Pathfinder Build: Exploring Doom and Defensive Shell Mechanics

The impending doom Pathfinder offers nostalgic gameplay with impressive clear speed, but struggles with offensive and defensive scaling.

### Impending Doom Pathfinder: High Clear Speed with Unique Defensive Shell
* ⚔️  The build focuses on **Impending Doom support for high clear speed**, using a reflected Kangro ring for **increased AoE** and a Canderous Touch **offensively**.
* 🛡️  The defensive setup includes converting elemental damage taken to **chaos or lightning**, utilizing Font of Thunder, Zaca, and a Watcher's Eye with **Purity of Lightning**.
* 🔮  The modified defensive variant swaps Font of Thunder for Sublime Visioning, allowing for a **Max block setup** with Swalen.
* 📊  The build requires **lightning and chaos resistance**, with additional chaos resistance scaling for **Max chaos resistance**.
* 🛡️  Defensive layers include **Endurance Charge on Block**, **Max block shell**, and **Doppelganger for further chaos damage reduction**.
* 🍃  Pathfinder's unique mechanics are utilized, including **Master Surgeon for skill cost reduction** and **Replica Sorrow of the Divine for ES sustain**.
* 🏃‍♂️  To maintain permanent Onslaught, Auto-exertion with General's Cry is used due to **limited flask slots**.
* 🔮  The build is described as "a really high Q build with **fantastic clear** that caps out in terms of **offensive and defensive scaling**, but is flexible for experimenting with **new defensive shells**."

In Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur, help Kalguuran pioneers to build the town of Kingsmarch and establish trade between Wraeclast and their homeland.

Path of Exile 3.25: Settlers of Kalguur

Impending Doom Pathfinder [Path of Exile 3.25]

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The build offers screen-wide clear proliferation, solid defense, and good speed, but the damage is underwhelming.

It uses a reflected Kangro ring for increased AOE on hex skills and mirrors it with Canderous Touch.

The defensive setup includes a Max block shell with Swalen, converting elemental damage to chaos or lightning, while also aiming for chaos resistance and scaling Max chaos.

Optimizing Damage Mitigation and Skill Costs in a Build

The build utilizes doppelganger to reduce chaos damage taken and provide physical damage mitigation, along with regen below the petrified blood threshold.

Replica Sor the Divine is paired with master surgeon to alleviate skill costs, particularly for the expensive Doom blast skill.

The combination of replica the Divine and a permanent life flask offers free energy shield sustain and infinite recovery.

Optimizing Life Flask and Onslaught in Gameplay

Using a stronger life flask and an eternal life flask can provide more sustenance.

Auto exertion with General's cry is used for permanent Onslaught, while avoiding the need for a quicksilver flask.

This setup allows for a constant war cry and effective use of reservation, providing a unique benefit without conflicting with other abilities.

The build offers fantastic clear speed but lacks strong offensive and defensive scaling.

It provides flexibility for experimenting with new defensive shells and can transition into a standard chaos casting setup.

The build's damage can be doubled or tripled when facing Uber bosses, making it versatile for different playstyles.