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Maybe you could use LoH before casting SI? I forgot about the recovery of LoH though...

I'm curious: do you constantly press shift while typing the title - or do you prefer to use capslock?

Just to report that crahes may not be a general problem: No problems for me on Ubuntu nor Windows. Not a single crash. Sometimes the game stutters and mouseclicks get delayed, that's all. Maybe the problems are related to a specific hardware combination/configuration.

If I remember correctly he has some unique stuff as well that raises all defenses like crazy.

3.: Assassinate works from invisibility. It works from range. It works with every attack roll, including explosives. Backstab only works with weapons and from 2m distance or below. 4.: Only the first strike. Blunderbusses: only the first pellet.

Nope - only with a shield. But then One Handed Style won't apply.

Yes MaxQuest, send Amentep a PM so this gets pinned! Please.

In a subject verb object questioning sentence, you get a form of 'do' before the subject. And after a use of do/does/did, you always get the infinitive. So 'say', in this case. -> "Why did Josh say they are very powerful? Specifically considering all the cool new loot we got in-game." Seriously?

I guess it heals you when you get hit by poison/decay/disease?

Nice, but this thread is only for listing the builds. It's better to put your builds into a seperate thread each so that people can discuss them better and find them more easily. I will put a link to your build thread into my opening post which will work as a list/index for all build threads. Thank you!

Bombs work with Assassinate...

Abilities no longer get +1 ACC per char level (or PL). Also spells don't have bonus ACC like they had in PoE. At least not by default.

Also you can use all melee abilities with the Long Pain although they are ranged.

Devotions - still best buff in the game. The bonus ACC stacks with PER inspirations.

Right. I assume that stuff like Acute (+1 PL), pet bonus (+1 PL) and Death or Nature Godlike (+3 /+2 PL) also raise Sneak Attack?

Yes. Tidefall + Runner's and Envenomed Strike is fun. Also used that on a Priest of Berath and combined it with Cleansing Flame for the doubling of ticks.

He has a self buff that raises his defenses into the sky. If you manage to hit him before he casts it it's not that difficult.

That's exactly what I did. Belt of Bountiful Healing or Fulvano's Amulet + 8 or evena14 Survival will give you lots of healing (not counting the bonus from MIG and INT). Pretty nice especially because of the enormous health pool. You could even go totally crazy on CON and clone Whispers of Yenwood for 2 x +2 stacking CON.

Exactly. 3 if you count Flame Shield from the belt (procs when you receive a crit).

This is the wrong subforum. You're in PoE 1.

I also did an Ultimate attempt with a similar stat distribution (but dual wielding hammers) and after some levels the barb with maxed CON becomes very, very beefy.

Thanks. I think paladins with Firebrand are a lot of fun. Great spike damage with FoD +Runner's Wounding Shot and good party support.

VA does work. Ryona's Vambraces also work. Retaliation from items does not stack. Not even different kinds like from Lavender Wreath and Binding Rope. Only one retaliation effect from an item. Only exception: Sura's Supper Plate will stack because it's a weapon and weapon enchantments stack with everything (in general). Other retaliations that stack with item retaliation: Battle Forged, Flame Shield (those two also stack with each other), Barbaric Retaliation (also stacks). Combusting Wounds does work with retaliation, yes. An item that will give you automatic Flame Shield is the Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer. Anothet good approach for retaliation+Combusting Wounds would be a monk with Rooting Pain. Also a Cipher with Pain Link works. Rogues trigger Deep Wounds with retaliation. Note that this "trick" doesn't scale very well. Since the ret. damage doesn't scale with level or anything else it doesn't do a lot of harm to high lvl enemies. But Combusting Wounds helps to make it viable a lot longer.

That's a good pick for an offensive paladin.

You mean like this one: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/89991-class-build-the-golden-dragon-barbarian-tank/