Build's gonna be a monster once you change that tree around. 0:01 introduction 1:11 how the build works 4:07 If you don't have HOWAA 4:29 If you do have HOWAA 5:09 Gear 11:49 Skills 18:15 Passive Tree
@@vitorfarias8964 I was just thinking the same thing. I can crush maps, but I'm squishy as hell and bosses do not die very fast. I think it's just a lack of int
I really like the idea of this build, and I actually almost lvl 89 already, but in comparison I have lvl 93 invoker (not stat stacker - crit-based with Polcirkeln). And I must say that invoker feels much stronger. Well, gemling is not equipped like it should be yet, actually I share most of eqs between them (including HoWaA). The main difference is in resistances of mobs. Thanx to "Sunder my Enemies..." ascendancy point I don't care at all about any resistances, and even ailments threshold is not a big deal, just a little slows me down. With gemling hightened resistances greatly slows me down, and ailments threshold is just prohibiting me from going through the map. Plus on invoker I have all the auras I want, including blink, wind dancer, grim feast. You just cannot have as much spirit on gemling. So I really like the idea (lvl 89 is not a joke 😉), and if mobs does not elemental or ailments resistances - it really has tremendous damage, and explosions are much bigger than my monk has. But survivability is much worse, and I just cannot see how to make it work at least on the same productivity level with invoker.
@@ithatoneguy8975 as I said in original comment - my invoker is lvl 93. Btw the idea of two heralds is to drop Polcirkeln, to free ring slot for smth more useful.
@@spkrash Then how are you saying you can't do double herald? If I can run it at lvl 38, you definitely can. The ring is just there because I have it, and haven't spent any currency getting anything else.
Had the great Idea to try this build with my LV57 Gemling! Now i'm getting the real Dark Souls Experience lol. But if i manage to stay alive and kill something it feels awesome xD +1 Sub
@ sold my soul ages ago, so anytime I miss the big red dude’s call, I’m legally bound to return it ;P On the real, look up the track Opus No. 1 by Tim Carleton. A past job required me to call government agencies and sometimes I needed to sit with this song playing for upwards of 45 minutes straight lol. It’s supposed to sound chill, but it would totally wreck my mental state and now it only sounds like a pure cold hellscape to me. Lots of “happy” music does.
Do these Heralds work well with out a lot of items doing + cold or lightning daamge? I can put them both on with all the runes but have none of the gear. Not sure how it would work ouit
Morier Invictus chest with 5th socket gives you a chest piece that gives 75% all resistances. This lets you use as many mods slots as possible on other gear for stats instead of resistances,
Hey! Appreciate ur vid, could u explain more in-depth about the Frozen -> Shatter with the Herald? I builded up alot of cold damage, but still, cant be Freezing them. Tysm!
Thank you very much for the update. About Rarity (if they not going to nerf/remove it), when do you think we should start having it on our gear? I think maybe after the unique chest and belt with 60%+ ?
i currently have 95% rarity. I def would not run the unique helm and instead run a high rarity helm with int and a res makes it easier to cap resists. boots and a ring is the other places i have it.
why does my character constantly stops and do nothing and get stuck and die? tempest flurry has no cooldown time and i have always full mana but as I am attacking, he suddenly stops doing anythig for 1-2 sec and die. can't even roll out and it's even before i get hit from enemy. he just stops moving or attacking and then get hit by enemy and die. wtf is this? there is no reason why he should stop moving or can't attack at all. this happens like every 10 sec or so and it's driving me nuts.
You are being stunned. When things hit you if it's ranged or melee or magic it has a chance to stun you. This locks you in place for a second or two and you can do nothing. You need to raise your stun tolerance.
chayula palm apply freeze mark, temp chains, enfeeble with weapon swap tech to increase effectiveness of curses. makes the boss do 24% less damage, makes it slow, easier to freeze, and frozen longer.
Build looks awesome currently leveling a gemling but was not sure What build to go for but this will definetly be it. One question im not rich so i dont have the unique gloves What stats am i looking for with rare gloves?
3x damage to attacks with good rolls. same on rings. dex> str > int and make sure you have a corrupted staff with elemental then socket 2 flat damage runes in it. look at the other video on the channel that was the 140 ex budget on invoker you want a similar gear setup. that your can just go for a phys staff because everyone is playing stat stackers they may be cheap.
its added to the maxroll planner in the next update video and i moused over them in the last update video about freeze at the end if you don't want to see it in there.
probably 1 of the 3 5-6 point lightning nodes or spaghetify. but all are ultra expensive. i changed some gear on stream and I went with the 20% damage taken recouped as mana super cheap enchant. i got 17% recoup as mana on chest corrupt now so 37% recoup with 4200 mana is pretty sick
its because the wrong gear setup. I fixed some of it during stream and put an updated planner on the vod. im at 2863 life 442 es and 4194 mana. with 37% damage taken recouped from mana. once i get "raw mana" notable and EB i should be at 5k+ mana.
got something similar on my gemling, i go with three dragons helmet,, HoI and everything explodes on the screen. HoWA is a must have for the build imo.
This would work as well with witch hunter? I have one lvl 93, but granades are very weak on bosses. Clear is fine no matter what I do. I just don't know how to get more boss damage.
charged staff. it requires power charges. you run combat frenzy for power charges on freeze and then you convert them into power charges with resonance keystone in the monk area.
The build is good, I am using it. The main reason I swapped to one with ice strikes is that I tend to die too easily in few occasions and boss dmg tend to be lacking compared to my actual dps. The 2 variations I have found are really weird, one being super good at mapping but shit at bossing, the other being sufficient mapping and nice bossing, still hard
The main reason it is shit at bossing is that because of tempest flurry seemingly not auto targeting the bells, while ice strike does it properly. Storm wave seems not great for bosses, idk why
Answer would be yes, however there is a Jewel you can get that essentially switches your Strength to give ES instead of Life. So that's an option, although idk if this is the route he's taking
the referenced jewel is a timeless jewel that changes keystone (corrupts). 1% ES per 2 strength. Not sure if the gemling ascendancy 2x applies to it. Maybe someone else who knows that answer can tell us.
Monk invoker is fine for stat stacking just built different. the merc gives 2x base stat allowing us to push mana really really high. On the invoker you are probably better going ES focuses with mom and CI. where I am going to have little ES and be more mana MOM focused. MOM is mind over matter, CI means Chaos inoculation they are both keystones on the passives tree.
@ yeah im running CI but with grim max es is 5.8k which I think is still low atleast 9k 11k with grim might be the best. And is there a way or farm method for fast leveling that u know? I really want to try gemling TIA 😁
@@noxxie1576 I am not the one to ask how to level fast. I am an expert at finding dead ends and missing zones in corners if you would like advice on either of those. 😆😆
This is tanky. I don't have the gloves yet, and I don't have any divines yet. Using the bell is suicidal though. I wish the mercenary actually had a good mercenary crossbow bolts ascendancy, instead of the mercenary being a closet monk.... because trying to get the bell off is suicidal. With ranged I didn't realize how paper thin I was by staying out of and off of everything. Pretty lights go boom, makes putting the bell down suck.
It requires that orange equipment, especially the weapon, since the main point of attribute stacking is because that one does more damage with more stats
stacking freeze buildup so I permafreeze everything off screen and then being able to take one to the face with high life and mana pool. have life and mana on kill so if they dont one shot me i ignore the mob kill the next pack insta topped off.
Your energy shields do not protect you from bleeding or poison or so much else. SO much damage completely bypasses evade, block, and energy shield that I don't know how you can reasonably expect to survive with chaos immunity.
chaos inoculation makes you immune to poison, bleeding needs to actually damage your health to happen. Worst case scenario, MoM can protect you from bleed.
Why? the WHOLE point of this setup is I don't have to do press any keys. I don't even need to use charged staff most of the time. you can hold down the mouse button. it is a functional left click build.
Only amulet price ++25 divine orbs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣And with the necessary parameters they simply do not exist. The chance of knocking them out, playing for months, is zero.
horrible build when doing mod above T15+ :/ any class works fine when is about doing T14-15 with normal/decent gear... but above that.... being glass cannon doesnt work at all...
You crazy mate? This is one of the most tank builds in the game, you get double mana and life from stats, you can get 4k life and mana, go MoM or pseudo MoM with 30-40 of this mod on notables and jewels, you can go CI and use the timeless jewel that converts strength to give you ES and get 5k base es, you have a ascendency that gives you +5 all maximum ele res.
I literally said this is not in any way optimized in the video. I said this is like 30% out of a possible 100%. But its functional and can clear t15s so people requested i put it out. Its not even the right gear set which I also said in the video.
Build's gonna be a monster once you change that tree around.
0:01 introduction
1:11 how the build works
4:07 If you don't have HOWAA
4:29 If you do have HOWAA
5:09 Gear
11:49 Skills
18:15 Passive Tree
Alan here reporting, still sick :( thanks you rock! :D
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I'm struggling with boss damage, any advice ? Insane aoe and clearing t15 but bosses is a pain
@@vitorfarias8964 I was just thinking the same thing. I can crush maps, but I'm squishy as hell and bosses do not die very fast. I think it's just a lack of int
@@Plop_Loggin Well, i got 690 int atm, and still the same problem with bosses
You saved my boring grenadier and gave me a new satisfaction with that build ! :D Thanks alot
loool this is insane thank you so much bro I was loosing hope on my mercenary with granadier build :( keep up the good work on this build :)
Same dude, I love grenades but it’s actually unplayable
I been doing that dead eye build It’s Op as fuk, I made it my own way I play like a monk and my heralds blows the map up lol 😅
Thanks for taking the time for the updated build!
Nice 👍 and happy new year 🎉
happy new year!
I really like the idea of this build, and I actually almost lvl 89 already, but in comparison I have lvl 93 invoker (not stat stacker - crit-based with Polcirkeln). And I must say that invoker feels much stronger. Well, gemling is not equipped like it should be yet, actually I share most of eqs between them (including HoWaA). The main difference is in resistances of mobs. Thanx to "Sunder my Enemies..." ascendancy point I don't care at all about any resistances, and even ailments threshold is not a big deal, just a little slows me down. With gemling hightened resistances greatly slows me down, and ailments threshold is just prohibiting me from going through the map. Plus on invoker I have all the auras I want, including blink, wind dancer, grim feast. You just cannot have as much spirit on gemling.
So I really like the idea (lvl 89 is not a joke 😉), and if mobs does not elemental or ailments resistances - it really has tremendous damage, and explosions are much bigger than my monk has. But survivability is much worse, and I just cannot see how to make it work at least on the same productivity level with invoker.
The only bad thing with invoker - I have all skill slots used, and cannot switch from Polcirkeln to two-heralds 🤣
@@spkrash What level are you? I'm leveling a level 38 Invoker right now, running double heralds with Polcirkeln.
@@ithatoneguy8975 as I said in original comment - my invoker is lvl 93. Btw the idea of two heralds is to drop Polcirkeln, to free ring slot for smth more useful.
@@spkrash Then how are you saying you can't do double herald? If I can run it at lvl 38, you definitely can. The ring is just there because I have it, and haven't spent any currency getting anything else.
@@ithatoneguy8975 I have all my skill slots filled, and all 225 spirit used. So to use another herald, I need to drop smth, and I can't/don't want to
Had the great Idea to try this build with my LV57 Gemling! Now i'm getting the real Dark Souls Experience lol.
But if i manage to stay alive and kill something it feels awesome xD +1 Sub
Is this possible on which hunter?
This build is super super fun, thank you. Just a question, if you put off your polcirkeln, where the chance of freeze comes from?
all cold damage can freeze now as long as it builds up. you need cold damage + increased freeze build up from the tree and jewels
@@GameyMcJamesFace Thank you so much :)
The music in the background sounds like the hold music when you call hell directly.
Now I need to know. How often do you call hell directly?
@ sold my soul ages ago, so anytime I miss the big red dude’s call, I’m legally bound to return it ;P
On the real, look up the track Opus No. 1 by Tim Carleton. A past job required me to call government agencies and sometimes I needed to sit with this song playing for upwards of 45 minutes straight lol. It’s supposed to sound chill, but it would totally wreck my mental state and now it only sounds like a pure cold hellscape to me. Lots of “happy” music does.
Do these Heralds work well with out a lot of items doing + cold or lightning daamge? I can put them both on with all the runes but have none of the gear. Not sure how it would work ouit
whats the act 3 rewards you chose for this build?
Morier Invictus chest with 5th socket gives you a chest piece that gives 75% all resistances. This lets you use as many mods slots as possible on other gear for stats instead of resistances,
Hey!
Appreciate ur vid, could u explain more in-depth about the Frozen -> Shatter with the Herald?
I builded up alot of cold damage, but still, cant be Freezing them.
Tysm!
Todays short video explains it!
Thank you very much for the update.
About Rarity (if they not going to nerf/remove it), when do you think we should start having it on our gear? I think maybe after the unique chest and belt with 60%+ ?
i currently have 95% rarity. I def would not run the unique helm and instead run a high rarity helm with int and a res makes it easier to cap resists. boots and a ring is the other places i have it.
you dont need rarity..
@@k1oval explain
why does my character constantly stops and do nothing and get stuck and die? tempest flurry has no cooldown time and i have always full mana but as I am attacking, he suddenly stops doing anythig for 1-2 sec and die. can't even roll out and it's even before i get hit from enemy. he just stops moving or attacking and then get hit by enemy and die. wtf is this? there is no reason why he should stop moving or can't attack at all. this happens like every 10 sec or so and it's driving me nuts.
You are being stunned. When things hit you if it's ranged or melee or magic it has a chance to stun you. This locks you in place for a second or two and you can do nothing. You need to raise your stun tolerance.
Hi ! thanks for this build, just why Whispers of Doom ?
chayula palm apply freeze mark, temp chains, enfeeble with weapon swap tech to increase effectiveness of curses. makes the boss do 24% less damage, makes it slow, easier to freeze, and frozen longer.
@@GameyMcJamesFace Can u update ur Maxroll guide ?
Can use the skill without being pulling in by monsters or the bell skill?
what are you gonna do for the 4th ascendency!? Implanted gems? or gem studded?
Build looks awesome currently leveling a gemling but was not sure What build to go for but this will definetly be it. One question im not rich so i dont have the unique gloves What stats am i looking for with rare gloves?
3x damage to attacks with good rolls. same on rings. dex> str > int and make sure you have a corrupted staff with elemental then socket 2 flat damage runes in it. look at the other video on the channel that was the 140 ex budget on invoker you want a similar gear setup. that your can just go for a phys staff because everyone is playing stat stackers they may be cheap.
Bro why your charge staff range is so far away (its not default range) ? How? Support gem? Passive?
its the passive effect of the staff
where do u place the last 2 ascend points? And tnx for the vid :)
what are the jewels have you puted in pass tree?
its added to the maxroll planner in the next update video and i moused over them in the last update video about freeze at the end if you don't want to see it in there.
wait couldnt you make it so stuff like contagion then spreads for miles because of the extra range?
since we dont need mental perseverance anoint what would be bis anoint? been playing the build and its so fun in deli/breach lol
probably 1 of the 3 5-6 point lightning nodes or spaghetify. but all are ultra expensive. i changed some gear on stream and I went with the 20% damage taken recouped as mana super cheap enchant. i got 17% recoup as mana on chest corrupt now so 37% recoup with 4200 mana is pretty sick
Can someone explain how his Tempest Flurry attacks become ranged? Tnx a lot in advance
Charged Staff
I love the build but the problem when it comes to fully modified T15 and up maps, seems the HP and ES is too squishy.
its because the wrong gear setup. I fixed some of it during stream and put an updated planner on the vod. im at 2863 life 442 es and 4194 mana. with 37% damage taken recouped from mana. once i get "raw mana" notable and EB i should be at 5k+ mana.
I really like your configuration, but I don't understand how you get so many strength points.
Just got Pillar of caged god on SSF, i will try your build and see how far I can go with it, thnx
Thank you so much!
got something similar on my gemling, i go with three dragons helmet,, HoI and everything explodes on the screen. HoWA is a must have for the build imo.
This would work as well with witch hunter? I have one lvl 93, but granades are very weak on bosses. Clear is fine no matter what I do. I just don't know how to get more boss damage.
You could probably force it but it wouldn't be optimal. Look up a stat stacking leveling guide they level REALLY fast.
What is the skill that makes ur staff throw those things out?
It's the Charged Staff skill, or something with a similar name.
charged staff. it requires power charges. you run combat frenzy for power charges on freeze and then you convert them into power charges with resonance keystone in the monk area.
@@GameyMcJamesFace so it will still work without resonance as long as I have combat frenzy
@@evilxjester420 No, you need resonance I believe. Or you gotta do some tricky stuff.
Just casually walking past 2 or 3 clasped hands hurt my soul a little...
Im kinda new but how are you getting 100 spirit? I know you get 30 free from doing campaign. Do you get 70 more from there somehow im missing ?
30 for campaing, then 30 in act 3 in azak bog then same place act 3 cruel gives u 40 and that is 100 spirit
@@filar33 Thanks!!!
SORRY BRO WHAT MOD RARE JEWEL ? I DOTN SEE IN CLIP
The build is good, I am using it. The main reason I swapped to one with ice strikes is that I tend to die too easily in few occasions and boss dmg tend to be lacking compared to my actual dps.
The 2 variations I have found are really weird, one being super good at mapping but shit at bossing, the other being sufficient mapping and nice bossing, still hard
The main reason it is shit at bossing is that because of tempest flurry seemingly not auto targeting the bells, while ice strike does it properly. Storm wave seems not great for bosses, idk why
Is it worth going CI when you have 3k life? Don't you lose a ton of EHP just for chaos res?
Answer would be yes, however there is a Jewel you can get that essentially switches your Strength to give ES instead of Life. So that's an option, although idk if this is the route he's taking
@jaybronson977 I didn't know such a jewel existed, in this case it would could make sense if we can keep the big EHP pool
the referenced jewel is a timeless jewel that changes keystone (corrupts). 1% ES per 2 strength. Not sure if the gemling ascendancy 2x applies to it. Maybe someone else who knows that answer can tell us.
@@Ilestun good to know. that would be really ridiculous if it did.
Really want to do this build but I can’t seem to sell much so it feels like it’ll be forever until I can get HOwA
Dose Gemling passive double inherit effective bonus from item effect stack ?
no only stats. but 1k int 4 mana per int with gemling is 4k flat mana.
@ wow,i will create more play gemling then.stop invoker for now,stuggling with mana.thank you very much
what unique jewel you use at 6 o clock, I not see at maxroll
3% fire res 4% cold res per small passive node if its the bottom one by the star.
Yes. I start new PG with mercenary for do monk build. Because I have a monk LV 85 but don't work good :(
Is monk invoker not good for stat stacking? Im trying to level up a merc but I dont want to 😢 its boring
Monk invoker is fine for stat stacking just built different. the merc gives 2x base stat allowing us to push mana really really high. On the invoker you are probably better going ES focuses with mom and CI. where I am going to have little ES and be more mana MOM focused. MOM is mind over matter, CI means Chaos inoculation they are both keystones on the passives tree.
@ yeah im running CI but with grim max es is 5.8k which I think is still low atleast 9k 11k with grim might be the best. And is there a way or farm method for fast leveling that u know? I really want to try gemling TIA 😁
@@noxxie1576 I am not the one to ask how to level fast. I am an expert at finding dead ends and missing zones in corners if you would like advice on either of those. 😆😆
This is tanky. I don't have the gloves yet, and I don't have any divines yet. Using the bell is suicidal though. I wish the mercenary actually had a good mercenary crossbow bolts ascendancy, instead of the mercenary being a closet monk.... because trying to get the bell off is suicidal. With ranged I didn't realize how paper thin I was by staying out of and off of everything. Pretty lights go boom, makes putting the bell down suck.
im new player first timer to poe, im curious what will happen if you not use orange equipment since me has no orange equipment
It requires that orange equipment, especially the weapon, since the main point of attribute stacking is because that one does more damage with more stats
How are your runes on your staff pushing out 13-22 cold damage when my runes are only giving 8-12? Am I missing something here?
13-22 comes from corrupt
@ thank you 🙏
thank you !
Lmao I might do this later since I’m also a gemling merc though I might as well farm my gear 😂
What class?
What’s your defense? Taking hit with mana?
stacking freeze buildup so I permafreeze everything off screen and then being able to take one to the face with high life and mana pool. have life and mana on kill so if they dont one shot me i ignore the mob kill the next pack insta topped off.
Thanks for the explanations. Guess this will not work with Witchhunter
It's pretty fun to replace Wind Dancer with Herald of Ash for extra damage since we're pretty much overkilling enemies with every strike.
Your energy shields do not protect you from bleeding or poison or so much else. SO much damage completely bypasses evade, block, and energy shield that I don't know how you can reasonably expect to survive with chaos immunity.
chaos inoculation makes you immune to poison, bleeding needs to actually damage your health to happen. Worst case scenario, MoM can protect you from bleed.
How to be a successful merc? Become a monk!
i have the howa gloves and lke 4 div in the bank, i can probably make it work somehow
use your keybinds... please.
Why? the WHOLE point of this setup is I don't have to do press any keys. I don't even need to use charged staff most of the time. you can hold down the mouse button. it is a functional left click build.
@@GameyMcJamesFace No no no, I love that. I'm talking about when opening your passive tree.. or skills.. 😂
I pray they let us reset our ascendancies becuase Im not tryna make a whole new merc when my witchunter is lvl 88.
Wait why are you Mom and taking mental perseverance?
i didn't decide what I wanted to change my annoint to yet. was using that before mom with the 3 nodes for 26%
Cant wait for this to get nerfed this week
Only amulet price ++25 divine orbs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣And with the necessary parameters they simply do not exist. The chance of knocking them out, playing for months, is zero.
horrible build when doing mod above T15+ :/ any class works fine when is about doing T14-15 with normal/decent gear... but above that.... being glass cannon doesnt work at all...
You crazy mate? This is one of the most tank builds in the game, you get double mana and life from stats, you can get 4k life and mana, go MoM or pseudo MoM with 30-40 of this mod on notables and jewels, you can go CI and use the timeless jewel that converts strength to give you ES and get 5k base es, you have a ascendency that gives you +5 all maximum ele res.
Bro entered 2025 with the most nonsense take of the year already
@@P3rvenc running good without issue cost way too much. req a lot gear in order to do that...
@@P3rvenc show me a run on a build like that on T18 with decent mobs. then i believe....
Not every build is meant for t15 99 percent of players don't care about doing the same maps over again for no reason lol
Your tree is horribly unoptimized. The majority of the the info you give is not needed and in no way helps your character.
Just some shiit feedback there zt.
@@Manylimeshe ain't got any feedback to give, lil bro just mad for some reason throwing out words 😂😂🤦🏿♂️
I literally said this is not in any way optimized in the video. I said this is like 30% out of a possible 100%. But its functional and can clear t15s so people requested i put it out. Its not even the right gear set which I also said in the video.
If un optimized why not take info from vid and create your own? Dude didn’t have to post vid but did to get his idea across, be chill bro