[3.10] Herald of Agony Mana Guardian | 2.5 Minute Sirus 8 | Deathless T19 100% Delirium

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hitmantb wrote:

Sand stance is really OP vs physical attacks, although you do not need it unless you are doing deep delve content.

You can free up 7 passive points if you don't use a third 25% aura with your set up (the left 4 points and bottom 3 points), and you can put the 7 passive points on minion damage), and change to level 1 clarity and level 1 ball of lightning.

Something like this:

https://pastebin.com/6drk4PUK

The problem is aura buffs on the left also add to your damage, so these 7 points don't give you that big of a damage buff. And Skitterbot 24% MORE is totally OP so no way to upgrade it to get a big buff. In fact all the 50% auras will reduce your damage.

I suggest just switch to blood stance instead of sand stance if you really need a little extra damage. And hope for another OP aura later. Do you really feel your damage is lacking? I switched to Baron Zombies with 1500 strength and think Herald of Agony damage is just at least as good.

Thanks for the help :D

How does blood stance interact with the maim I already have on my crawler links? Blood is 15% debuff, my gem is 30%, do they overwrite each other or stack multiplicitively?

And, no, I don't feel my damage is lacking. I've just got my second elder up and did him and all the guardians on a line of 12-14 maps and have done hydra and they all basically flopped over, phasing after 2-3 seconds.

It's just, I'm so far away from needing any *more* survivability in this content, I'm looking forward to shaper and uber elder thinking if I wanted anything it would be more damage. Not to mention the fact that once i get this 9ex I'll have, what, 3-4k more ES from the WE? Also, to be honest, who doesn't want more damage? More damage is *FUN*! More defense? Zzzz lol.

Anyway, ty for the help. I think I'll just roll with sand aura, it is pretty op.

Not sure if this has been answered but would this be a good league starter and if so what would gear recommendations be before we have currency to get the core items?

Also was wondering how much of a difference is it to go cold point dagger and cyclone vs EE with ball of lightning?

Been looking for a laid back tanky build that I dont need to micromanage and still feel useful without having to spend a stupid amount of exalts that i never get lol.

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xneoshadowx wrote:

Not sure if this has been answered but would this be a good league starter and if so what would gear recommendations be before we have currency to get the core items?

Also was wondering how much of a difference is it to go cold point dagger and cyclone vs EE with ball of lightning?

Been looking for a laid back tanky build that I dont need to micromanage and still feel useful without having to spend a stupid amount of exalts that i never get lol.

Really hard to predict how easy it is to get Memory Vault and Shaper's Touch next league. Definitely not a race the first 72 hours build, even in the current state.

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Deese1127 wrote:

Thank you for this build, I love it.

Two questions, for "Players cannot regenerate mana" map mod, do you carry around a mana flask just for that one?

What takes priority in higher level passive tree, extra jewel sockets for grand spectrums or the other mana/minion nodes?

Just swap in a mana flask for a quicksilver, also go for the mod "flask effect does not end at full mana" or something along those lines.

Going deeper

https://imgur.com/Kw9RFpL

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alexandro_108 wrote:

Going deeper

https://imgur.com/Kw9RFpL

Nice! It is with the infinite Vaal Molten Shell / Soul Ripper build right? Dan's Legion build? Curious if you made changes to it and how offensive/defensive your deep delve build is.

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hitmantb wrote:

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alexandro_108 wrote:

Going deeper

https://imgur.com/Kw9RFpL

Nice! It is with the infinite Vaal Molten Shell / Soul Ripper build right? Dan's Legion build? Curious if you made changes to it and how offensive/defensive your deep delve build is.

No, i still using usual molten shell XD i can't sustain constantly vaal version maybe i just can't use ripper properly or low clear speed for gain souls, maybe need to add catcher XD But yes, its dan's build variation, posted my pob earlier

@Hitman

Hi again. I've been looking into alternate Spectre types since I'm not at delve 250 yet(do you guys just spam buy scarabs? it takes so long to get sulphite D: ), and I think I found something worth looking into.

Have you noticed or tried Enhanced Vaal Fallen from Vaal outpost areas in Delve(as early as 67)? Two things:

In PoB they seem the best available tanks compared to other options(x4.5 HP, 35 all res) whle Stoneskin Flayer is not yet available(x8.0 HP, 35 all res). Towering Figment has more hp, but no resists(concerning?).

In PoB damage calculations seem to be erroneous or brokenly strong(yet to try it in-game). Mind you this is all with lvl 20 Spectre(I'm lvling 6 on my weapon swap atm to take a stab at getting 21 :D ). Default attack is 37k dps vs 33k dps(Stoneskin Flayer), but special attack is listed as Elemental Hit 166k dps vs the 37k dps whirling charge of SsF. Even it's leap slam is decent at 45k dps.

Granted, for the purpose of the guide SsF seems optimal as you need them purely as tanks. But before you have access I think these Enhanced Vaal Fallen seem like a great choice. Towering Figment has more hp, but no resists and no where near the damage. What do you think?

Good morning all..I was away from poe in the past 2 leagues and have 1-2 questions.:)

Back in legion i was using storm brand as poison setup..
what are the advantages of ball lightning vs storm brand?
Cause with storm brand it felt rather safe to just put on the spell and then move around to avoid incoming damage.

Also i see many ppl using woc/oos to level up templars.
How faster that would be than just try to level up using the crawler instead..

Thx a lot in advance

I just got this bad boy from doing a lot of Alva - I am thinking that it could be worth it to use this to get the additional 20% dodge and 20% spell dodge. Anyone explored this? could be worth it to use if u can sustain the mana regen