General Discussion - Lv39 is now the highest possible gem level - Forum

" How to achieve Gem Lv39: Corrupt a Herald of Purity gem to Lv 21 Duel-Weild Cold Iron Point. This grants 6 more Gem Levels. [Total: 27] Take the new Necromancer node; Unnatural Strength for +2 levels. [Lv29] Get a Level 4 Empower and link it with your skill for +3 levels. [Level 32] Use either a Shaper or Elder base; combined with a Faceted Fossil to craft +1 STR Gems; and either +1 to Active skill gems on a Shaper Base or +1 to Support gems on an Elder base [Due to Empower]. This grants another +3 gem levels. [Level 35] Finally; double-corrupt your body Armour with +1 to Socketed Gems [+2 levels due to Empower] and +2 levels to duration gems This grants Herald of Purity another 4 Gem levels, reaching an effective Gem Level 39; which is the highest possible in the game currently, and 1 below the 'cap' of 40. Herald of Agony and Summon Stone Golem can both reach Level 37 with the same method, but lack a 2nd corruption to reach 39 [And HoA requires an extra mod on the body Armour for +1 to DEX gems] *Source:-* https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/cxsw5n/with_the_reveal_of_the_new_necro_nodes_lv39_is/ Last bumped on Aug 31, 2019, 2:04:52 PM	Posted by Exile009#1139 on Aug 31, 2019, 4:44:42 AM On Probation Quote this Post
POWER CREEP Forum pvp	Posted by lolozori#1147 on Aug 31, 2019, 5:46:45 AM Quote this Post
Herald of Purity Minion-Build? Seems legit^^	Posted by Arandur#1246 on Aug 31, 2019, 5:56:32 AM Quote this Post
Level 37 Heard of Agony. Yep, it was definitely not strong enough before.	Posted by Aynix#7757 on Aug 31, 2019, 6:14:46 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" Aynix wrote: Level 37 Heard of Agony. Yep, it was definitely not strong enough before. Nearly everything is strong once min/maxed. Casual players maybe reach lvl 27-29 with dual Cold Iron Point unless it´s too expensive. Btw gem level is not everything and there will be +1 minion wands with mods and other things like that you might prefer over plain dagger. Last edited by Rakiii#5559 on Aug 31, 2019, 9:40:30 AM	Posted by Rakiii#5559 on Aug 31, 2019, 9:33:53 AM Quote this Post
Pity zombies and skeletons dont have the physical tag.	Posted by Asmosis#7365 on Aug 31, 2019, 9:51:48 AM Quote this Post
" Asmosis wrote: Pity zombies and skeletons dont have the physical tag. Yeah, it sucks.	Posted by Aynix#7757 on Aug 31, 2019, 10:07:00 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" Aynix wrote: " Asmosis wrote: Pity zombies and skeletons dont have the physical tag. Yeah, it sucks. It does. It would be horribly broken, but hey they could do it for a league then nerf it later like they do with something every league :)	Posted by Asmosis#7365 on Aug 31, 2019, 10:10:39 AM Quote this Post
" Asmosis wrote: " Aynix wrote: " Asmosis wrote: Pity zombies and skeletons dont have the physical tag. Yeah, it sucks. It does. It would be horribly broken, but hey they could do it for a league then nerf it later like they do with something every league :) So its not horribly broken for HoA wich is, lets be honest, the strognest minion build that exist in this game?	Posted by Aynix#7757 on Aug 31, 2019, 10:25:34 AM On Probation Quote this Post
I doubt I'll ever get the fully-crafted corrupted body armor necessary for the described build, but like 2x cold iron point with the necromancer +2 skills node is already a level 29 herald of agony. Then even a level 3 empower gets you to that magical breakpoint where you get 16% phys and 5% attack speed per virulence (rather than 15%/4% at 30 and below), which is the highest attack speed you can push out of the gem (this makes it 200% increased attack speed at max virulence) Slapping on cyclone with fortify and faster attacks (maybe even culling strike) for poisoning should be... pretty easy, especially now that cyclone has a fixed base radius (so using puny daggers won't matter). Last edited by codetaku#0468 on Aug 31, 2019, 1:01:49 PM	Posted by codetaku#0468 on Aug 31, 2019, 12:53:52 PM On Probation Quote this Post