Unique Items are not as powerful as high-level rare items. But if you can make the right choice, you’ll unlock a different gameplay experience and enjoy some special builds.
Since POE 3.22 Trial Of The Ancestors League is coming, it would be a good choice to filter out some practical unique items in advance. Today, we will focus on the Body Armor slot.
When someone says leveling unique Body Armour, most of the players already think of the most iconic and chase item from the early levels in Path of Exile, Tabula Rasa Simple Robe. On the first day of the league, according to PoE ninja, 7% of players used this item.
Underrated Body Armours
This time, we will take a look at two POE Items: Thousand Ribbons Simple Robe and Bramblejack Plate Vest.
Thousand Ribbons Simple Robe
Let’s break down Thousand Ribbons quickly.
First, you will notice the big tooltip with lots of good stat. The added damage is the really important one. You get tons of damage. Just equip this item, which works with spells and attacks. It gives tons of Life and Energy Shield, making this item very useful even later on Acts.
But the very good thing about this is the Resistance that can give us. Even the low rolled one can give 15% to all Elemental Resistance. So, overall, if you are just equipping this and you can’t four link it because it has low item level, you can just use it straight away.
It also has a plus support link if you socket your active skill gems in it. For most builds, this is just useless because most of the builds do not inflict Elemental Ailment or just rarely have the chance to do so, just making your spell or attacks cost more.
Bramblejack Plate Vest
The second item is the Bramblejack unique body armour.
It’s a little meme fun tier. But I think it has a good use and it will save you some mental energy in the first two Acts. Also, it can make your level 1 character immortal in Act 1 against Physical Damage.
The next big thing about this item is the big Life that can roll up to 60 Life, which is really huge for the early Acts. But the next stat is maybe even the most underused stat in the game because at high levels, the stat is not useful for anyone.
I’m talking about flat reduced Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits. Later in the Acts, this is completely useless. But let me show you something about Act 1.
In mud flats, on my level 2 character, I can’t die because the monsters can’t hit bigger than 10, making our character basically immune to physical damage. Of course, in submerged passage, there are many threats for us from the cold spells that monsters use.
There is another line in this item that maybe sound good, but it’s very bad, 1000% of Melee Physical Damage taken reflected to Attacker. This is bad because if we didn’t take any damage, we can’t reflect back anything. Overall, this item is funny at Act 1, but pretty much useless after that. That’s why I said it is a meme and fun tier.
How Can You Get Thousand Ribbons And Bramblejack At The Start Of The New League?
On the first day of the new league, Bramblejack and Thousand Ribbons are very obtainable and there are plenty of them on the market.
Also, keep in mind, in the Trial of the Ancestors League, you have a chance to get a unique item as a reward for beating your opponents in the arena.
In the trailer of POE 3.22, you can see there is a unique belt offered as a reward. I am not saying you will get this. Just keep in mind there is a chance to get a unique item while testing the league mechanic in Act 1.
I always take a few minutes to look at the league mechanics and judge if it’s worth trying to get unique items or something useful. I know it’s not the fastest way, but I only have fun when trying new things. After all, that’s why playing games is about having fun.
How Much Are Thousand Ribbons And Bramblejack On The First Day Of The New League?
On the first day of the new league, the price of these two items are 1 Orb of Alchemy to 2 Chaos Orbs.
According to PoE ninja, you can check the price through the graphs while searching for these two items. I think the prices are very fair even if you pay 1 Chaos Orb for each of them. But I think you can get any of these two items pretty quickly with 1 Orb of Alchemy.
I checked the trade site, and some were listed 4 months ago, so that might have been the first day of the league.
Disclaimer!
Here are some disclaimers.
You don’t have to use these two Body Armours for leveling. You can 100% complete the Acts without these two items. I know of some speedrunners/groups who almost made it to level 90 on the first day of the new league and even took down an Uber Boss. It’s just a somewhat interesting series that hopefully focuses on low-level leveling unique items that are underused or underrated. Do you have any favourite leveling Body Armour?
