I was recently thinking about the direction of power creep in Path of Exile and was wondering if GGG is actually slowing down the game as some people claim. This lead me to think about all historically OP builds and rate them on how strong they were before nerfs. It seems like many of these builds are actually recent creations thus, I have come to the conclusion that POE is actually not being slowed down. Many people remember the days of running strand in less than a minute with various Headhunter builds, but looking back, these maps had very little mob density compared to now, the maps had easy modifiers (no delirium and other league mechanics), and if the builds didn't have HH buffs, they were very squishy and couldn't kill endgame bosses reliably.
Power Creep:
Hateforge - 3.14
Mageblood - 3.16
Squire - 3.16
Eldritch Crafting - 3.17
Maximum Resistance on Shields - 3.17
Omniscience - 3.17
Forbidden Flesh/Flame - 3.17
Melding of the Flesh - 3.17 (Nerfed)
Impossible Escape - 3.18
Recombinators - 3.18 (Removed)
Kalandra's Touch - 3.19
Oriath's End - 3.20
Progenesis - 3.20
Anathema - 3.20
Original Sin - 3.20
Top 12 Builds:
12. Cyclone - [ Ссылка ]
11. Hateforge Vaal Ground Slam - [ Ссылка ]
10. Spellslinger Essence Drain - [ Ссылка ]
9. Mana Storm Brand - [ Ссылка ]
8. Accuracy Stack Bow - [ Ссылка ]
7. Ward Loop - [ Ссылка ]
6. 12L Str Venom Gyre - [ Ссылка ]
5. Elementalist Ignite - [ Ссылка ]
4. Vaal Spark or Vaal Storm Call - [ Ссылка ]
3. 12L Int Wander - [ Ссылка ]
2. Spark Aura Stack - [ Ссылка ]
1. Purposeful Harbinger Wander - [ Ссылка ]
Viewer Commented Builds I Forgot About:
Lightning Arrow Frostwall (Probably Top 12 Build)
Arc Traps + Lightning Spire
Mana Miner Ball Lightning/Arc
Armour Stacking Transcendence Lightning Strike
Insta Leech HOWA Spectral Throw
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