In for race. JMO but we should meet up with about 30mins hour previous to it and plan out builds (or tonight, or in this thread). Can def gain a big edge swapping gems at certain levels and testing build to make sure there aren't any attribute probs etc. I volunteer to play whatever we need.

wouldn't it have been better to get an aegis aurora? I mean, I can't see your build or anything but shields like that typically don't sell so well (despite the amazing stats) because aegis aurora is superior.

I don't have any block nodes and I wouldn't utilize the weapon elemental damage.

I think on fp I'd look for offensive stats first, like spell dmg and crit. But there is never any better shield than aegis aurora if your build is armor+es.

Hmm, maybe I'm way off, but Aegis just didn't seem that great for my build (tri-totem FP). I would have preferred to take a pure ES shield with some offensive stats, but the selection just kind of sucks. There are very few ES shields with good ES & offensive stats. The best one had like 550 ES, 95% spell crit, no spell damage, and the guy was looking for 10+ exalts. I'm already using Maligaro's & Soul Mantle, so it puts more pressure on me to find high ES and armor rolls in my remaining spots. The shield I bought has triple the armor and almost 4 times the ES as AA. Also, the WED gets wasted for me, and I don't stack block.

Using soul mantle, your build already has really poor survivability. I have a soul mantle witch (incinerate totems) and all of my pots are warding (quicksilvers and granites and jades, only 1 healing). It's still not possible to keep curses off at all times even with that setup.

I don't know what your skill tree looks like, but if you're investing into armor passives the es heal from aegis aurora is just really strong, not to mention the 5% max cold resist which is so valuable in maps. If your armor is too low because of soul mantle and lack of passives (I'm guessing you have those body&soul/faith&steel nodes though) then it'd make sense that aegis aurora wouldn't work so well. It's meant for builds that will actually get hit anyways, running totems means you'll probably stay behind them as much as you can, and imo going pure es gear with life on it would give you the best chance to stay alive, rather than armor+es which is meant for tanking.

One more thing, soul mantle really falls off at high levels. You're stuck with lvl 14 spell totem, which will die very quickly later. It's +1 link but eventually the totems start to die so fast it becomes a much more attractive option to run only 2 totems and get yourself a nice 5 link chest instead. You could also put something like knockback on your totems, but that cancels the advantage of having +1 link.

When my totems started to die very fast in maps, and I had to constantly resummon them every second, and incinerate became very weak because it needs to advance stages to deal more damage. You might not have the same problems I had since you're running fp, I'm just speaking from personal experience with a similar build.

I rarely party in nemesis and have rarely raced, so if you know what you're doing I suggest you just tell us what to do. I'll play whatever.

I'm not pro just thought about this **** a lot is all. Marauder and Scion >>>>> everything else since it is immolation. (Fire resist) 1 hour race is short, so each player should pick out ~15 points of build and go through this list is all.... we shouldnt all go rauder obv since we will be stuck not using dex items etc.

Rauder HP Tankhttp://poebuilder.com/#character/AAA...LvDvIv9kj3vg==

Scion Auras Dexer (ST obv)
http://poebuilder.com/#character/AAA...pK4Yj22vsJ_kk=

Fire Minions
http://poebuilder.com/#character/AAA...CHZZeVl_Svt9-w

You can use whatever element spells so spells with nonfire elemental effect very powerful.

Added Fire Damage, Hatred do nothing. If you are rauder/scion then you were going to get leap slam anyway. Ranger gets Faster Projectile or Fork, not really useful but maybe trade/give to STer/Witch.

Upto 4 for this party race. 2 more welcome. We are all noobs so don't be afraid to join.

1hr immolation, bring fire resist.

not 100% sure on this but I'm leaning these work atm lol

Think I finally hit the wall on this one. Had/Having a great time chatting it up with fellow 2P2 guildmates, but the last 5-6 times I've logged in I just can't muster up the will to actually do anything. :-/

Take a break until new league starts. No big deal.

That 1hr immolation was really fun. I think in the future it would be good to designate 1 shot caller. I think we ****ed up the most at The Climb and lost a lot of time there. I have no idea how much of those several biggish packs we should have killed, but I'm pretty sure we would have been better off if we all were skipping or all clearing.

Yeah, it's a good enough game I'll probably end up coming back at some point. Just have to leave it alone long enough so that it feels new again when I go back.

Yeah, I really did not like how my characters ended up this season and had no desire/time to really make another character. Just decided to wait until the reset to start up again.

Gotta admire Jack for still playing. I think John also died similarly many times. I'm taking it easy a bit as well. I'm sure I'll be back in new 4 month leagues.

I'm not happy about specing so early into freezing pulse.

But, just got to keep leveling and it'll be fine.

My first 3 characters died at 49-55. I'm now at 85 because Twitch/Guested basically carries me. It takes a long time to learn what is dangerous!

What's killed the game for me is enemy within sucking up my limited gaming time. Probably not going to do much until the new league. When does that start exactly?

Current leagues run until feb 23rd, new leagues will start about a week after that I'd assume. So we're probably looking at march.

Got that Doon Ka.. something scepter with level 30 iron will. It jumped my dps up like 250 on freezing pulse and a ton on fire trap. Got 20q fp,iron will,and gmp.

In about 10 levels and 100 more strength, I should be pretty good. I can't comment if the build is lackluster or not, because I didn't realize how much you needed for damage to be good with this build.

I'm pretty tanky, though. Have almost 7k armor and 5.5k hp. I'm well over cap all res. I think I'm 71 or 72. Been having a hard time grinding, because I have to group basically, can't away from ******s.

To everyone who has stopped til next league: feel free to give me your cool stuff!

Same.

^ i put in some nice life tri res items in the stash and a bunch of useful gems,maps for y'all