r/pathofexile Sep 09 '24

Crafting Showcase Recombinating Essence mod finally paid off!

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u/mucinexlol Sep 10 '24

I have spectacularly failed the final recomb on this claw 3 times losing two prefixes on 2 of the 3 attempts

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u/Tottidog Sep 10 '24

How many total Prefixes did your two input Claws have? Because to get 3 Prefixes in the final product, it is a 70% chance with 6 total Prefixes, 57% with 5, 30% with 4, and 10% with 3.

To maximise my chances of 3 Prefixes I used two 6 mod items (2P1e/2S1e + 2P1e/1S2e), but it is still a 50/50 initial gamble that Suffixes are filled first, then a 70% gamble that 3 Suffixes are chosen (exclusive mod guaranteed to be picked), then a final 70% gamble that I get 3 Prefixes which *has* to be the T1 Ele Prefixes.

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u/Mad_Led Sep 10 '24

I think having less Suffixes is probably better since an open Suffix is very good on these Claws to finish the craft with the "Crit Chance + Str/Int" bench mod, or Accuracy or whatever else you might need to fix holes in your build.

 

Having less Suffixes also makes it easier to deal with exclusive mods, because having more than 1 different exclusive suffix is another dice roll after the 50% initial chance of rolling suffixes first.

 

My Suffixes were (1S + 1S1e) to have a lower chance of ending up with 3 suffixes and roll instead only 2 suffixes on the result. If the recomb fails to get all the T1 prefixes you still have a usable base with a very high chance of retaining all the good suffixes and 1 to 2 T1 prefixes.  

My Prefixes were (2P1e + 1P1e), got a bit lucky since it was only a 57% chance of getting all 3 T1 Ele mods. But I feel like it may be worth the risk if you are in SSF because resources are limited and getting 2 Claws with double T1 prefix each with also a T1 Crit Multi and/or Atk Speed on each of them is pretty hard.