Delve2021

Endless Delve II : Sulphite Boogaloo
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These notes were originally composed for the Delve event in December 2020, and have been updated to reflect changes to Delve in 3.16. My goal is to provide a set of notes to help you pick out a build you'd like to play.

Quick Links:
+ Delve Starter Uniques and (old) FAQ: <https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3001224>
+ Delve Event Prizes: <https://web.poecdn.com/public/news/2021-11-26/DelveEventPrizepool.png>

What's Different This Time - Delve Patch Notes:
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+ Full overview of 3.16 Delve Changes <https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3186390#delvechanges>
+ Delve Scaling - Previous Depth 1000 is now 500, 3000 is now 1500.
+ Delve Rewards - In general "good" nodes are more frequent/rewarding.
+ New Sulphite Biome Mods - Can be beneficial when farming for upgrades, fossils, resonators, etc. Remember if you want to farm a particular pathway, do NOT break the wall! If you break the wall, all loot in that pathway will no longer regenerate on instance refresh.
+ Lv 83 areas start at depth 145.
+ Chaotic Resonators Only - No more hunting for scours :D
+ Bloodstained fossils now corrupt items versus providing Vaal modifier.
+ Enchanted Fossils are now called Deft and influence Critical Modifiers.
+ Encrusted Fossils are now Fundamental Fossils and influence Attribute Modifiers.
+ Tangled Fossils now influence the outcome of another random fossil once a resonator is fully socketed.
+ Certain Delve Monsters have been made more dangerous or granted new abilities, new monsters added.
+ Lily Roth will accept Divination Cards
+ New Mastery System allows for more builds that were previously reliant on clusters, etc.
+ New Purity of Elements will be pretty good initially to help ease resistances and provide immunity if you can spare the reserve.


Delve Builds Won't Have Access To:
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1.) Pantheons
2.) Crafting Bench/Multimods
3.) Cluster Jewels are possible, but statistically improbable.
4.) No Anoints/Oils (Will Have Talismans, Though!)
5.) No Catalysts
6.) Beastcrafts (Can drop items with aspect only)
7.) Timeless Jewels are possible, but statistically improbable.
8.) Boss Drops/Uniques unless moved to core drop pool.
9.) No Bandits
10.) No Betrayal Crafts/Trigger/-Mana etc.


Nodes We Know are in Delve:
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1.) Minion/Aura
2.) Damage Type Nodes - Physical, Cold, Fire, Chaos, Lightning
3.) Beyond
4.) Harbinger
5.) Breach
6.) Bestiary
7.) Legion
8.) Abyss
9.) Mana/Curse
10.) Essences
11.) Talisman
12.) Fossil


Building Blocks of an Ideal Delve Build:
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1.) No reliance on uncommon/rare uniques or specific items/bases
2.) Stun Immunity is in Ascendancy or Easily Accessible w/ Mastery
3.) Easy Access to Some Res Nodes as there's no benchcraft
4.) Must Function on 4 Link (5 & 6L Not as Easy to get)
	a.) Builds that Utilize Multiple 4-L Ideal Initially
		i.) Combo Skills (ie. 2-button builds)
		ii.) Slingers into Selfcast Later
5.) Easy to Scale
	a.) No easy access to +levels
	b.) No easy access to 5/6 links
	c.) Damage should mostly come from tree/skill gems/mastery
6.) Available Defensive Layer Synergy (Ascendencies that go with available Keystones)
	a.) example: Heiro MoM Agnostic, Inquisitor ES/Life/Armor Divine Shield
7.) Shatter/Corpse Clear


Notable Ascendancy Advantages:
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Occultist - Stun Immunity/EZ Chaos Res or Chill/Freeze Immune
Necromancer - Easy Access to Block Cap/Elemental Res/ES & Mana Regen
Elementalist - Golems/Ignites/Stronger Exposure
Trickster - Frenzy/Power Charge Gen, DoT Specialty, Mana or ES Hybridization
Saboteur - Blind/Shock & Ignite Immunity/Nice Regen
Assassin - Power Charge Gen/Critical Specialty/Poison Scaling
Hierophant - Partial Ailment Immunity/MoM Synergy/Brand & Totems
Inquisitor - ES/Life Hybridization/Good Recovery/Elemental Damage Specialty
Guardian - ES/Armor Hybridization/Block/Charge Gen/Curse Immune
Raider - Partial Ailment Immunity/Phasing/Onslaught/Frenzy Charge Gen
Pathfinder - Flask Sustain/Poison Specialty/Ailment Removal
Deadeye - Projectile Specialty/Chain
Champ - Stun Immunity & Perma Fortify/Hit Cap/Impale Specialty
Gladiator - Bleed Pops & Bleed Specialty/Block
Slayer - Overleech/Base Crit/AoE/ 20% Cull
Zerker - Stun Immune on 25 Rage/Warcry/Defiance(Armor)
Chieftain - Fire & Fire Conversion Specialty/Totems/Endurance Gen
Juggernaut - EZ Accuracy/Endurance Gen/Stun Immunity/Slow Immunity
Ascendant - Glad/Necro for Blood Slinger/Scion Deadeye for non-specific Proj


Utility Checklist:
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Phasing Flask/Jewel
Shatter/Corpse Removal
Good SSF Filter - Snag from SSF/HCSSF Streamers
Neversink also did a Delve-specific Filter (turn flasks back on)
https://twitter.com/NeverSinkDev/status/1466544606036779011
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/r74a4d/endless_delve_2021_lootfilter/


Quick Reference Vendor Recipes:
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+ Rustic Sash + Whetstone = Phys Weapon (Magic/Rare/Unique Belt for higher Phys %)
+ Skill Gem + Iron Ring = Res Ring
+ Res Ring + Wand + Alt = Flat Dmg Wand (Magic or Rare Ring for higher flat elemental)
+ 40% total Quality of Type-Specific Skill Gems + White Wand
+ Notable other recipes include: Utility Flask, Bauble/GCP, Minion Helm found here:
<https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Vendor_recipe_system>


Quick Reference Essences (Initially Plan on Screaming Level Only):
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Hatred - Cold Res on Gear, Cold Damage on Jewelry
Anger - Fire Res on Gear, Fire Damage on Jewelry
Wrath - Lightning Res on Gear, Lightning Damage on Jewelry
Envy - Chaos Res on Gear, Chaos Damage on Jewelry
Greed - Flat Life on Gear
Woe - Flat ES on Gear, Spell Damage % on Weapon
Fear - Minion Damage on Weapon, Minion Move Speed on Jewelry, Minion Life Elsewhere
Spite - Intelligence on Armor/Jewelry, Lightning Pen on Weapon
Rage - Strength on Armor/Jewelry, Fire Pen on Weapon
Sorrow - Dexterity on Armor/Jewelry, Cold Pen on Weapon
Contempt - Flat Phys on Everything that can have Flat Phys