2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[mental needle]

Just know there's a sidequest for some venom draughts in act 3, that one you cannot change, so choose wisely

[meager galleon]

the gold is lost

[halcyon field]

first two isnt that hard

[meager galleon]

you'll find more

[rigid bridge]

it's a bit overtuned esp for certain builds (melee), but if you overlevel a bit it's fine

[golden island]

Damn he didn't drop anything, RIP

[mental needle]

I think sekhema is pretty easy, Ultimatum is kinda messed up

[safe lance]

Can you even progress if you don’t talk to him? I’m curious

[haughty niche]

its incredibly difficult for something that locks a considerable amount of character power behind it.
But honour resist relics somewhat trivialize it...
I feel like they could push honour resist onto the character earlier without needing to fail many attempts to get it and it would be a bit better, but im still against a Sanctum-like mechanic being the gateway to ascendencies.

[timber cave]

lab is absolutely brutal for the first 2 imo, and 3rd and 4th are relatively fairly easy cause by the time you do them you're well geared

[rugged tangle]

im hoping they add another option for ascendancy. Trial is ok but I refuse to do more than 1 floor of sekma. I hate that mechanic, never bothered with it in the first game either.

[jolly musk]

also am I hallucinating or in party play do both players lose honor when one player is hit?

despite having separate honor bars / maxes

[safe lance]

I failed sanctum thrice and finally did it today with like 78% honor res (looks like it caps at 75%). Maybe if I did this from the start it would’ve been ok.

[haughty niche]

like the difference between honour resist relics is taking 250 honour damage on a stray hit vs 50 on a stray hit

And ES is stupid for it...
ES users get like 7x more honour than life users for no reason

[timber cave]

but they did mention nerfing the honor dmg taken in sanctum in the last patch, and i havent made a new char yet so ill have to leave my opinion on that on the fence atm

[mental needle]

You don't need honor res for the first run tbh

but the floor 3 run you do

[timber cave]

i havent tried first run since they patch it

but it was brutal on week 1 for a new player experience

[haughty niche]

on a warrior you absolutely fucking want it

[safe lance]

Also this, my build wasn’t super optimized and I was pure evasion then I saw deadyes running ES and watched what fubgun was doing and respec. ES with grim feast just feels broken in general.

[humble orbit]

hey, what do i miss against jamanra second fight? he uses that sand storm or whatever power and you have to hide behind your allies spell if i undestand correctly? but he just keeps pumpin small minions and theres no place to dodge them as you have to be behind shield?

[haughty niche]

like sure you could do first floor on warrior without honour res, i did. But it feels awful

[timber cave]

kill the small minions while behind the shield? they're not that strong

[golden condor]

I just eliminate the minions for hp regen

[wanton edge]

need help act 3 :c

[golden condor]

takes a moment to erase them anyway

[junior locust]

how do you check what map / level items drop? I m looking for an expert dualstring bow. But where everything else drops expert, the dual string bow is only advanced

[mental needle]

I mean no flex, but I first tried it on my warrior as my first character on level, But I've played PoE1 and sanctum league so my character was pretty decent and I knew what afflictions and such to avoid. IMO the default relic balbala gives you should probably givemax honor and honor res just as a little buffer to start you off.

[haughty niche]

For deadeye, ES is the only way to prevent occasional 1shots at the moment. Their absolute max lifepool is like 2..5k life and they only really have access to evasion.
So any deadeye on hardcore or trying to level super deep in endgame is going Chaos Innoculation + ES cause its just soo much stronger than lifepool.

[narrow swan]

is Skill Speed kinda like action speed from poe 1? so its a Multiplier on things like Attack speed and Reload speed?

[humble orbit]

i play as summoner and my minions just target random stuff and its hard to see anything whats going on there, but will try thanks

[timber cave]

oof rip

[haughty niche]

im playing a 2k life pathfinder atm and not dodging an on-death effect just 1shots me even in T5-8 maps. Just how it is i guess...

[haughty niche]

hold alt on it

it tells you the stats it affects

[echo scaffold]

Hello, is anyone able to help me progress campaign

Act 3 cruel, I lost my large core and cannot progress the legacy of the vaal quest,

Anyone about to put in their core stone and willing to let me join them please ?

[haughty niche]

i think its just increased in this game?

[mental needle]

my main issues with ascendancies is that the 4th one is locked behind what is supposed to be pinnacle content, so they're either going to have to make it easy enough and nerf the rewards or keep it difficult and make people mad lol.

[narrow swan]

ahhhh its Additive...

[stiff badger]

Is chayula monk really that bad

[timber cave]

its alright

[haughty niche]

ye additive. not NEARLY as strong, but they dont want us becoming 20 aps grinders so i kinda get it

[mental needle]

It's not great, but more importantly it's competing with Invoker which is absolutely crazy

[stiff badger]

and invoker monk is broken right?

ahh i see i see

[timber cave]

its good, i wouldnt really say broken

[haughty niche]

im sure you can make chayula monk work fine. The issue is invoker is actually really really strong. Like all his nodes are soild.

[timber cave]

more like icestrike and tempest are strong, and invoker nodes are really straightforward and solid

[stiff badger]

hmm

[timber cave]

and even then its honestly mostly that one spirit node that makes it good

[haughty niche]

Compared to every class ive played, invoker nodes are just strictly better designed /more powerful

[pastel lance]

Can you still obtain Halo of the Righteous Helmet attachment from the twitch drops ealier this month in the future?

[mental needle]

Invoker is just a PoE1-ass ascendancy, raw power on every node

[pastel lance]

or it is gone?

[haughty niche]

i did pick chronomancer to start though so thats partially on me lol. They have an ascendency node that literally does nothing 66% of the time

[next olive]

ok team we here again what do i go with ? im guessing 10% chaos res?

[mental needle]

10 chaos res if you aren't going chaos innoculation

[timber cave]

10% chaos res unless you plan to go ci

[stark lynx]

Bloodmage says hi

Mandatory keep yourself safe node at first

[haughty niche]

my brother picked bloodmage and just made a new character after ascending

as one should. I don't tihnk a single node on that makes any sense

[next olive]

If i go CI then im hard locked into keeping that if i change builds right ?

[timber cave]

bloodmage seemed op initially but people werent ready for manacosts being high

[stark lynx]

I somehow got to cruel before that node became an issue

[timber cave]

yes, that's me

[next olive]

My guide says

[timber cave]

its i, the ci char with 10 chaos res i can't get rid off

[timber cave]

then either hold on or take stats imo

[haughty niche]

Like why does the blood mage ascendency in the game instantly brick their build if they take blood magic keystone lol

[stiff badger]

only if there was a way to change my ascendancy without redoing all the things

[kind vapor]

Is the same thing as poe 1 ? I mean always be 3 level under the zone

[haughty niche]

thats coming (unconfirmed, coping, hoping)

[stiff badger]

hopefully

[haughty niche]

seems to feel relatively similar

[stark lynx]

Even in poe 1 it isnt 3

[timber cave]

yes but also commonly being at level at current state of the game

[haughty niche]

in poe it ranges from like 2-6 as a safety window for xp

depending on level

[timber cave]

iirc its 4 levels before xp penalty

[stark lynx]

Literally never below 3

[timber cave]

or was it 3

[stark lynx]

3 + char/16

[haughty niche]

ah right it was 3 + stuff

[kind vapor]

Wasnt it ? Remember this

[timber cave]

it was for xp penalty but you'd generally stay at level/over of zone unless you're trying to speedrun or something

[kind vapor]

Yes of course talking about speedrun

[timber cave]

trash mobs you kill along the way gives enough to stay at level

[kind vapor]

So its the same on poe 2 right ? I mean if i want to speedrun

[timber cave]

i dont mean finishing campaign fast, i mean actual speedrunning whre you only hit the boss

idk this isnt the speedrunning community or channel

[last venture]

You can't really keep hitting bosses only as they don't give enough xp to stay in good levels. You'll eventually hit a wall with level gaps and have to start hitting magic packs at least

[mental needle]

my biggest speedrun tech is skipping devourer

[flint sapphire]

Any tryna run act 1 wimme

[stable kiln]

playing a monk and not getting to use the majority of my skills was pretty lame. I got the invincibility boon at the end tho which was fun being able to just blast the boss and not need to worry about dodging or anything

[timber cave]

yeah im referring to the guy asking about speedrunning

[last venture]

I would say speedrunning is mostly finishing campaign fast or race to 100

[timber cave]

as a poe 1 player, sanctum and ultimatum sucks and should not be mandatory, thanks for coming to my ted talk

[mental needle]

When did everyone start hating sanctum. I swear that league was well received, was I just blind?

[timber cave]

at least sanctum seems to be tuned to be decent / can be build to be ok

[timber cave]

idk i didnt play during the league but i never touched it because it required specific builds to run it efficiently

also izaro is cooler than whatever npc they have in poe 2, mans always spittin facts

[timber cave]

like how when there's a golden key, there must be a golden door

[mental needle]

Izaro rules, lab did not

[stable kiln]

mandatory ultimatum? I don't think I've run into that yet. I agree with the sanctum thing tho, it sucked playing a monk. I'm thankful I put off doing my first ascendancy until after getting a ranged attack or I probably would have been screwed.

[mental needle]

idk I'm just sick in the head, I was doing Sanctum runs on Boneshatter which was objectively terrible (at the mechanic) and loving it

[timber cave]

its coming up if you're just done with your first ascendancy

[stable kiln]

I kinda liked ultimatum but sanctum is so much more cringe than labs. wasn't the complaint with labs being that you almost needed a specifically tanky build to run it, at least originally? poe2 seems to be the same issue just with a different flavor of build being favored :/

[timber cave]

labs in poe 1 was very easy since its quite telegraphed

you never needed a tanky build

[flint plume]

I think the league was very polarizing. A lot of people loved it, a lot of people hated it. One of the things a lot of people don't like about it is that it's much, much harder on some builds than others, which is a big issue in PoE2 right now when your first and third ascendancy points are delayed by about 15 levels if you can't do Sanctum

[timber cave]

just need to not stand in obvious trap or izaro's 1 shot

both sanctum and ultimatum has a layer of rng in it, which is why i dislike them as labs

sure it gets better the more i play but not my cup of tea to have rng that can just brick the run

[stable kiln]

I heard it was a lot worse on release, plus the traps are definitely a lot more lethal depending on your build and what movement skill you bring.

[flint plume]

I don:t remember that ever being an issue with labs. I think the biggest issue with lab was usually just that a lot of people really don't like traps.

[timber cave]

yes, but it neve rbricked the run

[mental needle]

Lab was uber easy

[timber cave]

it was always the same difficulty

[mental needle]

which is, Imo, not a good thing

[timber cave]

every lab you run was the same, every sanctum or ultimatum you run will always be different

[stray zephyr]

are there sales in poe2

[flint plume]

It was definitely harder on release but it was never anywhere close to Sanctum in terms of how much harder it was on some builds than others.

[timber cave]

and its not fun to spend an hour just to get unlucky with like "you have no es" or "40% slower movespeed"

[vivid cedar]

What to pick for venom draught in cruel as a dead eye ranger?

[mental needle]

and then when it came to lab farming as endgame content there were still builds made for it, like any other content

[stable kiln]

I took no mini map and immediately regretted it xd

[timber cave]

No mini map is not that bad

Slower movespeed is a death sentence lol

Cause it slows your dodge roll too

[stable kiln]

yea definitely the least "not bad" option I had but they're still all so sucky

[timber cave]

You cant even avoid normal monster hits

[flint plume]

Yeah, personally besides just being bad in melee, my main issue with Sanctum right now is too many minor afflictions that can brick a run, and the last boss's one-shot gimmick is frustrating and if any boss in the game has no reason to have a one-shot gimmick it:s the Sanctum one

[mental needle]

I think the mechanic is fine, but maybe it should only be on the highest zone level Sekhemas so you can ascend without dealing with it.

[stable kiln]

imo sanctum was fine the way it was, being side content like the rest of the major system like delve and heists and never being required to interact with

[stark lynx]

But you can. Ultomato is parallel system

[flint plume]

Sometimes it:s fine. The first time I fought the boss I died because one of the hourglasses spawned behind a portal and I didn't see it, and last run ended because he spawned hourglasses at all four corners of the arena and I'm not sure how it was even possible.

[stable kiln]

I got super lucky with the invincibility boon on the boss and got to just blast xddd

[flint plume]

That's how it's supposed to be, but right now you massively delay your ascendancy if you can't do Sanctum which makes it feel kind of mandatory

[mental needle]

They wanted their cake and to eat it too by making all the ascension mechanics also endgame farmable, but that makes things super awkward with balancing between being achievable at a level players expect and also semi-competitive to farm outside of SSF environs.

[flint plume]

I got that boon on my last run. I had basically perfect boon RNG outside of no 40% MS. Then I got an impossible hourglass pattern and died anyway.

[flint plume]

I tuink there are ways to make it work. You can lower the difficulty required to ascend while keeping the high end ones farmable with good loot.

[mental needle]

Yeah that's what I meant by locking the hourglass mechanic to zone level 80 baryas

[stable kiln]

so remember the maps exclusive lab thingies, what if we just copied that and only put sanctum or w/e into those since they weren't the ones needed for character progression, just the endgame grind version of labs

[mental needle]

Then the fight can still be hard and feel like a challenge dodging the bullet hell but you won't feel so cheesed if you don't know the mech

You did need the offering to the goddess to do uber lab tbf, which is exactly how it works in poe2

[flint plume]

I just don't like the mechanic and don't get the point of a one-shot in Sanctum. The honor mechanic means you don't need to one-shot characters to be able to beat them.

[static portal]

hey my friend is a monk and i dont know how to help him if anyone knows anything or can give any advice we are in poe 2 help 2 vc

[stable kiln]

ya but the special blessings that gave some exclusive or better loot weren't needed for ascendancy

[mental needle]

do you mean the higher difficulty lab offerings?

[stable kiln]

the blue ones, stuff like better font at the end or whatever

I forgor it's been a while

they didn't give you any skill points and you never needed to run them

[lethal vessel]

have played 1 char through whole campaign. 2nd char now is mid through act 3 cruel. i just realised you can TP between checkpoints in a map

[mental needle]

yeah that's kinda what I'm talking about. Like they could give the boss less health and remove the mech for lower level Djinn Barya's but make the chests lower quality or the monsters drop less keys/relics/whatever.

[flint plume]

That was only added in the last patch

[mental needle]

it's new dw

newish

[brave moat]

hey guys whats best way to level a gemling?

[half ingot]

Play the game

[lethal vessel]

kill enemies in appropriate leveled areas compared to your gemling

[haughty niche]

Probably some crossbow stuff since you are in that area of the tree. But you can do whatever you want

[sick mortar]

any clue why i cant use this

[vital crane]

It's skill triggered by a support gem you socketed

It can't be used manually

You can see the details of how it works in your skill gem menu

[grim tusk]

hello, i have 2 same apt .. what can i do ?

[half ingot]

Sell one

[grim tusk]

sad

ok ok

thx

[flint plume]

You could use both with different support gems if you wanted to

Or have multiple meta setup swith the same skill

[olive sapphire]

guys how bursting plague actualy works? Poison from Supported Skills also adds 200% of Damage per Second to Enemy as Plague, up to a maximum of 10% of Enemy's maximum Life.its mean my poison will damage 300% damage on fat bosses?and it will be able deal again 10%boss hp after repoisoning?

[hardy sun]

The checkpoint is with the recent update, I thought i missed it too

[sick mortar]

i put it on orb of storms, but it never lets me use it

[half ingot]

You can consider it a multiplier to poison damage you apply. Simply said your poison does more damage but the increase is capped by the max hp of the target

[olive sapphire]

and will this hurt boss again after new poisoning?

[half ingot]

I don't understand that question. It increases the damage of poison you apply so if you keep (re)applying poison the effect will keep increasing your poison damage

[olive sapphire]

its look very powerfull if my poison is short but can be stacked many time it actualy gives 300%poison damage boost right?

[rigid bridge]

That's not correct
cc @olive sapphire

There's no increased DoT

You simply build up plague

Then when they die it explodes and deals damage equal to the plague

"Plague" is just a counter to be referenced for the triggered skill

[olive sapphire]

oh now i see

[rigid bridge]

So you probably swap off the gem for bossing

[olive sapphire]

its simmilar herald of plauge but much worse cause deal less and pythical damage

[hollow roost]

As a new player what can I do with all of these?

[idle badge]

can anyone help with my build?? feel free to dm (sorceress)

[stable kiln]

eat them? maybe make a bracelet? idk

[hollow roost]

yummy

[stable kiln]

you could try sorting them so it stops causing my eyes to bleed

[fading carbon]

Anyone free to help with a quick boss fight? It's act 3 the mecharium boss

[hollow roost]

no sort button no sorting, I'm sorry

[stable kiln]

id sort them for you if I could :(

[hollow roost]

I'll give you control of my whole computer

[fading carbon]

Anyone free to help with a quick boss fight? It's act 3 the mecharium boss pleaseee

[zealous osprey]

Proceeds to delete system32

[humble terrace]

Anyone have a suggestion for a build to swap to on sorceress i'm at the start of act 1 cruel ?

[civic saddle]

Hi guys
how to obtain this ?

[mental needle]

Uncut spirit gem, Ranger tab

[zealous osprey]

Uncut spirit gem

[civic saddle]

I have uncut but i cant find it

[zealous osprey]

But needs a slightly higher level, 8 or 10 I think

[zealous osprey]

As he said, or search all gems

[civic saddle]

ah uncut support ?

[craggy gyro]

before starting an alt should i atleast hit maps? is that how u farm for lower level gear?

[zealous osprey]

Spirit?

Not support?

[civic saddle]

oh spirit.... i didn4tknow

[azure lava]

Low level spirit gems actually sell for quite a bit to other players

[azure lava]

#2┃looking-for-group

[azure lava]

Orb of storms + lightning rod melted basically everything in the campaign for me on sorc/chronomancer

[night pike]

how do i get higher support gems? im up to act 2 and still havnt got any lvl 2 ones?

[azure lava]

If your issue is damage, make sure your main skill(s) are as high a level as possible and always be on the lookout for a a better weapon. You want +level of spell gems, %spell damage, %damage of the matching element, and cast speed. Not necessarily all of those at once, but those are your big-ticket staff/wand mods.

If you're dying, prioritize movement speed on boots and life/resists on every non-weapon piece of gear. Ignore all other stats, including armor/evasion/energy shield

[craggy gyro]

just got this, the quest says to use it, but it wont give ascendancy points it says? wait for a level 60+ one?

[azure lava]

You'll find em eventually. I think act 3 was when tier 2 supports started dropping

[olive sapphire]

can someone explain me how get atlas skill point for expeditions?its my favorite expansion from poe1,there writen must kill Olroth but i cannt find "location have Boss" property on logbooks like in poe1 how find expedition boss in poe2?

[mental needle]

He just shows up randomly in logbooks. There will be a skull marked underground area you need to blow up, enter, fight, win, get skillpoints

[azure lava]

Basically your poison will build up a plague value equal to 200% of your poison. Then when it bursts it does that damage, but it cannot exceed 10% of the enemy's max life

[vital crane]

Like I said, it cant be used manually. It is activated automatically when the conditions are fulfilled

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[olive sapphire]

ok ty

[maiden summit]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[tacit knot]

Why doesmt my pathfinder concoction scale with mace damage?

[next olive]

I'm trying to get 1 of these necks ive msg'd probably 40+ people but never get a response am i doing something wrong ? i click direct whisper the msg goes through in game but they just never respond

[mental needle]

As long as you have the chimeral invitation, yes. No promises it will be easy though.

[azure lava]

I brute forced my trials as soon as I unlocked them. It took me like 5 tries but I did it. Also level isn't really that great of an indicator of how ready you are for a trial. Though you get unlimited tries for your first two, so go nuts

[olive sapphire]

its can be find only in Sun expeditions or any of them and needed high level logbooks?

[mental needle]

I spent so long bashing my head on release ultimatum on-level 😭

[azure lava]

That's par for the course in poe trading

[shut abyss]

on the other end i didin't want to struggle with it so i tried it every now and then until i breezed trough it

[idle badge]

is there a way to get 5-10 exalted orbs in act 2?? im trying to afford the kotoko gloves because idk if its worth to try to drop them

[azure lava]

Get lucky, basically

[foggy birch]

https://tenor.com/view/poe2-path-hof-exile-2-clear-speed-maps-lightning-gif-16877356853764913070

[mental needle]

I've found it in places other than the sun expeds. The logbooks themselves only drop in red maps afaik, so all of them should be able to spawn him, but I'm not 100% certain on that.

[maiden summit]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[night pike]

i killed the zalmarath and got the ruby i think, but after talking to the npc i never got the horn?

[mental needle]

You need both the flame and the water, have you cleared Keth/Lost City yet?

[undone holly]

Is it correct that resistance charms apply after getting hit and not to the initial hit?

[night pike]

oh okay will try get those now, guide i was watching just said kill the giant

[foggy birch]

what does the description say

[undone holly]

They seem so ass then lol

[foggy birch]

they pretty good actually

especially the droprate one

[undone holly]

Droprate one is nice, yea

[foggy birch]

yummi

[undone holly]

The elemental resist ones seem terrible though, you want capped resistances anyway

so they do nothing

[mental needle]

they're for campaign more or less

[undone holly]

I'm trying to look for a better belt but I'm not sure what to buy because all the stats on them seem to suck

outside of ele resists

Charm slots would be nice to avoid freeze and stuff I guess but that rarely happenes anyway

[azure lava]

Life and ele res are all that matter on belts in the campaign

[undone holly]

I'm at endgame lol

[foggy birch]

can u have rarity on belt

[undone holly]

I don't think so

[foggy birch]

if so u know the answer

baby

[azure lava]

Oh, then #2┃after-acts-help

[idle badge]

turns out i have 4 exalted orbs, should i invest into kotoko gloves or is there a better item i should prioritize?

[undone holly]

Ah mb, Campaign in the channel name gets cut off in my UI lol

[foggy birch]

weapon

always

[azure lava]

Bruh I'm solo self found, idk what those gloves are, and idk what your build is

[idle badge]

im using this

[foggy birch]

looks ass damn

[idle badge]

oh sorry

[azure lava]

Yeah it's pretty meh

Does your focus have damage on it?

[idle badge]

well im lvl 33 and run a lightining build

nope

[azure lava]

Do you at least have a focus?

[idle badge]

yeah

its pretty meh tho

all my gear is bad

[azure lava]

If your wand is that meh and your focus has no damage, I'd buy a staff first if anything

[worthy forge]

What does upgrading quality does to a wand? Nothing seems to be changing

[idle badge]

a 2H one?

[mental needle]

Increases the quality of the spell that it has inbuilt

[worthy forge]

Oh

[azure lava]

I think it's bugged. It should be raising the quality of the innate skill

[shut abyss]

you can get the gloves for 1ex but there is a support gem that does the same thing and what azaab said'

[foggy birch]

is poe 2 devs back at work,prob nah right

[azure lava]

All staves are 2h, yes

[foggy birch]

next year

[idle badge]

im only level 33 so the cheapest at that lvl requirement is 4 orbs

[azure lava]

Why would unique gloves have different level requirements?

[shut abyss]

this one?

[azure lava]

Are you searching by ilvl?

Or required level?

[tall axle]

Lightning Rod should be lvl up on ranger build? or we keep it low same as Orb of Storms?

[idle badge]

yeah

[daring dragon]

You don't happen to know the gems name do you?

[shut abyss]

what byron said, ilevel is not a requirement, are you sure you're not looking at the wrong thing?

[azure lava]

I'd level them both. Orb of storms gets an extra chain at level 10ish,i wanna say. Lightning rod is your main damage, keep that leveled

[idle badge]

oh im sorry

i was looking at the ilvl

[shut abyss]

electrocute

[azure lava]

Electrocution

[tall axle]

thank you so much man for answer <3 but if it comes to Orb of storms if I lvl it up I will need more Inteligence, I almost have 16 int now for lowest lvl of Orb of storms, so idk if I should lvl it up :S

im playing ranger

I will need 95 int later only, so maybe I lvl it up mid to end game

[tulip remnant]

bored if anyone needs help

[azure lava]

It's not crucial to level it as you go. But the extra chain is really nice since the chain support gives it another one as well

You're using chain support on orb of storms, right?

[tall axle]

yes

[shut abyss]

@tall axle orb is used to trigger the rods so it's damage is not needed and you probly won't have stats to level it up anyway

[tall axle]

yes I use chain on orbs + this

[worthy forge]

Does "adds X to lighting damage to attacks" includes casting spells? Spark in particular

[tall axle]

Can I ask also about Lighting arrow? i love this skill and I wonder if its gonna be better than Lightinf Rod?

Or I need to stick to orb + rods only

[tulip remnant]

anyone need help with an area or bosses?

[azure lava]

Imo, no. I think Lightning arrow is inferior to orb of storms + lightning rod in just about every way

[tall axle]

I dont know this word "inferior" - does it mean LA is worse than L Rod?

[shut abyss]

i use rods+orb then spam LA, idk if it's right or no but seems to work

[azure lava]

Lightning arrow MIGHT be better for clearing, but it wants the same supports as orb of storms and rod, usually

[azure lava]

Inferior is the opposite of superior. It means worse

[shut abyss]

afaik spark is not an "attack" so no

[tall axle]

People told me to use Lighting arrow in a group of mobs only to proc the chain to boss

[azure lava]

Hang out in #2┃looking-for-group, I'll send em your way. It's not helpful to ask people if they need help in a help channel

[tall axle]

and place orbs + rods for boss

oh wait, I suppose to spam rods first then orb

[tulip remnant]

oh im sorry, im new to the discord . cheers

[tall axle]

fail...

[shut abyss]

well works either way

[azure lava]

Imo, no. Orbs first, then spam rods

It doesn't matter terribly much tho

[mental needle]

You can set the rods up as a boss is spawning, but otherwise you should orb first

[azure lava]

Orbs first make it so you can aim your rods better since the mobs have less time to move. Rods first make you get slightly more time out of your orbs

[tall axle]

but orbs blow up after a while and rods blow imidiatly

[azure lava]

But once you get like 10+chains on orb of storms, you actually start using up an entire lightning rod every attack from all the chains

[tall axle]

I always did 2x orbs first

then spam rods

• LA

[violet pine]

Hi, I'm time poor and haven't played POE in years what is a good class and build to get back into POE2

[tall axle]

actually do rods stack?

[mental needle]

Depends what you like. There are many good builds

[azure lava]

I'd check maxroll.gg or you tubers like ghazzy, kripparian, zizaran, and ziggyd

[violet pine]

i played all classes in POE

[tall axle]

why we need to spam Rods if it last 12se?

[azure lava]

What do you mean? You can have an unlimited amount in the ground at once

[tall axle]

I think its best to proc it once and then spam LA

[tropic flint]

I am in ACT 5 and can't put the Relic in I don't know why it's bugged or something but I can't do it. Does anyone know why it's happening or how can I fix it?

[azure lava]

The rods are going to disappear so quickly if you do that

[shut abyss]

they stack

[tall axle]

yeah but I can see the logo bellow boss nick that it has lighting effect

[lament stone]

orb of storms is the replacement for lightning arrow in this combo

[azure lava]

For my setup, I literally need to spam lightning rod just to sustain them. A single beam from my orb of storms chains enough times to destroy a whole rod

[tall axle]

yeah but its hard to aim with orb of storms to a boss compare to LA

from a distance

[azure lava]

You don't aim orb of storms, you aim the rod

[tall axle]

lol

[azure lava]

As long as you're standing inside your orb of storms, it'll shoot a beam

[lament stone]

bosses are harder to fight from a distance, even on a ranged character imo

because of cones

[tall axle]

I thought I need to place orb of storms near the boss

[azure lava]

No

[tall axle]

bruh

[azure lava]

You want your orb to be on YOU

[wanton gate]

to what is increased maximum Energy Shield on a lunar amulet applied? Your overall, or the energy shield of the amulet?

[lament stone]

the hitboxes on attacks can be much much wider 10m away from a boss than 1m away from a boss

[mental needle]

Well, I'd say deadeye and invoker are the fastest on a reasonable investment, infernalist minions are also good if that's your jam

[azure lava]

The orb shoots a beam whenever you use a lightning skill near it

It auto aims

[tall axle]

Damn!

[azure lava]

Sometimes it's too far to chain, but you can actually make a little bridge of lightning rods so the beams can get to the boss

Also, don't use scattershot on lightning rod

It's ruining your damage

[sick mortar]

Weird that it lets you put it on a keybind

[azure lava]

It should be a global mod

[tall axle]

I simply follow fibgun build

[wanton gate]

thanks!

[azure lava]

Ew, no. Take that out and don't use lightning arrow. Use martial tempo instead of scattershot

It's so much more damage it's crazy

If you're using the orb of storms version of this build, you don't need lightning arrow

[idle badge]

one last question, do yall know why noone answers the direct msgs to buy an item??

[azure lava]

If you want to use lightning arrow, you drop orb of storms

[azure lava]

People be busy. Sadly it's commonplace in poe1

[shut abyss]

why not both? 😛

[idle badge]

it says that they just listed.. do i just wait or keep whispering to peopel until one answers?

[mental needle]

This late into the economy you're going to have a hard time buying anything cheap, especially with current Magic find

[azure lava]

Because

1. they want similar supports
2. Time you spend shooting lightning arrows is time you're not spending shooting lightning rods
3. Rods get used up so freaking fast that you literally need to be spamming them to keep up (especially without a dualstring bow or extra proj)

[topaz phoenix]

Q: Does it make sense to upgrade/lvl-up curses? Because for example flamability lvl-uping costs ton shit more of mana but benefits are micro.. like mana cost for 2lvlups (gem lvl7 -> gem lvl9) is mana cost =+20% but the benefits only scale like3% more duration and aoe (the res value stays same) Where is the benefit from lvling curse in long term?

[shut abyss]

i think you already found that answer is up to you

[mental needle]

the res reduction goes up at certain level threshholds, I wouldn't level until then if at all

[lament stone]

just dont level up curses

the mana cost gets pretty extreme

and the attributes they need are really hard to get if you use int skills

like where are you getting 205 int for flammability on a ranger

[topaz phoenix]

guys ty for answer, how can i see/find the treshhold? Any tips? Ideas?

[topaz phoenix]

or any rule of thumb?

[heavy shale]

Hello, Azcapa soul core drop from ultimatum run (mobs, rewards) or only the trialmaster ?

[wide scroll]

is that good or no

[vivid valley]

does energy shield recharge apply to mana with eldritch battery or does it become useless?

[mental needle]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Gem#SkillGemsGem If you go here and choose the curse category you can see at what levels they do what. But the short answer is every 3 levels.

[mental needle]

It does not work on mana

[vivid valley]

ok so all es recharge effects become useless, hrm thanks

[next olive]

if a wand has +all spell skills then +lightning skills does it stack e.g if its +2 all skills then +2 lightning skills does that mean it would be +4 lightning skills?

[mental needle]

All ES effects in general do

[tall axle]

thanks for answer, however I use LA for clearing maps, and orbs + rods for bosses

so it's worse?

[vivid valley]

so only ES increases are worth anything with EB

[high crow]

does accuracy rating effect spark ability on sorcerer, can't seem to find accuracy stat on the ability, but it feels like a good chunks of my hits doesn't connect

[mental needle]

No, they also do nothing. Conversion works differently in PoE2. It does not remember the scalings for the pre-conversion stat.

EB only cares about mana scaling, not ES scaling

it takes your base ES converts it then scales the mana with mana scaling

[vivid valley]

So the "25% increased maximum ES" nodes do nothing??

[tall axle]

I use martial tempo in LA with chain:

[vivid valley]

That doesn't make EB very appealing

[eager basin]

it makes it not absurdly broken with 100% mom

[fading carbon]

You able to help me?

[mental needle]

Yes, they are useless, unless you're using the amulet that converts some mana back to ES

[vivid valley]

wow it's uh unexpected

after speccing around ES it guess I have no interest in EB now without a major rework and different gear

of course it's early days at lv59

[mental needle]

You must scale the post-conversion stat, this applies to everything in PoE2 that converts. Same for Iron Reflexes for example

[short plaza]

Anybody want to grind some levels act 2 cruel

[foggy birch]

im good bro

[topaz junco]

#2┃looking-for-group

[short plaza]

❤️

[austere olive]

does anyone know which combination of distilled emotion i have to put in amulet to get lightning rod?

[mental needle]

Suffering, isolation, isolation. If you press alt on any notable it should tell you.

[jade wadi]

greyed means completed ?

is it worth it to go back there ? and kill the boss

[mental needle]

it will only give some loot, if it has a + next to it it will have a permanent bonus though so those you should do.

[frank bay]

Hi! Just finished this. From my understandings, I need to change the paths now. What's the better version of Atlas?

[radiant dirge]

What stormweaver ascendency points should I grab for a fireball build

[craggy gyro]

is the max level of skills 15 ?

[mental needle]

Scouring winds and the arcane surge nodes are generically good. You could also do the double shock +shock with anything nodes for a nice damage boost.

[mental needle]

20

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[mental needle]

#2┃after-acts-help

[tall axle]

but martial tempo is a gem which lower the attack speed and orb of storm is a spell not skill, so I need lower cast spell not attack speed : D

[azure lava]

martial tempo gives you MORE attack speed

[tall axle]

yes and its for skill gems not spell gems

[azure lava]

and you put it on rod, not orb

[tall axle]

oh

[hidden cloud]

When do I unlock expeditions

[azure lava]

orb of storms - Chain - overabundance - persistence
Lightning rod - Martial Tempo - whatever else you want (NOT SCATTERSHOT)

[azure lava]

after the campaign

[tall axle]

I can have only 2 slots in Rods and I use Scattershot and Primal Armament already

how can I have 3 slots? so I will put martial tempo there

[azure lava]

remove scattershot, put in martial tempo

[civic saddle]

Guys I unlocked 2 points with trial sekhamas
How do i unlock 2 more ascendancy points ?

[azure lava]

jewelers orbs raise a skill from 2 sockets to 3

[topaz junco]

https://tenor.com/view/reading-sign-cant-stop-me-no-one-can-stop-me-gif-13921932

[mental needle]

There will be another quest in the middle of act 3

[azure lava]

easiest way is to progress to act 3 and do the chimeral invitation for the trial of chaos

[hidden cloud]

How do I get a timeless jewel?

[civic saddle]

i saw triql of corruption but i used the key in sekhamas got 0 point for nothing

[azure lava]

that's way past the campaign

[azure lava]

you mean trial of chaos?

no such thing as trial of corruption

[civic saddle]

corruption ? djin something

[azure lava]

Djinn barya is the key for the trial of the sekhemas

[civic saddle]

so its all good? i have to wait for chaos

right?

[mental needle]

yeah you can't get anymore until trial of chaos

[azure lava]

yeah you can basically do both the ascension 1 options in the campaign

[craggy gyro]

is there a limit to how much ES i can have with grim feast?

[wooden lava]

@craggy gyro twice your regular ES

[azure lava]

seems like a better question for #2┃after-acts-help if you're looking at breach rings

[azure lava]

hold alt and click "overflow" to read how it works

[radiant dirge]

How much should I pay for a greater jewlers orb?

[azure lava]

whatever the currency exchange standard rate is

[craggy gyro]

ah right i forgot to check the keywords in the spell description, thanks

[idle badge]

does anyone know how much better is the one on the left in a lightning build ??

[wooden lava]

it doesn't look better to me

increased physical damage won't do anything

[idle badge]

im trying to find a decent leveling wand for my spark stormweaver

[azure lava]

right, brimstone thirst is just better

does it need to be a wand, specifically?

staves have better offensive stats

[arctic silo]

hi, what should I buy in shop for 300 points?

[idle badge]

yeah im looking for wands

[azure lava]

a premium tab upgrade and a currency tab are recommended, but it's also recommended to wait for a tab sale in ~2 weeks

[azure lava]

why tho?

[fossil bolt]

Hello, does +xx% attack speed influence reload speed for merc?

[idle badge]

i need my shield

[azure lava]

if you say so

[vagrant shoal]

How do the trials work with the whole honour thing?

[azure lava]

#price-check📉

[tall axle]

bruh, it doesnt work with Rods or even Lighting arrow :S fuuuck

wtf

weird

[zealous osprey]

It work with arrows

Not rod though

[tall axle]

there is no Lighting arrow

[zealous osprey]

I used it with LA

[azure lava]

wait wtf

[hard blade]

Should I play path of exile 1 before I play poe2

[zealous osprey]

And the DPS changes

[tall axle]

ok

[zealous osprey]

So it works

Lol

[tall axle]

thats good

[sturdy sedge]

this looks like that fextralife wiki, would probably be careful taking info from that crap site

[tall axle]

maybe it works with rods too

[azure lava]

it changes the dps

[zealous osprey]

No

[tall axle]

wtf

[zealous osprey]

WTF

[tall axle]

^

KEKW

https://tenor.com/view/champoy-el-risitas-kek-issou-etu-gif-17837830

[azure lava]

yeah, I notice a chance in the attack speed as well

it's not just a dps tooltip bug

[mental needle]

Do not use Fextralife lol

[sturdy sedge]

why WOULDN'T it work?

[zealous osprey]

Ah, it's for laying down rods

My bad, just considered the explosions

[azure lava]

I'm glad I didn't use that support through the entire campaign and early mapping for no reason

anyway back to my full respec to ice shot

[tall axle]

why glad? if it worked then its good

[sturdy sedge]

he's glad he didn't pointlessly use it

[azure lava]

that's what I said. I'm glad the gem worked

[sturdy sedge]

lol

[tall axle]

"I'm glad I didn't use that support gem"

ah nvm

[azure lava]

"...for no reason"

english is stupid

[last jewel]

Hey guys, quick question if you could answer please, since I don't use any spells, having increased crit hit chance for attacks is the same as the "normal" incrased crit hit chance right?

[azure lava]

if it doesn't specify attacks or spells, it works for both

[mental needle]

You need crit chance with no label or spell crit chance

[azure lava]

if it specifies attacks, it's only attacks. Hold alt and click keywords to learn more

[tall axle]

what is best poe2 wiki site then?

[zealous osprey]

Poe2db

[azure lava]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/

[tall axle]

thx

[azure lava]

or poe2db.tw, yeah

[zealous osprey]

Or that, yes

[sturdy sedge]

poewiki once it has more info in it, but poe2db goes hard rn

[ashen bane]

poe2wiki for stuff, but still heavily in progress, poe2db for whole data dump

[last jewel]

That's what i tought i just wanted to be sure, I don't use spells and I cant find any jewels that i like with global chance so im going for the "on attacks" one

thanks!

[sturdy sedge]

speaking of which, do we have any idea on unique rarity tiers?

looking to chance some uniques in SSF and want to try out first on a lower tiered unique

[compact radish]

Is there a trade channel at all?

[tall axle]

still wrong here too

[zealous osprey]

[sturdy sedge]

isnt that just showing which gems have it as the recommended 3?

[tall axle]

ok nvm, it just increase AS to any Skill gems

[azure lava]

lightning rod didn't exist in closed beta, I'm pretty sure

so sites that are basing their info on that are hella wrong

[tall axle]

lighting arrow did exist

[azure lava]

I'm talking lightning rod

[zealous osprey]

It works
Source: trust me

[craggy gyro]

I’m just using 4 arsonists and 3 clerics, would be fine if I went 5:2?

[azure lava]

it works
source: in-game screenshots

[unique orbit]

how many audience with the king have you guys got

[tall axle]

escape shot is worth to have on 1lvl or?

[ornate nimbus]

i bought a currency tab already, so you would wait for the rest for the sale in ~2 weeks? how do you know there will be another sale?

[azure lava]

stash tab sales are every 3 weeks

[pastel wave]

Why do I do less dps with 2 2handed maces with giants blood then 1?

[sturdy sedge]

because sales are done pretty often and routinely almost

[azure lava]

and I doubt you need extra tabs immediately if you're just starting

[azure lava]

if one of the maces is really bad, it can lower your overall dps

[sturdy sedge]

my guess would be since you're alternating attacks and one of your weapons is bad your dps will be bad*

[pastel wave]

They are both good but when I unequip 1 the dps goes higher again

[azure lava]

what skill are you using?

[pastel wave]

boneshatter

[dusky spade]

Can i change attribute from int to str with second weapon set skill points? I'm confused, it won't let me

[azure lava]

no, you cannot alter the same node between weapon sets

[sturdy sedge]

your first tree is using the node, so no

[dusky spade]

Ahhh

[next olive]

i just installed neversink loot filter can anyone tell me what this other thing does?

[dusky spade]

I see...

Thanks

[azure lava]

it added extra rules/appearances for those items, I reckon

[lament stone]

those are the gems it appears as a recommended supprt for

[next olive]

so should i also install that?

[azure lava]

logbooks won't show up until late in the endgame, so it's your call

[tacit knot]

When so u do last ascendancy

[pastel wave]

so does the dps show just 1 2h?

[tacit knot]

Not that im close irs just for build XR

[azure lava]

I'm not sure what the tooltip is doing, tbh. I just know that dual wielding is not always a dps increase

if you use just one weapon, does one of the maces give significantly less dps?

[pastel wave]

I just equipped like 10 lvls higer double dps 2h in both slot

so it should be overal higher increase

[zealous osprey]

Whenever your build can handle it, most peeps be attempting it between 75-80

[sturdy sedge]

buy 2 of exact same white bases and test it out with that lol

[pastel wave]

This is so weird lol

Ill try it out

[sturdy sedge]

your dps decrease when you equip your second 2h should be of ~30%

[pastel wave]

but why though

is it a tooltip thing

[sturdy sedge]

because boneshatter makes you deal 30% less dmg with hits when dual wielding

he posted it earlier

[azure lava]

but if both weapons do the same damage, it should still be ~40% more damage than usual

which is odd to me

[sturdy sedge]

o, wait, you're right

[azure lava]

can you post your weapons?

[tacit knot]

Anyone has an example of a strength stacker build?

[tacit knot]

Thanks

[swift vessel]

whats a good dps amount for an endgame quarterstaff? mine is a little over 500 dps im lvl 68

[sturdy sedge]

pillar of the caged god / corrupted black sun crest / titanrot body + brute str

dont have any tree handy on me rn tho, but you get the idea

[hollow ridge]

can this add more mod than 6 mod slot on rare item?

[pastel wave]

I have 3 weapons

[sturdy sedge]

mods peak at 6, no

[pastel wave]

If I equip the latest 2 weapon it should be way higher,but its not

[hollow ridge]

aite thanks

[azure lava]

yeah I think that's gotta be a tooltip bug at this point

crazy question tho, what's your strength?

[hidden cloud]

If I take iron reflexes, is it pointless to take +% evasion on armour pieces? Or does the +% evasion item bonus apply before iron reflexes converts the evasion to armour?

[sturdy sedge]

would be kinda funny if he just doesn't have the str for it

[azure lava]

holding alt and clicking keywords is OP

[sturdy sedge]

and it's not showing it as disabled

[pastel wave]

217 right now with 3 uniques 🙂

easy

[tacit knot]

Those fiest three are items?

[sturdy sedge]

unique items, yes

[tacit knot]

Thanks

[hidden cloud]

I saw that, but someone here said global bonuses apply after local (I.e. passives apply after individual item bonuses)

[sturdy sedge]

pillar gives % weapon dmg per str, black sun crest is % increased str and titanrot is too

[onyx leaf]

which normal act 3 drought as stormweaver with mana tempest and later MoM?

[azure lava]

oh, yeah, sorry. I misunderstood your question. Yeah, local evasion modifiers happen first, then get converted to armor by IR

[hidden cloud]

Awesome, thanks

[azure lava]

%evasion on the tree, however, would be useless

[sturdy sedge]

triple str requirement, 65 * 3 = 193 you have more than enough

whats your accuracy? surely it's that

(it probably is just a tooltip bug, PoB2 save us)

[sour umbra]

Hi everyone, can someone explain me how can I upgrade my stuff ? I've done the acte 3 (normal) but it was braindly hard (lot of death and retry).... Is that normal or I missed something ? I've played 10 hours of poe1 so i'm a newer player

[pastel wave]

this is with only 1 2h

This is so weird!

[sturdy sedge]

your accuracy drops from 90% to 86.5% on average

[azure lava]

I'm betting that's only showing the dps of your main hand. Because that first shot is almost exactly 30% less than the second one

[pastel wave]

Also if I look at mace strike (auto attack) it goes from 700 ish to 1000

[sturdy sedge]

how are your resistances looking? you're probably getting blown to bits here and there

[sour umbra]

hum, wait i'll share you a screen

[sturdy sedge]

is charged staff basically an extension of whatever attack I use to send out the waves?

if I support charged staff with conduction (100% more chance to shock) that's basically making my primary skill also shock more right?

[azure lava]

check the shockwave tab for more info, but basically yeah

[sour umbra]

Lmao it's feels bad

[sturdy sedge]

brutal, that's free links

[sturdy sedge]

you're getting tossed around like a wet napkin

would work on getting those resistances and your other defenses up

[heavy shale]

A shame runes cannot be removed from gear...

It's so dumb

[sturdy sedge]

easily the single most baffling decision they've made

guess they wanted us to feel "the impact" and "the weight" of picking up gear

[sour umbra]

OK but how I upgrade that ? I've hear about rolling with merch ?

[heavy shale]

Yeah, it's just fcking dumb, like, want to purchase a good gear ? Too bad if vendor alreay socketed something

[sturdy sedge]

god forbid you buy an expensive piece of gear that's essentially bricked for you if your build slightly changes

[molten ether]

hey guys, when playing a sorc, is it easier early game as ice or lightning? I have decent gear but struggling lvlin with spark at end of act 2

[sturdy sedge]

if by "rolling" you mean the gambler then probably not recommended early on

it's incredibly expensive

but would definitely look at what shops have after every single level up

resistance catalysts (fire, cold, lightning) are also super useful and super cheap for topping off res

[sour umbra]

And I should by what kind of stats ?

OK that all ?

[azure lava]

1. Make sure your weapon is up to date. Attack skills ideally want a new weapon as often as possible since the base damage goes up so much between them.
2. Prioritize life and resists on gear, and especially movement speed on boots. Ignore basically all other stats on non-weapons
3. Make sure your life flask is the highest tier it can be with two decent mods. Transmute + augment a flask to make sure it has two mods.
4. Check vendors every level (they reshuffle their wares whenever you level up) for possible upgrades.
5. Make sure your main skill is the highest level it can be and you're using the most support gems possible for its sockets
6. Salvage items with sockets for artificer shards. These build into artificer orbs so you can add sockets/runes to your gear. Runes can give you resists and more damage.
7. Pick up everything except for normal (white) items that take up more than 2 slots. Once you're done salvaging and looking for upgrades, I'd sell everything else for gold. Be sure to identify everything for free at the hooded one, first.

[foggy birch]

which map is the coziest to farm,and why is it sandspit

[sturdy sedge]

what he said

[sour umbra]

let copy paste your message lmao. Again thanks all of you 🙂

[sturdy sedge]

dont remember the name, but the underground cave one with winding thin roads n shit

reminds me of the sewers map in poe1

[foggy birch]

holy fk mods spamming

[azure lava]

I've got too much free time

[foggy birch]

no idea which one that is hm

[azure lava]

sounds like a question for #2┃after-acts-help

[foggy birch]

its not a help question

so ur WRONG

[lusty hinge]

Titan grotto?

Well hidden grotto on atlas

[sturdy sedge]

either that or the forge

probably the forge actually

[foggy birch]

nahh titan grotto too big

[mossy jolt]

Hi. Can some explain this to me. Would fire or chaos passives would increase damage for this one?

[foggy birch]

try sandspit

small circled map

good amountz of mobs

[lusty hinge]

Don't you like mire though??? Such marvelous place

[sour umbra]

Is it better to focus this kind of item :

[azure lava]

fire damage, you still use fire damage to inflict the ignite

[foggy birch]

ur on the beach

[sour umbra]

Or this kind of :

[azure lava]

The first item has resists, the second one has none (unless you get a lucky augment)

resists > no resists

that's all I see when I compare those two items

[sour umbra]

and, can i upgrade an item to legendary ?

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[crude mantle]

When divine orbd drop?

[patent blaze]

whoopsie, thanks

[mossy jolt]

but when enemy is ignited, he's taking chaos damage, so when ignite starts ticking, damage is based on chaos passives?

[azure lava]

no, because legendaries don't exist in this game. And if you mean unique, still no

[lusty hinge]

Soon, soon..

[azure lava]

once a damaging ailment is inflicted, your modifiers do not affect the damage it deals, as far as I'm aware

[sour umbra]

gold item mean unique ? or it's the orange colors the unique ?

[sturdy sedge]

it would have to be with this and only on a normal rarity item

rare is golden, unique is orange

[mossy jolt]

ty

[sour umbra]

Ok and blue ?

[azure lava]

normal = white
magic = blue
rare = yellow
unique = orange

[sturdy sedge]

what he said

[sour umbra]

Ok and i can upgrade item to rare with orb of chance ?

[azure lava]

added to the list

[azure lava]

read what the currencies do

[sturdy sedge]

you can upgrade an item to rare with a regal orb (from magic rarity to rare)

[sour umbra]

man, i've farm monster to try to get rare stuff lmao

[azure lava]

Transmutation orb = Normal to 1-mod (magic)
Augmentation orb = 1->2 mods (still magic)
Regal orb = 2 -> 3 mods (becomes rare)
Exalted Orb = Adds one mod to a rare item, up to 6 (or four for jewels)

the list is getting a workout today

[sour umbra]

there is a tips to get easily an orb ?

[azure lava]

disenchant rare items for regal shards (1/10th of a regal orb). If they have 6 mods, they DE for 2 shards instead.

Otherwise, get lucky and/or use the currency exchange

You can DE magic items for transmute shards, but that's basically not worth it past the first five zones of act 1 imo

tho during the campaign I'd recommend selling all your items for gold so you can buy stuff from the vendor and/or gamble

[sour umbra]

I've sell every stuff lmao

[azure lava]

I hope you haven't been selling stuff with resists :\

[zealous osprey]

[sour umbra]

probably ...

I mean EVERY stuff... I've just keep the unique one

[violet drum]

where is purple

[lusty hinge]

Oof

[zealous osprey]

There's no purple?

[azure lava]

there are no purple items in poe

[sturdy sedge]

odd way to find out you're colorblind

[violet drum]

shame

[azure lava]

oof, those are the ones you should be selling the most, tbh

[gusty compass]

I'm looking for someone to play with. I'm pretty new

[sturdy sedge]

or maybe you're using a filter lol

[twilit grail]

which flasks should I be aiming for? Charges per second or Charges per kill?

[sturdy sedge]

charges per second

[sour umbra]

my box look like thiss

[azure lava]

welcome! I'd check out #2┃looking-for-group

[sour umbra]

Unique stuff ? I've 3 of them but not for my spe

[twilit grail]

Thank you

[sturdy sedge]

CPS works during boss fights that don't spawn adds, CPK would work better for general clearing ig

[crisp stream]

anyone can help on first ascension?? trial of sekhemas

[feral stratus]

does "increase chance to inflict ailment" improve freeze buildup?

[dull copper]

Little bit upset that the map tab didn't come through as the waystone tab...

[ornate kettle]

I’m in act 3 with a gem mercenary, anyone know the best way to get gold quick? Need to refund some passives

[lusty hinge]

It will, patience

[azure lava]

yeah, uniques vendor for 1k gold or 1 chance shard and most of them are garbage. I'd check their prices first and see if you can sell any (might want a premium tab for that, though)

[swift vessel]

whats a good dps amount for an endgame quarterstaff? mine is a little over 500 dps im lvl 68

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[azure lava]

no

[feral stratus]

alright ty

[twilit grail]

They seem to drop often with "Removes 15% of Life Recovered from Mana when used" is that a bad stat?? Or is it fine if my Mana recovery is fast?

[sour umbra]

how can i check the price ?

[azure lava]

I was second guessing myself, but the tooltip for ignite spells it out.

[azure lava]

go to pathofexile.com/trade2 and look up the unique item and see what they're going for

[sour umbra]

ok thanks

[sturdy sedge]

"removes 15% of life recovered from mana" is usually accompanied by 70% inc life recovery (a substantial amount, mind you)

so if your mana can handle it, 👍

[azure lava]

it's fine if you have the mana sustain for it. I tend to dislike that mod, though

[twilit grail]

thank you 🙂

[cold cargo]

what does chaos dmg mean?

[azure lava]

hold alt and click it

[sour umbra]

i have a new question, some item can add 2 slots of runes (i think ?) can we upgrade an equipment and access to the both slot ?

[azure lava]

2h martial weapons and chest pieces can have two slots, other pieces can have one, by default

if you corrupt an item with a vaal orb while it has max sockets, it has a chance to add another socket which can go one over the default maximum

[knotty arrow]

Game is constant crashing at final boss act 3 cruell. Can´t get him like this

[stark lynx]

try changing the render engine

or clear shader cache

[desert crypt]

I just noticed that I have less elemental res in town than out in instances, why is that? It's the same act, just to be clear. Is it the 10% elemental resist items that you can get from bosses acting weird?

[lusty hinge]

Purity on sceptre or smth?

[knotty arrow]

I´ll try thx

[desert crypt]

Nope

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[lusty hinge]

Wdym, the atlas is infinite

[eternal schooner]

my bad, wrong section

[knotty arrow]

Have another question got a staff that says +4 on all lightning skills. If i equip that my skills stay at the same lvl and dmg not goin up. Anybody have clue of why this is? Thx

[azure lava]

what skills are you looking at?

[knotty arrow]

Running spark build so all lightning

[azure lava]

when you hover them in your skill panel you should see that blue text at the bottom

[molten ether]

im playin the same build, is a wand/shield better than a staff??

[azure lava]

it depends. Staves have more offense but wand+shield/focus offers more defense

[molten ether]

having trouble progressin as lightnin sorc

should i have more than just energy shield? or is that a good enough defense?

[knotty arrow]

Not on there

[zealous osprey]

Though do note that focus can roll some nasty mods for caster damage (nasty in a good way)

[pliant sinew]

vaal orbs are essentially orbs of chance that lock an item out of crafting afterwards, correct? are they just to be used on rares with mild potential to see if something good rolls?

[azure lava]

can you screenshot what you're seeing when you hover over spark?

[azure lava]

they are definitely NOT orbs of chance

they cannot make an item unique, which is basically the sole function of orbs of chance

vaal orbs are a risky shot at making a finished item a little better, but it could ruin it as well

[zealous osprey]

Coming back to this, what level are you atm?

I think you can do with better gear is why

[lusty hinge]

It's an rng gamble to making your very good piece of gear into an even better piece or bricking it/not changing/destroying. Same with skills

[molten ether]

32

[pliant sinew]

iirc the procedure for vaal orbing skills in poe1 was get it to lvl 20 and max quality and then corrupt it. Is that still valid in poe2 with the changes to the skill gem mechanic?

[molten ether]

game is in a weird spot where its hard to progress without using tradesite lol

[zealous osprey]

You SSF?

[molten ether]

gawd no

[azure lava]

I'm ssf and I had no issues

[zealous osprey]

Also it's possible to get through without trade if you know your way around stuff

[lusty hinge]

Almost the same as poe1 and it may affect links

[clever geode]

how does this work? weapon damage does it include the socket rune?

[azure lava]

all it took was 10 years of experience with poe1 and a 10th grade reading level

[zealous osprey]

To be more specific, what mods to look out for on gear, what nodes to take in tree, what upgrades to prioritise, synergies, etc

[azure lava]

yes, the 12-20 from the rune is included in the top portion

[molten ether]

i generally donrt play sorc, so could be a platystyle thing too, i got my warrior to 80+ easily enough, just wonderin about this spark sorc lol

[clever geode]

so socket get buff per 5 str
nice

[zealous osprey]

Spark I stopped around A2, wanted more targeted damage

It's great for clearing though

[molten ether]

im literally at act2 janmara lmao

is ice easier? more fun?

[zealous osprey]

I mean see

I started cold

Went spark + flame wall

Went shards + cold snap

Adde comet

[gaunt phoenix]

yall whats an easy way i can power level my buddy? shrine of chaos the easiest?

[zealous osprey]

Then forst wall + fireball

[clever geode]

ice is hard at the start

[zealous osprey]

Finally settled with detonate

So, uhm... Hard to say

I found fireball fun

[clever geode]

just

play what u want

[zealous osprey]

But getting it running properly is a pain

[clever geode]

all those skills works fine

as long as you build it right

[zealous osprey]

Comet is nerfed, but playable with double setups

Spark is very good at clearing

But it works better paired with flame wall

So, you have loads of options

If your issue is damage

Then 3 things

1. Take a look at your tree to see if you're pathing efficiently

2. It may be a sign to switch to better gear

3. Use combos properly, and prioritise gem level ups based on active skills first

[molten ether]

followin this buld guide
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/stormweaver-league-starter-sanctum?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJlODgwZmQxNS1iNmE5LTQzNWMtOWUyYy1kODhmMGI2ZjM0OGUifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

[lusty hinge]

Was comet nerfed? Never saw a patch stating that

[molten ether]

my gloves are pretty shit and my belt too lol

[azure lava]

weird. what about if you press R3? I'm wagering it's a console thing

[lament stone]

lightning spells just generally feel pretty bad until you get archmage at level 58

[zealous osprey]

Comet build I meant, basically trigger gems

[clever geode]

cast on freeze is mostly build with comet

[cursive oasis]

Im in cruel act 1 what's the best place to farm gear

[zealous osprey]

Barely anyone made a pure comet build due to cast time, kekw

[knotty arrow]

Tried that it´s just not working

[clever geode]

just clear campaign

[lethal mountain]

If I want to play with a friend that's lower level than me will the game scale me down or not?

[clever geode]

check vendors everylevel

[azure lava]

it can if you have level downscaling enabled in the options

[stark lynx]

If party has down scaling enabled

Albeit its been known to be wonky

[lethal mountain]

Cool I wanted to play ahead thanks

[lusty hinge]

Yeah it's not ideal to run around saying the skill was nerfed when it wasn't

[cursive oasis]

@clever geode vendors are dead to be fare, domt find nothing in there

[lethal mountain]

If they aren't selling anything good you could always gamble 🙂

[cursive oasis]

Yh I could, didn't think of that

[zealous osprey]

Quick clarification, you're following the levelling section here right?

[lethal mountain]

You could also use it as placeholder gear

[zealous osprey]

And not directly jumping to endgame?

[molten ether]

correct, assumin based on his tree guide, he is usin a shield?

[zealous osprey]

Yeah

[austere tree]

How should one spend gold ? I haven't really seen any uses yet apart gambling on random weapons or respec which I dont need bcs I follow guide as without guide I get stuck 😄

[vast mesa]

Do you think POE would have been better if it had WOW's camera system?

[zealous osprey]

If damage is the issue, just try to get better wand and shield

And ensure you're using flame wall properly

Else just spark will feel quite bad

[golden bay]

guys i killed the chimera in act 3 to get the inscribed ultimation but i dont have it in my inventory anyone know what i should do? the game thinks i have it when i dont

[shut aspen]

A quick question. I am new to crafting in POE/2. I’m going through the campaign now, just got to act 3. When I’m choosing gear upgrades, should I focus on a single modifier being high level, or should I wait to commit to an item that has two excellent modifiers?

[stark lynx]

depends how pivital that modifier is and how rare it is

[zealous osprey]

Assuming you tried resetting the instance and killing chimera again?

[tall axle]

Man, I can't... bought 2x martial tempo and it says Im already using it in Lighting arrow...

[zealous osprey]

Also, have you for some reason been carried through ascensions?

[stark lynx]

something like +4 weapon with stinky 2nd mod, is probs worth further slamming cus +4 is so rare

[lusty hinge]

Can have only 1

[tall axle]

I guess martial tempo will be better on LA than in Rod

[lusty hinge]

Unless gemling

[tall axle]

wish I know it before buying second gem XD

[golden bay]

how do i restart the insance?

[shut aspen]

I play Infernalist, so I haven’t even seen a minion damage mod on a scepter. lol

[zealous osprey]

TP to any other map, and Ctrl + Shift + Click waypoint to chimeral wetlands

[lament stone]

you remove it from lightning arrow to put it on lightning rod

[tall axle]

yeah but I dont think its gonna be better

[lament stone]

lightning rod is better than lightning arrow

[tall axle]

LA is OP

[zealous osprey]

He's still levelling in acts XD

[lament stone]

even for leveling

[zealous osprey]

Well TBH, even I barely used LA on my ranger

Rods + orb just felt so smooth and fast

[tall axle]

yeah im 10lvl

I have orb with chain + overabundance gems

rods with scattershot + primal armament

[clever geode]

LA?

[tall axle]

and LA with pierce + martial temp

[azure lava]

remove. scattershot. from. lightning. rod.

if you're doing orb of storms + lightning rod

[clever geode]

what's la

[azure lava]

you don't use lightning arrow at all

[tall axle]

lightinf arrow

[clever geode]

ah

[azure lava]

orb of storms + chain + overabundance + persistence
rod + martial tempo + primal armament

[tall axle]

I wanted to put martial tempo here but I cant cuz I use it with LA

[azure lava]

that will carry you through the whole campaign

[foggy birch]

LA meeans los angeles right

[azure lava]

why are you using LA? if you're using LA you don't use orb of storms

I thought

orb of storms and LA do the same job

[tall axle]

La kills group of stacks + elites better

[zealous osprey]

Orb is recommended for single target and LA for clearing

[tall axle]

yes

[azure lava]

that's wild to me

[foggy birch]

what does orbs of storms have to do with los angeles

[clever geode]

is there a list of unique that is unique to endgame bosses and stuff?

[zealous osprey]

But I just used orb for everything

[azure lava]

lightning rod with magnified effect is fine for clearing

hell, you can even use two lightning rods, one for clearing and one for bossing

[zealous osprey]

It's faster than LA during acts NGL

[tall axle]

orb is a buff right? so I need to stand near it and spam Lighting arrow or RODS?

[vast mesa]

can you keep this outside the settings?

[granite phoenix]

Can ssf players use the currency exchange? Can they party up with friends?

[azure lava]

yeah, press f1

[lament stone]

press f1

[vast mesa]

ty

[azure lava]

no to both

they are solo and self-found. no partying or trading of any kind

[zealous osprey]

Orb is used to proc rod explosions

So drop an orb on an enemy, spam rods

They die in seconds if not split seconds

[tall axle]

on a enemy?

[azure lava]

use orb near you, shoot rods at enemy

[tall axle]

guys told me here to drop it near me...

idk what to do now lol wtf

[urban tulip]

Could someone explain me how to increase the number of support gems i can have on a skill?

[azure lava]

I'd start by reading the skill gems you're using

[zealous osprey]

This is the use

[lament stone]

jewellers orbs

[lament stone]

there are 2 guaranteed lesser jewellers orbs in act 3 and cruel act 3

[urban tulip]

Oh. Ic. Thank you

[hazy hill]

guys I'm ranger dead eye Level 80 1500 hp 14k evasion with 90%, resistances all 75% except chaos 27% and mobs often one-shot me on tier 10 maps how to survive? is it evasion mechanic so weak or I'm doing something wrong?

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[tall axle]

so for bosses I spam rods + orbs only, no need Lighting arrow?

but for clearing Rods + LA?

[hazy hill]

sorry

[quiet elm]

does this mean ES is forced to recharge only when using a mana flask? or can it recharge naturally?

[azure lava]

I would recommend not using lightning arrow AT ALL

[lament stone]

orb + rods works for everything

[azure lava]

I don't think it stops it from recharging normally

[tall axle]

but it has better dmg than Rods

[lament stone]

remove scattershot from rods

[azure lava]

I recommend:
Orb of storms + chain + overabundance + persistence
Lightning rod + concentrated effect + martial tempo + primal armanent (single target)
lightning rod + magnified effect + lightning infusion (aoe)

DO NOT USE SCATTERSHOT WITH LIGHTNING ROD

Also, the DPS listed on the tooltip is the damage from ONE explosion per shot

when you use orb of storms + chain, you're causing ~11 explosions per shot

your lightning rod dps is 11 times larger than what the tooltip says

[lusty hinge]

Chill

[azure lava]

sorry

[outer wadi]

May I ask what should I build if I want to leveling with Skeletal Snipers as my main damage?

[timber fjord]

act 2 last boss mainly do lightning dmg?

[zealous osprey]

Question's a bit vague

[zealous osprey]

Light + phys, looks like it

[outer wadi]

good support gems mainly

[lament stone]

are skeletal snipers the minions that shoot gas arrows? you could do something with ignite with that to explode the gas clouds

[timber fjord]

minion build witch

[outer wadi]

or if there is a complete guide that uses them instead of arsonist

[jade wadi]

SG server got problem where do i report

[outer wadi]

Using flame wall

[lusty hinge]

Problem is you can use them as just poison armor strip or auto attack or gas cloud ignite stuff, so you need to be specific

[shut aspen]

Part of me wants to start a non-witch character. I know more than I did, but I think I could be more efficient with witch once I learn a bit more

[zealous osprey]

Play around with 2-3 builds, you'll find what you like playing... But would also recommend trying to finish acts with any build asap

[golden bay]

yea i didnt get it

[outer wadi]

Oh i see It, so my question is what of those would be good for leveling, gas ignite is nerfed as far as I remember

[lusty hinge]

Gas ignite wasn't, for witch

[lament stone]

still very strong after the nerf

the damage numbers before the nerf were just way too strong

[shut aspen]

I broke through my Jamanra wall last night. I hear that Act 3 is even rougher later on.

[fleet portal]

where do i take this in act 3 cruel i discovered the full utzaal map?

[lusty hinge]

They only nerfed merc/ranger gas ignite

[lament stone]

aggorat

[zealous osprey]

1. Find waypoint for Chimeral Wetlands
2. Use waypoint to teleport to some other area, e.g., ziggurat
3. Use waypoint, but instead of just clicking kn chimeral wetlands... Ctrl + Shift + Click
4. In the page that opens up, select create new instance

[shut aspen]

I think I just need to really break down and figure out how to really increase my minion damage. Or give in and go more chaos damage

[golden bay]

yeah i did new instance and killed the boss again i meant i didnt get the quest item

[fleet portal]

stop playing witch that might fix it 👍