[3.7] Rake's Tectonic Slam Equipment Guide - from League Start to Endgame

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Sorytis16 wrote:

I have the same feeling here! Clearly there is a big issue with the nerf of immortal call. I get one shot pretty easily in map T14-15 from the legion content. It's frustrating because most of the time I cant really do anything to dodge or so.

I like vaal molten shell as a defensive set up and I prefer to cast it myself but it's definitely not optimal


My gear so far:

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CaptClueless wrote:

Is there a certain aspect that makes this build extraordinarily squishy? Or is it just the nature of this game? I'm new to PoE and this is my first and only character so I have no basis for comparison, but I see quite a few comments in this thread about squishyness, dying, getting one shotted, so maybe it's not just me? The guide is fantastic, the build is fun to play, and I'm smashing through content damage wise, but survivability is bad to say the least.

I have something like 5400 HP and max res at the moment. Is that not enough? I tried figuring Atziri last night and she straight up instagibbed me. I'm getting into the 'red' tier maps now and some of those bosses have managed to clobber me in a millisecond as well. It seems all of my deaths are one hit wonders. Do I need 7k+ HP to avoid this? Or am I supposed to just 'git gud' and not get hit at all?

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BigBlappa wrote:

If you're new to PoE there's nearly a 100% chance you still have some learning to do. I haven't had time to get exceptionally good gear yet and have had no problems up until t15. I still think there is more improvement for my own skill and I've killed shaper/uber elder in past leagues with average melee builds.

Do you know about Atziri's reflect? Atziri has a 100% all damage reflect on one of the split clones, this will instantly kill any build that deals direct damage, so we need to avoid attacking it ever. For tectonic slam it's easiest to accomplish this by standing in the center so your huge AoE doesn't accidentally hit the mirror clone. She also has a move that spawns a slowly expanding circle on the floor that can generally one shot most builds.

Legion rares in high maps with bad mods (t14+) are very dangerous for me at 5.8k life, especially if there's 3-4 stacked on top of each other, but outside of this, this is one of the strongest and easiest builds I've played on the smallest budget. In past leagues I've had nearly twice the wealth and found it harder than this build, though I've never played anything really broken (always melee builds.)

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Sorytis16 wrote:

Build is a good starter for sure. But there is a huge issue of tankiness tbh. I just decided to drop it after putting almost 20ex and getting two shot in T14 elder 110IQ. I've been playing since awhile and it never happened to me before after putting that much currency. Last league did a incinerate starter and I went killing shaper on a 5L with maybe 100c... Most of the issue came of the nerf of IC and the OP can't do anything about it. It's still an amazing build, an amazing guide but it's lacking in tankiness to sustain at the end game without crazy investment I'd say.

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DR0DIUS wrote:

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Sorytis16 wrote:

Build is a good starter for sure. But there is a huge issue of tankiness tbh. I just decided to drop it after putting almost 20ex and getting two shot in T14 elder 110IQ. I've been playing since awhile and it never happened to me before after putting that much currency. Last league did a incinerate starter and I went killing shaper on a 5L with maybe 100c... Most of the issue came of the nerf of IC and the OP can't do anything about it. It's still an amazing build, an amazing guide but it's lacking in tankiness to sustain at the end game without crazy investment I'd say.

Are you going to respec your character or start another build? I just completed eternal lab and starting yellow maps but don’t want to invest if I’m going to hit a dead end.