Path of Exile - Petrified Blood Mechanics Explained (Part 1) sergeantminor 2021-04-13 | 0:00 - Intro0:31 - Low life concept explained1:17 - New low life threshold1:36 - Petrified Blood basic explanation2:04 - Taking damage vs. losing life2:36 - Beginning of detailed examples5:04 - Interaction with damage reduction (Fortify, armour, etc.)5:57 - Interaction with damage redirection (ES, MoM, Guard skills, etc.)7:22 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.25) - How to craft my Absolution Elementalist shield using Recombinators sergeantminor 2024-08-31 | 3.25 Recombinator Guide: reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1exyavx/325_updated_guide_to_recombinatorsShield A: pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/8wDBZvnFVShield B: pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/eQjpoXWuLShield D (all max res): pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/goKDGMjfQShield D (PDR): pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/Jwl3ywvUlPoB: https://pobb.in/sodANXLX1CtL0:00 - Intro1:30 - Recombination 18:07 - Recbomination 210:44 - Crafting prefixes11:59 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.25) - Doryanis Prototype Absolution of Inspiring Elementalist sergeantminor 2024-08-26 | PoB: https://pobb.in/sodANXLX1CtL0:00 - Intro0:23 - Build summary1:33 - Doryani's Prototype4:15 - The physical damage problem6:07 - Absolution of Inspiring6:54 - Damage scaling9:34 - Capping resistances and PDR13:02 - Block13:55 - Minion damage scaling: cluster jewels and wand16:05 - Lightning Warp18:15 - Immunities19:46 - Remaining gear21:25 - Flasks22:47 - Passives and jewels24:30 - Gems25:55 - Overall impressions29:19 - Leveling30:01 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.25) - Starforge Crit Bleed Sweep Slayer sergeantminor 2024-08-22 | PoB: https://pobb.in/1BEWIbj6dRor0:00 - Intro0:41 - Build summary2:07 - Damage scaling5:37 - Passives7:47 - Gear9:55 - Gems11:13 - Overall impressions -- good league starter?12:40 - Potential improvements13:44 - Outro
Last Epoch (1.0) - What Is Ward Retention? sergeantminor 2024-03-16 | 0:00 - Intro0:25 - TL;DW & ward formula1:18 - Ward retention vs. decay rate2:10 - Ward retention vs. total ward3:52 - Outro
Last Epoch (1.0) - What Is Endurance, and Is It Good? sergeantminor 2024-03-14 | 0:00 - Intro0:17 - What is Endurance?1:33 - Endurance modifiers2:36 - Are percent Endurance modifiers worth it?3:50 - Are Endurance Threshold modifiers worth it?7:56 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.22) - Fury of Nature Poison Molten Strike Pathfinder: Returning Projectiles Testing sergeantminor 2023-09-23 | Some viewers pointed out on the last video that Returning Projectiles Support doesn't apply its damage penalty to the projectiles that return. This seems like a bug. However, even if the damage penalty does apply, it turns out that Returning Projectiles is still a better support gem than Vicious Projectiles by a wide margin, and I should have considered it from the start. This is an Uber Uber Elder fight I did after replacing my 6/20 Awakened Vicious Projectiles with a 20/23 Anomalous Returning Projectiles.Link to test of Returning Projectiles' likely unintended behavior (credit to @Yohsene for the test and to @nerotox813 for linking it to me): youtube.com/watch?v=MLfUKB28yS0Path of Building: https://pobb.in/-CQO5fWQSRgx
Path of Exile (3.22) - Fury of Nature Poison Molten Strike Pathfinder ft. Affliction Charges sergeantminor 2023-09-22 | Path of Building: https://pobb.in/-CQO5fWQSRgx0:00 - Intro0:33 - Damage scaling2:55 - Leadership's Price5:10 - Scaling ailment effect10:53 - Mahuxotl's Machination13:58 - Tempered by War17:28 - Other defensive layers22:33 - Passive tree and jewels26:21 - Gear29:28 - Gems31:45 - Potential improvements34:25 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.22) - White Wind Spellblade Evasion Tank Saboteur sergeantminor 2023-09-05 | Path of Building: https://pobb.in/Hzm_hOWMq6AlEvasion calculator spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hxrsCbJhyGW0GUcsC-2sIkXqpipxTVnAtPFzsN2TTfw/edit?usp=sharing0:00 - Intro0:44 - Damage scaling1:41 - Petrified Blood + Dissolution + Eternal Youth5:01 - Damage avoidance7:19 - One-shot mitigation8:52 - DoT mitigation and immunities10:04 - Passive tree and jewels12:43 - Gear14:57 - Gems16:04 - Potential improvements18:20 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.21) - Why the new Instant Leech Masteries are a buff to Ghost Reaver sergeantminor 2023-04-07 | 0:00 - Intro0:14 - Obvious benefits of instant leech for ES0:49 - Ghost Reaver, life leech, and ES leech1:50 - Synergies2:54 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.21) - New Instant Leech Mastery Mechanics and Interactions sergeantminor 2023-04-06 | 0:00 - Intro0:41 - How the new masteries work1:41 - Interaction with leech modifiers3:42 - Strength of Blood4:53 - Immortal Ambition6:51 - Mahuxotl's Machination8:09 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.20) - Atziris Disfavour Vengeance Slayer Build Showcase sergeantminor 2023-01-08 | Link to Woolfio's Disfavour Vengeance video: youtube.com/watch?v=nIyD4mqhP-8Path of Building: https://pobb.in/LHmx_wHwbwAj0:00 - Intro0:09 - Basic mechanics1:40 - Passive skills3:18 - Gear6:33 - Gems6:48 - Disclaimer: suboptimal gem choices7:54 - Gems (continued)10:13 - Summary of defenses11:11 - Overall thoughts on build and progression11:50 - Possible optimizations12:42 - Outro
Path of Exile - Progenesis Mechanics and Interactions sergeantminor 2022-12-15 | Sorry about the weird audio glitches. They're pretty annoying, but I'm not sure what's causing them.0:00 - Intro0:19 - Basics0:38 - Taking damage vs. losing life1:06 - ES and other HP pools vs. losing life1:27 - Progenesis only works with life loss1:47 - Flask allegedly bugged?2:11 - Testing setup2:30 - Testing basic flask mechanics3:10 - Testing with ward3:36 - Basic overview finished3:49 - Interaction with Petrified Blood4:56 - Interaction with damage taken mechanics5:10 - Cast when Damage Taken5:32 - Progenesis does not cause DoT6:14 - Savage hits6:30 - Dissolution of the Flesh7:18 - Life loss that isn't from hit damage7:44 - Closing thoughts
Path of Exile (3.17) - Leaderships Price Infernal Blow Slayer Build Showcase sergeantminor 2022-05-13 | Path of Building: https://pobb.in/FtyfSXsnUiwiIntro - 0:00Build concept - 0:20Summary of offense and defense - 3:01Gear - 4:18Passives and jewels - 8:10Gems - 11:35Overall impressions - 15:04League start? - 16:03Potential improvements - 17:55
Path of Exile (3.17) - Ivory Tower Forbidden Rite Guardian Build Showcase sergeantminor 2022-05-11 | Sorry if my voice is a bit off! I've been sick recently and am still recovering.Path of Building: https://pobb.in/-rRAiaI7d-uhIntro - 0:00Build Concept - 0:57Summary of offense and defense - 1:58Gear - 3:21Passives and jewels - 6:21Gems - 7:55Mechanical demonstration - 9:19Potential improvements for Patch 3.18 - 10:24Outro - 12:46
Path of Exile (3.17) - Infernal Blow Slayer ft. Leaderships Price: Crimson Temple + Veritania sergeantminor 2022-04-14 | Just a quick video demonstrating the build I started the league and completed 38 challenges with.Path of Building: https://pobb.in/2Y2KyARXgOM9poe.ninja: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/sergeantminor/BloofEnthusiast
Path of Exile (3.16) - Proof of Concept: Strength of Blood, Immortal Ambition, and Instant Leech sergeantminor 2021-11-02 | Just a little science I'm doing with some abandoned PoE mechanics.0:00 - Intro0:14 - Summary of how Strength of Blood works0:57 - Summary of how Immortal Ambition works1:22 - How Strength of Blood and Immortal Ambition interact3:03 - Strength of Blood and Instant Leech4:18 - Immortal Ambition and Instant Leech4:56 - Strength of Blood demonstration6:04 - Immortal Ambition demonstration6:37 - Immortal Ambition with Instant Leech demonstration7:34 - Strength of Blood with Immortal Ambition demonstration8:22 - Putting it all together9:33 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.15) - Martyr of Innocence Vengeance Gladiator Build Showcase sergeantminor 2021-10-09 | Bonus content: youtu.be/hZ6oOgaDtcIProfile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/characterspoe.ninja: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/sergeantminor/MatchstickMerryGoRound?i=1&search=class%3DGladiator%26weapon%3DStaffPoB: pastebin.com/DYDxrh2e0:00 - Intro0:57 - Offense/gems5:04 - Defensive layers8:23 - Immunities10:48 - Possible optimizations13:51 - Overall conclusions
Path of Exile - Corruption Altar vs. 47 Craiceanns Carapaces sergeantminor 2021-10-07 | Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been uploading recently. I've simply preferred to spend my free time playing the game instead of talking about it. There will be plenty for me to talk about soon, with the manifestos being posted and such. In the meantime, here's some low-effort content from my end-league shenanigans.This was the final step in optimizing the defenses for what was actually my league starter in Expedition League. With this chest, I reached 100% reduced extra damage taken from critical strikes. The expected number of altars to hit any specific implicit is 34, so I got pretty unlucky here. I played this character to level 100 and got to 36 challenges with it.
Path of Exile - Ward Mechanics and Interactions (Part 2) sergeantminor 2021-07-23 | Hi everyone, I don't think there's a whole lot of insightful stuff in this video if you're a veteran player, so go ahead and skip it if you are. This video mostly just expands on the previous video in response to feedback and requests. It also adds my conclusions about the mechanic, but if you're pretty experienced, you've probably already come to similar conclusions.0:00 - Intro0:30 - Correction to Part 11:02 - Other clarifications2:18 - Detailed Ward calculations7:27 - Quantifying Ward's benefits11:11 - Ward's opportunity cost14:09 - Opinions17:08 - My plans for Ward19:32 - Outro
Path of Exile - Ward Mechanics and Interactions (Part 1) sergeantminor 2021-07-21 | 0:00 - Intro0:29 - What is Ward?1:02 - Basic mechanics2:33 - Nuances4:06 - Order of operations5:58 - Synergies6:53 - Scaling10:45 - Outro
Path of Exile - Conversion Mechanics Deep Dive sergeantminor 2021-07-17 | This is a re-upload of a video I briefly put up two weeks ago. The first iteration failed to distinguish between conversion from skills and conversion not from skills, a distinction that's important when the game scales down conversion that exceeds 100%. There was no way to fix that problem without redoing parts of the video. Due to a combination of me moving into a new apartment and simply procrastinating on this project, I haven't gotten to it until now.0:00 - Intro0:24 - Executive summary4:22 - What is and is not conversion?5:49 - 'X Converted to Y'8:01 - Converting greater than 100 percent12:54 - 'Gain X as Extra Y'15:06 - Conversion of defensive stats15:53 - Scaling converted stats18:52 - Converting multiple times22:16 - Conversion order23:12 - 'Deal no X Damage'24:41 - Converted damage vs. defenses25:53 - Damage over time27:01 - Ailments31:05 - Changing ailment associations35:05 - Other combat calculations35:57 - Why should you use conversion?40:02 - Detailed example: Cold to Fire44:06 - Detailed example: Iron Reflexes46:49 - Detailed example: Life as extra Energy Shield47:57 - Detailed example: Mana conversion50:54 - Outro
Path of Exile - Comprehensive Guide to Leech Mechanics and Interactions sergeantminor 2021-05-23 | Sorry about the variable audio quality in certain sections of this video. The audio was recorded at different times over the course of several days, and I didn't do a great job of replicating the conditions that made my voice sound best. This is especially true for places where I misspoke or had to make corrections to the script. I hope it isn't too distracting.Path of Building (mentioned in video): https://pathofbuilding.community/0:00 - Intro0:59 - What is leech?2:12 - Damage, leech, and recovery4:23 - Mechanics of a leech instance10:34 - Concurrent leech instances16:57 - Leech modifier details27:04 - Summary of leech modifiers30:42 - Recovery rate modifiers34:38 - Persistent leech37:36 - Instant leech39:31 - Vaal Pact43:12 - Ghost Reaver47:32 - Patch 3.14 leech changes50:41 - Immortal Ambition58:15 - Mahuxotl's Machination1:00:58 - Strength of Blood1:05:20 - Leeching without hitting1:06:30 - Other minor interactions1:07:54 - Outro
Path of Exile - Petrified Blood Mechanics Explained (Part 3) sergeantminor 2021-04-24 | 0:00 - Intro0:11 - List of quality bonuses and Labyrinth enchantments0:21 - Anomalous Petrified Blood stats0:54 - Review of Superior gem mechanics1:23 - Anomalous gem example1:50 - Superior vs. Anomalous side-by-side comparison2:04 - One-shot protection comparison2:55 - Overall impression of Anomalous Petrified Blood3:22 - Quality greater than 20%3:52 - Mark's comments4:23 - Outro
Path of Exile - Petrified Blood Mechanics Explained (Part 2) sergeantminor 2021-04-15 | 0:00 - Intro0:23 - 20/20 gem info revealed1:45 - Math for 20/20 gem3:53 - Leech6:04 - Skills gain base life cost while not on low life6:32 - First to Strike, Last to Fall (Adrenaline)7:07 - Indigon7:30 - The Agnostic8:16 - Arcane Cloak9:03 - Cast When Damage Taken9:44 - Life loss split interaction with spending life9:58 - Savage hits10:45 - Is Petrified Blood good?12:34 - Build ideas15:45 - Outro
Path of Exile (3.13) - Transcendence Arns Anguish Blade Flurry Chieftain vs. T16 Atoll sergeantminor 2021-04-03 | Profile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/charactersPath of Building: pastebin.com/Tp2BNMmZ
Path of Exile (3.13) - Transcendence Arns Anguish Blade Flurry Chieftain vs. The Hidden sergeantminor 2021-04-03 | Profile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/charactersPath of Building: pastebin.com/Tp2BNMmZ
Path of Exile (3.13) - Transcendence Arns Anguish Blade Flurry Chieftain vs. Maze of the Minotaur sergeantminor 2021-04-03 | Profile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/charactersPath of Building: pastebin.com/Tp2BNMmZ
Path of Exile (3.13) - Lacerate Gladiator vs. T15 Canyon sergeantminor 2021-03-31 | Profile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/charactersPath of Building: pastebin.com/VhUNh6Qa
Path of Exile (3.13) - Lacerate Gladiator vs. Simulacrum Waves 10-20 sergeantminor 2021-03-31 | Profile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/charactersPath of Building: pastebin.com/VhUNh6Qa
Path of Exile (3.13) - Lacerate Gladiator vs. Flaskless The Hidden sergeantminor 2021-03-31 | Profile: pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/sergeantminor/charactersPath of Building: pastebin.com/VhUNh6Qa
