Oh damn, that’s interesting. Luckily I only throw the ingenuity on for Arbiter and usually run HH anywhere else, but its still good to know. Thank you!

It’s hard to attribute it to one thing honestly, Invoker just has access to a lot of small small efficiencies that really add up. For example, two of the gem sockets on the passive tree are surrounded by extremely good nodes, so throwing in a good time lost or against the darkness gem gives a massive boost. The time lost I have in there brings my shred from 365k to 470k hideout damage by itself. On top of that, the invoker area of the tree has access to many nodes that give a lot of crit chance or damage if the enemy is blinded or dazed, and you can permanently keep them blinded and dazed with Elemental Expression.

The other big thing is using Chaos Inoculation to cheat out some damage you can’t normally otherwise. With CI and even a single point of flat HP regen, I can have berserk permanently online without taking any damage. It lets me run Wolf Pack and put Minion Pact on all of my skills without killing them, and Amanamu’s Tithe on them keeps abyss mods online most of the time. The CI + berserk combo also lets me permanently have the Fast Metabolism effect without needing to annoint it because Im technically never at full health.

Last big thing is Bhatair’s Vengeance, freezing something with Lunar Assault (which has 2000% freeze buildup in this build) gives 46% extra cold damage, and the moonbeams are considered melee hits so they’re constantly making me fire off Elemental Expression much faster than I could otherwise.

Luckily I don’t think Werewolf looked too overtuned this league, so it might escape pretty unscathed - if it survives there’s a good chance I’ll post a more in-depth guide next league.

Glad you like it though, means a lot!

Thanks for the advice, I’ll look into it. One thing to note is that invoker damage in hideout is significantly lower than it actually is because a huge amount of our damage is locked behind conditionals, stuff like enemy being blinded, dazed, have I done a crit recently, have I dealt a projectile hit recently, melee hit recently, etc. 

I’ll give the crown of eyes a shot but there’s a good chance it won’t work, I just don’t have access to the rage nodes and with 34 rage, it will give 68% increased attack damage. Worth a shot but there’s a good chance that 4 skill levels and 30% increased crit chance would outperform that.

Ive also considered multiple times trying to fit in the Heroic Tragedy, it just won’t fit. All three gem slots have crucial nodes around them that I can’t afford to change. The extra ES would be nice, but I can’t sacrifice those nodes.

Lastly, Garukhans Resolve is only really core for oracles because of Forced Outcome, for me it would reduce my effective crit chance to 75% which isn’t viable because my non crit hits do negligible damage. Even with the bifurcation, I’d lose too much. I have tested it before.

Great tips for Oracle’s, but invokers need to be built a little different. 

Can you post or dm me your poe/pob link that would greatly be appreciated been itching for a melee build that looks and feels good

This is Monk, Invoker Ascendancy!

Thank you!

This is my only character this league, I couldn’t bring myself to play anything else. Werewolf just felt too good, they knocked it out of the park.

I know I say its made out of money, but it was performing just fine without the Vertex and Splendour. They are the most expensive parts. A high ES helmet can replace the vertex, and the Splendour can be replaced with a regular ES/Evasion hybrid chest. The only thing is that you want to get enough ES/Evasion to get at least 150 extra spirit, so you can fit all the support gems this build uses. It uses a LOT of active buffs.

Skill rotation is… well, I don’t like multi skill builds to be honest. You slap them with Lunar Assault until frozen (usually 1, 2-3 if its a pinnacle boss), then just hold down Shred. If its a boss, you also pounce on them first to apply Freezing Mark. The build is capable of keeping Lunar Blessing online 100% of the time as well, so just tap that whenever it runs out.

That’s the Nine-Tailed Fox, I don’t play PoE1 but I bought it there to get it in PoE2.

The gear as shown is probably a couple mirrors, but a regular ES helm, hybrid chest and good weapon, you could probably get something great for under 1000 divs.