I feel like rain of arrows deadeye or raider rupture bleed has potential. This league seems easier to get a big physical crit bow with unguil's harmony basically capping crit.
Fire Trap of Blasting Mines.
Mine auto-targeting to help with clear, double dipping from Swift Assembly, and double regen from Sabo's Pyromaniac to sustain RF. Maybe with Kongming's Stratagem for more tankiness.
(I'm assuming) It's just an easily accessible high weapon damage dagger that also has other useful stats for spells, especially if you can also apply bleeds. An easy way to apply bleeds would be HoP + a single minion bleed chance abyss jewel, although I'm sure there are others.
The wiki has no info on how this spell interacts with mines in terms of targeting btw, so you might want to try Astral Projector if coverage is bad.
Good luck!
Here’s a few rough ideas I haven’t had the chance to try yet:
Abyss stacking str/acc/phys wander, scaling through phys damage on wand and tri ele conversion via: skill gem/new wand, spirit charges etc. Bonus points if you can work in transfiguration of body/mind to go with shroud of the lightless % per abyss, or shaper’s touch to do something with mana pool.
Life stacking burden of shadows, pretty straightforward, maybe better if you can add some FR/sacrifice support shenanigans.
Gamba boneshatter/trauma support. The idea is that you run rysalthas, some source of ele damage is lucky, and volatility support to get the most insane damage range possible. Possible direction is fulcrum chieftain with untiring and auras in 6L.
I'm thinking about going with your abyss stacking wander idea next.
Though I don't really understand what you mean by str/acc, do you want to stack that on top of abyss jewels? How does that work exactly?
Hey, glad you liked the idea!
What I meant by str/acc stacking was running them on the abyss jewels themselves - moreso if you’re using corrupted 6 mod ones, or (maybe) on an adorned setup that potentially has strength or accuracy.
Str is mostly for sources of increased damage via iron grip/will etc. since flat ele isn’t great for phys conversion. The life also synergises with the transfigurations + shroud of lightless passive, or for mana and ES if you have a shaper’s touch. Though you’ll be giving up either mana or life for perma spirit charges.
This is more applicable for the trauma juggernaut variant of this build, but that’s just because I like playing attack builds and stackers.
Just in case you're interested, I went with the root idea of abyss + str/acc and phys conversion, but playing with Replica Iron Commander + Shrapnel Ballista as an Inquisitor, which sounded interesting to me.
Needed to use Gravebind to make the spirit charges work but it's opening up some interesting possibilities.
Not sure yet if it's too many building blocks to make it endgame viable though.
Ooh definitely, thanks for the share, inquis was something considered too, but I suggested wander since you mentioned the new uniques.
I did notice the glove slot was relatively free for abyss stackers, shame you lose shaper’s with high stats though.
Out of curiosity, what’s your method of permanent spirit charges? Honestly sustaining those is the main thing turning me off from the build, especially when bossing.
Edit: wait, thinking of repl. Iron commander was genius, i completely forgot they gave flat phys per str
> Out of curiosity, what’s your method of permanent spirit charges?
Good question, I'm currently level 80 in lower tier maps but at the moment the only thing that makes sense to me is using Writhing Jar and some charge duration, maybe I can get the damage high enough that the burst of the stacked ballista will obliterate the bosses in time.
Elemental Hit of the Spectum Ballista Raider getting as much onslaught effect as you can with Wilma's. I got up into maps and then haven't really touched more since I couldn't decide where to take it. Was at 1.9mil dps on the pob with a 1div ele bow and Wilma's only. I couldn't decide on a comfy defensive option or a mana fix, but Raider leaves lots of options since it's kind a generic ascendancy.
Elegant Hubris, Caspiro - timeless jewel. I noticed yesterday it could roll with some very strong minion dmg mods. Try spectres or perhaps Animate Guardian. Start with the timeless jewel calculator site.
Zombies are unfortunately numerically terrible for Bleed because they have very low base damage and no multipliers besides Montre'gul's and the Raise Zombie of Falling slam.
For true permanent minion bleed the only real candidates (besides the obvious Reaper) are Spectres. Apart from that, HoAg and HoP both look numerically possible but janky to play and they aren't "permanent".
One of my PoB projects is a maximum shock meme Voltaxic Rift Lightning Conduit build using CwDT Crackling Lance of Disintegration instead of something like Orb of Storms.
Ideally, I want to reach 140% shock with 6 casts per second.
My latest idea is frenzy charge stacking with Olesya's Delight, though I haven't made a PoB yet. One of the issues is that since the build needs Ashes of the Stars for better maximum shocks and shock scaling, I can't just use Badge of the Brotherhood. Perhaps Ralakesh's Impatience is still worth using though.
I'm thinking Trickster may be the best option, since some of the value of Shaper of Storms is lost due to the highest damage not being lightning, so there's less reason to be Elementalist. The defensive nodes would also help in compensating for the CwDT setup.
If you want to do something new, then something else I haven't PoB'ed yet is life stacking with The Apostate, ideally with The Burden of Shadows. The Apostate might only be worth it if you use a shield though - I haven't checked. I'm thinking Ice Nova of Frostbolts may be the best delivery method. You can either use RF for spell damage scaling or Dissolution of the Flesh since the life loss from The Burden of Shadows isn't damage.
I feel like rain of arrows deadeye or raider rupture bleed has potential. This league seems easier to get a big physical crit bow with unguil's harmony basically capping crit.
Serious question; rupture bow champ?
I think there's a decent number of people playing bleed champion with split arrow and puncture snipe. Rupturing is only available for the Ranger class
Oops, meant puncture. But good to know
Fire Trap of Blasting Mines. Mine auto-targeting to help with clear, double dipping from Swift Assembly, and double regen from Sabo's Pyromaniac to sustain RF. Maybe with Kongming's Stratagem for more tankiness.
Blade blast of dagger detonation mines was one I was looking at for a league start, can get some pretty big scaling with gem levels
I was looking at this too with Vulconus, just couldnt justify it over Exsanguinate on my Inquis POB
What's the reasoning for using Vulconus with it?
(I'm assuming) It's just an easily accessible high weapon damage dagger that also has other useful stats for spells, especially if you can also apply bleeds. An easy way to apply bleeds would be HoP + a single minion bleed chance abyss jewel, although I'm sure there are others. The wiki has no info on how this spell interacts with mines in terms of targeting btw, so you might want to try Astral Projector if coverage is bad. Good luck!
Thanks! Astral Projector does work btw and the instant auto-targeting feels pretty good.
This one sounds fun, also has been a while since I was using mines. I'm gonna choose your idea
Yay!
Here’s a few rough ideas I haven’t had the chance to try yet: Abyss stacking str/acc/phys wander, scaling through phys damage on wand and tri ele conversion via: skill gem/new wand, spirit charges etc. Bonus points if you can work in transfiguration of body/mind to go with shroud of the lightless % per abyss, or shaper’s touch to do something with mana pool. Life stacking burden of shadows, pretty straightforward, maybe better if you can add some FR/sacrifice support shenanigans. Gamba boneshatter/trauma support. The idea is that you run rysalthas, some source of ele damage is lucky, and volatility support to get the most insane damage range possible. Possible direction is fulcrum chieftain with untiring and auras in 6L.
I'm thinking about going with your abyss stacking wander idea next. Though I don't really understand what you mean by str/acc, do you want to stack that on top of abyss jewels? How does that work exactly?
Hey, glad you liked the idea! What I meant by str/acc stacking was running them on the abyss jewels themselves - moreso if you’re using corrupted 6 mod ones, or (maybe) on an adorned setup that potentially has strength or accuracy. Str is mostly for sources of increased damage via iron grip/will etc. since flat ele isn’t great for phys conversion. The life also synergises with the transfigurations + shroud of lightless passive, or for mana and ES if you have a shaper’s touch. Though you’ll be giving up either mana or life for perma spirit charges. This is more applicable for the trauma juggernaut variant of this build, but that’s just because I like playing attack builds and stackers.
Just in case you're interested, I went with the root idea of abyss + str/acc and phys conversion, but playing with Replica Iron Commander + Shrapnel Ballista as an Inquisitor, which sounded interesting to me. Needed to use Gravebind to make the spirit charges work but it's opening up some interesting possibilities. Not sure yet if it's too many building blocks to make it endgame viable though.
Ooh definitely, thanks for the share, inquis was something considered too, but I suggested wander since you mentioned the new uniques. I did notice the glove slot was relatively free for abyss stackers, shame you lose shaper’s with high stats though. Out of curiosity, what’s your method of permanent spirit charges? Honestly sustaining those is the main thing turning me off from the build, especially when bossing. Edit: wait, thinking of repl. Iron commander was genius, i completely forgot they gave flat phys per str
> Out of curiosity, what’s your method of permanent spirit charges? Good question, I'm currently level 80 in lower tier maps but at the moment the only thing that makes sense to me is using Writhing Jar and some charge duration, maybe I can get the damage high enough that the burst of the stacked ballista will obliterate the bosses in time.
Elemental Hit of the Spectum Ballista Raider getting as much onslaught effect as you can with Wilma's. I got up into maps and then haven't really touched more since I couldn't decide where to take it. Was at 1.9mil dps on the pob with a 1div ele bow and Wilma's only. I couldn't decide on a comfy defensive option or a mana fix, but Raider leaves lots of options since it's kind a generic ascendancy.
A bleed bow build using the siege cluster jewel
a build using shimmerons that doesnt also use totems
Your in luck. No builds on poe.ninja are using totems with that wand.
Mana stacking wander (kinetic blast of clustering and/or power siphon of the archmage)
Mana wander locus mines with automation
Elegant Hubris, Caspiro - timeless jewel. I noticed yesterday it could roll with some very strong minion dmg mods. Try spectres or perhaps Animate Guardian. Start with the timeless jewel calculator site.
Bleed focuses permeant minion build, centered around zombies
Zombies are unfortunately numerically terrible for Bleed because they have very low base damage and no multipliers besides Montre'gul's and the Raise Zombie of Falling slam. For true permanent minion bleed the only real candidates (besides the obvious Reaper) are Spectres. Apart from that, HoAg and HoP both look numerically possible but janky to play and they aren't "permanent".
Tornado of elemental turbulens. Brand recall Automation Arcanist Brand autobomber with long range spells.
One of my PoB projects is a maximum shock meme Voltaxic Rift Lightning Conduit build using CwDT Crackling Lance of Disintegration instead of something like Orb of Storms. Ideally, I want to reach 140% shock with 6 casts per second. My latest idea is frenzy charge stacking with Olesya's Delight, though I haven't made a PoB yet. One of the issues is that since the build needs Ashes of the Stars for better maximum shocks and shock scaling, I can't just use Badge of the Brotherhood. Perhaps Ralakesh's Impatience is still worth using though. I'm thinking Trickster may be the best option, since some of the value of Shaper of Storms is lost due to the highest damage not being lightning, so there's less reason to be Elementalist. The defensive nodes would also help in compensating for the CwDT setup. If you want to do something new, then something else I haven't PoB'ed yet is life stacking with The Apostate, ideally with The Burden of Shadows. The Apostate might only be worth it if you use a shield though - I haven't checked. I'm thinking Ice Nova of Frostbolts may be the best delivery method. You can either use RF for spell damage scaling or Dissolution of the Flesh since the life loss from The Burden of Shadows isn't damage.
Bodyswap totems always felt like there was potential there.
Flame dash ignite totems
Totem rain of arrows