2┃build-planning

[pearl sluice]

oh i'm an idiot thats much easier to understand lol ty

[rustic coral]

which of the warrior ascendenies is best now aftger the nerf

[dawn spire]

anything that is not damage over time is a hit

[granite ember]

so basically it helps me mitigate sudden bursts of damage but makes me weaker to poison effects? im trying to understand the upside to that. hahaha.

[prisma root]

how do i access these?

[safe adder]

uncut support gems

[devout dew]

for my warrior build -- im looking at Mobalytics - but for the build i cant find the correct boost in the gem list ---

[safe adder]

its a drop like everything else

[silent prawn]

Upgrade skill gems with jeweler orbs

[prisma root]

i dont see them on here though

[safe adder]

pretty sure the very first areas explains supports, either that or the second area :P

[devout dew]

Yuri?

[undone mortar]

It’s called martial tempo now.

That guide is old.

[devout dew]

ok thnx

[prisma root]

the build is telling me to take acceleration and stuff but i dont see it there

[safe adder]

click all gems, not just the recommended ones

[undone mortar]

Don’t trust any guides tbh

[prisma root]

ohhh wtf

[undone mortar]

They’re all outdated

[prisma root]

lmao ty

[safe adder]

also you are going to have a bad time following some D4 YouTuber's guide from the League of Legends website

[prisma root]

oh

[dawn spire]

If you're immune to poison, bleed, and ignite (or can reliably cleanse them within one second), this node basically makes it so other damage over time debuffs (usually ground effects) are "fine" for one second (which might be enough). It also gives you a 1-second window to cleanse poison/bleed/ignite

[safe adder]

pick a skill or skills you think are cool, then get nodes on the tree that make those skills better

[prisma root]

is there a better place to find guides?

[devout dew]

u talking to me Yuri

[safe adder]

no need to bldinly follow some guide that might force you to take boring skills

[devout dew]

or Jon

[safe adder]

well the advice applies generally so I guess both of you but I don't even know what you were asking about lol

[trim forge]

Maxroll or mobalytics. Game is too early for indepth guides to develop

[devout dew]

what tier is Martial Tempo

[undone mortar]

Tier 1.

[devout dew]

what color

[undone mortar]

Green

[safe adder]

lol at the very least you should play to like level 10 or something before you look up a guide so you can like actually learn the basic stuff from the game before you start worrying about a full build at level 0

[undone mortar]

Also literally NO ONE knows how the game will shake out at endgame

[safe adder]

you can always respec or pick different skills so if you mess something up it doesn't matter and costs basically nothing

[undone mortar]

And the campaign is gonna be highly variable for everyone

Based on gear drops

[safe adder]

if you follow some random guide because its a "good" build or "meta" or "strong" or whatever multiple things could happen that could just like ruin the game for you. it could be some skill that you feel is lame or doesn't suit your playstyle and could turn you off of the game, or it could just get changed in 3 days and its not "strong" or "meta" anymore and you have wasted your time and will have to look up a new meta build

so you might as well just use your own instincts about what you think will be fun and just experiment

[sonic shuttle]

ice build is so good

[trim forge]

Most are good ye

[worthy inlet]

hey all, am about to start PoE2 w/o ever playing PoE... coming from D4/D2... any build out there to help me get started?

[undone mortar]

Even if a skill doesn’t seem good to start you might find a good weapon that makes it feel better

[safe adder]

also guides take a long time to make and the game has been out for like 1 whole day now so if they spent abunch of time making that guide they probably aren't a super high level and may not even know how it will actually turn out at a higher level

[undone mortar]

Read the ongoing convo brother

There are no builds

If someone has a guide they’re wrong

No one really knows anything we’re just vibing

[worthy inlet]

@undone mortar i imagine no full fledge ones, but was hoping for some lvling ones... fair enough tho 🙂 just gonna try something out... any class recommendation for someone who hasnt played PoE before?

[rancid cipher]

I mean that's just not true. There may be no established guides, but some people are absolutly more on track than others.

[undone mortar]

You like melee or range or spells?

[rancid cipher]

The game can be very confusing for some.

[undone mortar]

Or something of a mix?

[worthy inlet]

I like them all... had fun with all classes in D4, but normally start with a tankier one, cause i hate dying all the time when I'm learning the game lol

[dawn spire]

mostly for the people that don't hold alt and read stuff

[undone mortar]

Try warrior

[rustic coral]

lol Robb is warrior act 2 dying very few seconds

[undone mortar]

Get good armor. Invest in the life regen nodes on the tree.

[mortal zodiac]

does chayula ascendancy mean u cant reserve anything?

[undone mortar]

Vibe.

[worthy inlet]

@undone mortar I was thinking that... but been hearing melee might be a bit weak atm? was thinking maybe merc? seems a bit more unique

[undone mortar]

Which part? The darkness?

[mortal zodiac]

yeah

[silent prawn]

Only if you take datkness

[mortal zodiac]

i just ascended

[worthy inlet]

@undone mortar what are you playing with? and having fun?

[undone mortar]

Weak if you’re bad

[mortal zodiac]

and idk what to take

[undone mortar]

Monk

Ice monk

[rancid cipher]

Not true at all. Some people just get overwhelmed and that's all there is to it. Skill sets are different for everyone. I'm playing with some people that are genuinely trying, but the game is just confusing for them even with help. Guides can be a supportive crutch for that.

[mortal zodiac]

im playing shock rn

[undone mortar]

I would take the chalupa candy node.

[safe adder]

Build guide that applies to everyone:

Step 1: Look at the classes on the character select screen or YouTube and pick whichever one looks the most fun to you
Step 2: look at the skills available to that class and pick the ones that look the most fun to you
Step 3: Based on your class and skills you have picked, look on the passive tree for nodes that will make the skills you have picked better, or will do something that you think will make your character more fun
Step 4: if something feels a bit off, you can easy easily just respec a couple of points, or use an uncut gem for a new skill
Step 5: use your imagination and experiment with stuff and have fun, thats what Early Access is for

Pro tip: whenever you are reading any kind of tooltip, hold the alt key and you can hover over keywords in that tooltip to learn about them

There you go, you don't need some streamer build guide to tell you how to have fun

[undone mortar]

Avoid the darkness

[rustic coral]

robb has to kite like every 5 seconds. kiting as melee sounds so fun

[mortal zodiac]

chaos res?

i was thinking either that or chaos extra dmg

[rustic coral]

Looks really unfun,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECSg0lZgD_Q

[undone mortar]

No the candy pickups

[mortal zodiac]

oh

[undone mortar]

The middle tree

[worthy inlet]

@undone mortar my main thing is I unofrtunately dont have a ton of time to play... so i cant grind as much as i used to, so i like being able to get builds/classes that scale quickly and dont require a ton of endgame stuff to feel powerful

[mortal zodiac]

into the breach

[undone mortar]

Yes

It’s good

[mortal zodiac]

i didnt know what it did lol

[undone mortar]

And the double duration one

Look at the tooltip

[dawn spire]

I can't speak for the sense of being overwhelmed, but I would still say that a great portion of the confusion about this game can be alleviated by reading as much as you can in-game. Whether that's overwhelming or not for the majority I can't really say

[mortal zodiac]

how

oh hold alt

[undone mortar]

Could try sorc. She’s strong.

[mortal zodiac]

oh i didnt know u can do that

ty

[safe adder]

If you don't have a ton of time to play, by the time you reach end game, there will be a ton of changes to all of the skills and classes and your build guide probably won't work anymore anyways so just do this #2┃build-planning message

[undone mortar]

You can hold alt and click on the tooltip too

It locks it in place

[dawn spire]

congratulations, you've unlocked more knowledge than most players

[safe adder]

its very op

[undone mortar]

Reading is OP

[trim forge]

So true and based

[undone mortar]

Secret strat most poe players won’t do

[mortal zodiac]

oh this is cool

i just have a breach around me

lit

[round escarp]

Looks like Rob doesn't know how to build his warrior yet. He isn't a Poe guy so it's expected

[mortal zodiac]

are there breach rings in the game? assuming thats what the you count as being in a breach line is for

[undone mortar]

Watch Ben play his warrior.

[worthy inlet]

lemme rephrase then... which class are most people having fun with here? I hear warriors are struggling a bit... would love to hear anyone's thoughts 🙂

[round escarp]

If you check the front page of the reddit there's a guy one shotting entire rooms as warrior

[undone mortar]

You’ll probably have an easy time on sorc

[rancid cipher]

I agree that the information is there, but generally speaking if someone is overwhelmed the information can't be properly processed. Again, I think this is where guides play a helping hand as a crutch to at the very least get started.

[tiny scarab]

im stuggling in act 2 as sorc

[undone mortar]

Try a frost staff

Freezing shards OP

[cerulean olive]

dose the passive tree change when you choose your Ascendancies? Why is my passive tree not the same as on Moba???

[swift estuary]

I'm having a good time on Witch SRS Fire Minion

[undone mortar]

They shotgun

[safe adder]

imo class strength is not really related to how fun a class is to play, it is more about the general playstyle

[worthy inlet]

@undone mortar that's the only one I was thinking about avoiding lol.. cause my buddy just made a sorc and I was hoping to complement that if/when we played together

[round escarp]

Running something like a archmage lightning based sorc will be easy. Also running a minion necromancer would be fine

[undone mortar]

Don’t worry about that too much

[round escarp]

The Merc looks like a lot of fun

And will be my next class

[safe adder]

i am playing mercenary and it is very fun swapping between the ammo types to do combos

[worthy inlet]

@safe adder any class notorious for being easier to level up?

[round escarp]

They're all going to be a bit challenging

[radiant yarrow]

is evasion or armor better overall? I see evasion blocks about everything but accuracy will lower it. I'm gonna do invoker monk

[dawn spire]

oh, sorry I was, in no way, trying to downplay the usefulness of guides. You can understand all the mechancis from reading until the cows come home, but that has almost no bearing on how well one can make a build out of the gate

[worthy inlet]

@round escarp what's your class rn?

[round escarp]

I'm doing my own build. Chaos/dot monk. I wouldn't recommend it to a newcomer.

[safe adder]

this game is going to be a lot harder than D2 or D4 no matter which class you pick to be totally honest with you, so if you don't want to get frustrated and immediately bounce off of the game, that is why you should spend 10 or 15 minutes just looking into how the classes play and what they can do and just pick the one that calls your name

[round escarp]

Going to then branch into totems in the mid/late game

[trim forge]

Its only day two so it isnt figured out as much

Just pick what you think is interesting. If it doesnt work, just trial and error on another class

[round escarp]

It may run into issues with some damage scaling but I think it'll be ok. The monk has a lot of gain as damage. So that should carry me with totems. But I also have a backup build idea if it fails

[safe adder]

this this this, it is basically free to respec your passive tree, and it is basically free to get new skill gems, and if you do those and it still isn't clicking, you can always just make a new guy and try something else

[round escarp]

A new player build id recommend is one of the build guides off YouTube tbh

[bold oxide]

gain as x sadly is not calculated in an appealing way, apparently

[round escarp]

It's before DMG bonuses

[thorn roost]

how to generate frenzy charges as a bow user?

[round escarp]

But I'm scaling chaos DMG. And monk is all gain as chaos

[worthy inlet]

care to share a link pls?

[round escarp]

So it works really well

[trim forge]

Which ascendancy?

[thorn roost]

well im not ascended yet haha

[tulip pivot]

its' weird on my mercenary default attack always has higher dps compared to any other ability, is this normal?

[sonic shuttle]

I have a really good staff and I use its skill, can I upgrade the skill on the staff?

[trim forge]

Ah, are you running ranger?

[sonic shuttle]

I dont waant to have to change the whole staff

[thorn roost]

yes

[trim forge]

Because ranger's ascendancy, deadeye, has frenzy generation

Just dont worry about it for now

[distant onyx]

Seems hard to scale chaos dots

[dawn spire]

aside from adding support gems I don't believe you can

[round escarp]

For starting out yes. You won't see skills outpace the main attack until later acts

[trim forge]

There's also frenzy from tree I believe

[dawn spire]

I don't think there is a way to generate frenzies on the tree

[bold oxide]

ive been doing gas arrow and its amazing lol. just need to get more consistent ignite application but so far its really strong. kills bosses extremely fast

[sonic shuttle]

Thast really sad XD

[trim forge]

Bummer

[tulip pivot]

alright so i only unlock skills to look for interesting support skills to put on my defautl attacks, ty

[safe adder]

so you are like blowing up farts basically? that sounds cool. would the same think work with the gas grenade for crossbow?

[round escarp]

Like skills have value though. But early acts 1-2 your default attacks will carry pretty hard

[green elm]

do the chayula flame buffs work on dots or is it only hits?

[round escarp]

Only hits.

[green elm]

fk me, thank you

[round escarp]

Gain as only works on hits

[bold oxide]

yes and i think it would be even easier for xbow main cause you get easier sources of detonation compared to bow

xbow has gas grenade which i havent used but seems to function almost exactly like gas arrow does

[round escarp]

Has anyone tried a poison concoction build at all?

[green elm]

thank you, i am doing ED contagion right now and its working well but i noticed after getting the 10 second buffs that it didnt seem like i was doing any extra damage, i guess it works for the initial hit of it but i am prob going to have to change up the build, thank you

[bold oxide]

i tried doing a second weapon set crossbow with explosive shot to detonate but as a ranger with no bonuses to bolts, its very clunky only being able to load 1-2 bolts at once

[round escarp]

I'm going to do the dark effigy route

Which does benefit from gain damage

[bold oxide]

so instead im just pumping fire damage and chance to inflict ailments and praying gas arrow ignites itself

if not, i have detonating arrow which works but you have to channel it so its a bit clunky. you can use fire wall but thats also clunky

[orchid hatch]

Does anyone know the difference between Energy Shield Recharge Rate and Energy Shield Recovery Rate? Is Recovery the same as faster start of Recharge?

[safe adder]

you know off hand what some crossbow detonators are? i can only really think of explosive grenade early on

[green elm]

i will look into that! thank you

[dry fiber]

will we be able to pick both chrono and storm?

[round escarp]

No one or other

[bold oxide]

i think its just explosive grenade but not sure. not super familiar with all the various crossbow skills

ive only been playing ranger and using bows obv

[dry fiber]

will u be able to swap between them?

[orchid hatch]

No, and as of right now, the decision cannot be spec'ed out of. You chose it, it's yours forever.

[bold oxide]

i killed the act 2 boss in like 45 seconds lol

[round escarp]

Bruh

[bold zodiac]

Does anyone know how Stormweaver Heart of Storm interacts with Eldritch Battery?

[round escarp]

That sounds like some fat damage

[bold oxide]

gas arrow explosions are like 473% damage or some shit

its insane

[warm prism]

man deadeye kinda looks like it sux lol

can someone explain to me why i'd choose dead over path

[trim forge]

+proj is pretty powerful for grenades

[bold oxide]

tailwind strong. extra projectiles strong

and if youre doing frenzy charge stuff its very good

[stuck iris]

so during the acts will I be replacing frag rounds with explosive shots? and will I the be also dropping permafrost for my explody merc?

[warm prism]

ty, cause i didnt wanna go poison lol

[trim forge]

Completely up to you ✨

[thin basin]

'ull have plenty of extra gems to mess around dw

i got like 10 extra gems sitting

[brittle cave]

what mercenary class seems to be the best rn?

[jaunty rock]

is the FrostFerno Witch Hunter passive tree guide good enough to follow for a noob

on mobalytics

[uncut compass]

should I be using armour piercing rounds if im using high velocity rounds??

does it permanently break armor

[heady palm]

I’m so confused about the warrior combo loop.
There are payoff mechanics which lead into stun.
But they require armour to be broken.

So i spend time breaking armour, to finally land a stun, to then finally deal a bit of damage?

Why can’t I just smorc autoattacks or plain slams and get better dps output?

The armour consume deals 500% stun buildup.
But in the time I build all this, I could just do the skill 5 times

And have the same final outcome

[brisk oracle]

Does anyone know when I get more than 2 slots for support gems in my skills?

[trim forge]

Are you pairing this with boneshatter?

[thin basin]

Act2/3

[bold oxide]

near the end of act 2 i started getting them

now in act 3 and ive had 4 of them drop so far

[brisk oracle]

Sweet. ty

[trim forge]

Game encourages you to combo

[robust ferry]

How do you get more spirit besides act 1 boss?

[trim forge]

One of Act 3 bosses gives you 30 more spirit

Act 6 (Basically act 3 again) gives you 40 more

[heady palm]

Boneshatter would be a total waste imo - 250% damage, after

• 10 seconds of armour break
• 2s slam cast
  -> to get 250% damage

I can just AA in that time
And have higher output.
The combos seem very wasteful

[robust ferry]

Same with the act 1 also or just the act 3 twice?

[fleet blaze]

what defensive supports are MONKs using?

[tulip pivot]

if i want to reduce reload time, do i need attack speed or cooldown or what else?

[trim forge]

Judt act 3

[robust ferry]

Tyty

[trim forge]

Which slam are we talking btw?

Is it earthquake or rolling

[heady palm]

Leap slam as an example for the 500% stun buildup on armour break consume

[main spear]

Any Rangers here?

[trim forge]

Ah

[heady palm]

Stuns themselves are useless too

[main spear]

Need to know what to add to lightning rod and vine shot to make them epic

[heady palm]

Bosses have a ton of idle time already - being stunned for 4s too make no difference

It’s not like I can hop in and interrupt a flamethrower / channel - they boss channels last like 3-4 seconds

And most of the time it’d be suicide to try and use the stun as an interrupt

[trim forge]

Heavy stun openings for boneshatter only needs about 80% of the meter so it isnt too bad imo

But I do believe you have to decide a road here, whether you want to go all in on armor break or stuns

[restive cloud]

Hey guys does Projectile damage bonuses only affect the projectile or the damage of the entire skill?

[heady palm]

I’ve not found anything that works for me and I kinda tried both

For now I’m genuinely just warcry empower and fist of war sunder

[alpine summit]

thoughts on blood mage?

i feel pretty underpowered

[heady palm]

But I wish the stun/AB mechanics were better

[alpine summit]

i get life and mana taxed like crazy

[undone mortar]

If it’s a complex skill proj damage applies only to the proj portion

The skills all have tags

[trim forge]

Doing stun right now and it feels fine imho

[hoary plover]

starting cruel off with a bang

[undone mortar]

If it has the Projectile tag it is affected by projectile modifiers.

[trim forge]

Im just slamming till boneshatter opening

Warcry, perfect strike

Repeat

I think ab would definitely be better with atkspd

[restive cloud]

So, taking the skill Gas Arrow as an example. With a 10% increase to projectile damage it also affects the poison it generates and not just the projectile itself since Gas Arrow has the tag "Projectile"?

[trim forge]

But since swords/axes arent here yet, we suffer

[undone mortar]

That skill has two tabs on the tooltip

Iirc

[heady palm]

I feel like we’re missing a few warcries too

[trim forge]

Yep, a lot of em

They'll just add it later im not too worried about it xd

[hoary plover]

the poison is affected indirectly. increased projectile damage makes the hit bigger, which gives a bigger poison. the poison itself does not scale on proj damage. the explosion does though, despiute not actually being a projectile

[main spear]

Any Rangers in here that I can bounce some questions off of?

[heady palm]

I do wonder how seismic cry would work for dps lol

I’m a titan and tempted to try it out

[slender fern]

failure to get resource texture bug crashed

[raw ruin]

trying to build monk/ice build
do i spend points on dex or str?

[autumn shale]

does anyone know if the explosion scales with projectile dmg?

[hoary plover]

yes, it does. thats my build right now (see video above)

[restive cloud]

@autumn shale ^^

[next monolith]

need help on warrior, hes feeling really bad

[autumn shale]

interesting. how are you self igniting the arrows? I'm using mage spells to ignite lol

also, going by that logic, chaos damage would scale the explosion damage too, no?

since it has the chaos tag in the skill

[hoary plover]

yeah i used flame wall. just a level 1 is enough

[trim forge]

Wouldnt hurt yeah. I do hope it stacks with the 20% chance to aftershock on titan

[hoary plover]

then i spent all my money on this and holy shit it is a game changer

[main spear]

This was insane

[autumn shale]

nice. mind if I take a look at your tree?

[hoary plover]

this is where i'm at now. might respec those unfinished things under mercenary. not sure there's efficient nodes
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgIAQt1LiaIahRDZcUBZC6cd2IXsWW2STWB35_mQjD0vWPQAhN8uMacq1sjtP7v0UngBSO1ceslT93vDHWZURPIYSeu27kLea2X0Lt3yQGSlCv6YaKI4BOL9wfn4Jqo6oPq9-27SOpW68H8xynEjzGOpVPsLH9QKNt2EOLo9JQAaBJiKRb7JlgAA

[hoary plover]

this was my planned final tree, but i'm already finding things to cut so idk how it will end up looking
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgIAed1LiaIahRDZcUA111kLpx3YhexZbZL98ef-LNCdTvmQjD0vWPQAhN8uMacq1sjtP7v0ChZSeAFI7VxsOaOR2rviclQhvoWu6N4PcKNtjAcxJL3pSHrJU_d7wx1mVETyGEnrjcqf1gbtyA227kLea2X0Lt3yyIipn_qMD5FLjrTYQGSlCv6YaKI4BEnC3gk0HfcX4v3B-Tjs-CaqOqD6vftu0jqVuvB_McpxI8xjqVT7Cx_UCsud02_TU46qIS37124PzgomRPNmVNRBMyJ7D58R4ZMhi5tPrSsdNt2EOLo9JQAaBJiKRb7JlnfnQv4c3l1QAAA=

[trim forge]

MR PRESIDENT GET DOWN

[safe adder]

anyone got any interesting support gem ideas for Galvanic Shards?

[tulip pivot]

anyone knows if attack speed reduces reload time on crossbows? if not what does?

[devout dew]

ok needed to ask this

[blazing sparrow]

Ice is INT more and Lightning is more DEX

If you look at the passives you'll notice INT helps with freeze stuff and dex helps with shock

[safe adder]

there are reload time reducing mods

[elfin yew]

Im struggling alot rn to really do any dmg with my ice monk and i really dont get why :l

[devout dew]

@Noelle what lvl r u

[silver needle]

how do you generate power charges as witch for bone storm?
and for that matter, how do you generate power charges at all? the only ability i see that gives them is culling strike for monk and another lvl 22 attack for attacking fully shocked enemies
making power charge playstyle vaible vs bosses only for shock builds and only for monks above lvl 22. which is why bone storm confuses me.

[elfin yew]

33

[blazing sparrow]

I'm still hashing out my monk

It's underwhelming though ya

[devout dew]

ah ok -- i can try helping u out when i get there ok

[safe adder]

do you have a weapon with shitty stats?

[elfin yew]

like the act 2 final boss took literally ages LOL

[blazing sparrow]

I'm using lightning mostly but I'm thinking maybe they need to be hybrid

[elfin yew]

15min fight hahaha

[devout dew]

im following this build from Mobalytics for Warrior (Warbringer) and its fricking nuts

[blazing sparrow]

There are passive nodes that work with 2 elements

[devout dew]

even tho some of the skills have wrong names - im massacreing things

[blazing sparrow]

Decent

My crafted has better dps though

[elfin yew]

like my glacial cascade dps is horrendous lol

[cloud maple]

how op is this build on sorcs? I got first item on lvl 2 and then got second at level 11 or somethign close to that

[safe adder]

are you using skills or supports or tree nodes that make you do more ice damage and less lightning/fire/phys damage?

[elfin yew]

yes

[blazing sparrow]

My basic staff attack is 383 damage

[elfin yew]

entirely going into ice dmg only

[thin basin]

For my bloodmage wannabes/planner, goratha just dropped a pretty good build setup

I recommend

Its a blaster

[elfin yew]

my qs strike is only 190 lol. whereas my glacial cascade is 64 like wot

[blazing sparrow]

The problem is, monk attack painfully slow...

[rustic coral]

got a link to that?

[blazing sparrow]

Gotta get thay attack speed up some how

[safe adder]

so if you are only dealing ice damage, and your skill is an attack, and your weapon has 6-10 ice damage....

[undone mortar]

Ben_ on twitch

[elfin yew]

glacial cascade converts 60% of phys atk to cold dmg

[blazing sparrow]

Yeah they all convert

So I was thinking maybe boosting physical nodes will help

[elfin yew]

hmm

maybe its because my staff has no phys atk dmg on it? lol

[autumn shale]

what supports you running on the arrow?

[safe adder]

are you actually converting or are you just more ice damage at the expense of other types of damage? you answered yes to both

[vital hornet]

Are there any comparissons of infernalist vs blood mage? I'm still on the fence about it.

[rustic coral]

spark firewall Sorc is nuts

[elfin yew]

I dont get this question sorry? im not doing anything haha, the skill itself says it converts phys atk to cold dmg?

[safe adder]

and i asked you if you took nodes or supports or whatever that reduce all other types of damage and make you deal more cold damage

and you said yeah

[elfin yew]

ah yes i did that

I can show my skill tree if that helps

[safe adder]

so that would mean if your weapon has most of its damage in non-ice damage, those nodes/passives are just not doing anything with it, and buffing your low ice damage on the weapon

[hoary plover]

support gems? i had scattershot + fire infusion for a long time. added primal armament on 3rd.
then got a death's harp which gives +3 arrows so i swapped scattershot for magnified effect.
eventually i'll add fire penetration and possibly exposure, idk

[lunar gazelle]

Has anyone seen any good 2 player combos yet? The only popular so far is Monk Bell + Projectile Spammer with Knockback

[lean radish]

can you set up skills to switch between 2 crossbows ?

[elfin yew]

i see

[rustic coral]

Alkaizer also had a great warrior build but it was nerfed by 60% today

so dunno what is good anymore tbh

[blazing sparrow]

Oh dude.. you missed a lot

[elfin yew]

im new to this all

[blazing sparrow]

You're missing a lot of damage boosting nodes

[thin basin]

I think bloodmage should be tankier and do bit more dmg very lategame? Infernalist should have more stuff to trigger with extra energy and you will have to reserve life for some stuff so youre kind of forced to go ES over bloodmage stacking life is what i can personally tell from the ascendancy

[elfin yew]

wait like which?

[ashen adder]

Any good starter builds for Merc? I’m level 14

[sonic shuttle]

Why would it say that operation failed when trying to claim passive and souls from quests?

[blazing sparrow]

So at the beginning of your tree there, you should have taken a path above

For attack damage or crit

You basically screwed up from step 1

[elfin yew]

but atk literally states its only doing dmg with the skill equipped from the weapon?

[blazing sparrow]

Respec it all

Your skills say attack

They are attacks

[safe adder]

The game is going to constantly be changing because it is early access so if you guys are just like autopilot following some build guide on a league of legends website or just doing whatever some streamer is doing, whenever a patch changes the skills/class/weapon/nodes that build is using, you are not going to have any idea how to fix and it will just get stuck and have to start over. You should just pick the class you think looks the most fun/cool, pick a handful of skills for the weapon/class you want to use that look the most cool, and then try to make those skills better on the passive tree, so that you actually learn how the game works and are not totally at the whim of build guides and patch nodes. Remember that it is basically free to respec passive points or get more gems to try something new.

[elfin yew]

oh

my

god

ur so right

i was using spells that arent from the monk as well

so i just mentally defaulted to thinking its all spells

so THATS why my only spell that does dmg is frost bomb hahaha

[safe adder]

any class can use any skill gem, that doesn't matter

[blazing sparrow]

If it says attack

That's what it is

[elfin yew]

yeah... i didnt see the lil thing underneath the name of the skills hahha

[mossy sequoia]

How does blood magic work on blood mage? Does it cost double hp or since the cost is converted does the blood magic one not make it cost more hp?

[elfin yew]

yeah some of these are called atk and spell

ooo

thats so awkward

[north dune]

Hi witch hunter ascendancy order please tell me (

[blazing sparrow]

They are tags

[safe adder]

you really should use the alt button to read all of your skill/node tooltips and hover over the underlined words and read what they do so that you don't end up doing this lol, it will make the game pretty easy to wrap your head around

[blazing sparrow]

Tags let you know what effects them

If it says attack. And spell

Then it can be both

[elfin yew]

[safe adder]

reading the tooltips and pressing the alt button is overpowered

[elfin yew]

yeah im realising that now haha

ty

ok damn i gotta change alot..

[blazing sparrow]

Yandud

Respec

What lvl r u

[elfin yew]

33

[blazing sparrow]

It'll be like 10k or more

But do it

[lucid cedar]

can lightning arrow chain with support gem?

[blazing sparrow]

Respec it all

Just farm a map, pick up everything and sell

Repeat

[elfin yew]

pain

[blazing sparrow]

And respec

I just did it

[elfin yew]

any advice on what to grab now? ahhaha

[blazing sparrow]

It's good practice also

Well I'm still hashing out my path

[safe adder]

Whats the tooltip say

[blazing sparrow]

Butnin the beginning definitely grab the attack nodes and maybe the I life on kills

Great for survival

[lucid cedar]

But the odd part is then it recommends Chain lol

kk thanks

[wild lily]

Hey guys, I tried putting the support gem withering touch on my minions but it won't apply the debuff, what's happening here? can't find any info on it.. could it be a bug or is that intended

[elfin yew]

damn haha

[blazing sparrow]

Also I'm using more lightning right now so I took lightning nodes and I am moving towards first contact I think it's called. I'm not on atm I'm watching a movie with my son

[safe adder]

what skill are you using now

[blazing sparrow]

But the node I'm going for hits 80% more damage on full life target and 100% crit I think it said. And there's some lightning resist penetration on the way

[elfin yew]

everything

just experimenting with alot haha

[blazing sparrow]

Ya early game monk kinda has to use it all...

[elfin yew]

glacial cascade was my main skill i was using

[devout dew]

i just got this 2h hammer

[blazing sparrow]

Different skills work better for different bosses

[elfin yew]

yeah

[sacred aspen]

is fireball better than ember fusillade?

[elfin yew]

[hollow trail]

Anyone have a link to a fire build? I'm lvl 40,..

[midnight estuary]

It doubles

[blazing sparrow]

Also if you look way over to the right on the tree there is a quarterstaff section with some bad ass nodes

I'm gonna eventually make my way there

[elfin yew]

o?

[blazing sparrow]

It looks like two skinny v's

Or a stretched hour glass

[elfin yew]

i see it

they look like little bacteria

[safe adder]

so just think about it then. if you need more damage, get more cold and physical on your weapon, get more cold and physical damage on the tree, get attack speed on the tree, get more aoe for better trash clearing, look for clusters of nodes for the type of weapon you are using

[elfin yew]

lol

[blazing sparrow]

But also get evasion and energy shied you need defense

If you start to get hit too much spec back a bit and grab defense

[elfin yew]

what aoe does monk even have ice wise?

[blazing sparrow]

The bell is whatever element you fuse with it when u hit

And locus

Isnan aoe explosion

Is an*

[mossy sequoia]

Do you know if recoup heals you for damage taken taht wya or nah

[elfin yew]

how does this look atm? making my way to the right and grabbing blind strikes next?

[elfin yew]

ahhh i never even thought about that, gonna grab that

[midnight estuary]

That I don't know

[blazing sparrow]

That whole upside down triangle you grabbed for evasion and energy shield

[tulip pivot]

this means grenades would take even LONGER to explode? why would we want that?

[blazing sparrow]

Indont think you need all that

[tulip pivot]

great ty, but do you know if speed or cooldown stats help or not?

[elfin yew]

really? i feel like i kinda explode alot.. lol

[blazing sparrow]

There's a few near the beginning and 1 that gives 24% you should grab

And like I said get the nodes near the start that gain life on kill

[elfin yew]

ye blinding strikes, im omw to it rn

[elfin yew]

i showed it in the ss

[safe adder]

really all you need to do is just pay attention to how things are going and assess what you need to be working towards as you play, it really is that simple lol :P

[autumn granite]

Does anyone here know if I should play as eva/ES hybrid or instead go pure eva or ES with monk?

[elfin yew]

i thought monk is an es and evasion build?

[tranquil hearth]

What exactly does that mean? Will you only get 1 guaranteed crit per armor break?

[fringe valley]

Is all rapid crossbow skills bad for damage? I take explosive shot and grenades, all die. I take rapid skills, any and it's so low DMG...

[blazing sparrow]

You want dps though and you need to be moving and rolling

[tranquil hearth]

Or will the crit reset the armor break?

[blazing sparrow]

Not taking hits

You should be kiting mobs anywaus

[elfin yew]

ye i getcha

[blazing sparrow]

The evasion is only if you do get swarmed

I avoid getting close

Use hit and run tactics

That's what the papm strikes do

Palm*

[autumn granite]

so ES with monk?

[fleet blaze]

doing a melee freeze monk was shredding up until middle of act 3 and now im just getting destroyed. probably 30+ deaths. EVA/ES not doing shit.

[left sigil]

Is the top path still being highlighted a bug? The respec didnt cost any gold either

[cloud maple]

can you upgrade unique items statwise because I don't think I want to give up this gear

[elfin yew]

yeah same, so what about this

[tranquil hearth]

Life thief or splinter for Shockwave totem?

[cloud maple]

@elfin yew can this gear go into late game through an upgrade system?

[blazing sparrow]

Honestly lightning is the way to go i feel

[safe adder]

cooldown helps with ammo skills that have cooldowns like grenades, attack speed is just attack speed, why would either of those affect reload speed? check the tooltips,if it did work it would almost certainly be in a tooltip somewhere so look around

[elfin yew]

[blazing sparrow]

Thay lightning slam shreds groups like nothing

It beautiful

[trim forge]

No

[elfin yew]

lightning smells tho

cold all the way 🙂

[cloud maple]

bruh

[safe adder]

just save it in your stash and use it on a different character it would be good for

[cloud maple]

what level do you think this can take me to? I'm lvl 18 rn

[cloud maple]

yea but how do I trade with myself

[trim forge]

Also your crown is mostly a stat stick for es and a unique to force recovery from chest. Your pain attunement isnt working there at all

[silver tree]

I had an idea to try a lightning damage Merc after I saw a video with a skill that seemed to use lightning, looked like the fragmentation rounds, but lightning. Any tips or is this really possible? Completely new player here so sorry if it's a silly question, I'm unsure on how builds really work, the skill tree is massive and the way skill gems work is a little odd still to me.

[trim forge]

Stash tab is global on character

[cloud maple]

nice

[uncut thorn]

I think this is not working with spells ??

[safe adder]

yeah just stuck it in one of the tabs and all characters can use it

[cloud maple]

no clue what pain attunement is

[trim forge]

Hover pver your helmet, hold alt, hover over pain attunement

[cloud maple]

oh it suffers from not doing physical

[trim forge]

Basically more spell dmg if low life

Low life is 35% of your max

[cloud maple]

I never want to be low life tho that's why I have my robe

[merry hound]

anyone know what is the purpose of reducing the duration of offering?

[cloud maple]

it heals it all back

[trim forge]

Yep so it's counter intuative

[safe adder]

how do you know it isn't working?

[trim forge]

Or to just force proc your chest

[uncut thorn]

I was trying to combo this with eye of the storm

[cloud maple]

I like it because I have 240 sheilding at lvl 18

[uncut thorn]

and I am testing it, but it is not triggering any more crits

[cloud maple]

I can reroll the thing tho right?

get rid of the pain attunement

[safe adder]

did you pin the tooltip and hover over critical hit chance and read the tooltip for it?

[uncut thorn]

does it have to say "Critical change for SPELLS" to work with spells ?

[trim forge]

Uniques are fixed

[cloud maple]

it only works if there are multiple mobs and I go lifesteal on kill

[trim forge]

Only values are changable per drop unless stated otherwise

[cloud maple]

it's terrible for bosses

[cloud maple]

damn

[fiery iron]

Question:
Does spell cascade work with the fireball gem? Not the nerfed act1-2 staff version but the skill gem with a nova included.

[mossy sequoia]

Is there an easy/reliable way to apply chill to enemies/bosses?

[cloud maple]

I think i'll keep it because I do go low hp sometimess and I can use the buff for a few seconds lol

the crown is a major stat boost

I can't die

[cerulean zenith]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lWsbnQiPhciHMSOm47-ml00tWX2Tj967/edit?gid=1082927025#gid=1082927025

[trim forge]

Also at some point you'll surpass the unique's ES value with just rares

[cloud maple]

geodur or whatever his name is needed 3-4 hits on me to kill me

[trim forge]

Typically at endgame you'd want most of your gear be rare, with uniques just being an enabler or a layer

[tulip pivot]

That's logical, but a lot of games have weird mecanics like attack speed affecting reload speed, so i was asking in a practical manner instead of assuming the way we think it should work, but thank you for answering i appreciate it

[safe adder]

You use a skill that applies chill

[cloud maple]

oh

is there a reason for that?

[trim forge]

Uniques are fine being bandaid fixes though

[cloud maple]

more stats? and rerolls?

[trim forge]

Variety. You wont believe how good rare mod affixes sre

[patent dagger]

Is there a spin to win class in Poe2? Been playing witch so far

[trim forge]

Not atm, there will be probably after they add more things

[safe adder]

99% of the time, the hoverable tooltip or underlined keyword or the tags of gems/items will tell you how a stat or interaction works, its a good idea to just always read them

[stiff compass]

how do i level my srs?

[tulip pivot]

i will ty, also i found the reload speed stat in the tree now and i am building around it, all good

[safe adder]

add more uncut gems to it

[stiff compass]

which ones?

[safe adder]

what do you mean which ones?

just any uncut skill gems

err

if its a spirit, then use that

whatever u used to make it

[stiff compass]

I LITERALLY HAVENT FOUND ANOTHER SPIRIT GEM

like tf

i cant tell if their quest rewards or im just unlucky

[safe adder]

they are quest rewards

at least early on

[keen dagger]

They're really rare, I've had one drop total and I'm in Cruel

[dapper timber]

New to PoE guy here is I respec does it give me back all materials used to put in support skills? Like if I’m changing from bow to crossbow

[ionic blaze]

For those that wanted to do gemling i just got comfirmation that the skill part of the ascendency is indeed literal skills, not gems

Also it can be very difficulty to see wtf quality does.

[celest oxide]

Do I need to unlock the ability to re-spec my passive tree

[ionic blaze]

Yes

[trim forge]

Just a reminder for newer players that the passive tree has a search function. Typing a keyword highlights the passive point

[safe adder]

What do you mean? You just press alt on the gem and it says what quality does lol

[dapper timber]

New to PoE guy here is I respec does it give me back all materials used to put in support skills? Like if I’m changing from bow to crossbow. Or do I need to start a new ranger

[keen dagger]

You can't get back uncut gems, but they drop often

[safe adder]

Also reminder for new players that you can press alt on basically every hoverable thing in the game to see more information about it and interact with the keywords inside of it and you can learn almost everything you need to know in the game :P

Alt is the most op button in the game

[unique pecan]

where do you get cast on critical skill? I dont see it in the menu

[keen dagger]

It's tier 4 I think

[trim forge]

Have to get new uncut gems

No need to make another ranger

Unless you want to "reroll"

[still bison]

so how's everyone leveling their monk?

[spring perch]

elemental discharge stormweaver with avatar of fire?

wait no you wouldn't be able to freeze

[keen dagger]

Unrelated, I just realized you can support the damage from the Monk lightning buff? Could you do that in PoE1?

[ionic blaze]

Sorry im on xbox not sure if we have that

[dapper timber]

Ok got it thank you. So then what is the point of rerolling in PoE?

[safe adder]

Also the game gives you tons of uncut skill gems, so you can just use them freely to try stuff out

You do not need to hoard them

[dapper timber]

Ty!!!

[storm palm]

im running witch and uses lightning skill at lvl 40. how come i feel so weak af.

[safe adder]

The higher level you get, the more expensive respecing and replacing skills becomes

[mossy sequoia]

Have they said if this is a "pre season" or if it's in active development and we would be getting more patches, or if a lot will come at some point in the future

[unique pecan]

anyone know where cast on crit skill is? I see it mentioned but cant find it anywhere

[safe adder]

I'm 99% sure you can still interact with tooltips, you just need to find it in the keybind settings

"Show advanced item descriptions" and "Highlight items and objects"

[white timber]

Do we have any resource to simulate tree pathing?

[safe adder]

should be the same key and that lets you interact with tooltips and click on keywords inside of a tooltip to read about it

[celest oxide]

Can't wait to see some ranger guides lol

[keen dagger]

It's a high tier spirit gem

[timid spade]

https://marcoaaguiar.github.io/poe2-tree/

Think this is what there is, might have a new one or something but that's what I've seen so far

[unique pecan]

I dont see it as a greyed out higher tier gem either

[keen dagger]

Are you looking at support gems instead?

[unique pecan]

it can take support gems

its a skill gem

[keen dagger]

It's a spirit gem

[inner ruin]

so does spirit replace mana and heath reservation ? or is that just for some skills

[safe adder]

lol

[safe adder]

Yes

[unique pecan]

whats a spirit gem?

[safe adder]

keep playing and you will get one

[keen dagger]

Triggers and auras

[tulip pivot]

skill speed = casting speed?

[unique pecan]

how do you get those?

[safe adder]

you keep playing and the game will give you one

you get one very early in the game so if you aren't even that far yet i wouldn't be worrying about cast on crit lol

[hoary plover]

skill speed is combined attack and cast speed, so yes

[unique pecan]

Im in act 2

[keen dagger]

You missed a quest in act 1

[safe adder]

yep

[tulip pivot]

oh so skill speed also gives me attack speed, great ty

[keen dagger]

Has anyone found a solution to Monk mana problems yet?

[delicate cape]

Might be kinda of a dumb question here, but I'm trying to go 1h+shield fire warrior with totems. Is that spreading myself too thin you think?

[mossy sequoia]

I have 10% spell leech, using spark and for some reason on big picks it sitll won't out pace the damge I'm doing to myself as a blood mage?

[ionic blaze]

Ive checked and i don't think so, can get into advance info on the skill tab but it doesnt give quality also everything is kinda janky on xbox, for example in advance info you can't use right stick to see multiple part of a skill (like herald of ash buff and explosion are seperate tab but you cant scroll) and when scrolling between skill in advance info the tooltip below indicate that you can scroll up n down but that's wrong regardless of if you dpad up or dpad down it alway going in the same downward listing.

[restive harness]

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

[spring perch]

wait. ARCHMAGE AFFECTS TRIGGERED SPELLS

[gusty bone]

Dammit there is no big life regen nodes in the passive tree

[unreal sparrow]

anyone can tell me why its leaving demon form when i cast flame wall or incenerate ???

[stone fog]

Anyone got any tips for an aspiring chronomancer sorc?

[celest oxide]

So Stormcaller Arrow is pretty good I hear?

[unborn river]

Is lightning exposure only accessible through the support gem?

[shut plinth]

anyone know why burning spirits wont spawn when in demon form?

[formal junco]

guys, im kinda confused on exposure, is shock an exposure? 🤔 or exposure is a skill or something

[rugged chasm]

anyone know why freezing shards is nowhere to be found? i wanna upgrade or assign the skill but only have it on a weapon

cant engrave or increase rank

[static plinth]

Found cool synergy, im sure someone else knows but if you support a curse with Decaying Hex, itll be spread by Contagion and the effects of the curse itself will also follow, giving you a pseudo Hex Bloom

[hoary plover]

shcok is an elemental ailment. exposure is its own thing

[static plinth]

Exposure is a debuff called Exposure

[tender oasis]

^

[formal junco]

got it

[dense dew]

anyone have any idea why Cold Snap is doing negligible damage to bosses but destroying everything else in maps?

[slender fern]

Guys I have lot of skill issue in this new elden ring game I want help please guide me to OP class and build

[formal junco]

how am i supposed to get exposure for stormweaver, does anyone knows

the build i was following got on the ascendancy node, the +20% exposure effect, but i got no ideia how to apply it

[rugged chasm]

It seems certain weapon skills are only available via the weapon? Cant be engraved?

[static plinth]

Yup

[rugged chasm]

Ok i see

[calm orchid]

Any sorcs in here rn

[hollow swift]

does minion instability work with SRS?

[celest oxide]

Comet Sorc looked cool

[fossil flint]

Do we know of a leaguestarter that is particularly smooth to play? I've been trying to play this Witch build I'm doing all day and I've made barely any progress. It takes forever for me to kill even white monsters, and I have the health of a piece of wet tissue. Was originally trying to spec into a crit spell build too early, so swapped to sirgog's preliminary starter at https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/tri-ailment-blood-mage and since the majority of the required support gems aren't available at my level (level 30, end of act 2-ish), I'm just fucked. I'm out of gold to reroll my tree and am heavily considering just rolling a new character.

[calm orchid]

Why does lightning and ice suck so much compared to fire I actually don’t understand

[sterile stone]

yo isnt this kinda op

[wary imp]

explosive fart build doin wonders

[sterile stone]

100% recoup for mom sounds nuts

[calm orchid]

Sorc ascendancy is crazy for those too storm sorc replenishes 40% ele attack as energy shield

[sterile stone]

what 40%?

holy

[calm orchid]

40% of elemental damage you take

Recouped as shield

[sterile stone]

ooohhh

still op, gravent secret built in

[calm orchid]

I am trying so hard to understand why fire is so much better than lightning and ice

[sterile stone]

i still havent ascend, bcs idk what to take for minion witch

[calm orchid]

You can just incinerate through the entire game

[storm jasper]

Hey guys. when I convert my ES into Mana with EB, does that also mean that mana regen % is the important stat instead of ES regen %?

[hollow swift]

does minion instability work with SRS? 😦 why no one help me

[sterile stone]

it does

im doing it rn

[celest oxide]

I'm insanely week all of a sudden

[sterile stone]

do you have low blood sugar?

[celest oxide]

weak

[nimble wind]

Am I dumb? I have no skill points but can select up to four skills and have a purple line.

[safe adder]

Read the converts tooltip on Eldritch Battery

[hollow swift]

are you sure? it doesn't look like they explore or do any damage

[trim forge]

Im seeing people take blood mage mostly for recovery and survivability as a non fire minion gamer

[sage light]

whats the best monk build right now? cold or lightning?

[trim forge]

Also shock tried the fire dog and apparently it's dookie in tanking

[oblique pelican]

Hello can anyone explain me how does one Prime for a stun to be able to use boneshatter ability

[sterile stone]

whats the issue again? not exploding?

[storm jasper]

Yes, it says that every percentage of mana is important, but does that also include the regen %? Can't be too certain about that D:

[mellow comet]

Just learned base ignite damage is 20% from fire hit. Which reads awful. Not sure if investing in ignite magnitude is worth it.

[hollow swift]

yeah doesn't seem like they explode cause do they even have health lol?

[novel estuary]

Anyone doing a leveling Ranger build with the Lightning Rod skill?

[trim forge]

Click the skill on the skill page, there's a video explaining about it

[storm jasper]

I just want to make 100% sure that I choose the correct quest reward haha

[sterile stone]

they do have hp you can see if you enable hp bar for allies in interface, the problem very likely is how low life rn is 30%(?) so you need feeding frenzy and 0 fire res on the srs

what happen is they expire before reaching low life so they doesnt pop

you need low life not death/expire

[trim forge]

35% for LL, gamer

[hollow swift]

got it thank you, so how do I do that lol

[peak ice]

anyone have any recommendations for supports for sunder not sure what to do with this t2 support gem

[sterile stone]

you need uncut support 2 for feeding frenzy

[static plinth]

Is the Sorceress maraketh?

[oblique pelican]

I understand how it works, I dont understand why none of my abilities prime it for a stun

[sterile stone]

and infernal legion

[trim forge]

Your slams build up the stun

[glacial edge]

Would a Curse Witch build be more for Bloodmage, or can it be built on Infernalist as well?

[trim forge]

You can see it being "primed" when there's a glow on their heads

[oblique pelican]

Yeah I fucked it up somehow

[keen dagger]

Does anyone understand how the second ascendancy trial boss works?

[oblique pelican]

I used to get it

But now none of my abilities trigger it

[lean radish]

which merc level 3 skill shoudl i get first ?

[trim forge]

Are you using skills with slam tags on them?

[keen dagger]

The slam where it flies up seems to be undodgeable and one shots me

[trim forge]

Additionally, you might not have any source of stun buildup increases

[oblique pelican]

ah slam is what I am looking for not stun metere increase

[sterile stone]

depends if infinite duration curse helps or brick your builds

like impending doom trigger when the curse expire, infinite curse wont expire

[sterile stone]

whats good non fire minion.... they all kept dying and res so freaking long

[last patio]

is killing palm ever worth upgrading?

[gusty bone]

Does increases to recovery and regeneration affect recoup effects?

[novel estuary]

What nodes should I be going for on a Lightning Rod ranger btw

[last patio]

kinda wondering if I should build sorc on early monk levels

[trim forge]

That I do not know ngl. Im not a minion gamer but im seeing people run minions with self casts, but at that point it's not a minion build anymore xd

[sterile stone]

yeah im starting to regret it bcs whats viable rn is srs, literal poe1 build

[trim forge]

No unless stated otherwise

[autumn mason]

Is there somewhere to see my shock chance or is that not how it works in poe2

[teal sluice]

is the grant 30% elemental ailment treshold thing means its easier to inflict chill freeze etc etc?

[trim forge]

Yes

[teal sluice]

ty

[static plinth]

Has anyone tried to see if Contagion spreads Poison?

[trim forge]

Go to to lightning rod, check its tags, go to passive tree, search it on your tree

[sage light]

Just started using storm wave on monk instead of tempest flurry, feels much better being able to attack from range

[static plinth]

Also will poison be buffed by Increased Spell Damage if inflicted with a spell?

[barren yoke]

Can someone ELI5 the changes to the damage formula

[viscid helm]

Damage Conversion says it "no longer scales with modifiers to the old damage type" but how does it calculate the old damage type's modifiers? so like skills that convert 100% phys to fire still cares about getting flat phys on rings, % phys on weapons, but not % phys on non-weapons?

[slender fern]

poe1 is way better for casual player like me

[sterile stone]

in poe1, only flat, then you scale the dot & duration, does it works the same idk

[slender fern]

all i hear is skill issue from other players

[sterile stone]

what, poe1 is more tedious early, socketing is pain

[slender fern]

poe1 still better

[trim forge]

Objective

[sterile stone]

subjective*

[trim forge]

Ye mb sleep deprived xd

But lets not poe1 vs poe2 here

Because poe2 chat is full of it

[tulip pivot]

how do i use herald of thunder?

[static plinth]

People are getting one shot?

[slender fern]

yea

[static plinth]

Right click it's icon in the skill menu

Then it'll be on

[tulip pivot]

ahhh, ty

[sterile stone]

i have no problems, skill issue, just level & farm more

[static plinth]

So far my only complaint is that the dodge roll should have phasing or something, being completely unable to move due to sheer mass of enemies feels awful

[slender fern]

All chill has been removed in favor of tryhards.

[sterile stone]

that i agree, getting stuck is ass

[static plinth]

Feels esp bad as a DoT build, i cant really do anything but spam roll and hope i dont die until a hole is opened

Besides that though holy fuuuck EDC feels so fucking good in this game

[slender fern]

what is EDC

[static plinth]

Essence Drain Contagion

[celest oxide]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ruetoo-deadeye-grenadier Is anyone doing something like this?

[static plinth]

Im also using Decaying Hex

[slender fern]

idk what the hell that too

[sterile stone]

i dont trust anyone who just recently make poe content

[static plinth]

Essence Drain is a basic chaos DoT, Contagion is an AoE chaos DoT that also spreads itself and ALL other chaos DoTs when the enemy dies

[placid verge]

Community decided on a meta-ish sorc style yet?

[static plinth]

Basically, i hit one enemy with every DoT and it sweeps across the ENTIRE map

[tulip pivot]

why adding brutality to my crossbow shot only takes dps from 181 to 183? it's 35% more physical damage and my attack and bow are all physical

[sterile stone]

tooltip is not a good indicator of what the actual damage

[tulip pivot]

i miss how in POE you could hover a gem and it would tell you which skills it was compatible with

any way to see compatibility here?

[sterile stone]

click the gem and uncheck recommended

i had that problem as well, and i feel dumb

i was browsing all gem too lol

[tulip pivot]

i don't see a recommended checkbox?

[swift estuary]

can you permanently minimize each skill window in the (G) gem menu?

[sterile stone]

bottow left

very small

[swift estuary]

i minimize but they keep getting large again

[sterile stone]

yeah thats very annoying

[tulip pivot]

why my teleport portal keeps disappearing if i afk for a couple of minutes in town?

i was fighting the boss and just switched bows and i can't go back

and all dungeons reset

[gleaming carbon]

Does anyone else’s game kick them to char select every time their controller briefly loses connection? Is there a way to make that not happen?

[peak solstice]

how much does the timing of the flash on the tip of the weapon matter for perfect strike?

[sterile stone]

instance reset in 8 minutes(?) of inactivity but idk if this also in campaign, i quit my game went eating and open the game again witht the portal still there, idk which one is the bug

with the zone still having the same layout and discoverability

[royal sleet]

Can dot ticks crit? Any knowers?

[sterile stone]

noppers

[royal sleet]

Damn

[sterile stone]

that would be insane

[jolly coral]

Anyone knows how to go back act 1 again

[merry iron]

Yo yo any Exile know if the Blood Guardian Weapon Effect is working on POE 2?

[hidden siren]

light radius has got to be the most useless stat

[jolly coral]

I can't seem to find go back act 1 lol

Any help is appreciated

[sterile stone]

also why is everyone is using this channel to ask question #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[trim forge]

!channels

[formal violet]

Some channels are best suited for specific content. If yu want more in-depth discussion, or have specific kinds of questions, check out the other PoE 2 Channels

• For questions on the campaign or questions if you are new to PoE or ARPGs: #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help / ( Use #2┃after-acts-help for the endgame)
• Build guides and theorycrafting #1308715058716610580 / #2┃build-planning
• For finding people to play with: #2┃looking-for-group / #1312645838727811163
• There is no Bug Reports channel. Use the official forums on pathofexile.com
• Platform-Specific discussion: #xbox , #playstation , #linux-🐧 , #mac-os🍎
• Voice channels: #756414747888582686 (joins you to the voice channel)
• #offtopic (#general) is for non-PoE Discussion. For other games, check out #other-games

[novel pebble]

The 'Last Gasp' support gem has the tag for 'Persistent' just like the skill 'Raging Spirits' but they don't seem compatible. Any idea why? Bad tagging?

[hidden siren]

kinda found the easiest dps for merc. rapid fire then flash nades

[novel pebble]

hmm, why wouldn't it show up here then though?

[sterile stone]

its just whats recommended

untick the round box

[novel pebble]

thank you

[viscid helm]

Damage Conversion says it "no longer scales with modifiers to the old damage type" but how does it calculate the old damage type's modifiers? so like skills that convert 100% phys to fire still cares about getting flat phys on rings, % phys on weapons, but not % phys on non-weapons?

[sterile stone]

jesus they really need to make this fucking thing BIGGER

[royal sleet]

When I joined this discord today, this was the only channel not spammed with "game is too hard, who are they even making this game for? Faker??" so that's why I asked here

[sterile stone]

kinda fair i get it lol

and stop ticking it again after i untick it smh

[whole cliff]

yo, does anyone know if grim feast works with sts

srs*

[lavish kite]

where is raging spirit

[sterile stone]

uncut spirit gem

[novel pebble]

do you think last gasp is a bad idea for raging spirits? or might minion instability be better? Not sure how I would weight the pros/cons between them or check stats on the damage difference for one or the other. I already have fire infusion

[sterile stone]

put dps support, it doesnt need last grasp

since casting srs is very easy

just 2 flame wall and its maxed

[novel pebble]

just thought that if they lasted longer they would do more damage since enemies don't target them and they aren't targetted by enemies but I think I see your point

[sterile stone]

i would want it to things that tanks like skellies

[fiery iron]

Are there any good lightning spell builds that have been figured out for lv25-35 characters?

[sterile stone]

i thought people are just doing generic archmage

[mint violet]

they got rid of damage conversion, why do they not want people running 1 type of element any more ?

[sterile stone]

also MI is bad for SRS unless you have the whole package of Feeding Frenzy and Infernal Legion, you need them to be Low Life, since they arent getting targeted they expire without exploding

[fast skiff]

are curses per mob or per player? If my friend is playing a chaos/curses witch, and I build a chaos/curses monk, will we be fine or will we be competing for curse slots on enemies?

[novel pebble]

or, didn't realize 'expire' and 'death/low life' were mutually exclusive

[static plinth]

Are there any support buffs i can put on poison besides Corrosion?

[sterile stone]

i think expire no longer counts as death now

srs expiring doesnt seem to trigger grim feast

[worthy elm]

Is there a list of all legendary items somewhere?

[celest oxide]

What plan are yall following for deadeye/bow ranger so far? Idk what's trustworthy on the internet yet or now

[novel pebble]

@sterile stone so better to skip SRS and put a support on warriors? which would you recommend? maybe meat shield, or elemental army? or would you do last gasp or minion instability?

[static plinth]

Unique, not legendary, and currently i dont believe so

[sterile stone]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Unique_item

[static plinth]

Dont think of them as legendary cuz they're not strict upgrades

[static plinth]

Still i nthe process of being updated

For instance it lacks Painter's Palette

[sterile stone]

better than nothing

[static plinth]

Fair

[worthy elm]

Orange = legendary

[sterile stone]

they would be the 1st to have the list

[sterile stone]

warriors doesnt really do dmg, just put anything to keep em alive longer, and put dps on srs like martial tempo, execution, fire infusion etc

check ghazzy on yt maybe he have something you can copy

for me i just stack warrior so i can kept using offering

[deft mirage]

how do i do my secon ascendancy? I got a coin drop somewhere (not sure where) and died in tthe trial, now im not sure how to get another coin

[sterile stone]

rn i have CoMC with profane ritual and ~~unleash ~~ (nvm unleash doesnt work with CoMC) to summon giga zombies

[orchid current]

does anyone have a better xbow build than oil nade + explosive shot + artillery ballista

[static plinth]

If i dont deal physical damage do i care about armour in 2?

[orchid current]

cuz this shit rocks for me but i was wondering if other people have builds of their own

[sterile stone]

ive heard rain of arrows cracks

jung said it

[trim nexus]

what stats should i be aiming for on armour pieces?

[sterile furnace]

it's pretty hard to keep strength up to the requirement of giant's blood right?

[lost hornet]

is there a poison class?

[orchid current]

can you use RoA with xbow?

[novel pebble]

bow/ranger probably the most

[sterile stone]

oohhh right crosbow do have different skills, ig not

[cinder ingot]

do magic get 3 modifiers max???

[orchid current]

2 mods

[static plinth]

2, one prefix one suffix

[orchid current]

some mods have 2 effects

like acc + light radius

[elfin yew]

30% elemental ailment threshold or 25% mana regen rate from the draught vials?

[trim forge]

It is up to you ✨

[trim nexus]

what stats should i be aiming for on flasks?

[orchid current]

just like

anything lol

maybe % recovered instantly on life flask if you want to panic chug

[lavish cypress]

hello on Witch class ability ;Summon zombie; it mentions being able to summon through something called an energy charge what exactly is that

[sterile stone]

inc recovery rate is nice

and reduced charge use

[orchid current]

there's regen charges per second which could be kinda nice on a mana flask

[sterile stone]

Power Charge, you can get it from here

or any other method

[true gulch]

is 30% more dmg for solar orb better than 40% more area damage?

[orchid current]

40% > 30%

[elfin yew]

is the ailment one even any use?

[orchid current]

although are you sure its more and not increased

[keen dagger]

2 hours later, I still can't get my second ascendancy point

[orchid current]

ailment threshold sounds pretty decent to avoid shock or chill

[cinder ingot]

do magic get 3 modifiers max???

[orchid current]

but it could also be copium

[trim forge]

Do you do any ailments?

[elfin yew]

no its a threshold i think to avoid

[trim forge]

You can hover over the underlined word to see which are considered ailments

[elfin yew]

oh when did u unlock the second trial?

[trim forge]

Is it ailment threshold for attacks or from damage taken?

[elfin yew]

ye

damage taken

[orchid current]

i believe it is for damage taken

[elfin yew]

at least i think, its the venom draught

[orchid current]

like it sounds mid asf but so are the alternatives

[trim forge]

Yeah means you're just more resistant to ailments

[orchid current]

might as well avoid getting shocked or some shit

[trim forge]

So instead of you getting a 20% shock, you get 14% instead (as an example this number is not real)

Yeah avoidance is better than mitigation in some cases

What are you other options?

[main spear]

Any Rangers here that I can ask some questions too?

[keen dagger]

It's in A3

[trim forge]

If you're a caster you'd definitely want mana regen

[elfin yew]

20% stun threshold, and the mana regen 25%

im a frost monk

if that helps

[south wigeon]

how do i undo my uncut gems and does the skill you pick matter early on?

[static plinth]

Id go stun ngl

[static plinth]

You cannot undo them, it doesnt matter that much

[sterile stone]

you will get a lot of them

[elfin yew]

wottt that seems kinda bad no?

[patent dagger]

Following a guide that says to put controlled destruction on Spark, but it doesn't show controlled destruction when I use a support gem for spark?

[south wigeon]

i used it on fire wall haha and im not really liking fire i prefer ice thats why

[orchid current]

btw where is leech on tree

either it doesn't exist or im blind

[sterile stone]

uncheck recommended or show all gem

[orchid current]

is this a poe 1 guide by any chance

[patent dagger]

No it's listed as PoE2

[static plinth]

Id say stun comes up more commonly than elemental ailments

[orchid current]

ok just making sure

do people actually get stunned??

[patent dagger]

Oh lol didnt even see that

[orchid current]

i don't think i've got stunned outside of like act 1

[elfin yew]

if i cast alot would the regen be better tho or no?

[orchid current]

i think mana regen is probably the most generically good

[static plinth]

Unless you're spamming mega drain spells like curses, probably not

But yeah its also safe

[orchid current]

why did they have to readd bandits but the bonuses are completely whatever

[soft palm]

anyone has any luck playing more unique build? i was thinking of trying minion warrior/gemling merc but i havent seen anyone online try anything like that

[static plinth]

Anyone have suggestions for hte Sekhema Trial? Is it just straight up Sanctum?

[orchid current]

most people are following pretty straight forward builds because theres less chance of making mistakes

yeah it's 1 floor of sanctum

so just do regular sanctum stuff i guess

[static plinth]

Oh just 1 floor? Okay this shouldnt be bad at all then

[orchid current]

grab boons avoid afflictions don't get hit

if you fail you can retry, i think you get more max honor each time you fail with the quest token

[delicate cape]

I tried doing hammer/crossbow merc, trying to mix and match. Didn't get too far, but it was pretty difficult to find good synergies early on. But, buts entirely possible I just suck.

[static plinth]

lmao

[rancid cipher]

Which skills can generate power charges during a boss fight?

[elfin yew]

i heard thats only for the first trial, second trial u have limited uses or somethin

[orchid current]

well yes because they don't want you to brick you char if you fail the first trial

[keen dagger]

Power Siphon is the only reliabel way to get charges during bosses

[orchid current]

my ass has still not completed the ultimatum ascendancy i swear getting good defenses on merc is impossible

[swift estuary]

I don't know if it's straight forward, but i'm loving my Infernalist exploding SRS arsonist build

[static plinth]

Is Trial multiplayer?

[orchid current]

you can do it multiplayer iirc

[static plinth]

Yeah it wa sjus tbeing buggy nvm

[orchid current]

i might need someone to help me for my 2nd ascendancy

i never really did ulti in poe 1

[lunar jacinth]

is it possible to get enough spirit for summons without equipping a scepter?

[celest oxide]

So on a Ranger/Bow style character, should I be dumping every attribute highway node into Dex or is a balance of all 3 important?

[ripe peak]

Anyone have a build or plans of a build for a warrior that uses some sorc abilities? Mainly cold abilities?

[elfin yew]

gear as far as im aware

[jovial scroll]

What’s the top 3 best classes for minions/summons ?

[solar spindle]

does anyone know if cast on freeze/meta gems bypasses cooldowns like hourglass support?

[jovial scroll]

Sry very big noob Diablo player never played Poe before

[main spear]

Any rangers here? I have a couple questions

[oblique pelican]

what is approx time when vendors refresh? is it like 1h, 2h? etc?

[elfin yew]

support skills, like herald of ice etc use spirit

[solar spindle]

turns out if you slot in hourglass support it disables the skill in the meta gem, for whoever else is wondering

[elfin yew]

ok so i answered this prior lol. it comes from gear

like i have an amulet with 35 spirit on it

[solar spindle]

do we know what slots can roll spirit? So far I know amulet does and I have a body armor that rolled spirit as well

[elfin yew]

nop

[whole anvil]

yo i need help with abuild

[main spear]

Any Rangers here I need some help

[patent dagger]

What can I do with excess Uncut Skill Gems lvl 1? I have the skills I am using for my build, do I just unlock the others for shits and gigs?

[wintry condor]

any 40+ monks ? Want to chat about what I've been trying and see what you've tried as well

[rugged chasm]

whats the I vs II for buffs that use spirit, like artic armor?

doesn't tell any description between the two

[keen dagger]

Invoker's PDR is ridiculously good

Monk doesn't really have any options unless you hate yourself, Falling Thunder + Bell is the only real choice

You can maybe using the cold skills as filler, but I don't know why you would

[chilly mist]

guys i just got to the wolf.. using lightning/fire sorc... how can i increase my damage? i put out my level 5 flame walls, and start spamming spark through them - damage is bad. I try melting with long bursts of incinerate to weaken his fire res - really makes little difference.. I go back to town to see if the shops have any gear that is noticeably better than what i have in slot - there's not... what'd i do wrong?

[lyric plank]

when first ascenancy unlocked

[static plinth]

Halfway through act 2

[chilly mist]

I've tried putting out orb of storms behind my fire walls, to also proc while i blast spark through the flames... literally the biggest combo I can see within my skills available at this level... and it's insignificant

[static plinth]

The wolf from what i found was just incredibly tanky. We beat him in multiplayer fine with fire wall + sparks and Essence Drain

His lunges from the mist correspond with the end of each line of dialogue, btww

[quiet edge]

could try out some different support gem combinations aswell, but p much just take it slow and focus on avoiding attacks rather than doing high damage

[winged elk]

How do I get to dual wield two handed weapons with my warrior?

[rugged chasm]

freezing shards is epic

[sterile stone]

keystone giant's blood

[winged elk]

Thanks actually building right towards it

[chilly mist]

yeah but the thing is, i just don't even do enough damage to clear all the wolves he spawns in the later phase, and they box me around and at that point knowing when he lunges or not is a non factor cuz i can't avoid it anyway... like why my damage so bad when i've equipped all the best things the game gave me?

[azure coral]

For Plasma Blast which ascendancy do you think is better

Witch hunter or Gemling?

[wintry condor]

can someone explain what "MORE MAXIMUM" means? instead of just INCREASED?

[neat laurel]

Hmm I am going for a toxic rain type of deal on my ranger. Using poisonburst arrow and vine arrow atm

do I go for pathfinder ascendancy I amguessing ?

[last patio]

I fucked up my skills and can't beat the last act 1 boss with monk. no bosses are dropping skill gems. What do?

[azure coral]

How does Weapon Master work for the Witch Hunter?

[neat dew]

Start farming buddy

[sterile stone]

my guess is 1-10 > 1-12 only change the max dmg as written

[spring briar]

I don't know the answer for sure but I would imagine it means it increases the top end of the damage without changing the bottom end. So if the damage is 5-50 lightning damage it may make it 5-55 lightning damage but if it was just increasing damage it would increase the bottom end too and make it like.. 7-55 damage.

[sterile stone]

its still incrased the average, but prolly synergies with non critical hits are lucky

[kindred barn]

Does weapon's "increased cold damage" increase only weapon dealt cold damage or all spells I cast included?

[mossy sequoia]

feelsbadman

[young meteor]

anyone know if Mind over matter + Elritch Battery + Consuming questions(Chayula Monk) gives mana energy shield regen + double the mana leech?

[wintry condor]

ty for the more maximum replies 🙏

that was my guess as well

[chilly mist]

farming through these random areas? or anything specific that's worth farming?

[compact tulip]

does anyone know if cast speed increases the speed at which channeled skills gain stages?

[spare marsh]

Dumb question. Why can't I select projectile damage with my second skill point? Only the attack speed node is selectable. Mercenary tree.

[light parrot]

Hi guys one question ferocious roar is in the game now?

[pale cloak]

has anyone played with mana tempest and spark?'

[lime ravine]

hmmm. . . Blood Magic Infernal Flame. . . how does that work with Infernal flame? would it not work or would bringer of flame and seething body work and the downside only activate once? or every spell cast?

[rare crypt]

Who else is playing warrior right now?

[compact tulip]

Blood magic sets your mana to zero, which sets your infernal flame to zero