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An In-Depth Analysis Of The Potential Impact Of Flask Changes In POE 3.24 Necropolis

Mar 16, 2024

In the latest Path of Exile 3.24 Necropolis trailer, it is not difficult to find new changes in Ruby, Topaz, and Sapphire Flask. This change will remove Less Damage Taken modifier from these flasks and replace it with Maximum Resistances. In this guide, we’ll explore the potential impact of these flask changes.

Trailer Breakdown

The highlight of this trailer is that Veiled Chaos Orbs and Aisling Betrayal rewards will disappear and be replaced by a new Veiled Orb that will drop exclusively from Catarina. This new Veiled Orb will remove a random modifier and add a Veiled modifier.

Amulet to Talisman Betrayal rewards are being transferred to Bestiary craft. And based on the footage, we can see that now this is a random assignment. You can no longer specify Talisman tier.

Betrayal Armor, weapon and flask quality rewards will be removed and replacement flasks will now be corrupted.

Also, using a Vaal Orb on a flask reduces quality by -10% to +10%. Since the trailer specifies Vaal Orb, we don’t know if other Corrupted methods will work.

Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire Flask are changing from providing 50% Resistance and 20% Less Damage Taken to 40% Resistance and increasing Maximum Resistances by 5%. This is what we want to mainly discuss in this guide.

An In-Depth Analysis Of The Potential Impact Of Flask Changes In POE 3.24 Necropolis

Elemental Flask Changes

In some cases, this change in Elemental Flask is small, but this will have a potential impact on the flask effect, which could be a difference of 20% or more in resistance.

And many Pathfinder builds or Mageblood builds use Elemental Flask to cap their resistance. So the change from Less Damage Taken to Maximum Resistances also means you need more overall resistance to cap resistance.

Basic Example

So let’s run some sample sets to help see this change in action. We will assume that the resistance is capped.

Start with the most basic application. After a character with 75% resistance takes 1,000 points of elemental damage, the old Elemental Flask resistance will reduce the damage by 750 points, and the remaining 250 points of damage will be reduced by 20%, so the character will take 200 points of damage.

And the new Elemental Flask’s resistance will be increased to 80%, and the resistance will mitigate 800 points of damage. So, in this example, the character takes 200 points of damage. Then the damage suffered by the character using the old and new flask will be the same.

Flask Changes are Coming in Path of Exile 3.24

50% Flask Effect Example

Then, let’s add the flask effect that increases by 50%. With the old Elemental Flask, Resistance will mitigate 750 damage, the remaining 250 damage will be reduced by 30%, and the character will take 175 damage.

When using the new Elemental Flask, resistance increases to 82%, then 820 damage is mitigated, and the character takes 180 damage. This means that when using the new Elemental Flask, the character will take approximately 3% more damage than the old flask.

This is because the breakpoints for potion effects are now very few compared to the old Elemental Flask. Each 5% increase in potion effect reduces the damage you take by an additional 1%, and now, for each additional point of Maximum Resistances, you need to increase the flask effect by 20%.

60% Flask Effect Example

With 60% added flask effect, a character with 75% resistance will take the same damage. The old Elemental Flask resistance will first mitigate 750 points of damage, and 32% resistance will reduce the remaining 250 points of damage, so the character will take 170 points of damage.

The new Elemental Flask resistance will be increased to 83%, so the resistance will mitigate 830 points of damage and the character will take 170 points of damage.

Saffell’s Frame Example

Let’s look at some more in-depth settings, starting with a character equipped with Saffell’s Frame and adding the 60% flask effect.

The old Elemental Flask resistance will mitigate 790 points of damage, leaving the remaining 210 points of damage reduced by 32%, so the character will take 143 points of damage. The new Elemental Flask resistance will be increased to 87%, and its resistance will reduce damage by 870 points. Therefore, in this example, the character would take 130 points of damage.

The new Elemental Flask setup deals approximately 9% less damage than the old Elemental Flask setup. This is because the amount of effective mitigation provided by Maximum Resistances becomes larger and larger as it approaches the 90% cap compared to Less Damage Taken, thus taking Saffell’s Frame example to its extreme.

Path of Exile: Saffell's Frame

120% Flask Effect Example

Assuming a character’s flask effect is increased by 120%, the old Elemental Flask resistance will reduce the damage by 790 points, and 44% resistance will reduce the remaining 210 points of damage, and the character will take 118 points of damage.

The new Elemental Flask resistance will be increased to 90%, with the resistance mitigating 900 damage and the character taking 100 damage. In this example, the character using the new Flask setup takes approximately 15% less damage compared to the old Flask setup.

The Impact Of New Changes On High-End Setups

However, the biggest impact this change will have is on very high-end Pathfinder or Mageblood setups. These setups use things like Melding of the Flesh to achieve 90% elemental resistance, or Transcendence with Loreweave.

In both cases, the new Elemental Flask now no longer provides additional mitigation. Going from providing Less Damage Taken modifier to not providing any additional benefits to build that already have 90% Maximum Element Resistances or locking Maximum Resistances via Loreweave.

Elemental Penetration Example

Elemental Penetration can also break the new Elemental Flask. Let’s use a Shaper’s Orb as an example.

It deals 13,000 points of cold damage to a character with 75% Cold Resistance and 80% Flask Effect, with 25% Cold Penetration. The old Sapphire Flask resistance will mitigate 6,500 points of damage, with the remaining 6,500 points reduced by 36%, leaving the character taking 4,160 points of damage.

The new Sapphire Flask resistance will be increased to 84%, the resistance will mitigate 7,670 points of damage, and the character will take 5,330 points of damage. So, in this example, the new Sapphire Flask setup does approximately 28% more damage than the old Flask setup.

Potential Uses Of The New Changes

But the new Ruby Flask does bring some interesting potential to Chieftain’s Valako. There is now some potential to combine Traitor Keystone Timeless with Melding of the Flesh and Flask effects to enhance another ascendancy of Elemental Flask, making room for other gear options.

Outro

Overall, the changes to Flask are a huge nerf to defense against high-end setups like Pathfinder and Mageblood. These settings have completely lost the huge Less Damage Taken modifier, which would have affected the meta for entry-level Valdo’s Maps and Uber boss farming builds.

But in some more niche setups, these changes may be a small gain. These changes also provide some potential for Melding of the Flesh on Chieftain and other Ascendancy.

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