💀┃acolyte

[lyric idol]

rerolling witchfire I might need a build link or two lol

[daring holly]

does mark of the rat (profane veil) spread remove poison stacks from yourself or does it just prolif ?

[crisp ridge]

another 1 to the cult!

[soft gulch]

im loving witchfire. things just melt

wish it worked with Pyre weapon

[crisp ridge]

only problem im having with witchfire is defensive scaling

[pearl snow]

Just dont get hit

[crisp ridge]

at bosses that honestly works

normal monos it doesnt 😂

[pearl snow]

Big true

We could low life it if you get nice lp items

[crisp ridge]

i also lost like 80k/tick making some defensive stuff

[soft gulch]

Last Step of the Dieing is good defence

[crisp ridge]

i do, its still rough

tho i havent found a slam for mt 2lp exsang

i have exsang + last steps + experimental gloves 😂

[soft gulch]

nice nice

[crisp ridge]

o and bone clamour

im thinkin some leexh based setup may work better

[soft gulch]

im going to try the set integration suggested in the build

[crisp ridge]

and use wall of nothing or pale ox or null portent

[daring holly]

is there still no way to boost poison dmg ? the 28 base flat is so low 😢

[gaunt abyss]

who is the witch queen?

[crisp ridge]

me?

i was one of the first to start witchfire here and started telling people to use it 😂

[lilac heath]

Noob quastion. Are minions avble to handle whole edgame?

[crisp ridge]

yes

tho mass minions less so

generally want 1 buffed minion as your main damage

wraithlord or abomination or arch mage

[lilac heath]

Im going golem as tank and zombie as dps. Yet im new and still dont know how zobie are scaling.

[crisp ridge]

not the best build, but hey, use it and have fun

[soft gulch]

ive always enjoyed the many golem build

[pearl snow]

CB does have good leech plus relic DoT

[crisp ridge]

yea i think the lich leech nodes + warlock leech against cursed + null portent could work

[wise crypt]

Hey, I have a question. My minions suddenly stopped following me. Is this bugged?

[signal iris]

wasnt there some kind of thing that made minions stop moving but more dmg or sth?

[soft gulch]

dread shade node i think

or infernal. but for them to just randomly stop, chalk it upto a pathing thing

[vale jacinth]

Stationary wraiths would be the only node that causes this, other then that it's a performance bug.

[lyric idol]

is there a solid set of items/tree you all agree on?

[pearl snow]

Endgame weapon is a mace with sinathias
Generic Dot & Stack Ignite chance

[sleek cedar]

are skills and abilities that say "rip appart" a minion count as that minion dying

[pearl snow]

Get damned on hit too where possible

[crisp ridge]

nope

sinthias is my go to
someone using firestarter
profane wand is also an option

one person using hungering souls
im relying on 2x CB

[pearl snow]

Firestart with 2LP was roughly as good as a very good double DoT Ignite chance profane wand for me in my gear of course

[pearl snow]

Oh shit who went HS?

[crisp ridge]

kzb

it has n interaction firestarters

[pearl snow]

Ooooooo

That makes sense

[crisp ridge]

im nearly done with the cycle, so gunna go see if i can abberoth with it, but i think ky gear is too doodoo

[pearl snow]

My goal is kill Abby and slap that video on my guide and then go straight to flame whip lmao

[crisp ridge]

flamewhip looks fun

cpuld stack a lot of ignite

[pearl snow]

Yee

I was originally planning on going Flame Whip but got distracted with Witchfire

[carmine hollow]

can this swap sealed affixes too?
anione tried?

[pearl snow]

I need to do a lot of testing with flamewhip though to see if what I have in mind will work

[crisp ridge]

ik it has jank with some nodes, so idk how vianle it is

i got rly close to having an insane merophage for a build, but it rolled poorly

[lyric idol]

is what I managed to make earlier
what are you guys damning/igniting with mainly? I am trying out fissure but it feels awkward and I feel like It takes forever to get the overload

[pearl snow]

When I first did Flame Whip it didnt benefit from a bunch of nodes

[pearl snow]

Only fissure would be slow

[pearl snow]

I think you can put either DoT or elemental dmg on that

And ignite on hit right?

[crisp ridge]

with enough ignite and damned chance i get it with 2 casts of cb

then profane veil specd fire and fissure help me get more of both dor bosses

[pearl snow]

I get with 1 if there are enough mobs
#used my helmet LP for extra proj

[crisp ridge]

u cant?

coz overloads are on cast

[lyric idol]

I chose the leech one because I have that lich node and it ends up being 219% increased damage
idk how high dot gets

[crisp ridge]

u have to get the stacks then cast a fire/necrotix

[pearl snow]

I thought its just based on stacks

Im high then

[pearl snow]

Oh I dunno lich so makes sense

[crisp ridge]

nah its get stacks then cast

when u cast if there is enough stacks u get overload

hence my 2x cb

[pearl snow]

Ooooo

Then same

Im dumb

I dont read

[crisp ridge]

[pale barn]

Will Isadora's Gravechill gloves work with Horrific Vessels (Necrotic Damage conversion) node on the Volatile Zombie skill tree? Would it have to say minion necrotic abilities if not?

[lyric idol]

you guys have been super helpful thanks! I'll keep trying things

when it procs it's so satisfying

[pearl snow]

Oh I see the HS tech now thats interesting

[cunning timber]

so are DoTs just not good right now? or am I bad at the game? https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/wolffur/character/Voidheart

(helm and chest are garbage, but I just cant seem to find an upgrade for them yet, lol)

[crisp ridge]

theyre fine

[cunning timber]

feels really bad compaired to my voidknight.

[sleek cedar]

why does my summon mage sometimes randomly forget that mage types i have selected

like its supposed to summon all 3 types but right now its only cold

[crisp ridge]

thats coz sents are currently overpowrred lmao, not because ailements are bad

[sleek cedar]

why is this tree only summoning ice skeltons

[cunning timber]

because you have the cryromages node.

[sleek cedar]

these are not the same node

i did not take the frost lich node

[cunning timber]

still, I'd like to be able to do corruption 500 with chthonic fissure, and I'm lacking upgrades, sure, but I'm struggling really bad at just basic empowered monos.

[sleek cedar]

i was also summoning all 3 earlier but when i went to resummon after a boss killed some of them now they are all cyro

and the skill lost the fire and necrotic tags

[cunning timber]

shrug, Idk, idols? maybe?

[sleek cedar]

Gonna give you some advice your parents never gave you

Dont answer questions you dont know the answers too

[cunning timber]

your asking for help.

I'm trying to help.

[sleek cedar]

no your actually not

[crisp ridge]

mom, dad, stop fighting

[sleek cedar]

wanna tell me what in that skill says it prevents pryomancers and skeletal mages from spawning?

[crisp ridge]

a screenie of a screenie, pog

[cunning timber]

just link your epoch tools sheet.

[sleek cedar]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oXeMKrXA

[stuck owl]

Necromancer, Level 39

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (20) / Necromancer (29)

General:

▸ Health: 511, Regen: 13.87/s
▸ Mana: 136.07, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 86%, Regen: 3/s
▸ Attributes: 0 Str / 0 Dex / 21 Int / 0 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 65% / 72% / 45% / 60% / 40% / 80% / 12%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 102
▸ Armor Mitigation: 14% (131)

Used skills:

Summon Skeleton / Summon Bone Golem / Summon Skeletal Mage / Summon Wraith

[cunning timber]

I don't see anything extra on your sheet about only cryo mages. so it could just be Bad RNG.

or a bug.

[rapid cloud]

How is the golem build? Im really looking for a build for me. I prefer a less is more approach. Less more powerful minions rather than an army. Abom with soulreave was great but the resummoning was eh, wraithlord, I dunno, feels more like a turret playstyle than a minion. Currently trying Raptor and its fun to have a t-rex with all the size boosts but its so single target.

[crystal escarp]

here some run (400 corruption) with ghostflame and marrow shards with my current gear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRmcMlDJko4 want to try make it better to see if can catch more than 500 corruption (this build nothing can't, don't try it at home alone)

[rapid cloud]

Or are there any arch mage builds? I tried it very briefly without any optimized gear with the deathknight node but it didnt massively impress me haha

[pearl snow]

Probably going to have to cntrl f the mage problem

[cunning timber]

I know one time I couldn't get a pyro mage to summon for 31 consecitive casts before I got 1 to spawn.

that was last league tho.

just bad rng.

it should really just rotate the summons.

instead of adding them to the pool of possible summons.

[sleek cedar]

id think it was rng but the spell doesnt have the tags anymore either

[cunning timber]

There is also some unintentional snap-shotting bugs right now.

it could be one of them, I'd have to do some testing.

[swift steppe]

what makes you regain health?

[crystal escarp]

lich passives

[steep perch]

Has anyone managed to make a tanky Wraithlord build that can push some corruption?

[rugged locust]

any stygian coal enjoyers here that can compare directly to VK?

[vestal frigate]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/keepers-wraithlord-necromancer

[stuck owl]

Keeper's Wraithlord Necromancer Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class

Acolyte / Necromancer

Used skills

• Infernal Shade
• Dread Shade
• Transplant
• Bone Curse
• Summon Wraith

Used unique items

• Wraithlord's Harbour
• Exsanguinous
• Usurper's Mandate
• Blood of the Exile
• Death Rattle
• Ambitions of an Erased Acolyte

Tags

Boss Killer / Monolith Farmer / Arena / Minions

Created by keeper184 · Feb 20, 2025, 1:21 PM

[vestal frigate]

I'm using this build rn even tho it's from last cycle, still working pretty fine for me

Currently pushing 800 corruption

[steep perch]

that's awesome, will check it out, ty!

[rapid cloud]

I wish I could decide on a build I wanna do. I love Soul Reave abom, but the cycle of resummoning it every 30 seconds is so tiring lol

[carmine hollow]

does Vessel of Memory reset woven maps too?

[chilly star]

is there any uber abberoth viable minion build except for abomination ?

[crisp ridge]

youve been asking about uberoth builds for days 🤔 let people cook stuff up, it takes time

[chilly star]

what are u talkin about

i asked once if a acolyth killed uber ab so far

[soft gulch]

when was everyone finding the 'damned on hit" for armour?

[crisp ridge]

when? wdym

[soft gulch]

like, lvls or empowered monos

[crisp ridge]

its not a common affix if thatd what ur asking

[soft gulch]

im 78, not found one yet. but i also have been slow and am just getting to empowered monos

[crisp ridge]

but it drops when it drops 🤷‍♂️

[soft gulch]

kk, wasnt sure if it was gated or something like that

[oak minnow]

It’s super rare, you can increase the chances of finding them with mono helm or chest affix chance
Plus prophecies

[soft gulch]

kk, thanks

[vestal frigate]

Sam tbh, legit the reason why I opt'd out of it and went full wraithlord lmao

[wind isle]

thoughts on how to improve my build?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/S1RLANCERLOTT/character/PoisonGod

[rapid cloud]

@vestal frigate Im still trying to find one, tried wraithlord but it feels more turret and less minion to me. Im still looking :(

[vestal frigate]

Yeah but it's better than stopping every 30 seconds xDD

[rapid cloud]

Yeee :P

[vestal frigate]

Contemplating switching to warlock and see how that goes

[rapid cloud]

Im thinking of trying a golem build

But im not 100% locked in.

Having the 3 golem types doing different things fits with my "Less is more" approach :P

[vestal frigate]

Yeah, I can see xD

gl!

[rapid cloud]

Been trying beastmaster but

All the companions feel slow, someone has mentioned scorpion which sounds fun

[crisp ridge]

pretty sure scorpion is like the worst companion atm

like you have better luck going bees lmao

[soft gulch]

any beast builds ive seen are all scop nova or something i thought

[swift steppe]

Ante's Infernal Shade Zombie Spam Lich and the one on reddit for bossing (Flame Whip Warlock)

OH sorry. You meant beastmaster XD. I thought beast meaning high corruption

[soft gulch]

lol, no worries

[rapid cloud]

Do we have any idea how they plan to fix snapshotting? Like will it just be stats, im about to do a golem build but would love to just have a perma abom as well so i'd summon the skeletons make the abom and then put my aarons will on for the golems :o

[soft gulch]

no clue. never was a fan of the abom, even though its a tank. i loved the 3-4 golems with aarons thought, and an archmage skelli

[rapid cloud]

Ooo

Which arch mage? :o

[soft gulch]

frost

its a frost minion build, using the off-hand from Formossus, and deathchill golems

[old hull]

Most likely, they don't even know what they'll do, yet

[green quail]

does any one have a loot filter or can point to one i can find for a warlock poison curse build

iv been looking on le tools

but cant find one

[atomic atlas]

map has 100% crit avoidance and shade stopped critting. sadge

'always critically strikes' pft

[steep fox]

Has the flame whip bug been fixed with Cthonic Fissure? I remember when warlock came out there was a bugged interaction that lowered the damage it was applying

[drifting idol]

hey y'all, i just made it to monoliths area

at what point do i start to aim for gearing up? i am lv63 rn

[old hull]

It was fixed a while back and was still garbo, but they tripled whips' damage. I think I've seen people saying it's alright now.

[finite galleon]

DON'T DO IT KYUUBI

Unless you're willing to deal with the crushing reality that

[rapid cloud]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-nigel-back-to-the-outback-sad-emotional-gif-24162651

[finite galleon]

there is stone cold nothing when it comes to scorpion item support (not that it needs one the most badly among all companions)

but more importantly

baby scorpions

they are very cute

but at the same time they interfere with eterra's blessing targetting, big scorpion pathing, all kinds of weird stuff

this is the killing blow

imagine having access to the cutest pet in the entire game

but using it is equivalent to sticking one right up your own ass

FeelsBadMan

[crimson tapir]

Can anyone tell me why the Abomination builds don't use all the available skill points for the specialized skills? https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/abomination-necromancer-guide I'm having issues keeping the Abom alive and I suspect it has something to do with this aspect.

[high smelt]

What build have you guys kille uber aberoth with?

[finite galleon]

if you see any 10-pointer, it's cuz those are the skills you spec into after you're done snapshotting, so they start at level 10

[dense linden]

"witchfire deals more damage equal to 66% of your increased cursed damage"

does this mean from stats that say "% increased cursed damage" or all sources that increse my curse damage?

[spring storm]

none 🥹

[high smelt]

i saw a warlock whip build kill it

i heard stygian and abom can too

[eternal cave]

Like 3-4 builds have already

[high smelt]

which ones?

[gaunt drift]

Huh? You're concerned about skeleton and skeleton mage only using 15 points? Why would that affect abomination?

[crimson tapir]

So only certain aspects affect the abom.

[gaunt drift]

And if you summon enough skeletons, abomination starts to decay. You can't have more than 5.

[crimson tapir]

But if you're running with age of Undeath you want the added skellies/etc. to be fully fleshed out no?

[spring storm]

im currently 700corruption styl , i do deal dmg but boss 1 tap me , where did u find the video of warlock btw

[gaunt drift]

You could have a single big mage and 4 big other skeletons, but the skills aren't specced for that in that build guide for some reason. IDK why they spec into it if they aren't going to use it. IDK

[spring storm]

but dmg is low compared to other it's like 1% of its ward per second

[crimson tapir]

Thanks for confirming why it may be that they don't bother completing them.

[gaunt drift]

I would get Dread Phalanx and Archmage so that you can summon skeletons without your abomination decaying, but that's without reading anything else about this build. I know Abomination can be used for many different things but this seems to imply a permanent one

However, I have no idea why the build guide doesn't have those nodes. Don't know what to tell you there

[crimson tapir]

NP Appreciate you having a look at it.

[gaunt drift]

I guess they just focus on one singular minion but why make him permanent if that's the case? It's not THAT hard to resummon one that takes a long time to die. IDK

Sorry I wasn't more help lol

[crimson tapir]

All good! Any advice is welcome! 🙂

[gaunt drift]

Also if you do get Archmage and Dread Phalanx, you have to either make sure you have no more than 8 max skeletons (in fact, no more than 7 is beneficial) or at lest don't summon the last one if you have 9+ max (which translates to 5, which would be 6 with the mage)

[whole shale]

Is anyone able to let me grab a end of time check point so i can get mastery on my new class ?

[pale barn]

so I think I found an answer to my question from earlier. I dont think Isadora's Gravechill will work with the Vomit from the V. Zombie because the vomit is not a hit, but the explosion is, so it will work with the explosion. This is assuming the gloves don't need to specifiy 'minion' necrotic abilities.

[gaunt drift]

(Well having 5 big ones instead of 4 makes the abomination stronger but it would be easy to accidentally summon a 5th while it's up then it starts decaying, that's just my 2 cents)

[gaunt drift]

100 x 0 = 0

[sturdy ember]

does it count if you cast marrow shards while channeling ghostflame or autocasted abilities?

[crisp ridge]

direct cast with the relevent tag

[rapid cloud]

Just tried it and the abom tail attack looks very cool lol

[mellow badger]

if im farming wrongwarp would doing prophecies be better than trying to find the nodes in monoliths, almost every node is a staff/sceptre and its strating to feel bad

[obtuse quest]

Unless it says "minion", it never affect minions.

[obtuse quest]

You wouldn't need to increased the skeleton cap past 6 anyway, so idk what you're talking about.

[azure dawn]

Yes

[mellow badger]

thanks for the reply, i did end up getting one from prophecies after a few hours

[azure dawn]

Prophecies are always better than the echo rewards

Now just imprint it and it’ll drop more

[near swallow]

haven't seen a dang mad alchemist's ladle all season, finally get one with 3lp on it and the game throws another one with 1lp on it at me on the very next echo

[unkempt oasis]

good morning thats my bulid i will start tomorrow corrupts if you have anything that can change on this bulid i would like your opinion its pure minion bulid

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Ixtar/character/Duloden

[obtuse quest]

Golemancer is not that good, but if you're stickinng with it then good luck.

[swift night]

Can anybody help me with coal lich? I tried it out but the damage seems to be terrible, im lvl 83

[late fog]

At what level/point should I switch from the acolyte loot filter from maxroll to the stygian lich one? I'm new to LE and currently level 59 doing monoliths. Campaign is done

[eternal cave]

whenever the loot is too much

[empty minnow]

anyone tried Wheel of Torment with Downfall of the Righteous?
i just switched from chaos bolts with wand+offhand to this and clear is ok, but single target is non-existent,,, on 180 corr...

[obtuse quest]

Why would you mix wheel and witchfire? And give up on another source of %inc curse damage

[empty minnow]

i like soul feast mechanic, but it seems i need to increase single target damage...even if i drop DotR - there is no good relic for now. Murama's hilt? i dont use harvest and i dont think it will solve my problem

[obtuse quest]

Since you're using Torment, either just super buff torment or get some DoT into your setup like Damned.

[gaunt abyss]

The wheel is making torment easier, but i think it have lower cealing in term of how much corruption you can push

[umbral carbon]

hey guys, its my first time playing the game, i decided to go Acolyte and go with the Stygian Coal build, i finished normal monos, but now im trying to do empowered ones and im having a really hard time, i deal no damage and i keep getting one shoted, i think im doing something wrong, can someone please help me figure out what?, heres the link to my character, tyvm in advance https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Zarvi/character/Zarvi

[gaunt abyss]

You are missing a tone of res

[obtuse quest]

Low res, Max mana is low, some skill spec nodes are a total mess, health isn't high enough.

[gaunt abyss]

Kzb to the rescue!

[umbral carbon]

im following this website guide https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/stygian-coal-lich-guide

is that website good?

[obtuse quest]

That explains why the skill nodes seem off because it isn't complete.

But everything else is more of a equipment issue.

[umbral carbon]

okay, so i need to grind for my equipment but with Res, Mana and health?

Do you have a guide so i can correct my skill nodes?

[obtuse quest]

No, the skill nodes are fine, although I would order it differently, the end result is correct.

But yeah, you need more int, mana, health, and fix your res.

And crit to iirc

[umbral carbon]

im sorry to ask, but what is iirc?

[gaunt abyss]

Can also work on getting the right blessings

[umbral carbon]

okay, ill work on that, the guide i sent you is good right?, can i keep following that?

[obtuse quest]

If I Recall Correctly

Yeah the guide itself is good, but it's a bump because the build itself demands quite a bit of good equipment other than the uniques.

[gaunt abyss]

So like its a build you swap to after you have most of The stuff?

[umbral carbon]

ok, tyvm guys

[obtuse quest]

Pretty much

It's kinda Lich in a nutshell now.

[versed grail]

Hello. Just reaced monolits. What is best build for acolyte? Currently im poison warlock. But it feels not so good against boses. My goal is abarrot(regular) Uber is probably big nono for casual.

[obtuse quest]

Which mastery are you looking for?

[versed grail]

Lich or warlock. Dont like minion builds.

[gaunt abyss]

I think warlock will be easier as a first timer?
I tried lich one time, dident understand how the class work

[obtuse quest]

If you got the correct gear, stygian coal lich is a choice.
Warlock is easier, with a Torment or a Witchfire setup. Even Crit Chaos Bolts if you got the research for it.

[versed grail]

+/- first ye, poe2 is ny mian game, but this feels more fun.

[versed grail]

I was looking at tier list, and torment warllck was kinda low tier. Is it right?

[urban egret]

How important is necrotic pen in the weapon slot for lich?

if i could double t7 crit chance on spell and crit multi is it worth it to NOT get necrotic pen?

[obtuse quest]

It's low floor to use but also low ceiling right now, but it works for abberoth.

[obtuse quest]

Less important if you got other sources of it.

[urban egret]

Based on the maxroll guide, im not sure where else i'd get it

[gaunt abyss]

Idols

[obtuse quest]

Unless I'm crazy i think they take the passive for it.

[urban egret]

Im mostly hearting these so you guys know im reading them and im not just blowing em off after asking a question lol

[gaunt abyss]

Although im not sure it the best, im using necro pen idols cos i dont the one i really need 😅

[urban egret]

Ahhhhh yeah theres 6% in idols

[obtuse quest]

Looks like some in idols and they took the pen node in Lich's passives.

Pen is like the 3rd wep affix choice

[urban egret]

It is

i would be getting ignite chance / chill chance on it

but t7 spell crit and multiplier

which seems..fat?

lol

[obtuse quest]

Yeah those are MUCh more important lmao

[signal iris]

god so many builds. stygian, witchfire, whip, wraithlord... i cant decide :|

[urban egret]

Hey kzb, this one isnt really acolyte but

just curious; i -CAN- slam an item with ZERO forging potential, as long as it has FOUR affixes

right?

So i should 100% gamble the 12 forging potential to boost up the chill on hit thing lol

its only t1

[obtuse quest]

Correct.

FP doesn't matter.

As long as it's 4 unsealed affixes.

[urban egret]

Great.

[versed grail]

And that coal lich, how good is that build?

[gaunt abyss]

Play them all?
The first one will take the longest, but you will get gear for the other charters

[obtuse quest]

Good, but needs proper gear to get started or you'll see all the "Why am I doing horrible damage" problems.

[versed grail]

Ok, thank you!

[quick willow]

Did anyone try to piece together a witch fire focused build with the new relic?

I got it up to 50k DMG ticks at dummy, which is not really enough. Still funny when you walk through echos with damn/ignite overload and enemies simply melt from witch fire.

[obtuse quest]

Some of us are cooking different variants.

[quick willow]

How's your experience so far with it? Any chance to be stronk or meh

[obtuse quest]

Considering I can melt empower 1 nemesises and have no damage issues so far, yeah.

Let me go snapshot my WF damage and check.

Oh it's not that high by itself, 30-40k ticks without buffss.

[amber temple]

I got a marksman and a runemaster to L100. Would like to try out an acolute build now. Can you recommend something fun viable up to 500cc in 1.2?

[lilac bear]

Minion snapshotting is really silly

I think I found a new way to abuse it. I wouldn't call it game-breaking, but it's certainly going to be something they have to take into account if they are planning a way around

The current method of "minions are destroyed and resummoned on map change" itself introduces its own way to exploit certain things.

[amber temple]

Is stygian coal lich still viable?

[mystic pond]

I'm playing Stygian coal Lich currently, having a good amount of fun 🙂
Most fun build I played was Wraithlord necro, but played it a bit ago.. not sure how viable it is now

[amber temple]

thank you!

[drifting idol]

frost reaper looks pretty cool, is there any build related to it?

[obtuse quest]

Do you see cold skills anywhere?

[obtuse quest]

Yes, if you got the gear for it.

[keen plover]

Any warlocks out there pushing high corruption? Im really struggling with survivability, I have 2.8k passive ward that I can pump to 3.8K. but I still get randomly 1shot, Im 96. 450 corr, I have every unique I need with atleast 1LP and BIS stats. Any advice?

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Kaiyne/character/Kaiyl

[drifting idol]

that looks cool tho 💀

[obtuse quest]

Question! What is rotmind doing here?

[drifting idol]

the only one i see is chaos bolt

[obtuse quest]

Exactly! We got no cold support.

[keen plover]

I just dont really have a better offhand at the moment, And the +1 to all skills is very useful

[drifting idol]

i mean realistically we probably need only one more frost skill to make it work

[obtuse quest]

The +1 only works for profane and fissure, but I guess sure.

[keen plover]

Its probably yhe next thing on the chopping block

[obtuse quest]

Other than not having much health for a hybrid build, I don't see a major issue.

[keen plover]

Yeh, Im just unsure of what to do next without massivly pivoting. I still seem to get randomly 1shot by stuff.

[obtuse quest]

If it's from a possessed mob, then you'll be less surprised to know that those damn things do double damage so it's a matter of not getting hit from those.

[keen plover]

Maybe that is it, Im also struggling with Julura, she just bamboozles me instanly if I touch anything she shoots

Those frost bolt things always 1shot me

[drifting idol]

also is reaper form considered as shapeshifting? i have some stats related to that 😅

[keen plover]

I think its a "Transform", @drifting idol

Although the tooltip doesnt actually say, So im unsure if it scales with +Transformed

[swift steppe]

I find sacrificing damage for more health/ward is better

[drifting idol]

the stats tag showed up on my acolyte idol....it has to be, right??

[limpid mural]

Look mom, Nemesis was nice to me 😄 (took a 0 LP put it in...this is the result 🙂 )

[keen plover]

What would you suggest? Just swapping some idols for more ward?

[obtuse quest]

Reaper form is considered transform, it has the tag on it.

[swift steppe]

First is, Opulent Focus with T5 ward per second. If you have an exsanguinous 2-3 LP, you could transition to low life.

[keen plover]

I have a 1lp exsan, I could dupe it and try get some more LP

[swift steppe]

I also gave up CDR on the belt to have it have T7 Hybrid Health and T5 Increased Health so it would benefit Exang

that would probably put you around 3.5k - 4k ward and 1.8k - 2k HP having those things

by standing still

You could also swap out your gloves for a glove with t7 melee leech health and t5 health lost/ward gain experimental affix. And having the hollow lich node on for the lich tree for added global damage.

[keen plover]

Ok, I will give that a try, Ill have a play around and see what work, Will probbaly go for exsan and some different offhand

[keen plover]

Do you have a link to your char?

[swift steppe]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/

I dont have the gloves yet

My belt is not uleros

[keen plover]

Gotta hit save andshare on the left side

[swift steppe]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QbeGDbDA

[stuck owl]

Warlock, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (20) / Lich (36) / Warlock (57)

General:

▸ Health: 1,978, Regen: 15.6/s
▸ Mana: 349.51, Regen: 13.52/s
▸ Ward Retention: 273%, Regen: 187/s
▸ Attributes: 28 Str / 25 Dex / 109 Int / 5 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 70% / 34% / 34% / 66% / 78% / 444% / 63%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 396
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (118)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 41% (2,341)

Used skills:

Chthonic Fissure / Chaos Bolts / Harvest / Rip Blood / Profane Veil

[urban egret]

https://imgur.com/a/UlJ0F54

[brittle zodiac]

should i stack armor after maxing res and "reduce bonus dmg taken from crit"

currently champion/rare 1shot me at corruption 300.

[gaunt abyss]

Change for the blessings maybe?
And maybe the off hand that give ward and ward retention to have more ward?
Nit sure if int is considered low or ok

[obtuse quest]

You also need more health

[brittle zodiac]

im at 2k health

[gaunt abyss]

You need some form of meditate crit hits, close to 100% avoidance or a good chunk of armor+reduce dmg from crit

[brittle zodiac]

out of combat ward is 2k, but steady at 3-4k during combat

[brittle zodiac]

100% reduce crit dmg, armor sitting at 1575 = 32%

[dark shell]

Hey folks, any suggestions on how to refine my build further?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B5zjmRXo

[stuck owl]

Warlock, Level 69

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (30) / Warlock (52)

General:

▸ Health: 1,061, Regen: 33.78/s
▸ Mana: 304.85, Regen: 12.48/s
▸ Ward Retention: 111%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 22 Int / 2 Att / 6 Vit
▸ Resistances: 54% / 18% / 39% / 48% / 73% / 101% / 81%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 28%, Threshold: 212
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (30)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 28% (935)

Used skills:

Chaos Bolts / Soul Feast / Transplant / Chthonic Fissure / Ghostflame

[gaunt abyss]

Can you link the buildplanner?

[brittle zodiac]

1 sec

[gaunt abyss]

It will help Kzb see whats wrong

[brittle zodiac]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/N0kk_Grom/character/NokkGaardd

[obtuse quest]

Don't see a major issue, asusming you want to stick with that route.

[gaunt abyss]

Blessings change maybe?

Like get from regain of dragonthe all res blessing to cap

[obtuse quest]

Hate to be rude, but what the heck is this? I don't see a focus.

[fleet arrow]

alguien que hable español para jugar?

[brittle zodiac]

but im dead too often at 300 corruption

[obtuse quest]

You could try swapping to low life

[brittle zodiac]

exsanguine?

[obtuse quest]

Ye

[gaunt abyss]

I would get armor % over flat endurance, and the all res blessing to cap

[brittle zodiac]

tried the exsanguine my max ward is like 4k im still dying lol

[little yarrow]

before I rush into another trash build without looking
how viable is bleed warlock?

[obtuse quest]

Ehhhh soso, dangerous build since it needs to be low life to be effective

[little yarrow]

low life for soul feast node?

[hasty monolith]

do i want to keep rerolling this to get spell dmg for curse or just take it as it is and hope i get Necro + health on helmet when i slam it?

[obtuse quest]

Chaos Bolt node, and the physical curse also wants low life.

[obtuse quest]

Better to just mirror it and give yourself two chances probably.

[little yarrow]

which one?

[obtuse quest]

Decreptify

[hasty monolith]

true, but i was thinking of rolling it to see if i can get the necro res to t7

[little yarrow]

wat

where

[urban egret]

yo kzb

did u check out that wand for lich?

[obtuse quest]

With 10fp that sounds a bit risky so depends on your judgement and how much you want to gamble

[obtuse quest]

Wand?

[urban egret]

https://imgur.com/a/UlJ0F54

[little yarrow]

aha

the ammie

[obtuse quest]

Or from the new bone curse amulet

[hasty monolith]

true, the best would also keep going untill i get a +3 boneclamor

[obtuse quest]

SS for ants- What the HELL

Disgusting.

[urban egret]

I gotta finish building it out and re-specc

i was doing warlock but tbh the lich looks more fun with lasers everywhere lol

[brazen drift]

how do i see my minion resistances?

seems its not listed on character sheet

[obtuse quest]

Pen and paper

[atomic atlas]

got em

[nimble forge]

Hey guys, was wondering if anyone here is playing the stygian coal lich build?
I am currently lvl 77 or so and found 2 guides for it, the icyveins guide and maxroll guide. The big difference is in the mana regeneration.
Anyone who tried these builds in endgame? How do they feel/compare?

[atomic atlas]

why do u have mana regen issues

r u spamming drain life

and maomao has a detailed youtube video on gearing etc its like an hour

u just press drain life once ever 5 secs and hold rip blood. should be full mana

[nimble forge]

Not spamming but I know both variants have a mechanism for recovering mana, one uses rip blood and the other uses hungering souls

[atomic atlas]

the poison one ye

[dark shell]

Could you clarify what you mean by focus?

[nimble forge]

For now I am using icy veins variant where hungering souls recover mana and never end as long as you have drain life running

[atomic atlas]

ye its better for leveling

he goes deep on that too

[obtuse quest]

What is your build trying to do? I don't see a synergy.

[nimble forge]

Yeah, my worry was late game, my target is around 500 corruption or more and I am afraid that the hungering souls varian won't scale as well

I'll watch the maomao video then, thanks

[atomic atlas]

it does fine even in 700 corr

dunno how gear dependent it is or when u switch to crit

[nimble forge]

I just saw a clip from Moxsy where he said he pushed to 800 corruption with the maxroll variant but the cracks start to show at that level

I went straight for crit

[dark shell]

For general mob clear, Cthonic Fissure and Soul Feast, Ghostflame is pulling double duty with survibility and damage, Spirit Plague is just there, Transplant for mobility and defense w/ Bone armor

[worldly warren]

Is the bug fixed where you could have multiple instances of drain life active for stygian coal?

[nimble forge]

I could never put more than 1 down, but you can still spam it, although I'm not doing that

[obtuse quest]

So, what's the main DPS here?

[dark shell]

Ghostflame

[atomic atlas]

afaik dont need to push past 300 unless your gear and clear rate is the same at higher levels.. so u can chill at 300 till u gear up

[dark shell]

I have found that enemies that are Tormented by spirits with Cthonic Fissure kind of explode when I use Soul Feast on them so its good for easy trash mob clear while I keep peppering them with Ghostflame

[atomic atlas]

u need a wheel of torment

[finite galleon]

Kzb is a meanie

[nimble forge]

Yeah will probably stop pushing after I kill all harbingers in empowered monos, then focus on specific items

[dark shell]

I guess I should also mention that my main source of damage is Necrotic

[obtuse quest]

I don't see a world where this setup kills bosses nor will do well for clear later.
Your gear says Necrotic DoT but I don't see a lot of damned chance nor does it look like it's being boosted high enough.
Torment would have been decent but you didn't take any of the torment mega damage nodes.
Soul Feast here doesn't do much but give you ward, and the Withering node can be replaced with the generic wither chance node in passives.
Transplant's Blood pool is kinda ifffy when your max health isn't that high, but it's okay otherwise.
I don't see how Ghostflame is doing damage with none of the chance to X nodes, nor did you take the other good defensive nodes like dodge to armour.
Chaos Bolt you max both Damned chance and the extra hit damage to ailmented enemies but didn't take ignite chance, I don't know if you want it to do ailments, or direct damage. You also took the rip blood node instead of the bone curse node right there for an extra curse that chaos bolt can refresh.
I don't even know why Spirit Plague is here other than the fact that it counts as a curse.

So I ask again, DoT or Hit damage based? Because this looks like a mess.

[atomic violet]

ok so i found a minion build i really like but im worried about scaling it.

skeleton mage sacrifice skeleton warrior for big boom volatile zombie on minion death skeleton warrior on volatile minion explosion

[obtuse quest]

Profane Skeletal Mage, tried, true, basic. 300c no issue.

[gaunt abyss]

Nono, he is a good acolyte guru.
Harsh but good

[atomic violet]

can it go higher?

[obtuse quest]

Not sure, no one's running it recently.

[atomic violet]

it's so fun

[fervent burrow]

Anyone has a definitive answer if you spam drain life or just need to hit it once until it expires? I stg i hear the frequency of beam impacts increase when i spam it . But half the people tell me you increase frequency by having multiple instances up at once despite only having one target area

[gaunt abyss]

So push it and see how far it will go

[obtuse quest]

If you cast a second one the first one will fade in a bit, so it's temporary double stack right now at best.

[fervent burrow]

It also goes against the "more current mana more dmg" idea to spam it but then again idk if there is a middle ground to it

So i just hit it every other 3 seconds to be on the safe side for both mana and frequency i presume

[obtuse quest]

More or less.

No I'm not sure which is intended, single instance or multiple instance, but it currently works as single instance.

[fervent burrow]

idk currently the dmg aint the issue anyway i feel awfully squishy which i shouldnt , at least according to how everyone praises the build as considerably tanky

[obtuse quest]

Lich normally just needs a shit ton of health since they can't go ward.

[dark shell]

I see where you're coming from and agree that it is a mess. What direction would you suggest I pivot toward to optimize the build I currently have?

[fervent burrow]

Yeah im trying to maximize it atm, i get bonked way too much out of lich atm

[atomic atlas]

4k life?

[obtuse quest]

Pick something to focus on with your build, and then work it to support it as much as you can.
Eg: Torment, Damned, Chaos Bolt (Hit or DoT), etc...

[fervent burrow]

around 3

exalts havent been kind

[atomic atlas]

pale ox ?

[fervent burrow]

and i cant farm acolyte armor on falconer

[obtuse quest]

Doesn't help that much when you got no minion to bait damage with.

[atomic atlas]

u sommon vanguards in monos a lot

and for bosses bone prison

helps a lot

[obtuse quest]

Oh, there's that bait

[atomic atlas]

bait?

[fervent burrow]

ill disengage from the funny discord debate but @obtuse quest ty for the clarifications my man!

[dark shell]

With 2 set Isadora, I have a 100% chance to apply Damned with Necrotic Spells. I think I'll pivot towards that.

[obtuse quest]

o7 Good luck

There's a better expert in coal lich but the man's not online.

[atomic atlas]

either way 25 + 25% increased health with pale ox

[obtuse quest]

So work towards most of the thing that would help you get more damned chance or apply them. Fissure casting Chaos Bolts works.

[atomic atlas]

and 12 str for armor worth

[dark shell]

@obtuse quest Is Severed Wards in Cthonic Fissure any good? I am planning on re-investing the points into Chaotic Rupture.

[obtuse quest]

It's a very easy source of necrotic res shred, always worth at least a point if necrotic damage is part of the focus.

[dark shell]

Where would you suggest I reallocate the points in its current state?

[obtuse quest]

Something like this. If you run into mana issues because of Chaos Bolt's casting, take Eradication instead, but I recommend at least 1 point on the Chaos Bolt node.

[dark shell]

Alright.

[vivid valve]

What's the best overall corruption build

[marble palm]

The one you enjoy playing is the only correct answer

[obtuse quest]

How much effort do you want to put in? if the answer is yes, then there IS an answer. (It's Abom, at least within acolyte.)

[marble palm]

Abom beats out Wraithlord?

Last patch Wraithlord performed much better than Abom from what I saw

[vivid valve]

Is there a good build link for Abom

[obtuse quest]

Abom takes MUCH more work, but can delete bosses.

[vivid valve]

How much work ? Like swap gear?

[marble palm]

So can Wraithlord

[vivid valve]

But aren't corruptions slow

Monolothd

[marble palm]

No point playing a strong build if you don’t enjoy it

[obtuse quest]

Abom has a higher power ceiling. It can actually one shot high corruption.

[marble palm]

Find a play style you enjoy and go from there would be my recommendation

[vivid valve]

The clear on Abom tho bad?

[obtuse quest]

At the downside of pretty bad clear, compared to wraithlord.

[marble palm]

I’ll have to look into it then

Wraithlord was pretty breezy in 3000+c last season

Good clear too

[obtuse quest]

Gear swap, bar swaping as well

Wraithlord is overall better if effort is part of the equation , but I'm not sure if it can beat out in abom in the general corruption numbers.

[vivid valve]

Oh ok I'll see which is cheaper my Aco is still mg

[obtuse quest]

Maxroll's one works.

[vivid valve]

How important is ravenous void vs a good exalted gloves

[marble palm]

For what build?

[vivid valve]

Abom

Those seem real hard to get

[marble palm]

Nothing is needed to get it going

You can farm all the gear yourself using the build

[royal flint]

How do you guys snapshot abomination? I did not really understand how to do it for map setup

[obtuse quest]

Equip minion based gear> summon your fodder> summon abom and let it eat all of it up> get abom out> swap to personal defense gear.

[vivid valve]

Fair. Just wondering how vital the gloves are because I see them for near gold cap on ah

Like is it a huge boost

[royal flint]

Get abom out?

[obtuse quest]

The maxroll one explains it better than I did at least the concept.

[mint lynx]

I must be missing something fundamental but... I'm trying out a stygian lich and for the life of me I can't figure out how drain life works. In videos people just place it down, it keeps draining and they can move. On my character I have to hold the button down to drain. If I tap it it doesn't do anything. What gives?

[obtuse quest]

Did you spec into Dark Shackles? This looks like it's stuck in the channeled version.

[crystal escarp]

have question about this item, does this affix boost skill which have tags fire and necro +40 to his fire dmg and +40 to necro dmg at 20 stacks? or just 40 to skill

[obtuse quest]

40 Adaptive. Only applies to skills with fire and/or necrotic tag. (Ailments with a spell tag count as a skill)

[mint lynx]

Yes I did. I can try relogging or something

Relogging didn't help but unspecing and respecing into it fixed it. Weird.

[vivid valve]

Uhhhh lol wow

[obtuse quest]

Well, as long as it works now.

[vivid valve]

Do I have to do that again if I leave to bazaar

And back to echoed

[obtuse quest]

Yes.

[vivid valve]

Oh shit nvmind

[fervent burrow]

last question , i checked the maxroll guide and the vid guide and what i noticed is that his beam prio the position he placed the beam or his rip blood but quickly fans out in a 360 degree aimlock and locks on to diff targets around him, i cant for the life of me figure out how to do that. If i have a single enemy on the right side of me and my cursor , or rip blood , or the drain life area aint at least CLOSE to the bro they aimlessly shoot everywhere BUT at the mob , is there any reason for it ?

[vivid valve]

Getting the area size on that WW necklace seems like a nightmare

[obtuse quest]

You tell me, I'm not sure how that thing works properly either, although the aoe size might have something to do with it.

[tulip galleon]

Any tips on apogee farming? Currently at 250c in dragon land, using prophecys

[vivid valve]

I heard there are poison spread idols that help with Abom clear

[finite galleon]

@obtuse quest I have given up on adding wraithlord to the fodders. I can't sac it quickly enough before it gets one cast of its own sacrifice ability off, and I can't position the vines from the boots (the most replacable pet in the whole process) reliably enough so that it always sacs a bunch of vines first and nothing else.

My rouugh calculation cannot determine whether replacing mages with some random other minion and grabbing the 30% multiplier of abom locked behind the "cannot sac mages" node, at the cost of using two more pieces of + skill gear during snapshotting, actually yields more dmg

Also for anyone also snapshotting abom

you can spec into zombo, grab the zombo grub node, summon zombos, then despec zombo for something else b4 channeling abom

the zombos still explode into grubs that way

[vivid valve]

Is there a video on all that

I wouldn't mind giving it a try I have most of the gear

[finite galleon]

wait, a video on the summoning process?

[vivid valve]

The whole snap shot process including summoning yes

I'm just missing one red ring and ravenous void tho

Or at least one extra 1lp rr

[finite galleon]

hmm, i'll probably record one once i'm done slamming every legendary. right now i still have some pieces i'm unhappy with

[vivid valve]

You got ravenous void?

What's the drop rate on it

[finite galleon]

only have one copy with shit rolls, equipped on a BM at the moment

apparently LE claims it's up to 4.5% on husk of casper at high corruption

LEtools*

[marble palm]

Hey, I've been playing for a few days now and want to understand filters a bit better. I use the [LE Tools] Casual Acolyte Leveling Filter. Is it normal that it shows me two-handed axes and other things with physical damage, or do I need that as an Acolyte? Or should the filter be limited to staffs, scepters, and shields?

[finite galleon]

are you playing with pets

[marble palm]

yes i want to play wiht minions.

[finite galleon]

okay then you definitely do not want to filter out axes and swords ever, throughout the entire game

[tulip galleon]

Highly recommend making ur own filter, takes some time but its wortrh

[finite galleon]

cuz they're the most reliable source of the minion flat damage affix

[obtuse quest]

Yeah, understanding what to grab is better in the long run.

[vivid valve]

What corruption level you farming as Abom

My only concern is no aoe

[marble palm]

ok means like lvl+ ? and minions dmg on items ?

[tulip galleon]

Flat like

[vivid valve]

Ahh I see some gamers using plague in minion hit for Abom mapping

[finite galleon]

Rn i'm doing 950 without snapshotting. Still trying to push a bit b4 starting to do some basic snapshot for each echo, at which point ig you can no longer call it farming, cuz it'll be slow asf

[tulip galleon]

Welp farmed apogee/ribbon for 5 hours and got a single 2 LP ribbon with the crappiest roll, time to go cry and sleep

[marble palm]

and this explodi zombies skale with fire dmg+ not or ? only wiht minion dmg ? ^^

[vivid valve]

Nice. Are you all bis? Like crazy red rings and all

[marble palm]

aaahh i understand ok thx. 🙂

[obtuse quest]

Minion damage covers all minion damage types.

[finite galleon]

Nope, which is why i'm kinda squishy. #1 death cause is abomination ice skating right past a group of incoming projectiles...

heard that not giving it haste is going to alleviate the issue a bit. gonna try that next.

[marble palm]

ah ok i see Minion Tags and think oh scale wiht fire dmg but Scaling tags is what i want ?

[obtuse quest]

Yes.

[proud sonnet]

should i go for torment warlock or witchfire , if i want Boss damage?

[obtuse quest]

Technically, neither. Torment is better between the two though.

[proud sonnet]

mmmh do you think its even possible to kill uber abberoth? With min maxed gear ofc

[marble palm]

One last question sry..^^Weapons what i want are Staffs,Sceptre,catalyst, wands ? ^^

[obtuse quest]

Probably.

[obtuse quest]

Technically. Base weapon stats don't do anything for minions since they mostly boost your own damage, so you're mainly looking for affixes.

[marble palm]

ok thx so much . 🙂

[tulip galleon]

I feel decently built and I have a few 2 LP uniques, but I'm struggling to find exalts to throw in, there a rough guide on what corruption I should be at for what LP uniques I'm cooking? Pretty sure 250c is too low but I'm feeling semi-squish

[prime quartz]

guys which one better suitable for warlock?
fire / necro build ..

[vivid valve]

Do idols also snap shot for Abom

[marble palm]

I couldn’t really say if the power increase justifies the price as I don’t play MG at all.

[finite galleon]

Maxroll indicates that they do. I haven't tested the damage numbers specifically, but I can confirm that chance to apply marked for death on hit does snapshot.

Also the extra wraith types you gained from idols also count after you switch it for something else

so you would equip two 2x2 idols to get 3 types of wraiths, quickly swap the idols for some minionn damage boosting idols, then channel the abom

and the 2 extra types netted this way does count, this i have tested

[lament kernel]

how do you heal at high corruption with minion army... do you need usurpers mandate or can things like life regeneration be high enough?

[obtuse quest]

Leech. Give them leech.

[lament kernel]

how much? 🤔 but also how do you yourself heal? 😅

[finite galleon]

@vital cave Wait has your testing yielded a different result?

[finite galleon]

The leech node on the necro passive tree is quite potent. I have found that, as you go up in corruption, you actually tend to need fewer points in that node for abom sustain purposes, cuz gone are the cases where the enemies' hp is the limiting factor on counteracting abom's degen.

[obtuse quest]

Depends on your damage total.
You don't. You rely on other methods.

[finite galleon]

Also what kinda minion build are you running that healing yourself becomes the concern at high corruption rather than getting one tapped...?

Hi kzb sama

😙

[obtuse quest]

Please dont

[finite galleon]

WHA-

[lucid olive]

Acolyte mains ill ask here as well, best use of rune of ascendance ?

like if there are some pretty good uniques to go for , like on rings for Red Ring etc

[lament kernel]

i have fire archers and fire mages and fire golem and wraitsh and dread shade 😇 im at 250 corruption right now

[lucid olive]

Im doing 350 corruption with wraithlord ,but seems like that is as far as i can go

[lament kernel]

i feel body armor mantle of pale ox is good for damage goes to a minion instead of you or if you want more golems this aaron will

[finite galleon]

you can check your desired pieces' resp probabilities at https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/

[lucid olive]

yeah i know, but like what Pieces of gear should acolyte - minion build heavy kinda try to go for ?

[finite galleon]

Sounds thematic, nice.

[lament kernel]

thank you 😊

like with leech...there is nothing really that do minion leech to heal me? 🤔 😇

[vivid valve]

Is there a snap shot gear list I don't see it at maxroll

Like idols and rings

[finite galleon]

My last 50 or so runes of ascendance have all been spent on amulets for a nice Death Rattle. Large range for its affixes that matters, no requriement for high LP, solid chance to get it with every roll.

The result is that I've got a handful of the worst death rattles i've ever seen in my life

oh well

[finite galleon]

they have it in their abomination guide, once you click on their planner, and select "boss snapshot gear" in the dropdown menu

[vivid valve]

Thx

[finite galleon]

there''s a bunch of things that you can customize tho

[lucid olive]

my curent neck is some weavers will which got me quite high resistances without needing to use other stuff

[finite galleon]

yeah death rattle is for snapshot purposes

the new weavers pet amulet is pretty disgusting

[obtuse quest]

Depends on your build really.

The only generic unique acolyte uses is boneclamor, and that's a common unique.

[lucid olive]

Im mostly going for ..idk like minion builds so i thought only for those

deathrattle sounds good to use it on but im thinking smth else as well

[lilac bear]

When the abomination is resummoned from changing zone, does it remember the number and health of things used to summon it still?

[finite galleon]

Pets that you can still summon: yes. I have never tested this for item specific pets, whose source item you have unequipped.

[lilac bear]

From a snapshot perspective, it'll come back with whatever gear and skills you have on when you load. But does it at least keep track of how many minions were used to summon it. Like, in normal play if you're not snapshotting, does the abomination get nerfed ot something if you change zones.

I use the Sinathia set with the Skeleton passive to summon a perma Abom, and sometimes I'll get A LOT of resummoned skeletons while I'm channelling the Abom. While there's a cap on the damage this contributes to the Abom, there isn't for its health.

But I wonder if the number and strength of skeletons consumed to make the Abom is preserved ascross "resummons" due to map change.

Because there's an element of RNG for this way of summoning the Abom.

[finite galleon]

gl testing anything health related

[pulsar kite]

did u get ur answers bro ?

[prime quartz]

Not yet sir..

[obtuse quest]

What exact build are you running? Damage type isn't enough to go off to know what's more suitable.

[bleak horizon]

What tags do Putrid Wraiths use? Are they still scaling off melee?

[pale girder]

Does the Torment curse from Wheel of Torment scale with Intelligence inc. damage?

[obtuse quest]

It scales with your normal Torment stats as well from Fissure, so yes.

[pale girder]

then i am missing something Torment from Fissure does 10x dmg more than the Torment from Wheel of torment

[obtuse quest]

I have to correct myself: It doesn't scale from ALL of fissure's nodes, just the torment specific ones. Beacon of Torment, Twisted Waves.

The two other nodes that name Torment (Tombgorger and Chronicle of ruin)

[pale girder]

so this torrment infliction does not scale with Intelligence provided 4% increased dmg because its not inflicted from the skill but from the staff?

[obtuse quest]

Yup.

[pale girder]

thanks then i have to get increased dmg from somewhere else 😄

[timber hawk]

hi folks quick question does attunment increase minion damage?

[obtuse quest]

No, unless the minion has the tag for it. Check the tags for each minion.

[timber hawk]

gotcha ty

[obtuse quest]

General examples is primalist minions run with attunement and acolyte minions run with int.

[valid carbon]

Hi, this is not for me but for my friend. If you push build to the limit the market allow it when it come to buying gear / crafting t7 and t6 items and so on ). How well does Stygian lych perform in general? Do you reach million of dps or no? And how is the tankyness tyty

• any suggestion on how to build it or max roll is decent enough

[obtuse quest]

Pretty decently, maxroll is at least on point for that build.

[valid carbon]

Oki, tyty

Any change needed ?

[worldly lily]

Can I just start playing this build as soon as I can equip stygian coal?

[obtuse quest]

Get proper gear first, don't just slap on the unique and expect it to work.

Without the proper scaling the build will feel not good.

[knotty cave]

Stygian didn’t feel good until I got a ladle. Once I got that, it was good. And a few levels

[gaunt abyss]

torment is afected by this?

[patent tulip]

is there a way to make aura of decay fire? or to convert poison to ignite?

[obtuse quest]

Torment isn't a hit.

[obtuse quest]

No.

[robust narwhal]

for anyone who has done the abomination snapshot build for bossing, is this worth the confusion to set up? it looks uncomfortably complex to get everything you need lol

[gaunt abyss]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AKvaK9Lo what piece of equipment would you focus to upgrade? rings and gloves are the most needed no?

[stuck owl]

Warlock, Level 97

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (20) / Lich (28) / Warlock (62)

General:

▸ Health: 1,753, Regen: 11.75/s
▸ Mana: 224.99, Regen: 11.2/s
▸ Ward Retention: 295%, Regen: 313/s
▸ Attributes: 15 Str / 11 Dex / 80 Int / 4 Att / 23 Vit
▸ Resistances: 143% / 114% / 110% / 87% / 78% / 490% / 82%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 351
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (44)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 47% (2,786)

Used skills:

Bone Curse / Chaos Bolts / Chthonic Fissure / Rip Blood / Profane Veil

[gaunt abyss]

torment build

and the right idols, if i will ever find them XD

[pearl snow]

I feel like the gloves, out of touch I just got back to my computer so ive forgotten everything

T7 necro res ring is great but yeah dead prefix

[gaunt abyss]

they have 3 affix on the guid and that i need,
T6 cast speed, T5 int, T5 armor shred. and some hp is always nice
why you feel is out of tuch?
i do need to get better affix tir gloves, and the base is.... wrong

[cobalt merlin]

does it work for reap?

[limpid mural]

Would a Stygian Warlock Perform way worse? Want to tr it, dont want to level again 🤣 😂

[obtuse quest]

The transform parts do.

[dense linden]

does witchfire scale off anything outside of passive and unqiues im just seeing dot

for scaling even though it doesnt have scaling next to it

[obtuse quest]

Normal sources are just fire damage, dot damage, necrotic damage.

[dense linden]

so even though it doesnt have those things if had increased fire damage it should go up?

[obtuse quest]

Because it does fire damage. This is a general rule of all ailments. Check things like bleed and ignite.

[gaunt abyss]

and elemental dmg (coralate to fire)

[dense linden]

ty!

[pearl snow]

I’m out of touch not you

My normal Abby on Witchfire is fun but you have to do the mechanics for awhile lmao

[unique crown]

I have a real nice 3 potential coal sitting in my box, and I was just thinking of trying to make a stygian warlock work. I am not optimistic though because the rest of the kit seems to like different stats.

[knotty cave]

Just respec the mastery??

[limpid mural]

102k mehhhhh 😂

[knotty cave]

102k? So you just started….

[limpid mural]

hey...level 75 after all! 😄

[knotty cave]

Takes 4 hours to get back to that

[limpid mural]

hmm indeed 🤔 🤔

[knotty cave]

I sense laziness lol

102k gold is basically free

[limpid mural]

nahhh...just a tiny little bit 😄

[edgy yew]

Can anyone suggest some low hanging fruit changes or just suggestions on this? It's my Stygian Coal Lich. Currently doing corruption 160ish but the bosses/harbingers started to one shot and I am too dumb to get out of the way. https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A8l0xqkA

[stuck owl]

Lich, Level 96

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (20) / Lich (79) / Warlock (10)

General:

▸ Health: 2,034, Regen: 18.27/s
▸ Mana: 394.49, Regen: 12.72/s
▸ Ward Retention: 302%, Regen: 9/s
▸ Attributes: 20 Str / 4 Dex / 151 Int / 4 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 138% / 93% / 86% / 101% / 96% / 97% / 73%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 51%, Threshold: 488
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (24)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 31% (1,494)

Used skills:

Reaper Form / Death Seal / Rip Blood / Transplant / Drain Life

[abstract cedar]

Hey guys.I am trying to run a wraith build. Am I missing something or do they always not move? Having them not follow me is super irritating.

[obtuse quest]

Did you take the immobile node?

[abstract cedar]

I will login and check now, didnt know it was a thing, I was just following a guide. Probably should have paid more attention

That was it thanks. Wonder why the maxroll guide has it being used. I am using the fire wraiths so they are casters, but still

[obtuse quest]

Flame wraiths work better as totems, is the short of it.

[abstract cedar]

I see. I am wondering if maybe I should just switch builds then. It just seemed like the strongest summon build.

[finite galleon]

SWITCH TO ABOMINATION ASAP

[abstract cedar]

Trolling or serious? Because I will right now lol

[obtuse quest]

The strongest are either wraithlord, or abomination. Depends on how much efffort you want to put.

[finite galleon]

OMEGA SERIOUS

[abstract cedar]

I want the least amount of effort with the most damage. Just like my son wants a huge allowance but cant even flush a toilet. He probably gets it from me.

[finite galleon]

okay in that case avoid abomination at all cost

[abstract cedar]

lol

[fervent burrow]

so for anyone still checking for the drain life spam , i just tested on a dummy and you can still get multiple instances of drain lifes out with notable difference (visually due to raw amount of number frequency + audibly) idk where that leaves me on actual moment to moment gameplay considering you wanna keep high mana for the stygian coal bonus

[slate pond]

would you do that or try getting better belt? that 96% potion as ward lets me remove 1x4 idol which is huge

[obtuse quest]

Oh, then wraithlord is your key, assuming you got his unique.

[abstract cedar]

I have it. Do you have a build guide you would recommend? There isjnt one on maxroll and I dont know any other sources for builds. I usually use Mobalytics but they dont have LE on there for whatever reason.

[slate pond]

That one is okay, not fully updated to 1.2 but best one I found. Instead of 2h I play 1h+offhand https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/keepers-wraithlord-necromancer

[stuck owl]

Keeper's Wraithlord Necromancer Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class

Acolyte / Necromancer

Used skills

• Infernal Shade
• Dread Shade
• Transplant
• Bone Curse
• Summon Wraith

Used unique items

• Wraithlord's Harbour
• Exsanguinous
• Usurper's Mandate
• Blood of the Exile
• Death Rattle
• Ambitions of an Erased Acolyte

Tags

Boss Killer / Monolith Farmer / Arena / Minions

Created by keeper184 · Feb 20, 2025, 1:21 PM

[worldly lily]

Have that too

[obtuse quest]

I was about to link that one too.

He also might pop up here once a while.

[worldly lily]

Yes I made this acolyte cause its 500k to respec my rogue

So i wanna do it right this time and be the correct spec from early on

[gaunt abyss]

lvl 100?

[worldly lily]

No its 89

[gaunt abyss]

jesss

[abstract cedar]

Which 1H and OH do you like?

[worldly lily]

But im still playing the starter build

[gaunt abyss]

i think they should make respec only for lvl 100 charters

[red harness]

has lich managed to kill uber aberroth

[gaunt abyss]

but at a normal price point

[worldly lily]

Whats a normal price point?

[gaunt abyss]

ya, dont remeber who was it.
you can search

[red harness]

how

[slate pond]

Currently with this, but as soon as I get 2LP reach of the grave will get to this.
I'm also planning to start snapshoting and just get pure defensive and pure defensive setup for 1h+offhand

[worldly lily]

I just feel like my rogue is bricked so gonna play lich from the start to avoid to pay that much. Have all the uniques I need to get started at least

[slate pond]

is the ward/life experiment mod on gloves still in game? I haven't seen it yet and Im sure my loot filter is up to date

[hearty harness]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WxAreDTFE thats a bug build?

[obtuse quest]

Exiled mages only, but they exist

[finite galleon]

yeah i just saw it yesterday as a drop

Kzb sama 🥺

[obtuse quest]

3.4k corruption, offline, Looks like a pure ward reliant version of Coal Lich.

Since he doesn't post a planer AND isn't online, all we can do is speculate with a pinch of salt.

Oh right, any update on that?

[azure dawn]

you can go to his stream he has a full planner up now

[obtuse quest]

Alright time to check

[gaunt abyss]

link?

[azure dawn]

its pinchingloaf he isn't live yet but will be later

[gaunt abyss]

anyidea about the time he will be on?

[obtuse quest]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qke94zao

[stuck owl]

Warlock, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (26) / Lich (11) / Warlock (76)

General:

▸ Health: 3,741, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 138.51, Regen: 12.32/s
▸ Ward Retention: 246%, Regen: 276/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 36 Int / 1 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 128% / 68% / 72% / 80% / 92% / 142% / 81%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 748
▸ Armor Mitigation: 24% (1,040)

Used skills:

Chthonic Fissure / Chaos Bolts / Infernal Shade / Profane Veil / Spirit Plague

[obtuse quest]

Found the build link

LMAO he's using the infernal shade setup as well

Wait he's running low life and didn't even run decrify

[winged fjord]

Can you not search for certain Woven echos on the monolith map? Like I can search (type: false) and false temples show, but i can't get The Great Bridge to highlght - is there a syntax i'm missing? ("woven echo name") doesn't seem to work

[obtuse quest]

Oh, so this is why profane's being used.

[obtuse quest]

I'm not too sure sadly.

[azure dawn]

yes profane veil to apply infernal shades to everything

[winged fjord]

I can't find a way, ill keep trying (Some you can, others seems lke you cant)

[azure dawn]

but his build isn't final yet

[burnt hemlock]

why is the top necro not using flame wraith 🤔

[obtuse quest]

Feels like it's only good for clear boosting? I don't think that helps on bossing, but I see the vision.

[azure dawn]

his single target was pretty good he said he still needs somethings for bosses

[obtuse quest]

Yeah I feel like he's running into the same bossing problem still

My setup ruins some clear for the sake of boosting bossing.

[dark shell]

@obtuse quest Is this any better from earlier?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A8l53jkA

[stuck owl]

Warlock, Level 72

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (33) / Warlock (52)

General:

▸ Health: 1,071, Regen: 22.83/s
▸ Mana: 235.36, Regen: 14.56/s
▸ Ward Retention: 129%, Regen: 45/s
▸ Attributes: 2 Str / 9 Dex / 35 Int / 3 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 137% / 83% / 50% / 18% / 22% / 135% / 67%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 29%, Threshold: 233
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (76)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 38% (1,657)

Used skills:

Chaos Bolts / Bone Curse / Transplant / Chthonic Fissure / Ghostflame

[knotty cave]

Offline almost doesn’t count at all because you can use mods that give 10x more dmg lol

[obtuse quest]

This seems better than just now alright. I'm more curious on how you setup your passives, since most people try to beeline for the good nodes at the later half of the tree asap but you have a lot of stuff in the early half of the tree.

[burnt hemlock]

So top necro on ladder, he's not using flame wraiths idols, and is he using snapshot or not what do you think? https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Sielin/character/WraithlordForMyWrist

[edgy pasture]

hello, I'm new to the game and i just selected Warlock mastery. Is it a good mastery to choose? Can someone guide me with a good build?

[dark shell]

I was unsure on what to get, honestly. I just went with what seems like the safe choice. I knew that I needed more INT, ward etc so I went with it.

[obtuse quest]

I'm surprised you didn't beeline for the % damned chance at the middle since it also gives you a damned related bufff

[dark shell]

I was gonna build into it. Something something strong bases

[wise basalt]

Do my minions do more damage when I stack bone curse on an enemy?

[obtuse quest]

Most people rush for the nodes that do more work first, and the overload does quite a bit

[obtuse quest]

Stack as in? They do trigger bone curse's damage if that's your concern.

[wise basalt]

I've seen (when I look at the enemies healthbar) I can stack it 3 times on an enemy

[obtuse quest]

That er, shouldn't happen.

[dark shell]

I honestly did not see that. I'll respec from Blood Aura and see how it goes

[wise basalt]

Oh yeah you're right it was not bone curse but it's slow down I can stack 3 times

[obtuse quest]

Oh okay, yeah slow can stack 3 times.

[gaunt abyss]

https://www.twitch.tv/pinchingloaf
he have started

[azure dawn]

i think he plans to use infernal shade on bosses

with profane veil because it stacks 8 times

[wise basalt]

There's a ring with +446 minion armor, does that actually increase their survivability or is only minion health worth it?

[finite galleon]

Zeckar showed that minion armour does help skelly, although not in the form of item mods

[wise basalt]

And wraithlord

[finite galleon]

wait what

[wise basalt]

I have a ring that adds minion armor, currently I have 0, I just wanna know if the change is noticeable when I equip the ring xD

Or if it's worthless for wraithlord

[finite galleon]

waaaiiit, minion armour is a mod on rings?

oh you're talking about the crab ring

wait no

the tree ring

[wise basalt]

Abboreal circuit

[finite galleon]

Yeah the tree ring. I am of the opinion that this ring is uhh, is pretty much worthless

[wise basalt]

Well ok...

[burnt hemlock]

what wraithlord build are ppl playing nowaday?

[wise basalt]

The same as always lol

[burnt hemlock]

Keeper's?

[wise basalt]

I play this

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/olZnLmJQ

[stuck owl]

Necromancer, Level 92

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

Acolyte (27) / Necromancer (78)

General:

▸ Health: 2,297, Regen: 18.88/s
▸ Mana: 98.47, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 163%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 52 Int / 1 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 65% / 112% / 65% / 64% / 72% / 109% / 79%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 30%, Threshold: 459
▸ Dodge Chance: 6% (171)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 18% (551)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 60%

Used skills:

Bone Curse / Summon Wraith / Transplant / Dread Shade / Infernal Shade

[burnt hemlock]

how is that, "wraiths cannot move" node, are u summoning them on every pack or am i missing something? 🤔

[wise basalt]

Ok I don't "exactly" play like that, I definitely want my wraithlord to move around lol

[burnt hemlock]

cause i look at the ladder and the best necro is using that too

Locus of death

that must suck

[wise basalt]

Yeah but that play style is too sweaty for me, I don't need to be the best

I just want a build where I can turn off my brain lol

[burnt hemlock]

but u linked a build that makes you sweaty

[wise basalt]

But I also said I didn't copy it 1:1 and changed some stuff to my liking

[burnt hemlock]

kind of a big deal to leave out dont u think 😄

[wise basalt]

What?

[burnt hemlock]

linking a sweaty build but actually playing a chill build

so u dont use that node

[wise basalt]

Do you just copy a build 1:1 without changing anything?

[burnt hemlock]

ok you're that type of person nvm

[wise basalt]

That "type" of person? Man you're weird, I linked a build and said I don't exactly play it, I copied it and changed some stuff to my liking because 1:1 copy is too sweaty for me

[burnt hemlock]

you dont seem to understand how much that impacts the playstyle do you

that one node

[wise basalt]

Okay I sincerely apologize for my mistake, yes I don't use that node, I'm very, very sorry, I hope you accept my apology

[burnt hemlock]

its a very impactful node that would change a build completely, do you understand now?

[wise basalt]

Yes, that's why I don't use it, you need the boots that teleports minions with you for that, I just don't like the play style

I also didn't take the nodes that my wraithlord gets poison and loses life

In high corruption the enemies deal so much damage already I don't need stuff that kills my lord even faster

[autumn elbow]

Harvest lich people, what gloves do you run? I've seen ppl say to run some 2lp falcon gloves, but they're the same as decent exalts no?

[near citrus]

Anybody using low life ward + boneclamor together ?

[crisp ridge]

yes?

[near citrus]

How far corruption can that take you? I have like 4K ward but still not easy in 100 cor

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B7YD85OA

[stuck owl]

Warlock, Level 89

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (23) / Lich (8) / Warlock (71)

General:

▸ Health: 1,162, Regen: 18.46/s
▸ Mana: 321.95, Regen: 11.68/s
▸ Ward Retention: 230%, Regen: 282/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 11 Dex / 47 Int / 3 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 77% / 109% / 77% / 107% / 80% / 449% / 75%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 232
▸ Dodge Chance: 7% (167)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 22% (771)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 76%

Used skills:

Infernal Shade / Summon Volatile Zombie / Chthonic Fissure / Transplant / Soul Feast

[atomic atlas]

the mod on the boots. the turret wraith is the best. you just TP to the edge of the screen on CD. you get the potion CD reduction on belt. look at keepers guide

its so braindead and easy just a little patience. TP wl turrets. u dodge. repeat

[vestal frigate]

What's a good warlock build to push high corruption with rn?
Kinda getting bored of the wraith turret gameplay lmao

[atomic atlas]

wheel of torment looks fun

mao wears some fun shit for his poison coal build sometimes

is poison faster clear for monos?

[crisp ridge]

its also on rings fyi

boots is an experimental and rings is a champion

[atomic atlas]

i got a banger ring with it i think

nvm its mid

almost tho

[burnt hemlock]

it was posted in february is that the one?

[atomic atlas]

keepers? ye

good and detailed. he repleid to some comments too.

coal is so cool but dam clear is kinda meh

is warlock best mono clear speed?

[tender ridge]

what does the poison overload buff do again? dammit still doesn't have that info on LEtools

[lament rose]

hi can i ask how the grimhilde's domain passive node work for witchfire?

[crisp ridge]

whats ur question?

[tender ridge]

your increases to ignite and damned chance act as a multiplier to witchfire damage

[lament rose]

ohh coz i was checking the lastepochtool and it wasnt changing so i wasnt sure if i was scaling it right

[barren lintel]

4% pen per poison on enemy, stacks up to 100

[tender ridge]

ty

[modern timber]

yo chat

can i play lich pre lvl 80?

or will the life leech just kill me

[tender ridge]

do you mean specifically reaper form?

[modern timber]

yea

[tender ridge]

reaper form will eventually kill you regardless. the health drain ramps

when you run out of health in reaper form, you turn back into normal form

[modern timber]

i wanna play this

[tender ridge]

is it the infernal shade build

[modern timber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3jGckpacr0&t=1s&ab_channel=Dr3adful

yea

[modern timber]

YES IT LOOKS SO COOL!

[tender ridge]

lol

[modern timber]

im so fking hype to play it

[tender ridge]

yeah it's strong. Reaper form + death seal is a lot of power. you can do a lot with it

[modern timber]

im lvl 50 should i switch to it now

or wait

[tender ridge]

I played marrow shards last time around

uhh I'm a bad person to ask. I don't use dedicated leveling builds lol. I level with what I plan to play at the end

[haughty sedge]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A8l58xVA 4 Harbingers down, and I'm getting pretty comfy! The regen blessing from Lagon really helps out during downtime!

[stuck owl]

Lich, Level 89

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Acolyte (21) / Lich (69) / Warlock (12)

General:

▸ Health: 3,177, Regen: 178.96/s
▸ Mana: 204.95, Regen: 11.2/s
▸ Ward Retention: 216%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 7 Str / 1 Dex / 108 Int / 1 Att / 65 Vit
▸ Resistances: 99% / 76% / 122% / 96% / 81% / 142% / 102%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 63%, Threshold: 794
▸ Armor Mitigation: 29% (1,242)

Used skills:

Harvest / Transplant / Reaper Form / Bone Curse / Death Seal

[knotty cave]

laser liches running exsang at all or exalted chest?

[atomic atlas]

pale ox so good

[tender ridge]

if you're reaper/ds good shot you're not exsang

[crisp ridge]

not even reaper, just dealseal removing ward means u cant lowlife

[tender ridge]

deathseal already is a low life build, exs is just gonna put you REALLY low life

[abstract cedar]

For those of you that have tried multiple builds, which is your favorite so far?

[tender ridge]

witchfire warlock has been fun

I played marrow shards last season and enjoyed it. Infernal Shade uses the same reaper+DS shell

[tiny acorn]

wich woven echo has the 25 mages on ?

[haughty sedge]

Rune Prison Complex

Supposedly Exiled Mages drop it.

[abstract cedar]

Interesting. I’ll look into it. I’m not loving the wraith builds tbh. But since this is an alt and my main is a void knight that absolutely destroys shit, everything I’ve tried just feels slow.

[crisp ridge]

yea but ur most likely relying on leech, which is nimot what you want with exsang.

[tender ridge]

just realized this was a harvest lich. based

[haughty sedge]

What did you think at first?

[crisp ridge]

also deathseal isnt inheritly lowlife

[tender ridge]

not if you turn it off with lich tree :^)

if you're not playing deathseal with the node that puts you to 33% then you're doing something wrong

[crisp ridge]

if ur turning ur leech to dmg and running exsang just to deathseal, ur either an idiot or doing like 50corr monos 🤔

[haughty sedge]

I don't really see the point of death seal if not to enforce low life.

[tender ridge]

that's where all of the damage and tankiness of death seal comes from

[crisp ridge]

doesnt mean deathseal = lowlife tho

[tender ridge]

bruh

[haughty sedge]

I find it funny that with death seal on I take less damage at 33% than I would at 100%.

Like, proportionally less.

[tender ridge]

yeah

keeps you in endurance threshold most of the time, or damn close to it

[haughty sedge]

Stuff that may one shot me at 100% may not at 33%, which is insane.

[tender ridge]

gives you a ton of armor too

[haughty sedge]

Yeah, with the node health gets converted to armor lol.

I don't have like insane amounts of it, but I can reach a respectable 50% DR when both reaper form and death seal are on.

On top of being endurance capped.

[tender ridge]

yeah it's shockingly tanky if you've never experienced it before

I really wish lich didn't have so much of its power wrapped into reaper+ds though

[thorn kiln]

Can someone tell me how Spine of Malatros works with the node that has a chance to replace spirits with Chaos Bolts? If at all

Do the Chaos Bolts replace the fire whips occasionally?

[crisp ridge]

flamewhips dont count as spirits iirc

[tender ridge]

yeah I think you only get whips, no chaos bolts

[haughty sedge]

I decided to play it because it's a way different way to play melee than other melee builds I've played.

[thorn kiln]

That's very unfortunate

😦

[crisp ridge]

anything spirit based doesnt proc

[thorn kiln]

I wanted to do a blood and fire spec

[haughty sedge]

And I really like melee builds.

Like, imagine a game with fun melee builds.

stares at PoE >_>

[tender ridge]

I'm a big unga bunga tempest strike fan

oi I took glacial hammer through everything in my first ever league

I think the only thing I didn't complete was The Feared

[haughty sedge]

PoE is just way too much for me.

Furthest I ever got was beating Eater and Exarch.

[tender ridge]

also to answer your question here, I just assumed it was the standard reaper spell caster lol. I didn't see the harvest spec on the embedded info at first

[haughty sedge]

Nah, I wanted to play a melee acolyte and uh.

Well there really is only one niche for that, but still, it is a fun niche.

Like, there's the paradox of stacking all kinds of degens, but somehow being super tanky.

[tender ridge]

one thing I've wanted to try for a while is a big bone curse nuke with warlock

kind of like lightning conduit in PoE1. apply bone curse, detonate curse for big dam

it's kinda limited by the 6s CD That the illusion of pain node gives though

[cobalt merlin]

Any tips what should i focus on to get some of survivability?

[tender ridge]

very build dependant

[lament kernel]

guys...is the fire aura by fire golems any good? ...i do like that it can destroy the reward barrels in arena 😅

[crisp ridge]

cap res's
good hp/armour
crit avoid or reduc

thats the bare minimum

[tender ridge]

nah it was a big complaint ghazzy had for the devs in his interview

you put a ton of work into buffing the crap out of this fire aura golem, only to find the aura doesn't scale worth a damn

golems in general are good though. solid utility summon that can be turned into a damage summon with some uniques

[lament kernel]

so if i keep fire golem they might get stronger in future patches? 😇

i just like that i can focus on either minion damage or fire damage with fire archers and fire mages 😇

[tender ridge]

yeah go for it. the fire aura from the golem is lackluster, but the golem itself is still aokay

I like cold skeleton army when I'm playing it

[lament kernel]

like fire golem and aura is together in 1 node...not really wasting points there ^^

uuuhhh that sounds fun too

[tender ridge]

oh yeah for sure. if you're trying to pump points further in with the node that makes it eat your other skeletons, it's not very strong

but just the one point to give it fire scaling is fine if you're playing fire minions elsewhere anyway

[lament kernel]

yeah i dont do that i like my big army 😅

[oak minnow]

Fire aura from golem is useful for killing trash, while the golem focuses the big guy

[lament kernel]

but i guess only archers can be converted to cold?

[tender ridge]

mages and golem can too

mages get cryomancers in the top right of the tree. golem gets a deathchill golem node in the bottom left

cold army is a crit build. you convert dreadshade's bonus damage to cold with Lich's Scorn catalyst and get a bunch of crit boosts to your cold minions

[lament kernel]

slow down a bit im still processing cold golem 😋 ...so with dread shade thats a specific skill...english words... cold build is different than whatever i have i guess? 😇

[tender ridge]

yeah it's different but not too far off I would imagine

Dread Shade is a buff skill for your minions. it rapidly drains the health of whatever it attaches too, but buffs all the minions inside of it to make them deal a boatload more damage

by default, the bonuses it gives are for necrotic damage. you can convert that to cold with a catalyst called Lich's Scorn

[lament kernel]

yeah i have dread shade that it drain less or nothing...not sure right now but something something...or was it wraith? 🤔

[tender ridge]

I used Archers, Cryomancers, Cold Golem, Dread Shade, and Harvest

[lament kernel]

lich scorn is a set item?

[tender ridge]

it is. you only care about the cold conversion on it for that build

there's a unique sword called Apogee of Frozen Light that gives you bonus skill points to your cold and necrotic minions, as well as making them do more damage to frozen targets

[lament kernel]

though the other stuff is also kinda good for cold

[tender ridge]

I've played a few different necro builds. I figure if I'm gonna play a necromancer, I better be swarming with summons. I'll go play beastmaster for the one-man-army builds

if you wanted to stick with fire to the end though there's actually a unique staff that drops from Reign of Dragons at endgame

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/UAwRgzCBMAsQ

[lament kernel]

cold sounds fun...but set item offhand means less affixes like smashing unique with exalt....and cant use usurper for healing though i want to get rid of that in the future...my plan for healing would be life regeneration ...i think i stick with fire 🤷‍♀️

[tender ridge]

you can craft set affixes onto exalted items now. just wouldn't be able to use a unique offhand

the set shard for lich's scorn specifically gives the cold conversion for dreadshade too

[lament kernel]

yeah though the set item looks cool on its own

+cold penettration per intelligenz is what i really like about it...i have in mind to be somehow someday be able to quickly get these 1 billion xp for lots of attribute points >.>

the staff looks really strong but its 2h again like the usurper i have right now 😅

though its staff.... i remember i got so much stuff on acyolte idols for staff...not sure anymore but i think i got ward if you use staff through enchantment... dont have that anymore 😅

[tender ridge]

yeah you'd basically be trading survivability for power whenever you move away from Mandate

and with enough minion damage, that IS your survivability. just kill things before they kill you

[lament kernel]

im sure someone did the math on how much ursuper heals per second so you can know how much life reg per second you would need to be as fast with healing 😅

the fire staff can only be dropped from timeline boss?

[tender ridge]

correct

it comes from Reign of Dragons

Lich's Scorn comes from Blood, Frost, and Death

[lament kernel]

damage reflect just means monsters get hit too? like i get hit and they also take damage?

[tender ridge]

yea. there's flat reflect, which is a set amount of damage returned, and then % reflect, which is a portion of the damage dealt

[brazen niche]

Does playing a Stygian Coal Lich feel similar to Vampire Survivors gameplay?

I just want to make an alt that I can play on my Deck that auto-attacks like in Vampire Survivors.

[tender ridge]

like an auto shooter?

it's more like a sentry build

[brazen niche]

Yeah like that

[tender ridge]

I think there's a couple of autobomber builds for rogue/sentinel right now

autobomber being the keyword to search if you want one for your deck

[lament kernel]

autobomber means your attacks go off automatic?

[brazen niche]

Sorry, what is the difference of the sentry build?