2┃build-planning

[solemn roost]

oh ok, thanks. I really like the game but never played path of exile and i am a bit afraid of leveling up because i have no idea if this character will end up with the right choices of skills for later endgame

[still rock]

I've found the opposite - I think AoE is less important and finding a balance between single target dps and aoe is key to clearing quicker in poe2 vs poe1, atleast my own opinion so far

[dawn spire]

man, I feel like I should have went warrior or blood mage so I can answer more specific build questions or provide a tree. No one is asking about how to build their bow chronomancers 😢

[still rock]

the density in poe1 is far greater

[still rock]

I'm interested to see that build tbh

[hardy willow]

Well yeah, we have 10 active skills, so it's not hard to find that balance, for general mobbing, yeah AOE important. Don't want to get bogged down by elites/bosses though with a lack of stdps

[thin basin]

Look up ghazzytv hes playing miniob inferno but tree should be the same

[slender fern]

infernalist?

[hardy willow]

I'm building Bowarrior lmao. Kinda funny that my guy with a billion armor is holding a bow, but man is warrior's stdps god awful

[thin basin]

Yes

[limber gate]

does Flame Wall spawn Raging Spirits? i will assume it doesnt

[thin basin]

Itdoes

You can automate flame wall and raging spirits

And do walking/dodging simulator gameplay

[limber gate]

thanks 🙂

[thin basin]

Use flame wall and that one support that turns it into a circle

Should summon 4? Or 5

[limber gate]

does it work with Spell Cascade?

if not, no biggie, ill fetch the circle one with the next support gem choice

[trim nexus]

what level do u get galvanic shards?

[thin basin]

Not sure, test it out

[dreamy stag]

Have anyone figured out how Bone Storm work ? Like can the removal of the debuff crit for example ?

[fast skiff]

when you build up the yellow bar against a boss, is that daze or stun?

[limber gate]

yes sir; 5 per cast with spell cascade! ❤️

[grave pulsar]

I just downloaded the game, I want to play range and I want to have a great Endgame potential. What class should I choose? Merc, Sorc or Ranger?

[strong apex]

what class use a single attritube? its hard to main 2 to 3 attribute to euqip gear

[dawn spire]

the game came out less than 48 hours ago, no one knows the builds with great endgame potential yet

[thin basin]

Bloodmage for unlimited endgame crit dmg potential!

[dawn spire]

I mean, all classes can, but they'll almost always benefit from using multiple attributes.

Also, all classes can use all skills/gear. So if you're really asking for a style of build, I'd wager that melee/strength builds would be the most independent, I think? Strength gives you access to gems for stun, physical damage, melee, and strength on its own gives you life. So I'd argue a melee strength build would find the most "single-attribute" success

[tender swallow]

yea I figured it out 👼

[weak root]

Anyone running infernalist and can help me out eith smt?

[dawn spire]

I would just ask the question. Unless it specifically requires someone to be playing infernalist at this very moment

[dreamy stag]

Thanks

[vocal yew]

I just got access to what I think is the accendency trial and I'm playing merc.

Can anyone tell me what is different about playing gemling from just regular merc?

I know witch hunter is supposed to just be the dedicated boss killer subclass but what's the gemlings deal? just having a lot of skills? is he element based and just switches to counter resistances?

[weak root]

It requires someone with active infernalist or good knowledge of the game

[worn sleet]

my question was also more, witch or sorcerer for that 🤔

[tender swallow]

the minion proc-damage on boner storm is a "noobie trap", just stack crit & wail on bosses with it as is

with bone blast

[dawn spire]

the only difference between the base class and the ascendancy is that after you ascend, you get to allocate points to the ascendancy tree. Read them over.

You get a total of 8 ascendancy points eventually (enough for 4 of the notable ones)

[dawn spire]

I have the latter

[chilly sleet]

Hi all i start soon here, do you know if actually people have do a build for leveling ?? Dont enought Time to play Always follow a build

[mint prairie]

anyone has a good warrior build ? I tried going for full ignite but I'm only level 26, how did you guys pass this part of this game ?

[weak root]

Before unlocking the descendancy and picking the infernal hound, raging spirits and skelly were fine, raging was triggering on fire spells, skelly automatically respawn. Ever since i chose the infernal hound, nothing is triggering. I dont have the hound, skelly or raging spirits, even though i have spirits for all 3 as u can see in the pic

[dawn spire]

imo, gem setup and gear matter far more than the passive tree, if that's what you're asking

[obsidian sparrow]

Pathfinder vs Deadeye? I can't decide. I think poisons are quite fun to play with, I just don't want to gimp myself if Deadeye is vastly superior. I also like the Deadeye playstyle and the tree. Didn't really play PoE1

[dawn spire]

What's youre maximum spirit? I've seen people saying there's a bug with spirit reservation, specifially with raging spirits, I think

[fiery iron]

I am thinking about Whisper of the Brotherhood, if my passives are all set to lightning would this boost the damage of cold spells or do i need cold passives?

[strong apex]

thank you, for monk, what attribute hes heavy on ?

[vocal yew]

I know how it works I played a ton of POE 1 I'm asking about like general gameplay feel. cause gemling seems just like"I don't know what skills i wanna play lol" ascendency

[white viper]

is there any skill that consumed ignite?

[dawn spire]

There is no best ascendancy or clear cut answer. Both can be great depending on what you want to do with them

[weak root]

It says 30/30 even though i have a scapter with 100. Before picking the ascendancy i had 130/130

[obsidian sparrow]

Yeah I was just wondering what their strength and weaknesses have been in the past

[weak root]

But i tried turning off the raging spirits and it doesnt work, no infernal hound and no skelly

[obsidian sparrow]

And there's not much info out there yet (obviously) to help me inform my decision

[dawn spire]

Gemling is a big question mark right now, it seems. It looks very fun to me. There are a lot of possible OP strats that could revolve around stacking gem quality or using dupe supports that people haven't found yet. Gemling is a great ascendancy if you wanna be a pioneer

[dreamy stag]

What's the current max base spirit ?

[thin basin]

Bloodmage if you want to stack life, inferno for energy shield, stormweaver for mana/mom, bloodmage needs crit, some of stormweaver needs crit, i think inferno can play as generic build-a-mage style same with stormweaver so i guess you can decide yourself, i do think stormweaver is more generic if the build is somehow crap and you want to reroll into another mage build later

[dawn spire]

Yeah, I think the bug is that things are counting spirit reservation twice with certain abilities. Can you turn on any one at a time?

[dawn spire]

There is no past, lol. This game isn't even 48 hours old

[weak root]

I tried.. nothing is working atm

Like a ruined minion build

[dawn spire]

I don't know the pathfinder and deadeye nodes off the top of my head. I believe pathfinder has poison stuff

[obsidian sparrow]

Past meaning Pathfinder/Deadeye in PoE1. To my understanding they both existed?

[dawn spire]

What support are you using on all of those?

[dawn spire]

Yes, but they're so different now they're essentially new

[obsidian sparrow]

Ah

[weak root]

No supps

[dawn spire]

everything is so different. It's a new game

[obsidian sparrow]

It's a damn shame you can't just re-pick your Ascendancy at will 😦

[sterile sierra]

Anyone got s good storm build? Just Starting act 3 atm.

Ran into Arcane surfe etc with spark and Electric ty

[obsidian sparrow]

Would really suck picking the "wrong" one for myself and then regretting it the rest of the game lol

[feral stirrup]

does anyone know why i cant use 2H mace on my titan ? everytime i try to drag and drop it to equip it, its says "i need to be stronger to use it"

[dawn spire]

can you screenshot the infernal hellhound node as well as the skill it grants?

[raven helm]

when im refunding passive skills, how can i completely get rid of a node i took? i only see options to change the stat

[dawn spire]

what's your strength? giant's blood triples the str requirement. You need 195 str to use that

[obsidian sparrow]

Guessing your previous weapon is giving you +strength, and without it you're not able to use the new one

[open gulch]

Guys, area of effect is a radius, right?

[hardy willow]

Do you have any equipment that says "Giants Strength" or whatever? It triples the strength requirement for holding a 2h weapon

[feral stirrup]

165 str and its need 65str

[obsidian sparrow]

Oh

[dawn spire]

no, 65 x 3 = 195

[obsidian sparrow]

^

[vocal yew]

I never even made a build on my own in POE 1 it just seems like something that whould require deep DEEP knowladge of the rem system and the bosses are like the best part of the game IMHO

[obsidian sparrow]

My friend is struggling getting to 195 for his giants blood weapons too lol

[feral stirrup]

thank you very much

[formal night]

yes meow!

[dawn spire]

not quite

[formal night]

maybe not meow!

[orchid torrent]

is there any point to get dex/str as a pure sorc?

[hardy willow]

max roll + strength on all gear lmao. What a time to be grinding

[obsidian sparrow]

@dawn spire Another thing, I'm in the Ascendancy chamber right now. Am I able to leave here without picking an Ascendancy or would I have to do the whole trial again upon returning?

[storm nymph]

what do i link to ball lightning?

[formal night]

are all the high players using ice mage instead of lightning?

[open gulch]

Nvm, i just readed fucking desription, im fucking dumb

[thin basin]

Items and gems requirement about it

[glossy jetty]

Ok I struggle alot with my monk... at the beginning of act 2 and like 110 deaths already. What skills do you more experiened monks using?

[cold lantern]

you guys think this would be good for a warrior build

[sinful spade]

Two questions:

1. If you're triggering a skill via something like Cast on Freeze, can you support the triggered skill by putting a support inside Cast on Freeze with it? Or is that not a thing?

2. Can you have two copies of the same gem, one being triggered and one being self cast?

[feral stirrup]

is there a good build for a titan lvl35 ? im struggling a lot with final boss act 2, i dont even have my Ascendancy yet

[night pebble]

should I take earth shatter over leap slam?

[dawn spire]

area is based on a square of the radius, so 50% less area will not equate to 50% less radius. 50% less area would be about 30% less radius

[thin basin]

1 yes 2 i think when you try to carve gem u already have the skill is greyed out so no?

[sinful spade]

yeah but i assume you could just.. drop one copy on the ground and make another

[dawn spire]

you'd need to re-complete it to select it

[wooden cedar]

Is there any current consensus on what seems to be "OP"? (please do not tell me to play what is fun, I have 2 main chars right now, I just wanna roll a third while I wait for friends)

[dawn spire]

1. I'm not sure
2. Yes, you can make and use multiple active gems. You can even go in your options to disable gemcutting restrictions

the game has restrictions on by default so people don't accidentally make duplicate gems or gems they can't use

[sinful spade]

hmmm

[dawn spire]

lightning rod + orb of storms is pretty great for leveling. I used it as sorceress and cleared halfway through act 2 before I allocated my first damage node on the skill tree. It's that good on its own

[wooden cedar]

Yeah, that is the problem, I am running a Sorc with a similar-ish build and have no problem all Act 1 as we finished it.

I hear Ranger is apparently strong/easy but not sure how legitimate that is.

But switching from Merc (lvl 11) to Sorc (to 18 so far) was night and day difference. Insane in early game. Hopefully gemling will be the push he needs.

[median olive]

anyone figured out hand of chayula yet? this thing hits like a wet noodle

[vital hornet]

Sorc gameplay felt much better than Merc?

[quasi chasm]

are these nodes worth it or are they some trap?

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all gems/gear. I'm playing a bow build on sorc and it feels great.

[wooden cedar]

Much easier.

[rough python]

Guys, is the life thief gem bugged? im trying to use it to leech of life when attacking with tempest flurry, but it does not seem to be leeching life of the damage done

[dawn spire]

hold alt and read them to see how good they are. No one knows what's good/bad. Game is brand new

[rough python]

Shouldn't it work since i deal physical damage too?

[obsidian sparrow]

Damn. So hard to make this decision

[quasi chasm]

I know it's a new game lol, but some people with more insight to the game than me could maybe say whether its worth it or not 🙂

[wooden cedar]

True but look at the sorc thread in #1308715058716610580, lots of people are losing their marbles about 70-73% recoup right now.

They are certain it will get nerfed within days. Because it seems to be that strong with MoM.

[vital hornet]

What is MoM?

[dawn spire]

mind over matter, a keystone on the passive tree

[dawn spire]

It's my understanding that anything can be strong if you invest into it properly and build around it. Recoup, for example, can be massively boosted by some chronomancer ascendancy nodes

[wooden cedar]

That is your spawnpoint and potentially current nagger that you play too much POE. Age depending. Alternatively a keystone.

[dawn spire]

wrong reply, whoops

[vernal mortar]

yoh guys think mixing elementals is ok on a ranger build? Like frost and lightning?

[dawn spire]

@obsidian sparrowthis was meant for you, my b

[dawn spire]

yes. There are lots of gems/passives that reward multiple elements

[wooden cedar]

I thought that was kind of "meta" for ranger atm anyway. Probably is.

[dawn spire]

oh, I had my replies all mixed up.@obsidian sparrow@quasi chasm

sorry

They were right the first time

[quasi chasm]

no worries ;D

[dawn spire]

so many pings

[runic aurora]

Not sure if anyone responded to you but chain on LA adds chain to beam, not arrow. So if you have Lightning rods, it will bounce more times

[mint prairie]

anyone has a good warrior build ? I tried going for full ignite but I'm only level 26, how did you guys pass this part of this game ?

[dawn spire]

it can be if you build around it

[vital hornet]

How MoM works with Infernalist red mana?

[solemn island]

So want to use Giant's Blood passive to dual wield 2H clubs, using Trephina at the moment and was interested if there were any uniques i should watch out for or just use a good, level appropriate 2H club in the other hand? tried using Hoghunter but it slowed my attacks and skills down way too much

[dawn spire]

I did it with lightning rod + orb of storms. Comboing skills seems to be the play in this game

[mint prairie]

I'm warrior bruh

[dawn spire]

and I'm a sorceress

your point?

[solemn island]

i went with a stun build, and took perks that only built up stun

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all gems/gear

[mint prairie]

I asked for warrior advice

[solemn island]

though i also have a unique that auto crits stunned enemies

[dawn spire]

yes, warriors can use lightning rod and orb of storms

are you playing a specific archetype?

[hardy willow]

Do bows count as one-handed or two-handed weapons

[dawn spire]

specifying your skills/style is way more helpful than your class

[mint prairie]

I'm stucked at the trial, what was your level while doing trials ?

[solemn island]

first trial? lvl 27

[dawn spire]

hover over the keyword "bow"

[mint prairie]

Okay, please don't talk to me

[hardy willow]

How do I get the hover menu to stay open so I can actually hover over keywords

[mint prairie]

Thanks, I'm gonna try in a different way then

[dawn spire]

click

[dawn spire]

hold alt -> hover -> click to get it to stay up in a window

[solemn island]

didn't know you could click, was wondering how to read the tooltips inside of tooltips

[dawn spire]

if you have a bow, you can hover over the "bow" word at the top

[mellow vale]

👀 been looking around a bit to the skills in the game, and would like a second opinion.
Would "herald of plague" be of interest on a mercenary, if slotted with:

• Deadly poison
• Bursting plague
• Corrosion
• empty support slot
• empty support slot

In my mind it sounds like a self-spreading poison that armor breaks and also applies plague?
would the support gem: spell echo or chain be interesting?
or would there be other suggestions?

[hardy willow]

Alt+Right Click to get the window to stay open, noted. Thanks Byron. And they're two-handed.

Follow up Q: Do skills get buffed damage based on your damage of the equipped weapon? Or do the skills use their own damage values.

[sinful spade]

is anything else even worth triggering
utility skills have felt sparse
curses ig, marks felt kinda niche
shit marks require tons of dex anyways

[solemn island]

auras have their own set of supports, just in case you didn't know, if you did, carry on XD

[dawn spire]

depends on the skill. Attack skills almost always scale off your weapon. If you see something like this in the tooltip, it means it's using your weapon(s):

[chilly sleet]

just ask if people have made a guide for the gear and skill need it for a class, i dont have a time to test all

[mellow vale]

own set of supports? (im a total noob so id love to know more)

[dawn spire]

if any guides exist, they'd be on maxroll or mobalytics, maybe

[chilly sleet]

ok thanks @dawn spire

[hardy willow]

Seems like it's just "236% damage" so I guess it takes into account your weapon's damage. Ahp, yeah, just checked.

Guess I'll look at the two bow skills I want for boss DPS and see how they scale for decision making in my passive tree(Warrior gets like a billion nodes dedicated to either 1h or 2h damage)

[solemn island]

yeah, one second, let me get some pictures for it

[shrewd heath]

is there any point leveling herald of ash? nothing changes when i compare the lvl7 the lvl10. he light blue value is the same for both

[modern wren]

Is there a reason I don't see anyone going witchhunter?

[peak bloom]

Could anyone tell me if there is any reason to use a normal staff attack as a monk once you have something like tempest flurry?

[chilly sleet]

thanks just found on mobalytic build for start

[raven helm]

Is it possible to completely refund a passive node instead of just changing the stat I chose?

[gusty gale]

Explosion radius 0-1

[mellow vale]

thank you

[chilly sleet]

i play only 2jour/day but i will try when i have a time

[dawn spire]

yes but the node can't be a necessary component in your tree (connecting to other nodes)

you can only refund nodes if it doesn't break your tree

[solemn island]

i messed up XD didn't realize the stat requirements were so high for some later game weapons and giant's blood is NOT helping this fact XD

[thin basin]

Overkill dmg should be going up with each level? Unless its bugged

[true gate]

Man, bloodmage feels kinda scuffed rn 😔
There's no way to really make it work halfway through act 2 when you get it without bricking your character and killing yourself lol

[shrewd heath]

yea as i said the light blue value us the same. but i checked my current gem in Skills panel and shows a different value. strange that when upgrading it doesnt show the current value but shows "0"

[raven helm]

Ah of course

[strong apex]

why i cannot use fragmentation round on my mercenary? i have met the attribute requirement,,, any info or condition?

or is it a bug

[dawn spire]

ah, yeah, that's odd. Tooltip bugs probably aren't too uncommon at this stage

[thin basin]

First ascendancy kinda useless unless youre speccing crit already

[solemn island]

are you using it with the right weapon? skills have weapon types they're locked to

[trim nexus]

how do i add more than 2 support gems to a skill

[strong apex]

using crossbow,, or there are different crossbow?

[true gate]

ye

[solemn island]

did you load your crossbow? from what i've heard, the merc is a bit....intricate(?) to play

[wind tulip]

what's the point in eldritch battery? wouldn't it severely decrease my survivability (currently 568 hp/398es)?

I'm not struggling with mana

[strong apex]

the skill bemoes gray,,i can equip it to bar but cannot use it

[dawn spire]

using fragmentation rounds just loads your crossbow with them, then you need to use another skill (basic attack included) to actually fire them

[sinful spade]

i purposely didnt put the first point in until i finshed 2nd lab for leech

[vernal mortar]

can you combine uncut skill gems?

[true gate]

Same, but I think that's a weird design

[solemn island]

oh geez, if all the current weapons for this area are around the same stat requirement, i can't use any of it with Giant's Blood until i get my STR to almost 200

[true gate]

You take the ascension but then gotta wait for endgame

[lavish adder]

What support gem should I use for Tempest Flurry on a lightning/shock monk?

all 3 of the reccomended ones seem to be really good. double use of last hit, more atkspeed and 100% chance to shock

[thin basin]

I found it good as in bosses i was getting orb every hit

[strong apex]

ya,, i cant load the skill at all,,before this can,,suddenlyi login and cannot use the skill after level it up. i met al prereqs\

[thin basin]

Using bone storm

[crude stratus]

Did you bind the load instead of the shoot?

[strong apex]

i just need help if anyone know something is wrong or its a bug......if a bug need to reports

[strong apex]

yes

[vernal mortar]

can wwe combine uncut skill gems? Or you have to spend level 1 on level 1 skill?

[crude stratus]

and what happens then? if you use crossbow shot?

[dawn spire]

1. are you using any supports with frag rounds?
2. Can you send a pic of your crossbow?

[strong apex]

im aware of merc gameplay,,have different loads but suddenly i cannot use it after leveling up.....i can use it before

[gusty gale]

Afaik we can't. Lvl 1 gem is max lvl1

[dawn spire]

no way to upgrade/combine uncut gems. Just gotta find higher ones to get higher tiers

[vernal mortar]

thanks

[crude stratus]

tried unequip skill and rebind?

[thorn abyss]

there a way to generate power charges without things like power siphon?

[lunar root]

what do you guys think , could there be a cool fire ignite build to build around this helmet ?

[scarlet oasis]

Hi I'm new to poe, I'm just wondering how to add sockets onto skills?

[lone sand]

anyone got a good sorc leveling build? I am completely new to this game and would like to follow a build leveling guide to start then respec later once I learn the game

[strong apex]

ok found the solution, its not bug,,,there are extra options on it
whether to use it on weapon set 1 or 2. i untick the boxes.

didnt realize when i did that lol

[modern grove]

My guess is that you get more with higher level gems.

[strong apex]

sorry my bad

[dawn spire]

yes

[solemn island]

you'll get uncut support gems, and from there you can pick add-ons, however, you can only have one support gem on your character

[dry pagoda]

Why can´t I use this? Is it a bug? I got 30 spirit and it needs 20. I dont think I have any spirit otherwise reserved...?

[solemn island]

alrighty, refunded Giant's Strength in order to get the passive to give 1% damage every 15 STR

[dawn spire]

spirit reservation seems kinda buggy. It's like there's a hidden extra cost sometimes

[sonic shuttle]

Wtf is this, he burned the whole fing ground and wtf am I supposed to do

[prisma blaze]

Anyone know what the duration cut on level 3 fast forward is?

[sonic shuttle]

Stand inside him

[scarlet oasis]

Yeah i know that part but I swe there's 5 slots on skills to add the support gems to but I can only access 2 of the slots

[lunar root]

whats the gem that you equipped in there ? maybe it need spirit too

[dry pagoda]

oh shit you are right. plague bearer does need 30.

[solemn island]

ah, that, yeah, you need some sort of gemcutter's thing to unlock the extra slots, though idk where to find them

[dawn spire]

support gems don't improve with tier as far as I'm aware. This is what it shows when I try to cut a tier 2 support gem:

[prisma blaze]

shoot, good to know

[dry pagoda]

turns out I was just blind

[scarlet oasis]

Ah okay, kinda guessed i just hadn't unlocked it yet

[pale jewel]

Hello guys! im going with a SRS arsonits minion build, i got my first lvl 9 gem at the end of act 2, any tips on which skill level up? (cant pick SRS

[prisma blaze]

Another question, because I don't have another base level spirit gem to check with, anyone know the base duration for Summon Raging Spirits?

[real kiln]

im on a sorc rn and my main damage skill is ARC. when i use support gems, do i only go by the "DPS" number shown on the skills tab?

[dawn spire]

it doesn't actually say :\

[abstract magnet]

Did you figuring out this issue? Sorry I don have answer but am considering pick p-conc

[real kiln]

there is support gems like this that bring the DPS number down im not sure if that means i shouldn't use them or not

[prisma blaze]

Yeah, im gonna just have to manually time it next time I get a spirit gem I guess

[dawn spire]

depends on the skill. The tooltip dps cannot account for things like chaining between two enemies or interactions with other skills

[agile meteor]

Can someone help me with Sekhamas ascendenci or i must do it solo? I Play as warrior and its imposilbe with that honor 😦

[dawn spire]

it might also be worth the dps loss to gain the clearing ability of chain. It's up to you

[real kiln]

the skill already chains

but how can i make this decision properly?

[dawn spire]

#2┃looking-for-group

[dawn spire]

read stuff and try stuff

[agile meteor]

But someone can help right ?

[dawn spire]

I think so? I haven't tried grouping

[agile meteor]

Thx

[dawn spire]

I recommend thinking about how your build functions as a whole and then about how that skill fits in. Does raising the number of chains at the cost of damage help you achieve your goal?

[lofty condor]

if a skill says it converts 80% of physical damage to fire damage does the skill do a split of 20% physical and 80% fire damage? or is the damage 100% fire but it scales from 80% of your physical damage?

[native burrow]

How does gear affixes work, for example look at the energy shields on this. Do both %increases to shield only apply to the items energy shield?

[dawn spire]

the former. A 100-phys hit will do 20 phys and 80 fire after the conversion

[lofty condor]

ty!

[dawn spire]

yes, energy shield mods only apply to the item unless it says "global" in the mod

[solemn island]

was about to think the passive i nabbed wasn't too good, but a 1% increase to damage per 15 STR isn't too bad, and will probably show results in later game

[thin basin]

Chances are youre prob gonna use it if the skill is mainly used for clearing pack of mobs

[native burrow]

i forgot to crop,

[polar zealot]

does armor break affect poison from gas arrow

[native burrow]

Thanks!

[real kiln]

i use it for everything its my highest damage dealer

[lucid marsh]

where can i get a lacerate gem?

[polar zealot]

cos poison scales from physical damage

[solemn island]

from uncut support gems

[dawn spire]

small damage nodes are typically 8-10% damage. So you'd need about 120-150 str for it to equal a small damage node

[dawn spire]

what skill?

[solemn island]

yeah, have 137 right now, and it'll just increase as my strength goes up

[real kiln]

Arc on sorc

[tulip pivot]

why my teleport portal keeps disappearing?

[weak root]

@dawn spire dm for a sec, when u have time

[dawn spire]

Oh, that's interesting then. Chain doubles your chains. And you get more damage for each remaining chain

[solemn island]

do keep in mind you can only have one copy of a support gem on your character at a time, so if you already have lacerate on a skill, you can't put it on another

[winged heron]

Does this work with Raging spirit ? Since it's a buff will it do anything ?

[real kiln]

based on this i would assume its bad for single target but good for multi targets?

[lucid marsh]

i know im trying to find a skill that has it for my witch lol

[dawn spire]

well, not necessarily

@real kilnchain has this line

I'm gonna get my calculator out

[tidal copper]

I need desperate help im trying to do bleed what would be good tags to search for? im pretty confused what would affect my bleed thanks ❤️

[solemn island]

OH, make sure you deselect the "Only show recommended gems" at the bottom of that screen, else you can't see all of them

[dawn spire]

@real kilnhow many times does your arc chain?

base value

[lucid marsh]

OH TY, didnt know that was a thing

[real kiln]

3

[halcyon solar]

I keep reading that Merc's grenades do a lot of damage, yet mine do a fraction of High Velocity's damage and barely nothing.

Is there anything I'm missing?

[solemn island]

neither did i until i was at the end of act 1 and my friend told me XD, it's on by default and it's dumb imo

[toxic isle]

Just want to share, I got this after killing the first boss Miller
But i'm planning using crossbow

[lucid marsh]

it would def confuse newer players but it was more confusing without lol

[dawn spire]

so without chain, you're doing 1.3x base damage.

With chain support, you're doing 8 chains at 50% less damage, so that's 1.8 x 0.5 = 0.9x base damage

So it's about 30% less damage in single target

[solemn island]

it is nice since it gives you a decent recommendation for that skill, but once you have multiple skills you can end up with no supports to put into anything if you didn't know about it

[radiant yarrow]

question on increased damage types, my plan is making 2 different trees for ice and lightning, I'm wondering which increased damage is best for that. For the most part I'd be doing physical and cold or lightning or just lightning or cold if there are quarterstaffs that do only that.

Increased melee damage increases the damage with melee skills and quarterstaff, but not anything else.
Increased attack damage is focused on weapon attacks and skills
Increased element/cold/lightning damage is more for any skills that do any bit of that damage

If I have all this right, would it better to go just increased lightning and cold damage since that would increase damage for each skill set based on that or is it better to focus attack and melee damage?

[lucid marsh]

yeah thats what my problem is, im trying to get a good build up and running rn for act 2 and im hitting a wall lol

[lofty grotto]

I wish there was an option to hide mtx look visuals coz cities are unusable with people glowing like xmass trees

[dawn spire]

personally, I think it might be worth it.@real kiln

Are you using orb of storms? You could put chain support on arc and use orb of storms for helping out with bosses. Or viceversa - put chain on orb of storms for clear and put another damage support on arc

[waxen ember]

I can search for uniques I own and they aren't there so wouldn't take that as gospel, but understand wanting proof!

[real kiln]

i used to use orb of storms but it just doesnt seem to be doing much dmg lately all of my skills have been feeling useless

[thin basin]

My build chnage a lot if they exist

[polar zealot]

does chaos damage on the skill tree increase poison damage if the skill you used to cast the poison isnt a chaos skill? cos poison damage is chaos?

[dawn spire]

1. Melee damage boosts elemental damage as long as the elemental hit is a melee hit
2. Same for attack damage
3. Elemental is what it says on the tin
4. It all depends on what skill(s) you're using. If you're using a melee attack that does entirely cold damage, then cold, melee, and attack damage increases would all benefit you the same amount

[lofty grotto]

I think I'm ditching OoS in favor of Tornado Shot when I unlock it
Lightning Arrow->Nado on paper outdamages OoS

[dawn spire]

are you leveling them as you get new uncut skill gems? spells scale massively with gem tier

[real kiln]

yep

[dawn spire]

and orb of storms shoots lightning whenever you use a lightning skill in its vicinity

so cast speed on arc would scale orb of storms damage

[real kiln]

oh

i didnt know it did that

[dawn spire]

yeah, it's the crux of my lightning rod + orb of storms chronomancer build I'm doing

[real kiln]

also my orb of storms is 1 level behind i guess

[dawn spire]

that's not too massive, then. My guess is your gear/supports might be a bit outdated then

what are you linking to arc and orb of storms?

[real kiln]

i have overabundance on orb of storms, arc has arcane tempo + unleash before i started looking for changes

[terse mist]

What can I do to improve monk at lvl 45?? I'm taking 5 mins to kill a single rare, 10mins+ on bosses (if i lived).

[lofty grotto]

https://youtu.be/d2CRVn63ufs?si=XJ34z4ZKWEwm1t2_
It's asians, always the asians

I cant even

[thin basin]

U can replicate it

Its just poison arrow and fire wall

[valid lark]

anyone know if dots proc the freeze buildup on chaotic freeze support??

[gilded bloom]

Should I pick up blues to sell or? Like for gearing?

[dawn spire]

if you're still using blue gear, pick up slots that could be upgrades.

Later on, I only pick up 1-2 slot blues for selling/DEing

[gusty gale]

Iirc dots cannot proc freeze as freeze are from hits

[gilded bloom]

More so I am at the beginning of course, making a new charac but still like wondering how to gear and make gold.

[valid lark]

srs says procs on hits also but flame wall spawns 6 of them

[gusty gale]

Srs hits

[dawn spire]

it only works when:

1. Enemy is affected by a non-ailment DoT
   AND
2. Enemy takes a chaos hit

[royal badge]

Does anyone else think Deadeye is a great caster class?

[dawn spire]

Almost all the ascendancies can be good casters

[fleet blaze]

this doesn't do anything? i get hit my ES still goes down

[gusty gale]

How much evasion do you have?

[dawn spire]

it doesn't appear to be active

oh, nvm

I see it through the tooltip

[thin basin]

Srs also say spawn on aoe spell

[fleet blaze]

It's active and I have 1700 evasion

i guess they just do more than 83 dmg?

[dawn spire]

yeah, I would try going to a low level zone

[fleet blaze]

so is that 83 dmg mitigated still?

yea good idea

[royal badge]

I found a way to get +8 to gem level as Ranger by level ~35. Pretty sure no one else is doing my build

[solemn island]

really need to get more spirit gems XD my Herald of Ash is kind of lacking atm

[uncut ravine]

So I’ve got a quick question, if a skill is labeled as melee as one of the types is it considered physical dmg and does it proc % physical damage done as chaos damage?

[valid lark]

oh damn gotta be hex blast for chaotic freeze then? unless you rapid fire essence drain

[royal badge]

Melee and physical are independent. It can be Melee of any type of dmg. It can be physical type of attack/spell

[dawn spire]

the damage type of an attack is based on the skill (if it converts or adds damage) and your weapon. All weapons have base physical damage, I believe

[valid lark]

and i found out blasphemy doesnt proc decaying hex 😦

[civic charm]

did any do fire sorc? I did but feels like a big mistake

[thin basin]

Theres a totem that hit enemies w chaos dmg if theyre dot

You can try that

[dawn spire]

or use any other type of chaos hit (attacks, etc)

[calm cedar]

Can I see my stun threshold anywhere in the game?

[uncut ravine]

Ok I’m using a quarter staff as a monk and trying to work in the physical damage done as chaos damage

[timid marsh]

Does "Essence Drain" from occult skills Crit at any point or does it lack the capacity?

[dawn spire]

it has a hit component (which can crit) and a DoT component (that cannot)

[untold ferry]

What is up with the passive skill points that can attached to weapon set 1 and 2?

[quasi sphinx]

Do I need to go out of my way for chaos specific nodes if I'm doing a bleed poison merc? I thought chaos was separate so I went all out on the planner going for crossbow QOL some crit and bleed + poison stuff

[dawn spire]

@timid marshit has 7% base crit chance

[dawn spire]

poison can be inflicted by physical damage. I'd hold alt and hover over ailment, poison, bleed, etc

[tardy forum]

show me your skill tree im struggling

[quasi sphinx]

Gotcha. It sounded like chaos scales it I've read the tool tips a bit but maybe the edibles haven't helped hahah

My buddies perfect strike ignite seems to outdamage my poison + bleed without them building into dots at all

Which is a bit frustrating

[civic charm]

is anyone doing fire stormweaver

[royal badge]

Sorry it’s a secret. Gotta keep my items cheap 🙂

[pure otter]

So I'm wanting to build a support aura character, however I'm having trouble picking between a witch of sorcerer.

Sorcerer has really cool chrono control magic but she has no minion stuff at the start of her tree so solo is harder.

Witch has it but the ascendancies don't look good for support sob

[dawn spire]

if your question is solely "anyone doing this?" then ignore this, but if you're doing/planning that and have a specific question, I'd just ask the question

[tardy forum]

aha

[civic charm]

Im just curious because maybe i messed up ;p

[dawn spire]

I mean, I can see four ascendancy nodes that wouldn't be useless on fire stormweaver, so it's probably fine. What was your plan?

[quaint iron]

does anyone know if minion instability works with SRS? Not sure if its a bug but it didnt explode when it was low and the gem skill does not show hp.

[dawn spire]

even more power to you if you combined fire with shock or something

[civic charm]

I was going to do like fire/lightning build and try to make lightning ignite but dunno about that

[left glade]

what's better

[plain matrix]

life

[dawn spire]

they're both terrible, but right one has more life so I'd probably equip it

[left glade]

what about this

[hallow rapids]

Damn i love this ice/snow build

[dawn spire]

life + resists are king

right one by a mile

[fleet blaze]

would i have to DROP the bell 5 times or WHACK ONE bell 5 times?

[dry pagoda]

Another question, is it normal that the tool tip doesnt get updated with support gems? It neither updates the mana cost, nor the area of effect when the support gem is socketed

[quasi sphinx]

I really hope perfect strike ignite doesn't out dps bleed + poison for the whole game lmao

[dawn spire]

drop it 5 times

[fleet blaze]

GARBO

[halcyon solar]

I found an insane weapon in act1, am close to act 2 and have found nothing at all since. my dmg is becoming pretty poor. Should i just try to craft something?

[timid aurora]

So top two ladder characters are Invokers, want to bet both are playing mostly as casters/ranged?

with lightning or ice wave skill and maybe go in and place bell

[dawn spire]

maybe. You can also try gamba. And keep an eye out for upgrades at vendors

[past cave]

does the armor/boots/glove/helmet type matter? which type should i choose for sorcerer?

[timid aurora]

The invoker video i'm watching now he's mostly spamming ice skills from Sorc/Witch stuff lol

I gotta try that

[dawn spire]

the bases don't matter all that much, imo. The mods (life and resists) are way more impactful

[grim lion]

hi, do u know where can i find a good build for ranger pls ?

[timid aurora]

yeah lightning dead eye its like the 2nd most OP thing atm

[tough valley]

what exactly does swift affliction do? it says 35% more non ailment damage over time and i have no idea what that means if all damage over time are ailments

[past cave]

can u elaborate some more on the mods? are they added onto the armor or what? sorry im new to ARPGS, POE2 my first one

[grim lion]

i want to play poison but i think its bad for boss

[timid aurora]

pathfinder is not good correct

[grim lion]

where can i found the build ?

[timid aurora]

hmm i saw it on youtube gotta look again

[grim lion]

okok ty ping me !

[thorn abyss]

What gems can support Life Remnants if any? Says i can use clarity or vit but it doesn't work

[timid aurora]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-2LznL67c

theres a fewyoutubes for similiar idea tho

[grim lion]

ok ty !

[timid aurora]

since its very powerful

just youtube search them

im trying to figure out what the invokers on the ladder are playing. they are top 2. i'm 90% thinking some kind of frost spell spam mostly ranged casting

[dawn spire]

ah, no worries. Basically, items have two sets of mods, implicit and explicit (explicit mods are also known as affixes). Implicit ones are tied to the base item. Sapphire rings will always have cold resistance, for example.

Explicit mods are added on items with higher rarity
Normal rarity = white item = 0 explicit mods
Magic = blue = 1-2 explicit mods
Rare = yellow = 3-6 explicit mods
Unique = orange = ??? mods (they vary massively depending on the item)

Explicit mods can be loads of stuff. But any of the mods you see in the big clump on an item are explicits. They can be anything from increased evasion rating (for the item), accuracy, attack speed, life, resistances, etc.

[past cave]

ahhh, thank you for the detailed explanation, i understand what u meant now

basically this armor i got for example has 5 explicit mods

[dawn spire]

yeah, and runes are separate (one of those is giving you that extra +12% lightning res)

[past cave]

yep thank you, can u explain to me what energy shield is exactly? ik its kinda like a 2nd armor?

[uncut bay]

if my spell lowers fire resist (flammability), does it count as exposure??

ty

[timid aurora]

So anyway, seems like ranger is better than merc for even grenade buidls

[uncut bay]

is the elemental storm for sorc kind of bad?

[dawn spire]

you can hold alt and hover over any underlined word to learn more about it. Click keywords to pop them out and go through a chain of words

[past cave]

omg thank you, i always pressed alt for more info but i didnt know i had to hover for info, hahahah sorry

[dawn spire]

all good, you've unlocked more knowledge than most players have now

[topaz talon]

What is the best power charge skill for monk? 45 here and respecced to big ES shield, now I feel like power charge nodes are most efficient to invest in for dmg

[fallow tulip]

has anyone tried stacking staggering palm + charged staff?

[dawn spire]

how you are converting power charges to, well, power?

[hidden siren]

if you are going gemling legionaire do not take the 3 skill slot passive its bugged

[topaz talon]

Any skill can use the support, or the lvl 1 skill that utilizes them naturally. Thats why I am asking

[dawn spire]

oh, are you asking for the best builder or spender for power charges?

[topaz talon]

Spender

I am fine building with unarmed cull

[orchid current]

any monk or sorc gamers have success with cold + lightning builds (specifically both)?

[dawn spire]

ah, I see. you can also use lingering illusion to generate more if you need

[topaz talon]

Oh nice, that is actually boss useable

[dawn spire]

this is also a nifty support to turn any skill into a power charge consumer

[pine silo]

Which stat should I start investing in right away?

[dawn spire]

on the passive tree?

[orchid current]

not sure if i should be continuing through cruel diff or if i want to play on my sorc or monk

[topaz talon]

Yeah but which skill makes use the best? That is my original question

[orchid current]

how easy is it to get crit chance on monk? elemental expression is cool but if im stuck with like 20% crit chance that would be rough

[dawn spire]

no idea. And if anyone says they know what is best, ask them how they know

[sonic shuttle]

whats this

[plain matrix]

a screenshot

[topaz talon]

Fair point, so testing is still the way at this point

[pine silo]

Yes; I heard that there is a stat that if you ignore, then end game becomes nearly impossible

And re-speccing is expensive

[dawn spire]

your mom last night I couldn't figure it out. Also this is a build planning channel

[sinful spade]

so.. has anyone else playing bloodmage gotten enough gem levels on gear that theyre running into the same issue I am? Maybe I'm missing something but I'm pretty sure that gem levels actually brick bloodmage, i cannot figure a way out of this

[dawn spire]

that was poe1 and it was %increased life. That stat doesn't exist on the tree anymore

[plain matrix]

its a screenshot... he not specified he wanted information about the picture

[dawn spire]

oh, my b, thank you

I should have held alt over his question

[pine silo]

Ok, thank you.

[hidden siren]

nice cant even use ascendancy passive bc its bricking ppl and cant be used

[short swan]

can i change my acendancy? or am I stuck

[plain matrix]

you can by making a new character

[timid aurora]

Seems like warrior is a pain in the ass in cruel im just seeing these big named streamres kiting constantly or almost dying every second

while ranged is kinda laughing

[ionic blaze]

Kinda make sense? I mean the first ascendency is essentialy bloodmagic with a heal on kill mechanic.

[sinful spade]

my cold skills have +7 levels from gear, and frost bomb with ONE SINGLE 150% support costs 145 mana and life to cast. Comet with 2x 150% supports costs 346. Brother I have 940 life

[timid aurora]

a loot of people on reddit said it s a bricked char

[sinful spade]

not only is leeching it back impossible, what if i miss the fuckin mob lmao

[timid aurora]

it is beta after all 😄

[ionic blaze]

Spell gems damage is based off level but the downside is the higher cost, vs attack with a lower cost but based on weapon.

[sinful spade]

sure but currently there is no way to mitigate the cost

tree has no %reduced cost, only way to scale leech is a jewel mod, and only item i saw that might work was a unique chest that reduced mana cost by 20%

im unironically just gonna unspec the whole ascendancy and keep playing lmao

[dawn spire]

mana flasks seem to be much more engrained into how you solve mana

[hoary plover]

so... you can kill genor too fast and he just goes invulnerable for a while until he decides to phase change

[ionic blaze]

There no reduced cost? i swear i saw some but it might jsut be attack

[sinful spade]

mana is not the concern

[granite granite]

So does the plus 50% on small passives really work on titan ? Can anyone inform us

[sinful spade]

against a single mob like a boss it is literally impossible to sustain the costs

the leech is less than the cost

[dawn spire]

oh, I see

[plain matrix]

yes but not stats

[granite granite]

Like +5 strength?

[sinful spade]

not that i saw

[plain matrix]

yep no stacking

[hidden siren]

Gemling Legionairre - Integrated Efficiency (+3 skill slots) is bricking characters so dont take it

[ionic blaze]

I saw some but it's heavy pathing

[granite granite]

But increased dmg and stuff ?

[ionic blaze]

Converted casting in the monk tree and deep trance to the right since still in monk area near resonance

no wait the first one is mana cost

So there is only Deep Trance for 10% reduced cost of skill

[sinful spade]

unsure if it works but its only 12% total so

doesnt matter

[plain matrix]

should work as far as I am informed

[ionic blaze]

Il ask something dumb probably

[sinful spade]

cant risk cast on freeze comet either because of the huge cost

[ionic blaze]

Does MoM eat of the cost of the damage?

Basicly doubling mana cost

[sinful spade]

i think that youre literally spending life, not taking damage

[ionic blaze]

Im asking because poe1 bloodmagic didnt remove mana (atleast in my day) so maybe they changed the coding

[timid aurora]

infernalist is the good one, you picked wrong for this beta patch 😛

rip

[sinful spade]

and while mana regen is accessible, life regen is not so much

[timid aurora]

but someone has to test I guess

[ionic blaze]

There a bit in tree

You however have a very good unique

[dawn spire]

blood magic does, in fact, remove all mana in poe1 now

[ionic blaze]

There a shield that give 3% life regen and +3% life regen on low life

[sweet pumice]

So is this node "Acrobatics" good for Energy shield builds?

the "evade all atacks" statement looks good

[sinful spade]

losing all this other gear and passive points just to break even on spending 4 ascendancy points

[dawn spire]

you can already evade all strikes and projectiles

[fleet blaze]

I'm a monk freezy boi, lots of CC. I'm wanting to build Energy Shield and Evasion but my energy shield so far just seems completely useless. Does anyone know how to get better sustain for energy shield as monk or on the tree somewhere?

[quartz pewter]

For Mind over Matter to work you generally need a lot of max mana and mana regen?

[dawn spire]

it says "can evade all hits" not "you evade all attacks"

it basically means you gain the ability to evade aoe attacks, slams, etc, but have 70% less evasion

[ionic blaze]

Yes but you can do more mana on kill stuff and whatnot

[lofty grotto]

70% less evasion is painfull

[quartz pewter]

Ahh yeah mana on kill helps

[sweet pumice]

oh I got it

thsx

[lofty grotto]

and I don't think if we can stack as much evasion to counteract it

[ionic blaze]

what about consecrated ground

[delicate tide]

Guys any Sorcs here? Wondering about Fire builds but mostly -how do I enable Elemental Storm ? I cannot understand how I add it to my bar

[remote shadow]

i have 110 spirit , but i cant use cast on freeze (60spirit)

[sinful spade]

the thing is with such a small amount of max life regen isnt even helping that much

[ionic blaze]

dunno where that come from however

[quartz pewter]

How does applying exposure work again? Is it automatic when you hit them with an elemetal ailment?

[sinful spade]

it might be possible to break even but it would require basically giving up tons of gear and points and wasting 4 ascendancy nodes so

[glossy warren]

Yo can anyone send me a full build for sorcerer?

[formal meadow]

Does ES work with demon form?

[ionic blaze]

check mobalytics

[delicate tide]

Guys how do you enable Elemental Storm im so confused smb pls point my eyes

[dawn spire]

read the yellow text on it

[quartz pewter]

It tells you in the description... it's crits and something else I think

[pearl sluice]

blood mage build?

[dawn spire]

and right click it on your gem page (G)@delicate tide

[lofty grotto]

I think that hardest thing for PoE2 players is ability to read /s

[left glade]

should i upgrade Ash or pick new herald ? mercenary

[delicate tide]

no clicks do anything - so its a passive skill got it

[lofty grotto]

depends if you have another 30 spirit, if not upgrade

[left glade]

cool , what's spirit tho

[delicate tide]

and when i get an uncut gem i do not see El Storm to select a support im confused af

[pure otter]

If I went an aura buff support chorno mage, what are my options for dmg when solo content?

[formal meadow]

What you use to reserve those skills

You’ll have 30 now from the quest

[limber gate]

what is the meaning of these numbers? in particular mana recovery/regen ones, what does 630 mean? 630 what? my actual regen is 11.1 mana per second. i understand all of the wordings and all, but what the actual single number represents here is a mystery (it sure aint 630 mana per second)

[calm axle]

My friend told me something like Shock is applied via critical hit chance, is that true?

[formal meadow]

It’s on your mana bar

[dawn spire]

there is no gem called elemental storm. Are you talking about the stormweaver ability?

[left glade]

like placements for skills ?

[dawn spire]

you allocated the elemental storm ascendancy node, right?

[formal meadow]

No sorry if you look at your mana bar you should see a spirit meter

[orchid current]

can you even support skills that ascendancies give you?

[lofty grotto]

you can

[orchid current]

sick

[lofty grotto]

they upgrade with level you gain

[left glade]

i got 30

[dawn spire]

@orchid current

[formal meadow]

Yeah your herald skill reserves that 30

[ionic blaze]

Honestly for the bloodwitch right now im watching pohx his solution seem to be cast on x

[left glade]

so it's better to upgrade ?

[delicate tide]

Ive selected Tempest caller, I see it in the gem tab, but no clicks do anything. When i open an uncut gem for support I do not see it tthere yet I see 2 slots

[ionic blaze]

Since triggered skill arent cast by you directly thus does not cost hp.

[formal meadow]

Yes, you’ll likely find more spirit gems before you get more spirit anyway

So just upgrade what you can use for now

[dawn spire]

weird, maybe they just didn't assign support gems to it manually. You can still just cut the gem and assign it normally in your G menu

you can press "all gems" at the bottom to cut any gem regardless of main skill@delicate tide

[lofty grotto]

oh damn, you can stack shock to boost over 100% damage

[terse warren]

Wasnt there a node or support gem that gave something like at the end of shock status created a shock nova or something like that ? cant seem find it. Pretty sure i saw it dont remember where though

[sinful spade]

i was told otherwise but even then that leaves the issue of bosses, its not feasible to have your main damage skill only hit the boss when you freeze it, that takes way too long even with a lot of freeze buildup

[ionic blaze]

I mean he at map so somehow he made it work

[fair rose]

how are minions build later?

[ionic blaze]

He using crit too so i think he might be cast on crit

[torn mango]

What’s better for a gas grenadier build? Gemling or Witch hunter?

[lofty grotto]

Deadeye

[ionic blaze]

Depend on a lot of stuff

[torn mango]

Such as?

[junior island]

does lightning arrow proc off enemies it pierces? or just on the final target?

[ionic blaze]

Is it just gas + detonate source, are you going grenade cooldown and so on.

[junior island]

I know stormcaller is on the last one only, but I'm having trouble testing lightning, it's hard to see

[fleet blaze]

I'm a monk freezy boi, lots of CC. I'm wanting to build Energy Shield and Evasion but my energy shield so far just seems completely useless. Does anyone know how to get better sustain for energy shield as monk or on the tree somewhere?

[ionic blaze]

gemling quality and levle might add faster recovery, gemling attribute req ignore cna had easier int gems for fire source and fire support and so on.

[dawn spire]

it fires the chaining beams on every enemy it hits, piercing or otherwise

[junior island]

perfect, thank you

[ionic blaze]

The way i see it witch hunter is more dmg while gemling is more flexibility

[sinful spade]

just tested it and it definitely cost me HP unfortunately

[lofty condor]

will explosive grenade which says it converts 80% of physical dmg to fire dmg do physical damage in order to proc bleed?

[lean radish]

what do i take ?

[frozen gorge]

any website to see sorc decent build?

[ionic blaze]

Then i have no idea how he sustaining constant ice orb + a comet each 2 seconds

[dreamy stag]

Is Bone Storm power charge explosion an additional instance of damage, or a conversion of the initial attack into an AoE?

[lofty grotto]

high velocity rounds + multiple projectiles + double barrel

[ionic blaze]

I honestly recommend flash grenade

[woven otter]

I started freeze monk and it’s disgusting so far damage wise, lvl 20

[frozen plinth]

you'll get enough gems to try them all anyway

[ionic blaze]

with +2 projectile that thing keep monsters on their knee

[sinful spade]

well for one this is only an issue because i have shitloads of +gems to be fair. you could mitigate the issue as well by only using supports like conc effect on your mainly used skill, since it both adds damage (so more leech) and doesnt cost extra. Spell echo/unleash make it cost 50% more while actively lowering damage for even less leech. but theyre also extremely useful so

[ionic blaze]

No idea if you mean broken or trash

[dreamy mulch]

what is tankiest summon around lvl 16 about to get one for merc

[sonic shuttle]

are act 1, act 2 etc shop fixed at a certain level of how good they are so taht it doesnt make sense to go back there to look for gear?

[woven otter]

Super good lol

[frozen plinth]

i like how yesterday chat was like 'lol monk garbo unplayable poop', now it's monk op' 😄

[ionic blaze]

Im happy with my merc gemling

[obsidian sparrow]

@frozen plinth do you know if monster armor helps them in any way or is it just something that's there for us to break so they get debuffed? Like do they take less dmg when armor is up

[mortal palm]

Hi, im kinda new to PoE as a whole and ive been playing merc lvl 18 and i honestly have no idea what to do, i feel my build is super cooked and ive been going grenade not been enjoying it cuz of the timer, but idk what else to go any help?

[ionic blaze]

sad that +1 skill and quality doesnt apply to support however

[woven otter]

You need to hit the combos and synergies, herald of ice feels so good everything goes boom

[ionic blaze]

However im thinking of maybe doing titan?

[sinful spade]

is he doing frostbolt + icenova to clear/freeze things and proc comet? whats his setup

[ionic blaze]

Constant ice orb spinny thing that shoot small frostbolt to trigger freeze n crit with maybe what seem like CoC comet (maybe even cast of freeze comet) with ice bomb for support

and sometimes some frostbolt

[sinful spade]

oh hes doing eye of winter

[orchid current]

man is cast on freeze actually consistent?

[ionic blaze]

• a comet that he uses for bosses

[fleet blaze]

I'm a monk freezy boi, lots of CC. I'm wanting to build Energy Shield and Evasion but my energy shield so far just seems completely useless. Does anyone know how to get better sustain for energy shield as monk or on the tree somewhere?

[ionic blaze]

with the 10 sec cd support and echo cast

[sinful spade]

fuck me that would cost so much

eye of winter is almost as expensive as comet but it hits a ton of times so i can see why it would sustain

[barren jetty]

if you struggle with getting oneshot. Is it best to try and buy the random gear/wepons from the vendor and hope for somthing good?

[hexed arrow]

if this is on a cold skill, and you use 2 different lightning skills, is that +12% for lightning or +24% for being 2 different skills? i think its 24% from how it reads but im not sure

[ionic blaze]

Check vendor for good base, pick up whites to try n craft one, you can tyr gambling, invest into str for hp, swap your charm if needed

[sinful spade]

how tf does he manage waiting 10s between casts

[tender horizon]

Hey guys i'm playing a poison build with toxic growth and gas arrow. I'm at the ascendency should i pick up pathfinder ? Deadeye seems a lot better but for poison build i'm not so sure 😒

[ionic blaze]

It's mostly a big burst for boss

[tulip pivot]

just making sure, 2 hand damage applies to crossbows correct?

[ionic blaze]

Yes they are indeed a 2handed weapon

actualy wait 2 sec

il go confirm right now

im like 98% sure but it doesnt hurt to confirm

[orchid current]

are resists bottom capped to 0%?

[lofty grotto]

that is correct

[orchid current]

getting a bunch of exposure effect/res pen seems really easy

[lofty grotto]

bow
crossbow
2h axe, mace, sword

[solid carbon]

Bow is? Because quiver is offhand?

[lofty grotto]

it is

[solid carbon]

K

[orchid current]

bow is, yeah. they're just special with quivers

hold over from poe 1

anyone else think that cold is just the strongest damage type due to the combat being more methodical?

[timid aurora]

RIP warrior,

[orchid current]

freeze and chill give you so much more room to play

is that the ladder lmao

[timid aurora]

ya lol

and i bet anything those invokers are ranged build

[orchid current]

you mean with elemental expression?

[ionic blaze]

@tulip pivot Yeah fairly sure because there is specification between two handed weapons and two handed meele weapons.

[timid aurora]

yeah just using ranged/casting skill gems

and invoker bonuses

[lofty grotto]

cast on freeze

[quasi sphinx]

plan for funky bleed/poison merc

[orchid current]

that sounds lame asf monk quarterstaff is cool

[frozen plinth]

yea you could well play a generic caster invoker

[timid aurora]

kind of obvious with wasd and the games difficulty that ranged would be king by a mile

[ionic blaze]

Two suggestion for you.

[orchid current]

no stormweaver in top 10 is interesting, all infernalist

[timid aurora]

just press backwards on wasd and pew pew

[ionic blaze]

Don't plan out your full points and plan out a primary path

[quasi sphinx]

I do have an idea for the order im going with it

[orchid current]

is it actually worth pathing through armor and eva nodes early

[quasi sphinx]

im level 36 atm so its not just a "im gonna do this" moment

[orchid current]

seems not worth the effort

[ionic blaze]

I usualy stop my point planning at lv80, if i reach 80 at that point il revisit it

[tulip pivot]

how do you create these graphics? i had to use photoshop to plan my build lol

[ionic blaze]

Mobalytic

[quasi sphinx]

poe2db.tw

[ionic blaze]

or poe2db

[quasi sphinx]

yeah idk if theres pros or cons i just found this one first

[astral lynx]

Does this apply if the shield is on my back?

Also does "increases block chance" only apply if I am blocking?

[quasi sphinx]

the biggest goof i did with my build was entirely ignore the +100% two handed weapon damage i can get almost right at the start

[agile anvil]

It says here to a minimum of 0, does this mean the cap is 0 and it doesn't go negative causing more damage?

[frozen plinth]

you can't -penetrate- to under 0

[wary sierra]

Hi, can someone help explain how "Barrage" works for Ranger? It doesn't seem to be doing anything beneficial that I can tell. I don't see my Bow Attack repeating at all.

[frozen plinth]

but you can otherwise reduce below that, i believe

[orchid current]

wait really?

[frozen plinth]

like just - RES effects, exposure

[agile anvil]

hmm ok gotcha

[frozen plinth]

because you can't penetrate what isn't there, right?

[ionic blaze]

Will not apply if it's on your 2nd weapon set when it isnt active and i don't believe it affect block chance (it might affect additional block but not sure i believe it might only extend to armour, evasion and energy shield)

[pearl sluice]

Looking for someone to help me with my Mercenary Fragmentation Rounds build. (Trying to understand my mistakes in it) I can send screenshots in dm too!

[tulip pivot]

amazing ty!

[pulsar cape]

Is raging spirit gem worth it?

[orchid current]

ok i've been avoiding investing in too much exposure effect but if that's true then im balling

[sharp flax]

Seething Body ・While on High Infernal Flame, you and Allies in your Presence Gain 20% of Damage as Fire Damage.

Infernalist's talent. Does it work on dots, making my chaos dot do additional 20% damage as fire?

[orchid current]

combo with the freezing bolt skill from tier 1

[agile anvil]

is there data on what the normal resistance values of mobs are?

[frozen plinth]

poedb might have somthing,but not sure

[agile anvil]

i wonder if stacking too many penetration is something that isnt worth

[frozen plinth]

generally rares with resistance mods have big res, big bosses have big res, and rest have jackshit

[wary sierra]

Hi, can someone help explain how "Barrage" works for Ranger? It doesn't seem to be doing anything beneficial that I can tell. I don't see my Bow Attack repeating at all.

[pearl sluice]

ok good idea, can i send you my current passive skill tree in dm?

[lofty grotto]

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

much better and addless

[ionic blaze]

It repeat once if you dont have frenzy charg

So basicly your next attack shoot twice

[wary sierra]

ya that's what I'm saying

Next attack isn't shooting more than once

[orchid current]

i mean just path through the crossbow damage stuff and grab some defense if you feel squishy

i have no idea what i'm doing

i mean i think i'm cooking with my oil + explosive shot build but maybe im not

[pearl sluice]

yeah those grenadier builds looking fire man

[frozen plinth]

i want some twink gear so i can start leveling my monk and merc too for a bit, but alas so far no luck

[orchid current]

its mostly explosive shot, oil is for exposure

meh i think merc has no need for twink, but act 2 is giga awful if you can't find a weapon upgrade

[frozen plinth]

more is more

[orchid current]

once i did i was deleting, i died 0 times in dreadnaught

[agile anvil]

Also I remember there being some talk about seeing what each node does to your character before speccing into it? was that a planned feature not implemented yet ?

[frozen plinth]

some MS boots, couple decent weapons, some resistance accessories

[orchid current]

had no idea people had a bad time with dreadnaught until i went to chat channels

[frozen plinth]

i dont' even remember what dread was

[tulip pivot]

"attack damage" affects everything the mercenaries does right? at the exception of elemental spells

[timid aurora]

which Merc ascendency is better atm?

[stable lodge]

Which ascendency should I go for a chaos witch

[frozen plinth]

dunno if i've seen it yet or if it was just unmemorable

[orchid current]

big ship at end of act 2

[frozen plinth]

oh the interlocked caravan thingamabobs?

[near geyser]

What's the best site for (leveling ) poe2 builds at this moment ?

[orchid current]

yeah

[frozen plinth]

it was cool but it wasn't very hard

[weary fog]

Is this a good amulet for mages?

[frozen plinth]

base stats are mostly useful for equipping items

[orchid current]

cool zone but NO CHECKPOINTS make it hard for weaker builds that take too much damage

[frozen plinth]

read: not very.

[quasi sphinx]

only thing about dread that was rough was if you cant handle the dudes jumping behind you on bridges

[frozen plinth]

yeah that seems reaonable

[quasi sphinx]

also it was hella laggy for my friend

[kind willow]

Which first two Witch Hunter nodes are best for levelling?

[maiden grove]

Hey guys. I have finally found the character that feels right. One of my questions is that i have skill gems that i dont know what to do with (warrior). Hang onto them for future levels? Is mace-only a good plan?

[frozen plinth]

my biggest gripe so far is lack of checkpoints in huge zones, and lack ofability to traverse the zones backwards when you need to

[kind willow]

I'm debating between culling Strike and Zealous Inquisition

[jade socket]

Are Debuff's consider a curse? I am referring to the skill Contagion?

[orchid current]

we really need to be able to tp between checkpoints

[frozen plinth]

yeah

and a few more of them

[dawn spire]

use it once to get a buff, then use any other bow skill to make it repeat

[weary fog]

Has anyone here built a collector modified armor set yet?

[frozen plinth]

smoe zones have lots of checkpoints, others practically none

also, ice wall seems to be pretty nutty to me

before and after it are very different

[wary sierra]

yea, I activate it, then quickly try to use a bow skill while the buff is up - Nothing happens outside of a normal attack. I believe it's broken.

[frozen plinth]

do oyu have frenzy cahrges?

[wary sierra]

No

[frozen plinth]

is it supposed to do anything without them?

[wary sierra]

But it says you need Frenzy for additional repeats doesn't it? Not for the initial?

[frozen plinth]

or is it just +1 repeat per charge

[tulip pivot]

thanks, any way to save?

[timid aurora]

Anyone got a good merc build? for cruel

[weary fog]

Ive been using galvanic and voltaic together

Pretty buisted

[candid oxide]

Idk where to ask this but how do I tell if wither is being applied?

[wild rampart]

Hello, I've scoured the internet for info, but no luck. Does anyone know how to get the skill soulrend? It's listed under skill gems in the db and there's many mentions of it on reddit/discord. Just no info if it's truly available or how to get it.

[dawn spire]

I used my lightning rod attack normally on the left (2 rods). Then I used barrage + lightning rod on the right (4 rods)

I fire 2 projectiles by default. Seems to work for me

[wary sierra]

Interesting, Ill test that, but it's definitely not duplicating any poison bow attacks

[dawn spire]

clearer here@wary sierra

[alpine cradle]

Hello! I got a quick question! I am playing witch and would like to go for Infernalist Ascension,and i got skills covered and everything,but i just dropped a Spirit gem and am not sure what to do..i got two options of ''Grim Feast'' and ''Withering Presence'' and idk which to pick for the end game build,and i also cant find information online,can anyone here assist me in this? c: Thank you

[timid aurora]

better than nade build?

[frozen plinth]

you will get more of them, makes little differnce, juist pick something and try it

endgame build wase what you pick now makes 0 difference

wise*

[dawn spire]

are you sure? it fires them simultaneously. Which skills are you trying it with?

[weary fog]

I found it to be better than me using my nades, helped better with crowd controll and also stunned all enemies

[wary sierra]

Toxic Growth, Vine Arrow, Poisonburst Arrow

[weary fog]

Not to mention they link

[timid aurora]

and WitchHunter or Gemmling?

[glass mulch]

Poe is very cut and dry unlike most games of this genre. Look at the tags right under the spell name and that’s what the spell counts as from a standpoint of being affected by other spells/statlines

[alpine cradle]

alright,i was scared that those gems are really rare,coz ive dropped only one thus far and im lvl 30 😄

[frozen plinth]

they're reasonably rare ,but that is still very very far from endgame

[alpine cradle]

okey,thanks

[frozen plinth]

you're like what maybe third through the acts

[maiden karma]

Despair is the only curse that will increase poison damage regardless of what damage type I poison with, right?

[light sphinx]

critical hits on warriors dont work

the damage above the boss's hp bar should be yellow, they're white despite me having 85% crit chance

[weary fog]

Whats the best modifier for rare items? Collector?

[dawn spire]

where are you getting the info that that color signifies you critting?

[light sphinx]

someone else whos playing a different class and it shows up as yellow for his crits

[prisma blaze]

So, anyone figure out how to get the 3rd ascendency upgrade yet?

[dawn spire]

what skill are you using, and are you sure you have 85% crit chance? that's a ton

[light sphinx]

I could have 110% tbh

all from skill tree

and Im using a rotation of skills

[dawn spire]

the skill tree has "increased crit chance" not "+% crit chance"

[frozen plinth]

you are talking about %increased crit rate, yes?

[light sphinx]

whats the difference

[dawn spire]

if you're using a weapon with 5% base crit chance, then 100% increase crit chance would give you 100% of 5% for 10% total

[frozen plinth]

say your base crit is 10%, getting +100% inc crit from tree, makes that 20% chance to crit

[light sphinx]

ok thank you that makes more sense. time to respec

[frozen plinth]

note: critting is still good.

[lofty grotto]

copy link

[dawn spire]

it's just less good early on

[light sphinx]

im at act 2 boss anyway i might as well just shift to a tankier build

[wild rampart]

Sorry to ask again, but how to get soulrend? There's like no info on this that I can find.

[twilit ruin]

has anyone tested thorns

[maiden karma]

No but there are some very interesting thorn uniques

[frozen plinth]

i think tankiness is more valuable in poe2 than it was in 1

things take longer to kill so you are more prone to geting chunked

[pearl sluice]

guys i have 60 spirit but i cant use cast on freeze

[frozen plinth]

try unsocketing it and socketing it back

[pearl sluice]

not work

[frozen plinth]

or removing the other skill that could use spirit you have equipped

even if it's not active

[pearl sluice]

hah okey

[twilit ruin]

my thoughts as well. trying warrior out and im naked without life steal

[frozen plinth]

something in my cast on shock also didn't let it instantly work, but then i fiddled around and it started working

[pearl sluice]

not work too lol

[weary fog]

Is there a site to trade yet?

[maiden karma]

Yes

[pearl sluice]

yep

[twilit ruin]

42 armor, thorns- or 87 armor with 7 cold resist 27 armor

[weary fog]

3rd party?

I heard the GGG one is ass

[pearl sluice]

no

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

[thin basin]

Dang when did trade site get an ass rating 💀

[pearl sluice]

so dumb i cant use my skill

even i have 60 spirit

[timid aurora]

is Wudijo a Witchhunter or Gemling?

[plain matrix]

yes

[plain matrix]

hmm I guess ..... u dont watch videos

[fleet blaze]

I think im overlapping penetration and exposures.

I have 64% cold pen on my attack. I only use exposure (frost bomb) on bosses/rares. Exposure takes them to -20% cold res. Penetration takes them to 0% correct?

[timid aurora]

i randomly saw his twitch just now thx

[weary fog]

If anyone is selling plunderer/collector modified armors or jewlery im interested

[timid aurora]

now im just wondering what the op Invoker builds are that the top 2 players are using

youtuberr search gives too much random shit builds

[maiden karma]

If their res is under 0 then pen does nothing

[atomic juniper]

Where do you get infernal legion?

[final mountain]

how good is concentration? bosses are really easier if they have 50% less cd recovery?

[light sphinx]

everything in the skill tree is critical hit chance...

meaning only gear gives raw crit % ?

[vital hornet]

What is the point of Pyromantic pact?

[jade socket]

Thank you.

[dawn spire]

it's a way to cast indefinitely without worrying about mana

[fierce niche]

Seems like feeding frenzy + resonance + ice strike is the most convenient way to generate power charges on monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucAFdDd-T9M

[wind tulip]

stormweaver is pretty much lightning only, right? that would imply chronomancer is the only real way to go for when playing fire/ice sorc?

[frozen plinth]

nope

[fervent oasis]

I am trying to build an "elementalist", and I noticed the path in the Witch tree is not very efficient. I really wanted to continue with Cold/Fire spells, but I feel forced to pick useless nodes to get where I want, while Minionmancer has a better defined path. Any thoughts? Ty

[frozen plinth]

just the name is lightning based

[dawn spire]

if you wanted to build an elementalist, sorceress has more apt starting nodes and possibly a more fitting ascendancy

[errant lark]

Well, i'm playing PoE 1 again, but in PoE 2

[fervent oasis]

I can't believe I am going to ask this, but there is a sorceress class? HAHAHA

[dawn spire]

yes

[fervent oasis]

omg no way

[dawn spire]

sorceress and witch share a starting location on the tree

[fervent oasis]

I am finishing act 2 without knowing that

[dawn spire]

nice

[wind tulip]

but the nodes buff different stuff

[fervent oasis]

well, I will have to start over then. Thank you so much. At least something was indeed wrong

[wind tulip]

there was another guy asking whether witches can not become stormweavers in the game today.... he had to reroll

I guess some poe1 players are confused

[plain matrix]

there are 3 female characters available

[quasi sphinx]

do you start getting level 2 support gems in act 3

[fervent oasis]

Yeah I can see that being normal. I was played Witch, so I didn't even look at the other classes when I started

[autumn willow]

Does anyone know if there's a reflect damage build or AoE passive aura damage build? Something where you run around absorb damage and things keep dying as they hit you, sorta an unbreakable wall fantasy?

[radiant yarrow]

with eldritch battery, if I have 200 ES and that includes increased max ES, when it becomes mana does it become less than 200 since the increase wouldn't apply due to the conversion?

[quasi sphinx]

need to start seeing them to cope with going gemling over witch on a dot build

[dawn spire]

what do witch ascendancies do for a dot built that gemling doesn't?

[hardy willow]

Yeah, Thorns is spawned on gear as a modifier, unlike diablo 2 where you had to spec into it on your skill tree

For other sources, I'm not sure.

[midnight talon]

invoker monk enjoying Tempest Flurry + bell build but now at level 45 I can't stand in melee range anymore....forced to use storm wave to hit and run in late Act 3.....may just re-spec to caster build...

[quasi sphinx]

cull and corpse explode just seem like theyd mesh in pretty well

not like completely doomer about it tho

kinda excited to be able to double slot supports

[left glade]

damn , i never get crossbows

[quasi sphinx]

im basically fully reliant on finding an on level normal crossbow and alch orbing it

for my upgrades leveling so far

[fleet blaze]

what is freezing explosion? Herald of Ice and Shattering palm both have "explosion" tabs

is that freezing explosionn?

[thorny inlet]

did i screw myself going titan lol

[pearl sluice]

can anyone explain to me what the notable feathered fletching does? "increases or decreases to projectile speed also applies to damage with bows" I assumed that projectiles included most bow attacks?

[dawn spire]

"damage with bows" means any attack you use with an equipped bow

[hot rock]

I'm a bit confused why my lightning skill has chill in ailments tab rather than shocked

[strong apex]

i didnt see any skills called 'binds spectre' on witch skilll list.....whre is it perhaps?

[radiant needle]

What's everyone using on Spark for support? I been doing arcane surge and I forget what else but I seen some clips where it's bouncing filling whole rooms. Are people doing pierce and duration?

[pearl sluice]

is this +damage? or is it increasing speed of those attacks?

[errant lark]

maybe?

[calm ridge]

anyone can help me, why cant i use this skill,

[hot rock]

Most builds I saw, yes.

[radiant needle]

@hot rock I was going to try that but worried about lesser damage from pierce thx

[calm ridge]

it says im using wrong wqeapon type

[austere sundial]

Help what to put in that empty circle. For my sorc thanks

[wispy lark]

hiya peeps i just wanted to know does the acolyte ascendancy for monk also change the vfx? i could not find anything about the actual gameplay online

[dawn spire]

that node makes, for example,
"10% increased projectile speed"
into
"10% increased projectile speed
10% increased damage with bows"

[solemn island]

what weapon are you using and what tree did you get the skill out of?

[deft mirage]

is there actually an ascention that works with ED/contagion? just looking at infernalist but even that seems to rely on critting too?

[pearl sluice]

oh interesting, thats awesome! glad i asked lol ty!

[wet fog]

this seems insane, and like a big build from this alone

[calm ridge]

i used the tier 9 gem, and i selected that skill, using wand and sceptre rn

[radiant needle]

If I go into spell crit chance are all spells able to crit?

[pine lily]

Hi all, I am essentially entirely new to PoE, I want to play a Witch but I DONT want to use Minions at all. Is there any sort of Curse or Bone or something else build that isnt horrible? And if there isnt and I have to make my own, can nayone maybe offer any advice? Thanks. I'd even be willing to play Witch, but use say Sorc Fire skills, and go inferanlist for my ascendancy, is that usable?

[solemn island]

ok, but what tab in the skills page was it under?

[dawn spire]

Chronomancer, gemling legionaire witch hunter, warbringer, titan, pathfinder, deadeye, invoker, chayula monk, blood mage, infernalist, and stormweaver all have at least 4 ascendancy notables that would be beneficial to an ED/contagion build

[gaunt ether]

Can chronomancer freeze bosses

[calm ridge]

idk what u mean by that

[deft mirage]

bloodmage doesn't seem to be worth it does it though? It's relying on crits for orbs, the bleed is based on elemental damage not chaos

[calm ridge]

how can i check

[solemn island]

when you go to turn an uncut gem into a skill, there will be tabs on the left side

[dawn spire]

I'm not 100% sure how that sanguimancy works, tbh, that might be the only node you have to take that doesn't help

[rugged chasm]

how does power siphon work?

[dawn spire]

hold alt to read the skill

[thin cobalt]

any good pathfinder build out there for act 2-3?

[deft mirage]

how many ascendancy points do we get maximum?

[hearty grotto]

which one for infernalist raging spirit build?

[dawn spire]

8

[deft mirage]

so 4 cap passives?

[dawn spire]

well, I hope

yeah, 4 notables

[deft mirage]

so grasping wounds (25% loss of life over 4s) Sanguimancy, Crimson power and vitality syphon?

was gonna have curses on aura support

[dawn spire]

vitality siphon won't work for DoT. leech only works off hits

[deft mirage]

oh, that was the one thing that looked nice

[solemn island]

ok, so which tab is that skill you picked under?

[calm ridge]

should be occult?

im showing all gems rn

[dawn spire]

which skill are you unable to use?

[calm ridge]

blasphamy

[delicate fern]

Maybe I'm blind but you need to put a curse skill in one of the links

[calm ridge]

says im not using the right weapon

[dawn spire]

do you have enough spirit?

[solemn island]

well it isn't under the page you took a screenshot of

[finite crystal]

how important are the act 3 venom things to builds? idk how hard to get things like ele ailment threshold are, so i can't tell which venom draught to take

[dawn spire]

do you have a curse socketed into it?

[heady flower]

I have a Support gem that has 60% Chance of applying poison, but it doesn’t Show on Enemy, is that normal?

[dawn spire]

they barely matter imo

[dawn spire]

poison can only be inflicted by physical and chaos damage hits
hover over the poison keyword for more info

[calm ridge]

ops i got it i was trying to put the wrong gem in

thks

[finite crystal]

gotcha. mana regen helps me more now so i was thinking i'd take that. the poe1 consideration would be "mana regen is trivial later, ele ailment immunity is huge" but poe2 is so different

[delicate fern]

Yes enemy health bar turns green + there is a poison icon under it

I assume that skill simply doesn't poison? What skill are you trying to use it with?

[torn crypt]

Does anyone have a planner for a Stormweaver Frost build? (I'm new to PoE)

[sly jay]

Does raging spirit count as a undead minion?

[heady flower]

I use it on arc, but the gem doesn’t say the skill has to apply poison, it says it has a Chance to 60% poison (additionally if i hover over the gem. Arc is listen as a applicable skill)

[dawn spire]

there's no such tag as "undead" as far as I know, but it is a minion

[sly jay]

Would it work on this?

[delicate fern]

Oh that is the problem, it is true it has a 60% chance to poison BUT poison can only be applied by phys + chaos dmg so you are applying 0 dmg poisons which means you can't poison

[dawn spire]

arc does not do any damage that can poison normally. It lets you support the skill with chance to poison support because you could hypothetically add physical or chaos damage to arc, which would let it poison

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure, tbh

[heady flower]

But how do I See which Damage I have to do in Order to apply poison?

[dawn spire]

hold alt and hover over the poison keyword

[scarlet kettle]

Hi everyone… I’m trying to figure something out and hoping you can help. I have my raging spirt with instability support gem. But I don’t see any explosions. Am I missing something?

[delicate fern]

I think if you hover over the "poison" text it shows you

[indigo berry]

Yes

[gaunt ether]

Is there a content creator or anyone youve seen do this

I cant find any clips or videos of it actually happening

[delicate fern]

People still getting 2nd ascendancy

Plus chrono is not that popular i think so yeah

[heady flower]

And why can‘t I use it on Contagion? It‘s a Chaos skill

[indigo berry]

https://streamable.com/gttlz2

Source me

[edgy helm]

We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfa... ascendancy?

[delicate fern]

Needs to hit to apply poison, which contagion doesn't do

[dawn spire]

there's nothing in the description that excludes bosses

[indigo berry]

https://streamable.com/1mli55
here’s infinite cds chrono XD

[gaunt ether]

Im talking about the time stop ability

[indigo berry]

Oh

No idea then but skill useless tbh

[rancid fractal]

was looking at some nodes on the passive tree, and now i'm confused: what are "Distilled Emotions"?

[gaunt ether]

whats the point of picking chrono if not its skills tho

[indigo berry]

Cdr? Spamming skills ?

Bomber

[delicate fern]

To be fair chrono seems a very strong defensive ascendancy even without picking the active skills

[indigo berry]

Damage wise too

U can literally rng god frost bombs with frost wall

While boss is freezer

[dawn spire]

time freeze is a 60s cd for 3s of freeze. You can add supports, but I think the time freeze might it's 2nd-weakest node, imo

[gaunt ether]

pretty lame

[gilded kiln]

can murderous intent slot into tempest flurry?

[gaunt ether]

only reason i was interested

[deft mirage]

do you get anbother 30 spirit after the initial 30 spirit from somewhere?

[delicate fern]

Imo temporal rift is her strongest skill

But people seem to overlook it

[indigo berry]

People overall say chrono is bad

[dawn spire]

???

[indigo berry]

I clear content with 2 buttons

[dawn spire]

same

I'm a chrono

[indigo berry]

Frost wall + frost bomb and cast on freeze

[dawn spire]

class/ascendancy is honestly so minor in terms of what makes a build good/bad

it's about skills and gear first and foremost

[gaunt ether]

Prolly just gonna roll a different class doesnt look like itll be too fun

[sterile sierra]

Anyone with a good sorc Lightning build for act 3?

[sly jay]

Is there a spell skill that's chaos dmg?

[wintry lava]

Essence drain, contagion etc.

[hardy willow]

As it should be, at least IMO.