Hierophant got done dirty
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Sanctuary of Thought almost got the OG Gladiator treatment....oof.
Cut the numbers down, fine, don't freaking outright remove two massive parts of why people run Hieros Starting anew....with PoE 2 Last edited by cowmoo275#3095 on Jun 6, 2025, 6:58:20 AM Last bumped on Jun 7, 2025, 11:27:02 AM
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I don't think shockwave totem nodes were touched.
I actually don't think hiero was done that dirty, you still get mana as extra es and aoe, + mana regen now. The mana reservation didn't even matter if you were playing archmage. If you were playing spell echo you actually got a support gem buff where it will cost a bit less mana and you lose the 10% less damage modifier. Could have been worse. Check out what berserker lost with the removal of blitz. We got a defensive option with defy pain that i am grateful for. I havent played a blitz zerker in a lot of time so i am biased. That was a really good node though. (its really hard to go crit strikes in hc) Last edited by Lonnie455Rich#2087 on Jun 6, 2025, 1:54:35 PM
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Non archmage heiro is fine. Honestly, totem heiro probably got buffed because of the arcane surge change.
Last edited by ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate#2605 on Jun 6, 2025, 7:41:15 PM
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For some reason i thought the arcane surge buff was just a cast speed change.
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" Well...... I played an archmalge lvl. 100 Hierophant as my main char this league and let us be honest the char was completely broken. It was fun while it lasted but you can't be mad that they changed the meta for the next league. ^^ German saying: Schönheit und Funktionalität in Sekundenschnelle zu ruinieren, ist dem wahren Dilettanten keine Herausforderung!
torturo: "Though, I'm really concerned, knowing by practice the capabilities of the balance team." top2000: "let me bend your rear for a moment exile" |
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If I had to guess as to why that nerf happened it has nothing to do with Hiero or specifically archmage.
Sanctuary of Thought is one of the nodes every single str+int stacker with Shaper's Touch uses to get past 30 - 40k ES. The forbidden jewels are always a couple hundred div. There's likely a modifier that can drop from the mercenaries that has some form of stacking potential and interacts with the archtype or some new unique. |
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" Regenerate 1% of Mana is a good buff, May be remove the cap to AOE but overall is not a terrible node. " in the Secrets of the Atlas Content Reveal video you can see unique boots min 16:40 Scornflux: bunch of minor stats an "increase to cast speed from arcane surge also applys to movement speed" since increased effect of arcane surge buff on you increase the cast speed bonus we are likely going to see some fast hieros running around. self found league fan http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/324242/page/1 Last edited by caboom#7201 on Jun 7, 2025, 7:05:07 AM
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They didn't say they removed the aoe from the node. You still get 20% of mana as extra es and the aoe + the new line 1% mana regen.
It only said they removed the mana reservation and the cost reduction for skills line. |
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" Yep, its still a really good node. Especially for archmage ice nova of frostbolts builds since they're gonna need that 1% mana regen with their higher mana cost now lol |
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It just makes you have to invest in mana regen instead of it just being this thing that doesnt matter a whole lot.
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