🔱┃sentinel

[weary wren]

since warslash casts when u stop spinning

[turbid dome]

I would guess that since warslash happens after the spin its not affected by the while spinny buffs

theres probably a node you could test with

get a mace with points in this -> do giants splitter

then unspec this and do it again

if you do more dmg with giants splitter with points in this then the spinny buffs do affect it

[jagged oriole]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/368a0a6c okay rive is missing points cuz i got no clue what to take

but

this is a version trying to use healind hand melee + rive melee

with the 1h sword to trigger smite

[turbid dome]

this is a hit build correct?

[jagged oriole]

took more strenght nodes since you wanna get strenght and attunement

yea

not sure if divine bolts are worth keeping in passive tree

[turbid dome]

take the crit nodes and put on a peak of the mountain imo

[waxen nymph]

Technically, you are still spinning when the skill start

[jagged oriole]

also i still had the divine bolt node from healing hands not sure if its worth or not cuz it would give it more dmg but yeah

[jagged oriole]

i have so little crit things in my build tho

[turbid dome]

if your doing a hit build, you build crit

your damage will not scale if you don't

grabbing those 5 nodes means no crits on the first two hits, third hit has 5 + 8 base crit thats then doubled

[jagged oriole]

i do get 20% crit chance from helm alone

[turbid dome]

peak of the mountain works great here cause it gives like 200% increased crit chance by itself

it basically makes rive third hit crit cap by itself

[jagged oriole]

tho rive isnt gonna do that much dmg since its not doing fire dmg no?

[turbid dome]

while making the first two hits never crit so you can still leech as another defensive layer

[jagged oriole]

tbf if im auto casting healing hands every hit

i should really never lose hp

[turbid dome]

more sustain options is never bad + ez crit cap without much investment = good

[turbid dome]

if your weapon has +50 melee firedmg on it rive will do both physical and fire damage

[jagged oriole]

my weapon is kinda obligated to be a palarus

[turbid dome]

now granted your sword stacks up adaptive melee so rive will be physical dmg

[jagged oriole]

btw

do you think i keep sanctuary guardian

or keep only 1 point and put the rest in light of rahyeh

any passive tree skill changes u think?

also i cant wait for a path of building tyhpe thing to come out one day cuz man rn i see low dmg numbers on skills and got no clue if im gonna be doing zero dps or doing fine

also do you think decree of flame is worth for sigil?

[turbid dome]

prayer aegis is a lot of flat hp per point

9 flat per sigil is nice

get the new sigil ring too

[jagged oriole]

hih

it says 3

fire dmg per active sigil +3

[turbid dome]

I misread the node

[jagged oriole]

more like this then?

[gloomy onyx]

guys I got hand of judgement gloves dropped, is a judgement build viable for end game? If yes, then is it better for bosses? Is it slow at clearing? What about solo game play?

[jagged oriole]

i mean i guess its not bad yeah

[turbid dome]

it looks solid, idk what you would drop but getting the point bonus from these two nodes in forge guard is good

[jagged oriole]

i wonder if its gonna be hard to scale atunnement and strenght

[turbid dome]

5 strength + 10% attack speed 👍

[jagged oriole]

i could remove 5 points from prayer aegis

[turbid dome]

fair enough

blade master in base sentinel is also strong af, but that would require a lot more investment too

[jagged oriole]

what do u think

[turbid dome]

get attunement and strength on gear is what I think

like it shouldn't be hard

[jagged oriole]

yeah ig

[turbid dome]

idk what numbers you want to aim for tho

haven't done a palarus build yet

[jagged oriole]

i dont even know the numbers possible to hit

[turbid dome]

thats a solid question for not me

goes back to vitality stacking

[jagged oriole]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/7g9h0xah i wouldnt mind if mister vlad the mastermind wanted to give it a look but i gotta sleep for work so i have to drop it here

[jagged oriole]

very fair

[turbid dome]

you can summon vlad

[jagged oriole]

how so

and i will probs swap to this build and see how it feels since warpath is gutted from that interaction not working (which is really fkin dumb btw)

[turbid dome]

@waxen nymph could you please take a look at the planner Siduri has put together at this point when you have a chance, I don't want to lead him astray

[jagged oriole]

im mainly concerned about like, u scale stats to get more dmg on ur skills fair nuff, but u get extra meelee and spell dmg and both of them are only useful for some skills

idk seems potentially good potentially bad

[turbid dome]

you can slam melee dmg onto the sword and spell damage too

[jagged oriole]

tho at the very least youd also be healing urself pmuch constantly

flat or % u mean

[turbid dome]

I don't think the sword only spell dmg affix is mage only

[turbid dome]

flat

flat > everything else

[jagged oriole]

cuz we'd just be proccing it many times hopefully ig?

[turbid dome]

added flat damage is the best way to boost your damage and can only go on weapons

assuming you aren't missing crits and increased dmg and more multipliers elsewhere

so slammin' like +40 melee physical damage and however much the spellblade affix for spell damage on a sword rolls to helps bring the sword's stats up to a good bases's level, then the scaling from stats makes it better

[misty thistle]

So with warpath/rebuke we just stop channeling/start again to keep it up 100%?

Very new, just in campaign learning game

[turbid dome]

For warpath get reckless spin

[jagged oriole]

hmkay hmkay

tbf it seems like its not a very rare item

and probs not very used

might be doable to get a 3lp one

[turbid dome]

It’s used a fair amount

[jagged oriole]

damn it relly?

[turbid dome]

It’s just a low level unique so it’s fairly common

[jagged oriole]

what build even uses it

i feel like the one im doing is janky

cant imagine that being common

[turbid dome]

Melee smite proc stat stacker

Yay the Vlad summoning ritual worked

[waxen nymph]

I am about to go to bed, and Maxroll planner on mobile is awful. I will try to have a look tomorrow before work

[turbid dome]

Understandable

[misty thistle]

Im following a guide and that was first, but i noticed rebuke proccing itself whenever i start channeling

[jagged oriole]

huh whats the big difference between this and mine then?

[jagged oriole]

appreciate it ^^ just ping me when u do so i know to check

[simple verge]

I know shield bash doesnt scale off cast or attack speed with a cooldown but does it scale with attack speed if you ditch the cooldown?

[turbid dome]

[jagged oriole]

Wha

[turbid dome]

your doing the build you do with it

its a somewhat one note unique

[jagged oriole]

Ah ok

So ig the build shouldn't be pure bad if others use it too

[turbid dome]

I think the only real difference you can do is dual palarus vs palarus + shield

so you get 1 melee or spell dmg per stat with two of them

[rancid lantern]

Echo Damage applies to ailments, correct?

[alpine canopy]

No, this is the only speed scaling you can get for it

[alpine canopy]

Yeah, at least for ailments applied by your echoes

[supple iris]

Hmmmm... How is the inevitable for an ES VC build? vs darkstride?

[misty thistle]

Any ways to target farm/aquire Dreamthorn? I'm desperately needing a new weapon

Level 40

i mean things are dying, just not fast enough

I can find a decent base melee and just add chance to bleed though sufffix also though right

[supple iris]

Not really. I went all the way without ever finding a DT. Just find good 2hers with +flat void

A good base will out-pace DT pretty early anyways.

[turbid dome]

DT starts off great, gets out paced but if you slam a fatty melee void dmg on it, it works great

[misty thistle]

think i need to start checking vendors, using a 21 level axe at 40

[supple iris]

I mean, that happens sometimes. Base item upgrades sometimes happen only every 30-40 levels, no joke

[misty thistle]

So we need void flat and chance to bleed?

[turbid dome]

wait are you doing bleed with dreamthorn?

[misty thistle]

cause i noticed whenever i use anything that doesnt bleed, even if its way stronger looking i lose loads of dps

no im just leveling void knight

[turbid dome]

so dots will do that until your at a decent level or have good crit chance for a hit build

since they have a fairly good base damage

what level are you?

[misty thistle]

40

[turbid dome]

yeah that checks out

[misty thistle]

oooft, cant use yet tho, thats gonna be decent when i get the side slot right?

88/90

[turbid dome]

flat armor is ok, falls off later on. 88% increased melee void damage is also good, but you end up with a lot of it too

its a solid idol but imo theres better ones you can get for that size

like later game a % increased armor idol will provide a lot more armor than a flat boost one

[misty thistle]

Oh yeah. Of course. When your at 400 hp flat, 4000, %. I played a ton of Diablo 2, 3, 4 and POE so i should catch on fairly quickly

havent seen a single item with void flat on it, is it prefix ?

[turbid dome]

flat melee void dmg is a prefix

only found on melee weapons

so everything that isn't a bow

you could make a loot filter rule for it

[misty thistle]

Strange, maybe i just wasnt looking before

I need a decent loot filter, i copied one from a youtuber and blues were still dropping

[turbid dome]

should be simple, if an item has melee void dmg on it -> recolor it pink

[misty thistle]

any recomendations?

[turbid dome]

heavy'z is a classic and good spot to start

but blues are also good in this game

given you hit F and can craft anywhere

or shatter them for shards

[misty thistle]

Ah, of course. Diablo brain lol

Even rares are trash now in that game, getting a bit out of hand there

[turbid dome]

yeah...

needs to be the perfect quad masterwork

or whatever makes it the greater affixes

[misty thistle]

Oh my shako last season. GA on CDR and Max life, 54% CDR

was my pride of S5 lol

[turbid dome]

oh god

use that on the thing that makes meteor cost nothing and have a cooldown

[misty thistle]

let me download that loot filter then add that void to it

[turbid dome]

heavy'z has a rule/spot for you to add affixes you want to it

look for the rule called like "add affixes here"

the real thing from heavy'z is that it hides low level bases unless it has an affix you want

[misty thistle]

Oh nice

[turbid dome]

just google like heavy'z filter last epoch

its on LE forums post and get the game version 1.1 one for sentinel

[misty thistle]

can only find the casual loot filter from oct 20 ... lol

found it

[turbid dome]

yeah scroll down to the downloads

heavy'z just updates his old post when he updates the filter

[misty thistle]

yeah

should be GTG

[turbid dome]

you did change the rule inside of it right

not just put in an empty rule with that name

[turbid dome]

👍

just wanted to make sure, the last guy who I helped with a loot filter didn't actualy make it a rule

I'd also add flat health, %increased health and hybrid health to this rule

and any other generically good affixes you want to get a stock of for crafting later

[misty thistle]

Haha, yeah im back on PC after 15 years but played enough MMOs and ARPGs in that time

yeah will do

[turbid dome]

best of luck

[misty thistle]

think thats worth adding void onto?

[rancid lantern]

hey guys

Is Lacerate affected by melee damage % bonuses?

it has the tag, soooo

Would it be affected by things like

(12% to 17%) more Melee Damage to High Health Enemies from Swaddling of the Erased?

or Blood of Exile's (30% to 40%) more Physical Ailment Damage to Moving Enemies?

[turbid dome]

slapping it onto the sword, yeah

unless you have like 50 vitality are are using rive with weapon master

[misty thistle]

No rive, Warpath

[turbid dome]

then you should be good to go

[misty thistle]

I know rive is a bit better for leveling, well, from what i gathered but i absolutely love spin2win

[turbid dome]

both are good for leveling

[misty thistle]

i dont tend to be using volatile reversal right now. I'm guessing it becoms much, much more important later when your taking huge 60-80% hits etc

and debuffing mobs

[turbid dome]

you can use it for hp or mana or remove both of that and use it entirely for the dmg buff

but yeah VR is basically a requirement for later game bosses

unless you got something spicey cooking in the kitchen

and even then you would want it until your like 1 tapping bosses

[harsh nova]

the hp balance is so much more important for my playstyle

very few attack combos are 3 hitters so when you reverse after a big hit youre basically invincible

[turbid dome]

Facts

Just uh don’t rewind to right after you take a big hit and remove all your healing

[misty thistle]

weird, act 7 im taking a LOT of damage and things are dying ultra fast, like it flipped around

Think this is worth empowering ? Then trying to grab a solid axe

You can see what i loose

[heady depot]

anyone want to group? almost to empowered monoliths, running forge guard

[tawdry quail]

Hey guys what is the best weapon type for Void knight?

[misty thistle]

Wing guards useful early on when you are at 5 percent crit rate?

constant haste and attack speed

[turbid dome]

if your using rive, an axe

[turbid dome]

yeah but don't rely on them for long

[misty thistle]

i think this is like DIablo, Warpath isnt affected by attack speed?

I dont see it spinning any faster

[turbid dome]

warthpath should be, it hits at twice your attack speed

[misty thistle]

Yeah, I'm ridicously squishy now in Act 7

need to fix that soon i think

[turbid dome]

how much hp

[misty thistle]

I'm way too glass cannon

565

[turbid dome]

what the hell

get that stuff up

like yesterday

thats impressively low

[misty thistle]

I only started needing it in this act

[turbid dome]

fair

[misty thistle]

up to 700, but dunno how i could be like 1k+ the life rolls are awful on gear

[turbid dome]

Grab stuff like abyssal endurance on the passive tree

If your a vk eternal form

[misty thistle]

Good call. I'm way too specced into dps right now

"As he puts another point into singular purpose" haha

800hp found gloves with 75 roll lol

[tawdry quail]

Engy i wanna go for sword build

Why rive requires axe?

[turbid dome]

for vk axes work the best because it gets +1 flat dmg per vitality with an axe

plus apthay's maw is an axe

[misty thistle]

Wow. Just got hit for 1008. Now i see why i need that HP

[turbid dome]

max hit is basically the mostest important thing

[misty thistle]

Up to 1200 now, gave up some dps

That fight against the tentacle dude took longer than I liked though

Is the base melee damage the most important part of the weapon?

Then void >?

[turbid dome]

The implicit damage is a lot of your damage

Cause it’s flat

All your damage scaling goes off of your weapon damage + flat from any sources

[misty thistle]

Yeah so my 60 Sword is holding me back at level 53 in Act 9

Think I can get about 85

Weapon damage

I don't have a lot of the void shards to pump into any weapon so got to be careful I think

[jagged oriole]

Hmm ig that's not terrible but definitely scary no shield

[turbid dome]

If you hit it with a rune of removal you get all the shards where as a shatter rune is just a chance

[misty thistle]

I don't think my loot filter is working properly. I found a blue on the ground with void + but it didn't show up purple like I set it

I didn't restart game after copying it though. Will try again tomorrow and see

[maiden steppe]

its being a while since i played warpath but did the echoes of it always had this weird thing where they dont hit enemies if you are not close to it?

[fluid gulch]

loot filters should work automatically. if you're trying to figure out what loot filter rule is applying to a drop, open the loot filter with the item on the ground. the item should have a (xx) where xx is a number, and it points to the number on the loot filter applying to it

[misty thistle]

I'll check that out tomorrow thanks

[cobalt blade]

1.1.7.1 had a small adjustment to warpath whr enemies take dmg the moment they enter your spin zone. Somehow this adjustment made VK echoes do zero damage and the echoes hit is snapped to you instead. So your own warpath do double hit when echo appears

[lunar hazel]

While you've probably seen very few hybrid health affixes at all at that point, and only some increased health, you should be swimming in flat health shards already if you collected and shattered them. You can put those on everything while looking out for any increased health pieces.

Every sentinel mastery can get some increased health from their passives so aim for it.

[misty thistle]

Yeah, I was thinking whoa, why do some pieces, like gloves I just got have 75 and others are rolling 7

It's the tier isn't it?

[lunar hazel]

Yes mostly. As you can see here, the body armour and amulet slots always get more stats than others. Also, the non-craftable exalted tiers 6 and 7 are worth so much that T7 has twice the stats of T5, or significantly more for some affixes.
https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/affix/added_health

[flint void]

Probably a bit late for that question, but are there currently actual valuable builds for Forgeguard existing, without getting hyperspecific in equipment?
Or, there appears to be some kind of double shield stuff to exist now, and i got that "weapon-shield", or one of it. But it on itselfs appears to me "mediocre" at best?

Oh wow, there is not a single build guide for Forge Guard on lastepochtools since release.

[lunar hazel]

I see 14 since 1.1, alone

[waxen nymph]

Shield Bash is tanky but kinda low dmg and need a good investment to feel good

[tawdry quail]

Guys as void knight shold i boost phys damage or void damage???

I play vois cleave and erasing strike

Void*

[lunar hazel]

Those skills are void melee dmg, so boosts to void and/or melee would work. (it's possible to change void cleave to fire but don't do that unless you have good reason)

if you use a weapon that says something like "+X physical melee dmg" then that part will not be converted to void. Instead, it makes your skill do some dmg as physical. Phys dmg modifiers would apply to that dmg and the void modifiers would not.

[bleak agate]

shield bash is quite powerful, i managed to kill 1st harbinger at lvl 80 with mediocre gear

[small veldt]

How good/bas are forge weapons atm?

[tawdry quail]

Meh

I would not even bother going forge

I am super happy for choosing voidknight

[tawdry quail]

Lol i cant even kill the alien like boss that unlocks next monolith level

Today i try to finish the campaign on my voidknight

Did anyone get crashes while loading maps?

I kept getting crashes last nite while doing campaign

[bleak agate]

fr?

[mortal rapids]

Bleed hammer will work well on forge guard but paladin is stronger dps wise

[cobalt blade]

any cold throwing build?

[waxen nymph]

Cold ???

Sentinel has not a lot of Cold Support

[cobalt blade]

[maiden steppe]

wait so...as long as there is a echo somewhere in the screen his dmg is always on me?

[small veldt]

Shame to hear FK is still sorta meh, i sorta enjoyed leveling with forge weapons in 1.0

[cobalt blade]

for warpath, yes

[small veldt]

Can you turn warpath into holy damage?

[waxen nymph]

You can do Fire

There is no Holy Type in the game

[feral island]

Smite using lighting looks like holy due to visuals

[small veldt]

Ah

[flint void]

With that shield-weapon? seemed so weak to me when testing it with rare numbers, compared to forge strike

[bleak agate]

monument of protection

[flint void]

yes that one

*raw numbers, not rare

[bleak agate]

its not a one tap build, damage wise there are much better builds, but I can face tank literally everything

[jagged oriole]

@waxen nymph had u had time to check the planner btw?

i remember u said you would tomorrow (aka today) but if u did i didnt see ur reply cuz i was working

[waxen nymph]

No I didnt

Do you have the link ?

I am home alone now, so got plenty of time

[jagged oriole]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/7g9h0xah

smite tree i thought since im casting healing hands every hit then i wont care about the smite self dmg

so i went for some left nodes as well

tho iu could lose some blind dmg stuff to get more crit on it

and i was recommended peak of the mountain to get decent crit

[jagged oriole]

sry forgot to tag u

[waxen nymph]

There are a few things I would change

TRying to make a new planner

[jagged oriole]

np np im still leveing thru campaign rn anyway

[alpine canopy]

Technically yeah, you can do dex stacking bane of winter jav with FG

but then the throwing damage affix on there is kinda wasted lol

[waxen nymph]

Are you trying to scale Melee and Spell at the same time ??

@jagged oriole

[jagged oriole]

well historically i just wanted to scale spells with warpath global spell and autocast smite etc

but idk if it was you or someone else but someone talked about like rive + healing hands as a melee skill

and then we could just get the 1h unique sword to slot in smite in there

and kinda just cast tons of stuff at once just by autoing

[waxen nymph]

What is you Traversal skill ? I dont see any

[jagged oriole]

dont have one yeah

tho tbf i also think lunge is bad lol

needing a target is annoying

[waxen nymph]

How do you share a planner on fricking Maxroll ??

[alpine canopy]

Was probably me, I've been running something like this for the reset ~https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QqmXKkMQ

[waxen nymph]

Iron Blades for more Burst proccs .

?

[alpine canopy]

Yeah, actually feels surprisingly good. After speccing fully into those iron blade on hit nodes, I barely even miss the pull from when I was using rive

[jagged oriole]

go to save/load

write anything in the bar

i jsut write test

then it makes the build have a link

[waxen nymph]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/1jdr0kjm Got it thx

[jagged oriole]

kinda funky, i guess the blades also help make up for lower attack speed

[jagged oriole]

why valiant charge without movement skill?

also you took throwing dmg nodes in forgeguard

but no throwing skill

[alpine canopy]

Using HH as the move skill

[waxen nymph]

1. Flat HP
2. You will take a movement skill

[waxen nymph]

This is for the Axe Throwing node inside the Base Sentinel passive

"Free" Fire Shred

[jagged oriole]

you havent specced it

[waxen nymph]

Have I ?

Oops

[jagged oriole]

hm the 1 point of healing hand to make it be a pseudo teleport isnt bad

[jagged oriole]

tho it feels like ur putting a lot of points just for fire res shred

[waxen nymph]

Shred is 50% More Dmg at max stacks

[jagged oriole]

wouldnt it best to just get shred on hit on weapon

or wherever u get it

[waxen nymph]

Btw that passive is not really good
The value is not great

[waxen nymph]

There is no Fire Shred on Weapon

[jagged oriole]

why not? we get 8 strenght and fire dmg

strenght scales our wep

[waxen nymph]

Other place is the Blessing but then you are competing with Armor in the Same slot

[jagged oriole]

also why do u take so much spell dmg on shield

[waxen nymph]

1 Str is 0.5 Flat Spell

The Shield Passive is 3 Flat Spell per point

[jagged oriole]

it doesnt scale with healing hand

cuz healing hand is melee dmg only

[alpine canopy]

Shred is only 20% on bosses, which is still quite good, I'm just too lazy to get it sometimes lol

[jagged oriole]

only works with smite

[waxen nymph]

Smite and Flame Burst

And you dont really want to split your Dmg Type

Either you are Spell (proccing through melee ) or you go Melee Dmg

[jagged oriole]

well then

should i be removing the healing hand node to turn it into melee

and proc it regularly with rive or whatever else

[waxen nymph]

And Inc Dmg is quite easy to find

[jagged oriole]

and focus on spell dmg again

[waxen nymph]

Why not, but then you will procc less Flame Burst

[idle thunder]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/impurelikehell/character/puree decent void knight BD

[waxen nymph]

Not enterily sure what is best

[jagged oriole]

ig thats true

also why time and faith

in sentinel

[waxen nymph]

Health sustain and Mana sutain

[jagged oriole]

health sustain is already there in healing hands procs

and mana idk if thats gonna be anj issue

[waxen nymph]

But if you feel you dont really need it, you can move them

I like to put it in the planner just in case

[jagged oriole]

im really doubtful of like

[waxen nymph]

You can get the Str + Res passive instead

[jagged oriole]

6 points in fg+ 5 for the axe throw

also

[turbid dome]

Woot I awake to Vlad being the best mod here

[jagged oriole]

if my dmg focus is mostly spells

i should take that 10 attunement passive

[waxen nymph]

Why ?

[jagged oriole]

cuz it would be like 40% inc dmg on some skills etc

[turbid dome]

Attunement gives smite increased dmg not flat right

[jagged oriole]

yeah %

[waxen nymph]

10 Att is 40% Inc Dmg for your Spells (meh)

[turbid dome]

Where as strength gives you flat

[jagged oriole]

and increases melee dmg

yea

strenght gives flat spell

[turbid dome]

You want strength with the palarus swords if your doing spell dmg

[jagged oriole]

attune gives % inc

[turbid dome]

25 flat spell dmg + 50 * 4 increased armor

That’s better than 40% increased damage

And like 20 mana

[waxen nymph]

You have others sources of Inc Dmg that are way better

[turbid dome]

By owobyss attunement’s mana amount is bad

[jagged oriole]

btw

why vow of restoration

on hh

feels like that slight hot is less relevant than many of the potential nodes i could take lol

oh also smite

with ignites and more dmg on ignited

confused like we're not doing dot build

[waxen nymph]

Because when you procc HH with Melee, the Upfront Heal is reduced

[turbid dome]

By like 60% or something

[turbid dome]

More dmg vs ignited means you set them on fire then your smites do more hit dmg

[jagged oriole]

hmkay

[jagged oriole]

well yeah but just wondered if the flat fire dmg to attacks might be better

but ig if im scaling spells more maybe not

[turbid dome]

Idk about the math but you are already getting a ton of flat dmg from palarus

I’m assuming sacrifice on smite is taken and maxed out

[jagged oriole]

yea

im tempted about rive

but im alos tempted about the vengeance idea

[jagged oriole]

from them

i think id take attack speed on it

and im guessing when mobs hit you you retaliate which also procs the other stuff

and the blade does

but ill probs start rive

[alpine canopy]

The attack speed on vengeance isn't as worthwhile as iron blades since it's additive with all your other attack speed on gear/passives

but if you were to get any extra skill points, you could go there (but going to get the fire shred would still probably be better)

[turbid dome]

Every hit build should get pen, shred, and armor shred

Frailty on hit is great too for bossing (normally put that on a amulet)

[jagged oriole]

you think the points in forgeguard and the axe throw thing are worth it engi?

[turbid dome]

It’s basically free shred so yeah

[jagged oriole]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/5qez0zn3

similar to vlads

but lightly changed

also one big big question

since i'd have a lot of flat spell

but strenght does still give me flat spell

do i want to slap strenght on every gear piece anyway

do i aim for str attune

do i aim for %inc fire

or even crit

main thing is that strenght gives spell dmg but outside of that it doesnt increase my spells dmg (like %scaling of skills)

also hadnt noticed @waxen nymph was mod lol

[turbid dome]

Just find increased fire dmg from other sources than attunement

[jagged oriole]

(i say that its only 30ish + half my str)

[turbid dome]

It’s a very easy stat to get

[jagged oriole]

well imagining a ring for example

i want fire dmg and strenght? fire dmg and crit?

[alpine canopy]

idk about you guys, but my melee damage is actually non-negligible

[jagged oriole]

im lvl 28 so

[alpine canopy]

stacking str a lot gives it a good amount of % inc, and then I build up attunement which gives my spells % inc and gets me to a more reasonable flat for the melee

maybe not ideal, but it's been working well so far, not a lot of good affix options anyway

[jagged oriole]

so you think the flat spell dmg (like 30ish) is good enough to not need to get more strenght to scale it up?

like i should aim for fire dmg and crit instead of stat for example

[waxen nymph]

This makes me right 100% of the time

[jagged oriole]

man i was confused

you specced 5 points

in blademaster

i've been wondering the whole time why sentinel was 30 points

[waxen nymph]

30% as

[jagged oriole]

hmm

mkay

ima try out ur stuff i think

also

should i get all 30 sentinel points

then get forge guard

then start getting pali stuff

what order u think

probs get spell dmg while shield and valor maxed before taking forge etc

[turbid dome]

30 % as good

Your probably gonna want more flat than 30 + whatever smite base dmg is

[jagged oriole]

so fire dmg + strenght on everything kinda deal?

[turbid dome]

Wait what’s smites added dmg effectiveness

[jagged oriole]

i mean i do have 20% crit chance without any investment

150%

200% for healing hand but healing hand doesnt benefit from spell dmg cuz melee

[turbid dome]

So 30 * 1.5 + base smite dmg

Your probs gonna want more flat from something

[jagged oriole]

100% on holy flame burst

[alpine canopy]

Smite is one of the sentinel spells that has default base damage instead of double base damage

[jagged oriole]

i got no idea what this means

[jagged oriole]

from strenght scaling or something else

[alpine canopy]

It just means its base damage is equivalent to +20 added damage

but a lot of sentinel spells have base damage equivalent to +40

[turbid dome]

I’ll let toast tag in for that question, I normally do void smite so I get a crap ton of flat dmg from vitality

[alpine canopy]

Vlad's version gets it from str scaling and the pally shield nodes

[turbid dome]

vk spells get flat from vitality but don’t get increased from any stat so it’s weird

[alpine canopy]

Yeah, they weird

[alpine canopy]

This is Vlad

[jagged oriole]

so for prefixes i'd just aim for

strenght + fire dmg

ig?

i guess it doesnt hurt to get strenght tho, a bit more dmg on rive and healing hands

and extra armour

[alpine canopy]

Yeah, sounds about right

[jagged oriole]

only thing is like

i could technically just get high roll flat spell dmg

but its also true strenght increases other values too

and tbf idk if u can get flat spell on a sword

[turbid dome]

You can

It’s a prefix called spellblade

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/prefixes/AAwFgnEA

[jagged oriole]

oh okay

[alpine canopy]

Yeah, 1h sword is actually the only item you can roll the plain flat spell dmg affix on

[jagged oriole]

i saw the spell dmg from wands i think

cuz i saw like 50 flat

and i was like oof strenght not good

ig perfect stuff would be spell dmg sealed + strenght and fire dmg

[turbid dome]

For flat spell dmg affixes it’s flat on a sword and I think a leech + flat lightning dmg affix

Basically spells expect you to not have great flat

[alpine canopy]

right, a single palarus will lose out to an actual spellcasting weapon for flat damage, but it procs the smite and gives huge attack speed, so kinda needed

[jagged oriole]

attack speed?

is 1.16 good?

[jagged oriole]

yeah thats fair, shame i cant have 3 prefixes tho lol

[turbid dome]

Basically each smite will be doing less damage than if you have a staff or something

Buut your also smiting like 10 times faster

[alpine canopy]

It's higher than any wand/sceptre, which is a more multiplier. Plus it gives 40% increase speed from your passives

[jagged oriole]

probs would be happy with fire dmg and then either strenght or spell dmg in a slam

[jagged oriole]

oh okay

[turbid dome]

You can get 3 prefixes on an item if you seal one, can’t do that on a unique tho

[jagged oriole]

ive not played builds that really autoed so i didnt know

last build i did was frostblades

and i just click once cut cut cut and move on

[jagged oriole]

yeah thats what i meant

[alpine canopy]

Well, not most uniques anyway 🤓

mero can

[turbid dome]

You used to be able to drop items with 3 regular prefixes but that bug got patched

[jagged oriole]

tho man i cant wait to have access to the shop cuz rn my build feels not possible to get online lmao

[turbid dome]

[jagged oriole]

crap gear and ive been using a unqiue i dropped lvl 2

[turbid dome]

I can go find my ring with 3 prefixes on it later (no sealed affix)

But then I need to open up legacy

😭

[alpine canopy]

Somewhere in legacy I have a coral ring with T7 flat armor or something

lol

[jagged oriole]

did they make nemesis items drop with good stats

so far ive rolled 2 different uniques almost perfect stats

[alpine canopy]

Very lucky

[jagged oriole]

shame its probs worthless tho

man

healing hands movement skill

is so goofy

you'd think some holy tp

nope, CHAAAAARGE

[alpine canopy]

I just use unspecced lunge instead, way better for clearing imo, but useless against bosses

[turbid dome]

It is called a chariot or something

[alpine canopy]

HH traversal isn't bad though, especially since you can give it damage immunity for just 1 point

[turbid dome]

I love the immune node for HH charge

Whereas for bosses lunge needs a unique and 5 points

[jagged oriole]

lunge is booty tho u need a target

[alpine canopy]

Nah, against bosses I just use evade to move out the way and lunge to re-engage

[turbid dome]

The paranoia helmet lets you ground target lunge

[alpine canopy]

when needed, which is not often when using vengeance lol

[jagged oriole]

idk what i should do rn tho, im clearing campaign but it feels kinda hard to start getting my build going lol

like i need to unlock merchants

to get the sword

then i can finnaly swap warpath out

[jagged oriole]

for a whole helmet slot (rough)

[alpine canopy]

build works fine without the sword, but maybe use spell HH and a wand/sceptre or rune/constellation dagger until then

[turbid dome]

Yeah

Lunge is most likely gonna get a full rework tree wise with the next cycles sentinel update

Tho evade is the biggest buff lunge has ever gotten

[jagged oriole]

i guess, idk ill see if i start struggling a lot

should be able to clear kinda far with just warpath ig

i wish i could get boosted quick by another player lol

[turbid dome]

You will do the campaign and you will enjoy it

I do wish there were more alt leveling paths

[jagged oriole]

I just hope by the time I get to mono's I can somehow afford a unique

And some random rare shield

[turbid dome]

More 0lp uniques will be 0 gold on the market

[jagged oriole]

What reputation level do I need anyway

For unique

[turbid dome]

The only 0lps that are expensive will be like world splitter and other end game boss drops

[jagged oriole]

Ah that's true I forgot ppl do that (I dislike it )

Also I dropped a relic while playing

[turbid dome]

Lvl 3 for 0 lp uniques

[jagged oriole]

Like perfect flat hp and 1 off perfect flat armour

Think that's got value ?

[turbid dome]

I got that in the last 4 zones of the campaign

[jagged oriole]

Huh ok

[turbid dome]

On what

[jagged oriole]

Idol

I think the 2 tall one

[turbid dome]

That is nice

[jagged oriole]

Could be a small one

[turbid dome]

But most people want the flat hp and % hp on the 2 tall Lagon one

[jagged oriole]

Hmkay

[turbid dome]

Idk how much their going for now but like first week those idols sell for a ton

[jagged oriole]

I'm gonna go sleep here anyway cuz I worked earlier but hopefully I can get thru campaign after lol. I just hit a5

[turbid dome]

Get some rest

[jagged oriole]

How long has it been since this event began lol. I haven't seen much activity

[turbid dome]

And don’t forget to prep for Lagon’s fight with some cold and lightning rez

[turbid dome]

Whenever this mini cycle started

[jagged oriole]

Press holy aura and pray

[jagged oriole]

Yeah when's that lol

[turbid dome]

Beats my 0% both and rebuking

[turbid dome]

9/19

[jagged oriole]

Oh like a week ago

[jagged oriole]

Your way is more based tbh

[turbid dome]

80% dr + 60% dr is a lot

[jagged oriole]

Been using this since it dropped on the 2nd map of the game btw

Carried solely by warpath flat void

[turbid dome]

[jagged oriole]

Got a 9 str 25 melee dmg one

One day I might get better lol

[turbid dome]

your probs gonna want to swap off that axe sooner than later

[bleak agate]

for what build?

[jagged oriole]

The stuff I'm finding on the ground doesn't seem much better than 50 dmg tho lol

[bleak agate]

I tested the warpath, this is the best one so far

[tawdry quail]

isnt that unique sword best in slot for void knight?

[waxen nymph]

There is not best in slot for a whole class

Dreamthorn is really nice

[jagged oriole]

I'm using the xrappy axe just xuz it does dmg lol it's not something I'm kweping

Keeping

[onyx ember]

anyone using Ravenous void?

[waxen nymph]

Oh its that bug again

[onyx ember]

@waxen nymph a bit more please? )

what's going on with gloves?

testing on HC lmao

not getting void DIT

dot*

also not getting stacks removed

and also have 6 stacks instead of 3 lmao

[waxen nymph]

Not exactely sure but smth with the Mimic Feast not going away and visually stacking

[onyx ember]

wtf xD

tbh can't understand if it's POG or DOG for hc *(

especially with all those bugs lmao

[waxen nymph]

Iirc its only visual

[onyx ember]

just tested - i did not get dot after it procs...

[turbid dome]

apathy's maw is normally better than dreamthorn because you can get two T7 melee void dmg affixes on it (it comes with one, slam a second one on)... plus its an axe so rive gets +1 melee void dmg per vitality with weapons master (a stat vk already wants like 90+ of), plus leech rate (leech over 1.5 seconds instead of 3 seconds), doom stuff and the fact you just kind of end up with a lot of apathy's maws for slamming due to it being a relatively common shade drop

World splitter is also very nice, less flat dmg but it also enables infinite erasing strike bonk

Dreamthorn is still good, but it really needs a fat T7 melee void dmg slam to keep up with a solid exalted weapon, early on its amazing cause its a lvl 15 unique with 40% pen

you can also do a pure physical dmg void knight with a leviathan carver, VK has a lot of options (not even touching on wizard vk)

[cobalt blade]

or use World Splitter for warpath like me and

[turbid dome]

that too

[cobalt blade]

if engi didnt mention it, dont do it

[turbid dome]

I am but one dude

[cobalt blade]

thinking if reduced cost is actually a trap

[hidden dock]

For Avatar of the Spire, is says as long as they don't spiral you double, does that mean orbiting is fine even if branches off the spiral node?

[feral horizon]

wait for some t7 exalted or not?.. hmm..

current ring is 2lp -mana cost and throw atk speed

[onyx ember]

why you even use this unique

no attack speed, no mana cost e.t.c

for good build you need 2x perfect exalted rings

mana regen and cast relics yourself

or no? )

[feral horizon]

that comes from the slam.
I might try x2 exalt rings but i like the unique for now.

I'm not using sigil on the bar no, i use shield rush

hard to find a good exalt on the good/right base lol

semi following something like this btw
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A17yNpKB

[crude matrix]

Paladin, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Sentinel (30) / Void Knight (8) / Forge Guard (8) / Paladin (67)

General:

▸ Health: 4,414, Regen: 36/s
▸ Mana: 254, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 48%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 75 Str / 11 Dex / 12 Int / 1 Att / 10 Vit
▸ Resistances: 111% / 79% / 79% / 87% / 76% / 71% / 87%
▸ EHP: 27,831 / 27,831 / 27,831 / 55,566 / 27,831 / 26,882 / 27,831

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 63%, Threshold: 907
▸ Armor Mitigation: 77% (9,626)
▸ Block Chance: 88%, Mitigation: 57% (2,722)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 5%

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Physical, Void / Spell, Throwing

Buffs:

▸ Holy Aura (Passive)

Used skills:

• Hammer Throw (20)
• Holy Aura (20)
• Volatile Reversal (20)
• Sigils Of Hope (21)
• Smite (20)

Used unique items:

• Blood of the Exile
• Orian's Sun Seal
• Valdyr's Chalice

[feral horizon]

any tips for similar setups? or what did you have in mind?

[alpine canopy]

Orbiting hammers do spiral, they just spiral around you rather than a spot on the ground

[hidden dock]

Yeah I read the tooltip and I figured that was the case, I was just hoping 😦

I'm a throwing damage hammer build so that would have been a nice power spike

[onyx ember]

2X mirror tier rings

[onyx ember]

2x rings with hp+block+mana cost+attack speed+str(fractured)

please be informed i play hc

it may affect a lot

i always want 4x sigil for 100% block

sigil ring is good for 1st day lmao

immo: sigil ring = noob trap. It's very very addicted, but at the end exalted ring with t6block = big big win.. or no? i'm not 100% sure just my "feelings" lmao

[hidden dock]

well remember this cycle only lasts a month

[onyx ember]

if only they reset after month )

i would be so happy if i could play fresh every month. Especially while you can deal with all hc content EXACTLY within 1 month timeline

=*(

[onyx ember]

that's what i got. I am not sure if it's "big" but i even mirrored it. Till now - didn't get better

[turbid dome]

That’s a solid ring, especially so if you’re a vk

[onyx ember]

pala

hammer

[turbid dome]

Still a solid ring imo

[onyx ember]

bleed hammer + some good smite dmg

[misty thistle]

fortune or merchants guild? assuming fortune while im leveling since ill have no currency

sort of a general question but im sentinel for a while anyway

[turbid dome]

Merchants guild is better imo

CoF creates more dopamine rushes with loot explosions but I’d rather just buy the gear my build needs to function for like 5 gold

[misty thistle]

Yeah, the community told me people put stuff for next to nothing on there lol

hopefully i can get some ranks quick cause this 60 melee damage weapon sucks

Ooo, Locket of the forgotten knight, should bump my damage a bit it looks like

[digital surge]

Erasing strike VK is very squishy in early empowered monos

[harsh nova]

more of a do you want to learn other classes to play yours

but trade faction will always be stronger / faster in these games

[tawdry quail]

erasing strike is so OP

you can even one shot mobs with white weapons

[harsh nova]

so close to ignite hammer base >.<

[harsh nova]

😭

[scarlet thistle]

Anyone done much testing with Shield Throw? I'm trying to figure out if Manifest Armor or Ring of Shields is better for the ricochet (to help with the single-target damage).

[turbid dome]

I forget who but someone was trying a shield throw bounce off of animated armor build

Mostly cause the minion would stand next to the big enemy I think? Or the minion would do a spin attack or something whenever the shield bonked it

[digital surge]

Yrah late game with gear it is. But before you get your infinite mana loop its miserable on bosses especially esrly empowered monos

[proud comet]

is sky fall,the note in healing hands where you create/summon a beam from the sky a viable "build" to use,i could'nt figure out how it scaled up with stats:?
(not sure if i should ask this in the ask community section)

[waxen nymph]

I am

You get more bounces on Single Target with RoS

I have been playing ignite so even when it bounces on my shields I get stacks with lava burst

[scarlet thistle]

Oh nice. I'm also working on an ignite build. Is it better to just have the rings follow and hug enemies or is it better to cast at target so you can keep some distance?

[waxen nymph]

For packs I like to stay away, you get more bounces on the mobs
For big chunky boi melee range so I can use VR and get the bounces on my shields

~https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AVym3lPo

That's what I've got rn
Still progressing through regular monos

[fluid gulch]

1st day is a bit misleading. trying to get good exalted rings are hard!

what do you guys think about flayer's pride vs a good exalted shield for bleed hammerdin? trying to get a good slam on one, but it feels like not having a good exalted shield is bad for survivability, unless i can slam 2x exalted block/block effectiveness on it

[meager dew]

I keep dying to rahyeh+harbinger with erasing strike vk at 386c (mostly to the harbinger, rahyeh is only dangerous if he combos multiple abilities), is there some trick to it? some abilities 1 shot me (and almost all 2 shot), and sometimes using erasing strike just once is enough to eat a hit (cannot move away in time).

[jagged oriole]

casting sigils against bosses

kinda suck

[meager dew]

fighting some bosses kinda sucks 🙂

[jagged oriole]

man im happy i got a palarus in harbi

wont need to reach merchants guild to actually get what i wanted

[tacit zealot]

There is an insta cast node in sigil tree though

[digital surge]

Torment lock feels like ez mode compared to my VK. Erasing / Void Cleave VK only seems good at top gear lvls. Before that it feels bad.

[chilly peak]

Perfectly fine to take an exalt. Falyers is a huge dps boost, but climbing corr usually your dmg should be less problem on this build, then sustain is.

[meager dew]

I do have decent gear on the vk, can comfortably do 450-500c echoes, the problem comes with some bosses. I ended up lowering the corruption to 290 so I can kill the harbinger easily, not sure how bad that is considering boss loot/favor
I haven't played my torment lock for some time, but sure, when I started playing 1.1, I had little problems clearing all harbingers
the problems I have with the es vk on the rahyeh harbinger (and other bosses in general where I have problems) is that sometimes I start casting an erasing strike, one of the big aoes shows up an instant after that, and I cannot even leave the danger zone with void cleave (also, if they just chain aoes and the whole arena becomes a big death zone with overlapping sh!t and few safe spots)

[digital surge]

Also the fact its a HP build and wwrlocks have ward which is an OP as heck survivability tool

My wsrlock was running around with 8-10k ward which regenned super fast.

[fluid gulch]

And my goal with shield is to find block/block effectiveness, armor and HP right?

[meager dew]

I stopped playing the warlock when I got 1 hit by covenant of dominion (easy 8-10k damage on the death screen, I noticed only later that it can 1 hit any of my characters), and tried and failed on aberroth a couple of times
I only have like 3.8k ward when standing still, and when running and casting it is around 7-8k, so I have worse gear than you, and the ward is not regenerated super fast, only during ideal circumstances, (= to get to the 7-8k, I need to cast several spells and not get heavily damaged in the meantime)
I got some pieces with extra necro res when playing other characters, so I might go back and check how the lock performs
so far, I found the static orb sorcerer the best in 1.1, but it has some problems and I hit a gearing plateau with it, so I just went and played other builds
the erasing strike vk is brilliant for echoes though, very relaxed to play

[chilly peak]

For the prefix it is quite set in stone, yes.

For the suffixes you have room for what you need. I personally would take "reduced dmg taken on block" over HP.
For the 4th and the sealed you are quite flexible, I loved to seal armor and take all-res as T5, but take what you need there.

[fluid gulch]

I'm pretty set with res, but my block, block effectiveness, bonus dmg from crit and hp still feels low. Here's my planner: https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BO7Vv0wB

What do you think are the improvements I should be aiming for in my build to clear aberroth?

[crude matrix]

Paladin, Level 97

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Sentinel (30) / Void Knight (8) / Forge Guard (6) / Paladin (66)

General:

▸ Health: 2,579, Regen: 26.88/s
▸ Mana: 256.7, Regen: 10.56/s
▸ Ward Retention: 96%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 40 Str / 10 Dex / 24 Int / 3 Att / 22 Vit
▸ Resistances: 106% / 78% / 78% / 66% / 80% / 115% / 125%
▸ EHP: 7,801 / 7,801 / 7,801 / 10,982 / 7,801 / 7,801 / 7,801

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 53%, Threshold: 596
▸ Armor Mitigation: 64% (4,973)
▸ Block Chance: 43%, Mitigation: 37% (1,083)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 5%

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Physical, Void / Spell, Throwing

Buffs:

▸ Holy Aura (Passive)

Used skills:

• Sigils Of Hope (22)
• Holy Aura (20)
• Smite (20)
• Hammer Throw (21)
• Volatile Reversal (20)

Used unique items:

• Flayer's Pride
• Thorn Slinger
• Blood of the Exile
• Orian's Sun Seal
• Bleeding Heart
• Valdyr's Chalice

[fluid gulch]

I am trying to get a good ring, amulet, after which, probably better boots and shield.

[chilly peak]

I did my first Abberoth kills with the same build last season, but hard to say how far I was when I first approached him.

Your char looks nice, but there is room for easy improvement on almost any slot, more on the exalts imo.

Currently your weakest slots are probably the Idols.

Btw I don't see a single faction item, did you choose CoF or MG?

From the EHP side, I'd want to push that to at least 10, rather 12-14k (non-ele).

The dmg part of this build is tricky, but I guess you should be already at a point where Abby should not be the problem. I'd rather try to push defense now, while trying not to give up any (or too much) offense

[small rivet]

I dont know much about Paladins, but is this item worth building a paladin around?

[chilly peak]

Ah I see something in your skills, for this build I would go for this one in smite. Smite is only a support skill in this build and does neglectable damage

[jagged oriole]

Yeah yeah ik but tbf it's 3 points and has a 1 sec cd

[jagged oriole]

Gyatt damn

[chilly peak]

@fluid gulch

[tacit zealot]

sigil duration in idols

[jagged oriole]

I haven't used judgement so harder to tell personally but probably can make something happen lol

[jagged oriole]

Yeah maybe. Probs fixable eventually

Also turtle

The forge guard throwing shred node

Do you think I should get it before I get further in Pali skills

Or should it be more like lvl 50-80 I get throwing stuff as I'm doing monoliths

[fluid gulch]

Thanks for that! Yes I have CoF, not sure why it doesn't show on the planner

Looks like maybe I can rejig my skills a little, and then work on my items slowly. I haven't had much luck with my exalts

Then again it's only a week old so I think this is not bad for a weeks work haha

I still haven't cleared Abby yet. Had my first swing at him and got one hit by the overhead smash lol

[chilly peak]

You can't tank that even with 5x times the EHP, tested that for you 🙂

In the end Abby is a lot about mechanics and practice.

[digital surge]

I enjoy it running through monos but boy does it feel painful on bosses without the infinite void well loop.

[fluid gulch]

Guessed as much haha. That was my first try on Abby, so I'll give him a swing later next week

[chilly peak]

GL mate!

[fluid gulch]

Gonna work on my items a little

Gonna try to hit 100 and do favor/beacon farming, then some prophecies and try again

[fluid gulch]

Was rereading this and realized I didn't ask, but what improvements should I aim for with my idols? Less DPS and more defensive?

[chilly peak]

It is hard to get "perfect" idols, don't get me wrong. But you often have just one of your desired stats (I assume) and ofc having 2 usefull stats would help a bit.

F.e. one of your large Idols has (one of) the perfect combination of Bleed duration/phys dot dmg, but the other has "void rift on kill" prefix. Here lies a "free" ~25% Bleed duration.

Same goes for your Adorned ones, all have a nice suffix (tho here is several nice ones), but 2 have a useless prefix and the smite-on-hit is very low.

Here's some nice room for improvement imo. Also you can easily go for some more defensive suffix if you feel a dmg vs sustain trade would be worth at the moment

[fluid gulch]

Right right so less of replacement more of finding the perfect pieces

So it feels like it's more of min maxing for all useful lines for now

[jagged oriole]

@turbid dome you up^

?

im realizing now i got like no reduced dmg from crit if i take peak, should i just get it on shield hmm

[cobalt blade]

first empower.. dont know what to feel

[waxen nymph]

Damn!

[cobalt blade]

nth on second empower... eppppp

guess i still have to go thru eternity cache

[cobalt blade]

funny I cant use it as twink gear for future alt cuz lv requirement 85

[jagged oriole]

i managed to get a palarus with 1 lp from a harbi before getting to a9 so im happy

tho got nothing good to slam in it

[cobalt blade]

palarus's LPL is kinda low so its very high chance to get higher LP

you can get a better palarus later

[jagged oriole]

mhm im sure

also i get the temporal key on act 9 lmao

rip

no skips for me

so far even in a9 with crap gear smite self dmg isnt too bad even with just one point

[jagged oriole]

im setting up fake items in my planner just to get an idea of what i wanna roll

but idk if i should get the fire dmg and ignire duration mod o

or healing hands level

or just attunement

is there a way to know if like t5 str or t5 fire dmg will increase my dps more?

relics can roll so many different things

[cobalt blade]

I like to know as well, afaik per STR increase dmg by 4% for skills scalling with str and is in the same bucket with all other % increase dmg (additive).

In this case, the t5 fire damage % will probably be way higher but str also grant 4% armor. So, if you want both defensive or offensive stat, you can go STR? better if u can double dip STR with other things like skill or for red ring 🤔

appreciate some opinions on this topic

[jagged oriole]

mhm wish we have path of building for this game lol, also crit chance feels like a bait sometimes, like i get 20% from peak of the mountain and i get 60% inc and thats just a 2% change lol

[cobalt blade]

Big OUCH coming from Eternity Cache

[jagged oriole]

is this the new OP weapon lol

[cobalt blade]

the required legendary for manastacking builds

especially Erasing Strike

but i use it for warpath 🥲

[jagged oriole]

hm okay

i hope i weont regret my build later on lol

rn it feels decent tho with the sword

tho having to cast sigils is sadge

also ngl kinda cant wait to redo my filter cuz damn the auto filters are bad

[cobalt blade]

this is whr we get sun seal :>. It is also one of the new unique this cycle

[jagged oriole]

like better than nothing but bad

[jagged oriole]

understandable, must be pricey or rare tho

i might be down to put one of those on instead of a regular ring ngl

all good stats too

[cobalt blade]

in my experience, my orian's only stacks 3 sigils if i idle

i cant get it to perma stack 5 sigils

[jagged oriole]

well

its mostly abouyt like

[cobalt blade]

probably to do with if u have enough points for the sigil duration in the skill tree itself and if u get enough seconds from the unique

[jagged oriole]

not having to press as much in bossing

cuz u get them on kill

[cobalt blade]

and if u have > half mana when it trigger

[jagged oriole]

so far

with palarus

even auto smite and auto healing hand

im almost always full mana

cuz of time and faith

[cobalt blade]

👍🏻

[jagged oriole]

i might legit unspec mana reduction cost nodes on healing hand

how much is that ring so far

also when u press holy aura does it double every other like "holy aura gives u and allies X% crit chance" nodes

or just the base holy aura effects

[cobalt blade]

Not sure. Not in MG

[cobalt blade]

Yes, except some nodes that say "active"

[jagged oriole]

wait seriously?

so fanatism doesnt give 9% attack speed it gives 18% when i press the button?

[cobalt blade]

Yea, i asked about it b4 #🔱┃sentinel message

[jagged oriole]

oh okay

btw whats the best way to up rep in market QQ

[cobalt blade]

I know peepo mass list item for that 👀. So prolly set em 0 gold, sell fast and list more? I am not in MG so not an expert

[jagged oriole]

idk id feel bad dumping crappy rares on market lol

[jagged oriole]

i dont understand how block works

45% chance to block with 700 effectiveness

and if i let a bunch of mobs hit me i lose a lot of hp nonetheless

i even got 2500 armour

[cobalt blade]

https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/block

of course non-physical dmg block is less effective

Also block dont work on dot

Block is another form of DR

[alpine canopy]

That's only a thing for armor, block works equally well on all hits

[turbid dome]

Whoever pinged me twice, uhh my power is still out so I have no idea when those pings are

[turbid dome]

700 block effectiveness is very low

The easiest way to boost that up is get some of the 2 by 2 idols that can get like 400 block effectiveness on them

[jagged oriole]

Prohbs me earlier

[jagged oriole]

Wasn't it reducing the dmg 1 by 1

So I should take 0 dmg from blocked hits pmuch

[turbid dome]

Your 700 block effectiveness gives you a %dr on block

I normally aim for between 2k and 3k block effectiveness

But capping block chance with a lower block effectiveness is better imo

Rather have consistent defense

[jagged oriole]

Hm okay. Tbf this is coming out of campaign

[turbid dome]

If your merchants see if you can grab a 2 by 2 with block effectiveness on the market

The character page should show dr on block

[jagged oriole]

I need to get access to idol market first qq

But yeah I'll look at merchant. I don't even know what idols I'll use cuz I got a lot of res already

Like probs won't need all my suffixes to be res so opens up other stuff

[turbid dome]

Block effectiveness is good, double health Lagon idols are good

There’s some build enabling idols

[jagged oriole]

theres the throwing hit casting smite thing but my only throwing is the auto axe so eh

[turbid dome]

That’s nice if you have shred or something on smite

[jagged oriole]

i think devotion is probs a free pick as well

since im kinda always pressing attacks

dont really have much downtime

[jagged oriole]

i got the auto shred thing

on axe

from 15 points in forge

[turbid dome]

Free smites is free smites but yeah if your not hugely invested into it probs a mid idol

[jagged oriole]

i might want sigils of hope duration with the ring

but thats gonna be a test when i do get the ring

to find the perfect auto cast setup

also is there any clear way to check for idol nodes

im trying last epoch tools but its working like crap

[turbid dome]

Look at the echos around you?

[jagged oriole]

huh?

echos around me?

also first monolith map i get the acolyte +1 skill relic lol

[turbid dome]

It goes monos -> timeline -> echos

Each lil map is an echo

Do enough and do the timeline quests

Kill the timeline boss and you can move onto the next

[jagged oriole]

yeah i know?

i was asking about idol mods lol

like

to see sentinel only idol mods etc

[turbid dome]

Oh

There should be a loot filter option for that

[cobalt blade]

Engiiii! Toast!!!

[cobalt blade]

Damn that toast face

[turbid dome]

Where tf is Engi that guy owes me sleep

[cobalt blade]

Did you manage to find light in the void

power is back?

[turbid dome]

power just came back

so I'm no longer vibing at a Dunkin'

[cobalt blade]

dunkin donut?

[turbid dome]

everyone called them Dunkin' -> they changed their company name to Dunkin' -> everyone calls them Dunks now

their meal deal is weirdly good

coffee, sandwich and a hashbrown for 6$

[cobalt blade]

we dont have dunkin in Asia

[turbid dome]

o7

[cobalt blade]

hopefully they dont call themselves dung

there is hashbrown in a donut chain?

wat

bruh

[turbid dome]

lol

they do a lot of stuff

they started off doing just doughnuts and coffee but then expanded to all breakfast food stuffs

[cobalt blade]

it is always depicted the cop's place

[turbid dome]

I normally get the sourdough sandwich, which does actually look like the picture from their website

[turbid dome]

I live in new england, its everyones place

theres a dunkin every 10 feet

you may but its true

I'll use boston as an example

[cobalt blade]

anyway, any input on this?

[cobalt blade]

bruh this looks like plague inc.

[turbid dome]

stuff like this happens a lot

New England is addicted to Dunks and I'm all for it

[cobalt blade]

omg

[alpine canopy]

In some places, they are called Dunkin' Coffee

[turbid dome]

true

[alpine canopy]

What is this, a Mattress Firm money laundering situation? 😂

[turbid dome]

people love dunkin'

[cobalt blade]

[turbid dome]

did I get too off topic

[quick geyser]

Hey there, I love Dunkin' but can we move the topic to #📚┃off-topic please? It doesn't really have to do with the Sentinel class.

[turbid dome]

thats fair ❤️

[cobalt blade]

come Engi

[turbid dome]

strength is good because other than what you said means you don't need increased armor on your idols

[alpine canopy]

Yes and no. Really it just follows the scaling on the skill tooltip, which is usually 4% inc per str, but may not always be.

[cobalt blade]

only factor i can think of if there is node that grants extra dmg per 2 STR or something

[turbid dome]

only stat I'm mostly against stacking is attunement (without something else from attunement)

[slow plaza]

dunkin donuts sponsors Forge Guard

[turbid dome]

+2 mana per attunement and nothing else is mid if your don't have extra scaling from it

[cobalt blade]

yea, it is been a while

[turbid dome]

basically if you dont get skill scaling or something like FG's dot defense based on attunement I'd avoid it entirely

if you need mana just get like one mana affix

tbh it would be nice if you got a boost to your base mana regen for every like 25 attunement (like +0.5 base mana regen per 25 attunement)

[cobalt blade]

yea attunement by itself doesnt offer much. Some passive mana regen is pretty helpful considering you dont get much mana regen elsewhere and it is constantly competiting with other higher priority affixes when crafting

[alpine canopy]

Same goes for every one imo, str and int just have passive effects that are close to being worthwhile on their own

[turbid dome]

strength, dex, int have ok effects by themselves imo

vitality has an amazing effect by itself (especially cause its a prefix)

[pearl prawn]

is the echo knight node broken? i'm only level 14 and i've taken the node to create echos during warpath and i've been playing for 15min and not one single echo and yes i'm spinning constantly longer than 2 sec and travelling.

[turbid dome]

have you taken the void knight mastery yet

you need to be a void knight for that node to do anything benefit from anything with echos

[pearl prawn]

that'll be it, was not aware ,ty

[turbid dome]

no problemo, if something isn't working the way you think it is, feel free to ask in here, recheck the fine print on the skill/node or look at the game guide

[pearl prawn]

So it is working now, but the echos left behind from warpath do exactly ZERO damage... lovely.

[turbid dome]

its bugged and the echo's dmg is tied to you

so with an echo your spin does double damage

[pearl prawn]

not ideal but okay, ty

[turbid dome]

Code is weird

[alpine canopy]

yeh, it's a new bug from the latest patch
it's serious enough it might get fixed soon-ish, or by 1.2 at the latest hopeully

[turbid dome]

I kinda hope they add a node that emulates the bugs behavior

A warpath conga line is cool

[alpine canopy]

I really just want the warpath node that pulls enemies toward you to come back lol

[turbid dome]

True

[quiet hearth]

No, I love EHG but I do NOT trust them with anything that involves forced movement and collision

[turbid dome]

There goes my areomancy skill suggestions

[jagged oriole]

random first mono drop, absolutely goated for a first character

with giga high forging pot

(sadly i cant upgrade them more lol)

[quiet hearth]

not quad t7s, garbage /s

[alpine canopy]

We have it in plenty of places already and it works fine

the Emporer of Corpses fight even seems totally fine nowadays

[quiet hearth]

It doesnt lol, theyve been fighting with it for years, and it's not, last time I fought him between his sliding and me getting stuck in him when he did

It's definitely better but still gotta work on that

[alpine canopy]

I haven't had any serious issues with it recently

[quiet hearth]

Rampage is still utterly unusable over long periods

I will concede it's at least playable, I dont see as much rubber banding as I used to, or just getting rooted

[alpine canopy]

anyway, that one encounter aside, I don't think there are any other issues with pull abilities in the game (and I'm not sure pull abilities even apply to EoC)

[turbid dome]

If they can it shouldn’t pull him

He’s a big boi

[quiet hearth]

Too big at this point, that ring is still too big if you're melee

But issues are a part of life, I cant think of anything that is a major issue that is widespread anymore

[misty thistle]

My dps is so low i cant even kill masaja lol. I can get weapons from the bazaar though. Any recommendations?

[alpine canopy]

What level/build are you running? If your phys res isn't up very high, that could be one thing making the fight way harder than it needs to be

[misty thistle]

I'm surviving ok but it seems the fight is just taking way too long, some random crits are hitting me for like 1.2k

ill check

[jagged oriole]

first item im listing and its a armour life idol with 1 off perfect life

yall think its gonna sell for 1.5m?

[misty thistle]

56, running warpath/cleave build, phys res is...

36

[alpine canopy]

Just upgrading your weapon will probably help a good bit, but also crafting some phys res on your gear where you can will help quite a bit (I'm assuming phase 2 is where you are having trouble)

[misty thistle]

is there somewhere i can go farm favour to get stuff from bazaar?

and yeah spike damage in p2

[alpine canopy]

Yeah, you can always go straight to the post-campaign stuff by going to the End of Time and walking out the right side gate

it starts out easier than Majasa

might even get gear upgrades there fairly quick

[misty thistle]

got to 50% phys so ill give it another bash thanks

absolutely slapped her there. I think i was so used to just holding warpath through entire zones and getting really comfortable not using my abilities that are core to my build for fighting bosss

actually used them properly and she was a joke haha

[misty thistle]

What would you recommend weapon wise? I'm using such trash right now

literally just threw this on and forgot to even add another prefix lol

[alpine canopy]

Hah, nice!

[misty thistle]

I didn't notice a 2h sword at 60 melee base with void on it doing more, this seemed to do more with the implicit bleed

[alpine canopy]

If you're a VK, possibly the unique Dreamthorn works, otherwise just keep replacing the one you have with whatever you can find with more dps

[misty thistle]

Yeah, and ideally missing a prefix - add void

when i find a nice one

[gusty abyss]

1 amulet divided over 2, second one pretty solid 😄

[misty thistle]

Ah nice, these are just diablo rifts basically

thats cool

but with more added mods like poe

Dang, 107 melee mace with void.... that is painful haha

cant use void cleave

[misty thistle]

Worth grabbing a dreamthorn you think for like 1260 favour or keep saving?

[alpine canopy]

It very well might be, the void pen it gives is pretty serious, usually enough to last for a while at least. 1k favor will feel like nothing before long anyway

[misty thistle]

Yeah, grabbed that and titan chest

much beefier and more dps

with dream

[feral horizon]

😦

[turbid dome]

🫂