Oni-Goroshi in Current League - are You gonna farm it or drop it?

Hello again. Another day and another exile exercising in isolation being social distancing compliant. The beach would be a great place to jog if it weren't for the damn zombies and sand spitter critters. Then again if the beach was empty it would be pointless.

The old stomping ground of zone 1 is intimately familiar and the beach jogging, Hillock killing, and rince and repeat is completely comforting (never ever any concern about being one-shot). This league I started with only 2 OG farmers, with my first exile finding Uber Hillock at level 8.48. Alas, my 2nd exile had to go the full rince and repeat distance and is now the latest member of the Twilight Strand Beach Level 9 Club (not since Incursion league when I was at my peak of Oni-Goroshi farming insanity and ground out 4 OGs and two new TSBL9C members). I grind the low end, elite players grind the top end to get a level 100 build. To each their own poison way to play PoE. This time I chose to very casually do beach runs between other games such as playing World of Warplanes and while waiting for a match to start I can jump over to PoE, make a beach run, then go back to WoWP. That certainly removes the mind-numbingness of so many 100s of beach runs but the trade off is that it takes longer to find Uber Hillock and get Charan's Sword. I had stated that I was burned out on OG farming last league and wouldn't be doing this anymore but with Delirium league mechanics way over-tuned at league start (much better after the nerf patches) for my filthy casual playing of PoE I ended up back on the beach and back into my comfort zone once again. So here's my 2nd and final (for this league) UH battle.

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Ah the TSB, the soothing sound of the water gently lapping up on the sand, the pitter patter of the light rain, the frequent moaning of the zombies, and the satisfying squeal of the death of another Sand Spitter. This has definitely been a great part of PoE and I will always salute Charan for his wonderful creation and GGG for allowing zone 1 to be a guaranteed 6L farming place. Such a shame that it will all end when PoE 2 turns the whole of a 6L upside down and destroys 6L gear farming forever. Sigh!

Now as the number of runs mounts and the xp incrementally rises my poor exile is once again calling for UH to come out and play to no avail:


Hmmm, has UH gone the way of Puff The Magic Dragon and locked himself away in his cave forever? Did GGG change the RNG on UH? Nope, just bad rng luck because finally:


And so the dance of death begins again:

One last leap from UH (at 10% health) before he dies:


Uber Hillock is dead. Long live Uber Hillock!
Hillock is still a wimp even with the boss bump in HP and DPS this year.

Yuck, what a mess of Awakened Zombies put back to sleep forever. Fortunately the TSBL9C has another member to help with the beach cleanup.

Now for the prize he worked long for:

89% crit chance... sweet! 2 great rng rolls in a row.

So my haul on this exile is:

1. Enzomyte Peak iron hat
2. Lochtonial Caress iron gauntlets
3. Bramblejack plate vest
4. Oni-Goroshi Sword (89% crit)


Stay safe exiles... until next league.

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鬼殺し wrote:

I reckon we could probably assemble a fairly accurate list on the fly. I'll start:

Redbeak Rusted Sword
Tabula Rasa
Ezomyte Peak Iron Hat
Blackheart Iron Ring
Wanderlust Wool Shoes
Kaom's Sign Coral Ring
Doedre's Damning Paua Ring
Silverbranch Crude Bow
Crown of Thorns Vine Cirslet
Bramblejack Plate Vest
Araku Tiki
Sidhebreath (?)

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Arrowneous wrote:

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Arrowneous wrote:

Charan's Sword (Duh!... but hey, I'm still in zone 1)
Thousand Ribbons Simple Robe
LifeSprig Driftwood Wand
XGoreDrill Skinning Knife

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Latest OG run on 2020-04-26:
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Lochtonial Caress Iron Gauntlets

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DoubleU wrote:

5 to go Arrow, good luck.

I'll need to count up how many I actually have ground out to see if I'm at 27 yet.



Wow! 26 in total. Delirium league is a bust for me so I'm making a beach run waiting for the next World of WarPlanes match to start (I go to battle, jump over to PoE and do a TSB run, then jump back to WoWP and not have to wait). I'm using my alt account for this (Prisoner6) and have 2 witches pounding sand at 7.95 and 8.05 levels so the final 27th should be coming any day now. Stay tuned.

Will You farm it in Harves?

I probably will.

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de99ial wrote:

Will You farm it in Harves?

I probably will.

it's been my starter build for nearly every league since its inception.

so, yes.

(i will likely start in SFF, then move to a trade league early maps.)

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DropBearAntix wrote:

(i will likely start in SFF, then move to a trade league early maps.)

That sounds like an interesting path. Starting off in SSF then switch to trade league in early maps. You get the added challenge and more interesting SSF through the acts. Making those nice leveling item finds even more exciting and the lucky crafting tries more critical. Then still have the fun of "polishing" up the build in the trade league. I might have to try that.

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Turtledove wrote:

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DropBearAntix wrote:

(i will likely start in SFF, then move to a trade league early maps.)

That sounds like an interesting path. Starting off in SSF then switch to trade league in early maps. You get the added challenge and more interesting SSF through the acts. Making those nice leveling item finds even more exciting and the lucky crafting tries more critical. Then still have the fun of "polishing" up the build in the trade league. I might have to try that.

Most definitely the Oni-Goroshi makes it significantly easier to run the 10 acts for obvious reasons (6L for main attack). Even if your build can't take advantage of "Her embrace" (not a fire skill) it still is great all the way into yellow maps or until you get a better 6L weapon or chest to use as your main 6L.

Farm one and use now as come PoE 2 this item will be history for importance. I wonder what GGG will do with it or will Uber Hillock be history. I haven't heard what GGG is planning to do with all 6L gear to compensate for the loss of the 6 linked sockets. We'll need a special bonus on these items to make the transition to 6L gem skills less painful.

GGG is trading 6L gear for 6L skills. The thinking on this is that you can switch gear without losing your 6L and that's good. The downside is that we'll need to find 6 socketed skills for all skills (not good). Or am I missing something?

Yeah, Oni-Goroshi cyclone slayer. Did it last league and killed AL6 with it before it got kinda iffy. Then, since i'm going SSF if I get lucky and find a soul-tether i'll switch to dual oni-goroshi jugg. Should be fun.

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Arrowneous wrote:

Farm one and use now as come PoE 2 this item will be history for importance. I wonder what GGG will do with it or will Uber Hillock be history. I haven't heard what GGG is planning to do with all 6L gear to compensate for the loss of the 6 linked sockets. We'll need a special bonus on these items to make the transition to 6L gem skills less painful.

I too wonder. They really should keep it in the game. The dialog is fantastic. The most fun I've ever had playing this game has been going through the story line with an Oni-Goroshi.

My understanding is that there will be 2 story lines for progression. So, they could keep it. It will probably be less powerful without the 6L but, they could maybe do something like adding new unique mod or significantly less grinding to get to Uber Hillock or something?

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Turtledove wrote:

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Arrowneous wrote:

Farm one and use now as come PoE 2 this item will be history for importance. I wonder what GGG will do with it or will Uber Hillock be history. I haven't heard what GGG is planning to do with all 6L gear to compensate for the loss of the 6 linked sockets. We'll need a special bonus on these items to make the transition to 6L gem skills less painful.

I too wonder. They really should keep it in the game. The dialog is fantastic. The most fun I've ever had playing this game has been going through the story line with an Oni-Goroshi.

My understanding is that there will be 2 story lines for progression. So, they could keep it. It will probably be less powerful without the 6L but, they could maybe do something like adding new unique mod or significantly less grinding to get to Uber Hillock or something?

i'm very nervous about how the oni-g will fair come PoE2. i'm comforted by the fact that even the beta's still a ways off, however. hopefully, it gets a buff of somesort when it happens. (actually, i think it can do with a bit of a buff now. but that's just my opinion...)