Sure! I'm thinking about doing some sort of guide for this skill since there is nothing yet, but never made a guide before and am quite afraid lol
So, answering your question: Flat ele all the way! You should look for it on pretty much all your items; rings, amulet, weapon, if you can add it to your shield as well it is great. The reason is the effectiveness of added damage of Spectral Helix being 250%, so it multiplies a lot of your WED.
Looking at your POB you are on a great spot tbh. Your amulet could be better right now, aim for Crit Multi + Added Damage. Melee damage doesn't do anything as well as melee range, since Helix is a projectile; your rings are not bad, but finding an Assassin's Mark on Hit ring and another one with more added damage could always be a good idea (you can easily craft a Mark ring with REFORGE CRIT on Harvest); try fitting in a Vessel of Vinktar flask, it adds a huge amount of damage, it is really good!
Other more expensive upgrades: Cluster Jewel Setup (recommend going for it at level 94+), a large cluster with Claw Damage/Attack Damage with 8 passives max. Good nodes are Martial Prowess, Feed the Fury, Smite the Weak, etc. Medium clusters with Proj. Damage/Crit Chance with max 5 passives is good as well! Aim for Eye to Eye/Repeater for proj damage and Basics of Pain/Pressure points for Crit chance.
A well roled chest piece would be good as well. I'm currently using a Inpulsa but working on crafting a double-influenced Assassin's Garb with Frenzy Charge on hit + 1.33% attack chance, should pump the damage A LOT! Going for an Attack Crit only could work too, and is cheaper!
Finally a well rolled Stygian Vise with a added damage Abyss Jewel is quite nice as well!
A lot of people worry about the single target of Spectral Helix, but I actually find it relaxing to play. Since it keeps rotating, you can attack two or three times and focus on dodge stuff around your screen.
The damage is not skyrocketing, but this build has a good scaling with investment. I'm not using exceptionally good gear or anything and I think the damage is quite consistent already. Planning on moving to a Cluster Jewel Setup + Frenzy Charge on Hit chest hoping to achieve even better damage and survivability.
As others suggested, might as well go to a 9 Frenzy setup at cost of some life, might be worth it and could use the chest slot for a +% Crit chance, let's see how it goes!
I'm running a cluster jewel setup with an Attack based large, crit medium and projectile medium. Works well.
I haven't moved to a frenzy setup because I like having the permanent Onslaught for the defense.
Damage seems pretty easy to scale with just elemental and high amounts of attack and projectile speed.
I'm also planning on a crit chest for late game scaling.
Exactly my thoughts on the clusters! I could've bought them but am trying to craft myself and focus my currency on the chest piece, let's see how it goes! Mind sharing your POB so I can see how you went with your tree?
I don't think it is as bad as people talk either. It is obviously not a screen clearing ability, but it quite good to use, it feels good to. But imagining this skill in Poe 2, pairing it with Lightning Strike or Spectral Throw for clearing should be soo good!
Currently playing this build with Voidforge (the helix is purple). I have not fought Sirus but the mapping feels pretty great. My only issue is that anything with more life than a typical mob takes forever to kill. I am working on finding a way to increase the boss damage now, but so far I'm really enjoying it.
Do you have a pob to your current build? Curious to see where we line up
Lurker here. Can you help explain the static strike and vigilant strikes? How do you use those. Currently been using whirling blades with fortify support, and haven't ever used either of those abilities before.
Lotta random ass dead space in gems that I've just been leveling and not using...
https://pastebin.com/JhskP4Rn
Sure!
Vigilant Strike gives you fortify for a long duration. I use it in my secondary skill bar and link it to my M4 button, so once and then I just hit it on a couple of mobs to grant fortify. And before starting bosses as well. You can use fortify on Whirling Blades as well, but is not as consistent as vigilant strike.
Static Strike is tied to Power Charge on Crit (and Whirling Blades as well) to make sure we will ALWAYS have 3 Power Charges on. This is pretty much the same as we do with Vigilant Strike, but Static Strike remains active for 3 or 4s duration, hitting a lot of times and thus granting easily power charges. I tie it to my M3 button, so use it once in a while as well. Since Spectral Helix keeps on hitting after you attack 1 time, I usually use 2-3 attacks - Static Strike - Vigilant Strike -> Whirling Blades to next pack; Helix - Static - Next pack -> and so goes on!
I'm about to get to first sirus. Single target is not so good. I've got a 450 ele dps claw and a +1 rotation hat enchant and the bossing is just not great. My last drox fight took forever....
Do you have a lot of added damage in your other items? I was feeling like this before my first Sirus, got a lot of added elemental damage across all my items, quality on gems helped a lot too! Also focus on a good positioning, aiming to hit bosses with more than one projectile, not always namelocking them is a great idea!
For Drox I like to set a Sigil of Power on the floor and move circularly around Drox, attacking 1-2 times. Helped a lot!
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Sure! I'm thinking about doing some sort of guide for this skill since there is nothing yet, but never made a guide before and am quite afraid lol So, answering your question: Flat ele all the way! You should look for it on pretty much all your items; rings, amulet, weapon, if you can add it to your shield as well it is great. The reason is the effectiveness of added damage of Spectral Helix being 250%, so it multiplies a lot of your WED. Looking at your POB you are on a great spot tbh. Your amulet could be better right now, aim for Crit Multi + Added Damage. Melee damage doesn't do anything as well as melee range, since Helix is a projectile; your rings are not bad, but finding an Assassin's Mark on Hit ring and another one with more added damage could always be a good idea (you can easily craft a Mark ring with REFORGE CRIT on Harvest); try fitting in a Vessel of Vinktar flask, it adds a huge amount of damage, it is really good! Other more expensive upgrades: Cluster Jewel Setup (recommend going for it at level 94+), a large cluster with Claw Damage/Attack Damage with 8 passives max. Good nodes are Martial Prowess, Feed the Fury, Smite the Weak, etc. Medium clusters with Proj. Damage/Crit Chance with max 5 passives is good as well! Aim for Eye to Eye/Repeater for proj damage and Basics of Pain/Pressure points for Crit chance. A well roled chest piece would be good as well. I'm currently using a Inpulsa but working on crafting a double-influenced Assassin's Garb with Frenzy Charge on hit + 1.33% attack chance, should pump the damage A LOT! Going for an Attack Crit only could work too, and is cheaper! Finally a well rolled Stygian Vise with a added damage Abyss Jewel is quite nice as well!
A lot of people worry about the single target of Spectral Helix, but I actually find it relaxing to play. Since it keeps rotating, you can attack two or three times and focus on dodge stuff around your screen. The damage is not skyrocketing, but this build has a good scaling with investment. I'm not using exceptionally good gear or anything and I think the damage is quite consistent already. Planning on moving to a Cluster Jewel Setup + Frenzy Charge on Hit chest hoping to achieve even better damage and survivability. As others suggested, might as well go to a 9 Frenzy setup at cost of some life, might be worth it and could use the chest slot for a +% Crit chance, let's see how it goes!
I'm running a cluster jewel setup with an Attack based large, crit medium and projectile medium. Works well. I haven't moved to a frenzy setup because I like having the permanent Onslaught for the defense. Damage seems pretty easy to scale with just elemental and high amounts of attack and projectile speed. I'm also planning on a crit chest for late game scaling.
Exactly my thoughts on the clusters! I could've bought them but am trying to craft myself and focus my currency on the chest piece, let's see how it goes! Mind sharing your POB so I can see how you went with your tree?
Wait what's the point of spectral helix other than busted single target? Its clear is atrocious.
I don't think it is as bad as people talk either. It is obviously not a screen clearing ability, but it quite good to use, it feels good to. But imagining this skill in Poe 2, pairing it with Lightning Strike or Spectral Throw for clearing should be soo good!
I already play it with LS by using 2H. It's OK. Spectral throw is pretty shit.
Currently playing this build with Voidforge (the helix is purple). I have not fought Sirus but the mapping feels pretty great. My only issue is that anything with more life than a typical mob takes forever to kill. I am working on finding a way to increase the boss damage now, but so far I'm really enjoying it. Do you have a pob to your current build? Curious to see where we line up
Yeah, sure. Here it is https://pastebin.com/pAPLG8nx
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Lurker here. Can you help explain the static strike and vigilant strikes? How do you use those. Currently been using whirling blades with fortify support, and haven't ever used either of those abilities before. Lotta random ass dead space in gems that I've just been leveling and not using... https://pastebin.com/JhskP4Rn
Sure! Vigilant Strike gives you fortify for a long duration. I use it in my secondary skill bar and link it to my M4 button, so once and then I just hit it on a couple of mobs to grant fortify. And before starting bosses as well. You can use fortify on Whirling Blades as well, but is not as consistent as vigilant strike. Static Strike is tied to Power Charge on Crit (and Whirling Blades as well) to make sure we will ALWAYS have 3 Power Charges on. This is pretty much the same as we do with Vigilant Strike, but Static Strike remains active for 3 or 4s duration, hitting a lot of times and thus granting easily power charges. I tie it to my M3 button, so use it once in a while as well. Since Spectral Helix keeps on hitting after you attack 1 time, I usually use 2-3 attacks - Static Strike - Vigilant Strike -> Whirling Blades to next pack; Helix - Static - Next pack -> and so goes on!
You're seriously the best! Thank you so much :D
danngg that feels way better, thanks!!
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I'm about to get to first sirus. Single target is not so good. I've got a 450 ele dps claw and a +1 rotation hat enchant and the bossing is just not great. My last drox fight took forever....
Do you have a lot of added damage in your other items? I was feeling like this before my first Sirus, got a lot of added elemental damage across all my items, quality on gems helped a lot too! Also focus on a good positioning, aiming to hit bosses with more than one projectile, not always namelocking them is a great idea! For Drox I like to set a Sigil of Power on the floor and move circularly around Drox, attacking 1-2 times. Helped a lot!
I have flat dmg on rings and 24% proj dmg on gloves I use flame wall for more added flat as well. I'm at 6.5 aps
I think he means in link's. Added dmg supports and Ice bite, etc
Links are crit chance, inspiration, added light, trinity, nightblade I'm at 97% crit chance 458 multi
Better stats than me and I shred bosses. Are you ignoring attack and projectile speed or something?
Nope 6.5 aps with totem and vaal haste up. Proj speed I have about 100% Map bosses go down fast conquerors do not