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r/pathofexile•
ZLegacy

Need help, first time melee player in league

Question

I decided to go with a coc ice nova build for league, which might have been a mistake. I leveled through the campaign with different skills than I now use, which kinda forced me to go back and level those gems.

My damage so far is really good, atleast for the first few map tiers after the campaign, but my survivability is absolute garbage. The build guide I followed didn't really mention what to take first in the skill tree, and I'm just assuming that there's a lot better options I could take and refund later when I have the uniques needed, but I'm not sure what.

My profile: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/PaperAgario/characters (It's OccultistNewb in Kalandra).

The build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiW5--YiJQc&list=PL3XG8BM5J4kVh07ZZvCMunv86HkBlWn_o

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At this point, I'm just ready to flush this character and maybe stick to standard or restart doing something I know. I'm in a position where I can't find better gear, I can't find currency to buy anything better (because I can only seem to survive in act 9 max), and I feel stuck. I can kill in T1 maps fairly quickly but I just seem to be on full health then suddenly drop dead; frustrating. Being my first time running melee, I'm not sure what good options exist. Should I be looking this early at quicker energy shield recharge over some damage options?

Posted Aug 25, 2022, 7:19 PM UTC

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madbul8478•

CoC is typically not an early league build as it requires quite a bit of investment and fine tuning to make feel good. I'd check out Subtractem's video where he takes a deep dive into the mechanics of CoC.

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FlayR•

CoC needs high investment because of the way it works inherently.

You need high crit chance to cast spells. This is a large investment.

You lose out on a support gem due to trigger skill, and you effectively lose out on 2 more because CoC itself is a less damage multiplier and you also need a gem to replace that damage. You also have to pick relatively suboptimal support gems because you need to be pumping your crit chance.

Then you also need to play around with your trigger speed so it makes sense.

This leads to significant gearing pressure; in order to really do damage you have to invest a lot into stuff that just makes your build function, not necessarily strong. This leads to low currency characters being squishy as fuck.

I'd recommend shelving this character and picking a more budget friendly build that you can enjoy without currency and potentially use to fund your CoC build.

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ZLegacyOP•

That ks,think I will do that,started a new build that's should be more easily run (arc templar from a Phoenix guide).

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