@@LazyExile just transitioned into the late game variant, and oh my god what a blast! One thing tho, i disnt find any mention of it in the guide, but even after asigning specific skills to each weapon loadout, you still need to asign BOTH shoot skills for each crossbow to the ability bar, i ended up using LMB for weapon set 1, and RMB for weapon set 2. Took me a while to figure this out. Also, what aura set do you use for which abilities?
This guide is nuts, im only looking up this build for my mate and the information is actually ridiculous this should be the gold standard for all build guides… especially for a game as complicated as poe 2. u have done an amazing job!😅
This IS for sure ONE of the most complete build-guides out there! No doubt anout that! You my friend is very very good at this and I like that you really take you time explaining everything. And also doing so in a way so its understandable for everyone . Not just hardcore players, but also for newer players. Your passion for this shines through in bunches. . This was a awsome video and even if you plan on playing the build or not. It really dose not really matter ...because in a video like this: you are for sure to learn somthing or get greatr idea´s for the future. GREAT video ... THIS is how you´d hope every build guide should be! Great work!!
Just when I was looking for DoT build to try, this couldn’t be anymore perfect for what I want to play! Thank you for wonderful and well written guide!
A genuine, heartfelt thanks. I immediately liked Merc, but was trying to do grenades and it just was not working, so i had played witch for awhile, always missing my merc; I saw this, got back to merc and fell in love with PoE2 all over again. This build rocks, and your explanations are thorough and understandable. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. (Oh, and I'm in Act 1 of normal, so I'm excited to follow this and see how it goes the whole way.)
Thank you very much for the update guide. Your build has been by miles my favorite playstyle for Merc, it is so good and also so much more enjoyable than Grenadier variations. Thank you for the very comprehensive guide, incredible work!
@@LazyExile playing nade merc on xbox sucks because the explosions cause massive frame drops way too often. Your build is very console/controller friendly as well. Not having a mouse to point exactly where you want your nades to land is not fun.
oh my goodness, what a comprehensive guide! I just rolled a new Mercenary and wanted to make a gunslinger, so this perfect for what I have in mind. Thank you so much for the hard work that you put into making this guide! ❤☺
Your mercenary build is not only the most enjoyable to play on a low budget but also the simplest and I really want to thank you for your video updates and your extensive and thorough guide. So many other build videos don’t actually explain what they’re doing and why they’re doing and usually just what the result is.
Thank you for having a such a great build. I had almost regretted picking gemling and was about to cave in and follow the "meta" builds of witchhunter. But thankfully I stuck with grinding some gold to respec and now I'm almost done with act 3 and ready to start cruel. Loving all the variations of the build and the reasoning behind each. So far I've been enjoying it and will be transitioning to the late game one soon.
So happy I was doing the Gemling build correctly the whole time and all the content creators said my build is ass but you’re a saint to the game and really have given me faith in trust your gut vs rely on a flashy build where most the time the player making the video lies about how they made the build
It's part of the journey, and fun to create build and make it works! That's my main goal, and at least for EA, I wanted to play stuff that are not fully meta to explore the games 😊
@@LazyExile Well that’s why I’m raving so much about how great these guides are, this is exactly how these games are MEANT to be played, then I gets nerfed and other casual players go out of their way just to talk very bad about this game when it comes down them only following a guide because the person making it is by admission lying out of the box in the first 30 seconds of the video not all but most are that way
there are a lot of good content creator in PoE... I don't want to gatekeep, but beware of content creators that did not play PoE 1, and making title like with the word "best" in there xD
thank. you so much! this is the most detailed guide (and such a meaty build too using so many mechanics - cant wait to use it to help me learn a bit more how to play!)
This is awesome. Thanks for all the effort you put into this. As a new player to ARPGs, this is a massive help. I just started cruel and was kinda lost as to how to gear.
@@LazyExileso just starting cruel, I have 16 ex. There’s not really too many strong crossbows within that price range. Should I just wait until I get more or buy whatever is best? Not really in the range you recommended though.
I'm here to thank you for this incredible guide and your effort to help others. Your build is incredible and easy to play, I'm running over the acts haha. The weapon tip is very valuable and can change your life. Congratulations on the tips and sorry for my English❤
Thank you so much for your build, I got stuck at the molten temple because I couldn't kill the boss before the lava reached the end of the arena, so I did a total respec and I'm currently using your build, it made the game soooo much easier. I'm looking forward to maping with your build :D
@LazyExile I was making an attack speed build of my own, it wasn't very good but it took me through a good chunk of the 3 1st acts with relative ease... For a build that I was making on the go 🤣
@@LazyExile Quick question: how much should I be looking to spend for a Three Dragons Mask?? I'm trying to use the trade site for one but I never get a reply. I've only ever responded to the 1-2 ex posts.
You do a build guide this comprehensive, both video and written, but named your channel "Lazy Exile" ? That does not add up, your guide is incredible! I'm playing a very similar build, but on a Deadeye. I use mostly explosive shot all the time, with all 3 Heralds for clearing and also to cause the shock to shred tanky rares and bosses with shockburst rounds. Since I already have the gear, I will give your version a try tomorrow. Again, congratulations, because this build has a lot going on, and you explained all of them in a way that someone who picked up the game for the 1st time earlier this week would understand and be able to follow.
I thought that this guide was too long and had to trim a few part of the endgame version, but at least I'm happy with the leveling and early mapping portion. And also thanks for watching!
Simply the best build video, seriously! I've been playing for over 30 years, and I can see how much effort you put into creating this content. On the build site, you even broke the build down by acts, all the way to the end-game. Congratulations!!! ♥
This is such an amazing, well rounded guide and class thank you so much! Also im quite optimistic that this build will live long, due to its mechanics beeing just a GGG wanted poe2 to be designed.
Wow! Thank you so much for the guide! Thank you for showing early game too! I just started act 3 using grenades..but i'll switch to this build!!! Thank you so much! Ez sub!!!🎉
this looks amazing but also it seems like a ton of mechanical steps to get to the end result which is killing the mobs fast as possible. Its a testament to how smart you are that's for sure! In my old age I have to stick to 1 or 2 button builds or my brains and hands don't work...lol
Just what I was looking for - I was trying to make something work like this and just gave up but you build is VERY thorough and very well done. Great job! Gonna try it now Edit: One thing I noticed is you take some Two Handed Weapon Nodes - Those dont work for Crossbows
its really strange because I did allocate and it works for me before, if it doesn't work right now it might be a bug. I mean, it's right under mercenary starting point so it would make no sense if it doesn't work xD
@ right I mean I was thinking the same exact thing and crossbow says Two Handed. Maybe they patched it or broke it in patch. I’ll try some tests later and see if it makes a difference in damage. You know how Poe tooltips can be - not most accurate 😂. Love the build though!
Hey Lazy - excellent summary. SSF update: early mapping w/o Call or Dragons feels like a struggle, but I'm not giving up hope. One thing I noticed: Permafrost Bolts feel better during maps than Glacial Bolt. Glacial destroys during the campaign but during maps it's somehow really bad. Permafrost can freeze mobs with 2 or 3 shots while with Glacial it's somehow a dice roll.
Whenever you have the 4th ascendancy trials unlocked/buy service, or.. you can swap to it from level 85+, drop enhance effectiveness, and go gem studded for the single target setup, then clear the trial yourself
love the guide to this build! very thorough and im impressed with the time and effort you put in. mad props! i do have a question. might be dumb but how do you assign your weapon swap to your crossbow shot? i know its small but i cant seem to figure it out.
If you click to assign the skills, you’ll see 2 crossbow shots button, 1 is for weapon 1 and 1 is for weapon 2. You can assign them to 2 different mouse click and load the ammo in
just wana say . great video ,much effort . but you caused a lot of chaos on the market yesterday . people were selling that legendary helmet for 60 divine orbs !!! was lucky too get one for 5 exalted orbs lol . was funny as hell
@@LazyExile yah I tried too . and when you get too the cheap gear . people start changing the prices to like 50 exalted orb 20 exalted orb 10 Devine orbs . and a few seconds ago that same gear was cheap lol . I think the players caught the trend of this build , and new they are going too make a lot of currency lol because your video is so amazing and what not . well at least on the server that I was on , guys were going crazy with that helmet last night !but thanks for the video , keep it up , I will be watching your other content and builds as well !
I used this build and followed each step in the process, eventually getting to the late game setup with different skills on weapon swap and the shocked ground/shockblast bolts combo for single target. It's pretty fun and feels different to play than other stuff I've done so far, but I feel like bosses are still rather tough to take down. Shockblast does GOOD damage, but for what I've put into it (~6-7div or so) it doesn't feel like it's as high as it should be. I certainly can't see myself using this character as a pinnacle bosser which was my intent originally. Not trying to say it's a bad build, I don't think that's the case, but its bossing capability, even after getting the 4th ascendancy, seems pretty low. For reference I have a 500 and a 550 pdps crossbow in sets 1/2, as well as a 34% ryslatha's and 403 strength. Shockburst rounds' pulse says it does 81,160 dps. Frag rounds do a decent chunk against a frozen boss (as does the poison), but not enough to blast through even yellow tier map bosses. Is there anything major I'm missing here that would make bossing (specifically pinnacle bosses) more viable with this character? As far as map clear this character is great, no issues at all there. It's fairly fast (not pathfinder speed but what can you do) and fairly safe due to having good hp, blink, and freezing damn near everything with only a couple shots.
it's not the pinnacle boss killer, but crossbow is just very limited atm. Any crossbows enjoyer will have to go into int stacking with Howa to do any "meaningful" damage for pinnacle contents (by meaningful I mean skip all mechanics and just one shot), otherwise, you will have to actually play the game with the build. My goal with the build was to push it far with the ailment setups I do, and I think I've achieved that. It's not a bad build, it's just not meta, and scaling vector isn't there for crossbow and not accessible like archmage, mana stacking archetype
@@LazyExile Thank you for the reply! That makes sense. I suppose right now my expectation of a "pinnacle bossing build" is probably unrealistic. To be honest I was sort of expecting to be able to skip mechanics, but only because with 1-portal maps make ones that don't do that seem inconsistent. But that's just me setting an unreasonably high bar because of that current mechanic so I really shouldn't hold it against the build. Especially since as you said there's only so much scaling that can be done with a crossbow right now. Again thanks for the reply, and I especially appreciate hearing the philosophy behind the build, too!
I appreciate the guide, any chance you can show the new build mapping and doing Pinnacle bosses? I'd like to see it in action since it'll be a bit before I can get tere
Love the work you put into this. One comment though.... In your guide on Moba for the passive tree you explain to hit Overwhelm second and Cruel Methods third for the passive tree !
@@LazyExile On Moba the passive tree steps are : 1. Beeline to Exposed Wounds as it helps us inflict poison with and break more armour with . 2. Then go straight to Overwhelm for maximum early game damage. You don't need defense in the early game, so the more damage, the faster you progress. 3. Next, take Cruel Methods to help break armour and add physical damage to your skills; this will contribute to the ailment magnitude inflicted on the mobs. However, In the video, you describe hitting cruel methods before Overwhelm ! Probably not a big deal since its early game but just wanted to point it out !
ah okay, I think Overwhelm is better for early game because it's straight damage. It's an oversight on my part, I'll fix it, thanks for pointing it out!
@@LazyExile Can i ask a question ? Im late act 2 with this build and ive just respecced the passive tree where you recommend to take out Cruel Methods and Overwhelm to head over to Stars Aligned and deterioration. I am very tanky but my damage is pretty wild low now . Do you have any tips as to when it will pick up ? Or will i just have to wait until i am higher level? My gear is pretty up to level and i have a pretty good crossbow as well. Thanks in advance !!
I feel if crossbows have low grit chance then that would be a short stat to go for unless u have good passives that severely outweigh others ones you could choose. Now gear I could see it being OK based on the piece.
I might get baited into crit, but I really think with how much we are attacking, getting a few crit would help. Nothing conclusive, though because we don't have POB right now so..
Sounds like this is the final chapter of this build I followed from Day 1. I’m still in “Early Mapping” stage. Looking forward to the Red Mapping & End game Build …. But wait, there is one line hit me as lightning ⚡️: _Once you get your 4th Ascendancy Point and more currency to invest in the build, go check out the Endgame variant._ Hold on, Hold on …. How to get through the 4th Ascendency? I knew several vids talked about it. But it’s like totally RNG & may not be relevant to this Gemling build. Would be nice if LazyExile can provide an appendix vid to highlight the tricks to get thru it (without paying a Divine Orb to reach the front door of final boss room.)
I'm running with the ring through cruel act and it's working beautifully I've specced deeper into the crossbow passive at the bottom for the 80 percent damage on crits AND the faster reloads plus the last passive that gives you 25% damage per ammo type used in 10 seconds. Seems to be doing plenty of damage for now
in the endgame setup, when we swap to shockburst rounds for single target damage, you want to scale the lightning damage and so the ring won't work because it's converting all lightning damage to cold
@@LazyExile your breakdowns are so helpful to a noob like me 😅 thank you for your hard work I've come to enjoy the game a lot more using your guide as a way to learn more of the synergies and scaling
Been following your videos for the past week or so since I'm playing something similar on Witchhunter. Hope I didn't miss this being answered in one of the videos but what is your take on the other ascendancy option?
First of all, thanks for the build! I'm even thinking about leveling another mercenary to follow the build, but is it possible to run the build with WitchHunter?
Great guide :) I possibly just suck but could we get some footage of end game boss kills such as the breach boss with this build? Would be cool to see the full potential
I didn't record any footage, but you should have enough dps at least for the end game. It's not a one shot build, but it have enough consistent DPS to do those bosses
Ok I'm still using the ring, sell me on why I need to switch to the helmet. I'm currently 75 and i'm still early mapping, I found a killer helm with 500 accuracy (so I didn't spec into Unexpected Finesse), 30 fire res, 29 cold res and 25 chaos res and 130 mana. As you can see switching to the helmet needs to be really worth it in this case.
You mentioned that “we don’t need a lot of attack speed because we load 1 bullet at a time”. Actually attack speed increases reload speed. My build right at this point where I shoot so fast that I have no mana to sustain it.
We'll need 1 socket for inspiration in the late game. Regarding the attack speed, there are 2 parts: - Attack Speed increased spraying speed, affecting Galvanic Shards and Shockburst Rounds, but it doesn't affect Fragmentation Rounds where's there's only 1 bullet. - Attack Speed increased reload speed = smoother to play, but also makes it so we will consume mana faster.
I cannot figure out how to read the mobalytics stat spread. I see a highlighted number next to a normal number , don't know what set 1 and 2 means either both have a highlighted number next to a normal number. I'm trying to repec this build 1 to 1 perfect.
if you're in early mapping setup and are pushing T15, I recommend switching over to endgame setup for more single target dps. Check out my latest video I talked about the single target dps problem there
As in your previous build, would Call of the Brotherhood be a suitable option to swap between the basic build to the Early Mapping/Endgame version for those playing SSF? I ask because I think it may be easier to obtain, since you can try your luck on Topaz Rings with Chance orbs.
Actually, the three dragon helmet is really common unique. Personally, I have dropped 2 of it and 1 of the ring. The helmet is only required in the endgame setup though so feel free to use it.
Bit confused. Followed one of your merc guides and going for Galvanic Shards now and this is now gone? Too many guides with different info is a bit confusing, while I really appreciate your hard work.
what level are you now? don't respec early into early mapping if you haven't finished campaign.. and also use my tips to buy the best crossbow at your level if you have exalted orb
Hello, I am new to poe 2 so I have a quite maybe unnecessary question but I want to make sure 😅 So for example when I have already bombard crossbow with 400dps then I must aim for next one on set one also with 400 physical dps? So literally I must buy two weapons always to get stronger? And if yes then which kind of crossbow is more important?? Please answer 🥺😅
not stronger, but you just need 2 because we are using 2 separate skills with different scaling vector... Fragmentation rounds (scales with ailment damage), galvanic shards & shockburst rounds (scale with lightning damage). You don't have to always buy 2 weapon, if you want to focus on one weapon, I suggest focusing on the single target damage weapon (shockburst rounds) weapon
It doesn't have to be any of the base until you have more currency. We're not using any grenade so bombard base is out of the questions. Just try to pick the best phys xbow out there and try not to get dyad base thats all. You're just looking for higher phys xbow
my single target damage with lvl80 is non existent with this build. Before i was able to kill nearly every T10+ map boss in seconds, after respeccing in your build all my damage seems gone. How am i supposed to kill a high armor boss like Crypt boss? I can shoot with fragmentation all i want, its like throwing pebbles.
energy shield can be a problem for bleed because you can't proc it, but I never run into a situation where I can't kill anything even with the early map setup. It's not 1 second, but it will be more like 30 second sure
@@LazyExile and some bosses cant be targeted right. Like abyss boss. My crossbow fires in complete random directions when i target him. Thats so sad. Such bad game bugs.
great vid, I went back and watched your day 4 update to understand blink section more. u suggested to use shiled to make it work but I understand in this build; your off hand weapon ( guessing single target dps) has no shield with it ( at least I cant see how you have have crossbow and shield on in the same time since cross count as two handed) I am very new to the POE, made it to map t8s and more or less I could follow stuff but this is very lost on me. Even with shield blink set up it seems to have really high int requeitments in order to '' cut the gem'' . then I thought Gemgling 1st ascendancy should fix that, however I cannot cut a '' blink'' skill gem. 9 ( greyed out due to stat req ) if anybody could enlighten me, I would appreciate it a lot. I am def missing something, let alone setting up :DDD
If you spec into Adaptive Capability, and change most of the attributes to strength on your passive skills tree, it would takes Strength instead of Int requirement for the gem. Now, for the blink setup, you will want a shield in the offhand to be able to use the raise shield ability, which switch your weapon set to 2. You set your blink aura to activate only on the weapon set 2 so it doesn't activate when you're shooting, but will only activate when you use "raise shield".
@@RexZShadow most 1 div trades are scams. Look for exalt trades only. For whatever reason divs worth 71 ex (last i checked) show up way before exalts which is annoying asf
Having plenty fun with this build. Just need the wild storm now to complete it. I added 2 chaos master support gems to plague since they don't need any spirit, not sure if it helps since everything dies so fast so I can't tell.. .
no problem! poison itself is considered damaging ailment, but the poison damage is dealt in chaos damage, so wither effectively will make you do more chaos damage and thats why it works with poison
Do you think this build is superior to yours, Ailment Gunslinger Merc Starter Build - Freeze/Poison/Bleed? I was following it, and I'm currently level 40, Act 3, Normal.
it's the same concept, just with a bit of tweaking... if you're talking about the endgame version, then yes, it's the endgame for a reason and are meant for you to progress into it
As of now, endgame setup will probably be attribute stacking, as with all gemling legionnaires, most likely int stack with HoWA, but it's really expensive, and maybe I can get that setup out with POB. Personally, I'm not sure if I want to farm 100+ div just to showcase that.
thanks for the video. This format works, at least for me as I'm respeccing from grenades build to this.. One question though, should I replace high velocity with shockburst rounds? I'm still in early map phase, around lv78+ with t5 maps..
To change to the endgame setup. You need 2 things: - gem studded allocated and 2 crossbow so you can do it early. - you can unspec enhance effectiveness but I really recommend getting the 4th ascendancy asap to get it back
Thanks a lot. Very good work: Just a sidenote, i am currently in cruel Act 1 (middle ) at Lev 51, i don't have Lev 3 support gems to craftm, maybe update the Cruel campaign section . And also, you suggested a 250-300 Weapon from Lev 45, but hov? My best found weapon was 131 and has already increase Phys damage and direct fys damage.
I believe it has to roll with high base physical and also maximum or more physical rolls rather than increased. More is way more powerful because it's multiplicative. Increased is additive. That's what is coming to mind for me.
if you self-found weapon, it's a bit hard to get, but you can look up on trade for the best weapon available at your level and at your budget when you get an exalt orb as upgrade
Hi there, i have been following your build and its pretty decent. In relation to the new changes, i got everything, except the Skill Tree points, can you explain that please.
I'm utilizing the weapon set skill point, so I'm allocating all the points on the main passive skills tree, then leave 24 points open, then you can choose those 24 points to be spec into weapon set 1 and 2. Just follow the color in the passive tree, and bind your attack to a specific weapon like I show in the video
Am I correct in understanding that to switch to this build from the previous one, I need to be level 85+ and have the 3rd or 4th ascendancy? How can I transition to the new skill tree with my current gear? (Currently, I’m level 77 with the 1st and 2nd ascendancies.)
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this is currently the single most comprehensive guide written on mobalytics, absolute an insane effort,
thanks! I'm glad you think so 😊
I second this you're part of why I get to like this game. Thank you so much
@@LazyExile just transitioned into the late game variant, and oh my god what a blast!
One thing tho, i disnt find any mention of it in the guide, but even after asigning specific skills to each weapon loadout, you still need to asign BOTH shoot skills for each crossbow to the ability bar, i ended up using LMB for weapon set 1, and RMB for weapon set 2. Took me a while to figure this out.
Also, what aura set do you use for which abilities?
I thought I went over that in the video, but you can check the written guide, I separate the aura in the spirit section
This guide is nuts, im only looking up this build for my mate and the information is actually ridiculous this should be the gold standard for all build guides… especially for a game as complicated as poe 2. u have done an amazing job!😅
haha thanks! I'm not sure about gold standard but glad it helps
This IS for sure ONE of the most complete build-guides out there! No doubt anout that! You my friend is very very good at this and I like that you really take you time explaining everything. And also doing so in a way so its understandable for everyone .
Not just hardcore players, but also for newer players. Your passion for this shines through in bunches. . This was a awsome video and even if you plan on playing the build or not. It really dose not really matter ...because in a video like this: you are for sure to learn somthing or get greatr idea´s for the future. GREAT video ... THIS is how you´d hope every build guide should be! Great work!!
Thanks so much for your compliment 😄
I hope you find this video useful and more to come!
this guide is sooooo huge, thanks for giving such an in depth breakdown to this awesome build! loving it so far, just hit act 3 😊
Have fun! You are among the few that can ultilize this whole video guide since you just get started 🤣
@@LazyExile truee! sadly I accidentally picked the wrong venom vial in act 3 already, took ailments 🥲
I guess ailment will be fine! Don't worry about it too much!
you obviously have a tremendous understanding of the game, and the build is well documented and looks fun to play. subbed!
thanks and welcome to my channel 😆
Just when I was looking for DoT build to try, this couldn’t be anymore perfect for what I want to play! Thank you for wonderful and well written guide!
Have fun!
A genuine, heartfelt thanks. I immediately liked Merc, but was trying to do grenades and it just was not working, so i had played witch for awhile, always missing my merc; I saw this, got back to merc and fell in love with PoE2 all over again. This build rocks, and your explanations are thorough and understandable. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you.
(Oh, and I'm in Act 1 of normal, so I'm excited to follow this and see how it goes the whole way.)
Thank you very much for the update guide. Your build has been by miles my favorite playstyle for Merc, it is so good and also so much more enjoyable than Grenadier variations.
Thank you for the very comprehensive guide, incredible work!
thank you for watching and have fun xD while it's not explosive and make your screen pop, the chain kill is very satisfying
@@LazyExile playing nade merc on xbox sucks because the explosions cause massive frame drops way too often.
Your build is very console/controller friendly as well. Not having a mouse to point exactly where you want your nades to land is not fun.
that's actually sound nice lol
Was looking forward to this all weekend! You do a great job explaining how everything interacts together. *chefs kiss*
yay! 😊glad you like it!
This may be the best most well explained guide I've ever had the pleasure to check out. Great job and thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching and giving feedback. 😊
You deserve all the PoE community’s attention for your in depth analysis of these builds
Finally! A proper merc build I was looking for. Thank you a lot. Great job.
Thanks! enjoy playing 😊
oh my goodness, what a comprehensive guide! I just rolled a new Mercenary and wanted to make a gunslinger, so this perfect for what I have in mind.
Thank you so much for the hard work that you put into making this guide! ❤☺
Have fun! You are like me, willing to play this instead of grenade xD I really tried to make this work
Amazing! The full guide is good, comprehensive and easy to understand.
I finally got the Call of the Brotherhood a couple of days ago.
thanks! it's okay to use the Call of the Brotherhood up until you swap to the endgame variants, just FYI 😊
So after this, it's going to be the Three Dragons helmet, instead of the unique ring?
for the endgame version with shockburst rounds yes
@@LazyExile ok, let's hope prices aren't going to skyrocket
a lot of big content creator have put out build with the helmet, so it probably won't go higher at least
Your mercenary build is not only the most enjoyable to play on a low budget but also the simplest and I really want to thank you for your video updates and your extensive and thorough guide. So many other build videos don’t actually explain what they’re doing and why they’re doing and usually just what the result is.
I appreciate that! It's a budget build yes, but know that eventually you'll have to put some currency in the build. Good luck with your drops 😊
Huge fan of your content! Thanks for making it more in-depth. Excited to see if there is anything to this.
Much appreciated! 😊
Thank you for having a such a great build. I had almost regretted picking gemling and was about to cave in and follow the "meta" builds of witchhunter. But thankfully I stuck with grinding some gold to respec and now I'm almost done with act 3 and ready to start cruel. Loving all the variations of the build and the reasoning behind each. So far I've been enjoying it and will be transitioning to the late game one soon.
awesome! enjoy 😊
So happy I was doing the Gemling build correctly the whole time and all the content creators said my build is ass but you’re a saint to the game and really have given me faith in trust your gut vs rely on a flashy build where most the time the player making the video lies about how they made the build
It's part of the journey, and fun to create build and make it works! That's my main goal, and at least for EA, I wanted to play stuff that are not fully meta to explore the games 😊
@@LazyExile Well that’s why I’m raving so much about how great these guides are, this is exactly how these games are MEANT to be played, then I gets nerfed and other casual players go out of their way just to talk very bad about this game when it comes down them only following a guide because the person making it is by admission lying out of the box in the first 30 seconds of the video not all but most are that way
there are a lot of good content creator in PoE... I don't want to gatekeep, but beware of content creators that did not play PoE 1, and making title like with the word "best" in there xD
ty for making this guide all the way to the endgame, helped me a lot!
No problem! I thought this would help some people, check out the written guide as well 😊
Phenominal effort was put into this. Thank you
Much appreciated! 😊
thank. you so much! this is the most detailed guide (and such a meaty build too using so many mechanics - cant wait to use it to help me learn a bit more how to play!)
Have fun!
This is awesome. Thanks for all the effort you put into this. As a new player to ARPGs, this is a massive help. I just started cruel and was kinda lost as to how to gear.
Glad I could help! 😊
@@LazyExileso just starting cruel, I have 16 ex. There’s not really too many strong crossbows within that price range. Should I just wait until I get more or buy whatever is best? Not really in the range you recommended though.
I would say yea, usually go down 1 range is totally fine tho
I'm here to thank you for this incredible guide and your effort to help others. Your build is incredible and easy to play, I'm running over the acts haha. The weapon tip is very valuable and can change your life. Congratulations on the tips and sorry for my English❤
thanks for your kind word 😊
Ty for all you hardwork and this beautiful guide. Love it so much
Glad you like them! 😊
Thank you so much for your build, I got stuck at the molten temple because I couldn't kill the boss before the lava reached the end of the arena, so I did a total respec and I'm currently using your build, it made the game soooo much easier. I'm looking forward to maping with your build :D
awesome! what build were you using before? as usual, it's the weapon that make the different in the campaign, and the endgame as well
@LazyExile I was making an attack speed build of my own, it wasn't very good but it took me through a good chunk of the 3 1st acts with relative ease... For a build that I was making on the go 🤣
that's alright, build making is fun and you should be proud of yourself 😊
Wonderful guide! I’m so excited to play again thanks to you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@LazyExile Quick question: how much should I be looking to spend for a Three Dragons Mask?? I'm trying to use the trade site for one but I never get a reply. I've only ever responded to the 1-2 ex posts.
I think it could be 5-10 ex depending on the time you're on
You do a build guide this comprehensive, both video and written, but named your channel "Lazy Exile" ? That does not add up, your guide is incredible!
I'm playing a very similar build, but on a Deadeye. I use mostly explosive shot all the time, with all 3 Heralds for clearing and also to cause the shock to shred tanky rares and bosses with shockburst rounds. Since I already have the gear, I will give your version a try tomorrow. Again, congratulations, because this build has a lot going on, and you explained all of them in a way that someone who picked up the game for the 1st time earlier this week would understand and be able to follow.
I thought that this guide was too long and had to trim a few part of the endgame version, but at least I'm happy with the leveling and early mapping portion. And also thanks for watching!
Simply the best build video, seriously! I've been playing for over 30 years, and I can see how much effort you put into creating this content. On the build site, you even broke the build down by acts, all the way to the end-game. Congratulations!!! ♥
Wow, thanks! I tried to make it easy to follow on the written guide! Glad you think it's good 😊
great guide, glad i followed this build from the 1st video
Enjoy! 😊
Yessssss been waiting welcome back
I have no words, you very talented! Huge thanks for your herculean work 🙂
Thank you! Cheers! 😊
This is such an amazing, well rounded guide and class thank you so much! Also im quite optimistic that this build will live long, due to its mechanics beeing just a GGG wanted poe2 to be designed.
as a matter of fact, I hope this build get buff xD
Wow! Thank you so much for the guide! Thank you for showing early game too! I just started act 3 using grenades..but i'll switch to this build!!! Thank you so much! Ez sub!!!🎉
Thanks! 🙏 Hope you’ll have fun!
Nice guide! insane video ty!
No problem!
Damn this guide is amazing. you got my sub :D
Thanks 🥰
very nice followed since launch cheers
Awesome, thank you! 😆
Respeced into this build, at first didn't get it but now having a blast!
join the gunslinger gang! hah 😆
@@LazyExile Thanks! By the way, do you have 6 ammo in galvanic or 7?
@@LazyExile By the way, how many galvanic shard ammo you have? i used to remember i have 7 but now i only have 6 :(
its the gem quality
@@LazyExile thanks!
Hude guide, very well built and explained, great work
thanks 😊
Thanks for the build!
anytime! 😊
this looks amazing but also it seems like a ton of mechanical steps to get to the end result which is killing the mobs fast as possible. Its a testament to how smart you are that's for sure! In my old age I have to stick to 1 or 2 button builds or my brains and hands don't work...lol
one button clear the screen will probably be better in the long run, but it was fun for the first build. I like to figure stuff out 😊
Amazing 50 mins video update of mahlayp!
Yay! 😁
Going to try switching to this tonight, seems fun and I am tired of grenades. Thanks!
Good luck!
Good luck!
THERE'S the single target dps. Yeah switching from HVR to this is so so much better ❤ great effort
awesome! hope you like the new version xD
Just to add a small tip for everyone running Wind Dancer. Get it to 20% quality for an extra boost to evasion
I briefly mentioned in the build as well, 20% quality means 1 more stage yes. It's very good!
Just what I was looking for - I was trying to make something work like this and just gave up but you build is VERY thorough and very well done. Great job! Gonna try it now
Edit: One thing I noticed is you take some Two Handed Weapon Nodes - Those dont work for Crossbows
the two handed weapon nodes does works for crossbows, I don't think they work for bow tho
@@LazyExile Yeah i mean it should cause Crossbows do say Two Hand - but it doesnt change any of the Tooltip DPS on the skills when I allocate them
its really strange because I did allocate and it works for me before, if it doesn't work right now it might be a bug. I mean, it's right under mercenary starting point so it would make no sense if it doesn't work xD
@ right I mean I was thinking the same exact thing and crossbow says Two Handed. Maybe they patched it or broke it in patch. I’ll try some tests later and see if it makes a difference in damage. You know how Poe tooltips can be - not most accurate 😂. Love the build though!
hey that's awesome! if you do wanna test, beira would be a good dummy that people have been testing on
Hey Lazy - excellent summary. SSF update: early mapping w/o Call or Dragons feels like a struggle, but I'm not giving up hope. One thing I noticed: Permafrost Bolts feel better during maps than Glacial Bolt. Glacial destroys during the campaign but during maps it's somehow really bad. Permafrost can freeze mobs with 2 or 3 shots while with Glacial it's somehow a dice roll.
permafrost is definitely better for mapping because mobs will be jumping on you! That's what I have noticed too once I got to map in the early league
Christmas came early this year with a 50 minute build guide 🤤
If you have followed the whole process it’s a 20 mins video 😅
@@LazyExile 😛
Thank you! Been looking for a new build to swap to after finding out gas grenade is better with deadeye than gemling legionnaire
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for your work. I appreciate it so much!
You’re welcome! ☺️
Great guide!
Glad you think so! 😊
what level would you recommend swapping from midgame to endgame build? Also, best guide I've seen for an ARPG.
Whenever you have the 4th ascendancy trials unlocked/buy service, or..
you can swap to it from level 85+, drop enhance effectiveness, and go gem studded for the single target setup, then clear the trial yourself
love the guide to this build! very thorough and im impressed with the time and effort you put in. mad props! i do have a question. might be dumb but how do you assign your weapon swap to your crossbow shot? i know its small but i cant seem to figure it out.
If you click to assign the skills, you’ll see 2 crossbow shots button, 1 is for weapon 1 and 1 is for weapon 2. You can assign them to 2 different mouse click and load the ammo in
Hey LE, I actually like your real voice now that I've heard both several times.
Thanks for the guide too. 😊
thanks... for both compliment!
not gonna play with this build but damn what a build and explanation maybe will play after finishing my titan
good luck!
just wana say . great video ,much effort . but you caused a lot of chaos on the market yesterday . people were selling that legendary helmet for 60 divine orbs !!! was lucky too get one for 5 exalted orbs lol . was funny as hell
the market is a bit weird right now, you're going to have to filter the price by exalted orb and you can get your items for cheap xD
@@LazyExile yah I tried too . and when you get too the cheap gear . people start changing the prices to like 50 exalted orb 20 exalted orb 10 Devine orbs . and a few seconds ago that same gear was cheap lol . I think the players caught the trend of this build , and new they are going too make a lot of currency lol because your video is so amazing and what not . well at least on the server that I was on , guys were going crazy with that helmet last night !but thanks for the video , keep it up , I will be watching your other content and builds as well !
small tip for early game. The stun grenade can help alot with bosses.
the flash grenade should be call a tactical nuke because it does so much damage lol
WoW sick guide Lazy. Have you managed to kill pinnacle bosses also?
yes I have kill breach boss, but only the 1st difficulty
Great video! 😅
Thanks! 😁
I used this build and followed each step in the process, eventually getting to the late game setup with different skills on weapon swap and the shocked ground/shockblast bolts combo for single target. It's pretty fun and feels different to play than other stuff I've done so far, but I feel like bosses are still rather tough to take down. Shockblast does GOOD damage, but for what I've put into it (~6-7div or so) it doesn't feel like it's as high as it should be. I certainly can't see myself using this character as a pinnacle bosser which was my intent originally.
Not trying to say it's a bad build, I don't think that's the case, but its bossing capability, even after getting the 4th ascendancy, seems pretty low. For reference I have a 500 and a 550 pdps crossbow in sets 1/2, as well as a 34% ryslatha's and 403 strength. Shockburst rounds' pulse says it does 81,160 dps. Frag rounds do a decent chunk against a frozen boss (as does the poison), but not enough to blast through even yellow tier map bosses. Is there anything major I'm missing here that would make bossing (specifically pinnacle bosses) more viable with this character?
As far as map clear this character is great, no issues at all there. It's fairly fast (not pathfinder speed but what can you do) and fairly safe due to having good hp, blink, and freezing damn near everything with only a couple shots.
it's not the pinnacle boss killer, but crossbow is just very limited atm. Any crossbows enjoyer will have to go into int stacking with Howa to do any "meaningful" damage for pinnacle contents (by meaningful I mean skip all mechanics and just one shot), otherwise, you will have to actually play the game with the build.
My goal with the build was to push it far with the ailment setups I do, and I think I've achieved that. It's not a bad build, it's just not meta, and scaling vector isn't there for crossbow and not accessible like archmage, mana stacking archetype
@@LazyExile Thank you for the reply! That makes sense. I suppose right now my expectation of a "pinnacle bossing build" is probably unrealistic. To be honest I was sort of expecting to be able to skip mechanics, but only because with 1-portal maps make ones that don't do that seem inconsistent. But that's just me setting an unreasonably high bar because of that current mechanic so I really shouldn't hold it against the build. Especially since as you said there's only so much scaling that can be done with a crossbow right now.
Again thanks for the reply, and I especially appreciate hearing the philosophy behind the build, too!
ty for build. it takes time to get used to shooting with two crossbows while playing with mouse, but its very fun 🙂
fun > OP 🤣 joke aside, thanks for watching!
Do you know if we corrupt a wind dancer with 20% quality we get 30% quality? Cuz then maybe we could get 5 stacks in wind dancer as gemling
I'm not sure if corrupting raise the gem quality, but I doubt it goes up by 10% lol, if it was like PoE 1 it goes up by 3%
Thank you so much!!!!!!
You're welcome!
What is your source for INT to be able to equip the Three Dragon Helm
I respect 3 nodes on the passive trees for the Int 😃
I appreciate the guide, any chance you can show the new build mapping and doing Pinnacle bosses? I'd like to see it in action since it'll be a bit before I can get tere
sure, I'll do some showcase when I can, for now, there's some footage of me running maps in this video as well
I got stuck in Act 2 with zero DPS. (Trying to do bleed bow too early with mercenary) Thanks for the guide. I can start it all over again.
Good luck! but Bleed bow is a strong build though, don't give up too early!
Love the work you put into this. One comment though.... In your guide on Moba for the passive tree you explain to hit Overwhelm second and Cruel Methods third for the passive tree !
is it a mistake or is there discrepancy anywhere
@@LazyExile On Moba the passive tree steps are : 1. Beeline to Exposed Wounds as it helps us inflict poison with and break more armour with .
2. Then go straight to Overwhelm for maximum early game damage. You don't need defense in the early game, so the more damage, the faster you progress.
3. Next, take Cruel Methods to help break armour and add physical damage to your skills; this will contribute to the ailment magnitude inflicted on the mobs.
However, In the video, you describe hitting cruel methods before Overwhelm ! Probably not a big deal since its early game but just wanted to point it out !
ah okay, I think Overwhelm is better for early game because it's straight damage. It's an oversight on my part, I'll fix it, thanks for pointing it out!
@@LazyExile Of course ! Thanks for the awesome guide !
@@LazyExile Can i ask a question ? Im late act 2 with this build and ive just respecced the passive tree where you recommend to take out Cruel Methods and Overwhelm to head over to Stars Aligned and deterioration. I am very tanky but my damage is pretty wild low now . Do you have any tips as to when it will pick up ? Or will i just have to wait until i am higher level? My gear is pretty up to level and i have a pretty good crossbow as well. Thanks in advance !!
I feel if crossbows have low grit chance then that would be a short stat to go for unless u have good passives that severely outweigh others ones you could choose. Now gear I could see it being OK based on the piece.
I might get baited into crit, but I really think with how much we are attacking, getting a few crit would help. Nothing conclusive, though because we don't have POB right now so..
Sounds like this is the final chapter of this build I followed from Day 1. I’m still in “Early Mapping” stage. Looking forward to the Red Mapping & End game Build …. But wait, there is one line hit me as lightning ⚡️:
_Once you get your 4th Ascendancy Point and more currency to invest in the build, go check out the Endgame variant._
Hold on, Hold on …. How to get through the 4th Ascendency?
I knew several vids talked about it. But it’s like totally RNG & may not be relevant to this Gemling build.
Would be nice if LazyExile can provide an appendix vid to highlight the tricks to get thru it (without paying a Divine Orb to reach the front door of final boss room.)
I'll try to do a follow-up of this in the next video. Thanks for the suggestions!
Thanks for this. you become my main Merc senpai. Would you reccomend this for hardcore leveling?
Wow, thanks! haha 🤣
Need to see a boss fight showcase with your endgame setup.
sure I'll probably do a follow up
I'm running with the ring through cruel act and it's working beautifully
I've specced deeper into the crossbow passive at the bottom for the 80 percent damage on crits AND the faster reloads plus the last passive that gives you 25% damage per ammo type used in 10 seconds. Seems to be doing plenty of damage for now
most build with proper weapon will start to ramp up in cruel campaign 😊
Theres a reason theres no showcase on this build
@@cheezesmoker8851 alright, I'll do one soon xD you guys are so naggy
Thx 4 Build :)
you're welcome 😊
Hey Lazy, when do we ditch Call of the Brotherhood for 3 Dragons Mask and why?
Your build has been great to play thank you!
in the endgame setup, when we swap to shockburst rounds for single target damage, you want to scale the lightning damage and so the ring won't work because it's converting all lightning damage to cold
@@LazyExile your breakdowns are so helpful to a noob like me 😅 thank you for your hard work
I've come to enjoy the game a lot more using your guide as a way to learn more of the synergies and scaling
thanks! that's what I strive for 😊
Been following your videos for the past week or so since I'm playing something similar on Witchhunter. Hope I didn't miss this being answered in one of the videos but what is your take on the other ascendancy option?
I didn't address this, but the endgame setup will only work on gemling legionnaires because we're using all the 3 extra gem skill slots
First of all, thanks for the build! I'm even thinking about leveling another mercenary to follow the build, but is it possible to run the build with WitchHunter?
I guess you can, but you're going to have to figure out yourself on how to setup the gems, auras, and attributes as well as defensive layers
Great guide :) I possibly just suck but could we get some footage of end game boss kills such as the breach boss with this build? Would be cool to see the full potential
I didn't record any footage, but you should have enough dps at least for the end game. It's not a one shot build, but it have enough consistent DPS to do those bosses
Ok I'm still using the ring, sell me on why I need to switch to the helmet. I'm currently 75 and i'm still early mapping, I found a killer helm with 500 accuracy (so I didn't spec into Unexpected Finesse), 30 fire res, 29 cold res and 25 chaos res and 130 mana. As you can see switching to the helmet needs to be really worth it in this case.
the helmet allows us to scale damage with single target into the late game. I'll do a follow up on this video
You mentioned that “we don’t need a lot of attack speed because we load 1 bullet at a time”. Actually attack speed increases reload speed. My build right at this point where I shoot so fast that I have no mana to sustain it.
We'll need 1 socket for inspiration in the late game.
Regarding the attack speed, there are 2 parts:
- Attack Speed increased spraying speed, affecting Galvanic Shards and Shockburst Rounds, but it doesn't affect Fragmentation Rounds where's there's only 1 bullet.
- Attack Speed increased reload speed = smoother to play, but also makes it so we will consume mana faster.
I cannot figure out how to read the mobalytics stat spread. I see a highlighted number next to a normal number , don't know what set 1 and 2 means either both have a highlighted number next to a normal number. I'm trying to repec this build 1 to 1 perfect.
The key point for solo boss are bleed them and poison right?😅 I not sure what am done wrong it take very very long time for pass the boss😢
if you're in early mapping setup and are pushing T15, I recommend switching over to endgame setup for more single target dps. Check out my latest video I talked about the single target dps problem there
🎉 Beautifully done 🎉
Thank you! 😊
Amazong guide thx!!
thanks for watching 😊
As in your previous build, would Call of the Brotherhood be a suitable option to swap between the basic build to the Early Mapping/Endgame version for those playing SSF?
I ask because I think it may be easier to obtain, since you can try your luck on Topaz Rings with Chance orbs.
Actually, the three dragon helmet is really common unique. Personally, I have dropped 2 of it and 1 of the ring. The helmet is only required in the endgame setup though so feel free to use it.
Do u have a recommendation if I was trying to build a blood mage using crossbow
Eh, that is really going to be hard? because of 2 things:
- crossbow itself is not strong
- and pathing will be very hard
Bit confused. Followed one of your merc guides and going for Galvanic Shards now and this is now gone?
Too many guides with different info is a bit confusing, while I really appreciate your hard work.
I combine all the guide into a single guide, link should be in the description of this video
What’s better to have? Higher DPS, loads an additional bolt, or +6 to projectile skills?
Higher dps as always
I respeced earlier to focus on bleed and other ailments like poison but idk what I was doing wrong felt week
what level are you now? don't respec early into early mapping if you haven't finished campaign.. and also use my tips to buy the best crossbow at your level if you have exalted orb
Hello, I am new to poe 2 so I have a quite maybe unnecessary question but I want to make sure 😅 So for example when I have already bombard crossbow with 400dps then I must aim for next one on set one also with 400 physical dps? So literally I must buy two weapons always to get stronger? And if yes then which kind of crossbow is more important?? Please answer 🥺😅
not stronger, but you just need 2 because we are using 2 separate skills with different scaling vector... Fragmentation rounds (scales with ailment damage), galvanic shards & shockburst rounds (scale with lightning damage). You don't have to always buy 2 weapon, if you want to focus on one weapon, I suggest focusing on the single target damage weapon (shockburst rounds) weapon
@@LazyExile so it is not the bombard one crossbow but these another one with additional bolt?
Because I know that bombard one add 1 too all grenades and another one adds bolt / projectile (I dont remember)
It doesn't have to be any of the base until you have more currency. We're not using any grenade so bombard base is out of the questions. Just try to pick the best phys xbow out there and try not to get dyad base thats all. You're just looking for higher phys xbow
my single target damage with lvl80 is non existent with this build. Before i was able to kill nearly every T10+ map boss in seconds, after respeccing in your build all my damage seems gone. How am i supposed to kill a high armor boss like Crypt boss? I can shoot with fragmentation all i want, its like throwing pebbles.
energy shield can be a problem for bleed because you can't proc it, but I never run into a situation where I can't kill anything even with the early map setup. It's not 1 second, but it will be more like 30 second sure
@@LazyExile even on a 4link?
@@psysxetthe builds so slow only the worst play slow
until the endgame version which ultilizing shockburst rounds, you will run into the es problem once in a while
@@LazyExile and some bosses cant be targeted right. Like abyss boss. My crossbow fires in complete random directions when i target him. Thats so sad. Such bad game bugs.
great vid, I went back and watched your day 4 update to understand blink section more. u suggested to use shiled to make it work but I understand in this build; your off hand weapon ( guessing single target dps) has no shield with it ( at least I cant see how you have have crossbow and shield on in the same time since cross count as two handed)
I am very new to the POE, made it to map t8s and more or less I could follow stuff but this is very lost on me. Even with shield blink set up it seems to have really high int requeitments in order to '' cut the gem'' . then I thought Gemgling 1st ascendancy should fix that, however I cannot cut a '' blink'' skill gem. 9 ( greyed out due to stat req ) if anybody could enlighten me, I would appreciate it a lot. I am def missing something, let alone setting up :DDD
If you spec into Adaptive Capability, and change most of the attributes to strength on your passive skills tree, it would takes Strength instead of Int requirement for the gem.
Now, for the blink setup, you will want a shield in the offhand to be able to use the raise shield ability, which switch your weapon set to 2. You set your blink aura to activate only on the weapon set 2 so it doesn't activate when you're shooting, but will only activate when you use "raise shield".
Is add physical dmg on crossbow is really important?
I know %incrrase is but not sure about first
they all adds up, the most important thing is searching for the right amount of physical attacks
@LazyExile thank you
Unfortunately the Unique is 1 Divine now and i'm poor. But the build is awesome, keep the good work.
we don't use the ring anymore, we are now using The Three Dragon helmet
I swear every crappy ring is 1 div wtf happened to the market. Did everyone find a div farm I just don't know about?
@@RexZShadow most 1 div trades are scams. Look for exalt trades only. For whatever reason divs worth 71 ex (last i checked) show up way before exalts which is annoying asf
Unique accessories that are breakpoints are usually pretty volatile.
@@LazyExile Yeah, but now the helmet are expensive either, i think is you fault 😅
Having plenty fun with this build. Just need the wild storm now to complete it. I added 2 chaos master support gems to plague since they don't need any spirit, not sure if it helps since everything dies so fast so I can't tell.. .
it doesn't help too much, because the purpose is mainly to spread the poison you dealt when shattering the frozen enemy with fragmentation round
How withering is helping since it give bonus to chaos only?
poison is considered chaos damage, and also contagion will spread the chaos damage as well
@@LazyExileoh i didnt know, thx a lot
no problem! poison itself is considered damaging ailment, but the poison damage is dealt in chaos damage, so wither effectively will make you do more chaos damage and thats why it works with poison
Do you think this build is superior to yours, Ailment Gunslinger Merc Starter Build - Freeze/Poison/Bleed? I was following it, and I'm currently level 40, Act 3, Normal.
it's the same concept, just with a bit of tweaking... if you're talking about the endgame version, then yes, it's the endgame for a reason and are meant for you to progress into it
hello! will you be doing this build's extreme-end game build also?
As of now, endgame setup will probably be attribute stacking, as with all gemling legionnaires, most likely int stack with HoWA, but it's really expensive, and maybe I can get that setup out with POB. Personally, I'm not sure if I want to farm 100+ div just to showcase that.
thanks for the video. This format works, at least for me as I'm respeccing from grenades build to this..
One question though, should I replace high velocity with shockburst rounds? I'm still in early map phase, around lv78+ with t5 maps..
To change to the endgame setup.
You need 2 things:
- gem studded allocated and 2 crossbow so you can do it early.
- you can unspec enhance effectiveness but I really recommend getting the 4th ascendancy asap to get it back
Thanks a lot.
Very good work:
Just a sidenote, i am currently in cruel Act 1 (middle ) at Lev 51, i don't have Lev 3 support gems to craftm, maybe update the Cruel campaign section .
And also, you suggested a 250-300 Weapon from Lev 45, but hov? My best found weapon was 131 and has already increase Phys damage and direct fys damage.
I believe it has to roll with high base physical and also maximum or more physical rolls rather than increased. More is way more powerful because it's multiplicative. Increased is additive. That's what is coming to mind for me.
if you self-found weapon, it's a bit hard to get, but you can look up on trade for the best weapon available at your level and at your budget when you get an exalt orb as upgrade
Hi there, i have been following your build and its pretty decent. In relation to the new changes, i got everything, except the Skill Tree points, can you explain that please.
I'm utilizing the weapon set skill point, so I'm allocating all the points on the main passive skills tree, then leave 24 points open, then you can choose those 24 points to be spec into weapon set 1 and 2. Just follow the color in the passive tree, and bind your attack to a specific weapon like I show in the video
@@LazyExile I found it, please change the GREEN COLOUR for SET 1 to another colour.
The build feels really different and a lot stronger then before, really good, thank you, feels amazing :)
that's awesome! have fun 😊
Am I correct in understanding that to switch to this build from the previous one, I need to be level 85+ and have the 3rd or 4th ascendancy?
How can I transition to the new skill tree with my current gear? (Currently, I’m level 77 with the 1st and 2nd ascendancies.)
you want to have 4th ascendancy to swap to the final version yes.. campaign = 2 ascendancy, early map = 3, endgame = 4
the envenom is 50% chance to poison, so is there a chance pop freeze but without applying poisoning?
later on you'll get this to 100% with more ailment inflict nodes