2┃build-planning

[dawn spire]

only if you want to. There's no objective need to do so, but some builds benefit from it

nope, just gotta progress. you'll find em eventually

[thick herald]

do you know if legendaries have a fixed level or can I find a version that will have 5 levels more_

[safe adder]

I have tried it a little bit and it does seem fun, but you probably need to find a cool combo or something to do with it for it to be any interesting

[cedar elk]

The builds section is sadly grayed out.

[orchid torrent]

What is annoying is that I came here asking for practical advice, and instead got preaching about how I shouldnt be asking for it because poe cant be criticized even when asking for advice

[dawn spire]

if you cut a gem, you can look at the level requirement for higher level gems to get an idea of when you'll start finding them. This a tier 9, for example

[trim nexus]

i just started a new slot so its just frost + frag rounds so idk if its worth doing rn

[dawn spire]

yep. game has been out for a day. that's pretty expected

[cedar elk]

So, can anyone give me at least a tree link with their monk build at least? As a template. I am not expecting it to be amazing or anything. Just something I can use to path.

[dull dragon]

Thank you. Do you know when we unlock dismantle ability for magic items?

[dawn spire]

your first message did not have a question in it at all.

[safe adder]

I am bad at the game but strongly suggest not just picking what looks cool in this game, because it's waay more unbalanced with some options waay too underpeforming compared to other games
This is not asking for advice, this is complaining

[orchid torrent]

this is what I asked, and instead I got complained at, at how you shouldnt be implying something isnt good, even when I just want to avoid what I dont see as good and go about my day playing the good part

[raven helm]

how do i find the gemcutting screen without using a skill gem? am i blind?

[dawn spire]

@orchid torrentoh my b, you asked a question but had no question mark so I missed it

[dawn spire]

no way to do so that I can find

[bold zodiac]

With the new mechanics, does crit affect ignite? Im considering a Blood Mage Flameblast that does ignite and possibly also bleeds

[cedar elk]

G I think

[raven helm]

i only see my skills there, not the skills i can unlock

[dawn spire]

critting raises your damage which increases the chance of igniting as well as the magnitude. But critting doesn't guarantee an ignite or inherently raise its damage

[bold zodiac]

Perfect, thank you! 😄 Ill give that a try and see how it goes

[dawn spire]

All classes can use all skills/gear. Witch can do loads of stuff aside from srs.

[safe adder]

I don't think there is a way to see all of the skills yet

I think you can only see all of the skills when you right click a gem right now

But I am sure they will change this

[dawn spire]

in short, I don't know of any class that is more or less pigeonholed than any other

[cedar elk]

Yeah can't find it either. Oversight?

[orchid torrent]

I feel like you msut know what I mean when I ask for viability in the context of a class, but in case you really dont when I say class you can read it as 'options msot typically associated with the trees closely connected to the class, and the gems associated with their default weapon', it's just unwiedly to talk like that

[radiant yarrow]

Anyone wanting to do acolyte of chalupa monk, I have a decent idea/guide, I haven't looked into the damage stuff too much yet. My idea is have MoM + CI + EB + Ravenous Doubts and Consuming Questions, in passive tree take mana leech and increase ES near those first 3. Also maybe Eternal Youth since shield from flask seems good. Focus on increasing lightning/ice/chaos damage as that's mainly want we'll use, throw in some nearby power charge max too for falling thunder. lmk if there could be improvements

[dawn spire]

I truly don't. Not only do we not know much about builds, we also know next to nothing about endgame or what measuring stick to use to determine viability

[pearl sluice]

poe2 build have? maxroll, mobalytics? etc?

[raven helm]

i guess - not a big deal since u can just carry a skill gem around, only annoying

[dawn spire]

maxroll will eventually, Nothing posted yet since the game is less than 24 hours old

[safe adder]

sounds kinda pog

[cedar elk]

Man, I really would like any monk template lol.

[safe adder]

Just go pick a class that looks sweet, pick a skill or two that looks sweet, and experiment

[orchid torrent]

there are a few builds on mobalytics but is more akin to some quick TC than real builds

[safe adder]

That is what EA is for

[pearl sluice]

thanks

[dawn spire]

I think limiting your opinion of a class to the 3 gems per tier that you see when you cut a gem is going to inherently lead to inaccurate notions of which classes are viable

[night kite]

hmm on hands of chayula, you cant put impending doom and heightened curse?

[safe adder]

no problem bro, have some fun

[languid epoch]

can anyone explain to me why cast on minion death is not casting flame wall (to trigger raging spirits) when i kill a minion by pain offering? am i missing something? https://i.gyazo.com/bae185ce8bf1ebb24fa7fff87dd4edc9.png

[dawn spire]

can you show cast on minion death description?

also win+shift+s to snip, then ctrl+v to paste in chat

[languid epoch]

https://i.gyazo.com/2a3ca5c2f66721afae296784b28ce3c2.png

[maiden karma]

Did you right click to toggle it on?

[languid epoch]

yes its toggled

[dawn spire]

Does an SRS expiring count as it being killed?

oh, pain offering

[languid epoch]

no but im using instability to kill them

what i wanna do is start the chain reaciton by using offering

[dawn spire]

it doesn't say that pain offering actually kills the minion...

[languid epoch]

thats how ghazzy starts his chain reaction tho

[dawn spire]

hmm. And he also uses SRS?

[languid epoch]

yup

[dawn spire]

did you try killing a ton of them?

[trim nexus]

is energy shield or armour better

[pearl sluice]

now see mobalitycs builds

[dawn spire]

it says it's scaled by minion power, and srs probably have lower power

[dawn spire]

depends on the build

[languid epoch]

i cant because i cant trigger srs while i have flame wall on facst on minion death

[cedar elk]

Also now that all attribute nodes are basically a choice, how do you even pick what attributes to raise

[dawn spire]

what do you mean you can't trigger srs?

[trim nexus]

just starting out so no build for now

[amber adder]

Which one should I choose for monk?

[languid epoch]

to trigger srs i need to use a fire skill, in this case flame wall, but flame wall is linked to cast on death, cant do one if the other is linked

[dawn spire]

then wing it. We're all experimenting. Generally I'd go for whatever looks closer/better on the passive tree. Early on it shouldn't make a difference either way

[dawn spire]

hold alt to see what they do. Generally you only want enough attributes to equip the gems/gear you find. So if you wanna use more dex gems, go dex, etc

[dawn spire]

try using another fire skill in the meantime

[safe adder]

If you like using your thinking cap, that will be the most fun way to play

[dawn spire]

how does ghazzy summon his initial srs?

[languid epoch]

offering

the second the dude gets impaled it triggers srs

[safe adder]

It feels so good when you plan out your tree a little bit ahead of time then finally get enough points for that cluster of nodes you thought would be good, then your damage explodes

you feel like Albert Einstein

[dawn spire]

which dude is getting impaled?

[languid epoch]

either his reavers or the warrior skeletons

[slender fern]

How is it looking so far for you guys?

[dawn spire]

and no matter how many you impale, it's not triggering flame wall?

[slender fern]

I defeated Gregor about an hour ago

[modest saddle]

which classes should i avoid

[languid epoch]

nope

[dawn spire]

whichever ones you don't vibe with

[slender fern]

every

[trim nexus]

lastly should i be using scrolls to identify everythign i encounter?

or save

[dawn spire]

eh, I don't think so. scrolls cost 25 gold each.

If it's a low value magic item, don't ID and just disenchant.

Rares I'd always ID and sell, unless you want regal shards

[slender fern]

save

[vapid moat]

which one is this?

[slender fern]

no need to identify everything

[dawn spire]

it's a support gem, I think

[trim nexus]

just armour?

[trim nexus]

alr

[safe adder]

Just the stuff you think might be good for you or you need an upgrade in. I would probably use them on all rares early on, and some magics if I don't already have a magic item for that slot

[vapid moat]

but which?

doesnt have same name

[safe adder]

You can always buy some more but if you already have yellow items in a slot, no point in IDing random blues for that slot

[heavy pagoda]

Anyone know why Raging Spirits isnt working when I cast flamewall or ember fusillade?

[safe adder]

(most of the time)

[heavy pagoda]

I cant figure out how to make it work

[last oyster]

Did you toggle on your ragings spirits skill? You right click it

[heavy pagoda]

OMG - Im an idiot

[slender fern]

wtf slavery XD

[heavy pagoda]

thank you

[safe adder]

No ur not man

[last oyster]

no problem! I had the same thing haha

[safe adder]

Anyone else have a bug where you can't visually leave a party? Some random guy invited me and I joined just to see what the deal was and now I can't get his picture to go away even though I think I am out of the party

I think he might have trolled me

[fair scarab]

any good guides for lighting sorc tree?

[safe adder]

There are not really any guides out, its day 1

There might be some but a lot of them will just be bad

A good build already exists within your own mind, you just have to mine it

[bold mist]

Do mircotransactiosn ot transfer?

[stone fog]

Ok I thought I wanted to be a witch with minions but chronomancer sorc is so much more my speed. Any tips for levelling?

[safe adder]

If any of you guys enjoy this kind of thing, wanna take a look at my Mercenary tree for doing a Galvanic Strikes and Shockburst Rounds build, with a little Herald of Thunder and Galvanic Mark thrown in there? Let me know if I missed anything that might be cool or fun or op. Hyperlink because the URL is insanely long

I think this could own

https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree this is the tree site I am using btw, not trying to like phish you or something lol

[cinder ingot]

does anyone know if you have elemental dmg added to your weapon it's 100% chance to hit or does it sometimes not proc????

[fair scarab]

looking for a sorceress passive tree tips, anyone can link me?

[safe adder]

if I can find some cool charms I might head over to that charm cluster in the bottom right, it seems really good

[slender fern]

what should i take i have spark already for minion build

[safe adder]

what skills are you going to use?

[fair scarab]

lightning

[safe adder]

pick the one that you think looks the most fun man

[trim nexus]

can someone explain further? still dont get it

[dawn spire]

hold alt and read chain, that might help

[trim nexus]

right i keep forgetting about alt

[safe adder]

so get you some lightning/elemental damage nodes, some shock/electrocute nodes (if your spell does shock/electrocute), maybe a couple cast speed nodes, some mana/mana regeneration nodes, some energy shield nodes, some ailment nodes, just think about what would make the skill(s) you are using better. if you open the tree and hover a node and press Alt, you can hover the words in the tooltip to make it a little more clear

[fair scarab]

thank you so much Yuri!

[safe adder]

no problem champ, go have some fun

[fair scarab]

you too!

[raven helm]

isnt this the unique colour?

or am i stupid

[safe adder]

yes it is

[raven helm]

i thought they were rare

[safe adder]

they are

[azure grotto]

wdym by unique

are there unique items?

[safe adder]

https://tenor.com/view/do-you-feel-lucky-punk-dirty-harry-clint-eastwood-gif-16607128

[dawn spire]

there are four rarities of items
normal (white
magic (blue)
rare (yellow)
unique (orange)

[raven helm]

no. the brambleghast gave it to me

[dawn spire]

yes, you got a unique drop, the highest rarity of items

[azure grotto]

ahh okay

thanks

[safe adder]

uniques are basically like legendaries in other games

[raven helm]

have u guys gotten one?

[dawn spire]

I've gotten 2

[safe adder]

a unique item? no i have not

[dawn spire]

both were trash

unique doesn't necessarily mean good

[raven helm]

trash in terms of its mechanics or just the stats?

[dawn spire]

both

they did nothing for my build

[raven helm]

damn

[dawn spire]

uniques often have very specific stats that you need to have a very specific build to take advantage of

[crisp steeple]

Any1 playing psn build? how it feels worth trying out? wanted to try out archmage but its on lvl 60 afaik, no ty will try other playstyle

Or maybe not psn specific but any DoT?

[heady palm]

how do i view my hit chance?

[wide creek]

It's based on enemy evasion so it will change depending on what you are trying to hit

[dawn spire]

G -> arrow next to dps

[night kite]

damn so i cant use other support gems?

The recommended support gems for Hand of Chayula is kinda eh, trying to put Heightened Curse and Impending Doom but it seems like it cannot be slotted in

[dawn spire]

click "all gems" in the lower left

[night kite]

yaa
man this is sad

[dawn spire]

what does hand of chayula do?

[night kite]

its applies curse

[dawn spire]

yeah, impending doom spcifies it must be a curse you cast yourself

surprised that heightened doesn't work tho

[dull otter]

does witch infernalist demon form use a weapon?

[dawn spire]

nope, disables your weapons

[night kite]

fair, ig ill give up speccing to chayula monk, will just go for invoker

[maiden karma]

The poison bow skill combos are a cool concept, but it feels really bad when enemies are just a tiny bit too fast and poisonburst doesn't hit any of the plants

[slow steeple]

What happens if i give persistence to contagion? does it auto cast?

[dawn spire]

can you show persistence?

[fleet blaze]

GYYOT

[livid hamlet]

Anyone know if merc is underpowered early ?

i legit can't get through one stage

very early

[drowsy light]

apparently projectile damage doesn't increase armour piercing round's damage? that's so odd

[rose ice]

Actually had the same question lol

[abstract nimbus]

this is a good buy right?

[dawn spire]

@slow steepleit only gives it 40% more duration

[dawn spire]

I can't tell, you cut off the price

[raven helm]

is there a way to target the monk bell when using the default m&kb controls?

[main spear]

Any Mercs that can guide me in the right direction? Level 14 lol

[dawn spire]

but if it's better than your current weapon and you have the gold, why not buy it I guess

[abstract nimbus]

why does price matter

[dawn spire]

because you asked if it's a good buy, not a good item

it's a fine item

but if it's all your gold and not too big of an upgrade

meh

[abstract nimbus]

its 900gold and i got 2413 and this is what im using rn

[night kite]

i just use tempest flurry to bonk it

[dawn spire]

have you tried transmuting + augmenting your current staff? and how much do you care about using fire bolt vs lightning bolt?

tho based on the level, I'd say your current staff is probably what you picked up at level1

so you probably don't wanna transmute it at this point

[abstract nimbus]

yes,.. im using spark and firewall atm so i thought this one is rlly good staff i should buy

[vast orbit]

anyone else think witch is kinda bad? i might make a new char

[worthy mason]

Guys wanna ask , wanted to play warrior but couldn’t some skills , such as hammer of the gods anyone can explain how can i get it?

[maiden karma]

I have 60% poison chance on the skill, so ailment chance is a multiplier on poison chance instead of addition

[dawn spire]

If you're using spark, yeah, seems solid. go for it

[magic maple]

sounds like a sorc build, its an ok upgrade if most of your skills are lightning based

[dawn spire]

but make sure you're looking out for one handed stuff and shields. those can also boost your damage a lot

[dawn spire]

skills are gated by the tier of the gem you cut. Some aren't available until much later on

[abstract nimbus]

is this lightning bolt good?

[dawn spire]

no idea, try it

[abstract nimbus]

im guessing thats my single target spell and spark i use for aoe

[dawn spire]

I also don't know what your other skills are, so I have no way to tell if it's good relative to your other stuff or not

[ripe finch]

Hi, did you guys found a good way to generate power charge ? Its quite difficult only with Killing Palm

[dawn spire]

spark can be nuts for single target if you fight an enemy in an enclosed area where all your sparks will eventually land

[errant lark]

frost lotus

you can use killing palm on it

[ripe finch]

What really ?

[night kite]

you'll get more options later like Siphoning Strike @ripe finch

Monk get to feels good once you grab Herald of Thunder and Tempest Flurry while bonking at the bell

[ripe finch]

Oh sound good, i am currently using Falling Thunder, but getting power charge for it sometime is messy

i will check tempest flurry when i get it

[modest saddle]

what should i go for in a monk skill tree

[radiant yarrow]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/8f2jn05a Basic build, has all 4 with about 100% increased cold, lightning, chaos damage. If anyone sees something that could change please lmk. If you have high intelligence, you can take off some lightning damage near eternal youth for +1 level to chaos skills or curse passives

[uncut bay]

I am a sorc stuck in act2, what build do you recommend for completing the campaign?

currently using ember as the main skill

[lofty fox]

Would it be bad to put this on freeze skill to add poison if I haven't taken anything for poison in skill tree? And how to know how much damage the poison would do?

[orchid torrent]

2 hours later im still paralysed from making decisions on what to paly in first town, since it's so hard to tell which of the skils are useless in this early state of the game

[dawn spire]

poison's magnitude is based on the physical and chaos damage your hit deals. So if your skill isn't doing that, you won't get much/any value from poison

[lofty fox]

Oh yeah I was just able to figure that out. Need to check if cold damage counts as physical, probably not

[dawn spire]

it does not

there are 5 damage types; Physical, chaos, cold, fire, and lightning

[lofty fox]

Okay thanks a bunch

[ripe finch]

Just to be sure, we cannot use multiple time the same support gem right ?

[dawn spire]

luckily you'll be swimming in skill gems so you're not locked in at all

[maiden karma]

Yes, unless you get the gemling node which allows you to use them twice

[orchid torrent]

the opposite for support gems tho no? you dont get enough at all from what i see

[slender fern]

Im doing sniper skelies with flame wall solar orb unearth spark seems very OP in act 2

[ripe finch]

Wait what ?

[dawn spire]

I've never felt like I've been hurting for support gems

[slender fern]

yea support gems are dropping less

[dawn spire]

gemling legionnaire is a mercenary ascendancy that lets you use up to two supports of the same type at once instead of just one

[radiant yarrow]

how does hand of chayula work? Does it only work on curses/marks on it's sockets?

[dawn spire]

yes

@radiant yarrowread the yellow text above the blue text

[ripe finch]

Oh right the ascendancy, damn Mercenary seem to have a insane one

[radiant yarrow]

Yeah I just wanted to make sure cuz I'm on the poe 2 db for support gems and only see 6 curses but I think there are more so thought I might be thinking the wrong thing. Is there a way to open the menu with all the skills and supports without any uncut ones?

[dawn spire]

unfortunately I don't believe so

[crisp steeple]

So, poison in current state quite hard to play?

[radiant yarrow]

damn, hopefully they add something like that

[keen dawn]

Anyone knows for Ranger - Is Lightning Arrow + Lightning Rod the better build compared to other lightning skills? Can't seem to think of a better combo but I am only level 12 🙂

[maiden karma]

The start is very rough, until you can make actually good skills poison

[keen dawn]

I only use the poison arrow to face bosses

my standard mob clearing skills are with thunder

[maiden karma]

Basic attack does more damage than poisonburst arrow

[thorny crater]

fubgun used those for the entire campaign so im pretty sure it is

[keen dawn]

Who is fubgun?

I might have to check him out if he is a streamer

[thorny crater]

yeah hes on twitch, he also has commands for his setup after every act

[keen dawn]

thanks

kinda wild

i rarely see ranger streams i think, i kept seeing like warrior or something

[crisp steeple]

So you dont recommend trying it out?

i went lightning route, but i feel like its not what i would like to play 😄

[sand whale]

Using escape shot + lightning arrow super helpful in kiting

[lofty grotto]

Gotta say
So far ranger is a smooth ride
Both poison and lightning

[thorny crater]

oh also freezing salvo is really good

[lofty grotto]

Finishing act 3 right now

[timid aurora]

someone give me a powerful monk build and keep in mind act 1 and 2 end bosses. probably frost based right?

[lofty grotto]

Freezing salvo is the goat
However it bugs out when moving

[slender fern]

best thing is my game got crashed when greg boss was half health and after game restarted it was still half health and i was fighting him

[frozen plinth]

i'll never actually progressin the game because i'm juggling 4 builds t_t can't decide what to stick with 😄

first world problems

[cobalt crater]

Whats a good merc build now?

[keen dawn]

Is salvo just for more damage or?

[dawn spire]

it's a great freeze/ohshit button

[opaque horizon]

I need to see a video of a warrior doing the final act 1 boss because I feel really stupid.

[gloomy venture]

what is the standard dps benchmark you should have at level 24?

[livid hamlet]

are you playing merc ?

[dawn spire]

there is no standard benchmark for anything, even in poe1. If you're killing stuff and not dying or running out of flasks, you're fine

[livid hamlet]

i can't get past early stages of the game

i want to like merc, but like, this class deals 0 damage early

[dawn spire]

have you tried lightning rod + orb of storms?

[livid hamlet]

i literally hit draven for 20 per hit if i'm lucky

[wind agate]

what are you using

[dawn spire]

I swear, any class can pick up a bow and win with those two skills

[timid aurora]

Any good monk build for a starter?

[cobalt crater]

Yes

[maiden karma]

Treat it like a Souls boss, learn the attack cues and prioritise dodging

[gloomy venture]

im a merc as well, i switch to lightning arrow and lightning rod and can relatively clear easily

[wind agate]

draven etc was really easy as merc

[livid hamlet]

so basically abandon crossbows altogether ?

[sand whale]

Skill issue

[agile meteor]

How i know my skill is used? Where i can see spirit skills use?

[dawn spire]

I use lightning rod and orb of storms and leveled to 18 with zero damage nodes

[livid hamlet]

shut the fuck up

[dawn spire]

if that's what it takes, yeah

[agile meteor]

how i equip it?

[sand whale]

Its ok u will get better

[timid aurora]

yeah those people are annoying they should be in general why troll here

[opaque horizon]

Right click the icon above the gem in your G menu.

[thorny crater]

crossbows just do no damage early on

[gloomy venture]

i dont think crossbow merc is good starter

[livid hamlet]

i don't know

[dawn spire]

right click it and you'll see a spiral effect on it to know it's active

[livid hamlet]

yeah crossbows just seem pretty weak as a starter

[void notch]

Hmm, wondering what spirit skil to go with first

[gloomy venture]

i got hardstuck level 9 with merc and zoomed to level 23 with LA build

[livid hamlet]

same

[dawn spire]

wind dancer is fuckin great for me as a bow build

[round escarp]

If you're not doing damage you got a use your support skills. Try supporting your main attack instead of actual skills. This was mentioned on stream

[timid aurora]

what stream

[sand whale]

If u dont combo ur gonna have a bad time

[dawn spire]

I feel like skill combos are way more impactful for damage than support gems in poe2

[void notch]

I saw wind dancer, it was in my list

[timid aurora]

so its more of a MMO now, gotta use 4-5 skill rotations

[sand whale]

Merc blew theough two acts with shit gear

[void notch]

I'm probably playing merc wrong then, it's slow goin

[dawn spire]

Lightning rod + orb of storms = clear act 1 with a bow and no damage passive nodes

[gloomy venture]

should i be investing in projectile damage or elemental damage for nodes in the tree?

[pearl sluice]

any tools out yet, or y'all still using spreadsheets?

[livid hamlet]

crossbows just seem to suck

[timid aurora]

Frost Monk looks cool, but wouldn't it just be better to be a Frost Sorc/Witch?

[livid hamlet]

early on

[sand whale]

Bad players gonna copee

[dawn spire]

whatever you want. Attack speed, lightning, shock, and attack damage all benefit you. I made it through act 1 with no damage nodes at all

[plucky gorge]

How're people building ranger? I can't seem to get decent damage with frost or light 😦

[tropic socket]

Anyone tried resonating shield build ? how is it

[timid aurora]

stop trolling

[sand whale]

Shut the fuck up

[dawn spire]

lightning rod + orb of storms. Put chain support on orb of storms. Win

[sand whale]

[sterile lion]

I’m kinda new to Poe and I was wondering if it’s possible to convert all melee flicker strike damage to chaos or does it not work that way?

[void notch]

Always with the toxic people lol

[hoary plover]

i need to switch to this because LA feels garbage

[last kite]

any merc tips?

[plucky gorge]

anything ice viable or nah?

[dawn spire]

idk if it's possible yet. we don't know all gear mods or uniques yet

[wind ridge]

is whirling assault from monk a proper spin to win ability like cyclone?

[livid hamlet]

supposedy abandon crossbows early on

[sterile lion]

Alright thx

[dawn spire]

1. We have no idea what's viable yet.
2. Wtf does viable even mean?
3. I've only tried that one combination so far, there might be loads of other good combos. Try shit out

[plucky gorge]

I def am, i can't seem to get anything to do well, even "well"

[outer phoenix]

Heyo! Anywhere I can find some Witch builds?

[normal fable]

summoner witch feel very weak or am i doing something wrong?

[sand whale]

Using with fire wall?

[bold zodiac]

Summoner witch wasnt working so well for me until I got raging spirits. Decided to swap to elemental damage witch, I plan on trying Ignite+Bleed Flameblast as Blood mage (if I can find a spell bleed source, which may or may not exist)

[timid aurora]

I'm surprised the game doesnt' allow mouse wheel up and down rebinding

[normal fable]

yessir

[modest saddle]

how should i play monk,can anyone send a skill tree?

[safe adder]

pick the skills you think looks fun

[vital dragon]

I wish we had class specific channels.....

[willow cargo]

General skill and support recommendations for early warrior leveling?

[thin basin]

sockets on skill on items is based on ilvl right>?

[safe adder]

that is pointless for everything but ascendancy points, every class can use every weapon and skill and item

[trim nexus]

is max life good on armor?

[little sage]

I went with poison purely cuz I like it. Turns out, not that bad!

[torn monolith]

Anyone here tried out chronomancer? I'm trying to figure out which sorc ascendancy to take

[safe adder]

Pick the skill(s) you think look the most fun or cool or interesting, try the suggested support skills out and then try the ones of those you think look cool or fun

[valid lark]

does infernalist demon mode unsummon minions? im rerolling a new character

[rustic oar]

Why this skill has basically no damage? What is considered offhand if it's a shield?

[timid aurora]

how do i swap back to wasd

[rustic oar]

it doesn't freeze either

[normal fable]

what lvl did u get this

[safe adder]

this is always the right answer for "what x should i play/pick/do". the one you like or think is fun or think is interesting or think is cool. that is the only right answer.

[dawn spire]

offhands can be shields and foci as far as I know

[rustic oar]

Well if shield is off hand its clearly not interacting with it

[timid aurora]

Anyone know a Streamer who is BLASTING with monk?

I see msot playing sorc/witch/merc/warr

[rustic oar]

neither cold infusion

[little sage]

Exactly! Went through some gems, found the poison applies plague one? That makes them explode upon death, slapped that on poisonburst arrow with pierce and its a vibe

[vital dragon]

@safe adder Im new to poe but wouldnt it make it easier to discuss build planning considering the starting paths?

[dawn spire]

oh in the stats. you can also dual wield 1h weapons. I guess the 1-1 is a placeholder for the shield's damage

[lofty grotto]

They suck realy bad until High Velovity Rounds
Slap this bad boy with double barrel + scattershot and you can just turn your brain off.
It melts everything at max range.
Pretty much strongest crossbow move early on

[dreamy stag]

So, how's summons ?

[rustic oar]

cold infusion should build stacks right? It wont even proc

[dreamy stag]

I'm currently having an awful time with them (level 24 rn)

[odd spade]

is there a monk specific channel

[rapid marlin]

tytykiller

[odd spade]

huh?

[dawn spire]

you can do loads of different stuff with every class and we don't have any reputable build guides yet. Recommending anything at this point aside from personal experience and advice wouldn't make sense. And since the game has been out for less than a day, we don't have a lot of personal experience to recommend from

[rapid marlin]

wrong person reply

[kindred horizon]

I had +3 level with extra 35 spirit and they would just get deleted by bossses

[odd spade]

oh lol

[safe adder]

well you pick the class you think is cool, then you pick the skills you think are cool, and then you read the tooltip of the skills/weapons you have picked and look at the tree and get the nodes that make that skill or skills better. thats it. you don't have to have a perfectly optimized tree or support gem setup or anything like that to have fun

[rapid marlin]

tytykiler

[dreamy stag]

Ah yeah, +3 level would help

[orchid torrent]

Okay, what's the most overpowered (ranged/sums) skill or skill combo people have found? I'll just build around that

[slender fern]

anyone got bloodmage skill tree build ?

[dawn spire]

lightning rod + orb of storms carried me through act 1 with literally no damage nodes on the tree

[vital hornet]

I didn't play poe1, so can't compare it, but I like summons here. Summons aren't strong so far though. Best I got is fire skulls from fire spells (Fire Wall).
Zombies are neat meat shield decoys.

[lofty grotto]

Btw. can anyone confirm that R13 gems are from pinnacle?

[dreamy stag]

Havent dropped another buff gem, and didnt chose the SRS buff

[languid kestrel]

hey having ignite when speccing into crit nodes is fine right? since ignite is based on the initial hit so crit means bigger initial hit?

[fathom inlet]

Hey guys, I have an idea for a Chronomancer, this is what I want to do:

Fire spells
run Temporal Chains as a support curse with AOE so everything that comes close slows
a "cast on damage taken" trigger when I am hit up close with ice nova
a "cast on damage taken" Vaal ice nova
raise spectre, animate weapon, and animate guardian

I know it sounds insane, and might not be very strong. But is it POSSIBLE?

[vital hornet]

Which summons do you use?

[dreamy stag]

So I'm kinda stuck with skeleton doing nothing and dying, and my biggest source of damage being bone storm

[orchid torrent]

so starting as sorc and gettign a bow for just rod presumably?

[dreamy stag]

All of the available one except zombie, at some point

[dawn spire]

yeah that's what I did. I knew I wanted to end up as a bow chronomancer, so I looked into the bow skills

[dreamy stag]

Rn I'm with frost mage, but I went through all of them for trying to find something that work

To note that my passive tree is mostly just minion damage too

[mental granite]

do you have a guide for POE 2 summoner that i can follow?

[vital hornet]

Right now I use Arsonists + Fire skulls from Raging Spirits + Zombies + Unearth sometimes.

[lofty grotto]

Bow chronomancer

[orchid torrent]

ok sounds cool, I'l just start fresh and build in that general direction, since I also wanted to try chrono. Any other tips of what seems partyicularly bad or good to pcik so far when going that way?

[forest glacier]

are you able to change skill points down the road to try different builds?

[little sage]

yes, a character will have a "refund passives" option

[dreamy stag]

Yeah, I want to try something with Fire Skulls + Unstable Minions

But, I havent seen a single buff gem except the Act 1 one

So, I've been stuck with this miserable build till I find one

[lofty grotto]

Refund pretty much unlocks in the middle of act 1

[dreamy stag]

To be fair, just for thah, I like the old gem obtention system more

[vital hornet]

I think you need support gem lvl 2 for that (Inferno legion buff from skeleton warriors), which eats minion health.

[dawn spire]

linking orb of storms to chain is a must. Overabundance on it also does insane dps, but makes it way clunkier. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

Wind dancer is a great spirit skill imo. Saves my ass on many occasions.

You can link anything you want to lightning rod, but I would recommend NOT using scattershot or anything to lower its damage/speed. I'm using increased aoe and concentrated effect on lightning rod currently

[dreamy stag]

Dont necesseraly do, it's better, but you can have a Unstable minions support before

[slender fern]

lagging?

[vital hornet]

Yes, but timed minions just die without exploding if their timer runs out.

[lofty grotto]

Ligthtning rod melts
It doesn't scale from hit it triggers so you can slap +1 bounce gem on lightning arrow + nodes for % chance for rebounce.
Epylepsy warning though

[dreamy stag]

Yeah, ennemies hard enough to kill them before the timer runs out tho

[silent prawn]

if duration runs out it isn't minion death.

[dreamy stag]

If the game doesnt give me another buff gem by the end of act 2, I think I'll just reroll, because I don't really want to play a build that need a +3 to work, knowing my luck with gear

[dawn spire]

orb of storms has 3 base chains. Chain support adds 1 and doubles it to 8 chains

Overabundance support lets you use two orbs of storms.

One lightning rod = up to 17 hits

[hoary plover]

my problem is everything just moves out of it

[timid aurora]

Which monk skills should I take first? Ice?

[silent prawn]

respec? should be easier than restart

[dawn spire]

I stand still with wind dancer (or pop a freezing salvo first)

I also use the increased aoe support on it

[orchid torrent]

oh by this you mean you only went with energy shield (and maybe like dexterity for bows?) type choices only?

[hoary plover]

makes sense. i switched to different skills and im much happier now though

[obsidian merlin]

Incase it hasn't been mentioned, or people didn't see it if it did:

WARNING:
INFERNALIST DEMON FORM does NOT:

1. use your weapons at all (they are disabled and no stats, spirit or abilities work) - believe this was a known issue prior to EA
2. use any spirit at all. Any persistent buff/auras/minions will not work.
3. work with certain support gems (the life regen one comes to mind)

[dawn spire]

I went with whatever gear dropped with life, resists, and movement speed (on boots)

[obsidian merlin]

4. believe people have been reporting certain skills cancelling it too, even though they are spells. (have not tested this myself)

[orchid torrent]

and in terms of passive skill tree choices?

[dawn spire]

this was my starting tree lmao

[vital hornet]

That sucks. Demon form seems to be almost a trap pick, but it is too cool looking to skip.

[dawn spire]

I gtfo of the sorc start and worked my way to the right for eventual bow/proj/attack/cooldown stuff for later

[orchid torrent]

haha

[obsidian merlin]

It sucks from a build planning / theorycrafting point of view. Especially the lack of spirit use, its basically a whole build mechanic unavailable.
That said..... I believe they tuned it to compensate for the weapon disables..... and yeah it is crazy good if u stack life regen and can easily get 60+ stacks

[trim sandal]

anyone got good fire dmg node to aim for first?

[obsidian merlin]

ive managed to kill some of the later A3 bosses in like 15sec (maybe exaggerated... like 30sec)

in demon form

[stiff compass]

damn

[hoary plover]

what class/skill?

[trim sandal]

im playing as witch - and was looking to go infernalist

been using fire skills from staff

and unearth

[hoary plover]

if you search fire on the passive tree it should highlight for you. theres some right at the start, then up and to the left

[tawdry maple]

can you view the list skills availble. G, only brings up your skills equipped

[sonic hull]

Can someone help with Talent points? I cant add any to talent tree. Says something like «requirements are not met» whats that?

[trim sandal]

duration skills cant Crit right?

[dawn spire]

damage over time cannot crit

but there can be duration-tagged skills that can crit/hit

[obsidian merlin]

During a1-2 i was always keeping a spare uncut gem in my inventory as a referencing tool/planner for this very reason lol 😅

[trim sandal]

ok im using flame wall atm to melt stuff down, looking to get corpse explosion asap

but the ways toward the flame nodes contain chaos and minion dmg that i dont really need

or crit

[rustic oar]

Some DOTs can be boosted by criting

like bleed

[obsidian merlin]

crit benefits ailments, due to the magnitude of the hit triggering it being bigger. but doesnt affect pure damage over time afaik

[trim sandal]

maybe the crity will be good after

[sonic hull]

Ty

[dawn spire]

which nodes are you talking about?

[trim sandal]

if i want to get up to those flame nodes

I can go through the middle(crit), or go through energy shield to have value from them

or just use the travel ones?

[hoary plover]

take the left path out of start. spell damage > "raw power" > "path of flame" > "breath of fire" > up through center then left > "intense flames"

[dawn spire]

?

[crisp steeple]

Does someone played pconc?

[trim sandal]

i didnt know if it was worth using all my passives on travelling

[dawn spire]

better than dead nodes, for sure

[hoary plover]

is what i would do

[dawn spire]

also, you can only access the ignite nodes from the south, yeah, if youwanted to get the aoe and fire damage with hits, you gotta do something like what hypna did, yeah

[hoary plover]

travel points are necessary for int for mana, to level up skills and equip gear. and dont forget strength gives life

[trim sandal]

im playing witch so i have different nodes there:

[pure axle]

I'm trying to justify using arc over spark. But spark just seems, better?

[hoary plover]

ah right. i forgot there are variable nodes

[lofty grotto]

You have few options to fix it:

• freeze (escape shot, frost salvo)
• use electrocing arrow over monsters on pins to kite them backwards into pins
• dodge tank inside of them
• in later game you can quickly stack electrocution with lightning nova on shock (you spam shock anyway)

[trim sandal]

yeah that whole chunk is kinda useless on infernal witch

ill go around it

[lofty grotto]

Electrofy is weirdly rare in PoE2

[trim sandal]

to the left

[sonic hull]

Can someone help with Talent points? I cant add any to talent tree. Says something like «requirements are not met» whats that?

[dawn spire]

make sure you aren't checking any of the weapon skill set nodes in the top right

[opaque summit]

I want to play gemling but looking for other idea on what weapons to use because I'm not terribly interested in crossbow - unless it's very determintal to my success to skip it

[sand cape]

Hi, does anyone know if there are any melee weapons that give spirit stats?

[lofty grotto]

Check if you havent put weapon swap point on the way

[distant dome]

anyone free? I want to test if killing the boss that drops uncut spirit gems on a new character gives more spirit gems.

[dawn spire]

scepters can I think

[hoary plover]

ive moved on to other skills now, but i'll keep it in mind for next time.
LA was just for leveling until i got the skill i was planning on using anyway

[ripe finch]

Is Herald of thunder like a passif now ? I use it in my Skills but does not appear

[lofty grotto]

Gemlimg works with everything

[abstract mountain]

so Chronomancer can reset cooldowns, but... what cooldowns? There are basically no cooldown spells unless you slap something like Hourglass and then you can only use it on one spell.

[sand cape]

I'm fairly new to poe. Do scepter do melee? I'm currently using a club xD

[lofty grotto]

May I ask what you use?
Frenzy RoA?

[dawn spire]

spells, no. but there are two very high cooldown strong attack-related ones, like barrage and hammer of the gods

You can also make any skill have a cooldown with various support gems like hourglass

[sonic hull]

How can i navigate there with controller?
It says 2 (4)

[hoary plover]

gas arrow explode/ignite

[dawn spire]

clubs are one-handed maces, scepters are their own weapon class I think

[abstract mountain]

hourglass was the only one that seemed worth it sadly

[opaque summit]

even though all the weapon skill nodes that are in the game are so far away?

[lofty grotto]

Yes

[dawn spire]

yeah, the cooldown nodes aren't something I'd recommend taking unless you have a very clear idea in mind of how to use them. Otherwise the other nodes are also really solid imo. And they're mostly build-agnostic

[trim sandal]

gnna do this to get all these ones faster

[dawn spire]

there are loads of more generic damage nodes on the tree as well. Doing a lightning build? Lightning damage helps no matter what weapon you use. Using projectiles? Proj damage helps regardless of weapon

[lofty grotto]

But it's no training wheels ascendancy. It doesn't give you sligthless clue what to build becouse it boost everything at same time.
I would recommend it without proper game knowledge

The more community will learn the stronger gemling will be

[abstract mountain]

Gemling might actually be a class to have fun with cooldowns. you can slap the Hourglass support gem on two skills for extra side burst damage

2 hourglass, 2 unleash skills, that's a lot of burst

lots of cooldown speed nodes in the area too

[sonic hull]

Can you please help me?
It looks like that here

[crisp wraith]

Is there a way to have shattering palm cast on kill, or something similar?

The goal would be to chain explosions with it

[lofty grotto]

Cast on x reffers to spell keyword

[crisp wraith]

Pain

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure. Are you sure you're not trying to use normal nodes on top of weapon set nodes? try using weapon set one or two and then allocating

[crisp wraith]

I really wanna emulate the exploding palm gameplay from d3

[woven canopy]

Mercenary, str and dex dont give damage?

[crisp wraith]

That really is my goal with monk

Applying palm and chain killing stuff with it

[vapid flower]

Hey everyone, hope y'all are enjoying POE2 as much as my gf and I! Loving the Monk!!!

[formal night]

is this node worth it?

[dire harness]

Does fire damage reduce frost buildup?

[vapid flower]

I'm looking for a good POB site. SO far I've found this one: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/
Does anyone know of any better ones or a reason to not use the one I found?
Thanks for the knowledge!

[obsidian wagon]

merc crossbow should i go elemental or bleed?

[dire harness]

If you party with friends, elemental can stack pretty well

[obsidian wagon]

solo mostly

[dire harness]

Then I think it comes down mostly to playstyle. Test and adjust ^_^

Frozen status is like a short stun

Depends on if you need that extra space/time or just want pure DMG.
Bleed is a dot, which helps for bosses more than packs.

[obsidian wagon]

bosses have been the biggest pain i think; i dont know of any grenades that pair well with bleed?

[polar zealot]

How do i find persistent skill gems on the gem cutting panel , I want to level my grim feast gem but can't find it using it an uncut gem

[wraith island]

any good build for monk?

[little sage]

I don't know what 2nd support gem to put on my auto attack, im playing a poison ranger at the moment so I have envenom, but past that I'm unsure. Pierece I already have on my poisonburst arrow, scattershot didnt seem like a good fit so I placed it on my vine arrow, any suggestions?

[vital dragon]

what constitutes a Elemental ailment? Im assuming poision isnt one. but it is an ailment like bleeds.

[dire harness]

My buddy runs a monk with me and his bell is op AF. Focuses mostly on stun and Crit.

[umbral gulch]

shock, chill, scorch

[rustic coral]

Is frozen locus good on monk?

[serene flint]

i use it to help me get out of situations

[rustic coral]

but not good as a main dmg thing?

i need a good monk build for act bosses

[grim hornet]

Hi, just joined.

In solo I get the bell sucks. I'll die half the time before I can set it up where I could have just killed them all already with killing palm charged electric attacks.

[serene flint]

nah i havent seen much damage on great for freeze buildup if you can proc it

[woven bough]

where do iget spirit? my merc needs 30 reserve for a buff (i jave 30 but it says not enough)

[rustic coral]

what monk build is best atm for boss?

[vital dragon]

Is there a reload speed node?

[serene flint]

everyone is trying to figure out the early game. i was using a glacial cascade build but swapped to a falling thunder tempest bell style now

[daring vapor]

I thought I understood what this was saying, but when I attach the projectile speed to a skill gem it doesn't get buffed, is this basically just any passive node that increases/decreases projectile speed that increases damage and not the skill gem?

[dawn spire]

does the projectile speed support say "more" projectile speed or "increased"?

[grim hornet]

I'm only level 11 and I can't help but feel staggering palm buff lasts too short,

Bell you just die trying to set up

Glacial has pretty much carried me for boss killing. And lotus into vortex into killing palm triggering electric AOE and healing me into power charge 3 electric for groups

[buoyant pendant]

what class should i do

[dawn spire]

that node ONLY works with increased/reduced, specifically @daring vapor

[buoyant pendant]

im still debating between ranger, mercenary, warrior, and monk

[daring vapor]

Ohhhh I see

[buoyant pendant]

what should i choose

[grim hornet]

What you want

[buoyant pendant]

ok

[daring vapor]

RIP

Thanks all

[grim hornet]

Like how y'all setting up Bell and not dying in the process from the swarm, and ranged enemies outside.

I pretty much have to rng evade in the setup then hope my life on kill saves me

[kindred horizon]

What should I do for Blood Mage for Act 2 Final Boss?

[grim hornet]

Meanwhile my locus one shots groups right now

[kindred horizon]

Running a elemental ailment build and I just die to my own spells
LV36

[rustic coral]

okay you were right

frozen locus feels like trash

i dont see the point

[grim hornet]

As solo it is a temp HP wall that slows and kills groups when procs while giving me time for my setups

[dawn spire]

is that the lotus* that you can use killing palm on to generate power charges?

[fickle raft]

do spells "hit" ?

[serene flint]

yeah its ok in the start for freeze buildup but you dont get enough int to make it work

[dawn spire]

they can, yes

[dawn spire]

anything that is not damage over time is a hit

[inland leaf]

Any advice on how the tree should look like for lightning sorceress? Looking like this so far:

[rustic coral]

is frost monk bad idea? should i go full lightning?

[fickle raft]

ah its just to disclose DOT

ic

[cyan hamlet]

Anyone been working on Gem Legionnaire merc? It doesnt quite function how I thought it would from reading the descriptions. at least not yet at level 34ish.

Struggling to understand how/why you would use other classes skills with the "Your highest stat used for Gem requirements" as so far I cant really see that much in the way of synergy between classes. Mostly spells rely on other spells of the same class to be elevated

[rustic coral]

how about frost strike at lvl 14

[serene flint]

frost monk can be really good once you get int and some frost build items

havent gotten that ability tbh

[hard falcon]

is there any way to reduce the life loss of demon form? at 60 stacks its 30% life per second it seems hard to regen that much. it just seem way easier to just go sorc if I'm to do dmg myself

[languid geode]

Anyone rocking LA Deadeye?

[grim hornet]

I Wonder how viable doing a frost+electric Monk on the long run.

The skills are meshing well for me right now

[misty swan]

Is anyone playing monk? How come my killing palm is unsuable after I learned Staggering palm? Just want to know if Is it a feature or the game or is it a bug?

[crisp steeple]

Does this node increase poison dmg? or specifically only phys and chaos ones?

as i read poison description

[grim hornet]

I have both, it's a bug on your end because my work fine for me on PC

[misty swan]

That’s what I was afraid of.

[abstract nimbus]

i guess i pick intellext here?

[grim hornet]

Though I'm thinking of removing stagger from my skills

[misty swan]

Good to know I didn’t brick the build or something already lol

[grim hornet]

It's buff lasts way too short. It's only use has been a way to get in and trigger stun animations on a boss faster but majority of the time I'm just going to glacial them from range because I can't generate power charges on them

[deft sinew]

Does shocking ground count as a consumable shock for things like Siphoning Strike?

[exotic forum]

Hey so I'm mid-respec but I'm struggling to figure out how to allocate weapon slot skill points. I'm assuming the interface in the top right is saying that i have 4 points for each set I can spec, but I cant figure out how to allocate them. clicking the arrow says I should be able to but I can't click any of the nodes once that set is selected. Anyone able to make this work yet?

[buoyant pendant]

whats the best warrior build

[inland leaf]

You need passive points to allocate them. The number you see under weapon sets is the "max" you can allocate per set

[buoyant pendant]

im tryna make a good warrior build

[timber plover]

What minions are people using that seem best besides SRS?

[rustic coral]

Anyone have good monk build idea beginner? right now i feel like im playing a really bad caster spamming that ice ranged skill

[exotic forum]

ohhh, so if i have 4 passive points available, i can put 4 in each set, and it will only eat those 4 points? must've just used the points right away when i used the book

[rustic coral]

waste of time

[inland leaf]

Think so... havent really played with it myself yet but that seems to be roughly it

[buoyant pendant]

any build for mercenary?

[deft sinew]

The bell combined with tempest flurry is pretty nuts

[rustic coral]

im lvl 5 dont have that

[buoyant pendant]

what about mercenary?

[shut garnet]

Any links to a Titan build? I'm struggling a bit 😅

[spiral willow]

I saw two monks on the ladder. Does anyone know what skills they use

[deft sinew]

Falling Thunder is pretty cringe without power charges, killing palm can power it if you don't mind the execute playstyle

I was using infernal cry to boost the Falling Thunder along with combo finisher to make it a big damage move every once in a while and then normal attacking to fuel bell spam. Put the faster attack speed support on normal attack (and maybe rage support if you have good attack uptime)

[buoyant pendant]

same im looking for one too

[rustic coral]

were do i get infernal cry?

[deft sinew]

It requires some strength but if you go to all gems it's one of the first you can get, idr the tab though

[rustic coral]

no clue how to do that

im gonna just play an easier class lol

what is more straght forward, sorc?

[sonic shuttle]

Is essence drain a spell?

[buoyant pendant]

theyre all the same lol

[deft sinew]

Ehhh, sorceress is apparently pretty free, apparently spark is crazy

[lucid marsh]

I'm having fun with witch

[rustic coral]

oh i heard melee was harder

[lucid marsh]

Contagion is so fun

[peak tiger]

am I doing something wrong in using the weapon skill points

it says I have 4 to spend, right?

but I can only allocate 3

[buoyant pendant]

eh not really

they're all the same

u just gotta be smart with ur dodge rolls

melee does more dmg tho

[rustic coral]

what skill for monk?

[lucid marsh]

As it should, more risk should equal more reward

[rustic coral]

oh whats tankier then im not good at squishy classes

[zinc cipher]

Just play warrior with a shield

[glad dust]

Anyone else feel like the warrior is getting smashed in a few hits. Dodging and rolling , stats life , resistance , armor and evasion on gear and can barely
Take a hit ?

[zinc cipher]

U do big dmg and can survive, make sure to dodge tho

[hot pecan]

I'm having the same problem

[buoyant pendant]

idk

[rustic coral]

monk feels like hard mode

[zinc cipher]

From what I seen, I only die when I don’t dodge stuff you obviously need to dodge, otherwise I just block/eat hits

[zinc cipher]

Pretty sure people r talkin bout how easy monk is cos of the mobility damage etc

Hard mode would be 2h or dual wield without defensive I guess

Unless u know how to dodge ofcs

[dawn spire]

chronomancer abilities, btw

[rustic coral]

what skill allows this mobility

[obsidian wagon]

does increased projectile damage also scale grenade damage?

[glad dust]

@zinc cipher that’s how feel like it should be , I dodge crap on the ground and hits I see coming , I go in attack . A few mobs get close and poof dead in a hit or two . Feel like I can take a hit for a second once I start attacking after I have dodged and avoided ?

[zinc cipher]

Not sure I don’t play monk, I’m warrior

[vital hornet]

Witch and Sorceress are pretty much the same, except for ascendencies?

[dawn spire]

their starting nodes differ slightly, but yeah, just that and ascendancies

[zinc cipher]

Damn really? What lvl n how far in the campaign are ya? When that happens to me, I go back and see what I can upgrade

[rustic coral]

All i see on reddit is monk is hardest class

squishy melee

[glad dust]

I’m level 12, have mostly rare gear.
Got life regen. Tried to toss on shield instead . Still pew pew lol.
I played 1000hrs on Poe 1 . So I have a good understanding of stat building and defensive stats. Just doesn’t seem to be working I feel . Wonder what’s up

[strange ivy]

i think the game is desgined to make builds come online a lot later than poe 1 so you struggle more

[hoary plover]

when do we start getting the next tier of supports? act 3?

[leaden salmon]

What skill is best for overall damage while levelling warrior on the early levels? Rolling Slam?

[frozen knot]

Is anyone aware of any caps to resistance, Armour, or evasion yet?

[clear stone]

whats the best way to farm gold and gems currently? need a lot of gold for respecs

[sonic shuttle]

Is essence drain a spell

[weak lagoon]

Do power charges grant anything anymore?

[misty swan]

Are you on PC? I’m playing on the steam deck and was wondering if that’s the problem.

[hot pecan]

I'm on PC using wasd

[misty swan]

Shucks. Might have to reinstall or something then. Let me know if you figure anything out lol

[gaunt ether]

What are the weapon sets in skill trees?

[terse pendant]

Does anyone have a skill node plan for Gemling minions?

[junior island]

how on earth do you generate frenzy charges in this game?

[chilly sage]

I've never played 1 and I'm new to 2. Im playing a witch and want to do fire spells and whatnot. Is it unwise to use these skill gems to unlock elemental spells which I guess is basically the sorceress skills? At the very least is it reversible?

[thorn roost]

Can anyone confirm power offering is in EA? I didn't see it on the gem list in game

[junior island]

you'll have a ton of skill gems

[dawn spire]

it's not reversible, but you're gonna be swimming in gems. Get whatever skill looks the most interesting or beneficial to you

[chilly sage]

Okay cool thank you

[neat yacht]

how does +# of projectiles affect ammo skills. does each "ammo" shoot an additional proj or does it load that many more arrows

[honest flower]

Anyone got a monk build idea they wanna pm me? I'm still a low level but suck at making my own builds, my brain doesn't work on its own like that lol

[trim sandal]

do u have to do summons with witch?

[honest flower]

Nope

[trim sandal]

will it be alot weaker to not take them though

wondering if i could go full fire infernalist

[dawn spire]

what does it do? I found this

[trim sandal]

with demon form

[thin basin]

last gasp doesnt work with cast on minion death, sad!

[honest flower]

You can go full elementilist with her she was the option do that before

[dawn spire]

all witch does it determine your ascendancies and your starting spot on the tree. I'm playing a bow sorceress and doing great

[quick eagle]

Does temp chains curse stack with chronomancer passive?

[fleet blaze]

does conc work with pconc?

[dawn spire]

I don't see any reason why they wouldn't stack

[static plinth]

Apex Of The Moment?

[quick eagle]

Yes

[static plinth]

Yeah, they're not even the same type of debuff

nvm

Action speed is slow now

[quick eagle]

I guess if the game coded it as some version of passive aura temp chains or whatever

[static plinth]

Oh wow pathfinders better than i thought

Or is temp chains just movement speed now

Have we seen any methods of self-curse?

[quick eagle]

Okay, so poedb2 says slows are always multiplicative with eachother

[paper flax]

Why don't I have a stash 13?

[static plinth]

Yahoo yippee

[static plinth]

Is it a type of tab that isnt in 2?

[stuck prawn]

I'm I supposed to be able to allocate these points in my passive tree?

[static plinth]

Like Delve tab

[dawn spire]

it was probably a type that isn't applicable to poe2

[paper flax]

Could be, I didn't really play #1 a lot lol

[zinc cipher]

don’t listen to those hippies that say “classes don’t matter play as anything”, you still have freedom to do anything with a class but it will take more investment. If u want minions and u not tryna do any kinda special build with it, then just go witch or whatever most the minion passive nodes are on, also worth looking at ascendancies and seeing which one fits the build u have in mind the most.

[static thicket]

Does crit damage affect the damage of bleeds? Like will I do a bigger bleed if I crit and it bleeds them?

[dawn spire]

there are minion nodes all over the left half of the tree. As long as you don't pick like ranger or something, you're not going to be too far from good minion nodes

[formal night]

what happens since i have 2 ember fusilade eqquiped. can i put gems on the one the weapon casts?

[dreamy valve]

Hey
I'm running pain offering, and SRS with minion instability
If my SRS gets the pain offering buff, does that also affect the pop from instability?

[fleet blaze]

does this work with poison concoction? it changes the dps on every other skill but pconc

[zinc cipher]

Yh that’s my point, some classes are just easier and make more sense to for a build

[static plinth]

Gemling stonks?

[hasty tangle]

Any idea what to do with Mercenary? I feel like I do 0 dmg

[quick eagle]

Str stack stonks

[dawn spire]

yeah, you can use two of the same active skill. Same as using any other skills, they can be supported separately

[wintry condor]

Can someone explain to me which this node actually means? What am I able to evade that I couldn't with regular evasion? I know evasion applies to strikes and projectiles, but what does "all hits" mean?

[dawn spire]

aoe hits cannot be evaded

without that keystone

[wintry condor]

ah ok that makes sense, ty

is it worth it for an evasion build?

[dawn spire]

no idea

[wintry condor]

🤔

[static plinth]

70% fuckin hurts, it seems hard to justify

[wintry condor]

yeah totally, that's what I'm sayin man, it feels rough af lol

[low glacier]

Is there a build/advancement that specs Sorc into an Ice based build or is it just lightning getting all the love atm?

[unreal girder]

Anyone succeeding with non grenade spam xbows?

[dawn spire]

cold chronomancer sounds super nifty to me

[low glacier]

I kinda wanted it to lean heavily on dps, is that still achievable with chronomancer? I was under the impression it only had a lot of utility and cc

[neat yacht]

streamers zen_m and steelmage are doing cold sorc right now - it looks pretty good

[dawn spire]

hourglass (or other +cd) supports combo very well with chrono. Damage support gems are at a premium and chrono can use a bunch of good ones

[sonic shuttle]

the combo of swift affiliation and unleash on essence drain is really good imo

[dawn spire]

and if you have all your defense covered in the ascendancy you can invest more heavily into offense elsewhere

[dawn spire]

I got good and bad news for you, chief

bad news is unleash is useless

good news is that you have a new support gem slot

[sonic shuttle]

yeah I was just thinking that XD

Do you have some recommendation for the new free spot XD

[neat yacht]

is intense agony the same thing as swift affliction?

[sonic shuttle]

Someone mentioned that it would be good so I have taken it, but I guess that it firing two projectiles, despite the fact that the debuff doesnt stack, is not so bad atm

[low glacier]

Is there any way to roll back a skill point early into my build?

[primal forge]

I’m playing ssfhc keep dying as cold chrono lol

[static thicket]

so "damaged gained as" does not affect ignite damage right?

[rustic coral]

What level should I be for the 3rd zone? (red something) I'm constantly dying and i can't clear mobs

[dawn spire]

how tf have you ascended to chrono multiple times in hc?

[rustic coral]

as Monk lvl 4

[primal forge]

My bad let me clarify before I can even make it to chrono lol

[dawn spire]

levels don't really do that much early on. It's likely your playstyle, skills, and/or you're missing gear/stats

[dawn spire]

well then I guess you can't really tout any opinion on cold chrono, can you? 😛

[primal forge]

Got one shot by bramble dude got one shot by rust lord dude

[rustic coral]

im dying in seconds lol

[primal forge]

That’s fair

[thorn roost]

Is power offering in the game? I didn't see it on cut gem list

[rustic coral]

i guess its time to rerorll?

also the low fps doesn' thelp

[dawn spire]

rerolling would do nothing helpful imo

[vivid bobcat]

Is going strength nodes worth to equip shield on mage ?

[rustic coral]

is there a monk guide?

im probably using wrong skills. im using the thunder fall

[dawn spire]

if it's a good shield and you can spare the points and if you don't need anything else in your offhand

[rustic coral]

half wayh animation im dead

get mobbed

[dawn spire]

what skill(s) are you using?

[warped jackal]

Im monk too and i am doing just fine lol

[rustic coral]

im probably low gear andwrong skill

[rustic coral]

falling thunder

[vivid bobcat]

What can u even equip in second hand for mage ?

[primal forge]

I’m just getting shit by shit I didn’t know about everytime I make it to a new boss heh

[rustic coral]

1 click, dead half way thru

red vale

[dawn spire]

foci, or use a 2h staff/other 2h weapon

[primal forge]

Use the bell and falling thunder the bell

[rustic coral]

oh i dont have bell

[static plinth]

Sceptre, wand, focus, shield

[primal forge]

And use siphon strikes

[rustic coral]

i only have levl 5

i dont have that

[primal forge]

Lvl up 1 level get the bell and then falling thunder the bell makes a world of difference while it’s on cd use siphon strokes

[trail vigil]

how can I look at the gemcutting table without having a gem to cut?

[vivid bobcat]

Whats focus ?

[dawn spire]

pierce or chain might be nice

or acceleration

or arcane tempo

[rustic coral]

isn't that from a quest

ho wdo i get siphon strikes

[fluid finch]

so no one knows wtf weapon set skill points are or... ?

[rustic coral]

no clue

[dreamy stag]

Does anyone know if this only apply with attacks done with a dagger, or any attack I do while having the dagger equipped ?

[warped jackal]

I use contagion and enfeeble. Debuff them, put chaos on them and combine this with hex bloom and decaying hex. they all pop off. And i use the ice strike for extra damage.

[ashen stratus]

wtf is with the lack of life nodes on the tree?

[dreamy stag]

So, in short you can equip 2 different set of weapon

[primal forge]

Those are to use different skill nodes with different weapons

[rustic coral]

i have no clue what any of that means

[dawn spire]

hover over the 'i' in the top right by the weapon sets in the passive tree

[dreamy stag]

^

[dreamy stag]

This question is for casting an occult spell while having a dagger equiped

[warped jackal]

oh the first two are active skills and the hex are support skills.

[orchid current]

anyone found a good way to add clear with crossbows

grenades are cool but they're way too slow to detonate

[dawn spire]

"Using" means it needs to be an attack that deals damage with that weapon. "While wielding" means you just need to have that weapon equipped to gain the bonus

[abstract nimbus]

there is no support called unleash for spark correct???

[rustic coral]

well im lvl 5

all i have is falling thunder and the other ones blow

half way animation of FT i die

on any mob pack

[dawn spire]

there is a support called unleash, but you need to go to "all gems" in the lower left to find it

[dawn spire]

do you have gear equipped in as many slots as you can?

[rustic coral]

ya

[abstract nimbus]

how do i open the gem interface with a keybind?

[dawn spire]

G to open your gems, but you can't open the gemcutting interface without cutting a gem

[dawn spire]

are you dodge rolling when you're about to get rekt?

[rustic coral]

yeah im spamming dodge 90% of the time

[dawn spire]

that might be too much dodge

[rustic coral]

okay ill just die faster tho lol. im gonna go sorc

[abstract nimbus]

okay so does this mean in the all gem section unleash?

[dawn spire]

are you using the palm skill to get power charges to buff falling thunder?

[rustic coral]

no i dont have time. when i enter red vale 30 mobs rush me

[dawn spire]

unleash is just the name of a support gem. When you cut a gem, it only shows recommended supports for your skills by default, but you can go to "all gems" to look at the entire list available.

[dawn spire]

pierce and unleash are both support gem names

[abstract nimbus]

ah ok

i can put any gem from al lgems into my skill

got it

i thought theres just 9 support gems available for every skill lol

[rustic coral]

It takes 3 falling thunder to kill 1mob

and its long animation

[pulsar fern]

I'm trying Bow Lightning Rod + Crossbow Lightning Shotgun atm, seems pretty great for packs and for single target

the overlapping explosions shred

[dawn spire]

yeah it takes me at least 3 presses to kill most mobs, too

[neat yacht]

try socketing the default attack - it did more damage for me when i didnt have power charges

[rustic coral]

yikes

[abstract nimbus]

are u getting something from this screenshot?

[rustic coral]

and it has small aoe radius

[halcyon solar]

If I'm a Merc, what Attributes should i prioritize in the Attribute nodes in the Skill tree. Like Str/Dex/Int?

[rustic coral]

So every class is like this? maybe i might not be into this tyep of arpg

[neat yacht]

prob streng/dex to support your skill gems

[dawn spire]

Are you asking if I can understand what it's conveying?

[abstract nimbus]

yea

[dawn spire]

if so, yes. It's the tree for sorceror and stormweaver

the lit up nodes at the top are your ascendancy nodes for later

[abstract nimbus]

looks good right? for lvl 33 talents

[dawn spire]

I have no fuckin clue mate

[neat yacht]

are you getting power charges from killing palm? falling thunder only felt good with power charges

[stable galleon]

Ive never played PoE and I want to try getting into it. I’d like to play warrior since I try to be a warrior in every game. For a completely un knowledgeable beginner where should I look to read for optimization, efficiency, strategy, etc?

[rustic coral]

no i dont hav etime for that

[neat yacht]

ok welp

[halcyon solar]

there are a few skill gem upgrades with Int aswell. Are those irrelevant for the important Support Gems?

[dawn spire]

I am playing sorc, but I'm doing lightning bow at the moment. I have no idea what builds are good, I just know an above-average amount about how the game works

[rustic coral]

ist here a monk build that doesn't need power orbs? i dont want to do that

[abstract nimbus]

cool cool

[rustic coral]

that isn't fun

[raven helm]

@dawn spire hey man, if i log out do i need to go through each area again to reach my position in the campaign?

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all skills/gear

[dawn spire]

no, you can go back to the last waypoint you unlocked

[rustic coral]

oh okay what uild should I use then

or is there a better way to get power orbs

[hasty tangle]

is it normal to need like 150 bolts to armor break a boss?

[rustic coral]

than this shitty skill

[hasty tangle]

with Mercenary

[neat yacht]

you get power orbs with killing palm

[dawn spire]

Not yet, for power charges.

As for what you should do, I have no idea whatsoever. The game is brand new and everyone is experimenting. If going off of vibes isn't working, go off videos that look cool or ascendancy nodes you wanna try or a gem that looks fun to play

[rustic coral]

oof thats the only way? i rather literally play anythign else

[dawn spire]

you don't need to use power charges or falling thunder at all

[neat yacht]

you just snipe mobs that have low health

[rustic coral]

yah i dont find that fun

[dawn spire]

you can get any gem of that tier when you cut a gem

[neat yacht]

yeah try glaical cascade or frozen locus

[dawn spire]

you don't have to play monk skills as a monk

[mental granite]

ed/contagion still work on this version?

[rustic coral]

oh ok

so should i make a new monk?

to get the gems again and do diff skills

[dawn spire]

if you want, sure, but you could also just equip a staff and use the fireball spell it gives you

or cut a new gem if you have one

[rustic coral]

so why not just play sorc

[neat yacht]

the monks basic default attack is also strong too

[dawn spire]

because sorc has the same skills as every other class

[formal night]

if the enemy has like a shock thing in their debuff bar does that count as a status ailment or does it need to go to 100% to count as one?

[ashen belfry]

does anyone know, for what do we have "chance to inflict ailments bonus" if, for example freeze ailment inflicts only after certain ammount of damage, or am i wrong?

[dawn spire]

The only differentiating factors between classes are their aesthetics, where they start on the tree, and their ascendancy nodes

I'd recommend basing your decision off of ascendancy nodes, personally

those are the most impactful

[maiden karma]

You only have a chance to increase the buildup based on how much damage you do, that node increases your chance

[dawn spire]

I loved the look of chronomancer, but I'm making a bow build with it and doing swell

[rustic coral]

okay i see. i have an uncut gem. i can click other tabs

hmm ice bomb looks cool

frost bomb*

[dawn spire]

careful, it has a cooldown and it takes a while to actually do damage

read carefully. Always. that's the best advice I have for this game

[rustic coral]

maybe i can launch frost bobm and then spam glacial cascade

[ashen belfry]

so does "the buildup" exactly do, sorry for asking

[neat yacht]

i really enjoyed glacial cascade when i used it

[rustic coral]

cascade and frost bomb could be cool ill try it

[maiden karma]

You need to apply freeze enough times to actually freeze

[mild hollow]

still no news or aknowledgment of the fps issues for some rigs, right? the one that caps everyone at 50fps??

[ashen belfry]

oh, got it, so does it decreases the ammount of times i need to apply freeze. Or does it increase the chance to apply a single freeze?

[dawn spire]

sir this is a build planning channel

[mild hollow]

i`m sorry! lol

[dawn spire]

all good lol

[orchid current]

wrong type of build

[rustic coral]

so if i go ice monk ill need INT?

[dawn spire]

at least a little yeah

[ashen belfry]

Ty, missed the second part

[thorn roost]

Comrades has anyone heard of power offering being in game? Trying to plan around the keystone that lets people get the charges I get

[main turret]

Anyone work out a merc build yet so it doesn't feel like you're playing a reload simulator? lol

[dawn spire]

this?

[thorn roost]

Yeah I was hoping the power offered gem was in game to pair with that but I didn't see it

[fleet forge]

Anyone playing Stormweaver, is the Elemental storm any good? The numbers look low.

[rustic coral]

can i trade gems to alt

[orchid current]

man i am fucking struggling to do single target dps on my merc

thinking about swapping to sorc

[lusty skiff]

has anyone tried a non nade merc build

dont like the delayed damage after using it for a while but worried i wont be able to match dmg with just xbow

[dawn spire]

your stash is shared by all characters in the same league

[silver warren]

What are the BIS support gems for each Grenade skill?

[thin basin]

ultimatum is fking crazy

[silver warren]

Trying to fix my Merc build to combo gas and combust

[vapid viper]

Ranger seem kind weak?

I've been trying to do a couple different things but feels like ranger just ain't got it at least in act2

[trim sandal]

am i incorrect for choosing intelligence on my travel nodes for fire witch?

[dawn spire]

I'm doing lightning rod + orb of storms as sorc and doing fine

[dawn spire]

it's only incorrect if you can't equip the gems/gear you want due to lack of str/dex

[vapid viper]

I've been doing lightning arrow + lightning rods and it hasn't been great

[dawn spire]

lightning arrow trash, use orb of storms

[vapid viper]

As ranger?

[dawn spire]

orb of storms + chain and then spam lightning rod

[rustic coral]

yah but are gems bop or boe

[dawn spire]

orb of storms isn't for direct damage

[visual wasp]

PLS HELP! Q:Does minions increased damage on passive skilltree also incrase their ignite damage of witch support skill "infernal legion"? PLS HELP! ❤️

[vapid viper]

Hmm

[dawn spire]

it's for boosting the fuck out of the lightning rod hits

orb of storms + chain is 8 chains

[vapid viper]

I'll look, I've been using spam lightning rods then arrow to proc the burst aoe

[dawn spire]

and with overabundance support you can use two at once

orb of storms sends out an 8-chain beam every time you use a lightning skill while standing in it

OoS -> OoS -> Lightning rod spam is 17 hits with lightning rod every attack for as long as the orbs last

[rustic coral]

why is my bell grayed out

i can't use it

[dawn spire]

can you screenshot it?

I'm guessing it's because you changed weapons

[rustic coral]

i have on quarter staff

[dawn spire]

oh

did you link it to something or lose attributes needed to use it?

[rustic coral]

i dont like monk animations anyway maybe i just go to another class

he holds the staff so stupidly lol

[dawn spire]

oh, you can't use the bell unless you build combo first

[rustic coral]

how do i do that

[dawn spire]

reading the gem is usually your best bet

yellow text

[rustic coral]

oh time to go another class

thats way too mmo like

[sly jay]

are chaos orbs still used as currency? I haven't played poe for years

[dawn spire]

no idea. It's a brand new game

[rustic coral]

is there no monk build where i can just....use skills as i want?

[hard falcon]

u can play spell build on monk too

[rustic coral]

or is it all WoW style rotations

[dawn spire]

You might be a bigger fan of poe 1 then

[neat yacht]

im afraid most skills have inbuilt synergies

[dawn spire]

poe2 is far more combo/rotation-based than poe1

[hard falcon]

its not like u are locked to go staff and attacks with monk

[rustic coral]

i dont mind using 2-3 skill combos

[hard falcon]

u can go spell or bow or anything u want

[rustic coral]

but 4 combo points is ehh

[neat yacht]

you just attack 4 times

and then bell

[rustic coral]

what attack should I use

[dawn spire]

we have absolutely no grounds to tell you what you "should" use/do

[neat yacht]

im pretty sure only sepcific things gain combo points, I was using the default staff attack

[rustic coral]

oh this is horrible

i have to use the auto attack 4 times lol

[neat yacht]

the auto attack is good

[dawn spire]

if you qualify it with something like, "what should I use if I want to feel like I'm playing a WoW hunter?" or something, then we can answer better

[neat yacht]

until you get level 5 skill gem

[hard falcon]

tempest furry?

[dawn spire]

can't tell if typo or not

hmm

[hard falcon]

icy strike?

[neat yacht]

i think those skills are later than where regulos is at

[dawn spire]

@rustic coralwhat vibe/style do you want to do? Are there any archetypes or playstyles from other games you like?

[rustic coral]

someone told me as merc they just spam grenades

that sounds cooler

ill try that

[dawn spire]

well good news, every class can spam grenades

[swift estuary]

Does Summon Raging Spirits scale with my Spell Damage % or only from stats specifically saying Minion Damage?

[dawn spire]

but merc is closer to grenade-specific nodes

[pine elm]

i saw someone played some kind of magic monk. Spark/Fire wall. How good is it? Anyone know?

[rustic coral]

so lvl 14 i can stop using auto attack?

[dawn spire]

minions do not benefit from anything other than minion stuff and things that affect them like auras that buff "allies in your presence" etc

[dawn spire]

spark + flame wall can work on literally any class and do fine

[rustic coral]

is there a way to reduce the combo points needed for Bell?

like support gem

[swift estuary]

Gotcha, and for SRS specifically does it benefit more from minion physical dmg or minion fire dmg?

[rustic coral]

i wanted monk to do cool staff stuff

but it feels like ass so far

and animations blow

[hard falcon]

or just dont use the Bell

[rustic coral]

what should I use?

[hard falcon]

anything?

[rustic coral]

oh

[hard falcon]

like most of them works quite well

[rustic coral]

my ice thing sucks at this opint