The POEGuy Sucky Boy Compendium

🟠 Mandatory Uniques

Weapon Pieces

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  Quill Rain

  • Take the Bow Mastery that converts Projectile Speed into Damage; aim for high Projectile Speed.
  • Avoid Foulborn versions that replace Projectile Speed with Increased Area of Effect; it is a damage nerf.
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  Skirmish (+1 Totem).

Armour Pieces

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  Wilma's Requital — grants Ancestral Bond and raises totem hit chance (saves tree points).
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  Daresso's Defiance (Onslaught source).

✨ Nice to Have Uniques

Accessories

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  Immortal Flesh (early mapping sustain).

🍪 Cookie Notes:

Prismweave (cheap damage belt)

• Swap to another belt once you take the Elemental Equilibrium Keystone — Prismweave adds extra elemental damage on hit and will brick the keystone, preventing the wanted -25% Fire Resistance exposure.

🧪 Flask Setup

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  Life Flask: Divine Life Flask with Immunity to Corrupted Blood and Bleeding.
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  Utility 1: Start with the Granite Flask and then aim for the Rumi's Concoction flask. Provides massive physical damage reduction and block chance.
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  Utility 2: Jade Flask for evasion.
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  Utility 3: Quicksilver Flask for movement speed.
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  Utility 4: Amethyst Flask for Chaos Resistance.

⚪ Baseline Gear

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  Acts 1–3 Weapons: Dual-wield Sceptres or Wands (no shield). Prefer % Spell Damage, % Fire Damage, +Level of Fire Skill Gems, or flat fire to spells.
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  Act 3+ Bow: High % Increased Attack Speed and high base Attacks Per Second Bow until Quill Rain. (Tooltip lies — it does not calculate EA fuse damage!)

  🍪 Cookie Notes: The only 4 mods that affect direct-hit EA on a rare bow are:

  • #% Attack Speed
  • #% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
  • #% increased Fire Damage (bench craft only)
  • #% increased Projectile Speed (with bow mastery)

🟡 Nice to Have Rares

Weapon Pieces

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  Rare Quiver — only before Skirmish (WARNING: NO PIERCE)

  • Best bases:
    • Broadhead Arrow Quiver
    • Primal Arrow Quiver
    • Two-Point Arrow Quiver
    • Feathered Arrow Quiver

Accessories

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  Amulet

  • Look for +1 to Level of all Fire Skill Gems
  • Anoint Divine Judgement: Sepia, Teal, Black
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  Rings — Life, resists; grab % Fire Damage or #% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills if you see it.

  🍪 Cookie Notes:

  Buying a cheap Life + resists ring on trade is enough for this softcore trade setup—essence crafting is optional.

  • If you want to learn the essence crafting system, you can spam Deafening/Shrieking Essence of Anger for guaranteed % Fire Damage. (Essences above Screaming will reroll rare items without needing to scour them first).
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  Belt — Life, resists; grab #% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills if you see it.

Cluster Jewels

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  Rare: 4-passive totem cluster jewel with Sleepless Sentries.

  • Note: Requires Item Level 68+ to roll Sleepless Sentries.
  • Warning: Do not allocate all nodes on the cluster! Only path through Sleepless Sentries to the jewel socket. The wasted point from when you allocate the entire cluster could go to main-tree for Dexterity, crit, or life instead.

Armour Pieces

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  Rare Boots (Preferably Armour / Evasion base) (Look for +25% Movement Speed).

  • Eater of Worlds Ichor any of the following:
    - Regenerate #% of Life per second per Endurance Charge

    - #% increased Armour from Equipped Helmet and Gloves

    - #% increased Life Regeneration rate
  • Searing Exarch Ember any of the following:
    - #% increased Damage per Endurance Charge

    - #% increased Action Speed

    - #% increased Movement Speed
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  Rare Gloves (Preferably Armour / Evasion base)

  • Eater of Worlds Ichor any of the following:
    - Inflict Fire Exposure on Hit, applying #% to Fire Resistance

    - +#% chance to Suppress Spell Damage

    - #% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Helmet and Boots
  • Searing Exarch Ember any of the following:
    - #% increased Attack Speed

    - #% chance to Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit

    - Ignites you inflict spread to other Enemies within # metres

    - #% increased Damage per Frenzy Charge
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  Rare Helmet (Preferably Armour / Evasion base)

  • Eater of Worlds Ichor any of the following:
    - #% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as X elemental Damage

    - #% increased Attack Damage

    - Damage Penetrates #% Fire Resistance
  • Searing Exarch Ember any of the following:
    - #% reduced Mana Cost of Attacks (Only if struggling with mana)

    - #% of X Damage taken Recouped as Life

    - +#% to maximum Lightning Resistance

    - #% increased Area of Effect
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  Body Armour (Preferably Armour / Evasion base)

  • Eater of Worlds Ichor any of the following:
    - #% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as an elemental type

    - #% Chance to Block Attack Damage

    - #% Chance to Block Spell Damage

    - #% increased Armour

    - +#% to all Elemental Resistances
  • Searing Exarch Ember any of the following:
    - +#% to all maximum Resistances

    - +#% maximum to an elemental resistance type

    - #% of Damage taken Recouped as Life

    - #% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills