Build of the Week Season 10 Episode 5 - Akshay's Ward Loop Scion

We hope you're ready as this week's build dials it up to 11! Akshay's Ward Loop Scion stacks tons of Ward and takes advantage of Olroth's Resolve to infinitely cascade spells onto the battlefield!
For more information about Akshay's build, you can find their forum post below:
Forum Post: www.pathofexil...
If you're keen to get featured in next week's video, make sure you post your build in our Classes/Builds sub-forum, which you can find on our forum homepage here: www.pathofexil...

[@LarpingAsALarper]

I'm actually impressed that GGG is willing to do such a complicated build for build of the week. Props.

[@AshrielDrummer]

With the amount of people covering this build over the last few leagues, it's not that difficult to comprehend. Plus, this series showcases what they will run into the ground next league. Bye-bye, wardloop. We hardly knew ye. Thanks GGG!

[@kingdweeb5065]

@@AshrielDrummer There's a few alternative options if they gut this specific one, I'd be very surprised to hear wardloop-likes are completely dead next league, having played it since before the ward version was first theory crafted :P

[@marijkejansen3216]

they always did this with build of the week, this build will be insignificant in 1 a 2 year like all build of the week

[@davidhuang5042]

They're just documenting the broken builds before they're gone forever

[@roberttran1114]

they show it here but it will be made sub-par or impossible in the next leagues. just as they did for older spellcast loops such as the old scold's bridle cwdt setups😔😔

[@BigDucks]

RIP Wardloop.

[@JTD472]

Here’s hoping

[@Evil_Arthas]

Press "F" to pay respect

[@aidanvillafana7288]

@@Evil_Arthas F

[@marcae_xyz]

Don’t say that 😢 it’ll survive COPIUM

[@tntgameplay5075]

Still works :D

[@NJungArt]

Eben: *goes into absolute rap-god mode explaining ward loop math* Me: ... brain hurts.

[@DasHeino2010]

it hurts after every expansion-livestream and thats ok, but i get a migrane after launch with stuff not working out ^^

[@cyborg98]

I just want to echo how fucking awesome Eben is for doing all that in what seems like one breath. I know it wasn't, but well done!

[@sumnoob]

These are actually very entertaining and I hope you continue doing them!

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

When my friend asks me "Should i play PoE" ? i answer with 2:56

[@Shadowkeeperzord]

sadly nerf incoming in less then a month anyway ,so have fun, also love these series! its great!

[@kingexodusgg9741]

I doubt they will nerf this concept being as they've dedicated a build of the week to it now.

[@halicor_6470]

@@kingexodusgg9741 they nerfed most of the builds shown in this series

[@Dynesgorandom]

They've already nerfed the damage on this even further.

[@xyzqsrbo]

@@kingexodusgg9741 You know this video actually means it's almost guaranteed to get nerfed now right? LOL

[@Icallshotgun123]

It was a thing last league. They actually did already nerf the CWDT damage effectiveness, probably because of this build.

[@Bazkur98]

I love having Build of the Week back, please keep it up!

[@knicklichtjedi]

This is the kind of build why I love PoE. So intricate and complicated, but when it works, it works really well!

[@kjeldsenjulius9967]

bro ive played poe for like 5k hours soon and i still find it complicated

[@janggz7620]

that why GGG is gonna nerf heartbound loop again.

[@ChunkyCoffee]

@@janggz7620 Basically this thing requires a bunch of mechanical pieces and if they want to fuck it over they just got to take any piece out behind the wood shed.

[@Kektamusprime]

@@kjeldsenjulius9967 just farm currency then buy the build of someone like its easier

[@Bunshunx]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand its nerfed to the ground next league - the ggg way of life

[@CaptainLance9]

Finally a build that uses the best keystone in the game

[@chicho32]

Shhhh they’re going to nerf MoM *wink wink*

[@fandorgaming]

divine flesh still better

[@patrickb8127]

was waiting for this xD you traitor :P

[@StereoxAS]

mr lance is here!!

[@someguy4844]

Rest in Peace ward loop.

[@AaronX442]

Might survive 3.20 if GGG makes new MTX for all the skills used in the build. Then RIP in 3.21 after they've fleeced the player base.

[@u_Fcknuggets_Get_Back_Dislikes]

@@AaronX442 Ha, naive.

[@faentaintim]

I feel there is a low chance a build like this goes away. The investment is super high and as it states in the video, missing even one part of the setup bricks it.

[@seikojin]

I like how GGG is channeling some inner Jousis for wardloop.

[@christianbinder8409]

ward loop nerf income gg

[@stevenpang0423]

wardloop build, ah yes the build that got hard nerfed already, and this build have been around for a while and multiple people have made multiple version of this build, so dont just highlight one guy like that at the end, that feels wrong

[@bynnrowell9595]

this is absolutely ridiculous and I love it

[@HeavyClaw]

Ohh nice thanks for upload a dead build you killed XD

[@andersonwitch1835]

rip ward

[@exiledinthepathofexile]

im sad to see everyone saying they gonna nerf it, i hope not, i'll try some builds of the week next league i hope it goes as it's supose to be don't make "build of the week" a graveyard GGG

[@100kejimaeda]

Ggg is known for that, too much player power in their vision.

[@balazsfenyes3880]

Nice try trying to make it look difficult but OMGItsJousis did theese kind of loop builds before it was meta(without the ward ofc).

[@TalkativeTri]

This was an amazing video and explanation. Please keep this up, GGG!

[@XadjustmentX]

how the hell people think of this shit is mind boggling. im over here jsut trying to figure out how the endgame even works

[@legendofsociety796]

Im impressed that GGG is allowing such creativity. The past 10 patches have been “lets murder player’s motivation to be creative”.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

Don't worry. Why do you think they've posted this build officially? You understand what's coming to one or several of its mechanics yourself.

[@ersetzbar.]

Im still salty that you killed the vaal molten shell build. Was the most fun build I ever played

[@rangemeladue]

At 3:17 you said that The Traitor Keystone provides flask charges SPREAD OUT among the flasks. I'm pretty sure this is incorrect and actually gives flasks charges to ALL flask charges, not just spread out.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

An 'oops, slipped my tongue' moment of the build guter's intention?

[@yomeandmom]

incoming nurf to this build, looks like fun and GGG can't have that.

[@xAndrzej42]

Thanks Akshay, now we're going to nerf it

[@captainblackmane7413]

I love a return to build of the week showcases. Please keep the train rolling.

[@patrickb8127]

Akshay who? dunno him but the real wardloop master is Dontragequitbro a noone else :D

[@akshayhagaragi]

grimrro and his community put the theory craft originally

[@MrHuddelchen]

Yep, great build, just a few leagues too late. Honor to Jousis for the original idea

[@michelporwich7434]

Wardloop my love

[@ItSaHeAdEr]

not even using the bigbrain mtx after you explained the math and zoom in on the head. weakness disgusts me! haha just kidding, nice showcase as always!

[@demetris6214]

These are soooooooooooooooo good!

[@hunterjobrien]

its weird watching them knowing its like watching a build die though. either way its interesting

[@Dynesgorandom]

We _really_ love maths much more than you do.

[@TheSheptys]

Lets see a hcssf build next week or one without timeless jewels and uniques you basically have to play trade to ever get the right one.

[@KokkeOP]

I love PoE and now more with build of the week returning! but the game has become a fckfest of absurd lights and outgoing damage thats turned almost way too silly to take it serious anymore. GGG should stop making skins for mobs since we almost never see them nor whats under the floor. There's no more need to tactical placement nor timed shots in this game. facerolling your keyboard is all a player needs. I call that a wrong dirrction fro the game. But respect others opinion about it. ofc.

[@SilkForCalde]

Oh fuck, now that GGG showcased it its basically guaranteed to get triple nerfed or straight up disabling some interactions making it possible. Im glad i got to try the build out before this, but RIP.

[@tejathecrazyguy007]

I did this build. All maps are good. But once you die in any invitation, You pop before your cdwt skills trigger cuz everytime you go to any arena this skills had to restart. This is by far the biggest problem with this build. Happened to me in 21 simulacrum and just kept dying until i used all portals. And dont worry it wont be nerfed. To reach that level of damage you need around 400 div investment.

[@NuMb3r1000]

The build guide references 10 mil dps at 10 divs and 31 mil dps at 75 divs, and it's similar to my experience (although I started freestyling upgrades at some point). Did the prices change that much in a couple of weeks? It's terrible for simulacrums, as one wave with "monsters have # chance to remove flask charges on hit" can brick your whole run, getting back into invitations is possible, but you have to be good at dodging, I don't think I bricked any, but I tried not to roll them to bad.

[@tejathecrazyguy007]

75 divs? The forbidden jewels of deadeye were alone costing 60 divs. Again depends on the level of min max you want to do

[@NuMb3r1000]

@@tejathecrazyguy007 I guess that's one of the price spikes, I got mine for about 20. But the 75 div version in the guide does not use them (still 30+ Mdps), but I guess it would be the next upgrade

[@dazzle1981116]

@@tejathecrazyguy007 I got a pair for 35 divs 6 weeks into this league. Actually they are purely luxuries providing only 2% more dps and 12% action speed over a pair of rare jewels. You can do just fine without them.

[@be2032]

lol have you heard of aura stacker?? 400div is a joke compare to that build and still they killed it

[@fal1ngsumo]

I can hear Jousi scream internally

[@alZiiHardstylez]

"I hope you like Maths" Paused video, wrote this comment and I'm gone.

[@valentinotto88]

So much effort for a dead game

[@maxwallace2123]

Only way to even use this whole mechanic is to side step its intent. Go fix your game instead of this meaningless bullshit

[@SmthIcanNvrHave]

This build is years old.

[@inchdnb]

lol Build of the Week - build for SC? nabs pro gamers 1mmm dps 1500hp lets gooo

[@Sherudons]

Is it me or is it a little.. sus that the 20% mostly negative rating jumped to 60% in a two weeks time?, GGG... are you deleting reviews..? Still a good game, just a bad league I think it's 5-15k under last leagues player retention, never seen them explode into community post overdrive this hard ever, I hope you do revert a great deal of the changes but I feel like AN they are here to stay now people are comfortable again, next league we will see.

[@Mageblood]

Butthurt redditors are not leaving reviews this late. The review bomb ended. Only people who review now are people actually playing.

[@Joseph092]

MAYBE A BUILD WHERE I SHOULD NOT MORTGAGE MY HOUSE?

[@xyzqsrbo]

takes 10-15 divs do do t16s and normal end game bosses (maven/sirus/shaper/uber elder). Shouldn't be that much for you, check the description for the 10 div one.

[@Seikatsu26]

cant wait how theyre gonna update this video when GGG themself gonna nerf this build next league

[@toorimakun]

How about patch of the week!? Bring back harvest and get rid of archnemisis!!!

[@karamjnah976]

this is path of exile comunuty they will spend hours and hours on a build just to make function

[@bertini78]

This build maker should quit POE and go cure cancer! pretty cool stuff

[@ydoumus]

A few leagues too late.

[@jethrogibbsleroy]

when u say build of the week u talking about mtx build right , cuz non of this shit is new

[@Floar]

Too bad the league belly flopped and almost killed the game. Hopium for 3.20

[@voodoo1069]

Played this last league was a ton of fun really glad it only got a minor nerf and not got gutted this league. One of the more interesting builds to set up. I remember yolo slamming my build and getting something like 45 armor which cause my loop to work still but when I upgraded to try and get a lower cd window that little bit of armor broke my loop lol and it took me a solid hour to figure it out.

[@ShuvoRotto]

What did they nerf?

[@voodoo1069]

@@ShuvoRotto just a little off the bonus damage from cast when damage taken. Sounds like a lot when you read it but it really was fairly minor at least when not on a shoe string budget.

[@jonas440]

@@voodoo1069 just a little 40% MORE dmg mod... To be fair it was far to String before

[@voodoo1069]

@@jonas440 ya sounds like a skill ruining amount of damage but being in the 50-100mil range was like the mid investment levels of gear and some people hitting over 1 billion in top tier gear. So still strong but it has draw backs and isn't the most pleasant mapping build.

[@jairocastro7799]

Welp this build went under the radar cuz only 2% of ppl are able to play it ;)

[@johnmc9073]

whoever came up with this build managed to hack the system, they live in the y3k

[@SethKizna]

the guy who made this build is too far from a simple human xD

[@cserpir]

Shouldn't have rushed through the maths explanation, the speadsheets are the best part.

[@KBeLikeChaos]

RIP the ward loop

[@zomgree]

Dont try it if you have not at least 300 div. I self-crafted it for ~200 div 3 weeks ago, and you cant start it if you dont have all the pieces. P.s. I farmed few weeks for this build and got bored on day 3. Also, you need way more currency, if you want to farm uber-ubers. Better pick some 1 div Jungroan build for ubers

[@TheImmortalSoul]

NOICEEEEE, probably a good idea also to play with sunglasses on

[@serjerokhin3001]

3G nerfed all the fun things..hope they will not do this in the next league.

[@豪-m4q]

反正不管什麼玩法，受施也好，COC也好.....等等各種簡單、輕鬆、操作流派，到最後都會被克里斯削弱或砍爛。 發這種影片導不如發商城新設計商品或藏身作品較實在。

[@JacobMatthewAmes]

How are you able to zoom so close to the Character with the Camera ? and rotate?

[@B0lzenlol]

The microtransactions used in this video might cost more then my rend lul

[@86lngd25]

OH POE GOT SIGHT OF THIS BUILD ITS DEAD THIS GUIDE POINTLESS NOW THANKS GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[@glofuze]

This build does not work. Swear to God on my life and soul.

[@nikvlast]

Come on... Where it is our "salutations exile" catchphrase?

[@MixailReznov911]

*воу воу воу помедленней! я записываю...*

[@pcctrichny1260]

and i thought my 3link ground slam is pretty complexeted

[@Ottoson420]

Yes, I really enjoy these videos, keep them coming please

[@R69Games]

1:59 is the best Build Nerd explain how comes on that high dmg XD and at the end when he ask if I get it... NO I don't get it! xD

[@windmolen00]

Say goodbye to the build. Incoming nerfs,.

[@Iverath]

If this kind of build isn't what makes PoE stand head and shoulders above other ARPGs, then what is?

[@Adoptulous]

WAYTOODANK

[@Losbandit]

FIrst time player here and looking at this going "I have no absolutely no idea whats going on but looks cool!" XD

[@tsanggordon8919]

Still shitting out spells in affliction it is so freaking fun!

[@fahrenheit911]

Jousis is that you ? og spellcast loops breaks server!

[@SpiritualPotato]

I am starting to believe, I can see the Vision. CWDT will not work on skills that deal damage next league.

[@juvenileygo]

Cooldown reduction is always broken in every game i played and that flask is too good

[@codeangel]

Hwo complicated do you want ur build? YES

[@ishlazz1307]

I knew I shouldn't be skipping meth class TT

[@franciscofracaro3648]

I thought this build was on the chopping block. But since you have featured it, it means that it isnt, right GGG? Right GGG? :C

[@Bekspejszyn]

Very well done showcase.

[@lolleonlolable]

can u make this work on hc with way less damage and much tankieer with chaos res somehow or is there no way ?

[@TOGGGAA1]

Yo who cares. End this garbage league already

[@Lord4axe]

Смотрите какой прикольный билд. Нерфануть)

[@LabofmusicRecords]

ahm what... 😂😂 holly banana, what a nice build

[@laceycarpenter6279]

This build is complicated enough to where it’ll never be the only one played, i hope they don’t gut this

[@zgedge6473]

Played an omniscience stacking ward loop last league recombing t1 stats together it was awesome, and then a sublime vision hatred variant took it over the top, users died in 1-2 seconds....... temporal bubble new mods brick it though

[@wahidkhayat6461]

All that´s left is to find someone out of the remaining 100 people to play it.

[@tjdemigod]

Played it for the 1st time this league, and loved it. I always enjoy a good walking sim. On that not PLEASE don't brick it next league, ty.

[@BananaJDM]

Nerf coming soon . GGG will never let this cool build be a thing in the next update

[@juvenileygo]

By cool u mean autobomber, then yes

[@hunterjobrien]

@@juvenileygo true, its not exactly "cool" depending on who you talk to but it is complex interactions.

[@Mageblood]

This isn't an original, been around for at least 3 leagues. DontRageQuitMeBro should def be credited

[@Schlaechter789]

WOW, since you‘ve satrted putting out more complex builds it‘s a lot more fun to watch! Keep it up!!!

[@JustFckNSmile]

Ok. So this guy made me realise how little I know. THIS is what PoE is all about. Using mechanics at your disposal to do things the developers could never think of. But it shouldn't be accessible only to some, but to anyone who puts in the hours. #WeWant3.13back

[@RoninCaged]

KZbin really loved rendering this video.

[@wernerheisenberg1408]

It would be really innovative if POE had a Idle Camera that activates with the AFK Mode.. making the camera Mode by itself and changung Angles, just like in the video

[@futurshop9266]

No need to post this build, you guys are going to nerf it as usual.

[@XxJGVxX]

I did get it all "that", just had to set video speed to 0.75x , interesting stuff :)

[@misterchacal]

this build was from 2 leagues ago, and i am not so sure wether it was Akshay who actually created the build because i followed the guide from raixor which he calls it "Fakeblood" build because u have the Mageblood effect(all flask always active).

[@SnowTerebi]

Same here, I followed the Fakeblood one.

[@100kejimaeda]

Build showcase more like nerf showcase.

[@mythics3790]

Absolutely love the return of BotW and this one was fantastic.

[@ApplegateA]

i love you Chris