2┃build-planning

[thorny crater]

i want an uneven amount of projectiles for lightning arrow right?

[last patio]

it honestly seems like there's no value in going above 1 point in killing palm

can you revert gem levels?

[north talon]

you can get a new level 1 version

[last patio]

oh great

[somber orchid]

2h mace

[fiery iron]

I'm thinking about using Redflare Conduit for power charge generation on hit for the purpose of skills like flicker strike. Anyone know of any available gems that can automatically deal damage to generate power charges? Something that I can cast every now and then for a lot of hits while im also attacking enemies with my main attack.

[somber orchid]

I have gemling already and didn’t respec just went warrior lol

[lyric plank]

has anyone found a way to automatically summon zombies

[somber orchid]

Yes

And the fire bomb skeles rn

[dawn spire]

good news, chronomancers. Time snap restores all uses of cooldowns (including via second wind) 😎

[somber orchid]

Corpse explosion uses hp for cast so that makes mana management easy

And I have hp recovery on raging spirits so that makes survival a bit easier

[stiff blaze]

What should I upgrade in deadeye ascendancy first for a grenade crossbow build

[proper seal]

can someone explain what build should I follow/ choose? I am a monk lvl 7 thats all i know

[wild coral]

Am i crazy for thinking this shit is insane for witch ? Also do uniques matter at what level you drop them ?

[wide palm]

on scale from 1 to 10 how bad that would suck
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/9la4f0ot
(vaal pact crit blood witch)

[hard mauve]

what are the good ways to actually apply lightning exposure? I wasn't immediately seeing anything in the skill gems or tree

[proper seal]

can someone explain what build should I follow/ choose? I am a monk lvl 7 thats all i know

[deep musk]

Can anyone give me advice on a wind-based Monk build? I don't like the look/flavour of the cold/lightning skills.
I like the idea of skills like wind blast/whirling assault

[wintry umbra]

Does the " 20% increased phys damage " and "30% increased elemental damage with attacks" affect the DPS shown below (the one we can use the sort items in trade)?

[somber orchid]

Dude just have fun

[wintry umbra]

I would say to just play and try to ahve fun, but the game is quite hard, so i recomend you to focus on lightning attacks

[wide palm]

not sure if long passage to vaal pact is bad or ok

[brave sonnet]

does increased area of effect for attacks specifically affect the explosion radius of explosive shot?

[wintry umbra]

yes, it is an attack

[brave sonnet]

but the explosion part of it doesnt scale with attack increases right because its secondary damage?

[dire lance]

How many ascendancy points do you get total?

[timid aurora]

i wanna dod COC Comet Invoker but damn thats a lot of lvls until i can do that. lots of melee suffering 😄 unless there is some spells I can use from 1-48 instead of melee

[brave sonnet]

like this wouldnt increase the explosion damage right

[proper seal]

yea but what gems to use etc? I dont wanna waste points

and its getting me stronger

[mental valley]

is there a fire explosion build? where it can nuke the entire screen?

[random summit]

is anyone planning on doing a attack bloodmage build

[dawn spire]

no. The main goal is to get as many chains onto lightning rods as humanly possible

because whenever a lightning beam chains to a lightning rod, it explodes

two orbs of storms + chain support = up to 21 lightning rod explosions per attack

[plain osprey]

does cast speed affect skills like tempest flurry?

[dawn spire]

look just under the gem name. If it says spell, it benefits from cast speed. If it says attack, then attack speed

[grizzled geyser]

Anyone have some creative chronomancer build ideas? Not sure what to do with it atm

[lean salmon]

when do you unlock 60 spirit? i feel like im halfway through act 3

[dawn spire]

martial tempo, primal armament, and magnified effect

[brazen marlin]

I found a very intersting thing with the srs not working bug
if you disable weapon slot 1 and 2
it says you don't have enough spirit when it tries to activate in demon form
despite me having 30 spirit avaliable

[brave zealot]

what are the jewel sockets on the passive tree? What goes in ther. Just tryna figure out if i should go that way at this point

[dawn spire]

I'm in act 1 cruel with every side content done and I'm still at 30

[orchid torrent]

so did you find out if the support gem that gives 2 stacks of a skill meshes well with chornomancer, and you get both stacks of the skill back or not?

[lean salmon]

oh hm, i thought it was in act 3 wierd

[plain osprey]

gotta kill the boss in azak bog, but i haven'T found her so far... even after resetting the instance for the 5th time

[lean salmon]

fr

[dawn spire]

it's a tier 2. Gives 25% weapon elemental damage. You can use concentrated effect in its place

[plain osprey]

mhm

[lean salmon]

whats his name

[plain osprey]

ignagduk

[dawn spire]

time snap refreshes all cooldown uses, yes. Including second wind

[wintry knoll]

Is it worth adding runes to gear early on during the campaign or should i save them

[dawn spire]

runes are so plentiful. Spend em on all the sockets you have

[plain osprey]

if you have duplicates and you have a gear piece you'll be using for a while then go for it. if it's a gear piece you'll likely replace then keep it if you have no duplicates

[dawn spire]

this is beautiful

[dusky bolt]

does str increase spirit for witch?

[dawn spire]

no, hover over the word while holding alt to see what it does

[cloud wyvern]

what do we think about the chronomancer hammer spam build?

[dusky bolt]

then why do i see some people mentioning str/life = spirit?

[wide palm]

eh, for some reason tree was not saved
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/9la4f0ot

[dawn spire]

because they don't know you can hold alt to see what strength does

[wild coral]

with crimson power, how would that even work, seems insane.

[lofty grotto]

ok serious questions time:
Where's my Rhoa mount?!?!?

[wintry knoll]

is there anyway to exchange orbs of transmutation for the orbs that upgrade magic items to rare items? i have so many orbs of transmutation but just upgrading a normal item to a magic item is kind of useless to me right now

[dawn spire]

or they're referring to this blood witch node

[dusky bolt]

oh yea that could be it

[dawn spire]

nope

[plain osprey]

yeah had to spam it for a minute to tp back

[ashen mango]

What support gems work best with raging spirits?

[dusky bolt]

how do we get this?

[dawn spire]

ascend as a witch

[dusky bolt]

for blood witch only? can infernalist get?

[dawn spire]

infernalist cannot

[mental valley]

is there explosion nodes that make your explosions bigger?

[proper seal]

can someone explain what build should I follow/ choose? I am a monk lvl 7 thats all i know

[dawn spire]

anything that grants increased area of effect (for your skill) will make the explosions larger

[dire lance]

Hmm.. just need some input, I want to play a bolt merc, and I was wondering if I should go gemling or witchhunter. Any advice folks? I am currently on the ascendancy trial... so I would appreciate any input.

[dawn spire]

the game is 48 hours old. No established builds have been published

pick skill(s) you like and try to make them work

[mental valley]

so I need to find a skill that is an explosion and then find something to enhance the skill itself? i thought there were nodes on the skill point tree that would help with that

[slender wolf]

this happening to any1 else trying to st?

[versed lily]

Guys, im trying to do a projectile mercenary build. Im using grenades right now but it doesnt fell as good as running and shooting. What you guys think would be be a good combination of skills to use? Im lvl 36 witchhunter

[dawn spire]

I was referring to the skill tree. Search "area of effect"in the top right

[mental valley]

move away from it for like 3 seconds and click on it again

[dawn spire]

there are loads of nodes

[dire lance]

Skills have many tags on them, try to scale them.

[proper seal]

isnt it pretty much like poe1?

[mental valley]

oooh ok ty

[dawn spire]

not even close

[dawn spire]

I played poe1 for 10 years, this is a whole new fuckin game

[dire lance]

Indeed.

[proper seal]

oh wow, ok

[mental valley]

area of effect doesnt show anything

[proper seal]

but like will I be able to fix if I upgrade wrong thing etc.?

[dire lance]

it should show up

[mental valley]

oh

its called area attack

ok

[dire lance]

it gets highlights

[proper seal]

what u mean

[dawn spire]

you can change/swap everything except your ascendancy class selection

[proper seal]

whats ascendancy ?

[dire lance]

When you look up certain tags on the skill tree, it will highlight them.

[mental valley]

in theory is there a build i can make where i nuke the entire screen at once over and over?

as sorc

[dawn spire]

basically a subclass. Monk can become either invoker or an acolyte of chayula, for example. And they have their own ascendancy tree they can put points into

[rancid cipher]

What are some methods for generating frenzy charges?

[distant bobcat]

What class has the fastest movement speed?

[dawn spire]

spirit frenzy spirit gem and sniper's mark

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all skills/gems/gear

[rancid cipher]

Got it, thank you. Do you know if this is only a ranged thing or can they be generated with melee skills as well?

[cobalt musk]

Is warrior actually bad or are people just bad at the game

[dawn spire]

the latter neither. People are new and no class is bad

[last patio]

all flat evasion rating comes from gear right?

[proper seal]

how many acts are there

and whats the max lvl

[slender wolf]

any1 know why the trials of chaos insnt poping up anywhere now? was here last night now its not

[last patio]

oh ty

[boreal orchid]

does shock magnitude increase chance to shock?

[last patio]

are flat evasion nodes generally better than % based?

[chilly fiber]

locked due to not being able to go back to towns sucks...

[dawn spire]

neither of those are specific to any type of skill/attack/spell

[dawn spire]

impossible to generalize, imo. Depends on how much you have on gear and how much % increased you already have

[dawn spire]

hold alt and read shock and magnitude of ailments

[stable lodge]

my damage has been falling off a lot the last few levels could i get some help figuring it out

[last patio]

got it

[sudden flicker]

are there skills or support skills that applies lightning exposure?

[dawn spire]

max level is 100 I think, but gl getting there (to everyone, honestly)

There are three acts in normal mode, then they're repeated in cruel difficulty, then you get to the endgame

[violet geyser]

Does anyone know how the Cast On X (Freeze/Ignite/Shock) Spirit skills work? I only have the Skill and 2 support slots for it... how do I add the skill that Cast On X will use?

[static plinth]

Are there any mechanics that scale off # of debuffs people have seen? Ive got a curse, ED, Contagion, Hinder, Ignite, and Poison on enemies like 90% of the time

Oh and wither

[sudden flicker]

thaanks man, tier 3 support :((

[worthy cliff]

Is there a way to open the gem window (for the spirit gems, skill gems, support gems)?

[dawn spire]

not without cutting them

[worthy cliff]

Without clicking on the gem itself?

[worthy cliff]

Ah ok

[dawn spire]

I keep these on me for answering questions lol

[worthy cliff]

Smart

[sudden flicker]

when do higher tier support gems start droppin?

[tidal copper]

Does bleed dmg get affected by critical striking?!

[dawn spire]

idk about t3, but I got t2 near the end of act 3

[dawn spire]

hold alt and read the bleed keyword

[static plinth]

T3 ones are probably in cruel or maps

[pure fox]

how do i get Herald of Thunder, i can´t find in monk skills to unlock

[dawn spire]

it's a spirit gem. You can see all gems by clicking äll gems" in the bottom left when you cut one

all gems of that type, that is

if you're cutting a support gem you still can't see spirit gems, for example

[lyric cape]

I'm planning on re-speccing my sorc from lightning, but im not sure if I should go ignite with the fire skills or use the cold spells.

[pure fox]

still dont find the herald of thunder

[boreal orchid]

the description says it increase the intensity of shock, but someone on reddit also says, for shock and ignite, magnitude also increases the chance to apply it, is that correct?

[dawn spire]

are you cutting a spirit gem?

[dusky bolt]

any good website that can see all passive / skills?

[dawn spire]

hover over shock

[dawn spire]

poe2db.tw has a passive tree

[tidal copper]

Final damage dealt by the hit, i guess that should count crits?

[rugged kestrel]

Anyone having ranger or merc success going into act 2? Which build?

[slate dagger]

Is there a way to increase the duration of Corrupted Blood? Also, does it scale with + Physical damage?

[dawn spire]

yeah, a crit would raise the final damage of the hit, typically

[tidal copper]

5% is a shitty base crit chance isnt it?...

[summer pasture]

only in terms of doing more damage because he hit does more damage. Bleed is based off of the damage you do

[slate dagger]

I'm in act 3 as Merc, but Str stacking, so no Crossbow

[dawn spire]

skill effect duration should raise the duration as well

[boreal orchid]

ok but i think increase chance to shock is still better at early game compared to magnitude right? for the sake of shock applying chance?

[mental valley]

is it possible to make a single spell nuke the entire screen in this game? idk if it was possible in poe 1

[outer wing]

got a question yall, I just put a support gem on my galvanic shards for 25% extra lightning dmg but 50% less cold and fire, does that affect all the other skills I have equipped? or only the one I have the support gem socketed into?

[dawn spire]

I have no idea what the formula is, personally.

[boreal orchid]

ok thanks man

[dawn spire]

just the supported skill

[mental valley]

was it possible in poe 1 to nuke the entire screen with fire ability

[slate dagger]

The effect is applied by a support gem though

[dawn spire]

yes, this is a new game

[mental valley]

do u know if theres any like meteor spell or something or explosion spell in poe 2? i just started

[dawn spire]

yes, can you not use other support with warcry + corrupting cry?

[solemn gorge]

How rare is this

[little apex]

ugh my minions disappeared even though I removed raging spirits..

[dawn spire]

Not that I know of. When you cut a skill gem, you can look at all the skills in the game

[dawn spire]

the game is two days old, we have absolutely no way of knowing that information

[slate dagger]

Oh, i didn't know they all interacted. Thanks

[foggy gyro]

Ice sorc seems fun

[mental valley]

o ok thx

[slate dagger]

But does + Physical damage also apply to debuffs or is it hit specific?

[feral halo]

can anyone give me some advice to get spirit? my friend has 60 and I have 30 we are both in act 3, I need more spirit for my passive... :/

[dawn spire]

corrupting cry does not hit, so it cannot benefit from flat damage

[slate dagger]

I see, thanks

[dawn spire]

I hear there's a boss in the act 3 bog, but I'm not sure. Does your friend have gear with spirit on it?

[tidal copper]

If you look at the act map the skulls with a + on them give permanent buffs that might be it?

[brave sonnet]

there is a boss in the bog in act 3 that dropped a spirit base which i turned into this

[mental valley]

@dawn spire also do you know if its easy to get all your skill points back and then go another build just in case?

[brave sonnet]

at least i think it was a boss

[static plinth]

Do we have a way to apply armour to all elemental damage?

[fervent flax]

No idea what to go for. Playing as a witch doing minions and chaos spells

[static plinth]

Probably Infernalist. Blood Mage is better for crit builds

(Assuming you mean chaos DoT)

[dawn spire]

all of them? hell no. You can respec them bit by bit as you progress, but a full respec is prohibitively expensive to do at once unless you save up for ages. And you'd probably only be able to do so once you beat cruel

[mental valley]

so it's better to go a new char as soon as u realize u want to change builds?

[dawn spire]

if you want to change it drastically, yeah, that'd be my recommendation

[mental valley]

whys there like no videos for some of the spells individually

i cant even tell what flame blast does

[dawn spire]

I guess it has to be of a level you can engrave to see the video

read the yellow text, it tells you how it works

[fervent void]

Are the only effective Mercenary builds just grenades?

I want to try it but whenever I watch Mercenary gameplay it’s just grenade spam and I’m not sure I’ll like that

[dawn spire]

the game is two days old. Anyone who says they have a list of all the effective builds is pulling it out of their ass

[wet mango]

your resist will show something like 90% (254%), the 254 is your uncapped resist. After caps, it is 90%

[fathom stump]

trail of chaos is way hard

i keep running out mana pot

any tips?

boss is fucking annoying to fight

so much running around @_@

[shrewd olive]

Chronomancer or stormweaver?

[shy lantern]

Does anyone have a good Chronomancer build?

[last patio]

ok. Is there a viable early game monk build that doesn't use any ice skills?

[neat laurel]

I feel stuck with my poison pathfinder and I am only in act 3

[last patio]

I'd like to think you could make a good monk build using only wind based skills

[mental valley]

is the ice comet the biggest aoe sorc spell ?

[last patio]

and I'm tempted to think that building monk as a sorcerer early game is the best way to go

I kinda wish I could freeze my level so I could extensively test all the skills available at a certain level range lol

[rugged magnet]

any recommendations for which uniques I should be trying to chance orb as a mana stacking archmage spark sorcerer?

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all skills. The game arbitrarily assigns them categories based on class

there is no such thing as a "sorc spell"

[rugged magnet]

Also, does the unique spark staff that triggers spark skill on shocked enemy kill trigger a spark that uses your own spark with its supports?

[mental valley]

ok i guess i mean is it the biggest aoe spell that looks like a nuke

[dawn spire]

if cloak of defiance is in the game, or some version of it, I'd go for that

[rugged magnet]

currently wearing this

[dawn spire]

flameblast is probably among the largest

[mental valley]

yea i saw a video of flame blast but it costs casting time and idk it doesnt really look like a nuke

[static plinth]

Holy mother of fuck, pain attunement gamers we are so back

[flint osprey]

Hey guys, does anyone know what damage increases the explosion from gas + explosive detonator

[shrewd olive]

how do you get more ascendancy points?

[mental valley]

it's true that support gems can change the way a spell behaves right? like is there a way to make firestorm like one big meteor or something

[dawn spire]

not for that specific instance, I don't think so

when you get a support gem to cut, youc an look at all of those, too

[dawn spire]

complete more trials

[nocturne quartz]

Hi, i'm tottaly new and i've search some respond but nothing really help me. I'm curious about the "drain ailments" gem support. Does it happen each time the Dot Debuff deal damage on only when we apply the debuff?

[mental valley]

how far do you have to get into the game before you see the support gem

[dawn spire]

like a few zones in

[subtle gale]

Not sure if I'm understanding the latest tweet correctly. Is this going to wreck my oil/gas Merc?

[white timber]

poe2db has Soulrend as skill gem, cannot find it in game gem list
am i missing something

[static plinth]

This should work with Ancestral Bond, right?

[vivid laurel]

I have a question. I poe2 lighting pen can only reduce a targets resistance to 0 and cannot go negative per the tool tip. I already have over 100% lightning pen. if i have another skill the then applies exposure. is that doing anything for me if the mob is already at 0 resistance?

[hoary plover]

lol im getting nerfed 😭

[dawn spire]

if you're igniting the gas with flame wall, kinda

[subtle gale]

Nah, I'm using that exploding bolt one

[mental valley]

damn, also if you make aoe spells like lets say 400 times stronger (end game build) does the aoe visually look bigger? or it's just bigger effect but you don't see it from the spell itself

[frozen knot]

visually

[mint violet]

are there any other sources of extra attack projectiles than deadeye?

[frozen knot]

BIGGER

[dawn spire]

it seems to be a binary, "if an ailment is consumed..."

[mental valley]

really? thats sick

[frozen knot]

theres going to be meme builds that cover the whole screen

[dawn spire]

there are bows with +1 proj implicit. I think they're called dualstring

[mental valley]

so is comet the biggest looking spell that looks like a nuke?

[mental valley]

yea thats what im going for

[frozen knot]

yeah

[mint violet]

anything for crossbows? lol other than the skill gem thats like LMP?

[mental valley]

comets the biggest spell that looks like nuke?

[dawn spire]

no, penetration applies after resistances are lowered

[vivid laurel]

just the deeadeye node + 1 on the bow as well.

[mint violet]

ah k

[nocturne quartz]

Yep. But does this happen (the Alment consumtion) each time the Debuff deal damage or when the debuff is applied?
In one case we can only up damage of debuff by 35 % (when we applied and the debuff consume an Ailment) in the second it's possible to go higher

[dawn spire]

there are also support gems

[brazen marlin]

out of curiosity when you were using SRS with demon form did you have more than 30 spirit?

[mint violet]

yes the LMP support gem as far as i know is the only one

[vivid laurel]

so then exposure probably is doing nothing for me unless im going against a boss that will have much high resistance.

[dawn spire]

debuffs deal damage once every server tick, so it cannot be whenever it does damage. It's on application

[frozen knot]

pretty sure it is

[last patio]

God I'm never gonna play cause I can't stop build planning -_-

[mental valley]

imma kms

[dawn spire]

monsters don't have more than 75% res, I think

[wintry knoll]

what enemies can stun / how often does it even happen? Warrior has so much stuff for stun threshhold, but I'm level 40 rn and I don't think i have seen an enemy stun me once.

[lofty grotto]

XDDDDDDD

[mental valley]

were u able to see what firestorm looks like? cant seem to find a video on it

[lofty grotto]

Gas dead

[nocturne quartz]

oh... hum fuck... I was thinking to apply lot of ailment (even bad one) to consume them to buff the main DoT

[fervent flax]

Ok I’ll go for that. My build sucks against bosses but really good against mobs. Been trying to figure out how I can balance that

[dawn spire]

nah, just a one and done

[mental valley]

oh i just saw it, doesnt look like nuke at all gg

[vivid laurel]

right, but in POE1 unique bosses have something like 175% resistance but its capped at 75% like a player. so you would normally stack alot of pen and exposure. but i could be mistaken.

[jaunty ingot]

Is this staff goated or no?

[lofty grotto]

Next on the chopping board: cast on freeze

[nocturne quartz]

Thank you a lot, my ignite/contagion buld is dead! 😄

[dawn spire]

for level 36 it seems usable

[north gull]

can i use a witch and turn her into a sorc? dont like minion playstyle

[frozen knot]

yeah its small meteors falling from the sky

[fervent flax]

Yes a friend of mine is doing that

[mental valley]

tahts so ugly

[dawn spire]

nope, gotta remake it. Can't change class/ascendancy

but you absolutely don't need to play minions as a witch

[jaunty ingot]

Alright

[dawn spire]

I'm playing a bow chronomancer (sorceress)

[hasty meadow]

does lightning rod trigger when chained is a projectile as well?

[north gull]

what would be the difference between playing a no minion witch and a sorc?

[dawn spire]

yes

[mental valley]

what does changing the weapon type your sorc holds do?

[north gull]

i like the way sorc feels but witch's asthetic

[last patio]

can anyone recommend a skill that combos well with collecting power charges off of killing palm?

[quiet quiver]

bleed and poison can by default have only one active, right?

[tawdry bronze]

Got my first unique? Good, bad? any build ideas for it?

[vivid laurel]

yes, lighting rod will trigger off of chain lighting from lightning arrow and otehr skills.

[dawn spire]

literally hundreds of possible ways to answer this. Any class can use any ability/gear. But the main difference are the ascendancy nodes I suppose

[rare breach]

any tips for the first act 2 boss rathbreaker? i just get annihilated by the hyenas

[dawn spire]

lets me use bow attacks, for my build

[frozen knot]

you use bow skills with the benefits of sorc ascendancy

[hasty meadow]

tyy

[mental valley]

are u casting spells still or no

[north gull]

so a fire lightning witch with inferalist ascendency?

would be bad or?

[dawn spire]

nope

[quiet quiver]

so skills that hit multiple times are not that good for bleed and poison?

[dawn spire]

the game is two days old. I have no idea what build idea is bad or not, nor does anyone else

barring extreme examples

[mental valley]

would there be any downsides to a sorc holding a sword then

[dawn spire]

yeah, you'd have to wait for swords to get added to poe2

[limpid trout]

Fellas. This is some good synergy, yeah?

[mental valley]

wtf

what about a spear

[dawn spire]

same

[fervent flax]

Rax is dominating with a ice sorcery build

[frozen knot]

main downside is where you start in the passive skill tree

[dawn spire]

the only martial weapons in the game rn are bows, crossbows, quarterstaves, and maces, I think

[rugged magnet]

non spellcaster weapons are martial afaik

just like d&d 5e

[mental valley]

when you hit max level or end game or whatever that is, is it comfortable to get all the points you'd realistically want? or are you gonna be limited at some point

[dawn spire]

no. You'll also likely never hit max level. You'll always want more points

I've played poe for 10 years and never had a level 100 character

but you don't need to hit max level to feel like you're playing a complete build

unless you made a really bad build

[mental valley]

idk i still cant believe the ice comet is the biggest nuke looking thing

wish there was a fire meteor

[dawn spire]

it's early access. they have only 1/3rd of the total ascendancies

they don't have swords ffs

[last patio]

does cast speed only apply to spells?

okty

[hasty nexus]

building a fire warrior, is mixing stun with fire a bad idea? not sure if it's better to go all in or be somewhat hybrid in case there's diminishing returns or anything

[last patio]

I need ideas for a killing palm/falling thunder early game build. Something to make getting culls easier while keeping enemies off me

[dawn spire]

physical damage builds up 50% more stun than non-physical damage, so that might be significant

[last patio]

I'm tempted to just drop any class/build that requires constant back pedaling, shit gets so old

[static plinth]

Yeah, cloak is crazy strong and altered flesh plays even more into it's strengths

[hasty nexus]

yeah I just hit lvl 15 and kind of starting to feel like anytime I'm doing stun skills it's like hmm but I could be doing fire instead lol. Although boneshatter just feels so good

[devout ferry]

Have you cooked up a VD build? I'm sad its not triggerable :c

[wintry knoll]

has anyone else had issues with the warrior skill Resonating Shield while using Scavenged Plating? it doesnt seem to be working

[jagged pawn]

Does anyone know what the most accessible way for Witch to be able to generate Power Charges is? Asking for the ability to summon Empowered Zombies

[stable lodge]

profane ritual gives power charges

[neat laurel]

so how can one amplify poison damage in terms of gems

[last patio]

I saw you can take a node to get power charges in place of frenzy charges

[dawn spire]

lingering illusion seems to be pretty reliable

(it's a spirit gem)

[last patio]

and there's a ranger skill that lets you mark enemies, giving you a frenzy charge if you crit them

I have a feeling not going ice build for monk is gonna get bad results in maps

[jagged pawn]

Thanks N0v8 and Byron, will try those out

[green cloak]

Is there a way to increase the level of equipment? Can you theorically level your starting equipment all the way to endgame if you want to

[coral cliff]

For monk.. can someone explain how I know if I want % phys or % ele on my qstaff. I'm confused

[jagged pawn]

Do your attacks do more physical or elemental damage?

[coral cliff]

I'm not sure honestly. A lot of my skills convert phys to elemental

It's hard to say

[jagged pawn]

Then probably elemental

You'd have to figure it out to find the answer

Though I think you can actually get both?

May not be worth it if most phys is converted to elem.

[gloomy plover]

Since the conversion is rarely 1 for 1, it's probably a ratio of elemental bonus are more efficient.

But a large physical is still good

[vagrant plinth]

is it worth putting points into str for ranger to be a bit beefier regarding health?

[coral cliff]

Yeah it's usually like 60%

So.. then go for ele boost?

[mental valley]

aside from asendencies being added, will they add more base spells that arent from the ascendencies?

[gloomy plover]

Unless it's a much higher %, i'd say element.

[coral cliff]

Kk ty

[jagged pawn]

You may have to if you want to use xbows

[gloomy plover]

Half of the classes are missing, so are all of their abilities. So we'll get those eventually.

[vagrant plinth]

So not so much if I don't?

[gaunt nimbus]

How far into the game do you get before you get your first passive skill tree jewel?

[gloomy plover]

I got mine in the middle of act 1

From a side boss

[mental valley]

@frozen knot can i dm u

[frozen knot]

sure

[gaunt nimbus]

Hmmm, so it's 100% random.

[wintry knoll]

can you get thorns damage that does daamge to ranged attackers instead of only melee?

[gloomy plover]

Might be garanteed with your first spirit bonus from the Mist King? That's where I get it IIRC.

[gaunt nimbus]

Nah, I didn't get any there. And I'm in act 2 with every side thing I can do being done so far.

[jagged pawn]

I'm not sure to be honest. Gear seems like a much more efficient way to increase health vs passives. Getting strength just got HP doesn't seem worth it at all, unless they're on a path you need to get to clusters you need and you don't need other stats.

[modest stirrup]

does lightning penetration increase the likelyhood youll shock an enemy

[last patio]

have any of you tried building a monk/sorc hybrid starting with sorc class?

[dawn spire]

potentially. If that lightning penetration makes you deal more damage, then yes

[hasty meadow]

hi how does lightning rod interact when having perks like this?

[stray yoke]

Anyone playing Witch? If so, what kind of hybrid direction are you going? So far I have been pushing into chaos/cold damage

[thorn abyss]

what do i need to link with spark for some good damage?

[grizzled geyser]

if i want to use a different weapon (no staff/wand) as a sorc, are there any nodes in the talent tree worth getting and are there any weapon types to aim for?

[thick pecan]

I think 100% of witches are SRS flame wall.

[gray crag]

does momentum work on leap slam?

[stray yoke]

SRS?

[hasty nexus]

do you pretty much just stack main stat for your class unless you need specific support gem slots

[thick pecan]

Raging spirits

[last patio]

time freeze + flicker strike sounds cool af...

[hollow egret]

Where do I get jewels for the sockets in passive skill tree?

[torn root]

Should I go fire sorc or lightening sorc?

Someone told me I should focus on one element

I was going to try to do a combo build of fire and lightening but now im unsure

lightning*

[tidal mantle]

Can get 1 from Ritual in Act 1, otherwise just random drops.

[gloomy plover]

Using 2 weapon and separate skills thing, you can probably do 2 elements.

[torn root]

I think im just getting used to the fire wall + spark combo that breaking out of it intimidating. It seems so good for my level at least

[hasty meadow]

anyone can help

[pine elm]

hi, has anyone managed to figure out a way to sustain mana with Cast on crit, freeze, shock, or ignite?

[pine elm]

go freeze first. Best single target early for boss farm

[last patio]

best mage/monk skill for slowing enemies?

[pine elm]

and then you can spams farm on act 3 monkey boss until you get all the uniques you wanted

[wintry zealot]

Anyone know if anyone is streaming low-ish level monk content?

[pine elm]

monks skills aren't that good until 18

[torn root]

I read that frost damage is weak right now, maybe I read wrong?

[pine elm]

youre reading it wrong. Frost damage is very much broken right now

[torn root]

I orignally wanted to do frost sorc

but ive been avoiding it

Thank you for the tip. Id rather do frost lmao

[pine elm]

Alt character.

frost bolt summon orbs and then you can use cold snap to detonate those orbs

[wintry zealot]

Coming from diablo im used to being lvl 100 in a few hours lol, Idk what high level would be in POE but im 26 atm

[dawn spire]

why? because people are saying it's bad after less than 48 hours of the game coming out?

[torn root]

Becuase Im completely new to arpgs pretty much so im trying to give myself a fair shot while I learn all the other mechanics

I could care less what the meta builds are necessarily

[nocturne quartz]

I'm kinda curious about soemthing, is that possible to do a build based on minion and the contagion/essence drain combo?
Or that's too hard to focus two seperated dealing sources?

[torn root]

Thats why I came here for tips rather than just googling meta build

[torn root]

Seems pretty good, thank you

[dawn spire]

with all the gems we have access to and weapon swapping, I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up being fine. Especially with how close minion and chaos damage nodes are on the tree

[gloomy plover]

Question about Herald of Ice. I slotted it with Cold Infusion, but it somehow buffed all of my skills damage (in the skill screen anyways). I expected it to only buff its own shatter damage, not every skills. It is a UI bug or does persistent skill simply affect the whole character this way?

[torn root]

i

[pine elm]

I went super meme magic monk build

😂

[hasty meadow]

anyone can help

[last patio]

I'm trying to figure out how to make a power charge/flickerstrike sorceress

[pine elm]

there was a kr streamer

was testing this

[dawn spire]

however far you are from the enemy is how it's calculated, I think

when they take the damage from the explosion

[last patio]

any idea where I can find them? lol It sounds super cool

[pine elm]

on twtich. i don't know how to type kr

[last patio]

why did I see a few streamers talking down on time mage ascendency?

[pine elm]

😭

it was a very short kr name

like 2 letters

he was trying out something like full frost build

[nocturne quartz]

ok, i'll try to do this 🙂

[last patio]

cronomancer seems like it would be super safe for maps

[dawn spire]

@hasty meadowtho actually, if accuracy is calculated this way, I'm not sure...

[last patio]

with all the cornering/swarming mobs do

[low glacier]

Is there an advancement that benefits fire sorc? Isn't one of the advancements for sorc just completely for lightning builds?

[tame halo]

Does anyone have an idea why 'Crossbow Shot' can take a concentrated effect support gem?

[hasty meadow]

hmmm is there no dps dummy/meter ? haha

[dawn spire]

does it have an aoe tag?

[tame halo]

As far as my understanding goes crossbow shot only affects the 'basic bolt' ammo

[dawn spire]

nope

[tame halo]

yup has an AOE tag but there's nothing AOE about that attack lol

[dry haven]

am i missing something or is there really only like 4 chaos attack spells?

[dawn spire]

whatever I can find. I prioritize lightning damage, physical damage, and attack speed

Cold and fire are fine in a pinch

[dry haven]

maybe 3?

[dawn spire]

there is no such thing as an attack spell. Attacks and spells are mutually exclusive

[scarlet musk]

Any tips for jamanra?

[hasty meadow]

im just looking for flat dmg atm

[dry haven]

no crap, but how else would you say a spell meant to do dmg?

[hasty meadow]

tbh i still dunno how the skill/dmg calculation works

[dawn spire]

a spell that deals damage.

And there are quite a few ways you can do chaos damage hidden away in support gems like doom blast, I think

@dry haven

[wet rain]

If I put an element infusion on an otherwise phys-only skill, does it then count as elemental for Invoker monk nodes?

[subtle slate]

Guys, is Leech bugged? I got 3% leech and I've been chunking boss health with pure phys HVRs but my health doesnt seem to be refilling.

[cosmic jackal]

Is stormcaller arrow a projectile

The lightning that comes down

[oblique ledge]

what abous haos?

[raven estuary]

if you were building around a skill with 14% base crit is that high enough to make it worth it to take crit passives ?

[dawn spire]

chaos is fine, but I never came across it on any bows

[dawn spire]

I think crit can work with much lower base values, but the higher the base value the sooner it becomes worth it to start building crit. With 14% I think you can maybe see value with ~100% increased crit on the tree, which you can get pretty early

[lofty grotto]

Mother of god...
Didn't they went to far with this one?

[formal mason]

Guys does int not give energy shield?

[dawn spire]

hmm... 5 arrows but no damage

[dawn spire]

no, hold alt and hover over it

[cosmic jackal]

Anyone know?

[wheat marlin]

Anyone using galv shards? Just got my third link and am wondering what to use. Been using martial tempo/lightning infusion which are the most obvious ones

[lofty grotto]

It is

[velvet vale]

How can i get my cast on freeze to proc every freeze rather than every 2? Im using impetus

[dawn spire]

the tags for skills are listed near the top

[snow mist]

Does Detonate Dead scale with Physical Damage scaling nodes?

Or just fire damage?

[lofty grotto]

You cant. It builds up energy with each freeze.
Find skill to break freeze then repeat

[tulip dagger]

Is Chain or Pierce better on Freezing Shards?

[native widget]

damnnn, the +1 to cast time on comet applies to the energy cost of meta skills

that sucks so bad

[neat laurel]

Hmm how important would breaking armor be for a poison build

like do we care at all

[lofty grotto]

We do

More physical damage -> more poison

Since posion scales from physical + chaos damage

[native widget]

isnt posion chaos?

[lofty grotto]

Poison is

[neat laurel]

it scales with physical

[native widget]

ah\

[neat laurel]

hmm

I am trying to make vine arrows work but cant seem to be able to do it 😔

[lofty grotto]

There's also tier 3 support for meta skills which has 30% chance for 50% energy retain.
So you have 30% chance to freeze only once to cast.

[raven estuary]

is a passive that says "gain 20% of damage as fire damage" good if im already doing fire damage ?

[twilit wyvern]

for the sacrifice gem whats an example of a undead reviving minion?

[last patio]

is it a rule of thumb to always start a class off on the defensive path?

[cosmic jackal]

Yes but it shoots a projectile and then has a second effect

[last patio]

and does mage have any reliable skills for slowing enemies significantly?

[gilded kiln]

will corrosion apply poison on hit?

[visual seal]

is ice monk the best monk

[dawn spire]

the opposite, imo. Most people go the damage route since ane arly 20-30% increased damage is really significant

[dawn spire]

it's been two days, no one knows what the best anything is yet

[lofty grotto]

Vines doesnt stack. Slap one and just upkeep one (add plague gem to it).
Best and easiest combo for poison is gas arrow -> toxic growth spam. Deals shitload of damage. If you also invest on poison chance % on hit, those growths will have chance to apply absurd poison.
At the end of act 2 you'll find +1 arrow bows, find one and upgrade it to deal +physical + chaos damage

[last patio]

ok ty

[stable lodge]

if you go infernalist can you still do mind over matter

[spare quartz]

Does attack speed work on Toxic Growth? Speeds up time between casting gas cloud and then growths but not the casting animation?

[lofty grotto]

Works only on part of the animation

[spare quartz]

And the skill speed from pathfinder speeds up the animation?

[lofty grotto]

Pathfinder skill makes you move faster while shooting

Doesn't affect shooting

[neon crescent]

Can someone explain (mathematically?) what to aim for in lighting sorc build? Im stuck at act3 post gateway and all my attempts of rerolling got me to less and less damage and survivalability. Unfortunately passive refund costs hella lot amount of gold so theres no option for experimenting (I'd like to experiment myself if it only was a viable option 😭 got -30k gold for like 2 attempts of changing some points, so grindy, I love the game but this part sucks)

[last patio]

what's the max number of ascendency points you can take?

[dawn spire]

my guess is the main issue isn't your tree, but your skills/gear. What skills are you using"?

[spare quartz]

There's 4% increased skill speed in pathfinder, other than the less movement speed penalty while shooting

[dawn spire]

8

[lofty grotto]

8

[last patio]

ok ty

[spare quartz]

So I'm guessing the increased skill speed affects the animation more than attack speed

[neat laurel]

uhh what do endurance charges actually do btw since the tooltip doesnt explain it xd

[last patio]

it would be a bad idea to make a flickerstrike/power charge build as a cronomancer then right? Since there aren't really any cooldowns?

[neon crescent]

Previously Arc but Arc sucks, now Sparks (behind the firewall inside the Mana Tempest)

[dawn spire]

they're used by other skills to be expended. I'm not sure what skills those are. Next time you cut a gem you can search "endurance" and check them out

[dawn spire]

what is spark linked to?

[visual seal]

can i have help for a ice monk build, like where do i go?

[lofty grotto]

Not so sure about it.

[sudden flicker]

venom draught of the veil increases my characters elemental ailment threshold meaning it makes me proc frozen/shock/ignite faster?

[neon crescent]

Pierce

[tulip harness]

guys which one should i choose, 25% stun th, 30% ele ailment, 25% mana regen playing fire necro

[sudden flicker]

asking the same qq

[quasi sphinx]

Man early monk slaps so hard. It's so weird coming from merc bc i actually wanna use all the skills I'm unlocking lmao

[dawn spire]

what's that second support?

[lofty grotto]

No. It makes you more resistant vs them

[neon crescent]

cast speed

[sudden flicker]

ahhh okay makes sense

thanks!

[dawn spire]

it doesn't really matter. If you're afraid of stuns, the stun one. Ele ailments, second one. Neither, mana

[tulip harness]

[last patio]

cast speed and skill speed function the same right?

[dawn spire]

what are your weapon(s)?

[dawn spire]

hold alt and hover over it

[outer fjord]

Hearing people talk about SRS. Is that the raise zombies skill?

[last patio]

ok I'm an idiot, I was half way thru reading it when I asked -_-

[meager tulip]

Can someone explain why is the dps lower at double the skill levels. Am so confused as to why

[dawn spire]

(summon) raging spirits. It's a spirit gem

[rapid star]

Any good way to generate power charges on monk?

[meager tulip]

Lvl 17 skills but only 200 dps

[lofty grotto]

No
Atk speed - matrial weapons
Cast speed - "spell" keyword moves
Skill speed - all skills

[torn root]

How do you get cold snap? I dont see it on the ability list

[last patio]

it says skill speed stacks additively with them

[torn root]

nvm im blind shanochi..

lmfao

[lofty grotto]

Dont bother with dps box. It's worthless

[dawn spire]

because skill levels for attacks doesn't really do all that much. The quiver that doesn't give levels gives more flat damage, attack speed, and crit chance

[meager tulip]

But with + 9 lvl to skills…surely its better than 200 dps

[neon crescent]

I did this before and the damage was much better

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure where else you can really improve here, tbh. You seem to be checking all the boxes for me

[meager tulip]

Lvl 17 skills

[neon crescent]

But everywhere the other way is recommended, I dont get

[lofty grotto]

It would be broken if they would multiply.
It just adds to both in easier words.

[dawn spire]

with arc? yeah that makes sense with the chaining nodes

[neon crescent]

Also this, not sure if this is a good starter

[lofty grotto]

Very good

[neon crescent]

But this starter requires going left here which sucks

With sparks

[worthy cargo]

Guys help me, I need a build tip for a sorcerer, defeating the boss in the final challenge of the ascension trial in act 2

[neat laurel]

is there a way to see if withering touch is being aplpied to enemies

[last patio]

does attack speed matter for flickerstrike?

[neat laurel]

I dont see it under their HP bar

[neon crescent]

So what else can I change?

[paper estuary]

I think it’s the little purple dots above their head

[lofty grotto]

First and most important tip
If you struggle with damage
Upgrade your weapon, add slot/two. Slap quality on it. Place runes.
Your damage will skyrocket no matter the build

[shy lantern]

has anyone put together a chronomancer build ?

[neat laurel]

hmm check, thanks for pointing it out

[drifting sphinx]

will grenade benefits from increase area of effect for Attacks ?

[last patio]

if you can get 8 max ascendency nodes, then you can max out every node for most classes right?

[quasi wasp]

Anyone know why I cant find Frozen Vortex upport gem?

Anyone know why I cant find Frozen Vortex ssupport gem?

[tulip dagger]

Lol I think I bugged my skill tree?

[visual seal]

where am i supposed to go for ice monk?

[little apex]

as a witch none of my warrior minions appear because the raging spirits seem to take up all the spirit in the 2 tab.. how do I default to use the 1 tab?

[visual seal]

omg and on wasd i can only do 5 spells

[little apex]

I'm using the steam deck controller

[visual seal]

ohh

i have no idea how to navigate skill tree

[little apex]

I can navigate it alright but I'm just confused about this spirit minion allocation...

[visual seal]

i am confused about many things as well xD

how fun is the uhh

you are playing sorceress right

[little apex]

witch

[visual seal]

is it fun?

[little apex]

yeah, it's nice

[visual seal]

im monk but idk how good it is yet

and im playing solo

nobody to play with

[little apex]

I love having minions tank hits for me lol

aww : \

[neon crescent]

Does this stack?

[visual seal]

i did hear game is better in coop or something

[little apex]

you can find a group in #2┃looking-for-group

[fallow nymph]

hey guys I messed up by not taking mana regen as a sorc from the Vial in Act3. WIll clarity in end game be enough to fix that with some passive nodes or should i start over from level 40 with a new sorc

[visual seal]

ohh

[last patio]

cronomancer's skill with a chance to not consume a cooldown seems kinda weak with mage skills. there's only 2 mage skills that have cooldowns and they're short and irrelevant

[willow lake]

what would yall say this is worth

[pearl bridge]

yeah its really weird, like the only skill that looks worth resetting is hammer of the gods. I've been looking at chrono too trying to think what the fuck you would do to take advantage of cds

hourglass 50% dmg is nice but not enough to justify needign to invest so much into resetting the cooldown, like it would only make sense if you were using it on something that already had a cd that you were already going to reset cds on

[last patio]

hopefully they add way more skills to the game down the line

not to mention the skills from the other 6 classes

[lofty grotto]

Decent in endgame, shit in early/mid

[pallid yacht]

Is there any way to reduce minion resistances? specifically fire resistance for infernal legion

[storm inlet]

Does Wave of Frost count towards combo? trying to figure out what I can use as a merc to spawn bell w/o too much issue

[lofty grotto]

They will. Each weapon class is missing 2-5 skills.
Also with new leagues when the game release they will add new stuff

[neon crescent]

Bump still need help
Tried several different support gems on Spark/Arc - its all the same
1k dps in skills window
Dying from 2 hits
Foes dont die

[last patio]

seems like the intended value is just for the cronomancer ascendency skills

[deep musk]

Can anyone give me advice on a wind-based Monk build? I don't like the look/flavour of the cold/lightning skills.
I like the idea of skills like wind blast/whirling assault but haven't seen any guides for a build using them. I don't mind if it's using elemental damage, just wanna use the wind skills

[last patio]

slow and chill stack right?

so even if you get the max chill on an enemy, they'll be 20% slower if under the cronomancer slow?

[visual seal]

guys what charm do you recommend? i just beat a boss and dont know what to pick

[last patio]

oh the slowing effect from chill IS "slow" nvm

[visual seal]

ruby sapphire or topaz

[wispy dirge]

would a full thorns build be trolling

[quick eagle]

Hourglass support

[storm inlet]

.

[last patio]

or wait chill magnitude is max'd at 50% slow, which doesn't apply to cronomancer's slow?

[last patio]

what do you mean? not seeing a skill for hourglass?

[crude briar]

does anyone know if imploding blows on warbringer (negative armor break) and any buff or ability with the condition 'if armor is fully broken' (sunder and jump slam, the '60% extra damage on targets with fully broken armor' node, etc.) synergize

like negative armor break counts as full armor break for the purposes of those conditions right

[wanton glacier]

WARRIORS, this applies to all my skills using the 2H weapon correct?

[last patio]

so if the slow from chill is 50% at max, and the slow from cronomancer is 20% and it's multiplicative, then you can get 100% slow....or essentially make chill function as a freeze? lol

oh i'm brain fried and didn't do math-_-

[wispy dirge]

yes

[vague kelp]

whats max level ? how many passive points do we get

[crude briar]

fairly certain it does since my damage/dps numbers in my skills page increased after

[coral pilot]

any monks tried Flicker strike yet? can u make a build around it?

[fiery plover]

Are there any published Chronomancer caster builds? I'm struggling with the Act 2 boss

[wanton glacier]

yea that whole tree is nuts. and the mace stun + dmg one all the way to the left

[wispy dirge]

@wanton glacier if you want to be 100% sure you can check in the skills tab clicking the right arrow to see if the damage increases on your skills

[last patio]

I don't understand what it means by slows being multiplicative with each other. Can someone give an example?

[wanton glacier]

ty, pretty sure it did im def getting easier stuns and higher dps on the stats, preciate

[astral copper]

if i ignite monsters with my weapon will that summon raging spirits

[pine gorge]

um im 100% new to POE, based on the first game is an all minion focused build viable?

for the 2nd game

[north talon]

Apply a 50% slow and a 20% slow, Movement speed goes from 100% -> 50% then 50% -> 40%, each slow is applied indivually not summed together

[gusty bone]

Does essence drain dot stack?

[last patio]

ok great i get it, ty. Sad you can't really get better than a 60% slow

[wispy dirge]

im gonna respec into a full thorns build fuck it

sounds funny

[lean radish]

What persistent buff skills should i pickfor mercenary ?

[crude briar]

im really not sure how the other classes fare in this depsrtment but my warrior playthru was a struggle until i unlocked warbringer and all the synergies between that and the armor break passives

[wanton glacier]

im titan, i got resolute technique and have had little problem after

never really struggled with him early on tbh

[last patio]

what are other sources of slow than chill?

[crude briar]

went from add packs feeling like miniboss encounters to nuking rooms with light swings

[wanton glacier]

sunder for me nukes everything rn

[lean radish]

Which charm shoudl i pick ?

[normal elbow]

Any sorc projectile builder here? Do u use staff or wand? which is better?

[glad sinew]

With chrono have you thought of these gems to add cooldown?

[next monolith]

need level 7 uncut skill gem or lvl 7 leap slam, dm

[glad sinew]

Also if you are critical hit based

40% more critical hit chance is crazy strong

[wheat marlin]

Anyone cleaning up on their merc? I fully specced into lightning/damage using galv shards which is amazing clear but my bossing is dropping off hard in A3

[light sphinx]

Not sure which warrior ascendency to pick, what’s the move with the highest base dmg %? Lmao

[glad sinew]

So yeah theres options for chono you just need to make the skill your own

[scarlet musk]

for merc is armor useful? or should i build evasion/energy shield

[wanton juniper]

Is it good for bossing? ive been using mace strike still but haven't found a third support gem slot for it yet.

[keen glade]

Does anyone know if attack speed also applies to grenades?

[wanton glacier]

its one of my main skills i spam for bosses cuz of it's range. does good stun buildup by itself

mace strike i rarely use

[restive torrent]

If anyone here is trying to do fire/infernalist Witch, do you have a build you may share?

I'm super new to this game and trying to play Witch but I'm so lost.

[wanton glacier]

perfect strike is a nuke when they r stunned

[lean radish]

Are any of them good to have ? should i get monk ice one to get more freeze shatter chance ?

[cosmic jackal]

I wish I chose the wind defense one

[wheat marlin]

Yue did you read them? All heralds kind of do the same thing, one is fire, one is lightning, one is cold. If you aren't scaling fire/lightning but are scaling cold, the choice should be obvious

[restive torrent]

this is, essentially, what i got so far. some minion dmg, crit, energy shield recoup

for a build plan

(its prob hideous i know)

[last patio]

what do you mean hourglass? not seeing it

[lean radish]

true but its not liek i got a element focus. like yeah im runnign ice shatter but i got a good fire crossbow. i jsut wanna know if one is better to go by instead of continyuing with freeze. especially since the boss i jsut beat was basically shit for freeze focus

[wanton glacier]

For my Warriors, this is my Titan build so far

[pearl bridge]

support gem that adds 50% dmg and +8 cd

[last patio]

ooooh

ok ty

[lean radish]

had to spam incendiary bolt to kill it smh

[wheat marlin]

You need to choose one element and scale it. Sounds like you're spreading yourself too thin

[neat laurel]

does bursting plague get triggered by vine arrows or no

[wheat marlin]

And ghost dance recoups ES based on your evasion. Are you building evasion/ES? If not then it's useless

[scenic goblet]

does minion instability not work with raging spirits? my fire dudes doesnt explode

[wheat marlin]

Just read the skills man

[lean radish]

its moreliek i tried to go ice btu then i got a bood fire crossbwo that also boost my skill evel to +2 so i kidna kewpt running with it. and i heard act 1 boss use ice. so i might be screewign myself.

[lean radish]

i'm literally just asking for input

[wheat marlin]

All bosses have elemental resists

[viscid galleon]

hey, could anyone tell me if this works for grenades?

[visual seal]

do i prioritise int or dex as monk?

[meager tulip]

If im doing a lightning build, should i focus on physical damage as skills turn 40% physical to lightning, or shd i focus on lightning damage to attacks

[wheat marlin]

There are nodes on the tree to pen ele res on enemies, so pick an element and grab those

[rugged chasm]

how do you avoid balbalas poison?

[wanton glacier]

run to her

[last patio]

oh snap! you can use skill gems from other characters on new characters!?

[rugged chasm]

hm, ok

[wheat marlin]

As long as you meet stat/lvl requirement yes

[last patio]

oh right -_-

ty

[leaden salmon]

For Merc/Withhunter what runes are best in the crossbow?

[visual seal]

pls??? dex or int?>>>

[wheat marlin]

Look at the stat reqs on the weapons

[visual seal]

ok but some are dex and some are int, so i dk

[last patio]

cronomonk time ;D

[wheat marlin]

It's easy to respec stats if you mess up anyway

Then you need both

[neat laurel]

anyone know if gas arrow can apply withering touch

as though hitting them

[wheat marlin]

"Does not hit"

[gleaming crystal]

someone have a build with hammer of gods? (titan)

[winged elk]

How come I am pretty sure I’m way over 52 str and this game just keeps insisting I’m not

[wheat marlin]

What does your character sheet say?

Did you recently unequip an item that gave + str?

[white timber]

If you could find sources to fully convert, that would be nice. Also every increase that affects physical will benefit lighting as well, since in converts phys -> lighnting

[winged elk]

129 str

[wanton glacier]

is there any setting to stop my mouse from scrolling over to my other monitor? only game that does this lol

[winged elk]

Still won’t let me equip a weapon that req 52 str

[wheat marlin]

Are you trying to dual wield something you can't?

[winged elk]

It won’t even let me put it in my hands at all

[wheat marlin]

Can you screenshot the item?

[worldly flame]

Which monk is better. Invoker or chayula?

[strong apex]

is witch with scetre n shiled and minion only, without using any debuff skill ok ?....i kind of lacking damage haha

[calm orchid]

Any Sorcs know how to stop dying

I can’t beat anything in act 3 man lol

[wheat marlin]

That's weird. Is it replacing a weapon that's giving + to some stat your other gear is requiring?

[gray sail]

I'm trying but honestly it kind of sucks dick

[winged elk]

I can’t even put it on my 2nd slot

[visual seal]

can i have help picking the staff please

1 or 2

[gray sail]

2

[wheat marlin]

wym 2nd slot? It's a 2 hander

[winged elk]

I already have Giants Blood

[winged elk]

I meant my back slot I can’t even put it on my second tab of weapons

[wheat marlin]

Ohhhh giant's blood you need triple the attribute

[limber lodge]

in act 3 I had like 700 hp and 800 ES and didn't die much. So just... Gear and pathing to ES on the tree (including faster start & recharge rate. Those stats are necessary)

Let your ES fully recover before pulling more mobs. Other than that standard advice like don't panic dodge roll or you'll just die.

[wet yew]

Anyone playing witch- infernalist?

[neat scroll]

What do you need to do to leech? Get items with leech and gems? Is there a more determined way?

[half iron]

oh, i was just about to ask the same thing

[candid lion]

93/123 Points Allocation plan. Have no idea how it's gonna turn out but I'm excited.

[ionic blaze]

Question for you guys, skill inside a cast on x meta skill, can they be supported by a support skill?

[calm orchid]

I’m level 40 and can’t kill the Blackjaw I’ve been here for 3 hours

[spring jackal]

what skill do you guys like for clearing with phys warrior?

[neat scroll]

leap slam => boneshatter

[limber lodge]

Sorry to hear that mate, I haven't had any issues with bosses, but I do have a very strong staff and seemingly a strong build. I'd recommend farming a lower zone and checking vendors to try to get a decent +skill level staff.

What skills are you using? Can you screenshot your skill tree?

For context I'm level 52 and playing a stormweaver. I took arcane surge ascendancy first and then double shock.

I'm using arc as my primary skill with a sigil of power staff with +4 to lightning spell gems.

[winged elk]

Okay I get it all and see why now thank you. I’m just building all strength and rn he’s just so slow with everything instead of how fast he was when I had some Dex and Int so it’s just kinda wack right now but it shall pay off later I can already tell bc I do so much dmg but dang so slow

[light sphinx]

does the totem ascendency suck

[last patio]

i'm not seeing combat frenzy when I search skills

where do i find it?

[trim forge]

Bottom left there's a small checkbox when picking support skills

[last patio]

oh it's a support, my bad

[trim forge]

Let me double check

[nova echo]

has anyone done testing with totems and whether they count as allies or not

in the tooltip stats when I put on a sceptre, it doesn't seem like it

[trim forge]

It's an aura

[last patio]

are there aura gems or something? Cause I can't find it in support or skill gems

[trim forge]

It's a separate uncut gem yes

[last patio]

ok great ty

[neat laurel]

what does this mean ? Does it break armour that much faster or does it break even more armour ?

[nova echo]

thx

[spring jackal]

is Supercharged Slam still good after the nerf????

[normal fable]

Is warbringer better than titan now?

[teal sluice]

is there no cast speed support gem?

[potent tinsel]

alright what the hell is going on with Monk staggering palm??

I understand it's only supposed to hard stun after a certain % of stun is built up, but I am able to infinitely chain stun bosses regardless of their stun bar. It's hilarious and has made every stunnable boss so far an absolute joke as outside of scripted attacks they literally cannot fight back

[teal sluice]

last i tried for me it didnt do shit lol

[potent tinsel]

every single boss is instantly, and repetably stunnable. They quite literally cannot fight. It's so funny lmao

[teal sluice]

got a video of itÉ

?

[potent tinsel]

Ill record the next boss

[wheat marlin]

Yeah might be worth unspeccing giants blood for now and then grabbing it later when you have more attributes. Thats a sharp downside early

[sacred aspen]

can i change the ascendancy class after i select one of them?

[wheat marlin]

No

But you can respec nodes within an ascendency

[sacred aspen]

i think i bricked my character

idk what to run

[blazing sparrow]

I'm hearing people say they are not happy with lightning sorce as they level? Is frost/fire looking better?

[potent tinsel]

Not the greatest fight to showcase it bc she teleports around a lot, but it's basically this. The act 1 boss didn't get a single attack outside of their "mist dash" attack phase.

[last patio]

what are the most important nodes/stats to focus for flickerstrike?

gonna try and make my way over to flicker strike nodes from sorceress

[sacred aspen]

what should i use? idk how to make a decent build

[blazing sparrow]

Ugh there's too many questions at once lol

[sacred aspen]

i'm slow af and can't clear quick enough

[blazing sparrow]

I don't play that class

[teal sluice]

how do i deal with mana issues on monk

i swear after 3 combos im out

[mossy sequoia]

What's the best way to get lightning exposure?

[radiant yarrow]

do bosses have 75% resistance to whatever icon is white? Or is it randomized in a lower range? Wondering how much resistance penetration I should get

[elfin yew]

Hey saint, idk if u remember me but u helped with my cold monk build yesterday, just wanted to say tysm cus since then I've been blasting through the acts

[vivid ferry]

is there a way to lower the level of a gem?
I already used a fusing on this level 13, but I have a weapon thats +6 levels to melee skills, so now I'm running into mana issues

[mossy sequoia]

use a lower level one?

[vivid ferry]

alternatively I go farm a level 1 skill gem randomly?

[vivid ferry]

I could just run around in act 1 since its not in a vendor right?

[plain osprey]

look at what abilities you want to use now and what you want to use later (if you don't know, skip that)
get the earliest attributes for that, while trying to aim towards attributes further away that buff your abilities for what you want to "evolve into" if that makes sense
later on, you can spend gold at the "hooded one" to reclaim attribute points and use those to buff what you need at that stage in the game

[blazing sparrow]

No worries

[pseudo condor]

I cannot decide between infernalist or blood witch. Both are such big departures.
I'm using contagion and essence drain right now..

I really with we could respec ascendancy

[elfin yew]

I do have a question though in case ur able to answer. Do you know if frost bomb and hypothermia stack their cold resistance down?

[blazing sparrow]

Frost bomb the sorce spell?

[elfin yew]

Ye

[blazing sparrow]

I don't know hypothermia havnt seen that yet

Or can't remember I havnt memorized the tree lol

I'd have to read them

[elfin yew]

frost bomb lowers cold res by 20% and hypothermia by 40%. Would that make it 60% cold res down?

[rough quartz]

can someone explain this
Like i get the fact evade is effected via the other persons accuracy but can evade all hit like do you evade even if they have super high accuracy ?

[scarlet musk]

Alright guys witchhunter or Gambling legionaire

[potent tinsel]

We love stat stick merc

[elfin yew]

I should add my follow question to this, I'm basically wondering if this is multiplicative with the passives on my skill tree or not? Like if I have stuff in my skill tree that says I penetrate 25% cold res, will that all of a sudden make my own 85% total on top of the hypothermia and frost bomb? Or is that a separate thing?

Kinda tryna see if I'm wasting gem slots or skill tree slot

[north talon]

It means you can evade things that are normally not evadable like AoEs

[pastel blaze]

Will you guys think I'll run into trouble later on with my lightning bow gemling build? Just finished act 2 and still waiting for some of the high level skills to see if this is viable or not

[burnt crater]

Anyone know if gain as extra is calculated before or after generic increases? E.g if you have 100 lightning damage and have gain 10% of lightning as cold and 100% increased lightning damage will it be 200 lightning with 20 extra cold or 2 lightning with 10 extra cold?

[blazing sparrow]

I'm not totally sure yet. I think it takes the % separately though then adds those numbers together

[elfin yew]

hmm I really wish there was a safe way to test this haha, cus I feel like I might be overcapping my cold pen lol, like I maybe doing too much to the point where it's useless LOL

[prisma root]

how's the fire sorc build vs cold sorc build for mid game?

lightning build aint cuttin it for me lmao

[blazing sparrow]

You know about weapon passives right? You can be spending into 2 elements at once

[prisma root]

i dont 😦

[scarlet musk]

how are people feeling on gambling legionaier and Witchhunter? im not sure

[blazing sparrow]

In the passive tree top right. You have weapon passives. When you go to spend your points, you can click weapons set 1, spend a point, then 2, spend a point. Ans when you swap weapons you swap passives

So my sorce has fire staff in 1 set up, lightning the other

[hollow warren]

anyone want this for an exalted orb

[blazing sparrow]

And I'm specd into both

[prisma root]

ohh cool!

but what about the passive tree?

cant u only choose 1 route

[blazing sparrow]

I just said..

You can spend points going different ways

Separate passives for 2 different weapons

[mossy sequoia]

Do maps really drop nothing atm? I'm getting 0 rares in m ymaps

[blazing sparrow]

You'll notice on the tree that a lot of elements are right next to eachotherm you can go left or right

So weapon 1 go left. Click weapon 2 and go right

When I use lightning bolt I auto use my lightning staff, therefore auto use my lightning passive build.. same goes for fire staff

[sacred aspen]

ok, thanks for the help

[sick sonnet]

Does armor break happen naturally or only if a skill says it does?

[blazing sparrow]

They are actually rare now. Look for gold chests

I usually get a rare from a gold chest

[prisma root]

ty for the detailed explanation

and sry im super noob lmao

[mossy sequoia]

Any recommended way to get useful drops these days from maps?

[warped hazel]

I tried this, sacrifice doesn't work for zombies because they're not reviving minions, they don't get blown up

[blazing sparrow]

Farm. When you enter a map and hold ctrl you can reset the instance

Just find a gold chest and keep running the map and looting it

[celest oxide]

What should I do with my Ranger as I move on from Lightning Arrow Lightning Rod?

[mellow yoke]

How high does this go? If I just combine all my pieces im at 78% but that doesnt seem realistic

[hasty scroll]

what ability should i use as a warrior to herlp me throughf act 2 campaign i can respec if nessecary

[tired owl]

Im buying this on wednesday. Never played poe1, im kinda split between monk, non minion witch, or sorc. Im a long time diablo player, le. Any input would be appreciated 😄

[spring jackal]

is supercharged slam still good?

[willow remnant]

soo, which builds/classes seem to do the best? I'm a bit late to the party

[prisma root]

@blazing sparrow is the fire build good you think?

i found a build on mobalytics

Ember Fusilade Stormweaver

[lethal cloud]

Leap slam into boneshatter for clear. Single target I used auto attack, shock wave totems with jagged ground and the +1 totem support and eq/perfect strike

[junior quail]

Ember Fusilade is just really good in general lol if you want the fire fantasy I’d go witch though

[tired owl]

invoker monk seems cool

[junior quail]

After I get my witch done I’m 100% doing invoker monk. Avatar the last airbender the character

[mossy sequoia]

in poe1 you could get it in the multiple hundreds. The number is so small to start it's not going to be immeidately noticable

[mellow yoke]

How much is 78% anyways? id like to think im noticing it as I drop 2-3 rare items from elites sometimes

[mental blade]

was building my pathfinder when i just saw they were nerfing gas/ignite 😭 it's so pathfindover

[mossy sequoia]

it's 78%

[mellow yoke]

so 78% chance blue will be yellow?

[tired owl]

yeah dude, if only you can get a ox pet

how you liking witch?

[celest oxide]

That monk build sounds fun

[junior quail]

I just started it. I’m like level 15ish, but the combos between chaos and fire is really fun

[keen dagger]

Monk is fine, Invoker is kind of underwhelming in terms of passives

[celest oxide]

I’m looking for something to evolve to from my lightning ranger but haven’t seen much cooking on the class yet

[keen dagger]

The spirit travel node to PDR is more negative than positive, which is weird for an ascendancy notable

[astral copper]

Is the passive that gives 2% of armor as thorns dmg bugged or is based off of base armor and not the % bounses

[gray verge]

Has anyone tested/confirmed snapshotting of the frostwall? It seems like the life snapshots (ie if you cast it with a +4 weapon, the life will stay increased)...curious if the damage when the wall is destroyed is tied to your weapon set when you kill it - or when you summon it?

[mossy sequoia]

How many tiers of maps are out atm?

[cedar charm]

What should my dps be around lvl 15? Trying to see if my build is broken or if I’m just bad

[astral copper]

Think i had 200 can't remember

At 31 I'm at 1700 dps

Still got a level 16 weapon though

[cedar charm]

Well shit

[brazen marlin]

Is there any way to lower your max hp effectively outside of CI?

like down quite a bit

[trim forge]

There are reduced max hp nodes on the tree

[brazen marlin]

not as many as I thought tbh

there's one 10% for es and one 10% for mana in the witch area

Oh yeah I guess it would help if I explained what I'm trying to do.

So demonform does .5% of your hp per second in damage per stack of demon flame which increases infinitely

so why not just have low hp and very high regen

so you could get very many demonflame stacks

like into the hundreds potentially

[lone temple]

no it is 78% increase chance of a better drop. So if normal to blue is 0.5% chance now it is 0.5% + 0.5% * 1.78

[thorn sun]

how do i get power charges for charged staff monk?

[wintry condor]

If a boss has 20% accuracy, and I have 80% evasion. Does that basically mean I have a 60% evasion?

[trim forge]

Alternatively you can just spec into %life regen

[keen dagger]

Shock and Power Siphon

[trim forge]

You can see more of them at titan side (bottom left)

[brazen marlin]

Won't work as well because demonform quickly outstrips it

by 100 stacks it'll be 50% of your hp per second

[echo solar]

one unique body have 25% reduced maximum Life

[brazen marlin]

In a perfect world you'd reduce yourself to like 100 hp and have 500+ regen

[trim forge]

Oh right forgot to mention, there's ghostwrithe

[brazen marlin]

You could literally scale to like 1000 stacks and have basically infinite damage.

or well 18000% spelldamage

Assuming it doesn't actually have a cap

[sacred aspen]

is a build focused around armour breaks viable for warrior?

[trim forge]

Sure

[jagged thunder]

"Cast on" spirit triggers on works for spells?

they all say "trigger socketed spells"

if it's indeed only for spells - big L design from ggg

[trim forge]

I mean it already did say socketed spells

And that has always been the case since poe1

[jagged thunder]

why nothing for Attack types?

[jagged thunder]

they want the game to be different...

so make it different?

maybe they can just bring back socket coloring...

[trim forge]

So you're expecting for the game to also not use their years of skill design experience?

[low glacier]

How relevant is AOE for Warrior?

[trim forge]

There should be a reason why they dont use attacks

[trim forge]

Its alright. Helps clear and all

[static plinth]

Anyone have suggestions for how to regen on Demon Form? Seems really easy to get to 100 max HP now that so many uniques have come up with reduced max life

[trim forge]

Are you pathing on bottom left? There are %hp regen there

[static plinth]

% isnt really ideal

But yeah ik there's some there

[scenic dawn]

I’m making an ice build for my mercenary and I’m just wondering what is the ideal way for me to set this up I’m building into the crossbow tree, ailment build up and critical chance/accuracy for increased damage. However I was wondering if there’s anything more necessary or would be worth building for the ice to deal more or freeze buildup to be more potent

[trim forge]

Yeah but we dont really have the luxury of flat regen atm

[static plinth]

How high does it roll on gear?

[shrewd tinsel]

If I am using explosive grenade to ignite after using oil grenade, which skill should I run eternal flame on?

[trim forge]

Especially since vitality not working during demon form might be a bug

[static plinth]

And there's also stuff like Black Doubt, which isnt regen but still flat recovery

(Though that just shifts us to needing mana regen, though thats probably much easier)

[trim forge]

No clue, havent seen a high roll myself and I dont believe poe2db is updated on affix groups yet

Pretty weird that mod tiering isnt here yet

[onyx basin]

i cant activate the srs autoloop, srs with feeding/MI/infernal and cast on minion with firewall/fortress what am i missing?

[desert fiber]

If you grabbed climate change, which grants 25% of cold dmg as extra fire damage vs frozen enemies. Will this trigger ignite? allowing freezing shards to apply fire dmg as well?

[scenic dawn]

I’m making an ice build for my mercenary and I’m just wondering what is the ideal way for me to set this up I’m building into the crossbow tree, ailment build up and critical chance/accuracy for increased damage. However I was wondering if there’s anything more necessary or would be worth building for the ice to deal more or freeze buildup to be more potent

[stuck star]

is there a wiki which shows which mob drops which item?

[scenic dawn]

And is it possible for me to turn my fragmentation bolt into an ice skill?

[static plinth]

Whats the name of the support that hurts a minion to empower a spell?

[fast temple]

is increase to spell damage just as good as chaos damage when using chaos spells?

[fiery bane]

Can someone explain to me how Whispers of Doom works? I cannot seem to stack an additional curse as the tooltip explains

[static plinth]

They have to be different curses

[gilded sandal]

Anyone been using these nodes with lightning damage? Shift says no skills are affected but im doing lightning damage? so i was thinking it would work

[fiery bane]

thats all that node does??????

[static plinth]

Yeah

[fiery bane]

fucking useless bruh 😭

not worth a single point i respecced

[static plinth]

Its good, just not crazy

It's downside is whatever if you apply curses with blasphemy or hand of chayula

Temporal Chains + Res Debuff aura is safe and good

[fast temple]

yeha i use that passive, i apply a curse with blasphemy

[tulip pivot]

can we break down quality items into currency?

[hollow swift]

Can anyone explain ignite to me? What does it even mean? a DOT for enemies hit with my spells? Should I focus on fire damage or ignite

[glacial raven]

Question about "burning enemies you kill can explode" passive, if an enemy dies from Corpse Explosion triggered by Cast on Minion Death, who killed it? Me or the dying minion?

[fast temple]

are curses detonated with hexblast considered a triggered spell?

[fiery bane]

Does Cast Speed effect the charge up time on Bonestorm????

[onyx basin]

"You kill" not minions

[glacial raven]

Ty

[static plinth]

You can use Gravebind to make them your kills

[marsh seal]

Hey ya'll, so I'm level 25, pre ascendancy, is there any way I can drop in here what my gear is? I'm not sure why but I just can't beat the boss in either the story mode or my ascendancy, I'm not doing enough damage.

I'm a Ranger using lightning arrow + lightning rod

[glacial raven]

Thats how i understood it as well, since the minion dying only gives energy, and I (automatically) cast the spell itself

Ty for the gravebind suggestion as well, will be useful for the rest of the damage sources

Wait, is it even in poe2?

[cold vessel]

whats the best way to scale the damage of SRS... right now I am using infernal legion with the extra 4 seconds gem + firepen

[tulip pivot]

how many ascendancy points we get total?

[lunar flume]

Work in progress, but can this work? Mind over Matter, Chaos Inoculation and Eldrich Battery, picking up MaxMana & MaxShield nodes along the way, also using the unique item that gives you 50% recoup as mana and the node that gives 20% + Chrono's recoup talent halves the duration on recoup to 4 seconds.

Frost Sorc, picking up frost dmg / pen / crit.

[patent dagger]

How can I see my weapon damage and stuff? I hold alt but it doesn't show it

[full meadow]

quite an early CI

[glacial raven]

Way i use it is extra fire dmg conversion + infernal legion + minion instability. Also lots of minion damage and attack speed nodes. Not sure where the majority of the dps is, the minion autos, the burn from IL, the explosions or the extra dmg from triggered corpse explosion

[distant dome]

Y'all I made gif to help answer a common question. Here you go.

If your raging spirits are not working, you have to right click to activate them.

Other Keywords for people searching this in the future:
Help, Raging Spirits, Not Working, fire spell, minions, skull, spawning, zomgwtfbbq

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1312364755406688256/1315564505459327016/Right_Click_Raging_Spirits.gif

[desert fiber]

did anyone know on this :c

[vivid ferry]

Does someone know if this rune will still work if I have Avatar of Fire?

[full meadow]

if you're still doing physical damage, sure, just less obviously.

[vivid ferry]

now that I read avatar of fire, thats a no lol

thanks

[mystic fulcrum]

Well you're likely not doing physical any longer

[full meadow]

converting phys to fire obviously means theres less physical to leech

yeah, or none

[vivid ferry]

Yeah my bad, didn't read avatar of fire properly

[stone elbow]

so, does conc effect decrease aoe but doesn't give dmg to dark effigy?