3.11 - Stress-Free PoE! RF HAPPY: No Required Items! 1-Button Play! SSF League Start-End!

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StormHUN wrote:

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Rivenknoll wrote:

For the CWdT and Ball Lightning setup... does CWdT need to be in the top left for the setup to work or can it be anywhere like the other CWdT setups?
I didn't see a disclaimer in that section of guide saying that combo didn't need a specific order.

Order shouldn't matter.

My understanding is that when one trigger (eg. CwDT) triggers several other gems, they are triggered in the order they are socketed, so it matters if the cast order matters for any specific reason, which is the case in some builds.

In this case tho, at the bottom of the gems section it explains that we are using the level requirements to make sure that the CwDT can only apply to Ball Lightning, which triggers Curse on Hit, which triggers only the curse. So there is no case of one gem triggering several in this link.

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freshtester2000 wrote:

Hey Wrecker Suporex here, this is my PSN test account. I tried SMZ and it was fine but I was reading that summoners struggle with HoGM and decided to use your suggestion and go with RF HAPPY.

My thoughts:
1. leveling to 45 was dreadful, you wouldn't believe how many times I wanted to quit and try something different. I think for this build you should have dedicated section for leveling until RF. I went with sunder and tried all the tips for leveling with sunder I could find, even bought 2 uniques but it was bad.

2. I went with exactly your suggestion for gems, but leveled scorch ray in offhand thinking about HoGM later. I really miss movement skill, I move so slow, even though I can kill fast. I was thinking about droping that 3L with Cyclone, add scorch ray to RF as 6L and then get maybe shield charge for movement. What you think, will that work?

3. I got lucky and got Tabula rasa drop hence I switched to RF at around 45 as I was able to sustain it with health flasks. OMG bro it went to overdrive. First time I face tank Kitava, I actually face tanked everything from act 5 forward. OH when I did switch I did lab and took the Valco for regen as I always can deal with fire res with items. This helped a lot and actually potions are not needed anymore as enduring cry does insane heal.

So thanks for your builds, they are easy for console gaming, too easy even. 1-2 buttons play is fun on pad. I am researching some more and will start my Platinum run soon I think (trying to learn about harvest crafting as I am lost at the moment and trying to figure out how much cluster jewels would help and how to implement them in tree)

PS. As you like those automated builds I think you should look into ED+Con+Bane+soulrend spellsinger and maybe add it to your collection. I have seen one guy play that and it looks like 1 button fun.

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StandardFiend wrote:

That's really the thing with RF builds. Levelling through 45-55 (depending on what kind of items you can get) is kind of a pain in the ass.

But that payoff when you finally switch on RF and your life doesn't move, and every enemy around you is dying almost before their health bars can appear on the screen... hoo boy is that worth all of the struggle.

For me this league, I wasn't able to sustain RF until around level 50 or so. Until then, I just used Cyclone for my damage, but I won't lie, I was hardly doing anything.

The thing was, though, even though my output was rubbish, I was 100% unkillable. My regen wasn't quite high enough for RF, but damn was it ever high enough to face-tank everything the game could muster up till that point, including Kitava, lab traps, and fully charged Cruel Izaro.

So there was no difficulty at all, just had to spend some extra time getting through the content. And for me, that's a tradeoff I can comfortably make every league. I much prefer being unkillable over having high DPS.