My first build - Looking for feedback

Hey, I'm new to PoE 2 and Reddit, but I wanted to share my build and get some feedback on how I'm (ab)using the mechanics.

Weapon Surge Power Charge Cycle Amazon

tldr - 93 Amazon - power charge cycle creating weapon surges and stacking elemental damage, but also flat physical damage, firing x3, 100% crit.

Long version

My friend who got me into the game has my main character setup as a blood mage cast on crit build, I can clear everything I try solo as long as I remember boss mechanics (memory loss veteran). With this build I'm using CoC to cycle my power charges by sacrificing a skeletal cleric (because they revive each other), which are otherwise immune.

The main skill is Lightning Arrow, using Oisin's Oath for sustain, and everything else dedicated to damage or attack speed. I find there is a threshold of how many clerics you need : your attack speed. Everything else is dedicated to enhancing or adding more elemental damage to my attacks. Currently I'm doing about 118k per arrow (3 arrows), and additional 14k with herald.

It is worth noting I don't like to rush as I just stumble too much and die, so walking and clearing is my method. My current plan is to get the rest of the movement passive on the tree which will bring me to 97, if I can get there lol. Also, I quite often run with a friend, hens the amulet augment.

I know I can buff this with more investment, but otherwise I know I need to optimize my stats a bit. I do focus flat physical damage, and am wondering if it's worth any investment into amrour break?

I'm currently clearing tier 15 1-2 rev, 3 x magic tablet maps of all sorts, for the most part. Also learning how to stack my temple and working on that XD

Thanks for your interest,

MzEC

Comments

EvillCanadian•5 months ago•OP•1

https://preview.redd.it/upec27vrr2hg1.png?width=1745&format=png&auto=webp&s=60824f9b514e4cb6945be500c794bc31f93b522e

I forgot to attach pictures

ZiggyZobby•5 months ago•1

If you're looking for feedback on a build, the easiest way to share it is to go to poeninja, log in to your account (it will ask you to login with your poe account) and share your character directly from there.

I can't emphasize enough how lazy we all are, so do yourself a favour and do that. If you need help with setting that up lmk.

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