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Volatile Vaal gambas are really fun! - PoE #972

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Summary

  • Sublime Vision Success: Early identification of a Purity of Fire Sublime Vision yielded 620 divine.
  • Shrine Meta Gambles: Slammed 121 Volatile Vaal Orbs on Blunderbores and The Gulls, hitting multiple 91% and 92% Shrine Effect rolls worth hundreds of divine.
  • Mageblood Preservation: Used a Hinekora’s Lock to safely Volatile Vaal Orb a Foulborn Mageblood, which survived as a four-flask.
  • Large-Scale Losses: Lost approximately 310 divine on “Voices” Large Cluster Jewels (all 5 and 7 passive variants) and missed several high-value Sublime Vision identifications.
  • Voidforge Slams: Achieved multiple high Physical as Extra Elemental damage rolls on Voidforges, with one peaking at 839% with high attack speed.

Initial Sublime Vision Identification

Identifying a set of eight Sublime Vision jewels (purchased at 85 divine each un-ID’d).

  • Results:
    • Vitality (Low value).
    • Purity of Fire: Hits for 620 divine, immediately covering the cost of the entire set.
    • Clarity, Hatred, and Malevolence.

Shrine Meta Slamming: Blunderbore and The Gull

The current “Shrine Meta” utilizes Blunderbore and The Gull. The goal is to use Volatile Vaal Orbs to increase the “Increased Effect of Shrines on You” explicit modifier.

  • Investment: 121 Volatile Vaal Orbs (approx. 2 divine each) and 60 pairs of items (approx. 1 divine per pair). Total investment is roughly 360 divine.
  • Targets: Looking for 75% to 92% (max) Shrine Effect.
  • Results:
    • Numerous items “poofed” (deleted) or rolled lower stats.
    • 89% Shrine Effect Gull: Worth ~10 divine.
    • 92% Shrine Effect Gull (Max Roll): Despite low Shrine duration, valued at ~200 divine.
    • 90% Shrine Effect Gull: Valued at ~70 divine.
    • 91% Shrine Effect Gull: Valued at ~42-50 divine.
    • Second 92% Shrine Effect Gull: Valued at ~130 divine.
    • 91% Shrine Effect Gull (Final Slam): Featured an insane life roll and good duration, valued at ~100-200 divine.

The Hinekora’s Lock Mageblood Slam

Attempting a Volatile Vaal Orb slam on a Foulborn Mageblood. A Hinekora’s Lock (100 divine) is used to preview the outcome.

  • The Preview: The Orb would result in a four-flask Mageblood with different numeric values rather than destroying the item or reducing flask slots.
  • Action: Divined the item for better rolls before committing the slam.
  • Outcome: The Mageblood survived as a four-flask with decent resistances, resulting in a successful gamble protected by the Lock.

Card Gambles and Watcher’s Eyes

  • Unrequited Love: Gambled “Until 8 or bust”; the result was a bust.
  • Mageblood Flask Swaps: Attempted to swap flask counts, resulting in several 2-flask and 3-flask downgrades.
  • Watcher’s Eyes: Identified several jewels (2.5–3 divine un-ID’d). Most were low value, but one triple-stat jewel sold for 18 divine to recoup some costs.

Voices and Sublime Vision Losses

  • Voices: Identified a batch of Voices Large Cluster Jewels (10 divine average cost). All items rolled 5 or 7 passives. Total loss: ~310 divine.
  • Sublime Visions (Round 2):
    • Pride: Worth ~20 divine (62 divine loss).
    • Vitality: Worth ~100 Chaos (450 divine loss).

Foulborn Ghostwrithe and Voidforge Slams

Identifying Ghostwrithe Silken Vestments with the Foulborn “Explicit Defense Modifiers” tag.

  • Target: “Your Maximum Energy Shield is equal to X% of your life.”
  • Hits: Two 49% rolls (range is 40–50%). One 49% roll is valued at ~27 divine.

Slams on Voidforge using Volatile Vaal Orbs to scale “Gain % of Weapon Physical Damage as Extra Damage of a Random Element.”

  • Hits:
    • 839% roll: Valued at ~99 divine.
    • 793% roll: Valued at ~100 divine.
    • 839% roll (with high attack speed): Valued at ~200-300 divine.

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