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I just realized that The Last Tower (large unique shield in Concelhaut's Tower, treasure room) has +1 Move Speed. Since it's a weapon it stacks with other equipment like Boots of Speed and so on. I just created a paladin with the console. He had Zealous Charge (+2 move speed), Boots of Speed (+3), The Last Tower (+1) and Fast Runner (+1). That all stacked for a total move speed bonus of 7(!) without potions or food. I just have to find out if potion of fleet feet stacks with that or if it surpresses the aura. This stacking of move speed also works with a monk (Long Stride: +2), a priest (Aggrandizing Radiance: +2) and a chanter (Wengrith chant: +1,2). The move speed is awesome - even faster than the Speedy Gonzales of Eora, Fulmineo Prondroni. It will also work for a barb (Wild Sprint & Powerful Sprint: +5,5) and would result in a total bonus of 10,5 - but that's only per rest and that's sad. Anyways - I just imagined a superfast chanter running around an enemy mob so that they clump together, chanting The Dragon Slashed and shooting them with Stormcaller from time to time until his invocations are ready. Put a summon in the midst of them and shoot and chant and do invocations. Should be a viable solo build. Same with a Paladin. I just tested that without the shield: I took a chanter with boots of speed and Potion of Fleet Feet and tried to reach Concelhaut's Tower just by running past the Torn Bannermen. It works! But it's difficult. You have to give them some summons as cannon fodder so that they let you go and turn to them. If you don't do that, all of them will follow you forever. Pull some of them to the Death Guards and Alguls and watch how they decimate each other. Nice sideeffect: lots of exceptional gear drops. When encounter stops, enter the tower, sneak to the treasure room and pick up The Last Tower. Now you're even faster! Go back the same way that you came and repeat the tactic. Tadaa - you have the shield. You need 10 mechanics to open the chest if I'm not mistaken. I also would like to know if a high deflection rogue with +5 move speed, Riposte, Graceful Retreat and a Cape of Withdrawal (+35 def. against diseng. attacks) who forces disengagement attacks upon him while running around the enemy would be viable. He would be like a living CC effect that also does damage from time to time, or not? Edit: maybe also a nice shield for a wizard? Fleet Feet+all the other stuff = +8 move speed.

I know, I know. It just feels so awkward to use them. And I also don't like crafting. I mean in games, not in real life.

The name's ButterCUT - from the White March...

Thanks for the bug report Andrea. I would like to add Firebrand + Scion of Flame. Same problem... And by the way: do these talents boost the damage oft duplicates (wizard's phantoms, monks elemental duplicates) - and if not: why?

I'm losing stuff all the time. Mostly from weapon slots and always from the left hand (if it's no two-handed device). Occurs after reload.

It all falls behind the whips. Give us whips! And two handed battle axes. What's a barbarian without his two handed battle axe? An ararian? Wait... that sounds like an evil nazi term...

Not so crazy OP if you ask me, but pretty solid if you want to spare spells or to get a lot of dps out of a single spell. After lvl 9 its usefulness drops. And no friendly fire. Only foes get hit. Like the blast from implements (if you took that talent which is a must with K. M. Blights).

At least the enemies should anticipate where you want to go and then take a shortcut to reach you more quickly - like every sane human would do in real life when you run around them. I mean it's not that difficult because the game knows where you clicked. ;-)

Right - you just have to decide if you want to win the fight at lvl 9 or lvl 13. But I also don't like consumables that much. Same with per rest abilities. Might be a slightly stupid attitude though. :D

The scroll against fear and the +ACC-scrolls as well as paralyze can save the day.

What about the temple of Eothas? I remember it was quite easy to kite and split most mobs in there. And you don't need to fight all the foes to solve the quest. If mechanics are high enough and you know how to toll the bells you don't even need to get any keys (that are guarded by enemies). But maybe it's too early for that. Depends on your build I think. You can get a plate armor from the moon godlike who stands east of the temple. Attacking him has no negative side effects. Plate is good for any low level char (esp. solo).

A totally cheesefest is to use five ciphers with Ectopsychic Echo plus Fulmineo: run towards the enemy, then run away so that they form a nice line. Then target the last one with Flagellant's Path while the ciphers cast Ectopsychic Echo on you. Run away - they will follow you and the beam will not get canceled (because of the great distance) once it's active. Also works with Mind Lance, Rolleing Flame or Ray of Fire but you have to be super careful and step aside in the right moment. Iconic Projection and Driving Wave would also work I think - everthing with a long and narrow aoe.

Really? Why didn't you say anything?

I used Combusting Wounds (CW) from the Ring of Searing Flames and shot him with Persistence+Wounding Shot+Penetrating Shot+Ryona's Vambraces (ranger). CW from the ring seems to hit always. Persistence's wounding dot and the wounding shot dot did the most work for me. With a druid (and his powerful dot-spells) it should work even better. If the dragon suffers from Combusting Wounds, his DR ist quite pointless as long as you hit him with a dot spell. He will always get 5 burn damage when the dot effect ticks.

I'm just thinking: Is it melee only? Edit: yes it is. Would have been nice to open the fight from stealth with a sundering shot and then still have two sunderung blows left. Maybe you could do that with very high stealth?

Thanks for the find. It seems there is just no reliable source online.

That works. Sometimes I just shoot him myself with a Wounding Shot when he has no wounds. That's also a nice trick... if you don't use an arquebus. What also works is to "round up" the enemy (it's hilarious): In open field, you sneak away from your party and start the encounter - then you chain movement commands (shift+klick) around the group of enemies. You can do, let's say, 5 rounds around the mob. After that they are totally clumped together and hinder each other while they are constantly trying to follow you (oh poor poor pathfinding). Now you can cast a nice aoe spell (or other aoe abiliy) from outside and you will hit them all - while Fulmineo is still running around them shouting "Come get me! Come on, do it! Do it!" Best thing is: most of the time they won't cancel the chase and will not break out to attack the real danger. It's really cheesy - but it's also fun! :D

An Island Aumaua, Kind Wayfarer DPS Paladin with Arms Bearer, Quick Switch, stacked on-kill-effects (Strange Mercy, Inspiring Triumph), tTe Sword & the Sheperd and weapon focus soldier is quite fun to play. Literally explodes at lvl 13 because of Sacred Immolation & all the kills that follow. But also when you need some endurance and want to shoot somebody really badly in the face at the same time that build is for you!

Hi, today I discovered that GameBanshee also has a nice database for PoE: http://www.gamebanshee.com/pillarsofeternity/ As far as I can tell (after a quick look) - they have all the lastest items/talents/abilities/chars/quests etc. covered. Everything has detailed descriptions. I find this way better than the official wiki when I try to plan a new build before I really play it. Navigation is a bit clunky but the content is great. What do you think? Edit: Oops - some items are missing. E.g. Badgradr's Barricade.

Sundering Blow is nice - but I would like it if it would cause lower DR bypass (5 or so) and had a longer duration instead (maybe 15 sec?). The short duration of 8 sec only makes it interesting for fast hitting fighters. Ok, LoP is fast - but we have to think of others, too.

Glad you're happy. I finished a two-ranger playthrough the other day and really became a fan of the class.

I made a mistake while copying the stat points from game to the forum: I still had a +3 PER resting bonus. I edited the first posting - the stats should be correct now. Sorry for the confusion.

Whoop! The LoP is a really nice dragon killer, too! I just killed the Alpine Dragon with her. Used Drake's Bell instead of the BotEP - and a Paladin tank to distract the dragon. With the bell and Ryona's Vambraces you accumulate 16 points of DR bypass. Together with Scale Breaker that's -22 DR for the dragon. Ouch! :D

Alpine Dragon is way more difficult. Mainly because his cave is so small.

Right - I forgot to mention that. I also like that one. Most of the time I do my own ones (The Gimp + pictures from deviantart.com). But this one is really nice. Edit: my custom portraits so far (sorry for stealing and blemishing the pictures of others, but is was for a good cause ): https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/bOMZLjSc05WUHOmgHQJoa4CLXweWKRF81jMWAEZuQip?ref_=cd_ph_share_link_copy