[3.21] Vatinas' Spiders + HoP Guardian - CI, 70K armour, 1400 ES on block, millions of DPS

Thanks for the reply echevierra.

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Can you post pastbin plz ?

https://pastebin.com/aQskXBTt

I have now 9606 ES and 69k armour and helmet with 30% reduc reservation on herald. => Before enchant : 5L herald with enlighten 3 and still deathless on map T14-T16.

You can replace jewelery in mendium cluster for stalwart cluster (+ 2-3k armour but - 400ES)
Next move :
- 1 circle of guilt + Maim link flesh and stone + maybe enlighten 3/4 for determination and discipline on +1 level socketed gem corrupted shield => +1 level for the 2 aura and enlighten is good. Other possibility is 4 link determination / flesh / maim / enligten 4.
- More defensive you can use purity of elements or 1 element instead of flesh and stone => lower mana reduction and easy overcap for high map and can give +4 maximum for 1 res.
- I dont know if i stay 3B/3R (cost 20-30c) with divergent minion speed (30% attack speed / 45%movement / 20% cooldown recovery) and melee physical or go 4B 2R for 3-4 ex ...If you use bloodlust on herald and have with maim / flesh and stone you need vulnerability on glove for apply bleed (divergent maim with cyclone can before with despair on glove). Bloodlust and melee physical is close in term of damage but bloodlust have lower reservation
- Lvl 96-97 respec for cult-leader / disciples
- watcher eye with 8-10% mana convert on ES (+2k to 2.5k ES => 12k ES / 11k with 1 circle of guilt) AND additionnal physical reduction or block spell. If phys reduc i need blue nightmare for cap spell block.


I'm not low budget now but you can start with 150-200c easy. Spider damage alone do the job for T1 to T10 easy. You can buy skin of the loyal with 3R/3G and link cyclone / attack speed / maim / fortify / culling strike / blind ?
=> arakali fang + aurora + memory vault + skin and the loyal and you have 5-6k ES with 30-40k armour.

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echevierra escribió:

or alternatively just socket holy relic on your tabula rasa and let it do the dmg while you spin to spawn HoP. I do this and starting from act 4 i just rekt through map till atlas.

What gems do you use in tabula in that setup?
I've switched to dom blow (splash, multi, melee phys, brutality, fortify) and it kinda works, but maybe what you do works better...?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/mtiwye/psa_fertile_catalyst_no_longer_affects_reduced/

Fertile Catalysts no longer affect the HOP mana reservation

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benjiwoosh escribió:

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echevierra escribió:

or alternatively just socket holy relic on your tabula rasa and let it do the dmg while you spin to spawn HoP. I do this and starting from act 4 i just rekt through map till atlas.

What gems do you use in tabula in that setup?
I've switched to dom blow (splash, multi, melee phys, brutality, fortify) and it kinda works, but maybe what you do works better...?

i just put the same support gem for HoP, like HoP + predator + minion damage + holy relic + meele physical damage + culling strike. Supporting skill is still cyclone tho, need spin to keep summoning sentinels, tbh i just pair cyclone with 5 link whispering ice (for what on link see my post before), really good for summoning sentinels + actually help deal some dmg, pair with thief torment and you can spin all the time without worrying hp/mana low (unless one-shotted)

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echevierra escribió:

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benjiwoosh escribió:

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echevierra escribió:

or alternatively just socket holy relic on your tabula rasa and let it do the dmg while you spin to spawn HoP. I do this and starting from act 4 i just rekt through map till atlas.

What gems do you use in tabula in that setup?
I've switched to dom blow (splash, multi, melee phys, brutality, fortify) and it kinda works, but maybe what you do works better...?

i just put the same support gem for HoP, like HoP + predator + minion damage + holy relic + meele physical damage + culling strike. Supporting skill is still cyclone tho, need spin to keep summoning sentinels, tbh i just pair cyclone with 5 link whispering ice (for what on link see my post before), really good for summoning sentinels + actually help deal some dmg, pair with thief torment and you can spin all the time without worrying hp/mana low (unless one-shotted)

Thanks, Ill try that out :3

I applied 20x Fertile Catalysts to both of my Circle of Guilt Synthesised Iron Rings while they already had 20% reduced Reservation to bring them up to 23%. This did not bring the reservation reduction to 23%. What am I missing?

Edit: To bring them up to the 23%.

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Bilunsalaes escribió:

I applied 20x Fertile Catalysts to both of my Circle of Guilt Synthesised Iron Rings while they already had 20% reduced Reservation to bring them up to 23%. This did not bring the reservation reduction to 23%. What am I missing?

Edit: To bring them up to the 23%.

The modifier "Herald of purity has #% reduced reservation" changed. Before it was specified "mana reduced reservation" and now it's for mana and life so the quality on ring doesn't affect it.

EDIT: Nevermind.

Hello, I thought about some tanky build to conquer all the content and I thought about making this build, but I'm worried about Ultimatum and especially ruin stacks. How well does this build tackle Ultimatum encounters?