[3.24] 🗡The Nightblade🗡Nightshade Tincture | Incorporeal | New demo video up

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rahsaan wrote:

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Xafia wrote:

Great guide made me want to try the shadow class, I'm completely brand new to POE and trying to get my head around it all still!?!. I'm really struggling with what to use as I level or is it not that important pre BF? any tips on items/gems or anything is shouldn't miss out on would be appreciated

Before BF, I have used Cobra Lash with Void Manipulation support. + Unbound Ailment if you can get a 3-link.
Withering Steps and Contagion.
Dash or Whirling Blades for movement.

Here is my PoB at level 30 : https://pastebin.com/8k6ZWqnc

Check the "League start" section for more tips.
Gl & hf

Thanks very much VERY helpful and thanks for the swift response!

Sorry mate, but i dont understand nothing or your builds, on 1 side on your pastebin, you have cold snap, on your build doesnt have. And have capped to lvl 7. Why capped to level 7? and why have cold on this build? So what build finnally i need to follow? The tree i doesnt have problems, i have problems with the build of pastebin or your build on your profile. I read the message, you are updating, but not mention nothing. So what build i need to do? gems, lvls gems, etc. You can explain me please? i aprreciate it your help. Sorry but its so much confused, for me.

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ICrysysI wrote:

Sorry mate, but i dont understand nothing or your builds, on 1 side on your pastebin, you have cold snap, on your build doesnt have. And have capped to lvl 7. Why capped to level 7?

Cold Snap is a secondary defensive mechanism that I use with Cast When Damage Taken.
I want it to proc all the time. So I keep CwDT at level 1. And then, Cold Snap cannot be higher than level 7, otherwise it won't proc.
I'll try to include it in all versions of pastebin and builds.

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ICrysysI wrote:

and why have cold on this build?

Getting some cold dmg on the Blade Flurry is important to freeze some enemies like the Porcupines. It prevents them from exploding.

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ICrysysI wrote:

So what build finnally i need to follow? The tree i doesnt have problems, i have problems with the build of pastebin or your build on your profile. I read the message, you are updating, but not mention nothing. So what build i need to do? gems, lvls gems, etc. You can explain me please? i aprreciate it your help. Sorry but its so much confused, for me.

There is the 3.8 version of the build, that takes lot of nodes in the Duelist region and that uses Aspect of the Cat. This is the one I've done in Blight.

Then, there is this new 3.9 version I'm still testing, that uses Mind Over Matter and now goes in the Witch region of the tree, and up to the Templar.

Safest option is to follow the 3.8 version for the moment : it's reliable and I won't change it anymore
Poeplanner : www.poeurl.com/cEdW
PoB : https://pastebin.com/edkasVhG

not sure if this has been asked before but why do we need fortify on the helmet when we already have it with blade flurry on the chest piece?

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Jabeit wrote:

not sure if this has been asked before but why do we need fortify on the helmet when we already have it with blade flurry on the chest piece?

True, it dates back from when I wasn't using it on BF. Now this is just extra safety while mapping.
I don't see any other support to replace it atm.

It could be a spot for a Warcry or a Guard skill.
Or we could put WB on a 3L, and use the 4L for a secondary attack skill ?

A fantastic guide, thank you for this.

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Cutsman wrote:

A fantastic guide, thank you for this.

Well tyvm, glad you like it :)

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9hrs into the league and I've just killed Kitava.
In act 5, that is :D

An I've forgotten to do... the trials and the Labs.
By the dirty pants of Einhar, what a chore !
Can't wait for 4.0 when they rework this whole system of Labyrinth. It was nice when it was added but now, it feels so slow and outdated.

Talking about 4.0, I start to think of the different 6L we'll be able to use then.
In addition to BF, I'll add my 2nd favorite skill, Charged Dash.
I'm already using it in this League ! It's for fun mostly, but it's also useful against bosses and Metamorphs. Channel while the fat guy prepares his big slam and release to jump behind him and dodge the fatal blow.
Also nice to clear some packs. Add some cold dmg to freeze and shatter them.

Here are some PoB (solo self-found stuff) :
Level 30, act 3, the Docks : https://pastebin.com/8k6ZWqnc
Level 43, act 4, Malachai : https://pastebin.com/gCjQFHTp
Level 49, act 5, Kitava : https://pastebin.com/BCpAieL1 -as you can see, I'm beginning the travel west to MoM

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Here are some advice for the first 5 acts, that I'll add to the League Start section.

Act 1
Get movespeed on your boots, some mana regen on rings/amulets.
Two life flasks, two mana flasks
Attack skill : Cobra Lash or Frost Blades
Movement skill : Dash
Get Whirling Blades from Nessa before going to Merveil

Act 2
Add Withering Steps and Contagion if you use Cobra Lash
Try to craft two daggers with phys dmg.
Help Alira.

Act 3
You can get BF from Maramoa in Sarn after killing Gravicius.
Take Assassin's Mark (or Poacher Mark)
Farm the Docks and get 2 or 3 levels before going to Piety and Dominus

Act 4
First Ascendancy : Mistwalker
30+ life on every piece of equipment.
Get an anti-bleeding flask and anti-freeze.
Farm the Dried Lake to get 2 or 3 levels before going to Daresso and Kaom.

Act 5
Get a sulphur flask.
Get more life + some res on your equipment. Try to get at least 60 to all three res.
Get better daggers.
Do your second Ascendancy before killing Kitava : Noxious Strike

To be continued.

i think the helmet gem setup could be: CwDT 20, phase run and Immortal call and slot in a increased duration support. Then put WB in the dagger. Either that or we could replace fortify with onslaught support/culling strike just for the attack speed bonus the gem gives. Note that i just started the game and do not have much knowledge about the game so take it with a pinch of salt!

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Jabeit wrote:

i think the helmet gem setup could be: CwDT 20, phase run and Immortal call and slot in a increased duration support. Then put WB in the dagger. Either that or we could replace fortify with onslaught support/culling strike just for the attack speed bonus the gem gives. Note that i just started the game and do not have much knowledge about the game so take it with a pinch of salt!

Seems all valuable solutions to me, gg.

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Ok, I've just finished the acts.
Took me 17hrs, better than my 20hrs in Blight :D

Died 46 times.
Metamorph black ground be damned !

Here are some PoB :

Level 57, act 7, Greust : https://pastebin.com/c92s0mwf

Level 62, act 8, Doedre : https://pastebin.com/TEq6RG5e
Mind over Matter
Budget = 2 vaal for 2 Taproot Daggers

Level 71, act 10, Kitava : https://pastebin.com/Kp7qcj3z
A 5L body for 1c

And some advice for acts 6-10 :

Act 6
Time to put more juice into the build !
Clear the Twilight Strand, then go see Lily Roth and buy : Blood & Sand, War Banner, Ancestral Protector, Precision
Keep Precision level 1.
Quickly upgrade your elem res. Start by Fire (you fight Kaom's warriors at the beginning of the act).
Farming/levelling spot : the Southern Forest.

Act 7
For me, this is the most tedious act. The first part with Maligaro is nice. It's on par with the good ambient of the first acts. But the second part, searching the Fireflies, then travelling through Causeways and Vaal City is just boring and the temple of Arakaali takes forever.
Add Phase Run.
Add a Diamond Flask.
Try to get 40+ life / piece

Act 8
Find this act quite boring also. I usually rush it.
Beware the Porcupines in High Gardens. Might need some cold dmg.
Get faster daggers.
Farming/levelling at the Imperial Fields and the Harbour Bridge.

Act 9
In Blood Aqueduct, you can farm a Humility set for a Tabula Rasa. Vendor it for a divine, add some chaos and buy a corrupted 6-link body with the right colours.
Budget : a 5L for 1c

Act 10
Shit is getting serious now.
You can add :
(Vaal) Ancestral Warchief + Multiple Totems + Ancestral Protector
Cast When Damage Taken + Immortal Call or Steeskin
Complete your current level, do your third Ascendancy and then go kill Kitava

Epilogue
Get the crafting recipe in the north of Oriath.

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Someone talked about Assassin's Creed the other day, so I decided to go full Creed style this league :



Seeker Helmet, Warlock Body, Legacy Gloves and Boots.

GL & HF, Exiles.

Hi! Thanks for this awesome build, I'm really excited at the idea of playing it after I'm done with my league starter.
Also I would like to ask you why don't you pick up phase acrobatics on the skill tree?