Looking for fresh new build ideas

Had my fun with all sorts of variations of COC COEA and various ideas on how to play a mage but after 540h and trying out various builds on SW/OC/BM (all 96), i want to try something different.
Looking for a fresh idea of either a different type of mage, archer-type, or maybe even summoner who knows. I could respec either the Witch or Druid w/e if needed but i also don't mind redoing the campaign with a new char.

My main wish is for it to be mobile, have clearing speed in maps and not die like a fly (except for boss 1shots ofc, nothing is stupid-proof). If you can please link some builds or YT or w/e i would be grateful. Being able to reuse some gear would be nice, but i can also invest ~500 div for starters and pump it more if it clicks.

Asking here because i've sifted through a lot of vids on YT with "OMFG Alpha and Omega of builds" but i'm looking for an opinion that's not just for "clickbait". Plus, every time a vid launches, gear costs for the build bump from 10 divs to 10 mirrors :)

PS: If anyone wants to roast my current build look up ShadeyFFSII on POENinja. It basically keeps spark perma-infused and it has all elements almost equal so conflux boosts it no matter what, with Rakiata in it i clear everything and i just swap zenith for it in comet for bosses, everything either dies instantly or freezes and dies (Heavy Frost + Thin Ice cooks). I sometimes deactivate conflux for blink, this is why i still waste 6 spirit on Khatal in Mana Remnants.
It's nowhere in the DPS charts nor following a "meta" guide for perfection. Some decisions there are because i don't like spamming cascade curses either for mana regen (SW) or epic clear speed (Oracle/BM).

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/ShadeyFFS-4374/character/ShadeyFFSII

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tanjonaJulien•5 months ago•1

Kivata mjonlir, dual spelltrigger mace go armour ES for fetching to spell/attack bonus nodes

chefkoch220•5 months ago•1

I‘m trying the oposite right now doing from a crit ci wyvern to coc oracle as soon as some of the gear sells.

Was quite fun, mobility with blink and pounce is nice. Clear is good and boss dmg is also nice. 1 flamebreath for uber arbiter. Plus you are a Dragon.

I oriented on these two goods but went crit+ci+es leach with 13k es.

https://youtu.be/fNAZBI6cdhg?si=RfDDTdtm2bf5WV5b

https://youtu.be/2pT6qiWif7M?si=ngHkk9GugLVuiNbB

Kgcryptokid•5 months ago•1

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Roast….

Nunjamin333•5 months ago•1

Try a merc and do explosive shot as your main clear and shockburst rounds for boss killing. Surprisingly clears a lot of content. Will play different then your other builds.

ammenz•5 months ago•1

Try a zero duration Titan. You can play Scattering Calamity or Ember Fusillade + Time of Need. Can be played at 1 div budget (it will be close to zero duration) but it starts to shine once you buy a Palm of The Dreamer (for the fusillade version). The core of the build is grabbing Hulking Form and all the less duration nodes (including the ones gated behind plants and physical damage). From there you can try whatever you like (crit, non-crit, CoA, CoC, blood magic, chaos conversion, fire penetration, elemental infusions, exposure, multi-curse, high armour, high ES, high life, high mana...). The main reason for trying it is that (IMO) is getting the nerf hammer next league.

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

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4 months ago

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Rakiata who?

I made an elemental crossbow varashta sorc this season as my starting build (goal was to exploit yoke of suffering's full potential, you can find poe ninja below, don't be fooled by the dmg tooltip, it kill ubers before they can move) and so since I was in the intel side of the tree I used my weapon swap to maximize exposure (with whispering ice) and curse magnitude. Here with some non-optimized gear I'm reaching a total of -338% res (that's -169% on bosses), meaning it's better than rakiata's. I use cursed ground support to apply the curse and icestorm (which comes with the staff) with prolonged duration and potent exposure to make the exposure last longer. This tech doesn't require much investment apart from your weapon swap and a few sockets at most so it can be plugged into many elemental builds. As it is now, it requires you to cast the spells with your weapon swap, so I use it mostly for bosses, but i might cast icestorm on bulky rares in juiced maps once in a while. If you have a skill dedicated for mapping, it'll propably better to use rakiata on it, and remove it or use another skill for bosses. Here's the poeninja: [https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/McZaatar-0907/character/Dendjala](https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/McZaatar-0907/character/Dendjala) I might make a build showcase if people are interested, it's a fun league starter build. With yoke and the electrocution node on the tree, enemies have 120% damage taken, more if they're cursed, on top of the giant res drop, plus you benefit from a lot of the "damage against enemies with ailments nodes" so that's why the tooltip is low (explosive grenades indicate 60k in game but they hit bosses for like 2M) at first I was playing with permafrost bolt with frost nexus + navira's fracture + fragmentation rounds, it was a fun combo and really strong for leveling but I couldn't scale navira's fracture damage in late game (I had command + minion nodes on my second weapon instead of the curse/exposure at the time) Hope this inspires some of you!

4 months ago

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“That’s no moon”

The Oracle Death Star is fully operational- only took 30 days of playtime. GGGs https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/L0L-breh-1628/character/ShapesofWrath

5 months ago

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