I am fucking loving this game way more than I expected. I highly recommend giving it a try if you are on the fence.
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Working on an Elemental Equilibrium templar, but can't decide what two skills to use, between Infernal Blow or Lightning Strike as my secondary skill. Any thoughts on the best?
Edit: This is going to be my base build, adjusted and expanded on for the element (fire or lightning) that I choose.
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-s...0g73zwH_Nx-tI=
Edit: This is going to be my base build, adjusted and expanded on for the element (fire or lightning) that I choose.
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-s...0g73zwH_Nx-tI=
Those of you who are higher level, post pics of your characters, mine is almost 15 and still no pants.
Budos
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I wouldn't worry about it, you can always get more damage later. Those evasion nodes aren't bad buys either.
It's super easy to go glass cannon if you decide how you're going to do dmg and just stack it. Later though, you'll be really sad if you min-max too much. Hp/armor/resists are pretty much a requirement to play in higher difficulties, Vaal will make you a sad panda (join pugs for more meatsheilds). Life should be 100+% regardless (unless you do CI yadda, yadda).
Equilibrium is tough, especially for melee. I've always preferred just using penetration supports instead; especially with lightning strike and just riding that one skill instead of mixing. LS is a better overall skill.
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Well the way to use EE imo is to use a totem of the opposite element and simply spam whatever. If you are set on using 2 elements, I'd do Infernal Blow on one side, Lightning Strike on the other. Mostly LS to clear trash mobs, maybe you get Molten Shell too so you can LS the mobs once with like chain or fork(cheaper) then Molten Shell pop them all for one shot. Then what you do is when you're fighting tough mobs or whatever, you have a spell totem setup with 2 minor trash spells of each element, I'd do firestorm and arc for example. Also can replace firstorm for a pure flame totem. Then you drop your opposite element totem, it procs EE and you smash the mob in the face with LS or IB. You pick whichever depending on the base monster resist(if cold whatever doesn't matter).
Totems are great source of cheap quasi permanent EE procs for an opposite element of what you use. You could alternate but alternating is much better if you're using spells than attacks, because you have more choices and everything is aoe(kinda) so you can do it properly even for trash. As a melee it's a much more complicated affair. Oh also what really fucks you up as a melee is you can't use a weapon with any +elemental dmg on it other than the element you're not planning to EE off. If you have +lightning dmg on your gloves or weapon then your IB increases resists to lightning and fire, so your next lightning hit is mitigated, ruining the point of the skill. Works fine with totems but not if you plan on alternating hits.
Totems are great source of cheap quasi permanent EE procs for an opposite element of what you use. You could alternate but alternating is much better if you're using spells than attacks, because you have more choices and everything is aoe(kinda) so you can do it properly even for trash. As a melee it's a much more complicated affair. Oh also what really fucks you up as a melee is you can't use a weapon with any +elemental dmg on it other than the element you're not planning to EE off. If you have +lightning dmg on your gloves or weapon then your IB increases resists to lightning and fire, so your next lightning hit is mitigated, ruining the point of the skill. Works fine with totems but not if you plan on alternating hits.
Sinzar
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So is there any way to hotkey more spells than the initial 8? As a summoner, having to keep hotkeyed 3 different pets, multiple auras, and a curse (later two), which leaves..... no room for an actual attack spell (multiple to deal with resists). Swapping weapon sets doesn't let you save two different hotkey setups either. Am I missing something or are you supposed to be so limited in hotkeys?
Caliane
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heavy armor chars are a bit better with this. Level 90 witch will still look like a hobo though.
Caliane
Avatar of War Slayer
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lets see going back.
This is open beta, on a crowd funded game. Simply put, its not complete. and things are being added bit by bit. Similar to a minecraft, dwarf fortress. Don't expect the game to be a finished on release product. its a soft launch.
Act 4 is not in. Or whatever the plan for that end of act3 door anyway. PRIOR to this open beta, the door after VAAL overseer would port you to the beach.
cutthroat league. cutthroat are not an always on thing. GGG hosts special leagues/races periodically. I think the plan is to have a microtrans option to start your own league as well, and players can join it. Allowing you to host your own leagues with the rules you decide.
This is open beta, on a crowd funded game. Simply put, its not complete. and things are being added bit by bit. Similar to a minecraft, dwarf fortress. Don't expect the game to be a finished on release product. its a soft launch.
Act 4 is not in. Or whatever the plan for that end of act3 door anyway. PRIOR to this open beta, the door after VAAL overseer would port you to the beach.
cutthroat league. cutthroat are not an always on thing. GGG hosts special leagues/races periodically. I think the plan is to have a microtrans option to start your own league as well, and players can join it. Allowing you to host your own leagues with the rules you decide.
xzi
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Man, my zombies now that I'm level 24 (level 7 gem) are being pretty useful finally. I got the passive that also makes them explode and it's working out pretty goddamn well. I may be retarded but.. I actually think I'm going to build a tanky melee summoner.. I don't even have a decent wand as is so I've been using a 1h melee a majority of the time and it's not so bad that people are making it out to be. May get armor/shield passives right after this minion tree again.
Khane
Got something right about marriage
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I thought the same thing at first but I have to say... after playing around with it for a little bit it is quite refreshing to be playing a challenging game with complex options where you can actually do unique shit. Sure I might fuck up a build but the levelling is fast enough that I can just reroll or use some respec points to try something else. It's a great system. And the orbs/currency/recipe system is even better.
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Yeah in a few levels you'll hit act3, you'll see ^^.
On auras, when you log in, switch a skill to an aura, cast it, switch to another aura, cast it, etc, then switch back to your skills. You can level without auras on your bars. You might have to swap to the aura every now and then to recast it to refresh the effect when you level it(they don't autoupdate) but generally you can live doing it only every couple of levels, which should takes a few hours so it's not a big hassle.
Cleared normal on my lightning strike dagger witch, was insanely easy besides Lunaris temple, those stupid vuln mobs almost got me a couple of times but I finally got a curse removal flask to deal with this nonsense. Now on to cruel, easy part for now since it's act1 and 2 but starting at Vaal is when shit's getting serious for melees.
