2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[hardy tide]

I m blind

[eager basin]

(transfigured gems you have to drop from labyrinth or buy from trade)

[pastel tiger]

Hey here is most of my build. Why do i have 0 Energy Shild i just wanted to change my build away from Ghostwrithe Tatterd Robe but the moment i take it of i lose all my energy shild

[eager basin]

eldritch battery

[pastel tiger]

ah thx that was it when i wore the Robe it made sence but now not

[lament stone]

ghostwrithe is a very strong unique for endgame

[humble orbit]

hey, just entered cruel act 2 and mobs are kicking my ass, what should I improve? Mostly I get killed by physical ranged attacks and poison

[rugged tangle]

more dmg or evasion/es

[foggy birch]

fool u monk_

u need weapon i have some

i can give it free

[wary swift]

You should ask elon musk. He is apparently the goat

🤣

[lament stone]

getting more evasion and more life/es into the build

[humble orbit]

i feel like my dmg is good, i can kill bosses in 3-5 seconds, just sometimes I cannot even reach ranged enemies if for example 3 enemies are standading and one of them is rare mob it like 50/50% chance im getting killed

[foggy birch]

musk is a fraud

fck him

[wary swift]

^

[humble orbit]

thanks for offer, but I think im good with mine

[wary swift]

I know I was be sarcastic.

[lament stone]

you dont want to sacrifice life to get more evasion, but youre at the point now where you should start trying to get more defences into your build

[frosty totem]

when using cast on crit, is it relying on the energy cost, or do you still need to pay mana cost of socketed skills?

[lament stone]

you still need to pay the mana cost

[humble orbit]

how much evasion could I aim for? like % wise?

[rugged tangle]

60+

[lament stone]

just get more

dont aim for specific numbers

[foggy birch]

get a chest with 1,5k eva

[lament stone]

you want more evasion without losing any life

[foggy birch]

its for 1 ex

on mp

[lament stone]

preferably getting more life/es too

[foggy birch]

ez gains

[humble orbit]

okay will try to see what can I find on trade website

thanks everyone

[lament stone]

thats kind of low life for cruel act 2 imo

[humble orbit]

i feel like all cheaper and good items requires at least 65+lvl and good lower lvl items are hard to find

[lament stone]

id want to be pushing 1.5k by that point

[glacial palm]

I probably shouldn't be mapping with 1k then 😰

[lament stone]

it depends how much es you have too

like 1k life with 7k es is fine

1k life with 40 es isnt that good

[foggy birch]

ok relax now

[glacial palm]

Ah yeah, good point. Too tired to think of that.
Right now I'm on 2.7k between life, es, and mom

[foggy birch]

thats chill

whats ur eva

[real gust]

I've seen some videos where people have extra inventory space on the left of the inventory. Does anyone know what i have to do to get that?

[foggy birch]

its wariro ascendy

node

[whole bronze]

current lvl 31 infernalist minion build and im bored out of my mind and just hit a damage wall

the minion shit is too passive im not having fun now that i had to grab a shield

staying alive isnt really a problem at all ive just gone for armor early game but wanna switch towards premanent demon mode but dont know when i get more ascendancy points and dont think i can unless i get demonfalme capped at ten

so im not sure what to do rn im pretty sure im just about at the end of act two

and pretty confused on what to do next

33k gold for respec

first play through and what not

[mental needle]

You get 2nd asc in act 3. The quest is pretty early on but the trial is tough so people usually over level it.

[whole bronze]

could probably shred it with minnions idk tho my damage is falling off

the campaign has been kind of a joke so far the first trial i finished with like 95% honour left

grabbed this in preperation to switch my build up when i saw it in shop idk if its worth building

this too it has a slot

[mental needle]

Demon form doesn't use a weapon

[whole bronze]

ok thats interesting

shields?

[mental needle]

That's why they get +levels and cast speed from demon form

[whole bronze]

ok so dont worry about weapons at all if im tryna perma demon

[azure lava]

Are you leveling your raging spirits when you find a new spirit gem?

[whole bronze]

would i just need 10 health regen stat?

[whole bronze]

yes!

i thinkl

lemme check actually

[mental needle]

I don't know demon builds well enough to tell you

[azure lava]

Demon flame doesn't have a cap. It keeps scaling infinitely as long as you don't run out of life

[whole bronze]

oh fuck i forgot

wait

thats so helpful wtf

[azure lava]

You're talking demon form, right?

[whole bronze]

no

to level my rs😭

[azure lava]

Ah

Yeah minions gain base damage and life based on the skill level

[whole bronze]

theres the thing tho

[azure lava]

Idk if you're referring to demon form or the demon flame that replaces your mana

[whole bronze]

oh

[azure lava]

Okay, yeah, my b. I forgot what the demon form stacks were called, mixed em up with demon flame

[whole bronze]

i was saying no to me not leveling the thing sorry im tired and was confused

anyways yeah

[mental needle]

the mana thing is infernal flame fyi

[whole bronze]

would it just me 10 damage per second and then therefore need 10 regen stat?

[azure lava]

I think you'll need way more than 10 life regen to sustain demon flame

[whole bronze]

ok yeah

that feels right

[azure lava]

Read what the node does more closely. Screenshot it if able

[whole bronze]

cause it felt way too easy

[azure lava]

When you reach max stacks, I think you take fire damage equal to your life or something

[whole bronze]

i cant see anything else

im tryna find like a better description in the spell itself or something but

its all just super vague on how demon flame works

[azure lava]

Can you hover over demon flame while screenshot ting your whole ascendancy tree?

[mental needle]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Demon_Form

[whole bronze]

but at 10 stacks the damage doesnt increase

[azure lava]

Wait, this IS demon form we're talking about?

[mental needle]

demonflame isn't a keyword, it's all i nthe demon form skill

[azure lava]

I'm so lost

[mental needle]

demonflame is the demon form buff

[whole bronze]

yeah yeah

[mental needle]

that 10 stack node is locked behind it to make it easier to sustain

[whole bronze]

but idk how the dps it does to you is calculated

[fleet viper]

is it possible to reroll values on an implicit bonus?

[whole bronze]

and i wanna rebuild into perma demonform

[azure lava]

Okay, I'm so sorry. I was mixing it up with the infernal flame node

[whole bronze]

when i unlock the thing that caps it at 10 stacks

[mental needle]

like it says .5% per stack

[whole bronze]

but idk how to calculate how much regen

.5% of max health?

[mental needle]

it isn't a specific damage type and it specifies that you simply lose the life so there's no way to mitigate the damage

[lament stone]

is there any reason why youre using that unique helm?

its pretty bad if you arent making an attribute stacking build

[whole bronze]

no ik but you can out regen it

[lament stone]

no life, no resists

[azure lava]

You'd need 5% of life regenerated per second to sustain 10 stacks. I'm sorry I've added so much confusion

[whole bronze]

best thing ive found

[lament stone]

unique does not mean good

[whole bronze]

ik that

stats wise

[lament stone]

a magic item with 20 life and 5% elemental resist would be better

[whole bronze]

i think atleast

ive just been building armour

cause thats been working better then energy shield was

[lament stone]

you dont care about armour at this point

armour is shit

[whole bronze]

im very clueless

for the record

[azure lava]

You haven't found any helmets with life or resist?

[lament stone]

life and elemental resists are the most important stats

[whole bronze]

ok

[azure lava]

And movement speed on boots

And for weapons, damage is all that matters basically

[whole bronze]

i havent like put that much effort into my armour ngl im pretty tanky feeling

like i rarely die

[azure lava]

That won't last if you're not diligent about maintaining your gear

[whole bronze]

is it just like added onto skills and shit

[mental needle]

yeah you have a million extra bodies that take aggro

if you swap to demon form you will feel the heat

[whole bronze]

thats why im here lmfao

[pliant horizon]

I picked up on of those skill gem upgrade and applied it to a skill. I dont see any difference to the skill. Did it bug out? Was it supposed to give me another slot for support gem?

[daring dragon]

What item did you use exactly?

[azure lava]

-Check vendors every level
-Pick up basically everything, including white items that you can transmute/augment for potential upgrades
-after you sort the gear and have a pile of "junk" then, in order; Salvage 2-socket items, sell all rares (yellows) for gold, salvage all items with quality/sockets, then sell all remaining items for gold
-Using your newfound wealth, gamble for upgrades on weaker slots when able
-Use artificer orbs to add sockets to gear so you can add runes for resistances

[regal fjord]

does anyone know what damage types the golem puke thing is in a3?

[azure lava]

What item did you use?

[mental needle]

Which golem?

[whole bronze]

thanks gang

[mental needle]

The fat guys in the first zone?

[azure lava]

Jewelers orb or gemcutter's prism?

[pliant horizon]

Gemcutters

[azure lava]

That adds quality. Hold alt to see what it does

[lament stone]

gcp upgrades the quality of a skill gem, you need jewellers orbs to add sockets

[mental needle]

Phys+chaos would be my guess, but I can't be certain.

[pliant horizon]

Ok shot will check when back at home

[mental needle]

It did a lot less damage to me on my armor characters so it's at least partially physical, if not entirely.

[pliant horizon]

you guys are legends answering questions this quickly

[azure lava]

Imo if you're concerned about specific damage types of mobs in the campaign it means you're lacking life and/or resists on gear. Also maybe your life flask is outdated/missing mods. Or you have no movement speed on boots

[mental needle]

Depends on the mob, those guys hit crazy hard without eva/armor

but it's pretty slow to come out

[regal fjord]

or i'm tired of losing progression due to artificial difficulty and wish to know how to make every characters campaign brain dead easy?

[azure lava]

That's why you use movement speed to just not get hit

[lament stone]

the best defence against phys damage is just getting more life/es

[mental needle]

Not perkylaturkey

you must not be familiar with their game

[azure lava]

I just told you how. Life, resists, and movement speed

[lament stone]

because of how the armour formula works, armour ends up being really bad

[regal fjord]

and i've told you, doesn't work 100% and i'm looking for 100% answers

[lament stone]

its good against small hits, and really bad against big hits because most enemies that do a lot of phys damage also have overwhelm, which is basically armour penetration

[regal fjord]

i'm not tryna "gamble" my way through the campaign hoping on evasion procs

[azure lava]

Also all difficulty in games is artificial. They're literally just developers creating fake obstacles to overcome

[stark lynx]

Having some armour is good

[mental needle]

Evasion isn't a gamble

[stark lynx]

but investing a lot into it, doesnt really bare fruit

[lament stone]

yea

[regal fjord]

no artificial difficulty is all the mobs resetting in an area because of a poison tick. or getting surrounded. etc

[lament stone]

and you dont want to sacrifice increasing your life/es just to get more armour

[regal fjord]

yes it is cause of you get hit you take the full amount of damage

[stark lynx]

as a 0 armor character, I'm getting outright murdered if I dont insta kill ranged phys archers etc. as their projectiles are near invis and fast

[azure lava]

I assure you that getting life, resists, and movement speed on gear is going to be easier than swapping in a specific stat like chaos res, armor, or block for one enemy type

[mental needle]

You don't die in one hit

Against this mob in particular you die in like 15 hits

Which evasion negates heavily

[azure lava]

Tbf, the puke from those mobs isn't a strike or projectile, is it?

[regal fjord]

nah it's way easier to swap gear around as it's campaign and gear doesn't matter in poe2 at all so wtf?

[twin yoke]

who have the same issue?

[mental needle]

It is evadable

[azure lava]

"gear doesn't matter at all in poe2" has to be the statement I've disagreed with the most on this discord

[mental needle]

Perky do you even like the game?

Like actually

[regal fjord]

ok bet. there's no socket colors or links? so how is it relevant at all when i'm leveling so fast and replacing gear constantly?

just enlighten me?

[azure lava]

The fact that you're replacing gear means it matters

[mental needle]

If the difficulty is artificial, if the gear doesn't matter, if the deaths are bullshit. Where is the fun?

[azure lava]

If it didn't matter you'd use the same shit you got in act 1 or run around naked

[regal fjord]

in the running around causing mass murder 😈

see poe1 was great for it

poe2 punishes you for it

[mental needle]

Well you're not gonna do that playing a tank build like you desire.

[azure lava]

I was about to say, poe1 sounds like your kinda game

[pliant horizon]

I got lvl 22 bow with 87% increased phys. Imy dps sky rocketed. Its a nice feeling

[regal fjord]

poe1 -chefs kiss- poe2 is like a java version of dark souls

[azure lava]

The campaign is very hard before you have a fully functional build. But once you're online it feels more and more like poe1 imo

[lament stone]

poe2 is a different game, ggg wanted to make it very clear it would not play like poe1 (altho it really does once you get to the atlas)

[mental needle]

You aren't obligated to play it

[lament stone]

theyve said why would they make poe2 exactly like poe1, poe1 already exists

[regal fjord]

yes that's why i'm trying to learn what it takes to cheese the campaign to brain dead proportions so i can "enjoy" the endgame. you understand now 😉

[mental needle]

Just wait for them to make it poe1 but prettier and come back or wait for them to make it poe2 and keep playing poe1.

[lament stone]

they wanted poe2 to be a different game, similar but slower, with more focus on comboing skills together

[shrewd harbor]

I am currently playing through the campaign as ice strike monk, which venom draught would be the best for my build? I guess it is either elemental ailment or mana regen 🤔

[regal fjord]

if they wanted that then everyone's advice in here wouldn't be to follow a guide maxing one skill right?

[mental needle]

Most of the cheese requires one-shotting everything and dodging what gets through, not face tanking it.

[mental needle]

What you want is not always what you get. Don't be intentionally dense.

[lament stone]

it takes significant investment to be able to only use 1 skill

[regal fjord]

i'm not "face tanking" i'm "avoiding one shots" in a guaranteed manor

[mental needle]

There are no one shots from white mobs in campaign

Unless your gear is paper

[regal fjord]

endgame maybe but i'm talking campaign as this is campaign help right?

[regal fjord]

that's why i asked what damage they do so i can build against it haven't you been paying attention.. YOU ANSWERED IT

[mental needle]

Yeah I answered it and here you are still

[regal fjord]

yea and here you are still?

what's the difference

[lament stone]

several of us answered your question, and you kept complaining about it anyway

[regal fjord]

oh i didn't complain i was defending my choice of playstyle in the game

[mental needle]

The difference is we've told you our advice, literally three people and you just kept complaining because it doesn't align with your fantastical idea of a playthrough.

[lament stone]

and if your choice of playstyle is ineffective in this game would you consider changing it?

well the real problem here is that armour is just too shit against big hits

[regal fjord]

but here's the thing, your advice is "evasion and dodge" which isn't reliable information or help. it's a gamble and if it works for you that's great. but it doesn't work for everyone. it's not a guaranteed safety measure.

[mental needle]

Evasion is not a gamble.

Not in campaign

[lament stone]

you evade most hits, and have enough defences to survive the hits that get through, and enough recovery to recover while youre evading more hits

[regal fjord]

like i said if it works for you that's cool but evasion doesn't work for everyone

i've respected this one character more times than i feel like i should have tbh

[lament stone]

armour on the other hand, against something like the breach boss (which has overwhelm) if you have less thank like 15k armour on the breach boss you effectively have 0 armour

[mental needle]

Your evasion calculation is the same as ours

[regal fjord]

we're talking about campaign tho

[regal fjord]

our gameplay isn't

[lusty hinge]

what doesn't work for everyone is armor, because the higher the hit, the more shit armor gets

[mental needle]

Armor is good in campaign, can you guys stop saying this bullshit lol

[lament stone]

armour is only effective against smaller phys hits, against larger hits armour is already worse, not helped by the fact that a lot of enemies that do large amounts of phys damage also have overwhelm

[pliant horizon]

Evasion not worth the investment for endgame?

[lusty hinge]

building armor even during the campaign felt like it did nothing tbf

[lament stone]

evasion is very worth it

[pliant horizon]

sighs in relief

[mental needle]

Evasion is good at all stages. The longer you go the more it needs a nice hit pool to back it up. It's not a functional standalone defense

[regal fjord]

^

[lusty hinge]

hopefully they will address armor and rewrite the entire formula for it because this is bad

[mental needle]

Then you didn't do it

[pliant horizon]

so flasks are very important then

[mental needle]

Or you didn't pay attention

It makes a massive difference

[regal fjord]

it's not bad just our information we have and give each other is bad

chaos helped a lot chase 🙂 i can take 2 hits at least

[lusty hinge]

it makes a difference, yes, you're not naked afterall, but when it matters - it seems like it doesn't do shit

[mental needle]

Basically every large mob in campaign was something I had to play around and dodge on my non armour characters. When I had armour I was face tanking quadrilla's and vultures without a worry

[regal fjord]

but when a mob pushes you into a puke pike and you just insta.. and it happens more than once evasion won't do anything to save me there

[eager basin]

when the damage is mostly not phys armour won't save you either

[bright dagger]

Max lines for rare items?

[eager basin]

line? affixes?

[regal fjord]

4?

[bright dagger]

Yuh

[eager basin]

3 prefixes 3 suffixes on most rares

jewels are 2 of each

[bright dagger]

For weapons?

[eager basin]

some affixes have more than one line of text or combine with other affixes' text lines

[regal fjord]

6

[eager basin]

3+3

[bright dagger]

Thank you it’s 3+3=🐟

[crude verge]

Nah im still working on the screen wide slow chronomaner

[mental needle]

Simply not true in campaign

no mobs slam hard enough for the calc to matter

[eager basin]

uh, it is true all of the time because armour only affects phys damage (barring modifiers to the contrary)

please read my message lol

[static patio]

solution

just get energy shield

[mental needle]

Es in campaign goes whatever the opposite of crazy is

[static patio]

huh

[mental needle]

it's bad for most of campaign

[eager basin]

I've been running ES for most of acts

[lament stone]

es is only bad if you dont have a way to recover it

[eager basin]

wouldn't say it's super optimal but I don't find it bad at all

ghostwrithe kinda carries

[lament stone]

which is why its bad in poe1 campaign, but poe2 has grim feast

[eager basin]

recharge is perfectly acceptable recovery if you are capable of dodging

[mental needle]

I don't really count it if you use ghostwrithe, that's not a vanilla campaign experience

[eager basin]

it won't let you facetank forever but it works fine for ranged builds

[lament stone]

it works very well with evasion

[regal fjord]

what do you call it when you get juggled by a skill, unable to move until you die? one shot.
what do you call it when you walk around a corner and get hit perfectly timed by a few mobs fireball? one shot.

you're talking about a very narrow viewpoint of what your definition of "one shot"

[mental needle]

Neither of those have ever happened to me

[lament stone]

armour does nothing against fireballs

[eager basin]

a) dropped it myself in act 1
b) trade is the default experience and you can probably afford one by act 3

[regal fjord]

then don't talk down other people's "one shot"

[mental needle]

Players, certainly new ones don't want to trade starting in act 3

[regal fjord]

^

[mental needle]

I mean both of those have happened, but it didn't outright kill me

[regal fjord]

i shouldn't need near bis items to progress the campaign

[mental needle]

You don't

you need blues

[regal fjord]

i mean imagine those type of advice players

"just get pre bis act 1 you'll be set"

[eager basin]

that depends heavily on the player lmao what

[regal fjord]

i can honestly say 99% of new players don't understand stats enough to begin trading

[eager basin]

and "energy shield is bad for most of the campaign" is the statement you made, not "energy shield is bad for most of the campaign if you don't want to use trade"

[regal fjord]

the trolls are aplenty

[mental needle]

So does everything, but GGG has said that even in trade league most players don't trade. Look in #2┃after-acts-help and you'll see people simply aren't trading until they feel they absolutely have to for the most part.

[lament stone]

you only need life and elemental resists, if youre getting one shot you dont have enough life its that simple

except the gorilla boss, youre not supposed to get hit by that slam

it has mods to make it one shot players

[regal fjord]

ok how much life should one have in act 3

[mental needle]

monke goes crazy

[lament stone]

~1k and around 20-30 all ele resists is good enough

maybe pushing 1.1-1.2k

[mental needle]

1k at the start of act3 isn't very realistic for non-strength builds

[regal fjord]

i was gonna say i'm at 700

[lament stone]

i have that on my monk in act 2

[regal fjord]

and like that's oof

[mental needle]

Fresh start I'm sure

[lament stone]

yea

first ssfhc character i made

[eager basin]

a) GGG has also provided data showing that a large percentage of players don't even finish act 1 in poe1, so the relevance of information about "most players" is extremely suspect
b) "most players" not naturally trading once again does not have much impact on the viability of energy shield in acts
c) "most players" not naturally trading does not mean they would be unwilling or incapable of doing so if advised or interested in making use of energy shield in acts

[regal fjord]

troll confirmed ^

anywho

[mental needle]

Disagree vehemently with the third point, but whatever.

[mental needle]

People who disagree with you are not trolls, lol.

[regal fjord]

no i meant that 3rd point makes him a troll

[frosty totem]

I started maps recently, when doing breaches, is it better to clear ahead to make sure I wont go into dead end, or to start it right away so the static monster join the spawned ones?

[regal fjord]

you can't convince me to spend my non existent currency on gear that'll last me 3 levels i'm sorry

[mental needle]

#2┃after-acts-help

[frosty totem]

oops my bad

[eager basin]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the number of unhelpables in help chats when the game exploded so huge

[twin yoke]

have u guys had this issue???

[mental needle]

In this case ghostwrithe can last you 100 levels, which is what he's talking about.

[winged crescent]

whats the cheapest class to solo grind with, Im looking for a class I can do t16 with by myself but wont have to spend an arm an a leg on gear for

[regal fjord]

so it's a unique that makes the campaign brainless?

[eager basin]

[mental needle]

Not by itself

it is very good though

[eager basin]

it's a unique that scales well into endgame

[regal fjord]

ah lame

[lament stone]

you complain about replacing gear every 3 levels then you complain about not replacing gear, at this point it sounds like the only reason youre here is to complain

[mental needle]

Like I said they don't even like the game lol

[regal fjord]

when did i say i didn't want to replace gear

[mental needle]

You said gear is pointless because it gets replaced

[regal fjord]

i mean.. yes? it's campaign right

i'm constantly finding better bases

better stay rolls

stat*

[pliant horizon]

Thats like the game loop..no?

[mental needle]

getting upgrades constantly is the opposite of pointless so I'm not really sure how you define pointless.

[regal fjord]

yes?

oh uh. saving or holding onto something in hopes of it becoming of value in the future?

right it won't as it's trash right

trash gear is trash

[eager basin]

what even are you on about now

[mental needle]

Yeah you aren't keeping your 30hp helmet for maps

what a surprise

[pliant horizon]

lol

[regal fjord]

exactly see you get it

[mental needle]

Not at all

[regal fjord]

rip

[haughty niche]

Its useful for when you get it and provides a sense of progression

[pliant horizon]

At some point you have to be trolling right?

[strong crown]

bro just mad about the game and letting out in this discord

[regal fjord]

no not really. like i said im just trying to learn how to make every character brain dead easy :/

but y'all's advice is "evasion"

[mental needle]

Our advice is hp and resists

not evasion

but evasion and armor are good extras

[regal fjord]

your

[eager basin]

what if you just played a different game if you want everything to be "brain dead easy"

[regal fjord]

not alls

[eager basin]

[mental needle]

Everyone that responded to you said hp and resists

it is alls

[clever void]

"Hey guys, I'm currently level 32 and using a Strength-based Monk build for leveling. I have 4 Ascendary items. What’s the best Ascendary build for fast leveling? Also, I have a question: is this build good? (I’m playing as Frost)."

[lament stone]

"monk" doesnt tell us much about your build

[haughty niche]

"Strength-based" is a weird way to describe something

[eager basin]

are "ascendary items" ascension passives?

[lament stone]

attributes are only needed to equip gear and gems, they dont do much beyond that for most builds

i assume they mean the trial tokens for that

[haughty niche]

Invoker is the more popular ascendency. But play what you want.

[lament stone]

i also wouldnt pick an ascendancy just for "fast leveling" you cannot change your ascendancy once you choose one

[trim turret]

POE2 is attempting to avoid brain dead easy by design. And life and resists with other defensive layers on top of those is the correct answer.

[scenic salmon]

There aren't many alternative defense set ups are there?...

[regal fjord]

the struggle is finding "how much and when"

[mental needle]

If you're dying the answer is more

if you're not dying the answer is still more for the future

[eager basin]

actually the answer is always more because it's the most important thing you can get on your gear

until you cap res

[scenic salmon]

Inb4 bow with triple res

[eager basin]

didn't they remove res affixes from weapons in poe2

[lament stone]

yes

[scenic salmon]

Sadly yes...

[rough birch]

Apparently there is build for witch with the cold mages that doesn’t use flame wall? https://youtu.be/3z4PgH1duNk?si=7xqB5uOrUaJ85eZH

Is this a very late game build or can it work before all these uniques?

[haughty niche]

ive never heard of that person

which doesnt mean that its a bad build or anything, just that im now skeptical of the build

[smoky lava]

Im act 3 cruel and cant find where this get Im in utzaal

[rough birch]

Which channel should I check for hopefully a witch infernalist build with no flame wall?

[azure lava]

You sacrifice it on an altar in the northeastern part of agorrat

Next zone

[azure lava]

#2┃build-planning would be my best suggestion

[vast nexus]

what should i use as third support gem on skeletal arsonist

[smoky lava]

thanks

[haughty niche]

that specific build is incredibly lategame.

very expensive items are used too

[rough birch]

[haughty niche]

in the description theres a budget version linked

[rough birch]

[haughty niche]

im not a fan of people that showcase the build 1shotting things for like 6 minutes of the video before showing the buildguide lol

i like that stuff at the end

the budget link actually has 0 build guide in it

its just them killing shit, which is pointless and doesnt help you

[rough birch]

Every rpg/mmorpg/whatever-game-with-build-variance I play, my priorities are daggers and ice

So I’m trying to cling to some cold dög witch builds

Ended up on that guide

[rustic venture]

its in a later area called aggorat

[rough birch]

Everything on mobalytics or whatever it’s called is flame wall

[haughty niche]

the maxroll link on that budget version does use flamewall

[rough birch]

[haughty niche]

cant really confirm how good the build is cause they really don't provide much detail on it at all. 80% of their videos are just showcase with no explenation

also i never play minions so im at a loss there lol

[rough birch]

I looked at the video last night

[eager basin]

in poe1 I fucking hate rolling magma and never use it even though it's widely known as the best act 1 caster levelling skill. if you don't like a thing, just don't do it, you don't need to follow the meta

[rough birch]

Saw all skills with 5 support gems

Enough spirit for 25 minions

I was like

[haughty niche]

The maxroll link on the budget version is at least using budget looking gear. Pretty good budget gear, but at least none of it looks insanely expensive

[rough birch]

The mace with + minion levels, how expensive is it?

[haughty niche]

use trade to find out

looks like a +3 roll is 50ex corrupted or something like that

[rough birch]

[haughty niche]

but +2 are only 5 ex

[rough birch]

I have 10ex

[faint basin]

I sold a bunch with +3 for 80 ex

[haughty niche]

this will result in less minions overall

[rough birch]

My gear is in gridlock

Need a way out

I take amulet off, dex gone, support gems gone

I take ring off, int gone, skill gems gone

[azure lava]

Can you screenshot your tree? I'm betting you're using unnecessary small nodes that could be spent pathing to new notables which would get you some more attributes

Or you could use Lowe level gens

[rough birch]

I can’t screenshot my tree but I can do this

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-leveling-guide

My tree is basically this tree

Except I’m only like 61

[nocturne cargo]

what skills can i socket in elemental invocation

[azure lava]

The list is too long to name. Read the yellow text on the skill and, when you cut a support gem, you can select ele invocation and uncheck "show recommended" at the bottom to see all available supports

But that might not be exhaustive because you can also put in supports to support the skills inside invocation

[nocturne cargo]

im trying to socket gas arrow but i cant

[azure lava]

That's an attack, you can only trigger spells with it

Read the yellow text

[vast nexus]

what 4 support gems should i have on skeletal arsonist?

[nocturne cargo]

thx

[azure lava]

If you have the es wheel on the right, I'd remove that and path to more minion nodes.

[drifting marlin]

Im in act 1 and there are skulls with a little cross on the map, the legend says it's a "boss encounter with upgrade", what's that supposed to mean? There's a new boss?

[azure lava]

It means completing it gives you a permanent bonus for your character like skill points, +10% to a resist, etc

[arctic bobcat]

is the tier system in the game opposite to poe 1 or am i misremembering stuff like i thought t1 items were better while t9 items were worse

[azure lava]

Yeah, t1 is the lowest

In poe2

[arctic bobcat]

huh weird change ngl

i was really surprised when trying to search for stuff

[drifting marlin]

Then how do i know i've gotten it? There's an icon near clearfell and the only thing i see is that ice witch or whatever

[azure lava]

I mean, the devs intended for t1 to be the lowest but the community hijacked it

In poe1

[arctic bobcat]

[lament stone]

if the icon is grey youve completed it

[arctic bobcat]

huh

[azure lava]

If it's greyed out it's complete

[arctic bobcat]

also whats the highest tier in game ?

[azure lava]

Minus a couple bugged ones that never Grey out

[drifting marlin]

Oh i see :v thanks

[azure lava]

Depends on the mod

[haughty niche]

thats the ass part. You cant know

[arctic bobcat]

ah ooof lol

[azure lava]

I wish it showed "T 1/12" or something

[haughty niche]

Instead of seeing T1 and knowing "i just hit a good roll", you can hit T9 %phys and be like "idk if this is in top 3 tiers or top 20 tiers"

[arctic bobcat]

yeahhh that would be really good also tbh it wouldve been better to know if t1 was the highest so we would know what is the threshold

[haughty niche]

I do agree with them that T1 being lowest makes sense for a lot of stuff, but its strictly worse than poe1's implementation atm for knowing potential of rolls.

In poe1 getting a T4 roll you knew that there were 3 higher tiers of rolls and could make decisions based on that

[arctic bobcat]

im assuming t10 might be the highest ?cause i havent seen items over that

[azure lava]

I have

[haughty niche]

ive definitely seen like T12 and stuff

[azure lava]

And, again, it depends on the type of mod

[arctic bobcat]

oh i stand corrected

[haughty niche]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Modifiers

[craggy gyro]

Is monk really worth playing? The only build I’ve actually achieved nearly endgame with is witch hunter. Is monk good for fun and combat fluidity?

[azure lava]

Like, life mods have at least 11. +level of gem has one tier per +gem level and no shot they go to 10

[haughty niche]

all classes are completely viable and none of them are bad

monk is actually among one of the most popular

And fun depends on the person

People have fun with minions, and for me minions in poe are some of the most aggrevating annoying gameplay ive ever played

[craggy gyro]

lol I haven’t tried witch yet. Is it similar to necromancer in d4?

[haughty niche]

The infernalist has some necromancer style support.
They allocate spirit to summon permanent minions

[craggy gyro]

Warrior had very fun aoe but mine was so squishy to elementals and it seemed I couldn’t climb out of that hole

[haughty niche]

Necromancer is actually a witch ascendency from poe1. Possible that we get that in the future, but it also was kinda weird cause they want minions to be playable on multiple classes and having one with an ascendency 100% dedicated to them made that an obvious choice 90% of the time

[craggy gyro]

That’d be awesome! I loved my necro in d4

[lament stone]

titan currently gets the most minion damage from any ascendancy because of the node that increases the effect of small passives

[haughty niche]

god the passive tree is wack for that to be the case lmao

[craggy gyro]

So in guessing monk is similar to spiritborn as both the games share slight similarities?

[haughty niche]

Every character can use all gear and all skills

[azure lava]

Warbringer (warrior) is also a very strong minion build

[haughty niche]

so technically the only thing differentiating characters is their starting location on the passive tree and their ascendency choices

[lament stone]

it helps that theres minion nodes in the str/dex part of the tree

[balmy ginkgo]

hi what catalyist do i use to buff the resistances on a ring? thanks

[lament stone]

cold/fire/lightning/chaos

theres no all resist catalyst in poe2

[azure lava]

Class really only determines your ascendancy options (and ascendancies do not provide bonuses to any specific weapon type, so you have a lot of flexibility with how you use them)

And also where your class starts on the passive tree

[haughty niche]

probably #2┃after-acts-help if you are using catalysts

[balmy ginkgo]

thanks

[balmy ginkgo]

is it possible to increase the implicit with a catalyist?

[eager basin]

believe so yes

[haughty niche]

i think if its 10% then you need 10% quality to make it 11?

so it would only go up by 2..

[lament stone]

yes

that just doesnt look like a good item to use chaos catalyst on

if it had lightning res instead of cold res

you couldve used lightning catalyst to increased the lightning res and lightning damage mods

[haughty niche]

the stats on it are good, just all low rolls

[balmy ginkgo]

ya need a better ring still farming for currency, so your advice is to buff the cold res?

[humble orbit]

is it possible to know if item is good while its on the ground? loot firlter mayber? i saw blue items going for divine orb and I never even gave a thought about picking up those

[azure lava]

I have no idea how you got that from what they said. They're saying to not use catalysts on it at all, but if it DID have two mods of the same type, you'd get more catalyst value

A lightning catalyst buffs lightning damage and lightning resist

But this is also the wrong channel for catalyst talk

[trim turret]

No because you don't know the mods that are on it until you identify it.

[haughty niche]

you cannot know while it is unidentified. They only thing it could judge was base type, ilvl, and rarity (also tier in endgame).

[humble orbit]

so you like pick every blue item and identify it?

[haughty niche]

Opportunity cost

[azure lava]

In poe1 (and occasionally in poe2) items can drop identified, and loot filters could check those

[haughty niche]

I only pick up items for slots that i feel are lacking at the time in campaign

and i broke down rare items for regal shards

since those never drop

[azure lava]

If I need upgrades I pick up everything except for unsalvageable white items that are bigger than 2 slots

[trim turret]

Early sometimes. For ones you are talking about that are worth trade currency, they're likely focused on specific item bases.

[humble orbit]

im mostly interested in late game stuff like mapping, im currently at end of act2 cruel so just thought I would ask what should I focus on while farming

i mostly assumed that i wont get any super rare items while leveling up so didnt really gave any thought before

[lament stone]

youre not going to get any gear in the campaign thats worth divines

magic gear that sells for divines will be stuff that has 2 of the highest tier mods that are really good for specific builds and are on the best base item for that build

[humble orbit]

so you need like really specific knowledge about most builds not to miss good drops?

[lament stone]

youre not going to be able to get the highest tier mods on gear you drop in the campaign because the level is too low

[lament stone]

pretty much yea, there a lot of generic stuff that can work in any build, but the most valuable stuff is gonna be super specific items for certain builds

[humble orbit]

alright that seems daunting but hope ill learn as i go

thanks everyone

[supple quail]

lightning arrow cant chain on its own according to its description
but does it apply to lightning rod as well?
with pierce and chain
would it chain LD more or would proc amount remain the same?
cuz i dont know if i was debuffing myself entire time or no

[haughty niche]

haven't messed with it, but i doubt that a projectile that drops from above can chain/pierce?

The lightning rod is supposed to remain in the ground

[supple quail]

no lightning arrow hits targets
and it procs the LR
u cant put CHain SG on LD

[haughty niche]

idk what LD or SG are

[supple quail]

mb

lightning rod and support gem

[rough birch]

[haughty niche]

pierece / chain etc have an order. I don't think you can chain if you still have pierces left?

In poe1:
Whenever a projectile collides, it will attempt each of its remaining behaviors,[5] prioritized in this order: Split, Pierce, Fork, Chain, Return. Only a single behaviour can occur per collision.

So if the projectile is going to pierce, it wont chain off that monster.

[supple quail]

hmmm

[jade wadi]

how to make my tab sideway ?

[haughty niche]

think there should be a settings option in stash on top right somewhere?

also that image is tiny

[jade wadi]

no option

[haughty niche]

whats the button to the left of that

[narrow talon]

How do I activate aura buffs with controller

[haughty niche]

different game, should be similar ui

[daring dragon]

Skillbar menu, the one where you put skills onto your skill bar.

[lament stone]

that only happens if you have enough tabs (or the names are long enough) that it cant display all the tabs easily on the bar along the top

[narrow talon]

Like this?

[glad kelp]

Is it better not to open it?

[daring dragon]

No

The menu where u actually put skills onto your bar.

[cursive osprey]

wich one should I use? i salvaged my other red items now i feel stupid because they had no level restriction

[narrow talon]

Oh

[haughty niche]

just go look it up on trade and see what unid sells for and decide for yourself

[narrow talon]

Can you show me a photo of it

[glad kelp]

Well, maybe someone knows it would save me time.

[daring dragon]

I'm not online so no

The game should give you button prompts at the bottom on your screen how to open it while in the skill gem menu.

[glad kelp]

I mean, there might be a slim chance of something good happening if I open it.

[haughty niche]

try asking a different chat. this one is for campaign

[narrow talon]

Gotcha

[glad kelp]

Sry ty

[haughty niche]

people that frequent the other ones probably know more about the jewel

[feral badge]

uhhhhhh

[haughty niche]

if you died after killing then you need to make a new instance from the enterance to the area

[feral badge]

so i have to kill him again?

[haughty niche]

ctrl+clicking the area enterance / waypoint lets you do that

Yeah

[flint dove]

anyone playing trough act 2 story right now ???

[haughty niche]

if you are looking for people to play with, try #2┃looking-for-group

[storm pagoda]

i been playing way too much poe2 for the last 3 days.. been sick at home. But i really went from level 33 stuck in act 2 to level 69 post campaign lol

still so much stuff i need to get a hang of in this game.. haven’t even put any jewels in yet

[supple quail]

ah.
no sorry
so it's the arrow itself that cannot chain
but the beam from in can up to 2 times
mb
so i guess having a chain SB on it is not bad ig

[split spindle]

can gloves have rare find % on them?

[frozen bear]

Hi!!! I dunno if this is the right place to post but I’ve been trying so hard to find a spirit gem and I haven’t yet, I just need the lowest level one, is anyone willing to trade with me and give me one if you have more than you need? Please I’d be so grateful 🥹

[split spindle]

stormweaver. im level 35 in Act 3 but still have this as my staff. am i meant to keep it like this until i find a Power Siphon with +2 or more to lightning? do\ i use staffs as stat stick in a spark build and dont care, but want to get a Sigil of Power if possible?

[wise cedar]

whats the fastest way to go through the campaign as a ranger without much currency? I cant afford the whole Pillar of the Caged God setup, but want to speed it up as much as i can

[lament stone]

lightning rod + orb of storms

dont need currency, just need a couple of uncut skill gems to get started and a bow (phys damage and dualstring bow are better but anything works)

[craggy gyro]

I think I’m addicted to punishment being that I love this game so much 😂😂

[wise cedar]

using lightning arrow with those 2 i assume right? And then what am i looking for on gear? No uniques to help start it?

[azure lava]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1326972100409426081

[lament stone]

just lightning rod, no lightning arrow needed

[azure lava]

No. Lightning arrow is bad. I recommend two lightning rods

No cap

[lament stone]

one lightning rod for clearing, one for bossing

[azure lava]

The same stuff you always want on gear. Damage on your bow, movement speed on your boots, and as much life/resists as possible

[wise cedar]

ah interesting, i will try it. No real need to change up the build? I also heared gas arrow is nice to level with later on

[azure lava]

I haven't tried it because I was going too fast with lightning rod to look at other builds

I was comfortably progressing act 2 with no damage nodes on my tree. I think it wasn't until halfway through act 2 when I got my first %increased damage node on the tree

[violet hull]

What is a good class for someone who likes fast paced fighting and movement?

[zenith tulip]

how important are stats? like is it worth it to get a weapon with a big stat increase vs a weapon with bigger dmg numbers and multipliers? or are stats mostly just to fulfil equipment equip requirements?

[violet hull]

The maps are bigger than donkeys wife from shrek and i wanna feel cool traversing them

[azure lava]

All classes can use all skills and gear, minus ascendancy skills.

Chronomancer exclusively has temporal rift which is a blink back in time which is decent movement.

Quarterstaves have a lot of attacks that move you around a lot.
Shield charge is a mace skill that runs you forward and crashes into stuff

[lament stone]

for most builds attributes are only needed to be able to equip skill gems and gear

[azure lava]

Hold alt and click on theul underlined attributes to see what they do

[thorn yew]

how can i become a strong warrior? i was struggling with the devourer

i wanna become OP

i did hear warrior is kinda trash but meh

[violet hull]

Thank you

[azure lava]

Flicker strike is another very movement-based quarterstaff attack

[azure lava]

All classes can use all skills and gear. If your character feels weak it's because of your skills and/or gear, not your class

[zenith tulip]

thanks

[lament stone]

mace skills suck early on, you can use a different weapon for now, like bow for lightning rod + orb of storms or you could use the default attack on maces

[azure lava]

Shockwave totem with two one-handed maces with +level of melee gems is also strong I've heard

[azure ingot]

Monk

[violet hull]

I see, ill try it out

[lapis creek]

Im running monk lvl 91 its amazing

[azure lava]

Again, all classes can use all skills and gear. The monk ascendancies don't offer anything in terms of movement as far as I'm aware. Pathfinder, chronomancer, and deadeye are the only ascendancies that affect your movement as far as I'm aware. Maybe titan to prevent you from being slowed, too

[craggy gyro]

What’s up with the servers?

Keep getting booted

[split spindle]

@haughty niche Thanks so much for all of your help! much appreciated

[real gust]

i see there's an atlas node that gives monsters an extra modifier? how is that a good thing and why would i spend a node on that?

[safe lance]

If you want screenwide slow just do floor 3 sanctum or grass maps.... on PS5

[crude verge]

its working

also this is the damage rn

[chrome plank]

Can you play group ssf in poe2 ?

[safe lance]

haha no, defeats the purpose

[crude verge]

no ssf limits party play and no trade

thats the whole point of SSF

[chrome plank]

I would have enjoyed something like group iron man in osrs you can trade but with a limited number of people lets say 5 of your friends

[inland sentinel]

that's more like a private league

[chrome plank]

I feel ssf is too restrictive and trade is to easy..

[inland sentinel]

which you could do

[safe lance]

makes me want to uninstall, I do like like zero dps compared to your chars and I talk and ask a lot of questions here smh

[chrome plank]

How do you do private leagues in poe 2 ? I didnt play poe 1

[split spindle]

i am in act 3. should i be gambling on random items or only buy from the vendor with modifiers i can see? spent all of my gold on passives but have bad gear

[haughty niche]

i doubt those are available yet.

since there aren't leagues yet lol

[inland sentinel]

o right

[craggy gyro]

The servers are god awful!! What the hell

[haughty niche]

have you tried changing your gateway

on pc you can do it before character select screen

[craggy gyro]

Yeah and unfortunately I have to disable cross play. And I’m on ps5 so that’s probably part of the problem

[haughty niche]

I play on Washington despite being Canadian because its a more consistent ping / experience.
On Canada East I constantly get kicked when trying to load into new areas

idk why you would need to disable crossplay

[arctic bobcat]

how do you do the 3rd and 4th trials ?

[haughty niche]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Ascendancy_class#Ascendancy

[craggy gyro]

Someone fed me a line that it helps but I doubt it lol

[haughty niche]

i found just checking vendors for items (not gamble) every time you level up was enough to keep my weapon up to date

i actually never dropped a good weapon in 125 hours. They were all from vendors / trade

[split spindle]

reading this, to be clear there are 8 maximum asc points possible per campaign

[haughty niche]

not per campaign

You can get 8 points total.

[safe lance]

per character

[haughty niche]

In campaign, you get 2 from act 2 trial, 2 from act 3 trial, then the 3rd set are available right around the end of campaign but usually after you complete it (rng drop). And the 4th is much later. Most streamers were doing it around lvl 90.

[split spindle]

i failed a random level 28 trail of sekehmas version (other was 22), does that mean i just burned a retry if i had failed?

[haughty niche]

You can choose to do either trial, but its a decent power boost on most ascendencies so doing the act 2 one at least before act 2 final boss would be a good idea

The green entry materials are quest items (for the first 2 sets of points) and are repeatable until you win

Both trials are insane RNG shitfests and aren't enjoyable without a build that can already handle it. Them locking character power behind them was the worst move ive seen them make in a decade.

Both mechanics existed in some form in poe1 and were heavily devisive among the community. Most people that interacted with either of them only did so on specially tailored builds that were designed for doing them. Making everyone interact with them for power was just a bad idea imo

[lament stone]

imo sekhemas isnt that bad, all they really need to do with that is adjust the boons and afflictions so theyre not based on poe1 values

[split spindle]

so i effed up burning a Barya i found level 28? it would have scaled at let me go for the 3rd try?
i have the option to take on Sekhema's version vs Chaos? sorry for so many questions, trying to avoid bricking myself/wasting a lot of time haha

[arctic bobcat]

i cant seem to find the in game market which npc had it again ?

[haughty niche]

So if you struggle, know its because they are terribly implemented and poorly designed. Not a you problem

[split spindle]

i didnt realize honor was an hp pool, i thought it meant "only move forward" like in other games haha

[lament stone]

no, they do not scale

if it drops at level 28, it will always be level 28

[haughty niche]

the entry coin you use has a lvl on it that restricts if you get points or not ^

[split spindle]

this game is a part time job 🤣

[haughty niche]

The coins also say on them if you will be rewarded points

If you like games that reward experience / knowledge, poe1 is very rewarding in that regard. A lot of ideas from poe2 will carry over into that game with minor changes.

Poe2 has been kind of watered down / reset in that regard, especially since there hasn't been any leagues yet (which often added new crafting methods / mechanics that interact with everything else)

[humble orbit]

Can you do trial of sekimas with friends?

[haughty niche]

yep

[split spindle]

i ran a full character. my impression was poe1 veers into "complexity for its own sake" and a lot of design inertia, have been waiting for PoE 2 since it lets them start fresh. i figure theyll build on this game too

[haughty niche]

but if someone dies, they need to sit out until the others beat it or also fail

[chilly geyser]

Hey all, question the folks helping with ascendancy trial some say pay after some say pay before boss battle which is better?

[lunar torrent]

@arctic bobcat i think it's the gambling vendors in towns and you unlock it in cruel difficulty

[humble orbit]

if others beat it do you also get rewards even though you died? also how does it work? for example I party with my friend and we both go there-> i add that stone thing and open the door-> we booth go through? or he needs to add his own?

[arctic bobcat]

no no uhh the currency ones my bad i couldnt think of the name lol

[haughty niche]

the pay before ones could scam you. I never messed with any carries though so idk

[haughty niche]

No.

[storm pagoda]

im in the oasis map of atlas begenning area. Killed every monster covered every part of the map and no boss mark shows up… is this area bugged?

[chilly geyser]

@haughty niche Thanks

[haughty niche]

If you die, you do not get rewards/points

But if you are doing the one that requires a key to enter only 1 key is needed iirc

[lament stone]

not every map has a boss

[humble orbit]

thank you

[split spindle]

i keep hearing that endgame is horrible - each league resets the economy so there's no advantage to pre-leveling characters in anticipation for a league? that isnt a thing?

[lunar torrent]

Yea each league is a full reset

[lament stone]

each league is a fresh start

you need to make a new character in the new league

[craggy gyro]

Okay figured it out. It’s the DC (Eastern U.S.)gateway that’s awful

[storm pagoda]

@lament stone i killed everything though

[haughty niche]

Compared to poe1, it is absolutely awful. Most of its issues are just balance issues though. and obviously having less content than the decade old poe1.

[lament stone]

you dont have access to any items from other leagues

[storm pagoda]

is there a new league already? i don’t know if my character is in eternal or normal league?

[haughty niche]

They spent 6 months on the endgame to get to its current state, compared to the several years they spent on campaign

[lunar torrent]

I am pretty sure that is a bug. I had that happen a few times in oasis map @storm pagoda

[storm pagoda]

damn.. okay

[lunar torrent]

Yea i am pretty sure I have had a rare stuck outside a map in that map and could not complete

Also there is a standard league that your old characters go in. You have to make a new character in the new league when it starts

[last ember]

guys, just got a ornage shiled, I am an archer so I dont use it, what should I do?

[lunar torrent]

@storm pagoda

[haughty niche]

When the game leaves early access, all our EA characters will be migrated to a league separate from standard pretty sure. Idk if it will be voided or what (preventing use of characters within the league) but it will be separate from standard.

[meager scarab]

Is it worth socketing anything into Widowhail?

[haughty niche]

my widowhail is empty cause idk what id even want from it really

[deft kraken]

during the fourth trial of chaos my player lost like 40% of his movement speed and i didnt choose any debuff that affects my movement speed, is this a glitch

bc after i failed it it returned to normal

[meager scarab]

Maybe Inspiration for extra mana per enemy killed? IDK...

[lament stone]

you chose something that made you gain a random affliction

[craggy gyro]

Widowhail and the endless journey of finding a quiver it compliments lol

[haughty niche]

quiver was easy. +2 proj skills and whatever other stats are marginally useful and pconc was 1shotting most things

[deft kraken]

the only new thing i chose was lightning radius III which didnt state it slowed movement but ill take ur word for it

[lament stone]

oh chaos, i thought that was sekhemas

the vaal soul cores give you a movement speed penalty if it was that trial

there some enemies that can just inflict slows

maybe something that creates chilled ground idk

[glacial palm]

If I'm remembering right, can't some trial areas just inherently have modifiers in addition to what you pick?

[deft kraken]

it started at the end of the third trial which was escort the statue. I threw on this unique mariketh armor and when i took it off the str & dex debuffs mightve stayed on

cause it kept me slowed from the walk to the 4th trial to the boss fight

[eager basin]

are pconc builds going hit damage or poison

[haughty niche]

poison

[agile scarab]

game crashed on startup screen. anyone else?

[haughty niche]

its hit damage is pretty mediocre. it has a built in 100% more magnitude of poison inflicted.

[eager basin]

that it does

[lament stone]

altho hit damage scales the magnitude of the poison

[eager basin]

how do you sustain flask charges

[haughty niche]

ye. annoyingly in poe2 you do need to scale hit damage a solid amount regardless of if you are focusing on the dot for ailments

[lament stone]

well rolled flask and nodes on tree

[haughty niche]

I was planning to use alchemist persistent skill gem and some nodes on tree, but it actually self-sustains on everything except for super long drawn out boss fights without ANY investment into sustain.

dont even need the pathfinder node for more flask whatever

[meager flower]

How the hell am I supposed to recreate the horn?

[haughty niche]

those are 2 separate quests

[deft kraken]

those are two diff quests, the relics are dropped from monsters. sun relic is in bone pits, kabala clan relic is in keth

[supple quail]

300% increased bonus from X
is base +2x ye?
i dont rembr math at this point

[dusky burrow]

*4

base + 3x

[supple quail]

bussin

[meager flower]

I see, thank you

[glacial palm]

Just in case though, a 300% increase may not show as the number getting multiplied by 4: https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366

[supple quail]

as long as it works

[deft kraken]

the ardura caravan is the last place you have to go to create the horn so just follow the other quests and youll ghet there

[storm pagoda]

should i reroll with chaos orb or just try to get lucky drops. I need an armor that is a decent level with Evasion rating and energy shield, to maximise my invokers spirit, i want it to have atleast these mods on it: + to evasion, + to energy shield and +% increase to evasion and energy shield. Getting all three of these from a random drop seems very rare, what approach should i go with then to get the mods i need

[zealous plume]

Do I need to do the chaos statue quest in cruel? Does it give me anything?

[stark lynx]

Afaik not yet

[wise cedar]

for early game orb of storms lightning rod ranger, where is easiest to get int for orb of storms?

[last ember]

anyone else got stuttering rn?

[lament stone]

tree

[last herald]

whats the minimum hp/shield for end game content ? currently playing infernalist with the unique armor which convert 50% of my hp into shield so got 700 hp and 2100 shield right now

playing fire invocation with 270 spirit for now trying to get more on other piece + looking for better rings and necklace

[storm pagoda]

i have 1000 hp at level 71.. but it maybe cause i am playing monk

[haughty niche]

my ranger felt fine in T15s with 2k life and capped resists / a bit of evasion.

But that did result in occasional 1shots that I could do nothing about, and every single boss ability 1shotting me. There was no way for me to increase my life pool though unless i went Energyshield/hybrid. Life is just in a pretty bad spot at the moment (or enemies are doing way too much damage in endgame, depends how you look at it).
Try a different channel for endgame help. #2┃after-acts-help

[raven quartz]

Could anyone hook me up with a good amount of lvl 3 support gems

[desert sedge]

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

[alpine silo]

this gave me a chuckle

[split spindle]

all my gear is complete garbage except midnight braid, is anything worth using on this?

[haughty niche]

Never corrupt anything you arent willing to lose

Besides that, do whatwver you like. Its just a 1 time free vaal orb pretty much

[split spindle]

does it matter what tier of item i give it? im level 40, would you recommend i vaal this or a random set of gloves on the ground?

[hollow ridge]

is there a way to reduce the intensity of shocked ground on maps? i dont want to get epilepsy and my eyes hurts lol. i tried setting bloom to minimum, number of lights= low but its not doing it

aight nvm i turn off global illumination, my eyes can rest a bit easy

[glacial palm]

At this point in the game, I like the "Anything you're okay with losing suggestion", just to see how the mechanic works 🙂

[frosty totem]

is it worth it to have a small amounts of magic find or if you dont have amounts like 100+/200+ having some 40-60 wont make a difference and should be used for some more useful stats?

[hollow ridge]

yes it is noticeable. i got 30% while my friend has none i got more stuff popping during campaign

[split spindle]

ive been trying that and the results have been mixed hahaha x)

rough

[paper trench]

why is the game so laggy, is it me?

[stuck bane]

k i'm clearly not the only one experiencing lag and stuttering

[glacial palm]

Yeah, that's vaal for you. Anything ranging from a completely useless item to something so amazing you have no other method you could get it

[tulip basin]

super bad at game how to get through level act 1?

[glacial palm]

If you're super bad

1. Build defensively (maximum health, defenses for your class, resistances)
2. Play patiently as you learn to deal with many monsters at once 🙂

[subtle sky]

What function had Pinup Build in PoE2?

[dusky burrow]

pinups? like... the kind you found in magazines?

if you mean pin, it doesnt do a whole bunch by itself, it just makes enemies immobolized

you need to find a way to take advantage of that through your skills and items

[glacial palm]

Having trouble with the question, so my answer is Bone Cage.

Used it in my build for a while because it was able to pin pretty reliably with no investment, was a good tool for making space when I needed it while leveling.

[long crag]

can I corrupt this to get +1 to skill level ? 20 lightning bolt

[split dew]

I have question, is site for buy currency true and safe?

[dusky burrow]

for real money?

if so, no, that's against terms of service and will get you banned.

[haughty niche]

i don't think thats how corruption works. But i am not certain with poe2 corruption outcomes

[dusky burrow]

if you mean for ingame currency/items, it's only pathofexile.com/trade2 that you would be using.

[dusky burrow]

no, it can only add an enchantment

[split dew]

Yas i mean for money, i just ask for poe 1 because for poe2 is more expensive

[haughty niche]

its against the game rules in both games.

[split dew]

That

[haughty niche]

stop posting that shit. Its against game rules

[dusky burrow]

we already explained twice, i think it was quite clear

[split dew]

Okay, and can i get ban for that?

[dusky burrow]

yes

for using those sites, your path of exile account can be banned

[granite phoenix]

Anyone have a good resource regarding when calculations are made when it comes to gear, passives, gems, etc. Looking at how it calculates the final damage so I can understand the order.

[split dew]

Okay thanks soo much

[haughty niche]

Its also pretty obvious when people use those sites. Both from a transaction point of view, and from viewing their builds / game knowledge

[dusky burrow]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Receiving_damage is one resource

otherwise, just ask your question specifically and we can help

[topaz galleon]

is there any way to figure out where ive missed books of specialization in the campaign?

[cosmic jacinth]

Youtube

[split spindle]

what about those websites ppl are always spamming in game chat? are those illegal too? also curious on the boosts ppl spam in trade, llike boss clears for some exalts

[granite phoenix]

Thanks, lol. I'm more looking at how my damage is calculated. If I have a node that says attack speed gained for every x accuracy and then a jewel that gives me accuracy, will my attack speed go up?

[dusky burrow]

yes, those are against TOS as well.

[dusky burrow]

yes

[granite phoenix]

check your passive skill tree, you should have 24 for your weapon sets.

[topaz galleon]

i know i wanna know what bosses ive missed tho

[granite phoenix]

Is there a resource that shows how/where that is calulated?

[dusky burrow]

any website that would use bots to spam chats is not one that is interested in the following the game's rules, in general

[topaz galleon]

im missing 4 points idk where from tho

[granite phoenix]

Look on the map and check for the icons with a +. Those give bonuses.

[dusky burrow]

it's just math - what don't you understand about it?

[haughty niche]

getting boss carries for ingame currency isn't against game rules. But it is very easy to get scammed by using carries like that

[dusky burrow]

if it says 1% atkspd per 1000 accuracy and that jewel results in you having 1000 more accuracy, you get 1% inc atkspd

[azure lava]

Look for the permanent bonuses that aren't greyed out on the map

[humble orbit]

is there anything useful to do with gold except for reset skills and vendor items during campaign?

[dusky burrow]

currency exchange

[haughty niche]

during campaign those two you listed are mostly what id be doing

[topaz galleon]

so all bosses that arent greyed out i havent done?

[haughty niche]

after campaign you can gamble it at gambling vendors

[azure lava]

Correct. With the exception of a couple bugged ones like the bog witch. Also, not all bosses give permanent bonuses. Hover over the i in the top left of your map to see the legend

[humble orbit]

thanks

[granite phoenix]

All the icons that aren't grey, you haven't done. The ones that matter are the ones with + (the exception is act 3 cruel witch, it's always lit up).

[humble orbit]

ty

[topaz galleon]

ah ok thanks

[azure lava]

The only additive things are %increases/reductions that apply to the same thing. Everything else is a multiplier and thus the order is irrelevant

[granite phoenix]

Is there an order which things are calculated. gems > gear > tree...etc.

[arctic bobcat]

can anyone tell me what poiint i should go for for my last 2 asendancy points

[azure lava]

Not without more info

[granite phoenix]

Gotta pick the crotch icons.

[lament stone]

thats it, you got the 4 useful nodes on witch hunter

[haughty niche]

for what

[arctic bobcat]

these are the three nodes i can go for

[dusky burrow]

generally, the source of the modifier doesn't matter, but the type of modifier. local modifiers are applied first, like modifiers on items that directly modify themselves, like attack speed on a crossbow. the flat modifiers are added, such as +100 to accuracy rating. then increased modifiers and more modifiers are applied, such as 100% increased accuracy rating.

[azure lava]

Base damage gets calculated, it's modified by the sum of your increases/reductions and every more/less multiplier for your damage. Then that damage is modified by any target-specific modifiers like "increased damage taken", enemy resistances/defenses, etc

[dusky burrow]

still, i suggest you give a specific example for a more effective explanation

[lament stone]

im not joking when i say witch hunter is basically a 6 point ascendancy, all those nodes you havent taken arent really good, the sorcery wards ones actively make your character worse

[haughty niche]

they dont mean more info on the nodes. they mean more info on what kind of build you are going for, your main damage skill(s), etc

[azure lava]

Idk what your build does, where you're struggling, or why you're asking this here instead of #2┃after-acts-help or #2┃build-planning

[arctic bobcat]

these are the three nodes i can go for oohhh okay my bad , im going for a lightning damage merc , im using galv shard and stuff

[arctic bobcat]

i havent finished acts yet

[azure lava]

Then don't worry about your last ascendancy points yet

Wait to see how your build feels later

And you can make a more informed decision

[arctic bobcat]

no i asked someone to help me with the lasst one since i had a high level djin barya drop

so i have all 8 pts

[azure lava]

You can't have a 4-trial djinn barya drop in the campaign

[haughty niche]

i like this page for an example of how damage gets calculated
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/getting-started/damage-scaling

[lament stone]

take the 15% increased armour and evasion small point then just ignore the last point

[arctic bobcat]

oh my bad i meant to say traded

but regardless

[azure lava]

All the other small nodes are also bad? Lmao

[lament stone]

the cooldown recovery isnt bad, but its not good either if you dont have cooldowns

thats what id do tho tbh

unless you use weapon swaps and can make use of having 48 weapon swap points for something idk

[azure lava]

If you can't use 48 points for weapon swaps you're doing something wrong imo

Weapon swaps are so hecking good

I'm maxed out

(disclaimer: don't use weapon swap points unless you know what you're doing)

[haughty niche]

i couldn't make use of em on pconc cause its literally just rightclicking and nothing else lol

[azure lava]

Not even swapping for despair?

[haughty niche]

dont have the int

[lament stone]

24 points is already enough for me

[azure lava]

You could if you invested in weapon swap points...

[haughty niche]

Nah

[azure lava]

Smh

[lament stone]

i just dont think 48 is that important unless youre doing something with 2 different weapon types and really need those points

[haughty niche]

i also oneshot most things in T15 so i didn't look for more damage sources lol

[azure lava]

Even if you're just using a swap for a curse, having 24 extra points gets you enough to travel to least one additional cluster

[lament stone]

dont forget where witch hunter starts and where the curse nodes are

[azure lava]

All the more reason to have 24 extra points

Marks are a similar story and there are loads of mark nodes in the southeast part of the tree

[granite phoenix]

Thank you. That definetely helps too.

[muted gazelle]

did the svalinn prices fall?back when i got mine it was like 1div

[lament stone]

value of items and currency fluctuates, thats just how it is

[vernal finch]

Hey guys I'm trying to run a bonestorm build on blood mage, but I can't really find a decent way to proc the additonal damage... no other bone spells seem to proc it?

[azure lava]

It can only be procced by attacks, not spells

Minion attacks also count

[vernal finch]

So really there's not much of a way as a caster for me to take advantage of that

[autumn shoal]

HEY how i can travel to this boss in cruel? the door is locked ( at normal its not)

[azure lava]

You could weapon swap

Or use a minion

[azure lava]

Need a soul core to open it

[lament stone]

minions are the main thing its designed around, but theres nothing stopping you using an attack for it

[craggy gyro]

Wtf with these server and gateway issues. I can’t even get to another location

[vernal finch]

Well I mean I'm constantly casting the spell so no real time to attack you know

[azure lava]

You can also cast bonestorm with any weapon equipped if you don't wanna weapon swap

[azure lava]

You need to enter from the other end of the zone

[autumn shoal]

where is it

[azure lava]

Then it sounds like a minion is your best bet. Or play in a party with people using attack builds

[azure lava]

You should just be able to go to the wp for that zone

[vernal finch]

I wonder how well a single reaver or brute would do, i thought they would just die lol

[shut abyss]

jiquani's machinarium waypoint iirc

[autumn shoal]

ah i got it lol

[topaz galleon]

what am i supposed to do if i missed a book of specialisation in act 3 normal bc the map changes when ur in cruel?

[azure lava]

Go back and get it

[topaz galleon]

the map changes

[autumn shoal]

iam so dumb but man its rly confusing

[azure lava]

Use the portal

[azure lava]

Waypoint to act 3, use the portal, it'll send you to riverbank, portal to town, wp back to act 3. It should be in the right mode.

[craggy gyro]

Is this a good first RPG

[topaz galleon]

ok thanks

and yes george was my first its fun

[haughty niche]

if you are looking for an actual role playing game, this really isn't one.

[glacial palm]

^ Depends on what you want from an RPG

[azure lava]

I don't know how anyone could possibly answer that tbh. Good first rpg for whom? How do you define good? How do you define rpg?

[craggy gyro]

nah idgaf about being a roleplaying game, i just mean game like diablo iv, wow etc

[azure lava]

It's nothing like wow

First off

[haughty niche]

diablo is an ARPG.

this would be a great arpg

[reef moat]

It just requires more skill than Diablo

[craggy gyro]

well ive never played wow or diablo as i said this is my first one i just mean game of that genre

[autumn shoal]

can i change this?

[hybrid condor]

Hi! might be wrong chat so sry before hand! Im new to the game and im playing as a monk. My build is Tempest Furry Invoker and im doing good dmg imo! but my hp/shield feels low since im taking alot of dmg. Am i using a wrong build or is it gear/skill related? cuz im dying to easy even from "standard" mobs. Im lvl 17 with 302hp and 68 shield

[lament stone]

wow isnt in the same genre

[vernal finch]

Nope, which one did you take?

[azure lava]

If you enjoy learning and being rewarded for your knowledge, this game is great. It is a lot to digest though

[haughty niche]

the main difference for arpgs is they tend to be more focused on gear / character progression upgrades rather than story or multiplayer etc. The primary goal is to just make a stronger character

[autumn shoal]

stun but should have taken the mana instead

[glacial palm]

Compared to other options in the genre, it can be a little more punishing and less like a power fantasy.
It can also feel like a bit of a dive into the deep end sometimes... but there's a lot to learn, a lot to do, and it is rewarding to play

[reef moat]

Oh if you wanna chill go to Diablo if you wanna fight hard bosses play this game

[azure lava]

It's fine. All of those options have the value of about 2-3 small passive nodes

[lament stone]

poe is like the diablo games, it was basically made because the devs wanted a game like diablo 2

[craggy gyro]

alr ill start with diablo

[trim turret]

How are your resists?

[dense copper]

Can anyone help me find ogham village

[vernal finch]

oof... well it's only minor so not a big deal at least

[trim turret]

Just run along the outside edge of the zone before it.

[azure lava]

That's a very low amount of life. Movement speed on boots, damage on your weapon, and as much life/resistance as possible is what you should prioritize on gear

[reef moat]

If you don’t got the gamepass for Xbox or anything this game is cheaper or free in like 6 months

[dense copper]

Keep getting wrecked by all the spawns

[hybrid condor]

I got some fire and cold resistance in low % and a small amount of light resistance

[vernal finch]

I'm having so much fun making my own build on the passive tree with something kind of unique, I don't know if anyone else is running this specific setup and I think that's pretty awesome

[trim turret]

Then it sounds like you should beef up before trying to get to the village.

[azure lava]

Which zone are you currently in?

[autumn shoal]

thats huge man^^

[trim turret]

Resists and life are super important in gear.

[dense copper]

Hunting grounds

[hybrid condor]

I got some legendary boots in my stash with movements speed, but other than that the stats isn't that good imo

[azure lava]

Find a cobblestone path and follow it west and it'll take you straight to the Next zone

[vernal finch]

Is there any place that will help critique a build/passive tree?

[sacred agate]

#2┃build-planning

[azure lava]

#1308715058716610580 #2┃build-planning

[dense copper]

K thxs

[vernal finch]

❤️ ty

[hybrid condor]

Yeah! but im just starting act 2 is there anyway to get some good gear now or should i just keep going and hope for some good gear to drop?

[azure lava]

Orange is not legendary in path of exile. They're called unique. And most are trash. That's actually really good that you recognized they were bad and didn't equip them just because they're orange, but what boots are they? Movement speed trumps most stats on boots.

[dense copper]

Found the zone

[trim turret]

Drops, checking vendors, salvaging/disenchanting gear for currency, using currency on existing items or items from vendors to try and make something better, adding sockets and runes to gear can help a lot.

[azure lava]

Check vendors every level (they restock when you level up), pick up most items off the ground to sell and salvage, use extra gold for buying gear from vendors or gambling.

Pick up good white bases and transmute+augment them to try to fish for upgrades. Regal blue items with two good mods.

Salvage items with sockets for artificer shards so you can add sockets/runes to your gear

[hybrid condor]

Imma need to watch a guide again... xD cuz i don't know half of what u just said. this game doesn't feel noob friendly, but thx for the help

[azure lava]

Holding alt and clicking underlined keywords to read more helps a lot. And make sure you read item descriptions in their entirety. Especially the stackable currency items (scrolls, orbs, etc)

The grey text on items is also important

[glacial palm]

Learning what stats you want (mainly your defensives), remembering to check vendors, salvaging/disenchanting drops you don't need, and using these two items (orbs of Transmutation and Augmentation) on grey items will get you through most of the game in all honesty.

I think one of the big problems is that new players can try to reach for a ceiling that is so high in this game, when you really don't even need to jump to play 😅

[rose kernel]

for time lost jewels, how do i tell whats a notable and whats a small passive

[hybrid condor]

Yeah i used the orbs like 1 time and thought i might wanna save them for later xD but might use them now then!

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

[dusky burrow]

keystones are biggest, notables are medium, small is smallest

[hybrid condor]

Yes! will do 🙂 but haven't salvaged anything. I just sell everything that i don't think i want/ is an upgrade

[rose kernel]

ithank you

[glacial palm]

Once you learn what items you want for your character, and what stats you don't want, you'll have plenty of salvage/disenchant* and plenty of chances to use these orbs to fix slots you didn't get good gear for. It's the stuff past this (regals, exalts, even alchemy) that you should definitely be a little more conservative with.

[azure lava]

Salvage items with sockets ASAP. Tho honestly I'd sell the rares and salvage the non-rare ones

And items with quality, too

Salvage those

But imo selling a rare for gold beats salvaging unless it has two sockets

[hybrid condor]

To be honest i haven't found a single item with a socker slot...

[glacial palm]

Don't worry, you will 😅

[zealous onyx]

im in act 3 normal with a witch, not running minions but primarily chaos DoTs with flame wall and corpse explode. mob clear is decent, but bosses are taking a laughably long time. what am i doing wrong? are there any particular nodes or skill combos that make single target respectable? I use bonestorm with the 100% crit over time, but the charge time usually gets me killed more than anything and dmg doesnt seem to be scaling as well as earlier acts

ive got spell dmg on both wand and focus too and been taking dmg nodes and energy shield

[hybrid condor]

Yeah im following a build guide and it says what i should prioritize! i just think it might be that im under geared since most of the items says it requires a lower level like 11

[raven quartz]

Could someone lvl me to at least lvl 31? I need to get ix spirit and skill gems so I can finish my socketing and it’s taking forever. I’m not sure when maps is available but I just started act 2. If anyone could help, thank you.

[glacial palm]

In all honesty? You're not really doing anything wrong. You're running two skills that kill slowly (chaos DoT and flame wall), and one skill that does big damage when you can get bodies (corpse explosion) so there's not much here to do big damage on bosses.
Chaos DoT notoriously kills pretty slowly, just very safe to play well.

@zealous onyx Depending on the gem levels available at that point, usually Hexblast is one of your bigger "boom" spells you can use to push bosses a little faster.

Pretty expensive mana wise, since you're recasting curses, but it certainly helps.