[3.27] Fire Trap of Blasting - tanky, all content

Fairly confident this version is gonna survive patch notes so I've done a bit more testing with Scion and wonder what your take on leveling is.

So far for me Rolling Magma into Lightning Trap at 12 feels best and then normal Fire Trap somewhere after 18+

I am just wondering if there is something else worth trying, that best case doesn't respecc more than half its tree which I might have missed

You're probably right, Rolling Magma is the current speedrunning meta. But on every league start I consider league mechanics when choosing levelling skills.

In Merceneries I've played Explosive Trap -> Fire Trap -> Fire Trap od Blasting, because I needed single target to actually interact with mercs. If new league mechanic is breach-like, Rolling Magma -> Fire Trap (possibly with ignite proliferation) will probably be better.

hey Melnevacor, can u share how good of a league starter this build is in your opinion? how smoothly it get through the campaign and the begining of maps?

Ok, so relevant changes from patch notes:

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Spell Suppression now prevents 40% of Damage from Suppressed Hits and Ailments they inflict (previously 50%)

It's a big hit to survivability, will probably be noticeable in high end content. I dislike this change, because it shifts power from tree to items, like in PoE2 (multiple items grant now +X% suppressed damage prevented).

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The Feared Maven Invitation now requires Sirus and the Incarnation of Dread to be Witnessed instead of Chayula and Atziri.

It affects endgame farming strategy somewhat. We delete both of these bosses, but I'll miss experience from Chayula runs. It will be also expensive due to Incarnation of Dread cost.

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Grafts

Look promising, Heart of Flame should activate automatically when we throw traps. May be used along with Steelskin to improve uptime of protection.

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Bloodline Ascendancies

I'm looking forward to see all 10, they look promising.

No mentions on Ascendant changes (Assassin). It's probably oversight, Guardian buff in previous league wasn't in patch notes too. If good, it may replace Trickster.

PoBs will be updated when new trees becomes available.

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avichayyy#1748 написал:

hey Melnevacor, can u share how good of a league starter this build is in your opinion? how smoothly it get through the campaign and the begining of maps?

Pretty good imo, and doesn't require too much respeccing (only when you take Path of the Shadow and respec Scion start). I've leaguestarted with it in Mercenaries and went to 40/40. Didn't use any other build and didn't buy any of challenges.

Nice, it survived.

Hopefully Grafts and Bloodlines have something good for us.

Wonder how well we'll do with new Breach mechanics to actually farm those grafts.

Guess Bloodlines the worst case would be Delve as it'll just take time to go deep enough and find boss.

wow ty for the quick reply Melnevacor,
Is there any POBB for leveling guide? couldnt find one in the main thread, or are u intending to make some leveling guide for this for the upcomming league? gems swapping levels trees etc

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avichayyy#1748 написал:

wow ty for the quick reply Melnevacor,
Is there any POBB for leveling guide? couldnt find one in the main thread, or are u intending to make some leveling guide for this for the upcomming league? gems swapping levels trees etc

I personally am also still testing leveling route on Scion.

But after I did some Voidstone runs on Sabo I'm currently going for something like this: https://pobb.in/3Z3tMt6g1cN4

Campaign is bit greedy early on with rushing EB and might need Discipline until you can sustain your ES pool through items. Especially if you get unlucky with resistances

Biggest challenge in my eyes is making the swap happen to Slavedriver + Tinkerskin (+ Anathema). Getting resistances & attributes through the few available rare slots can be rough but at that point probably most efficient to just get decent jewels to supplement that.

Curious to see what Melnev's leveling/starting approach is

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avichayyy#1748 написал:

wow ty for the quick reply Melnevacor,
Is there any POBB for leveling guide? couldnt find one in the main thread, or are u intending to make some leveling guide for this for the upcomming league? gems swapping levels trees etc

Here you are, tree and skills for 12, 25, 50 and 67 lvl.
https://pobb.in/PFUCSa5FfVvA

At this point you should work towards my 1 week version, getting crucial uniques:
https://pobb.in/T8LVxVT-HdPa

Resistances can be rough, in that case consider helping Alira and/or using Purity of Elements instead of Zealotry. Alternatively, you can take resistance nodes south of Scion start, until you have Unnatural Instinct.

Hey, thank you for the build! It looks very nice, and I'm almost convinced to start with it. I'm just a bit worried about how it feels during mapping. If it's possible, could you please show a regular T16 or any guardian map run without Mageblood and mecenary? That would help a lot.

Also, what are your thoughts on the Bloodline ascendancy?

Thanks in advance!

Here you are.
No merc, no quicksilver (or any other flask), uncapped resistances.

Regarding Bloodlines, they don't offer anything worthy for this build. Last ascendancy points are needed for optimal pathing. Grafts can be fun though, even if they cost you extra buttons to press.