Hey Pohx, really appreciate the detailed guide! I think other build creators would take "go block based" as full instructions in and of itself; but you going the extra mile to really show your work *is* helpful to those of us who only have a few hundred hours as opposed to a few thousand.
Man, I've been following your build for my 1st successful character. I was struggling but JUST found your video.... You made it so easy to understand, I'm kicking myself for not searching sooner. You rock! Xbox player and really struggling so I'm looking forward to tearing this game up now
Pohx youre a real one been using your guides for multiple seasons now. I've been playing since incursion and all but 1 league I've only played RF. Couldn't have done it without you
i usually play rf whener i play a league and for the first time i went block based and my god it feels good. thank you so much for the builds and tips. really appreciate all you do for us rf enjoyers.
Said it once, will say it again: Best Guides, HIGHLY functional Builds - in contrast to all all the pure number Builds which barely work on the field. Much appreciated. ❤️
Small reminder: CHECK YOUR LIFETAPS, mine was linked on a 3 link with Tempest Shield, so I couldn't fit all 4 Auras, was looking for the mistake for 1 hour straight.
good to see crafting shields went so well for you too crafted mine yesterday afternoon using pristine fossils, 70c base and hit 174 life 5% recovery, fire res and 5pdr after 15 tries
Thanks for the tips! Just bought a pinn shield with 1500+ armor, recover life on block, and gain endurance/frenzy/power charge on block for 40c. Only +45 life but cannot complain given the price.
Thanks for the video. Maybe I will do a block build with my duelist.. Also.. I appreciate the exquisite musical taste. I also love to listen to the Diablo2 tracks from time to time. Cave is one of my favorite along with Tristram.
I've tried Simulacrum on the block based chieftain and it's super fun to have both bosses spawn on top of you, just to be melted by an explode ignite within seconds. Don't try it without the explode though, unless you have too much time on your hands :)
honestly it looks like going block based solves our physical damage taken problem quite handily. i just got to maps, im looking forward to making the switch.
Why hello, Wow thanks for explaining so clearly 2 mechanics I have always considered too "expert" - block/stun & harvest crafting Following your build & videos so far, it is such a breeze, thanks a lot
Pohx I feel like you're the sole reason RF is still viable, and I can't express how thankful me and my fingers are for you. I would have carpal tunnel if it weren't for RF.
Lmao. did this today, and thought "A video would be great". But rather than check for one, I just respeced based on your pob, and figured it all out on my own. Literally facepalming now.
You could search for non-unique shield and set a minimum value for armor. Then you'll get results independent of base type and decide what kind of trade off you are willing to make.
when you enter Pohx channel it is like i don't feel the complications of POE his explaining is simple that a guy like me English ain't my main language everything he says is crystal clear i don't need to go find why he did this or that .. Thank you Pohx even in the leagues i didn't play i watched your videos big fan.
First time starting POE, i think i would have given up without your guides. thank you so much! keep it up. p.s how do you have enough mana for all the auras? ok watching it again it finally hit me, the auras are not updated on the POB, it still shows Purity of fire, Malevolence, skitter, tempest :(
first time seeing pohx out of character with the "8 hours later" meme haha thx for the vid boss! gl hf sad part of the video, people now use this to make profit while others struggle to buy the base now for their RF-build xD
So what auras are you running after going block based? PoB says Skitterbots, PoF, Tempest Shield, and Malevolence, but that is impossible with this setup without additional mana reservation-like 10% more is needed beyond the respec in PoB even. I’m guessing you dropped Malevolence? Edit: I missed the part at 5:30. I'm an idiot.
Awesome vid mate! Thanks for everything you do. I'm a little confused about immortal call though; doesn't seem to be on your action bar here but it's still part of the POB. Sorry if this is obvious but should I be running it?
Hey, thanks for the update it's really helpful. Just a question where do you get the max 90 res? I've counted everythin on your tree and got to 13% additional max res, can't locate the missing 2% :( - EDIT: Nvm, forgot about the +1's to gem levels on the items and the increased aura effects.
Thansk for those infos bro! In my case, i will need a LOT of luck... Need to spam a top Tier 2 Suppres Spell Damage + Life Regen on BLock + Tier 1 Maximum Life... Lets go!
I am curious to see with the new Life totals if you can still run Destiny of Defiance and see a similar effect as before given you will likely have more total HP. For example a 100% Adorned jewel with 7% life rolled jewels (I dont know the cut off for Adorn off hand) would net some pretty high life totals when all the gear has like 200 life on it. Plus factor in the jeweler being able to hit 200 as well. Could lead to being as if not more tanky than before
Hi Pohx. Thanks a lot for all the work. I am following your build as best I can. Today I managed to craft myself a shield, a helmet, and made the switch. Survivability and damage improvements are great. I can finally kill bosses in a reasonable amount time. That being said, I have 1-2 questions: 1. How important is the switch to cloak of flame? Is the survivability improvement significant? I am currently running a standard armor/life/life regen chest. 2. When to switch to annihilation's approach? I dropped a hinekora's lock today and if I sold it, I could get both of the above probably. If anyone can comment, that would be great.
The game really want me to play RF again, div card shaper shield, fire dmg+dot sceptre, burning+fire dmg+hp jewel. All of them totally random while I can't get that damned farruls fur I want
Hey @Pohx, thank you for your effort on this excellent guide! I have a question - how do you mange to cast immortal call (18 mana) if you have only 5 unreserved mana left? I follow your last pob with skitter + ubound + PoF + F&S.
Hi! I appreciate your guide and I'm following it to build my RF chief. But I can't understand why you use blood and sand, if it applyes to melee skill.
Thank you for the video, I'm a new player who started last patch and followed your guide for RF chieftain, should I get rid of my rise of the phoenix and try and get the same type of shield as you ?
Rise of the phoenix shield is an entry item..it gives +5 max fire resistance. But you can ditch this if, and only if you go to purity of fire aura and ruby flask (both gives + max fire resist) so rise of the phoenix is not needed anymore, this is time to swap to a life on block shaper shield and go block based (respec tree)
I was trying to buy a base when I switched block based a few days ago, then I see a shield with recover mod and an open prefix lurking in the sea of other bases. So I bought and slap max life on it. It took me 35c. I think I won't invest in shield until my other gears are done.
I'm a bit confused, with Skitterbots, Tempest Shield, Purity of Fire, and Malevolence, the reservation is way above 100%. How do you manage to have 3 up when the reservation cost is so high?
Thanks so much for this video, it's like it was made just for me! I managed to find a shield with life, armour, 5% phys dmg reduction and +2% max all res. Is there any way to get recover life on block as well or do I need to buy another shield and start from scratch? And is it worth the 70c+? Thanks!
I'm at that point where I want to transition to block for red maps but I'm playing ssf. Do I need a shaper shield or any shield will do? Also, thanks for your build and videos, I thought RF was boring, didn't even want to try it but I gotta say, it might be the best build I've ever played and I love it!
What if I don't want to convert to block-based? I see no alternative guide/loadout in Path of Building for level 90+. It seems according to PoB my only option is to convert to block-based. I'm new to game and this is my first league. Your guide has been a pleasure to follow, but I am very confused what to do now that I am level 90, and a bit squishy. Thanks!
i still want to know how to craft a shield with socketed gems have 30%increased reservation efficiency like in your POB you have a great shield with that
What's the links to set it up correctly? For some reason PoB refuses to run on my PC this league and keeps crashing on opening even using older versions so can't see the PoB for the links.
hello there, Console player here it is very hard to find these kinds of shields on console. is it possible to do this with any high armor high life shield?
Hey Pohx, really appreciate the detailed guide! I think other build creators would take "go block based" as full instructions in and of itself; but you going the extra mile to really show your work *is* helpful to those of us who only have a few hundred hours as opposed to a few thousand.
Thank You. This demonstration was very helpful.
2 goats on my screen rn
Thanks so much for the support friend
Yeah dude that Glancing Blows live demo was rad. I remember when they nerfed it from 50% and everyone said it was dead, lol guess not
Pros of the video: I learned how to craft my shield.
Cons of the video: I can't buy the shaper shield anymore.
true
Yea saw this at work came home the price tripled
And then there is me playing on console, only finding 1-2 sellers for that shield and they want 5-6 divine… we need more players 😢
if its to expensive reroll influence with harvest 1000 purple juice.
Buy random influenced shield and reroll to shapper influence
Thank you so much for the shield crafting guide. got mine done under 5 minutes with the harvest bench.
Man, I've been following your build for my 1st successful character. I was struggling but JUST found your video.... You made it so easy to understand, I'm kicking myself for not searching sooner. You rock! Xbox player and really struggling so I'm looking forward to tearing this game up now
Thanks. I'm not planning to do an RF build this league but learned how to craft that shield which I need for my bleed glad.
I just started an RF Chief a few days ago and I’ve been struggling in red maps due to defenses. This video was exactly what I needed to see
Thanks a lot! So stoked for that gear progression video in the future as well!
Awesome guide Phox! Thank you som much, I'm having a lot of fun with the RF build
Wonderful end to end explanation of how everything stacks up to create a block+recovery defensive layer.
Pohx youre a real one been using your guides for multiple seasons now. I've been playing since incursion and all but 1 league I've only played RF. Couldn't have done it without you
i usually play rf whener i play a league and for the first time i went block based and my god it feels good. thank you so much for the builds and tips. really appreciate all you do for us rf enjoyers.
Said it once, will say it again: Best Guides, HIGHLY functional Builds - in contrast to all all the pure number Builds which barely work on the field. Much appreciated. ❤️
Small reminder: CHECK YOUR LIFETAPS, mine was linked on a 3 link with Tempest Shield, so I couldn't fit all 4 Auras, was looking for the mistake for 1 hour straight.
Thank you! I was going nuts
awesome comment! thanks :)
Thanks for the explanation, I wanted to explore a block build next league! Seems like a cool mechanic
Such smooth and informative content! Thanks
thank you for your incredible work! you are truly essential to the community
good to see crafting shields went so well for you too
crafted mine yesterday afternoon using pristine fossils, 70c base and hit 174 life 5% recovery, fire res and 5pdr after 15 tries
Neat
extremely helpful! appreciate what you do man
Thanks for the tips! Just bought a pinn shield with 1500+ armor, recover life on block, and gain endurance/frenzy/power charge on block for 40c. Only +45 life but cannot complain given the price.
WHY HELLO EVERYBODY. I have not played poe since 2018 but I still enjoy your videos !
It will become the prop that beefs up my future RF's progression
Thanks for all you do and explain King!
Thanks for the video. Maybe I will do a block build with my duelist..
Also.. I appreciate the exquisite musical taste. I also love to listen to the Diablo2 tracks from time to time. Cave is one of my favorite along with Tristram.
I've tried Simulacrum on the block based chieftain and it's super fun to have both bosses spawn on top of you, just to be melted by an explode ignite within seconds. Don't try it without the explode though, unless you have too much time on your hands :)
Great video pohx! Keep them coming 👍
awesome, leveling my RF right now, glhf my fellow senior citizens
honestly it looks like going block based solves our physical damage taken problem quite handily. i just got to maps, im looking forward to making the switch.
Thank you for this Guide .
Why hello,
Wow thanks for explaining so clearly 2 mechanics I have always considered too "expert" - block/stun & harvest crafting
Following your build & videos so far, it is such a breeze, thanks a lot
Pohx I feel like you're the sole reason RF is still viable, and I can't express how thankful me and my fingers are for you. I would have carpal tunnel if it weren't for RF.
Lmao. did this today, and thought "A video would be great". But rather than check for one, I just respeced based on your pob, and figured it all out on my own. Literally facepalming now.
Brilliant as usual! When crafting the shield how did you know that the cold res was the one that was going to change?
So we don’t run malevolence when we go block based?
He doesn't. To fit it you need enlighten gem level 3
You could search for non-unique shield and set a minimum value for armor. Then you'll get results independent of base type and decide what kind of trade off you are willing to make.
how can I see the gem link setup here? getting a bit confused, and it looks like some changes are made from the POB.
Hello, i love your videos, keep up the great work. I have one question, are you manually using your flasks or are they somehow used automatically?
5:34 First I'm hearing of Flesh and Stone. Shouldn't it be Malevolence?
Nope, this video is different from the pob. This is more tanky but less dps
@@PohxKappa Ahh ok. Thanks!
You are so good at explaining the game. Could you do a crafting for beginners please???
thanks for the clarification ;)
when you enter Pohx channel it is like i don't feel the complications of POE his explaining is simple that a guy like me English ain't my main language everything he says is crystal clear i don't need to go find why he did this or that .. Thank you Pohx even in the leagues i didn't play i watched your videos big fan.
You R the GOAT my man , tks 4 everything
First time starting POE, i think i would have given up without your guides.
thank you so much! keep it up.
p.s how do you have enough mana for all the auras? ok watching it again it finally hit me, the auras are not updated on the POB, it still shows Purity of fire, Malevolence, skitter, tempest :(
first time seeing pohx out of character with the "8 hours later" meme haha thx for the vid boss! gl hf
sad part of the video, people now use this to make profit while others struggle to buy the base now for their RF-build xD
Hi pohx , i saw people using chieftain str stacking es rf. Is it comparable with ur current build? I played the standard rf last league
So what auras are you running after going block based? PoB says Skitterbots, PoF, Tempest Shield, and Malevolence, but that is impossible with this setup without additional mana reservation-like 10% more is needed beyond the respec in PoB even. I’m guessing you dropped Malevolence?
Edit: I missed the part at 5:30. I'm an idiot.
Awesome vid mate! Thanks for everything you do. I'm a little confused about immortal call though; doesn't seem to be on your action bar here but it's still part of the POB. Sorry if this is obvious but should I be running it?
So we don't run malevolence?
Ty for this.
Thanks for explain!
Hey, thanks for the update it's really helpful. Just a question where do you get the max 90 res? I've counted everythin on your tree and got to 13% additional max res, can't locate the missing 2% :( -
EDIT: Nvm, forgot about the +1's to gem levels on the items and the increased aura effects.
it is purity of fire lvl 21
Great info thanks
Pohx the mad scientist ❤
Thansk for those infos bro!
In my case, i will need a LOT of luck... Need to spam a top Tier 2 Suppres Spell Damage + Life Regen on BLock + Tier 1 Maximum Life...
Lets go!
Are you considering to post your vods from twitch to yt?
I am curious to see with the new Life totals if you can still run Destiny of Defiance and see a similar effect as before given you will likely have more total HP. For example a 100% Adorned jewel with 7% life rolled jewels (I dont know the cut off for Adorn off hand) would net some pretty high life totals when all the gear has like 200 life on it. Plus factor in the jeweler being able to hit 200 as well. Could lead to being as if not more tanky than before
Hi Pohx. Thanks a lot for all the work.
I am following your build as best I can. Today I managed to craft myself a shield, a helmet, and made the switch. Survivability and damage improvements are great. I can finally kill bosses in a reasonable amount time.
That being said, I have 1-2 questions:
1. How important is the switch to cloak of flame? Is the survivability improvement significant? I am currently running a standard armor/life/life regen chest.
2. When to switch to annihilation's approach?
I dropped a hinekora's lock today and if I sold it, I could get both of the above probably. If anyone can comment, that would be great.
thank you for the update , i was wondering why my block chance is low , looks like i did not activate the Glancing blows skill :D
The game really want me to play RF again, div card shaper shield, fire dmg+dot sceptre, burning+fire dmg+hp jewel. All of them totally random while I can't get that damned farruls fur I want
I want to be able to do T16 ultamatum safely. I felt like last league I was running for my life the whole encounter.
Why hello and thank you for the video.
Hey @Pohx, thank you for your effort on this excellent guide! I have a question - how do you mange to cast immortal call (18 mana) if you have only 5 unreserved mana left? I follow your last pob with skitter + ubound + PoF + F&S.
Hi! I appreciate your guide and I'm following it to build my RF chief. But I can't understand why you use blood and sand, if it applyes to melee skill.
Hi, in this video you recommended flesh and stone aura, but in the POB you are recommending malevolence.
so which one should i go?
Spent hundreds of chaos on dust for this shield roll, i have never seen it once.
Thank you for the video, I'm a new player who started last patch and followed your guide for RF chieftain, should I get rid of my rise of the phoenix and try and get the same type of shield as you ?
Same question that i have xd
Rise of the phoenix shield is an entry item..it gives +5 max fire resistance.
But you can ditch this if, and only if you go to purity of fire aura and ruby flask (both gives + max fire resist) so rise of the phoenix is not needed anymore, this is time to swap to a life on block shaper shield and go block based (respec tree)
finally made enough currency to do this and it helps a lot. t11+ dont seem that bad.
I was trying to buy a base when I switched block based a few days ago, then I see a shield with recover mod and an open prefix lurking in the sea of other bases. So I bought and slap max life on it. It took me 35c. I think I won't invest in shield until my other gears are done.
So no more Malev over Determ? Want to make sure i am not missing anything.
I'm a bit confused, with Skitterbots, Tempest Shield, Purity of Fire, and Malevolence, the reservation is way above 100%. How do you manage to have 3 up when the reservation cost is so high?
Hi, how do you sustain end charges? I see you have Endurance cry, but it doest work for me, also I see you charges refresh them selft somehow
How did you put the 2 stacks of 20 chaos into the trade without pressing on both of them? @3:03
CTRL + right click
Almost lvl 40 cant wait to turn on RF lol. Dang work!!!
You can run righteous fire at Like lvl 20
I still havent tried to switch to block base yet because i can clear pretty much everything even t16 with only the occasional death in
A small question - would you swap you amulet for Defience? Because I already have all the pieces of gear and thinking to go for DoD in 2 days.
Noob question here, when I get annihilations approach do I have the skill turned on all the time?
Hey, Pohx! Is Svalinn shield or magic shield better for tankiness?
Thx 🙏🏻
Thank you
What's better? Using a Dawnbreaker or a recover life on block shield?
How about Emperors Vigilance Shield that has built in glancing blows?
New player here, thank you for the guide. Why do we need the shaper influence? Can I simply craft in a normal pinnacle shield?
you won't get life recovery on block on normal shield, that's shaper specific mod
is dawnbreaker still good as an alternative to a crafted shield like you get here?
Thanks so much for this video, it's like it was made just for me! I managed to find a shield with life, armour, 5% phys dmg reduction and +2% max all res. Is there any way to get recover life on block as well or do I need to buy another shield and start from scratch? And is it worth the 70c+? Thanks!
Bro what happened to malevolence? it's in your guide but no mention of it in this video.
You're on an older pob. Get the latest one from Pohx.net
Thank video dude what we need a current path buliding link
I got the 5% life when block in 1 roll and then got 130 life regen with an exalt, im in
I'm at that point where I want to transition to block for red maps but I'm playing ssf.
Do I need a shaper shield or any shield will do?
Also, thanks for your build and videos, I thought RF was boring, didn't even want to try it but I gotta say, it might be the best build I've ever played and I love it!
You really want a shaper recovery shield
I switched to the 4 auras you suggested, so temporal shield is sitting alone in my weapon, what could I link to it?
Do you have twink leveling tips for rf?
What if I don't want to convert to block-based? I see no alternative guide/loadout in Path of Building for level 90+. It seems according to PoB my only option is to convert to block-based. I'm new to game and this is my first league. Your guide has been a pleasure to follow, but I am very confused what to do now that I am level 90, and a bit squishy. Thanks!
You really want to go block based. You said it yourself, you're feeling squishy and this is the solution
i still want to know how to craft a shield with socketed gems have 30%increased reservation efficiency like in your POB you have a great shield with that
Hi, may I know how do you change the color of your rf. My eyes are bleeding looking at my character
What's the links to set it up correctly? For some reason PoB refuses to run on my PC this league and keeps crashing on opening even using older versions so can't see the PoB for the links.
nah 75% spell block, 75% 75% block, 90 all res, 5k hp 19k armor, 1500 life regen per second and i get shredded, i cant sustain the hp regen at all o.O
I flip divines for chaos and vice versa in the currency exchange. Is this a good method? I'm on console
hello there, Console player here it is very hard to find these kinds of shields on console. is it possible to do this with any high armor high life shield?
I crafted 2 T1 shields using fossils and it was cheaper tbh with life, life regen, life on block, fire res and max fire res
just to make sure lowest lvl to switch to block is 90 ? thank for the guide ! 👍
In that stage, wer without Malevolence right?