Fallen Formation, Tactitian Banner Support
This Build does not work on its own.
It wont do Tier 1 maps on its own.
It is however imo the strongest support in the current Meta.
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/kakkq0i5
Cornerstone is the Unique Body Armour Fallen Formation.
It allows permanent placement of Banners, at the cost of reduced Maximum Valour.
We can balance this out by getting maximum Valour form the Tree and comming out +5 on top.
Playstyle:
Mapping:
Witth strong groups you just place Defiance Banner for the movementspeed bonus.
If you find the time drop a War Banner for the damage bonus.
Bosses:
Stay close to your attack-damage players, keep your Banners up.
Place your totem near a Buddy or use it to block Boss projectiles.
Threat of Ailemnts:
Dread Banner works wonders, but dont feel bad if your buddys get frozen.
Best do not tell them you have it.
Not included in this version, but comming soon:
Alphas Howl (to expensive rn)
Sacred Flame (not availible rn)
(Ugly) Math:
What does War banner give you:
6% more attack Damage.
12% more effect per Valour (55 Valour)
Total of 62% aura+banner magnitude from the tree.
55*12 = 660 more effect from valour
660 + 100 base = 760
7.6 * 6 = 45.6 more attack damage without Magnitude from tree.
45.6 * 1.62 = 73.872% More Attack damage
Same goes for Defiance Banner:
5%base movement speed
result in
61.56% movement speed and a lot of defences.
Why no Block support ?
Giants Blood keystone with a 2h Mace and the "Show you how i do it" Asscendency node does give a lot of flat phys damage to your allies.
A sceptre gives spirit, and some further usefull buffs.
If you want it go Warbringer, or Chronomancer, they have proven themselfs doing it.
Companion ?
Haste Aura, and affordable cost, rest is negotiatable.
Anoint?
"Master of hexes" for Curse magnitude could be worth it.
This build has not enough Spirit !
I swap between Dread banner and temporal chains.
Better sceptre with spirit, or a helmt corruption, or alphas howl, would allow both.
Gear:
2Hand Macewith as much Power as possible and enough reduced attribute requirements.
Fallen Formation Body armour.
Sceptre in off hand, (can roll with str and int if you feel presure on attributes)
Fixation of Yix amulet for more "presence" buffs.
Rest: fix your resistances get, armour, evasion and movement speed.
Attributes are nice too.
Life if you can afford, but with 300+str you have leeway.
For the Buddy you play with every day:
Tell him to annoint "Bannerman", so banners linger on him for 4 seconds as well
Your Buddys:
Favorite :
Amazon, with Warbanner she also gains usefull 369.36% increased accuracy worth a few % base crit.
Mixed Feelings:
Summoners
Attack minions great, summoner minions not.
Not Your Buddy:
Lich Dot caster, best case you do nothing, worst case you mess up theyr "mana-rhythm" what ever that means.
Not a Video/steam person, but might do a demo clip if demand exists.
This write up only exists because i was frequetly asked how my build works.
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Nice! I leveled tactician waiting for a support build for my group. Would love to see a demo of the build in action if you find the time
Cool, thanks for the write up. I've been doing a very similar banner support, something huge youre one point away from is "Inspiring leader".
It scales off of aura magnitude + the banners "more aura magnitude per valour. At the moment, one banner is giving me 62% all ele res, and it stacks with each banner. So using two banners allows you to forgo everything except chaos resist on gear.
My other differences are swapping the sceptre for Merit of Service for capped block, and gravebind's to stack rarity since we don't need resist on gear.
p.s I think brute strength isn't doing anything for you, so you could save that point
I did the same thing, sadly it felt way too clunky for me. Bannerman didn't work on my mate (We both skilled it) even if the node doesn't state it has to be your own banner. Can't get enough skill speed sadly to make the banner animation speed up. The AoE is also very annoying because the area is where the dust flies around and not where the line itself is (Happens because the effects scale different with Banner AoE). Overall was very hyped but a clunky letdown for me.
Still one of the better supports, only other one coming close being ritualist with triple chaos damage presence ring.