jsing5022: Assassin is the black sheep of poe 1 confirmed

screamer22222: A moment of silence for frost blades of katabasis.. it's been my favorite build in settlers (and I've played so many)... It's gonna be missed

impo997: patch meant to nerf LS = katabasis goes from dealing half the damage LS does to less than a quarter of NERFED LS lmao

splitting steel heals enemies now

they just hate ruetoo, it's personal

_alex_y.not_: Bro you called them adding Phrecia nodes to ascendancies so hard. Haven't seen anyone talking about it yet but phys-to-ele conversion golem and herald stacking Elementalist seems pretty good if you can solve defences. Elementalist's increased Herald buff effect nodes with Discord Artisan, some decent Herald clusters, decent Circles of Guilt and Anguish with increased buff effect, and the new golem effects seems really strong.

raikaria3090: Idk why people are surprised Kingsmarch is core... it basically already was

Misurji: I saw champion insane buff and got hyped to play splitting steel champion again, but then, then the unthinkable happend...

tamjidterrorblade: People wonder why hexblast is not here. Because it was not just a nerf. It was gutted, cremated and then scattered from a mountain.

xanspr: feel like splitting steel is way worse than LS

fearlessdumb0: SO PUMPED. I hope we get gem info for the new skills prior to league start, I'd love to yolo something weird off the beach for once.

AlienFromBeyond: Hexblast got taken out so much harder than any of these losers. It might as well be deleted from the game.

Xwograt: Hexblast so dead Dream forgot about it

ChakoExile: Every patch, some people complain about nerfs, that's nothing new.

That said, certain nerfs, like the one to Splitting Steel, really felt a bit overkill, especially when compared to others.

As for the Champ changes, don’t forget there’s also a new stat that can roll only on helmets acquired from mercenaries. I believe it grants 1% more physical damage per 1 Fortification, which is already insanely strong on its own, but combined with everything else you mentioned, it’s just plain crazy.

FuzzyDuckzy: Great video. Really engaging. RIP the Katabasis build I had worked so hard on

MrWilliGaming: volcanic fissure of snaking is good and all but i expect BAMA up there in terms of power. not only was that thing not nerved but it received significant qol buffs with the animate guardian changes and it naturally meshes well with the merc mechanic.

CowPimp: Another source of maximum fortify is the Lethal Pride timeless jewel. I think you can get 5 or more maximum fortification depending on seed and location on the tree. I definitely plan to do something with Champion. A permanent 45 % less damage taken from hits is bananas.

lolleonlolable: they changed so much for golems but the golems themselves kinda stay the same thats sad, i remember the time when somehting like lightning golems was viable, or ice golems as a golemancer, but they are still just bad and the same for like idk how many years.

Ratzara: I thought one other change to Elementalist was pretty strong as well: "now causes Enemies Ignited by you to convert 40% of their Physical Damage to Fire". Is that not a lot better than the previous chaos golem?

chaosandcoffee: WE ARE SO BACK LOGIN

davida.3854: In regards to champion fortify scaling, don't forget that celestial brace gives fortify on hit for some skills which can be a problem with replica badge

Hype_Incarnate: GOLEMS ARE BACK. I'm so happy Elementalist is playable again.

Broooccoolii: Splitting steel nerf is crazy

joaop3993: speaking of fortification, you can also get 10 from a kingmaker on a mercenary, goiing to a whopping 52 fortification stacks that also apply to the mercenary (and golems)

firecapexcompany: Replica badge and the fort gloves are quite rare though. Beware league starting champion, looks like a good pivot later rather then starter

erickraudi8661: I maintain that elementalist golems are nerfed. We lost the node with 25% increased golem effect per golem, which is 150% increased golem effect with low investment and can be as high as 300% increased golem effect if you go all out. Also we now have no way to defend against phys and the huge loss of golem effect means a lot less value on stone golem of safeguarding. Elementalist had no problems with damage (at least in my experience) but getting good defence against phys was always the challenge. I am not really a fan.

NemisCassander: I'm surprised nothing was said about Guardian and/or Spellslinging. Guardian Spellslinger is almost certainly going to be meta given the insane amount of mana reservation available to them. When combined with the Elemental Relics and the fact that Power Siphon has VERY high attack speed now, it's looking pretty good to me.

nathanfay1988: Even with the nerfs to LS and EE, LS EBlade is still absurd

Jun 11 2025

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