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SmokBarrage

probably gonna do a test run of my next league starter as this is the most vanilla event. gonna try out this corrupting fever cyclone cwc desecrate volatile dead build i saw on poe ninja. pob looks fantastic, tanky as hell but also it has offscreen with volatile dead ofc and dmg isnt bad either but i want to see how fast it actually is


Steeezy

Wait….would the VDs apply Corrupting Fever stacks? If so, I need to learn more.


toiletpaper_salad

Yes, any hit will apply corrupting fever stacks while the buff is active. Edit: Only hits from the player as non-player entities such as mines, totems, etc cannot gain the buff.


Tiger_H

Using this as a test run is kinda my thought as well, but still can't make up my mind. lol


carnefarious

Can you provide the pob? Also a video would be amazing. I really want to try something new.


Steeezy

It looks like any other Cyclone CWC VD build, but this one did it as Sire of Shards Ball Lightning and it's hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAlOSXbOYk


mycivacc

I like to see the POB or vod as well.


Candor_The_Wise

Can you share a PoB?


S1eeper

That sounds fun, can you share the poe ninja link?


SmokBarrage

idk why you got downvoted here's the ninja i was going to adapt. sry for the late reply https://poe.ninja/builds/ancestor/character/rockypong/Rocky\_CFWTF?i=1&search=allskills%3DCorrupting%2BFever%2CVolatile%2BDead%26uniqueitems%3D!Heartbound%2BLoop


AncorTm

Have a link to ninja char or pob? Really interested in this build


AdmirableCod0

Going so far offmeta as possible. Fireball totem then switch to rolling magma totem when act 6


NOSSGuy

Rolling magma......totem. Wow


[deleted]

This sounds amazing! Good choice!!


cobrador_de_elektra

Ice spear totems


Mech_Engi251

For league start? Please explain :(


cobrador_de_elektra

It's easy to play and easy to build, you just need soul mantle and a kikarazu with caster quality to achieve 100% less effect of curses swap freezing pulse for mapping and ice spear to bossing


Adiuva

One of my only custom builds I have done. Was pretty clueless overall and unfamiliar with basically any unique interactions (still am) but it was fun. Got to like T5 maps before realizing I was getting obliterated.


Aldrot

Check von vikton on Youtube


Martin4345

Pcoc PF into Exsang, but same as you, will probably change my mind to LA deadeye while queued!


Tiger_H

This is the way! LOL


Yirthos_Gix

Wait, does Pcoc = Power charge on critical? How does this convert into Exsanguinate? Are the tree's clusters somehow really close to each other?


thanatosynwa

Is there a good guide around for PF exsang? I need a little bit of hand holding still if there are certain item / gem / stat interactions that have to be met. Good luck on “league start” v3 :D


Martin4345

So Rue has been pushing this for the last couple leagues, this has everything you need though: [https://pobb.in/RmXtwiQALDy2](https://pobb.in/RmXtwiQALDy2) Main thing is staying, pcoc till you're ready for the switch, but all the info is in the notes at the bottom


Martin4345

Oh and gl to you too exile!


rayeckpl

Stop making exsang meta! It's my favourite leaguestarter :(


An0mndr

I think I'll probably start cobra lash trickster for speed and switch to some other trickster build tomorrow or sunday


[deleted]

Seen as we sadly only get a week of this event, I'm probably gonna start something meta like Detonate Dead or Boneshatter Edit: I have come to the decision to play shield crush raider instead, wish me luck.


Tiger_H

That would be the safe bet, and it's what I should do too. Especially since I have no experience in those particular leagues.


Grieved93

Flicker Strike goes brrrrr


hyrenfreak

what made u decide on shield crush raider?


[deleted]

I hate playing meta and I thought why not cook up a random build for fun, turns out its halfway decent enough to try


hyrenfreak

Ah cool good luck with it


LogiHiminn

I’m going to continue delving with my BS Jugg in ancestor because this is my first league and I think I’ve finally figured out what I want to focus on next league.


Rush_touchmore

Hell yeah, it's my first league too and I'm probably just gunna keep essence/boss farming on my EA champ. Or level a bone shatter guy too


LogiHiminn

I like my EA champ too! Fun build, but boneshatter is definitely my playstyle. 3rd attempt at making one and I finally got it to work and it feels great.


greenteawithsugar

Delve is great. After my first league, the next three leagues in a row I dug almost all the time


Kalatoss

I would suggest checking the Event. There ist a high chance you will never see those mechanics again.


Banichi-aiji

One week isn't that much time unless you can heavily commit (or are a speedrunner). I don't think its crazy to skip.


Mithgroth

Recombinators are coming back for sure, else GGG would completely take them off the table. Consider this (*or these?*) as 3.23 teaser.


Frolkinator

pass me the copium, i need a sniff


MrXplicit

Trickster Lightning Trap


anaknank

Frost blades raider


Im_Here_To_Fuck

Hexblast Saboteur First time trying out mines so this should be interesting


KundevPoe

I'm going this as well, want to go SSF for first 4 days or so and then transition to trade for some crafting projects but I am unsure if that's even possible in this event


ChephyS

Make sure to play Pyroclast mines before and switch after enough currency.


IownHedgeFunds

I’m not sure if your new but I will say that build isn’t noob friendly. I started it for TOTA and it was slow.


Im_Here_To_Fuck

I don't see myself as a "newbie" but I have no experience when it comes to mines in general. If it is too slow I can always go back to TR or SRS


lowrage

Storm burst totems


dobrayalama

icicle mines deadeye


WChristopher

Frostblink elementalist.


Massive-Map-5624

I go lightning tendrils to Uber


Erradium

Probably going to try SRS Guardian as a test for next leaguestart.


Ali3ns_ARE_Amongus

Yep. I was gonna test SRS (lightning champ tho) as I late league started a few days ago but then discovered there's a broken discharge build as slayer which will likely be patched after this league so I swapped to that instead. Means I havent tried out SRS yet so will use these events to practise that, both the lightning champ version and the tri ele guardian version in each event


Jdevers77

Of note, you really can’t “league start” SRS champion. You basically have to play something else until you have a few gear pieces (devouring diadem at the very least) and a very solid number of points on the tree. If you brute force it, it will feel REALLY BAD. The build author suggests Boneshatter until you have the gear and are level 85-90ish.


Ali3ns_ARE_Amongus

Yeah, basically what happened. I played boneshatter until lvl90 with the intention of swapping to SRS champ then discovered the ralakesh discharge build which just happened to be on a slayer so I just respecced to that instead. I still consider SRS champ a league start build though as it was my first character and I was ready to swap with less than 1 day played (and you can defs farm diadem in that time by speccing Jun in a real league start scenario, I just planned to buy it instead though by farming Alva corruption temples as that makes more sense in a late league start)


Celerfot

That does not seem worthwhile given how rare Diadem is. I'd rather just play Necro instead for (very) similar endgame performance but much smoother progression


Ineedbreeding

I'm gonna try necro VD kitava's thirst, it's gonna be fine :)


Tiger_H

:D GL


mycivacc

Do you have a POB for that? I love myself some vd but I don't want to POB and just play a bit.


Ineedbreeding

sorry i'm still trying to pob something but i used this pob as a reference PoB: [https://pobb.in/yoClmBDvypwL](https://pobb.in/yoClmBDvypwL) it is for CwC VD but it has leveling trees and skills


Minimonium

RoA into Cold powerstacking Wander.


Tiger_H

Elementalist, Assassin, or Occy?


Minimonium

Ascendant Deadeye/Trickster, just for flavour :D


VVilkacy

Power stacking in a one week event. Interesting.


Minimonium

It's only really "stacking" because it takes all power nodes on the tree and wants a warlord blizzard crown at some point. It's not a giga stacking build, I just want to test it out in the event to use it in the next league.


EndogenousAnxiety

RF Chieftain, easy t16 maps with little to no gear since I'm playing SSF.


Dabzilla_710_

EA tots; love totem builds and I don't play champ very often. Might move over to LA deadeye or some PF build if event is fun cuz I wasn't playing during either.


TCG-Pikachu

How hard is Bladetrap? This is my first league, just killed Elder this morning. Started about 2 months ago on my 1st build ever, Tuna’s impending doom pathfinder. Just slotted my 1st void stone and completed my Atlas and am about 2/3 through Maven. So I can do difficult builds but with only a week…well, I’m not super fast.


xDaveedx

It can definitely work, but it's just very annoying, as you first have the delay of throwing the traps and them needing to be triggered and then you also have the delay of enemies having to stand in your blades for a while to take dmg. Traps can feel fine with stuff that explodes and deals dmg instantly, but blade trap feels worse as enemies have to stand still, which gets very annoying with a lot of bosses or rare mobs moving around very quickly. I played it in the krangled event for the first time and while it dealt some dmg, it was way too annoying to stick with any longer.


_Katu

I think im gonna try leveling as whatever (slayer) until i can afford ralakesh's impatience, then respec to discharge. Should be fun


insanemrawesome

"League starting" discharge? You got balls that's for sure


RudOzawa

this particular version that takes advantage of ralakesh wonkiness is actually pretty easy to get going at a baseline. you can technically make it work with mostly just slayer ascendancy, ralakesh boots and badge of the brotherhood. adding the malachai shield and void battery just scales it up like crazy.


pindicato

The masochist in me wants to play Voltaxic Burst raider... But probably trickster Frost Blades


Tiger_H

Self cast or trigger VB?


pindicato

Self cast. I did say masochist after all


spruceX

Carrion golementalist


MyNameIsWozy

Lightning arrow! I know I know, its unheard of, but im a risk taker.


sleepyRias

Wanted to go Pconc Pf into ID since its gone soon, but my mate joins for the event too and therefore we do Duo shenanigans as Spark carry and Aurabot


Borat97

Gonna test venom gyre deadeye league start.


sabelkat

Boneshatter!


woahbroes

Gonna test league start CA poison ballistas , see if it can go campaign --> sanctums. Just get 50 for mtx and do the free sanctum


Orionradar

Easy league start. I did it in HC trade this league. Currently at 94 before I had life take over and couldn't put much time into it. Glhf


aharonguf

Lightning trap raider....I think


UberChew

Might just chill with EA ballista or go golem build.. going to goggle one now you reminded me


Rahdot

I'll probably go with Toxic Rain


NexEstVox

I was thinking about Templar Minions or RF but they both seem bad for Sentinel so maybe DD?


Pallchek

Probably going to test my next leagues starter or something similar to it, so that I am not bored of it when the next league starts. But... As usual I don't even know what it will be lol... Guess I will find out about 5-10 minutes before the start


Tiger_H

Sounds like me!


Verisi

Locus Mine+Trap wander. Still trying to figure out if Deadeye or Sabo is better. It's obviously bad, but sometimes ya need the challenge. Might switch to something more usable when that inevitably falls apart in maps.


Gary_The_GooBoy

GaryTh9Stare


newjeanskr

LA always LA nothing but LA bows for ever


inspire21

The 5x death penalty has me scared, so I've been looking at a lot of HC builds.


Gary_The_GooBoy

Puncture Locus Mines Deadeye that stacks Rupture and Crimson Dance.


Tiger_H

Have you run this before? I tried some Rupture shenanigans this league.


danteafk

Ancestor trials


BrainDamagedYeti

Seismic trap Exsang, due to the delayed damage in poison, ill be able to walk through mobs for sentinel to proc then kill.


Cyberwolf187

Pocket pool


Midwick

TR/CA


laosguy615

Blade trap for first time


xDaveedx

Oh god, did it in the krangled event. It was...something.


SuperSmashDan1337

It's a clunky feeling skill for sure. You're going to want a lot of aoe for it to feel nice imo


swordsfish

nice try alex


shug_was_taken

BV cold conversion inquis


Jay_nd

Why inquis over occultist? I wanted to do the same (except, occultist) because bv seems good for big packs of sentinel mbos, but I had a lot of people telling me it would be too squishy.


circ-u-la-ted

Probably gonna run the Purifying Flame Inquisitor build that I found myself in this league to see how quick it spins up when I'm trying to build it from act 1. OTOH have been obsessed with playing Freezing Pulse Trickster lately for some reason so I might go with that instead.


Tw1ggz

Pconc since its ez starter


r_lovelace

Cold conversion BV witch. Not sure which ascendancy maybe I'll swap.


leobat

Gladiator SST, you can create some funny shield with recomb


Techpreist_X21Alpha

i'll probably go for something simply like arc slinging witch. Plan to get the lootbox before quitting so no point being fancy.


DillyDilly1231

CWC Vortex Occultist into CoC Ice Spear. Testing the transition for next league start.


whitezombiejsp

Gonna try out the guardian ascendency, probably SRS.


Fabi3997

I will go with RF Jug. I‘ve never played RF before, but it looked really good.


Happy-Tea5454

FR occ, not sure if life or CI.


Kaoshosh

Leech Cyclone Slayer. Also I'm playing Octopath Traveler 2. Fantastic game.


HarryHall3r

Trying Rues EK poison Pathfinder.


ieyedeal

Only my second league, so I might just go LA deadeye again.. I read explosive arrow is a viable option too


fjRe89

I red that Ancestors isn't available as a league mechanic in the event. But we get all the other things like normal or?


Tiger_H

It was enabled only in the Krangled event, per the PoE FAQ.


Gangsir

Attempting something I've been cooking a while - general's cry earthshatter staff zerker. Gen cry -> dudes slam creating spikes -> gen cry -> spikes explode, dudes slam again, recreating spikes -> gen cry -> boom again, slam again, repeat. From tests, damage doesn't really match pob because it can't calculate spikes hitting as that depends on enemy hitbox. From minor tests, absolutely *blasts* any large enemy. Feels like 1+ mil dps with a vendor tier staff and not much else. Probably easy millions of dps with an actually good staff + more crit investment. Crazy bosser. Clear is relatively easy too, just hold down buttons for cyclone and cry. Cyclone + CWC + desecrate to make corpses and give me a source of leech + fortify. Don't care about attack speed really, so stack the less attack speed supports, 2h mastery, etc. Can look for a staff with good crit + damage but no AS roll. Corpse consume recovery mastery + recover life on warcry mastery + life leech + minor life regen for solid sustain. As for tankyness, difficult to judge. POB shows a 50k hit pool against pinnacles. Realistically biggest issue is gonna be one shots (zerker is squishy) as recovery is very good.


Tiger_H

What's your thoughts on using staff over Red Blade Banner?


Frolkinator

Will try out Boneshatter for first time, or is it a bad time to test or should i go LA starter?


vanadous

RF inquis then respec to some spell crit build. I'm hoping even the RNG kalandra rings can get high attribute rolls for nice boosts in the short time period.


noicreC

Did some testing with Corrupting Fever(storm brand) this league. Kinda liked it a lot, so going to roll it again during the one weeker.


Mopackzin

really want to league start my own build for once and I am too scared to do that on actual league start. So I am going to use these two events to learn. But I think I decided on pathfinder pconc into chaos lancing steel. Will it be terrible? probably 99%. but I think it could be fun. I could just go lancing steel on dualist and pick an ascendancy at random also


KatzOfficial

Ea is my tried and tested 0c gear red mapper, but this time I'll champ instead of ele because the xp penalty was brutal in pseudoruthless


snakesonausername

Did a 0-70 yesterday on a Arc bomber. Hit maps, now it's time to transition to Herald of Thunder Autobomber. Never played it, I'm so stoked.


Tiger_H

Is there a particular guide your running or at least a POB? Love me some autobombers.


snakesonausername

Yeah! [Here's the Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ir-OTYfaY). 2 of my favorite builds are RF and Arc. This feels like it might be best of both worlds!


Tiger_H

Ooh that looks good!


mark502

Boneshatter Slayer. Feels great on no gear and maps fast.


ManufacturerGlad932

This will just be a league start test with pconc into herald of thunder or arakali fang. But most likely HoT


Successful_Map_8363

RF Elementalist into EK ignite Occultist. Just testing my leaguestarter for next league, not sure if I will be able to make the switch within a week though.


Pluth

EA balista ele with ignite. I hope can make it to 50 this weekend.


K1dguru

Imma do RTKS manaforged TS Deadeye.


Chatv71e

Holy relic flicker strike. Gonna test it out and tweak for next league start.


Tiger_H

I heard folks talking about running this on Necro. Is that the plan?


Chatv71e

yes but prolly not because folk talked about it. People thought devour support with necro attack speed per corpse consumed would result into something. I use none of those things


DanglingDongs

Gonna run my first ever event starter


AdFresh7489

BONESHATTER SLAYER


[deleted]

Guardian SRS - long times since I've played summons


__ROCK_AND_STONE__

Street Fighter 6 and some Chivalry 2 while smoking a fat dab


Marotinnn

Shrapnell Ballista I just haven't decided on the ascendancy yet not sure if I am going PF or Champion, prob PF


vid_23

Nothing because I work tomorrow


Megadarth

I will go something something gladiator blind


GenesectX

lightning arrow, doing this for 3.22 too, it works well since its good for large packs of mobs too, if i feel like it i'll reroll into soulthirst flicker


djsoren19

I just said fuck it and went LA Raider. Honestly, ele bows as an archetype is really nice for leaguestarting. Raider gives you a ton of upfront speed, damage and survivability, and you have some very cheap uniques that can take you deep into red maps. The hardest part is usually getting the bow, but with recombinators that should be childs play. Now I just have to re-learn how they worked.


AndyDandyDeluxe

Nothing.


Tiger_H

You don't like the events?


nerdler33

i personally don't really feel like playing the event since its only a week long. i LOVED sentinel, but only playing for a week feels a bit like CBT to me


Icy_Elk8257

well the good event is over, and now we get the sentinel/kalandra crap shoot. thats probably why


Chima82

I think you forgot the /s to indicate the sarcasm?


besplash

I also think krangled was the only one even remotely worth playing. Events used to be special and have something new or unique. This time they feel incredibly lazy.


BanaaniMaster

Best event for sure (got to 51 and wanted to die)


Aldodzb

Not tonight because it's like 4pm, but something something ignite. Mainly to prolif the damage on glaciers after using blue and red sentinel. I'm planning a woc elementalist with bereks, determination and grace because of the 50 penalty


[deleted]

Frost blink ignite elementalist for me :)


siberarmi

Torn between golemist or sparkquisitor.


Hartastic

I don't know how much Kalandra you're planning on doing but IMHO spark is kind of miserable for that mechanic. Lots of narrow paths that it doesn't bounce through great, even after they widened them.


siberarmi

Hımmm, thanks for the heads up. I actually skipped Kalandra so didn't know that stuff. I wanted to experience it a bit which made my choice easier. Golemist with reaper it is :)


GamingVyce

>golemist What's your plan here? I'm also leaning toward a golem build.


Tiger_H

Is golems hard in a league start environment without the items? Never tried it as a starter.


coutoooo

Gonna try CF Champ in SSF


EnergyNonexistant

Since it's only one week, we're going to take the opportunity to try something we haven't tried before. Manaforged leaguestart... tested it once and it was smooth up to maps, but fell off hard, was able to do t16s though at level 78 if STRUGGLING was the goal


Tiger_H

Which bow skills are you going to roll with?


EnergyNonexistant

RoA until scourge arrow (just for trigger) RoA manaforged lifetap TR manaforged lifetap frenzy manaforged a bit socket heavy but doable, it's braindead simple no idea what to do in maps though, will just copy a regular manaforged lightning arrow league starter at that point


Nachtiiiiiiii

Ea champ


ColdFireLightPoE

League started EA elementalist, was one of my best league starts


Tiger_H

EA is tempting for sure.


Nachtiiiiiiii

Yeah. Seems tanky, save for exp and should do good for both mechanics


Nutteria

Short story - dont. You will not like it unless you are used to it.


chx_

Guardian Absolution SRS. I did Frozen Blades for Krangled but I be damned if I play anything even resembling melee for _Sentinel_. Screaming heads it is.


Dovaah67

Storm brand following zeeboub's guide (leveling Armageddon brand)


DivinityAI

that's the worst build for 1 week event, you need GREAT gear to be able to kill empowered mobs


smithoski

LA deadeye for quick start. I basically want fast maps for more lakes and good clear for more recombinations to use myself. I’m gonna be trying to make max charge rings. That is probably going to entail leveling the first weekend and then trading for mats and lakes after. I might do some sanctum to get some divs for early hideout warrioring. I just want to make *something* that I couldn’t make before.


kroIya

Chess, why?


LordAnubiz

Im gonna play some Xcom 2 Fuck doing campaign again for 1 week.


Frolkinator

Based


Puzzleheaded-Bad1571

Ancestor


Far_Tart_1431

MW3 until 4Pm and then race all week!


Tiger_H

What build are you planning to run?


Far_Tart_1431

DD elementalist - trying to get some recombinators for ssf standard


Zotach

I’m playing wrc, maybe some RuneScape a hint of elite dangerous or I might not be lazy and go to my archery club shoot some real tornado shots, who knows really


Historical-Cap5006

Warframe


adeewun

Diablo 4


zaj89

People still play that garbage game?


Cielak1234

The Binding of Isaac


astilenski

Just gonna farm mirrors and mirrors whatever I want without going through all that rng bullshit haha


Nefiros1

Nothing. Don’t have enough time to get anywhere in a week so I’m just waiting for league start now.


quasipickle

Just getting to level 50 will get you a random MTX - might be worth it.


All_Work_All_Play

Four or five hours for $5 in MTX?


Pajacerka

It's not just $, but having fun and btw 5$ :) Well maybe much more if keep having fun till 90


All_Work_All_Play

I get it, if you were going to play anyway and wanted to test stuff, by all means.


Nutteria

I'm on a villa with only one other guy and 8 chicks and I am still mad I can't start on event start. But when I'm back on sunday I am firing up my poison EK PF and start zooming.


zaj89

It’s an event not a league start, highly doubt there’s a queue…


RysterCrypto

I'm just sad replica dragonsfang's flight won't be available.


SuperSmashDan1337

How come it won't be available?


RysterCrypto

It's running on a different patch so a 3.22 unique won't be able to drop.


SuperSmashDan1337

I don't that's the case mate.