What to play upon returning?

I played at the beginning of the league as poison pf mostly, and I’m coming back now a lot later and looking for reasonably budget friendly build to pick up that I can scale late game till the end of the league.

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VB_blokeboi•4 months ago•2

I have some bad news about budget brother

GR8B0-T•4 months ago•2

I noticed some Path of Exile acronyms in this post:

  • PF - Pathfinder, a Ranger Ascendancy class (Wiki)

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best_username•4 months ago•1

How about this…

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/chaos-dot-lich-starter-deadrabbit?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2Cdefault-variant

I really like the Essence Drain/Contagion combo, and it’s been smooth all the way through for me.

Slow-Leg-7975•4 months ago•1

Werewolf Oracle is very cheap and super powerful. Campaign is a breeze too

pxlcrow•4 months ago•1

I'm also a new player...what is the budget posters are referring to? Why are some builds cheaper than others? Cheaper how?

gagelish•4 months ago•1

I think Oracle is a good choice. You can run Wolf or Plant all the way through the campaign and into end game, and then if you really want to go for it and get to the tippy top of end game you can move to a CoC/CoEA build (though that is decidedly not budget friendly).

Mental_Dragonfly7386•4 months ago•1

So legit. Ive played poison burst, lightning arrow, regular stormweaver, wolf, etc.

Nothing comes close to the fun I am having with a widowhail cold spark build.

Bloodmage. Blunt quiver. Passive: unleash fire. Passive: 50% increased damage to frozen enemies.

You can walk into a boss fight and kill them within 3 seconds of opening their hit window. Run speed is insane. Clear is insane. Dont even need resistances.

HugeHomeForBoomers•4 months ago•1

You can try Flask throwing build. They are always fun (to me)

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I decided to try stacking energy shield - at minimum level.

I decided to try stacking energy shield - at minimum level.

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Rakiata who?

Rakiata who?

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“That’s no moon”

“That’s no moon”

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