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Blendolas Jun 14, 2018 @ 6:10pm
tips for a beginner support
hi, im new to the game and i really like to play healer/support but the closest to that in poe is those aurabots, and yes a i looked at guides but theyre very complicated and meant to experienced players, soo, anyone got tips for a noob? obs: english isnt my main language
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Moodi Jun 14, 2018 @ 8:04pm 
Play a necromancer (witch) or a guardian (templar) and look up a few builds based around those ascendancy's
Crowjin Jun 14, 2018 @ 9:43pm 
Originally posted by KISSCHLOE:
hi, im new to the game and i really like to play healer/support but the closest to that in poe is those aurabots, and yes a i looked at guides but theyre very complicated and meant to experienced players, soo, anyone got tips for a noob? obs: english isnt my main language

not alot of people go for a aurabot there first char, and your gonna have to study up for it, its not an easy game and alot guides hurt new players because they give misinformation or drive up the demand of certain items making there what was a budget guide very hard to make
Timbermaw Jun 14, 2018 @ 9:49pm 
It's gonna be pretty terrible leveling an aura bot if you don't have any friends to play with,
and i don't think they're very fun, people only do it to get currency easily.
Grumpy Jun 15, 2018 @ 12:11am 
Originally posted by KISSCHLOE:
hi, im new to the game and i really like to play healer/support but the closest to that in poe is those aurabots, and yes a i looked at guides but theyre very complicated and meant to experienced players, soo, anyone got tips for a noob? obs: english isnt my main language

  • take a scion or guardian support like this one https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2093326
  • booth above are more tanky than necromancer supports
  • like already mentioned, if you dont have friends and want to level as aurabot, forget it!
  • if you are solo, you either level with that class and respecc later to aurabot or, if its not your first char and you have currency, you can level easy with poets pen

we can help you here, but if you dont understand guides it will be very hard to understand important stuff

Originally posted by Timbermaw:
and i don't think they're very fun, people only do it to get currency easily.

just because you dont like them, doesnt mean that everyone just play for currency leeching :steamfacepalm:
Timbermaw Jun 15, 2018 @ 9:57am 
Originally posted by Grumpy:
just because you dont like them, doesnt mean that everyone just play for currency leeching :steamfacepalm:
My opinion is fact.
Grumpy Jun 15, 2018 @ 10:14am 
Originally posted by Timbermaw:
Originally posted by Grumpy:
just because you dont like them, doesnt mean that everyone just play for currency leeching :steamfacepalm:
My opinion is fact.

problem is that ppl, especially beginner in poe, may believe that crap
Nakos Jun 15, 2018 @ 11:06am 
Originally posted by KISSCHLOE:
hi, im new to the game and i really like to play healer/support but the closest to that in poe is those aurabots, and yes a i looked at guides but theyre very complicated and meant to experienced players, soo, anyone got tips for a noob? obs: english isnt my main language

You have to understand: PoE isn't an MMO, it's an ARPG.

There are some support rolls. But for the most part, everyone has to be their own DPS.

If you're looking for a game that has support type play that you'd find in an MMO group, you're not too likely to find what you're looking for here.
Timbermaw Jun 15, 2018 @ 2:44pm 
Originally posted by Grumpy:
Originally posted by Timbermaw:
My opinion is fact.

problem is that ppl, especially beginner in poe, may believe that crap
He better believe it before he goes insane playing a junkass no fun-allowed full aura bot
Grumpy Old Gamer Jun 15, 2018 @ 4:25pm 
No the real problem is that objective knowledge is impossible.

"Nothing exists outside ones own mind. If somethign did exist, nothing coudl be known about it. If something could be known about it, it coudl not be communicated to others. " - Gorigas
No emaN Jun 15, 2018 @ 10:05pm 
To sum up supports in this game, Witch(Necromancer), Templar (Guardian), and Scion. Focus down Curse/Non-Curse auras via your preference to apply powerful buffs/debuffs to enemies or for your allies. Walk around, cast curses, and pick up currency like a dog. If you want to buff damage the Witch's Necromancer ascendancy node "Commander of Darkness" increases stright up damage with her auras. The Templar guardian has mostly defensive buffs. Scion is just a pure mix don't really run her as a support much.

To add a bit of a "healer" role you can heal with Maligaro's Lens (https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Maligaro%27s_Lens) and pick if Necromantic Aegis (https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Necromantic_Aegis) a passive Keystone located by the Scion. This basically makes 2% of your minion's max life heal your allies. Basically Summon Raging Spirits with short duration, minion life increases, and faster cast speed to increase the rate and values of the healing.

This all depends on how you want to play. Sadly, most people just want to walk back and forth to have "fun" when they could attempt to do something to occupy themselves.
Last edited by No emaN; Jun 15, 2018 @ 10:16pm
Grumpy Jun 16, 2018 @ 3:44am 
Originally posted by No emaN:
This all depends on how you want to play. Sadly, most people just want to walk back and forth to have "fun" when they could attempt to do something to occupy themselves.

Oh a Déjà vu.. :steambored:

Your idea (still makes no sense) is a trade off between 2% life recovery & -50% all resistence and 3 auras which can run off bloodmagic, dexterity and +37% all resistence which the Prism Guardian[pathofexile.gamepedia.com] offers.

I mean, maybe you run with some douchebags which dying all the time and doing no dmg and really need the 2% life recovery but in all my time as aurabot starting in legacy till now I never experienced anyone who needed 2% life recovery more than 3 auras. and I supported everything from little beginners who just started with mapping up to ppl who running constantly t16 maps.

Originally posted by No emaN:
If you want to buff damage the Witch's Necromancer ascendancy node "Commander of Darkness" increases stright up damage with her auras. The Templar guardian has mostly defensive buffs. Scion is just a pure mix don't really run her as a support much.

The 30% of increaed damage of necromancer is not that big of a deal anymore. that key was god tier before 3.0 when it was "10% increased damage PER aura" which translated to 110%-140% increased damage for the party. Nowadays its negligible do to the power creep of everything else.
If you wanna buff damage you are better off using the Voidbringer[pathofexile.gamepedia.com] gloves with lvl 3 or 4 empower + generosity and 2 of 3 ele auras (hatred, wrath, anger). but these buffs you can also do on scion or guardian and be more tanky in the end.

Necromancer offers the most damage, but I would no one recommend to start as necro bot, except you maybe playing in a pre-made party which know what they are doing.
No emaN Jun 16, 2018 @ 7:06am 
Originally posted by Grumpy:

Oh a Déjà vu.. :steambored:

Your idea (still makes no sense) is a trade off between 2% life recovery & -50% all resistence and 3 auras which can run off bloodmagic, dexterity and +37% all resistence which the Prism Guardian[pathofexile.gamepedia.com] offers.

"Makes no sense" oh please at least I don't get my jimmies rustled over someone's opinion about on how supports are done in this game. Mine is simply, you can replace most supports with a bot if you have the know how and can afford another set up. Thus the term 'Aura BOT' easily replaced, a simple no effort task that can be passed on by machine. A long dull experience that is simply follow the leader and fetch quests to pick up loot on the way. More like a parasite than a support in my opinion.

Maligaro's Lens offers potential healing to allies in which is based off of your minion's max HP, you don't suffer any negative debuffs your minions do by doing so. You can make do without Prism Guardian. I've seen players reach up to 7K hp per/sec with this unique, don't just say it makes no sense. I remember when I first shown you this unique you had no idea what it could do. The OP asked for a HEALER/support I'd imagine he put the term healer first because its what they want to play first. In the end I ended up giving an idea. My suggestion doesn't concern you, simply beat it kid.

Originally posted by Grumpy:
I mean, maybe you run with some douchebags which dying all the time and doing no dmg and really need the 2% life recovery but in all my time as aurabot starting in legacy till now I never experienced anyone who needed 2% life recovery more than 3 auras. and I supported everything from little beginners who just started with mapping up to ppl who running constantly t16 maps.

1. If you're going to complain about supports having to keep allies alive you don't belong in the role. 2. I simply don't care about what you do with your selection and experiences as a support. All I see in 'Aurabots' is them walking around being a pole with benefits rather than a teamate. Sorry if I may seem rude in all of this, but it's simply how sad to see people play. Only walking around with huge buffs while you do nothing but follow, supports are more than that and take skill on a higher scale.
Last edited by No emaN; Jun 16, 2018 @ 7:24am
Grumpy Jun 16, 2018 @ 7:48am 
Originally posted by No emaN:
Originally posted by Grumpy:

Oh a Déjà vu.. :steambored:

Your idea (still makes no sense) is a trade off between 2% life recovery & -50% all resistence and 3 auras which can run off bloodmagic, dexterity and +37% all resistence which the Prism Guardian[pathofexile.gamepedia.com] offers.

"Makes no sense" oh please at least I don't get my jimmies rustled over someone's opinion about on how supports are done in this game.

Yep because you dont care about other peoples opinions at all. You going by your ♥♥♥♥ and justifiyng it with "you telling straight something". Because of that I removed you in the end from the friend list, its like talking with a wall. Its completely taxing in a discussion when logic is totally screwed over

Originally posted by No emaN:
I remember when I first shown you this unique you had no idea what it could do.

We never had once a talk about maligaros lense maybe you talked with someone else about that shield but not with me. All talks we had were about weired poison builds, some RF build, your need to tell me some secret tips for legendary diff in skyrim, and the theater that support player cant have fun because they using the fun argument as scapegoat.

Its kinda hard to die when standing besides an support bot let alone dropping to low life where you need something like 7k life reg. OP can search as long as he want, but there is no healer in PoE, if he trully want that he is better off in a different game.

support bots, even if you dont like the name, are there so that people who run with them can push harder content. you dont run a support bot to run blue t1 maps all day long but fullbuffed yellow and more likely red maps. and in these maps with sh*t ton of monster on the screen + beyond, breaches and w/e you dont need Zombies to "take aggro" or some SRS to give you some life. support bots can compensate alot in builds, but when the build sucks in a lot of areas than its inevitable that the guy is dying.

its like in MMOs, if you have a guy who is bad at dodging you can heal him back up, if he has just bad equip you can heal him back up. But is the complete package bad, in the sense he dont dodge, dont have good equip and trying to do content he is not cut out for he will die, no matter how good the healer is.
No emaN Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:16am 
Originally posted by Grumpy:
Originally posted by No emaN:

"Makes no sense" oh please at least I don't get my jimmies rustled over someone's opinion about on how supports are done in this game.

Yep because you dont care about other peoples opinions at all. You going by your ♥♥♥♥ and justifiyng it with "you telling straight something". Because of that I removed you in the end from the friend list, its like talking with a wall. Its completely taxing in a discussion when logic is totally screwed over

Originally posted by No emaN:
I remember when I first shown you this unique you had no idea what it could do.

We never had once a talk about maligaros lense maybe you talked with someone else about that shield but not with me. All talks we had were about weired poison builds, some RF build, your need to tell me some secret tips for legendary diff in skyrim, and the theater that support player cant have fun because they using the fun argument as scapegoat.

We did trust me buddy you feigning random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as you don't read. You unadded me because you can't handle my opinions, thus leading to the result you don't value my opinion. Hypocritical for someone who values such an asset don't you think?

You started all of this by quoting me, you started this ♥♥♥♥ because you can't handle the simple bloody truth mate. Though if you "knew" that I must've spoke to someone else about Maliaro's Shield how are you so sure? You are pretty much the only person I spoke to about PoE on a more serious matter. To be honest you didn't give a ♥♥♥♥ by your half assed responses. I bet you put more effort in random forum posts than you did our chat sessions.

I suggest something, you shoot it down with a remark due to the past. I don't need your input this is for the OP, not you. I'm just wanting you to piss off is as kindly as I will put it. If you cannot simply do that, there will go the little respect/courtesy I will give you bub final warning. Edit: If you delete everything to shorten the post for everyone else's pleasure to shut off this short flame war. I'd be happy to do the same.
Last edited by No emaN; Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:19am
Grumpy Jun 16, 2018 @ 10:41am 
Originally posted by No emaN:
I bet you put more effort in random forum posts than you did our chat sessions.

Besides the skyrim one and the aurabot one, thats true.

Originally posted by No emaN:
... You unadded me because you can't handle my opinions, thus leading to the result you don't value my opinion. ...

See exactly that I ment, no matter what I write your opinion is always the superior case.

Ironically you never asked me why I have fun playing support bots. Simply because bots are the most party friendly builds in PoE, which offers the best synergies with the builds my friends are playing.

Anyway, I will not cut down the messages, and if the community mod, which hopping around here the last days, find the last 2 posts totally unappropriate because totally offtopic its fine with me, because I will not start the discussion again. Reason for that is in the other post.
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