SSF Adventures with ArtCrusade (32/37 Challenges)

Hey guys, just some comprehensive thread for me and friends to see what builds I run and how. This is going to be my first SSF-only league in which I aim for 37/40. Wish me good luck!

Challenges done: 32

Exalted Orbs: 11
Annulments: 4
Divine Orbs: 9

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#1: TurnAndBurn_SSFBTW - Level 90 Righteous Fire Trickster

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What started as a Scorching Ray character with Vaal RF for bosses is now a 7.5k EHP RF tank with multiple layers of defense and great overall DPS. Looking for a replacement for the Shadowstitch, but it serves me well so far.

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Old SR-gear:

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My Incursion SSF starter and one of my smoothest rides so far. Leveled with traps until Scorching Ray reached an acceptable level, then switched to pure SR with Flamethrower Traps for bosses. Now the build utilizes a lot of tools for buffing SR such as Vaal Righteous Fire, dual curse and Elemental Equilibrium + Overload for maximum DPS. Snapshot of highest DPS possible is somewhere between 2 and 2.5 million DPS altogether.

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#2: SSFBTW_SSFBTW - Level 94 Arc Traps Eldritch Battery Saboteur

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My second build in SSF Incursion. I found a Tinkerskin pretty early on, so this build was set in stone. Currently using Grace, Arctic Armor and Herald of Thunder with Eldritch Battery. I found a second Tinkerskin which I also only managed to 5-link and then brick into a Shaper item inside the temple..

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#3: VeganBTW_SSFBTW - Level 76 Arc/Warp Poet's Pen Ascendant (Raider & Inquisitor)

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Third build, currently pushing through the story. Leveling this character is an absolute blast and super fast! Managed to find some proper retarded good gear to build this character. The gloves and the Shaper amulet are self-crafted with chaos spam. The amulet took like 4 chaos orbs to turn into this state, and I absolutely love it.

I found a third Poet's Pen that I will attempt to double-vaal. Will post the results once I have a temple set up properly for it!

Character is benched until I get some better damage upgrades for him. Doesn't feel as good in Incursions as Arc traps do yet.

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PoB: https://pastebin.com/KueADgtQ

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#4: iFlickerSicker_SSFBTW - Lvl 82 Oro's Flicker Slayer

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I eventually dropped Terminus Est for an Oro's Sacrifice I found along the way. Completely remodeled the passive tree in some areas to become really tanky while dealing significant damage. With both flasks active, I have around 85% physical damage mitigation actually, which takes the dent from almost anything. Currently sitting at 5.1k life at level 75 which will eventually reach around 7k when I'm done leveling.

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Old Terminus Est gear:

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#5: FistOfDoryani_SSFBTW - Lvl 75 Doryani's Fist Warchief Hierophant

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My own build creation. Wanting to make use of the combination between Maligaro's Restraint, Inpulsa's and Esh's Visage. We use Doryani's Fist to scale up our lightning damage to insane amounts while the rest of the kit is there to make us tanky as hell. At level 94, we'll have 8.5k effective health with lots of extra resistances and whatnot. Currently using some other rares to balance my resistances until I find better jewellery.

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#6: NotASummoner_SSFBTW - Lvl 89 Dark Pact Poet's Pen Occultist

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All heil Mathil, our master and savior! Since I found 3 Poet's Pens in SSF, I might as well put them to use, right? Leveling the Empower & Enlighten is taking a good while, but the character is just so much fun to play that I do not even mind. The *pop* sound when clearing groups of mobs is simply glorious!

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The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Last edited by ArtCrusade#4438 on Aug 11, 2018, 1:36:58 PM
Last bumped on Aug 8, 2018, 10:14:02 AM
Today's finds:

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Progressing through map tiers a lot. Currently at 77 maps completed on the Atlas and ready to push higher. My 2 characters work quite well and I can already do yellow Elder and his guardians deathless.
The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Last edited by ArtCrusade#4438 on Jun 22, 2018, 8:36:56 PM
Today's finds:

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I now own 2 Poet's Pens. I might finally make something happen with those!
The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Last edited by ArtCrusade#4438 on Jun 22, 2018, 8:36:41 PM
Today's finds:

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The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Today's finds:

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Pretty happy, lol.
The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Last edited by ArtCrusade#4438 on Jun 25, 2018, 5:58:19 PM
More cool stuff from today:

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The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Last edited by ArtCrusade#4438 on Jul 4, 2018, 1:16:00 PM
Managed to 6-link my Belly in exactly 300 Fusings, then vaal'd 2 gems and got double Fevered Mind. Now I gotta make a special build happen with Kitava's Thirst I guess. :D

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The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Badum tss
So I found this today.. couldn't 6-link it yet, but I'll at the next occasion. Fusings sunk so far: 191



EDIT: Apparently there's no chest like mine anywhere, not in Standard and not in Incursion. Should be really valuable once I 6-link it. =)
The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
Last edited by ArtCrusade#4438 on Jul 28, 2018, 10:09:44 AM
Today's been a crazy day.. found some really nasty shit! 1 Perandus Manor from Ivory Temple and another dropped in Museum of Artifacts. Found a second Shimmerons and a Watcher's Eye from yellow tier Elder. Crazy good!

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EDIT: Second Perandus yielded

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That's actually huge.. I can make an MF character now with decent gear!

EDIT2: Today's started well with a nice temple. Got Skin of the Loyal from a Chayula breach (12 splinters, lol!) and also got a Rat's Cage. :)

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The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
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