some of those are crazy, ggg are working on tuning them down

"Currently the leading issue we’re looking to address with the league is that a number of Mercenary skills, especially once you get to the middle of the campaign start to deal overwhelming amounts of damage to the player, often instantly killing you, you should expect a patch in the near future that puts all these skills more in line. This will not affect the Mercenary balance when they are your ally."

-ggg today

[wary falcon]

got violated by a bama merc earlier thought my gear was dumpster tier

[digital horizon]

Dude the culling strike of The Eternal Struggle works on BAMA?¡

[gilded plover]

the only mercs ive died to were a cyclone merc that keep sticking to me and shredding me and the one i posted, i dont even know what skill that one used since i was dead as soon as the time was up

[livid yarrow]

interesting, ive never died to the cyclone one

[gilded plover]

well i also suck at the game so theres that too

[sly tusk]

nothing personnel kid

[livid yarrow]

not true at all, im also doing minion build, witch makes that particular merc easier for me

[latent coral]

Anyone else having crashing issues every 20ish minutes?

[livid yarrow]

not rly

[gilded bone]

try changing the renderer , dx12,vulkan do it at the login screen , or delete the shader cache in appdata,roaming ,poe folder ShaderCache

[latent coral]

I’ve tried changing it in game, but I can try at login.

[teal eagle]

so is nobody using lightning strike anymore?

[rose dragon]

A lot of people using smite instead of LS

on crazy high investment LS better than smite, so expect to see more of it end of week

[sudden cobalt]

got myself a mirror in tier 2 blue maps xD GGG is hella high

[jolly carbon]

Anyone else noticed a massive decrease in infamous mercenaries? I haven't gotten any at all in my session today.

[latent coral]

Wish I wasn’t crashing.

[rich oar]

What do I do with the originator equips that drop? They all have some memory strand value but it doesnt seem to do anythiing?

[jolly carbon]

No, I do them every map. Renown is at max

Probably ninja nerfed when they fixed the exploit with campaign zone resets, classic GGG

[rich oar]

Oh, so its basically to help craft better items, welp, wasted on me

[fringe arch]

She bodyswap my dominating blow til I unfurl my defiance banner

(How tf do you survive sanguine mancer)

Wait til I have 6 endurance charges and 26 fort stacks

We'll see who bodyswaps who

100% spell supp?

me when I use mageblood, brassdome, determination, 100% spell suppression, 6 endurance charges and 26 fort so I can survive level 63 sanguinemancer using bodyswap once

[quasi heron]

Ran behind a wall before fight and got one shot as soon as it started. Flameblast gotta chill

[hard pasture]

grav was in transport and haku was in intervention, after I did the intervention safehous they switched places, anyone know why?

as i understand it before they shouldnt do this unless they were not in a part of something already

[lunar stirrup]

IIRC when you do safehouse, the hierachy of that safehouse will somehow *change, just the catarina kill won't change the hierachy .... the rest remain the same beside the reward for the 3.26 changes

[hard pasture]

it's been a long time but iirc all members in the safehouse will lose all ranks except 2, one will be leader randomly. everyone else will be free

I genuinely dont remember two safehouse memebers switching places like that after completing a safehouse

someone correct me if im wrong i may be misremembering

[hard pasture]

ok update on this, apparently they didnt switch places, gravic just lost his place in transport and became homeless instead lmao

idk if this is a bug or what

haku in transport for some reason

🤔

never seen it happen before, weird

[open snow]

do annoints work on mercs?

[vital cargo]

how have they not spoken about how mercaneries oneshot you at 5k hp

[rose dragon]

they did though? they planing to nerf mercs

[pearl pagoda]

i copied a expedition/betrayal tree, but added some flavour of "me" to it, can someone take a look and tell me if i can improve it in some way or its okay ? particularly for league start without much investment
https://maxroll.gg/poe/poe-atlas-tree/tycll0sk

[wind horizon]

If i put Perquil's Toe on Merc can i use volality in my skill gem

[rose dragon]

Perquil toe is good on merc ye

if volatility makes sense depends on your build a tad, but probably yeah

[wind horizon]

it's probably boosted more with lightning dmg build

[rose dragon]

ye because damage range is larger

[balmy moss]

are mercenary auras lv20 or weaker?

[wispy vortex]

ofc they had to nerf mercs for those who are unable to read 😦

[barren nova]

guys, what is best single target mercenary?

[gilded bone]

finally I got my diallas , I was using Tabula in T16 , everything melted before too , now I have a 5L dialla

[pastel mauve]

Assuming you are talking about the news from today, its kinda funny you say they nerfed mercs, when they specifically said it does not affect mercs in your party xD

[grim gale]

whats happened Oo i get 1 shot often while leveling act 1-2

play as conc ranger

this never happened before in last 10 years

[pastel mauve]

Didnt change much for me, except against mercenaries

like 75%+ of my deaths is from them i think xD

[prime tree]

whats the last league you played before this?

[grim gale]

ok now its fine. maybe to many crazy affixes on rare mobs killed me

[grim gale]

settlers 😄

[kindred pumice]

anyone noticing an unusually higher rate of people not responding to trade? I've been trying to buy items for 20mins without a single reply... its normally not this bad during the first week..?

[dusk drum]

very normal

[sonic field]

depends on the item, often you ping for items that are already sold, espectally if its a popular item

[kindred pumice]

damn, maybe I got lucky in previous leagues haha

[gilded bone]

first 10-20 listings are usually price fixed

[dusk drum]

tihs

[sonic field]

this range is kinda an overstatement but yeah you should avoid first results, especially if the difference in price is big

[hard pasture]

[gilded bone]

bugged , saw something about it on reddit

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3790493

ppl say to do The Fetid Pool or a dirty job

[amber agate]

hey guys, is it true that merc alwyas drops all currency ? sometimes I only choose 1 but after defeat them, they drop all the other currencies.

[keen crystal]

is frostblades of katabasis dead? i saw it got a massive nerf

[latent coral]

Fix your game, GGG.

[sterile atlas]

The ~41% hit damage nerf makes single-target damage very awkward. Probably still fine for clear in some content. Silly strike range with additional strikes and splash does a lot of work.

[hard pasture]

they halved the damage, prolly turbo dead

[keen crystal]

damn, now both by beloved hexblast and katabasis are dead

[balmy moss]

does saqawal work on mercs?

[coarse bridge]

Starting the league today , any ssf builds I can take to Ubers ?

[agile hemlock]

VFoS

[hot quail]

Icicle mine trickster/sabo

[hazy escarp]

Me too. Good luck

[last otter]

What would be a optimal merc for my Flicker Strike Build?

[snow marten]

Maybe striker cuz of decoy totem. Its what i use

[tough harness]

how do ignites/ailments work with mercs and pyroshock?

case in point, my build is an ignite build

if I put ignite and pyroshock clasp on my merc does it ever proc pyroshock's effect?

[plain ravine]

whatre the best corrupts to hit on a terminus est?

[nimble tartan]

my game stutters whenever anyone wearing cosmetics walk in

am i the only one

and it's not a normal stutter it stutters like crazy

I can even hear the music i'm playing getting digitalized

[worn garnet]

Is there any way to immune debilitate? I've got a decent roll on the infamous belt mod for 99% reduced debuff duration but can't seem to spot any way to counter the downside

[gilded bone]

try changing the renderer dx12,vulkan on the login screen then restart and you could try to delete shader cache in appdata,roaming, poe folder shader cache

[snow marten]

Depends on build

[plain ravine]

impale flicker strike

[snow marten]

You'd probably be better of going farrul(saving up if need be) preferably replica for endurance, and then going crafted weapon

[plain ravine]

unfortunately i already crafted myself a pretty nice chestplate, as im assuming you mean farrul's fur

[snow marten]

Btw is this for slayer or berserker

[cerulean star]

there has to be duping or cheating happening for divines to be less than a dollar already....

[plain ravine]

neither lmao
champion

[snow marten]

Interesting. And terminus is your endgame plan for frenzy charges

[crisp rock]

Is it possible to be an Aurabot for the Merc? :D and clear like t16 that way?

[plain ravine]

yeah i mean i guess so
i first went duelist-champion
and then dropped a very nice almost maxroll terminus and decided that flicker wasnt a terrible idea
im a very cas player and i put absolutely zero thought into my plan for my char before the league began

[cerulean star]

Isn't Zizaran being a support for his merc right now?
Also nugiyen on twitch too i think

[plain ravine]

just kinda took what i was given and rolled w it

[crisp rock]

oh really? that sounds fun :3

[pastel mauve]

I was just laughing my ass off with one of pohx's recent videos, just 30 seconds of his merc killing everything ebfore he could even get to it

[snow marten]

Sorry man can't think of anything that'll help all too much just see what corrupts it can have and look for anything like phys dmg / attack speed / frenzy charge. Etc

[past spire]

What league mech is good to couple with harvest?( Low budget t16) Non timer mechs if possible, i was thinking beyond or other mob bashing because map alrdy take a lot of time with harvest

[pastel mauve]

what side of the tree is harvest again?

right sidef right?

I personally like running a single explosion expedition

[past spire]

Its middle right but you can ignore crop rotation on the right end for now, i mean all 3 color sells

[pastel mauve]

Just walk up, pop the explode in the middle, check the mods, if theres anything you cant run, leave, else explode it

[past spire]

Later in league i usually switch to yellow only ,expedition is really rippy , but not a bad idea how is the profit of it? Tujen + danignand you sel logbooks?

[queen cedar]

whoever is wearing pyroshock has to also ignite the enemies (and/or shock)

[pastel mauve]

Yeah, tujen + danig, dpeending on if you want to gamba or not is if you sell the logbooks or run em

best for passive is just to run it, and sell everything

[past spire]

Ok ty will try the combo 🙂

[strong jetty]

do low level mercs just not show up on an overleveled character

im trying to find a level 50~merc for my alt

[plain ravine]

hey what do you think about bronn's?
worth using?

[snow marten]

If you can sustain charges while using a better weapon then terminus yes.

If you can't sustain without terminjs
If you are using terminus its better to go farrul / crafted weapon

[scarlet sun]

which one should i take for snaking zerker? the pob is kinda broken

[jovial pumice]

What are some of the more interesting ultra late builds going round atm?

[rose dragon]

Pretty samey as in 3.25 (zenith jugg, ls/smite slayer/trickster, kboc wander - either hiero or strstack), maybe with addition of Conner's aurastack inquisitor

[jovial pumice]

I guess its a little early for much discovery

People will stick comfortable

[lilac saffron]

Some or most if not all league content doesnt appear in acts while you are very overleveled

[quartz summit]

cant even log into the game, just me?

[gilded bone]

works fine for me , what error do you get ?

[orchid onyx]

So, I'm from PoE 2 and playing 1 now. Can someone please help me with some movement speed boots? I can't trade you anything for it because I'm under level 25. Please PM me. Thanks. ❤️

[plain ravine]

sent you some stuff in dms if you dont mind taking a look

[trail kestrel]

and there goes 1 div in blight ravaged

ffs

[brittle river]

put two items into recombinator

press recombine

server goes down

im sorry everyone

i wont use it again

[eager root]

lol

[robust fjord]

Whats a good bama build guide to follow?

or is there at all

[snow marten]

Pr3vie

[balmy moss]

mercenary seems to share curse limit with me, yes?

[heady gazelle]

Vfoc can clear all content eh? It’s a league starter that can late game too?

[gilded bone]

yeah with investment

I will probably clear everything with holy relic of conviction , it's amazing ❤️

[dusty root]

Have anyone else experience when you get close to a merc the game just freeze and the game crash?

[plain ravine]

with brutality support, does all non phys dmg get nullified or turned into phys

[gilded bone]

try changing the renderer dx12,vulkan on the login screen then restart and you could try to delete shader cache in appdata,roaming, poe folder shader cache

[dusty root]

Tried all 3 dx11/12/vulcan but I finally got close to enough and it was Merc Eruptor. but ill try deleting the cache and see if that will help

[robust fjord]

isnt lightning ver better tho? pr3vie is playing poison

[maiden phoenix]

is there any difference between grinding the first or second lab when going for bama skill gems?

[gilded bone]

best way would be merc lab , you can find "Transform a non-Transfigured Skill Gem to be a random Transfigured version" it's 50-50 blink arrow has 2 transfigured gems

[maiden phoenix]

do you know why my build would recommend doing it at lab #2 then

the bama swap over from SRS happens at lvl 52 at 2nd lab

but at that point couldnt i just free run the first lab if those 2 have the same odds

didnt really want to run srs until merc lab lmao

[gilded bone]

which build guide are you following

[maiden phoenix]

ronarray's bama necro, the guide seems pretty legitimate

[alpine pier]

Hey, why does Replica Ambus Charge seem to not work on my merc?

[gilded bone]

yeah , it is , I'm watching the lab section , both normal and cruel are an option if you want to switch early. he said 10-20 lab runs , merc with "Transform a non-Transfigured Skill Gem to be a random Transfigured version" is 50-50

[stable cave]

I knw this has possibly been asked a few times, what should we be doing with Mercs? or is there a thread that has some info for them already?

[maiden phoenix]

Yeah i couldnt tell if he was implying youd get to the 2nd ascendancy and then go back to the first one to clear it faster/safer, or if the odds were better in the cruel lab

thank you though @gilded bone

[gilded bone]

odds are the same in cruel and normal, so normal would be faster

twice blessed is always good if you find it , you get +1 on the divine font

[valid mesa]

Anyone having "blank" trade site maybe? main site works fine, when I click trade - boom, this what happens.

[gilded bone]

works fine for me , try a different browser

[valid mesa]

wdym different browser. there's a need for more than one, that keeps all of your passwords so you dont have to give a f.. about them :D?

damn it, worked fine yday 😭

Ok, LOL. Adblock seems to "block" most of the site. Wtf.

[rapid urchin]

why won'T it let me pick the mission

[lone plank]

im new to poe1 why is this 130 chaos ?

[rapid urchin]

install a trading app and just price check it

e.g. awakened poe trade

[prime tree]

people like gambling and you can pull expensive items, but 99.9% of the time it's garbage.

🎰

[rapid urchin]

we love gambling by the way

[lone plank]

okay. so i just sell it then given im not even close to lvl 70 yet 😄

[rapid urchin]

0.01% to get a mirror

trust

worth it

[snow marten]

I've gotten a mb from it before. Just don't ask for how much trash i saw before that

[rapid urchin]

ehhhhhm, skill issue!!!

[prime tree]

i pulled progenesis and that emperor jewel (all attributes and character size?) and I think that makes me about breakeven. (not this league, but across all leagues when i opened them)

[chilly sigil]

is there any way as aurabot to not accidentally link a mercenary?

[rapid urchin]

i pulled an astra from such key, just in poe 2

spent like 200d total

[humble badge]

Whats the max level for kingsmarch workers?

[prime tree]

5

[humble badge]

Thank you, to think I skipped so many thinking theres higher xd

[rapid urchin]

huh

wasn't it 12 or so

or was it changed this league?

[prime tree]

was 10, condensed to 5 for 3.26

[gritty basin]

Two questions, typing on mobile so apologies for weirdness. 1 - have we determined if skills from equipment does or does not work for mercs? Like on kill or 'inherent' ones (not grants <skill>)

2 - do we know if anyone has put together a list of possible/relevant loadout info for the different merc types?

[tribal thistle]

do mercs stop spawning in acts after youre done with the story? trying to get a lvl 20 merc for a new char but i cant find any

[livid yarrow]

its the level difference

[tribal thistle]

[livid yarrow]

if ur 10 levels above area, they dont spawn

[tribal thistle]

that sucks

[rapid urchin]

true!!!!

[jolly veldt]

Does the type of gem (not color) used in the divine font influence the outcome? I put in a red earthquake gem and got the upgraded earthquake as one option. Would adding volcanic fissure make it more likely I’d get VFoS from the font? Or is it all RNG?

[gilded bone]

there are fewer red gems , so the chance to get VFoS is pretty good in normal lab, it's all rng , merc lag + has "Transform a non-Transfigured Skill Gem to be a random Transfigured version" meaning if you put a gem that has 1 transfigured version it's 100% , 2 -50% ...

[jolly veldt]

Thanks so much! I’ll keep running labs until the gods shine their light upon me!

[gilded bone]

btw if you run merc+ use the website poe lab , to see the layout , there are darkshrines the red D there are hidden rooms you press a lever and you click a shrine , it's rng but you can get twice blessed, +1 divine font

[cerulean star]

Bro there is something seriously going wrong with this league

its like the most RMT'd league there is. Full of flippers and everything. More than any other league ever combined period also

[haughty oracle]

do mercs and you have a shared curse limit ?

[queen cedar]

yes

[peak fractal]

anyone expiriances game using a lot more gpu than supposed to ?

[queen cedar]

read discussion in #1┃general from 5 minutes ago lol

[onyx bough]

Any recommendations for an Templar Build for Hardcore?

[past spire]

did they got rid of the '+20 to a random general intelligence betrayal board' when you execute or whatever it was ? i cant find it in atlas tree

[gilded bone]

you could check on https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenarieshc/?class=Hierophant , looks like ppl are playing Archmage Vortex of Projection Waggle has a build on it

[rich oar]

Wait...im just only noticing, we dont need to discover veiled mods to craft them now?

[gilded bone]

true, you find them in maps

only unveil if the item is good

[tropic breach]

Has anyone played frost blink mines yet? If so, is it bait or actually good?

[gilded bone]

check on poe ninja

[tropic breach]

Meh, I don’t usually use Poe ninja as a way of seeing if something is bait or not. There are plenty of Poe ninja builds where I’ve been like wtf is this shit

[gilded bone]

3 days of no divine drops , looks like today is the day , I've dropped 3 divines and a doryani's prototype

[frank beacon]

ltb uber lab dm me

[rich oar]

Looks like servers just shit themselves when evening comes in EU. Lost a unique map

[lone herald]

need someone to help me down quick T9 boss.. Juiced and I can't take em, 2 portals left

[atomic glacier]

fellas how tf do you survive porcupines as flicker strike? im using terminus est so i cant use the axe mastery and i wouldnt even know how to go about charge sustain if i swapped to axe like i want to atm

its at the point where if a map spawns porcupines i just open a new map

[gilded bone]

4500h in poe , never tried flicker strike 😄

[atomic glacier]

yeah it took me 3k hours

first time trying it and this has been a mountain of a challenge

porcupines are annoying af

[flat current]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ees4JAvzHrQ Any1 have atlas tree for this strat?

[past thistle]

What is generally the consensus for twink leveling these days? Just the classic gold rim/seven league step(lol)? Or is there some new tech with 3.26

[gilded bone]

check https://maxroll.gg/poe build guides twink

[fading cedar]

Can anyone explain Legacy of the Rose to me? Is it any good?

[balmy moss]

does saqawal work for mercs?

[elfin kernel]

for some reason when i use a map theres a rare chance that its just different. mods added and what map i go to are wrong. i just put in a palace map but when to canyon for some reason. i lost the map too. i dont think this has ever happened to me but its weird

[rose dragon]

twist of fate?

[north junco]

Does +# to level of socketed gems affect mercenaries at all?

[devout osprey]

no

[prime tree]

yes, it was replaced.

[past spire]

i saw it, it now igve equal to 2 times the rank of the one you kill

[oak nebula]

how to get to ossuary? ravaged is not connected to it directly is there an area in between these 2?

[devout osprey]

there is a bridge between ravanged square and ossuary

[fallow mica]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZnTsPY0yuM

I fucking hate your servers, GGG

[violet swallow]

is glorious gemstones "have a total of 300% quality on all socketed gems" challenge bugged?

i have 300 and nothing then 323 and still nothing

[devout osprey]

it is possible that it is bugged.

[sour geyser]

Hi, i really want to try this new league, havent played for at least 2 years.

Does anyone have a build idea for me.

I really love tanky builds and im a one build per league gamer.

Thanks.

[gilded bone]

300% quality ? you mean 30% , how is it possible to get 300%

[devout osprey]

30% on all gems, from the amulet?

ashes

[gilded bone]

RF by Pohx , I'm playing Holy relic of conviction it's amazing , tanky too I was using a tabula in T14 , check pohx dot net for RF , balormage for holy relic or https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vPoXHbQ-4I7_7JEAHXfU76A8E-wy_hRsWiIrFhb_Av0/htmlview?usp=sharing

right now the mercenaries are dealing crazy dmg , but they will fix them today or tomorrow

[proper pendant]

Guys , I need your help , can someone link me a good elemental balista guide ? I tryied to play a minion build but I am not feeling it , I want to swap to something else

[gilded bone]

check https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/explosive-arrow-ballista-elementalist

[vague socket]

guys am i cooked or are memory tears really that rare. i havent found one in 2 days i didnt even drop originator influence map

[violet swallow]

i would say 300% total quality on all of your gems

[wispy vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/vhs-glitch-gif-25891045

[bitter pasture]

whats with the servers, man cant get lab done to save his life

[rapid urchin]

total server death

again

[gilded bone]

they've posted about it https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-post/26211386 ddos attacks

[rapid urchin]

i hope whoever ddoses chokes on a donut

[iron plank]

ddos attacks could cause regular latency issues along with the disconnects i imagine

here the servers just periodically die for thousands of players

[rapid urchin]

FATALLY

[rapid urchin]

depends

[iron plank]

and here's a FUNNI: you lose maps as well

like terminally

[rapid urchin]

yes

[quaint steppe]

fucking shit ddos made me lose all my loot

[rapid urchin]

I've noticed

[rapid urchin]

I got a mrirror

[quaint steppe]

fuck you ggg

🛌

[rapid urchin]

100%

trust

GGG

[amber agate]

what the heck GGG

[rapid urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/apothecary-diaries-maomao-scheming-maomao-scheming-plotting-gif-11471737775281278037

oh wow

damn

ok

[iron plank]

one would wonder - might it be a subtle poe2 promotion

[quaint steppe]

wait what the fuck

but i have the loot prior to the boss

???

and all the portals are gone

so the map just reset fully

wtf

guess ama reloot it

lmao

[fallow mica]

yaaaaay party play is buffed again 🥳

[agile hemlock]

Nice

[scenic plank]

does this one node change drop chane fr t17?

[rapid urchin]

+3d :>

[tepid sparrow]

You rolling em?

[rapid urchin]

no

[scenic plank]

[rapid urchin]

kek

[tepid sparrow]

I hit overlord mace one last night

[rapid urchin]

that was literally raw drop

[tepid sparrow]

Ah

Sick

[rapid urchin]

this fucker is so expensive for 6L

[cedar stratus]

Can the Warpriest merc spawn with Wrath as an aura? Only seen them with a purity

[gilded bone]

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

[rapid urchin]

hell nah

[glossy viper]

how does fubgun gain power frenzy and endurance charges with vfos

[cedar stratus]

ayy thanks din't think of looking on poe db lol

[cedar stratus]

The shield mercs are crazy, I got oneshot by one in a T4 map while I had 4.1k life 1k es and 12k armour with 77% all res and 60/60 block

[rapid urchin]

I get oneshot with 20k armour in T2s

against melee mercs

[sick gale]

Blood frenzy and min endurance charge node

Mercs are too strong when they are not yours lol

[livid turret]

Would anyone be able to help with a mercenary loadout for discharge elementalist? (Ignite)

[twilit gate]

Every time I activate one I leap slam all the way across map and just spam VFoS until I hear the tink

[wise acorn]

Which scales better? lightning bow or elemental bow bama

[radiant zinc]

how do you check how many of an item are in trade window? i remember there being a button where you hover over 1 stack of chaos orb and it would show total number

[gilded bone]

it was like ctrl + alt or something but it doesn't work

[outer zenith]

Is there a list of all the runegrafts out yet?

[sonic field]

yes, even faustus has it

[outer zenith]

Oh! Well then second question. Do we know what all the uniques added by the mercenaries are?

[gilded bone]

https://poedb.tw/us/Mercenaries

[sonic field]

should be on the wiki somewhere

[outer zenith]

They all seem pretty meh to me

[rain blade]

how can you check the gear on your mercenary?

[rapid urchin]

click here

[rain blade]

oh yea, that giant button makes sense xD

[languid prism]

there is one thing i hate about hideouts in PoE 1 is the npcs, they just stay on the waypoint.....

[rain blade]

leap slam / snaking merc is hilarious

[bright arch]

you can move em

[cursive steeple]

What is generally the best kind iof merc to put Algor Mortis and doryani's on?

[amber reef]

does + to gem levels work for mercenaries?

[tropic breach]

the first eater of worlds has to be my least favorite fucking fight in the whole game. It is so fucking annoying. Like trying to get him close enough when he's invuln to dash away, but then somehow you get stun locked or some shit and then die in .1 seconds. I don't get it.

[runic zephyr]

they dont have real gems as they dont use sockets so surely not

did anyone find out if mercs need accuracy? or do they alwas hit

[amber reef]

seems reasonable enough an answer. I think it's the same-ish reasoning for no trigger gems working on them

[sonic field]

for me he's the easiest

[runic zephyr]

them not using any kind of skills from gear was in the raq post i think

[golden urchin]

thats the easiest fight though, idk how you'd even get stunned tbh

[tropic breach]

no fucking clue. i guess i never understand the fight.

[golden urchin]

or do you mean the writhing invitation?

[amber reef]

this was more about slapping some Cold Iron Points on my bladecaster

[tropic breach]

yes

[sonic field]

exarch would be ez too if not the balls

[tropic breach]

the invitation

[runic zephyr]

the shrek fight is terrible yea i hate it too

[golden urchin]

ah so not eater of worlds, but the guy before him

[tropic breach]

not the actual fight, that is ez

[tropic breach]

sorry yes, idk the names haha

[sonic field]

ah that one, endless hunger

[golden urchin]

ye hes kinda annoying, when he goes invuln u gotta run around for 5 seconds, then u go close to him and frost blink / flame dash away immediately, he'll come out and you'll live

[tropic breach]

yeah, it's such a dumb mechanic. having to have him get close as fuck to you before he pops out

okay, so it's like 5 sec. got it. I would do it almost immediately

[golden urchin]

nah u dont have to be that close at all, i think u just didnt wait the 5 sec

so it felt like u gotta be close

but yeah u should take 0 damage

[tropic breach]

ye. and then the stupid thing when it gets flooded and you have to find the wayo ut. I've watched ziz's guide to knowing the way, and I still get confused on it

[golden urchin]

u turn off map overlay first, look where the water is flowing towards (can be hard to spot instantly but u can start moving and it'll become more obvious)

u turn off overlay cuz the top right minimap will show an arrow when ur in range to the portal

but yeah basically just go towards the flow of the water, have leap slam / shield charge and frostblink both cuz it helps a ton

with map overlay on it'll be harder to see cuz the zone doesn't have a map at all

[runic zephyr]

i feel like it would not have hurt to make it a BIT more obvious in which direction it flows instead of having this ebb and flow animation

[cosmic helm]

what nonmeta builds are u guys doing

[runic zephyr]

cold BV 🤯

though what do you define as non meta..

[worldly stream]

Anyone running aura characters in the past? I'm having trouble understanding what makes scion the superior choice

[heady gazelle]

lmao clicked to hire an infamous merc, dude literally 1 tapped me before i could do anything. hilarious

[barren silo]

what is the relative low budget strat for t16s rn?

[somber lantern]

Any good way to farm gold for kingsmarch?

[golden urchin]

alch and go harvest probably, can be paired with expedition

[barren silo]

nani

juices are 1d:8000 rn

[golden urchin]

i mean you asked for low budget, that's as low as it gets

you can add scarabs to get more juice and more logbooks and stuff from expedition

[sonic field]

being able to take guardian and necro for per aura bonuses, and also skill tree start advantage

[coarse grove]

eyo my atlas strats suck any of you wants good "mid" tier atlas strat? my atlas complete

im running deaths oath atm

[barren silo]

ok maybe not that low budget

what if I all in my 3 divines rn?

[golden urchin]

hmm I'm not sure whats profitable rn in that case tbh cuz I'm not playing trade league rn, probably ask in #1┃atlas-tree-planning and specify you have 3d to invest rn

it'll probably be some form of harvest with specific scarabs or something like that

but yeah

[barren silo]

i see

[hot kraken]

can the atlas have multiple memory tears at once? or do i need to run them when i find them.

if so, can one map spawn more than 1 tear at a time?

[dull pewter]

i cant even start the game anymore lol keeps crashing damn

[vapid aurora]

what a strat. recommend it to all of your friends

[quartz ember]

hi guys is someone playing rolling magma build and can give me advice which sceptre should i use?

[sonic field]

check in pob

[rapid urchin]

just do it with stocks

is even funnier

every time I say stock x will go up it crashes

every time I stay silent it 10x

[sick glacier]

what kind of merc should i be looking for if i'm a build that needs to be getting kills?
or should i just slap southbound on anyone to ensure they can't skill steal

[rapid urchin]

MEGA WIN ERUPTOR!!!!

[marsh spindle]

How common are the memory things in t16s? I feel I havn't ran into one in like 40 maps. I clear most of the maps too.

[sonic field]

after i found one i had another one in each next t16 until i got all 3 for the 3 bosses

so idk

maybe its coded to work that way

[marsh spindle]

That was for the story quest I think. Once they start dropping the invitations it works different. I just havn't seen them in hours

[rapid urchin]

that merc also has fire pen

[sonic field]

yeah didnt do any normal ones too

[balmy moss]

do we know the power of mercenary auras/ curses?

[brittle river]

Anyone used Blood Price helm on their merc (reserve life of enemies)? you reckon its worth?

[balmy moss]

if you haven't got anything better to put there, it's epic

especially for bosses

it's like 8% cull

assuming it functions as intended

[rapid urchin]

that merc is actually insane

[balmy moss]

there's SO MANY insane combos, I can't believe I haven't hired one for so long

auras, curses, new effects, buffs, debuffs, damage, utility, omg

[rapid urchin]

I literally gave him the same fucking build I use

and despite no skill tree

he does way more damage

[balmy moss]

understable

[rapid urchin]

who is the player

😭

[dreamy carbon]

why's prototype a lot cheaper today >_>

[mortal crane]

is there anyway to turn evasion into es

[proper pendant]

What is a good way to make gold in early game? I am lvl 60 and I need around 30k gold..

[lone plank]

finally my first divine 😄

[sonic stirrup]

what do you need the gold for?

if it's respecs, keep in mind they get more expensive the higher level you are so you wanna start on them now if you can

[proper pendant]

I am lvl 62 already , I need to respec about 50 points..

[sonic stirrup]

sounds like a bad plan

anyways, remember it gets more expensive

I dunno what the best gold farm is

maybe blight now that they took away the penalty?

well, there's a bunch of things that lost penalties

probably anything with just a lot of monsters dying

[proper pendant]

I will see how many regrets I can get ...

I started the game as necro , with minions , but It was not for me , and I don;t want to do another character , so I changed to elementalist and now i need to redo my tree ,

they are kinda expensive , they are 1 for 1 regret to chaos

[coarse rock]

Is rolling magma mines really hard on graphics cards? I’m thinking about stormburst totems or something else if it is

[sonic stirrup]

I see. Yeah full respec at that point is about as bad as it gets

try to do away with the smallest amount of nodes possible

[proper pendant]

i am not starting a new character tho .. doing the acts again is torture...

[sonic stirrup]

like if you have minion damage nodes you can get away with keeping them for a bit alongside the minion damage mods apply to you as well

and if you haven't already gotten all 20 respec points from acts you should go grab them

[proper pendant]

i have to do 80 % of them , they have nothing in common , all the nodes I have are related to minions , But i have 20 c ,,, if i respec like 30 points I will have enough dmg to clear some maps

[sonic stirrup]

maybe let me take a look at the tree you have atm

[jovial pumice]

Gold respecs are cheap. Theres not a world where you nees to go back through and collect respec quests.

A full respec is always goi ng to be expensive though, but generally just getting the items going for a new build with a 10c budget will get you going in maps without respeccing, and doing that as you can.

[rough sundial]

any active guilds recruiting?

[sonic stirrup]

#1┃recruiting-guilds

[somber lantern]

wdym steam servers offline

zzzz back to blood aqeducts farmign soon

lost 6 maps today :X

[nimble tartan]

aren't some mercinaries

like

insanely strong

[noble breach]

Just got rolled-back after finishing Uber Lab. Got Enlighten in the Font too. All lost 🙂

[devout osprey]

its in your crafting bench then

[sonic stirrup]

is it even if the instance crashed?

and it's not even neccessarily the case that it was in the font while it crashed

[devout osprey]

what else did "Got Enlighten in the Font too" mean

"Exchange a Support Gem for a random Exceptional Gem" oh

[sonic stirrup]

what else did "rolled-back" mean

[devout osprey]

i assumed Kim was staring at his/her gems in the divine font, then crashed

[sonic stirrup]

well, if by crashed you mean, the instance did, then maybe

and then maybe it's in the bench

or maybe you misread it as them crashing

[devout osprey]

i tried to be helpful at 3 am sue me

ive never rolled back without being kicked to login(?) some people, like me who dont speak english as their first language can use the word "crashing" for both.

[whole anvil]

Is there a place i can see a list of Mercenaries skills available?

[ornate onyx]

How did he slam an exalt to upgrade the armour to tier 1 like that howwwww ?? Is this new ??

Just some one explain and It will be my pleasure

[cunning warren]

does rarity find stat work with mercs?

[silver kettle]

the armour that was there before was not from a pure armour mod, it was from a hybrid life + armour mod. the slam added a pure armour mod

items display stats not mods by default, which means different mods that grant the same stat can be combined into a single line. have to hold alt to see the mods

[west badger]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/List_of_mercenary_classes
Seems like the wiki has not gotten further then this

[lunar stirrup]

Mercenaries are character-bound right?

[gritty basin]

Account-bound, but they won't work for anyone who's too far off in level

Also, I believe I've verified that the chaos aura from Death's Oath does not have any effect. Which makes sense, but it would have been cool if it worked - it's not a skill gem, after all, it's just a "This happens when the item is equipped" thing

[mint trout]

Anyone got dark pact of thrath yet?

[somber lantern]

Hey does anyone know if awakened elemental focus +1 lvls to "elemental gems" would work for lightnign/fire golems?

[dreamy carbon]

what's good to toss in the Corruption Chamber?

[queen cedar]

other people's items (sell the temple)

[dreamy carbon]

i'm aware you can do something else instead

[queen cedar]

probably just popular/generic unique body armours

[loud rock]

Magebloods

Headhunter

[dreamy carbon]

"don't" and "magebloods" I don't know what I expected lol

[loud rock]

Thats kinda what ppl do for double corrupts

Magebloods and HH

Sometimes body armours like Replica Perfect forms, Dendrobates, etc

[spark dew]

what do the petal abilities do

[queen cedar]

I did also give you the reasonable answer

[dreamy carbon]

you did not. I didn't ask what to do with it.

I went and searched most valuable 2 corrupts, got some ideas

basically just want to actually run mine, and have cheaper stuff to throw a lot of in, not fully throwing the room away

I love the randomness of temple loot, got gloves I sold for 5d

have mysterious incubators equipped at all times

[fickle schooner]

Anyone know where the high tier bench craft for defenses is in maps? Wiki says ancient city but I just full cleared it and didn't find it

[manic kernel]

hi im AK

[rancid cipher]

So, my merc just cleared t17 (aside from rares/bosses) for me

Lmfao

https://youtu.be/U0XfiPw-P0g?feature=shared

I can't wait to deck her out in actual rares and a high edps wand

[dreamy carbon]

any opinions on Cursed Treasures in Incursions? I don't feel like I'm noticing better loot? but idk

[spark dew]

bro i'm never fighting the stupid incarnation of fear or whatever the league mini boss is called again

the fire one

he one tapped all my minions and i was stuck using just skeletons took 18 minutes to kill him smh

[left cape]

Does anyone know if watchers eye works with merc auras?

[cobalt hemlock]

Are there any items we can give Mercs to make them use Vaal skills more often?

[normal ledge]

what the fk

why are you leveling like 99999 crit skill gems

and how are you buffing the crap out of your merc for it to do that

i have so many questions

[rich quest]

do your guys' mercs die all the time as well? im starting to think its not worth the gold cost to have them lol

[somber lantern]

Any other Low tier tripple boss map like vaal pyramid?

[devout granite]

Yo, for anyone else playing Berserker Fissure of Snaking, when you turn on Blood and Sand, and switch to Blood stance, and then take out the gem, does it keep the DPS bonus but give you back the reserved mana for you as well????

[odd gate]

it shouldn't no, unless you're talking about that mastery that is conditional on blood stance, that works cause you're character is in blood stance by default (and the reservation is what gives you blood buffs)

[devout granite]

Yeah, the DPS bonus is coming from the mastery, but the damage increase stays even when the gem isn't socketed, until I put it back in and put it to sand stance, but then that reserves the mana again.

So this is working as intended?

[odd gate]

yup, your character is in blood stance by default

and the reservation gives blood stance extra buffs

[devout granite]

Okay, so i'm basically seeing the DPS as it should be, sand stance was lowering the DPS

Why is there no DPS increase from being in blood stand though from the gem?

The "Melee skills deal % more area damage while in blood stance" just doesn't get calculated on the sheet then?

Like it's an "invisible" damage increase?

[gritty basin]

But what if we had a second Storm Call of Trarthus?

[rancid cipher]

That's the beauty of it, I'm not

LOL

I'm running eternal blessing Zealotry, which my merc doesn't benefit from

My merc is just that strong, with less 100c investment I guess 🙃

I mean, Pohx's looks even stronger https://youtu.be/d0n-b4LgKHk?feature=shared

I feel like kinetic bolt may be better, but he has insane links on his merc

KB shotguns packs though

[gilded bone]

hmm uber lab today looks great , I need to far it a bit

[split trail]

So, there are cheap items who are broken on mercenary for buffing me ?

[glass cipher]

Yea I had one of em too in the campaign, the girl was slaying

[dreamy carbon]

yep

[idle coral]

No xp when this happens?

[split trail]

Which one please ? it's hard to search with all these unique existing

[dreamy carbon]

Leer Cast, Shaper's Seed or Perquil's Toe are a couple

[iron flicker]

is it worth running no mod red maps to find the merc u want or is it harder to get better gem links/gilded supports?

[vapid topaz]

um guys is there a new blood spell other than exsanguate?

[sonic field]

storm call of trarthus

there's also reap but its not new

[vapid topaz]

i can't find any video of it only pics xDD

[sonic field]

its new thats why

[vapid topaz]

is it hard to get?

[sonic field]

rng

just play the game till you get it

or if you play trade its like 1c

[spark dew]

i've done all the quest for eagon, is the brother and sister the final boss of the new league bosses?

[mighty forge]

hey does anyone here know the lowest lvl you can find a kineticism merc?

[sonic field]

i dont think there is any minimum requirement for that

but generally mercs from campaign are garbage and fall over from any sneeze

[mighty forge]

yeah but they're awesome for carrying you thru a1/2 while you keep running without looking at anything

[versed warren]

anyone know if rathpith globe on a merc will use the player's or the merc's life for the spell damage?

[sonic field]

merc

[clear egret]

anyone else has this problem with entering delve? i cannot even make the first quest, when i click the wagon i get this

[rancid cipher]

You get exp.

[flat current]

Is there a vid on the best lightning arrow merc setup?

[dreamy shadow]

Does anyone have any data on what from the atlas tree affects the mercenaries you encounter?

[dreamy carbon]

why do you think it has an effect?

[dreamy shadow]

iir/iiq- if they affect the mercs, map mod effect nodes become relevant. Does increased difficulty of mercs beyond tier yield better rewards.

[sharp spindle]

can somebody help me with a tier17 map boss you can have the loot it drops

[pastel mauve]

#1┃looking-for-group

[languid prism]

after you reach maps do you swap your skill tree into your actual build or do it later on in maps?

[rose dragon]

Heavily depends on build

I will swap to EE only after 4 voidstones for example, using leveling build until then

Some already swap after siosa in act3

[sonic field]

depends

[languid prism]

https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/ice-shot-of-penetration-miner-deadeye-league-starter
this is the build im doing, im still in act 9 but im following the maxroll leveling

[upper dragon]

man this is working out alot better than i was expecting, for some reason i decided to go be an aurabot for my merc as my leaguestarter and while the beginning was a bit tough, with all the minion nodes and the minion buffs affect you, herald of purity/thunder absolution (i've turned thunder off to put on more regular aura's so far) and my absolution is still one shotting whites (act 7 so far) and with this toxicologist with toxic rain and giving it a quill rain its 13 levels behind me but still doing great damage

plus the guardian's sentinel summon pulls some great weight against bosses too.

[runic zephyr]

Is there anything similar to Conduit for allies to give the mercenary to share charges?

[upper dragon]

that reminds me i should get intuitive link

[runic zephyr]

what are you thinking of casting on him? curses and stuff possible i can see that but doesnt sound great

[upper dragon]

just my absolution

that way i just need to run around

[inland lark]

hello how much can this be worth?

[prime tree]

if it's a graphical issue you could try swapping to another renderer.

[gilded bone]

nothing

[serene nymph]

how important is interacting with all the previous league mechanics like delve,beastiary, settlers?

[languid prism]

act 10, time to finish this

[upper dragon]

time to get started

[wispy spoke]

So.. merc affects enemy health, doesn’t lvl with you, is it best to not have one follow you during acts?

[gilded bone]

depends what you want ,most of them have different rewards

[upper dragon]

they can be as strong or stronger than you (depending on how good your build is) so they can outscale how much health they give the enemies, plus they increase your drop rewards

basically find a type that synergises with you, hire, keep going while exiling other types and you should find another of the same type thats hopefully as good or better soon

managed to get 2 quill rains from toxicologists though

[serene nymph]

ok cool so none of them is a waste of time for endgame progression right

[gilded bone]

nice I managed to buy ashes 29% for 8 div

[upper dragon]

i'd say they are probably better in endgame (only in act 7 so far). but at least for campaign they are worth especially since they can really have good gear to nab

[wispy spoke]

Okay sweet! I’ll try some out, what would you say would synergize well with a melee lvling (sunder) build?

As far as mercs go

[upper dragon]

not too sure, i haven't experimented much. eruptionist? and toxicologists are the only ones i really used, other than a spark/arc mage one for a little while

but i imagine something ranged or with aura's would be good

[violet nymph]

What is up my fellow exilians!

[upper dragon]

[violet nymph]

How’s it cracking bud

[wispy spoke]

Sweet! I ran into one, in the first zone after town I ignored him lmao. Guess it’s time to experiment. Was thinking some form of cc or like u said ranged.. to pick if the stragglers as I’m so slow right now

[clear egret]

but all other stuff looks normal? it is only when i click the wagon (crawler) down beside Niko, to see the delve

[prime tree]

🤷 see if it fixes it. might be a shader cache issue or outdated drivers or god knows what tbh.

[upper dragon]

my toxicologist is now at +82% rarity

[spiral ice]

is this something new?

[hidden holly]

hey chat, reanimator merc with blasphemy enfeeble vs combatant with wrath?

[upper dragon]

i think thats an infamous modifier

so yeah should be new

[spiral ice]

does it gives proj impale

or makes it stronger if it exist?

[hidden holly]

dont think so

it says impale effect so its making impale stronger

yeah impale effect already exists

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Impale

[spiral ice]

sad, and not an upgrade merc cos skills bad 😦

my one clears and single target good

[clear egret]

well, i am on a mac, so i have no idea where to search for that stuff, i mean i havent changed anything since last league, ehm i think, but thanks for the input ❤️

[languid prism]

i hate these 8 piece puzzles.......

[sonic field]

just skip it

[languid prism]

i can't i need to do it to progress in the lab

[sonic field]

i bet you dont

they basically never are mandatory

[steep hedge]

anyone know if ephemeral garb can be put on strength only mercs ( eruptor )

[sonic field]

if it has str requirement then yes

can be hybrid

just needs str to be there

[alpine sierra]

What is a strong spell build this league?

[sonic field]

vortex of projection archmage is the most played self cast spell build if you dont count brands

with whooping 1% play rate

[alpine sierra]

What happened to spells?

[sonic field]

(on poe ninja so not exactly whole playerbase but most ppl in maps)

[steep hedge]

how do you even equip it on the mercs it has a 700 str int requirement lmao

*garb of the ephemeral

[sonic field]

self cast has been rather bad for a while and they nerfed the only thing that was good (archmage)

[alpine sierra]

Stats don't matter only type

Any strength or int Merc can wear garb

[sonic field]

justs checked, you cant equip it cuz it has no base str req

the str is added only by the item mods

[vivid ledge]

Anyone could recommend some good league starters? Thinking of going explosive concoction

[steep hedge]

so, need a str/int merc?

[sonic field]

yes

or pure int

[steep hedge]

but hybrid will work right

[sonic field]

or scion merc

[sonic field]

anything that has int included

[arctic cargo]

this league dead?

[pastel mauve]

Its less than a week old...

[arctic cargo]

idk usually id see a lot of public parties

[sonic field]

public parties are not a good representative of player activity

vast majority play the game as a singleplayer with online trade

[eager root]

props over 100k still

this league also really good

[hidden fulcrum]

any strong boss killer here that can help me to hire this infamous kineticist merc? t16 blue map, double shrine available

[lime totem]

Hey guys, im an aussie guy who likes long walks on the beach, and recenetly a path of exile obsession, just looking for like minded people. Especially to learn and push the game with

[iron flicker]

it falls off after you get to maps but its good for leveling

[lime totem]

theres so many good league start options, especially if you arnt expecting to clear all the content with one chjaracter

[winter stag]

Just wanted to complaint that Server DC eat my div I got from merc, which at this stage was more than I had in my currency tab. Damn that's not cool, I like the league mechanic, but those exp and items roll-backs are crazy

[iron flicker]

you dont have to do it

to prog lab

[gritty heath]

Does rarity on merc gear work?

[bright arch]

should

[gilded bone]

rip divine, dc and lost it

[gritty heath]

Wait you can give mercs Leer Cast? pog

[gilded bone]

I have 2 Leer Casts 1 on merc and 1 on AG

[jovial pumice]

Is leer cast additive or multi?

[gritty heath]

Additive

But free damage is free damage

[jovial pumice]

Ah yeah, minor

Yeah, for sure.

[gritty heath]

Can also add Windscream and two curse rings

[jovial pumice]

Mercs defence scaling is weird, right?

Ive seen talk that resists dont matter?

Ill probably run that if i swap to smite.

Running 4x curse means thats a huge downgrade

[twin bramble]

Does asenath touch + coiling whisper combo works if you equip asenath's on your merc?

[jovial pumice]

I assume they replace curses

If you have the items, use a trash merc and take the gear back if it doesnt.

[twin bramble]

also, do me and my merc share curses limit? or can he apply one (or even two) and I apply another one on top?

[charred charm]

where can i capture Leif , the swift-handed ? Normally its on a castle map... i dont see the "castle map" in the atlas.

[gritty heath]

Good question

lemme check

[jovial pumice]

Dont know for sure, but can be almost certain you do not share curse limit with mercs.

[gritty heath]

curse limit is shared

[jovial pumice]

Interesting, where do you have that from?

Tested?

[gritty heath]

I just tested

My merc has flammability on hit but when I cast punishment it just replaces flammability

[twin bramble]

so if I want to apply 1 curse and have my merc apply another, who do I need to raise curses limit? he or me?

[last otter]

Someone has a list of buffing gear I can throw on my merc?

[jovial pumice]

Hmm. That changes a lot honestly. Could drop bane from 6L.

[agile hemlock]

When a curse is applied, that is when the curse limit is checked (of whoever is applying the new curse).

[charred charm]

Is it maybe a bug, that cause, we all CANT get Leif in this season to have lower bleeding and corrupted blood debuffs?

[agile hemlock]

so usually you'd put it on merc so that the merc doesn't override your curse.

but you'll override both curses then.

[jovial pumice]

Oh, this isnt the test i thoughr it would be. Curses are local.

What matters more is if you have 6 limit, and the merc can then use 6. That would be what id call sharing curse limit.

[gritty heath]

Yep I gave merc Windscream and now can apply two curses

[jovial pumice]

The merc would replace my 4 curses with their 1.

Yeah, windscream is good tech

[gritty heath]

Garb of the ephemeral on a merc is insane

No crits tech

[jovial pumice]

Thats why its usually on AG.

[twin bramble]

so you have a limit of 1, your merc has a limit of two.
So he wont override your curse and will apply both,
But then when you apply your curse your override his?

[jovial pumice]

Depends. Im fairly sure you just cant curse, as it prioritises the higher limit.

[twin bramble]

so I would need to raise both his and mine to two? damn

[jovial pumice]

Only if you want to replace them.

Only one of you should be cursing.

Both is a waste.

[gritty heath]

Seems that they just don't override each other

[urban night]

anyone know a good exp strat right now? just abyss?

[jovial pumice]

Im sure all the old ones work the same.

Unless you're over 92, doubt you should bother doing anything special

[runic zephyr]

infamous merc in t16 bro his sweep wasnt even 6L

[elfin sierra]

[gilded bone]

hmm finally a 23% quality Holy relic , I still want a 21/23 , I've 2x corrupted so many ,close to 10

now with the 29% ashes and 23% gem I'm at the 82 break point

[proper pendant]

I tried to play Holy Relic but I gave up during the conversion from lvl-ing to Maps the SRS feels super bad for me

[gritty heath]

Yeah abyss is about 20% exp up to lvl 97

[midnight lynx]

Does any1 know if ~7mil pconc dps is enough for like 6 reward deli mirror farming? bored of destructive play

[spare badger]

What are some possibilities of dex/int aura mercs? Right now in running a dex with Grace/haste but i have some es/evasion gear id love to equip on the merc.

[sonic field]

you can use es/eva gear on pure dex mercs

[spare badger]

You sure bout that?

Im pretty sure it says no

Im not home right now but i believe i couldnt

[gilded bone]

"For Mercenaries with multiple Attributes, any Armour gear that requires an Attribute not associated with that Mercenary is invalid. (e.g. a Dexterity/Intelligence Mercenary can equip only gear requiring Dexterity, Intelligence or Dexterity + Intelligence)"

[normal ledge]

probably with mercs, more people playing solo

[spare badger]

Exactly, so i cant equip a es/evasion on a pure dex

[sonic field]

you can, single attribute mercs can wear any gear that has their attribute in it, and hybrid mercs can only wear hybrid gear or with just one of their attributes, for example dex can wear pure dex and any hybrid dex, while dex int can wear dex/int, dex and int
for weapons its different tho and they only care if its their preferred weapon type

[sonic field]

read what they wrote again

"mercenaries with MULTIPLE attributes"

[spare badger]

Hmm okey i guess i must have done something wrong yesterday

[gilded bone]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Mercenary yeah single attribule can equip any othe other 2

For Mercenaries with a single Attribute, any Armour gear that requires that Attribute is valid. (e.g. a Strength Mercenary can equip only equipment requiring Strength, Strength + Dexterity, or Strength + Intelligence)

[sonic field]

and again, thats just for gear not weapons

for weapons they only care if its their type

[spare badger]

It was a body armor so im confused what happened to me lol

[sonic field]

like kineticist will only want wands

[sonic field]

maybe level? mercs can equip gear with lvl req up to 20% higher than them afaik

[spare badger]

I must have misread the armor type i guess

Its a 82 or 83 merc

Thanks tho!

[zenith valley]

hey quick question, in poe 1, the favoured map slots, can i just select only Necropolis f.e. or does it not add up and u should put different ones?

[meager bramble]

LFG to run through the acts. Im currently on Act 3

[gilded bone]

check LGF channel

[gilded bone]

it's better to put one next to it for map sustain

all necro except 1

[zenith valley]

okay so i currently have 4 slots meaning 3 necro and whatever is best

grotto belfry crystal ore pier

[granite plover]

wut, it says i am not the instance owner, did i get hacked or sthn?
nvm it was sg server dying again

[zenith valley]

belfry out cuz that boss is ass

playing blight so whats narrow, anyone know? crystal ore?

[elfin sierra]

toxic sewer

[potent cove]

what are some uniques to lower lightning res for dorys prototype? rare rings and stuff are too expensive atm

[twin bramble]

Looks like PoB doesnt understand Emnity's Embrace? I added it and +900% increased fire resistance and my damage didn't change

[barren monolith]

trying to decide what to farm this league still once I finally get my atlas complete. not a fan of ritual, is beyond worth farming (tainted currency and all that)

[elfin sierra]

ventor's with negative light res, though those are becoming more expensive as well

[slow fjord]

How do we get higher level workers? Mine are stuck to 3-5 in merc league, before we upgraded town and now we dont

[gilded bone]

max is 5

[runic zephyr]

i thought mercs cannot use any skills gained from gear and also not trigger socketed skills on their gear? or can they?

[slow fjord]

Huh really?

damn didnt know that

[gilded bone]

check https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Mercenary Mercenaries can be affected by anointed passive skills and keystones, Their skills cannot be linked to triggers, such as from their equipment

[runic zephyr]

hm, a cheatsheet im seeing shows svalinn as a good shield for mercs but iguess its wrong on that

[rapid urchin]

infamous means he has a unique

[runic zephyr]

among other things, yyes

[sonic field]

if its the same list im thinking of it has bunch of bas picks cuz the creator assumed they will trigger stuff

[sonic field]

not entirely

infamous can have a special item mod on rares and are generally stronger than normal mercs

[runic zephyr]

the unique part is guaranteed is what they ment i think

[tame current]

crazy lag spikes anyone SG ?

japan doesn't seem to work either

[elfin sierra]

sg has been terrible for some time

[sharp spindle]

can someone help me with t17 fortress boss?? you can keep the loot

[gilded bone]

hmm I've finally found a lvl 83 merc with malevolence and temp chains

[tame current]

i've done about 300 maps trying to a bladebiter with grace and malevolence, no luck

[mystic thorn]

you exile the wrong types?

[tame current]

bladebitter is the only merc with grace and male and can use garb

i check poedb, bladebitter is the one, i just need the correct combination

[fossil nimbus]

question is the Eagon thing found in maps is super rare or something like i did it once and i cant find it anymore i have done like 20maps

[sonic field]

yes it seems rare

didn't find any after quest ones as well

[gilded bone]

do you have all 4 voidstones ?

[fossil nimbus]

i do

[kindred shoal]

So my merc is level 72 and is chill, never dies or even really loses health. Is useful - providing an aura and curse.

Would getting a level 83 version of the same type be much better? What about infamous? Do their aura and curses get stronger?

[jaunty spade]

Why are allflames dropping in price?

[gilded bone]

I doesn't look like it https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Mercenary#Mechanics

[sonic field]

more ppl started farming betrayal cuz they got expensive

[limpid basin]

is the pen mod on the item highlighted in red or blue

if it's red that means pob doesn't recognize it (yet)

[halcyon goblet]

whats up with the servers?????

[hidden gyro]

any one has tips on how to earn gold? betrayal strat too expensive for me atm

[strange wind]

anyone recommend a good strat for building currency, pretty new to poe1 and just got to maps

[gilded bone]

try to get you map completion

I used this https://maxroll.gg/poe/poe-atlas-tree/l16jo041

maxroll has some more atlas strats https://maxroll.gg/poe/category/currency

[strange wind]

cool ill check those out, thanks!

[rapid urchin]

oh

name colour looks cool now

[somber lantern]

i just wanna play ;:(

[rapid urchin]

same xd

[somber lantern]

all eus ervs broken again...

[rapid urchin]

ddos'd again award

[somber lantern]

Cant they just install some ddos protection

[rapid urchin]

it only gets you so fae

far

[somber lantern]

Really? i would think it would be rather simple

[rapid urchin]

if it was that simple the servers wouldn't be ddosed every so often

idk why even ddos poe 1 instead of 2

unless it's a GGG scheme

[somber lantern]

0 ppl playing poe 2

I still dunno if i believe its ddos

cause its so odd

i can map 100% fine

everythign works perfect

but i CANNOT run a single lab run

that shit is odd af....

so their lab s ervers are more wonky...?

and why would lab even be on a separate server?

[rapid urchin]

I get dc'd in maps and hideout

[ancient dawn]

I did 4 merc runs last night and I dropped once

[somber lantern]

and why do they still have the shitty

"WARNING YOUR GPU DRIVER IS NOT UP TO DATE" issue again?

they had it last league

and league b efore that

wtf is up wit hthat ?>.>

[rapid urchin]

update your drivers

[somber lantern]

They are up to date

Unless GGG has their own nvidia drivers that nvidia themselves dont know about

i got the newest

i just wanted to farm merc lab ;_; its such a good layout today

fuckign sigh

https://i.imgur.com/JhsQtzT.png

If only it wasnt lvl 68 😦

[balmy moss]

do mercs have separate curse limit?

[past spire]

for garb of ephemeral on merc do i need one with str/int or one with str OR int works?

[gilded bone]

I've just checked and looks like they need something like doedre's damning but then if you curse there's still only 1 curse , they will override your own curse unless you have +maximum curses

[coarse bridge]

They share yours

[balmy moss]

:C

[past spire]

you can allocate whisper of doom i guess on merc for 2 curses

[balmy moss]

so if I give +1 curse item to merc = no effect

if merc has curse on blasphemy, still it's my 1 curse limit

ye?

I need to increase my curse limit

[gilded bone]

ok I just tested, my merc has doedre's damning , if I let them curse and then I curse there are 2 curses , if I curse the merc overrides my curse so 1 curse on the mob

[rapid urchin]

xd

but I have this one here now, absolute stupidity

[wide fern]

Anyone looked Blood Price helm tech on mercs?

Feel like it'd only be worth on pinnacle bosses

[umbral cipher]

Do people like or dislike Mercs? I see so much salt but I can't tell if they hate the mode or are just frustrated

[coarse bridge]

Me like

[lilac granite]

jackpot

[balmy moss]

Guys, I've just realized. GGG tricked us into playing pvp

[proper finch]

guys, how we can gear up our mercs? i only see lock icon on the items for mercs

[balmy moss]

you can put items on it

it disappears the items they have

forever

you can later take out your items

unless you dismiss them, then delete

[proper finch]

ohhhhh im lvl 90 and you teach me how to do merc lol

thank you so much mate

[balmy moss]

😜

[proper finch]

what kind of skills are good on mercs btw? i have determination one

playing bama btw

[balmy moss]

many good builds

you can use them for big extra damage, you can get auras from them for damage/defense

you can make them slow or chill or shock

you can use uniques with aura effects on them

just find whatever is beeneficial and test it, replace later

much fun

[runic zephyr]

i know that "Grants XYZ Skill" gear doesnt work on Mercs, but does "Trigger XYZ Skill on Hit" work? i assume not, right?

[jovial pumice]

Curses work

New axe type of trigger doesnt afaik

[somber berry]

Why do most melee builds level with ground slam before merveil and after that, sunder? Is that just a recommendation or is there some advantage to for example, sunder?

[rapid urchin]

hell yeah

[native copper]

Guys, i want a merc with flame link. I got one without, am i able to find the same merc while using the type of the merc or i have to dismiss him?

[whole anvil]

Does anyone know what the max level recruitment for workers? Last league it was 10 and i cant seem to go h igher then 5

[native copper]

5 it is

[whole anvil]

wow all this time ive been trying to reroll like crazy

[sudden glacier]

Hey guys, I haven't been keeping up. What are all the meta uniques for mercenaries. I know about doryanis, what are some others?

[gilded wasp]

Can you drop t17s in 16.5s?

[worthy nimbus]

i feel like i got a couple last night, but i am not positive

[gilded wasp]

ok thanks

[mental orchid]

aurabot looking for 5way runs

[tough harness]

is there any safety for items you put on mercs? ie. reminder to take them back before dismissing?

or is it possible to just poof gear by forgetting

[limpid basin]

kaom's binding, perquil's toe, sign of the sin eater

[lilac granite]

it should be divs

[drifting crown]

It does say that merc has equippe real items when you dismiss one

[tough harness]

oh perfect, thank you

[drifting crown]

It won't probably stop people (and me) from deleting something eventually

[tough harness]

still very good to have

[red mauve]

is max worker rank in kingsmarch 5 now or is it still 10?

[pastel void]

5 yup

[tropic breach]

Is something like this item only attainable via double veiling or something? Not sure how to go about working towards something like this

[agile hemlock]

That's a veiled mod (or an essence mod, don't remember) for the throwing speed, and a regular benchcraft for the Regen.

[plain ravine]

if i have lucky dmg rolls, and say i roll a low dmg but crit, and a high dmg roll, which does the lucky choose?

[tropic breach]

ah i see, so veil into craft bench gotcha

[tropic breach]

and the most likely way to get something like this would be to use a veiled chaos orb and pray it falls on that?

[coarse grove]

You don't have to dismiss afaIk.

When I look at the source for the wiki page on mercenary types, it looks like it has a bunch more information that isn't being displayed.

[agile hemlock]

It's made using zeal essences

[tropic breach]

oh shit. thanks that helps a lot. what about something like this?

[tropic breach]

assuming the 4 sec is REQUIRED from veiling it because otherwise it's 8 sec