[3.25] Holy Relic of Conviction Autobomber - Manaforged Arrows League Starter
 Introduction This is my take on an autobomber with lots of explosions! The build uses an initial triggered attack from Replica Maloney's Mechanism to trigger Manaforged Arrows which both trigger Holy Relic of Conviction! League start POB (what's used in video and gif): https://pobb.in/dILq4v2oA9AM Delirious Forge of the Phoenix: https://youtu.be/On458Hl8DMo ________________________________________________________________________ Pros & Cons + Extremely fast mapper + Autobomber with explosions! + Great scaling potential + League start viable + No mana issues + Lots of different scaling options + No temporary league power is used in any of the showcases (see tab for league specific suggestions) - Not SSF viable (need Replica Maloney's Mechanism at least) - Have to hold down another key besides movement - Damage is slightly delayed ________________________________________________________________________ Settlers of Kalguur League Specific
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Runes look like they introduce quite a bit of temporary power and I'll update the guide once we have a more complete list. Recombinators should make it much easier to craft the bow (and the rest of the rares too).
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Initial Bow Attack Trigger
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The core idea of this build is to trigger bow attacks that trigger the Holy Relic of Convictions' nova spell as we run through the map. Holy Relic of Conviction triggers on every time we hit an enemy with a short cooldown, so we need to rapidly trigger bow attacks.
The only way to trigger a bow attack without having already attacked with a bow is Replica Maloney's Mechanism, which triggers a single bow attack when you cast a spell with a one second cooldown. If we use an instant spell, we can hold down the key its bound to (many ways to do this, choose whichever is easiest for you) and have it trigger automatically whenever it’s off cooldown. The instant skill we use is Automation, since its .6s cooldown is the shortest of the instant skills. Replica Maloney's Mechanism has a 1s cooldown, but that cooldown is separate for each socketed bow skill, letting us socket two bow skills in Replica Maloney's Mechanism and trigger one of them every .6 seconds. Now we’ve got a way to trigger a bow attack without ever needing to stop moving! Triggering Manaforged Arrows
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Now we’ve got a way to trigger a bow attack while running through the map! But unfortunately it’s only one bow skill every .6 seconds making it difficult to maximize Holy Relic of Convictions' trigger rate during both mapping and single target. Fortunately (for us at least), triggered attacks (and spells) cost mana and that lets us use Manaforged Arrows to trigger more attacks. To trigger Manaforged Arrows we need to spend three times the cost of the skill we want to trigger on other bow attacks, which is difficult since our initial triggered bow attack is in a 3-link and can’t be a channeled bow skill. Luckily, if we link Lifetap to our Manaforged Arrows setup, we only need to spend 1 mana on other bows skills to trigger the Manaforged Arrows setup! Since we can have as many skills as we want linked to Manaforged Arrows (just can’t have duplicates of the same skill gem), we can now trigger multiple bow skills every .6 seconds!
Spectres and Animate Guardian
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Since we scale some minion life and defense on the tree, we can use powerful support spectres and Animate Guardian! Quite a few options for spectres, but I recommend getting wild bristle matron, pale seraphim and host/carnage chieftain. Together, these minions debuff enemies with 40% reduced action speed, 15% increased damage taken and frenzy/power charges to our minions. Once you get Summon Spectres to level 25 (+ levels to minion gems + level 21 gem) and get a fourth spectre, I recommend They of Tull or Carnage Chieftain. For the Animate Guardian on league start I recommend Leer Cast or Eye of Malice as the helmet, Dying Breath as the weapon and then Gravebind and Legacy of Fury for the gloves and boots. For body armour I recommend a rare with flat physical damage reduction and chaos resistance. Eventually we can upgrade it with Kingmaker and Dopplegänger's Guise.
Triggering Utility Skills
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We use lots of utility skills and casting them manually is annoying (also takes more keybinds than are easily available). Instead we use two options for triggering them, "Trigger a Socketed Skill when you use a Skill with a 8 second Cooldown" (use before moving Holy Relic of Conviction to bow) and Arcanist Brand (after moving Holy Relic of Conviction to the bow). To avoid having to worry about mana cost we link all our utility skills to Lifetap.
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Mandatory Items:
Replica Maloney's Mechanism Geofri's Crest Recommended Items: Bow with crafted "Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill, with a 8 second Cooldown" The Jinxed Juju Large cluster jewel with increased minion damage (any number of passives/any level; preferably with one good notable) Recommended Animate Guardian Items: Dying Breath Leer Cast Gravebind Legacy of Fury General Rares: Prioritize getting elemental resistance capped and life. Spell suppression, strength/dexterity and chaos resistance once your elemental resistances are capped. Flasks: Our clear speed is limited by our movement speed, so a quicksilver flask is highly recommended. Other flasks are optional but I use a Jade, Granite and Quartz. ________________________________________________________________________ Skills
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Holy Relic of Conviction (Transfigured Gem highly recommended but not necessary)
Holy Relic of Conviction - Void Manipulation - Increased Critical Strike Chance - Increased Critical Strike Damage - Minion Damage - Added Chaos Damage Offering Links Desecrate, Spirit Offering - Lifetap Curses Despair, Assassin's Mark Replica Maloney's Mechanism Rain of Arrows - Blast Rain - Culling Strike Manaforged Arrows Lifetap - Toxic Rain of Withering - Blast Rain - Manaforged Arrows Auras Grace, Determination Movement Flame Dash Hold Down + Wither Automation - Withering Step Spectres + Animate Guardian Summon Spectres - Animate Guardian - Minion Life - Meat Shield ________________________________________________________________________ Leveling
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Leveling as Absolution until transitioning to Holy Relic of Conviction. You can level as Holy Relic from level 4 onward and, while it won't be as strong as Absolution leveling, it is still smooth.
Leveling POB: https://pobb.in/4t_6CHl1Qkxa Ghazzy leveling video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLRNpy8Ld4 Transition when you get either Geofri's Crest of the transfigured gem. Prioritize getting whichever you don't have next and then Replica Maloney's Mechanism (manually attack until then). Transition is smooth, but don't feel pressured to transition during the campaign (or even into maps) as Absolution is a strong skill on league start. ________________________________________________________________________ Upgrades
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Upgrades (loosely ordered)
1. Start to quality stuff (gems, flasks, gear) 2. Enchant flasks (used when flask charges reach full) 3. Add eldritch implicits to rares 4. Upgrade boots to have high tier movement speed, life, resists and spell suppression + good eldritch implicits 5. Upgrade gloves to have high tier life, resists, dexterity/strength and spell supression + good eldritch implicits 6. Craft Stygian Vise with 20% increased cooldown recovery rate and get a good abyss jewel 7. Upgrade the cluster jewel setup to an 8 passive + 3 notable cluster OR 12 passive with 35% increased effect of small passives + good modifiers for small passives 8. Upgrade body armour to have high tier life, resists, dexterity/strength and spell supression + good eldritch implicits OR get a Fourth Vow + Glorious Vanity dedicated to Xibaqua for Divine Flesh 9. Awakened Support Gems, Enlighten, Empower 10. Get Ashes of the Stars 11. Get Kingmaker, Döppleganger's Guise and Crown of Tyrant (white socket) for the Animate Guardian 12. Craft a better bow (good modifiers are + level/quality to (support) gems and minion damage) 13. Corruption hunt on uniques 14. Add Summon Skitterbots by getting enough increased mana reservation efficiency 15. Get a good Watcher's Eye 16. Get Forbidden Flesh/Flame (lots of good options, personal preference) 17. Mageblood ________________________________________________________________________ Other Autobomber Guides
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Last edited by bonnythewonderkid on Jul 11, 2024, 10:06:58 PM
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Nice build, thanks for sharing and nice collection of autobombers :-)
is the 1mil DPS accurate for starter gear? Or at about what DPS are we about to get? | |
" Thanks! ~1 million felt pretty accurate with the gear in the starter POB! | |
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how build looks, if i change manaforged skill for herald of agony? I saw only endgame version (
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the POB here is not updated, can you send the updated one?
thanks my builds:
- COLB (Cast On Last Breath) first ever build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1632595 - the Flash: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1367774 - the oro's bridle build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1409823 | |
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Apparently, 4 sec trigger on bows is now impossible to get
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" This build looks fun, any chance for an updated POB? | |
" Yep, unfortunately an undocumented change this patch :(. Changed the build to no longer use it (might be best to go poison now). | |
" Current starter POB is updated for 3.25, I'm not sure the best way to scale it significantly past that point (maybe poison? crit will still work, but less well). I'll update later this league hopefully (mac version has been very unstable this league, but if it gets fixed I'll test out some scaling options). Last edited by Juminoh on Aug 9, 2024, 3:51:29 PM
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