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[earnest pond]

opening pobb

+120%

[spiral ice]

you can downlevel your aura until it lines up right

just tap it one by one

[earnest pond]

the armour on my pobb and char is diff

the +armour% is the same though

[spiral ice]

https://tenor.com/view/amma-cat-ts-js-pmo-icl-pmo-cat-gif-9038313483801766180

im not mathing it out

i can say what is envy, cos that i can check

[earnest pond]

my flat is like 3x lower somehow 😂

I can make a new pobb where I make it accurate to my actual char 1sec

@spiral ice @orchid tinsel a level 71 merc gives a level 18 aura

[orchid tinsel]

huh

I wonder if an 83 gives a 20

and an 84 gives a 21?

[earnest pond]

could be :0

mercs aura bot 😎

[sonic field]

nope, 83 give sth like 27 iirc

or slightly lower

but defo above 20

[earnest pond]

fr? 👀

damn

mercs are so good :0

[orchid tinsel]

27??

jesus

[sonic field]

but they truly shine when they are the carry

[orchid tinsel]

i need to get my zeal/wrath guy then

[sonic field]

seen vids of a merc melting ubers

[spiral ice]

merc level 74 envy gives 167-233 chaos dmg

so higher then level 20 added chaos dmg, but lower then level 21

[earnest pond]

so everyone should just be an aurabot this league ^^

[sonic field]

[spiral ice]

nah merks too stupid to carry

[earnest pond]

Or a hideout warrior crafting all the aurabot gear :)** **

[torpid vine]

FIX YOUR FUCKING SERVERS GGG

[spiral ice]

works for me

[torpid vine]

EU IS DOGSHIT

[spiral ice]

works for me 😛

they dont need to be infamous to have unique tho

[neon elk]

does fallen reverend have spiritual aid or something? his absolution seems decent for no obvious spell damage items

[spiral ice]

prob just boosted

[neon elk]

i can't even tell if his minions do any dmg b/c his absolution takes stuff out before they can react

[spiral ice]

so he just straight up better lightning caster 😄

cos ark lady does z but teleports around

[neon elk]

this one has spell cascade on its absolution, the coverage is nice

[sand plover]

what other warcry is good for cyclone? i have my merc have endury already

[lunar stirrup]

How to .... fix this?

[spiral ice]

does she die?

oh you mean stats empty

[valid compass]

man i just did ubers for challenge with a fucking rarity gem....

forgot to swap

[spiral ice]

but loot, the loot

can have two

[autumn skiff]

lol

[jaunty parcel]

Do mercs have more/better loot in higher tier maps or more map mods?

[gritty basin]

Merc level is based off area level, and higher level mercs seem to have better loot. Dunno if map mods have any notable impact

[jaunty parcel]

Ty. Good to know

[limpid basin]

more quant is more infamous

infamous is better loot

[jaunty parcel]

Oh interesting. Ty

[prisma gale]

Hmm maybe I'm an idiot, but I wanted to start playing PoE again in Merceneries league. However I can only choose solo self-found or rutheless? Did I miss something here?

[limpid basin]

if you dont tick anythng it's trade sc by default

dont tick any of the boxes and as long as it's mercenaries banner you're good

[prisma gale]

Ah as I said, Im an idiot, thanks @limpid basin 🙂

[leaden current]

Is Azadi crest infamous mercs only or can all mercs drop it?

[sonic spade]

can you obtain any triple anointed unique amulet if you krangle stranglegrasp and then tainted mythic orb it?

or does the mythic orb delete the anoint?

(obviously assuming both of these things hit first time)

[sonic field]

cyclone hits too fast for warcries to be good

[sonic field]

yes

although not sure if its any amulet or just onyx

[sonic spade]

that's insane

unmirrorable goodie

[limpid basin]

anything that's global drop and onyx base

and it's not triple anoint it's quadruple anoint

[sonic spade]

wow

astramentis

you quadruple anoint stat stacking stuff

it would be godly

[rapid mirage]

guys how do we change the gear of ur merc btw ?

[limpid basin]

take your new item

and put it in the slot where the item goes

[sick elbow]

https://i.imgur.com/rzrqVL4.png how do you know if a merc is worth keeping? This one seems like it's pretty good but I'm also a moron xdd

[humble zinc]

wat build do yall recommend for 150 divish thats not Fross or smite

[gray compass]

yeah its a pretty good kinetiscist if you dont alr got one

[gray compass]

eb inquis is insanely good at 150 divs

[humble zinc]

how far can the build go into the game?

[humble zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QqjriB39uU would you recommend this?

[gray compass]

im like 50~ divs in and i can kill elder/audience in <1 sec

150 divs ought to be able to do most t17 mods

[humble zinc]

dang what guide did u follow?

[gray compass]

i can run t17 but have to avoid regen/recovery rate/flask charge/cannot be leeched mods mainly

[humble zinc]

cause im looking at pob and have 0 clue how the build works

[gray compass]

i looked at a few guides and a few poe.ninjas and kinda made my own

https://pobb.in/1rN9ZjY7UKGy

[humble zinc]

mind sharing ur pob?

[gray compass]

this is what im using rn

[humble zinc]

ok

how do u get energy blade?

[gray compass]

my animate guardian is using replica paradoxica/legacy of fury and then gruthkuls pelt for survivability and rest of gear is rare for hp/res

its a skill

[humble zinc]

u just have a skill equiped and u have the blade?

[gray compass]

u have to have a weapon (i use one with a abyssal socket) and then use the energy blade skill and it transforms it into EB

u dont lose the item

if u put more divs into your merc (doryanis) itll be even better

mine only has -130% res and like 12% recoup

[humble zinc]

is lvl 94 good enough to start the build?

[gray compass]

yeah i started it around there

just remove some small nodes

the build scales really well with more and more currency investment

[humble zinc]

ight thx alot

and is ur dps consistant?

70mil dps?

[gray compass]

yes its the most consistent dps build ive ever played cuz it requires no buffs or charges

70mill isnt consistent but around 30-40 million is perfectly consistent

[humble zinc]

dang ight

[gray compass]

70 million is if everything is in place but 30-40 mill is flat normal

when i was playing my 30-40 div smite i had 150mill pob dps but my dps was really like 1-10 million typically at best esp when bossing but my investment wasnt high

[humble zinc]

hey mind taking a look at this pob?

https://pobb.in/dNspv90glUsN

it has alot of loadout but idk

[young vector]

what is a nice build for sanctum/destructive play?

[gray compass]

yeah this is the pob from captain lance

[humble zinc]

ye

[gray compass]

this pbo was confusing asf

so i didnt follow it

[humble zinc]

hmm

should i just follow urs then?

is it similar to his build?

cause i want to invest all the way to end game with this build

as my final build this league

[gray compass]

yeah you can, if you wanna invest more currency you can just spend more on rings, spend more on jewels, spend more on the watcher's eye and get a gain es on hit, spend more on double corrupt helmet and double corrupt gloves, get a better belt (mine has a lowest tier es roll and no strength) and get better rings for doryani merc to have -200% lightnig res and at least 25% damage recoup

there's other videos/pob's on poe.ninja that people put 100's of divs into and can run risk t17's and whatnot but mines not really meant for that

but if you want just invest like 50 div into mine and then upgrade later with the rest of your 100 into transitioning into a more uber endgame version ig

[agile hemlock]

How do you do risk T17s on a low life build like this? Don't you die to the remove mod no matter what?

[gray compass]

i just said i dont do risk t17's to be fair

you can but u cant run remove % life mods lol

[humble zinc]

depend on ur clear speed tbh, can u kill them before they hit u

im guessing ur glass cannon so u prob can but if not dont even try

[agile hemlock]

Last I was in a T17 there was no no hitting it

[gray compass]

this build is only glass cannon if you have cannot regen, cannot lech, or recovery rate % mods, or remove 5% life mod

its really tanky otherwise

if u want a uber tanky version there's aegis aurora versions out there

[humble zinc]

mb was talking to lakmatiol about risk with squishy build

[humble zinc]

but the build looks nice ill look around if cant find a decent guide ill follow urs

[humble zinc]

u should be fine aslong as u can clear the whole map or what ever content ur doing

[agile hemlock]

That's the only thing really stopping me from the build tbh, risk is cool (and the fact half the ascendancy points do basically nothing, but eh).

[gray compass]

there's a bunch on youtube

i just watched a bunch of em and took some from each persay and then added animate guardian because i had free gem slots

[humble zinc]

its from last league tho would it stil work?

has the build been nerfed or changed this league?

[gray compass]

wdym
only the conscecrated ground ascendancy doesnt do that much
but it does give like 20% more true damage if the boss/enemy is on conc ground and thats easy to do with bottled fait

not that u need it anyways

[gray compass]

there's a bunch of vids for this league but regardless anything from last league regarding this build should be fine
just the fact they didnt have mercenarys would change it a good bit

instead of using the node

you just use a doryani merc for way more damage

[agile hemlock]

It's 15% inc damage taken on a lightning build, wdym?

[humble zinc]

ye build looks nuts

[gray compass]

conc ground gives 10million mnore full dps

[agile hemlock]

That's bottled faith

At least I'm pretty sure that's POB assuming bottled faith buffs

[gray compass]

bottled fiath is disabled in pob

this is all bottled faith itself gives

(no conc ground)

bottled faith ( conc ground enabled )

bottled faith gives 11 million (10%) on its own
but the ascendancy node also gives 10 million (on its own)

[agile hemlock]

ah, shock is not configured.

[gray compass]

enabling shock does nothing because enemy is auto shocked in PoB because of 100% crit chance

unless ur talking about manually inputting shock %

besides having conc ground around you will stationary is really good

it gives over 1k es regen per sec lol

[humble zinc]

hey xq1 can u one phase any bosses?

[gray compass]

i haven't done all ubers so i have no clue

[humble zinc]

im guessing u can one phase exarch easy

[gray compass]

any of the bosses ive fought so far tho yes

[humble zinc]

normal pinnicle u prob one phase most of them right?

[gray compass]

elder is an instantkill besides his invul phase

same with king of the mists

same with exarch and primal void dude

[agile hemlock]

You get capped shock on pinnacles, and probably like 40% on ubers, yeah

[humble zinc]

normal eater?

[agile hemlock]

still like 10% extra damage from cons ground, so pretty good.

not really ascendancy point good, but alas.

[gray compass]

i dont remember if i've even fought eater on this char but im sure its nearly instant kill since exarch/elder/shaper is like that

[gray compass]

i think its great

1k+es regen

extra damage

esp with bottled faith

makes for great harvest farming

esp since its basically a free node since we dont need the penetrate node w/doryani merc

[humble zinc]

hey does it matter what weapon i use for my energy blade?

i can just use like a white weapon?

[gray compass]

not really, i just bought some random weapon with a abyssal socket

free extra stats since i dont need the gem socket

i should prob upgrade this one at some point tbh

[humble zinc]

oh dang u smart

[gray compass]

nah not my idea i saw someone else do it and they where smart lol

also replacing the +str +es split with a +str + int split gives a bit more stats but
ive been to lazy to bother switching it

[ebon phoenix]

Can mercenaries use triggered skills from unique items?

[humble zinc]

lol im following the starter build first before i want to invest more

but thanks for all the help on the build

[gray compass]

you can make it t17 viable in like 20d so no worries

[humble zinc]

ye ima dumb everything

into this build

[gray compass]

greatwolf can just be astramentis instead for cheaper

belt can be cyclopean coil but you will lose flask charge generation on bossing but
no problem for mapping

anything else can just be slightly worse for less currency

[humble zinc]

ye he got a cheap set up here

any clue y he only using a 5 link?

and eye of winter instead of something else?

[gray compass]

you can use any spell instead of eye of winter
and for 6l just using returning projectiles

any spell will work just some are worse than others

[humble zinc]

this for his endgame pob

should i just use this instead?

[gray compass]

blazing salvo / ice spear of splitting (for clear) / craclking lance of disint / bladefall / penance brand (requires tree change) are most common

nah inspiriation is useless unless ur doing the mana reservation one which im doing blood magic

so return proj instead

[humble zinc]

ill just mess around once i get tehre then

[gray compass]

i use this and swap between ice spear / blazing salvo

ice spear = map clear
blazing salvo = bossing / harvest

ice spear can beused for bossing / harvest but i prefer salvo since ice spear can be annoying for single target since the initial projectile is slow

but really any spear works in general

spell*

[humble zinc]

would blazing salvo be best over all then?

is blazing salvo bad for maps or just not as good as ice spear?

[tawny pasture]

Just test it and use the one you prefer

[humble zinc]

ok gotcha

[barren silo]

what is an ammy annoint that can make my merc more tanky?

[limpid basin]

recoup

[barren silo]

it's called recoup?

[limpid basin]

there's a few that give recoup

infused flesh, vampirism

[barren silo]

these ig

ok so infused flesh prolly

[tired widget]

Never skipping another alva temple again

[gray compass]

salvo mapping imo isnt as good as ice spear of splitting for general clear

but its not like its bad

ice spear of splitting + returning projeciltes clears a bit faster i find
but if your doing a linear map salvo is great as well

[humble zinc]

anyone know y my es is not regen?

y this not working?

[gray compass]

It's because you dont have grace enabled

[humble zinc]

ok i see got grace now

thats funny didnt read that line

[gray compass]

yeah it happened to me when i first switched too i was confused lol

[surreal helm]

If my mercenary poisons... low tolerance won't work, is that right?

[burnt flower]

👀👀👀👀 so is it common knowledge that Mercs can Void if they die in a void map?

Is it just us console people that were not aware of this?

[devout osprey]

ive not ran a void map in my life, very few people do

[burnt flower]

Well incase anyone was wondering.. Mercs can void if they die in a void map

[limpid basin]

correct

so be careful

[torpid vine]

FIX YOUR SERVERS GGG, dear God...

whole day lags

[spiral ice]

huh, thats interesting

[torpid vine]

36k network

ahahahhaha

fucking GGG servers

[hollow osprey]

Bane Mercs are kinda nuts ngl

Wait so Merc's auras are level 21 right?

[gray compass]

lvl 83 merc auras are 26 iirc

[hollow osprey]

If you have a level 83 Merc

OH WOW

[gray compass]

i could be wrong but you can always look on reddit psure people answered it before

[hollow osprey]

Holy fuck does this mean I can ran another instead because this Malevolence is needed for my DoT

[gray compass]

depends on you
on my old smite leaguestart/mid game build i used haste from my merc instead of on my char and used another aura

[gritty basin]

My ship was beset by pirates - and it's only the 2nd time I've ever had that fight, so I swapped out for my tankiest character... forgot that character does basically negative damage. Remembered right after the fight started.

Took me 15 minutes, but I did kill the Admiral and reclaim my ship

[humble zinc]

can i just have a bunch of these eye jewels on my build instead of normal jewels?

like add light dmg to attack and crit multi?

something kinda like this

[gray compass]

added damage to attacks is useless

[humble zinc]

rly?

[gray compass]

added damage to spells is... okay? but + life and + es and +str/int is way better

because more es = more dmg from eblade

and more defense

and more str/int = more accuracy/evasion/other stuff

[humble zinc]

so y do u have it?

[gray compass]

stats >

[humble zinc]

oh

[gray compass]

because its just there

[humble zinc]

so i should get es and int?

how about crit multi, is it not as important as stats?

[gray compass]

a jewel that has something like

+10 str/int
+30 es
+30 life
(anything else is a +, crit chance, added spell damage, block chance, evasion rating or armour, more stats, or phasing or hinder or crit multi etc)

• res is useful too depending but my flasks fix my res mostly
  depends on your gear tho

but any jewel you have you want at least str/int / life / es unless its not abyss

[humble zinc]

ok

so about my other question can i just wear all abyss for now?

or not optimal

wear like 6 abyss jewels with these lines

[gray compass]

yeah you just want as much strength, int, es, life as possible

anything besides those stats are just +'s

[humble zinc]

ye i see now this jewel just gave me 300+ es

[gray compass]

yeah EB is stat stacking so mroe str/int the more es
and because of ivory tower and one of the passive tree nodes, more life = more es

and more ES = more damage because of Energy Blade

and stats in general give more damage because of transfigurations / other passive trees

[humble zinc]

ye build pretty good for oinly 25div

+kalandra ring just because i had one

[twilit marten]

whats this

[gray compass]

yeah kalandras touch is S+ tier for this build if u get a really good ring

[humble zinc]

just got a cheap ring

but alot of stuff on it

[gray compass]

make sure to qual it with attributes

[humble zinc]

ok got it

how high does ur evasion go to?

[gray compass]

22k atm

more stats = more evasion

I could have allot more int if my boots didnt need cold res :(

[eternal fjord]

Guys, Ambu's charge with 2 Kaom's Sings on mercenary doesn't work? I can only get 3 endurance charges

[gray compass]

https://streamable.com/xmrbda
earlier elder vid
think i had like 30-50 div total investment id ont remember

[royal elbow]

Generally decent map to favor for this league?

[sonic field]

depends on your strat

[royal elbow]

Expedition/Harvest/Incursion

[sonic field]

you want an open layout for exped

the rest doesnt care

[brisk wave]

Fellow cws chiefs what y'all farming aside from simulacrums and ultimatums?

Seems that ultimatums are no longer profitable and I got tired after 40+sims

[humble zinc]

dang thats good

[humble zinc]

would that mean int is more important then str?

or should it be even?

[gray compass]

Im not on my pc rn but iirc my int is higher than strength I think i was at like 1.3k int and 1.1k str? Not sure
Idrk if it matters which is higher at all

[humble zinc]

any chance u could show me dmg against eater when u fight him?

[south ember]

Not sure how you are supposed to be back into this arena

I guess you are meant to get him to pop the bubbles, but you seem to have to hit the middle of bubble or it won't pop

[rough viper]

did a thing to help people w/merc value
https://youtu.be/0iyDLScIQF4

[normal ledge]

hey chat, if i party with someone and do Audience w/ King, does the drop rate of prismatic jewel go up?

[limpid basin]

no, you can't change the drop rate of boss uniques

[normal ledge]

okie thx :>

[whole tiger]

When you use too much blight scarab and altas tree

[dusky warren]

dudes only good foot is clipping through the floor

[vast wedge]

can someone tell me what betrayal scarab of the allflame does? D:

[minor river]

hey at what level range do i stop seeing mercenaries during leveling? if i want to get a mercenary that is lower level when my own to use on a fresh character?

[vapid geyser]

Allflames substitute packs in maps with their own stuff. The scarab just increases the number of packs that get substituted by allflames

[vast wedge]

ohh thanks man!

[steady light]

how does mercenary power charge count?

planning to use anathema on it

[onyx onyx]

Can someone help me with my build

[remote tundra]

maybe

[silent citrus]

i did a respec into slayer from a pob and the values on damage and ehp are insanely off

can someone tell me why (it's not an exactly copy but it should be somewhat similar no)

https://pobb.in/ioChmusig8SN

pob that i want to follow

https://pobb.in/3iUgMwD1q-x3

and this is mine

[spiral ice]

95%

[spiral ice]

https://tenor.com/view/not-like-this-stare-no-nope-gif-16373672

[velvet wagon]

hello, what is adviced to do this league?

[sonic field]

your hit chance is low and you have no configs done in pob

[spiral ice]

kill mobs get loot

why this person allocated

8% increased Damage for each of your Aura or Herald Skills affecting you

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenarieshc/character/Mecktacular71-3228/GiveMeTheBloodEli?i=3&search=items%3DArakaali%2527s%2BFang%26class%3DOccultist

[sonic field]

runegraft?

ok i dont see one

[spiral ice]

no its just mastery, but i dont get why would you get that as arakali minion

[sonic field]

idk then

[spiral ice]

or you mean it coudl be different runecraft on that place

hmmm

[soft atlas]

if anyone find str/dex/int merc (80+ lvl) pls can u let me know? i would like to hire it, can pay you

[spiral ice]

you cant share them

[soft atlas]

🤔 i see, i thought you can lol, mb

[spiral ice]

yea i hope next iteration would itemise them

[soft atlas]

so only option i have is to self find, i see

[velvet wagon]

i mean , what end game farming method is strong this league

[craggy bolt]

yo I saw a video a few days ago of someone doing a 0 kill challenge (just the merc killing enemies) and I cant find it anymore.. anyone has seen it?

[uncut ice]

i didn't even know this is possible

[gray compass]

https://streamable.com/culmoz

I had temporal chains so technically this is slower than usual

[forest harness]

is this merc any good?

[sonic field]

not really

[hoary sigil]

question -- diid they get rid of the corrupt/30% waul beast like i don;t see it in the book

[rose dragon]

Qual over 20% is now drop only

Except for maps which iirc still have beast

[scarlet sun]

why is my merc dying so much

[blissful onyx]

No spell block. No recoup. No defiance of destiny.

[proper pendant]

Is there a cheap build that can do bossing super easy ?

[abstract onyx]

I new, could this be sold for 1 divine?

[sonic field]

use the trade site

this helm was popular for spider builds but now afaik the new helmet is better

and i dont remember it being expensive

[stable thorn]

is a collection of info/research on mercs anywhere? like a google doc or anything

[gilded bone]

there's this on the gear https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1y8x-gexn9FmH-PXN77aUMkpnBPBawcnhLFsQ11xJE/edit?gid=0#gid=0 and poedb https://poedb.tw/us/Mercenaries

[stable thorn]

Thanks, was hoping for some notes on quirks like how to get kineticist to use EW more and stuff

[torpid vine]

can anyone tell me why I didnt get my reward from this Valdo map? I cleared everything, got the abyss chest at the end as well

[barren silo]

yo guys, why is ben playing this cluster on his smite trickster ? he gets one rage on the notable from lethal pride, but i don't think that it's worth it?

[limpid basin]

on my pob its 3.6% dps per point

thats pretty good

[barren silo]

ah i see

[limpid basin]

and it lets you run phys reflect

[barren silo]

hmm, thx for the explaination

[hazy wind]

is there a resource with the possible merc gear combos?

[limpid basin]

#1┃mirage-league message

[humble zinc]

dang u can get that build to 95% thats nuts

[humble zinc]

ok ty the dmg is nuts

[bleak summit]

When do i transition from leveling skilltree to normal?

[gray compass]

depends on your build
depends on your currency
depends on when you want to switch

[sonic spade]

I feel like this isn't a good moment to start playing hc

[spiral ice]

nah i was just being smug and stating what is the cap

[humble zinc]

oh lol

[spiral ice]

is this new that solaris and lunaris yap a lot?>

they never chatted in campaign

[thorny pond]

Should I go keep going for 20 Conc Effect and AoE or stay where I'm at

[tired widget]

well that's awkward...

[elder ridge]

For the breachstones challenge, does it have to be 5 different ones?

[violet nymph]

What is better the normal version of WOC or Wave of Conviction of Trarthus ?

[queen cedar]

no, you can do any combination

[static bridge]

Rog was in a good mood

[merry relic]

Very nice

Blessed orb to make it prettier

[static bridge]

done

[stray robin]

I don't seem to be finding any memory threads even when specced into all the chance increase nodes

Is it related to map rarity and such or? A friend of mine also seems to find more when running originator maps

[unique drum]

Hello, can anyone please help me with my Bleed Eviscerate Gladiator build? Im lvl 82 and im strugling to level up, damage is low and survability bad. I would like to finish Maven challenges for points and map device slot and farm t16 so im able to get to t17 someday

[young knoll]

What Merc would be good for EA ballista??

[hearty crystal]

anyone have any ideas why my mercs single target with kb of clustering is really bad? i made a post in build help with details on what its equipped with and its skills, but it is not doing close to the insane single target on bosses i have seen in other videos

the clear is fine though

[young knoll]

Accuracy or needs more flat DMG

Or both

[stray venture]

How tough is uber atziri? Got the mats and looking to do her for the challenge

[hearty crystal]

is it possible having both GMP and fork is bringing the dps down a whole lot? they both have less modifiers right?

[drifting crown]

As long as you have reflect immunity, pretty easy

[stray venture]

Sweet

[astral pulsar]

anybody knows how i can use a unique item for my build, its the dance of the offered boots that has agnostic. I equip it with precision and arrogance and my mana drains completely.

[young knoll]

Not sure but I read a post this morning about someone asking the same thing https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/s/BBFlgDRv9W

[fierce remnant]

can you have more than 1 of the same mercanary like a second kineticist?

[hearty crystal]

yes

if you mean reserved in your hideout

[humble zinc]

any energy blade Inquisitor mind helping me with my build?

idk wat my next upgrade should be

https://pobb.in/punEMWwi42OS

[gray compass]

your greatwolf should be % atti, and % global defenses or % max life not aps/cps first off

shaper's touch could have a decent enchant on it

same with ivory tower

and rathpith and crown

[humble zinc]

u talking about corrupted implicits?

[humble zinc]

how much would a attri and global defe cost feel like it would be way too much

[gray compass]

% atti and % life is cheaper

and pretty similar stat wise

[gray compass]

Yes

[humble zinc]

i mean could get this

but would it be my end game forever u think?

[gray compass]

not worth it for 37div

i got mine for like 7div and then used corrupted catalyst to get attribute qual

36% atti and 18% life

[humble zinc]

ye i put the the life into my pob not that big of a diff tbh

my amulet is fine tbh and more attack speed too so 2 good lines

[gray compass]

far cheaper with little diff its very worthit imo

[humble zinc]

wat corrupt should i get tho?

[humble zinc]

ill upgrade my amulet some other day

[gray compass]

fair but imo %aps/cps isnt worth it unless ur using cyclone or something ig

[gray compass]

depends on your budget
you can go for double corrupts

[humble zinc]

i have 100+divs rn

but dont wanan sped it all on some over priced gear for small upgrades

[gray compass]

these are good for the helmet, second image is good for gloves
rathpith go for %life/%es/%block chance

you can get 1 corrupt rathpith/ivory/crown/shaper's for <10 div in total for all items

double corrupted is gonna run you allot more

can always start one corrupt like me then just work up

ivory tower i went for -50% damawge from crit strikes

helps with crit maps + the node on tree for another 25% less

[humble zinc]

i see

when do u think i should start going rare gear tho?

like full es and int stacking

[gray compass]

idrk rare gear is a totally different tree im psure

you'd have to look on poe.ninja or youtube

[humble zinc]

ok cause only thing lance showed was the full build and it was uber expensive

[gray compass]

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries?class=Inquisitor&items=!Mageblood&supportgems-Ice Spear of Splitting=Awakened+Cast+On+Critical+Strike+Support%2CCast+On+Critical+Strike+Support&allskills=Awakened+Cast+On+Critical+Strike+Support%2CCast+On+Critical+Strike+Support%2CEnergy+Blade&sort=dps

You can always check poe.ninja

this is my lil cutie patootie : https://poe.ninja/profile/deathcreeper103-0883/character/PyroTheTemplar

[humble zinc]

might craft something like this

[gray compass]

ive never bothered to craft my own items before or i would tbh lol

[humble zinc]

ye base is 40div pretty sure

without the fracture spam essense of rage for str

and get int and harvest craft crit tbh

[gray compass]

yeah very expensive

[humble zinc]

thats 3 lines and craft attri i think

this dude rich having a frature stre

i reallty wanna swap to ci but idk when to do it

[gray compass]

the % of CI on CoC EB inquis on poe.ninja is very low

but u can check there

i dont think its worth it imo

[humble zinc]

had to get chaos res on my ring because negatic chaos res hurts

idk how some people run that

i just randomly get one shotted by some chaos slam

[gray compass]

yeah im using 2 chaos rings + chaos flask

so i typically have at least 30-65%+ chaos res

[humble zinc]

i have 50+ i think

wat auras do u use?

[gray compass]

never had any problems with chaos so far

[gray compass]

my char is here

[humble zinc]

and wat merc?

oh ok

[gray compass]

my merc is wrath + zealotry and im using zeal % scepter, sin eater so im ailment immune, and then perquil for lucky + doryanis for insane damage boost

[humble zinc]

kinda wanna run this

[gray compass]

swap perquil with defiance for extreme t17's or simulacrum

[humble zinc]

u found a wrath and zealotry. how long it take u to find that?

[gray compass]

15+hours....

[humble zinc]

fr?

[gray compass]

it sucked

yes

pain

[humble zinc]

uh

might just run it myself then lol

[gray compass]

idk if i was unlucky

nah just get a merc with 1 or other

both if lucky

[humble zinc]

ye i got a haste merc rn

ima just run the rest of the auras my self then

[gray compass]

wrath/zeal are just bonuses anyways

[humble zinc]

wym bonus?

arent they kinda huge dmg buffs?

and i think zeal will cap out my crit chance

[gray compass]

ye they help a good bit fsure lol

[humble zinc]

nvm im already at 99% crit chance

[toxic jackal]

whats the best merc for smite slayer tho

[humble zinc]

prob doriyani merc with the lucky toe amulet

[toxic jackal]

pls dms

[humble zinc]

wym?

-200 light res

amulet makes ur attack lucky

thats the basic but u can prob search up youtube video and someone can show u the whole set up

what type of merc u want and wat gear to give it

[toxic jackal]

do you mean the total number -200 ?

@humble zinc

[humble zinc]

ye

[toxic jackal]

if its not -200, so im not getting the passive ?

[humble zinc]

nah doriyana makes monsters around the bot have the same res

[toxic jackal]

oh i got it

[humble zinc]

so if u merc has -120 or +120 res the enemy will have it too

light res only

[toxic jackal]

thats fair

[humble zinc]

ye search up on youtube so u can have a op merc

[toxic jackal]

i got it now

[toxic jackal]

does the gems of the merc matter tho ?

[humble zinc]

depend on wat u want ur merc to do

it can give u haste if it has haste

or wrath for more lighting dmg

determation for more armour

grace ofr evasion

[toxic jackal]

ahaaa

[humble zinc]

anything tbh up to u

or ur build

[toxic jackal]

but i heard theres no merc with wrath ?

[gray compass]

a few have wrath

[toxic jackal]

fair

thank you all

[humble zinc]

@gray compass found the guy i might follow to get stronger

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries/character/Eva_Green-1167/IEscapedTarkov?i=0&search=class%3DInquisitor%26skills%3DIce%2BSpear%2Bof%2BSplitting%252CLancing%2BSteel%2Bof%2BSpraying%26items%3D!Mageblood%26sort%3Ddps

ima copy some of hjis stuff like the 2 large clusters

[gray compass]

rlly expensive tho

[lunar stirrup]

Can we apply conqueror-ex orb on the memory influence item ?

[rose dragon]

If it's not already influenced yes

[dusky warren]

hey guys what was that helm that gives flat damage based on the coloured sockets?

oh i found it. crown of the tyrant

[muted bluff]

Wow they fixed the immortal bastion build already, that was pretty quick

[normal pollen]

How bad is sanctum after nerfs ?

[grizzled sand]

1 month in and EU servers are still garbage...smh

[elfin hedge]

is it possible to add a merc to pob

[fossil stump]

I'm leveling my trickster exsanguinate/reap mines, but I'm struggling for DPS, even with tabula rasa. i've tried mines power siphon but same. Any advices for other skills to level up with mines for trickster ?

[lapis totem]

Is this merc worth making an aurabot for

[clear night]

lil confused

oh right belt

[solar lion]

so I have a question, I need Merc with flame link skill, what is the best way to target farm them?

[fathom zodiac]

How big of a difference is doryanis prototype with -140 res to -200....is the damage boost that notable to chase better rings?

[rose dragon]

well pob that

but if your build is lightning thats big big difference

like probably most dps you can get for that money

[fathom zodiac]

Smite trickster so yeah 😅

[rose dragon]

ye then you need -200% just to start not feeling 0dps

[fathom zodiac]

Good to know 🤙

[summer prism]

Hi, does anyone have a good regex to farm from T16 with volcanic fissure?

[soft atlas]

you play Smite Trickster too?

[hazy wind]

any Jugg Zenith player i can ask some questions?

[mint berry]

Hey I claim the weapon with the of infamy line but it didn't trigger the challenge, anybody knows why...

[void badge]

Any other armour stackers that were using Bastion w/ Prismplate? Since the patch yesterday to fix the Impenetrable Bastion exploit, Bastion mercs literally never use Prismplate, it appears.....

[earnest pond]

where can I buy a t17 map without mods that will def insta kill me DX

[void badge]

You can roll the mods yourself?

[prime tree]

That's just the natural t2 attack speed roll that is called "of infamy", but isn't an infamous mod.

[earnest pond]

aren't they unmodifiable?

[void badge]

you can only use chaos orbs

[earnest pond]

ohhh alr thanks

[earnest pond]

bro really just scammed me ;-;

[void badge]

huh?

[earnest pond]

It doesn't let me use chaos orbs

"target is unmodifiable"

[rose dragon]

is your t17 corrupted?

you absolutely can chaos roll non-corrupted t17

[earnest pond]

def not corrupted

[rose dragon]

get me a screenshot of that map pls

[earnest pond]

I already opened it (hoping I could do it lol)

but it wasn't corrupted

big diff I'm sure

[void badge]

:?

[earnest pond]

(first is a corrupted item I have and second is the map)

[rose dragon]

did you open a valdo t17?

was it shiny?

[void badge]

Ah!

That 100% must be it

[earnest pond]

OMG YES 😭

mb

[rose dragon]

well i hope it dont have a void mod

[earnest pond]

what does void do anyways (also no it didnt)

[fathom zodiac]

Yeah started RF then just twinked a trickster. Loving life now!

Expensive build though

[rose dragon]

Deletes your char basically

[earnest pond]

How do I search for it to not be one

[rose dragon]

Well you want one of ziggurat, fortress, sanctuary, citadel or abonimation

These are the t17

Valdos use t16 map layouts

[earnest pond]

ohhh I see

[rose dragon]

If you need one for map slot, Best to use fortress

And scarb of bisection and scarb of stability

[earnest pond]

ah alr thanks a lot

well damn I cant do this boss 😄

[soft atlas]

i can tell lol, but its worth it tho

[runic zephyr]

has anyone played wander this league, im wondering what to go for. str stack, int stack?

[earnest pond]

well I'm melee (flicker strike) and the rays one shot me ;-;

[hasty perch]

Upgrade gear

You are flicker its not like you have control over everything. Stat check or dont

[fathom zodiac]

Sitting with 17.5K ES with what i would say is good gear lol....how some people hit 20K+ is mad lol

[hasty perch]

Light of meaning ES?

[earnest pond]

I can show my current build and would like it if you could explain how I could best improve my gear 👀 (if that wouldn't be too much of a hassle for you)

[soft atlas]

i have only 14.6k ES and cant die so its easy

[hasty perch]

Im on my phone cant do much tbh

[earnest pond]

ah fair

I can just ask someone else for help though 🙂

[fathom zodiac]

Nice. Its definately up there with one of my favourite builds now. Especially as a second build blaster

[soft atlas]

whos pob you followed?

[fathom zodiac]

Ben's 💪

[soft atlas]

nice i followed peuget2's one

[fathom zodiac]

Yeah they are very very similar less some gems

[soft atlas]

if it can kill bosses then it doesnt matter much

[fathom zodiac]

Too right. Voidstone approved 💪

[soft atlas]

i just need Maven Voidstone but i hate memory phase so much so i gave up xd

I dont have required IQ to remember the pattern

[fathom zodiac]

🤣😅 im opposite its them damn fireballs for me that drive me mad. Almost makes me want to plug in a controller 🤣

[soft atlas]

lol console players

imagine 💀

[fathom zodiac]

I'd have to give myself 12 whips if I done that 🤣

[soft atlas]

i bet you are into that

[fathom zodiac]

Its why I main RF to allow AFK time 🤣😅

[soft atlas]

RF is biased

[soft atlas]

you can afk with any 500+ div build tho

thats why i spent 1mirr and half for Smite Trickster

[fathom zodiac]

Mirr 🫨 I ain't that deep yet haha maybe like 400D

[soft atlas]

so bad lol

[signal girder]

https://poe.ninja/profile/not2dayfrodo-1829/character/SoyCatSlayer
fix my build for this investment I expected more

[tiny hazel]

i need help boss maven

[scarlet sun]

i dont know a game with worse servers

[sonic stirrup]

Lucky you

[muted sentinel]

richest ive been in any league ever lol

time to save for tornado shot

[coarse bridge]

Should I quit the league or fresh start

[prime tree]

< flip one of these

[grizzled breach]

I know a couple with way worse servers

[coarse bridge]

Im playing again

Anyone got a ssf fresh start recommendation? This league I’ve played zerker slam, rm mines, ps mines and smite trickster

[muted bluff]

Flamedash totems!

[gentle kite]

i lost a cogwork ring due to disconnect

[serene cargo]

why are most people pushing for bismuth ore in their atlas trees?

[agile hemlock]

bismuth buffs normal and magic monster loot IIRC

[serene cargo]

alright, was just curious

[humble zinc]

does gain on hit mean insta heal on hit?
or does it still regen like leech

[kindred shoal]

How good is leercast really? If I'm a poison build should my merc use leercast + malediction corrupt

Or just drop it entirely for a -12% chaos to enemies hunter helm

[limpid basin]

insta

and leech isn't "regen" just because it (by default) occurs over time

[humble zinc]

ok ty

[limpid basin]

pob exists

plug it all in and see what it says

[kindred shoal]

poison holy relic of convinction damage readout is pretty much completely broken anyways

and not really accurate

[limpid basin]

is it broken in a way that matters for this?

[kindred shoal]

yes

because I have no idea how the ally bonus damage interacts with minions and poison scaling damage and poison cap and all that shit

[limpid basin]

is it actually broken or not

like what does that even mean

[kindred shoal]

thats how the build does damage

you use an attack, which triggers the relics to nova, which is converted to poison

[limpid basin]

i mean, what does you having no idea have to do with pob

[kindred shoal]

pob tells me my damage is like 700k but I kill uber in like 3 seconds

[limpid basin]

link the pob im curious

[limpid basin]

uh but to answer the question

it's probably malediction

because it's the only one that also gives defences

so overall its the best

[kindred shoal]

there is pob

[limpid basin]

https://pobb.in/WsTkZmp9PgTC

oh i forgot i left culling in the config

but whatver you have for ag/spectre/merc is also not applied here

[limpid basin]

and to finally explain my point about this

the things that were broken were trigger rate and minion count

which dont actually matter because minion count is multipicative and none of the things you mentioned interacted with trigger rate

[limpid basin]

that means even if it's inaccurate, there will be no impact with stuff like this

the relative differences between enemies having inc damage taken and the minions getting increased damage will be the same with either pob (with or without the proper config)

so even if the final dps number is wrong it doesnt really matter

[kindred shoal]

I see, how can I see how much damage leercast is adding to me?

[limpid basin]

hit edit on an item, copy and paste the stat in

so leer cast is 6.7% dps

[kindred shoal]

but it's for my merc

[limpid basin]

why does that matter

its the same stat

[limpid basin]

do you have despair somewhere

[kindred shoal]

merc has despair

skill

[limpid basin]

yeah so make sure to add that

or else the calcs wont be accurate

whatever aura it has is also not accounted for

ok so -13% res is 12.5% dps

and malediction is 5.2% dps and 11.1% max hit on everything

[kindred shoal]

so combined 6.7 + 5.2% and 11.1% max hit

which seems pretty good

[limpid basin]

yep

[kindred shoal]

I see thank you, honestly I don't know how to really do any of this stuff with pob

ive never changed calc or updated items

[limpid basin]

you just needed to put holy relic at count 3 because there were 3 relics

and double attack speed because it doesnt account for return

and add wither because you have that

[kindred shoal]

i didn't know malediction added so much tankiness too, that's pretty pog

is that a curse, or aura or what

maybe I need extra additional curse to use?

[limpid basin]

it's a debuff

you dont need anything special it just works

[humble zinc]

hey what does the ruduced part even do to this chestpiece?

[limpid basin]

nothing

that's what's good about the enchant

[humble zinc]

oh

[limpid basin]

you get to enjoy the upside and not suffer the downside

[humble zinc]

so thats like almost god roll?

or pretty much is perfect roll

[limpid basin]

15% increased is best

[humble zinc]

ye i saw that it was 400div tho

[limpid basin]

so it's just below the best

but still really good

[humble zinc]

ye gotcha

[kindred shoal]

Wait a leer cast with malediction costs 120div lmao

that was magnitudes more expensive than I thought, I guess it's not a regular corrupt

[limpid basin]

it's not

it's from then unique helm glimpse of chaos

that you need to hit then vaal into leer cast

[kindred shoal]

hunter helm it is

I guess I should have checked the price before even doing the calcs

[humble zinc]

doriyani merc with -100 light res wtih lucky toe or doriyani merc with -200 lightning res without lucky toe?

[devout mulch]

Hey, is the Ambush Scarab of Containment currently bugged? I just did a T17 Fortress and it had natural mobs outside of the boxes

[kindred shoal]

just finished that too for 37/40

The one where you need to equip your mercenary with 5 completely similar sets is so dumb lol

cant wait to spend 3 hours on trade buying single pieces of equipment

x50

I guess, its just very tedious

Im putting it off until 40/40 I think lol

ya lol

[torpid vine]

Guys, I am having huge lags in the past 3 days, literally unplayable and look at this

anyone knows the solution?

[drifting crown]

I'm playing on Washington from Europe and there's no issues

[kindred shoal]

There is a spectre called Perfect Warchief I think, he gives endurance charges. Does anyone know if the uptime of that is 100%?

[scarlet sun]

how ya all doing

[atomic glacier]

do mercs have built in resistances? trying to figure out what might be causing my eruptor to have 32% light/cold res and 39% fire res without any gear on

he doesnt have an aura and my aura isnt applying to him

[exotic mica]

Endurance charges? They count as monsters so mag he the end charges are giving him ele res

[atomic glacier]

this is just in hideout though

[drifting crown]

Just checked after finally reaching 100, 136 times in 244 hours. Early mercs were deadly

Also 40 deaths out of 136 is a Maven voidstone run

[exotic mica]

Deadeye philosophy

[mighty temple]

did they nerf raw currency drops recently? A couple days ago while abyss farming there was literally no T16.5/17 map that didn't drop at least 1 raw divine orbs, sometimes multiple, now i ran 3 T17s in a row, each with 100%+ more currency, and didn't get a single raw divine

[gleaming zodiac]

i'm pretty sure they nerfed blight few days ago, i was getting at least a raw divine every blight and now i get one like in 10 😐

[humble zinc]

anyone know if theres like a split second before the flask gets used again after it runs out?

because im randomly getting one shotted but it shows my es bar is full

[limpid basin]

no there is no time inbetween

[humble zinc]

how is my hp bar dropping before my life ?

[humble zinc]

is there something else thats not chaos dmg one hittiong my hp?

im fighting t17 katarina btw

[tulip owl]

few things could have happened

1: something you linked to died
2: map modifier (did you put a totem down)

3: culling strike from something

[astral pulsar]

how do you get mavens voidstone? i already did the t14 invitation. Already got eater and searing stones

[tulip owl]

you have to do the actual maven fight

[gray compass]

u need 10 crescent splinters for the maven fight

[tulip owl]

you get a map slot from the 10way fight

[astral pulsar]

ohhh i see

and to get splinters just run 14+ maps with maven right

[gray compass]

buy em from faustus currency exchange

[devout osprey]

or harder invitations that grants more splinters, like 4 shaper guardians

[gray compass]

^ quicker to do

[tulip owl]

the 10way fight gives like 2 splinters max. for the special invites you can get 6ish. feared can give up to 12 or so

[astral pulsar]

dont get it, how you do harder invitations

[devout osprey]

use the maven button on shaper guardians map, elderslayer maps

or elder guardian maps

you can see all the invitations u can progress for if you hover over the maven button

[astral pulsar]

ohhh i see

so i have to kill all those bosses

[devout osprey]

they are seperated for each different invitation, you only need 10 splinters for 1 maven fight

you dont HAVE to do all of them

[astral pulsar]

any benefits to do them all or nah

[devout osprey]

might be a challenge, or achivement

[astral pulsar]

wait so those individual bosses drop splinters right

[humble zinc]

does catarina have culling?

[cinder flare]

how does setting up betrayal board work?

trying to get vorici in transportation

how to thenks

[high mauve]

I got the warcry mastery that says warcries give 10 power min. When I use General Cry it doesnt provide that base power so I dont summon anything. How else can I consistently summon using General Cry?

[limpid basin]

you need corpse around

and it doesn't "give" power power isnt a resource

[high mauve]

Ahh it says Total power of enemies and corpses in range. It looks like only Corpses in range works?

Even with uniques/rare monsters around me doesnt summon any generals when there are no corpses. So that description is deceptive. I suppose thats why many builds go Cyclone in some form. Is there any way to do this as a jugg or do you need to go slayer/inquis? (Only builds I can find with examples of the skill)

[limpid basin]

i mean, it summons them from the corpses

so if there arent corpses around it cannot summon anything

it's not for the power it's just to meet that condition

Summons Mirage Warriors from 2 corpses per 5 Power, minimum 1 corpse

[high mauve]

Ahh that makes more sense now. I do appreciate it.

[royal elbow]

Would be cool if we could convert our mercs into contracts for twice or thrice their hiring fee and sell them to other ppl.

[dense spoke]

does anyone know of any unique items that specifically prevent you from dealing chaos damage? I have ancestral bond on my merc, but the summon seeking void is still dealing damage through it (either a bug, or the spell is classified as a totem which there's no info on)

[sonic stirrup]

That's not what that keystone does

[weary minnow]

ancestral bond doesn't stop minions dealing damage

and summon seeking void is a minion

[sonic stirrup]

And "summon" means summon

[dense spoke]

oh fuck

alright then, how do i disable minions from dealing damage?

i thought it wasn't an actual minion bc it doesn't have a life bar

[sonic stirrup]

The Primordial Chain to prevent summoning minions at all

Well, assuming it's a proper minion

[sonic stirrup]

Well either way, summon is summon

[dense spoke]

right, I'll test that once my group stardew sesh is over

[dense spoke]

yeah im not a minion player so i had no idea, i just assumed it wasn't bc no life bar

[weary minnow]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Skill:SummonVoidSpawn has this information

[dense spoke]

I don't think SummonVoidSpawn is the same skill?

[weary minnow]

that page is linked from this page, I assume that's what you're talking about https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Servant_of_Decay

[dense spoke]

no, no

Summon Seeking Void is a skill that is unique to mercs, specifically the Cruel Mistress merc

it summons like a purple chaos orb that shoots out stuff that looks like soulrend projectiles

[weary minnow]

oh I see. interesting

[dense spoke]

so i guess the orb itself is classified as a minion. makes sense because it is a summon skill, but i figured minions have life

[edgy nimbus]

ust thought id offer 3 free uses of unravelling orbs before i use it on random items. 38/40 rn

[edgy nimbus]

basic way of moving people is : demoting until 0 stars (free agent) then encountering them in that safehouse division activity

[cinder flare]

once i interrogate them they just move back to the same safehouse and i cant do anything to them

[rose dragon]

Interogate them more

each time you do they get demoted

you need to do it enough times to demote them to 0

[dense spoke]

so I just tested this, and primordial chain does not prevent it from being summoned at all

primordial chain + wilma's helm and the summon seeking void still deals damage and still kills enemies

there's no way in hell that this thing is either a golem or a totem right?

[sonic stirrup]

I guess it isn't a minion then

[sonic stirrup]

Of course not. Totems are not summoned. Golems are called Golems

And again

Totem or not is literally irrelevant

That's not what that keystone does at all whatsoever

Ancestral bond will not affect:
Traps
Mines
Mirages
Minions

To name a few things

[dense spoke]

okay well it matters when the skill isn't a trap or mine, and apparently isn't a minion

so it's either selfcast or it's a mirage

[sonic stirrup]

Wdym "it"

[dense spoke]

or bugged

the seeking void sphere that spits out the projectiles that kill stuff

[sonic stirrup]

This sentence

[dense spoke]

???????

[sonic stirrup]

It's still not relevant whether it's a totem

Anything you summon is not gonna care about ancestral bond

[dense spoke]

look, i'm not here to split hairs, I'm here to figure out why conventional damage-disabling methods don't care about this specific merc skill

it's a summon, sure, but apparently it is not a minion

[sonic stirrup]

Because it's a summon

[dense spoke]

so what is a non-totem, non-minion summon

a mirage?

[sonic stirrup]

It doesn't need to be anything

[dense spoke]

alright, so i guess i ask this now

[sonic stirrup]

Mirages are one example of non-minion summons

[dense spoke]

are there any uniques that completely disable dealing chaos damage?

or am I just straight fucked because the items on the merc won't affect it?

[sonic stirrup]

The Annihilating Light
Doryani's Prototype

[dense spoke]

word, I'll try a doryani's even though I'm not actually dealing lightning myself

don't really wanna try annihilating light because dying breath seems better, but who knows

sorry, didn't mean to seem antagonistic - this is just super frustrating

[sonic stirrup]

Though that's assuming the summon inherits the offensive stats of its summoner like Mirages do

Steelworm

[dense spoke]

yeah doryanis doesn't work either, fuck

[sonic stirrup]

Then you can't do anything about it aside from ask GGG if it's working as intended

Which it very well might be

[dense spoke]

and yeah steelworm can't be used since the merc only uses staves

damn, that really sucks

it's this plus the fact that despair mercs never cast despair

that's kind of tilting me

[sonic stirrup]

Steelworm wouldn't help if Prototype doesn't. Because it's the same thing.

[dense spoke]

yeah

if the merc at least would ever cast despair it'd kind of be fine

[sonic stirrup]

They do. But not against cursed targets

[dense spoke]

nah

not even against non cursed targets

i sat in BA for ten minutes against various packs and saw zero despair casts

[sonic stirrup]

Hm

[dense spoke]

it just spams dark pact until summon seeking void is off cd then casts that

so i had to get a despair on hit ring which blows compared to casting despair

either way, thanks for the help and suggestions, i appreciate it a lot

sorry if i sounded frustrated or anything

alright let's take the scorched earth approach - are there any uniques that say "you cannot cast spells"?

i.e. phrecia style berserker or whatever the hell it was

i'd lose the dark pact wither, and the despair on hit from ring, but i'm just morbidly curious if even that would stop it

or if there's some unique that says your minions deal no damage/no chaos damage

i am determined to break this

[sonic stirrup]

You're welcome

[sonic stirrup]

Of course. Phrecia didn't add any new stats. Just repurposed existing ones. You're looking for Gruthkul's Pelt

[dense spoke]

Just bought one, merc cannot wear non-int gear

[floral drum]

I can't log into the game, help?

[dense spoke]

fucking madge

[floral drum]

I have done the version check (validate files) 5 times now

Anyone has any idea whats causing this?

[dense spoke]

if you're on steam, maybe verify game files

no idea if standalone

[floral drum]

ye im on steam

i have done the verifying files thing 5 times now

and i restarted too

[sonic stirrup]

Tried restarting steam?

[floral drum]

yes

[dense spoke]

yeah taskkill everything steam related and restart pc

would be my next step

[floral drum]

salute

[dense spoke]

gl soldier

[floral drum]

i just wanna farm so i can buy my nimis :(

[dense spoke]

have you been inducted into the church of saboteur yet

[floral drum]

whats that?

[dense spoke]

sabo has an ascendancy node that says "proj fired in random directions / 50% chance for proj to return"

as of 3.26

[floral drum]

YOU WAHT

[dense spoke]

yes

you can run locus mine + any proj skill on sabo now

[floral drum]

i might try to run my MSoZ on sabo

[dense spoke]

uhh, I don't know about that one

[floral drum]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeee

im a MSoZ Jugg

[dense spoke]

i think msoz is way better on a left side ascendancy

with nimis

or trickster with the F/F jewels for sabo nimis

[floral drum]

ah

soon tm

[dense spoke]

sorry i said right but i meant left lol

[floral drum]

ye i understood

[dense spoke]

but if you wanted "free" nimis you could just do it on a trickster

and just path down the left side

and F/F the sabo nimis node

but you'd probs still be CI and int+str stack which is kind of awkward if you want to use replica alberon's warpath

[floral drum]

ye it is

because i dont want to and/or cant stack INT too

[dense spoke]

int+str stack in my experience doesn't feel good outside of ivory tower builds

maybe you say fuck it and run an ascendant with pf subascendancy + one other sub that seems good

[floral drum]

maybe if i have a mirror i'll try out a different asc for msoz

i just love that skill

also im obsessed with swords

[dense spoke]

that's how i feel about kinetic bolt man

i want to channel eirikeiken's memetic bolt locus mines build from like 5 years ago

but kbolt is deadge

[rose dragon]

For zenith why not just int-stack synth sword?

If doing it on tricky

[rocky nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-bob-esponja-gif-2904459546447199840

I love when an unexpected disconnection occurs

[dusky warren]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-24177057

[cobalt hemlock]

DC'd twice :/

I must have a cursed dunes map

Everytime I try to go into it, it freezes and dc's me

[trail aurora]

LF build recommends around 300 div. Coming from rf and looking for a build with also good clear and better Boss dps

[sand plover]

Does Kaom's SIgn work on mercenary? do they cast Warcry?

[unreal cosmos]

chayula or 5 way has more exp if farming?

[earnest pond]

It seems kineticists avoid me like the plague, it takes me over 40 attempts (with 3 attribute types banned at all times) to find one and most of them don't have the skill I want either

[gray compass]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1394386042278117466
Any Energy Blade knowledgable chatters in here atm?
need some help

[earnest pond]

meanwhile sanguimancers appear every 7 attempts or so ;(** **

[floral drum]

would it be cheaper?

also i have never done trickster

[rose dragon]

Trickster zenith will never sound cheap to me

[floral drum]

ye figured

[earnest pond]

I've been trying to get one with that skill for 6 hours

[rose dragon]

if you want cheap do ephemeral edge, but then you cannot zenith, since it needs 2hander

[somber berry]

Ngl this league seems kinda weird build guide wise

[topaz vale]

xdd

What's weird about it?

Wild bit heroes player in the big 25..

[sleek canyon]

letsgoooo merc 😄

[halcyon grove]

that guy is a noob. he uses mageblood without flasks

[pastel ivy]

guys, anyone knows what skin armor they wear?

[steady halo]

0 DPS aura bot is fun lmao boss fights are pain

[jolly veldt]

Does gear with affix a that grant a skill work on mercs? Like, if I have a helmet that grants a skill and equip it on my merc, will my merc use thst skill?

[spring berry]

No

[sonic spade]

I'm tired of this economy, what should I do? Reroll on ruthless?

where the economy doesn't exist and everyone is miserable

[rose dragon]

Maybe Just ssf for starters?

[full basin]

What other then KB merc are good as carry merc?

Anyone has some proven recommendations?

[sonic spade]

tried, it just feels slow and I like economy, I just don't like how this one evolved

wow I have to say that ruthless fucking sucks

I thought it would be like poe 2

[spring berry]

A little funny

[sonic spade]

I'm trying to think whether to just drop poe until the next league