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[ember falcon]

need more points

[nimble sluice]

wdym swap to crit

what did you allocate your offensive points into

[gritty dawn]

lol @reef knoll we are at the same spot

Different build though

[brittle crown]

if you have uniques tab in stash you can keep there all uniques in game?

[ember falcon]

cold damage freeze build melee damage quarterstaff damage

[sour pebble]

one copy of each unique, yes

[brittle crown]

oh cool

[reef knoll]

i hate that i cant change this later decision making in this game kills me 😭

[brittle crown]

is there any cheaper way to buy gold in poe2 as i have 95 gold and it costs 140

[gritty dawn]

So annoying! I’m not even sure which of these three choices. Best suit me.

[lost smelt]

go to a zone and kill some more monsters to get more gold

[nimble sluice]

honestly I might drop combat frenzy and trade in for a defensive persistent skill (e.g. ghost dancer, wind dancer) so you can go more crit

[lost smelt]

there's no "discounts" in vendor shops

[nimble sluice]

freeze build up is huge too

99.99% of the time, the mob is frozen before the enemy can even try to touch me

[sour pebble]

what are you even using combat frenzy for @ember falcon ? im guessing you dont have enough spirit for charge infusion yet right?

[ember falcon]

if i lose combat frenzy i lose charged staff and thats like 80% of my damage

[reef knoll]

safest is +5 attributes but i heard the chaos res is also great to have

[sour pebble]

ah charged staff...

it's not that good for clearing imo

[gritty dawn]

@reef knoll I think I might go chaos. I’m already struggling with resistances. lol

[ember falcon]

my dps is like 150% more with charged

[reef knoll]

i might do same

[nimble sluice]

Aren't you frost

[ember falcon]

im hybrid

[nimble sluice]

I would be sending everything with ice strike

oh

[gritty dawn]

The attributes might be the safe choice though because how much longer will I struggle with resistances?

[orchid stag]

do earlier bosses scale to level?

[ember falcon]

well i mean i got lightning from charged staff just so i can shock and dip into the increased damage

[stark lynx]

+5 all attris is 3 level ups

+10% chaos res is one bad affix slot

[nimble sluice]

Eh you may be increasing damage but I think your base damage is low for hybrid

[gritty dawn]

+5 it is

[sour pebble]

wind dancer + herald of ice + cannabalism is just so good

[stark lynx]

It just sounds like you havent changed your staff in last 30 levels and been hanging on by a string with how op monk skills are

[ember falcon]

without charged i cant kill anything tho

[lost smelt]

each boss has the same monster level as the level of the zone

[ember falcon]

changed it like 5 levels ago

[viral cargo]

in what lvl range do Greater Jeweller's Orb drop?

[lament stone]

no quality

[sour pebble]

quality would be 20% more dps

[lament stone]

57+

[sour pebble]

and runes

[radiant dirge]

Guys shpuld I get invoker or acolyte of chayula I got no clue

[sour pebble]

is like...

[nimble sluice]

20% more physical per iron rune

[sour pebble]

40% more dps with quality and some phys % runes?

something like that

[lament stone]

yea quality and 2 phys runes on that is like 60% increased

[dusky burrow]

its not more because its additive with local % phys on the explicits

[lament stone]

40% increased and 20% more rather

[ember falcon]

ya im not dropping iron runes

and this staff is it even good to begin with

[nimble sluice]

I would get a better base staff if you can

[sour pebble]

then socket in flat cold dmg

[nimble sluice]

isn't accuracy useless for melee

[dusky burrow]

i found runes to be pretty plentiful

[sour pebble]

socket in 2 glacial runes

[stark lynx]

I dont think that staff is that great to begin with for map ilvl

[nimble sluice]

also yeah in maps, you kinda shower in runes

[lament stone]

yea

[stark lynx]

but its something

it has the right affixes

[echo jay]

is this + possible to get in act3 cruel?

[lament stone]

you still need accuracy for melee strikes, but way less than a ranged build

[ember falcon]

yeah im not finding much better, again by crafting and checking vendor

[nimble sluice]

ah gotcha

the life per hit/enemy killed is kinda bad imo?

[elfin hornet]

I'm having some issues with mana regen as Crossbow Mercenary, since grenades eat a lot. I already picked +20-25% mana regen in the first half of acts. Should I try to path to mana regen passives on the tree or its better to search for gear?

[nimble sluice]

yeah

he does one shot but circling boss in melee is quite helpful

and obviously dodge but the timing is a bit jank cus his swing takes a while to actually swing

[sour pebble]

flat mana on gear and one 70% mana regen roll on a ring will help a ton

[ember falcon]

what base staff would be better tho

[echo jay]

i killed the monke but I didn't get it done

is there something else to do?

[sour pebble]

your mana regen scales with your maximum mana

[nimble sluice]

oh then that's a visual bug

[sour pebble]

so max mana is a good stat

[echo jay]

what do u get there?

[nimble sluice]

not only 33% phys damage would be a good start

that's a rather low roll I think

[sour pebble]

it's got a lot of flat phys

it's not a bad quarterstaff imo

for t1 maps

[ember falcon]

well can you tell me how to get a better one then?

[sour pebble]

just needs qualty and runes

[lament stone]

technically yes, but its not very much

[ember falcon]

cause im at a loss right now

[hardy widget]

the market is extremely over inflated. how can we combat that ?

[upbeat hearth]

Anybody try help with rathbreaker?

[echo jay]

with reducing specific drops in late game

[sour pebble]

isn't it a lot? going from 400 to 600 mana for example is 50% more mana regen, no?

[nimble sluice]

Fair enough, I'm probably thinking too long term

[stark lynx]

You go to character creation screen, tick the ||Hardcore|| Solo-Self-Found and click create character

[lament stone]

no

mana regen is always 2%

[sour pebble]

really?

[hardy widget]

that's not a solution to the problem tho?

[ember falcon]

how did you guys get better gear?

[nimble sluice]

I had this bad boy for a while so I am quite spoiled lol @sour pebble

[sour pebble]

2% of max mana??

[nimble sluice]

I traded a ton

[lament stone]

yes

[manic marten]

question: I just started seeing 'Expert' items dropping, which makes me wonder what's the difference with Expert or Advanced type of weapons or armor... is it the rolls 'tiers' in them that are higher?

[sour pebble]

so if you increase max mana by 50%, you increased mana regen by 50% as well

[lament stone]

no

its still 2%

[sour pebble]

....

[nimble sluice]

the actual number yes

[stark lynx]

Both of you are right, the # mana regen goes up with more max mana

[nimble sluice]

the percentage no

[hardy widget]

like which?

[stark lynx]

the relative regen stays the same

[lament stone]

.

[nimble sluice]

2% of 600 is 1.5x larger than 2% of 400

[sudden chasm]

is theh trade site buggin rn?

[sour pebble]

im talking about your actual mana regained per second, not the percentage regain per second

[nimble sluice]

but it's like eh, barely

[echo jay]

for start, exalted

[lament stone]

2% of 600 is still only 12 per second

[lapis steppe]

im a bit confused on weapon set points? the tooltip reads like one weapon point = two passive skills but with two weapon points im only allowed to select two skills

[nimble sluice]

4 mps is pretty small

(8 -> 12 mps)

[hardy widget]

but isn't the whole point is to get to the end game to get more ex drops ?

[echo jay]

why more ex drops tho, there are other things to drop

if u get more ex drops, ex just loses value and u get early-mid game drops almost uselsss as u can't afford anything

[nimble sluice]

@ember falcon I think I would just add an iron rune or two and some of those things that increase quality to your staff for now

[dusky burrow]

the tooltip reads like one weapon point = two passive skills
you're misreading the tooltip.

[sour pebble]

they dont have iron runes

i think since they need damage so badly right now just socket glacial runes

[ember falcon]

i might have just 1

[nimble sluice]

His main source of damage is weirdly lightning

[trim turret]

They're just base items with better stats until we get the base items coming with acts 4-6.

[nimble sluice]

cus he's relying on charged strike, not ice

[hardy widget]

that makes more sense. i just try to understand the probelm here. i am new, still learning so SSF is not an option for me like the guy suggested

[sour pebble]

but it's 80% convert to phys to cold with ice strike?

and high phys weapon

[nimble sluice]

well yes if he was using it a lot

[dusky burrow]

howa?

[nimble sluice]

I mean wouldn't you use a lightning rune instead

[ember falcon]

ice strike still does damage but without charged my dps is very low

[nimble sluice]

how does charged affect ice strike

[echo jay]

its similar to the real life currency

currently ex = euro (to take it as example)

if euro gets printed, euro loses value and the same is happening in the end game where ppl print ex

[nimble sluice]

I don't get that interaction

[ember falcon]

it just increase its flat dps

[trim turret]

If you have 5 passive points, and you spend all 5 using weapon set 1 points specifically, you can then allocate 5 points to weapon set 2 for "free."

[ember falcon]

added lightning

and a way to shock

[dusky burrow]

what problem lol

[wintry forge]

This thing just dropped of a normal mob, is it worth anything to progress?

[dusky burrow]

check trade, but i dont think its much

[hardy widget]

why everything is so god damn expensive when it really shouldn't be

[fluid bobcat]

I love crashing on 5% boss health left

[nimble sluice]

What support gems do you have on ice strike @ember falcon

[smoky jasper]

killed act 3 boss - died when he dropped on me? or something. never dropped loot. it skipped storyline.. had to restat to checkpoint, go back in... no loot. no storyline, just travel to cruel

demotivating as a casual player

[dusky burrow]

its not expensive ur just poor

literally

[ember falcon]

crescendo ice bite and primal armament

[manic marten]

ah, good to know, thanks

[dusky burrow]

when it really shouldn't be
according to what law

[nimble sluice]

doesn't ice bite reduce lightning damage by 50%

[ember falcon]

no

[trail matrix]

last time i checked its just 1 ex but that could change, it could have some interesting uses but didnt see much as of now

[ember falcon]

cold infusion does

[nimble sluice]

it's like 25% more elemental for 50% less fire/lightning

oh cold infusion

is ice bite the cold pen one then?

[ember falcon]

ice bite is get 35% more damage on freeze

[lament stone]

supply and demand

[sour pebble]

on killing frozen enemy so it's useless on bosses

good for clearing maps

[nimble sluice]

are you freezing in time on maps?

[hardy widget]

we need to see how much stuff sell for

[nimble sluice]

with high freeze, barely anything can touch you in time

[sour pebble]

oh its just on freezing, sorry

[ember falcon]

i freeze fast

[nimble sluice]

or are you just unable to kill within the freeze time

[hardy widget]

because no way rigns i find and roll getting sold for divs and i am just unlucky or something

[ember falcon]

i freeze in 1 to 2 hits

[sour pebble]

wait wtf

Innervate is 35% more on killilng shocked enemy, ice bite is 35% more on freezing an enemy...

[nimble sluice]

1 to 2 is pretty fast even without martial tempo

[ripe sable]

Hello I'm very new to POE in general been playing POE2 with a friend and now that they are gone I've found my self unable to do anything by my self I have no idea what to change or what I'm doing wrong

Anyone free to VC and give me some tips??

[sour pebble]

i wonder why the asymmetry

[nimble sluice]

then how are you getting swarmed constantl

especially with bell

[ember falcon]

no clue

come watch me play?

[nimble sluice]

if I wasn't on vacation

hotel wifi doodoo

[dawn sandal]

where to get other one ?

[nimble sluice]

what other on use skills do you use

[nimble sluice]

that quest has you go to three places, go the other one that's not valley of titans iirc

[ember falcon]

stagger palm

hand of chayula for frostbite enfeble

flicker to clear ranged mobs

[nimble sluice]

Idk if it's just me but I find stagger palm really underwhelming for freeze

I think flicker might be getting killed unironically

you don't have much control on movement

also ice strike does have a dash component if you're far enough away, you can close down on ranged enemies quickly with a dodge or two into ice strike

[shadow breach]

Can you replace amulet anoint in poe2? 😮

[sour pebble]

yes u can

[gloomy stone]

wtf, can you just skip the grim tangle boss?

[nimble sluice]

I think picking up ice wall might be a good choice

[shadow breach]

Awesome, just want to make sure, thank you =).

[ember falcon]

why so

[gloomy stone]

is it worthwhile to do so?

[sour pebble]

it just drops an uncut gem iirc

[nimble sluice]

you can create space for yourself if you place it behind you

[sour pebble]

so it depends if you want another uncut gem

[ember falcon]

fair

[viral cargo]

does that mean that the gain is calculated from the base cold damage of the source before it is increased by ("increase" or "more")?
what if I gain cold from lightning gained from cold, will it apply the cold damage bonus twice?

[nimble sluice]

you can also deny mobs from coming at you by placing it at a choke

[ember falcon]

anything else i should change?

[nimble sluice]

also it helps with freeze

[gloomy stone]

oh ok ty

[nimble sluice]

I think early maps I had wall + comet to help thin out stuff

Idk why but my glacial cascade can randomly one shot stuff

[lament stone]

gained as extra happens last, you can only gain as extra damage once

[nimble sluice]

I guess crit go brr

[ember falcon]

you still use glacial?

[nimble sluice]

yeah

[dusky burrow]

there is no double dipping. your modifiers will apply once to the post conversion damage

[nimble sluice]

I'm forced at range sometimes

[ember falcon]

with wave of frost i suppose?

[nimble sluice]

nah

[ember falcon]

saywhat now

gc is trash without it

[nimble sluice]

it's just there so I can do something before I go back in

[lethal flicker]

what are these for

got 3 color ones

[sour pebble]

If you have gain 20% of damage as extra fire and you're a build with only investment into cold damage, then any sources of increased cold damage will not apply to the fire damage.

[dusky burrow]

collect three mushrooms, talk to npc in the area and they'll be a vendor

[nimble sluice]

also like i said it's been one shotting a bit but I do out level everything by like 6 or 7

[lethal flicker]

i saw no NPC in apex of filth?

[nimble sluice]

witch with a cauldron

oh there is one

[viral cargo]

oh so gain from fire damage wont work on fire damage gained from cold damage?

[nimble sluice]

gotta find her

[ember falcon]

then you didnt spec into ice strike or what do i ahve to assume

[lament stone]

leaving on the ground because the flasks arent that good tbh

[dusky burrow]

its in the area you find the mushrooms

[nimble sluice]

no I have ice strike too

[lament stone]

no

[nimble sluice]

like I said, I only glacial if I'm forced in ranged

[gusty sequoia]

I can't get a good uptime on my lvl 42 crossbow, I'm using galvanic shards with a high phys dps crossbow and the more shock chance support gem. Is there a way to get 100% uptime on shock?

[nimble sluice]

otherwise I commit to just ice strike spam

[dusky burrow]

i found act 1 cruel to be really easy, way easier than act 1 normal

[nimble sluice]

cruel got decimated

might need a build check or updates to your gear

[dusky burrow]

so it just depends on how you built it

because at that point i had my build up and running

[lethal flicker]

Where was the temple you had to go to later on after draining the water?

[ember falcon]

and besides charged staff looks fantastic

[lethal flicker]

I forgot what map

[lament stone]

did you copy the endgame tree and skill setup?

[sour pebble]

your single target damage comes from lightning rod and freezing salvo during campaign

[lament stone]

thats where most people go wrong when copying builds

[lethal flicker]

too late, cant drop em

[lament stone]

not actually reading, just blindly copying

[vapid violet]

u can still drop them just not in town

[lament stone]

you can drop them anywhere except towns and hideouts

[lethal flicker]

oh ok tyvm

[gloomy pecan]

where do I post memes

[lethal flicker]

now i gotta figure out where that waterway was

that you can return to later in story

anyone knows

jungle ruins?

[tacit knot]

Can spark electrocute

[rapid fog]

+40 energy shield and -30hp, is that worth?

[bright mountain]

im stuck on selecting witch ( necromancer ) , or mercenary 3.

which one is better

[lethal flicker]

anyone remember the map this is in

[knotty egret]

Just got to the red vale, I still haven’t found any witch weapons since the start of the game do I just have to move to sorcerer weapons until some point

[stark lynx]

there is no specific necromancer class

just pointing out.

[weary pendant]

what does money is used for?

gold

[knotty egret]

Idk if this is a universal experience but I can’t find any weapons for the witch but there’s lots of the mercenary

[sour pebble]

buying gear from vendors, respeccing, gambling, and fees for currency exchange

[stark lynx]

There isnt class tied weapons

[knotty egret]

Sure but clearly there’s weapons that are tied to witch abilities

[bright mountain]

hmm
what do u guys recommend , im new to thjis kind of game

[stark lynx]

and red vale is like 3rd zone

[sour pebble]

infernalist if you're new imo

[stark lynx]

ok 4th

[sour pebble]

which is witch

[bright mountain]

what class is that again

[sour pebble]

witch, sorry

[bright mountain]

oh witch

[stark lynx]

No, not really.

[bright mountain]

ok

ill pick witch

[sour pebble]

arsonist and summon raging spirits are very good

[stark lynx]

or what do you mean by witch skills

skills are tied to weapons, but weapon's arent tied to class

[sour pebble]

will give u a comfy playthrough

[nova bear]

I have soo many level 1 support gems

[knotty egret]

The abilities/spells that fit the witch that are tied to the weapons

[worthy sky]

can anyone tp me to act 3? im bugged and stuck in act 2

[knotty egret]

Like this rattling sceptre gives me level 1 skeletons I haven’t found anything better then it that gives me witch spells vs like fire ball

[violet belfry]

Merry christmas everyone

[vapid violet]

thats just caster weapons, they generally have skills u cant get as gems so arguably the only witch specific things are the scepters cause of the spirit u get from them for minions

[ember falcon]

honestly i am not liking how hard it is to upgrade gear

[keen jolt]

u sure ure bugged?

[violet belfry]

bugged how

[knotty egret]

My point is I haven’t found another one so do I need to just move on to the more sorcerer focused weapons or will I find a new one at some point

Im still just using the one from the tutorial

[vapid violet]

youll prob find one but ull prob have better luck saving eg a blue or even white quality item with a skill u want and crafting a weapon

[calm carbon]

I reached endgame, played one map, waypointed to act 3 crual and now i dont know how to return to endgame? please help

[fluid heart]

can I bind a key to movement but still move with WASD?

[elfin hornet]

Act 2 cruel. It seems that Ancient Vows is buggy? I got one relic and went to the Valley of titans. I inserted the relic and then went to keth for the second one. Now I'm back at the valley of titans but there is nowhere to insert it. Its like the place to insert didn't spawn

[brittle crown]

zone???

[nimble sluice]

just any area with monsters

[brittle crown]

i meant POE2 gold to buy in the shop

[nimble sluice]

oh that gold

Other than with real currency in their shop, I dont think so

[turbid sorrel]

Is there a way to toggle spirits with a button, or is the only way through doing it manually right clicking them?

[upper pasture]

Hey guys what's the best loot filter to use currently? Thanks

[shut abyss]

neversink

[junior sleet]

Hit Z

[plush charm]

there is not really any atm

[robust gulch]

look harder. there's a witch with cauldron

[elfin hornet]

I'm not talking about hidden item. I'm taking about a place to slot it

[rotund arch]

Quick question i have never played POE 1 and if i buy POE 1 cosmetics from official site will i be able to use it on POE 2

[junior sleet]

Brother, Click on the thing that would open the place to set them in, Then hit Z

[elfin hornet]

Nothing happens. Please explain in more detail

[junior sleet]

Screenshot

[plush charm]

ues

*Yes

[worthy sky]

i fixed it!

[plush charm]

although they not really impemented atm

[worthy sky]

i fixed it

thanks guys

[junior sleet]

It toggles them off and on then I hit Z, I ran into this problem aswell, But if its not working for you, then it might be a different issue.

[trim turret]

Once they've been ported over to POE2, most of them yea. There are some that won't for a couple reasons.

[elfin hornet]

It's literally nowhere on the map

[dusky burrow]

do you have the other half?

[elfin hornet]

I inserted it first on this map before.

[ebon hamlet]

guys which stash tabs should I be buying

[ebon moss]

The second relic is from another area.

[elfin hornet]

I know

[sour pebble]

can you show us the north part of your map

[ebon moss]

Is your second screen shot from that other area?

[dusky burrow]

you inserted the other half previously? so... it's gone?

[elfin hornet]

Screenshot is from this area where a slot to insert is supposed to be

[elfin hornet]

Yes

[sour pebble]

the altar should be there regardless of whether or not they have the relics

[junior sleet]

It should be right next to the waypoint

[sour pebble]

they are saying the altar has not spawned

[elfin hornet]

which one

[sour pebble]

can u show us the top part of the map

[junior sleet]

The literal waypoint, Not checkpoint

[sour pebble]

from what you've shown i agree the altar is not there

[ebon moss]

interesting. it's usually right next to the area waypoint. like you warp into the map and it's very close to the waypoint.

[junior sleet]

If that's valley of titans, Reset your instance and re-run it, Best option there.

[elfin hornet]

Found it, ty all. They should've marked it on the map

[fluid heart]

how do I bind the movement action to a key?

[lost smelt]

you bind it like you'd bind a skill in the lower right hand corner

it's the icon with the two footprints

[fluid heart]

I don't see it, is that normal?

[sour pebble]

are you using wasd, because it won't show if so

[junior sleet]

Are you talking about like how PoE1 has it?

[fluid heart]

ah, we can't have both?

[junior sleet]

No you cant.

not rn sadly

[sour pebble]

not that i know of

[fluid heart]

thanks I'll keep it that way then

[light seal]

I feel like physical damage reduction is a serious issue on 2, theres no good way to offset it into one of the elements, and if you arent building mass strength you cant use most of the items while maintaining your gem levels 😦

[sour pebble]

for which class?

casters stack huge ES to survive

rangers go evasion with acro

[viral cargo]

does the modifier and level on the base matter for chance orb?

[sour pebble]

the item level didn't restrict what unique could be generated in poe 1 so i assume it's the same way

i'd be surprised if any player knows for sure

[viral cargo]

oh i got lucky and based on my highly scientific expirement with samplesize=1 i can say that the base roll may or may not matter, level and base roll stayed the same

[upper pasture]

Hi a little confused, what exactly does this mean? Thanks

[past nest]

when can i start seeing an upgrade version of this. want a 4th support slot for my deadeye

[viral cargo]

if resistance is greater than 0%, it will be ignored

[lament oasis]

Hi, anyone has any spirit gems for sale?

[upper pasture]

So absically they'll be treated as if 0% no matter what if frozen thats what I thought. Thanks PSIL lol

[viral cargo]

yes, but ony for hits not for damage over time, but thats rare for cold anyway. you are welcome random stranger ❤️ 😹

[sour pebble]

could be less than 0% though

[fluid bobcat]

is it normal that I crashed 3 times in 4 hours?

[sour pebble]

that's why the weird wording

[upper pasture]

Hahaha yeah, most enemeies frozen all the time anyways, probably good to grab

[dawn sandal]

guys, how to get divine orb

[sour pebble]

if i understand correctly, you cannot penetrate resistances below 0%, but you can exposure them below 0%.

[viral cargo]

but if its less than 0% its negative so it wont be ignored

[fluid heart]

luck

[viral cargo]

because ignoring negative res would be bad for you

[sour pebble]

well the person said it will be "0% no matter what" which isn't true

[trim turret]

Why? There's nothing you should be doing early that costs a divine.

[dawn sandal]

just asking, since seeing really good items on trade are selling for it

[viral cargo]

oh gotcha, yes, but i did say if its greater than 0

[trim turret]

Drivers up to date? Try a different renderer?

[sour pebble]

i know, im not saying you were wrong

[fluid bobcat]

using dx12 and yes drivers updated

[haughty niche]

Try dx 11

If you havent

[fluid bobcat]

will that affect graphical fidelity?

[haughty niche]

Some people experience better stability. No it doesnt really effect graphicz

[light seal]

huge is right, im currently at 2600 and getting 1 shot

[haughty niche]

Dx12 is just supposed to be better for more recent cards. But in many cases it hasnt been for poe.

[sour pebble]

this is the type of energy shield people are able to get to atm

although of course that's not possible in campaign

[nimble sluice]

how the heck

[sour pebble]

es very strong atm due to some busted interactions lol

[nimble sluice]

uniques or smth?

[sour pebble]

yeah

[nimble sluice]

Ah

[sour pebble]

there's also just a ton of increased ES sources on the passive tree and gear

[haughty niche]

ES has some honestly broken interactions on uniques and ES conversion mechanics that will probably get changed

like ghostwrithe converting max life to ES prior to CI which sets max life at 1.
And getting mana as extra ES after converting all ES to mana, etc.

[sour pebble]

grim feast pretty nuts too

[haughty niche]

ye

[royal fable]

Merry Christmas

[light seal]

i hate when you need to use something broken to be viable

[viral cargo]

wtf is reserved here? life? ES?

[mighty ermine]

Stupid question. Is electrocute a stun? or is it different?

[sour pebble]

they're reserving life through infernalist ascendancy nodes

and their ES is overcapped by double due to grim feast

[haughty niche]

electrocute is electrocute

[viral cargo]

electrocute works similar to a stun tho

[nimble sluice]

I was wondering if its good on monk

[haughty niche]

yeah it achieves the same goal as a stun, but it does not scale with stun-related things.

[nimble sluice]

was gonna run it along with wind dancer, ghost dancer, and herald of ice

[haughty niche]

funny to me that they took Bloodmage Ascendency's overheal mechanic, threw it on ES which already scales way better than life, and removed the bloodmage downsides that come with it lol.

And its just on a skill anyone can use

[potent forge]

i have an amulet on with + spirit, but my spirit is still the same, i should have over 30 spirit left, why is this the case?

[frosty sail]

Does this skill means my energy shield increases by the %? or is there a limit amount of energy shield and i just increase that?

[sour pebble]

if you have 100 maximum ES then it would bring it to 112

it stacks additively with ohter sources of increased energy shield

[haughty niche]

got supports on? idk console ui that well

[frosty sail]

if i have 100 ES now, would it increase it in any way with that skill ?

[nimble sluice]

Just adds by that percent

[sour pebble]

with grim feast you mean?

if you have grim feast and have 100 maximum ES, then you could get to 200 ES by picking up the remnants

[gloomy stone]

do you only have to do renly's tool quest once ever? I'm not seeing a quest for him and can't pick up the tools anywhere but I have salvage unlocked

[potent forge]

im on pc, what supports do u mean?

[pulsar robin]

Yes only once

[viscid willow]

cant seem to find my MF rating in my character screen, any easy way to see the stat other than quick maffs in my head?

[gloomy stone]

ok ty

[haughty niche]

like supports on your persistent skills. Some add additional spirit costs

[sour pebble]

it's on the calcs of specific skills

[nimble sluice]

MF?

[viscid willow]

magic find, rarity

[potent forge]

yes, but in my character stats page, the spirit doesn't improve, it should be 65+32

[frosty sail]

you sure?

what confuses me is the word "maximum". Is there a Maximum of ES?

[lament stone]

invoker?

[viscid willow]

interesting, don't see it on my main skills

[lament stone]

did you take the node that disables all spirit from gear?

[viscid willow]

nvm i was looking at misc cat instead of on kill effects, thanks

[potent forge]

doubt but will check rn

[sour pebble]

Your character has a maximum ES can be increased. There is no set limit to this.

Your maximum ES is the number on the right side of the X/Y number on your health/ES globe in bottom left.

[autumn mortar]

how do you dodge the serpent queen's aoe

[lost smelt]

maximum ES as in your character has a maximum it's ES can recharge to

[frosty sail]

ahh i thought the "maximum" means i have a limit and i increase the limit of that

[sour pebble]

yeah there is no "limit" in the way you mean

beyond the theoretical limit of how good of gear you can possibly get 😄

[frosty sail]

this game is so hard to understand sometimes as a newbie 😄

[lost smelt]

if you want to see the theoretical limit being close to reached, EmpyrianGaming on YouTube does projects on it in poe1

[frosty sail]

and there so so many ways to do something that i can't decide whats right and wrong

[scenic salmon]

sometimes? That means you are doing well

[sour pebble]

if it's overwhelming then that's where build guides can increase enjoyment

[lament oasis]

Anyone can help with trials of chaos?

[potent forge]

yes, i think its this one? so how am i supposed to unlock my core skills without having spirit on my gear? is there another way

[frosty sail]

yeah im always looking at them but i dont want to copy everything of them and thats where it begins to decide whats correct and whats not since the nodes in the passive skill tree takes a while and i dont get them so often

[vapid violet]

craft a super high evasion/es chest or unspec outta that node

[lost smelt]

you also get some spirit from campaign, I think a total of 100(?)

[viscid willow]

ive been looking at the ghostwrithe unique for the ES spirit boost from that node

[potent forge]

gotcha thx

[viscid willow]

not sure if the 3rd affix from it stacks into spirit as well

[worthy isle]

woo hoo I finally finished the game! what class should I play now? What is strong?

[upper solar]

Guys, are the maps randomly generated or something?

[potent forge]

nice

[keen jolt]

yeah for the most part

[vapid violet]

it doesnt caue thats max ES not ES on the item, iron runes do work though

[upper solar]

so thats why when i comeback to a previous zone i completely cleared its not the same anymore?

[viscid willow]

gotchya, thanks

[turbid sorrel]

What relics should I buy for my 3rd ascendancy?

[sour pebble]

honor resistance is best for completing trial

[keen jolt]

yeah if that zone got reset then it wont be the same

[keen jolt]

try to get 75% honor resistance

[upper solar]

alright thank you, it's very confusing tbh

[keen jolt]

you get used to it I guess

[junior cave]

Does anyone have any spare level 9 spirit gems please

[turbid sorrel]

@keen jolt is increased honor or honor resist worth more?

[desert sedge]

Rule 6. No trading, begging, asking for 'loans', giveaways, tips for services, etc for any game. See #trading for alternatives.

[delicate ice]

freeze sorceress is unstoppable!

[jaunty orbit]

Any tool to bulk buy maps? I think there was sth like that in poe1

[junior cave]

Can someone help me clear 2nd trial

[keen jolt]

pretty sure resistance would be better overall

lots of relics have both on them

[turbid sorrel]

kk

[keen jolt]

u can use orbs of augmentation to add 1 more modifier if there's only 1

[turbid sorrel]

i should try to get the ones without afflictions right?

[carmine veldt]

U only have to beat stage 4 for 2nd ascendancy of trial of chaos?

[turbid sorrel]

i don't mind spending a few ex on relics either

[keen jolt]

huh? I dont think any relics have a negative effect

unless I forgot idk

[keen jolt]

yeah

very easy if u get the chimera boss instead of the birdy

[lament stone]

honour resist (up to 75% + 10% per floor) > max honour > life/defences depending on if you do life build or high es build

[carmine veldt]

Yea lol I thought it was all 10

Seemed impossible as a 44 warrior

[sour pebble]

ultimatum in a nutshell: ridiculously hard if you get the tornado bird, ridiculously easy otherwise haha

[keen jolt]

I think that's for the 4th ascendancy lel

[pearl folio]

The bird sucks major butt

Is 4th ascendency still bugged?

[lament stone]

no

[keen jolt]

yeah 100% gonna get their tornado and shit nerfed

[pearl folio]

The chimera is way easier than the bird

Just a little annoying with it playing hide and seek

[haughty niche]

I got enemies cannot be slowed and the tornado it summons travelled at lightspeed onto my character instantly killing me

[sour pebble]

is that how that works? that's hilarious

[pearl folio]

I think his was bugged, I did it last night with the same modifier but that didn't happen for me

[haughty niche]

Idk but thats the only thing i can explain why it went soo fast with

[sour pebble]

maybe 20% skill speed?

[haughty niche]

No

[viscid willow]

they remove some quests from normal in cruel campaign?

[pearl folio]

I think that's just cdr

No?

[keen jolt]

sort of u dont need to do the trial quests (not htat u had to do them in normal anyways0

[feral snow]

can you TP out from trials of sekhemas to clear inventory and come back?

[haughty niche]

No

[keen jolt]

yeah the trial is saved into the Barya u used to enter

[haughty niche]

You cannot leave

[keen jolt]

u have to go back to the trial place and put it back in

you can

[jagged perch]

can someone carry me act 3?

[sour pebble]

you can leave

[haughty niche]

I lost my trial due to it not giving a barya when i came back

[keen jolt]

likely a bug or somethin cuz I did the same and it was fine

[sour pebble]

hmm sounds like a bug idk. i've left trial runs multiple times and come back

[keen jolt]

maybe u went to the wrong trial area (normal instead of cruel or vice versa)

[feral snow]

you come back to the waypoint then?

[keen jolt]

not sure if that matters though

[haughty niche]

I think its likely the quest version doesnt save

[plush mantle]

yeah, quest version doesn't save, just like you can't take rewards in the quest Trial of Chaos midway

[keen jolt]

hol up did u lose the quest version then?!

massive bug if so

[haughty niche]

It was in the thing but closed

[plush mantle]

you just talk to the djinn to get another coin

[keen jolt]

yeah but did u try opening it back?

[haughty niche]

Ye

[keen jolt]

it should lead u right back to the same room u last entered

[haughty niche]

It does not

[keen jolt]

I see

[keen jolt]

fair enough

[sour pebble]

well that's a bug

[pearl folio]

I'm at longhorn

[late drum]

I'm about to try and zoom through act 3 cruel as quick as possible. Is there anything I should look out to not miss? +Res bonuses or +skill?

[upper crane]

Could i run this trial and get 3rd and 4th ascendancy in one go? or i have to still do it twice?

[slim fable]

is this bow good enough for me to keep through the campaign

lightning arrow deadeye

[lament stone]

i think youd still have to do it twice was thinking about ultimatum, no you wouldnt be able to start that unless youve done your 3rd ascension

[plush mantle]

your 40 spirit upgrade is in a side zone

[lament stone]

yea you would

[sour pebble]

yes but it will be likely you'd find an upgrade in act 5/6 or so

[lament stone]

you cant use the keys to the trialmasters tower until youve completed your 3rd ascension

[sour pebble]

it's very good though for a level 28. definitely worth whetstoning and artificer orbing

[slim fable]

[junior cave]

I need some help with the 2nd trail

[lime relic]

Anyone have some level 50ish 3 floor Sekhemas they want to part with?

[fluid bobcat]

tried dx11, it made me have mad fps drops

[sour pebble]

some people have said vulkan reduces crashes, but i'd only recommend it if you have a decent GPU

[haughty niche]

Worth a try. I always try different renderers if im having issues/crashes

[feral snow]

so i just left the trial via TP. the portal doesnt work but you can go back to the waypoint and click the alter and hit enter

[fleet portal]

how to i get more skill gem sockets like these cause i want mroe persistant buffs and 2 more skills?

[haughty niche]

You dont

[plush charm]

u dont

[vapid violet]

u can get 2 more with unsocketed rings but thats it

[sour pebble]

you're using all 9?

[haughty niche]

Unless you play gemling legionaire ascendency on merc which gets more

[plush charm]

its never worth it tho

[haughty niche]

Surely you arent actually using all of those

[vapid violet]

100% not worth it

[plush charm]

cant wait for some weird ass build to cook with those 2 extra slots tho

[tacit knot]

Does anybody have any cool ideas what to link to a cast on ...

[fluid heart]

... is it normal I whisper'd over 30 peps and not a single one seem to answer/invit?

[plush charm]

yes

[vapid violet]

its comet or bust

[sour pebble]

what are you trying to buy? maps?

[plush charm]

for my unique gloves I sent to prob 40-50 peple

*people

[sour pebble]

people rarely respond to map buy requests, for example lol

[fluid heart]

just gears

[sour pebble]

weird to not get responses on 30 gear requests

[plush charm]

this is new players chat, so not maps

[fleet portal]

is this wep good enough for cruel acts i feel its doing good damage but not as much as it needs to?

[plush charm]

naw, its kinda often

for uniques

[sour pebble]

oh maybe for uniques, true

[mighty ore]

when you go back in time can you go through the portal to sell stuff or will it all reset

[fluid heart]

nah it's not unique, just body armor and ring

[plush charm]

cruel is a lot easier then reg campaign so u should be fine

[plush mantle]

3 floor doesn't show up until ilvl 60

[plush charm]

but ideally u want a +5 or 6

to levels

[fleet portal]

how?

[plush charm]

not balanced quite right?

unlike campaign, it reletively stays hard diff

[haughty niche]

You have better skills/acendency power and gear

[acoustic snow]

is there an attack speed debuff on dreadnought? i went from shooting lightning fast to literal snail speed, tf is up with that

[dawn sandal]

LOOOlll so when I throw all my grenades on mobs, its so much of effects that my fps drops from 120 to 20 😄 Xd

[remote anchor]

are essences the only way we can curate an affix on an item?

[fleet portal]

whats te best way to farm divine orbs?

[sour pebble]

if you're a deadeye then you're probably losing your tailwind stacks constantly from the leaping enemies @acoustic snow

[haughty niche]

Theres some omens that make regals only roll a suffix for example, but yes theres basically 0 crafting in the game

[scenic salmon]

Selling stuff

[turbid sorrel]

um i left the 3rd ascendancy boss room to clear out my inventory

so i could pick up some more stuff

but i can't click back into the portal?

if i activate the trial again, will it take me back to the boss room?

[remote anchor]

so basically i have a lot of base white dualstrings, that i know i could craft up to sell for divines, i've not yet heard of omens and im in act 6, best to hold onto my white bows until i unlock omens?

[sour pebble]

there is a stash in the boss room 😦

[haughty niche]

Your bows ilvl will be shit

And you cant realistically craft each bow into divs

[acoustic snow]

no i was literally standing in place shooting snail speed because it felt weird

[remote anchor]

people would still buy for leveling no?

[acoustic snow]

switched zones and it fixed itself, guess it was a bug

[remote anchor]

or just toss everything and wait to grab expert dualstrings?

[slender fiber]

is doing loot runs of the trials worth it? act 3 cruel, have some non ascendency given tokens, and debating if I should use them or not, or if its not worth my time

[lament stone]

bow leveling is just use widowhail

[haughty niche]

Idk do what you want

[remote anchor]

is ilvl what dictates the tier of stats?

[sour pebble]

there's a huge time opportunity cost from not progressing your atlas

[lament stone]

why spend divines on a bow when you can just get a 1ex unique and upgrade your wuiver throughout campaign

[haughty niche]

Low ilvl cannot roll higher tiers of stats

[sour pebble]

mapping gets you currency + meta progression, but trial runs get you only currency

[remote anchor]

is there a chart for ilvl thresholds?

[haughty niche]

Poe2db

[lament stone]

can find them on poe2db, highest level stats are at ilvl 82

[plush charm]

whats your base mana rn

[slender fiber]

explain? havent reached endgame yet so dont understand the atlas much

[plush charm]

tbh dont worry about it so

[remote anchor]

thanks

[sour pebble]

the endgame has a system you progress through so if you do side content like trials then you will be delaying that progression

[autumn mortar]

do leech effects work at max hp?

[sour pebble]

so my point is that currency per hour you get might be similar, but your progression will be much different between those two options you're considering

[slender fiber]

ok so bum rush campaign, finish, and do endgame until I get an scendent token that works

[dawn sandal]

I got this shit - I remember I gave it to him before - why can't now ?

[slender fiber]

one of the actual good baryas

also based HK pfp btw

[lament stone]

wrong npc

[plush mantle]

because it doesn't go to him 🙂

[dawn sandal]

aaaah its Shambrin

[silk apex]

can someone paraphrase "removes 15%..." for me to easier comprehend.

[sour pebble]

it will remove 311 * 0.15 of your life when you use it

[slender fiber]

everytime you use it it will remove 15% of 311 so 46.65 life from you

[mighty ore]

tips for Doryani?

bro just hit me with the zap zippity

[sour pebble]

the red lazer ability? 😄

butt lasers?

[arctic osprey]

Hi All, does anyone know timelines on new classes or weapon type releases? Wondering if they announced anything for the 6 months of early access. very much looking forward to assassin class and daggers.

[mighty ore]

yep

[sour pebble]

yeah that'll get ya

look for the big red animation and go to otherside of him before it starts and stick close to him

[plush mantle]

the red spray? He has two voices lines for that attack

[slender fiber]

just focus on dodging more than attacking tbh

[sour pebble]

in general in that fight stay close to the boss

[slender fiber]

the indications are pretty clear for each attack

[plush mantle]

most of his attacks have a lightning component, so lightning res/charms help

[silk apex]

so it's basically a negative mod?

[sour pebble]

it offers higher mana regenation at the cost of losing life, so it's a pro and a con

that's just one mod btw, not two separate mods

[plush mantle]

it's part of the %increased mod, it's a downside to make the upside stronger

[scenic salmon]

👍

[signal veldt]

Does the lesser jeweler orb add a socket to the first two or is it just the first?

If it’s just the first. What’s the next one that adds the next socket

[slender fiber]

technically yes ig, but the increased mana from removed life is usually better

[sour pebble]

lesser brings you to 3 support gems, greater brings you to 4, perfect to 5

[plush mantle]

greater, then perfect. Read the descriptions on them 🙂

[signal veldt]

@plush mantle thank you

[sour pebble]

a vaal orb also has a 1 in 8 chance to add a socket

[onyx stirrup]

Does basically every build take +10 chaos res draught reward in cruel?

[sour pebble]

but you won't be able to add quality to the skill gem if it's corrupted and you can't use a jeweller orb on it after that

[silk apex]

thank guys

[sour pebble]

yeah, except CI builds basically

chaos innoculation keystone

[silk apex]

"Mana recovered from life" is the confusing thing man

[rigid bridge]

btw I wrote a short guide on +/Incr/More, feedback welcome (here in this channel, just reply to this msg)
https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366

[mighty ore]

ok so, his second phase one shots you if any laser touches you?

I thought I was doing so well

[plush mantle]

15 attributes is pretty good (3 passive points), but it's hard to not take the chaos res

[rigid bridge]

removes (15% of mana recovered) from life when used
does that help 😛

I had to read it 3 times too

[half fractal]

can someone please help with the king of the mists please :noahwc

[sour pebble]

yeah the red butt laser ability is meant to be lethal

[mighty ore]

ugh I dont do enough damage for this ish

[sour pebble]

u have to spin around him to dodge it

[mighty ore]

also if I portal out to town while I'm back in time it just takes me to the time travel portal, can I go through to sell stuff without everything getting reset?

[sour pebble]

yeah u can

[mighty ore]

ok dope

[trail rain]

for shield block does it apply stats even if its in secondary slot?

like notactivley holding?

[sour pebble]

nope

[trail rain]

do you get any stats from it?

[silk apex]

yes ty, English isn't my first language, reading this makes me feel wtf

[nova bear]

what am i supposed to do with this djinn barya that dropped? just finished act 2 and ive finished my first set of trials

[sour pebble]

nah you only get the stats from your active weapon set

[trail rain]

dang

[plush mantle]

don't get any stats while it's in your other weapon set, just like the weapon doesn't give you any stats

[trail rain]

what should i spend my divines on ?

[gritty dawn]

Um

[dawn sandal]

is there ACT 3 cruel ? then endgame ?

[plush mantle]

you can run it for more relics to make the higher floor runs easier, or get some decent loot

[sour pebble]

yep

[gritty dawn]

Why’s act 3 feel like a drag

[plush mantle]

that's like asking what you should buy from the mall 🙂

[trail rain]

fair im a titan level55 in act 2 cruel

[plush mantle]

zones are bigger and more a-mazing

[trail rain]

2 handed mace build

[tranquil light]

does pathfinder's node "50% more flask charges gained" affect flask's "gain x charges per second"?

[sour pebble]

titan can use giant's blood keystone to equip a shield btw

[trail rain]

what you mean?

[nova bear]

o i see

[gritty dawn]

I have 1 divine idk if I should save it or buy something

[trail rain]

o like 1 shield one mace

[sour pebble]

2h mace + shield

very meta atm

[trail rain]

better than 2 mace?

[sour pebble]

yeah i'd say better

[plush mantle]

triple attribute requirement is

[trail rain]

why is it better tho i dont get it

[sour pebble]

dual wielding doesn't make your attacks deal 2x dmg

[nova bear]

how do you actually get relics in the trial?

[plush mantle]

keeps your damage while letting you get the passive block from your shield

[sour pebble]

dual wielding in poe 2 will alternate which weapon to use for your attacks

and gives you a passive more attack speed bonus

[gritty dawn]

How do I do my 3rd trial?

[lament stone]

level 60+ trial of sekhemas, level 75+ trial of chaos

[trail rain]

o wierd i see when i un equip my secound one i get more dmg on skills

[plush mantle]

3 floor Barya or 10 wave ultimatum

[sour pebble]

because you get a passive buff from dual wielding

[trail rain]

in that case what shield should i be using

[plush mantle]

one with increased block chance

[lament stone]

no you dont

[sour pebble]

what is the numbers on the dual wield passive buff in poe2 btw

[dusky burrow]

there is no inherent buff

[haughty niche]

Theres a few skills that will hit with both weapons at once, but at 30% less damage

[sour pebble]

o.O

there's no passive buff from dual wielding in poe2??

[dusky burrow]

skills that can be dual wielded will state their bonus explicitly on the skill

[sour pebble]

so the only reason is stat sticking?

[lament stone]

the only reason to dual wield 2 handed weapons outside of the skills that have bonuses for dual wielding would be to get more + skill level on your second weapon

[sour pebble]

and obviously any synergies with skills that change how dual wield works, like dual strike

[dusky burrow]

most do this but some (armour breaker) get more attack speed

[sour pebble]

yikes, that's rough

[haughty niche]

A skill will use both weapons at once usually when they have these

[unreal shoal]

Hi I’m new here, how long is act 3 I’m playing monk atm and I’m wondering how long it might take? Just an estimate not looking to speed run or anything

[lament stone]

thats literally the only advantage for skills that dont have a dual wield component

[trail rain]

so i should def be running a shield instead huh

[dusky burrow]

largely, the bonus is just moved onto the skills

its not really restrictive

[haughty niche]

act 3 is by far the longest and most drawn out act

[sour pebble]

what is that btw

[trail rain]

whats best shield n game then?

[sour pebble]

is that a skill gem's text?

[haughty niche]

my first playthrough of it was like 4-5 hours of act 3 i think

[lethal flicker]

Can anyone explain to me why my charged staff stopped working

when i went into cruel?

[gritty dawn]

Thanks gonna try it now and probably fail

[haughty niche]

that is skillgem text yeah. Stampede in particular

[sour pebble]

gotcha

[lament stone]

did you take the keystone that changes which charges you gain?

[mighty ore]

gonna take a break. Doryani gonna be a pain in the ass to get through

[lethal flicker]

keystone? it was working 5 minutes before on the endboss

[unreal shoal]

Is melee combat just unrewarding atm or is it just me? Especially the second trial..

Atleast for monk

[haughty niche]

monk's melee is nuts.

[sour pebble]

keystones are the biggest nodes on passive tree and the one they're talking abut is called Resonance

[haughty niche]

people have been shitting on warrior melee cause its incredibly slow

[lament stone]

additional attack time is terrible

[slender fiber]

how do the waystones work? i just started getting them as drops in act 3 cruel and am getting a bunch. Should I be picking up and saving every one I see, and should I be upgrading them? if so to what degree?

[haughty niche]

it still hits hard, but its just super slow, and defenses aren't good enough to warrant getting hit during all that wind up

[lethal flicker]

I got that

The issue is literally that it stopped working as I went into Cruel

[sour pebble]

oh my bad

weird

[lament stone]

attack speed doesnt matter at all because a lot of mace skills forces a 2 seconds attack time on you

[unreal shoal]

Well I get the damage is nuts but, everything in the game just seems to counteract evasion and it’s just… frustrating

[lethal flicker]

It was working fine

[sour pebble]

did you have spirit on gear and switched out that gear and now combat frenzy aura is off?

[haughty niche]

save them all, they are used to enter endgame areas on the atlas.

[spice musk]

Hey there, im downloading poe2 right now and im just wondering how viable is it to just make up a build as you go instead of following a guide? Ive played poe1 for some time but never really got into the endgame activities

[lethal flicker]

o

[unreal shoal]

do I spec into evasion fully as monk or evasion and energy shield?

[lethal flicker]

YOU ARE RIGHT

[sour pebble]

xD

[lament stone]

can do either

you could even go pure armour if you wanted, but that wouldnt be as effective

[crimson scarab]

good day y'all, does poe 2 have a trading restriction for new players?

[unreal shoal]

Cause I’m starting to feel like pure evasion is just shafting me at this point I’m ngl

[plush mantle]

depends on the skills you're using and their attribute requirements

[haughty niche]

monk invoker can get a lot of pdr just stacking Evasion with his ascendency node

[lament stone]

you need to have reached level 25 at least once

[lethal flicker]

ffs

my gear is gone xd

[lament stone]

that sounds more like youre ignoring life and elemental resistances to go for pure evasion

[half fractal]

is there a way i can check what skills are available without having a gem?

[sour pebble]

it can be. if you want to play this way and like summoner archetype then i recommend going witch with infernalist ascendancy since it's harder to go wrong

[crimson scarab]

alright thank you!

[lament stone]

life and elemental resistances are the most important defence during the campaign

[unreal shoal]

Not as much my choice, I’ve been getting really unlucky with my armor since starting act 3

My life amount seems to be okay though

[plush mantle]

not in game, no https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Gem

[trim turret]

It's viable, but you need to pay attention to the info provided. Find synergies between skills, use appropriate support gems, don't ignore life and resists on gear, etc.

[spice musk]

well in poe1 my first "real" character that progressed through all the acts was a summoner i just freestyled and it was incredibly powerful throughout the campaign, much more than the guide builds i tried later, but it was borderline useless in maps

[sour pebble]

it's kinda the same in poe 2 haha

but it is plenty good enough in endgame

mapping is a bit slow as summoner build in poe 2, but safe

[unreal shoal]

What would be good ways to increase those? My money is kinda suffering and I can’t figure out how to get more tbh, stuff cells for penny’s comparatively

[spice musk]

my summoner was able to clear the whole campaign with near zero effort but literally couldnt clear a map, the summons just died right away

[plush mantle]

also, READ THE TOOLTIPS. But PoE2 recommends gems for your class and the passive tree supports those playstyles, so you can get away without a guide unlike PoE1

[trim turret]

If you focus on minions on your passives and your gear you should be fine.

[sour pebble]

yeah should be fine

[trim turret]

Looking for or crafting on gear.

[outer ingot]

just wondering, I see people posting stuff like 5 million dps ect for po2 but what are they even talking about, I know thier in game dps window where it shows gems and stuff is not sititng at 5 million dps so are they just exaggerating or talking about combined skills with debuffs and buffs?

[spice musk]

are there any specific things i should be on the lookout for? like any skills or stats i should pick up regardless of build?

[lament stone]

runes, just picking up better gear

dont ignore armour bases if they have good life and resists

[sour pebble]

people know the hp of bosses and can check their vods for kill times and can calculate their effective dps that way

[outer ingot]

oh effective dps

[trim turret]

Resists and life. And sceptres are the item bases that are essentially built for minions and can roll a lot of minion mods.

[unreal shoal]

Fair enough, I’ll try looking more into energy shield/ evasion if I can get it but I’ll try to do more about what you’re talking about

[half fractal]

what is the best rarity? unique?

[lethal flicker]

@sour pebble im so fucked

[sour pebble]

xD

[lethal flicker]

I gotta turn off wind dancer for combat frenzy now

[sour pebble]

just take off a support gem?

[trim turret]

Rare. Uniques are just unique. They do something special, doesn't mean they're good.

[sour pebble]

from the auras

[lament stone]

unique is the highest tier of rarity, but unique does not mean good

[lethal flicker]

oh that could work

[haughty niche]

rare is the best. Uniques are simply unique, they aren't necessarily better than rares

[outer ingot]

gotcha I was like my stuff just sitting still is like 256,000 before buffs and was like 5 million wtf

[spice musk]

are the summons the same as in poe1? i really liked the summoner archetype but it relied on burning skulls too much, that spell just felt so lame and hardly "summoner-esque"

[half fractal]

so i am trying to buy a quarterstaff what should i be looking for?

[radiant dirge]

How do I farm levels?

[plush mantle]

uniques are the highest tier of rarity, not the best, since their whole thing is just having mods you can't get on gear otherwise

[unreal shoal]

Also should I try to mix elements with monk or stick to one type? I’m stuck between cold and lightning

[lament stone]

kill monsters in zones that are at about your level

[lethal flicker]

nope still not enough

[outer ingot]

thought maybe I was doing something wrong

[lethal flicker]

@sour pebble mind if I dm for a sec? I got a big question

[sour pebble]

wind dancer + combat frenzy right? you should only need 60 spirit?

[lethal flicker]

herald of ice too

[sour pebble]

oh...

[trim turret]

Well firstly there were tons of viable builds that never used raging spirits, but no minions are different. Several different types of skeletons alone, and you choose how many of each minion type you want but each one reserves spirit so that's a huge resource for minion builds. And many minions have activated skills you can use.

[static root]

For anyone that did 4th floor sekhema how much dps did u have in the tooltip of gems?

[half fractal]

so i am trying to buy a quarterstaff what should i be looking for?

[lament stone]

youll find more people in #2┃after-acts-help who have done a post campaign thing, but tooltip dps doesnt really mean much, my raging spirits dont say anything (because its bugged) but it worked fine

[static root]

ight ty

[spice musk]

alright thanks, im just not a huge fan of that spell in particular because the spirits felt more like homing fireballs than actual summons

[trim turret]

You don't need to use them and they work differently. And a lot of minions in POE2 are permanent and resummon themselves when they die. So you can focus on using their active skills and there's a dedicated button for ordering them around and having them open chests and stuff for you.

[unreal shoal]

How would I go about a large respec? Just a ton of money?

[trim turret]

Yep, just having gold.

[haughty niche]

gold is a requirement regardless of when you do it

[half fractal]

so i am trying to buy a quarterstaff what should i be looking for?

[unreal shoal]

Which is the stronger element for monk, cold or lightning atm?

[sour pebble]

cold is very strong

[spice musk]

oh my god, that sounds wonderfull, thats exactly what i was hoping for in poe1

[sour pebble]

chill + freeze is a great defensive layer

[trim turret]

Depends on your build but it's hard to go wrong with a lot of physical damage, some attack speed, maybe elemental damage to attacks if you use elemental attacks.

[rapid fog]

LF help with titan grotto

[tacit knot]

Is chimeral inscribed ultimatum second ascendncy?

[sour pebble]

yep

[rugged tangle]

most monk skills automatically convert phys dmg to whatever element the skill uses..... so you generally want high phys dmg and plus to whatever that element is your using(cold,lightning,fire).... other than that you want +to melee skills/attack speed/crit chance/crit dmg mostly

[tacit knot]

Is the second way harder / different?

[sour pebble]

it's hard if u get the tornado bird boss, but not that bad if you get one of the other two bosses

there are 3 bosses and you are randomly given 1 of them

if u get tornado boss u can just try again and hope for a different boss

[fair panther]

Where is the easiest way to check what passive point quests i'm missing

[tacit knot]

Is it just acr 2 again?

Sakhama?

[sour pebble]

no it's a new thing

you'll see, it's not too bad

just bird tornado boss is overtuned

[tacit knot]

Where do i need to go? Act 2?

[sour pebble]

need to find temple of chaos in same zone as you killed chimera

[rugged tangle]

look at your global map and look through the acts, you can see what icons are grayed out and which are still white.... if its not grayed out you havent done it(not all of them give passives but still usually worth doing)

[hot olive]

can someone help with a boss pls ?

[tacit knot]

Yes thanks you:)

[fair panther]

not always accurate, i'm 2 short and cant find the quest lol

unless it's molten vault in act 3 cruel

[sour pebble]

it is not molten vault

[fair panther]

but i didn't think that was a passive point quet

ye

[sour pebble]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/getting-started/permanent-stats-from-campaign

this can help u

[jade glen]

Can anyone help with my understanding of the Unleash support? My understanding is it does 200% damage (I'm using spark) for the first two shots and the 50% damage until the counter goes back up to 2. My issue is if im building for cast speed and have Arcane Tempo, and I'm holding down the skill, I'm essentially spamming 50% damage over and over. Am I wrong about how it works?

[half fractal]

is there any other way i can trade bc im not lvl 25 yet

[tacit knot]

Men this looks so hard man ive never done it but i saw pictures of this mechanic.

[unreal shoal]

What would be a good way to farm money?

[tacit knot]

Looks awful do i really have to do this?

[fair panther]

kabala in act 2 cruel thx

[acoustic jay]

how do u increase ring quality

[sour pebble]

breach catalysts

[rugged tangle]

high tier juiced maps in endgame is the only "good" way really

[hot olive]

could someone help me with colosus boss pls

[scenic salmon]

Technically no
But suffering is part of the game

[nimble fjord]

how does a warrior do damage to single targets? I cannot beat the boss of act2

[sour pebble]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Catalyst

[nimble fjord]

I have like 6 uniques

this is my second char

[scenic salmon]

You don't
I'm sorry

[acoustic jay]

ty

[obtuse mantle]

guys i dont know what to play a good starter for 100ex?

[violet gulch]

what is this icon mean?

[sour pebble]

armour break

[nimble fjord]

broken armor

[hot olive]

could someone help me with colosus boss pls or at least tips for it as i feel like im barely scratching his health

[scenic salmon]

ar broken mour

[violet gulch]

when this is full not mean armor break? or dose that mean stund?

[dusky burrow]

stunned

[nimble fjord]

thats stun

[sour pebble]

that's stun

[violet gulch]

oh thank you

[gray anchor]

what place has the best place to spawn uncut support gem in act1?

[sour pebble]

killing bosses

[gray anchor]

do mobs drop it?

[sour pebble]

they can yes

[rugged tangle]

I can kill it if you really dont want to do it yourself

[sour pebble]

but some bosses are guaranteed to drop them

[pliant stream]

server maintenance?

how long?

[scenic salmon]

If you have some money
Willow should be good to get out of campaign

[hot olive]

its not dont want to its ive been stuck here forever and cant progress

[nimble fjord]

what does that mean?

[rugged tangle]

my ign: vipercobra inv me

[nimble fjord]

whats willow

[dusky burrow]

i think they mean widowhail?

[sour pebble]

they're a warrior though

but i also think that might be what they mean...

[hot olive]

NVM its dead jesus

[rugged tangle]

lol

[scenic salmon]

It's a widow???
Poe lily said to make every character into a archer

To level up if you have money and I believe her

[dusky burrow]

it's a widow, read the flavour text

[sour pebble]

@nimble fjord do you have 1 exalt? if so go trade site and buy a good 2h mace

[dusky burrow]

it's the bow of someone revenging the killer of her husband or something

[worthy isle]

Hey what do I need gold for? I notice a lot of it drops, but I never see anything to spend it on?

[sour pebble]

i can help u make a search on trade site if u need

[haughty niche]

the bow in question

[dusky burrow]

respec, vendor purchases, gambling, currency exchange

[rugged tangle]

respec for passive tree and gambling gear from npc

[nimble fjord]

i have one in my stash

[sour pebble]

okay let's find u a good weapon then

what is your level

[scenic salmon]

Dramatic flavour text
I have no enemies now

[worthy isle]

Oh I can just exchange all my gold for exalts?

[dusky burrow]

no, gold is a fee for making transactions on the currency exchange

[rugged tangle]

no lol, its for the trade fee when using the exchange

[dusky burrow]

gold can't be traded

[sour pebble]

@nimble fjord what level are you?

[worthy isle]

I respeced some stuff on my tree, never bough from vendors as their gear is meh, I have nearly a million gold and no idea what to do with it

[nimble fjord]

33

Well my main is 80

[sour pebble]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/vGynwgXUE

click this to sort by physical dps

[rugged tangle]

gamble, I have like 2.5mil but im too lazy to go to a gamble vendor atm lol

[sour pebble]

that's 2h maces for 1 exalt with required level 33 or below

[nimble fjord]

alright ill shop for a new weapon. Felt like mine wasnt terrible

[worthy isle]

what do you mean gamble?

[kind oriole]

I'm so bad at this game lol

guess I should have played poe 1

[rugged tangle]

theres a vendor at the camps that you can buy random gear from, you have chance at really good gear if you get lucky

[worthy isle]

Ohhhhhhhh'

[worthy isle]

Ok thats a good idea actually, thank you!

[lunar tangle]

making a 2nd character, best uniques to rush through acts? (warrior)

[sour pebble]

this is good

[dusky burrow]

depends on your level

[sour pebble]

this is also good since it makes your dodge roll a movement speed increase lol

kinda OP

[dusky burrow]

base phys is low compared to endgame bases, but the aftershocks is lie double damage

[dusky burrow]

-1 ammy slot

[sour pebble]

well it's required level 4...

so very good

[bleak shuttle]

How can i increase my dps on spark? i have 1k rn in act 3 and mobs take so long to die it feels like shit

[sour pebble]

what are ur support gems

try arcane tempo + acceleration

and then use flame wall + mana tempest

as well as orb of storms