Hi all,
Path of Exile's new League, The Forbidden Sanctum, launches today at 2 PM Eastern time, so I thought it'd be good to have a thread about it. Who else is leaguestarting today/this weekend? Does anyone want to team up for playing through the acts?
For those who missed it: Hexbear has its own Path of Exile guild, named Path of Hexile (guild page is here, though non-members won't be able to see anything there). Anyone who would like to join is welcome, please either DM me here or message @Atrociraptor in-game to do so.
Also, for anyone who is leaguestarting: what build do you plan to run?
I'm going to do hit EA Raider again, since it was so easy to level last league, then stop in the mid-60s (just before killing Kitava) to do some endless Heist for a while, and try to trade my way up to early riches.
Those are both solid choices. I struggled to beat Sirus for a long time, what helped me beat him for the first time was stacking spell block. In general if you want to do well against the big bosses, the best way is to drop all your defences against attacks (evasion, block) and focus on spell suppression, maximum resistances, and damage. None of them have attacks, and usually they don't have physical damage.
E: Also bring the right flasks for the fight. Sapphire flask for Maven makes a big difference for example, 20% less damage that scales with flask effect makes a really big difference. If your build uses a unique flask with low uptime it's usually a no-brainer to swap it for a defensive flask with high uptime.