PoE The Selfish Shepherd: Grants level 20 Affliction Skill – Path of Exile

The Selfish Shepherd Nameless Ring

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	The Selfish Shepherd is a unique Nameless Ring. Category: Ring. Requires Level 50. 50% increased Elemental Ailment Duration on you 50% reduced Effect of Curses on you Grants level 20 Affliction (6–12)% increased Cast Speed +(30–60) to maximum Energy Shield +(7–19)% to Chaos Resistance And when you are no longer useful, you will discover how much you truly mean.

Affliction Skill

Affliction is a minion skill that can only target your own minions. Affected minions take physical damage over time while giving you life regeneration and explode when below 20% life.

Affliction is a minion skill that permanently Afflicts any of your damageable minions in a targeted area, causing them to take physical damage over time, at an accelerating rate. Afflicted does not stack and cannot be removed or refreshed[confirmation needed]. Minions that are Afflicted cause the caster of the curse to regenerate life at a rate based on the Affliction’s damage over time. Afflicted minions explode when reduced to below 20% of maximum life.

It is not possible to trigger both the explosion from Affliction and Minion Instability simultaneously through damage over time as Minion Instability will proc first; minions must have their life lowered not Low Life (typically >50%) to < 20%, requiring over 30% of maximum life to be removed at once, such as Coruscating Elixir or Doedre's Elixir with low chaos resistance while wearing an Umbilicus Immortalis.

Affliction’s explosion is affected by conversions from gems (e.g. Absolution or Physical to Lightning Support), including inherent conversions from minions (e.g. Summon Raging Spirit’s 100% physical to fire conversion).

Permanently Afflicts any of your damageable minions in a targeted area, causing them to take physical damage over time, at an accelerating rate. Each such minion causes you to regenerate life at a rate based on the current damage of it’s Affliction debuff. Afflicted Minions explode if their life is lowered to a fifth of maximum.

• Base radius is 3 metres
• You Regenerate Life per second equal to 20% of total Affliction Damage per second on all Afflicted Minions
• Afflicted Minions Explode when reduced to a fifth of Life, dealing 50% of their Life as Physical Damage to surrounding Enemies
• Afflicted Minions take 8% of their Life as Physical Damage over Time, increasing this value by 100% each second

PoE The Selfish Shepherd Build Guide

The Selfish Shepherd is a unique Nameless Ring that offers distinct benefits for builds focusing on minions. Below are the key aspects of this ring and how to effectively use it in your build.

Pros:

• Increased Cast Speed: Boosts cast speed by (6–12)%, enhancing your spell efficiency.
• Curse Mitigation: Reduces the effect of curses on you by 50%, providing better defense against curse-heavy encounters.
• Affliction Skill: Grants level 20 Affliction, a minion skill that makes your minions take damage over time, granting you life regeneration and exploding when below 20% life.
• Energy Shield and Chaos Resistance: Adds (30–60) to maximum Energy Shield and (7–19)% to Chaos Resistance, improving your survivability.

Cons:

• Increased Elemental Ailment Duration: 50% increased duration can be a drawback if you lack sufficient ailment mitigation.

Build Recommendations

Example Build: Skill: Summon Skeletons
Class: Necromancer
Support Gems: Minion Damage, Melee Physical Damage, Multistrike.

This ring is particularly beneficial for minion-focused builds, providing both offensive and defensive benefits.

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How to get it?

• Drops from The King in the Mists in the Crux of Nothingness. The King in the Mist’s boss arena, Crux of Nothingness, can be accessed by using An Audience With The King fragment on the map device.

PoE The Selfish Shepherd Pros & Cons, Build Guide

The Selfish Shepherd is a unique Nameless Ring that provides unique benefits and drawbacks for specific builds.

Pros:

• Affliction Skill: Grants level 20 Affliction, allowing minions to take physical damage over time while granting the player life regeneration and causing minions to explode when their life is below 20%.
• Increased Cast Speed: Boosts cast speed by 6-12%, enhancing spellcasting efficiency.
• Energy Shield Boost: Adds 30-60 to maximum Energy Shield, improving survivability.
• Chaos Resistance: Increases chaos resistance by 7-19%, helping to mitigate chaos damage.

Cons:

• Increased Elemental Ailment Duration: Increases the duration of elemental ailments on the player by 50%, making them more susceptible to prolonged status effects.
• Curse Effect Reduction: Reduces the effect of curses on the player by 50%, which can be both a pro and con depending on your build.

Build Guide

Recommended Builds:

• Minion Builds: Ideal for builds that utilize minions for both offense and defense, benefiting from the Affliction skill.
• Caster Builds: Useful for casters who need increased cast speed and energy shield.

Skill Tree Placement:

• Incorporate nodes that enhance minion durability and damage, as well as life regeneration.
• Focus on energy shield and chaos resistance nodes to complement the ring's bonuses.

Gear and Items:

• Equip items that reduce elemental ailment duration to counteract the ring's drawback.
• Use gear that further enhances energy shield and cast speed.

Playstyle Tips:

• Minion Management: Use Affliction strategically to maximize life regeneration and control minion explosions for area damage.
• Ailment Mitigation: Prepare for longer-lasting elemental ailments by incorporating defenses against them.

The Selfish Shepherd is a versatile ring that offers significant benefits to minion and caster builds. Properly managing its drawbacks can lead to powerful enhancements in your Path of Exile gameplay.