POE 1 - Return Of The Ancestors TOTA REFRESHER - Path of Exile
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GGG announced an event that starts IN UNDER 11 HOURS with Mirage, the now long legacy Trials of the Ancestors mechanics, the Phrecia alternate ascendancies and a huge twist - new tattoos that make many types of new builds possible.
This is a recap of 2023's Trials of the Ancestors mechanic, which we haven't been able to play with in ages.
GGG announcement: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/vie...
My video on the 25-August-2023 patch that changed the cheese builds: • 3.22 Emergency Patch - Shuts Down Crowd Co...
My day 1 video from TOTA league (the strategy in it still works for 'fundamentally fair' play, it's not affected by 25-Aug-2023 nerfs): • 3.22 Day 1: Very Early Discoveries, A Winn...
0:00 Intro, why there's a refresher
1:28 Why strategy guides from before 25-August-2023 are (mostly) no longer useful. Exception: my day 1 findings were not affected.
2:22 Tournament Basics: Silver Coins (drop anywhere loot, not very rare)
3:01 Tournament Basics: Double Elimination, Rounds and Rerolling Final Round Loot
3:49 Three Types of Loot - Meta currency (favour), minor round rewards, end of tournament rewards
5:52 About Teams, Totems & Combat - you are not alone in TotA, you are the star of a team.
7:05 Knocking Opponents Out & Uber Stun mechanic - Zero HP is a timeout, hitting their totem is game over for them. Uber Stun is horrible, watch out for it
8:50 "Cheese" strategies and the weird characters they incentivise. "Slippery" characters with very low EHP but high block/dodge/evasion
11:10 Contrast to fair strategies: You are the strongest fighter on the battlefield and the captain as well
13:11 Purchasing Units and Unit Items & The Basic Strategy (applies to fair and cheese strategies alike)
14:52 Field Items - almost always a trap
16:02 Opposing 'Team Leaders' mostly have long cooldown bullet hell abilities. Keep an eye out (you'll survive these early)
16:36 The Rank Mechanic. This governs risk and reward both, and you have MUCH less agency over it than in normal POE. Ranks over 1000 almost require cheese strats.
19:20 Final Thoughts
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