Path of Exile 3.25: Minion Build Update and Gear Showcase

The Holly Relic build in Path of Exile has significantly improved with better gear and minion setup, reaching an 8.2 mil DPS in Path of Building.

### Holly Relic Build Update: Transitioning from "Poor" to "Upper Middle Class"
* 💰  The player, ba Mage, has made significant progress with their Holly Relic build in Path of Exile, moving from a "poor" state to what they describe as **"upper middle class."**
* 🛡️  Key improvements include acquiring an **amulet, a shield, and an Ashes of the Convict setup**, reaching a **2123 gem and 83 breakpoint for damage**.
* 🔮  The build now features **three specters**, with plans to add a **fourth** once they feel more confident about their **survivability**.
* 🛠️  A major gear upgrade was a custom-crafted shield with impressive stats, including **+1 to all minions**, **30% minion life**, **25% minion damage**, and more.
* 📊  The Path of Building now shows **8.2 million DPS**, although the player notes this is likely **underestimated** as the build typically performs **better in-game**.
* ⚔️  The player also transitioned to a **dual cluster setup**, dropping block nodes to accommodate the **new clusters**.
* 🌐  The build offers multiple options for Forbidden Jewels, with different nodes providing benefits for **clear speed, DPS, and utility**.
* 📈  Future plans include further **min-maxing the build** and potentially sharing an **Atlas strategy breakdown for wealth accumulation**.

hello YouTube, this is ba Mage again, and I am still absolutely in love with this league. However, we're bringing you an update on the Holly Relic build. I'm no longer poor. Well, I'm not rich yet, but I'm no longer poor. The build is coming along great. I am blasting unidentified Guardian rotors. I've been doing that basically the whole day and all of yesterday. I have been bought several things. I bought an amulet, the ashes, we're in a Dias, and an ashes setup. Now we've got a 2123 gem. We're at the 83 break point. Our damage is significantly better. We are very tanky. We also moved into three specters. I've also got, I think, another 29 div to spend tomorrow, so we are going to be taking this into the minmax territory, but I wouldn't say we're in the minmax territory right now. Right now, I'm calling it upper middle class. We've got an ashes, and we've got a decently

rolled belt. Our Jewels are still kind of bad. We did make our first disgusting piece of gear, which I will show you in the Path of Building. So let's jump into the PoB. Here is our Path of Building. Before we start going through it, let's move to town because this third Spectre yells all [ __ ] day and doesn't stop. So let's just go into town so we don't have to hear that anymore. You might notice there's three specters. I played silly buggers to get a third Spectre without giving up my Decay Ward because I'm still scared of them dying. Which also means as I feel better about them living, I can still anoint Death Attunement and get a fourth Spectre. Now, so what did we do for that? Well, a few things. One, we got a level 21 Spectre. That's easy. We got a Doryani's Catalyst with plus two to socketed Minions on it. This can also be a Fracture on gloves.

or boots. So there's like three different all three locations it could be in. You can have it fractured as a mod on boots or gloves, or you can have it corrupted on a jof re that'll get you two more. Then I'm in the ashes setup, which is plus one to all, which gets you to level 24. And then we made what is my first disgusting piece of gear, this monstrosity from Magic fairy land. Good luck crafting it, but 100 life plus one to all minions, 30% minion life, 25% minion damage, 24% ell res, which actually means I don't need this bone ring anymore, and recover 5% of Life on block. So we're not going into the AG of Aurora setup this time. I'm going to go with this way as is a truly disgusting Shield. Before anybody asks, there was a lot of fossils involved and a lot of recombination involved and some dumb luck. I don't know how you're going to

replicate this. It's insanity, to be honest. I never needed the recovery. Uh, all the footage you saw at the beginning and all the farming I did over the last days did not have recover on block on it. You also don't need the minion life, and you don't need the 25% minion damage. So, if instead you start trying to figure out how to craft just plus one minions and life and just take whatever else you can get, that'll probably be a much more achievable situation. Anyway, moving on from that, we also got the successful corrupt on the 2123. We hit that ourselves. We hit a total of 10 gems and hit only a single success. Uh, so no, in fact, that's the only gem that went up quality. We hit them all in the double corrupt chamber, and that's the only one that went up quality. But we got our break point. That's all that matters. So, moving into the path of building, still wearing my, uh, kind of crap weapon that isn't rolled very well as well.

the way we'll try and fix that later. Uh, in the notes, I have the three specters I'm doing right now. The one I added is perfect Warlord. Uh, not because he is really good at generating endurance charges for me, but more specifically because he gives the endurance charges to all of my other specters and animate Guardian. I'm also still in the baby animate Guardian setup. However, you will see that Path of Building has improved to 8.2 mil DPS, which again as we all know, if you're following along with this build, this isn't real. It's way higher than this. It's always way higher than this, but you can use it to gauge how far you're improving. So, that's getting quite a bit better. The other thing we did, which was quite cheap, was we moved into a dual cluster setup. So, I dropped all these points here that I had before and, uh, to start with, I had to drop the back of this to get there as well, but I've since retaken them because I'm level 97 now. Um, we also dropped both

of the block masteries because we needed them. Uh, needed all the points went into my second cluster. My second cluster is not super fantastic. I still need to recraft a better one. However, it does have forbidden jewels in it. So a lot of questions come up about the Forbidden Jewels. Here are your options: Giga clear profane Bloom, Giga clear full screen pops, it'll make you giggle, it's hilarious, doesn't do anything for your single Target damage, but it is funny and is very quick. The whole screen will pop all the time. Fantastic void Beacon, significant amount of damage, quite a lot, really good for DPS, also stops all regen, all Maven regen, all consecrated ground, everything, every bit of regen, huge quality life. Great then over here, there are a total of five nodes. We would want four, we need five, we want, right? I like plaguebringer, it's quite good. We need Mistress of sacrifice, we need barrier, we need unnatural strength, we need mindless aggression. I want plague barrier if we're sticking in here, it means

we can forbidden flesh any one of those four nodes mistress plague bone barrier or unnatural. It does not matter because whatever we forbidden we'll just Speck out of that and take the other thing right. So if you're doing it, you can pick any of the five necro ones right. That's fantastic well any of the four you can't you can't forbid mindless aggression but any of those four. However, if you're picking one of the occult ones then you just don't take plaguebringer. Everything else is mandatory plaguebringer is the extra node all right that is it for the update. The next time you see an update will probably be a degenerately minmaxed version and if you would like a full breakdown of the atlas strategy that I did to make all of the money to get to this stage uh we'll do one of them tomorrow if people want it all right that is all I have. I will see everybody next time and goodbye.

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The Holly Relic build is progressing well, with improved damage and tankiness.

The character has acquired several new items and gems, reaching the 83 break point and moving into three specters.

The build is currently in the "upper middle class" stage, aiming to move into minmax territory, with plans to further improve gear and potentially add a fourth Spectre.

Crafting a Powerful Shield with Unique Stats

The speaker has crafted a unique and powerful shield with the help of fossils, recombination, and some luck, providing 100 life, bonuses to minion stats, and life recovery on block.

The process of replicating this shield is considered insane and not easily achievable.

The speaker also succeeded in corrupting a gem after multiple attempts, reaching their desired breakpoint.

Improving Specters and Clusters for Better DPS

Using the Perfect Warlord specter improves the generation of endurance charges for all specters and the Animate Guardian.

The Path of Building shows an improved 8.

2 mil DPS, which is actually higher, serving as a benchmark for progress.

Transitioning into a dual cluster setup, reallocating points, and incorporating Forbidden Jewels can significantly enhance clear speed, single target damage, and overall DPS.

Guidelines for Forbidden Nodes in the Atlas Strategy

You can forbid any of the four nodes (mistress, bone barrier, unnatural, or plague) as you will just switch to the other options.

If choosing an occult node, the only one to avoid is plaguebringer, as it is the extra node.

The next update is expected to be a highly optimized version of the strategy, with a possibility of a full atlas breakdown in the future.