2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[sage surge]

I skimmed the ascendancy trees and it looked like Deadeye had a thing that gave extra projectile which sounds cool

[trim turret]

There have even been crossbow warriors using armor break on one of the ascendancies to cause explosions.

[unborn lava]

Yep, crossbow can be solid going pure phys damage with armour break too. So many good options.

[sage surge]

That may be beyond me at this point as I don’t know armor break 😅

[unborn lava]

It's a game about build variety, lots of time to learn new things.

You're also coming in at a great time, since you have like ~50 days to learn the ropes, then the big endgame expansion will release.

[sage surge]

Oh snap! I didn’t realize it was getting more endgame content so soon

[cerulean zephyr]

any major update will generally include some amount of endgame content/changes, but the upcoming one has been specifically announced to have endgame as a major focus

[sage surge]

Tbh I am not sure what a good endgame is supposed to feel like. I recently burned through D4 and Borderlands 4 and both had meh endgame experiences, but I’m not sure what a good one even looks like

[trim turret]

POE1 is kind of the gold standard. Various rewarding endgame activities and the tools to modify them to make them harder, more rewarding, spawn more often, or disappear them.

[sage surge]

I never played it. TBH, I am pretty sure when I looked at it all those years ago, I took one look at the skill tree and was like “Nope”

https://tenor.com/view/matt-wilson-no-encino-man-michael-nope-gif-11654537

Not sure why I am deciding it’s okay for Poe2, maybe I hate myself, stay tuned 😂

[unborn lava]

PoE 2 has a larger tree by node count, but it's also more straightforward and approachable...for now. Who knows where we'll be in five years. 😄

[iron fjord]

How do I fix the performance?

Ryzen 9800x3d
RTX 5070
16GB Ram

About..halfway through the current league PoE 2 went from perfect, high FPS gameplay to less than 10 FPS with a maxed out shader bar. I've tried deleting the shaders and it didn't help. I tried switching from X12 to Vulkan and it didn't really help there either. Please help.

[iron fjord]

I'm not going to delete the above even though it makes me look like an idiot. I figured it out when I noticed the game was saying it was running off of radeon graphics.

Apparently my 9800x3d came with an IGPU and because of where I had my HDMI cord plugged in PoE2 was running off my IGPU instead of my 5070 👍

[twilit kayak]

Not sure if I play this Game correctly or what? I am in Interludes, Feeling like tired of the loop..Go to a new area->>Killing mobs while getting lost >>>Killing Boss>.Go to a new area

[frosty gorge]

have you played these type of games before?

[twilit kayak]

Ya Last Epoch , D4 and POE 1

[frosty gorge]

then you know thats how these games are, until you reach endgame and theres some other stuff to do

but you gotta get thru the campaign

[twilit kayak]

Sure but wish it can be easier to build for the second character tho

[frosty gorge]

what i do is play 1 character to endgame, build up some currency to fund my 2nd character

[frosty gorge]

and so on

[twilit kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/ameno-meme-thinking-hmmm-gif-3844418297646103366

[obsidian forge]

campaign is hard and takes a while to learn, get to the endgame and you will have way more freedom

[twilit kayak]

I just don't like how hard it's to change build 😭

[short fern]

im confused on the temple works, im trying to place rooms but doesnt let me, then i go outside to the tablet and place rooms there, but when i come inside the rooms arent there, then i thought maybe the new rooms only work after i close and reopen the temple BUT THEN ALL IS GONE, how the hell do i add rooms WHILE running the temple

[trim turret]

You don't add rooms as you're running the temple. You place the available rooms, then run it.

[trim turret]

Everything can be changed besides starting class.

[twilit kayak]

I know but no Suppot gems for it , take too long to Grind them

[trim turret]

They shouldn't be THAT tough to get if you're killing stuff fairly quickly, you can also trade for them.

[short fern]

but the rooms im able to place disapear on next run, so how do i place something that i no longer have once the temple is closed

[final geyser]

You place the rooms while the temple is closed. You then open it, run it, and when you close it, you get a new selection.

[livid fiber]

why cant i refund my last 2 ascendancy points?

[alpine summit]

New to 1 from 2, Playing ele hit slayer. In act 2 atm, i still dont understand what linking sockets on an item does? and how do you get more sockets on an item

[final geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/509514642826199063

[alpine summit]

oh im stupid i thought i clicked on 1 LOL

[vale moss]

Would anyone be able to help me with final boss of act 2? UpperChedd#7480. stuck forever

[hearty walrus]

get more lightning res

[obsidian forge]

learn to trade

[final geyser]

You do not need to trade to get through campaign, if they're having issues then there's plenty of other things to learn before getting into trade.

Simply learning the boss can go a long way, but also using good skill and support gem combinations, knowing what affixes are best on gear, etc

[vale moss]

I got him haha took a few more tries.

Saying “learn to trade” isn’t much help in general though. I’m guessing in POE that’s just telling a new player to get good lol.

[daring dragon]

No it's a piece of legitimate advice

Trading makes things a lot easier in general.

Buying a decent weapon early on can make the difference between flying through the next act or struggling big time.

Git gud would actually be the exact opposite, not relying on trading to progress your char.

[final geyser]

It is also completely unnecessary within the campaign, where learning what affixes are best (especially when it comes to +Spell levels for casters), to check vendors often, what supports are best for a given skill, and so on, make a much bigger difference, not to mention being applicable at league start, when nobody has stuff to sell yet.

And even then, telling someone to 'learn to trade' instead of explaining anything about what they should even be trading for is not going to help much.

[daring dragon]

It's a pointer in one possible right direction to be fair.

Is it the best direction? Definitely not. Can it help being stuck on a boss tho, absolutely.

And tbh, many people would prefer the easy way these days.

Easiest is just not always best

[final geyser]

The other options are also easy, though, and actually help you learn the game in general, letting you improve at the game in the long term.

[daring dragon]

Learning the game and it's mechanics are no way near as easy as just buying a decent early game weapon.

[final geyser]

You have to actually know what makes a weapon decent to buy one, though, assuming you even have the currency for it

[daring dragon]

Not rly

Act 2 anything with a decent dmg boost will do the trick.

And yes getting a few ex probably is the biggest hurdle here.

[final geyser]

If you're a caster and have no clue that Spell Levels multiply your damage, you can easily miss out on a lot of damage. And again, this isn't something that can be applied to future league starts, since there's not going to be much to trade for on day 1.

Whereas knowing what makes a weapon or armour good is usable at all times, regardless of other players

[daring dragon]

Look I totally agree with you that simply trading shouldn't be the preferred option for a newcomer and I stated that. But it's a fact that doing some trading is legit advice that can greatly help out a newcomer.

Not in the long run, but momentarily.

[daring dragon]

There is plenty of traffic on day 1 of a new league.

When was the last time you checked yourself for some early gear on day 1?

You are probably experienced and don't do so very often anymore.

[final geyser]

I've never done it to begin with

[daring dragon]

So you naturally wouldn't know that there are plenty of decent offers even that early into a league.

[tired forge]

o/

Quick question guys:

1. How long has new season been out?

2. Is there a lot of new content added?

3. Is Direct X lag and runaway RAM solved yet?

[daring dragon]

Try #2┃general

These rly aren't questions for this channel.

[radiant tusk]

Hey all, when it comes to having a scepter that has increased dmg to allies, does that apply to mirage archer and mirage deadeye by chance?

[round scarab]

guys why my sorcery ward cant be activated ?

[unborn lava]

Unless it's changed from PoE 1, no sadly. The "mirage" is not considered an ally for the purposes of stats which impact allies. But it's also not "you" for things like leech.

[radiant tusk]

K ty

[unborn lava]

What are you seeing that makes you think Sorc Ward isn't working?

[round scarab]

no shield, no circle thingy that pop up when you activate spirit gem

[final geyser]

It's not a gem, it should just always be active

[round scarab]

i tried relogging, respeccin, deactivate all my spirit skill

[unborn lava]

Did you make sure it's not turned off? It can be toggled just like a regular spirit gem

[round scarab]

cant right click it

[unborn lava]

What does your buff bar show?

[round scarab]

oh theres sorcery ward

but it doesnt work kek

[unborn lava]

What do you mean it doesn't work?

Does it show on your buff bar?

Then it's on.

[round scarab]

it doesnt decrease when im hit ?

oh nvm it only takes elemental

[unborn lava]

Have you taken Ceremonial Ablution or just the first node?

haha yeah

[round scarab]

haiz ill respec

my dodge and armor too low

[unborn lava]

It used to only be Ele. It's really really strong now that you can get it to take all damage.

My Ignite WH feels crazy tanky

[sturdy sedge]

Was there not a skill that created corpses (corpi?) on the ground? trying to use it to get devour stacks during bossing

[unborn lava]

Most skills in this game create corpses 😄

I know what you're asking though, and no not directly.

Not sure which ascendency you're running, but if it's Oracle then you'd have easy access to power charge uptime by wearing Voll's Protector

https://poe2db.tw/us/Volls_Protector

Armour break on Rend is another option nvm, I was thinking Resonance converts to power charge, it doesn't.

[sturdy sedge]

issue is for mapping/clearing, etc I generate an absurd amount of charges so the body would be basically pointless outside of just bossing

could just focus more on abusing my surpass chance to generate the charges with stuns

[unborn lava]

Yeah I hear ya, Wyvern has crazy easy access to them for packs

Honestly for most people doing flame breath bossing right now the answer is probably, "you need more than one charge?". It scales up to crazy damage.

[sturdy sedge]

I guess one more question, can I somehow increase the leap range on devour?

[unborn lava]

I don't believe so. The range seems to be 4 meters.

[scenic halo]

how to open thiws?

[hearty walrus]

#1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[twilit kayak]

is it normal for POE2 to have 130 GB file size?

[hearty walrus]

looks like it

[strange lion]

Hey i got one question if I buy a stash upgrade in poe1 do I have it in poe2?

[patent palm]

in theory yes but when poe2 just lunched it forced me to make another "account" under the same email and i got screwed by ggg

[final geyser]

Yes, MTX is shared between the two games

[patent palm]

even after sending so many email to them they refuse to combine it or do anything to help

need to try it again now maybe it wont be cringe auto replay and i would actually get proper help

[strange lion]

Oh shit

[strange lion]

Okay i didn't know if stash upgrade was consider MTX

[strange lion]

Okay I hope so

[final geyser]

MTX is short for microtransaction, so stash tabs, cosmetics, characters slots, etc

[strange lion]

oh okay i thought it was only cosmetics, thanks !

[patent palm]

cant be merged so make sure u dont have 2 account for some reason by mistake

[heady grove]

Once is set price in my shop tab to sell something, I cannot update my price?

[unborn lava]

You can, but there's a few minute lockout period where you can't change it.

It's an anti-abuse mechanism

[sour wave]

Whats the best way to hide the offhand spirit scepter? When I want to play which the scepter is just there. I’ve seen the genie set have a lamp transmog, but I’m looking for something more invisible if possible.

[torn trout]

how does leveling up effect items that I identify? should I wait until I'm a higher level to identify a good item?

[hearty walrus]

your level does not affect identifying items

[final geyser]

The affixes are determined when the item drops, iirc, identifying them simply reveals them. The item level of drops is determined by the area and enemy they drop from, so also nothing to do with your level.

[torn trout]

ok thank you :)

[patent palm]

is there any way to lower the stupid light from the skills

like playing with sunglasses aint fun

[patent palm]

its on 25%(cuz u cant go to 0% q-q) and looking like its 100%

[torn trout]

with this skill in the tree, does it mean never deal critical strikes at all? I'm following a guide and it recommends to use a diamond flask for increased critical strike chance, does that still do anything if you never crit?

[final geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/509514642826199063

[torn trout]

oh mb

[urban root]

Might be misunderstanding so want to check before I buy anything. If I mix the Sierran Inheritance and The Burrower, it will put me into negative cold resistance. Does that mean I will always get chilled BUT that the chill will bounce back onto enemies via "The Effect of Chill on you is reversed"

[unborn lava]

Resistances can be positive or negative. If you're using both of those items you could have cold res well into the negative. Which is effectively an "increased damage taken" stat at that point.

It doesn't have anything to do with reflecting ailments, that'd have to come from somewhere else.

What Sierran does is change how the chill ailment impacts your character. Instead of slowing action speed, it increases it.

[trim turret]

It wouldn't affect enemies, it would increase your action speed rather than slowing you down. And you shouldn't try to achieve that with negative resists. You'll just get crushed.

[urban root]

Okay def was misunderstand thanks. I thought it was like let it build up on you and that chill reversed thing was reversing it onto them.

[trim turret]

It's definitely a thing in POE1 and can be achieved to increase your action speed which is definitely valuable. Not sure how it's accomplished in POE2.

[buoyant oak]

Has ancestral watching been removed from the game

[unborn lava]

I'm guessing you mean Ancestral Warchief, which has never been in PoE 2 and was removed from PoE 1 in Settlers league.

[knotty fable]

i need help i just done all the acts an i got a devine orbe i want to buy new gear with it buy dont know how to

[daring dragon]

Via the official trading website, either via a browser or directly in the game via the escape menu.

[cobalt mason]

Hi

New POE player here, Requesting some help on the tools and builds

[trim turret]

Poe1 or 2?

[cobalt mason]

Poe 1

[trim turret]

#1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[cobalt mason]

I played a bit before but I was just mindlessly playing one

[knotty fable]

i just finished act 10 i need help doing this kingmarch quest thing

[stable umbra]

(https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/509514642826199063)

[broken shoal]

Where can i get directions to making a proper build? I'm stuck on Tavakai and up until this point sorta just threw stuff together

[unborn lava]

There are several well known build sites often recommended, but if you want to try to progress with the build you've been making we can definitely give suggestions if you share the character.

[broken shoal]

Whats the best way to share my character?

[unborn lava]

https://poe.ninja/account

Easiest way is with Ninja, you can sync your GGG account.

If/when you start using Path of Building, you can share builds through there too, but ninja is the fastest for sure.

[broken shoal]

So something like this?

[unborn lava]

Exactly, but share the link, not a screenshot

[broken shoal]

gotcha https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/ChosenOne-2615/character/TheDestinedMonk

a little context im extremely new but willing to put in the thousands of hours to learn. I basically just wanted to start a playthrough of understand as much as i could regarding basics. I havn't spent any money that ive picked up yet just basically replaced weaker gear for anything i found along the way.

[unborn lava]

Oh you're good, asking questions is how we get better, I still ask tons of questions every day. There's some low hanging fruit here you can improve really quickly.

The first is that you seem to have a misconception about spell damage nodes. You've taken a bunch of % increased spell damage, but you aren't using a single spell in this build.

Attacks and Spells are two independent skill types and while some builds will intermix them, you aren't doing so here.

So you can free up seven passive points immediately that aren't doing anything for you

[broken shoal]

Alright I'll do that

[final geyser]

Also, you don't need these random attribute nodes around the starting cluster, you could free those up and grab way more valuable stuff instead

[broken shoal]

So the only way to respec passive points is from the hooded guy?

[unborn lava]

Yep, as a general rule the passive node power increases as you go out from the center.

[unborn lava]

In campaign, yes.

[final geyser]

But even aside from that, the attribute nodes are also often called travel nodes, since they're there to travel around the tree and to the clusters (and notables within said clusters) that you actually want. Just taking a bunch that don't lead anywhere is not going to be particularly useful.

[broken shoal]

got it

Obviously i had no idea what i was going towards

[final geyser]

Sure, but now that you have a better idea of what skills you're using, you can now refund them and put them towards passives that will benefit you most.

[unborn lava]

I just did this really quickly and it's not at all optimized, but even without cleaning up the starting area as Fairshadow recommended I more than doubled your Falling Thunder base DPS just from adjusting some pathing.

Here's the quick tree edit, if you're curious: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1a419

You could definitely upgrade the weapon base damage too, but I understanding you're trying to acquire/craft everything yourself which is awesome.

[broken shoal]

Ok ill copy that pathing

[unborn lava]

For Falling Thunder, Momentum isn't doing much for you. If you swap it for Elemental Armament II it's like a 23% dps increase as well.

Btw, I took the recoup nodes off your passive tree. That's a judgement call. Recoup can be powerful but without other investment and at your current level I don't think it's the difference between you living and dying.

[broken shoal]

ok thats good to know

In terms of gear is there anything I can look to farm so I'm more prepared Tavaki?

[unborn lava]

Besides seeing if you can get a higher elemental dps staff, it's definitely your resistances. According to this export, you have -15% fire res

[broken shoal]

Yea I figured it would be resistances

[unborn lava]

It looks like Tavaki does mostly physical damage, but in general pushing your res up is always a good thing.

[final geyser]

The good part is that a number of your items should be relatively easy to upgrade

And I'd probably replace those Iron Runes with Resistance ones, I think you'd get a lot more out of those than raw Defences at this point in the game

[broken shoal]

Ok got it

[sturdy sedge]

this hurts only your health and not your honour right?

[pine birch]

other than gold runs, is there anything i can actually buy and sell for a decent amount of gold?

like buy with exalts/chaos

an actual in game item worth 10k/100k+ gold

[daring dragon]

Any dmg you take also affects your honour

[daring dragon]

Gold isn't considered an issue in the long run so not there is nothing like that.

[sturdy sedge]

does armour affect honour loss or was that a poe1 thing?

[daring dragon]

Once you have access to the endgame you can just leech some temples and you will have essentially infinite gold.

[daring dragon]

Armor reduces the dmg you take and therefore also indirectly affects honour. Honour resistance relics is what's protecting your honour directly.

[sturdy sedge]

good to know

graphical bug so I couldn't see the darts, love this video game

[pine birch]

how do i find waypoints quickly in the campaign

is there a way or do i just walk around until i find one

[final geyser]

Most waypoints are located near to the entrance of the zone, or, on occasion, next to another zone or some relevant object. If you're not seeing it near the entrance, then just walk around, I guess

[pine birch]

alr thanks

[topaz root]

is this gaem solo friendly?

[topaz junco]

Yup

[quasi crow]

Hi, I’m new in PoE2.
Ranger level 16 in Act 1.
Can someone help carry me through the campaign a bit?

[topaz junco]

#2┃looking-for-group and please keep in mind that carries are free on this server

[quasi crow]

Niceee
Hope so help mee

[merry obsidian]

hello is there any french people ??? im lv 30

[topaz junco]

If you’re looking for people to play with please use #2┃looking-for-group

[marsh oar]

Can anyone help with the prisoner in act 4

[chrome bear]

Is poe2 cross-platform?

[chrome bear]

I could switch to my main and help if you'd like?

[marsh oar]

Yeah that would be great

[marsh oar]

I think it is

[chrome bear]

Alright add me ingame. Same name as on here then I'll accept and switch

[marsh oar]

Wdym by standard?

[chrome bear]

You can right click my name ingame to whisper back, but when I tried to invite to party, it says you're in a different league

[hearty walrus]

you have to be in same league to party

[chrome bear]

There's standard and fate of the vaal (current league)

[marsh oar]

Im in standard then

[chrome bear]

Oh I'm sorry.. I cant help then. I hope someone else can.

[marsh oar]

Ah thats alright

[chrome bear]

Best of luck to you

[devout geyser]

How do I activate my companion? Right Clicking doesnt work. I have 100 Spirit on my Deadeye Ranger.

[pine birch]

i thought it was the same as activating a herald

ive lowk forgotten

[near phoenix]

ign?

[devout geyser]

the tooltip says so but it doesnt work for some reason

[unborn lava]

Do you have 100 spirit free, or 100 spirit total? The companions reserve based on a percentage of your total spirit.
First thing I'd check is making sure you don't have any other spirit gems active that would pull you below 40/100 if 100 is your total.

[devout geyser]

doesn't change whether I have 100 or 40 free spirit. I usually have 2 spirit gems active which take 30 each which leaves me with 40 free spirit.

[unborn lava]

you don't have two companion gems do you?

[devout geyser]

I do but they are in my stash

[unborn lava]

Ha nah that's fine, just making sure you weren't trying to run two at once

[marsh oar]

Are you still on? Sorry for the late reply

[near phoenix]

ye

[marsh oar]

Do you need my character name?

[near phoenix]

yes

[marsh oar]

Shrx

[marsh oar]

Thank you ❤️

[near phoenix]

yw

[sage surge]

Okay, I’m officially stuck at Geonor playing Sorc. I’ve seen the advice to get frost resistance but it’s not really helping, one mistake and I’m okey doked. Should I just like try and grind to a higher level?

15 atm

[unborn lava]

A frequent issue for new players who hit a wall with Geonor is that their damage is really low but they don't realize it because you don't know what good damage looks like so early on.

Can you share the mods on your weapon?

[sage surge]

It does feel like I’m barely hitting him

[unborn lava]

Are you running a cold based build? If so, he's a bit tougher since Geonor has 30% cold resistance.

+Levels to any relevant spells on your staff is the big thing to watch for. Then more %spell and %cold damage as well.

If you want to sync your character with ninja and share it we could give some more targeted advice, but that's where I'd start.

https://poe.ninja/account

[sage surge]

Oh of course he does lol

I am running a cold based build. Think maybe it’s worth switching for the fight?

[hearty walrus]

it's not necessary

[unborn lava]

Not at all, just drop a frost bomb on him occasionally to keep exposure up.

That mostly negates the res

[sage surge]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Raftman-4145/character/Safiyah

Switched to ember fusillade but it’s not helping a ton

[unborn lava]

Apologies, you caught me after I went to bed. Based on the character's current level it looks like you beat him. Well done!

FYI, you missed an important quest reward in Act 1 to get your first 30 Spirit. Make sure you go back and kill the King in the Mists in Freythorn.

[rancid rampart]

Fire is just bad right now, don't bother with it until you hit late game. Go back to the city and try to get a staff with + level to spells, then just throw spark + flame wall around after some frost bombs to get cold infusion

[sage surge]

Thanks! It’s cool the website tells you that 😅

[rancid rampart]

A staff or a wand, either works. If wand then also get a decent focus

[karmic gate]

what is the best loot filter

[trim turret]

Neversink is the gold standard everyone uses and semi-strict is good for the campaign.

[empty perch]

Hey Yall, I was looking at siege ballista, and it says projectile. But some one said that it does not benefit from the projectile damage nodes in your passive tree. Is that true?

maybe only projectile support gems?

[unborn lava]

I can't speak to what you were told, but Totems use your weapon and damage stats, so % increased projectile damage from the tree would apply to them.

Minions are a different beast and more independent, they don't use your damage stats. So possibly those two things got conflated.

[empty perch]

ahhh

sheeeit ok okkkk! sweet 😄

[split venture]

New in act 1, templar build. looking for help.

[hearty walrus]

#1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[obsidian forge]

I just saw this, the reason I think this is by far the best advice you can give a newcomer is that first of all almost no beginner will be playing on league start or the first day of the league through the full campaign, a lot of them start playing late into the league, a lot of them take a week or more to finish the campaign
second of all, they can buy items for augmentation, transmutation, regal, alchemy and vaal orb, they don't even have to spend exalts, and those item will likely be way better than whatever they find on the ground or in the vendors, it will be much quicker too
third of all, by learning to trade I also mean learning the right mods, I often tell to look for life and resistances, + to skills and increased damage for spell casters, flat damage for attacking builds, it's not that complicated

supports and passives are kind of in your face, but trading is something a beginner can easily stay ignorant of throughout the whole campaign, but if they buy the right items campaign can be a total breeze

[final geyser]

It shouldn't necessarily be a breeze on your first time through, it should be an opportunity to learn how the game works and what mechanics are available to help you along. When that's all skipped, you end up with people not knowing about basics in endgame.

Regardless, even if you wish to direct people to trading, you could at least suggest what they should be trading for, or what stats to be paying attention to, when you do so.

[obsidian forge]

well the campaign is brutally hard and complex for newcomers, a lot of people quit because of that, even with the right items it still might stay difficult, I don't recommend mechanics like crafting, salvaging, recombining because even without them the game is very complex, I don't want to completely overwhelm the beginner with information

and they are already half prepared for the endgame if they know how to trade, the other half would be knowing how to farm, but they can't learn that in the campaign (well and they should know how to put together a build ofc)

I will tell them the right mods to look for when trading though, sure

[winter sinew]

Does the Atziri Temple snake strategy still work? I'm still catching up on what's still real and what's been patched out.

[winter sinew]

E.g. this musti_a temple build

https://sulozor.github.io/#/atziri-temple?t=AiJKIkoiSiJKIkphOmE6YTphSiI6EioSKhI6IkoyKgCYADJhSiJqEnoAiGo6IkpxKnF6AHFhSiJ6EjJxeno6IjJygTpicWoySmpxekEIYjoyIv___y7-_Dn2v-s

[valid sky]

Is into the breach permanent?

(chonk node)

[unborn lava]

It's a persistent buff, so always active if you have it turned on in the spirit menu, yes.

[valid sky]

I see, thanks

at first I thought its like poe1 into the breach

[unborn lava]

isn't that a quest?

For Ailith from last league

[valid sky]

no I mean

what its name I forgor

vaal breach right

I dont think it exists anymore

a skill that activated breach

and it started spreading around from the cast spot

like a normal breach

[unborn lava]

Ah, yeah Vaal Breach is totally different from Into the Breach.

Aside from thematics

[valid sky]

have you played any chonks? I'm curious to play around with it

[unborn lava]

I have I did a whirling assault chonk. Using into the breach and scaling chaos.

Took it to T15 but didn't push into pinnacle stuff. It was fairly squishy but you could definitely build it tankier.

[valid sky]

Whats the comfortable amount of fragment pickup aoe increase?

[unborn lava]

I basically took all of the nodes on the tree. Coupled with Magnetic Remnants since you aren't really tight on supports for Into the Breach

In my case I was doing MoM + EB and using Mana Remnants as well since it synergizes for potency nodes.

[valid sky]

so with all of them whats the generall range?

like are we talking about half a screen, 5 screens?

[unborn lava]

It can't be 5 screens technically. I'm not sure what the range is but the purple remnants that generate will basically auto leech to you on spawn

[valid sky]

well I was hyperbolising obviously

[unborn lava]

Still possible for a mana remnant to not immediately get consumed if the enemy is right at the edge of my screen, but largely covers the viewable area

[valid sky]

just wondering whats the "enough" amount

I was planning some crossbow action and I'm not going into blue side much where most of these nods are

[unborn lava]

You won't auto-collect the Into the Breach remnants without some meaningful collection distance.

But if you're always moving anyway, which is normal for xbow, then you may be fine. Might just average more like 5/10 charges at a time

[valid sky]

you did a single node or both nodes?

[unborn lava]

Both, because I was scaling chaos and only wanted chaos damage

[sage surge]

I suspect I know the answer to this because I can’t find any information online on it, but is Dance with Death a bad node to take in the skill tree?

[opaque iron]

Pretty much only use it when you traverse the map using a skill like whirling slash or boneshatter

You can't take Keystones on weapon set 1 or 2 specifically, but you can totally take the node and then only use it for one set 🙂

[sage surge]

Oh that’s smart! I’ve been messing with a rake bleed build

[unborn lava]

I used that node when leveling a whirlwind Amazon alt through campaign. If you have good gear so defenses aren't an issue the 25% more is a big skill speed boost.

[wise lagoon]

can u change annoint on santified amulet? welp

[daring dragon]

Afaik nope

[gritty gorge]

Hey y'all. With Ghost dance, when does the ES heal apply?

Do you get hit, take damage, then heal the ES immediately? So if I'm at my max 500 ES, and my ghost dance ES heal is 100 ES, and I take a 50 damage hit, will I lose a shroud charge and essentially remain at 500 ES? (Basically, going 500 -> 450 -> 500 ES in an instant?)

[unborn lava]

As a generalization, on-hit effects apply after damage taken. So in your example you'd take the hit -> lose 50 ES -> Ghost dance triggers to consume a shroud and recover 100 ES (but only 50 in your case since you can't overflow by default).

[gritty gorge]

Great, thank you!

[unborn lava]

so basically, yes, you had it correct 🙂

[gritty gorge]

Same then if I say, do bonus damage to enemies with X effect. If my attack applies it, the effect application happens after the damage is done, and I don't get the bonus damage until my next attack?

[unborn lava]

To clarify, are you asking about things like status effects? Like if the hit which applies Shock to an enemy also benefits from Shock?

[gritty gorge]

Sure. Or, in my specific case, 'deal bonus bleed magnitude to enemies with incision' - If I apply incision on the same hit I bleed them, does it count, or does it end up being the next bleed application?

[unborn lava]

Yeah in general debuffs which do not explicitly say otherwise don't apply to the hit that inflicts them (incision is a debuff)

[gritty gorge]

Perfect, good to know. Thank you!

[unborn lava]

If you're trying to build around that node, the Bleed IV support gem can be used to prevent an attack from being able to set bleed.

[gritty gorge]

Ah, and that includes consuming incision?

[unborn lava]

Bleed IV applies Incision innately

Idk what your build look like but you can put it on a fast attack, even a default attack, and then 10 hits will give you max incision stacks.

[gritty gorge]

I see, thank you! I'm using Rake and sources of bleed magnitude and duration seem scarce, compared to poison mag/duration (I like DoT builds :P)

I have incision on spear field right now, but yeah bleed IV might be better.

Darn, another question about mechanics. They're pretty dang tight with the wording in PoE it looks like, but I still want to make sure I'm interpreting correctly:

If I'm using 'shocking leap' support, which says 'creates shocked ground when supported skills critically hit,' the effect of this passive here won't actually apply, will it? Because it's not the crit hit that is applying the shock, but the shocked ground that the crit created, yes?

[unborn lava]

correct. The fact you intuited this means you're well ahead of the curve here.

[gritty gorge]

It's because something always seems pretty sweet at first glance. Until you double check each skill/passive description x_x

[final geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1308714168576249887

This isn't the right channel for that at all

[tardy osprey]

I am helping new players for leveling, so this can be in "help" section I think. If I am wrong, of course I can type this to the "lfg" section. @final geyser

[final geyser]

This channel is for asking and answering questions, not providing services

[tardy osprey]

Alr. It makes sense.

thanks

[unborn lava]

Not to mention, boosting new players (and not alts) is dubious on the "help" front. You shortcircuit a lot of their learning by doing that.

[sage surge]

I’ve dabbled in a few things as a new player but out of all the things I’ve tried, spear is so much fun. Jumping in with rake and jumping out with disengage is a very satisfying gameplay loop

[gritty gorge]

Yeah the rake bleed build I'm playing has been the most fun build I've had. Though not what I'm used to in hardcore. I always play heavy ES builds. I feel super squish having to rely on mostly just health. (and dodge/deflect of course, but still)

[sage surge]

Yeah I played a Witch up to level 40 and it was much safer and slightly faster, but this is much more fun and engaging

[gritty gorge]

For sure. Same with my plant druid experience.

[gritty gorge]

Follow up question! Though can be for anyone:

I'm playing with ghost dance right now. Actual numbers are like 352 max ES, and ~290 - 350 ES restored via ghost dance, due to varying conditional evasion boosts.

Every once in a while, I'll get hit, and still have ghost shrouds available, but my ES gets knocked to under 100, which shouldn't be possible if a hit is supposed to give me 290 ES back if I have ghost shrouds available. Is there an internal cooldown on ghost dance triggering, or something like that?

Notes: It's not DoT damage taking me to that low of an ES amount, it's specifically hits, and I will have 1 or even 2 ghost shrouds still available when this happens.

[unborn lava]

I can't say I've noticed this when I've played with Ghost Dance. Any chance you could grab a short screencap of it happening?

[gritty gorge]

Let me see. I think my video card might have some sort of screen replay thing like that innate to it.

[sly edge]

CAN T KILL THIS GUY

sorry caps

any help,

im playing ranger and every time i shoot him he reflects shit at me

[final geyser]

Get close to it or get around it while it's attacking

If you get close, it will attack and lower the shield while it does so.

[sly edge]

tyys

tysm

and for monk which attribute is most important?

strenght,dex or int

[final geyser]

Attributes, for the most part, simply enable you to use equipment. If you want to be using a Quarterstaff and Evasion/Energy Shield gear, then you'd be picking up Dexterity and Intelligence, but in general, any clas can use any weapon and armour type they want, so there's no hard rule.

[sly edge]

im trying a no weapon monk build

could look fun

[final geyser]

The skill and equipment requirements will be the same with Hollow Palm, you just won't have an actual Quarterstaff equipped. Though, I will recommend looking out for any Gloves or Amulets that have '+X to all Melee Skills', as affixes like that will have a major impact on your damage.

[sly edge]

is it a strong build or nah

kinda doing it blind icl

[final geyser]

It's definitely not the strongest thing at the moment, but you should still be able to get through the game with it.

[sly edge]

is there a stronger monk build?

[final geyser]

If this is your first time playing, I wouldn't recommend worrying about that. For one, the most powerful stuff typically rely on more difficult to obtain gear to function well, and two, you might as well try out the stuff that seems interesting at first. You'll have lots of chances to play all kinds of other builds later on.

[still hamlet]

Any recommendations for a beginner for blood mage character like weapons gear skills and so on? What to do when I’m stuck in progression?

[opaque iron]

Can't recommend imjustanthony enough for new Bloodmages, he got two of them to 100 in a hc private league last month and has multiple build variants PLUS campaign info and trade links (you'd want to double check these as they were updated earlier in 0.4)

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/anthonys-vampire-queen

[still hamlet]

For a blood mage Which character attributes should I prioritize on upgrading ? Strength, dex or intelligence?

[hearty walrus]

whichever you need to equip the gems and gear you need

attributes are mostly just used to equip things

[waxen osprey]

is it possible to block red attacks?

[lunar blaze]

ive played a few times, killed xesht once, run a good bit of atlas twice. i want a non-huntress (unless its a unique build) thing to play where i can learn how to build on my own and just get better at the game. any ideas?

[lunar blaze]

you have to dodge

[obsidian forge]

it's funny to see the countless different ways people try to narrow down the builds in their question and still end up asking about the vast majority of builds in the game

[lunar blaze]

ive played a few diff classes and none of them really hit for me. i love the game, im just trying to find the playstyle that captivates me

[daring dragon]

It's hard to recommend specific builds without knowing what you like and don't like, so provide some Infos what you are looking for and I'm sure you will get some recommendations.

[lunar blaze]

i am looking for something that has flexibility to alter and still be viable, something that has an easy to follow progression. i dont like copy pasting nodes, i like understanding why why chose things. i want something that wont feel miserable in acts but also scales decently late game.

[obsidian forge]

they can say "a fun build", "the best build", "a sorceress build", but those are still just variations of the question "recommend me a build", it's completely pointless, I just ignore these questions

unless they narrow it down to several builds instead of 100 builds

[lunar blaze]

i thought i narrowed it well, again, im newer to ot

if a summoner witch build that is new player friendly and easy to understand in depth exists, something like that

witch is my favorite, but i havent found consistent success on her. tips for that would be great too

[daring dragon]

You did, don't worry. I'm just not experienced enough to recommend something that might fit your criteria.

[daring dragon]

It's only a pointless question if the person doesn't narrows it down by stating their preferences, which was done after asking them to do so.

You still got a point tho, many people will still ask such a question without ever providing any specifics.

[obsidian forge]

exactly, just today I saw 4 different "recommend me a build" questions

[sly edge]

yo where do i stand in the balbala the traitor fight

when she releases the gas

[final geyser]

She will teleport to the edge of the arena and become invisible, just run around the circle until you see her, then get close to end that phase. Iirc she'll do a slam when you find her, so be careful of that.

[sly edge]

ah isee

whats this?

[final geyser]

Hold alt and hover over the underlined keyword

[sly edge]

and how= do i get one?

[final geyser]

They're random drops, like any other item in the game. There are a few encounters that guarantee a drop, including the Ninth Treasure of Keth in the Lost City, in Act 2, but otherwise it's just random.

[sly edge]

i see thank you

[final geyser]

A pretty good source of them is the Trial of the Sekhemas, though for now it's probably best to just continue the campaign and worry about getting good ones after.

[sly edge]

can i swap them out later yh?

[final geyser]

Yes, you can freely insert and remove Jewels whenever you want.

[still hamlet]

Hello I’m at act 2 how can I sell items?

[urban moth]

besides getting 1-hit, what are the most dangerous ailments or status you can get?
Corrupted blood?
Anything else really bad?

I want to try and build against those because that's usually what kills me

[hearty walrus]

freeze

[urban moth]

ok

[trim turret]

To other players? You need a premium tab or a merchant tab. Its also unlikely you have something valuable in act 2 but maybe you got lucky.

Merchant tab can't be used until act 4.

[patent palm]

any idea why it dosent work on crossbow skills ? (grenade/frost/fragmentation round ) even tho i can see the increase of the DMG on my basic attack only

[final geyser]

Does it actually not work, or does it simply not show the tooltip for the change?

[patent palm]

idk how to check if it actually work

but on basic crossbow shots i can see the change

[final geyser]

If it works for Crossbow Shot, it should work for all Attack skills just fine, the game is just a bit weird about which skills show up. Plus, if you don't have a Flask effect active in the moment, it technically isn't doing anything, so it wouldn't show the change.

[patent palm]

im using that to allways have the effect

[patent palm]

thanks for the info ill assume the tooltip is just sus atm :d

[languid nova]

hey guys im about to start the new season for the first time, im really new to the game and love easy speed clearing builds. whats the best league starter build for a easy campaign clear 🙂

[ruby pivot]

+1 lmfao. incomprehensive generative AI bs all over his content. dude can't be original or drop a single drop of sweat to make something by himself at all.

im pretty sure him and elon would get along really well

[obsidian forge]

essence drain witch, lightning arrow ranger, shield wall warrior

essence drain is the king of campaign

[radiant tusk]

sorry for the noob question but what is this icon that appears when i attack?

i thought it was my Attrition buff but i never see the Sword icon from Attrition anymore and wondering if this took itas place

[hybrid star]

freeze build up

[radiant tusk]

ty, makes sense now

[radiant tusk]

so why am i getting no on screen icon for Attrition anymore? its turned on and im literally face-planting the bosses and still no Attrition icon appears

[karmic gate]

what are some meta ranger builds rn

[valid sky]

Does "all damage modifiers applied" include crits?

[rare sorrel]

Believe it does, be weird to calculate crit after mitigations

[azure wren]

How do I use the simulacrum splinters , the petition splinters, and the runic splinters? It says to realmgate to travel to certain places, but I'm not sure how to do that?

nm. I found it

[raw glacier]

Hey guys, new to the game. Maybe played a handful of hours in the game like a year ago. Can you play the whole game as co-op with a friend

[final geyser]

In multiplayer, you can start playing together from the second area in the game. In local co-op, you can play from the very start. So, I'd broadly say yes.

[raw glacier]

okay thank you! seems like it would be more fun with a friend or two

[obsidian forge]

you mean bow, not ranger, lightning arrow was always meta, but ice shot and poisonburst are also strong, you can add self chill for speed and damage reduction

[oak flume]

returning player, struggling as druid mechanically vs geonor, outside of bear form i dont really do that much dmg (and i'm fucking massive so i get hit by everything), and in werewolf i die fast, just an annoying fight or?

[oak flume]

solved, had to git gud

[winter sinew]

While hanging out in my hideout, I keep hearing these "clink" sounds, like some armour/weapon-something sound. At first I thought maybe it's Ange? But I don't see her having any new trades finished. Nor do I see any guests.

It's happening even when the game is in the background, so I'm not doing anything.

[valid sky]

Does it still apply flammability?

[obsidian forge]

my bad, it was me, it won't happen again

[unborn lava]

It will not, no.

Anything that prevents ignite also does the same for flammability

[valid sky]

ok ty

[misty nexus]

Might start POE2 and try to get to maps for the first time since EA release. Any good videos out there for league starting or anything? I'm not a great player but I got through maps for a few leagues in 1.

Used to play RF watching poh and ziz's league starters

[pliant vigil]

So I have a question about league ending
Last league when it moved over to last of the druids my stash didn't transfer it wasn't a big deal since I hadn't been playing that much and most of my currency was on my character and that transfered
I heard it was a bug that some people went through but never thought that much about it.
Now I have actual level 90 characters that have a ton of currency and all this other shit I want to transfer but don't know if they will.
Tldr will everything transfer automatically and if not how do I make sure it does?

[trim turret]

When you say transfer. You mean transfer to standard right?

Everything is supposed to transfer automatically and should require no input from us, but its also beta and things happen and we will have many more leagues and characters to follow. Standard is typically a graveyard.

[unborn tinsel]

they become "Remove-only"

[pliant vigil]

Ok so no input from me, good. I hope it works this time. Maybe my old ones are still there and I didn't see that hide remove only tabs thing.

[obsidian forge]

learn trading and leech temples

[obsidian forge]

everything transferms automatically, this doesn't mean your build will work in standard

[frank inlet]

hey, im new into the game, i would like to know if the "server?" that i choose to play will do something at the gameplay, theres lots of'em, wich one i should pick?

[unborn lava]

Yes, if you are new you definitely want to play in the current seasonal league, which is "Fate of the Vaal"

The other acronyms are modifiers.
HC = hardcore (you only get one death, then moved down to softcore)
SSF = solo-self found, no trade.

The race ones are special events happening over the next two weeks. Nothing you'd want to touch if you're new.

[trim turret]

Blue flag fate of the vaal. That is the current league.

[frank inlet]

Ty all for the anwsers

i can take it off my screen without close the game?

ok, i got it

[twilit thorn]

Newer here. Druid bear question. I have a talisman. Does an offhand do anything. I’ve had people telling me to get offhand or swap weapons but I don’t know why if I switch to talisman when using all attacks. Can someone clarify

[trim turret]

Well talismans take up both hands by default so you can't have an offhand. There's a keystone passive thay enables it with downsides. Weapon swapping is used for specific setups, but it depends on your specific build. Swapping is if you for some reason assigned to different weapons and a certain number of passives can be assigned to two locations, one for each weapon set.

[twilit thorn]

So then how would I put something in my offhand then without that passive. I’m also only lv38 so ide assume nowhere near this passive that would let me anyways

[final geyser]

That passive (Lord of the Wilds) is relatively close to the Druid start, a minimum of 15 points if you were to path straight to it. Still, if you don't have a use for a Sceptre in mind, it's not going to be particularly useful. Same thing for weapon swap. I'd advise just sticking with whatever you're doing for now.

[unborn lava]

A potential source of confusion here as well is that we're often sloppy in using "off-hand weapon" when referring to a weapon swap.

If you see a guide that calls for an offhand weapon that isn't legal for your primary skills then it's likely they're trying to say you should run a second weapon set.

[twilit thorn]

Ok and it’s just for a scepter to get more points for auras ? Or am I wrong

[final geyser]

The only off-hand item you can equip with a Talisman is a Sceptre. For anything else, you'd need it in a second weapon set. Sceptres can give buffs to yourself and allies, more Spirit, and Unique ones offer a number of damage buffs. I believe most of the Uniques require a much higher level, however.

[unborn lava]

Lord of the Wilds really leans toward a hybrid minion build. I haven't done the math but it'd take a lot of spirit to overcome its downside cost if you don't care about the minion scaling.

That's a hefty price for an aura, but maybe there's some niche build that totally relies on Fulmination or something.

[twilit thorn]

Well I run herald of fire and I’ve seen some that have that and a mana one or a wolf summon one

[unborn lava]

Herald of Fire isn't a thing. Do you mean Herald of Ash or Purity of Fire (which is an aura on a sceptre)?

[twilit thorn]

Ash

My bad

[unborn lava]

I'd be curious to see that build guide. Herald of Ash can certainly work with bear skills, which lean toward fire damage.

But it doesn't proc from minions

[twilit thorn]

Shows herald of ash and Wolfpack and later endgame purity of ice

[unborn lava]

Yeah if you're scaling the wolf minions that makes some sense then.

[twilit thorn]

Well I can either use the wolf minions or herald and another 30 spirit with that keystone and a 140 spirit scepter. But I can also not reactivate herald of ash now even with the wolves off

[unborn lava]

are you wielding a non-martial weapon in your second weapon set?

Herald of Ash can only be active in a weapon set with a martial weapon.

[twilit thorn]

I got nothing in my second weapon swap

Just the talisman and scepter

So I need a random weapon on my swap?

[unborn lava]

You shouldn't, can you show a screenshot of your spirit panel?

[safe vine]

anyone know of a good leveling setup with angler runegraft + fishing rod (always crit)? You can use them as soon as you get first mastery

[unborn lava]

No fishing rods in future Wraeclast yet. You probably want to head over to #1┃new-player-in-campaign-help 🙂

[safe vine]

oh lol

didnt realize, thanks

[balmy pilot]

not really campaign help, more like "crackhead" help, a friend of mine is going through the campaign with me and i'm trying to find something to do while he's out atm cuz i still want to play more PoE2 and catch up my character a bit. any ideas, we just got to the hub of act 3

[broken hazel]

Just make a 2nd character

[balmy pilot]

i'd rather not, i don't think ni'm gonna invest much past one character

[broken hazel]

That’s what ARPGs are all about. Exploring and trying new stuff but up to you

[balmy pilot]

i meant to say in this league

cuz league ends a little undr a month from now, right?

[broken hazel]

Hmm not sure but that’s probably right. I’m excited for next patch hoping it’s good

[balmy pilot]

how do i fix this? i'm using a martial weapon, so i'm not sure

can't see anything about any other requirements

[trim turret]

It's been a little funky. Do you have a martial weapon in both weapon sets? If not, disable the skill on the weapon set that doesn't.

[unborn tinsel]

Check here if it's checked somewhere. There's a bug that sometimes automatically uncheck it

[balmy pilot]

i'm gonna fucking kermit

[wintry marsh]

i just bought the poe 2 bundle because i wanted 300 coins in poe, i have a question about the merchant tabs, is there a merchant in poe 2 for trading?

like will my merchant tabs carry over?

[hearty walrus]

yes

poe2 has merchant tabs and they do the same thing

[final geyser]

PoE2 had them first, even

[lunar tendon]

Alright people I’m a new player to Poe 2 and arpgs and I need some propaganda of which class to choose

[trim turret]

Class matters less than overall build. There are warriors that explode screens with crossbows and spellcasting rangers. What kind of playstyle are you after? Melee, ranged, spellcasting, transformation, minions, etc?

[lunar tendon]

I’m thinking of melee

[lunar tendon]

I appreciate the insight

[obsidian forge]

warrior shield wall or druid rend

or whirling assault, either monk or warrior

[wild depot]

hi, I haven't been playing for a while, now got new 9060xt, so curious, when new season starts, or if it was recently

[trim turret]

New season will be early may most likely.

[sly edge]

HOW DO I GET LIQUID EMOTIONS IN ACT 2

sorry caps

i need dissgust suffering and despair

[unborn lava]

You don't. The first interaction with Delirium is in Act 4.

If you're on a second character and your first one has reached Act 4 previously this league, then you can go to the currency exchange and buy them if desired.

Otherwise, Act 4 if when you're unlock that.

[sly edge]

nws ty

[unborn lava]

Sure thing. Instilling Amulets is definitely more of an endgame thing. There's nothing mechanically preventing you from doing it during campaign on alts, but many of them are expensive (Suffering is around 1 divine) so not often worth doing at low levels when you replace your amulet more often.

[final geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/405874785038368818

This channel is neither for PoE1 nor endgame stuff

[ionic cave]

Ooops, I am new tho

[unborn lava]

Look for #1┃after-acts-help, once you get through campaign you are no longer a newbie.

[final geyser]

Yeah, that's why I linked to 'after-acts' help rather than the 'new-player-in-campaign', since this channel and the PoE1 equivalent are for those still in the campaign.

[trim turret]

#2┃looking-for-group this channel is more for answering questions and build advice.

[ripe spindle]

Hello Quick Question - Is the Roving Wisp quest still completely bugged?
I can't for the life of me get this the woman to summon her wisps >.<

[midnight cove]

is there a way to warp out of the temple? very last room will not complete. door stuck shut. going to lose everything i got in here if i use a portal

[steel junco]

??? april fools?

[unborn lava]

Yes 😁

[pastel sapphire]

Ya todays April 1st!!

[clear vine]

Path of toucan

[balmy pilot]

are there some general rules to follow when making a second character? should i still try full clearing maps and stuff or are there things i should avoid?

[twilit thorn]

What would you say is the better. The mistwisper xbow or widowhail bow leveling setup?

[opaque iron]

As much as I enjoy the free chain from mist whisper I think LA/LR beats bolt/grenades/etc from early Xbow

It's close enough to not matter tho, you just get some flat damage on gloves/rings/wake of destruction and you're melting everything until at least act 4

Difference is for mist whisper you are inclined to swap in the late 30s or 40s whereas with widow hail you upgrade your quiver around level 32 and can continue scaling with rings from there

[boreal tulip]

widowhail op

[hidden mauve]

Room service?

[bold rapids]

New player here. I just got Force of Will in my Stormweaver ascendency. I don't see my mana globe responding to big damage I take. Is there something i don't understand or a bug?

[trim turret]

Are you running energy shield?

[bold rapids]

ya

[trim turret]

Damage is taken from mana before life specifically. If energy shield is getting hit you won't see it.

[bold rapids]

SO ES - Mana -life in this order?

[trim turret]

Yes. Wording is specific.

[serene onyx]

hi, i think i have almost locked myself in the temple and have only one pathway on West to go. Any way of removing rooms here?

[obsidian forge]

buy leveling items before you begin for different levels, only do the necessary quests and level up until you have the same level as the area

[winter sinew]

No worries. a) Various rooms are able to connect to other rooms (you notice you have a lot of connected rooms, e.g. Armoury to Barracks - get another Armoury and you can connect that to the Barracks again), and b) rooms have a chance to destabilize every time you close the temple, which will automatically start getting rid of rooms for you over time.

Aim for the Architect as a priority for now, you'll have to kill him (and the stuff after him) a few times before you've unlocked everything for the temple.

Apart from that, only tier III corruption-type rooms hold much value (interact with the machine in there -> choose "Take", not use, and get a big currency orb you can sell for lots of money). Works with several of the rarer rooms. It's how I got my league start money.

For now, obviously. In the long run, you can build a super-crazy juiced farming temple, but that's not something to do right now.

tl;dr: Just close the temple and go again, things will get better.

[sly edge]

got a bug idk how to fix

[trim turret]

OK, and that would be?

[sly edge]

im in interlude

tryna fight the blood priests

but erm

i died

and now i cant fight them again

i cant reset the map

i did all of the map before

and it still dosent work, idk what to do

[trim turret]

It won't let you create a new instance if you stand at the entrance to the zone and ctrl-click?

[sly edge]

like

wdym

the entrance before

as if your going into it?

[trim turret]

Yes.

[sly edge]

no i went onto a diff map

ill try it now ty

[left oasis]

change temporada?

[runic nova]

when is the new league?

[novel gazelle]

Likely may

[maiden pewter]

hey i search a site/discord where i can trade and getting rushhes like the old TFT discord

[balmy pilot]

after act 4, how much more of the game is there?

before endgame

[wicked vigil]

3 interlude sections fr fr

[balmy pilot]

oh rly, then maps?

[final geyser]

Yes

[balmy pilot]

oh damn ok, i guess it's cuz the game isn't technically finished?

[final geyser]

The full campaign is intended to have 6 acts in total, with the 6th being half the length

Were you expecting 10 like PoE1?

[clear vine]

ik poe isnt that type of game but id love raids in this game

i feel like mapping although each map with modifiers and everything is inherently unique, doing the same thing after engame is lowkey kinda unfun to me

[final geyser]

For general chatter, please go to https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1118165205025828884

This channel is for new player help

[narrow oar]

anyone help me run act 4/5 real quick pls :))

[final geyser]

This channel is for questions, if you'd like someone to carry you in game, https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1308714168576249887

[narrow oar]

Oh sorry thankyou :))

[balmy pilot]

is multiplayer scaling in this game just kinda not great? cuz i've been going through story with my friend and things seem to ge like 3 times tankier than playing on my own

[hearty walrus]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Partying#Effect_on_monsters

[balmy pilot]

that does no answer anything lol "hey have more HP" yeah no duh

[final geyser]

It has a chart for Life scaling right there, in the overview.

[balmy pilot]

ah my bad, the link put me right at the part that talked about life in text, so i was like "wtf are you linking me?"

[final geyser]

Fair enough, it sets me to the start of the page for some reason

[opaque iron]

Bit late but you could also be doing things that don't synergize or straight up nerf each other.

Curses and marks for example will remove each other unless someone goes out of their way to increase their own limit

[balmy pilot]

yeah i asked shortly after this cuz the difference didn't seem right, turns out he's using like a druid meteor build that apparently alsodoes ice and shatters, and i'm using an ice lance huntress build so i think that is what's doing it

[amber hatch]

hey yall is there any guide for a minion build for lv1 transition to endgame

[livid wind]

https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/the-spectre-summoner-build-guide . is this a good build ? its made by ghazzly . i just started playing and i kinda like witch

or is there any other good necromancer build

i just like having summons i guess

[unreal vessel]

if i were to leaguestart today in trade league, could i obtain reasonable gear to clear content?

like is currency that drops in campaign suitable at all to acquire at least basic items? i see prices in thousands of divine orbs whereas i dropped like one of them in the campaign back in ssf

[trim turret]

That's for POE1 but yes Ghazzy's builds are good.

[livid wind]

yeah im playing poe1

thanks for the reply

[trim turret]

#1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[trim turret]

Yes, usually you'd be spending exalts to trade for early mapping gear, not divines. And you shouldn't really need to trade until after the campaign. Everything is definitely inflated but I'd imagine you can still find decent stuff with good life and resist rolls for cheap.

[grand moss]

need tips for 3rd ascension

i dont like sekhema and struggle with it. my last 2 charas i just ended up playing 2 ascension and skipped to 4th

[obsidian forge]

you only need to ascend once, no need to do more than one trial

you are free to farm 3 chaos trials and then do the trialmaster instead

[grand moss]

barya is all i have currently i dont have chaos ultimatums

[obsidian forge]

it's not currency, so you would have to buy it on the market

[obsidian forge]

you get more than enough currency in the campaign and you should start trading as soon as you can, exalts can be used, but so can several cheaper currencies

as for the endgame, if you farm just 100d per hour in 20 hours you will have 2000d, that's already a solid build for sure

[livid wind]

Ouh sry I didn't see

[hidden abyss]

Hey anyone wants to join I'm starting A2

[grand moss]

anything specific thats good?

[sinful rose]

anyone help with 4th trial?

[obsidian forge]

use exiled exchange

[severe sphinx]

Anyone able to help or doing 4th trail? That doesn't mind taking me

[valid sky]

does "damage as extra" gets scaled with according element increases?

like I deal 100 phys then 50% of it as extra chaos

then I get chaos nodes or whatever element nodes

does it get scaled

[unborn lava]

In PoE 2 damage scales with the final type. So "Gain 50% of damage as extra Chaos" will be base dmg*.5

And then the resulting value for chaos will scale with any increases to chaos.

And your phys damage will scale with phys as normal

[valid sky]

ok but how do multipliers that affect both portions work together

lets say its an attack and it obviously gets increased by inc % attack damage, would the secondary part double dip?

oh wait

nvm

its gain from base

pre-increases

[unborn lava]

There's no double dip, but a % increased stat that's applicable to both damage types would apply to both. So for example, if you do 100 base phys damage and have 10% increases attack damage.

100 phys * 1.1 = 110 phys.
100 phys * .5 = 50 chaos

Then both get multiplied by 1.10 for the 10% inc attack.

Yeah

[valid sky]

what about the non extra gains

how do they behave

because it sounds almost like conversion from their wording

but it isnt

like "gain 50% as fire damage"

[unborn lava]

I think it's functionally identical, but do you have an example?

Oh yeah

[valid sky]

sec

[unborn lava]

It's the same thing

[valid sky]

why is it worded differently then

not as "extra" damage

[unborn lava]

This gets a bit into the weeds, but it's because it's a gain happening as part of a skill, which occurs in the first step of damage conversion.

It's not a global stat, it's specifically damage gained from the skill attack.

[valid sky]

so whats the specific difference? wouldnt they just scale the same in the end

as far as I understand (very very very rough equation):
gain as extra = (base) * % inc + (gain as extra) * % inc
gain = (base + gain) * % inc

[final geyser]

In general, 'gain as extra' and 'gain as' work the same, there's just a weird wording inconsistency there.

[valid sky]

are my equations roughly right?

fix your game gee gee gee

at least we have "nearby" now

[gilded flume]

Hi there

Is it possible that anyone has a gun for Templarium char

I'll apreciatte it

[unborn lava]

Are you asking about PoE 1? Templar doesn't exist in PoE 2 yet.

[gilded flume]

Oh man sorry , I'm talking about PoE 1 I'm no native so make mistakes on translation
Talking about old man char

[hearty walrus]

this is a poe2 channel. you wanna ask here #1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[gilded flume]

My bad

[old dust]

Question. How exactly does one add/level the hollow palm skill from th4 skill tree?

[final geyser]

Hollow Palm is a Keystone, you take it on the tree like any other passive. You can then use all Quarterstaff skills while unarmed.

[old dust]

The skill says it adds flat damage per thr level of thr skill. Am I to assume it adds X flat damage per the level of thr skill socketed. Such as a level 6 frozen locus? So it wouod add thr palms level 6 damage to equal thr gem

[final geyser]

Hollow Palm effectively replaces the damage of your Quarterstaff. Each Quarterstaff skill gains damage based on their level, I forget if there's a table of exact values anywhere. You can just level the Quarterstaff skills themselves as usual, and they will gain more damage.

[old dust]

Thank you. Guess inhad a blonde moment. Thinking I couod somehow level hollow palm.

[final geyser]

Yeah, it's based on the skill level of the Quarterstaff skills, Hollow Palm effectively just activates a number of scaling effects.

[wise lily]

Hi

Where can I farm plaguefinger gloves? I'm in act 3 right now, do I have to go back to act 1?

I make a poison pathfinder build but realy sux atm

[hearty walrus]

there's no specific way to farm it

[wise lily]

Ligting arrow build looks better for early game

[obsidian forge]

you buy items, not target farm them

[obsidian forge]

no shit xD

[wise lily]

Yaa but i have only 10 divine 🤣

[obsidian forge]

you dont need divines, use lower currency

once you are in the endgame you can start farming divines

[trim turret]

Plaeguefinger is dirt cheap, even on standard.

[topaz root]

how much time will it take for a new acc to reach end game?

i bought poe 2

[trim turret]

That depends on how quickly you pick up on things and grasp the mechanics, whether you follow a build guide or not, etc. If its your first time, there's no reason to rush. In early May endgame is getting a huge overhaul with the new league anyway.

[trim turret]

We can answer specific questions you have here. But see my response above.

[obsidian forge]

between 20 and 80 hours probably, both are extreme ends, most likely around 50h

[old dust]

Is there any way to get hallow palm, with out traveling all teh way over to it?

[old dust]

Would teh consume of snap, work on an ice crystal? or only an enemy?

[unborn lava]

There is, your answer is a jewel slot with Flesh Crucible

https://poe2db.tw/us/Flesh_Crucible

[old dust]

i love you!

[mystic ore]

2 sessions relealistically

[jolly raven]

is everything supposed to take multiple minutes to kill or am i missing something obvious

[trim turret]

Even white enemies? That would definitely not he normal and something would be wrong.

[grand shoal]

Hey, i have a problem with the temple on vaal on my character.
Its the third time in a row, that i cant move on after an room, but i killed all monster.
Basicly half of my temple is now useless. is there a known bugfix?

[trim turret]

Like doors shut and won't open again?

[grand shoal]

yeah

already the third time in a row. everytime the same room

[trim turret]

Maybe there's something you need to interact with. What room type?

[grand shoal]

nah, is not

[trim turret]

Well see if its been reported and if not, post a bug report on the forums.

[grand shoal]

in which forum? Cant find it in the channel list 🙂

[trim turret]

The bug report forums at pathofexile.com

This isn't an official discord.

[grizzled mica]

I need some advice on respeccing my ascendancy!
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/guides/respec-ascendancy
I have checked out this guide. I have 4 ascendancy points and I only need to reassign 2 of them

Is it enough to redo the act 3 version of the trials of chaos?
or could I technically also respec when I do the third tier of trials to get my 5th and 6th ascendancy point?

Oh and how much gold would I need for such a respec?

[trim turret]

Wait so are you just moving points or changing ascendancies entirely?

[grizzled mica]

i just want to move 2 points

[trim turret]

You don't need to do a trial for that.

Talk to hooded one, it'll tell you the gold respec cost.

As it depends on your level.

[grizzled mica]

oh awesome!
thank you 🙂

[jolly raven]

those take multiple seconds

[trim turret]

I mean we'd have to see your character but what kind of build are you doing?

[jolly raven]

blind run

just using arc for now

[trim turret]

OK, so you're hopefully using weapons with cast speed, lightning damage, spell damage, levels to spells/lightning spells. Are you using any secondary skills to enhance your damage?

What supports are on arc?

[jolly raven]

zenith considered casting controlled destruction

maybe 1 of them was faster casting

idr

tooltip dps is like 400 and i'm getting the distinct impression it's about 10% of what it's supposed to be

[trim turret]

At what act?

[jolly raven]

just started 3

[trim turret]

So there's basically lot of elements of a successful build. Gear, passives, your spirit skills, other skills working in tandem with your main skill. I know there's a way to share a poe.ninja link of your character but I don't know what it is. Do you have POB?

[jolly raven]

not at my pc rn

[trim turret]

Hard to provide help in a vacuum but if white monsters are taking more than a hit or two you can probably make improvements somewhere.

[stable gulch]

Im not new but my spell levels and dmg aren't changing?

My gear and Accentionz

[trim turret]

Well firstly, its not like we can tell what's actually on that gear. Second, what do you mean the levels aren't changing?

[stable gulch]

So i have a focus that gives me plus one to all level spells, when I put it on i get nothing, no spell levels, and I didnt know if its the gloved (unique) that could be the issue

[trim turret]

What gloves?

[stable gulch]

Doedre's tenure stitched gloves

Equipped that and then it all started

[trim turret]

I don't see how they would prevent you from gaining extra levels, but they do have reduced cast speed which can fiddle with your damage.

[stable gulch]

Ye I get that, Im just wondering why, no matter what i put on, the only thing that changes anythinf is the wands damage and that cause its different wands

[trim turret]

You got me. Did you take any keystone passives on your tree?

[stable gulch]

Expoilt the elements, hasting barrier, elemental force, principal infusion, practice signs and raw power

Storms recollection. Strike twice. Constant gale and force of will are my acendancy points

[trim turret]

None of those are keystones. Those are notables. The keystones are the really big ones with downsides.

What spirit skill are you using?

[stable gulch]

Mana remnant

[trim turret]

Yeah I've gfot nothing. Try relogging/changing zones?

[stable gulch]

Nah then I dont have any

[stable gulch]

I tried hard resetting my xbox

[trim turret]

...that would have nothing to do with the game updating stats properly.

Wait, how are you level 28 with 6 ascendancy points?

[stable gulch]

Got carried, me and my friend were struggling with 1st ascension, so we asked for help and someone was doing 8pts and invited us

[stable gulch]

Its more of making sure the game resets properly

[trim turret]

All of that is stored server-side.

[stable gulch]

Ahhh

[trim turret]

Dunno, maybe something got broken in the process or I'm missing something. I'd need to look at your whole character to do any real troubleshooting.

[stable gulch]

If you wanna vc soon I can

[trim turret]

Sorry, can't. Got parental duties.

[stable gulch]

Nws what makes it more confusing is my dps goes up when I take gear off 😂😂

[trim turret]

Which gear?

[stable gulch]

My boots and rings

[trim turret]

Do either one have attributes? Like dex which decreases the max number of green supports you can have an deactivates your green support gems that may give more projectiles but decrease projectile damage?

Or something like that?

[stable gulch]

My amulet does, forgot to mention that with the gear stuff but it changes all my spells dps

Like my spark has two green supports and when I take the amulet off, supports still in it and it gains like an extra 10 dps (ik that's nothing but still early game(

[trim turret]

That is odd. What's on the amulet?

[fading pilot]

So like does this not give me health because of the effect that says "life recovery from regeneration is not applied"?

[trim turret]

Correct. Instead it converts your regen into a different value and gives you that value in life instantly every 4 seconds.

[jolly raven]

does this thing create a remnant or just give the thing

[jolly raven]

and does this basically mean 8% more damage as lightning

[obsidian forge]

warp creates lightning/cold remnants, you can't warp on a ball that's passing through an enemy

gain damage is its own damage bucket, you have to add that 8% to your existing gain damage and then divide to find out the damage increase

if you have 30% gain damage and you add another 8% you divide 1,38 by 1,3

[jolly raven]

right

so

how do i do anything whatsoever without a crafting bench

or more specifically

how do i get lightning res

[trim turret]

Use crafting materials, check vendors and ground loot, gamble, socket lightning res runes.

[jolly raven]

so basically no good way

[trim turret]

Runes provide the guaranteed bonus and are easy to get.

[jolly raven]

am i expected to just trade for them

i dont have any lightning res ones

[trim turret]

They drop pretty frequently. How bad are your resists?

[jolly raven]

lightning at like 25 lmao

the other 2 close to capped

i just know if i go farm some random area itll take hours to drop any

so i might as well keep beating my head against that one boss

[trim turret]

Can buy some white bases and transmute + augment them to try and get life and res, or spend some gold at the gambler. Which boss?

[jolly raven]

first herald something something

i can spend all of my gold and get like 1 and a half upgrades per act

(also i saw a complete lack of % life anywhere whatsoever and decided to stack shield instead)

[obtuse remnant]

so im a new player and pretty new to arpgs in general (about week of experience) i decided to quit my level 36 archer to do hardcore ruthless characters. Ive died at level 3 , 3 , and 4.. i want to keep at it but does anyone have any tips? should i be doing the season too? or just regular

[hearty walrus]

if you're asking about poe1, then you should ask in #1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[obtuse remnant]

mb

[gaunt jungle]

hey guys, did the temple of vaal times and just got to act 2, i wanted to find the Thaumaturge lab in the temple but the 2 or 3 times i went in it wasnt in my cards. how do i get it or is it all RNG

[sterile axle]

its all rng but you can place rooms to get rooms that can upgrade it more likely to spawn

[gaunt jungle]

not sure i understand. so just place the rooms i have and then the next time i open the temple i have a chance of getting the thaumaturge?

[ocean current]

level 15 iron runes are 300exalted each on the item exchange ? How is a new player supposed to come up with 300ex at level 34 ?

[unborn lava]

They're expensive because nobody uses them beyond level 30 and neither should you. Use the greater runes.

Greater Runes are cheaper and objectively superior in stats.

[ocean current]

I guess that makes sense, i just used up my level 1 runes already, don't have enough to convert and assumed the level 15's would be cheaper, easier to acquire and the next logical upgrade path. Thank you ! i'll check the prices for greaters instead 🙂

[unborn lava]

Yeah that's an understandable misconception.

In practice, the level 1 and level 15 runs are just for leveling. That's why the stash tab has to option to do the 3-to-1 conversion to the higher tier

[ocean current]

Makes sense ! 30each for the greaters, much more attainable !

[jolly raven]

wait what is that where they put vendor recipes

is it just not mentioned anywhere or did i just never have 3 of the same thing in there

[unborn lava]

The socketable stash tab itself has an "Upgrade" button at the bottom

But you can also do 3-to-1 using the reforging bench.

[jolly raven]

yea i thought refrogging was just for rerolling random gear

[unborn lava]

Nope!

list via maxroll: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/resources/reforging-bench-guide

[jolly raven]

oh essences are fucked

[vagrant gate]

What is the point of vaal temple? Just basic loot from defeating basic enemies and the crafting benches?

[obsidian forge]

farming gold, experience and divs

through a snake chain, many rooms

[opaque iron]

also atziri drops things like atziris splendour, busted body armour if it rolls correctly, or you could sell unidentified I bet

It's the only place I've dropped rathpith and other uniques even in SSF it's got crazy value if you stick with it and develop it into either a chain or atziri farm, or hybrid

[gleaming hollow]

algum BR ae?

querendo upar um cadim

[ocean verge]

are mobanalytics builds good?

what does set 1 and 2 mean

how come the gear stays the same from act 1 to 3

and sometimes they dont even have all the equipment slots filled

[hearty walrus]

mobalytics is good if you're looking at the curated builds. set 1 and 2 refer to weapon sets (you can have 2 sets of weapons equipped at a time)

[trim turret]

Because the assumption is that you'll just use the best stuff you can find. Gear with life and resistances, some movement speed on your boots.

[ocean verge]

so is the gear thats actually there the only stuff you should get and every open slot is just whatever you find thats good?

[trim turret]

Even the gear that is listed is probably just to give you a general idea of what to look for, unless its specific unique items.

Like if it shows you a weapon that has physical damage and attack speed, you still want to be looking for better versions of weapons with those stats.

[jolly raven]

is there a list of quests that give passive things

[nimble patio]

Hey i just started poe2 again i forgot everything about it so are there any leveling guides and easy builds for me to start w
Any recommendations

[raven nest]

If I want to do an ignite/fire build do I need to play an infernalist, or is oracle ok?

[faint shoal]

guys, is witch the main pet/minion class? how does druid compare? want to play blind for first time. (did play poe1 though)

[trim turret]

I've seen solid minion builds on both Druid and Witch, and I think even one on the Mercenary.

[trim turret]

Any class is fine depending on how you build it. Infernalist doesn't have THAT much ignite related stuff.

[raven nest]

Ok, thanks. I've gone with oracle because the crit uptime and other bits seem helpful. I just discovered unleash support fireball and it's a lot of fun.

[severe sphinx]

Oracle plant build is pretty fun...that's what I'm running now...wolf was cool too

[sterile axle]

i had a blackflame fireball version on my oracle. was fun with Coc and CoA

i can send the vid to the build if u wanna see it

[jolly raven]

what is t4

[unborn lava]

When an item drops with higher unidentified tiers, it blocks the lower tier mods from being able to roll.

The idea is that you're more likely to get good rolls on an item that drops with a higher tier

[next rapids]

Hey lil question i just finished my league in poe 1 is it still worth getting in to the poe 2 league?

[topaz junco]

Yes but the current league is winding down and a new one starting sometime soon

[next rapids]

Thanks, in poe 1 there were challenges for a costume can i do it on poe 2 aswell (for next season) or do i need to do them in poe 1?

[topaz junco]

Poe 1 has cosmetic rewards. I don’t remember if Poe 2 has them now but once out of early access it should

[stoic hill]

You can not, poe 2 doesnt have such systems yet!

[next rapids]

thanks ^^

[dense vortex]

is a more health regen build viable? (instead of armor and maybe other stats)

[winter sinew]

The thing about health regen is that you cannot regen from dead.

So it only makes sense once you've gotten your damage mitigation.

[trim turret]

It's usually not one or the other. Life and resistances are the bare minimum. Then other defensive layers depending on your build. Armor, evasion, ES, a way of recovering your health via leech or regen, block, etc.

[winter sinew]

Since having a huge life pool is really hard in PoE2, you basically need layers.

I'd argue ES + life regen isn't a combo unless you invest into making it so, though.

[jolly raven]

how do you actually recover shield in this

[sinful arrow]

yall how tf do you target ball lightning with warp?

i keep hitting enemies instead of the damned ball and its really frustrating

[steady horizon]

hey, any gent would have a low level spare magic find item or 2 I could get so I gather more orbs during the campaign?

[trim turret]

No begging for items.

[sinful arrow]

its so stupid. can't hit the balls 50% of the time

[jolly raven]

days upon days of painful and frustrating practice

figure out how far off you have to cast so it snaps to the ball and not to some mob

[mystic ore]

The first Herald boss has bested my skill for the time being

[unborn lava]

I haven't tested this myself, but I was confused by this convo because I'd seen a skill toggle for this on LW. Apparently it's only on the controller UI right now, but this thread from a few months ago claims it'll persist if you set it with a controller and then switch back.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1q85u46/tip_you_can_change_ball_lightning_lightning_warp/

[jolly raven]

rip

[unborn lava]

Also @sinful arrow see ☝️ in case this helps you too

[jolly raven]

aight but now for the real question

can you use controller ui without a controller

[mystic ore]

No

[jolly raven]

truly rip

[mystic ore]

Has to be plugged in or showing bluetooth pair @jolly raven

[sinful arrow]

i figured out a somewhat consistent way which is essentially spaming warp after BL.

[jolly raven]

rip zenith

rip dps in general really

i already have fuckall

[faint shoal]

guys, still in act 2.. but just wondering why when looking at trades the main currency is exalted? I used to play poe 1 and I think it was chaos orb being main currency? WHat is the diff in this game? Also, there seems to be tiers of currency? So why still using lower tiers of currency as main trading? Any primer/guides on trading for poe2?

[hearty walrus]

there's a lot different in poe2

like, chaos orbs in 1 reroll the entire rare item. in 2, chaos orbs replaces a random mod on a rare item with a new mod

the community just decided that base exalted orbs are still the baseline currency

[unborn tinsel]

exalted orbs are much more common than chaos in poe 2

regal orbs are also more common, the game is design such as you can craft your gear during campaign with trans, aug, regal and exalted

[obsidian forge]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1398986938731593768

in the campaign you can trade with exalts, regals, augmented, transmutation, alchemy and vaal orbs

in the endgame mainly exalts, chaos and divines, sometimes annuls

[forest warren]

Somebody has any tips on how 2 defeat the boss of act 4 the utopia he keeps killing me with a thunder attack I can’t dodge….

????

[pure star]

If it’s the one where he makes walls, you need to run out of the little maze he makes. Either to the back of the arena or outside of the circle

[forest warren]

No it’s the beam at the last damage fase the electric one

The maze one I got that one down

[chilly nebula]

There are descriptions of each attack on the wiki: https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Benedictus,_First_Herald_of_Utopia

Which one is causing you problems? If you get more lightning resistance and life can you tank it?

A recording of the move killing you would be useful

[jolly raven]

its the offbrand crackling lance one

just cap lightning res

"""just"""

[inner sorrel]

howdy, very new to the game and to this kinda game in general. which of these would be better for my pyro witch?

I just managed to craft the ashen staff and got the pyrophyte staff dropped as is no orbs put into it.

[jolly raven]

mostly just look at what gets better tooltip dps

[inner sorrel]

so should I upgrade the quality on the pyro staff and hope Im not wasting my arcanist etchers?

[jolly raven]

are you using that skill

[inner sorrel]

Dunno, I haven't tried it yet.

[jolly raven]

idk

use whichever one handles better then

[ocean verge]

should I start with league or standard

[hearty walrus]

league

[ocean verge]

how come?

[hearty walrus]

new mechanic, better economy. although we are about a month out from the next league

[ocean verge]

oh thats kinda a shame

should i just rock with standar dthen?

[ocean verge]

how does the vendor regex work?

the build im following says to paste something in to find gear for me

how do focus work?

[hybrid star]

the vendor window has a search bar, you just paste the regex string in

focus is a spellcaster's "shield"

[obsidian forge]

standard is much harder than trade league, maybe try the trade league first

[ocean verge]

is there a way to equip it at the same time as the staff

and should I be using uniques? im following a build guide but it reccomends voltaic or bone

[ocean verge]

where is the search bar?

[hybrid star]

the only way is to become disciple of varashta, a sorceress ascendancy

[hybrid star]

at the bottom

[hybrid star]

short answer is no, during campaign. is the guide a leveling/league start guide? you might not be able to get that unique in the campaign

[ocean verge]

yeah its a league start one

the guide doesn't reccomend a unique

I just got one though that looks cool

[hybrid star]

yeah early uniques get out-powered by rare item pretty fast

[ocean verge]

how do I get uncut support gems? rng?

[hybrid star]

yea pretty much, some quests and findings in areas can reward them

[mystic ore]

They drop periodically through acts

Looting

[trim turret]

Uniques are used if they can provide something to your build that you can't get other places. In terms of raw stats and usefulness, a good rare is usually better.

[normal oyster]

Hello everyone. Which support gems do you recommend using with the armour breaker skill? I'm a warrior and plan to choose the warbringer ascendancy. I'm level 22

[trim turret]

Depends how you're using the skill and the other skills you're using with it. Armor breaker is rough when you can only hit one enemy with it.

[normal oyster]

So, I'm currently using these skills. I like the rolling slam, it's the skill I use the most right now. I thought about combining it with the armor breaker while in boss fight

Actually, I’d also appreciate any tips on which gems are best to use in rolling slam. I have a few level 5 gems

[trim turret]

There aren't generically best options. It depends on your overall build and what you're doing with it. Attack speed is usually good since mace skills are so slow. But there are a lot of viable options depending on what you want to do with it. Fist of war, aftershock, magnified area, etc. I did an armor break + armor explosion setup on rolling slam two leagues ago, so it all depends what you're trying to accomplish.

[untold crane]

Hi everyone, should I try to be full clearing the campaign maps? I’m aware of the campaign fights I have to do to get the permanent bonuses, but what about the other maps

[unborn lava]

Generally experienced players do not full clear campaign. You certainly can and there's no downside beyond taking (a lot) longer. The more characters you play and the more experience you gain with campaign, the more you find little ways to cut down on that time.

[untold crane]

Got it, I always feel like I’m missing out on things but I guess exp/drops can all be made up later. Thanks!

[unborn lava]

Even more than that, the value of your drops goes up as you leave campaign and get into endgame (with a few exceptions) so most people kinda rush through campaign if they're not enjoying the lore and scenery.

[marsh pike]

I am really struggling with the cemetry of the eternals, I think what's killing me is the projectile skulls, is there any like way of dealing with those? I can't really understand them myself

[hearty walrus]

the guys with shields will shoot a projectile at you if you hit their shield

try to circle around them

[hasty parcel]

Hello, what does the salvage bench work? I read online that if i salvage something with a socket you get shards and get an artificiers orb. But i also read something about salvaging something with quality but it didnt explain what that gives

anyone able to shed a light?

[unborn lava]

It gives the equivalent shard that lets you apply quality to an armour or weapon item (they have separate shards)

[untold crane]

is it worth doing vaal temple in campaign or should i not touch it until endgame. or maybe build rooms but not run it often? seems like a lot of work

[trim turret]

Early on the temple is a decent source of free crafting options so I'd say it depends how you feel like you're doing with gear.

[forest warren]

Is there somebody who can help me defeat tavakai on Xbox?

Can’t get past the last phase he keeps defeating me

[trim turret]

#2┃looking-for-group

[forest warren]

Thx I defeated it already 💯

[obsidian forge]

you can do vaal temple if you have fun or want to learn how it works or you want a build worth more than 10k divines maybe

if you want to just get to the endgame sooner and make a build under 10k div then skip temple I would say

ehm the crafting rooms are useless because you can buy your gear

[sour wave]

When it comes to the huntress being dex oriented, should I raise strength dex and intelligence equally or just focus on dex and either strength/dex?

Also what kind of armor is better in the long run? Armor, evasion or energy shield?

[hybrid star]

whichever attribute you need to equip your gears and gems

and you can swap your attribute points when needed

[sour wave]

In terms of survivability, is it better to have energy shield vs armor/evasion?

[hybrid star]

during the campaign just worry about life and elemental resistances those are priorities

it's hard to squeeze in armor/es/eva at this point

[sour wave]

Ok. Then in terms of endgame what pairing of armor types is often used? I know some builds don’t even get hurt but what do people generally run for armor.

[hybrid star]

it could be depending your passives path

if you are pathing right/top then eva/es, right/bottom is eva/armor, or pure eva; simply because they locate there

but I see most people going for eva/es

[obsidian forge]

depends on your side of the passive tree

ideally ES, but not always feasable

[obtuse remnant]

so on a ranger, how often should u put attribute points into str and intel instead of dex?

im having troubles equipping armors

[trim turret]

Depends on the type of armor you're trying to equip. Attributes are for meeting requirements for gem and gear, and str gives life so that can be helpful if your requirements are already met.

[trim turret]

The answer to most questions like this is "depends on the build." But if you stick to the defensive types in your area of the tree that's pretty safe.

[obtuse remnant]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun

im following this guide

but it doesnt say which

[trim turret]

Well he's wearing full evasion dexterity gear and using a lot of dexterity gems so that's the stat you'll need the most of to meet requirements. Again, as long as you can equip stuff you're fine and they're easy to change. You can change the attribute on a node for gold.

[obtuse remnant]

got u ty

[next rapids]

Hey, is the navali's rest bugged?

[low moat]

when is the next update announcement? i thought i saw something abt it a few weeks ago but i cant remember when

[trim turret]

Sometime towards the end of the month. 0.5 is going to drop at the beginning of May.

[toxic ferry]

Hi guys can someone recommend a build guide for complete beginners to Poe 2? I tried fubguns LA Deadshot but found it quite confusing because he got Contagion at level 5 while I am lacking the Intelligence even at level 10

[radiant ruin]

are you a total beginner?

[silk plaza]

Is it better to try and play the game with a standard-ish build for levelling first before you start messing with your character and what not, or can you go straight into funny builds

[steady flume]

better to have a op build to run the campaign then once you beat it (which is around lvl 60) then you can respec into the build you want to go for

lighting arrow or lighting spear has ran the meta for speeding up the campaign

[silk plaza]

Just had to ask because come next season, I wanna try turning all the classes I wanna play into the various animal forms

or some flavor of primal in general

[toxic ferry]

To Poe 2 Yes but I played a little bit of Poe 1

[bold rapids]

My Vaal Temple is full of the unique Quadrilla monkeys. Why are they there and how do I get rid of them?

[sterile axle]

they are from your thaumaturge rooms, some rooms add unique monsters per room

[indigo condor]

Hello any news on shadow class?