Path of Exile: Holy Relic Build Struggles and Progression

B Mage struggled with a rough League start due to wrong skill choice, but eventually transitioned to Holy Relic, despite scuffed gear.

### Path of Exile: End of Day 1 Reflection and Progress Update
* 🎮  B Mage reflects on a rough league start in Path of Exile's "Settlers of Calgar" expansion, due to a **suboptimal choice of starting build (Popcorn SRS)**.
* 🔧  The build struggled in high-level content, prompting a last-minute transition to a **Holy Relic build**, which **significantly improved performance**.
* 💰  Despite scuffed gear and limited currency, the Holy Relic build is now "**absolutely blasting**" through content.
* 🧰  Lack of currency and gear constraints are highlighted, with plans to **improve the build by adding jewels and fixing resistances**.
* 🗺  Progress-wise, only **44 maps have been completed**, but early access to red maps is expected due to **quick progression in the early stages**.
* 🏗  The new league mechanic, focused on **town-building and exploration**, is praised for its **depth and potential impact on gameplay**.
* 🏭  Specific town upgrades (e.g., mining and farming) are identified as **crucial for overall progression** and should be **prioritized**.
* 🚢  The expedition ship feature has not been fully utilized yet, but its potential is acknowledged and will be **explored further** in the next session.

[Music] [Music] Hello YouTube, this is B Mage again. It's the end of day one Settlers of Calgar. Uh, I got a few things that are important. Uh, let's before we jump into the important things, let's talk about my absolute abysmal decision-making power and what I decided to do, which was start popcorn SRS. Now, why was that a problem? Popcorn SRS is actually fantastic and feels really good if you're mid-Pace or lower to progress. When I was like on on-level content, it felt fantastic. If I was slower and I got more levels and more power before I tried to take on higher content, probably would have kept feeling fine. However, that ain't me, so I tried real hard to jump into the highest Maps I possibly could, and it did not handle it at all. It was much slower, far too awkward, and I stuck with it for fun too long. So for me, it means it was probably one of the roughest League starts in terms of progression that I have ever had. I do

not have a watch stone. That is the end of a 20-hour stream. Although about three of those hours were before League start, so that's still, but that's still 17 hours, and I do not have a watch St. So that's rough. What I wish I'd done is follow my own plans, the ones I gave you guys to start h Relic, to just level his hit and then into poison with SRS, not the popcorn variety, and just transitioned into holy Relic either at Merk laab or early Maps. I would have had a way better time. I should have done the plan that I already knew was good, the one that I sent all you guys, but silly me, I made mistakes, didn't do that. So the last 2 hours or so of my stream, we finally made a very, very scuffed transition over into holy Relic, and we have been blasting ever since, and it is fantastic. So that being said, there's not really much to say about it. My build is incredibly, incredibly, incredibly scuffed.

it's not even worth looking at the path of building. We will quickly go over where I'm at and why I'm struggling so much, but there is something I need to point out first that is really important because a ton of people don't know it. So let's jump into game. Here we are in game. Now one of the most important things that most builds need, and especially either of my builds, but also just a ton of others, is your trigger craft. Everybody wants this trigger craft, trigger socketed spells when you use a skill. Within seconds used to be an unveil, never mentioned anywhere in the patch notes that I saw, but it actually comes from the refinery in act n now. So if you don't have it or you aren't finished the campaign yet, or you've been hunting it wishing you had your Craft, um, go back and pick it up from the refinery. It's just there, um, when you go there, there'll be a small grate on the floor like a sewer, a grate, and it's glowing a little bit. It doesn't show up on the mini-map, so just

run around look for the great there might be a set of rules for where it can spawn as far as I can tell there isn't any but it's brand new um so yeah uh run in there grab your trigger craft fantastic okay next thing why is my build so scuffed well I just don't have any money um just before I started this video I made two 5c sales so I've got 20c now now and I used to have 10 just a second ago I've got no divines no exalts uh barely any of the bum of the uh what do you call this Gumball currencies uh barely any chromes left not even enough to set my links up properly I can't fit in an animate Guardian my Ray specters only have two links I didn't have enough chromes to set up whirling blades instead of Shield charge my weapon doesn't have attack speed I'm only on a five link everything about this build is pretty goddamn scuffed right now and it is

still absolutely blasting as soon as I change it over to Holy Relic. This really scuffed gear just absolutely blasting so I am not going to have any problems come tomorrow. When I wake up, we will catch up, we will make up for the deficit that we've done, we will get extra jewels and finish our stuff up. This is technically our path of building for today. I'm scared to even share it with people because the end of day one was abysmal for me. We do all know the in the path of building tool tip for Holy Relic is wildly off, so it isn't 200,000, but it's still not high. I can tell it's not high. There are several problems. One, all of my chance to poison comes off this 40% chance to poison there, and I have one Jewel with 133% chance to poison there, and that's it. I have an empty Jewel socket here because I couldn't afford a jewel to put in it.

have the world's worst cluster that I Regal rolled myself on a l excuse me on a low item level base because that's all the money I could afford to spend so starting tomorrow what we will do is uh we will get three more passive points which I will probably pull from either here because this isn't part of the build or here because this isn't part of the build and uh we'll grab three jewels with poison chant on them that'll help us a lot. The other thing I'll do is fix my r King as quick as I can so that I can be immune to freeze uh because right now I'm running Purity Elements which I don't even need the res for. I'm just doing it because it's freeze immunity and I couldn't even afford buy one of the vessels for bring so I wasn't going to put up with that. That means I'm not running a damage Aura either. I have determination and Pur developments and temper Shield so I've been running no offensive oras and no

poison chance and scuffed gear, and honestly everything's kind of fine. Uh, but yeah, like I said, slow progression. We've only got 44 Maps done. We did a lot with when we were playing the SRS version. We did manage to do a pretty quick using um the kirak maps. We did manage to do a pretty quick skip through into some red Maps. So hopefully I can get the uh first two watch dones really early. But otherwise moving on to the league, the league this has been absolutely fantastic. If you've been avoiding this or if you're just leveling, stop avoiding this. There's a few things that are going to be really important that I think people have missed or at least people from my chat have undervalued. Um, first of all, almost all of my town progression starts over in this corner. We're doing either mining things or farming things, and this feeds into basically everything for the rest of the town, all your upgrades, all your everything. So the very first thing that I would be doing if I could start this

again, would be making sure I get this upgraded as best as I can. And this upgraded as best as I can. Staffing them because if you can get a lot coming in here, you'll have a really good time doing the rest of your base. I have currently got an enchanter running, or a disenchanter running, uh, and those things, and a smelter. I'm going to be honest. I've just been building my town mostly. I have barely been using the ship, so I plan to use the ship a bunch tomorrow, but I absolutely love it. I absolutely love it. You definitely need to get involved. Unfortunately, since I've just been building and mostly struggling with my build, I haven't got to experience enough of this yet. So hopefully, I'll have more information on that tomorrow. That is all for the day one update. I am tired. I'm going to bed. It's been a long day. I will see everybody tomorrow. Goodbye.

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B Mage's Struggle with Decision-Making in Settlers of Calgar

B Mage's decision to start with Popcorn SRS led to a rough progression in the game, causing one of his toughest League starts.

Despite a 20-hour stream, he failed to acquire a watch stone, but eventually transitioned into holy Relic for a much smoother experience.

Struggling with a Path of Building and In-Game Progress

Many players may not be aware that the trigger craft is now found in the refinery in Act N, which is not mentioned in the patch notes.

The build is currently struggling due to a lack of in-game currency, resulting in issues with equipment, gem links, and overall build optimization.

The player's financial constraints have led to challenges in setting up the build effectively, including a shortage of various currencies and insufficient links for specters and movement skills.

Rebuilding for Success in Path of Building

Struggling with low damage and financial constraints while using Holy Relic in Path of Building.

Planning to improve by adding more passive points, acquiring jewels with poison chance, and fixing resistance issues.

Currently running no offensive auras or damage, but aiming to turn the build around for a better outcome.

Slow Map Progression and the Impact of the New League

Map progression has been slow with only 44 maps completed, mainly focusing on the SRS version and Kirak maps.

The new league has been fantastic, with a strong emphasis on town progression starting in one corner, which is crucial for upgrades and farming.

It is important for players to stop avoiding the new league, as there are key aspects that have been undervalued, especially the town progression.

Upgrading and staffing the enchanter, disenchanter, and smelter is crucial for a successful base.

Using the ship is essential for a great gaming experience and exploring all the features.

The focus on building has limited the experience so far, but there are plans to engage more with the game's activities.