2┃build-planning

[stiff isle]

I was confused because I can't see how crit chance I have on the character page so I didn't know if I was actually getting crit chance and damage from the skill tree

[tender oasis]

Check the skills

[cosmic sparrow]

how much better is focusing on ignite rather than just fire damage

[frozen plinth]

that video says exactly nothing to me

[near sonnet]

is blood mage or infernalist better for minion build witch?

[timid dagger]

any poison rangers in chat ?

[tender oasis]

Yes

[radiant yarrow]

is darkness worth it for chaluya?

[vagrant hollow]

I'd honestly focus on glacial cascade and using that until you can get tempest flurry with your first lvl 5 skill gem.

[umbral vine]

how to increase spirit amount for witch?

[lament mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/im-mclovin-whoo-excited-hype-awesome-gif-17098234

This game

[velvet trout]

ended up going mace witch. totems, contagion, bone stuff. lots of fun.

[umbral vine]

@velvet trout how to get more spirit for witch?

[tender oasis]

Gear

[velvet trout]

scepters i think give it? idk not doing minions myself so havent worried about it yet

[maiden karma]

I've been suffering all this time waiting till I finally get supercharge

And then they announce hotfix nerf for it

[velvet trout]

probably gonna use blasphemy for the curses

[worthy cliff]

is armor break something that is mandatory and used around endgame? i cant find a reliable way in my build to get it.

[maiden karma]

Are physical hits your main damage source?

[worthy cliff]

no fire and ice

[maiden karma]

Then it doesn't matter for you

[worthy cliff]

Ohhh, ok, thank you!

[south fox]

your skills dont have armor break inherently, so dont worry about it

[simple cloud]

Does Last Gasp allow the revive timer to count down on Witch summons while its active?

[halcyon cipher]

which one should I choose for warrior?

[karmic swallow]

Can I remove support gems?

[novel hemlock]

Yes

[karmic swallow]

And I'll get them back?

[novel hemlock]

You can move them between skills or put them in your inventory

[gilded kiln]

whats better for monk evasion and energy sheild or armour?

[novel hemlock]

Evasion/es

[late coral]

I've heard that because Demon Form disables your weapon its actually a DPS decrease in most cases, can anyone confirm or shed some light ?

[gilded kiln]

epic ive been building for armor lol

[formal meadow]

unless you have a weapon that can offer more than the demonflame spell buff and +4 spell levels, then no, demonform is a DPS increase.

[late coral]

Suppose it allows you to not worry about your weapon

[novel hemlock]

only really matters if you put a bunch of points in ES/evasion

nothing wrong with wearing armor gear early

[gilded kiln]

ive just been trying to find something where im not taking a ton of damage

[tender oasis]

Armor if you keep getting hit is good

[trim sandal]

anyone got any rolling slam support gem recommendations?

[tender oasis]

I axully haven't did the math on dodge chance in poe2

[hollow idol]

Seems there isn’t many streamers playing Mercenary

[gleaming bluff]

most of them go bonk bonk

[remote lion]

Trying to make a bone damage, leach, with minions in front build any tips?

[leaden salmon]

Can someone help with a Warirror levelling build when it comes to skills and passives? I feel like I die super fast despite being 1-2 lvls above.

[gray ferry]

Hi, is it explained somewhere how ailments work now? Is there still crit interaction with ailments?

[vagrant field]

hi guys what support gems should i use with contagion essence drain

and is it ok to play it as witch

[sharp urchin]

best way to grab 10 int to use oerb of storms on ranger? lvl 11

[simple basin]

Hi is there a consensus on sorc ascendancy? Can't choose between storm and chrono, (i play cold so far)

[leaden salmon]

Play whatever you like :d

[tired needle]

Is lightning spells better for leveling than a cold once?

[teal sluice]

im trying to do a cold monk so i havent unlocked it yet why is it good

[crystal storm]

this is all passives, like +5 str +8melee dmg on passive tree?

[thorn roost]

is there a cap to the warrior ascend armour break below 0 node?

[leaden salmon]

Like I am in the Manor right now I am 1-2 lvls above it. One puddle of that blood from a pull and I am dead.

Warrior feels rather underwhelming atm

[crystal storm]

Yea its hard there as melee

[pulsar cape]

I have a question

My staff has a socket in it? Like a circle thingy what does that do

Some other gear has it too

[crystal storm]

if you at softcore i can give you some weapons i have and you get little bit of boost

[maiden karma]

Yes the cap is whatever the target's max armour was

[pulsar cape]

Just branch out of warrior abilities.

[south sigil]

i'm at the manor's boss and i'm questioning my monk build since i can't kill it for an hour now

[pulsar cape]

Your not tethered to warrior weapons or skills/spells

[dusky olive]

Any totem users go for totem placement speed?

[pulsar cape]

I was tempted to use totem ngl, but went for orb of storms

[dusky olive]

as mnk?

[pulsar cape]

Yep

[fierce scroll]

why am i 60spirit, i right click on cast on shock and it says <disabled not enough spirit> ?

[pulsar cape]

I use contagion + spark with it too

[dusky olive]

ah I'm playing WAR

[chilly mist]

how is it?

[pine silo]

I heard there is an endgame stat that I should be investing in now; does anyone know what it is?

[celest oxide]

I'm way to intimidated to try any weird mixes of classes with off class weapons yet

[pulsar cape]

I would like to know too

[pine silo]

I’m told if you mess this up you have to delete your character and start over.

[celest oxide]

What do yall like more Bows or Crossbows

Wait are they gonna add to the skill tree as they add the other classes

[pine silo]

I’ve been putting everything into weapon damage to kill things faster.

[sharp urchin]

iis there a not so painful way to get 10 int on ranger

[frozen plinth]

what now

[thorn roost]

So if a boss has say 9000 armour you can break it to -9000?

[maiden karma]

Yes

[frozen plinth]

just do 2 pathing nodes or random item wtih int

[thorn roost]

that sounds awesome

[sharp urchin]

not too impactful long term? 2 int nodes

[celest oxide]

I mean

[pearl scroll]

Its ranged for applying shock and i had like 600dps on it without gems

[celest oxide]

doesn't Int have value to every class

[uncut bay]

yo is fireball fine for the campaign? (not firebolt)

I am a sorc, thinking what fire spell to use

got a fire skill staff, so

[fierce scroll]

why am i 60spirit, i right click on cast on shock and it says <disabled not enough spirit> ?

[fossil flint]

So I looked at the Chaos Innoculation keystone on the tree and it does the exact same thing as in PoE 1. However, chaos damage doesn't bypass ES anymore, it does double ES damage, and now poison and bleed bypass ES. Does that mean that if you take CI you'll just be one tapped by getting a bleed?

Surely there's a way to get bleed immunity then?

[thorn roost]

Does anyone know if mass rejuvenation stacks with multiple people in party running it?

Allies in your presence regenarate 1% of maximum health per second

[abstract grove]

i really want to pick up giants blood, but i dont think i have the strength for it

at least to use it with 2h maces

[fossil flint]

If it applies as an aura, then the answer is no, only the strongest version of the aura takes effect, unless they fundamentally changed how auras work from PoE 1

[abstract grove]

guess ima have to pick up strength stacking nodes

[maiden karma]

Bleed only happens if it damages your life

[abstract grove]

how many skill points do we get maximum? more than 100 because of the books right?

[fossil flint]

I see, so you're essentially bleed immune by extension

[maiden karma]

In a way yeah

[fossil flint]

well the only time you can get bled is if you're going to imminently die lol

so close enough

[maiden karma]

Unless you got that unique body which gives you a 50% chance to survive a lethal hit

[fossil flint]

if you can get a bleed off that that'd be a funny way to die ngl

[sharp urchin]

any recommendations for a support gem for ornb of storms besides chain

[worthy cliff]

Anyone know if a skill has a explode effect if it's considered a detonator skill? Even if it's missing the detonator tag (talking about seige cascade)

[fossil flint]

Do other skills have a Detonator tag?

[worthy cliff]

yes, some have detonator tag like explosive shot

while others dont

[fossil flint]

If other skills do and that skill doesn't, then it's not considered a Detonator skill, it uses the tags to determine that

[worthy cliff]

ty

[hidden siren]

best support gems for explosive nades?

[viral blade]

Can LA take all flat ele damage like in poe1?

someone plesase help me

[mortal cloak]

I can't make explosive nades worth using, flash grenades and frag rounds seems a lot higher dps

[hidden siren]

i mean explosive nades are core

ur doing something wrong if u cant make it work in a nade build

[mortal cloak]

They just don't do as much as frag rounds or flash grenade does

[hidden siren]

if ur not going for a nade build then its fine

[barren yoke]

hey guys can item skills be acquired as gems or are they only available on items?

[rustic coral]

which is better for grenades, ranger or merc?

ranger gets that extra projectile ascendnecy

[reef valley]

Im currently trying to find sources of mana Leech for Chayula Monk.
It seems, there is (almost) exclusivly leech sources for physical damage? I am aware Mana leech is limited to attack skills and not spells, but i was hoping there would be a general mana leech for attacks somewhat similar to PoE 1.
Anybody here who has some relevant information on this topic?

[worthy cliff]

do ascendancy skills take up skill slots in G?

[novel hemlock]

No

[fossil flint]

I don't believe so, unless I'm massively wrong anything added by items/passives don't take up space

[wise glacier]

guys should i play hunter or merc

[ruby hazel]

am i trolling for only going for int in tree and items on witch?

[granite granite]

Worth to roll a merc?

[pine sparrow]

I mean something for survival should be put in

[fossil flint]

This is my uneducated take but they crushed down on what attributes give you in PoE 2. Strength gives +2 life per point, dex gives +5 accuracy rating per point, int gives +2 mana per point. If you aren't feeling any mana issues and aren't using anything that scales off mana, you might actually be best investing into strength to increase your life pool, assuming you meet your gear requirements otherwise

int only on witch would've been logical in PoE 1 since it gave you ES but in PoE 2 it doesn't, so there's less pressure to stack int if you don't need the extra mana

[ruby hazel]

never been under 95% mana yet i think

[fossil flint]

yeah, I very very rarely need mana

[pine sparrow]

Depends if you’re going minion heavy or spell heavy, I think for minion builds going int fully is just not that smart

[fossil flint]

mana pressure may increase with more support gems I'd assume but early on it's nonexistent

[ornate anvil]

Can anyone clarify this?

[wintry condor]

how am I supposed to use heralds as a chayula monk? I no longer have spirit 🤔

[fossil flint]

that being said gold respec makes switching incredibly easy and cost efficient so it's fine to experiment

[ornate anvil]

Is it 20% of phys and chaos (20% of both) or 20% of phys, and full chaos?

[marsh seal]

What skill could I use on ranger for movement? Not sure what options are available currently

[fossil flint]

Movement skills don't exist really

on poe2db there's only one gem with the Movement tag and that's Wave of Frost, since it makes you jump backwards after attacking

[barren yoke]

20% of (phys+chaos)

[verbal totem]

Does 'cast on X' ignore weapon requirements or no?

[marsh seal]

Rip, so they didn't really do what PoE1 did and give movement skill gems, or ones that get used like that

[verbal totem]

Having massive fun with mine but probably depends on gearing and how much you enjoy the playstyle

[north gull]

what class is mot interactive/active? my grip with arpg's is it always been boring clicking one button
looking at witch, monk, or ranger

[fossil flint]

for better or for worse yes, and the dodge roll is about the same movement speed as moving normally even when spamming it

so getting sources of movement speed is probably going to be of particular importance

[verbal totem]

Mercenary/anything Xbow can be super combo-y

[rustic coral]

how is Sorc compared to Merc/Ranger?

as a ranged

[mortal yew]

Anyone beat the game with monk yet?

[granite granite]

The + 3 looks very good, i’m tempted

[marsh seal]

Yep, seems like this game intentionally has slower pacing than PoE1, I wonder if they'll eventually give us any "mounts" of any kind.

[fossil flint]

If it helps at all poe2db indicates 30% and 35% tiers of movespeed on boots still exist

weighting is unknown, none of the weights are available atm

[verbal totem]

Slap a double socket storm rune and then max uptime on galvanic shards and enjoy watching every pack cease to exist

[marsh seal]

Thats good at least, I wonder how well frenzy charges will work in this game. Also for ranger what skillgems seem to be really good? I've been using the two lightning skills together and focusing on proc'ing shock so far.

[fossil flint]

charges give no stats in this game

they're purely for generating and spending

[royal blaze]

Do I wanna stack physical dmg or lightning for flickerstrike? Or go for lightning? Or do both sort work?

[marsh seal]

So no attack speed bonus like before?

[limpid mango]

so is the only real difference between the classes the starting position on your passive skill tree and class ascendancy?

[novel hemlock]

yes

[fossil flint]

yeah, none of them give anything, their only purpose is to be generated and spent with other skills

[fossil flint]

while we're at it chaos damage no longer bypasses ES

[marsh seal]

😢

Rip

[marsh seal]

Wait, this game has flickerstrike??? What class primarily uses it?

I may have to swap characters lmao, I wanna play flicker if its in this game

[unkempt nexus]

so when it says "increased critical hit chance" is that a global increase? as in, spells, attacks, etc? (asking cuz im playing sorc and want crit chance for my spells.)

[fossil flint]

just as an FYI, flicker was changed to use power charges, and it prevents power charges from being generated while in use

so it's a spender and cannot be sustained indefinitely

[marsh seal]

😦

[pulsar marsh]

do runes stack anyone know?

[teal sluice]

pretty impressive, the frost wave one seems kinda mid lol, it feels like the cold gems base dmg are a bit too low

[fossil flint]

I feel like I'm ruining your day with all this information lol, sorry

[barren yoke]

late game quarterstaff gem

[silent prawn]

quarterstaff uses it

[marsh seal]

So wait

Monk??

[silent prawn]

the weapon ...

[marsh seal]

I'm aware

[silent prawn]

stack? in inventory?

[pearl scroll]

agreed

[royal blaze]

Wrong one meant tempest flurry

[simple fable]

So what’s the best class 😝

[silent prawn]

the one you have most fun with

[pulsar marsh]

i mean the stats if you equip two storm runes on two different equipments

for example

[silent prawn]

yeah they do

[nimble wind]

I'm going with a fire/stun two handed warrior.

[rustic coral]

Anyone know what build this is?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qIF3xqn1bc4

[pearl scroll]

Im just 2 tap wave clearing with it

[rustic coral]

Ranger looks fun, especially with WASD

ranged in general

[limpid mango]

from what i can tell the only real difference between classes is your starting position on the passive skill tree and your class ascendancy so really your class will only matter in the early game

[royal blaze]

Tempest flurry do I wanna stack physical or lightning if anyone knows would be a great help

[wintry condor]

Does having Darkness mean I can no longer use Heralds/skills that reserve spirit?

[silent prawn]

indeed

[marsh seal]

So are there any particular stand-out abilities for Ranger? It feels like lightning Arrow and Lightning Rod together have been the best.

[sharp urchin]

I just got to try lightning rod w/ orb of storms and it feels sooooooooooooo much better than lughtning arrow

[marsh seal]

I was gonna try using pin with snipe, but snipe is really hard to use in basically all boss situations thus far so I just end up using lightning rod and lightning arrow.

[marsh seal]

Is that a ranger thing? Or is orb of storms meant to be sorc

[sharp urchin]

i think its class agnostic, it does require 25 int

[marsh seal]

Everything is (afaik) class agnostic mostly

[sharp urchin]

now idk how to spec my passive tree for it but

[marsh seal]

Just depends on your stats

I'm betting Spark would also be pretty good.

I'm thinking ranger is gonna be a status and attack speed style of play

So I may try doing a mix of poisonburst and lightning arrow, snipe kinda sucks.

[hoary plover]

prob want to choose one. chaos/poison or lightning

[marsh seal]

Not a mix?

I guess focusing will be important once you begin building towards them.

Why chaos/poision together?

Do they have some sort of syngery?

[silent prawn]

poison is chaos dmg

[hoary plover]

poison is chaos damage and is based on your combined phys+chaos hit

[nimble wind]

The class that is the most fun sounding to you should be your first character. You can worry about being the best later.

[marsh seal]

Ahh

So Poison is DoT Chaos

[hoary plover]

yes

[pearl scroll]

Flames of chayula feels so good

[uncut bay]

yo how does fireball do against bosses?

[hoary plover]

FWIW lightning arrow didnt feel great to me, even with storm rod

[proud granite]

How do i equip this skill? I wont let me even tho i have 30 spirit

[main spear]

Is this called scattershot?

[hoary plover]

yes

lots of things got renamed since the initial leaks/datamine

[vague kelp]

does raging spirits count as minion dmg or fire dmg

[feral prism]

is it good for elemental hit deadeye? I have lightning and cold dmg only for now

[dry fiber]

when will this fall off?

or is this better

[formal night]

do i grab this node or skip and go for the thing at the top with lightning?

[granite granite]

How many of you in mid/end act 2 have already dropped at least one unique?

[deft sinew]

None that I want to use

[hasty tangle]

Why are the lightning orb type spells so bland in all ARPGs

[nimble wind]

Are you sure you have enough?

[fiery geyser]

If you have giants blood can you not 2h weapons anymore?

[nimble wind]

Go to the character screen

[dry fiber]

That question goes with my current question.. which one is better?

[main spear]

Do you know what volley is in the new one lol

[boreal meteor]

how do i get suppor gems 2/3?

[north gull]

Witch looks really appealing but how active /engaging is it? I feel like summoning minnions to do the damage for you and watching the healthbar go down majoritly because of minion attacks and not because you're clicking things that directly result in the bar going down right away would be unengaging no?

unless witch works differently

[hoary plover]

not sure. volley was redundant with multi proj anyway so it might not even exist

[silent prawn]

minions are more squishy now. so you have to be active

[north gull]

but how much of the damage actually dealt is because you click something that makes minions explode or something alogn those lines compared to it just being minions attacking

i want the healthbar to tick down becasue im clicking things to make my minions do something not because i summoned minions ykwim

if that makes sense

[onyx moss]

Anyone else really struglling on merc? My damage is insanely low and i really have no clue how to fix it, tried so many different skill setups and nothing fixed my damage. If anyone is playing merc and is finding it pretty easy can you share your build?

[wicked wolf]

hello guys, noob here, the support gem cold infusion says supported attacks gain 25% dmg as extra cold damage and deal 50% less fire and lightning dmg, does this means all my skills deal less fire and lightning dmg or only the equipped skill?

[lavish adder]

Would anyone mind giving a quick look at a build i'm thinking of using for a shock/crit monk based in power charges?

I'm not sure if my pathing is optimal and I'm pretty sure lots of nodes aren't that necessary to the build.

[granite vault]

where can i find a monk build where he doesnt use quarterstaffs?

[quick eagle]

If it's anything like poe 1, minions are not strong enough to steamroll the game early on, you still need to helping out the squad.

By late game, minions are very strong, but so are enemies, so you are constantly resummoning them and repositioning you. Re applying curses etc etc.

Poe is a very active game if you care about going fast and not dying

[dusky olive]

If Perfect Strike attack speed is "45% of base" and attack speed is 1.1 attacks / second (= 1 attack every 0.9 seconds), does that mean that perfect strike charge time is roughly ~2 seconds?

[wicked wolf]

try explosive grenade with scatter shot and second wind as support gems, they are really good

[north gull]

yeah that makes sense
but witch is all indirect damage right? eg: summon minion, move around, minion do damage on its own
or is she active eg: summon minion, command minion, click button that makes minion explode or deal 2x damage
like does the damage come from the minion itself or you doin things to the minion

[quartz pewter]

Any advice for Sorcerer around levle 20+? I can't seem to kill stuff quickly.

[rancid stag]

any invoker monks around here? what ascendancy points are you picking?

[quartz pewter]

Been running Lightning stuff

[opaque crow]

where can i find shock?

[spring jackal]

is stun worth speccing into?

[floral cosmos]

Anyone got a ranger build set up?

[spring jackal]

or waste of points

[dawn spire]

shock chance can't really be shown on the gem because the actual shock chance is based on the damage of the shocking hit compared to the enemy's ailment threshold

[opaque crow]

so there's no real way to see my average shock chance

[dawn spire]

it's kind of impossible to answer questions like "is X worth?" without context

[opaque crow]

just increase lightning damage and hope to see consistent shock symbols

[spring jackal]

on melee physical two handed staff warrior

mace***

[dawn spire]

no, because you're hitting enemies with different health, lightning resist, ailment thresholds, etc. Any number they showed there would be wildy inaccurate in most cases

[pearl sluice]

I wanna build a pure lightning sorceress by the time my character is fully built, but I know that some mobs may have resistances to lightning till later levels, whats a good pairing with lightning, frost?

[opaque crow]

i see

[dawn spire]

you can build lightning penetration and lower enemy lightning resist. High lightning-res mobs aren't really a major obstacle

[opaque crow]

another question, does ES convert into actual mana with Eldritch battery or does it just move to the top of mana

like PoE 1

[mild basin]

What is the best venom to get? Stun/Ele threshold or mana regen (its for Gemling merc)

[fading bramble]

Is it possible to downgrade a gem? I have a level 11 spirit gem but I need it at level 4/5 to be able to equip it because of the high stat requirement D:

[pearl sluice]

Ok thanks

[opaque crow]

as in does it become afected by increased mana regen, max mana, etc

[dawn spire]

It's worded differently than poe1, it looks like it just becomes mana

[opaque crow]

sweet

[quartz pewter]

Is cast speed early important for lightning build? Or just get damage and increase shock chance?

[opaque crow]

Archmage MoM giga mana here i come

[dawn spire]

cast speed feels very impactful for spell builds, I'd say

at all stages

but it comes with higher mana cost per second

[quartz pewter]

Yeah I understand, but I am having issues killing things in the trial

[pearl sluice]

Cast speed would also drain mana faster no?

[dawn spire]

that's what I said, yeah

[quartz pewter]

The curse takes up so much mana

[dawn spire]

yeah curses feel really, well, cursed

[quartz pewter]

lmfao

[dawn spire]

without mana investment

I've stopped upgrading my conductivity

[quartz pewter]

Arcane Surge was keeping my mana good but it's starting to fall off

I had it on Arc Lightning or whatever.

[dawn spire]

yeah, ironically the more mana you get the less reliable arcane surge becomes

[honest flower]

Anyone one try monk bell with totems ? Does it work well

[quartz pewter]

Was thinking about the elemental exposure passives for lightning, but I forgot how exposure works. Like how to inflict the debuff.

[maiden karma]

When is second ascendancy?

[mild basin]

What Venom to get?
-Stun threshold
-Ele threshold
-Mana regen
Its for Merc Gemling cluster bomb build

[dawn spire]

whatever you're lacking

[mild basin]

all

[dawn spire]

🤷

[mild basin]

There is not a general better choice in this case like poe 1?

[dawn spire]

if there was, we wouldn't know it 24 hours after the release of the game

[quartz pewter]

You can respec Acendancey points. Not sure how much it costs but you can try the options to see what feels go.

[dawn spire]

at level 35, my two ascendancy points cost 3350 to respec

[quartz pewter]

AHHHHH

[dawn spire]

each

[quartz pewter]

lmfao

[maiden karma]

At 29 it's 2.4k per point

[mild basin]

what did u choose?

[quartz pewter]

I hope they cap the scaling of passive respec costs

Cause it's expensive

[dawn spire]

ailment threshold, but that's mostly because my charm is for antistun and I have no mana issues

[fallow charm]

What's a good elemental or occulrt ability for a crit build?

Been using bone storm but its so slow

[barren oasis]

Does that actually show up in your character sheet? Mine doesn't, so I suspect it's either hidden or bugged?

[dawn spire]

why do you ask for elemental or occult? What damage types are you scaling?

[steel moth]

In POE 1 cold was typically good for crit

But it’ll depend on the base crit of the spells

[fallow charm]

Im a blood mage, Im just trying to find something faster than bonestorm, I can respecc, kinda looking at cold

[dawn spire]

nah, and I have an ailment threshold cluster and that's not showing up either. I'm guessing the page is just incomplete. I'm noticing I'm getting ignited/shocked/frozen WAY less

[misty swan]

What’s the difference between weapon set passive and main passive point? I just got a scroll that gave me two weapon set points, and it has the option for main, set 1 or 2.

[novel forge]

i cant decide whether to go with chronomancer or stromweaver for my asc. anyone got some general opinions or experience with either so far?

[fallow charm]

Doing physical rn but that seems. Hard

[dawn spire]

with 100% total increased ailment threshold

[dry fiber]

Which is better? Surely the rare one

[barren oasis]

Ah, makes me feel better thank you!

[dawn spire]

hover over the 'i' next to the points in the top right

[steel moth]

Does blood mage especially benefit physical at all, or does it synergize with spells in-general?

[cobalt grove]

that's a unique, not a rare 😛 but that does for sure look better

[dawn spire]

depends on if you want to use the base firebolt spell or not. The unique has higher spell damage

[dry fiber]

I mean the blue one not the unique

[dawn spire]

blue = magic

[dry fiber]

When does the unique fall off ?

[maiden karma]

Bloodmage has 2 spell related nodes and one which gives 10% extra phys and elemental bleeds

[dawn spire]

imo, if you're gonna use the base fire bolt, it's already worse

[dry fiber]

Well, I do use it haha

I have the same unique for lightning as well

[dawn spire]

then you just got yourself some extra gold or a chance shard

[keen dagger]

Does anyone have a solution to Monk's mana problems after acts?

I literally can't kill bosses anymore, my mana pool doesn't last

[livid hamlet]

So what are you guys playing and how is looking ?

Grenadier seems insane , so does bell monk

[steel moth]

Hmmm seems like going away from phys would be less than ideal unless there is something that can convert ele to phys lol

[vague kelp]

witch should spec intellgience attributes in passive tree always right? i pla nto go infernalist (it says convert max mana to max flame ) so im assuming that int should increase max flame?

[pearl sluice]

how do I refund ascendancy points?

[steel moth]

Or unless you aren’t using those nodes

[livid hamlet]

try via the hooded guy

[steel moth]

You can always change the attributes for a small fee later so stick with int for now

[dawn spire]

um, actually, they're the hooded one

[formal night]

i died and killed the boss at the same time and beause of that the loot dissapeared. anyone else?

[dawn spire]

yes, that's intended

[pearl sluice]

doesn't let me at all even though i have the gold

[dawn spire]

when you die you lose the loot

[dawn spire]

are you respeccing a node at the end of the node chain?

[formal night]

but the boss is still dead so meh mehhh

and the boss technically died after me uwu

[steel moth]

If you want the loot you gotta live 🤷‍♂️

[vague kelp]

ok thx

[static plinth]

Can you Vaal skills?

[pearl sluice]

just doesn't let me do anything, that inventory is empty as well

[dawn spire]

did you empty your 20-slot chest first?

[pearl sluice]

yeah

[dawn spire]

oh, I see

[livid hamlet]

hmm, raise it as a bug ?

[steel moth]

I find it kinda helpful to have a small cushion of 5 each of off-attribute (one str one dex) just in case you find a support you wanna use and don’t wanna pay, but that’s just how I roll

[dawn spire]

when in doubt, log out
and then back in

[livid hamlet]

It's hard for me to say how strong or weak i am in this game

[formal night]

is this intended

[livid hamlet]

and then i watched mathils stream 'one shot' a boss in like 4 seconds

and i'm like WTF

[steel moth]

Yeah yesterday the Shield Charge skill just did not work at all, it did literally nothing. Today when I logged in it worked perfectly lol

[pearl sluice]

yep you were onto something sry im an idiot

[dawn spire]

nah, game is jank, you're a high IQ individual

[covert tide]

Im doing a weird Blood Mage build. Feedback is appreciated. https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/801d7404-7893-4666-b437-a738166c200e/builds/607ac684-e1e7-45dd-949d-fdbae8f25b69

[spring jackal]

can 100% fire damage stun?

[dawn spire]

all hits can potentially stun and build toward a heavy stun*

[spring jackal]

alright thanks

also another question, if I get "increased physical damage" does it affect converted damage?

[novel estuary]

man I am on the strugglebus with the warrior lol

[vale portal]

How does Earthshatter feel to use? Is it better than Earthquake?

[static plinth]

Is Contagion affected by area damage modifiers?

[static plinth]

No

[vale portal]

same lol

[dawn spire]

the damage has no recollection of what it used to be. Only the final damage type matters for which type gets increased

[pearl scroll]

chayula not nerfed

[spring jackal]

sorry I didn't word it right

1. if I covert my physical damage to fire damage, does (physical modifier) increase the fire damage?
2. if I covert my physical damage to fire damage, does (fire modifiers) increase fire damage?

[dawn spire]

1. no
2. yes

[spring jackal]

alright thanks

[novel estuary]

Surprisingly having issues with low damage and in general killing bosses

[formal night]

i heard theres a shortcut to reset an instance when entering it?

[cloud path]

Hey ! Arctic armour or raging spirits ? I'm going a mix of cold , fire and lightning

[dawn spire]

ctrl+click the waypoint/doorway

[cloud path]

Anyone know ?

[potent urchin]

@fierce scroll you figure this out? same issue

[fierce scroll]

gotta put a skill gem in it

[stone cargo]

Trying to find a way to make armour piercing ammo less crap any ideas

[wary ibex]

Can you respec Ascendancy points ?

[hybrid cypress]

how the fuck is rueto exploding the gas greande with flame wall its not working for me what support gem am i missing

[dawn spire]

yes, you can also respec them at the hooded one

[potent urchin]

thanks bud

[formal night]

do you guys know what support gem to use on conductivity?

[dawn spire]

the only useful ones I can find are ones that increase area or duration, but for my build it's not worth the cost/gem real estate

[main spear]

Any Rangers here?

[stone cargo]

Nvm high velocity kinda

[pearl sluice]

stats look horrible for lvl 31 any tips on how to get better gear?

[stone cargo]

Picked ranger for deadeye but I'm using crossbow

[formal night]

and for artic armour is there something?

[teal sluice]

the sisters of guarukan quest is bugged, how do i get the darn lightning res; (

[dawn spire]

salvage every item with slots that you can so you can put resist runes on your armor

[dawn spire]

damage stuff. Arctic armor is no utility, all damage I thought

[crisp hearth]

should i plays minions or archmage?

[shy rune]

Is grenade dmg based off crossbow dmg?

[dawn spire]

We have no way of telling you what you "should" do without any context@crisp hearth

[dawn spire]

it's based on whatever weapon you have equipped

wrong reply whoops

[noble flame]

i can't double up on support gems in the same skill, can i?

[heady palm]

Is there a way to get more support gem sockets?
Or is that somewhere late game?

[unkempt nexus]

idk if anyone got to the act 3 vial choice, kinda wanting to know what's worth it or not? (playing stormweaver sorc)

[dawn spire]

nope, unless you take that one gemling ascendancy node

[shy rune]

Ok; and what about me?

[distant onyx]

Where are all the trigger gems ?

[dawn spire]

I also answered you, second

based on your weapon

[shy rune]

So it is

[heady palm]

I went with ailment since that'll be much harder to get on any item.

• Stun, I have to not get hit
• mana is easy since flasks, amulets, passives

Ailments i can get hit with 1 random frozen projectile and be frozen for 15 seconds

[dawn spire]

they're in the uncut spirit gems

[random marten]

How do you actually collect Twitct drops once redeemed in-game?

[dawn spire]

press K to open MTX screen

[unkempt nexus]

i was thinking the same logic. i have tons of mana regen and well, i can get stun protection from nodes (somewhat), i didnt see anything in nodes that help with ailments though

[dawn spire]

@distant onyx

[vast urchin]

Is it better to go with lightning/cold damage or fire/cold damage?

[distant onyx]

ohhh I see I will have a look

[dawn spire]

neither is inherently stronger than the other as far as anyone can tell

tho lightning/cold is what stormweaver sorc specializes in

so if you're going sorc that gets some bonus points

[vast urchin]

Hm, im still torn what to go, stormweaver or chrono, chrono sounds extremely cool, but it also kinda seems underwhelming i dno…

[steel moth]

Fire/cold has an interesting support that consumes chill for more damage though, which is dope

[random marten]

Besides footprints, none of my PoE1 MTX came over and see people with MTX items not in current shop, not fair!

[thin basin]

how2 get 3rd lab

and what lvl is it

[vast urchin]

Oh it does?Do you know what the support is called?

[thin basin]

and i killed 3rd act boss with a 3 link only lol

2 tries

[river tusk]

should i get earthbreaker or crushing impact

[steel moth]

Frostfire, but it actually consumes freeze and has 100% increased effect of ignite

So that only really works if you are scaling ignite

[verbal totem]

Anyone got opinions on a crossbow centered build going gemling vs witch hunter? Double support seems busted good tbh

[vast urchin]

Hm, I’ll check it out, u playing sorc ?

[rustic coral]

whats a good ranger build and can rangers use crossbows?

[steel moth]

Nope, warrior! But I’m about to start dipping into ignite

[vast urchin]

What ascendancy will you go for on sorc for that? Weaver ?

[vital plume]

anyone know whats good to build into for blood mage?

[steel moth]

I see an opportunity with the Perfect Strike skill as a potential ignite boss killer. If I can prime it for stun, boneshatter it, and do a charged perfect strike while its stunned, I can have damage uptime from the ignite while it’s stun resistence is high

[steel moth]

Yeah weaver supports ailments better than chronomancer

[deft mirage]

i just went blood mage and i didnt realise you only get 2 ascendancy points, the only thing you really get is the negative and my spells are taking 1/5 of my life ;_;

[dusk ingot]

If you want you can not take it till you do your second accendency. then allocate 3 at once

[verbal totem]

Yeah rangers can use crossbow, probably build lightning bow skills and spec lightning grenades and maybe some other lightning Xbow skills?

[thin basin]

Need to be crit if you want to grab it early

[verbal totem]

Go deadeye for extra projectile

[deft mirage]

i was hoping to do contagion blood mage

but that stuff cant crit right?

[rustic coral]

yeah i saw a youtube of lightnign ranger obliterating everything

but no build guide but gonna guess stuff i spose

[formal night]

this has an icon but is not doing anything

[mortal zodiac]

it will do somethingater

later

[quick ruin]

anyone have any good support stun builds for monk?

[formal night]

oki

[thin basin]

Uou need to go around activates until it say ur done

[rustic coral]

is bow better than crossbow?

or vice versa

[thin basin]

Dont think so, if youre not going crit you really cant sustain hp cost in bosses

[steel moth]

You could probably just do it live and pick phys and stun stuff

Should be fine

[deft mirage]

meh

can i change ascendancy to the other one?

[steel moth]

Nope

[deft mirage]

great

[thin basin]

Hover over the passive does it say minion dying give you orb?

If so you can do half caster with some minions i guess

[vital crow]

could someone in here with knowledge chat to me in Dms about my build and tell give me some tips and let me know if i'm under geared or wrong geared for how far i am
went the route of ice sorc and not sure if its the right decision

[stuck iris]

so for an Explody merc, do I want any of

• Rapid Shot
• Ice Shards
• Galvanic Shards
• Gas Grenade

I know that after I get explosive shot that the gas grenades come in handy but im still not sure if I want to grab one of these yet or just level up frag rounds or permafrost

[hidden siren]

gas nades use explosive nades as detonator

i see people drop explosive shot after they hit endgame

[shy rune]

They also have a support skill that makes them explode on enemy dead

[elfin zenith]

is anyone running pathfinder ranger? it looks very appealing

[quartz cairn]

Any builds yall are really having fun with? I've been playing around with everything and I'm undecided on what I want to continue with.

[static plinth]

Is Contagion area damage?

[static plinth]

Essence Drain Contagion feels GREAT

Granted im not super deep yet, but still

[deft mirage]

yeah i was having fun with it, didnt know going bloodmage means i cant anymore

[static plinth]

Just contagion feels like ass though so dont bother til you get ED

I mean you can, right

[stone cargo]

Rapid shot makes nades do lotta damage

[hidden siren]

what is everyone using while lvling bc my nade dmg kinda sucks against bosses

[spring jackal]

warbringer or titan for slam skills?

[hidden siren]

i have an endgame planned but boss fights are slow with merc

[summer oasis]

how do you get an area of effect gem? i don't see them when trying to create a level 1 gem

[terse pendant]

How do you get raging spirits?

[stone cargo]

You get 102% extra nade damage as fire at 17 heat stacks with rapid shot it's quite delectable

[calm orchid]

Fire sorc go brrr

[distant onyx]

Does minion pact work? I assume I have to hit my minion for damage boost too ?

[teal sluice]

where do u get +30 spirit in act 2

[stone cargo]

Magnifying/concentrated it's in the int section

[stuck iris]

right now in my skill slots I have

• Crossbow shot
• Fragmentation rounds (Double Barrel, Martial Tempo)
• Permafrost Bolts (Cold Infusion, Pierce)
• Explosive Grenade ( Scattershot)
• Flash Grenade
• Armour Piercing rounds and High Velocity shot cause I thought they would be good for Campaign bosses
• Herald of Ash.

from what you have been saying I am thinking gas Grenades...

[calm orchid]

Finn’s quest gives you +30 at the end of act 1 unless you mean something else

[tawdry sky]

hey guys quick question. im using raging spirit with flame wall atm. when it comes to the passiv skill tree, is it more important for raging spirit to go on physical dmg or fire dmg?

[stone cargo]

Gas grenades r very good

[teal sluice]

were we not getting 90 in the acts? like total

[restive harness]

133 Uniques discovered so far, total 286
https://poe2db.tw/us/Unique_item

[rustic coral]

Why ranger over merc?

what benefit

[calm orchid]

I’m about to be done with act 2 haven’t seen anything give me +30 yet

[stone cargo]

Who u asking

[solid zenith]

Guys is Lingering illusion not working??

[stuck iris]

also any comments or suggestions on my support gems?

[rustic coral]

everyonbe

[stone cargo]

Also if you want boss damage for now try scattershot/double barrel on high velocity ammo and martial tempo on armour piercing

Chunky

[rustic coral]

because merc/ranger seem very similiar

so not sure which to take

[stone cargo]

Mainly the ascendancy

Do u wanna go witch hunter/gemling or deadeye/pathfinder

[stuck iris]

is there any reason to keep the initial Crossbow shot on my action bar?

[rustic coral]

Is there a calculator for those

so i can see

[stone cargo]

The basic bolt or the actual shoot ability

[stuck iris]

the basic bolt

[stone cargo]

Nah I'd just remove it

[terse spire]

Is there any of the 6 classes that have skills that can heal your party members?

[stone cargo]

If you take the crossbow shot ability off you can't fire the crossbow lol

Basic bolt you can remove

[stone cargo]

wdym

[lunar briar]

Guys can anyone help me with a poison ranger build?

[static plinth]

Skills are shared, though i cant think of any that heal your allies off the top of my head

[rustic coral]

ascendnies

Like online build

[stone cargo]

Oh just look them up

[terse spire]

When you say skills are shared, that means any class can use any skill? It’s just tied to the weapon you’re holding?

[stone cargo]

There should be plenty if you want an online guide

[static plinth]

The only things tied to a class are your starting position on the skill tree, and your available subclasses

So yes

[rustic coral]

this game is too new

[static plinth]

When skills are grouped by class, they're just thematic and strong skills for beginners

[terse pendant]

Can anyone tell me how to get raging spirits?

[rustic coral]

ill just go Dead Eye when i get high lvl

[undone mortar]

Mobalytics has a character builder

It is not PoB

[orchid sundial]

Hello gents, I am on act 2 as a witch and I would like to reroll to something else (I was playing minions with srs, but they feel unfun to play and underwhelming too). What's the best one for witch right one?

[hidden tartan]

Does Spell Echo work with Lightning conduit?

[grand merlin]

Is this any good?

[magic maple]

if you can find a way to sustain that lose 1% life/mana on kill, then no

[noble scaffold]

Unfun is one thing, always play what is fun. But SRS is kinda crazy, so if they are feeling weak, may want to tweak a few things first.

[dawn spire]

based on the wording, I'm not sure, honestly

[noble scaffold]

Heard great things about ED/Contagion tho

[rustic coral]

i found a few Dead Eye builds, neither is taking the double projectile. weird

[hidden tartan]

It did in poe 1, but so did ball lightning and ball doesn't work with it anymore

[rustic coral]

its seems real good

[hidden tartan]

so not quite sure

[dawn spire]

@hidden tartanspell echo support skills that affect an area around you, and technically a cone is just a segment of a circle that would be around you. I'm stumped

[hidden tartan]

well gues il have my answer tomorrow, didn't have much time to play today only 48 lvl , n 4 more levls kek

[gusty bone]

What is the node that lets you gain 2% life when a minion dies?

[dawn spire]

spell echo and lightning conduit are so incredibly different in poe2

[hidden tartan]

do you think +1 second to total cast time is there, to prevent broken synergies with cast on stuff?

[real hornet]

at least spell echo isn't just a lie and makes you cast again without costing mana, but actually makes the thing echo

[dawn spire]

no clue

[orchid sundial]

Any suggestion then? I am in the middle of act 2 and around level 27

[hidden tartan]

coz I assume that works like if you have 100% increased cast speed, base becomes 0.5 then 1 is added so its 1.5

[orchid sundial]

Maybe I am doing something wrong so my damage makes me believe it is unfun

I am using firewall plus fortress

[undone mortar]

It’s there to limit the effectiveness of faster casting (arcane tempo) and other increased cast speed mods.

[small shoal]

Is there a guide or info on what stats affect minions and their builds?

[undone mortar]

No

[dawn spire]

nope, no hard/soft caps as far as I'm aware

[undone mortar]

There’s not a cap but +X to cast time isn’t scaled with cast speed

[dawn spire]

minions are affected by things that specify minions and things that affect them in other ways, like auras which benefit "allies in your presence"

[undone mortar]

Only the base cast speed is affected.

[lavish adder]

Would anyone mind taking a quick look at the skill tree for the build I'm planning? Don't know much about pathing and I think there are a lot of stuff that aren't that necessary to the build and I could take off to save some points.

https://shorturl.at/BZtZ9

[hidden tartan]

@undone mortar do you know if lightning conduit works with spell echo, coz lb doesn't? and are cast on crit triggers 10 energy per 0.1 sec ?

[slender gulch]

What’s the best build so far?

[formal junco]

guys, how armor works? like i have almost none of it, should i get some and it will be good or is one of those that i need a LOT to be worth it? im running life + ES but some hits HURTS , so im not sure if i should sac some ES for some armor

[dawn spire]

hold alt over the armor keyword

[formal junco]

ive read that, but i kinda wanted to check if it is worth it to have in low ammounts or do i need a lot to be effective

[blazing sparrow]

You either go full armor or you go evasion/energy shield.

[noble scaffold]

Feel free to DM me, really hard to keep up with anything in here tbh

[blazing sparrow]

I prefer heavy evasion

[rustic coral]

how much does tail wind stack up to max?

[blazing sparrow]

You don't get hit

[undone mortar]

You can mix armor and evasion

[jagged thunder]

sometimes, i see the boss stopping or getting staggered. is that Stun?

[last patio]

I plan to never use a guide with poe 2. But how tf do I determine whether energy shield/armor/evasion rating/etc is best for my class/build? Don't they all effectively do the same shit in one way or another?

[dawn spire]

I cannot answer that without the exact formula, what you mean by "worth", and what you mean by "effective"

[celest oxide]

Any advice on how to keep building out this lightning ranger

[undone mortar]

Yes. You can see the stun bar beneath the hp bar.

[dawn spire]

if your goal is to survive massive physical hits from bosses and don't care about anything else, then having less than an insane amount of armor won't be effective for that goal

[exotic mantle]

Penetration doesn't go below 0% res in PoE 2 right?

[hidden tartan]

yea

[exotic mantle]

Damn it sucks 😭

[jagged thunder]

nice. i got access to a stun buildup support gem for my merc

[undone mortar]

It’s good actually

[formal junco]

no, i just feel like even normal mobs phys hits are doing way too much, a normal mob hit for like 200 life

[undone mortar]

It means you don’t need to invest infinitely into pen

[exotic mantle]

Yeah but with exposure and curses the enemies are often at 0 res or close

[blazing sparrow]

The mobs in this one are no joke. You can't really face tank groups you have to kite them

[undone mortar]

Yes. Having some armor is good. But having avoidance like evasion and armor also, is better.

[dapper timber]

Hi guys new to Poe and had a question. I’m currently ranger lv 7 and currently have Been speccing into bow skills but want to completely change to crossbow. Should I keep going and switch or start a new ranger since I already used skill stones etc

[formal junco]

i have 37 armor rn, i will sac some ES and go like 150 armor and see how it hoes

[orchid sundial]

Sent you a friend request since your DMS are closed

[blazing sparrow]

Respec is cheap at low lvl just gotta progress a bit

Unlock the hooded noc

Npc**

[dapper timber]

Ohh ok ty man!! Does it even give you stones back too?

[blazing sparrow]

I just respected at lvl 22 cost me 6k

[deft mirage]

i feel like i just bricked my char

[dawn spire]

basically not possible unless you picked the wrong ascendancy

[dapper timber]

What lv do you get to ascendancy

[deft mirage]

i picked bloodmage as contagion, fully committed in chaos dmg

[dawn spire]

midway through act 2ish

[dapper timber]

Cool ty!

[deft mirage]

changed to lightning but doing nothing and die to mobs 11 levels lower

[dapper timber]

Does it let you respect support skills too?

[formal junco]

i went too much offensive too, i was close to brick, but i respect some into def now, the big monkey on the jungle at act 3 , i could do 10k dmg super fast, but a single spit and im done

[dawn spire]

what skill?

[pearl scroll]

So where in act2 do you get 2nd 30 spirit or did they change that

[dawn spire]

I did everything in act 2, no +30 spirit to be found

[pearl scroll]

rip

[dawn spire]

you're using like no supports my guy

[deft mirage]

because i dont have any

[blazing sparrow]

It's good to test passive pathways early because it gets more expensive as you lvl

[dawn spire]

grind for some of those

[deft mirage]

i just said i was fully committed in chaos

[dawn spire]

or use old ones

[blazing sparrow]

But it costs gold now.. so I imagine always be cheap at end game

[dawn spire]

there must be some usable supports

[blazing sparrow]

Respec in poe 1 was expensive

[deft mirage]

the ones i have that work with is in there

[dawn spire]

what's your main main skill out of these?

[deft mirage]

i dont know, none of it does much damage

[dawn spire]

yeah you can't really use spark, arc, and lightning bolt at the same time

is your tree still chaos damage?

[deft mirage]

no, crit

[undone mortar]

Other way around. Poe1 respeccing was trivially cheap at endgame.

[cosmic sparrow]

do you guys think its better to cap the demonflame at 10 for perma up keep or leave it uncapped and just keep stacking life regen

[dawn spire]

if you have another uncut skill gem, I'd up your orb of storms

[deft mirage]

i have none, how do i grind? just kill stuff? what level is lowest that drops?

if any of that is known

[wind tulip]

how's your chronomancer build doing? It seems way cooler to me than stormweaver (just because of the idea) and I want to play it but at the same time it seems very gimicky in how you build it

[dawn spire]

I'm getting tier 9 gems in act 3, so I guess the highest zone you can kill

[deft mirage]

tempted to just start again

[wind tulip]

I'm currently specced into lightning and not sure if that will work out / how I could divert that build to make it better

[fleet blaze]

holy shit

[warped bone]

Is Merc Crossbow considered a two handed weapon for two handed nodes?

[hidden tartan]

Oh btw is there even a way to trade in early access or is it solo self found basically ?

[dawn spire]

I couldn't disagree more on the gimmicky thing. Temporal rift is insanely strong in this game I feel. It's one of the only movement skills and it restores all your life/es/mana on demand. And it's fun to use.

You don't need to go the cooldown route at all, either. I might not even do that in the end, we'll see.

The 20% slow and recoup nodes are actually so bonkers strong that you can basically do whatever you want as a chronomancer. It's liberating

[wind tulip]

by gimmicky I mean... you went towards playing bow, right? that's very different from what someone would expect of a sorceress

didn't mean gimmicky in terms of strength

[rustic coral]

Anyone try Poison Paathfinder Ranger? Good? Bad?

[dawn spire]

I only have temporal rift so far, but chrono is basically a "you can do anything because this ascendancy solves your defense" class

[dawn spire]

oh, I don't see that as gimmicky at all. Barrage is a skill with a massively long cooldown for insane payoff. Chrono is a class that can abuse that. It's not conventional, but I don't see how it's a gimmick

[wind tulip]

I'm currently on a spark crit build and I assume stormweaver would do better here, so I'm not really sure how to adjust the build to be more fitting for chronomancer

[spice dock]

any good mercenary builds?

[wind tulip]

or maybe I should just change it entirely

[dawn spire]

build more offense in your tree and maybe slap in hourglass support if you go the CD path

but imo, if you're going spellcaster chrono, cold has great synergy. The 20% slow from chrono synergizes with chill multiplicatively

[lyric plank]

What do weapons set skill points do?

[rugged chasm]

no idea what im doing early on, but im trying 3 frost skills 3 lightning skills. seems decent

[dawn spire]

hover over the 'i'

[wind tulip]

hm, I see, unfortunately I didn't really like frost playstyle too much when I tried it... but going for bow now without having planned anything also seems harsh

no equipment, no idea about the playstyle etc

[dawn spire]

I mean, lightning works, too. Everything works. 20% slow and temporal rift let you do anything you want

[wind tulip]

which skills are you currently using?

[dawn spire]

lightning rod and orb of storms

OoS + chain + overabundance + duration
rod + faster attacks + inc aoe + conc effect (idk new names)

[rugged chasm]

frost orb and bomb seem good for range chilling, and nova for getting out of packs

[wind tulip]

alright thanks! really interesting to see some more unconventional builds (since most sorceress players would head straight for magic)

I suppose you've been playing poe for a bit longer lol

[dawn spire]

yeah just for a decade or so (:

[wet mango]

do poison gas grenades stack/shotgun? if I explode them

[willow lake]

Is the passive tree bugged to not show which skills are affected by some nodes. I put envenom on my armor piercing rounds and was unsure if ailment bonuses were applying properly

[teal sluice]

im at fucking act 2 final boss map struggling to get to the end and poe stops working

[true eagle]

fck it crashed.

[sonic shuttle]

Does it make sense to combine two elements in a build, like cold and lightning on a sorceress

[glad parcel]

hello, if i get 2 handed weapon damage on my skill tree, will that increase my grenade skill damage (which are crossbow skills which is 2 handed)

[last patio]

I plan to never use a guide with poe 2. But how tf do I determine whether energy shield/armor/evasion rating/etc is best for my class/build? Don't they all effectively do the same shit in one way or another?

[covert hare]

what are good sources of elemental exposure?

[dawn spire]

it can, if you have a reason for doing so

[arctic crypt]

the servers are on fire again

[sonic shuttle]

my reason is fun XD

but I dont want to ruin the build

[dawn spire]

idk what you find fun so I cannot help here

[sonic shuttle]

if I have to choose then Id choose just ice

[swift estuary]

yeah... i just beat a boss and talked to the water goddess.... then crash

[glacial edge]

Is it worth me going on an Alt for a Spirit Gem at the Mists boss? I've been needing Raging Spirits for hours now but a Spirit has yet to drop.

[dawn spire]

there are loads of skills/passives that benefit from using multiple elements. take a look around and see if anything tickles your fancy

[sonic shuttle]

okay, thanks

[sly field]

my 4th time being disconnected during boss fights today alone lmao

[earnest cipher]

does armour break mean they mob has zero armour so everything deals max damage to it?

[swift estuary]

17k queue QQ

[dawn spire]

at least you're getting into the queue

[quartz pewter]

17k nothing, it'll go down quick

[swift estuary]

i switched to canada east lol

[peak ice]

does anyone have a good setup for early act 3, I am finding sunder good but too slow

for warrior/mace

[tawny karma]

when can i get acces to like the herald skills i did not pick from the quest reward?

[dawn spire]

when you find another spirit gem

[static thicket]

jesus people are listing trash on trade site for 1 alch

insane

[peak ice]

you start getting them as drops some time in act 2

[tawny karma]

thx guys

[lime sable]

What's good build for leveling Warrior?

[peak ice]

so what about that warrior.mace skill set up

[light fractal]

i havent gotten to try it yet but how does impending doom support multiple curses? do i have to put it in a meta gem with multiple curses?
(pls no suggestions of impending doom builds, just wondering how the mechanic works)

[peak ice]

i know some of yall know something that isnt hot garbage

[dawn spire]

yes, the only thing I know that isn't hot garbage is lightning rod + orb of storms because that's all I've played.

[cursive seal]

when do I start getting tier 2 support gems? and when do we get more support gem slots for skills? I'm well within act 2 now, and my build idea only works once I can get a tier 2 support gem in but not sure when I can expect them..

[tawny karma]

also is playing duos making the game much easyer?

[dawn spire]

you can do that on warrior

[green talon]

if skills are only based on your weapon, how are we going to get the crazy synergistic combos

[next salmon]

game seems way harder duo

[peak ice]

magic is cringe

[dawn spire]

I'm a few zones into act 3 and still no tier 2 supports

[peak ice]

just got my first one early act 3

[obtuse shale]

Does anyone have a chaos build so far or tree I can follow?

[dawn spire]

good thing lightning rod does basically all the damage and it's a bow attack, then

[dusky star]

Anyone figured out witch summoning builds yet?

[peak ice]

impossible for me to know because it sounds too magical

[cursive seal]

damn that sucks i was really hoping id get them act 2, my build sucks without it

[peak ice]

did you do the venom cave thing

[eager maple]

check out ghazzy's build, his looks pretty scary

[dusky star]

I'm just blasting things with bonestorm witch atm but trying to see when I can respec.

[dawn spire]

I did yeah

all I know is that I used lightning rod + orb of storms as sorc up to halfway through act two with zero damage nodes and it did fine

those skills are insane

[vast folio]

is there any build guide for necromancer? I don't care about quality but I can't find anything 😦

[dawn spire]

you mean a minion build?

I'd check out ghazzy

[vast folio]

yes sir

[dawn spire]

I'm level 36 in a 36 zone and I killed a unique boss in like 3 seconds with lightning rod + orb of storms chrono.

I have nothing else to compare it to, but it works for me

[golden loom]

question, how do you spec into using diffrent weapons for your class

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all weapons

[golden loom]

oh wait its just attributes isnt it

im dumb

[surreal hinge]

So I always loved minion builds, I especially love how they've given them skills and let me command them to do these attacks. When I'm fighting mobs it is super duper fun!

But I am at Rathbreaker and I'm ready to give up. After getting destroyed by the previous boss non-stop and now this boss is running a hyena filled train on me I just don't know what to do. I don't like the flame skulls thematically. I would rather focus on minion abilities but I'm so very tired and loose right now from Rath.

Is there some payoff or should I just give up and find a new build?

[dawn spire]

not dumb, game is big and just came out

[void geyser]

Hey guys, anyone else tried popcorn srs? I supports SRS with Minion Instability and Infernal Legion, but they don't explode... they just expire.

[heady palm]

How do i change what skill I see on the shift preview on the passive tree?

[silent prawn]

you have vitality or anything that restores their health?

[void geyser]

no

[silent prawn]

I did all content so far up to Act3 with Minions. the issue is you have to be active.

[mystic gale]

Glacial bolt feels like such an upgrade versus permafrost. The addition of better crowd control is just so useful

[silent prawn]

Fire Res?

[void geyser]

i have this one node... i guess ill try without it

[silent prawn]

yeah that is the issue

[void geyser]

they don't seem to be "lit" at all like zombies are though with infernal legion

[silent prawn]

also give them Feeding frenzy if you can

[lyric plank]

Atill dont get it

[cloud wyvern]

you know where i can find a lightning rod bow?

[dawn spire]

any bow can use it

[surreal hinge]

I thought I was active, I'm using their abilities, dodging, I use bone storm when able. If I get hit then I'm staggered and typically die. Is energy shield worth investing? Because it seems pointless atm. Am I meant to be doing 0 hit runs?

[pastel wasp]

where i find this?

[cloud wyvern]

oh how do i do this?

[dawn spire]

basically, you can assign skill points to either be "main" (allocated all the time) or assigned to one of your two weapon sets. For example, you could allocate 5 points into a bow cluster with weapon set 1 and 5 points into a staff cluster with weapon set 2. Whenever you use a skill tied to your bow, you'd swap to it automatically and gain the benefits of the bow nodes. If you used a skill assigned to the staff, you'd swap to the staff nodes and gain those

[dawn spire]

cut a gem to get lightning rod and socket it

and equip a bow so you can use the skill

[silent prawn]

hard to say without seeing you play. like i was hit plenty by that boss and survived.
maybe try just generally to upgrade equipment. maybe Life on the Body.

Also try a Shield 😄

[surreal hinge]

I have a chest piece that gives 100 spirit that I'm reluctant to trade off, I guess I should just farm for gear until I can face the boss

[surreal hinge]

And lose the sceptre? I'll have no minions?

[silent prawn]

scepter main hand

[surreal hinge]

You can do that? 😮

[silent prawn]

sure

[surreal hinge]

I never knew, thank you

[deft mirage]

is this a visual bug? The only thing i have that uses spirit is the supported one in there, its for 20. When i remove it i have 30/30 and when i putt it back in it says i have 10/30 but says i dont have enough?

its for 20 spirit on the tooltip

[thin basin]

yea its bugged

[fading bramble]

Is it possible to downgrade a gem? I have a level 11 spirit gem but I need it at level 4/5 to be able to equip it because of the high stat requirement D:

[deft mirage]

ok, but its still active? or should i juist remove it.

[thin basin]

i was using it too and i think it works?

check ur hp regen out of town i thought i saw mine went up so i kept it

[ripe finch]

Any monks found a utility to the Acolyte of Chayula ascendancy ? I cannot see where it can be usefull

[dawn spire]

no, but you can cut a lower tier gem

[deft mirage]

kk ty

[rustic coral]

oh wow the ladder is full of dead eyes lol i knew it. this class looks insane from youtube vids

A lot of shotgunning and st+aoe in one

and some mercs

[fathom stump]

is this item useful in any starter build?

[fading bramble]

@dawn spire But it's impossible for me to loot a lower level gem 😿 My issue is that a gem 11 requires 100+ int, and i'm playing ranger. I need it at level 4/5 to have 40-50 int req max, so I can use a 2nd spirit ability. Guess i have to go back and farm a2-3 or smth lol

[dawn spire]

yeah, it's 1k gold

[dawn spire]

or get more int, yeah

[rustic coral]

warrior seems really bad compared to these ranged classes going by ladder/youtuve vids

[long garden]

Struggling on Witch, decided to reroll Sorceress..level 3 and I got this..blessed fucking start haha.

[rustic coral]

ranger is very awesome so far for me

big difference vs warrior

[dawn spire]

@fading bramblewhat's your dex and how much dex do you need to equip all your stuff? if you're well above your dex requirements you could refund some attribute nodes

[fading bramble]

I'm not well above, most my nodes are already str/int for gear

[gaunt ivy]

Very very newbie question - are scepters the only way to have spirit for minions?

[fading bramble]

I have 130 dex 50 str 40 int, but my 12/13 skill gems required around 120+ dex so can't move much around, definetely not 70+

[fossil flint]

Sceptres are the main source of spirit, but there are other sources such as uniques (there's a unique body armor that gives 100 spirit) and permanent buffs from certain boss monsters

[mossy sequoia]

Is there a reason that people go pierce instead of chain on spark?

[dawn spire]

no, you get some flat spirit at certain parts of the campaign and other pieces can also have spirit. there's an amulet that gives spirit as an implicit

[gaunt ivy]

Ahh so uniques are my only hope. Maybe there are staffs out there.

[dawn spire]

chain lowers damage massively

[tall valley]

do support gems negatives apply to all moves or just the move its equipped on? such as bruataliy

[dawn spire]

pierce lets the projectiles hit the same enemy multiple times, I think

[dawn spire]

just the supported skill

[mossy sequoia]

I am infact illerate ty

[stuck iris]

I feel like I should be playing a bit more smoothly with this merc explode build but it feels clunky and the grenades take too long to detonate on their own. any recomendations? especially for grenade fuse timings?https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/aca7a9cc-ce56-4f41-bdfe-d42e07aec1df/builds/a8ac7acb-64e0-474f-99ae-82734519ead9

[fossil flint]

if there are staves that give spirit I haven't found any yet, it seems like sceptres are pretty heavily codified as the standard minion weapon while staves are for casting

[dawn spire]

you can get reduced fuse duration on the tree or use a skill gem to lower skill effect duration

[tall valley]

ah okay so something like reducing my cold damage wouldnt affect my permafrost bolts as long as its equipped on another move such as armour piercing rounds

[gaunt ivy]

Dammit, that sucks.

[bitter valve]

What i should pick First ascendancy on stormweaver

[autumn oak]

can you not change abilities via skill gems after using it in terms of rebuilding?

[dawn spire]

idk how crossbows works, specifically. If you have supports on your basic attack, idk how those play with your other ammo types

[fossil flint]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Staves#StavesItem https://poe2db.tw/us/Sceptres#SceptresItem

All sceptres implicitly give 100 spirit, staves have none

https://poe2db.tw/us/Body_Armours Enfolding Dawn and Pariah's Embrace give 100 and 50 spirit respectively

[gaunt ivy]

Well who knows after early access. Can only hope. Thanks for the info!

[fossil flint]

Yup, Spirit can also roll as a modifier on amulets by the looks of it, up to 50 at the highest tier

the Solar Amulet base gives 10-15 spirit

[undone mortar]

It can roll on chest armor as well

Chest, amulet, or scepter

[fossil flint]

also appears to be able to roll on jewels at 8-12

[undone mortar]

Oh neat. Haven’t found any with it.

[fossil flint]

it's one of the mods on poe2db in any case

[undone mortar]

Yeah not sure if it’s actually in the pool or it’s in the files and not actually rollable.

[harsh zenith]

I got a unique shield that gives spirit

[granite granite]

Why cant i equip that left two-handed mace ?

[fossil flint]

stat requirements maybe, hover over it

[dawn spire]

what's your strength?

[fossil flint]

requirements are tripled as per Giant's Blood, do you have 156 strength

[granite granite]

132 strength, thanks guys

[untold summit]

is monk better as ES or Armour?

[static plinth]

Holy fuck its real. Demon Form is so back we can totally get down to 100 life

[peak solstice]

Saw this guys vid on this boss and wondering what is happening here, what are the skills and build on his warrior you reckon?

[jovial ruin]

Hey, somebody who wanna play with each others? Help and I may need some guiidence as I am new to poe. Would be amazing, dont hesitate to send friend request or a message. I am open 🙂

[thin basin]

holy cold staff

[fossil flint]

jesus

[dawn spire]

hottest cold staf I've ever seen

[thin basin]

sad im playing dd

[dawn spire]

it'll sell for a ton, probly

[swift estuary]

time to reroll if you arent already a cold sorc lol

[raven helm]

storm wave or siphoning strike?

[dreamy stag]

Heya, I kinda want to play a Bonestorm + a Cast on Crit build, with the thing being cast being able to proc the debuff bonestom apply, but is it even possible since the bonestorm debuff ask for attacks ?

[undone mortar]

Hey that’s illegal

Delete it. It’s too unethical

[thin basin]

how u even price this

idk

[dawn spire]

unfortunately we don't do price checks on this server

[desert tendon]

How do I get more support gem slots for my skills? I only have two

[dawn spire]

you'll eventually find jeweler's orbs

like this

[undone mortar]

Jewelers orbs start dropping later in act 2

[desert tendon]

Oh okay, didn't even know that was an item

I'm in act 2 now so hopefully i get some soon thanks

[rustic coral]

fuck it ranged is too easy im giong warrior. give me teh best build for warrior

[undone mortar]

Auto attack

[rustic coral]

fuck lol

i regret my decision after 10 seconds

[undone mortar]

Get bonking exile

[pearl sluice]

Blood mage is so bad...

[undone mortar]

Tala Moana warrior

[timid cloud]

guys, for warrior, i was looking at the skill tree and it was increase melee attack speed node, so if I just get increase attack speed, it won't affect my attack speed? most of warrior skills are having tag 'attack' and 'melee'

[undone mortar]

It will make you attack faster. Yes.

[pearl sluice]

If u got busted blood mage path build please share 🙏

[twin zenith]

I got curses set as aura. Does anyone know if i increase CURSE AOE, does it also apply if they are set as aura?

[undone mortar]

For your melee attacks.

[undone mortar]

It should yes

[rustic coral]

but i saw people doing totem and earth quake

[timid cloud]

so what about increase attack speed?

[rustic coral]

is auto attack still better than that combo?

[twin zenith]

tnx

[raven helm]

what does honour in the trial do?

[undone mortar]

Both are useful

[orchid torrent]

I don't quite get this - does it mean that it shrinks the area of effect in half but does 40% more damage within it?

[undone mortar]

But autoattack will be highest dps

[dawn spire]

hover over it

[dreamy stag]

Outside of your auto attacks and minions attack, there's no other source of "attack" no ?

I'm asking to find ways to proc Bonestorm debuff

[undone mortar]

Any skill tagged ‘Attack’

[timid cloud]

bro so should i get increase attack speed node or increase melee attack speed node? both will make me attack faster?

[undone mortar]

One is a more specific version of the stat

[lime ravine]

only ailments inflicted by self-cast skills gain energy, correct?

[undone mortar]

One affects all attacks. One affects only melee attacks.

[dawn spire]

if you're using a melee attack, yes, those stats are equal

[indigo sail]

Any infernalist build with demon form? Ty in advance

[rustic coral]

any build link to warrior?

[timid cloud]

gotcha bra tyty

[dawn spire]

ailments cannot gain energy. Which spirit gem are you referring to?

[lime ravine]

elemental invocation

for example

but lets say you have both elemental invocation and cast on shock

[dawn spire]

It does say "when you..." so yes

no minions or totems

[lime ravine]

unless energy is a shared pool, that should work.

gotcha

[dreamy stag]

Yeah, so you can't have a cast on crit to proc Bonestorm debuff

Since Cast on Crit ask for a spell and Bonestorm an attack

[hoary plover]

goddamn i think i just scammed someone i just got so much stronger for 10c

[vagrant hollow]

Have any invoker monks gotten to ascendency and can shed some light on the pdr with evasion skill?

[last mauve]

Wait there is a market already?

[dreamy stag]

So Cast on Crit bonestorm might not be the best idea, since I would need minions alongside bonestorm to proc the debuff, and CoC already take 100 spirit

[fossil flint]

trade chat presumably, the official trade website isn't up yet last I checked

nevermind, it appears to be up now

huh

[trim sandal]

my demon form let me transform once

now it wont let me use it again

?

[granite cloak]

is it possible to have 2 hotbars? if so can it be set to switch when i change weapons?

[trim sandal]

oh im not allowed to use Vitality support gem on it

however it was a recommended one..

[last mauve]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard

Well the game is completed now

[rustic coral]

anyone have a warrior build youtube? or know of a streamer who is doing warr and doing well

[granite cloak]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/hammer-of-the-gods?weaponSet=set1

[sacred aspen]

do you have enough spirit for it?

[rustic coral]

wasn't hamer of gods nerfed

[crimson narwhal]

2012 ass question, what stats scale fireball damage?

[trim sandal]

yeah i had to turn off a minion

[spring perch]

wait why does blood mage suck?

[sacred aspen]

i'm having trouble with demon form too, for some reason SRS doesn't proc while i'm on demon form

i don't have any spirit reservations on my demon form

[trim sandal]

nice i logged out in demon form

[trim forge]

Added flat and typical increases

If you hover over the skill there would be tags like "fire, projectile," and etc

Look out for any general increases with those stats

[crimson narwhal]

Sorry, to be specific, regarding projectile and area of effect damage, it has both tags and poe 1 fireball was kinda weird with it

[thin basin]

fk exsang isnt in the game, my clear skill plan is ruined

[trim forge]

I believe the resulting explosion would only be affected, might be wrong

[rustic coral]

Warrior was nerfed earlier today

[trim sandal]

how does this not support demon form

[rustic coral]

"Reduced the Damage of Supercharged Slam by approximately 60% overall (at maximum stages)."

[crimson narwhal]

Yeah I'm stuck between yolo testing fireball or hours more incinerate gameplay until I get firestorm

[trim sandal]

yeah bro its really strange

[crimson narwhal]

All my demon girlies having trouble

[trim sandal]

if i turn off SRS I can use demon form and that vitality rune

[trim forge]

It's a skill nerf not a class nerf. Warrior's still pretty good

[trim sandal]

however I have 30 spare spirit

so wtf?

[royal sleet]

Do minions get stronger with skill levels? The descriptions don't mention it leveling Unearth from 1->2 gives you a whopping TWO damage on cast, so SURELY the doggos will get stronger otherwise it'd be useless to level it right?

[hoary plover]

ok, weird mechanics question
i'm playing gas arrow with point blank.
the explosion counts as a projectile attack (lol) - this is confirmed by both attack and projectile mods affecting the tooltip damage
do we think the explosion proximity for point blank is calculated at the time i shoot the arrow or when it explodes?

[orchid sundial]

For my fellow minion brothers, SRS are the way to go

[trim sandal]

do i have to now forever use a scepter to transform into demon?

[grim hornet]

Ok, someone sell me on Bell for solo play.

My experience is...I can kill the groups with power charges and lightning in the time it takes just to set up the bell. And I'm more mobile with the former.

I've literally died in the process of casting bell, a scenario you would expect it to excel.

I wish hitting the bell with killing palm and killing enemies harvested power charges

[pure fox]

anyone got a good monk build? can i go for this one, or is it bad https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/monk--starter

[left marten]

Is minions doing better than ignite rn?

[thorn roost]

anyone have a good way to generate frenzy charges?

[trim sandal]

my SRS doesnt work in demon form either

[undone mortar]

I’d recommend the ice skills instead.

[pearl sluice]

does anyone know if a skill has an explosion tied to it, ie. gas arrow w detonate, is the explosion a Hit?

[undone mortar]

The skill has a second tab in the tooltip

For the explosion

[safe adder]

Wait so for Merc how exactly do supports work for the types of ammo? Do you put your supports on the basic crossbow shot that is actually shooting the ammo like galvanic shards? or do you put the supports on galvanic shards directly?

[pure fox]

you have a link?

[undone mortar]

No

[granite ember]

what exactly does the heartstopper keystone do? (Heart Stopper reduces damage over time taken by 50% if you've taken damage in the past second, but increases damage over time by 50% if you haven't.)

does it mean dots will do less damage to me if i was struck in the past second? meaning its better if the dot hits after instead of the dot hitting me first?

[pure fox]

can i reset skills and passive tree?

[silent prawn]

Same as any other class. Supports on the skill

[undone mortar]

Skills are just items

You can respec nodes on the tree at the npc

[safe adder]

Pick a Monk skill/skills you think look cool or fun to use, then get points on the tree that make that skill/skills better. Its pretty easy. You will have more fun using skills you think are cool than using whatever boring skills someone tells you to use

[pure fox]

yes but i wasted one in a skill i guess i wont use, can i restart?

[undone mortar]

No. Find a new uncut gem.

[dawn spire]

damage over time does not hit. That keystone basically makes you take less damage from damage over time for the first second, but if you keep taking damage over time beyond that second, you take more

[undone mortar]

They’re just items

[pearl sluice]

right i see that but i'm still unclear whether AoE stuff like an explosion is a Hit itself, like some AoE stuff like Fire wall doesn't count as a Hit.

[undone mortar]

If you mouse over Hit it will explain what a hit is and when it applies.

DOT skills generally don’t hit

[safe adder]

the game spams you will uncut skill gems, it doesn't matter if you wasted a single one

[undone mortar]

Unless there’s a hitting component of that skill