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Thanks for the replies guys.

Yeah I will keep working on holy shield and once that is high enough and I'll get torch, I'll respec for dex for blocking.

I did sucessfully pat him today and in the end it wasn't so bad. The problem mostly was that I was still in the "rush" mentality from cruising through the game as fast as possible (well while getting all WPs and doing all quests) so I was not nearly as careful as I should have been. Once I slowed down a notch and played more safe, I managed to get through the WSK and Baal just fine (though I did for the first time lowered the /p setting to 1 solely for the second wave because I was not interested in baby sitting the merc for quite a while and waiting for long minutes before he would solo the /p8 magic immunes. I put the /p8 back for wave 3 and further).

I did few chaos runs since then and while I do have to be careful a little bit (and very careful with de seis) it's definitely fine. Though the rejuv usage is still pretty high.

I'll keep running chaos with him when I get burned out of LK. However playing and enjoying the 'din changed my priorities in RW making. I planned on making Infinity first but now I am 95% I'll just make Enigma first.
 
Something not mentioned yet is using a Delirium hat on the merc. Confused enemies are not targeting you! For my 1.14 hammerdin without CTA long ago this worked well, but ymmv. The Insight merc then needs a life leach armour which is a bit of a restriction as an understatement.

Delirium is however not recommended for Baal running as at least in 1.14 the AI spells bug the wave spawning.
 
Which build can use Crown of Ages the most in PvM?

I found a 2 Socket one but shako, gface or rare circlet seems better, to the Point, where I'm Happy to use it suboptimally.
 
drmalawi said:
I really wanna get into Path of Exile (again) I have tried it a few times and it seems fun but I have never gotten to any endgame. Apart from playing Diablo 2, I also play quite much Grim Dawn. I am afraid one more game will be somewhat detrimental... you guys who plays many games, how to you cope? Do you play like one game at the time or do you cycle them through some schedule?
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I play them one at a time, mostly. I get into one kind of game or character or strategy game faction, then lose interest for a while and do something else entirely.
 
Have anyone tried building an energy shield sorceress wielding Serpent Lord, with its 100 % mana steal? The staff has -50% enemy defense too so even without enchant it could be possible to hit with, especially with a socket and an Eth rune in it.
 
Maltatai said:
Have anyone tried building an energy shield sorceress wielding Serpent Lord, with its 100 % mana steal? The staff has -50% enemy defense too so even without enchant it could be possible to hit with, especially with a socket and an Eth rune in it.
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So how fast are you gonna attack? How much damage are you gonna deal? And then we have physical resistance and drain effectivness...

And when dealing melee damage with sorc, you are perhaps gonna get hit which will drain you from more mana...

It is not feasable.
 
drmalawi said:
So how fast are you gonna attack? How much damage are you gonna deal? And then we have physical resistance and drain effectivness...

And when dealing melee damage with sorc, you are perhaps gonna get hit which will drain you from more mana...

It is not feasable.
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I was thinking more along the lines of attacking with spells first and then striking one or two stragglers to quickly recover mana for both offensive spells and to replenish the shield. Preferably from a living enemy frozen by an ice blast or something similar. As a damage dealer serpent lord isn't very optimal.

Just as an example, telekinesis/fire wall/ice blast/glacial spike. That's a rather fun combination and will often put the sorceress fairly close to the front in order to be most effective. So while the enemy is frozen and burns from the wall she can alternate between static and strikes with the serpent lord to replenish mana for more casts. Items alone can bring the energy shield up to 50-60% which is quite enough for damage reduction and resistances to cover the rest in most cases.

On a sidenote I play 1.14 without mods and despise (dislike when I'm in a generous mood) town guards so I don't lug around any insight or other piece of gear that would make huge mana leeching superflous.
 
drmalawi said:
Warmth, high mana pool and mana per kill is better. My nova sorc for instance is not using insight and wears silkweaves + some 3 mpk jools is plenty to fill up her entire blue bulb in a matter of seconds.
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Yes? That is probably much better, if that somehow has something to do with the question.
 
Maltatai said:
Yes? That is probably much better, if that somehow has something to do with the question.
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Maltatai said:
Have anyone tried building an energy shield sorceress wielding Serpent Lord, with its 100 % mana steal? The staff has -50% enemy defense too so even without enchant it could be possible to hit with, especially with a socket and an Eth rune in it.
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Why would someone have tried it? Not gonna work for the reasons I've told you. Did you seriously think this is gonna work? Why would anyone do this when there are mana potions in the game?
 
While people in this forum have attempted and succeeded with countless way crazier things over the years, I have no idea why someone would have tried it or not, hence why I asked the question. A simple "no, I don't know of anyone who has tried that" would do just fine for an answer to that question.
 
A very long time ago I tried a double-upgraded Serpent Lord on a "Singer/Swinger" barbarian. He would sing War Cry spells until mana ran out, then swing melee to leech it back. It seemed like a nice idea, but I later judged Razorswitch to be much better than Serpent Lord, simply because its giant mana boost let him keep singing longer. Somebody in these forums mentioned that dual Wizardspikes are even better, but I didn't even have one at the time so I didn't try it.

I think I gave up on him in Hell act 2 or 3. I think I still have his character file somewhere.

Maybe someone has another idea for putting Serpent Lord's hefty mana-steal to good use?
 
Swamigoon said:
A very long time ago I tried a double-upgraded Serpent Lord on a "Singer/Swinger" barbarian. He would sing War Cry spells until mana ran out, then swing melee to leech it back. It seemed like a nice idea, but I later judged Razorswitch to be much better than Serpent Lord, simply because its giant mana boost let him keep singing longer. Somebody in these forums mentioned that dual Wizardspikes are even better, but I didn't even have one at the time so I didn't try it.

I think I gave up on him in Hell act 2 or 3. I think I still have his character file somewhere.

Maybe someone has another idea for putting Serpent Lord's hefty mana-steal to good use?
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Interesting idea.

Razorswitch is hard to beat. Terrific thing indeed.
 
Does anyone have any ideas for what would be best for a baal running druid? As in actually killing Baal at the end of the run. I know ventar runs are good exp for wind druid, but I need baal essences. I could probably just do lister and baal on p1 with the windy, but ofc I would prefer full p8/p3 runs.
  • Any chance fury is better for this?
  • Or has anyone tried anything wacky like some low points-investment way to apply cb to baal as a windy?
  • Or fire druid with sunder? (I'll tag @PhineasB @Nano @ffs). Thanks guys!
 
Luhkoh said:
Does anyone have any ideas for what would be best for a baal running druid? As in actually killing Baal at the end of the run. I know ventar runs are good exp for wind druid, but I need baal essences. I could probably just do lister and baal on p1 with the windy, but ofc I would prefer full p8/p3 runs.
  • Any chance fury is better for this?
  • Or has anyone tried anything wacky like some low points-investment way to apply cb to baal as a windy?
  • Or fire druid with sunder? (I'll tag @PhineasB @Nano @ffs). Thanks guys!
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You have phoenix?
 
@drmalawi yes. Or at least I will (i have the runes for it). But really I just want to know the answer to the question as if i could get any gear. In reality idk if I would have like metamorphosis etc by the time I do these runs, but who knows? And ofc I will do some testing myself when I get around to the runs, but since I want to conserve tokens, I won't go wild with the testing.
 
Luhkoh said:
@drmalawi yes. Or at least I will (i have the runes for it). But really I just want to know the answer to the question as if i could get any gear. In reality idk if I would have like metamorphosis etc by the time I do these runs, but who knows? And ofc I will do some testing myself when I get around to the runs, but since I want to conserve tokens, I won't go wild with the testing.
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I can do and film a couple of runs with my fire dudu if that can help your judgment. Also with my dope hurricane build.

Q: why farming Baal essences with a druid?
 
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