2┃build-planning

[lime ravine]

with zero as the max, then are you counted as low, high, full, what? o.o

[compact tulip]

0/0 is probably considered 100%, but you would need to test it in game

[chilly mist]

are weapon passives active while swapped?

[lime ravine]

that's what I'm afraid of.

[dusky tulip]

Zizarian has a video out 10 things you should know as a beginner, he discusses the different between more and increased

Increased is additive with other increased damage sources, more is multiplicative over your overall damage.

[lofty fox]

Guys is there a way to change the default attack on a staff? I found a rly amazing staff but it has firebolt. I want freezing shards on it. Is this possible? Thanks 🙏 😭

[tranquil hearth]

Ultimatum is too hard...they need to have 10 enemies tops

Too much content is designed for high dps

[dusky tulip]

Dam those games not letting us clear them with lvl 1 dps

[static plinth]

You need to ge ta different type of staff

[lofty fox]

Rly?? No way to change it? 😭😭😭

[static plinth]

Nope

I think

Maybe there's a vendor recipe or something

If those stille xist

[lofty fox]

That suckssssssss

I've skilled nothing into fire lmao

[feral abyss]

Do you still get the attribute buffs if your weapon is on your swappable slot?

[ivory pawn]

no vendor recipes in POE2

[native flower]

Anyone doing witch none minions contagion build?

[ivory pawn]

no, only the active weapon will give its bonuses... so if that causes another skill to lose its requirements...

[feral abyss]

I see, thank you

[forest estuary]

does % inc chance to INFLICT Ailments also increase freeze buildup?

[brittle cave]

whats better , gemling , or witchhunter?

[fallow hemlock]

should i use sceptres if i am a sorceror or it is only used by witch

[final galleon]

Can you bookmark/favorite nodes to help remember what to go for later? If not how can I suggest this as a feature?

[fathom trellis]

Does anyone have a Pathfinder build that's actually decent? I rolled pathfinder thinking poison pathfinder would be decent but it does almost no dps (and I'm level 47 atm)

[young meteor]

do these 3 things stack?

[uncut bay]

I see a streamer has several comets fall from the sky when fe uses frostbolt, how does it work?

is it a permanent aura?

[sterile stone]

consuming question doesnt do anything since you dont have ES

[young meteor]

Oh alright so energy shield no longer exists even in a recharging sense conversion

[sterile stone]

probably Cast On somthing

[young meteor]

Wait so there is no conversions for energy shields regeneration that convert to mana shields with eldritch?

[static plinth]

No

You need entirely mana regen

[young meteor]

ok interesting

thank you ❤️

[static plinth]

Anyone have suggestions for Infernal Hound supports?

Im just using it as a meat shield

Does Last Gasp work o nit?

[sterile stone]

@young meteor this is PoE 1, it will prolly says if thats the case

[tacit kayak]

what attributes do deadeyes need on their passive tree?

[young meteor]

It does not have that stipulation here though so its best to assume that it does not convert at all in PoE2?

[sterile stone]

in poe1 ES does not convert, it only moves to the Mana globe and still says ES, poe2 the ES is converted to mana, there no longer ES

[static plinth]

Altered Flesh is a direct tank upgrade assuming i have any fire/chaos res, right?

[keen turtle]

What are good supports for ED Contagion?

[sterile stone]

if theres no ES then theres no recharge

[static plinth]

Well, minus chaos double hitting my ES

So actually hrm thats annoying

[lost sequoia]

Is there any less minion focused infernalist build?

[young meteor]

makes sense it's sad, but makes sense

[static plinth]

Only 1.5 of its nodes are minions

(Infernal Hound, and the Spirit node is more weighted to minions than other builds)

[lost sequoia]

Ye but me new and would appreciate some help even getting to infernalist. Looking for a build that'll help me get through the game my G

[static plinth]

Im running Essence Drain Contagion (And eventually want to get ancestral bond Dark Effigy)

[sterile stone]

arent demon form basically just fire spell caster on steroids

[lost sequoia]

What do I even invest in on the passive tree

[sterile stone]

it comes with a pretty heavy downsides, looks like an advance class

[static plinth]

Both of witch's subclasses kill themselves so it is what it is

[sterile stone]

not like infernalist

[lost sequoia]

Kinda like me irl fr fr

[static plinth]

Demon Form i wouldnt take until you can take Mastered Darkness though

[sterile stone]

bloodmage are way easier to mitigate with spell leech built in, progenesis and es = life

[static plinth]

Or can sustain it in other ways but thats harder

[pearl sluice]

any item reccomendation for witch hunter merc?

i run double poison clouds(frags+detonate)and oil frag into explosive shot so basiclly explosive based build

[tranquil hearth]

Warrior Totems going to be viable end game?

[patent dagger]

I've reached an area where stuff is starting to clap me pretty hard. I haven't got any drop upgrades for a while, is there anything else I can do to try power up a bit? I feel like it's quite early on as I'm only lvl 12 and I'm at the Oghan Farmlands

[tropic river]

could someone show me a screenshot/image of the in-game poe2 seismic cry skill gem info? I feel like the poe2db image doesn't make sense? The yellow text says it needs to heavy stun to empower and doesn't mention it consuming charges, but the blue text makes it seem like it automatically empowers one attack and empowers more attacks based on end charges consumed? the yellow text also specifies that empowered slams get an additional aftershock while the blue text doesn't mention what they do

unless all of the blue text above is what the empowered attack does, which would be very different from what the yellow test says (extra aftershock)

[dreamy dawn]

What would be a good off hand for a Witch minion build ? i have a scepter on my main hand

[royal badge]

Does anyone know if multiple Frostbolts can shotgun by overlapping aoe?

[sterile furnace]

do increassed armor break node scales with the armor breaks on heavy stun node?

50% armor break on heavy stun +100% increased armor break would mean on heavy stun against unique/elite it just break 100% armor?

[lilac ibex]

Does anyone know if # of projectiles are taken into consideration when calculating DPS?

Scattershot always lowers the DPS of my skills

[stuck forum]

looking for good crossbow and mercenary gear

[tropic river]

yeah that sounds like it should work

[plucky sage]

If i chose wrong spirit skill for spirit gem in act 1 can I get another before the 2nd one by farming or any other way?

[forest estuary]

the god bow? what do

[lofty cliff]

sell to elon musk for 1 billion

[sly jay]

My first unique, I heard these items change your entire build?
what is so special about this one, I dont understand

[shy rune]

in act 3, as a merc, which venom is the best?

[tidal birch]

the last line

[sly jay]

So I should switch into a chaos dmg build?

[tidal birch]

If your current build is working, I would not recommend just switching your entire build for 1 unique. But you can just use it anyway, if you already are using Undead Minion. Because this gives you extra dmg on top (as chaos). You dont need a choas ability for this to work, just undead minions.

[static plinth]

Some uniques are straight ass. This one looks okay, but if you dont want to build around it its not anything crazy

This unique specifically is for the fantasy of what it's flavor text states: You lead your army from the front. You want as many undead (Including those such as from Unearth or Summon Raging Spirits) as possible, in order to dish out massive damage numbers with your OWN skills instead of being a summoner

If you think that sounds fun, you might want to build around it

Otherwise continue on

(Personally im fucking ecstatic to know that exists because I always wanted to run The Iron Mass in PoE1, which is similar)

[random summit]

can someone explain to me what chill magnitude stat does? does it contribute to freeze buildup?

[gusty bone]

What is the OP slam skill?

[static plinth]

Supercharged Slam, already nerfed

[static plinth]

It increases the effect of Chill, a different cold ailment

[twin oar]

has anyone tried out Giant's Blood successfully? i've been having some problems with it

[static plinth]

Chill makes everything an enemy does with an animation slower

20% by default iirc

[sly jay]

Oh thank you, that makes alot of sense, but does it matter if it's a level 10 weapon? Can I still use this in end game if I fully build around it or should I get higher level unique?

[static plinth]

Some uniques are evergreen, some are only good for leveling

Ideally you'd want one of these with a rune slot, i think

But otherwise, this one should be good until endgame since it isnt a weapon with damage stats, just a sceptre

How strong the build will be i have no idea, but in theory it sounds decent

Spawn nothing but Skeletal Clerics, get SRS, Cast on Melee Kill or Minion Death Unearth to spawn more skeletons

Then maybe do Bonestorm or something, not sure

[slender fern]

this combination is so OP

[cedar charm]

Is it actually viable to do a power charge focused build? I never bothered figuring out charges in 1 but am seeing it more

[slender fern]

Im building this OP shit

[tranquil fractal]

Anyone going eye of winter?

[static plinth]

Does the build really need that few pixels to work or can i get some more for QoL?

[wide creek]

Does dual wielding really not give base block chance anymore?

[static plinth]

No, dual wielding gives no inherent bonuses

[wide creek]

Rip, need to redo my build 😞

[ornate tapir]

I am a bit confused about how to get mana leech. On the tree, there are plenty increases, but on PoEDB i do not see a support gem like the mana leech gem we had in PoE1. The monk ascendancy skill into the breach gives it, but is there any other source?

[solid sphinx]

are there no ways to get spirit outside of scepters?

[static plinth]

You can get base spirit

Idk how much by the end of campaign, but im in act 2 with 30

[solid sphinx]

i mean past the 30 base spirit

[static plinth]

There's also unique items in other slots with them, and i think im forgetting one other thing

[wide creek]

Body and necklace can have them

[static plinth]

Can non-unique bodies get it?

[solid sphinx]

all the tier 2 spirit gems req 60 spirit so theres gotta be other ways

[static plinth]

There's also Infernalist and Invoker

[tranquil fractal]

Yes

[wide creek]

Yes I have on my right now

[tidal birch]

Anybody went for Bow on Merc? Crossbow just feels underwhelming. How good is Bow in general?

[wide creek]

It must be a rare mode like + to skill levels

[solid sphinx]

does base type matter?

[marble vortex]

Very good, gas arrow

[tranquil fractal]

There is this in the infernus ascendary tree

[unborn sequoia]

any fellow monks made it to act 2 on hc? I barely survived act 1 boss

[tidal birch]

I will try it, ty

[wide creek]

I don't think so I got it on my full armour body

[static plinth]

Oh hey, ignite detonates gas clouds?

[solid sphinx]

wats the lvl req of ur armor?

[quick eagle]

This actually seems pretty damn good. 3,000 life is +120 spirit

[wide creek]

38

[solid sphinx]

hmm i wonder if thats the min lvl req for spirit mods to appear

[wide creek]

Probably I only seen 3 so far and all of them were in act 3

[tranquil fractal]

We shall see haha I'm gonna build for it

[static plinth]

Yeah, you also got the other two nodes to incentivize proper lifestacking

[solid sphinx]

im in the middle of act 3 and i havent found jack yet

[wide creek]

But I also found 0 uniques so far so that might be my weird luck lol

[flint cosmos]

I can't decide between going full lighting vs full cold on sorc, feel like I'm wasting my skill gems by taking stuff from both

[solid sphinx]

lifestacking seems pretty hard now that theres like 6 total max life nodes on the tree

[static plinth]

I guess its moreso strength stack than lifestack

[marble vortex]

Is 4 ascendancy points really the max?

[solid sphinx]

honestly there isnt really any synergy so far

[marble vortex]

I've been slamming trials of chaos to no avail

[abstract nimbus]

anyone here playing cold sorceress?

[solid sphinx]

me

[abstract nimbus]

whats ur build looking like, i just got a +3 cold skill staff. i only had +1 lightning before

[solid sphinx]

dam son i got only a +2 cold gem staff

[abstract nimbus]

i need to respecc and get skills

[tranquil fractal]

Is it a good idea to go for this? It is close to life nodes

[abstract nimbus]

what lvl

[solid sphinx]

37

[abstract nimbus]

damn son im lvl 20 rn

[abstract nimbus]

u have link for build or soemthing

[wide creek]

For me it was really worth it but it depends how hard you are going into armour

[solid sphinx]

no

the game just came out

wat u mean build

[abstract nimbus]

passive tree

[solid sphinx]

im just doing cold snap chrono

grabbing crit and cold nodes i see

[abstract nimbus]

did ya grab this

[solid sphinx]

ye

[thick lotus]

would gemling be good for aminion build

[livid hamlet]

Good morning in the morning

[abstract nimbus]

do u have anything else different?

[solid sphinx]

wat it loops like so far

[livid hamlet]

How are your builds going guys ?

What are you playing ?

[solid sphinx]

why u pathed tru lightning

[abstract nimbus]

cause i was playing lightning

i jsut got this staff

[solid sphinx]

uhh

ice shards has awful cast speed

so u prob wanna grab cast speed down bot

[static plinth]

EDC, going good. Praying Dark Effigy fixes single target when i eventually get it

[abstract nimbus]

can u show full passive screenshot pls pls

[solid sphinx]

chrono, cold spells, its absolutely awful with the recommended support skills and early

[tranquil hearth]

Where do we get our 2nd ascendancy? I don't want to do ultimatum but I can't find any upgraded sanctum coins

[trim nexus]

which one is better

[open tinsel]

Is a scepter that adds +attack damage to your minions good with raging spirits? It looks like they have low base damage and it would add a lot to them?

[wide creek]

What support gems would be good for Time of Need?

[trim nexus]

which one?

[reef imp]

Priority un monk? What is ur plan?

[peak tusk]

witchhunter or gemmling? is the quality nodes really that strong?

[gentle wedge]

dumb question but as a sorc I have to invest into strength and dex with those +5 stat nodes pretty often right?

[abstract nimbus]

What would u go first for?

[chilly mist]

are scepters tied to any class abilities?

or rather, what weapon do they count as in the skill gem tree?

[safe niche]

Guys, anyone managed to reach Titan ascendant already? Any thoughts on how it feels?

[sly leaf]

Hi all, what does this do if the debuff doesn't already slow enemies?

[old rune]

yo ive hopped on maxroll to search up some build ideas and ive seen this passive tree where there's pink and green colored allocated skills, tf does this mean?

[sly leaf]

Like I noticed Flame Wall can also get the Slow Magnitude support, but Flame Wall doesn't slow by default

[vestal marsh]

AM i blind or is there no Base flat mana increase and no max mana regeneration. How the fuck are you supposed to sustain topend archmage?

[stable lodge]

The pink could be weapon spec points

[old rune]

how do I allocate those, I have 4

[bleak dust]

stormweaver or chrono sorcereress? (I haven't invested in lightning if i should switch because its superior let me knowwww)

[stable lodge]

You probably already have

The first set kind of just act as passive points

[sly leaf]

Might need reduced mana cost of skills? idk

[vestal marsh]

eldritch battery seems unplayable then as well

how can you regen a 20k mana pool reasonably

[sly leaf]

Maybe the base regen rate as related to your mana pool is higher in this

[stable lodge]

And in Poe 1 the green was what you were meant to put points into in that level range

[vestal marsh]

surely i mustve missed sth

[stable lodge]

I imagine that sticks

[sly leaf]

I have noticed early game mana is MUCH easier to manage than it used to be at least on Witch

The only time I needed to use a mana flask was vs. a mana drain elite

I'm only at the end of act 1 though

[worthy cliff]

has any mercenary tested siege cascade?

[icy oyster]

Hi, I'm using Poisonous Concoction, and currently it has 2 support sockets. I've noticed I can't apply a Jeweler's Orb to it to increase its support sockets to 3. Does anyone know if it will just naturally increase with levelling?

[static plinth]

Sceptres are sceptres. I dont think there's any nodes for them on the tree

[bleak dust]

can i change my ascendancy?

[crisp steeple]

Any1 playing chaos DoT like ED contagion?

[stable lodge]

I’m giving it a try

[crisp steeple]

what lvl are you

Wanna try it out too

[stable lodge]

Still getting through act 1

Feels good

[crisp steeple]

Can you kill anything? 😄

[stable lodge]

Press two abilities and all the mobs die

And bosses go down pretty
Quick so far

[crisp steeple]

Also, what did you play? monk or witch or sorc?

[stable lodge]

Much faster than my
Merc

Witch

[crisp steeple]

Witch with planning on going?

Infernalist or blood mage?

[stable lodge]

No idea

Haven’t even read what either of them do

[frail cave]

when contagion hits just right

[stable lodge]

Feels so good in rituals

[slow yacht]

Hi everyone. For example if monster have 50% cold resistance, and ive 60% cold penetratation and exposure which is as dafault -20%. that means that i can do 20% more cold damage? extra 10% penetration will be not count since its will be 0 resistance before exposure takes on.

[keen dagger]

Has anyone confirmed whether ascendancy 3 and 4 are in the game?

[crisp steeple]

Hmm interesting

[vestal marsh]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Character_class#CharacterDefault https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/859487673542639656/1315243985484124190/image.png?ex=6756b3ea&is=6755626a&hm=bed900089fb6d224755dc68f0fd5ac676b61028afa4f98261e6fdc3fb3632265& It appears mana regen isnt flat in poe2 but its 4% of your max mana

[pearl sluice]

is there loot filters available?

[stable lodge]

Probably don’t need one

[old rune]

there is no longer negative resistances in poe2

you cant make an enemy have -10% total cold resistance

only 0%

[slender fern]

best 4 so far

[slow yacht]

oh fak

[slow yacht]

what about than this?

[dull otter]

Is SRS supposed to be disabled on Witch Infernalist Demon Form even though I have 30 spirit in resrve and raging spirits is activated?

[slender fern]

no you have get spirit gem for that

you get your first spirit gem in frey thorn after killing boss

[dull otter]

i have it

i have the skill, it works outside demon form

[slender fern]

with spirit gem you can unlock raging spirit

[slow yacht]

you are wrong -20 is the default

[slender fern]

ah

[patent dagger]

In the skill tree there are nodes where you can pick +5 to any stat. Is there a BiS stat to pick? I'm playing as a sorcerer, I would assume Intel but it gives mana, so idk if I need to stack that or not

[dull otter]

doesnt summon on flame wall

in demon form

[fickle thistle]

What is Skill Speed? and what does it affect

[static plinth]

Choose what you need to equip your gems and gear of choice

[patent dagger]

What if you already have that amount, what to do with extra

[static plinth]

Its a blanket term for all speeds. Attack Speed, Cast Speed, Warcry Speed, Totem Placement Speed, etc.

[uncut bay]

yeah you need all 3 stats sadly. make sure you always have enough int for your skill gems, then go for dex and str

[fickle thistle]

So even default attack? that would be faster?

[static plinth]

Choose what you forsee you'll need, or decide between the innate bonuses of the stats

[static plinth]

Yeah? That just scales with attack speed anyway

[patent dagger]

Is there an easy way to check the minimum amount I need? Or just gotta go through gear and gems

[uncut bay]

how do I get through dreadnaught as sorceress? what skill to use?

[fickle thistle]

how does it work with %inc attack speed modifiers?

additive?

[sly leaf]

Does anyone know if this adds Slow to all debuffs or only improves Slow inflicted by debuffs?

[static plinth]

Yeah

[uncut bay]

right click an uncut skill gem, hover over higher levels gems, you see required int

[static plinth]

Only debuffs that are already slows

[sly leaf]

Ahh ok, and what would those be? Cold damage and what else?

[static plinth]

Temporal Chains

Idk any others off the top of my head

[patent dagger]

I think I might need some Stength lol. I have 7 Strength, 22 Dex and 52 Int

[fickle thistle]

Do crits have anything to do with the proccing/damage of Ailments?

[woven bough]

how is poison? might roll to pathfinder

[balmy fable]

makes mana stacking much better

[balmy fable]

seems fine, but be aware that it no longer stacks infinitely and some of the poison bow skills are jank

[livid temple]

anyone know how 3 skill slots ascendancy in gemling work?

i dont think i see more slots when pressing G

[balmy fable]

you should

[livid temple]

hm i dont though

ill relog

[vestal marsh]

yeah 4% is super scalable specially as stormweaver

[warm zenith]

Is there a way to check the persistent minion respawn delay? Cant find it anywhere. Even in passive skill tree when you compare skills affecting minion revive speed it shows nothing.

[livid temple]

iyeah i defnitely dont see 3 skill slots extra

[balmy fable]

ya tho it also means mana sustain is harder if you DONT stack mana

[balmy fable]

its 12s by default i think

[sterile stone]

to all minion players, whats your build

[woven bough]

think ill stay gemling then

multiple ailments maybe instead of pure poison

[vestal marsh]

yeah there seems to be 0 flat mana regen in the game

[sterile stone]

seems to be 6sec delay

[vestal marsh]

my eldritch battery 20k mana build is alive tho

[balmy fable]

i was so dissappointed when i realized they changed EB

i was gonna go EB shadow monk

😢

[vestal marsh]

based af

[balmy fable]

bro im playing fucking

[vestal marsh]

my spark char just keeps winning

[balmy fable]

grenade shadow monk

cuz im cooked

do not recommend LMAO

[vestal marsh]

im pretty sure i accidently clicked one of the best builds in the game it seems so insane in my head

[sterile stone]

i kinda this no PoB timeline

[balmy fable]

eh spark base numbers are meh but with archmage ya

[honest remnant]

can any1 share a good sorc leveling build?

[vestal marsh]

20k mana archmage

[balmy fable]

ya there's nothing to stop me going bad builds :d

[vestal marsh]

250% more mana regen

125% more cast speed

[balmy fable]

ya should be good

[vestal marsh]

like ???

[hasty meadow]

hi why i cant increase this 2 last node?

[balmy fable]

id be surprised if it wasnt

[vestal marsh]

there 105% skill effect duration

on the tree thats easily to get for me

[balmy fable]

you need 2 more ascendancy points

which is form the next trial

[sterile stone]

2 points/trial

[hasty meadow]

ahhh bummer i tot i can increase already

[low glacier]

What's the difference between Ranger and Merc? Their skills seem to be completely identical?

[balmy fable]

that's kinda sick actually, didnt know there was that much

[vestal marsh]

1 wheel is a bit iffy but 2 wheels are free

[balmy fable]

wonder how much reduced duration there is, i need it for grenade fuse time

[hasty meadow]

ohh so this not from passive point but ascendancy points? top right?

[balmy fable]

if i can get it

[woven bough]

ascendancies

[balmy fable]

yes

[amber adder]

Hi, I am a bit confused about stats. Does the monk need dex + int? Most items require those stats as I see

[balmy fable]

Difference between all classes is the ascendancies + where they start on the passive tree

[floral oar]

Sorry - quick Q. Does the "Chain" support gem work with "Lightning Arrow"?

Lightning arrow says "does not chain" but I can add the skill in.

[hasty meadow]

wow so expensive remove ascendancy 🥲

[balmy fable]

Depends on what youre building -- if youre going quarterstaff then... probably?

[vestal marsh]

45 and 40

[low glacier]

Then does Witch and Sorc functionally start the same?

[static plinth]

All classes share skills. Starting point on the tree and subclasses are different. Mercenary naturally leans towards Crossbows while Ranger leans towards normal Bows

[amber adder]

Yes I am, only staff to bonk

[balmy fable]

different ascendancies, so no

they play very differently

[patent dagger]

I really feel like I'm lacking damage, should I be traiting and upgrading my gear as early as lvl 14-16? I dont really know what I'm doing

[sterile stone]

i feel bored playing popcorn srs, literally poe1 xd

[vestal marsh]

and then there is also this which gives unleash seals that has 20 % but i think not worth for my build

[tranquil fractal]

Could be bad weapon

[hasty meadow]

this trial is different location from the 1st one? or just need any token

[sterile stone]

but its the only thing that deals dmg

[balmy fable]

higher level token, but idk what level 2nd is at

[balmy fable]

its worth it if you use unleash + will be kiting a lot

[hasty meadow]

is this it?

[balmy fable]

but the dps calculation for extra seals is complicated

[hasty meadow]

i found it, and have higher level area than the 1st

[balmy fable]

that's too low level i think, but im not sure

someone else might know

[patent dagger]

I mean, none of the gear dropping has been an upgrade to me, unless it has and I've overlooked it

[vestal marsh]

unleash feels bad with insane castspeed but then again spellecho is troll for spark now

[balmy fable]

what changed on spell echo to make it troll

i havent looked at it

[vestal marsh]

lots of trial and error on the support gems

less cast speed and more aoe

[balmy fable]

oh

yeah that's kinda eh

[static plinth]

Instead of double anim more cast speed its single anim less cast speed

[balmy fable]

fucking

less cast speed

on echo

who came up with that LMAO

[vestal marsh]

thats what i thought

[balmy fable]

idk what youd use that for even

firestorm maybe?

[vestal marsh]

defo nothing will be touching any time soon

[balmy fable]

but nothing is going to want to be locked in place for some more aoe LMAO

[turbid valley]

I want to use on cold skill to trigger mana remnant, someone tried that? or better use a light skill to trigger shock?

[static plinth]

Im pretty sure you dont double animation

Thats how it looked on stream when they echoes Comet at least

[vestal marsh]

if you dont stand in place for the second cast

then i will use this on spark

and just ignore the aoe and cast speed

[balmy fable]

you can do either

[static plinth]

Well you definitely dont stand in place, you can move while casting now

[surreal cliff]

Anyone else builiding some sort of Avatar monk (elemental) ?

[balmy fable]

huh can you?

that's neat

might actually try some spells at some point

[static plinth]

Yeah

[vestal marsh]

wait based

[balmy fable]

though I think next build is going to be lightning cast on shock invoker

just be an arc dynamo

[vestal marsh]

i saw the gem and just didnt even bother clicking on it

[static plinth]

Do yall seriously not know that??

Yeah you can strafe while casting

[balmy fable]

I havent played spells lul

[static plinth]

Youre slow as balls by default but you can fix that

[balmy fable]

is there stuff on the tree to remedy that?

youll still take a dps hit for using spell echo though

[static plinth]

I dont think so, just normal movement speed increases

[balmy fable]

so its just to get more aoe now i guess

[static plinth]

Pathfinder can reduce it

[balmy fable]

pathfinder removes it entirely

idk if youll play spells on pathfinder though

[static plinth]

30% less penalty

[balmy fable]

i guess maybe poison spells lul

[static plinth]

It only ignores debuff slows

[balmy fable]

i thought pathfinder had no penalty while moving

oh

memory bad i guess lul

[static plinth]

5 passives

Its especially big on channelling spells

Since now they dont have their main downside they dont feel like dogass

[balmy fable]

yeah im gonna have to try them at some point

i want to do somethign with mini sun + flameblast

[static plinth]

Im just playing EDC so im not getting the most out of it

[balmy fable]

but rn im being stubborn and making my grenade monk meme work LMAO

[surreal cliff]

Avatar monk anyone (elemental) ? so far this is extremely fun quick stun build w high evasion as well

[balmy fable]

i saw monk having old trickster X as extra chaos and went time to go cluster grenades

Dno if its cooked or not yet

[static plinth]

I might try Ember Fusilade Pathfinder or something

[balmy fable]

ember fusilade looks neat

actually incinerate looks pretty neat too

a lot of neat stuff

[cold oak]

I have 10 weapon skill points, but I can only spend 9 of them. Can someone explain why?

[forest scarab]

freeze monk feels giga nice no joke

[static plinth]

Someone found a unique thats similar to Iron Mass so i wanna try that if i get a chance

[keen dagger]

I guess you need to do a full sanctum to get the remaining ascendancy points?

[balmy fable]

Anyone tried the lightning dash skill monk has yet?

[balmy fable]

Can also do ultimatum iirc

[keen dagger]

Ultimatum is 100x worse than Sanctum

[balmy fable]

Depends what you like really

[forest scarab]

you mean Killing Palm on monk?

[balmy fable]

id rather do ultimatum even if its worse

[balmy fable]

nah the one in the final skill tier

[keen dagger]

Have you even done Ultimatum

[balmy fable]

nah not yet lul

[forest scarab]

ah no, not there yet

[peak solstice]

What is the meta end game titan build?
Hammer of the gods ignite build i guess?
Looking to get the best out of titan

[surreal cliff]

So far im using lighting and ice spells w the staggering palm i have items rn that are also adding other elements such as fire so when i smack the bell it literally is putting out everything

[ancient needle]

Hey guys, I am a new player and have a question: Is it possible to respec your active skills ? I am not talking about the passive ones...

[balmy fable]

Gathering storm, that one

cant tell if it's going to be good or not

[surreal cliff]

So goddamn fun

[balmy fable]

Im kinda thinking about doing gathering storm on an invoker w/ cast on shock arc

and arc lightning on crit

[forest scarab]

yea its great. feels super nice that bosses can be cc'd. bell after cc and you melt every boss

[balmy fable]

that's my 2nd build i think once i have some gear for it

[static plinth]

You just replace them with newly cut gems

Youll get tons

I have more than i know what to do with

[humble saffron]

Do I have bad RNG or is Siphoning Strike not shocking enemies even if I have the Conduction support gem

[ancient needle]

Ok so that means you will find that many uncut gems that it is not necessary to respec the skills since you can max all skills anyway ?

[static plinth]

Isnt Siphoning the one that Consumes shocks and cannot shock itself

[humble saffron]

Ah damn reading diff

[worthy cliff]

is there an accurate website to see all possible gem / skill combos?

[humble saffron]

So I have to shock first

[worthy cliff]

I tried using poe2db but it's not 100% accurate, for example flash grenade says it can't use scatter shot in the website but ingame i can put scattershot as a gem for it.

[surreal cliff]

Quarterstaff strike w martial tempo and over power is so nice i was using cold infusin but swapped it over to glacial cascade

[balmy fable]

you can use any support in any skill, on the bottom left of the support cutting screen uncheck show recommended supports

[worthy cliff]

but some support gems i cant slot into some skills?

[latent iron]

Yo is anyone playing bloodmage with lightning spells like arc or spark ? Trying to make this work would like to see some ibput from someone who is also doing it

[magic maple]

this thread covers a general discussion on bloodmage/stormweaver/chrono
https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1313195596709892107

[latent iron]

Thanks 😄

[balmy fable]

uh which are you talking about

[worthy cliff]

like second wind cant be socketed into all skills

[bleak dust]

can ignite crit like flame wall?

[livid hamlet]

Honestly i have no idea how to beat the collosus as a mercenary

the grenades fall of the arena

and the second phase with endless mobs that don't give any flasks

i just too much

[balmy fable]

that's the giant attack on titan guy in act 2?

but yeah some arenas have issue with grenades

you have to aim so they hit his model without falling out

but its a dps loss either way

[balmy fable]

ah yeah, only works on skills with cooldowns

you can check support tags

to see

i think

[hard adder]

How strong is the mercenary in the endgame? Don’t know if I should switch

[dusk tangle]

Has anyone got shockburst rounds working? I can't reliably get lightning ailments on enemies, especially not sustaining them

[livid hamlet]

no one knows

not enough people made it to end game

to have a good sample size

[sterile furnace]

And if they are in end game they mostly aren't spending time here

[static plinth]

Is there any way to stop my Infernal Hound from igniting things?

Its blowing up my gas clouds which i want as poison

[sonic shuttle]

How do I get more sockets on a gem?

[inner raptor]

can someone help , i cant summon my warior

[worthy cliff]

does this stun buildup only work with flash grenade?

[white viper]

do you need a shield for increased block chance to matter?

[wind ridge]

did anyone try out monk's whirlwind skill? how is it?

[still rock]

decaying hex doesnt work with blasphemy? 😭

poop

[warped jackal]

really? That sucks

[still rock]

I was pllaning for it to work, it even has a tooltip for it in the skill as doing chaos damage to cursed targets

but uh i guess the wording on things dont matter

I also noticed that contagion doesn't spread poison even though it says "chaos damage over time debuffs" (doesn't mention anything about non-ailment)

Bad wording on both occasions

[sullen zealot]

For lightning monk, would you recommend the quarterstaff with lightning damage as an implicit?

[barren jetty]

what monk Ascendancy hast a faster/flashier playstile? cant decide which one to pick

[distant zinc]

how to get to buried shrines? in act 2

[warped jackal]

Invoker for sure

[distant zinc]

chayula monk might be slower, you need to gather some orbs with the breach skill so that might be clunky

[barren jetty]

is it the one shooting out this "wind" projectiles?

I really like fast paced palystile

so i might go for invoker thenm

[warped jackal]

Hmm i had the same idea as yours.. for now i combine contagion with a curse combines with hex bloom and decaying hex

[still rock]

thats what i was doing previously

[ornate tapir]

The support gem Soul thief says: "Leech 5% of physical attack damage to leech mana". Is that damage before or after conversion?

[still rock]

I was hoping that decaying hex would work with blasphemy and then trigger mt dark effigy

but it dont

[still rock]

after

[modern ridge]

does skill effect duration increase the duration of Freeze (I freeze enemies with buildup, not as direct duration ailment of a spell)?

[still rock]

well, i assume so based on poe1

[warped jackal]

Hmm are we doing the same build or what hahaha, i had this in mind too

[still rock]

apparently things are worded very oddly rn

[still rock]

ED contagion chronomancer rn

now i have to decide if i want to keep self casting curse or not

[faint eagle]

should i go all into evasion or use the mixed body for some more energy shield? (monk)

[ornate tapir]

Too bad... 😦

[warped jackal]

Ah MoM ED and IC chonk for me

[still rock]

my build is very not well planned im just kinda yoloing it

[warped jackal]

Bro same, but thats fine. It kinda works for now

[still rock]

focusing on slow as a defensive layer, might use temp chains if my damage is good enough instead of despair

but then ill have to find something to do for bossing while i run around doing nothing xD

[meager tulip]

Hi, can i check for the widowhail bonus multiplayer from quiver, what bonuses does it multiply?

For example + 10 lightning damage on my quiver. Does my bow multiply that to 25 and also get the base 10 from the quiver?

[versed wren]

Can Bleed be proc'ed by grenade? I know Hit is everything expect damage over time.
But don't seem to be able to proc the 5% with grenade so maybe the after explotion counts as damage over time??? anyone got some input?

[forest galleon]

Hello all. Could some advice top 3 support gems for Galvanize Shards and High Velocity rounds?

[modern ridge]

can someone explain the skill effect duration? I don't understand if it increased exposure/debuff and ailment duration

[warped jackal]

If the boss has minions, decaying hex and hex bloom are so good. Just bait the minions towards the boss and boom

[still rock]

Yeah self cast curse seems better as of now but im gunna run blasphemy for a bit isnce i dont have any other auras to use

(at the moment)

[short swan]

for this quarter staff does the increase physical damage do anything? cause the staff deals lighting?

[still rock]

There's no physical damage local for it to increase so it does nothing, afaik

[short swan]

fuck me

[patent dagger]

Some of the gear im wearing are blues from like Lvl 5-6 that have higher shield (I forget what it's called) than some of the gear dropping for me now at Lvl 16. So I haven't updated much of my armor in around 10~ levels. Am I missing something?

[still rock]

yeah, i just confirmed by looking at the base item (via: https://poe2db.tw/us/Quarterstaves#QuarterstavesItem)

same base dmg

[neat laurel]

anyone happens to know if chaos damage bow amplifies poison skill damage since they are also chaos damage

[short swan]

meaning? here it says physical damage, idk what the local hidden damage means

[hidden perch]

is there a way to get chaos innoculation without travelling to the node?

[cinder ingot]

can you swap Ascension later??

[hidden perch]

no, you can't swap ascendancies, you can change the ascendancy nodes of your ascension*

[still rock]

it means that the physical is converted to lightinng before anything else basicallyt

[cinder ingot]

fk...

[short swan]

oh i see, so then the increased physical damage is indeed not doing anything

thanks

[still rock]

poison counts physical & chaos hits as magnitude for poison modifiers, so technically yes this increases poison dmg but the same amt of physical would do the exact same effect

[warped jackal]

Same, let me know if u figured something

[worthy cliff]

can you only have 9 skills in your skill book active at a time?

[cinder ingot]

For Ranger do I go Pathfinder or Deadeye??

[neat laurel]

hmm where can I see what poison scales with

[still rock]

via ingame tooltip

[neat laurel]

ye found it on envenom

good shout

[still rock]

inc chaos % scales poison dmg, but the magnitude scales the inital damage of the poison, which is generated from the hit that causes the poison, so a larger hit gives more poison dmg

[ruby hazel]

im using minions+bonestorm and find it very hard to kill bosses when i have to charge, do you have any tips

[still rock]

which only works with phys and chaos hits

[neat dew]

Whatever you prefer, the game is not out long enough to say what is better. Deadeye is more straightforward damage and mobility, pathfinder is more dot damage and aoe

[neat laurel]

only have the central node but the subsequent ones should increase the damage my poison skills do right

was thinking of pathing here to increase my poison stacks so was considering picking the previous node as well

[still rock]

That would increase the level of chaos skills, so it depends on the skill youre using to initiate the poison

if the skill youre using has the chaos tag then it would most likely benefit from this

if it doesnt then no, it does nothing

[neat laurel]

ye it does was just more referring to the percentage nodes before it

[still rock]

yes those increase poison

since poison is chaos dmg

[neat laurel]

aight thanks 😄

[still rock]

this seems really strong for poison builds, id most likely always take this for any poison build btw (assumed, obviously) ill prob play a poison build at some point

doing ed contagion for now since im braindead and ive played it 400 times in poe1 already xD

[neat laurel]

ye I am doing a toxic rain wannabe from POE1, using vine arrow for AOE poison with envenom, scattershot and acceleration and poisonburst arrow with corrosion to remove armor and plague burst for more aoe

[still rock]

sounds fun, im gunna run a pathfinder soon

[neat laurel]

last question since chaos damage is harder to get on items I should be prioritising physical right

got a lucky roll on a bow so just wondering

[calm orchid]

What is the “easiest” class to be running right now? I’m decided on giving up my sorc for now till I understand the game better. Have been struggling since I got in to act 2 and I’ve respec’ed more times than I can count trying out new builds been stuck on the final boss for like 4 hours total today nothing is helping. Is ranger as OP as everyone says?

[still rock]

yes, since % chaos doesnt exist for local mods on a bow you want to scale the initial hit on your weapon (via %inc phys and +flat phys), altho im not sure how chaos flat would pan out in the grand scheme of the passive tree increasing so much of it, that just depends on whichever number is higher and thats a path of building type situation since the calculation is complicated

[still rock]

^

but for now, probably easier to scale phys

[neat laurel]

yea fair, thanks for the insights 😄

[still rock]

long story short

[tribal maple]

Got no clue if Warbringer or Titan is the best choice. Warbringer has the ability to break armor into negatives, while also gaining dr. Titan on the other hand seems like a slam and dunk kind of choice that doesn't leave much to be speculated. I have no clue how much negative armor affects enemies.

[raven helm]

at what level can i do ascendancy trial?

[somber cargo]

what does more levels of Raise Zombie do? I haven't found a site that says anything other than higher int and mana cost.

[unique snow]

did anyone figure out a proper way to build defences on a spell caster like crit infernalist yet?
im currently leaning into hybrid ES and armour on gear and tree but thats only okayish imo.

[still rock]

classes dont matter, its knowing what stats scale your abilities and that's depndent on your items available to you and what's easily accessible on the tree

in terms of raw dmg

[unique snow]

higher levels of minions usually increase their stats like life and dmg. you can click on the arrow in the gem menu to see detailed stats of minions and compare

[cinder ingot]

i went wioth Pathfinder on Ranger, am I cooked?

[calm orchid]

So I should give up entirely ok

Thank you

[still rock]

If that's your attitude in trying to understand an rpg system then yes

You shouldnt' be asking "which class is easiest" you should be asking "how should i be scaling my abilities correctly"

Classes in poe just determine your starting point, which can mean an "easier" or "harder" early game experience based on your knowledge of the game.

[wooden sapphire]

What seems to be the breadwinner currently?

for builds

[still rock]

obviously ascendancies factor into that a great deal as well, but not enough that you should be struggling in act 2

If you have enough knowledge of how to build a certain class, any class can be easy.

The mechanical skill floor of poe is relatively low

[neat laurel]

ok how the hell does one deal with the life regenerates modifier

my poison ticks getting outhealed 🤣

[still rock]

do more dmg

[neat laurel]

not possible sadly

[still rock]

Are you using plauge bearer or despair?

should help dmg out a lot for poison

if possible, use both

[outer apex]

do the mana leech nodes that says "10% increased mana leech" give you actual mana leech? or only increase existing mana leech?

[neat laurel]

sadly not because havent had a spirit gem drop by act 3

needs a level 2 or 3 cant remember

[trim nexus]

is crossbow dual wield?

[neat laurel]

for plague bairer

[rancid stag]

I did it at level 22 or 23

[still rock]

pray to rng gods

[neat laurel]

is despair occult spell?

[outer apex]

my brother in christ

[trim nexus]

wait im tweaking its 2 hand but not dual wield nvm

[still rock]

not sure, i use the "all gems" tab for now until they fix the horrid gem UI lol

[trim nexus]

been on for too long

[rancid stag]

Bro I dreamed freezing mobs with my monk. Felt like I didn't sleep at all

[neat laurel]

fair

[raven helm]

as shock monk, what are u guys using at lvl 7 skill?

[still rock]

the all gems tabs is overwhelming so I understand why they split it up but it's not great to make new players think they're limited to 3 support gems

[neat laurel]

ahh requires 72 intelligence meanwhile me be like

[still rock]

respec your attribute nodes

prob not enough for 72 but

[autumn sky]

Stormwave is nice for range clear

[still rock]

good tip , you can respec the individual attribute node without having to trace back to it all the way

so if you picked dex you can use hood boy respec and click on the attribute node and make it int or str

[neat laurel]

Iw ill just cope till I get a gem for plague bairer

is what it is

can always run away from elites with life generates modifier

[still rock]

plague bearer should help a lot, but also what support gems are you using on your skill to generate the poison ?

[barren jetty]

is it worth to use regal orb on this one?

[errant agate]

Hey all, new here. Played poe1 for a long time but a long time ago and have been paying poe2 since yesterday.
Went for a witch minion build but it feels... off.

[sterile stone]

i wonder how many youtuber that would get filtered out once PoB releases and you cant just hey use gem and this gem

[neat laurel]

let me do that better

vinearrow = envenom, scattershot and acceleration, poisonburst arrow (inherent poison so no envenom needed) = corrossion, bursting plague

I would put bursting plague on vine arrow but no sockets for it

@still rock

[still rock]

one sec im reading the tooltips rq

[magic gale]

i put everything in dmg now on witch

[fair rose]

anyone tried ballista build?

[hexed stream]

i would like to ask a question about stats calculation, is there someone who is good with this stuff?

[mighty wing]

guess any idea if infernalist could work without minions?

[still rock]

okay, so i havent used this skill at all this is pure conjecture, but from the tooltip it sounds like you have to use another attack skill to poison the plant, so envenom would be useless there, youd want to spawn the plants then shoot them with poison burst. try swift affliction instead of envenom to increase the chaos dot of vine arrow plants

acceleration is also probably useless but that depends on how fast the plants get spawned lol

[mighty wing]

the vines themselfs poison btw

[small pasture]

I am wondering the same. I think it may be dps calculation per projectile

[still rock]

Yeah idk how it works mechanically or visually i havent used it, im just assuming based on the tooltip

[neat laurel]

will try it out but point of envenom is to have the plants poison cause they cant I think

the problem wit the vines

of poisoning the vines

[still rock]

Well based on the tooltip alone it sounds like they cannot hit, so they dont get anything from envenom, but i could be wrong

[neat laurel]

is enemies being in front of you

it applies on vine arrow

[still rock]

Regardless, swift affliction should be used somewhere, try it from dropping either accel or envenom (if the vines have a hit portion to them, then envenom can be useful there, just not sure since I havent used it)

If youre scaling a nonailment dot you should use swift affliction no matter what

[meager tulip]

Hello! Does widowhail also multiply the +1 to projectile skills on the quiver?

[thin basin]

Yes

[meager tulip]

So i can get +2 from the widowhail and +1 from the quiver?

Holy…

[trim nexus]

which one

[dawn spire]

second one has way more resists so those are what I'd wear

[still rock]

So blasphemy feels smoother imo, since you dont have to wait for the bloom for chaos res -%, and a big help for mana on bosses (atleast for me rn having to recast curst on bosses has been mana hungry as hell)

I think ill stick with it this way

[dawn spire]

oh, really? blasphemy has no activation delay?

[still rock]

Since theres not really another aura to utilize

[still rock]

correct

Obviously you miss out on the decaying hex damage but it feels smoother at my current state in late a3

[warped jackal]

Nicee i go for it as well then.

[still rock]

try it out at the least

[warped jackal]

Yea but i still will use enfeeble with decaying hex and hex bloom, in combination with contagion. so i dont think it will be hard

[still rock]

you can also use the support gem for inc% curse effect to lessen the dampening from blasphemy but you need more spirit for it, and idk how you get more spirit rn lol

[trim nexus]

is increased rarity of items found important?

[oblique pelican]

Guys I have a very strange problem, until recently my character had no problem being able to prime targets for sun to use boneshatterer, but it suddenly stopped working, is anyone aware of any reasons that could have happened?

[warped jackal]

No clue honestly, maybe later in the game?

[still rock]

Ideally i think double curse one being blasphemy and one being decaying hex is more damage yet more buttons to press, but thats a lot of skill points ahead of me

[dawn spire]

everything is important if it's what you care about. Rarity, as far as I know, only affects the odds of items dropping at a higher rarity, not currency items.
hover over the mod while holding alt to see what it does

[still rock]

oh also, use despair over enfeeble if you can manage it, its a shit ton of dmg

[heady palm]

do you have low hit chance maybe?
open gem, dps, arrow -> chance to hit

[warped jackal]

Yea i will if i can unlock it. I use enfeeble for now to proc decaying hex and hex bloom lol

[still rock]

yeah i did as well until despair

and then once i got despair everything fell over like dominos

[oblique pelican]

gems I am using dont even have chance to hit attribute

[dawn spire]

no gems have that. Attack hit chance is based on your accuracy stat and the enemy's evasion. Go to the skill you're using in the G menu, scroll to your main skill (boneshatter), and click the arrow next to dps on the right

[oblique pelican]

Oh I think its accuracy rating stat, thanks for the hint I will investigate

[balmy fable]

My tree is so fucking scuffed jesus

https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgoDeih82C5DYNLId1sQa7-WIXmz0qBFXwFj1V5lD9sojlXg79s4btwdu2jiphRCaIqKNK1VGpB-ttdt6JLxigLSPZ94WDe7bcWrWyi3f_s3tr6FbDmWXdlFlonWx5nJoDkv3YtwCWjpXDJaZ0CE36ai-E57wx1m8hhJ60Lel54YVlMaRsO-2EXa3pILH1T71ArLndNv2frlvg6Fi0X_vKiTfBMblkEovAmEX4KHGCLHaM9mly8gOUGwzDJSVQFivS3lWo1Jc0oQ6PacaQVtda2EJjZQxRD6Eac1nPCh6X9RLsvf4XzWY4apFGvEprVC6UgkvQcxrugAAA==

[warped jackal]

Cant wait tbh

[balmy fable]

basically that

[still rock]

im surprised they carried over accuracy into poe2 tbh but ig its an easy way to force investment

[oblique pelican]

What should I look out for there that would imply that priming no longer works?

[warped jackal]

I can't wait too see if i will be unkillable when i get to the instant mana leech node

[still rock]

before you get ahead of yourself, note that dots dont leech in poe

[dawn spire]

nothing that I know of. Those stat pages are kinda barebones from what I saw. My guess is your weapon is outdated and you aren't doing enough damage to keep up with the enemies' scaling stun threshold

[still rock]

good thing to note

[sterile stone]

chonk?

[warped jackal]

ues

[warped jackal]

yea i know

[sterile stone]

ngl it sounds so op getting both mana & es instant leech on pickup

[woven jackal]

is this 7 affix item? isn't 6 max? first time playing PoE please explain

[sterile stone]

is it actually viable

[oblique pelican]

Ah, that could be absolutely right I will try upgrading a weapon

[balmy fable]

anybody got a moment to peek the tree and see what can be optimized LUL

[sterile stone]

have jung made a vid

[warped jackal]

Yea so MoM, IC, EB with focusing on curse/chaos..

[dawn spire]

some affixes have more than one stat line. I believe the flat and % evasion rating are both part of the same affix. Either those or the flat evasion + life

[sterile stone]

hows the mapping feels does it makes you backtrack

[warped jackal]

but its still all theory

[woven jackal]

thanks but not quite understand. So there's 1 affix that acts as 2?

[dawn spire]

no, one affix, but it grants two lines of stats

[woven jackal]

so it's kind of missleading as it shows in two different rows imo

so that's evasion & life that acts as one?

[dawn spire]

For example, in poe there's an affix that grants accuracy and increased light radius. It's one affix (it takes up one of the six affix slots) but it reads as two lines

[dawn spire]

I think so. Without being able to see the affix breakdown in poe2 I can't say for sure

[woven jackal]

ok, so in this case that's evasion & life?

[still rock]

hold alt while hovering the item, youll see that one of the affixes is a combo affix which has two lines

sorry noticed he answered above

[woven jackal]

ah got it, thanks!

[still rock]

but ill be here for morale support

[woven jackal]

is t1 and t2 when holding alt some sort of a "tier"?

[still rock]

yes, t1 is the lowest tier of affix

[oblique pelican]

But they get stunned multiple times, but never get marked as primed, thats the most confusing part

[woven jackal]

ok, and t1 can still roll, lets say 10-20 and it can be 12

[dawn spire]

what gem/passive/etc is normally allowing you to prime?

[woven jackal]

and t2 20-30 can roll 23

great, thanks!

[still rock]

yup, and the tiers depend on the item level

[oblique pelican]

rolling slam

[still rock]

every indiviudal affix has its own item level requirement for tiers

[heady palm]

some affixes might actually be 2 lines - the evasion one is one of those i think. if you holt ALT, can you view more info?

[oblique pelican]

But I was so desperate to figure out I unquiped all items, and only had rolling slam and boneshatter socketed, and I couldnt prime anyone, so to me it feels like I messed up some stats somehow?

[woven jackal]

yes, I already got an answer, thanks!

[dawn spire]

I'm not seeing anything on the gem that says it builds/primes heavy stun. It looks like it builds daze, though

[woven jackal]

how many tiers are there for affixes?

I have an item with T4

I guess we dont know yet as we didnt reach endgame yet?

[oblique pelican]

I created a new warrior character and at lvl 2 warrior has only rolling slam and boneshater and it works on my lvl2 character, but not on my primary one

[dawn spire]

what is the indication that an enemy is primed for stun?

[oblique pelican]

It has a visual glow around its head

[raven helm]

what does magnitude mean when it comes to shock?

[dawn spire]

what is rolling slam linked to on the character where you can't prime?@oblique pelican

[dawn spire]

hold alt and hover over it to find out

[zinc cipher]

Any warrior chads in the chat? How yall doin

[oblique pelican]

You mean support gems added to rolling slam? Unbreakable and brutality

[zinc cipher]

I’m 4 passives away from wielding 2h + shield

[dawn spire]

can you send a pic of your weapon and skill tree as well? I'm very curious

[willow fulcrum]

so op ranger
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nqqnYfEqe

[dawn spire]

no one click that

[oblique pelican]

Is it okay if I dm you?

[forest orbit]

<@&174997701513969665>

^^

[raven helm]

i dont entirely understand it, are multiplicative modifiers better than just flat increases or is this going to feel pretty minor?

[dawn spire]

I prefer DMs for stuff specific to me. This is a build planning question that other people could chime in on and help more with. I've only played one build in poe2 and it certainly wasn't a stun warrior

[dawn spire]

now hover over shock to get a clearer picture

[warped jackal]

Can essence drain spread if u use it with contagion? i want to double check it

[still rock]

magnitude =/= multiplicative btw

[oblique pelican]

Skill tree looks like this, and I am suspicious about the points I allocated in the circle, I think it stopped working around the time I selected them, but I just can't figure out why they would brick priming

[still rock]

magnitude is how the intial value is generated

[raven helm]

im just not rlly sure how big this node will be for power rn

[dawn spire]

in short, that 20% increased damage from shock (which, due to the damage calcs, is actually akin to 20% more damage). So basically 10% increased magnitude on a 20% shock would make the shock 22% increased damage

[dawn spire]

and an enemy taking 22% increased damage is essentially you getting a 1.22x multiplier on your final damage number

so that 10% shock magnitude stat is basically 1.67% more damage

[raven helm]

so by the end of this tree i get 30% increase

[dawn spire]

assuming the enemy is shocked

[raven helm]

hm

[still rock]

Also depends on how shock works in this game - is it based on the hit like poe1?

I've wondered that

BEcause shock values are different in poe1 based on the hit value that applied the shcok

im not even gunna try and fix my whiskey typos lol

[dawn spire]

I don't think those would have anything to do with it. Though I'm not sure where you're getting any source of "primed for stun". Isn't rolling slam the skill that got nerfed recently? did they change it to daze instead of primed for stun?

[dawn spire]

shock is always 20% increased damage taken for 4 seconds by default

[split stump]

I am very casual, mid thirties, don’t have much free time and never played monster hunter or souls like before. I am debating whether I should buy this game. Is the mechanics of poe2, other than combat, easier than poe1? Things like getting a viable build, upgrading or crafting gear, customizing gear. Those are the things I want to be less technical and more straightforward.

[oblique pelican]

But why would it work on my lvl 2 warrior I just created to see if I was going insane. And it worked fine

[dawn spire]

higher lightning damage = higher shock chance

[dawn spire]

what's your weapon?

[oblique pelican]

One handed mace and a shield

[slender fern]

why is poe 2 saying your party is full when im in no party

[dawn spire]

the game is far less bloated and thus much easier to grasp than poe1, I'd say. and the in-game information is FARRRRRRRR better than poe1. I haven't had to open the wiki a single time to figure things out

[slender fern]

is that a glitch or something

[dawn spire]

idk, but this is a build planning channel, idk how to help you

[dawn spire]

show me a picture of your weapon

and if you're using any unique (orange) items, those might matter, too

[oblique pelican]

it used to work with this weapon until just recently I just can't figure out what would cause it to just brick itself

[still rock]

IMO the math of poe2 is so far a lot easier to comprehend intuitively than poe 1 (i've also played for a decade so legacy knowledge is helpful) but the mechanical skill floor is higher due to boss mechanics throughout the campaign. I think it's a better product at the current state and will only get better. Sorry to derail since this is a build planning channel

[oblique pelican]

Because parties are bugged, its a known issue

[neat laurel]

as my friend servi likes to say "dont drink the water", completely unrelated but whatever

[worn sleet]

Guys, i would like to make an incinerate + detonate dead build (detonate dead being cast while incinerate). Do you think witch or sorcerer would be better ?

[dawn spire]

yeah, I'm at a loss here. My only guesses are that you're either doing so much damage you're proccing a heavy stun with every hit and thus they can't be primed, or that you're doing too little to even build it (less likely imo since you just got damage nodes)

[hearty grotto]

does "increased spell damage" affect raging spirits or arsonists?

[dawn spire]

no, minions only benefit from "minion" stats or things that affect them like auras (they are "allies in your presence")

[hearty grotto]

ty

[still rock]

Decent rule of thumb is that if something doesn't explicitly mention allies or minions, it only affects you

[orchid torrent]

is this all the spirit gem options regardless of class in the game? feels very pigeonholed

[oblique pelican]

Yeah so I thought that might be the case so I put on weak white weapon and it was still broken, I am really at a complete loss at this point

[lofty grotto]

@dawn spire tested OoS + Rod and this thing slaps hard oh boy. DPS trough the roof

[still rock]

click all gems tab

[dawn spire]

wait til you get OoS to like level 8 where it gets another chain (:

[lofty grotto]

currently on 7

not far

[thin basin]

So dd does nothing in (some) bosses?

[still rock]

i should do a stormweaver, oos felt great early on before i swapped to chaos

[thin basin]

Prob inferno witch

[orchid torrent]

also I thought raging spirits is the thing every witch plays

[lofty grotto]

my crackpot foilhat build has cast OoS on shock

[dawn spire]

not without a way to generate corpses

[still rock]

srs is a popular build in poe1 but this is a new game so set your imagination free 😄

[orchid torrent]

theres very few options, and even fewer that are good sadly to be able to set my imagination free

[still rock]

i imagine the third witch ascendancy is going to be minion focused

[oblique pelican]

Oh and the weirdest part is that if I am with someone else who can prime for a stun it works and they have the glowing indicator that I can use boneshatter

[dawn spire]

hmmmmmmmm

have y.ou tested this on rare mobs, too?

[oblique pelican]

I have been testing this since 4am, I literally tried anything but refunding passives, but only because I dont have enough gold, I think my next step is to farm gold and try to refund passives arounf the time priming solo stopped working

[vital hornet]

It's such a bummer that Raging spirits doesn't work in daemon form.

[lyric plank]

I pray it is

Anything besides arsonist and srs suck ass

[orchid torrent]

im staying at th eoption for spirit gem 4 and everything is so lame for a caster unless I reroll fire (Which i dont want to) and play raging spirits like everyone else

[lofty grotto]

https://youtu.be/O0UbHdpz-1k?si=2aaZaS67UzgCC-zq
utter disgust

[orchid torrent]

feels so lame to not have any good options

[thin basin]

Lads if ur a caster and struggling i may suggest goratha lastest update vid he went over a build concept that should work for all casters 🙏

Looks really good too

[vital hornet]

I just took Infernalist ascendency an hour ago

[thin basin]

Should still work

As long as u like casting elemental spells

[hardy willow]

What's the point of the Bow's lightning rod attack if none of the other bow lightning attacks can chain? Or am I missing something here. Maybe bow is supposed to spec into casting on the side?

[fierce field]

i have no clue how to make chayula work

[orchid torrent]

artctic armor looks like the only option for a spirit thing as a non-fire caster but it sounds so lame and weak, wtf is with this design

[lofty grotto]

rod is the strongest bow skill atm

[orchid torrent]

having one really good option for just 1 type of build, and 0 good options for any other builds

[hardy willow]

Yeah I'm probably just missing something.

[dawn spire]

well, we can't say that for sure. Of the one bow skill I've tried, it's number 1

[gilded bloom]

Hey guys so I am running for leveling Storm Ranger, any help with builds? Like the passive tree?

[hardy willow]

Grabbed bow to shore up the fact that I'm walking through boss mechanics trying to chase them on warrior lmao. I can clear mobs with my eyes closed but his boss dps leaves a lot to be desired. Figured I'd grab bow and now I'm confused lmao

[dawn spire]

honestly, with lightning rod + orb of storms, you can take whatever nodes you want and still do fine up to act 2

I went lightning rod + orb of storm sorceress and got halfway through act 2 before I took my first damage node on the skill tree

[celest shard]

Morning all, I am level 7 and want to get more level 2 gems to upgrade my skills... should I stick around the lower areas and keep farming them or do you only get 1 per area even without resets

[dawn spire]

upgrading gems can only be done by progressing and cutting new gems at higher tiers

[hardy willow]

I just had two level 6 skill gems drop from an elite so no, you can farm them to your heart's content. Just gonna take a minute cause RNG and all that.

[trim nexus]

is the adds 2-4 phy dmg on the right included on the top or is it separate?

[lament mesa]

I am running a warrior. Aiming to be dual 2hamded mace bleed. So far I just been stacking str only in the nodes. Should I respec or is it okay?

[lofty grotto]

there are 2 good setups for bow from what I learned/tested/seen
One orb of storms + rod
Second gas arrow + toxic growth

Both pretty much braindead and melts through everything with relative comfines

[thick jolt]

Guys is witch minion viable, i kinda feel like hell trying to kill bosses

[dawn spire]

it's included. All local modifiers are applied to that top number, including %increased physical damage

[dawn spire]

I've heard it's rough early before you can get minion survival nodes on the tree and stronger support gems

[lofty grotto]

althrough gas arrow -> toxic growth is even more braindead

[trim nexus]

alr ty

[vale heart]

someone doing a physical/bonestorm blood mage?

[thin basin]

Yea

I beat first 3 act with a 3 link bonestorm basically

[vital hornet]

When you're getting support gem lvl 2?

[devout dew]

can any Warriors here confirm for me that i havent screwed myself and shot myself in the foot with this build(the build is strong as heck) i just want to know for it - In the Attribute nodes i go purely Strength and not a Split with Strength/Dexterity ?? ----- https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/armour-breaker-warbringer

[vale heart]

what sups did you use?

[thin basin]

And some minions on the side but they get popped every 2 seconds rhey spawn in

I ran brutality and minion pact

[vale heart]

yeah Im doing the same

[orchid torrent]

if I'm not using a level 4 skill orb as a sorc because I just spam 2 skills, should I throw the level 4 gem at skeletal warriors despite having 0 minion passives or anything, just because that does something even if you dont press it

or are they useless for a sorc that hasnt spec'd into any of that

[left island]

Anyone tried Merc's Witchhunter Ascendancy?
Are his unique mechanics ("concentration breaking" and this weird elemental spell shield) effective?

[lofty grotto]

after lot of setup

[devout dew]

does any Warrior know the answer to my question

[vital hornet]

Do you have spirit to summon skeletal warriors?

[lofty grotto]

you have to invest into phys->magic damage taken conversions

[vale heart]

I just dont know if its gonna be viable later. People seem to prefer frost or ltng

[orchid torrent]

it says 30/30 spirit and I dont see anything else that uses spirit

what can even use my spirit as a sorc?

or is it a waste because ill get something that uses my spirit soon?

[vital hornet]

Raging spirits is great (it is from buff gems).

[thin basin]

Go watch goratha vid hes doing a frost/fire bloodmage and i think pohx is doing a cold bloodmage

[orchid torrent]

I clicked on arctic armor instead, I dont want to respec to fire like everyone else

[thin basin]

Phys spell is very limited

[vale heart]

but I want a physical bloodmage D:

[thin basin]

Its basically just bonestorm

[orchid torrent]

arctic armor says it reserves 30 spirits idk what that means

but I have it, and it says 30/30 spirit

[thin basin]

And i guess dd at level 55 or something

[vital hornet]

You have to equip and activate it. Right click on it in gems menu.

[hardy willow]

Guess I'll go into Poison arrow then cause its bow-centric. My warrior is uh. . . well lets say his IQ is room temperature lmao. He smacks things hard, doesn't think too much.

[orchid torrent]

I have equipped it

[thin basin]

I thought exsang and reap was in the game because its on poe2db but its not sadly

[lofty grotto]

posion arrow is no good
only gas->spam toxic growths

thoxic growths are your dps

[orchid torrent]

is it just another visual bug where it's using my spirit but it says 30/30 regardless? is it actually 3/30?

[lyric plank]

They need to buff le witch summons

[lofty grotto]

works on my end

[orchid torrent]

it says 3/30 for you after you equip it?

[lyric plank]

They are lowkey buns only good summons are srs and the bomb one

[lofty grotto]

10/60 but displays normally

[vital hornet]

right click there

[orchid torrent]

you can see it's on because the thing next to my mana is there

like when you have it on it adds this yellow thing to your mana representing it

or oh

[lofty grotto]

you have to also enable

it

[orchid torrent]

i've misread it, thaat isnt the shield, that's the spirit being used

[lofty grotto]

click on it

[orchid torrent]

I thought me having the yellow thing is it being enabled haha

[trim nexus]

how do weapon skill points work

[lofty grotto]

those are additonal skill points at top of normal ones which switch when you switch weapons

meaning you can do one weapon using fire nodes and other ice

[trim nexus]

i see

[lofty grotto]

be warry to not put them on the path nodes

becouse you'll lock yourself

[short swan]

for this skill, do the flames stack with eachother? or can only one type be active at a time

[oblique pelican]

I finally figured it out, if you are interested - refunding my ascendancy choice fixed priming issues

[waxen ember]

They're implicit abilities granted by higher level staffs/wands

[thin basin]

Couldnt find the base on trade site

[barren jetty]

just started act3. everything is 1 shotting me. Whats the best skill to not get oneshot?

[fickle thistle]

Just found a Ghostwrithe. Is there any reason one would actually want to convert their life to ES?

[stable lodge]

any ideas on where to go next

next chaos node are quite far

[pearl sluice]

what would be best for a monk sun wukong like build?

[still rock]

Is anyone experimenting with how easy it is to gain shocked ground from lightning warp and also the culling effect regardless of your build being relevant to lightning dmg? seems extremely strong to me

[lofty grotto]

you can stack shit ton of ES and also scale it from mana leech.
However it is endgame setup becouse you need also to get your chaos immmunity on

one of the tankiest setups there are

[fickle thistle]

im a Merc. so idk if theres any mana or es nodes near me

[livid hamlet]

Anyone have any nice success with Mercenary crossbows ?

so far gas grenade explosions seem by far the best

but i as hoping shotgun and machine gun would be stronger

[lofty grotto]

full gnades deadeye

stupid ammount of burst

[livid hamlet]

i'm already merc and happy

cause merc has best voicelines dfefo

[stone fog]

Anyone got a chronomancer build to look at?

[pearl sluice]

anyone got a monk build

[livid hamlet]

Mathil

[short swan]

this does not answer my question at all

[lofty grotto]

this answers your question

purple stacks

[tranquil fractal]

What ascendery to go for grenades?

Feels like there's 3 good options

[lofty grotto]

red and blue gives leech on pick up

[ebon harness]

are frenzy charges gained from skills only or is there a different way to get them

[surreal cliff]

Omg my level 20 monk😱

[lofty grotto]

just basic reading skills bro

[short swan]

ok smartass

[still rock]

[snow heath]

Im curious about this, so lets say i do poison nade -> explosive nade right. But I want to speed up the explosion part, so i use "explosive shot". So, will this proc then aswell? Or no, because im basically preemptevily exploding the nades

[pearl sluice]

i wish i was good at build making 😦

[lofty grotto]

yes it rolls once on detonation

[atomic ocean]

guys i dont really get skill dmg, for example if im a monk using mainly Orb Of storms and Tempest flurry in what stats do i invest to increase their damage?

[lofty grotto]

so shouldnt be a problem

[snow heath]

Alright ty

I was not sure if it was procing when the nades were thrown or when t he explosion occurs

[soft willow]

guys, I completed my first trial - do i go witchhunter or gemlink? Whats the word on the street?

[dawn spire]

whatever looks cooler. The game has been out for less than 48 hours. Any "word on the street" is based on barely anything at this point

[still rock]

Don't base your decisions on what other people are doing, experiment and find out for yourself what you like best thematically. At the end of the day this game is for you to figure out for yourself, its not competitive 🙂

Unless you're speedrunning and then GLHF with your sleep schedule

[thin basin]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/mqLq9YLH6
“offering” wands no result and so is “reaping” staff sadly, so unless someone can actually confirm by having it ingame i dont believe it exist

[solemn roost]

is it possible to experiment and try out different builds with your class , or are you restricted to your choosen skills and path when leveling/playing ?

[worn sleet]

i would Switch for boss. just like poe1 🙂

[livid hamlet]

i would go witchhunter

it's the safer choice

nice damage

explosions

some safety

gemlink is a huge unknown

so if you need to ask , it's better to go for the known power

[still rock]

Are the explosions any good in this game? Genuinely curious since the density is far less

(also not in endgame yet)

[hardy willow]

You're not restricted, but it's not easy to experiment either as its almost prohibitively expensive to respec your passive skill tree, and I don't even know that you can respec skill gems.

[paper marsh]

yo , can somone help me ?
i'm playing as mercenary and idk what level 5 gem skill should i pick first . what will make the game little easier for now??

[twilit heart]

Hey, quick question, would you go arcane surge or double shock first on ascendency for a stormweaver using lightning? (I use spark & arc)

[open gulch]

If i want faster animation to this skills, which support gem i should choose? Attack speed?

[hardy willow]

Earthquake has been my go-to mob clearing solution on Warrior. Totem that spawns earthquakes every other totem slam, and then earthquake that gets triggered by totem slams. Very solid mob clear. AOE is still important as ever, same as any ARPG

[dawn spire]

yes, or skill speed

[open gulch]

Thanks

[still rock]

I'm referring to the witchunter splosions specifically

ty tho

[meager knoll]

Does poe2 have any items or ways to increase character size like poe1?

[paper marsh]

which one >

[still rock]

i dont have an answer but the pfp matches the question so hard lmao

[hardy willow]

I'd argue that AOE is more important here, just on the topic of AOE in general, because each mob individually is more dangerous than we're used to. So even if you're only fighting 10 of them, clearing all of them asap is extremely important.

[thin basin]

Then i dont see why it wouldnt work

[dawn spire]

whichever looks interesting. You'll get lots more gems to cut later

[paper marsh]

thanks a lot

[meager knoll]

Lmao

[slender fern]

anyone have bloodmage skill tree?

for minions