1┃mirage-league

[limpid basin]

curses are specific, you can see them on wiki

[steep hedge]

thx

[lilac granite]

how this guy have 5-6 mercs?\

[limpid basin]

inflation always happens

[fallow mica]

people are farming end game maps
t17s and t16.5s
open twitch.tv)

[sonic field]

its one of boosted labs

from the special offerings

[fallow mica]

oh really?

thanks captain Obvious

[sonic field]

though you were asking

[fallow mica]

I made this screenshot

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/699778031014772796.webp?size=96

[fallow mica]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/175005585203396622/838356430096433152/-217a03ee7242221.gif

[austere whale]

is this bugged? I did elder with a merc and no credit

[sterile atlas]

Try /recheck_achievements

[gilded bone]

did you kill uber elder ? it's not the normal one

[austere whale]

oh

well I did kill him before, but I guess my merc musta died or something?

[tough harness]

... did they take away the harvest elemental damage enchantment?

[austere whale]

nice

[limpid basin]

i dont think so

[tough harness]

well, I can't find it in the harvest bench

Do I need to do something to unlock it?

[merry anchor]

its there for me

[tough harness]

huh, fascinating

... oh, I'm stupid and the UI is unclear

ok

[coarse pewter]

can you hire a merc from someone else's map?

[sonic field]

only the person who opened can hire

[coarse pewter]

got you, thanks

[warm kettle]

can anyone advise what the go to kingsmarch shipment strat is?

[silent island]

why are people using blade flurry on trickster smite?

oh it actually gets triggered by generals cry, nvm then

[sonic field]

generals cry for bosses

[silent island]

ty, do you also know why desecrate lol? cuz i cant figure that out at all

[sonic field]

read how gen cry works

[silent island]

ohhhhhhhh

damn

[boreal glade]

Does the queen of Vaal have reflex dmg or something

Why did I get 1shot

Reflect

[merry anchor]

atziri i belive does have reflect

[sterile atlas]

Atziri? Yes, she reflects. When she splits into clones, she reflects a lot harder.

[boreal glade]

… how are u supposed to beat her then

[silent island]

either be reflect immune or dont hit the clone with the mirror

[sterile atlas]

Depends, could be as simple as temporarily shoving trap support into your links.

Generally Yugul's Pantheon + elemental or physical mastery gets you to 110% reduced reflect taken, which is enough as long as you don't stand in her lightning damage to get shocked by a crit.

[hidden holly]

the mercenary skill chaotic shot seems like it could be an interesting skill gem

[quiet matrix]

can someone here help me kill an Elderslayer Maven invite with onslaught?

[eager charm]

#1┃looking-for-group

[wary hawk]

can strength merc wear garb of the ephemeral?

[thorny pond]

I'm assuming if you are using The Dark Monarch Helm, it stops the guardian ascendancy "Radiant Crusade" and Unwavering Crusade from summoning it's minions?

[stone bay]

whats a good 2nd build to go into, I'm about 100d into vfos and looking to swap, was looking at palsterons forbidden rite of soul occultist, any other suggestions?

[thin barn]

why does my atlas look like this after fighting the last boss?

[topaz vale]

Cuz

[rancid cipher]

She burned the atlas or something, it's aesthetic only

[acoustic raft]

the exile's pilfering ring how does it work?

[signal girder]

Let’s go nameless seer had a mageblood

[acoustic raft]

like the exile pilfering ring isn't a real ring that takes up a ring slot?

you just activate it and it should keep track of the currencies you pick up right?

[devout osprey]

its not an item you equip, its a mtx

Ring Skin

[acoustic raft]

okay I see hmmm I might get that later on

what's the percent drop rate for mirror? like 1 in a billion?

[devout osprey]

more. (idk, we arent told rates)

[acoustic raft]

1 in 8billion 1 for the entire population of earth

[formal sail]

Any aurbots out there???

[lime crypt]

question about kb merc, is piscator or goddess wand better? I know crafted wand is the best but I don't have yet, so considering between the 2

[somber lantern]

My merc keeps stopping to attack for 5 sec then starting again

is she running out of mana or is it just supposed to be like that?

[sharp plinth]

is wealthy exile down tday?

[limpid basin]

piscator is the budget option

[cobalt lichen]

anyone got a strong budget build for kineticist merc?

for dps and survivability

don't care too much about player/shared benefits

atm I use oblit wand and lycosidae, and trying to stack flat dmg with replica abyssus, wake of destruction boots, and prismweave belt, and voice of the storm neck for lucky lightning dmg, and doedre's tenure gloves for the spell power

[violet nymph]

Just used it right now. Didn't know my stash was worth 41d lol

[sterile wadi]

am i the only one who cant log in?

[vernal stream]

anyone have a suggestion for a body armor, for a pure phys str merc

[steep mountain]

do mercs use the focus skill?

[alpine sierra]

Is sanctum die?

[echo pewter]

Did they mess up the spawn rate of Memory Tears? Been a few days since I last saw one

[minor heron]

very perplexed why this map is rippy for me, only 1 damage mod (extra lightning)

[turbid bloom]

server issue are still ongoing after two weeks in league.
On SG server i start with 80ms ping when doing nothing in hideout. As soon as i enter map and start playing. It jumps 10 times everysecond between 80 to 200. very very unstable.

No updates from GGG on this.

[echo pewter]

Almost 180% EXTRA lightning damage + elemental weakness plus theit attack/cast speed increases. Large boost to their DPS

[turbid bloom]

its not one mod only. 173% damage boost and increase attack speed + lower defense all combined are huge.

[echo pewter]

also blind decreases evasion by 20%

[turbid bloom]

tripple t1 attribute on synth dex ring. Clean prefic also. not sure if this worth anything more than what i paid for the base

i think its very nice. But i dont have enough experience to know which build can use this.

[white badge]

is there a good spreadsheet or resource for mercenary builds

[white badge]

it triggers a lot, it makes a noticable difference if you're not running it

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1y8x-gexn9FmH-PXN77aUMkpnBPBawcnhLFsQ11xJE/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[valid compass]

what ilvl bases should i be picking up if i want to make es trickster? for recomb

[jagged marsh]

best way to increase damage? aura bot for my merc (ssf)

spell + phys + added damage?

[white badge]

necrotic body armors, warlock boot/gloves, lich circlet helmet

[sonic field]

kinetic bolt already scales with spell dmg, unless sth is bugged on mercs

[jagged marsh]

where can i check best dps mercs with items?

[sonic field]

there are some setups already on the internet

most popular was a static strike merc with armor stack gear

[jagged marsh]

thx

[jaunty crown]

Do mercenaries not benefit from my auras?

[rustic ridge]

is it weird if infamous merc doesn't have any infamy items?

[sudden spruce]

what type of merc and gear pairs well with cold bv?

[valid compass]

i know what bases, i was asking about ilvl

from what i know i need 86 for highest %. but idk how many of these actually drop or should i pick up lower ones as well. idk either if i recomb a 86ilvl mod base and a 84base, and if it chooses 84 base, can it move the 86ilvl mod?

[turbid bloom]

100 pings in a minute. Guess my -112 lighting res ring is worth more than 15c. People are just trying to scam a new player.

[opaque viper]

Yeah that happens haha

[sonic stirrup]

Scam? You listed it for that price

[opaque viper]

But tbf they are just offering what you put it up for

[sonic stirrup]

Scamming a new player is searching for unpriced items and undercutting market value

[turbid bloom]

if you dont think its a scam. you dont have a heart for it and never truely understand what it felt like being new player to this game.

[sonic stirrup]

???

I guess I've been playing this game for all of eternity

[turbid bloom]

i have seen few player giving me worthy price even though i lsited for less in past leagues.

[sonic stirrup]

You're the one wasting people's time by not selling for your listed price

[turbid bloom]

these automated bot notifiers just pings contantly trying to scam accidnets.

[turbid bloom]

None of that was manual. More than 80% were automated pings they received

[sonic field]

afaik infamous mod is not guaranteed but unique is

[sonic field]

the only person scamming you here is you yourself

[rustic ridge]

thanks, all prior ones ive met all had something, it gave me the wrong assumption

[rustic ridge]

not scam but you def underpriced it by a lot, they are live searching and trying to whisper you the instant anything in their search criteria comes up

[gilded bone]

nice my second brother's gift 5 , T16.5 with 160 quant and the quant eater altars ,200 currency is the way

[void kindle]

what a hilarious take

[alpine sierra]

How are we finding 16.5 maps?

[white badge]

scam is a pretty harsh word for it

[jagged marsh]

random shrines is bad without uniques?

[vale pond]

what item can I give to my merc for giga cast speed? dont care about damage or anything

[jagged marsh]

wand with cast speed + gloves 15 cast + amu cast

[agile hemlock]

A Coiling whisper setup probably

[jagged marsh]

any diff between merc levels or only links do damage?

how rare top tier uniques from syndicate Janus? i have 70k gold

[tardy steeple]

if you have Spectral Leader Please PM me Thank you 🙂

[woeful umbra]

Maybe some one could help me kill the negletcted flame 4x ghosted? Pls

[strong nebula]

Using VFOS is trinity support supposed to do this using yoke?

[agile hemlock]

No, you aren't proccing trinity

You deal way too little cold damage

[strong nebula]

% wise or total wise

i have the 39% phy to cold

[agile hemlock]

Here, trinity needs you to roughly alternate between the highest damage type of your hits being cold and fire.

Your cold caps out at 500k, your fire starts at around triple that.

[strong nebula]

oh, ok so what would be the way to fix that

[agile hemlock]

I don't know enough about the build to tell

I'd expect hatred

or balance of terror

[strong nebula]

prob this

ty

[ivory sparrow]

what attribute type is kineticist merc? I am trying to find a good one for me to be an aura bot for

[strong nebula]

soo my converion is good kaom's just gives soo much fire damage that if fucks up the ratio?

[rose mist]

Question about Mercs, I'm trying to use a bladecaster which default weapon is daggers but trying to equip it with a wand. It shows "green" indicating i'm able to but unable to equip. Is that standard? And I just need to find daggers for it to use?

I figured it out! you need to equip a dagger, then un-equip a dagger in each slots to empty out his weapons. At that point you can equip the wands.

[minor heron]

Does Soul Eater provide defense too?

[gilded bone]

nice merc with 2

[gilded bone]

2% less damage taken per soul https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Soul_Eater

[languid ledge]

kinda need a phys axe to use trinity

[minor heron]

is it possible to re-do the new zana story bosses

[sonic field]

run maps until you find a memory tear

there are atlas nodes that decrease appearances of the chosen boss

[sonic field]

worth noting that its just for enemies

players dont gain dr from eater

else the new ring would be utterly insane

[gilded bone]

I'm so glad that Soul Eater stacks fall off after a short period of the monster not consuming souls, before they would has crazy lvls of soul eater

[minor heron]

these ones?

[sonic field]

no

the same thing as you activated the map chains before bosses

[minor heron]

ah been doing maps al day and nothing have appeared

[proper pendant]

Guys , what is a good and cheap Elementalist build ? I want to start a new character and I don;t know what to play...

I played volcanic fissure and I got bored of it.

[minor heron]

eplsoive arrow totems

[agile hemlock]

What do you enjoy in a build? Ele is very flexible this league

[proper pendant]

I want to play some kind of spell caster , What i normally like to fam is t16 strand Delirium run .

[agile hemlock]

Probably ignite then, wave of conviction or exsang/reap

[valid mist]

are stacked decks more valuable than normal?

[fallow mica]

Pog

[strong nebula]

? cold to lightning

[prisma reef]

so i'm in act 3, what's the best merc for a marauder?

a caster?

necro?

[fallow mica]

So we found Zana
But where is the bosses like the Eater and the Exarch? "They are coming" ones - where they are?

[gilded bone]

you can still fight them like before

[sonic field]

entirely depends on your build

[sonic field]

its just first of bunch of endgame updates we will see, expect more info next league

[prisma reef]

is there something universal for a melee leveling build until i reach endgame? I am inclined to go mage/necromancer for AoE

[fallow mica]

It's an expansion, not league content

[sonic field]

for lvling you just want any good merc, for endgame you want something that will synergize with your build

[fallow mica]

expansions was meant to be a yearly content

[sonic field]

they talked about it in qna with ziggyd on the reveal stream

there will be further story updates to this during next leagues

[fallow mica]

nice nice

[prisma reef]

gotcha, that's what i figured would be the play. i'm gonna do the volcano slamquake i think

[spare pike]

hi guys, do someone knows if awakened greater multiple projectiles being level 8 change something ?
like +1 proj or idk

[gilded bone]

no https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Awakened_Greater_Multiple_Projectiles_Support

only 19% less Projectile Damage

[spare pike]

kk ty :)

[minor heron]

man another 4 portal map with basically zero damage mods. have already invested 100c into my defenses, getting tired bros

[sinful river]

I have 3k-4k hours playtime in poe and i almost play bow on every single build, but i still have questions about like 200divine bow builds and farming strategy’s so if you are a pro and know a lot about bow builds please dm me

[strong bronze]

uniques can have strands???

[neon bison]

what are the best ring annoints atm?

[agile hemlock]

This was made with a glitch

[rose dragon]

Chilling towers freeze and meteors burning ground

[gilded bone]

nice my first divine altar this league 🔥

[valid mist]

I have to assume it's maven's dad fionally showing up

[scarlet sun]

why are mappers getting kidnapped so much? im getting about 1 kidnap per 1 row of maps

[minor heron]

do some breach produce more mobs than other breaches?

[vast fractal]

anyone know if the mastermind discord stacks with -18% res mastery?

[subtle lance]

I see a lot of people in game chat getting mirror card should I gamble like the or keep farming

[sterile atlas]

Setting your minimum to -18% does nothing when you inflict an exposure stronger than that.

[vast fractal]

aight ty

[soft edge]

What's a good rarity on gear to have for end game? I currently have 124%.

[thorny pine]

unless you are going a MF character, its a nice bonus but not really necessary, it doesnt affect most things you farm in endgame

as far as i know it only affects item rarity and thus, gold drops

[sonic field]

0

rarity is usually useless in poe1

only useful for stuff like unique farming strats

it does not affect currency

[scarlet sun]

i hate petal skills

[thorny pine]

are mosnter conversions still in the game? as in the currency ones?

[abstract onyx]

just switched to VF, jesus I can't even see the mobs but they all die in a sec xD

[minor heron]

man ig ot 16k life but no mitigation and it feels worse than my 2k life wander that just runs grace

[left cape]

Does a mercenary casting a curse count as you casting it with balance of terror? I'm just realizing now that I'm gaining trinity with balance of terror without casting ele weakness for the lightning

[abstract onyx]

does this mean it support the regular version of the skill ?

or doesnt work with the vaal gem

[cosmic hill]

You won't get the effects of the support gem when you use the vaal skill but the regular version will so you don't have to change to a regular gem

you can tell by looking at the letters on the skill icon on your bar

[abstract onyx]

ok thanks

[subtle yew]

So I'm level 78 VFoS Berserker and I don't really like the playstyle. Would you Option 1 try Chieftain at this point or Option 2 just re-roll a new build from scratch?

Was thinking about trying Smite slayer or Kinetic Blast if I reroll

[gilded bone]

VFoS Berserker was one of the build I was thinking starting with , other options were poison srs ,and holy relic of conviction both by balormage , I started with holy relic and it's amazing, a lot of fun , depends what style you like , I'm more of a summoner,mage in arpgs like poe and only melee in arpgs like souls

[subtle yew]

I normally play ranged but they just don't seem super great in this league from what Ive looked into. I just have a hard time following the screen with VFoS and all the explosions tbh.

Also just so squishy

[rose dragon]

300-400% if running titanics, otherwise don't bother

Ouch was I scrolled way up

[gilded bone]

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

[soft edge]

Fuck. Rarity doesn't affect currency?

[rose dragon]

Nah

Only makes higher rarities (rare, unique) more common and via this also boosts gold

[soft edge]

Hmm, well I need gold. So I'll keep my 124% rarity.

[subtle yew]

I wonder what makes Smite of Divine Judgement "kinda" newb friendly. This is my first season of POE1

[gilded bone]

first season , then play Righteous Fire by Pohx. I've played it about 23 times ❤️ ,💯 recommend it , best guide in poe too https://pohx.net/

[subtle yew]

I guess if I wanted to try that I could just change my high level berserker over

[gilded bone]

if you do the big thing is the fire mastery regen 1 life for 1% uncaped fire res, so if you have 300 fire res you're good with life regen to start ,another thing is you don't need with the ascendacy valako , you only look for fire resistance and later chaos, you don't need cold of lightning res on your gear

but Pohx explains everything

[abstract onyx]

VF is so stupid. I one shot everything haha

[waxen radish]

can i buy memory tear from someone?

like can someone host a map?

or if he finds it post it?

[fleet mortar]

Betrayal experts, can anyone tell me what my best course of action is for fixing my board? I need to swap Rin and Leo ideally

[gray compass]

Any non-traps/mines non-smite good trickster builds this league? can't really find any ngl

[subtle yew]

gonna give it a try. gotta figure out where in the build to start since i’m level 80

[halcyon goblet]

what's the droprate of veiled exalted orbs?

[fallow mica]

its ok. hold transportation members to 1 + Grav
run other safehouses with that much amount of members you have atm - collect intelligence and run safehouses

[agile hemlock]

intstack wander

[fallow mica]

more safehouses = more chances to drop katarina fight fragment

[fallow mica]

3.25 trickster lightning strike
there is Energy Blade high budget version
very strong but very expensive

[gray compass]

havent haerd of instack but sounds expensive ash ik any stacker typically is

[gray compass]

ygeah i know LS isnt bad now but i played that Phrecia league as scavenger

[agile hemlock]

it is expensive, yeah

[fallow mica]

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries?skills=Lightning+Strike&sort=dps

6-8 mirrors build

[agile hemlock]

I don't think you should be looking at non-trap mine trickster for a cheap build tbh

I'm sure you can play something

[gray compass]

i got like 40 div rn lmao

[agile hemlock]

but like.... eh.

[gray compass]

Im not looking for "cheap" but also not mandatory expensive lol

[candid jolt]

Can someone that has nimis help me check an interaction with a skill? I'll supply the skill gem of course

[abstract falcon]

I didnt know corrupting a unique could turn it into a rare 😭

[tough harness]

Does mark of submission work on mercs? I assume not, but confirmation would be nice

[brave marsh]

No

[austere whale]

what are good maps to scry atm?

[subtle yew]

If you use Ruetoo Smite of Divine build when do you swap from Econc? Not until endgame?

[mild ibex]

Is this actually worth taking in heist? my other curios are only 1-2c, but don't know that this is actually worth anything

[gray compass]

You prob shouldn't swap till like lvl 80-85+ and you have at least 2-3 divs

you can push econc till lvl 90 pretty easily

[subtle yew]

Is there a good reason to not just start with smite tho? Another creator, Ronarray, has a build that uses smite lvl 1

[gray compass]

You can yeah but id on't think ruetoo's vers is as meant to start at lower levels with lower investment

enough investment and im sure it'll be great

[agile hemlock]

on stream, ruetoo said that smite kinda feels bad until you get a bunch of stats

[gray compass]

Yeah higher investment lower lvl iss fine but lower lvvl lower investment not really

i swapped early and i really felt it lol

[subtle yew]

Are you liking the build tho? I'm currently lvl 82 using Tuna VFoS right now

[gray compass]

yeah im using Rakiatas rn but ive been using Smite since leageustart and im starting to get a lil bored of it and where im at with it rn its pretty squishy when running 8+mod juiced t16.5's depending on mods/content im running so its annoying me a bit
DPS is amazing though

[subtle yew]

Yeah Im super squishy right now

When a guide says "early maps" is that like 1-5 or?

[gray compass]

yeah t1-10

[dry sleet]

looking for help maven writ

[worldly wraith]

Anyone have any ideas how to price this? 😄

[queen tiger]

Hey everyone ; someone got some simple strategies to get like 5-8 div/h? ( a reasonable but not low amount )
nothing crazy , that doesn’t require too much investment and its easy/fun ?

[agile hemlock]

Beasts, Alva, essences

[queen tiger]

Essences are boring honestly xD

Also how do i sell Temples if I want to do Alva ? And with what should I pair Alva with ?

[agile hemlock]

I typically list on trade site and just tell people how many I have when they msg

[queen tiger]

Oh ok nice ; cause I don’t like using tft and that scummy stuff

So do I just farm locus with Alva.?

[agile hemlock]

Locus and doryani rooms, yea

[near phoenix]

Guys any websties or youtube where i can see mid-high gear builds for mapping? New to the game!

[gilded bone]

a lot of league starters with investment can be high end , depends what type of gameplay you want , https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vPoXHbQ-4I7_7JEAHXfU76A8E-wy_hRsWiIrFhb_Av0/htmlview?usp=sharing

some other builds , RF by Pohx(best new player build,best guide in poe) played it 23 times ❤️ , poison srs,holy relic of conviction by balormage ,I'm playing it for the first time and it's amazing

[agile otter]

Do you guys know if effect of auras works on mercs?

[queen cedar]

it works

[agile otter]

bought a victario's garb and tested it myself. Thanks for the reply tho

Also do you know if you can get lvl 84 mercs or are they capped @ 83?

[red mauve]

what's a good weapon to give my merc that uses KB of clustering?

[proper pendant]

can someone link me a good guide for forbidden right

[austere whale]

you can get 84 from t17

[agile otter]

Haven't seen one yet so was wondering if it's possible. Thanks for the info

[kindred pumice]

Hi guys, so I'm looking to start interacting with bulk selling, specifically maps. Are maps usually bought/sold "as is" or are they usually scoured down?

[final condor]

do all mercs have +3 base charges?

[flat current]

Are divines gonna go down again?

[brave marsh]

Hodl

[night spruce]

Are there any 0 or 1 button builds that can clear all content (even with investment) this league?

[cursive glen]

bruh since when are kirac missions this rippy

[void stag]

Just tried Arc with Inpulsa
Not sure do I really need that explosions, but they're so satisfying that I will keep using it lol

[hard pasture]

what do you guys do to farm gold?

[sonic stirrup]

Bro, 7 ghosts on a map boss is always gonna be rippy as hell lol

[gilded bone]

T16.5 blight or even T16 blight , T16 with hight quant can even give 40k gold/map but T16.5/T17 is even more

there are some atlas trees for farming gold too

[cursive glen]

the quest said uniques were possessed, but they didn't specify possessed by 7 (or more?) ghosts

[sonic stirrup]

Lul

[kind patio]

Looking to farm risk abyss, any suggestions on a build guide? Or what budget would be needed to farm well

[proper pendant]

Guys , I saw that video from Jungroan for forbidden rite occulist, The budget version, has anyone tried it ? How is it ?

[pastel void]

Uh probally a ok one with hh would do

But its pretty nuts

[coarse rain]

Okay who fed a lot of Settlers to this league as well and inflated div prices to 225+c

[pastel void]

dang

[rose dragon]

I am so happy I bought 1 div before going on vacation

[kindred pumice]

any self cast chaos DoT builds? I'm currently doing pSRS and have really enjoyed my withertouch merc and kind of want to play something like that

[gilded bone]

zizaran made a build guide on chaos dot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9i9i4NZkNA

[kindred pumice]

Ahh thank you kindly!

[proper pendant]

Guys , what doe smore dmg , this Vaal axe with 828 DPS ( I can 6 link it ) , or this unique axe ? For Vfos build

[bright arch]

put it in PoB and you will see accurate numbers

[proper pendant]

In POB it sais the unique one does a bit more dmg ...

I am not sure how much does that lifetap will help me

[drifting crown]

I'm in favour on slapping Lifetap anyway, so it's just would be free damage support for me

[gilded bone]

hmm the fubgun Abyss is pretty good but I'm not a spellcaster there are so many small chests and without that node is not a good time

[bright arch]

if you can spare some points to grab a random caster mastery, its worth it, activating auras also counts as casting spells

[karmic halo]

Ps5 Can someone hit me a portal at vastiri desert waypoint?

I forgot to take it

[lunar hornet]

Guys what is the best merc for poison srs and the bis items

[proper compass]

LF ANY AURABOT

or leecher

[grave cedar]

Anyone have a shipment strat for tattoos in ssf looking to see if there is a best strategy only getting like 2 per shipment

[silent island]

anyone know a trickster build that deals like 10m dps but doesnt need a merc?

[gilded bone]

hmm should be similar to the holy relic one , balormage has a clip about the merc https://www.twitch.tv/balormage/clip/SingleIronicCougarHassanChop-DDfskNO-XnRRrcZj

[rain fox]

Hello guys, I haven't touched the game since the Settlers. How deep are we in the current league? And how's the game atm?

[gilded bone]

2 weeks

[rain fox]

😮 😮

[gilded bone]

I've been having a blast , it's super fun for me , I've made a lot of

and I'm super bad at the game

[rain fox]

same lol, is gold/currency exchange still there?

[gilded bone]

I'm playing holy lreci of conviction for the first time , it's amazing

yes the currency exchange is still in game

[rain fox]

THANK GOD

[gilded bone]

the kingsmarch too , no need to build the town but you need to hire ppl max rank is 5 , I usually get about 1 85% of the time from ships and the mappers are great too

[rain fox]

fuck yeah, where can I find some builds with in depth guides?

[gilded bone]

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

balormage for holy relic and poison srs

ofc RF if you like the playstyle or if you are a newer player, I've played RF by Pohx 23 times ❤️

[rain fox]

I don't like RF 😦

[steep hedge]

can someone explain how the watchers eye gives less dps than the jewel with less crit multi?

"dusk glisten" jewel for reference

[sterile atlas]

Not using precision? Already have a watcher's in another socket? Actual PoB would help.

[short lodge]

GGG please for the love of everything do another balance patch on the mercs. Took a few days break from interacting with them at all and the first one I decide to check out one shots me. We're more than 2 weeks into the league this is ridiculous.

I'm more than used to one shots in this game but the one shots from mercs are absurd. There's nothing you can do, you just die.

[hard pasture]

Me? I just leap slam away and spam vfos 2 screens away til they die

Just like god intended

[scarlet sun]

16 days after launch

[silent island]

welp couldnt find a build i liked this league. https://cdn.steamusercontent.com/ugc/18171666077572848313/937E21DEE69B829400886ED1B74D65187F52AB7A/

[hard pasture]

cant believe posting gore is allowed

[gilded bone]

hmm just got the celestial hideout 🔥 I've been using the costal hideout since 2012 😄

[steep hedge]

do people use nimis with tornado shot? is that a thing?

[rocky nebula]

depends on whether or not you want fire damage with rage

[proper pendant]

i bough the unique one , to be honest it kinda feels the same

[rocky nebula]

if you just want physical damage, the rare is better

it's better in most cases tbh

[proper pendant]

I don't have the ccurrency now to go back and 6 link that one 😄 , I will just farm until i get 10 divs and buy one with over 900 dps

[lime kernel]

Hello,
anyone know why I cant finds any +1 spell skill gem amulets for sale? all or cold? Was the modifier removed for amulets? I find wands no problem

[cinder garden]

such is life

[silent island]

such is life

[hard pasture]

i poofed 2 apothecaries already, you will not guess what im farming for right now

[gilded bone]

that's nothing compared to me , 2c/h

[hard pasture]

was farming betrayal since league start but kinda sick of it now, trying 8 mod t16 exiles now

[topaz vale]

I want to try exiles too but idk if it's a meme nowadays without rarity

[shy rover]

Does anybody know how do ppl get culling strikes from mercenary gloves ?

[tropic breach]

any reason why you cna't look at week 1 on poe.trade for someone's char?

[hard pasture]

I just like turning my brain off and blasting maps without having to stop every 5 seconds

[gilded bone]

looks like it's a warlord mod on gloves , I just use Kingmaker on my AG

[steep hedge]

Hello guys, does this work with the admiral chestpiece, and doryanis on merc? on POB'ing it increases damage. My question is, does ele pen work with hits that treat enemy resistance as lowest(negative) and does it increase damage against enemies with negative lightning res

[hard pasture]

does someone know how to add the flamelink damage from the merc to my build in pob?

[rose dragon]

You can penetrate even when enemies hit -200% res

[sonic spade]

https://tenor.com/view/norman-osborn-oh-you-cant-do-this-to-me-spiderman-no-ways-gif-17373736

[rose dragon]

It Just doesn't do much compared to setting enemy res to -200

[rose dragon]

Using woke? Ouch

[sonic spade]

luckily, not, but originator map with good quant and power

still a huge loss

[rose dragon]

Harvest giveth and harvest taketh away

[sonic spade]

good times are for tormenting us in our worst moments

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crying-cat-cat-meme-cat-crying-meme-crying-cat-meme-gif-1182720488497099882

I do agree with him

[atomic dove]

my mana has reached perfection

[sonic field]

arc

[steep hedge]

got it thanks

[sonic spade]

I used an awakening scarab - never again, the returns are horrible

I imagine if you roll 200 maps you make a profit but it's just gambling at that point

[valid mist]

well you go from needing to make +6ish chaos worth of juice off the standard double scarab to needing to make +55 worth off the awakened craft

tbh too much of a hassle

[sonic spade]

more like 1 div worth of juice

awakened scarab rn is very expensive

I saved 5

[valid mist]

the problem is multiple strategies using the same scarab means they have to compete with the best one

because the best one is what will dictate the prices\

[prisma reef]

which ascendancy should i be picking for volcanic fissure of snaking marauder

[sturdy plover]

prolly berserker
thats what ive been seeing

[gilded bone]

most ppl are going berserker

[valid mist]

why is omen of fortune so insanely expensive

is there a guranteed chance into a good unique atm?

[agile hemlock]

This league, it can be used to enable bound by destiny by making influenced unique items.

[sonic spade]

uh

I thought it was because of jewels

[agile hemlock]

Oh, interesting

What does it do on a jewel

[sonic spade]

no your opinion sounds better

my opinion was not backed up by facts

[agile hemlock]

It's been hilariously expensive every league so far

[sonic spade]

idk why, I thought because unique viridian jewels are sought after

[agile hemlock]

So it could just be that it's like divine teardrops, so hilariously rare that the niche crafting usecases just amplify it.

[sonic spade]

non awakening scarab map, excellent harvest layout (4 fields, one double vivid), first field hits 10% and doesn't wilt

https://tenor.com/view/doug-walker-nostalgia-critic-clap-gif-22806849

second field hits 10% again and doesn't wilt either

[novel nebula]

can someone help with mercenary? found the perfect match but not sure if I'll get one shot:c

[gilded bone]

server ?

[rose dragon]

Which strats use woke these days?

Usually it was only harvest

Hoping there is some new usecase for them 🙂

[rose dragon]

Usually it was priced based on ralakeshes - since that's one of guaranteed results

Since ralakesh nerf and that influenced thingie it's different ye

[agile hemlock]

Maybe uncorrupted vs corrupted price.

In settlers it lines up perfectly

Also holy ralakesh was expensive in settlers

[valid mist]

Oh, I thought Ambush was using them too

[valid mist]

cause it used to give count as all charges mx

[agile hemlock]

It did that for a while tho

Didn't the tier get nerfed or smth

[rose dragon]

What about emperor vigilance and aegis aurora? These are omenable too

[valid mist]

aegis is nowhere nea rvaluable enough

[agile hemlock]

None of rakiatas aegis vigilance

[steep hedge]

https://pobb.in/dufOXc9LBlUS

hello guys if anyonce could check this and tell me if its worth going for ghost Dance ( Ehots deadeye)

[thorn mica]

Can someone advice me, what build I should look into for Witch Elementalist, to be tanky and can rather easly clear even buffed t17? I am looking at 100div budged rn. In Mercenary league ofc.

[gilded bone]

hmm I would check poeninja and too see what skills ppl are playing and from there search for a build guide

[mighty temple]

So, what exactly is so crazy about this shield? Is it just the lucky block, or is there some crazy combo with spell trigger on block?

[agile hemlock]

lucky block is just that good

tho the free spell triggers don't hurt

[warm compass]

anyone else getting lots of lag and game freezing/emptying cache when opening an originator map in hideout?

[odd gate]

maybe the fr/soulrend thing with the new amulet

[muted hollow]

which type of mercenaries can wear garb of ephemeral? why ripper cna't?

[mighty temple]

it can be worn by str, int, or str/int mercs. str/dex or dex/int ones can't wear it

[muted hollow]

reaper is pure str, an it can't

[mighty temple]

that's weird, he should be able to

[sonic stirrup]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Savant's_Robe

[limpid basin]

lucky block is just that crazy

[sonic stirrup]

Is int base

[gilded bone]

the garb is pure int , I was using it on my int merc , now my AG uses it

[muted hollow]

maybe that's bcz a garb is only int base and added str reqs by explicit?

[sonic stirrup]

Explicit

[muted hollow]

yeah that's makes sense

[raw swallow]

can you have 2 of the same type of merc hired at asme time?

[gilded bone]

y

[valid mist]

yes

[mighty temple]

so, am i uderstanding it correctly that mercs scale up not just the monster hp, but the loot as well? So, as long as my dps is good enough, it's worth it to have a merc even when he provides little direct benefit just for the loot bonus?

[rain elbow]

Anyone able to answer a betrayal board question?

[gilded bone]

100% worth it and you can gear the merc , to curse,boost your auras ... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1y8x-gexn9FmH-PXN77aUMkpnBPBawcnhLFsQ11xJE/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[mighty temple]

i know, the thing is, i'm necromancer, so i can do most of that with animated guardian anyway, making merc gear a little redundant

[gilded bone]

I'm a summoner also , holy relic and AG , the merc is great, I'm using malevolence and the merc ,zelotry and envy auras , 2 curse and AG 1 curse for 3 total

[stoic stratus]

Hey, got a question regarding merenary. What is maximum power charge on mercenary? I have 2 curse on hit setup / ring with flammability, asenath gloves with temp chains. Merc is kineticist with ele weakness, but i see only 2 curses at the time. I got Anathema equipped as second ring, helmet has +1 power charges aswell. Or maybe she doesnt cast ele weakness at all?

[gilded bone]

I was using my old merc with Anathema and +1 to power charge amulet , we could have 4 curses on a mob , now I have Anathema + AG with +to curse boots total 3 curses on a mob

check on bosses , you should see 3 curses

[stoic stratus]

i checked, only temp chains and flammability

[gilded bone]

hmm ,try using only 1 curse and let the merc use 2 , you should see 3 this way

[stoic stratus]

yeah it works now

[gilded bone]

or give the merc another curse on hit so the merc uses 3 and you 1

you should have 4 this way

I was using this setup

[stoic stratus]

but weird enough

she does not cast ele weakness herself

[gilded bone]

it's the way the curse limit works

[stoic stratus]

im gonna buy ele weakness ring and see if it works like this

ok i got asenaths with ele weakness on hit, without power charge helmet she goes for 3 curses

[humble zinc]

for doriyani merc if he has -150 light res. In pob do i put the enemy light res as -150?

[stoic stratus]

but funny enough i have not seen her cast elemental weakness herself, maybe bug or something

in conclusion, im self casting enfeeble, putting me at 4 active curses. Thank you @gilded bone

[mighty temple]

Are people killing their characters on purpose once they reach rank 1? I keep seeing more and more people dying at rank 1, never at any different position

[agile hemlock]

Rank 1 happens automatically at level 100

It's more meaningful in HC races

Where you'd see the second highest leveled Person just died for example

But in a big league like this many people share the podium of level 100

[sinful river]

I usually play bow characters, but this time I’d like to try something different. I’m looking for a build that can farm mechanics like Legion and Abyss efficiently and relatively quickly. Does anyone have any ideas or tips on what I could play? I’m looking for something solid for leveling and also good for running high-tier maps (T16–16.5). Ideally, it should have a budget version to start with (up to 10 Divine Orbs), and it would be great if there’s a video guide and a Path of Building link available. Please dm if you have ideas.

[scarlet sun]

sexy

[onyx bough]

What would be a good and tanky Build for HC SSF PL this League

[muted hollow]

bama maybe, or CWS chieftain (if you're lucky enough and looted Bloodnotch)

[onyx bough]

Okay thank you

[muted hollow]

Ctp Lance's poisonous conc via golems is good enough too, check he's video

[onyx bough]

Will Check that out as well Ty

[muted hollow]

(not sure if it is full SSF)

[onyx bough]

maybe also a Champion Build with the buffed Fortification?

[muted hollow]

idunno, did not played it in last leagues

(i mean i don't know how's it while leveling on HC)

my personal favourite in this league - is CWS chief, leveled with RF, and totally immortal on T16-T16.5 content if you're crarefull enough. can kill shaper/elder/uber-elder just afked (literally), and very well on exarch/eater. maven is dangerous due to she's memory game (but she still can't kill you other ways)

but me was lucky with Bloodnotch

[onyx bough]

is there a build guide u followed?

[muted hollow]

only russian i know... check YT or poe.ninja

"cast when stunned chieftain"

[onyx bough]

Something like this maybe ?

https://pobb.in/PVpmRbFdxceP

[minor heron]

https://x.com/DarthMicroT/status/1939382612809896184 is DM our new POE player rep?

Darth Microtransaction (@DarthMicroT)

Some pretty cool news today. I’ll be flying to New Zealand to check out Grinding Gear Games studio. Hopefully I’ll be able to get some nice behind the scenes footage.

Would love to be able to bring back the process of making music, art , and what a day in the studio looks like

X · Jun 29, 2025, 5:57 PM

[outer zenith]

I have a question about eviscerate and what determines its dmg

So I'm using the retaliation skill eviscerate and I have a random rinky dink sword equiped. Since my character has decent armor I wanted to see if replica dreamfeather would give me a decent boost in dmg, it does, but while every other skill goes up in dmg eviscerate goes way down in dmg. Why is this?

[gleaming tapir]

damn im running jg valley for 5th league maybe and first time i have portal on top

[quasi verge]

just found nameless seer in Basilica is it a waste to scry on to mesa? Should I just do Toxic Sewer or Beach?

[gleaming tapir]

just scry it to map that ur running

basilica is the best for seer ig

[quasi verge]

I've just been running basilica ... hadn't decided on which map or pair of maps to actually run

seems like the top candidates are mesa + jungle valley but mesa already has a good div card, or Toxic Sewer and Beach but I think their T17 maps are bottom tier? not as sure about that last part though

[gleaming tapir]

any way to find seer faste?

[valid mist]

With how valuable catarina fights are I wonder if a syndicate board that just does safehouses as often as possible might be better than trying to target more valuable dudes

But I also don't know if you'd even get that more done.

[earnest inlet]

Why is this so crazy pricey with that corrupt? 0.o

[wintry egret]

Hey all is there a way to see which of the two is dominant on the trade site?

[topaz vale]

Paired with willclash u can get pretty decent block chance I think

[fleet scaffold]

anyone know the best place to find untainted runs?

[jolly veldt]

I know I should ship 315k corn and 315k wheat with 8,505 dust, but I can’t recall where for this strat. Anyone know where to ship these loads?

[opaque gate]

Anyone have a guide or link to information on how to farm the lvl 46 merc with kinetic blast for leveling other characters?

[bronze tangle]

does the chains on command armor affect the spectre i have?

i have my spectre on helmet

when i change my armor to chains on command

my spectre that summon from corps disappear

even when i changed back to my old armor

[minor heron]

bros finally

[rotund walrus]

75 maps and not one Keneticist. I have blocked all combination of stats exc str/dex/int hybrid. Anyone have any tips on what I am doing wrong here?

[solid valve]

Can my mercernaries wear ward gear cuz im thinking of using vorana march on my merc

[coarse rain]

Block chance is one of the best corrupts you can get on a shield, I still think this is overpriced when you look at +5% block aegis auroras

[orchid onyx]

Anyone on right now? I'm looking for some campaign boosting because I'm over leveled.

I also have some gifts for the boys

Ping me

Or DM

[drifting thicket]

Rule 6. No trading, begging, asking for 'loans', giveaways, tips for services, etc for any game. See #trading for alternatives.

[hot quail]

Press alt and hover over the item,and read the names of the mods

[orchid onyx]

No "giveaways." That's fine. That's not what I was doing.

Nazi Germany up in here. Can't even offer help to the boys.

[barren crescent]

No, we just dont want any of that traffic here

Blanket ban is the most concise ruling

[solar tangle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/722995291292303453/1389160112685584415/image.png?ex=68639bac&is=68624a2c&hm=f30f8582d216f2d93ddac1bd03a309122198fccbb275e06f1a7f150498298e1f&

can csomeone explain why GGG still hasnt done a proper pass on merccenary damage?

[gilded bone]

yeah some of them still do crazy dmg , I from time to time attack so my holy relics kill the merc with dot

[solar tangle]

ive lost all my characters this league to mercs and i thought id test the waters since i made a really more than needed tanky chieftain

its honestly crazy

hardcore trade had one person listing a D for trade the other night

its so much more dead than usual

[sonic field]

havent died to them in a while idk

to me the nerfs were rather successful

[solar tangle]

nojt much more i can do than run transcendance, im legit too battered to even go near them

or find a way to obtain spellblock to mitigate some hits entirely

but im already borderline Z

[solid valve]

Can my mercernaries wear ward gear cuz im thinking of using vorana march on my merc .

[eternal laurel]

is there a tech for speed running campaign with merc?

[gilded bone]

zizaran has a video of him doing the campaign with the merc in 2h

[river apex]

anybody know how to search for this flask in trade? Seething Divine Flask of Alleviation

[gilded bone]

search the mods

[tulip kayak]

is fortune's favour recommended to try and farm the verisium boss?

[tepid relic]

hey

kinda off topic but is there a build about galvanic arrow slayer?

i have one of this gem at max quality

[gilded bone]

not really , only 3 ppl are playing galvanic arrow https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries?skills=Galvanic+Arrow

[tepid relic]

ah

i guess they were none.. hm, it is saddening

thought to use this skill with big advantage.. tho i might try if this will work

rn, bleed bow gladiator is all but evaporate, but bleed bow rises as a slayer instead

but it make sense, slayer is a straigh forward and easy to use of an ascendancy for duelists

i also like the guy, the voice actor did a good job on this :)

[hard pasture]

does rarity matter that much when farming rogue exiles?

[velvet stratus]

I can't speak with eagon how to do this quest? Help pls

[gilded bone]

what happens when you click originator's memory of trauma

[velvet stratus]

opens map device

[gilded bone]

do the map, it's working fine

chisel it first and roll it

[velvet stratus]

oh okey. Thanks

[gilded bone]

try to get more % currency , if you want currency

[mighty temple]

BY THE MUSCULAR GOLDEN ARSE OF INNOCENCE

[gilded bone]

nice , found one with 2 a few days ago

[mighty temple]

act 8, btw

[gilded bone]

took me lvl 95 to find my first drop a bit after from merc ,now I'm at 63 raw drop and 55 raw exalts

[sick orchid]

What tier is Tukohama's fortress and is the replica variant ssf-able

[mighty temple]

anyway, it's interesting how much is the game showering me with currency. This is my second character, the first one farmed like 4 divines worth of stuff before even reaching red maps

and every other merc seems to have chaos orbs in his inventory

[steep hedge]

can i find a memory tear in t16s ?

[gilded bone]

😮 Veiled ex orb ,nice drop

[gilded bone]

yes , you just do T16 and have the 2 points in the atlas tree ,for better % to get T16.5 maps

[hard pasture]

still waiting for a flame link + aura merc

bitch ass mechanic

[sonic spade]

is there some leveling tech for shadow?

nvm found it

[scarlet sun]

why are infamous mercs in t17 stronger than the bosses

[tame atlas]

Is there some way to target specific mercenaries besides just exiling certain stat aligned ones for 10 encounters? I am level 97 and have not seen a single merc with envy since acts and it feels so bad ...

[coarse bridge]

Yall got any recommendations for fresh starting hcssf?

[gilded bone]

RF by Pohx , not too sure you could check poe ninja hcssf to get some ideas https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenarieshcssf/

[coarse bridge]

most likely just gonna go earthshatter berserker , but just looking for more options. Thanks for the rec

[cobalt lichen]

I know I can invite and get help fighting mercs for the loot, does this work for hiring them as well?

[cold valley]

Good or shit >?

[spark dew]

is there a way to do only influenced items on trade site? like for example i need a influenced shield

[remote scroll]

hey is anyone doing msoz? wanted to ask some questions

[sonic field]

you can set the desired influence in the filters

[grim basalt]

Does the rotating guardian shrine buffs work on mercenaries?

[sonic spade]

Whoever invented doors should be punished by law

[tulip kayak]

I hate doors

at least make em like lab so we can blink through

[gritty basin]

Or just make them open when the player gets close

[sonic field]

no dash skill?

[sonic field]

incursion already got the tech

[short lodge]

GGG please make our mecenaries reflect immune. I finally got myself awakened ele dmg with attacks so I could run ele reflect maps but my merc insta kills themselves so I still have to filter out ele reflect maps because if I can't use my merc what's the flippin point of the league. I can't give them the pantheon for reduced reflect or anything, there's no easy way to make them immune its dumb.

[sonic field]

my merc never died to reflect

[short lodge]

Then your merc must not do much dmg. I have a 1000 ele dps bow on my merc and she insta kills herself

[sonic field]

well yeah mine is more of a debuffer, she oneshots white packs tho

[short lodge]

yeah it's dumb that they take reflect damage like wtf

[gilded bone]

Sibyl's Lament ? Left ring slot: You and your Minions take 80% reduced Reflected Elemental Damage

[gray compass]

Just remove their weapon or give them a really terrible lvl 1 weapon that deals like 0 dmg or smth lol

[gray compass]

mercs arent minions

[agile hemlock]

wilma's requital

[short lodge]

Then what's the flippin point of having the merc... like they are the whole league mechanic yet everything to do with them is annoying or outright unfun to deal with.

[gray compass]

buffs/debuffing the enemy?

[short lodge]

Mine is dps though

[gray compass]

perquils toe, leer cast, garb of ephmeral, belt of the deceiver etc

well then suck it up and dont run ele reflect lol

not all builds can run all mods

[short lodge]

That's a horrible excuse

[gray compass]

it's really not

most builds cant run at least 3+ mods or mod combos

mine for example cant run ele reflect or monsters cant be leeched from or high explicit mod's with less recovery of life

and i prefer not to run a few other mods depending on situation

[short lodge]

My point is I made it so my build can run reflect only to find out it actually can't because of an uncontrollable mechanic with the mercenary.

[gray compass]

Merc skill issue
get a diff merc that can run ele reflect lol

[grizzled breach]

quick probably dumb question but i want to get vaal summoned skeleton mages and when i searched for it all i got was that it is a transifgured gem, does this mean i just have to keep clearing labrynth and putting in a blue vaal gem and pray i get lucky

followup question as well does it have to be a high rank of the labrynth or does clearning the first stage of it work as well

[sonic field]

you can also corrupt the mage gem to try to get a vaal version, and if you want it to be lvl 21 too you need to do it at the double corrupt chamber

[queen cedar]

you have to corrupt a summon skeletons of mages

I'm pretty sure the divine font doesn't work on vaal gems

[sonic field]

the higher the better

[grizzled breach]

ah so vaal summoned mages needs to drop from the corrupted gates that have the heart symbol while i explore nodes

[sonic field]

no

it cant drop here

you need to take the mage gem and corrupt it and pray it turns to vaal

[grizzled breach]

damn

the more i play the game the dumber i feel

[sonic field]

the chance is not bad, but its not guaranteed

[queen cedar]

step 1: take normal summon skeleton into lab, turn it into summon skeleton of mages
step 2: corrupt that until you get the vaal version

[grizzled breach]

thanks guys gonna give that a try

[proper pendant]

What are you guys farming at the moment ? I am trying the harbingers but over 10 maps i made less than 1 div in profit..

[upbeat tangle]

why is it that nobody seems to be using lightning builds even though people keep saying the doryani mercs are OP

[rancid island]

Hi. Do anyone played expedition (map or logbook) in group? How is it works like that?

I mean mainly the artifacts

Does it split? Everyone gots all?

[barren crescent]

On what you are basing that on

[gilded bone]

fubgun strongboxes in T17 and blight T16, T16.5 -17 depends, just made a boss tree too , I had a strongbox/boss and chanced it , I did a lot of blight in maps and made like 200 , strongboxes about 70-100 but only did that for a few days

I do get like 2-4 a map in T17 by doing the strongboxes, but I don't even check the mods , holy relic of conviction

[proper pendant]

I will try some blight , I play the Vfos build , I don;t know if i can kill the mobs tho .. but I will try..

[gilded bone]

the towers are really strong

buff towers , meteors, chill, slow

[proper pendant]

when farming blight , are you farming the blighted maps or are you doing normal maps and have that strat where you get all the loot at the end ?

[boreal glade]

Is the “gain 15% extra lightning dmg as chaos dmg” craft any good?

[gilded bone]

normal maps , I did beach with brother gift div card and blue tower , T16 with 130-140% q , I would rush boss without killing any and then kill all mobs

on joiced maps the fps would be 5-10 and I would get graphic artifacts

strand, dunes are good maps too

maybe jungle valley ,no boss altars

[mighty temple]

Vfos is really good for blight (but then again, Vfos is good at pretty much everything XD), make sure to use the ring annoints "meteor towers leave burning ground" (this deals tons of damage and bypasses proximity shield) and "chilling towers freeze chilled enemies" (this makes the combo of chilling and seismic towers able to completely stop monsters from advancing

also consider running cartography scarab of escalation to get more blighted maps from the encounters

[proper pendant]

thanks , i need to get some chaos an reset my atlass

[violet nymph]

How do i build a merc for DPS? Is there builds out there of which mercs are the best for being carries? So far i only see "use your merc for lightning build" and that's it

[mighty temple]

not much point in limiting yourself to just one of those, typically you would use the blight encoutners to get the blighted maps that you then run as well

[mighty temple]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1y8x-gexn9FmH-PXN77aUMkpnBPBawcnhLFsQ11xJE/htmlview?usp=drivesdk# this will show you the useful items for mercs

also, if you have a build that deals fire damage, you may benefit a lot from flame link from eruptor mercenaries

[violet nymph]

Im pretty much an aura bot, so looking for my merc to carry me

[mighty temple]

there is also this skill they use that makes you temporarily immune to damage, which is also crazy good

[mighty temple]

no idea with that then, pretty sure that mercs are a lot better used as aura bots themselves rather than damage dealers

although, getting a ton of health and casting flame link yourself on a fire based merc might be able to give good results

[violet nymph]

The issue with that is that i do not want to adapt my build for my merc, i mean, aftear all my build is adapted for a carry

I just want to use merc as extra damage and protect myself from white/blue monsters, or help clearing

Will check the page and see if i find anything :p

[proven thunder]

How are you farming it ? I'm making bank using the video that Aer0 posted. I did 45 div profit in 40 maps

[olive hare]

Can you get a striker with both vitality and determination or are they limited to 1 aura per merc

[proper pendant]

A t 16 maps , with 3 harbinger scarabs , one warhoards and one regency , and nothing besode random shards are dropping , I have not dropped a single ding item in 10 maps...

[queen cedar]

they can have two

[proven thunder]

I use 2 harbinger scarab and replace the third with obelisk, they have been greatly buffed.

A map nets me ~4 ancient orbs, 20 chaos, 4 annuls, 1 exalt, the occasionnal 2~8 fracturing shards + whatever else drops on the map. A fracturing shard is worth about 50c. Keep in mind you invest about 20c per map so that's a lot of profit !

[proper pendant]

i have not dropped a singe fracturing shard in 10 maps..

[proven thunder]

My longest dry streak was about 15~20 map without drop but i've also gotten more than 20 in a map

[gilded bone]

😮 pretty nice t16.5 map to run blight in the map I get , 367 more currency,329% quant,232% rarity,174% more moster life,

🫡 my pc is dying , this map is too juice 5 fps and a lot of artifacts

[proper pendant]

what map are you farming ?

[proven thunder]

I did strand and now i'm doing defiled cathedral

For reference, i dropped 86 shards my first 40 maps

And my second 40 maps i got 55

Lolcohol got around 60 on video

[lunar acorn]

I just want to confirm, there's no way to keep my flame link merecnary from dying when I do?

[proper pendant]

I really want to swap away from that unique axe .. I don;t even know why I wasted 2 divs to buy it.... It's soo slow...

[silent citrus]

curious as to why that'd be an issue anyway, don't you just respawn em?

[cedar summit]

Any1 know why I am not spawning a new memory thread? I finished the last one like 40-50 maps ago.. I haven't seen eagon since, no new memory threads.

[lunar acorn]

If I die to say, a pinnacle boss or somethig that means the merc is dead the rest of that set of portals

[silent citrus]

fair

[gilded bone]

what tier of maps are you doing, I've been doing a lot of T17 ,I don't think he can appear in T17

[cedar summit]

Im speed farming T16's atm

Just to try and find tears lol

I'm like 60 maps in now

Just doesnt show up

😐

[sonic spade]

I'm sorry, how did he just call me???

[steep hedge]

The even odd arrow thing doesnt matter with nimis right?

[boreal glade]

Guys what is 0.8 divine orbs?? What do they want when I see that on the trading website

[sterile atlas]

80% of a divine's worth in chaos orbs

[boreal glade]

How much is that

Like 80 chaos?

[sterile atlas]

check ninja or faustus

[boreal glade]

Ok

[jolly veldt]

Is there a good resource for learning about which mercenaries to hire and equip for a build? I’m playing VFoS and have no clue beyond auras for my mercs.

[sonic spade]

what shoots those? I keep seeing them

[gilded bone]

fubgun on youtube or Crouching_Tuna

[jolly veldt]

Thanks. I’ve watched his vid but I do t have the gear he uses. Is it generally the case that str/dex/int mercs are best since you can equip anything on them?

[gilded bone]

depends on your build 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) , I'm using pure int I'm dot build

[honest lodge]

Did they remove the beast awakned gem leveling craft?

[gilded bone]

heard that the best VFoS merc is The Eruptor mercenary the one with the Flame Link

[honest lodge]

i met one yesterday, oneshotted me, and im running t17 fully jucied 2x risk without any issues. fun times 😛

[gilded bone]

it's still on the wiki Transform an Item Increase level of non-Corrupted Awakened Gem by 1 -1x Wild Brambleback

[molten heart]

How often are you supposed to find memory tears without the atlas nodes? Im starting to think that i've somehow gotten myself into softlocked quest state

I have seen literally 0 memory holes after killing the third boss that eagan gives access to

[vital sandal]

is there some way to find a specific merc faster? trying to find mistress but havent seen one in 100+ maps

[remote tundra]

searing exarch is more reliable currency gained thru greater embers and chaos orbs vs. blue altar divine orbs right?

[neon snow]

In terms of game difficluty and eases of use for new players what would you say the better starter would be a Melee or a Ranged starter?

[remote tundra]

ranged

you can kite around with movement abilities and have more time to react

[neon snow]

Any recommendations?

[remote tundra]

i've never really played ranged :p

like a bow user

[neon snow]

Would this be a good choice?
https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/lightning-arrow-deadeye-league-starter

[remote tundra]

Hmm i dont know what Lightning Arrow is but Deadeye is pretty easy to understand

[sonic stirrup]

Only just exiling other kinds

[vital sandal]

damn

theres so many int types

and never mistress

[sonic stirrup]

Well, you can't Exile any int mercs

[vital sandal]

i know

[sonic stirrup]

Ok

[vital sandal]

i get so many int spawns but its never the one i need unfortunately

welp guess i just gotta pray

[wispy cosmos]

hey guys, is there any way to search for maps per affix count on the trade site ?

[vale pond]

I have the passive Cremator which destroy corpse on kill. Will Asenath work when I equip it on my merc?

[gleaming tapir]

with harbinger strat should i go for 3 harbinger scarabs or 2 harbinger scarabs with obelisk?

[velvet stratus]

Can I change crafted mod of a split item?

[devout osprey]

yes

[queen cedar]

the only thing you can't do with a split item is split it again

[velvet stratus]

thankss

[stray venture]

Damn if only it was a staff

[hot quail]

Aw shit, RIP to ultra juiced corrupted t16.5

[static shoal]

Shes going down

[shy steppe]

Still no mention of this from 2 weeks ago.
Additionally we’re looking at making some improvements to the Memory Skills granted in maps influenced by The Originator, we’ll have more updates on this later this week.

[devout osprey]

"we’ll have more updates on this later this week. "

[shy steppe]

"from 2 weeks ago"

[devout osprey]

i play poe i dont read

[shy steppe]

[royal crag]

Quick question, when should the average player be attempting voidstones 3&4? Level or dps?

Usually I’ll get through eater and exarch then just map, but thought this league id actually try to continue on. My first two maven attempts weren’t great and I don’t think I was enjoying the build at all (VFoS). I know I’m not mechanically great so I assumed more dps the better lol

[raw comet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1089295924355940372/1389402328540385320/image.png?ex=68647d40&is=68632bc0&hm=1f84d8c93907da720c7334cc548cb74f4a43a0411fce4f8f977dc4797236a148& sold most of my divin for 240 each this morning happy to see the nerf the bug

[shy steppe]

Don't care either way, but definitely don't think it was a smart decision to make a mid league nerf to something everyone was striving for. It's too late to fix a bug known since day 1. This is only going to be perceived as a mid-league nerf.

[fallow mica]

hideout warrior

https://cdn.7tv.app/emote/01F9FS6EEG0006XXD6DX0K9Y04/3x.avif

[vale moss]

why stop there, if you game the system for real life currency then you can pay someone to flip your digital stock

[fallow mica]

rmt is dead already, economy is overflowed with divines and chaos orbs

but league is alive, people are interested to play and complete challenges

i just wanna make a tanky delve build without completing the atlas )

mageblood tomorrow yeah

[drifting hare]

Servers up yet?

[worn mist]

wait what did they nerf?

[fallow mica]

actual number

[vale moss]

Are there any other broken merc abilities beside steelskin ally?

[brave marsh]

Damn I'm not home to dump my divines

My portfolio is in shambles

[rancid cipher]

Rampage effect

[brave marsh]

Fixed corrupted t 16.5 dropping with 8 t17 mods

Now chaos sink back on menu

[rancid cipher]

just hold locks xdd

[shy steppe]

8 mod t16.5's no longer only have t17 mods. Ie. they are about 50% worse

Literally the goal with t16.5s was to not force people into t17s for farming. They succeeded and then removed the thing that made it a success lol

[flint willow]

Anyone can help wretched delifers plss 🙏😢

[tame glen]

Are 16.5s still better than t16? I'm not a fan of t17 maps so jc

[opaque ibex]

Anyone know why C:D is cratering?

[valid mist]

because chaos are being sinked again for T17 rerolling or something apparently

[golden ingot]

Is there an overall "best" type of mercenary to go for in end game? or is that build dependent

[waxen juniper]

depends. but kineticist is a really common choice

[limpid coral]

random merc lol

[normal zinc]

these infamous items are kinda juicy tho

[lime crypt]

for kb merc, is barrage anywhere comparable to kboc?

[rancid cipher]

no

you ideally want two kb

greater kb and kb of clustering

bolt is okay too

you also ideally want pierce and/or gmp

[normal zinc]

ibeen running this wiht good results

[lime crypt]

isn't returning the best? followed by fork or chain, and pierce is the worst of them all
gmp is a must though

[rancid cipher]

I've never seen a returning one

so I can't speak for it

I tried replica voidwalker and voidwalker on my kb merc

found I liked pierce more

[lime crypt]

according to reports, returning proj has no down side aka damage penalty, so it's the biggest of them all coz it x2 damage output

can you fork or chain back to the same target?

if so, both are better than pierce

also pierce is very position dependent whereas for fork and chain, the merc doesn't waste time turning around

[rancid cipher]

theoretically, chain is ideal, yeah

I'm still not sold on returning

I know it doesnt carry a penalty like the gem, but it also doesn't help clear

I thought kb mechanically, when piercing, allows proccing the aoe many times, idk though

I think you're right though, since 5-way farmers run replica void

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries/character/TwitchDapanoTv-1128/Dapano_Messiah?i=3&timemachine=day-4

[shy steppe]

yes. The issue is that now T16.5 6mod maps are better than T16.5 8 mod maps. You can force 4+ T17 mods on 6 mod maps pretty easily while it's very common to get 0-2 T17 mods on an 8-mod map. They need to set a minimum of T17 mods on 8-mods to like 4 so it can actually compete with normal T16.5 maps

[gentle root]

more or less linked to the league, paradoxica can drop in maps from intervention or only during the safehouse thing?

[tame glen]

Ok so if running 16.5 just run them rare than 8 mod corrupted

[shy steppe]

yes

[hybrid ingot]

euh

[somber berry]

Whats yall's fav trarthus gem?

[ionic rampart]

guys im confused, i understood merc renown to increase if you take his gear or currency and that should increase the chances of getting infamous mercs. I have been doing that for countless maps and i haven't seen an infamous merc in 2 days

[minor heron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BVhc-mGAtI guys what killed me?

[shy steppe]

this?

[minor heron]

What' that

[shy steppe]

i dono. but it corresponds to your death. you warp to it and then die lol

Oh are you using reanimator ?

may just be a specter warp

[steep hedge]

guys with nimis EHOTS farshot, are you supposed to sit on top of the boss or far away from it to utilize farshot

[river arrow]

look at that inventory in a act 8

[sonic field]

[potent jay]

The wiki says the light of meaning has a 20% chance to drop from the king in the mists. Is that actually true and I am just unlucky?
I am 0/15 now

[sterile atlas]

Wiki also says Drop rates are estimated based on crowdsourced data and may not be accurate. version 3.25.0, n=250 so it could be wrong. 250 samples are more reliable than 15, though.

[potent jay]

So their sample size is 250 fights? I mean it has to be in that ballpark then. But dayum.

Just keep on grinding ig

[rose dragon]

3.25 I got light more often than not, I don't think they messed up with drop rates

It's a get lucky thing

[sonic spade]

reap mines feels really good

have to see how it performs against uber shaper though

is exsanguinate better as a skill?

[hot quail]

For clearing, absolutely

Especially if you grab the new chain gloves from mercs

If you go the classic lightning convert and the new arkhons tools belt, mines do a shitload of damage

[agile hemlock]

Reap is used because it deals more damage than exsang

[prime tree]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3788501

Will Map modifiers affect rewards from Mercenaries?
Increased Quantity on a Map Area from Map Modifiers will increase the chances that you find an Infamous Mercenary in that area.
As long as you are at "tremendously renowned" and juice your maps, that's pretty much all you can do.

[rugged belfry]

@prime tree hey I’m doing ultimatum and ritual. I’m doing our tier 16 does the map priority quantity quality matter for the outcome of ultimatum and ritual and would it be better for me to do it on it tier 17

[rose dragon]

Afaik t17 bosses dont give more tribute than t16 bosses

so city square 8mod with doubled bosses mod is practically ideal for ritual

[rugged belfry]

Is it because you run to the boss then kill it in the ritual for more favor right, how would I be bale to farm that map I just going out that one is connected with not a app like if I do the city square it’s gonna drop the waste pools more often than any map so what would that be for the city square or can it still drop there?

[rose dragon]

just buy maps

and ye city square is best since its small and compact so its easy to pull bosses to ritual circles

not that pulling only works on bosses

[rugged belfry]

What about ultimatum? Does anything affect that or just the map teir

[sonic spade]

oh so exsang for clear - reap for boss?

[agile hemlock]

Yeah

[shut seal]

this is from the content creator emiracle, it looks very complicated, does it have to be like this?

and on poeninjia, top 1 chieftain is RF, 2nd one is fire trap, why?

what's major differnece between using RF vs using DD?

[gilded bone]

different type of build RF with FT is the standard RF build that Pohx popularized ,Cast when Stunned with DD is a different type of build , this youtube video is about CWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygiRi7yfvzw , I've played RF by Pohx about 23 times and it's a great build and I love the playstyle but the single target is pretty low , I've invested about 300 last league and got to like 10-12 mill dps overall

[copper cloud]

anyone have a cool solo self found shadow build?

[shut seal]

thanks for the insights bro!

[gilded bone]

not sure , you could check poe ninja ssf and see what ppl are playing then search for a build https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenariesssf/?class=Trickster

[copper cloud]

ah thanks, appreciated

i went for flurry build

seemd quite fun

[subtle lance]

whats happning i updated my game 3 times and every time i open it it tells me there update u need to restart

[steep hedge]

any expedition veterans wanna share their current strat/ scarab config? Also any point in using scarab of bloodlines?

[jolly veldt]

I hired a Dex merc that does chaos damage (chaotic burst, chaotic shot, toxic rain, wither step). I have no clue about bows, quivers, or scaling chaos damage. Any specific bows or quivers I should look for; or ideal mods (like chaos damage on the bow,)?

[steep hedge]

ur looking for damage over time mostly

[queen cedar]

high roll widowhail with big dot multi quiver probably

[sonic spade]

if you have a strong build then the main strat is scarab of archeology (+2pre/suff on remnants), runefinding, verisium powder, get big bomb atlas node with all the bomb radius modifiers and then you blow up as many remnants and monsters as possible

[queen cedar]

don't bother with widowhail if you don't have a good quiver though

[sonic spade]

you need a build which ignores 99% of the remnants downsides though

[scarlet sun]

how yall doing

[sonic spade]

10 of these are in heist while leveling

(new toon)

13

14

[sour topaz]

Is there some bug with mercs? Im running t16 only and havent died to them in ages and im killing every one of them. Yet still I havent seen infamous ones. I want to do challenges with infamous item mods and different infmaous. How am I do that if I cant spawn any?

[willow sierra]

Does anyone know if GGG aknowledged the bug on The Twisted encounter where the instance crashes after a few seconds (not always tho)?

[rancid cipher]

They're not that common. Just rush canyon or still maps

Atoll

[sour topaz]

I know they arent that common, but like when lvling and early atlas Ive seem tham quite often even with more deaths. Now Im spamming t16 and havent died in long time. How is spawn rate then? Like 1/50 or so?

[gilded bone]

found an infamous one a few hours ago

[hollow marlin]

can you not find like lvl 20 mercs on a lvl 100 character? trying to get some merc to carry a new character for me

[gilded bone]

no

only within 20 lvl

[hollow marlin]

game is bad

[rancid cipher]

I feel like it's 1/10, idk

If you're doing it for the challenge, you'll find 15 infamous by the time you finish the 60000 one

[valid mist]

Lightning? You can still cold convert pretty well.

[sour topaz]

Hope so. I havent seen any like in 20-30 maps when I started to notice this problem.

[valid mist]

Your bots are shocking any thing dangerous on their own anyway

[prime tree]

first time since they were introduced that the jewellery div card exarch altar produced a tink for me.

[normal zinc]

for t17s, do yall prefer rogue exiles or abysses

[hot quail]

Yes, but lightning convert is SO SO much more dmg

Also lets us fit more auras via rmr headpiece and belt RMR

[valid mist]

what's the setup for lightning?

Cold works extremely well as a defensive layer too and stuff dies just as fast

lightning would probably be better for pinnacles which can't be frozen anyway I guess

I guess it would also benefit more from perquil's

[amber vessel]

Anyone interested in a finished almost perfect 2 mirror kinetic blast berserker build ? Would sell the complete build for 1000 divs

[agile hemlock]

Lightning is just doryani Merc usually

[valid mist]

ohhh right

yeah fuck that cheese lol

[queen cedar]

for conversion it doesn't matter, lightning likes perquils because most sources of lightning have a very wide damage range

[sonic spade]

do mercs use mana?

[queen cedar]

no

[sonic spade]

kinetic blast of clustering merc do be stop attacking from time to time

I'm trying to level up as aurabot but she stops attacking

[hoary oasis]

Is anyone experiencing DCs right now? Lost 2nd map in a row

[proper pendant]

Can someone link me a good BAMA build guide ?

I am trying to look on youtube but there are so many guides and all of them are different and recomment a different class

[valid mist]

absolute fucking bullshit

I press blink like 4 times

and nothing happens

I swear it's random if it even works in dangerous situations

[proper pendant]

well , in a dangerous situation you can just die and go back to the portal =))

[gilded bone]

the one by Pr3vie , I've seen other ppl in video recommend it

[proper pendant]

Ty , I decided VFos is not for me , so I want to try someting else before giving up on the game

[grizzled fox]

Same!

I am looking for a build too

[proper pendant]

At the moment I am looking at 3 builds but i have almost no currency , so I will see if I can sell anything ..

I am looking at BAMA / Forbidden Rite , or eviscerate Gladiator.... I am not sure what I want to play..

[gilded bone]

this google doc has some builds https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vPoXHbQ-4I7_7JEAHXfU76A8E-wy_hRsWiIrFhb_Av0/htmlview?usp=sharing

[coarse bridge]

What merc do I want on earthshatter zerker?

[zinc geode]

is there tech to force ranged mercs into melee range?

unequipping keneticist weapon just makes them stand around at max range

[tulip kayak]

I can still run a withertouch merc as long as it doesn't poison right?

[static geyser]

Doesn’t really matter

It’s a tanky boi either way isn’t it

Preferably you want both Vaal life aura(forgot name) and determination

Oh nevermind

I thought you meant the earthshaker merc

[nocturne arrow]

What is the best way to get a single syndicate member to leave been trying for 30 maps to get this one dude to fuck off

[craggy ice]

Does Gruthkul's pelt disable merc auras?

[junior dust]

can someone explain to me why my merc can't use this armor ?

[craggy ice]

It's a int base, that has extra str requirement from a explicit modifier

[junior dust]

ah so i would need an int or int/str merc then ?

[craggy ice]

int, str/int or int/dex

But none of those grant determ

I checked when I was in the exact same situation

I ended up sticking with a str merc so I could also use a kingmaker

[junior dust]

yeah but the divine charge are so op

[gray compass]

if u have 2 gem slots for AG kingmaker going on ag is simpler imo

[craggy ice]

How hard is it to keep alive if I have 0 other minion investment? I do have a lot of empty sockets tho

[gray compass]

use meatshield + gruthkuls pelt as its body armour
im also using triple purity because of rakiats so that gives it more defense
but if u simply give it good armour based rare helmet/boots with high life/regen/res then it survives very well

it usually dies at a similar frequency to my merc which is not super often

(meatshield support gem)

[craggy ice]

Hmm, not sure I want to miss out on the merc determ.

How much worse would you say is putting garb on a AG, and keeping the merc with Kingmaker?

[gray compass]

for gloves either use southbound or some rare gloves with whatever u want ig

garb on AG i think is prob too risky because without minion ivest or more gem supports than just meatshield he will be really squishy

gruthkul give sso much regen

[craggy ice]

Also, what other supports should I use with it? AG-meatshield-minion life - empower?

[gray compass]

yeah prob i just have mine ag+meatshield since i have no more room

[craggy ice]

I could even use a 6l for it it since I still have a empty one

[gray compass]

if u use kingmaker on ag + meat shield + minion life + empower + gruthkul pelt and good rare boot/gloves or boot/helm or all 3 then AG will prob never die unless u let it die

or ur running uber juiced t17
idk about simus since i dont run those nor t17's but my ag has been most fine in t16/16.5

very rarely dies even with just 1 support

[craggy ice]

Yea, I'm currently doing juiced t17s

[gray compass]

If you have a spare 4-6l you can make AG uber tanky + supportive with enough investment

[craggy ice]

I mainly want the garb for the action speed reduction from the fortress boss

[gray compass]

get a rare helm with high res / life / regen + nearby enemies have - res (if u want, optional) + some exarch/eater implicit
rare boots with same but not negative res, and for exarch do brittle or sap ground on movement and maybe % life regen or whatever idk
rare gloves with mostly same or southbound

yeah i mean

garb could work possibly but

its like 9-10divines

you cant get your gear back from AG i dont think but i could be wrong

using garb on AG would require at least 4-6l and at least 100c-1div investment into the rest of its gear (helm/boots/gloves)
but maybe im wrong im not very experienced with ag/minions

it definitely could work dont get me wrong its not like it wouldnt persay

[craggy ice]

That seems fine, I still have 9 free sockets including a 6l, an I've already invested >10div into my merc, + another 9 for garb

[gray compass]

if ur not putting kingmaker on your AG do the staff that gives u higher % aura effect and some % dmg i forgot the name

yeah if your gonna do a AG 6L + garb itll def work out so long as you give it some decent rare boots/gloves/helm

cap its res then focus on life/regen/%regen

[grizzled fox]

From that Excel what are the cheap ones?
I just need a build that can do Ritual 8modded without dying

[valid mist]

damn the moon temple layout SUCKS

but I want the hideout

bleh

maybe I should just blitz it in white or something