[3.26]The dirty Scorpion-Tail|Herald of Agony|Chaos-Cyclone-CI-Necro|The Arachnophobia Allstars 291M

mmm ok. i think i understand now. Had to click around a lot for it to click in. Usually i am used to think when gearing up, i start with low budget --> mid budget --> high budget --> end gear expensive items. etc etc

I hope "loadouts" feature will be discovered by the author soon :)

Hello Chromino,

First of all, congratulations on the formatting and the level of detail in your post — I really appreciate well-written content, and I believe work like yours truly deserves recognition!

That said, I have to be honest: your build presentation feels a bit like a sales pitch. It gives the impression that it's a "perfect" or "miracle" build — and now it’s even been buffed?

That’s exactly what worries me. You're saying that with just 40 divines, your setup can reach levels of DPS and eHP that most top-tier builds only achieve with three times that investment. I really hope you're right.

I'm currently undecided between Bama, VFOS, or HoA for 3.26. My focus this league will be juiced Essence farming, and as you know, some Imprisoned Monsters feel like actual mini-Ubers — massive life pools, regen, and one-shot mechanics.

So I’m looking for a build that can handle T17s, take hits from juiced Essence monsters, and ideally have high movement speed to rush through maps efficiently.
Which ascendancy would you recommend for this goal?

Side note: I played HoA many years ago, but I don’t remember much — I just recall the gameplay felt a bit clunky. The damage wasn’t always consistent, and managing the build felt a bit overwhelming at the time.
Has the build become more streamlined nowadays? Or is it still something more advanced that requires pressing multiple buttons in the right timing, micromanagement, etc.?

Thanks in advance for your time — and again, great work on the guide!

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mxc13a1#6654 escreveu:

I hope "loadouts" feature will be discovered by the author soon :)

Hehehe, I take a look at layouts soon. Thank you.


Until then all trees and gear and skill-sets are already titled with easy keywords.

Hey, I finally can sit down and start this! by any chance will you update the POB to the 3.26* version? did anything change at all?

Thank you! :)

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NaraKuroha#5750 escreveu:

Hey, I finally can sit down and start this! by any chance will you update the POB to the 3.26* version? did anything change at all?

Thank you! :)

The 3.26 news of the build, on page 110/111, are linked in the top of the build.

On passive tree are no changes, tree is already adjusted too. I export it to Pob 3.26 when I am back to keyboard this evening.

HoA is probably in best form ever. Wish you good loot and good fun!

Edited: All trees are converted to 3.26. Often Pobb.in needs some minutes to update, just import to pob.

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IkarusRDS#0532 escreveu:

Hello Chromino,

First of all, congratulations on the formatting and the level of detail in your post — I really appreciate well-written content, and I believe work like yours truly deserves recognition!

That said, I have to be honest: your build presentation feels a bit like a sales pitch. It gives the impression that it's a "perfect" or "miracle" build — and now it’s even been buffed?

That’s exactly what worries me. You're saying that with just 40 divines, your setup can reach levels of DPS and eHP that most top-tier builds only achieve with three times that investment. I really hope you're right.

I'm currently undecided between Bama, VFOS, or HoA for 3.26. My focus this league will be juiced Essence farming, and as you know, some Imprisoned Monsters feel like actual mini-Ubers — massive life pools, regen, and one-shot mechanics.

So I’m looking for a build that can handle T17s, take hits from juiced Essence monsters, and ideally have high movement speed to rush through maps efficiently.
Which ascendancy would you recommend for this goal?

Side note: I played HoA many years ago, but I don’t remember much — I just recall the gameplay felt a bit clunky. The damage wasn’t always consistent, and managing the build felt a bit overwhelming at the time.
Has the build become more streamlined nowadays? Or is it still something more advanced that requires pressing multiple buttons in the right timing, micromanagement, etc.?

Thanks in advance for your time — and again, great work on the guide!

Thank you a lot too Ikarus!

Yes, HoA-virulences cyclone-trigger turned in 3.24 much smoother as before the storm burst-trigger.

Overall HoA is a 1-button playstyle. Cyclone and everything dies and almost all utility is autotriggered.
Damage above 50M is not often needed and can be exchanged against further more qol and tankyness.

Cast the withering-flask and a curse on thougher enemies. Cast vaal discipline and flasks when there is much dot or not enough mobs around. Cast convocation against mobs in proximity shields.

When you farm Ubers you ramp up faster and more DPS with selfcasted 3 or 4 buttons/skills

Yes, of course I admire HoA, I love HoA, I prefer it to the other skills and minions which I played also. HoA was so many times buffed last leagues and is extremely flexible - in most points and most content I guess above gem-lvl 34 it's the meta-minion again since 3.24.

Against essences HoA is 10/10.
Only when your favourite maps are labyrinthine layouts like toxic sewers, alva temples, heists or sanctums HoA will not show his full potential of range.

Also some atlas-factors are not to foresee. As example in 3.23 Affliction many exiles farmed abyss and so there were totally b.i.s. 6-mod ghastly jewels cheap available in the market. In other leagues they were more rare. Instead other content was popular, i.e. b.i.s. ashes and b.i.s. watcher's eyes were cheap in 3.25.

And around the CI-transformation other skills are faster and a bit cheaper builded up. You will struggle when you not know how to get your first 1-2 div for aegis aurora or watcher's eye.

I tried to guide all ups and downs in "Pro / Con" and "ranking poe content".
And further HoA, poisonchances, clusters and auras are a bit more complex - for some Arachnophilias that's the fun, for others that's the problem.

Ordinary I recommend HoA-Trickster as No1 ascendancy - best in tankyness and more than enough damage for all content. All ascendancies are ranked in the spoiler "Which ascendancy?".

I wish best loot and atlas-secrets to you!