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Yeah, leveling the gems isn't super fun. What you want to do is buy gems that already are level 19 from trade. Then level them in your offhand. The closer to 20 the better. When they ding 20, don't level them up. Put them inside a Hungry Loop, then level it to 20 and it's consumed. You can also buy Facetor Lenses and level them up. Just make sure you don't get them to 20 though, just as close to 99% as possible. If you use Lenses and get to 100% they autolevel.

I would honestly advice to continue running Crabs and Zombies still? You got an Explodey AG up and running yet? It's gonna do all your clearing.
When running an AG, ranged spectres like SOs actually make explosion clearing worse. This is because ranged spectre will randomly kill monsters away from your army. This makes Explosion chains less consistent cause the monsters between packs that bridge the gaps are dead.

It's also way more single target.

Hitting a wall? I'll have to check your PoB. This build can pretty much stack dps infinitely if you like. Getting up to 100 million shouldn't be too hard with a couple 20 ex items.

https://pastebin.com/y7RRhaX9
Honestly I wanted to switch them because they feel a little clunky in tight hallway maps. I only have inpulsas and not the big boy explody chest. I do have king maker and crown of the tyrant on my AG.

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Drathy написал:

Hi Dead,

I'm really confident with my current state and it's a lot of fun playing this build. Got so far like never before and managed it to kill maven these days after a few Writs (these were my first tries ever and obviously I'm to dumb for mind game :D). Besides that I learned A LOT PoE stuff this league. Due to the explodey AG (with Crown & Legacy of fury & other recommended items) everything in maps is instant down. I also like playing with the three offerings.

What could be a next step to improve my char? I think the aim could be to improve boss dps but to be honest I can't compare if my damage is already good or if there is much more potential.

Or what could be a way to improve defenses? I'm a "hara-kiri" player and that's why leveling further up is hard for me, because I always die from time to time, but I'm trying... :-D

My current budget would be 15 - 20 Ex.

Guessing your life is pretty low :D
Honestly, I would probably spend a couple of your exalteds to buy 5-way carries up to level 97 or something.

When buying carries, buy afk slots for 2.5-3 ex per 5 runs.
Swap ALL your sockets in your gear to gems you can level up (Check PoE Ninja which are worth leveling up).

If you want to make BIG money, buy alternate quality gems that are low level with some quality, quality them to 20% and level them to 20.
When I leveled 99-100 I spent 12 ex for 20 runs.
I leveled gems like Anomalous Animate Guardian(cost 20-30 chaos) and other cheap gems in all my sockets (Literally all my sockets).

When I was level 100 I had 80 alt quality gems leveled to 20/20. I corrupted all of them and made like 60 ex profit. Alot of alt quality 21/20's cost like 20 chaos but become worth 5-10 ex if you corrupt them to 21/20. You can't lose money.

Buying all the gems sucks balls though. If you're lazy you can just buy support gems from lily and level them to 21/20. You will have to level them twice though cause they start with 0 quality. Leveling these type of gems won't give you insane profits but they'll pay for the 5way.

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Asian_Camgirl написал:

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Yeah, leveling the gems isn't super fun. What you want to do is buy gems that already are level 19 from trade. Then level them in your offhand. The closer to 20 the better. When they ding 20, don't level them up. Put them inside a Hungry Loop, then level it to 20 and it's consumed. You can also buy Facetor Lenses and level them up. Just make sure you don't get them to 20 though, just as close to 99% as possible. If you use Lenses and get to 100% they autolevel.

I would honestly advice to continue running Crabs and Zombies still? You got an Explodey AG up and running yet? It's gonna do all your clearing.
When running an AG, ranged spectres like SOs actually make explosion clearing worse. This is because ranged spectre will randomly kill monsters away from your army. This makes Explosion chains less consistent cause the monsters between packs that bridge the gaps are dead.

It's also way more single target.

Hitting a wall? I'll have to check your PoB. This build can pretty much stack dps infinitely if you like. Getting up to 100 million shouldn't be too hard with a couple 20 ex items.

https://pastebin.com/y7RRhaX9
Honestly I wanted to switch them because they feel a little clunky in tight hallway maps. I only have inpulsas and not the big boy explody chest. I do have king maker and crown of the tyrant on my AG.

I suggest getting a proper Explodey chest on your AG. It will make a massive difference. You can check my Explodey video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U7WKalv70I&lc=UgzV6DvIPBU8L4PHXUB4AaABAg&ab_channel=HenrikSwanstr%C3%B6m

I run 1 Carrion Golem in this video, everything else is done by the AG. You wan't a proper explodey chest because it allows the explosions to chain across the screen. Doesn't work with Inpulsa cause enemies need to be shocked.

As for upgrades, you're looking for proper high budget helms and a wand still.
Some other things I recommend:

1. Your Determination is linked to generosity. That's VERY bad.
2. Put Zombies in your helm together with Spectres, remove melee phys. Big dps boost.
3. Put desecrate for autocast.
4. Remove Frostbite, don't run it. Use Assassin's Mark for your curse.
5. You have fire damage on attacks enchanted on your ring, it won't procc Elemental Equiilibirum. Blade Vortex is a spell so you need FLAT elemental damage. This is the craft you're looking for:

It's a veiled mod. If you don't have the craft yet, buy it from someone else who can craft it.
6. Put Molten Shell in Boots with Increased Duration. Get 20% quality on Molten Shell for more duration.
7. When all duration things are fixed, you should try running The Frontline. It's broken. Remove Unending Hunger to make room for it. Unending Hunger doesn't work very well cause AG, Carrions and Zombies steal too many kills from spectres.
8. Your flasks are VERY bad, you should fix them immediately.
9 Fix your gems, alot of gems are missing quality. Also, you really want to use Divergent Flesh Offering.
10. You should use Phase Run in your gloves.
Use Phase run on your left click move and Numlock Molten Shell.

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Deadandlivin написал:

Guessing your life is pretty low :D
Honestly, I would probably spend a couple of your exalteds to buy 5-way carries up to level 97 or something.

When buying carries, buy afk slots for 2.5-3 ex per 5 runs.
Swap ALL your sockets in your gear to gems you can level up (Check PoE Ninja which are worth leveling up).

If you want to make BIG money, buy alternate quality gems that are low level with some quality, quality them to 20% and level them to 20.
When I leveled 99-100 I spent 12 ex for 20 runs.
I leveled gems like Anomalous Animate Guardian(cost 20-30 chaos) and other cheap gems in all my sockets (Literally all my sockets).

When I was level 100 I had 80 alt quality gems leveled to 20/20. I corrupted all of them and made like 60 ex profit. Alot of alt quality 21/20's cost like 20 chaos but become worth 5-10 ex if you corrupt them to 21/20. You can't lose money.

Buying all the gems sucks balls though. If you're lazy you can just buy support gems from lily and level them to 21/20. You will have to level them twice though cause they start with 0 quality. Leveling these type of gems won't give you insane profits but they'll pay for the 5way.

Thanks for your answer and the advise. And yes, my life is pretty low...circa 3.300. Finally made it to level 94, but to be honest, I don't know if I want to buy carries... xD

Leveling alt quality gems is what I'm currently doing along the way. Already made it to corrupt an Anomalous AG to 21 and sold it...but the next one I'll use for myself. ;-) Got already some other gems fram Grand Heists and I'm trying to bring them to 21/20...

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As for upgrades, you're looking for proper high budget helms and a wand still.
Some other things I recommend:

1. Your Determination is linked to generosity. That's VERY bad.
2. Put Zombies in your helm together with Spectres, remove melee phys. Big dps boost.
3. Put desecrate for autocast.
4. Remove Frostbite, don't run it. Use Assassin's Mark for your curse.
5. You have fire damage on attacks enchanted on your ring, it won't procc Elemental Equiilibirum. Blade Vortex is a spell so you need FLAT elemental damage. This is the craft you're looking for:

It's a veiled mod. If you don't have the craft yet, buy it from someone else who can craft it.
6. Put Molten Shell in Boots with Increased Duration. Get 20% quality on Molten Shell for more duration.
7. When all duration things are fixed, you should try running The Frontline. It's broken. Remove Unending Hunger to make room for it. Unending Hunger doesn't work very well cause AG, Carrions and Zombies steal too many kills from spectres.
8. Your flasks are VERY bad, you should fix them immediately.
9 Fix your gems, alot of gems are missing quality. Also, you really want to use Divergent Flesh Offering.
10. You should use Phase Run in your gloves.
Use Phase run on your left click move and Numlock Molten Shell.

Alright, good news. I did most of the suggestions you listed. I even got this cool helm.

Bad news, I can't do the numlock trick with molten shell because my keyboard doesn't have numlock. I guess at this point I am saving for a +2 wand or maybe the forbidden jewels. For +2 wands, how important is it to also have the other minion damage modifiers? Would I see a big damage boost if I replace my current wand

with a wand that has +2 but no good minion damage/attack speed mods?

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Asian_Camgirl написал:

Bad news, I can't do the numlock trick with molten shell because my keyboard doesn't have numlock.

I'm probably to dumb, to use the numlock trick, so I just put Molton Shell on my left mouse button...and because I'm always running around it has the same effect to me and is always on cooldown. Maybe it works for you too? But I don't know, if it has a disadvantage, that I doesn't see... ;-)

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I'm probably to dumb, to use the numlock trick, so I just put Molton Shell on my left mouse button...and because I'm always running around it has the same effect to me and is always on cooldown. Maybe it works for you too? But I don't know, if it has a disadvantage, that I doesn't see... ;-)

No that's a good idea, it's just that I'm using phase run on my left click

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Asian_Camgirl написал:

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As for upgrades, you're looking for proper high budget helms and a wand still.
Some other things I recommend:

1. Your Determination is linked to generosity. That's VERY bad.
2. Put Zombies in your helm together with Spectres, remove melee phys. Big dps boost.
3. Put desecrate for autocast.
4. Remove Frostbite, don't run it. Use Assassin's Mark for your curse.
5. You have fire damage on attacks enchanted on your ring, it won't procc Elemental Equiilibirum. Blade Vortex is a spell so you need FLAT elemental damage. This is the craft you're looking for:

It's a veiled mod. If you don't have the craft yet, buy it from someone else who can craft it.
6. Put Molten Shell in Boots with Increased Duration. Get 20% quality on Molten Shell for more duration.
7. When all duration things are fixed, you should try running The Frontline. It's broken. Remove Unending Hunger to make room for it. Unending Hunger doesn't work very well cause AG, Carrions and Zombies steal too many kills from spectres.
8. Your flasks are VERY bad, you should fix them immediately.
9 Fix your gems, alot of gems are missing quality. Also, you really want to use Divergent Flesh Offering.
10. You should use Phase Run in your gloves.
Use Phase run on your left click move and Numlock Molten Shell.

Alright, good news. I did most of the suggestions you listed. I even got this cool helm.

Bad news, I can't do the numlock trick with molten shell because my keyboard doesn't have numlock. I guess at this point I am saving for a +2 wand or maybe the forbidden jewels. For +2 wands, how important is it to also have the other minion damage modifiers? Would I see a big damage boost if I replace my current wand

with a wand that has +2 but no good minion damage/attack speed mods?

Not having Molten Shell on numlock can be annoying. You can rewire numlock to a different hotkey on your keyboard but it's kinda techy.
Otherwise, just learning to press numlock every ~15 sec might be your only solution.
You could MAYBE run Molten Shell in your trigger wand with Flesh Offering and BV. But you sacrifice increased duration on it which I'm not sure if I like.

Getting a basic +2 wand is roughly a ~10% dps increase. If you get a good endgame wand like I have it's even more (Hatred effect et.c.)

Honestly, the biggest dps boost you can get right now is to replace one of your Carrion Links with Skeletons. I understand that people don't want to play with skellies, but for pure single target it's an extreme boost in single target. Just 2-3 extra clicks before every bossfight.

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Drathy написал:

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Asian_Camgirl написал:

Bad news, I can't do the numlock trick with molten shell because my keyboard doesn't have numlock.

I'm probably to dumb, to use the numlock trick, so I just put Molton Shell on my left mouse button...and because I'm always running around it has the same effect to me and is always on cooldown. Maybe it works for you too? But I don't know, if it has a disadvantage, that I doesn't see... ;-)

Yeah, the problem is we have two abilities we want to be constantly spammed. Both Phase Run and Molten Shell and we can only pick one of them for left click unfortunately.

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Deadandlivin написал:

Yeah, the problem is we have two abilities we want to be constantly spammed. Both Phase Run and Molten Shell and we can only pick one of them for left click unfortunately.

Hehe, I understand that this would be a small clearing-speed upgrade, but pressing "w" for Phase Run is already automated in my brain, so my uptime is pretty good...and besides that, I'm not a player that squeezes everything out of his playstyle to optimise mapping-speed...if I wanted that, I should probably first of all loot 50% less of the crap, that drops to soend much less time in my hideout... ;-)