2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[limber hornet]

damn all u do is press left click?thats a bit sus XD

[hollow jungle]

Pretty much yeah

[hollow jungle]

Until you get the unique you need to use a skill to explode the gas grenade, but afterwards you just use 1 button most of the time

When fighting a rare/unique monster you toss out a few more grenades to reduce their resistance and stun them

[vocal fern]

I ran fire and gas nads together and it was extremely powerful. Merc is lucky this season.

[hollow jungle]

Yeah I'm using fire ones too for when gas is on cooldown and I need a bit more burst

Plus they were stronger in the early acts

Merc is super strong rn, campaign felt like a breeze, was surprised to hear others were having a hard time

[vocal fern]

The fire 1s can take out t15s like cake and people struggle with merc cause they don't know what they are doing. I breezed to mapping in like 9 hrs

[hollow jungle]

I havent gotten that far yet, only in t6s but yeah everything just explodes

Was fun one shotting cruel bosses

They died before the flashbang stun wore off

[vocal fern]

Explosive shot fire and gas nads and you got the perfect toon set up for leveling straight ease and bossing a good ol Nad stack and it's adios

[hollow jungle]

Yep

[vocal fern]

I think most people are trying to run and gun merc and it was never great to begin with. Extremely undervalue

[hollow jungle]

And in the interview they said they won't be nerfing builds mid season so we're good to go

[marble rapids]

god damn viper woman when at 20% heath stayed in the air all the time spamming god damn nukes and soldiers

[stiff nebula]

Hii when do i get my third ascendancy point? im in act 3 cruel just opened the time portal :)

[marble rapids]

when does she comes to the ground dammit

[hollow jungle]

Ah yeah I had a look at some run and gun builds, wasnt a fan. Grenades is far superior

[meager galleon]

yeah, thats been always the case in poe, the only mid league nerfs we've seen was if shit was obviously working wrong

[marble rapids]

3 resets with go up and soldiers attack, throw fire and purple nukes, then went again in the air with the soldiers

[meager galleon]

for example those tornadoes multiplying dmg per tornado

[hollow jungle]

Yeah true

[vocal fern]

Soon it will drop just keep going you'll get 2 more points midway

Level 38

[stiff nebula]

im lvl 65 haha

[marble rapids]

how can i play if the soldiers when group one shot me

[vocal fern]

U said you only have 2 points rn? You should have the quest item then

[stiff nebula]

yeah imean third big point not the small ones lmao

[hollow jungle]

Just keep an eye out for trial drops that say they will unlock more ascendancy points, they will be dropping soon

[stiff nebula]

tyy

[tardy gyro]

which support gem i need to make it expolde faster?

[hollow jungle]

@vocal fern can I get your opinion on a crossbow upgrade since you're experienced with grenade merc?

[marble rapids]

yes only 12 times i died to viper natuazifinaly i beat her, the god dammend soldiers were aanoying

[vocal fern]

Sure what is question

[hollow jungle]

The guide I'm following doesnt use projectile skill level increase on crossbows, do you know why that might be?

I have this rn and looking to buy an upgrade

But not sure if to go for one that has skill levels or not

There's these as options which I think would be a decent upgrade, just not sure if theres a reason not to take the projectile levels

[heavy fable]

fast forward i think

[eternal sage]

Had about 10 disconnections so far today, no bueno

Every one with a bit of rollback too

[elder ember]

where do I find the actual values of my stun threshold

[daring dragon]

According to a source I found via Google you can't but that info is 3 months old. If you can by now I assume it's on the character sheet, probably under stun protection.

[eternal sage]

Is the Ascent to Power quest in Act 2 bugged or something? I found a Djinn Barya and now it tells me to speak to Zarka but nothing happens when I do

[lament stone]

act 2 or cruel act 2?

[eternal sage]

Normal Act 2

[lament stone]

you fought balbala for the quest djinn barya?

[craggy gyro]

How do I get this skill gem?

[vernal finch]

So I beat doryani on cruel, woke up in the refuge and unlocked maps... but when I put a waystone in it says "You cannot access endgame content until you have completed the campaign"

Any idea?

[eternal sage]

I haven’t fought her but I’ve had Djinn Barya’s drop for me and then a quest called Ascent to Power which I’m pretty sure is related

[lament stone]

you have to fight balbala first

youve probably missed that and are now later in act 2 where they can naturally drop

[eternal sage]

Could I go back to her location and fight her now?

[lament stone]

but because you dont have the quest item you can do the quest to actually unlock the trial

yea

traitors passage zone

[eternal sage]

Thank you

[heavy fable]

so starting in act 3 all the mobs have this weird visual effect on them:

is this normal or my graphics glitching somehow?

it's only on the mobs, not my char or anything else

[lament stone]

im pretty sure thats an enemy mod

[heavy fable]

and only when they become active not when they are still statues

[upper sigil]

Anyone want to help me run through some of act 2? Im on the trail of corruption mission in deshar.

[heavy fable]

what mod though and why do all of them have it?

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[upper sigil]

Sry I thought this was lfg for new campaign lol

[waxen pawn]

You need the green colored one.

[lament stone]

i dont remember what its called but its like the wind dancer spirit gem, it makes them more evasive

it could be a rare enemy summoning evasive minions or an aura or something

[heavy fable]

Item Class: Two Hand Maces
Rarity: Unique
Shyaba
Temple Maul

Quality: +5% (augmented)
Physical Damage: 92-189 (augmented)
Critical Hit Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.80 (augmented)

Requires: Level 28, 50 (augmented) Str, 50 (augmented) Dex

Sockets: S S

Item Level: 69

30% increased Physical Damage (rune)

+50 Dexterity Requirement
-15 Strength Requirement
120% increased Physical Damage
50% increased Attack Speed
25% increased Light Radius
Always Hits

Be not deceived by the treachery of men.

is it because of this?

i put that on at start of act 3

and since then all enemies have it

[waxen pawn]

Lvl 69 🤣

[daring dragon]

Unless there is a similar mod on mobs this is one of your auras. I don't remember it's name but I remember using it myself last league

[heavy fable]

OHHH it's overwhelming presence! THX!

[sharp lynx]

how many 2 skill points books are there?

[lament stone]

2 per act

Crowbell and Una's Lute in Act 1, Kabala and the Final Letter in Act 2, and Silverfist and the Sacrificial Heart in Act 3.

cruel acts are the same

[split burrow]

Can a triggered socketed spell can generate energy for another one ? if i use "cast fire spell" and that the spell ignite an enemy does the ignite will build energy for "cast on ignite" ?

[lament stone]

triggered skills cannot generate energy

[split burrow]

thats unfortunate

thx

[humble orbit]

hey, maybe someone has unused lvl8 spirit gem?

[desert sedge]

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

[humble orbit]

sorry bot

[stiff nebula]

this hurts new players just saying

[neat quest]

How do you get out of a trial of chaos in HC when the 'respawn at checkpoint' option is missing?

[lament stone]

can you not portal out?

[humble orbit]

is there a way in game to somewhere consistently get spirit gems?

or are they all just random drops

[lament stone]

its mostly just rng

[humble orbit]

ty

[neat quest]

Do I just wait for the instance to time out?

[lament stone]

theres a few bosses that drop them the first time you beat them

king in the mists in act 1, azak bog witch in act 3 and cruel act 3

[lament stone]

you can ctrl+click on waypoints or zone entrances to create a new instance

instances dont time out if youre still in them

[humble orbit]

any way to figure out how many meters are in game? Like if skill says 3 meters, how much is it

[coarse shadow]

so i started a new game in the new league and at entering the red vale my game crashed.
Furthermore every time i try to load that character the game crashes

guess im lucky my save broke so early in the game

after game release i got 3 characters to maps and never encountered this kind of bug. Only normal crashes after which i could load my save

[fringe obsidian]

you have to gauge it roughly. what I find can be helpful is to grab the gem "orb of storms" it has a radius of 2.8m and when you place it on the ground you can see the ring of it's effect

should give you a good-ish idea

[humble orbit]

thank you

[turbid yacht]

somehow my minions dont deal any dmg even with much skilled on minion dmg and a 50% dmg boost on weapon for allies

[trim turret]

Is it just very little damage or zero damage?

[boreal tulip]

with minions there's no difference

kek

Blood Cretins on death Blood Pools have had their duration decreased from 6 seconds to 4 seconds, and fixed the area of effect to match the visual more closely

YES

[twilit eagle]

Anyone that can help me with cruel act1 boss?

[azure lava]

Yeah I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read and keep your cold res up. He still slaps pretty hard, especially if you haven't been keeping up with the - 10% res each act

[twilit eagle]

Yea manged to beat him after enough tries, thx!

[fringe obsidian]

minions take some time to really get going, or at least they did in 0.1. they have a moment in cruel difficulty where it suddenly all at once feels as if they turn on and start destroying everything

[ionic shore]

how can i see what the modifiers on my tamed beast do? it just shows the name of the modifier and alt-click doesnt work for the modifiers

[azure lava]

Poe2db might have them, otherwise it's just kinda intuition and seeing what the rare mob did when it was alive

[ionic shore]

ah i see thank you!

[azure lava]

If there are keywords you don't have any clue about you can list them here and someone might give you a general idea

[ionic shore]

oh i can use poe2db, thought maybe there were something in game

[past furnace]

what build has the most dps in the new league

[azure lava]

We don't know. And if someone says they know, ask them where they got their crystal ball

[crystal hill]

So I killed doryani, turned back to ziggurat camp and talked to doryani.. And nothing is happening. I dont see refuge anywhere. It didn't bring me to hidden map room or whatever I Went after cruel before. Any idea how to fix this?

[azure lava]

You need to talk* to doryani in the past

By the portal

[crystal hill]

I'm in past. at least I thnk I'm in past. Doryani is here next to oswald

talking to me about ruins of utzaal and the beast

There is nothing to go forward though

[azure lava]

Oswald is in the present I'm pretty sure

[wanton geode]

oswald isnt in the past yea

[azure lava]

You need to go through the big portal and talk to doryani

[wanton geode]

the difference between past and present is pretty clear as well

[crystal hill]

There is n o doryani there

Around gateway there is no one

[worthy drum]

🤔 bug likely, you suppose to ended up in the refuge after doryani (not town above)
heard yesterday someone had this issue, he went back to kill doryani one more time and that kinda worked

[crystal hill]

Oh god sake... I had to kill it 3 times becuase of server drops already.. come on ggg

oh well will do it at some point lol

I wasn't happy with how thorns was turning out in smith of kitava anyway. Maybe I'll level another ascendancy

[lament stone]

youre supposed to speak to doryani in the arena after defeating him, then portal back to the gate and speak to doryani again without going through

[candid quartz]

Anybody able to help me kill Viper Napuatzi?

[dusky burrow]

#2┃looking-for-group

[candid quartz]

Oh is that where I need to go? Thank you!

[formal wave]

where do i buy the octopus pet?

[pearl steeple]

So, how much glory is generated per Heavy Stun ?

[azure lava]

Depends on the Power of the enemy. I'd hold alt and click glory

[pearl steeple]

Ah yeah, I'm not in game rn, was checking poe2db, which, well

If I have to guess, it's dependent on the monster rarity, which doesnt really help me with figuring out the amount. Will check ingame

[final geyser]

You don't have to guess, there's more numbers on the Power keyword

[pearl steeple]

I see, so a rare can vary between 2.5 to 15, and a Unique is always 20

With the fact that you can't generate Glory with skill that use Glory, it's mostly just a stun payout rather than a main skill to play around I guess

[valid sky]

Is a PIN debuff? In terms of increasing its duration through debuff duraiton?

[gentle hare]

Are the Trials of Chaos supposed to be this hard as a level 39 Ranger? I can barely get to the boss which wrecks me...

[worthy drum]

level doesnt matter, it's your overall setup
if your setup isn't ready yet (decent dps, cap resists), then you are going to struggle

[final geyser]

But also, there can be a lot of variance with the modifiers you take with each room. Getting a bad set can make it significantly harder, and getting a good one - or one that has minimal effect on your build, at least - can make it easier.

[gentle hare]

Ah ok. RIght now i'm not even sure if people play this class (Pathfinder Ranger). There is barely any build guide out there

[chilly geyser]

Hey all is there a way I can turn on something in the options to show how far I am away from enemies? I am trying to ensure i attack within 1 meter

[worthy drum]

at early game you really dont need much aside from - good weapon, life+ resist on every other pieces; this applies to any class / build.
passive tree alone dont make a build, gear with suitable modifiers are very important
if you struggle with finding okay gear, consider trade form them instead
weapon is super important for attack build so having a good one will change your experience. At that level I believe we're looking at 200pDPS bow

[coarse shadow]

i started a new character after deleting the old one and yet again, the moment i try to enter the red vale on the huntress the game crashes

[feral cosmos]

What does undamaged core do again? Is it even worth looking for it?

[craggy gyro]

does sacraficial heart drop in cruel?

[trim turret]

Try s different renderer while in the main menu.

[gentle hare]

Yeah i'm trying and i'm trying. I've played years of Diablo and ARPG's, but for some reason Path of Exile always seems so overwhelming. Right now i'm playing Poison Gas Ranger. I don't even know what type of damage i'm looking for. The obvious one would be "+ poison damage" but i don't think that's a modifier. But then i have to choose between Physical, Lightning and Fire for example and i have no idea.

[hollow jungle]

Poison scales from physical damage and chaos damage iirc

[lament stone]

the base damage of the poison is determined by the physical and chaos damage of the hit that inflicts the poison

then poison magnitude multiplies that damage of that poison

[faint rover]

why does my dps lower when using two two handers?

[lament stone]

keyword explains it way better, if you didnt know you can hold alt to hover over items then click any underlined text to read what it means

[scenic flare]

which one would you say is better , i mean one has more buffs but is more energy shield better than more life?

[lament stone]

there are some skills that reduce your attack speed when youre dual wielding

[faint rover]

im using giants blood

[lament stone]

no i mean skills, something like earthshatter where it has this line

so youre doing higher damage per hit, but attacking much slower overall

[faint rover]

ok that was my next question

thanks mate

[feral cosmos]

The dps or damage number only shows the penalty of dual wielding, but not the "both weapons hit" part

[tall iron]

Can bucklers roll %phys reduction?

[scenic flare]

where do i find jewels of this type

and what do they do

[worthy drum]

random drop, of course also random modifiers just like anything else

[frank sundial]

patch is in 5h right?

[scenic flare]

oh i see ,ive never gotten them before tho

[worthy drum]

there i actually an area in act2 that guarantee jewel drop from a rare monster

Lost City "the Galleria" if not mistaken

[scenic flare]

oh i see

ive just beaten the raiders in the second area

[formal wave]

dies ligthning spear only work with some spears?

[cinder ferry]

anyone know why respawn at checkpoint isn't functioning?

[cinder ferry]

works with all spears.

[formal wave]

i bought a new spear and have lightning equipped but when i throw my spear at enemies it doesnt do the ligtning effect or electric damage

[cinder ferry]

is it the lightening spear skill? or regular attack? and do you have enough stats? e.g. did your last spear have dex or something greying it out

[formal wave]

can i send a screenshot?

[cinder ferry]

just paste one here

[lament stone]

are you generating frenzy charges?

[cinder ferry]

looks like it's there to me. though without volt i wouldn't use it as a skill

[formal wave]

i bought the game yesterday i am very bad

[cinder ferry]

huntress is probably the roughest early game i have ever played. for a first toon idk if i would suggest it

lightening spear as a skill isn't very good when you get it. it takes a few things to make it work the way you see streamers and youtube videos. they didn't get to the point where they use LS . . . by using LS

[lament stone]

yea, youll want to level through act 1 and 2 using rake

[formal wave]

rake?

[cinder ferry]

act 3 i'm still not sure about. i'm having a rough time of it and my first time last patch i ripped through the campaign even with shitty gear

rake is a huntress skill. level 3 or higher skill gem

[opaque stone]

Whirlwind Twister is pretty good for leveling too tbh

[cinder ferry]

it starts to fall off in the middle of act 2 but is far better than most other spear skills especially in act 1

[formal wave]

this is my first game of this style so im kinda lost

[cinder ferry]

with the stomping ground support gem

you picked a rough time to start. they made it considerably harder this patch and it was already harder than other games of it's type lol. hence why i'd suggest something not a huntress to start with. deadeye maybe?

honestly idk what the easiest build to reach maps would be

witch with siphon?

[lament stone]

crossbows seem quite good

essence drain+contagion is good

[cinder ferry]

can also crossbows with huntress too and it would work. . but essence drain + contagion for leveling probably pretty good ya

crossbows may be a better early transition and pick up LS once you hit cruel or higher

GGG sadly made the spear skills atrocious at killing bosses

regular mobs are easy enough

[coarse shadow]

omg thank you that solved it. :))

[formal wave]

so should i restart as a different class?

[worthy drum]

poe is always high learning curve (in term of game knowledge, not split second reflexes) so dont worry about it, learn one thing at a time
if you like the playstyle of spear then go ahead with it, watch some youtube tip or something,
otherwise try other skills / class (some skills are more optimized when build with certain class)

[lament stone]

no, you can just use different weapons+skills for a bit

[cinder ferry]

if you stay huntress i would probably go with an easier weapon like crossbows as mentioned.

until later on when spears come online

[lament stone]

spears are just really rough early on is all

[cinder ferry]

they aren't good early

late game spears are excellent. but their early game and campaign is quite rough. so you can stick with huntress just go with a different weapon while in the early campaign

you can follow a LA Deadeye build (same tree), or a crossbow build which there is probably a guide on mobalytics somewhere

until you reach the later parts of the game and transition

[formal wave]

i cant use a crossbow i dont have enough strength

[cinder ferry]

poe1 had the same thing. where you would use a leveling build until you reached maps and then transitioned into your actual mapping and later game setup

[azure lava]

If you have attribute nodes allocated, you can respec those at the hooded one

[cinder ferry]

he may not have hooded one available yet lookign at his skill gems and dmg.

bows would be the easiest transition without adjusting his tree. but that said either of those paths would work. and would be much better than spears in the early game.

[azure lava]

Can you respec at Una before the hooded one?

[lament stone]

no

[azure lava]

Damn

[lament stone]

but that early on youre not really close enough to the attribute nodes unless you skipped on the early damage/defense nodes

[cinder ferry]

ya, your easiest bet from where you are now is to grab the rake skill gem (lvl 3+ gem) when you can. and support it with stomping ground i think was the skill? stomping something. that will carry you through most if not all of act 1. and give you a little bit of resources to transition into a crossbow/bow setup till you reach later.

[worthy drum]

what level is him, might as well re roll if dont want to continue with spear
or I have a lv10 unique spear here if he want

[lament stone]

a unique spear isnt going to help when the skills themselves are bad

[cinder ferry]

it's us suggesting he go away from spears till later namel. because of how rough spears are early game even if you know what your doing. and he's brand new so it would be a bit hellish

[formal wave]

so should i run bow for now?

[azure lava]

Rake + stomping ground + brutality go brr tho

[cinder ferry]

rake + stomping ground + brutality would be a quick transition for you. and you wouodn't need to change your tree.

[azure lava]

Or are they not at the point of using a t3 skill?

[lament stone]

lightning spear is the same tier as rake

[cinder ferry]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/huntress-leveling-build theirs a setup for that

idk how good that guide is. just the first one i came across with rake as the primary

it stays with rake the entire leveling process

and puts heavy emphasis on taking whatever strength you can to boost stomping ground

also has an interesting dash in > dash out playstyle. to get the most out of rake, dashing to your target does well and disengaging out/rollign through to dodge slams

[formal wave]

so rake stomping ground and brutality with spear right?

sorry again

[lament stone]

yea

[cinder ferry]

rake with stomping ground + brutality attached to rake. bulding mostly strength, with only enough dex for skill gems

[lament stone]

or you can swap out brutality support for something else if you have high elemental damage on your weapon

[cinder ferry]

stompign ground does an AoE pulsating damage based on your strength, and rake has a good AoE to it for clear

[formal wave]

and just run what ive been running till i get those?

[cinder ferry]

it's a melee playstyle, so you will be dodge rolling a lot on bosses. . . only a few bosses that will be a problem on. but in many cases it's safer in melee than range for bosses

what are your skills rn and do you have any skill/support gems available?

[cinder ferry]

early on you can basically use anything, so regardless of what it is you'll be fine. it isn't until later act 1 that it gets annoying

rais shield? you are using a strenght shield instead of an evasion shield

that should be parry in most cases not raise shield

[formal wave]

so switch to parry shield?

[cinder ferry]

ya right now your main goal is to get a level 3 skill gem and put rake on it. you'll mostly be auto attacking with spear strike until then

[azure lava]

Yeah. Less str requirement as well

[cinder ferry]

what level are you?

if you are under like 6 or so i'd reroll a new huntress.

[azure lava]

I'm also curious what your tree looks like. You seem to have a ton of dex compared to int and str

[formal wave]

lvl 7

[azure lava]

Aside from the unnecessary small node in the other branch I suppose that's fine. Idk what those nodes do on huntress

[cinder ferry]

if i were you i would actually reroll. keep the initial tree route you have there it will do fine. . . your first gems you'll want explosive spear + expedite. that will carry you till rake

[formal wave]

reroll meaning restart?

[cinder ferry]

expedite + overabundance if you have 2 support gems for some how

[azure lava]

You can also put your gems in the stash to use on the new character as well

[cinder ferry]

it's mostly because you get the early skill gems for free, and you'd get another lvl 3 skill gem for rake easier than hunting one down right now

[azure lava]

But honestly you should be able to power through. These are very easy things to fix once you get more gems

[cinder ferry]

ya the moment youg et another level 3 gem for rake your golden

you can keep going or reroll both will work. just want a lvl 3 gem for rake

but you don't have any AoE and a lot of your fights right now are multiple targets.

[formal wave]

do i keep my pet if i restart?

[azure lava]

Side objectives (the icons on the world map (U opens it)) also can give nice rewards

[hushed pike]

please

[cinder ferry]

everything is account bound.

[azure lava]

Yes, all cosmetics are permanent and can be used across all characters

[formal wave]

ok im gonna restart then

[azure lava]

Type "/oos" in chat

[cinder ferry]

you just have limited AoE with the skils availble. get explosive spear as your first gem, and use your first support to augment it with expedite. until rake and then build around rake

it has a long detonation time so play around that. but once you have rake you're golden

[formal wave]

should i just switch classes?

[cinder ferry]

that's up to you. huntress is rough as hell early game. but playing around with a few early game things to see how they feel to you and your preference isn't a bad idea

[azure lava]

If you want to. Depends on what build you wanna play, what ascendancy classes tickle your fancy, etc

[cinder ferry]

LA deadeye, witch builds around either minions or chaos dmg, warrior slams, etc. kind of depends on your preferences really

[azure lava]

Huntress can level with crossbows or bows pretty well I thought

It's spears, specifically, that can be rough

[cinder ferry]

do you favor melee or ranged attacks?

[formal wave]

i like being up close

[cinder ferry]

ya spears are very rough early. the skills just aren't designed well to function in isolation. they combo and that takes more levels and synergies to start taking off. but does very well later

how up close? monk is a pretty solid option

and has the 2 best defensive layers in the game

[azure lava]

Freeze and damage? 😛

[cinder ferry]

it will a little less effecient on large AoE packs until later

[eternal sage]

Any advice on what Venom Draught I should pick?

[cinder ferry]

evasion + ES lol . .. i gues freeze to

evsion + es is so busted a pairing.

and bell trivializes bosses still, even though it's dmg was cut in half

[azure lava]

They're all pretty unimpactful tbh. If you don't think you need more stun threshold, ailment threshold, or mana regen, I'd recommend picking none of them and coming back later if one of them seems like an annoyance to you

[cinder ferry]

if he wants to play melee i'd suggest warrior or monk. warrior has a lot of good AoE right now. but i'm biased towards monk because evasion + ES fits my style lol

ice strike ftw

[formal wave]

monk looks more fun then warrior

[eternal sage]

I didn’t even realise that was an option

[cinder ferry]

monk is faster paced. comes online around level 12-13ish. and has it's ranged playstyle open up around act 2-3 if you need it for some fights

[final geyser]

Honestly, Spears are fine too in my experience, at least the elemental stuff. You get a decent combo right from gem level 1, and when you get Lightning Spear with Volt, clearing is sorted, Primal Strikes and your single target is sorted. Then again, my standards are just that I can kill stuff and have fun, not taking everything down in seconds or w/e.

[cinder ferry]

it's the boss damage that is horrific on spears. the trash is generally fine

the fights last so long, i end up running out of pots just from lack of boss dmg

[fleet vault]

what skill is this

[cinder ferry]

i like long fights in the end game. i dont' like very long fights in the early game

[final geyser]

Move Only. Only shows up if you're using click to move

[azure lava]

Portal to town

@fleet vault

[fleet vault]

ah ok thanks

[azure lava]

Oh

[final geyser]

Or portal to town, yes

[fleet vault]

lol not that

the footsteps

[final geyser]

Then yeah, it's a thing on click to move to specifically move to wherever you click without attempting to attack if you hover over an enemy.

[cinder ferry]

monk so far I still like over LS. mostly because I have to build strength and am more stat hungry to build ES. and the boss damage feels extremely behind

[fleet vault]

k thanks

[cinder ferry]

the building of ES helps a lot on longer fights. I dont' get hit often it's the occasional hits I do take that chip away at health in a 5+ minute fight that I like ES for

and spears ST damage makes for a 5+ minute fight for basically every boss i've faced

[formal wave]

what should i use my passive skill points on?

[cinder ferry]

it's the reason I don't suggest spears for elveling

for huntress? or monk?

or warrior?

[formal wave]

monk

[cinder ferry]

that has a billion guides on it. look up ice strike builds

their are a plethora of those. some very in depth

the nerfs to monk in .2 dont' influence ice strike leveling by that much

just the end game stupidity they had

lets see if i can find oen I like

[final geyser]

I've found Primal Strikes to work well enough, using Storm Lance you can keep Shock on bosses quite consistently and do quite a lot of damage. I'm currently using this in endgame, recently got to T15 and doing okay so far. Could be way better, but my Spear isn't particularly good.

[lament spire]

Has anyone encountered consistent crashing when trying to travel to Valley of the Titans (Normal)? Trying to progress the campaign but i crash every time i travel there.

Crashes on Vulkan and Dx12

[cinder ferry]

i've not even gotten to maps. i'm at 25 hours in the campaign refarming an entire setup to get past the boss in utzaal. she jumps so much i miss a lot of spear combo's and if she even knicks me it's half my hp. my ST is so low the fight takes forever

[scenic flare]

bro wtf , am i underleveld for this boss? rudja keeps one shotting me

[cinder ferry]

monk i'm at maps long ago. but my dmg on this thing is atrocious

[final geyser]

Is it with the attack where she's chasing you with wide swings? You're not really intended to be tanking that unless you have high EHP as far as Fire damage is concerned.

[cinder ferry]

a lot of boss fights for me have been extremely long. the dmg is low so i've needed to do most of the fightst 10-15+ times at a 3+ mintue encounters. neeing to execute almost perfectly to never get hit, or lose the war of atrition

if i could kill them before my pots wore out from dmg, on just taking the incedental htis and oen or two avoidable ones, i'd have been long since done

[scenic flare]

yes thats the one

[heavy fable]

you just gotta dodge that a few time in a row then she blows up

[final geyser]

I've personally not had this issue, but perhaps we're doing something different with our builds that's causing this (and I had a terrible Spear for most of Act 3, yet Napuatzi proved quite easy). Would be hard to say without comparing, but that's probably outside of the scope of this specific channel.

[cinder ferry]

even a setup with storm lance using lightening infusion + concentrated effect. and expedited explosive spears. barraging every other setup. it takes forever to kill anything

[stone schooner]

It's intended to be a oneshot mechanic

[cinder ferry]

the first boss of act 3 I just equipped a staff, tossed on ice strike + bell and killed with that. spear dmg was basically non existant.

and with a tree that doesn't even strenghten staffs very much

[heavy fable]

is there a way to do WAY more damage to the molten vault boss? i've been rolling through everything but i failed that dps check pretty badly

feels out of line with the rest of my experience

he had a 3rd of his health left when i ran out of time

[scenic flare]

ty for the tips , beat her now

[cinder ferry]

i'll try it. will take a lot less of an investment than what i'm donig now. which is a full swap over to staves, that will cost me about 15 talent node respecs that i can't afford yet

hunting down support gems is kind of annoying. they don't drop often

[final geyser]

Hopefully it works out well for you, I've used the combo on two of my characters so far (have one Huntress in Dawn of the Hunt and another in Standard to play with some friends) and it's generally decent, though can struggle to keep shock up on enemies that keep moving away or that have nothing to Parry.

[cinder ferry]

i havent' really been using parry, dropped it for attack speed a long time ago

may put a buckler back on now that the attak speeeds baseline were buffed

[graceful surge]

Primal strikes is fire

[primal edge]

hey cana i get some help with first ascend plese?

[final geyser]

I'd personally recommend it, it lets you just ignore a bunch of boss attacks and then do a ton of damage as part of the Disengage-Thrown skill combo

[cinder ferry]

ya, i don't mind it on bosses even intially i liked that combo on bosses. just didnt' like it on trash. but volt + LS takes care of that now

[graceful surge]

Parry definitely is more for bosses

It feels terrible on trash

[cinder ferry]

ya parry on bosses i didn't mind at all. it was quite effective there and i'm more comfy in melee on most bosses anyway

[graceful surge]

Wait for the attack and then do two more skills

Is a bit too much

[lament spire]

throw in some filler skills between attacks

[cinder ferry]

if parry + disengage had a baseline of 2 frenzy charges, i could get bhind it even for trash

[final geyser]

It felt good for me, the bigger issue was that Disengage doesn't lock onto the parried target, so sometimes you just miss it since the target that got parried was a little to the side or w/e.

[lament spire]

^ yeah i had a lot of issues with disengage on trash

or it would target the wrong mob

[cinder ferry]

pft, i seemed to have just dc'd or something on my toon? and now logging into it auto closes poe2?

[graceful surge]

Does shift clicking help with that?

I've been using the shieldless keystone so I dropped it early on

[scenic flare]

how do people have this lightning effect on their weapons

[cinder ferry]

ya i was using the shieldless keystone as well. it helped using spears a lot early on. but now i have multiple nodes to offset that so it's probably usable now

[graceful surge]

That's herald of thunder

[final geyser]

Probably just Herald of Thunder, it's a Spirit gem.

[scenic flare]

i also have it but its not active

how do i turn it on

[final geyser]

In the Skills screen, right click on the icon for Herald of Thunder.

[scenic flare]

there seems to be a spirit gauge on the right

but idk how to use it

[lament spire]

it's a passive. activate and forget

[scenic flare]

my weapon never lightens up like that tho

and my spirit gauge is always 30/30

i dont think the passive is working

[cinder ferry]

i . . . think my huntress is bricked :(. at least for now. I can log into any of my other toons. but logging into my huntress after what looks like a d/c . . the game auto closes

[heavy fable]

#2┃new-player-in-campaign-help message

[cinder ferry]

i was just killing random shit for gems. my game just closed itself during it. huntress was sent back to town by default (so thiing it's a d/c). but won't let me log into it again

[scenic flare]

i right click but nothing happens

[lament spire]

click the skill so it has rotating lines showing that it's active

[cinder ferry]

ya it just closes every time i try to log into her

[lament spire]

your spirit gauge should go down to 0/30

[scenic flare]

it never gows down

[final geyser]

Give it about 15 minutes for the zone to reset and attempt again, I suppose. Not sure what the cause of this would be.

[scenic flare]

even if i right click the skill

[heavy fable]

click the square next to the up arrow

not the circle

[scenic flare]

i am...

it just does that kind of sound that it doenst work

[heavy fable]

did you put in a support that adds to the spirit cost?

[scenic flare]

nope

the only support i use on it is concentrated effect

[lament spire]

any red text when you hover over the skill gem?

[heavy fable]

take the support out and try

[azure lava]

Can you screenshot the skill setup?

[dusky stream]

When does ascendancy 3 unlock? I completed Cruel A2 but I did not get a key.

[cinder ferry]

ya i've got no idea either. i was just alt tabbing to chat here, killing some there. paused to look some stuff up and chat. . . and the game just closed itself on me. ever since i haven't been able to log into that toon. i'll check again in 20m. the other toons all log in fine just not that one

[scenic flare]

nothing happens still

[scenic flare]

sure

[heavy fable]

do you see "right click to activate" when you mouseover?

[scenic flare]

yes

when i do nothing happens

it just makes a sound

[heavy fable]

do you meet the gem requirements? mouseover the circle and screenshot

[scenic flare]

alr

[heavy fable]

yeah something is def preventing you from activating it but i don't know what

[wet carbon]

hmm how do i complete ||Troubled camp||?

[scenic flare]

its weird

[heavy fable]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-neat-part-you-dont-invincible-gif-27194608

[wet carbon]

ah still broken?

[heavy fable]

dunno if broken it's just a non event

[lament spire]

try removing the gem and resocketing? idk im out of ideas given there's no apparent thing blocking you from activating it

[scenic flare]

doesnt seem to work

also another thing , is chain support gem a good one if i mainly use galvanic shards?

[heavy fable]

something weird about this gem...it doesn't even display the reservation

[scenic flare]

it does when i go to buff

[heavy fable]

see how mine shows the reservation?

[scenic flare]

i think

[heavy fable]

maybe it's just a bad gem? can you re-engrave?

[scenic flare]

it just says reservation: 30

man this is so weird

[scenic flare]

how do i do that

[heavy fable]

with a new spirit gem

[scenic flare]

i only have one , im on act 2

or had

better said

[heavy fable]

super weird, i hope you figure it out but i'm out of ideas

[azure lava]

You don't. It's always active because the vendors there are always active. It's a reminder that it exists

[scenic flare]

this has to be a bug cause wth

[azure lava]

Did you try relogging yet?

[scenic flare]

yes

its been like this since i got the skill

[azure lava]

And it fails with and without the support gem?

[scenic flare]

yes

[scenic flare]

here the vid

what happens when i right click on it

[azure lava]

Did you try dropping it on the ground (outside of a town) and picking it back up?

[scenic flare]

no

ima try that

doesnt wor

nothing happens

[dusky stream]

Is it possible that herald has reservation in excess of 30?

[scenic flare]

nope , it says 30 reservation

when i go to buffs

[azure lava]

Outside of town, do you see the buff active after toggling? I wonder if it's a visual bug and it's actually active

[scenic flare]

you mean if my wepaon is blue ish?

where do i see the buffs

[azure lava]

Usually top left

Or if your weapon looks lightningy

Or if you see it proccing when you kill shocked enemies

[dusky stream]

Did you by chance rebind the attack buttons? Would that cause it to be rebound?

[scenic flare]

yeah thats how i realized my buff wasnt active all along

i kept seeing people on the caravan with that effect and i asked here how they got it

apperatnly by using herald

[azure lava]

Ah

[scenic flare]

nope i havent changed nay setting so far

man this is pissing me off 😭

you guys wont believe this shit

i was actually left clicking

the entire time

oh my lord

[final geyser]

I was going to ask, but I thought that surely that wasn't the issue

xd

[scenic flare]

😭

[final geyser]

And to be fair, I had told you to right click when you first asked

So I tried xd

[azure lava]

I was gonna ask if your mouse rebound left and right click

But that was too absurd

[dusky stream]

Anyone know when you get the key to do ascendancy 3?

[azure lava]

Well past the campaign

Well, sorry

[dusky stream]

What does floors 3 mean?

[azure lava]

Area level 60+

It means it will show 3 trials on the barya

And you must complete all three floors to ascend

You only did one for your first ascension

Buckle up

I recommend completing a two-floor first to unlock more relic slots

Three floors is a doozy compared to the one you did in act 2

[scenic flare]

i also typed a few times that im right clicking , but i wasnt 😭

[dusky stream]

I don't know the first one I did in act 3 was literally invulnerable.

[azure lava]

Did you do chaos or sekhema?

[dusky stream]

Sek then Chaos

[static zodiac]

can somebody help me do trail of chaos?

[regal shore]

Should I do dawn of hunt league makeing huntess

[dusky stream]

Chaos boss was invul

[azure lava]

Yes. They're identical content, but the hunt league is where the majority of players are

[regal shore]

Just standard difficult to right just normal hunt not hardcore

[sonic rose]

Anyone knows why do I have this skill? I’m huntress and didn’t have that skill on a weapon or something. How can I get rid of it?

[zinc basalt]

increased Magnitude of Damaging Ailments you inflict with Critical Hits does this mod work for bleed dmg?

[dusky stream]

That chaos boss in act 3 had a million point energy shield and a mechanic that caused it to fly away invul to regain it's energy shield every 10s.

[azure lava]

If you wanna do hardcore or ssf, go for it. They're all the same difficulty. Just different restrictions

If you want to party/trade and not restart when you die, I'd pick standard hunt tho

[regal shore]

No I want to do standard difficulty is normal hunt in standard right? Dose that make sense

[zinc basalt]

@azure lava

[regal shore]

Like is normal hunt just regular difficulty right

[azure lava]

Dawn of the hunt league, don't check any boxes.

There are no difficulty modes

[dusky stream]

Standard is Hunt without the other modifiers.

[regal shore]

I think hardcore would make do some things I will regret lol

[gaunt nimbus]

ok is it me only but i have been having server issued all day

[regal shore]

Ok if I do normal hunt I want loose my toon if I die ?

[azure lava]

Hold alt over the bleed keyword. It should say what it's classified as.

Spoiler: yes

[lament stone]

only if you select hardcore

[azure lava]

No

[lament stone]

just select the dawn of the hunt banner, do not check any of the boxes

[scenic flare]

what are you supposed to do when gas comes out

[lament stone]

find balbala, she hides somewhere on the edge of the arena

[dusky stream]

Find the boss, it is hidden somewhere.

Basically, circle the arena until you find her, then gas retreats.

[regal shore]

Thank you so dawn gunt would be the best choice then for playing

[scenic flare]

ohh

ty

[regal shore]

Is there voice chat in poe 2

[scenic flare]

this boss takes like no damage 😭

i beat her , she must have a lot of lightning resistance i gfuess

[trim turret]

Symbols below* health bars will tell you that sort of thing.

[scenic flare]

oh good to know , thanks

grenades did a lot of damage to her so i guess she mustve been weak to that

harder to hit tho cause she keeps moving around

[trim turret]

It was likely the damage type as opposed to grenades vs other skills.

[scenic flare]

oh thats what those are for

[trim turret]

Gold is very resistant, grey is somewhat resistant, red is weak/no resists.

[scenic flare]

i see , thank you

btw , what ascendancy do you recommend for a mercenary lightning build

witch hunter?

[final geyser]

You can even mouse over the icons during the fight to see what they mean as of 0.2, possibly even while the game is paused.

And no resist is when there's no icon at all, red means that it's negative or that they're weak to the damage type.

Otherwise, Rootdredge in the screenshot above would have red icons for Lightning, Physical and Chaos (and the Evasive icon) as well, but instead has none as the boss is neither resistant nor weak to those damage types.

[trim turret]

Read them when the time comes and see what you'd rather build around. I like witch hunter for culling strike because you can make it more effective using the passive tree. Helps with boss killing.

[echo isle]

Could a build where you get more frenzy charges and aoe with wind serpent's fury work? I want to try creating my own build but everytime I do it its just bad and deals no damage

[dusky stream]

I'm still new to PoE2 but in PoE1 PathOfBuilding was amazing for testing new builds without the investment in-game.

I think it is still missing a lot but for 0.1 classes it might work?

[echo isle]

I dont really know what is good damage, what is the actual number if im going to use poebuilder and try to build something, maybe I should compare it with things that already exist

[dusky stream]

I really don't know, maybe someone in the after acts help could answer that one.

[tame whale]

pob is great for 0.2, for most things it already works. There's a couple of common nodes that don't have support yet (are shown as red on tree) e.g. lightning dmg lucky, dmg +50% if herald.

for more common builds just check poe ninja2 and use their heatmap

[dusky stream]

PoB has huntress now?

[tame whale]

I homebrewed a bonk hunttress (2h mace w/ weapon swap crossbow) on pob to get thru campaign it was great

[dusky stream]

Before starting I downloaded and it said huntress not currently supported 😦

[tame whale]

yeah latest release was yesterday, first release on sat I think? https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding-PoE2

[wary summit]

how do i input into the trade filter the suffixes and the prefixes i want?

[dusky burrow]

stat filters

[wary summit]

oh that does both?

didnt know if it was like a different section

[dusky stream]

Yes but it can be a little confusing when there are multiples of the same stat in the list. Can add both just to be safe.

[wary summit]

im basically tryna follow what this video said and input it in the trade filter

ill send pic

hol up

Basically tryna put that in the filtrr

[dusky stream]

You'd start with something like this:

[merry dock]

Hi, I remember there being a way to increase the rolls of resistances on rings, how do i do that? or am i completely insane

[dusky stream]

Change levels/minimums appropriate to your current level.

[wary summit]

Alright

[dusky stream]

Not sure what extra arrows shows up as though.

[wary summit]

I just couldn’t tail if it was a separate filter for the suffixes and prefixes

Cool

Thank you

[dusky stream]

I think there is a currency that re-rolls the existing modifier numbers but I can't remember what it is... It is probably pretty expensive.

[wary summit]

i mustve did sum wrong

no way theres not a single bow with that

lol

[merry dock]

oh nevermind i found them, they are called catalysts if you're curious

thanks though!

[lament stone]

that mod youre searching for doesnt exist on bows

[dusky stream]

Sorry, my bad. Remove the "attacks" one and replace with the non-attacks version. Check this for the correct list.
https://poe2db.tw/us/Bows#ModifiersCalc

[wary summit]

oh shi

that site is peak

[lament stone]

the mod that appears on weapons is "adds # to # physical damage"

[tulip parcel]

Can you naturally evade mighty silverfists slam attacks or do you need the "evade all hits" passive node?

[lament stone]

the one that says attacks on the end appears on other gear like gloves or rings

[lament stone]

slams cannot be evaded by default

[tulip parcel]

Rip

[lament stone]

evasion only applies to melee strikes (not slams) and projectiles by default, youd need that keystone to be able to evade all hits

[wary summit]

how do i get this list to expand

[dusky stream]

That total # doesn't expand.

[zinc basalt]

do i get upgrade in venom crypts

[wary summit]

ahh shit

[zinc basalt]

or should i skip it

[wary summit]

aight

tryna see if this works if it needs to be the one that says with bows

might need to be the one that says pojectile speed

[dusky stream]

For me the increased attack speed that shows first in the dropdown works for bows.

I just add both to start and if I care enough remove the one that doesn't work.

[dusky stream]

You probably need the other one

To make that process more simple you can use the checkboxes to disable one in the stat filter quickly.

Once your search is the way you want it, you can also bookmark the webpage to save that search for later when you'll need an upgrade to minimize the work of recreating it.

[zinc basalt]

what does venom crypts give

any upgrade or should i skip

[azure lava]

A permanent increase to stun threshold, ele ailment threshold, or mana regen

[zinc basalt]

not that important

i guess

im already at end not gonna return for that

[mortal canyon]

can anyone help me with viper boss, its nightmare to dodge the spears from guards

[azure lava]

Not really, but it might be nice to do later if you think, "Damn, [stun/ele ailment/running out of mana] is really annoying. If only I could remedy that a little bit"

[azure lava]

Yeah I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read to help beef up your character. Gearing is half the battle. Movement speed on boots helps immensely for that fight. As does a solid life flask. Highest tier available with two good mods

If you wanted someone to help you fight it, #2┃looking-for-group

[mental needle]

Dodge roll makes you immune to the spear stabs fwiw, gotta roll through them

[vagrant plover]

hey i got a question about Delwyn, i meet help him hunt the first spirit but i seen him in two other zones and ask if i am ready to hunt but there is no spirit anywhere i'm kind a condfused with him

[tame whale]

how does exposure and pen work together? does exposure get applied after pen or before? (assuming after? b/c before would be borderline useless?)

[primal edge]

hey , is there anyone who can help me with the first ascend please?

[azure lava]

There should be a wisp nearby. It won't be a full animal tho

[mental needle]

Pen is applied last, there's a unique pair of gloves that allows you to pen into the negatives.

[hard cosmos]

how much are these worth anybody know?

[azure lava]

Exposure happens first (along with all other -res effects) and penetration happens after. Pen cannot make a resist go below 0%

[azure lava]

#price-check📉

[hard cosmos]

thx

[azure lava]

Also this is the campaign new player channel

[azure lava]

Yeah, I'd recommend reading #1328202289755983932 to help with overall tankiness and damage. The first trial of the sekhema can be failed an unlimited number of times, btw. So I recommend just jumping in and trying it. You'll also accrue relics and get practice in

[primal edge]

thanks 😄

[vagrant plover]

like the glowing orb we hunted the first time or much smaller

[azure lava]

Pretty small, but with a circle around it

Should be pretty noticeable

[vagrant plover]

maybe i just didn't see it and it got away then, thank you for the advice 🙂

[dusky stream]

I've had visual bugs before where the wisp is invisible after a mini disconnect but the ground glow was visible faintly.

[valid sky]

if I summon a totem from weapon 1 and then swap weapons will the totem still get the bonuses from the first weapon?

specifically +levels

[azure lava]

If it gets away, Delwyn's dialogue changes to something like, "damn, it got away"

[azure lava]

Levels, yes. Idk what, if anything, else remains

[pulsar wagon]

Anyone has a few support gems to share to ease the leveling? 😄

[vagrant plover]

he never said that but just kinda standing in this area really and i oh most exsplore the hole map

[wary summit]

Do u needa kill balbala?

If I remember u don’t

[waxen osprey]

so if a weapon has +x% physical damage, will it increase the damage of skills that convert physical into elemental damage?

[zinc basalt]

i use it in utzaal?

or aggorat

[azure lava]

If you want to ascend, yes.

[azure lava]

Yeppers. The altar is usually in the upper right part of the zone

[velvet egret]

hello

[azure lava]

That mod on a weapon affects its base damage, which is what skills use as part of the damage calculation. So yes

But global %inc phys damage, like on the passive tree, will not work on the damage that is converted. The weapon mod only helps because that's raising the base physical damage you have before conversion

[fringe obsidian]

yep. it'll also save any of the differences between your weapon set passive trees

totems snapshot. it's really great tbh

[boreal tulip]

aggorat

[regal shore]

What's good skills for huntress act 1 beginning

[cinder ferry]

rake

[dusky stream]

Can beasts have two auras?

[cinder ferry]

not sure. . . atm i'm using res aura and shock on hit

[dusky stream]

Same

[ocean escarp]

How much Ele Res do monsters have by default? ( / how much pen is usually usefull without curses)

[vestal folio]

When is the "rare monster always shown on map" change coming?

[ocean escarp]

<t:1744365600:R> If I understood correctly

[dusky stream]

Not sure if it matches but my companion has this.

[ocean escarp]

Good to know, ty

[cinder ferry]

finally the b*tch is dead. . . viper nepuatzi

[ocean escarp]

damn RNG fight but its going to get patched ^^

[zinc basalt]

t3 sup gems when act 1 cruel?

[vestal folio]

how do u know

[cinder ferry]

when it's a long fight the arena gets really small. you can get cornered in a room. and it's hard to avoid everything. . .

[zinc basalt]

did they not fix eneergy shield not bleeding?

[cinder ferry]

swapped finally to a primal strikes setup. using my pet to apply shock reliably

[dusky stream]

Still cannot apply bleed on energy shield. Is that not intentional?

[mental needle]

It's getting changed in an upcoming patch

It was intended, but is getting changed

[dusky stream]

I am pleased with that, energy shield is annoying with bleed builds :/

[cinder ferry]

only way i had any dmg. and even that was odd. her attack patterns are just long enough you can't get 4 hits in

[ocean escarp]

wait I was wrong this says now https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3753015

[zinc basalt]

damn what did bro do

[ocean escarp]

its in two hours

Those damn timezones

[vestal folio]

are u sure that specific rare monster on map change is included? i didnt see it

[ocean escarp]

Could have sworn its in there

maybe its not

[dusky stream]

Wow... Lightning storms is incredibly strong on companion. It is soloing packs.

[waxen osprey]

thank you, I assume that +% elemental damage on a weapon then also just increases that weapons elemental damage? so e.g. if its a physical damage spear and not a lightning spear, its a bad modifier

[cinder ferry]

does lightening storm apply shock?

and/or electrocute

if it does that would be an interesting one to go with

[dusky stream]

Yes

[azure lava]

Unintuitively, no, lol. "%increased elemental damage with weapons" does not affect your base damage

Edit: Even if it's on your weapon

[cinder ferry]

having shock on hit right now is hyper useful to apply it to bosses. if lightening storm can do it as well i might swap. I don't need him to solo packs, but that little extra bit for mobs at 10% hp is nice

[dusky stream]

He does more dps than I do lol

[cinder ferry]

LS does a lot already, his on hit shock lets me primal strike the elites down.

which mob?

[dusky stream]

Antlion Charger. He just rolls into packs and lightning storms ontop of them.

[cinder ferry]

mine is a quadrilla atm. i wouldn't mind something smaller if it can still keep up and get dmg out rapidly

[zinc basalt]

doryiani ez

now gotta do all of this once again

xd

is it faster? on cruel or no

[fringe obsidian]

So much faster

your build should be pumping more, and you know what you're doing

I'd say cruel can take less than half the time

[cinder ferry]

bah this is the 2nd time my game has crashed today in a3 normal :(. now i gotta wait awhile to be able to log in or it spam crashes

cruel if the build is well put together is much faster than the first 3 ya.

[zinc basalt]

when do i get t3 support gems

[vagrant plover]

would you be trying to balance all the def's, like try to get armour evasion and energy shield? or do you want to focus only on one or two?

[azure lava]

I wanna say around act 2 or 3 cruel

[cinder ferry]

evasion + es if you can pair them. armor is borderline useless

[fringe obsidian]

later on in cruel

[cinder ferry]

but that's only really an option if you have a build that uses dex + int.

[azure lava]

People keep saying this, but it's a lot better than I thought after I learned that basically everything I thought was chaos damage is actually phys damage

Like, the viper spears do phys damage that poisons

And the more armor you have, the less the hit does and thus the less the poison does

[fringe obsidian]

typically stacking defenses is a great idea, armour is not fantastic right now but they're making changes every patch. a really REALLY strong option is to try to convert incoming phys damage to elemental so it gets eaten by your flat ele res

[cinder ferry]

the thing about armor is it's only useful against small to moderate damage hits. where evasion + es is also good there if not better

[azure lava]

Yeah, but against, say, viper, that's all the damage you're taking

[cinder ferry]

big slams just crush armor and it's not that good

[cinder ferry]

alot of poison too. but i can't really build high armor or es. too stat hungry

[azure lava]

Poison gets indirectly mitigated by armor

There are basically no sources of chaos hits in the campaign

[cinder ferry]

not by enough imo. but for viper it's probably useful.

most other fights however?

[azure lava]

I'm not advocating for stacking any defense in the campaign aside from life and resists, personally

[cinder ferry]

you're taking either a fire hit, or dying to a crushing hit

[vagrant plover]

intresting didn't know you could do that with phys damage

[azure lava]

I'm just saying armor might not be as useless as I thought

[cinder ferry]

life and evasion. . . evasion + es if you're a monk as it's very prevalent in that side of the tree and int + dex gear gets a lot of it early

[zinc basalt]

why i didnt get hideout at end of act 3

[fringe obsidian]

there are some ways to do it, but they're harder to come buy unless you're playing infernalist. either way - very useful to do it if you can

[zinc basalt]

or i have to beat cruel act 3 for hideout

[fringe obsidian]

you have to find it in maps

[zinc basalt]

oh

[fringe obsidian]

then you clear it out and then you get it

[cinder ferry]

you can take 3 nodes and your es + evasion goes up by about 50%

[zinc basalt]

in endgame maps?

[vagrant plover]

comming from diablo 2 there teh rezit and like armor in this game feels a lot more indepth to me xD

[azure lava]

Imo, damage on tree + stacking life/res on gear is the way. Then simply ignore armor/eva/es (for the campaign)

[fringe obsidian]

yep. on the atlas

[zinc basalt]

does atlas tree have strongbox nodes?

[cinder ferry]

on monk i take 3-5 points in defense as it's already on the route and i'm in melee frequently

[ocean escarp]

Yes!!! (lvl 20 spirit gem from first gamble box...)

[fringe obsidian]

there's just a lot of different ways to force things to interact. and there's only going to be more as the game gets added to if poe 1 is in any indication

[cinder ferry]

a 3 point investment to improve defensives by 50% is not a small boost for very little investment. don't need to stack it just a few poitns

[azure lava]

But then you have to restrict yourself to those types. If you find a dope armor piece you're basically losing 5 points

[cinder ferry]

for monk? using a quarterstaff? all of your armor is es/evasion

you don't have the str for anything else

[azure lava]

I really wanna try making a tactician in hcssf and take the double armor node and see how it goes

[cinder ferry]

just take the nodes around mindful awareness. don't need to early but sometime around act 2 or 3

[azure lava]

But if you find an armor chest with insane life and resists it's just a feels bad moment

[cinder ferry]

you still cant' wear it because of the str requirement anyway

[fringe obsidian]

you should just chuck that in your stash for a character who will have an easier time wearing it

[cinder ferry]

you need high dex for monk skills. and the way you do their tree isn't heavy in stat nodes

[fringe obsidian]

because it'll have a big str requirement

[azure lava]

You have plenty of stats to equip str gear unless you're dumping points into dex and int unnecessarily

[cinder ferry]

you simply don't have the str on them

[azure lava]

You just need enough to equip your stuff

[cinder ferry]

and skill gems. which is fairly high dex

[azure lava]

I go for a balance and it works fine

Plus amulets

[cinder ferry]

monks tree doesn't take a lot of extra nodes for stats. since so many clusters near the start are all very strong

[azure lava]

You mean like spending 5 points on eva/es that could be used for str?

[cinder ferry]

so unless you have an amulet/ring giving str you wont' have enough for the good phys armors

[azure lava]

Which also gives life btw

[cinder ferry]

generally i spend 2-3. 5 is entering cruel when i have a good enough es helm

[azure lava]

I guess I'm more talking about acts 1-3. Early on

[cinder ferry]

to make subterfuge mask useful

acts 1-3, i spend 2 points max 3

just grab mindful awareness

that's 36% increase to both evasion and es for whole 2 points

can reach 48 with 3. and dont' need anything else for a long while

[zinc basalt]

is ice monk still busted?

as it was when poe 2 came out?

[cinder ferry]

it doesn't have the same AoE clear as it used to because heralds. but beyond that it's still good

[zinc basalt]

my fav class is monk for now

but im having fun with bleed huntress

[cinder ferry]

the 48% nerf to freeze buildup slows boss freezing but normal mobs get frozen stupid fast still anyway. and bell took a solid hit but it needed it.

i'm playing huntress rn. i still favor monk though but change of pace and all

[zinc basalt]

u going bleed

[cinder ferry]

i'm going lightening

[zinc basalt]

or lighting

[cinder ferry]

i only did rake for the first act, and up until first ascendency then swapped

the companion was the game changer transition, alongside volt for javazon

[fringe obsidian]

huntress is pretty fun to level eh. I love the parry disengage explosive spear thing

[cinder ferry]

to each their own. . . i avoided the parry/disengage and just dropped my shield for 25% more skill speed

[fringe obsidian]

I like it a lot. makes a lot of the bosses a joke. they go to start some huge multi hit melee combo and you just NOPE them onto the ground

[cinder ferry]

on bosses it's pretty good. but i ran into the issue of too many hotkeys when keeping it for bosses and LS for packs

[fringe obsidian]

lol fair enough.

[cinder ferry]

for now i let my companion shock the bosses, and primal strikes them. whiel using lightening spear for trash (primal strikes on elites too post shock)

[fringe obsidian]

OH you got primal strikes to feel good? I just could not for the life of me make it work

i'm doing Lightning spear for general clear, and then using shock lance or whatever it's called for big bosses

[cinder ferry]

i got it to work by having my companion permanently shock. . . apparently the trick is to 2 hit > roll > 2 hit

you want to bypass the 3rd strike which consumes shock

it's kind of janky but does decent ST

using roll to brea the combo

i do wish it had a dash attached to it 😦

[outer wadi]

help I finished the campaign and now i cant get back to act 3 camp to sell the stuff to oswald

[cinder ferry]

if only their was way to not consume shock on the 3rd hit it would be pretty good

[outer wadi]

tried to teleport to an act 3 map and back to camp bu did nt work

[cinder ferry]

just baseline

[limber panther]

Can you check what venom draught you picked if you can’t remember which one you chose?

[potent zodiac]

Sounds like ggg is trashing poe 2. I'll try the game in 2 years minimum

[final geyser]

Check the world map near the Venom Crypt, there should be an icon showing your choice if you mouse over it.

[sonic cloak]

is there a reason my tame beast wont work?

[serene vault]

Can I get help with the soul core boss in act 3 my IGN is Miscellaneous_Man

[hearty ingot]

what are the white access to keep them to use orb of chance or sell them ?

[craggy gyro]

Can someone explain to me how I can cut spirit gem V? It is greyed out

[low moon]

why is my bog witch not clearing? i killed her twice already

[gloomy mango]

thats not where the witch is, its just like a random thing that seems to have no purpose

[low moon]

isnt the witch the boss though...?

the one that goes onto a broom and keeps spinning around

[gloomy mango]

that sepcific arena isnt the boss fight arena

theres another location in that zone

[low moon]

the one where you light up various things?

[final geyser]

It's just a bug with the display, if you got your reward, you're good.

[low moon]

just to be sure... how much spirit do we have before getting any from the quests?

[upper mantle]

Do i need a special item to beat Balbala? I keep dying to the gas

[low moon]

find her as soon as u can when the gas starts spewing, the gas will start to retract and she'll do an aoe

[trim cove]

whats the new lootbox thingy?

[trim cove]

get close to her shell become opaque once u get close and the gas will dissipate (u need help with ur trial?)

[final geyser]

0 base, 100 from rewards in the campaign.

[upper mantle]

Awesome thanks ( I dont know what you mean xd)

[trim cove]

so once u kill balbala u get an item to get ur ascendency (its basically a class u lock ur character into with new mechanics and stats) it is a trial but its just abit hard

[upper mantle]

Op yeah i just bneat her and got the item, Im sure ill mange but thanks!

Is there anything I can do with all these extra uncut gems, Dont have any more support gem slots and I dont need any more abilitys

[final geyser]

You can use them to level up your skills, and if all of your skills are already at the level of your spare Uncut Skill Gems, you can put them in the stash or discard them, up to you. Same thing for the Uncut Supports.

[upper mantle]

Gotcha thanks

[regal shore]

Is game back on

[mental needle]

hasn't even gone down yet

few mins

[regal shore]

Ok

Is it going down or is it myth I keep hearing in the exile streets 🤔

[azure lava]

It's bugged and won't get Xed out

[velvet karma]

guys a played a bit on launch and then i took a break and i came back now, didnt rare mobs use to be highlited on the map?? do i have to look for them now or what

[azure lava]

Oh I was hella scrolled up. Sorry

[azure lava]

They were never highlighted in the campaign

[velvet karma]

ye mb wrong channel

i meant in maps

io got answer now ty

[azure lava]

That change is only to maps and it makes it so they're always highlighted instead of after killing X% of the map getting to 200 enemies or lower*

Ah

[final geyser]

It was never X%, btw, it was just when you got to 200 enemies or below

But not a campaign subject, regardless

[low moon]

Can i ask whats the max level skill gem level? (Before + level to skills and is there a cap for that too?)

[marble rapids]

is the update yet?» i feel the monsters too fast ot just rushing

[final geyser]

Not yet

[final geyser]

Max uncut gem level is 20, max level with all the +level stuff is 40.

[regal shore]

How long down time

[final geyser]

It's... right there, 10 minutes

[azure lava]

The trick is to keep going down the list until someone invites you to a party

[tame whale]

pay more money, supply and demand

[safe lance]

Seemed to be some sort of strategy to fill trade with 1 ex listings to drown actual listings. Maybe GGG could do something about that like automatically delist items that people do not respond to. With some sort of time window so that its not the use case where people get 100 messages in the first few mins they list the item etc.

[hazy stump]

I Should check for updates. I was in the middle of act 2 boss

[dusky stream]

You should be getting messages on the left of the screen that announced the impending server doom.

[regal shore]

Any update yet how we looking

[finite hound]

question, what are the top builds this season? i kinda wanna try rhao deadeye lightning build
i heard lightning spear huntress
and the whirlwind one

[proper bone]

Im stuck at viper with 2 chars. can I now finally beat her since patch ?

[regal shore]

Any updates

[mental needle]

If you were dying strictly to her chaos rain ig

[dusky stream]

Steam updating client atm

[onyx leaf]

are there any viable starter builds that use the infernalist demon form? it looks cool but cant find anything

[dusky stream]

Server is up

[long solstice]

how do people make certain rarity items a different color?

[proper bone]

HM Im dying to the spear stab spam

in last phase

[final geyser]

Are you asking in terms of item labels on the ground? That would be with a loot filter.

[final geyser]

You can dodge roll through the spear stabs.

[proper bone]

but yea the rain visuals are way better now

[proper bone]

I tried to block some of it hm...

[final geyser]

I'm not sure about block, but you can 100% roll through them. The last wave they do before the arena becomes smaller is basically only really avoidable with dodge roll.

[mental needle]

You don't even really need to watch it except for the last part, you can just dodge roll at the correct rhythm, it's consistent

[regal shore]

Has ps5 got update yet

[wary summit]

ion think so

says i had to restart and i did but it still says it

[eager pebble]

Yeah I keep “check for update” and there’s none

[regal shore]

https://tenor.com/view/atlanta-hawks-harry-the-hawk-hawks-dancing-dance-gif-27444256

https://tenor.com/view/atlanta-hawks-harry-the-hawk-hawks-dancing-dance-gif-27444256

[proper bone]

thanks. I was fully focusing on dodging it now. made it through, thanks to that

[orchid sonnet]

Wtf! I’m finding yellows since the patch :O… did they fix it?

[polar lance]

how do i get away from the tornado from the boss of the 2nd trial?
its too fast and seems undodgeable

[lime turret]

just getting on the new league.. huntress worth playing? i heard bad things abt it

[proper bone]

only had problems with jamanra been to 46 now easily

[lime turret]

looks fun might as well lol

[proper bone]

if you want a short clip of my can dm you

[lime turret]

yeah would be good if u can thanks

[sharp haven]

Anyone Willing to help me go through act 2 and 3 normal difficulty, I am on second character and I am bored to do the campaign again DM me

[mental needle]

Should be able to just walk away from it.

don't corner yourself

[novel spear]

alguien español que me ayude con un error

[scenic flare]

que error tienes (no soy espanol, solo hablo un poco pero maybe te puedo ayudar)

no se como se llama maybe en espanol lmfao

[novel spear]

cuando abro el juego me tira un eror y no me lo deja abrir

[urban viper]

Does Eternal Youth work with Consuming Questions?

[split burrow]

can i inflict two dot debuff at the same time on the same target ( ex : bleed and burn ) or does one replace the other ?

[novel spear]

CREATEUNORDEREDACCESVIEW

ese error me tira

[scenic flare]

juegas en steam?

[novel spear]

lo descargue desde la pagina

soy nuevo quiero arrancar a jugar jeje

[scenic flare]

usas windows 10?

[novel spear]

asi es

[scenic flare]

probalmente hacen falta unos files en tu sistemo , eso dicen algunas personas en el forum de poe2

[sharp lynx]

is the azak bog in cruel mode bugged? I have killed her but i the map doesnt show it to me

[craggy gyro]

guys where is this skill gem?

I dont find it anywhere

[sharp lynx]

maybe its a skill from the ascension?

[mental needle]

spirit skill

[craggy gyro]

how do I get it ?

[mental needle]

spirit skill gem

get your first one guaranteed in act 1 freythorn

[craggy gyro]

oh ok thanks i think Im near

[novel spear]

como lo puedo solucionar?

[sharp lynx]

so i killed her, but why isnt this marked out?

[drifting halo]

for this change, does this affect the sockets. if i have a 6l gem for specter, i disenchant it, will it turn back into a 2 socket when i get a new minion?

[scenic flare]

has probado buscar en youtube?

[mental needle]

bugged

if you got the spirit item ur all good

[sharp lynx]

i think i did

do you happen to know how much spirit i should have without any extra from my gear?

was it 90?

[mental needle]

should have 60 spirit afterwards in act 3 normal

100 if it's cruel

[sharp lynx]

yep it is

ty

[craggy gyro]

I can obtain uncut support gems from random drops correct? so even if I choose a wrong one I'll be ok right?

[drifting halo]

yea you will be fine

[tulip ferry]

lol apex of filth legit missing boss area 10/10

[polar lance]

am i reading the skills wrong? i cant use my life flash ever since i got that skill that charges energy shield

this one

life flasks does nothing to my health

[scenic flare]

guys can i add rune slots on a weapon that doesnt have any?

[mental needle]

Yes, artificer's orb

[scenic flare]

how do i get that

oh it seems i have one in the inventory

[mental needle]

Dismantle socketed items, they also drop randomly

and are now quest rewards in campaign apparently

[scenic flare]

wait , once ive used a rune i cant unequipt it?

[weary osprey]

you can only replace not unsocket to reuse

[mental needle]

You can only replace it with a new one which destroys the old

but you'll get plenty of lesser runes, don't worry about it

[scenic flare]

i have a lot , but none for lightning damage 😭

is there any npc that sells them

[mental needle]

No

[scenic flare]

dam

[weary osprey]

the new patch is supposed to have renly give you a blank rune as quest reward but most people are beyond that point already

[scenic flare]

i think ive seen this on yt , did i get to the honor trials? 😭

[vale moss]

Anyone on act 2 that wanna play in a bit? Just trying to finish the campaign and get to Cruel

Also are there any benefits to joining a guild in this game?

[broken nexus]

I cant complete Ascent to power, Zarka wont talk.... Anyone having this?

[waxen osprey]

is there currency exchange in solo self found?

[lavish dock]

is this item meant for beginning builds?

[waxen osprey]

yes, it is meant for a early / leveling build

[gray jasper]

can you not port to party members anymore? the little portal icon thing isnt showing up on their picture

[weary osprey]

it would be greyed out if your quest state doesn't allow for it

[latent wadi]

did they change how to get to trial of sekhemas? i cant find it on the desert map

[regal moat]

Is anyone able to find the queen of filth? Update got rid of boss arena I think?

[young gazelle]

new chatacter out today ?

[placid aurora]

guys did I make a good trade? I heard it was worth

[neon valve]

just to be clear thats a joke right

[placid aurora]

Yeah lmaooo

[neon valve]

imagine a new player dropped a div in act 1 and acc got scammed like that tho lmfao

[honest snow]

Hey does anyone know if companion aoe nodes increase the aoe of the monster mods?

[mystic stirrup]

Can someone help me with a trial of chaos please?

[lavish dock]

i can trade u more

[strong galleon]

Yo if I fail my 1st temple of chaos how do I get another coin thing to try it again?

[mystic stirrup]

It's over at the temple offering

@strong galleon

[strong galleon]

Yeah I'm dumb as hell, it doesnt consume the offering, thanks for the heads up!

[primal edge]

i just upgraded Resonance on monk , how do i get charges for the charged staff ???

[muted crescent]

I have a level 2 huntress and only one side of the passive tree will allow me to put points in, all others say requirements not met

[formal wave]

can u help players in campaign

[neon valve]

yes

[shrewd hinge]

Do talents like this provide me leech or even do anything if I DO NOT have any leech on my gear/gems?

[neon valve]

10% of 0 = a +0 life leech bonus

[shrewd hinge]

And I guess there are not talents to get the leech apart from the thorns one?

[young gorge]

is a staff the same as a quarterstaff for a monk?

[proud knoll]

yo, what level maps do lvl 2 support gems start dropping? I'm at the end of Act 3 and not a single f-ing one has dropped and I'm stuck with this bunk ass build as a result. it's starting to get painful as hell

[trim turret]

No. Staff is a caster weapon.

[trim turret]

Last week.