2┃build-planning

[royal trench]

hmmm....
actually infernalist could get like

4% max life regen just from using some totem + font of blood + vitality

where do u get the other 6% from though

[real hornet]

oh wait yeah, you could just swap gems and make a sorc summoner I guess

[cold jacinth]

so I have a really stupid question, if I use combat frenzy buff and the keystone Resonance on the tree, do I need to worry about getting max frenzy charges (I only want power charges) or can I just get power charge stuff on the tree.

[daring berry]

replacing the gaining of one with the other

max power only

[granite vapor]

Anyone have plans for blood mage? I want every node

So hard to choose between left and right branch

[real hornet]

the DoT node, the crit damage node, and the last is whatever you want, leech/crit/bleed

[atomic geyser]

cant decide if ill go stormweaver or booby demon minions. MI SRS really is calling for me even though i was leaning towards stormweaver

[granite vapor]

Stormweaver is gonna be super popular because a lot of youtubers are recommending it

So if you literally can't decide go infernalist for cheaper gear???

[atomic geyser]

that can work better ways. Because if you are slow then youll get a lot more mediocre gear for cheap as people are offloading their old shit

[static plinth]

You can get like 5% from tree and also get Life Recovery Rate

[delicate fern]

sacrifice is bait starter, tier 14 skill gem that will drop from pinnacle bosses

[atomic geyser]

i dont care about cost tbh. i just cant quite decide which i think will do better

[round escarp]

is anybody going Chonk?

[royal trench]

does rate actually increase % regen

[velvet trout]

I'm leaning into trying it with shatter & bonestorm. freeze stuff then drop effects on top for procs maybe?

[errant hinge]

Can anybody list in what order I should approach making my own build?

[static plinth]

Yes thats like the main thing it buffs

[inland osprey]

monk looks like decent flicker strike class for2?

[cold vessel]

Anyone have a heavy slam titan build to share?

[thin basin]

is that true/confirmed? if so just swap for another phys spell

[velvet trout]

or maybe a curse/totem bloodmage could be interesting.

[errant hinge]

I dont know where to start? I plan to play witch/bloodmage. Is any difference in like main weapons from Staff to Wand?

[delicate fern]

some people here were saying that tier 14 come from pinnacles only, but even if that is not the case it is a very late game drop

[thin basin]

but then again its just for bossing

maps fine with exsang when i get it

[terse pendant]

What about Titan for a minion build, using the boosted small nodes? What do you guys think?

[pearl sluice]

can anyone send me some tree for witch hunter pls?

[royal trench]

bleh too bad life regeneration rate isnt an accessable stat for where this paths

[teal chasm]

Any suggestions for a witch hunter setup? Who's someone that's got one planned?

[graceful hull]

what dafuq did I just see

[stone willow]

Bleed Witchhunter, Gemling or Titan?

[round escarp]

Are totems considered minions?

[delicate fern]

no

[royal trench]

puasechamp

[regal widget]

totems at least in poe 1 were not minions but there own thing

[static plinth]

I think totems are still you as far as damage is concerned

[velvet trout]

would totems count as attacks or spells?

[static plinth]

They just dont use your weapon

[static plinth]

Depends on the totem

[delicate fern]

depending on the type of totem, some are attacks some are spells

[regal widget]

depends on the totem and no totems damage is not considered yours

[velvet trout]

gotcha. that could be good since i think theres some shatter effects that require an attack.

[bold mist]

Where are build ugides?

[fast slate]

yikes

[inland osprey]

monk should be good for builds like flicker strike right?

[orchid current]

it is a quarterstaff skill so yeah probably

[green torrent]

the number isnt moving...i mean i dont want to see it move up but at least if it was i'd know its not stuck

[orchid current]

its at least intended for its use

[timber kettle]

just crashing trying to start the game over and over

[bold mist]

its ahppening

[delicate fern]

any guide at this point in time are pretty useless

[orchid current]

why are people asking for guides for a game that isn't even out yet 😭

[slender fern]

28K people ahead of me

[delicate fern]

servers died again

[orchid current]

can people really not live with the idea of exploring the content

[bold mist]

Because people usually have theorized guides out.

[slender fern]

they just dont want to fk around in a bad way

[delicate fern]

tbh i think just mess around early on, respec is relatively cheap so there is no reason not to

queue is moving!

[mellow heath]

queue moving fast

[delicate fern]

LOGIN

[slender fern]

moving

[static plinth]

Yall, am i cooking with Three Dragons, Call of The Brotherhood, Firestorm, Lightning Conduit, Solar Orb, and Lightning Orb?

[young lotus]

Same, did you get it fixed?

[timber kettle]

nope, guess we never got around to fixing the issue with i9-13k series processors

if that's what you have

had the same issue with PoE1

[cold jacinth]

man I'm still torn between ice or lightning monk

[viral blade]

Where can I find a PoB sort of system for poe2

[drifting cedar]

wait, no sorceress?

[cold jacinth]

there's a crude tree on poe2db.tw @viral blade but no pob yet

[drifting cedar]

and I'm out. lasted 30 seconds in character selection

[static plinth]

Sorceress just escaped into the real world

[viral blade]

oh ok thanks

[drifting cedar]

I thought sorceress was one of the early access classes but says coming soon

Wasn't she though? chronomancer and shocky lady?

[slender fern]

kicked

[warped kayak]

whats the name of the skill that can create chilled ground?

[static plinth]

You better be joking please i cant take this

[drifting cedar]

I am not joking but the game is very unstable so there's a chance I was mid-disconnect when I selected her

But she said "coming soon" just like druid

[open stone]

guys a bit off topic , if you die in HC does the character dissapear or turns into softcore

[slender fern]

just make a offline game for EA

[round escarp]

So i have a question. Is anybody out there doing totems?

[orchid current]

is there a way to enable attack in place

[modern tangle]

it's in keybinds

[narrow bluff]

damn, added game to steam via the steam key from my ggg acct, but now its saying i still dont have EA

[drifting cedar]

restart steam

[static plinth]

I plan on doing Dark Effigy

[native widget]

Wtf

[round escarp]

im thinking i may do that as well with some curse stuff

[narrow bluff]

tried a few times. may just DL the stand-alone client but main site isnt responding, will just check tmrw. bar time

[native widget]

Disconnected from patching server before patching completed😭

Noooo

[static plinth]

Current plan is manual EDC and Dark Effigy, automated Decompose and Decay

EDC mainly for clear

[dusk ingot]

I'm still struggling between Bloodmage or Stormweaver

[hybrid cypress]

same

[jagged falcon]

bloodmage for tank, stormweave for archmage big pp dps

[hybrid cypress]

its the mandatory node didnt suck would go bloodmage

[native widget]

Stormweaver goat

[jagged falcon]

bloodmage looks great though honestly

progenisis + ES as HP

and free 100%+ crit dmg

very straight forward to build and scale

[drifting cedar]

gonna do a terrible armor shred totem warbringer

[dusk ingot]

Ya I' thinking bloodmage might be better Bosser, Storm a better mapper

[hybrid cypress]

if blood magic node was closer but its so fucking far...

[static plinth]

Malachai's Simula is real guys i saw it in a dream

[drifting cedar]

the keystone? i dont think you take blood magic on a bloodmage witch

[hybrid cypress]

why not?

[velvet trout]

yeah im doing bloodmage w/ cold for sure. just not sure what direction. may lean into quarterstaff frost combos, pure cast frost, or frost totems with bleed, etc.

[thin basin]

solves mana issue if you have any

issue is pathing down there

[drifting cedar]

because it is really far

[slender fern]

how high can you go

[hybrid cypress]

@drifting cedar yeah thats the problem, otherwise it would be great

[jagged falcon]

its quite close to left side now apparently

[thin basin]

chances are theres an item with the keystone effect on it

[orchid current]

isn't bloodmage forced to allocate blood magic on ascendancy

[jagged falcon]

but bloodmage is supposed to be really strong with bloodmagic

[pearl sluice]

yo chat could i be a monk and use a two handed axe/hammer?

[jagged falcon]

no

[drifting cedar]

no, you still spend mana as well as life

[hybrid cypress]

@orchid current i wish, that piece of shit node is not blood magic,

[jagged falcon]

bloodmage u get equal cost of mana as life

[orchid current]

oh you pay both costs

[jagged falcon]

so both life and mana

[orchid current]

kinda poop

[hybrid cypress]

yep

[jagged falcon]

bloodmagic will negate this downside

[real hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/csgo-lmao-lmfao-wtf-creepy-gif-4690411

the poe2 experience

[cunning hazel]

lifetap or blood magic t osolve mana issues

🙂

[slender fern]

everyone is going bloodmage

[drifting cedar]

warbringer babeee

negative armor shred totems n ghosts

[regal widget]

chrono here

[cunning shuttle]

any there any resistances on the skill tree?

[velvet trout]

you can use weapons/skills that are inherent to other classes. just gotta meet the stat requirements.

[cunning shuttle]

cant find

[pearl sluice]

i read online something about accuracy and whatnot, will that be a problem with it?

[drifting cedar]

im starting HC though, feel like bloodmage too risky

[static plinth]

Theres Chaos res

[drifting cedar]

accuracy is accuracy, has little to do with weapon type

[static plinth]

Idk about ele

[velvet trout]

idk on accuracy, though i thought it was a ranged problem, not melee

[real hornet]

ye infernal just seems like they expect too many people wanting to try out the transformation since druid got pushed back and didn't specify any numbers at all for what it does... meaning they made the class overall have a lot of downsides because they thought it would be meta

[cunning shuttle]

mercenary side skill tree seems so offensive

[pearl sluice]

so the answer is yes? i can go monk and use the weapons i mentioned?

[slender fern]

LOG IN

disconnected again

[drifting cedar]

sure if you get the stats for it

[velvet trout]

yes. but many of the "monk" skills use quarterstaves. axes arent in yet

[pearl sluice]

so if i play monk axes wont drop?

[drifting cedar]

no

none of that exists

nothing is tailored to you like that, not liek diablo

[velvet trout]

axes arent even in the game yet because the axe class isnt in the game

[pearl sluice]

oh right i see

im glad its not like diablo in that case anyway

[real hornet]

my plan is just bloodmage minion start and then when I get tired of that, go spellweaver and give the minion gems over lol

[slender fern]

poe2 is more like every class is open to every option

[drifting cedar]

honestly 2h mace + staff has some nice combos

[jagged falcon]

why bloodmage for minions though

wouldnt infernalist be best for minions

[drifting cedar]

theres a staff skill to guarantee a crit next hit, then slam down with a giant mace attack

[real hornet]

because witch start you bafoon

[drifting cedar]

yeah infernalist gets a free minion and more spirit..

[jagged falcon]

witch
infernalist literally exists

[real hornet]

yeah and spellweaver with minions sounds more fun to me

[errant bison]

FIX THE WEBSITE FIX THE WEBSITE FIX THE WEBSITE FIX THE WEBSITE FIX THE WEBSITE

[drifting cedar]

infernalist can't throw fireballs?

[jagged falcon]

u cannt change ascendancy later btw

u gotta make a new character

[real hornet]

it's a new character, nobody said switch

[velvet trout]

your class really just decides you acendency access, character model, and start position on the middle node.

[real hornet]

hence the "give the minion gems"

[slender fern]

40 hours of campaign

[drifting cedar]

also trait

[jagged falcon]

[drifting cedar]

I don't know what traits do but I guess they exist

all I know is I'm pathing straight up to ancestral bond

[real hornet]

behold your starting weapon

[velvet trout]

i may start the witch w/ cold + maces. just freeze stuff and smash it. i hope her mace animation is better than the warriors. i dont care much for the exaggerated swing some of those attacks make.

[drifting cedar]

stats might be hard to balance

[static plinth]

Apparently Mercenary gets extra totem duration which sounds kinda fuckin sick if true

[maiden oxide]

same, what is going on?

[velvet trout]

yeah. a lot of the str/int nodes seemed unpopulated. makes sense i guess w/ no str/int class in the game yet

[real hornet]

hmmmm...

if hellhound I change my mind

[drifting cedar]

nah, rhoa

[velvet trout]

just make sure to get a thermal padded saddle... ouch

[real hornet]

maybe this time don't announce you can login, lol

[median token]

did they ever say which uniques would be coming over to poe 2?

[real hornet]

some

[orchid current]

we've seen a few but not all

[drifting cedar]

we got goldrim

[real hornet]

well ima get some food, been 2 hours

[round escarp]

server still down for me rip[

[orchid current]

cant wait to find 7 league step and completely blitz through everything

[median token]

gather your rations and your strength exile - you will need it for the fights to come

[deft verge]

hello im a new path of exile player (have played a bit of 1 but not too much) I am currently looking to make a minion build myself, theres a choice here (stormweiver or chronomancer) is that all for minions or do I have to choose a specific one? sorry for the noob question

[orchid current]

there's not really a "minion ascendancy"

[long flame]

im a returning poe player (never got really far in poe1) i wanted to know if the witch hunter ascendancy would be safe with giants blood?

I want to do a kind of elemental dual gs type build

[orchid current]

i mean sure but why

[long flame]

and the witch hunter looks like it would be most fitting cosmetic wise

[orchid current]

feels like gemling would be better there

[deft verge]

so a full minion build you would say that its unviable?

[long flame]

ill take a look at gemling

[velvet trout]

infernalist seems to lean the most that direction. but there seems to be enough variety to do it with others. gemling, maybe chrono?

[orchid current]

not unviable, but no dedicated class for it

[median token]

it seems the gemling or infernalist seems to have good synergy for minions, least first glance

[drifting cedar]

gemling has a couple neat little aura nodes very near his start as well

for regen and attack speed

and there's plenty of minion stuff in the templar area

[left grail]

almost definitely viable, presumably using either witch (infernalist) or mercenary (gemling). Witch likely has the more straightforward progression.

[median token]

also i only recently found out you eventually 6 link the hell hound thing from infernalist food for thought

[drifting cedar]

does adding links to minions increase their spirit cost or no?

[deft verge]

alright. thank you so much

[round escarp]

So i think im going to try to do an Archmage Chonk

[deft verge]

thank you all

[drifting cedar]

keep in mind, no EB yet

[deft verge]

ill try my best learning the theorycrafting as I don't really wanna copy a build

[round escarp]

why i need EB

[delicate fern]

what is the synergy between archmage and chonk? mana leech doesn't exist on spells no?

[deft verge]

but i have no experience so I guess I ll learn that from the go

[drifting cedar]

just lots more mana

[round escarp]

Fair.

[median token]

@deft verge the game isnt fully released yet so things are bound to change before full release

[languid oasis]

Mana leech from ITB I guess? Won't be that good without eldritch battery

[median token]

dont stress too much 😄

[orchid current]

just me or are the good nodes for damage less obvious

[drifting cedar]

thats the spirit. half the game is figuring stuff out, and ime its the more fun half

[round escarp]

on DB there's a mana leech spell so im hoping. Once im ingame we'll know for sure if it exists

[deft verge]

alright

[lofty grotto]

what does Lucky affix mean?
Double rolls hit/crit?

[deft verge]

thank yall

[drifting cedar]

lucky is advantage, yeah

[jade dagger]

lucky means roll twice and take better result

[drifting cedar]

roll twice, take higher

[languid oasis]

I thought they were more obvious but less hinging on single notables/combos

[left grail]

minions tend to have very straightforward progression: get as much minion stuff as you can, and otherwise grab things that boost the stuff that makes you minions better (like curses). Good luck with it.

[delicate fern]

wait what is the source for mana leech? i checked the db didnt find anything

but could have missed it cause we had so much stuff

[round escarp]

mana drain

[languid oasis]

Seems a bit shit tho flat leech, I guess with scaling on the tree + instant leech it'll be good

If you trigger it

[round escarp]

yeah i was hoping to do a dark effigy build

with archmage on it

[delicate fern]

but doesnt archmage add a base mana cost to this skill as well

[round escarp]

put a bunch of totems dowm. Drop down the dots and spam mana drain

[delicate fern]

i feel like the mana cost is gonna be greater than the flat leech this thing provides no?

[round escarp]

there's leech inc nodes for monk side and into the breach gives 7% mana leeched.

but im struggling to figure out the dmg

but yeah the skill might be cooked

I may have to bonk for mana which is cool

[slender fern]

3K

[round escarp]

how much spirit do you get base?

[slender fern]

2k

[orchid current]

im in

[slender fern]

Im in

[round escarp]

i cant even contact login servers

[slender fern]

witch lets rool

[bold mist]

servers still donw?

[real hornet]

subtly telling everyone that texas is the weakest server right now

[round escarp]

yeah

i just swapped to dc and got queue

also i think imma just go meta and go stormweaver instead of chonk

[warm drum]

im gonna be a chonk grenadier

[slender fern]

just reached the encampment

[velvet trout]

well, got my name reserved at least.

[real hornet]

hahahahah, I love leaguestart/launchdays

[warm drum]

tbh this is great, i can get my daily yoga in and fold my laundry, already walked the dog

[thin basin]

got to town

[drifting cedar]

ah man, right when my queue was under 100

[abstract meadow]

smushed a couple zombies yee

[viscid bramble]

what do i do abnout having spent 80 quid and sais i dont own it

[real hornet]

alright now the real question is who got onigoroshi

[slender fern]

I got unearth

[velvet trout]

chaos wand, minion scepter, and just found unearth gem. not bad.

[fiery pendant]

absolute lmao

so are you guys doing wasd or point?

[slender fern]

wasd

[real hornet]

let's see who gets to rock this already

[orchid current]

i think wasd is probably better for single attack builds

or like merc who loads stuff

[velvet trout]

im starting wasd. though will later try spacebar in place of left click

[slender fern]

wasd feels good with dodge rolling

[vernal roost]

I was in

then i got railed

[steel tide]

Hey, when I pick a character class, can I edit what they look like?

Sorry - newtime player

[fiery pendant]

no

[slender fern]

you can later on buy skins

[fiery pendant]

then again this is an arpg, you wont be seeing your base char past 5 minutes

[frozen plinth]

nonsense, using armor slows you down, thus naked all the ay

[slender fern]

this is path of exile not path of nudes

[steel tide]

thank you so much, appreciate the clarification

[fiery pendant]

nonsense, i have 100% reduced mov speed and will only be using flicker stricke to traverse

[real hornet]

agree, cosmetics before game every time

[thin basin]

i dropped me a staff and some boots

[slender fern]

I clicked encampment after defeating first boss and got booted

[fiery pendant]

interesting, seems like they are going to wipe the characters

[real hornet]

legendary

[velvet trout]

flashbacks to vanilla wow

[real hornet]

cyberpunk was worse tho

server problems at least aren't concluding the game as a whole doesn't really work

[dusk ingot]

So I made a decision, got in, went witch ... now that they're doing a wipe. Do I go Sorc?

[fiery pendant]

none of this can affect me, once i sat through a 24h maintenance in a gatcha

[real hornet]

witch has the easiest early game

[fiery pendant]

this is a signal, go chrono to break the time loop

[warm drum]

go chronomancer zdps walking simulator

[slender fern]

still they fixed it somehow and made it a good game

[velvet trout]

yeah i was on the fence for monk. im still like 70/30 bloodmage vs. invoker

[slender fern]

They just needed more time

[fiery pendant]

servers just had too. much. clutter.

[warm drum]

i mean the question i have is should the beta stages have had more people

[real hornet]

even though melee is a lot lot better, I still acknowledge that melee is just worse than ranged every single time unless they don't take damage, when fighting bosses

[pseudo kayak]

God I loved doing a playthrough with that. Such great voice lines

[native widget]

Lmao

Yeah we aint playing until sunday

[real hornet]

probably not surprising for the low drop chance and restrictions that 99% of players never used it

I am tempted to watch anime now (discord will ping when ready anyways, heh)

[slender fern]

logging in

maintenance

Im in

I at 1200 in queue

[small spear]

If I want to play a classic D&D-style fireball casting mage type char, what would I go with? Infernalist?

[autumn coral]

I want to get a class that’s good for groups, thinking witch or chronomancer, I’m guessing chronomancer will be good at cc for groups…

[slender fern]

going in

[vernal roost]

Still not able to connect

[fiery pendant]

16k rip

[native widget]

Omg 18k and trickling down

😭

[frozen plinth]

let's see if it holds this time 😄

[arctic crypt]

12k for me

[lyric plank]

Anyone got a good witch hunter tree yet

[lyric plank]

Yes

You get an op summon too

[arctic crypt]

and to think i just got done unpacking like 5minutes ago

[visual roost]

Is it multipliticative of spell base crit chance or additive?

Ice blood mage

[brazen plover]

chronomancer is witch right ?

[frozen plinth]

no'

[brazen plover]

what class is it then

[frozen plinth]

sorc

[frail jay]

I'm playing a lightning build I guess

[native widget]

Holy shit

What

[frail jay]

just slam a transmute and aug

[dapper knot]

anyone thats playing a witch can you let me know where you start on the passive tree?

[frail jay]

Nice

PoE2 lol

[alpine summit]

is minion pact not working?

[devout dew]

ok can someone confirm 1 thing

can Witch use Staves

cause intro weapons are wand/scepter

[bold mist]

That is a tree

Jesus

[delicate fern]

feels good to get stuff like this so early

[thin basin]

instability and alst gasp work

[dapper knot]

anyone got any ideas on where people start on the passive tree?

[alpine summit]

is minion pact not working?

[lofty grotto]

got 2 crashes

when changing map

life bad

[charred comet]

What site y'all using for builds now?

[fleet blaze]

struggling with monk lol

[shadow lark]

Is there a melee attack witch build?
Or demon form melee infernalist?

[native widget]

yo why is my cosmetics unavailable😭

[keen dagger]

Huh Falling Thunder can hit twice

[lunar drum]

When is the game coming out for everyone?

[keen dagger]

I wonder if it's a bug or if that's how skills work now

[thin basin]

YOOOOOO

WHEN minion on last gasp u can still explode them

so u can do infernal legion and last gasp and minion instability and use the explosion minion to explode the ones that exploded from instability

LMAO

[tranquil hearth]

Is it me or does the shield seem useless?

[oblique anchor]

whos got a code?

[tulip dagger]

Is the idea with Invocations being able to charge up and then rapid fire a spell without using mana?

[cyan garnet]

is there a way to reset passive skills?

[tulip dagger]

I'm not quite sure I'm understanding why you'd want to use one over casting it normally, besides if you have a bunch of extra spirit and no extra mana

[tulip dagger]

You should be able to respec them by spending coin I think

[fiery pendant]

guys, last gasp + minion instability works

[thin basin]

yes alr worked it out

[silent crescent]

Warrior feels pretty clunky imo

[keen dagger]

Everything melee feels clunky

[thin basin]

im blasting w minion rn

cuz cant play real setup yet

[fading peak]

is it possible to fully respec your char or is it a case of making a new one?

at end game

[frozen plinth]

can't respec ascendancy, but everything else i think you can

[native widget]

wait how do you respec again?

[formal night]

can someone send a place with best ability gems to use on sorcerer?

[lucid hare]

dude the game just came out

[analog drift]

Can scepter and wand both be dual wielded at the same time?

[lucid hare]

yeah

[tulip dagger]

Isn't that just the ones that are in the sorceress gem list?

Like in the game?

[grizzled geyser]

is chrono + chaos magic possible to do?

[formal night]

what support gem for spark?

[vagrant geyser]

anyone have info on ed cont

[fiery pendant]

first crash, nice

[tulip dagger]

Seems like the chronomancer ascendency doesn't have anything tying it to particular damage types so I don't see why not

[grizzled geyser]

cool right now im using shield and contagion with some frost cc spells and its going pretty well

[tulip dagger]

Would Elemental Storm be able to proc Elemental Discharge?

[devout dew]

ok so what stashs do i buy

the quad storage and currency stash?

[keen dagger]

Is anyone else having a horrible time as Monk

[ancient perch]

Hmm, I can't find any spells based on strength, is this true?

[odd rain]

Yeah monk is horrible

[native widget]

not natually

[keen dagger]

This is borderline unplayable

[ancient perch]

means?

[frozen plinth]

i played monk to lvl 5, felt ok

dnno about after

[native widget]

means unless theres some specific unique you get that says other wise, no there isnt a str scaling spell

[ancient perch]

shame

[magic maple]

from poe2db, Elemental discharge is supported by ele storm

[keen dagger]

What the actual fuck is this

I can't kill the tomb boss because I have to do mechanics 24/7?

[fiery iron]

Question:
Does anyone know if the instant mana leech from monk ascendency also makes the the following energy shield passive be instant?

[native widget]

yea

[rustic oar]

Damn the weapon swap is soo smoth. Running crosbow shield mace with boneshater and fragment round. I bet there will be a lot of weapon swap builds in poe 2

[fiery iron]

good to know, I hope everything works with spell leech at least 😛

[tulip dagger]

Oh dang I didn't even realize that was a tab I could look at thank you

What about like, Flamewall + Freezing Shards to fire projectiles that can both freeze and ignite, add in SHaper of Storms so they can shock too, then use Elemental Discharge support on Elemental Storm so that crits create storms that consume all those ailments for (hopefully) big damage?

[main rock]

does any class feel particularly smooth at start? Warrior def feeling clunk

[keen dagger]

I've actually never been so frustrated in an ARPG

It's absolutely wild that GGG didn't explicitly think about how melee feels

[velvet sable]

not loving sorc either

[keen dagger]

Some bosses almost literally have no safe openings to attack because you have to spend so much time dodging

Imagine trying to combo

[elder locust]

Hmm, anyone maybe know if - as ranger, when i use lighting skills do i put on any ailment?

[keen dagger]

Lightning Monk is completely busted design-wise, too. You need charges to do damage, but your charge generator doesn't use your weapon, so it does 1 damage. If your staff damage doesn't get the enemies low enough to cull, you can't generate charges????

[golden loom]

how do you refund passive skill tree points

[frozen plinth]

i mean, just ignore all sorts of that shit early on

just punch things or whack them, is ok

[keen dagger]

No it's not

One whack on the tomb boss does like 1% of its health

One hit from it is like 40% of my life if I don't evade

Which is the exact same problem PoE1 has: you can't level with melee skills

[native widget]

or... just stop sucking

like..

lmao

[keen dagger]

Yeah show me that you're in act 2 on a monk

[native widget]

why would i do that to myself

[tulip dagger]

Is Elemental Discharge an AOE?

Also if a target has more than one matching ailment on it (like both freeze and ignite) make it deal both damage pops at once?

[tribal orchid]

That’s means ur bad if u can’t dodge out of hits

[keen dagger]

Show me your melee in act 2

The problem isn't dodging hits, it's that certain bosses attack constantly

You can dodge everything, but you only get a window for ~1 second every 5-10 seconds to attack

[undone mortar]

Try using the cold skills

You can freeze bosses now

And chill them

[keen dagger]

I had to switch to cold to kill some of them, but the lack of attempt to fix melee in PoE2 still stands

[tulip dagger]

Basically if you don't use a skill for long enough it'll fire multiple times at once when you do use it, by my reading

[junior anvil]

anyone know if Power charges do anything inherently, or are only used to augment abilities?

[undone mortar]

Charges don’t do anything inherently.

[junior anvil]

Thanks

[lunar talon]

Does snipe not work?

[silent cloak]

does anyone have a build they can link me for leveling quaterstaff monk?

[cedar charm]

Same ^^

Also, is it worth it to save uncut gems? I have a lvl 1 one but I don’t want either skill it’s offering.

[undone mortar]

You can click “all gems” and see all the gems on offer. But otherwise you can just save it sure.

Instead of just the gems for the weapon you’re using

[vapid pier]

does rage work the same way in poe2 as it did in poe 1?

[undone mortar]

It’s just damage now

You can alt click the tooltip

[vapid pier]

ah ok

im on ps5

[undone mortar]

There’s probably a button for it

[upbeat seal]

Anyone having issues with loadings? My PC crashed twice now in loading (or a fix) pls @ me :)))

[cedar charm]

If I switch to a new weapon does it change my skill or only if I switch to a new weapon type? Like staff > staff vs staff > sceptre

[undone mortar]

It doesn’t change anything

Skill gems are just items. You can move them in the skill panel

They’re usable with specific weapons or unarmed

[lyric plank]

Dawg its beta just try and make your own

[odd rain]

COC monk build viable?

[lyric plank]

Dawg its been 5 hours

[undone mortar]

Monk has lotta cocka yeah

[lyric plank]

Just try it

[undone mortar]

He’s hanging brain

[odd rain]

Perfect

[lyric plank]

I wanted to do a summoner build with the flame witch but the no bind spectre is a bummer

[quartz cairn]

what are you all picking so far, and what would be a good choice? i picked monk but i feel ima regret it

[undone mortar]

Try them all fella

[patent quiver]

Should i do mercenary for beginner? or whats like the most fun class for high dps and aoe

[quartz cairn]

true, prob will

[odd rain]

Same. First 3 skills do negative DMG

[wheat marlin]

Any sorc bois? What's some good skills/supports early?

[odd rain]

Might just ele build into a proper build lol

[quartz cairn]

yeah thats what i feel like too lol killing the first guy took forever

[lyric plank]

Yes

Its pretty easy dps

[patent quiver]

is there like a build out there that i can use for it?

[lyric plank]

Dude

Its 5 hours into beta

[velvet sable]

can you write us a guide thx in advance

[lyric plank]

Make your own build its a beta

[velvet sable]

make sure you know what you're talking about as well plz I want facts

not just what you think might work

[uneven wing]

What was the ability called in POE1 that made molten strike hit additional targets?

[undone mortar]

I think it’s a good idea to try stuff out

No one knows for sure how everything works

[lyric plank]

Like its been out for hours and theres hundreds if not thousands of skills

[undone mortar]

There are 231 skills

[lyric plank]

Hundreds then

Still a shit ton

[undone mortar]

Not counting buffs, meta, or support gems

[tulip dagger]

I'd love to try stuff out!
If the download would FINISH-

[lyric plank]

Are u on steam

[tulip dagger]

Ya

[lyric plank]

Wheres its like stuck

And wont go farther and just says downloading

[tulip dagger]

It's been progressing but really slowly

[lyric plank]

Nvm just a dookie internet problem

[tulip dagger]

Which is annoying cuz I preloaded it yesterday so what is there still left to download-

[sand bridge]

hey guys, does life regen work in combat?

[lyric plank]

Might be glitched like mine

[delicate topaz]

hey anyone here know how to build a monk?

[lyric plank]

ITS BEEN 5 HOURS

[delicate topaz]

... and?

xd

[lyric plank]

TRY STUFF

[tulip dagger]

Pick the monk skills and the notables in the monk section of the tree? Idk

[lyric plank]

like its beta ma boi

Grab skills weapons and notables and try something

Like i already know my merc tree

Just grab a weapon and some skills and experiment

[delicate topaz]

bht

bu

[lyric plank]

Thats part of the fun

[delicate topaz]

is there a way

to redeem passive points afterwards?

and spend them again?

[lyric plank]

U mean refund

Yes

[delicate topaz]

yeah

[lyric plank]

Gold

[delicate topaz]

oh ok then sure

i was scared it was permanent

[lyric plank]

If it is thats fine new character but they wouldnt make it perm

Thats beyond dumb

misclick ah your fucked now

[errant lion]

in the previous game you could respec but it was very expensive

it should be way cheaper on this one

[delicate topaz]

ur maximun hp is 1 u are inmune to chaos dmg

wtf is chaos dmg

[magic maple]

orb of regrets were hard to find early on
now gold respec eases up the issue

[lyric plank]

Wait chill is an ailment right

Or is it dot like bleed and poison

[magic maple]

freeze, chill are aliments

[mystic marsh]

anyone have a guide for sorcerer?

[lyric plank]

Hm i wonder if something like witch hunter freeze build will be a thing

He has cold related grenades i believe

[magic maple]

ice spells are pretty strong early on, knowing that you can freeze bosses

[lyric plank]

Wait u can freeze bosses now

[magic maple]

yes

[lyric plank]

Does the shattered debuff apply

Or whatrver its called

[magic maple]

not sure what's the threshold on poe2

but you can buildup freeze

[coral cliff]

is there any guides or stuff for monk? it feels awful

[lyric plank]

I saw in the test video u csn like shatter them

[torpid sage]

anyone found a good approach for merc early?

[lyric plank]

I did

[cedar charm]

What’s the difference between increase and more again?

[torpid sage]

grenades feel like a trap before being able to detonate them

[dusty pollen]

monk early feels a bit slow and rough - anyone have any links or builds?

[lyric plank]

Just go skill tree down to the crossbow and giant killer

[lyric plank]

Make your own

Its been 5 hours people are still testing do the same

[magic maple]

same but i dont know how much freeze is needed, so i just get all the freeze gems, just to be safe lol

[lyric plank]

Ill prob see how much you can stack with nades alone

Theres a +1 to nade notible

If the website would come back up that would be nice

[magic maple]

fire and lightning spells seems to be weaker early on

[lyric plank]

But a freeze shatter witch hunter or the fire witch summoner seem the best so far

[rocky flint]

Get a big dam weapon and u don’t notice the difference

[lyric plank]

The hell hounds seem really good early on

Its a 6 linkable 0 spirit summon

[agile whale]

Orb of Storms and spam spark seems okay? I think.

[lyric plank]

The fire ascendancy

[lyric plank]

.

[cedar charm]

Is there a place to find the skill tree to look ahead besides in game? I know it just launched but figured ggg might have released it somewhere

[lyric plank]

There is no link

[magic maple]

https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/

[lyric plank]

You can lookup the ascendantcy for it

There is no guide

Its been 5 hours

Minion builds are easy to make

[patent quiver]

should you dismantle or sell the loot early game? and why

[lyric plank]

Especially in poe 2

[tulip dagger]

Minecraft is basically the same game just apply the skills

[lyric plank]

Just fjnd which summon is best and then raise the res, atk, and hp

Get to the first ascendancy and grab the hell hown node

Its a really good summon

Theres a vid on yt explaining it

It is party wrong

[lusty topaz]

I don't understand. 2nd lvl now i cant allocate it

[lyric plank]

The demon form doesnt affect summons since they dont have a spell tag

[lyric plank]

Your missing a node

[lusty topaz]

Not there

Down where strength is allocated

[magic maple]

attribute before that is allocated??

[lyric plank]

WhT node do you want

[lusty topaz]

projectile damage wheel on the right from allocated +5 strength

[lyric plank]

Do you have the dex and skill point

[lusty topaz]

I have 2 skill points

wdym dex

[thin basin]

you prob have left over from weapon set

change it back to normal

[lusty topaz]

?

[lyric plank]

I dont think weapon set is usable on the tree normally

[lusty topaz]

what's weapon set

lmao

this poe2 tree is brickef af

[lyric plank]

Itz just new

[thin basin]

top right

u have main and 2 weapon set

[lusty topaz]

it doesn't allow me to allocate no matter if i just open passive tree, or select 1/2 weapon set and then try to allocate

[thin basin]

u have the dex and str on weapon set 1

swap to weapon set 2 and see if you can put them elsewhere

[lusty topaz]

i have same passives on both weapon sets from what i'm seeing

[zinc cipher]

So I’ve played both mercenary and warrior up to level 8 just to get a feel quick of the two and I think I will play warrior first

[undone mortar]

Bonk away brother

[zinc cipher]

I saw that you can use a 2H weapon + a shield, seems fun

But the axe

I want the axes

Btw how do you reset the passive tree?

[runic aurora]

I have the same problem

[undone mortar]

Npc can refund passives.

There’s no general reset button

[zinc cipher]

Do u know which npc?

[undone mortar]

Keep progressing the story

[lusty topaz]

I think that part of the tree is broken somehow or idk, i can allocate other stuff but not that projectile wheel

[zinc cipher]

Ahhh gotcha, thank you

[undone mortar]

You’ll see it’s obvious

[gaunt ether]

So you can use any weapon on any class? Whats the point to classes then

[runic aurora]

I can't allocate anything ;/

[junior anvil]

Can you remove runes from items?

[zinc cipher]

Open the passive tree, look at where each of the classes start. You see how if a mage wanted to use a 2h axe it will take a lot of pathing to reach the nodes that buff axes. Classes are the canvas

[gaunt ether]

So you CAN use other weapons but its just kinda worse?

[undone mortar]

Worse for what

[zinc cipher]

Only worse if you don’t build ur passives for it

[undone mortar]

You still need to optimize for a build

Weapons are just a tool

[tulip dagger]

It takes more points to get to the stuff for weapons that aren't the one your class prefers

[zinc cipher]

Pretty sure every class can make something work with a good build

[wanton dawn]

Are there any skills that are cold based and consume power charge?

[lusty topaz]

I think i found my problem, for some reason it didn't consider dexterity before strength allocated even tho str after it was allocated? Anyway, maybe u have a bricked travel node somewhere dont the line aswell

Try to click them

[amber violet]

does anyone know how the raging spirits can be obtained?
It is not a skill gem?

[lyric plank]

are crossbows 1 or 2 handed

[lofty grotto]

2

[undone mortar]

It is a buff gem. You need an uncut spirit gem.

[runic aurora]

Nothing like this works for me ;/

[lofty grotto]

ok. for ranger poison is pretty darn strong as progression
just compared poison setup vs lightning and posion wins by a lot

[amber violet]

ah okay, thank you!

[lyric plank]

Yeah im deff doing freeze witch hunter, anyone want to test my skill tree

[runic aurora]

@lusty topaz oh, but refunding some attribute nodes resolved issue

[agile whale]

I'm not loving Sorc. How many character slots do we have to test stuff?

[hard heath]

Raging spirits with fire wall summons five spirits per cast. Not sure if intended but it works amazingly well.

[undone mortar]

It is. It’s based on the area of the spell

If you summon the wall in a small corridor you’ll get fewer skulls.

[thin basin]

act 1 done lets go boys

[lyric plank]

Hm this doesnt seem very good

95% block is better tha taking 50% less damage

[undone mortar]

Useful if you have something that triggers on block

[lyric plank]

altight i have my first 58 nodes planned

[runic aurora]

@lusty topaz wtf I needed free skill point, then weapon node takes a free normal one ?? This is something wrong with it. Now I have less points than I had

[lyric plank]

heres what i got so far

[vapid moat]

any build for sorc?

[lyric plank]

build youe owqn

its beta

and 6 hours in

people are still making them

[junior anvil]

Anyone know if you can remove runes from items

[undone mortar]

You cannot

[lyric plank]

ngl i dont think this ios very good

[junior anvil]

ty

[magic maple]

might wanna pull right early on

[lyric plank]

i just saw that

what website is that

[olive sierra]

How to enable damage numbers ?

[magic maple]

here, its datamined from the game
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree

[hoary plover]

There are things like "gain x life on block" that more than make up for the downside

[lyric plank]

im not getting an email

[hoary plover]

Not a thing. Theres a little counter above boss bars but that's it

[queen cypress]

how are you guys scaling sorc health

[magic maple]

not sure, official website is still down so it might take a while

[lyric plank]

its back isnt it

[magic maple]

try asking in #2┃early-access

[frozen plinth]

drgnwgn: that's the trick, i'm not

[sterile sierra]

how do i unlock more support gem slots in my skills?

[lyric plank]

am i gonna need to download the stand alone

[queen cypress]

@frozen plinthi mean the damgage is real nice just im puckering half the fights because my health bar is flickering

[magic maple]

yeah you aint the only one

[frozen plinth]

just buy diamong company puts and embrace the puckering

[lyric plank]

heres what i got so far

im looking for ailments to scale freeze

[worthy mason]

guys is there monk build guide

[lyric plank]

no bruh

block freeze witch hunter hmm

[magic maple]

freeze stun setup?

[lyric plank]

yrd

yes

it seems the most promising atm

its either that or bleed

since theres a shit ton of bleed near the merc tree

[magic maple]

stun grenade with cold skills ig

[lyric plank]

it depends on the buildup

and how good it is

[arctic crypt]

can anyone confirm that Reap is in the game i dont see it in the skill gem menu i see it on poe2db but not in game

[main jetty]

Where/when do i get spectre on my witch? i dont see that skill as an option on my uncut gems...

[thin basin]

its not in the game

[main jetty]

oh.... bummer

[terse scaffold]

hey guys is srs (summon raging spirits) in the game ? cant find it .

[magic maple]

its a buff, you get that from uncut spirit gems

[oak owl]

hey guys on the mobalytics website with the skill tree there are the colors. yellow(main) / pink(set1) / green(set2) ... what do the colors mean? i cant find an explanation on their webpage

[terse scaffold]

hey thx for the info.
but are uncut spirit gems the same as uncut skill and support gems ?

[magic maple]

yes, 3 types of uncut gems

[lyric plank]

Here is my summoner tree

[frozen plinth]

spirit gems are spirit gems

[magic maple]

looks fine, but i dont have the pob equivalent to make any judgment, just experiment around, you have 24 character slots and gold respecs

[lyric plank]

i give up im downloading the standalone

[coral cliff]

how do you get herald of thunder?

[frozen plinth]

what's wrong with steam version?

works perfectly for me

[slim zinc]

Did anyone manage to get this support skill working?

[frozen plinth]

ah right ,so not the client itself

but the syncing accounts

[lyric plank]

it just wont send me the fucking email'

[static plinth]

Presumably wont be out til either Marauder or Templar drop

[tough hazel]

can anyone confirm if Raging Spirits are there or am I missing something?

[arctic crypt]

that fair thank

[magic maple]

Try using an uncut spirit gem for buffs

Raging Spirits

[tough hazel]

oh, thought it was a skill

thanks!

[agile meteor]

Using melee feels god aweful at the moment for me

I feel like I should do a different build

[keen dagger]

Melee is god awful, I keep trying to switch back to it but lol no

The worst is trying to use the combo mechanic

[thin basin]

these bosses are straight 1 tapping me with some hit

its crazy

[lyric plank]

I ant decide

merc or witch

[viral stirrup]

Does have any sorcs in here not embarrassing themselves like I am

[lyric plank]

nioe

WASD movement here i come

[uneven wing]

Where are you Warriors going to begin your passive tree? Towards "Brutal"?

[stone fog]

Fairly seasoned D4 player on ps5 and just started witch. Man I need a build guide for my minion spam shenanigans im overwhelmed!

Loving the game though

[lyric plank]

its beta

ball out

[lusty topaz]

xd. im no mage tho

[half ingot]

are we getting support for rest of cosmetics?

and when do we unlock hideout, if we do

[stone fog]

When is “full release”? I’m just winging it with exploding minions tbh

[hollow ledge]

probably ~6 months out

Tbh, minions in general should be decent and infernalist explode minions is probably a good archetype broadly, just winging it with that could go quite well for you.

[stone fog]

So these accounts are going to be deleted I assume on full release?

[lusty topaz]

chars moved to separate standard for EA only characters

[hollow ledge]

^^ so we can have them as kind of video game mantle pieces

[stone fog]

Yeah only just did what I think is second boss (spoiler?) and it’s some poison arrow and exploding minion

[primal bloom]

Poe has leagues that last 4 months so this is basically a league

[fiery horizon]

cant find raging spirits ?

[frozen plinth]

it's a spirit gem

[stone fog]

Yeah seasonal content. So it’s a beta but seems fairly fleshed out in terms of playable content and end game

[pulsar osprey]

why cant i find these are they different names or what

[worn pine]

Hey All!, Started Monk, should I go Skill Speed/Atk/Crit or Evade/Mana Regen

[lofty flame]

Any suggestion what should i play?

[fiery horizon]

been a while what does that exactly mean ?

[lusty topaz]

Not having decent movement skill like frostblink/ flamedash and low ms is such an ass...

[slender fern]

what should i choose?

[misty swan]

Noob here. Going to explore and experiment. But for monk build, usually just focus on dexterity and intelligence right?

[frozen plinth]

probably so, mostly dictated by the skillgems you want to use

[tardy otter]

did u got it? how?

[stone vessel]

im using monk too

[vital hornet]

Same choices paralysis here. Lvl 6 Witch, sitting on two support gems, not sure what to pick.
Any suggestions?

[frozen plinth]

just pick something

you'll get plenty more

[heady palm]

Wing it and see what it’s like

[frigid forum]

Merc or ranger for crossbows? Any opinions yet

[modern ridge]

Hi. I played diablo 2 casually for so many years but I always just followed build guides. This time with poe2 i want to create my own build. How do I get started with theorycrafting? How do you approach designing your build? Any guides I can read on this?

[quick nymph]

can anyone explain to me why this node here for some people is shape the storms

but for me its entropy?

I feel like im missing something

[keen dagger]

Golly I sure love being mobbed by 20 hasted mobs and stun locked to death because there are no travel skills

Thanks GGG

[worn pine]

Should I grab all the attribute nodes right away?

[steep pilot]

is lasting concoctions a must for rangers?

[uneven wing]

Are attribute nodes really important to get?

[magic maple]

you picked witch, sorc will get storm

[slender fern]

sniper minion at starting is useless to invest into

[quick nymph]

yeaaa

I jsut realized

im lvl 25

and I realized im a witch not a sorcerer

welp back to the beach we go

[timid aurora]

Anyone know an early warrior build that isn't horrific to play?

this feels SO bad

[stone vessel]

am I building Monk wrong? the skills seem to favour focusing on either lightning or cold but not both

[lusty topaz]

Anyone found this? I full cleared the quarry

[civic fog]

dear brothers and sisters of melee slam gang,
for now cannot be stunned is removed (oh my dear, my beauty Jugg's Unstoppable )
so we are forced to invest into Stun Threshold now?

[timid aurora]

What class for good totem build?

[lofty flame]

warrior -> warbringer

[oak wyvern]

I just got skeletal arsonists, how do I command them to detonate?

[wicked coyote]

In POE2 is it better to take flat number increase or % increase?

[frozen plinth]

depends on how much of each you have

[wicked coyote]

I see, do yk if Monk even uses physical?

[vagrant bay]

Is Chayula monk with ED+Contagion likely to be viable?

[frozen plinth]

um. monk is just starting location and small tree changes, you can do phys if you want to do phys

[unkempt osprey]

Found this beaty , time to try a bow build :)

[slender fern]

Im getting elden ring vibes out of poe

lol

[inner forge]

any monk guide as reference, pls?

[keen dagger]

Ranged unless you hate yourself

[mystic glen]

How do I use the command skill on my skeli snipe? It wont let me move the skeli to the bar like the other spells

[languid oasis]

I gave up on monk, playing sorceress now

[lyric plank]

these summons fucking suck

[river spoke]

YOOOO

GAMBA GAMBA

[fossil verge]

non nades merc feel like shit for anyone else?

[slender fern]

why does it feel like every support skill wants to debuff you

[gusty bone]

Where do you buy uncut gems?

[river berry]

Omg... Starting minions witch was mistake... They are terrible 😭

[lucid hare]

what???

[lyric plank]

Wow i agree they fucking dsuck

they do 0 damage and have no hp

[sick maple]

Anyone playing monk? Any recommendations?

[thin basin]

i have ascended

[river berry]

Flamewall + srs is only way to kill something for me now

[lyric plank]

skele sniper is DOGSHIT

[lucid palm]

can anyone gift me poe 2 dm me if u can

[young panther]

after testing all classes early warrior is def the worse (early game i mean) bro doesn't do any dmg

[lyric plank]

witch isnt any better

[median token]

can someone explain the spirit system? so I got sceptre gives 100 spirit but how can I get more? I cant dual wield them so not sure how do you get more spirit or is that more late game thing and stuck with 100 for now?

[silent prawn]

No begging

[unkempt wigeon]

Are there advanced tooltips to see prefix/suffixes?

[wide palm]

l'm plannlng buld ln poedb, can any wltch conflrm that thls node does not add flre damage to them?

[silent prawn]

You get 30 per act from challenges.
Sceptres can come with modifiers.
And amulet might also get Spirit

[lucid palm]

i need it

[median token]

like +max spirit saying?

on sceptre

[young panther]

server rules

[magic maple]

Yeah, path of flame is for sorc, the bottom two are for witch

[woven otter]

How does dual wielding work with slams

[civic fog]

my starting plan for melee slam
focusing on stun threshold, armour, mace & little bit armour breaker
need some advices please
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[silent prawn]

Only if the skill says so @woven otter

[young panther]

elden exile is kinda good

[silent prawn]

Otherwise DW just gives more DMG modifiers

[median token]

my bad didnt notice edit lol thank you, ill keep an eye out 😄

[static plinth]

There's also uniques with spirit

Shield and body armour

Body Armour probably isnt worth it though

Only 100 and 0 other good stats

[shell wasp]

Are we able to open the gemcutting menu without an uncut gem??

[lofty grotto]

I'm surprised how well balanced Ranger loadout is.

Ligtning/Shock - Good
Poison/Cockcotion/Chaos - good
Frenzy Stacking/Spenders - Good

You can't go wrong

[wide palm]

first attempt at theorycrafting (stll await till steam downloads client)

https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgECfx3oIN91pefOW3jN372nZw8Sg0mdBtuj7cfwucNzPo3OVxJ-lD0CFX3hbhFoIai242g65-IUwnFR7-uzPVoz9i2aW1uaAi4sZpk89ItNA91AKJ6kj6JlYE_RwQvh6ZMnrBpYwM3lG9eaxX5M4Jp0SCGO-k2hRG32AjOxGvK8sSDWimIXf733WFg5Pj03UhlpWdntosHFgkHdaqfjt7ifSBB1vcol15YEsOmJaqAilMlP1xdH3emBaGVpyg12YEbv4TMTxNj0IslpCbtukG4P-9fOCtOEkYp8n5LsM9-PGlPcglnRAZlqCEcqFMgwmqqCddAuIWq4Vw4RX26XM_Y9AAA=

blood mage, stacks strength (= hp and a bit of spelldmg), leech, fire damage\pen, spell damage, crit
any suggestions why that would be weak?

[lyric plank]

wow witch is dookie

[wide palm]

haven't seen any fire skills though

[rough kelp]

I dont understand the more "Maximum" dmg thing what is it?

[random summit]

is MoM on bloodmage to retain life overflow bait or is it actually real? would you drain your mana too quick?

[void gulch]

Where the heck can I find raging spirits?

[magic maple]

Raging Spirit is a buff, try using an uncut spirit gem

[lofty grotto]

Also + level skills are so god damn broken
+1 level to projectile skills works on almost everything
In ranger case you can roll it on both weapon and quiver meaning +2 all bow skills

[silent prawn]

Find a spirit gem

[void gulch]

thank you! i'll keep looking for one

[lofty grotto]

Desire sensor hurts

I have few spare spirit gems, but I'm starving for support uncuts

[vagrant plinth]

is sniper's mark ranger's only available way to build frenzy charges? cant find any other way

[lofty grotto]

Theres keystone for endurance charge => frenzy charge
Also frenzy spirit gem generates one ever 6 seconds

[native widget]

how much does currency really worth rn?

sooo chaos>exalted right?

[lofty grotto]

To early to judge

Depends on droprate

[thin basin]

the yneed to update the mana and es overflow thing

i cant tell if im overflowing or not

cuz it just look the same

need to have another effect over the full hp/mana/es

[heavy olive]

Anyone know if freeze buildup is affected by the damage amount?

[thick herald]

Is it possible to level up skills granted by weapons?

[lofty grotto]

Yes

[lofty grotto]

^

It is litteraly written in the tooltip
X precentage of damage

[nova cloak]

Has anyone defeated Geonor with Sorceress yet?

[heavy olive]

didnt realize it said dmg based >.< mb

i thought as long as you do cold dmg it builds up freeze

[lofty grotto]

Most of frost skills has muliplier on top of it

[keen summit]

If u do 100-200 physical damage, then it will become 100-260. Makes sense?

[lyric plank]

is essence drain per second for 1 second?

[rough kelp]

so the "maximum" is kinda useless here?

[heavy olive]

yeah so does 100 cold dmg contribute more than 50 cold dmg for freeze build up if you used the same skill

[keen summit]

Useless? Eh not really.
It's good if you have either lucky damage or relying on ailments for damage. Bigger potential hit = bigger ignite/bleed/posion, since it will always use the one dealing the most possible damage

[odd rain]

Man the monk early game skills do negative DMG lol

[rough kelp]

but what you mean is it affects all kind of physical dmg?

[slender fern]

finally got her

after 3 deaths

[uneven wing]

Can warrior dual wield 2H weapons? If so, is there a skill or something I need to learn for that or can they naturally do it?

[fleet void]

You need the Giant's Blood keystone from the passive skill tree.

[rough kelp]

This worth the -30% cast speed?

Isn't it like dmgx2 with the cost of 30% less spam

or is there a cooldown between each echo

[dull cargo]

Are minions considered a spell?

[vernal falcon]

best thing iv comprimised with is stacking archers and using their gas arrow with fire wall to do a big detonate

chunks pretty hard and if they dont fall over with their 1 hp you can spam em out with low CD

[robust epoch]

Any recommendations for rank 1 support gems for Essence drain? Has anyone tried withering touch

[vernal falcon]

withering touch drops the damage of the skill by 50% so not really worth

[robust epoch]

but that doesn't apply to the DOT Right? and essence drain does a ton more damage in DOT then the initial hit

[vernal falcon]

not too sure, i decided to go with minion pact, and controlled destruction

could probably slot out controlled destruction for more duration for boss kills

[robust epoch]

+1 for controlled destruction great pick

[robust epoch]

What skill do you use for clearing?

[vernal falcon]

Command: Skele sniper gas cloud + fire wall

the explosion can 1 shot rares most of the time

i usually save essence drain for bosses cause shit dies too fast

[dull tundra]

Anyone can give me ideas for chayula monk im trying to go for mind over matter but its so far away

[silk smelt]

does this make any sense? wouldnt it just do nothing since enemy isnt frozen anymore?

[primal pagoda]

any merc combos that folks are really liking?

[opal sequoia]

are exalts as rare in poe2 as in poe1?

[plain osprey]

i'm looking at some monk build suggestions and on poe2db the nodes with "+5 to any attribute" just say literally that... how can i know what the person who posted that build actually picked as attribute?

[fleet blaze]

im making a cold monk using ice strike as my main skill. what ability do i use to consume freeze to do big damage?

[maiden iris]

Cold monk sounds lit lol

[fleet blaze]

it was a slog but ice strike at lvl 14 was a big dopamine hit

[static plinth]

Skills deal damage from X to Y. This increases only the value of Y whereas most things increase the number after being rolled

[rough mist]

Can someone tell me what they have on their witch for necro?

[slender fern]

man it feels like poe in 0.5x speed

[slender fern]

you can use infernalist if you want to go necro

[rough mist]

yeah thats my plan

I dont have an idea for a build path though

[slender fern]

infernalist have more towards minion and Im doing the same

[soft anvil]

really would like to try to get ED contagion goin, i get the witch doesnt have a chaos asendancy, is there i suppose theres not much point to even trying then?

[slender fern]

here some suggestions for infernalist

[dull tundra]

Any suggestions for chayula monk

[keen wadi]

any suggestions for witch

[rough mist]

oh thank you

[rough mist]

Dd you make this yourself?

[rustic ravine]

Same lmk need to build for monk mines feels not effective and weak

[abstract grove]

2H mace is starving when it comes to attack speed - a lot of it's great nodes make it even slower lmfao

[slender fern]

no im a beginner so I took one from youtuber and one from experienced player

I only got like 100 hours in poe this past week

[kindred reef]

Guys, does Fire Penetration works with incinerate ? i'm confused with penetration description

[lyric plank]

blud yoinked my build

[rough mist]

Oh cool who did u get it from

[abstract grove]

Do your secondary weapons count as stat sticks, or only when visible?

[lucid hare]

yo guys question: does stun resist work for when your stagger bar fills up when active blocking?

[slender fern]

idk someone here gave it to me yesterday and I checked youtube random person who have poe only vids so I just copied

Anyway you can respec anytime so whats the issue

just build and change however you want

[dry fiber]

how do u gain spirit?

[muted lily]

Some side bosses grant it

[shy rune]

does crossbow dmg affect grenades?

[dense lynx]

Has pob2 updated?

[rustic ravine]

Any monk users here need some Guidance I’m lost ahaha

[mint wind]

Yeah kinda lost with monk too

[native widget]

i swear did they delete like half of the support gems

wtf

[glacial coyote]

does anyone have a good contagion/ED build ?

[manic garnet]

would explosion damage there be affected by projectile/grenade tag?

[plain osprey]

same, strugglign with monk - idk what perks to really go for i'm level 17 and can't make it to The Mad Wolf without dying to regular mobs lmfao

[dry fiber]

i'm not sure how to get spirit

[rustic ravine]

Feel like the energy shield is not cutting it but idk if should put more stat on speed and crit

[viscid harness]

What first 2 ascendancy nodes should I take on Titan?

[astral fable]

any start monk builds?

[dull tundra]

I see what they suggest is MoM, CI, EB, shock but then EB is not in EA and MoM is so far away in the tree im not even sure how i should get there

[keen wadi]

you dont i think you just reduce spirit cost of spells