2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[lament stone]

"monk" doesnt give energy shield recharge

[tardy rivet]

He should be going energy shield it’s literally given to him n his kit 😭😭

[lament stone]

he will later

[tardy rivet]

Passive tree????

Wtf are you yapping about blood

😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏 gang has never touched monk

[lament stone]

during the campaign, you simply dont have access to the strong spirit skills or uniques for es recovery

[tardy rivet]

You get so much es recharge in the beginning of passive tree for free

Don’t need them

[trim turret]

Don't EVER follow a build from POE builds.

[lament stone]

is it es recharge rate or faster start of es recharge tho

[trim turret]

They're a scam channel.

[tardy rivet]

Is that not energy shield regen?????

[fallow agate]

but can i do it because it looks cool

[lament stone]

regen is not recharge

[tardy rivet]

You literally just said he gets none

Then stayed two ways he gets it

[lament stone]

"faster start of recharge" recharge rate" "regeneration" are all different things

[tardy rivet]

He gets them all

In the very first node to the right

All 3 are there if I’m not wrong

[lament stone]

recharge rate still means you have to wait 4 seconds before recharge can start

[tardy rivet]

If it’s not there he gets it literally yo 3 levels

[lament stone]

there is no sources of energy shield regen on the tree

[lusty elk]

my buddy wants to be a "support" player is his best option a witch or sorc with a support sceptor?

[tardy rivet]

Sorc

Chronomancer time stop build

[fallow agate]

what should i do now😭

[lament stone]

regeneration is not recharge, they have different meanings

[tardy rivet]

I’ve done 4 monks just go energy and damage for the campaign you will be fine my friend who has almost lvl 100 monk and has played Poe did the same and told me to do the same you’ll be fine

Resistances are good but the monk has the best beginning tree in the game rn for damage and energy shield

[lament stone]

dont ignore resists

[tardy rivet]

It would be a waste

[lament stone]

dont ignore life before you have good enough es recovery

[fallow agate]

where can i get this build then because i wanna also fly around like this (LATER)

[tardy rivet]

I’m ngl when it comes to using flicker strike late game you don’t move like that due to you destroying everything with your heralds

You could take off heralds and try another spirit gems but you would lose a lot of damage and clearing

[fallow agate]

i just wanna destroy everything

[tardy rivet]

It is good for bosses tho and fun

Double bell flicker stroke for bosses is funny

[tardy rivet]

Double heralds will be your go to

Probably the best clear in the game rn

[fallow agate]

nice now i have to look for new gloves

should i buy with gold and gamble with exalts

[lament stone]

there is a maxroll flicker build, its an edngame build tho so it makes some assumptions on what level you are/gear you may have access to
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/flicker-strike-invoker-build-guide

[tardy rivet]

If you want to listen to him keep the boots since they give you faster start or energy shield recharge but you need to find good armor and gloves with energy shield

[lament stone]

faster start of recharge is pretty important

[tardy rivet]

Id just buy with exalts you’re still low level so it’ll be cheap and guarantee the items are good

[fallow agate]

i need to try something new because im dying to often

[lament stone]

because if you keep getting hit your energy shield cannot recharge at all unless you havent taken any damage for 4 seconds

[tardy rivet]

Keep the boots get a good energy shield armoire and gloves then you should be fine survival wise

Idk about damage due to the fact he had you use stat stacking gear with no stats

[lament stone]

which is why i say life is far more important than energy shield before you can get good enough energy shield recovery

[tardy rivet]

It would probably be wiser to just get a gotchu staff with crit hit and a helmet with energy shield n res

Gothic*

Ngl you can reset a lot of these random strength nodes in the middle at the end and just put those points into your crit node

Don’t sleep on crit dawg it will boost your dmg a sht ton especially at a certain point

Crit damage will technically be better then crit hit if you continue to use the god staff because you’re attacking so much but try to shoot for 65%-75%

Maybe even less really

[fallow agate]

so?

[tardy rivet]

I usually have around 55% with 380%~550%crit dmg

[hard cypress]

There is a crit cluster near the start of monk as well

[tardy rivet]

Ye

Are you using French charge??

Frenzy

[fallow agate]

who

[dark oracle]

French charge

[tardy rivet]

Frenzy charge it’s a spirit gem

[lament stone]

do you have combat frenzy?

[tardy rivet]

That’s my bad Lmaoo

[fallow agate]

if u mean me i just use bell and ice strike

and herald of ice

[lament stone]

resonance is useless if you dont have combat frenzy

[tardy rivet]

Ok so take off that resonance

Ye

😭😭😭

[lament stone]

thats why you dont just blindly follow trees

[tardy rivet]

Put it into the crit tree as well

[lament stone]

you need to know why the guide uses what skills/gear that it uses

[tardy rivet]

^

Some will tell you other wont

[fallow agate]

wdym with resonnce

[tardy rivet]

That big node next to your crit tree

With the 3 different colors

You don’t need it

It’s useless without combat frenzy

It’s only there so you can get charges off freezing and electrocuting so that you can use charged staff which you don’t have

[fallow agate]

put it in there

[tardy rivet]

Yep

[fallow agate]

whats better armour and shield or evasion and shield

because i wanna buy gear at the gambler

[tardy rivet]

Armor is useless

Always go evasion energy shield or just energy shield for the monk

[fallow agate]

good

[tardy rivet]

Try to split it evenly,certain items will give more es then others

[fallow agate]

24 shield bruh

[tardy rivet]

So usually full energy shield chest piece

[fallow agate]

91

[tardy rivet]

Ev es gloves

Es helmet

[fallow agate]

but 68int wtf

i have 44

[tardy rivet]

Huge

[fallow agate]

and im poor

[tardy rivet]

Yes energy shield will take into to wear

Like armor rake strength

And ev is def

Dex*

[fallow agate]

but keep the 91 one

[tardy rivet]

Ye so you have more strength then int because he has you go into gos staff too early without howas which is bad

Cause having gos staff forces you to go strength for more dps

[tardy rivet]

Def keep for now

Look for better gloves ev n es that way you can actually put them on

On the market not gambling

[fallow agate]

glove also shield only

[tardy rivet]

Better invest to go to market and find gear with specific stats then to gamble gold

[tardy rivet]

Evasion/ev and energy shield es

Go both stats to make sure you can actually put them on

When you’re on the market make sure you limit the level to what level you are

[fallow agate]

damn this looks good

[lament stone]

not really imo

[fallow agate]

this?

[lament stone]

no movespeed

[tardy rivet]

I mean not bad for you he but I’d you’re gonna gamble rather have rare

[tardy rivet]

Move speed on boots always

[lament stone]

movement speed is the most important mod on boots

[fallow agate]

i can gamle a orb

[tardy rivet]

If you have exalts just go on market and find the specific stats you need

Gambling is a waste

[lament stone]

it would be a waste on that item imo

[tardy rivet]

Literally

[fallow agate]

k

[tardy rivet]

Until end game and you actually wanna craft items unless you’re trying to ssf

[fallow agate]

but how should i get it if i dont gamble and buy because its rare

i dont get rare items often

[tardy rivet]

Who is your pfp

Do you have exalted orbs?

[fallow agate]

25

[tardy rivet]

Go on the trade market

Like the Poe trade site

And find the gear you need for 5 ex each

[fallow agate]

i searched it and didnt found it

[tardy rivet]

Look up Poe 2 website sign in and then you’ll see a tab at the top that says trade

[fallow agate]

it just get me into buy gear for money sites lol

[tardy rivet]

It’ll take you directly to Poe 2 trade website

[fallow agate]

k i do it

im in

[vernal stone]

@safe lance so basicly put a dual string bow as 2nd weapon set and against bosses, swap to it and just spam rod+oos?

even without any tree nodes towards bow on the stormweaver?

[fallow agate]

the site say poe1

[fallow agate]

.

[safe lance]

no it will fall off then, people just take the quiver nodes, projectiles and respec completely when they see fit.

[tardy rivet]

Make sure you look up and sign into the Poe 2 one if not it’ll take you to Poe 1

There might be a drop down to change between the two idk tho

But Poe 2 official website

[safe lance]

Check this forum post out @vernal stone https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1326972100409426081

[tardy rivet]

I’ll brb walking to store

[fallow agate]

ah now

[safe lance]

It also depends on enjoyment, if someone picked a sorc and wanted to actually level as a spell caster, then its understandable. Some people just prefer to skip immersion and go for efficiency/meta.

[tardy rivet]

When you get to the trade sight go to requirement filter and put your level as the max,then drop down menu for the stat filter and look for # to # cold damage and phys damage for the gloves and look for es ev ones with the highest stats in your price range

If you need to set a price range bottom trade filter,drop down menu that says exalted orb equivalent change it to only exalted orbs then set your max to like 6 or 7

[fallow agate]

wdym with #

[tardy rivet]

It means number to number

So it’ll say

[fallow agate]

ah

[tardy rivet]

Adds 32 to 62 physical damage to attacks

Or lightning

Pretty much those number the left is your min damage and the right is your max dmg

It adds those numbers to the already existing or base stats

BRB tho

[fallow agate]

what category is it i just see weapons o am i blind

bruh u can scroll

mb

i dont find any

yea nobody sell

nobody selling cold and phys if i turn the filter off i have results

[tardy rivet]

Take off phys then

[fallow agate]

what is the differnt between # to # cold damage and cold damage to attack

[tardy rivet]

Only cold

[fallow agate]

also no results

[tardy rivet]

Hmm you have only # to % cold damage to attacks?

[fallow agate]

just cold to attack and yes

and phys also

[tardy rivet]

One specifically adds it “attacks”-skills that use the weapon to attack

Just cold damage is for spells

[fallow agate]

only this 2

no more results

[tardy rivet]

Take off the phys one

[fallow agate]

and cold is for every damage that do cold

[tardy rivet]

And see what shows up

[tardy rivet]

% increase cold is all damage but you get that on rings only

[fallow agate]

what was it evasion or what on glove

[tardy rivet]

Es

Energy shield

Never get armor doesn’t help your class and rn is just the worst defense sadly

[fallow agate]

good?

[tardy rivet]

Suggestion buy your chest first

[trim turret]

Aren't those the gloves you had already?

[lament stone]

unique does not mean good

[tardy rivet]

It’s gonna have the highest energy shield so you can base everything of tha

[tardy rivet]

And yes

[tardy rivet]

^ this too

Most uniques arenas unless you’re building around them

[fallow agate]

this one is better

[tardy rivet]

That one is not worth building around

[tardy rivet]

You want rates

Rares*

[trim turret]

Stop trying to force random unique items into it.

[lament stone]

why are you so fixated on that unique?

[tardy rivet]

Will give you more base rates of energy shield and evasion

[fallow agate]

i dont try it i dont find any rare

[tardy rivet]

Those gloated are bad if you wanna get unique gloves see how heap hands of wisdom and action are

Never mind

You’re too low level

[fallow agate]

i just found rare ones with armour

[trim turret]

If you're going to buy items buy a rare item. If you aren't finding them it means your search is wrong.

[hard cypress]

I'm starting to think you are overthinking this waaay too much instead of just getting some pieces of gear with life on it and playing the campaign

[tardy rivet]

He is lvl 34 so supply might be low I can’t check myself rn

[fading loom]

What build is he going?

[tardy rivet]

He is def new think this is the first time he’s been on trade sit

[tardy rivet]

Ice strike monk

[fading loom]

Gotchu

[lament stone]

was it not flicker strike?

[tardy rivet]

He can’t use flicker

He’s only lvl 34

That’s what he’s gonna do end game

[tardy rivet]

Someone also gave him free geared which cooked him

[fallow agate]

the best i find atm

[fading loom]

Lvl it take for howa?

[tardy rivet]

Cause he started doing his ascend based off those items

[lament stone]

thats not very good imo

[tardy rivet]

54?

Somewhere around there

[lament stone]

what are your search filters?

[hard cypress]

On the trade site you can click on a specific stat to sort by it

[fallow agate]

i stop trying anything now that sucks i need years to find something

[hard cypress]

For eg, you can click on energey shield to sort based off that value

[trim turret]

Again, life and resists are the most important stats on anything that isn't your weapon.

[fallow agate]

everyone say something else they are fcking my head

im gonna explode

[lament stone]

the mods you want are life and elemental resists

the base you want is evasion/energy shield or some mix of the two because thats easiest to equip with your attributes (if youre going monk skills)

[tardy rivet]

I told him to es cause of the boots he’s using and the amount of es is freely giving to monk,he has es recharge boots if I’m not wrong and his tree is so cooked en 😭😭😭

[tardy rivet]

Yes but he has so much strength due to that person giving him god staff and that’s the only way he was able to scale his smog

Dmg*

He has Norte strength then dex n int rn

More*

[fading loom]

Have you looked into any potential upgrades and also what build are you using?

[fallow agate]

thats what i mean everyone say something else thats hell confusing

[trim turret]

You shouldn't be choosing between es and life/resists. You can get ES gear with life and resists.

[fading loom]

Rip he deleted the message lol

[fallow agate]

does someone of you maybe sell boots lmao

[tardy rivet]

Yes also I love Shorsey just realized tha was your pfp

[tardy rivet]

I would give you all of the gear if I could get online have to wait another 30

Or so

[trim turret]

At this point I'd start a new character and find your own gear instead of looking for handouts or buying shit. Getting free uniques put you on totally the wrong path and you should follow a trusted build from a trusted source.

[tardy rivet]

This is honestly very right and probably your best bet at the moment if you and hear to suffice your build with the tree you went

[fallow agate]

i dont do a new character for this i also can learn it without doing a new character i just need time

[tardy rivet]

He means restart your monk

And just get gear yourself

You getting those uniques and building based off those threw your early game so hard

Hard*

[fallow agate]

i dont wanna restart I'd rather continue to suffer

[tardy rivet]

Then gimme awhile when I get on I will give you gear to put you into a good area

[fallow agate]

This is the first time I've played such a complicated game, I just need time to understand it

thanks alot also for talking like 1h with me xD

[tardy rivet]

Good enough to clear act 3 you really just need that

Cruel is easy lowkey

[hardy sun]

this is the way

[tardy rivet]

No problem at all I completely understand 😭😭

Suffering will def allow up to learn the game more

[fallow agate]

but the game is 1000000 times better then diablo

[tardy rivet]

I’m always here to help to I have like 700 hours 😭😭😭

[tardy rivet]

Yes

It will only get better

[fallow agate]

fck diablo fck blizzard

[tardy rivet]

In a month more support gems and skill to come so builds will change and such

Fck blizzard Yee

They throw all their games to the shitter

[fallow agate]

my stash is full asf💀

[hardy sun]

more tabs helps, that's worthwhile $ to spend on game if you plan to play a good amount. currency tab, map tab, gem tab, etc

[tardy rivet]

Tabs is the best investment

Over anything in this game

[hardy sun]

unique tab too, and i like a few quad tabs just to dump stuff

[tardy rivet]

Quad premium stash for selling

[fallow agate]

is this maybe a good bow?

[trim turret]

Not really. Not a lot of damage.

[hard cypress]

Just fyi you have a seperate place to put relics in the tirals of sekhimas area, in its own stash so it doesn't take space here

[tardy rivet]

There is a relic stash

And those uniques can be broken down for chance shards

Better value

[fallow agate]

im back in like 30min i have to do something

[tardy rivet]

Bet bet

[fallow agate]

im back

[fading loom]

Welcome back

[fallow agate]

[mental needle]

This is nostalgic

[fading loom]

I feel for you console players

Must be horrible

[pastel saddle]

How much is a normal sapphire ring worth? Roundabout

Because I had one iny m trade tab for 10 exalts and got SPAMMED with requests

So I'm guessing that's too low

[tardy rivet]

Real shit 😭🙏🙏

[dusky burrow]

20-25ex last i checked, could have moved

[mental venture]

where do I find these offerings? I fully cleared valley of titans, but didnt find one

[tardy rivet]

Think 20 now

[tardy rivet]

The area before Ket

[mental venture]

ah ty

[tardy rivet]

You should have a notification for the area a mission

[fallow agate]

how much fps does you all have mine are so low

[trim turret]

What are your specs?

[fallow agate]

4050 laptop gpu i5 16gb

[tardy rivet]

Dude I play on a potatoe laptop at 80 frames max but I mainly get 65

[fallow agate]

i hit 70 and it drops in fights but playable but anoying that i have that low

sometimes 100 but idk why it is high but 1h later agian low

but why does this game take so much i could play on my next gen xbox and would have 120fps easy

its my cpu i think

[final geyser]

If you press F1, you can see the frame time breakdown. I'd wager it has something to do with the CPU, given it's an i5, but also, I wouldn't be surprised if the Xbox uses upscaling or lower settings - although I also don't know what settings and upscaling you are or aren't using.

[fallow agate]

upscaling what does it mean

[final geyser]

Rendering the game at a lower resolution then using an algorithm, such as Nvidia's DLSS or AMD's FSR, to scale that image up to your display resolution.

However, that's more likely to help with GPU bound scenarios, not CPU ones.

You can find the options in the Graphics tab, under 'Upscale Mode' and 'Image Quality'.

[fallow agate]

bro really have a 4090😭

[final geyser]

(don't use DLAA, that's basically just AA and will harm performance)

[fallow agate]

DLAA just for rich people yes?

XD

[final geyser]

More so if you're getting good enough performance as is.

[fallow agate]

these are also my settings except the DLAA resolution and vsync

vsync off

[final geyser]

I'd advise checking the frame time graph as you play, see whether it's the CPU or GPU that takes longer, then experiment with settings to see if anything improves it.

[fallow agate]

what is a good lower resolution to not fck my game

[final geyser]

What is your native resolution? If your laptop is 4k, for instance, you should be able to turn it down to as low as 1080p and be relatively fine (especially if you use DLSS), but if it's 1080p, lowering it any further may not look great.

[fallow agate]

1080p, 1920x1080

nativ

[final geyser]

Yeah, then it's probably best not to bring it down further

Again, check the F1 graph, if it's the CPU that's causing problems, then lowering resolution won't help too much.

[fallow agate]

when do i know if the cpu is the problem

in the graph

[final geyser]

Basically, see whether the CPU or GPU take more milliseconds per frame.

[fallow agate]

ähm cpu 13ms

whops

can i do anything about it

it go also up to 20ms

[final geyser]

I'm not certain if any graphics settings have a large impact on CPU performance, but you could try changing them around and see if anything improves it.

[fallow agate]

not really

[tacit minnow]

My brother was having a similar issue running this game. Its pretty cpu intensive even on my pc. it runs fine on his ps5. Hopefully the devs are able to optimize it to offload tasks to the gpu a bit more.

[final geyser]

Then I'm afraid I can't offer up much advice. GGG had noted some issues with CPU performance prior to the EA release, and my understanding is that they're still working to refine rough parts of it.

[fallow agate]

yes only this game is aa problem even tarkov is playable on 100 fps

but i can play it without lags so np

[tacit minnow]

Makes sense. They mentioned working on things of that nature. hopefully they iron out some of that in the next couple updates

[fallow agate]

🙏 i hope

[pastel saddle]

Is there a channel where I can ask about how much an item is worth?

I need to do that kind of a lot

[final geyser]

There is no channel for that, but there is a thread explaining how you could go about figuring it out yourself: https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1325849877862944872

[pastel saddle]

Ah that's helpful, thank you!

[celest dirge]

any ideas why it wont let me socket this 3rd support gem?? i have the 3rd slot and its a compatible gem

[final geyser]

You don't have enough Int

You need 5 int per every blue support you want to use.

[celest dirge]

ohhh ok thanks!

[reef stirrup]

guys im equipping an amulet that gives me spirit but its not actually giving me spirit why?

[final geyser]

Are you an Invoker?

[reef stirrup]

yes

[final geyser]

Do you have this ascendancy passive selected?

[lament stone]

reread your ascendancy nodes

[reef stirrup]

ohh

breh im dumb

[final geyser]

I feel like GGG needs to add a flashing warning on some these, because this is a really common question.

[potent axle]

hey i was wondering was was making my MS lose 5% and why do i have a -20 crit bonus?

[final geyser]

Your armour has a hidden movement speed penalty.

[potent axle]

oh

the grand regalia got a penalty im guessing?

[final geyser]

Basically all armour does, iirc Armour bases have the most, but the Grand Regalia base type has one too

[potent axle]

ohhh

learn somehting new everyday

ty

[sand matrix]

i need help why my leap slem doesnt stun enemies so i can boneshatter them

[final geyser]

Leap Slam has more Stun build-up, but that doesn't guarantee that it will Stun on first hit.
You can increase the chances of Stunning an enemy with support gems, on the passive tree, by increasing your damage - the more damage you deal, the more Stun build-up you apply - or by Armour Breaking the enemies first, to take advantage of Leap Slam's 500% more Stun build-up against Armour Broken enemies.

Although, I should also add that for Boneshatter, you want to bring enemies close to being Stunned, not Stun them outright.

[sand matrix]

mate i was litteraly one shotting everything with 2 handed

and changed to one handed to stun to boneshatter

and also doesnt happen

idk how much stun chance i have but i have most notes to stun chance

i followed a build straight

i cant understand what is happening

[reef stirrup]

can you stat stack with invoker or gemling only?

[final geyser]

Gemling is better thanks to some of the nodes, but it is possible to stat stack with Monk, too.

[sand matrix]

the way i stun them is using earthquake - the first hit of the earthquake, before it blow the ground stun them

so i can use boneshatter

but the leap slam not

and earth quake doenst have stun chace and leap does

this doesnt make sense at all

[trim turret]

It's stun buildup, not chance, meaning you still need to do enough damage and have enough total stun buildup for it to work. What support gems do you have on it?

[sand matrix]

wait a secong i just saw that the bar bellow monster name is getting full

but i still cant proc boneshatter

how that is possible

[trim turret]

Boneshatter works when enemies are PRIMED for stun, not stunned.

You are heavy stunning them.

[final geyser]

If it gets filled up fully, the enemy is stunned, and thus not Primed for Stun, which is what Boneshatter wants.

[trim turret]

So you actually stunning them too much.

[sand matrix]

so i need to take off some stun buildup ?

[pastel saddle]

My charm has 25% cold resistance, but it doesn't actually raise my resistance when I press c?

[trim turret]

Charms activate temporarily when you get hit. You shouldn't rely on them for resists.

[pastel saddle]

Ahhh that sucks, ty

Ngl I feel like I undersold my sapphire rings, I took 30 for each and I got spammed with requests and people kept asking for more

[dire mesa]

are the enemies in act 2 stupidly strong or am I just shit

[trim turret]

What kind of build are you playing and how are your resists?

[dire mesa]

im a monk

I will show you

its probably shit never played an arpg or poe before

[trim turret]

Yes, your resists are quite bad. Having resists and life on your gear should be your top priority for anything besides your weapon.

What stats are you looking for on your gear?

[dire mesa]

dont know yet, what do you recommend? I have just been picking things I thought were good

turns out I aint XD

[trim turret]

That's my question, what made you think they're good?

Life and resists. What are you using to deal damage? How's your weapon?

[trim turret]

Your resists are a bigger problem but you definitely want something with more physical damage on it when you can find it.

[dire mesa]

alright thank you

[trim turret]

Check vendors for gear. Even blues can be decent items. A magic item with two good stats is better than a rare item with four bad ones.

[dire mesa]

So I should look for more resist right?

[trim turret]

Max life and resists. Resists are more important.

[dire mesa]

Thank you!

[vale arch]

helloooo. i just got to end game and i'm still moderately confused what i do with all the items i've been hoarding in my stash. can someone link a guide or walk me through what i can toss and what i should keep?

[void axle]

@trim turret Best would be to check what gear your build needs for the holes it has. Get your resists capped, get solid life or energy shield gear, and keep a spare set of each if you play HC.

For other gear, keep a set of low level uniques and a set of decent life or + skills low level gear to level alts.

As for what gear is needed/good, the best way to learn what gear is good is to try new classes and builds! Level a new character and try a completely new class. The more you learn the other classes, the more you learn what makes them good and what gear they want.

[hardy sun]

depends what you're keeping. i try to keep a good supply of rings and amulets. if the rings have 60+ total res, might be worthwhile to keep. way too many possibilities for gear. i keep boots with good movespeed and res

[void axle]

Sadly there isn't a "silver bullet" of gear to keep/get rid of. All very relative based on what you play or what you want to trade to others.

[vale arch]

what about skill gems? i've been keeping all my "extras" but it feels like a lot of extra stuff to be lugging around in my stash

[tardy rivet]

You get uncut skill gems often so any you’re not using en can be thrown out lowkey

[hardy sun]

if you plan to play the game a good amount, highly recommend buying stash tabs. currency, gems, unique, maps, etc quad tabs are great for dump tab as you farm

wait for a tab sale, i think every 2 or 3 weeks, they go on sale on the weekend

[wary summit]

How do I get Alva to auto do the ratio for me

When I put in one side how much I want it keeps the other side at 1

[supple quail]

Ascent To Power bugged on cruel?

its shows to search traitor's passage
do i have to find smth specific?

[dusky burrow]

yes bugged in cruel

[chilly geyser]

anyone having an issue with POE2 constantly freezing?

[radiant echo]

how much hp should i aim for as a deadeye going into act 3? i have around 550 rn, getting hit quite hard by some mobs lol

[unreal aspen]

hp amount really doesnt matter as long as you can reasonbly get through the campaign

there isnt really a point to stack it if you can finish campaign

[gaunt sand]

can def go higher but not a big prio as long as you have enough damage to get through quick.
You'd just be less prone to 1-shots in bosses if you do have higher HP.

[trim turret]

How are your resists?

[radiant echo]

think im at like 75 fire 60 cold 40 lightning or something

oh also i have like 9 energy shield lol

[unreal aspen]

anyone familiar with ritual explain something, not sure if im doing something wrong but it seems like ritual gives so little favor. sometimes 200-400 favor for 1 altar and ive specced all points in so far

[fading loom]

Let me see your atlas tree

[unreal aspen]

or is there a strategy i am missing? do i need to lure enemies into tirual area and kill them there

[fading loom]

Same thing I'm speced into

Let me finish this temple of chaos run and I'll help more lol

[unreal aspen]

also it seems like blink causes the ritual to end early. not sure if im imagining it or weird bug

np

[fading loom]

Okay, so how much do you get off 4 riturals?

[long ravine]

Hello, good time, can someone help me, what should I do?

[fading loom]

You're missing a skill gem

You following a build? @long ravine

If so link me

[long ravine]

@fading loom

[fading loom]

You following someones build? Like on mobalytics or anything

[long ravine]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/tempest-flurry-invoker#ascendancy-header

[dreamy egret]

Hi @clear elk , Can anybody help me to set up the input for my mousse and keyboard, I like to use mouse wheels for move my character. thx gg

[long ravine]

@fading loom

[fading loom]

Will this not let you place a skill next to barrier invocation

I was looking to see what skill needed to be in there but I don't even see that on the build

[long ravine]

what should i do now

[fading loom]

Do you have any lvl 1 skill gems? or 2's

[long ravine]

no

[unreal aspen]

Like 1200 to 1700 favor usually

[fading loom]

You need to find either some level 1 or 2 skill gems and throw a skill in that for that to even work

[fading loom]

I'm wanting to say that's what I get everything should be fine, are you trying to buy like 4-5 items out of rituals?

[unreal aspen]

Ah ok, not at all. I usually don't buy anything but I'm down to very little favor after 2 rerolls. Wondering if it's even worth getting that extra roll node

[long ravine]

\

[fading loom]

show me this

[long ravine]

@fading loom

[fading loom]

nvm do you have anough spirit?

[fading loom]

You can scroll over the ! icon now that you have a skill in it and it should tell you what you're missing

Double check that and then get back to me'

[fading loom]

The extra roll node I usually only can buy 1 thing if I roll that many times

[long ravine]

Only this is written

[fading loom]

What "Support" gem did you throw in Barrier Invocation

You need to throw a skill gem in there

Support gems are completly different then Skill gems

[fading loom]

Yeah that's a support gem

What level are you?

[long ravine]

I put this

[fading loom]

[long ravine]

67

[fading loom]

Thank you one sec

[unreal aspen]

thanks for your input, thats reassuring

[fading loom]

Anytime!

[fading loom]

What is your in game name I'm going to give you like 15 skill gems

[long ravine]

ogamiseta

[fading loom]

Accept that, I don't need anything

[long ravine]

Why can't I accept?

[fading loom]

Inventory full?

I am trying to throw you 20 skill gems

[long ravine]

OK

AGN

[fading loom]

You got to hover over all the gems

[long ravine]

OK

TNX

[fading loom]

Now use one of them and throw that skill with Barrier Invocation

If you have enough spirit it will work

Due to that skill alone take 60 spirit

[long ravine]

Not with this type

@fading loom

[fading loom]

?

[long ravine]

This skill is activated with another group

I can't use this with this level

@fading loom

[fading loom]

So you can't use lvl 17's?

[long ravine]

N

[fading loom]

Do you know what skill you need in Barrier Invocation?

[long ravine]

You have to give me another type

[fading loom]

I don't know what you're needing in that support gem bruh

[mental needle]

BI is spirit gem

but if you already have BI you just put whatever you want in there

for BI to proc it

[fading loom]

@long ravine ^

[mental needle]

Typically comet

[long ravine]

?

[fading loom]

This

Put Comet in Barrier Invocation

[long ravine]

Do you have this type?

[mental needle]

you have it

it's in elemental tab

uncut gems can make any active skill as long as it's the appropriate level

[fading loom]

^

@long ravine

[long ravine]

I don't know

Can you take a picture?

[mental needle]

it's in the elemental tab

it's called comet

click uncut gem, go to the elemental tab, it's at the bottom

[fading loom]

@long ravine

[long ravine]

I got this but it didn't work again

[fading loom]

Happened now?

Picture it

[mental needle]

put the comet in the barrier invocation

read the meta tag on barrier invocation

[fading loom]

Did putting comet in Barrier Invocation work?

[long ravine]

yes

[fading loom]

Nice

[long ravine]

What should I do?

@mental needle

[mental needle]

it's the same as barrier invocation

it needs an active skill

read the meta tag like I said

[long ravine]

can you tell me

@mental needle

[mental needle]

tell you what

[long ravine]

thank you

[safe lance]

[fading loom]

[fading loom]

Where was you about 30 minutes ago

don't pop in now

[safe lance]

poe1 time

Was it funny? I'll scroll

[fading loom]

Let me know what you think

[long ravine]

Someone will take it, give me an orb

[safe lance]

Winston Churchill

no trading allowed on this server, use https://pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard

[chrome briar]

Is there a spot in this discord where we can price check? :o If not sorry for bothering!

[fading loom]

Not in this one unless you want to ask someone in #2┃general

[safe lance]

no but there are tools and also some instructions here #price-check📉

[chrome briar]

Yeaaah.. tired but no answers sadly I just have two quarterstaffs that I rolled that both look a decent is all

[safe lance]

if you are on PC there is like Sidekick, exiled exchange etc

[chrome briar]

I am on PC!

[safe lance]

try those out

also poeoverlay I think

[chrome briar]

What are those? :o

[safe lance]

overlay tools that try to search for price when you highlight an item

[chrome briar]

Oh, I didn't know that was even a thing! That sounds really neat-

I'd like that a lot actually, where would I find that? :o

[safe lance]

google those names I said

[mental needle]

I'll google ur name

wow, league of legends

[long ravine]

How to increase spirit? @mental needle

[mental needle]

sceptre/amulet mod/chest mod

you get 100 from campaign sidequests

[copper maple]

How bad is the ratity of Omen of Whittling? I is it above or below audience with the king (seems to be above because I've seen the audience 5 times now)

I just have 2 items that would become almost certainly upgrades if I could target farm Whittling

[errant trout]

If people talk about a stellar being around 1 Div, what do they talk about? A stellar amulet, and in standard play?

[woeful lagoon]

probably a white stellar amulet. 1 div seems high for them, but what people do is buy them and chance them and pray for an astramentis, a reeeeaaaallly expensive unique

not sure if its profitable but im too broke to really care

[pastel saddle]

"Skill can't be used" but it does not tell me why?

nvm, I did a respec on my ascendancy and lost skill slots

[pastel saddle]

What do the green connections mean?

[weak jasper]

could be weapon set specific?

[final geyser]

Yes, it's weapon set specific passives, meaning that these will only be active when you're using the specific weapon set.

[pastel saddle]

Ohhh ok I see, ty

[pastel saddle]

Is there a way to export my current skill tree? Like, as a png or something?

[lament stone]

not yet

[vernal stone]

is there any reason to kill the king of the mist on cruel as well, or can i skip him?

[lament stone]

dont think so, i think he just drops an uncut gem

cant remember if its a skill gem or spirit gem tho

[vernal stone]

kk can just skip it then. and is it normal that before speccing into MoM+eldritch battery, that u take a lot of damage with spark stormweaver?

[lament stone]

you shouldnt be if you have good enough life and elemental resists

also dont touch MoM unless you have really good mana recovery and a good amount of energy shield

which if youre taking eldritch battery, having energy shield requires a unique

[lament stone]

otherwise youll end up not being able to use any skills when you take damage

[vernal stone]

here it says something about 1.5k mana and 1k ES

[vagrant dagger]

using Crouching_Tuna build ?

[vernal stone]

yeah

the leveling build

[vagrant dagger]

hard to follow Crouching_Tuna build when i'm NEW on PoE

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/spark-archmage-stormweaver-leveling-guide

[worthy drum]

Context is important, most guide requires some level of game knowledge to be fully understood. Its normal for complete new player to barely gets 10% out of them, the occurrence of 'i followed a build but still stuck' occur all the time. The biggest reason is because poe dont give you fixed gear drop, its all random. So it depends on your ability to adapt. Passive tree alone don't make a build.
Do you really need a guide? Are you comfortable playing a game first time with a guide? For some poeple its better to wing it blind, its more enjoying that way. Come back to read some guide after you have more context of the game, so you can understand more of the jargons in there.

[reef stirrup]

can someone please help me out with the campaign?

[uncut acorn]

What are you struggling with

[reef stirrup]

act1 freythorn

[uncut acorn]

Freythorn can be rough the first time through. What is your build?

[reef stirrup]

merc gemling

the start is so rough

[uncut acorn]

Definitely gotta take it a bit slow, don't get overwhelmed. Whats your weapon?

[vagrant dagger]

what doing with lesser level uncut stone ? 🙂

[reef stirrup]

pillar

[uncut acorn]

hoarding them in the gem tab, duh

Pillar? huh?

[reef stirrup]

pillar of the caged god

[lament stone]

you dont level with endgame builds

[weak jasper]

the attribute stacker is amazing for campaign, but only if you actually have a budget to buy the twink items you want

[boreal tulip]

not a great weap for you right now

depends on stats which you don't have much of at your lvl

[reef stirrup]

what should i use rn

[boreal tulip]

whatever gives you the most dmg imo

like the attack speed on that is nice, but you could definitely do more dmg with some more elem

[hybrid star]

but you have a corrupted attack speed pillar I assume you have (or can afford) a howa?

[reef stirrup]

yes i alrdy have howa and ingi

just waiting to lvl up

[hybrid star]

yeah you def. can use that for leveling

[reef stirrup]

i need to reach lvl 55 to use them

any alternatives until i reach that lvl!

?*

[hybrid star]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/empyrian-attribute-stacker-gemling-leveling
use this guide, doesn't matter which class just get all STR and path down the attribute nodes

it starts to fall off around level 50 but then swap howa and respec INT

also swap out your runes with adds lightning/cold damage for earlier levels

[reef stirrup]

alright got it

thanks bud

[nimble gull]

hey guys, any recommended leveling build that uses fire wall?

[ember mica]

Can go SRS Infernalist. Uses flame wall as a catalyst to summon raging spirits https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-leveling-guide

Otherwise, you can kinda just chuck flame wall into any build that uses projectiles. Like a fireball stormweaver that transitions into something like archmage spark https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/fireball-stormweaver-leveling-guide

Gas arrow deadeye is another option if you want something a bit explode-y. Can also transition into basically any bow/crossbow build down the line https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/deadeye-gas-arrow-leveling-guide

[nimble gull]

thanks! will look into it

[wind sequoia]

what do you do with a normal stellar amulet, chance orb it?

[dusky burrow]

yes

or sell it if you dont want to gamble

[wind sequoia]

what can it turn into?

[trim turret]

Astramentis, a very valuable unique that is used for attribute stacker builds.

[pastel saddle]

Hey, can an experienced player help me out please? I am trying to follow this build: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/yxd720nn But I don't understand where the freeze used to trigger herald of ice comes from. Nothing (As far as I can tell) freezes enemies in this build

[trim turret]

Look at the herald of thunder setup.

[pastel saddle]

Just so that I understand it, all my attacks gain frost damage, as soon as herald of thunder triggers?

[tiny lion]

You also have a few nodes giving cold damage

[pastel saddle]

Ah I must have missed those, thank you

[trim turret]

Cold infusion gives cold damage to just herald of thunder. But cold damage makes it capable of freezing.

[pastel saddle]

Ah, those all come from a jewel

[frozen inlet]

Any tips on how to balance and build resistances? (65 invoker)

[reef stirrup]

anyone has a good gemling stat stacker build i can get an idea off of?

[pastel saddle]

This might sound really stupid, but would anybody hop on a voicechat with me and look over some problems with my build?

[sick zephyr]

Hey just wondering- if i buy the 60 dollar pack for poe2 will i get the cosmetics for poe2 or poe1?

[final geyser]

Both.

[sick zephyr]

O cool cool

Oh how do i claim it?

Im so anxious to buy it

[final geyser]

If you've bought the pack, the MTX will be on your account. All you'd need to do is log in on the same account in PoE1 and you'd be able to use the cosmetics.

[sick zephyr]

ok

Thanks

[brisk sundial]

so i have a unique ive been leveling my monk with

but i found something that might be worth using

im going flurry invoker

is that better or am i just being dumb

lol

[weak jasper]

if you're attribute-stacking (and doing it well) then pillar of the gods is your best in slot from level 1 to level 100

[brisk sundial]

so no need to even bother with any other staffs

[weak jasper]

it never gets replaced, but you need to do it properly (and obviously have runes/cores in it)

[brisk sundial]

idk im just following a guide

[weak jasper]

any guide should mention how runes/cores are important

[brisk sundial]

what kind of rune should i use

im mostly using lightning damage i think

storm

?

[weak jasper]

when in campaign, flat dmg
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-attribute-stacker
the leveling setup text even says so
after campaign, you use atk speed on clear pillar, penetration on bossing pillar (weapon swap)

[brisk sundial]

im using a monk

is that the same principle still?

[weak jasper]

if you're attribute-stacking they're similar ideas, yes

I don't know what the best monk guide is

[pliant pulsar]

Is this where I go to have someone speed run through act 3 cruel

[supple quail]

arcane tempo applies to Cast on _

?
as in
does it reduce amount of energy required

[errant vapor]

only affects cast speed, you need those energy supports if you want to manipulate anything energy related

[trim turret]

No. Energy and cast speed are totally unrelated.

[supple quail]

alr
good to know

[errant vapor]

only way arcane tempo affects cast on X is by casting stuff faster that actually builds up the energy for the cast on X

[trim turret]

We don't do carries here. They usually cost ingame currency too.

[pliant pulsar]

I have 4 divs

[errant vapor]

double that and ill run you thru act3 cruel 😄

[pliant pulsar]

All I have is the 4

I'll wait and see if my friend gets on to help me

[trim turret]

If you have that kind of currency you shouldn't need a carry anyway.

By cruel you should be rolling at a decent pace and crushing most things.

[pliant pulsar]

It's I don't want to do it again lol

Yeah I would if I had good gear just haven't got my gear upgraded yet

Imma get gear when I get back on here in a bit

[meager flower]

Can anyone explain what is "invoke a spell"?

[lament stone]

you can click on underlined words to read what they mean

[final geyser]

^^

[lament stone]

in this case

[meager flower]

Yeah it temms me that it's skills triggered by "Invokation" skills

so much help

What are invokation skills

[lament stone]

so thats barrier invocation or elemental invocation

[final geyser]

Skills that are called "___ Invocation"

[meager flower]

Well... ,rip

But thank you very much

[meager flower]

I presume that Cast on Dodge or Cast on Crit are not in that category of spells? I know there's no Invokation in the name but I hope against hope?

[lament stone]

they are not invocation skills

[meager flower]

damn

thank you

[lament stone]

invocation skills are basically trigger skills that have to be manually triggered

rather than most trigger skills which are automatically triggered when you gain enough energy

[meager flower]

Because GGG hates automation, yes...

[final geyser]

No, they're just different kinds of skills with different mechanics.

Invocation skills allow you to save up Energy for more than one cast of a skill, whereas most trigger skills will automatically trigger once they reach enough Energy to trigger the socketed skills.

[meager flower]

I'll give them a try still, I get your point

[olive star]

how long does it take support to answer

[rough oar]

Anyone else had an issue with 2 person coop where you can’t do ultimatum to ascend with the game saying only the map owner can interact but neither player actually able to select a mod to start it?

[meager flower]

Is there any way to leech mana with Greater Lightning Bolt or maybe with spark?

[lament stone]

mana leech only exists for physical attack damage

[meager flower]

Man, that sucks. Mages use the most mana, they're the ones that need it the most really

[lament stone]

ah you havent seen level 40 melee skill costs yet

2100 mana for level 40 hammer of the gods

[meager flower]

..

[lament stone]

which is dumb because its so hard to get that much mana on a bottom side tree build

anyway theres no mana leech for spells because they dont want leech to just always be the solution for mana recovery like it is in poe1

[median hamlet]

Playing hardcore and Geonor has killed me the last 2 times. I'm now level 20 and have 75% cold resistance but am still worried about fighting him lol

[rough oar]

He’s a pushover with 75 cold res and decent life rolls on gear

[scenic salmon]

If you are that worried get some chaos res I believe he starts dealing chaos on third phase

[lament stone]

geonor doesnt do any chaos damage

chaos res doesnt really matter until post campaign

[radiant echo]

i am following this leveling guide https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-deadeye-leveling but i have more skillpoints at the end of act 2 than they have at the end of act 3. is it just because im not using the full unique set thats recommended so i had to level more to keep up?

[lament stone]

is this your first character?

[radiant echo]

first character in poe 2, ive played poe a bit before

[lament stone]

find a new guide

this guide is specifically for people who have already beaten the campaign and have farmed enough currency to buy all the levelling gear

[radiant echo]

i mean im not doing bad by any means, just wondering about the discrepancy

i can keep up with the campaign using rares

[lament stone]

to answer your original question of why you have more skill points, youre simply a higher level than the guide assumes you would be at that point of the game

which is normal for new players

[radiant echo]

im a bit below the level of the areas im in though lol

unless you're supposed to be like level 20 in act 3

[lament stone]

youre not

if youre more than 3 levels below the area level you start getting a significant exp penalty

which just makes it even harder to catch up

id still recommend finding a new guide

[radiant echo]

i think i was level 29 at the start of act 3, and the area was level 33. im now level 34 and the area is level 35

[lament stone]

because this one is for more experienced players who have already beaten the campaign

fubguns guides are generally not new player friendly

[radiant echo]

is it worth switching if im at act 3 rn? feels like i spent a bunch of time doing this already

and im not really struggling rn

[lament stone]

the tree is fine

its just the guide itself doesnt explain anything

which is super important for newer players

[radiant echo]

explain what in particular? like the gear upgrades to look for?

[lament stone]

like how the build works, why you take the skills you do, what stats are good for you

[radiant echo]

is there a way to show what my gear is? like export my profile or something

[lament stone]

so its not an actual guide, its just a tree with some uniques and it assumes you already know how to play the game

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/lightning-arrow-deadeye

this is pretty much the same build, but it explains more on how to play the build, what stats you want on gear (the other "guide" didnt even tell you what gear you should be using outside of levelling uniques, its purely a levelling guide with nothing on endgame setups at all)

[radiant echo]

thanks ill check it out

i also want to try out melee, do you have any beginner friendly guides for that? maybe this? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/boneshatter-titan-leveling-guide

ive only played ranged before (in both poe and poe 2)

[lament stone]

thats fine

just note that mace builds are the slowest kind of builds right now, at least for levelling, theres some stuff you can do with high end gear thats very good for clear, and bossing already isnt much of a problem, just that getting there can be rough

any build with enough investment is solid, just that getting to that point is slower with mace skills than something like bows or qstaffs

just so youre not going in with maces wondering why its slower than your bow build, thats normal

[radiant echo]

gotcha

the lightning arrow build you linked above assumes im at least level 80 and completed act 3 cruel, should i try https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/deadeye-gas-arrow-leveling-guide instead? the page links to it for leveling

[lament stone]

oh it doesnt have a levelling part, yea gas arrow is solid (and you might even end up liking it more than lightning arrow) the trees shouldnt be too different from what you already have so yoou can try gas arrow if you want to level with that

just make sure you keep flame wall at the lowest level you can

flame walls damage doesnt matter, youre only using it for the guaranteed ignite, and keeping it at a low level helps reduce mana cost and attribute requirements for it

[radiant echo]

makes sense, thanks for the help

[supple quail]

so
inability to operate in guild currency stash is a feature or a bug?

[keen wing]

im losing steam, repeating the acts on cruel is making me very bored and not wanting to play, i ahve never played a game like this and havn't gotten to end game yet, is it worth it to push through act 3 so get a little bit of end game in before the next update, or should i just wait and start a new character when the update hits. im playhing infernalist rn but wanna try monk or gun dude next

[rugged tangle]

up to you however once you hit endgame its really just a massive grind to better your gear and level up as much as possible to maximize passive tree..... if you plan to stick to the leagues then it may not be worth pushing atm as its almost time to start over for the next league(about a few weeks away)

[keen wing]

thats kinda what i was thinking, like i wanna experience end game stuff so i can kinda know what people are talking about when i see discussions but also it just doesnt sound too fun to me rn, just more grinding when im already not loving it

[rugged tangle]

ya if you dont like to grind then the game in general probably wont appeal to you especially if you find the campaign to be too grindy.... the campaign is generally very little grind compared to endgame

[keen wing]

im loving the campaign its just having to do it all over again with no variation, if it was act 1-6 i think id be fine, but its feeling so monotonous rn

[meager valve]

Are there any bad map mods i should avoid if i try not to die?

[rugged tangle]

it will be all different acts eventually but no telling when they will complete the acts and release them.... most people just steam roll the campaign to get to endgame and grind so im not sure if the devs will prioritize campaign over endgame or how they'll proceed

[keen wing]

❤️

[trim turret]

Are you the owner of the guild?

Guild admins determine who can add/remove items from tabs to prevent one person from cleaning them out.

[supple quail]

friend is and still cant

[supple quail]

i mean
working with currency stash
because the middle spot is basically pointless
since u can move itesm
take them
but cant use them when theyre in guild stash

[trim turret]

Dunno what to tell you except for your friend to make sure you're the proper rank in the guild and that rank has all relevant permissions.

[supple quail]

as in right click

[trim turret]

Oh well yeah that's to prevent multiple people from trying to use the same items at the same time. Just remove what you need and use it.

[supple quail]

so middle spot is unusable then

welp

[royal breach]

Quick question so I’m level 27 and I’ve been following like a freestyle build but I have no clue what build to follow

On witch

I’m interested in the umm internalist but idk how to even get that

Or should I be worried about just leveling up?

[safe lance]

you shouldve had the ascent to power quest at level 21 area, fight balbala > get a barya > do sekhemas

you cant stay a witch forever, ascension is build defining most of the times and obv a power spike.

[royal breach]

I completely missed that quest

[safe lance]

kk, you should go look for it and do it asap imo. Also look into how trial of sekhemas works etc.

[pulsar plinth]

Going to attempt PoE today. Started PoE 2 at the beginning and got ~220hrs into it. Watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ewgP0c7SY and my eyes glazed over though lol. I'm not sure how I'm going to remember all these mechanics/ways of crafting/getting certain items. I guess I'll just jump in/start going through the campaign and spend this event as a learning phase until a new league starts. Maybe I should find a easier build to follow 😆

[ember mica]

Nah LS is a good first character. Strong, easy to scale, painfully easy. what you're looking at tho is one of the sweatiest poe players in the game doing their day 3 update, which while I haven't seen it personally, is safe to assume he's working with like a 50+ div budget. I'd look for an earlier video that has a leveling pob and gear suggestions. Also #1┃new-player-in-campaign-help is probably a better place to ask further questions

oh nvm just saw the first frame he's already working with like a mirror budget it seems haha

https://pobb.in/1RdVAMqR-UWH This pob should get you where you need to get when it comes to leveling as a prophet. Just get the gems/links whenever you can. Focus on dual claws with as much phys dam as possible and attack speed as a bonus. And then around mid-80s you can swap to this https://pobb.in/rT7EvRrRNp_s

Tons of details about leveling in the notes in the pob

But just to reiturate, you're following the build of like, the one of the sweatiest players, so he glosses over a TON of info you might not know. poe 1 and 2 are similar in many ways, but poe 1 has wayyyyyyyyyyyy more stuff to it than poe 1. so you might still get lost because fubgun will skip over a ton of "implied" knowledge

[hardy sun]

i have about 2k hours in poe1, i think i've only ever made a 6l one time. made a few 5l. i dont know if they changed the linking rate, you could spend like 1k-2k of those linking things and not hit a 6l. quit poe1 a long time ago, dont remember all the small details.

[pulsar plinth]

Thanks! Much appreciated. Going to give it a go. Pretty excited but there's definitely a lot here.

[ember mica]

Yeah raw fusing spam is definitely like, an option lol. There are more ways to go about it now. omens, beast crafting, benchcraft

[hardy sun]

nice, glad they made it easier. still not going back to poe1 though, i'm happy with poe2. i think it's mostly the wasd movement

[earnest wave]

hi can i ask if armour explosion support gem is in game... i cant find it for warrior

[slate cliff]

that is support skill of molten blast skill

[dusky burrow]

what

armour explosion is a support

[dusky burrow]

it's a tier 2 support

have you unlocked tier 2 supports yet

[earnest wave]

yes i have T2 support gems, yet i dont see armour explosion on molten blast page please help

[molten wasp]

This seems sorta like a totally different build

Different tree, different ascendancies, different skills, different skills for killing single targets

@lament stone Is the fubgun build bad if you don't have twink gear in a way that isn't obvious to a new player?

[pine idol]

i just completed this trial, what does this mean?

i only have 1 "fate"

[bitter brook]

bro can someone please tell how tf to use the player trading market

[ripe ocean]

Premium stash tab will save ur life, just make it public, and drop ur item and set a price.

[bitter brook]

im trying to buy tho, still thank you

[ripe ocean]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard can search for exactly what ya need here, log in with ur Poe account or whatever platform u may use, then when u find the item u need, click direct whisper and if they’re online it will notify them, they invite u to party, wait for them to start the trade and accept it

Also when u list an item in ur tab it goes to this site

[bitter brook]

word

thanks

[eternal sage]

Now I understand what people mean when they say how rough melee characters can be early on

[dusky burrow]

dont worry it gets worse

[eternal sage]

I’ve only played Merc so far, nothing else. So after making a Monk earlier I realise I’ve gotta actually sit forward and deal with mechanics now 😄

[dusky burrow]

nvm monk gets better

[eternal sage]

Yeah I was gonna say that I’ve seen insane endgame Monk builds in action lol

[dim owl]

When does the new league start,

?

[dusky burrow]

1 months time

[dim maple]

i hate the wolf!! how long does this act 1 boss fight go on for!!

and he just surrounds the area with ice and fog and jumps out of everywhere?

is there any way you can find him coming to dodge? i am trying to look out for tells, but there is so much going on, i am not able to figure it out

[dusky burrow]

he says a poem

and when the poem reaches certain parts he attacks

[fading loom]

Yeah it was an annoying fight for me too you got to learn his attacks but lmk if you need any help!

[dusky burrow]

at least i think thats what he does, i had the game on mute last time i fought him

[dim maple]

yes, and i am trying to tie his attacks to his words...

its a lot of attacks, and a lot of correlations to make!

[dim maple]

yeah watching a vid to learn his attks now

[fading loom]

kk, If you can't get him after that lmk

[dim maple]

yeah i will thanks! its so complicated..

so many moves...

but yeah i think i am understanding, but the next thing is to be able to put that into implementation! sigh

[fading loom]

oh for sure LOL

[dim maple]

nah, he killed me easy

[fading loom]

just drop that ign

[dim maple]

it look longer but he aniled me in the ned

[fading loom]

I gotchu

[dim maple]

kov_wit is my ign

i extended it a lot more this time, but na

[hardy sun]

there's kinda a timing and tempo to his attacks from the fog. it's a couple seconds but it's consistent. i mostly just keep running along the outside edge of the ring. after he dashes through, you'll have a chance to get a couple attacks on the trash mobs, then run again for his attack

[dim maple]

i wish i had a bit of speed to do this

but @fading loom helped

[hardy sun]

future bosses get tougher for campaign, gotta learn their mechanics a little bit, or have super high dps

[dim maple]

yeah, i think i have to up my dps...

hopefully it will get better soon.

i am using an infernalist witch with minions

[royal breach]

Quick question I completed my ascended of power for witch so I’m running infernalist and I still feel kinda weak tho am I doing something wrong 😑

[fading loom]

Might be time to look for any potential upgrades on your weapon/armor

[royal breach]

Alright I’m barely on act 2 lvl 26 I’m not like shit out of luck on my build tho ?

[fading loom]

Nah, I’ve seen many people have the same issue throughout the campaign

Usually a good start is looking for some potential upgrades

[hardy sun]

1st playthrough is difficult. you get much stronger when you get access to tier2 and tier 3 supports. also having more sockets on skills makes a big difference. 1st playthrough, you dont have those, not easy access anyhow

[royal breach]

Do you have any recommended places to farm gear ? Or should I just continue my main story

[hardy sun]

if you've saved up some gold, gamble

[fading loom]

If you’re not doing damage after upgrading, make sure you’re not looking at a end game build and trying to spec into that through the campaign

[dim maple]

whats with rathbreaker?

[hardy sun]

you have to pick a main skill, focus dps around that main skill

[dim maple]

he is just standing there and there is no damage to him!

i am doing this infernalist as well

so any tips here would be appreciated.

[fading loom]

You can use gold in town through the vendors to do a little gambling and find some good useful items

[royal breach]

Lmfao I’m not gonna lie I’m dealing with that right now

As we speak

[hardy sun]

is it a glitch? or low dps and he's regenerating through it?

[dim maple]

yes...

he is not doing anything

[dim maple]

i thin i have to restart or sth

[hardy sun]

i've had glitches with mobs, they get stuck

during campaign, you can respawn to nearest checkpoint when you get glitched

[dim maple]

yeah, thats what i think it is

[worthy drum]

nothing wrong there, simply just ascending didn't give you any bonus - it depends on what you pick for the first 2 ascendancy point.
not all ability are 100% positive, many have downside which you need to build around, check the description carefully!
and again - passive tree alone dont make a build, you also need to improve your gear and gem setup.
understood what is the direction of your setup and fitting appropriate gear with appropriate modifiers, there is no one size fits all because people build & play differently
what skill are you playing, how does it scale damage, what item modifier benefits the skill, what buff aura benefit the skill, these are among the things you need to consider.

[royal breach]

Thank you so much for this

I literally almost gave up and made a sorc

[hardy sun]

infernalist can be very strong, just depends what you do with it

[fading loom]

Zed is typing

[dim maple]

oh no,,dont give up

i am sure its good.

[safe lance]

it gives a decent bonus btw, 2 points into infernalist

I think you go hellhound so you get an extra minion and hellhound gives damage reduction as damage goes to it first

[hardy sun]

hound is a great 1st choice, assuming minion build

[dim maple]

sorry to interrupt but all that is only after getting the ascendancy right?

[safe lance]

I dont play infernalist, just know from looking up builds for my wife but going the left side for 1st 2 points is risky, if you feel like you are dying a lot after ascending that could be the issue.

[hardy sun]

yes

[safe lance]

yes just talking about whether or not ascending gives a decent power spike

[dim maple]

where both @royal breach and me are at is at rathbreaker

we are finding the build so weak with bosses.

[hardy sun]

i actually wrote a beginner/budget guide for infernalist minion build

[dim maple]

with mobs, its a piece of cake

[dim maple]

oh u did? pls, can u share hte link?

even the dodge roll and movement are so slow.

[hardy sun]

it's kinda junky still, but i suppose i'll publish and share

[safe lance]

early acts is pretty rough tbh, all of us struggled. The best advice I can give for rathbreaker is to hug the boss and stay behind him all the time. Play in melee range. Worked for me for all builds I've tried.

[dim maple]

unlike poe1, there are no movement skills. dodge roll is too slow to escape the boss' big attks

[royal breach]

I’m still new and very slow when I play new games like this

[worthy drum]

the game is deep, it's not something you can just "grind and automatically become good"
unlike other games, POE do not hand hold the player, so the strength of your character totally depend on your ability to configure a setup that decent
because of the complexity, many resort to follow build guides. But it depends if you prefer to experiment yourself.
I probably will start by choosing Demon Form as it drastically improve your dps during the transformation, but you lose life continuesly so be careful.

[dim maple]

you are not alone, mate! ditto

[safe lance]

yea very different game, only becomes somewhat close to poe1 pacing towards cruel acts.

[hardy sun]

see if that works, it's my first guide, so it's not perfect or anything https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/1ae288df-6000-4de0-b9ed-d28980918129/builds/d71dc0be-1350-4f25-97ce-a302e131e31d

[dim maple]

thanks mate

[safe lance]

I didnt play it first hand but once my wife was able to get raging spirits, the char seemed to become super strong

[hardy sun]

i realize you guys wont have access to some of the recommendations in the guide, but the tree pathing and general skill setup should put you in the right direction

[safe lance]

she was carrying my char in couch coop

Both of you are infernalists?

[fading loom]

I switched completely off of minions when I got to act 2, made a new character and went deadeye

[dim maple]

what? dead eye witch?

why did u do that?

[fading loom]

Minions just not for me

No

[dim maple]

oh ok, personal choice?

thats fine. i thought it was because the build was weak.

[fading loom]

I restarted haha

[dim maple]

i got raging spirits, but against bosses, they dont do much

or maybe they are too low level

[safe lance]

If you guys want to follow his build I can give you each a ghostwrithe. I havent touched poe2 since the poe1 event launched but I thnk I have a bunch of those I hoarded to try and corrupt @dim maple @royal breach

[hardy sun]

snipers will probably be your best option for main dps

[dim maple]

what is a ghostwrite?

[fading loom]

I didn’t like the play style of a minion build

[safe lance]

The body armor in his build guide

[hardy sun]

it's a unique chest armor, you can hover over the guide info

[dim maple]

really? those skeletal snipers do that much dmg?

[dim maple]

oh yeah, got it!

[hardy sun]

get a few of them, and yes, they will do very solid dps. need +minion levels

[dim maple]

sorry to be such a noob, but how do u get more?

[hardy sun]

using the sniper's command ability to shoot a gas bomb, then you can blow it up with fire

[royal breach]

Actually I have that armor already got lucky to roll a basic armor to that

[dim maple]

nice!!

[hardy sun]

need more spirit, and on the skill menu screen, there's a + - option to add more

[dim maple]

i got those bomb throwers

infernalists?

no, arsonists

[hardy sun]

i personally didn't like the arsonists, but other people did

[dim maple]

and they blow up other minions on command. so i use them to blow up my ragins spirits

[hardy sun]

there's many ways to play a build, it's mostly focusing on a certain skill or ability and making it really strong

[safe lance]

actually invite me, I'll give you something each.

DiabloLiker

[dim maple]

ty mate! awfully generous of u

[royal breach]

Ok so now when I basically refund my psssives I noticed in the infernalist tree going down I have points available but it says “requirements not met

[dim maple]

wait..whats the infernalist tree?

[safe lance]

join quick, I logged in just for you

[royal breach]

Like where the picture of witch is right above her head

[hardy sun]

might be missing some stat like int or dex for your gear or gems

[dim maple]

oh just the passive! right

[safe lance]

looks like trade button wont work in combat, til

[dim maple]

thanks Zed

[safe lance]

np and gl!

[molten wasp]

Did they nerf orb of storms procing lightning rod btw?

[hardy sun]

yep, that was a couple updates back. dont recall the exact way they nerfed it, but something with orb

[molten wasp]

Like past couple weeks? Been a few weeks since I've played

And rip

So is lightning arrow still based, or are people doing something else with deadeye now

[weak jasper]

the LA build is still great

[hardy sun]

LA is still pretty great

[weak jasper]

you still use orb with rods for single target dmg

thaddeus is probably just confused

[hardy sun]

you dont get a ton or orbs like before, at least for me. but the overall function of the build is intact

i remember people saying something about orb proc less with rods, or something like that

[molten wasp]

Is there an upper limit to how many rods it works with now or something, so you don't need to spam lightning rod as hard as you can