2┃build-planning

[late osprey]

what kind of advice

[formal violet]

Don't ask to ask! Post your question here so that people actually know if they can help. It's also better to discuss your question publicly so more people can chime in or learn! That's why these channels are here!

[orchid torrent]

okay but thenm what's the chance to ignite on my frost spell (that converts to fire) that gets doubled by the 100%?

[dawn spire]

@weak shard read bot message above

[orchid torrent]

where can I find the ignite chance in this case

[wraith fox]

did a mod send that lmao

[tidal copper]

Notice some swap weapon speed points in the tree
They might be handy too

[weak shard]

for a monk build with a heavy emphasis on shock and charged staff, whats better?

lighting damage buffs in passive tree

[left glade]

what's best ? mercenary

[dawn spire]

Depends on the magntudue of the fire portion of the hit in relation to the enemy's ailment threshold. Hold alt over ignite to read more about that

[wraith fox]

which do you need the most

[bold saffron]

do cruel mode act bosses with perma upgrades also give a reward?

[tropic river]

that's looking like a cool build, there's a version that could go melee with monk's quarterstaff too, anyways good luck!

[left glade]

idk yet xd

[sacred sail]

thanks for the help

[wraith fox]

should be fine by just picking the one you want then

[left glade]

what's elemental Ailment ?

[tropic river]

no worries, have fun!

[dawn spire]

It truly isn't very impactful. Are you more afraid of stuns or ele ailments? If neither (and you use mana), get mana regen

[serene minnow]

does anyone know the int requirements of a Rattling sceptre high item level with skeletal warriors level 18+ ?

[wraith fox]

shock, freeze and ignite

[left glade]

so it's a defenive one ?

[jade tide]

Trying to plan a freeze/stun build. Can all cold damage build up freeze, or some are limited to chill, any way to know??

[tidal copper]

No scorch, brittle and sap here?

[wraith fox]

i dont know them by heart

[bold saffron]

if i beat the same boss with perma upgrade in cruel, nothing happens right?

[late osprey]

the unique one has more dmg. if you use a skill that converts phys dmg to lightning it seems much better

[dawn spire]

Incorrect. Perma buff bosses give new stuff in cruel

[weak shard]

what skill is that? i think i have that but i dont recall where i saw that

[cedar karma]

if i have herald of thunder on which converts 100% of physical damage to lightning damage, does innervate do anything for me? i can't tell if it means it's adding 35% lightning damage, or converting 35% of damage to lightning

[bold saffron]

is there a list ofthings somewhere?

i have like VERY little resistances

[dawn spire]

Herald of thunder only converts 100% of its own bolt damage to lightning. It doesn't affect other skills

[cedar karma]

but if i have herald of thunder, 100% of the damage is converted to lightning anyway. so this is doing nothing right?

[wraith fox]

only heralds damage is converted

[bold saffron]

also, do those bosses no longer hgihlight on the map? i dont remember what i kiled lmao xd

[wraith fox]

the lightning bolt things you get

[cedar karma]

oh

[late osprey]

honestly there are many monk skills that convert phys dmg to other dmg types and you can check if your skills do that by reading their tooltip

[dawn spire]

Adding damage is not converting. You're getting 35% more damage

[merry creek]

Are there nodes that will increase fire damage on behalf of my minions? I am, using srs, fire skellies and the fire hound - but do increase of fire damage HAVE to say minions in it to buff fire damage by my minions?

[slender finch]

Can you use cast on crit and cast on shock and cast on freeze at same time?

[cedar karma]

okay got it

[tropic river]

it would work, herald of lightning would get 35% added damage, also innervate buffs ALL ATTACKS when the buff is active, not just the supported skill

[cedar karma]

im not saying you're wrong, but how come when I use splinter with high velocity rounds (break armor equal to 15% of physical damage dealt), it isn't breaking any armor?

[balmy jackal]

Convert means it's changing the damage type.
Gain means you're getting the extra damage on top.

[wraith fox]

what

[dawn spire]

It needs to specify minions/allies or be in a support gem linked to your minions

[old oriole]

which is better 30% more dmg or ignore 30% ele res?

[visual seal]

hey guys is this a really good one?

should i be building on top of it?

[wraith fox]

probably ignore res

[dawn spire]

Yeah we covered that. I made the same assumption

[wraith fox]

ah

[slender finch]

Strongest buff for minions is pain offering

[fiery sable]

how jewels are treated for different weapon sets?
is it one jewel per tree per node or can I have different jewels in the same node for tree 1 vs tree 2?

[merry creek]

Gotcha. So from a passive tree perspective, I really need to just focus on minion damage and not fire damage.

[old oriole]

since im serious about this game, i want to learn, why is res ignore better?

[cedar karma]

sorry, hit enter too soon. can u see myedit?

[dawn spire]

Hold alt to see the tiers of the affixes on it. Lower number is worse tier. T8 is the highest tier I think

[jade tide]

Trying to plan a freeze/stun build. Can all cold damage build up freeze, or some are limited to chill, any way to know??

[dawn spire]

Correct. Fire and spell damage do absolutely nothing for your minion damage

[wraith fox]

good question

[wide smelt]

whats the best snake den reward for ED sorc? Manaregen/Stun threshold/elemental ailment threshold? Mana?

[visual seal]

where is the tier?

[dawn spire]

See the little t1 and t2 on the right side? It's really annoying how subtle they made it

Right edge of the item pane

[fiery sable]

how jewels are treated per different skill trees (weapon set)? can I have different jewels in the same node

[visual seal]

so it is bad? T1 and T2?

[tropic river]

@cedar karma it doesn't say "of physical damage" or "of non-lightning damage", it just says "of damage", which includes the post-conversion lightning damage from herald, and gains 35% of that base damage to the attack's base damage, as well as doing that to all your attacks as I said

[dawn spire]

Yes. Almost the worst

[visual seal]

damn sad i guess i'll salvage it

[slender finch]

Minion tool tip was bugged like day 1 and it showed minions getting fire pen from skill tree pen node, so it confused everyone.

[dawn spire]

I'd sell vendor it

[visual seal]

on trade? bet

[dawn spire]

1/10th of a transmute is pretty useless once you have a good pile

[cedar karma]

yeh i understand now, thank you.

[dawn spire]

No, to a vendor for gold

[cedar karma]

i'm not understanding why my high velocity rounds is not breaking any armor when i have splinter support added to it though if herald of thunder is only converting the herald's bolt damage to lightning and not all bolt damage

[dawn spire]

Oof

[visual seal]

what do the tiers mean? like so what if i get a t8 vs t1

[cedar karma]

i have double barrel, scattershot, and splinter, but it isn't breaking any armor 😦

[frail cloak]

if demon form removes even weapon stats, why would anyone play it ? You can't even summon minions anymore with this form, thats a shame since raging spirits are in the artwork of the infernalist

[wraith fox]

i think its better if you watch a detailed video on how poe resistances work than me trying to explain it

[dawn spire]

No, the jewel can oy be changed by unsocketing. When it's socketed it's effectively a fixed node in your tree

[old oriole]

got any rec videos or just search on yt?

[slender finch]

Infernoist will be very very op when they get fourth ascendency.

[late osprey]

it depends on mobs res. if they have 0 res, then 30% more dmg would buff your dmg by 30% and res pen would not affect it at all because you can't penetrate below 0 res in poe2. but if they have, for example, 70% res (meaning you only deal 30% of your dmg) then lowering their res by 30% would mean they have 70 - 30 = 40% res (now you deal 60% of your dmg) would effectively double your dmg and the 30% more dmg would still buff your dmg by 30%

[dawn spire]

You don't have to play demon form to play infernalist tho

[wraith fox]

probably just search one yourself

i dont have one atm

[fiery sable]

ok, thanks

[old oriole]

you had me in the first half, so does that mean res ignore is worse? or better?

[frail cloak]

yeah but it sounds like a core feature of this class with the burning mana thing (that is also terrible, does way too much damages to yourself even with high fire res)

[dawn spire]

What's the damage on your crossbow, can you send Pic?

[slender finch]

Infernoist is probably most versatile ascendant cause of the inc spirit pool ascendancy

[dawn spire]

What level are you?

[cedar karma]

36

[dawn spire]

Holy shit

[cedar karma]

yeah lol

[wraith fox]

are you sure you cant go below 0% res in poe2?

[granite yew]

How expensive is it really to respec?

[wraith fox]

depends on level

more expensive higher you are

[dawn spire]

Go to a vendor and buy literally any blue crossbow that's your level it'll be an upgrade as a white item

[granite yew]

Like it I leveled to 40 one way and wanted to respec from the start would it cost an absurd amount?

[late osprey]

with penetration you can't. there is still stuff like exposure and curses

[cedar karma]

like this?

[dawn spire]

You're not breaking armor because you're doing zero damage

[frail cloak]

so since demon form and burning mana (i dont know the exact name for this one sorry) are so bad, I should just rush for the dog and the spirit buff ?

[wraith fox]

if the mob youre fighting has res, then ignoring it makes you deal way more dmg than increasing your already reduced dmg to them is the clue here

[wraith fox]

right

[cedar karma]

i mean it's chunking their health...it just isn't breaking armor

[visual seal]

When you level up do you go to every city to check every vendor?

[dawn spire]

Yes, that's legit at least 50% more dps

[rancid berry]

Seems like that will only work on already broken armor. It doesn’t break armor itself

[wild dirge]

is there anyone playing gemling legionairre who can confirm whether the +10% quality to all gems node increases the max quality as well, so that using gemcutters can take you up to 30%? or does it just give you +10% quality for free and your cap is still 20%??

[orchid torrent]

I wish this game actually showed you numbers and explanations on things with/without applying something, it's hard to build anything non-basic without numbers

[cedar karma]

it says it breaks armor equal to 15% of phys damage dealt and i've watched streamers use it and it does apply armor break for them, it just isn't for me

ill try a diff crossbow and see if that helps

[slender finch]

I took dog, the damage taken conversion and the inc spirit

[still tinsel]

can somebody explain to me why this support gem
dose not work with that notable?

[tropic river]

yeah just see the damage numbers, the gold one did 24-63 if you include the fire damage, this one does 23-71, although the difference is actually small, you wanna look for a blue crossbow that has the %increased physical damage mod

[old oriole]

then if i have exposure, ignore res is better or just has no relation?

[unborn swift]

guys is legionnaire good for giant's blood build?

[cedar karma]

yeah thats what im trying to find, havent been lucky yet

[late osprey]

it still depends on the situation honestly

[dawn spire]

Are you heavy stunning with the supported skill?

[tropic river]

fair

[frail cloak]

i see, i think i'm going to do the same. Demon form looked so good on paper but since its either bugged or just poorly balanced, I just can't use it which is sad

[wild dirge]

I think titan is probably much better

[still tinsel]

yup

boneshatter cause heavy stun

[old oriole]

so choosing ignore res isn't always good, i see, u got any idea how to make it always work? even if it doesn't exist/don't know it

[slender finch]

Demon form is not worth until you can get fourth ascendency.

[bold saffron]

do cruel act trials give asc points?

[dawn spire]

If you have artificer orbs, I'd put two 20% phys runes in that thing and you're gonna go nuts. Bonus points if you have some whetstones

[frail cloak]

why ?

[fringe cape]

how are people trading less than 1 exalted orb? some items are listed at like 0.1 on the poe site for example

[frail cloak]

I have 4 points btw

[bold saffron]

i have 4 atm and im in cruel 3

[tropic river]

@unborn swift gemling is amazing for giants' blood mace build imo, potentially better than titan, there is a lot of potential, the node that gives 2x max life from all strength is insane

[silk needle]

Any sorcs in here that play something else than frost? I'm lvl 46 help plase

[old oriole]

sry frost is just too cool

[livid hamlet]

Yeah how does ascendancy work fully ?
Like what are the breakpoints of getting points and how do we get access to them ?

[wild dirge]

gemling probably second best. but yeah 2x life is pretty nuts

[slender finch]

So you can do low life stuff, like pain attunement and even more cast speed from tree nodes.

[dawn spire]

Only if you find a key of a higher difficulty than the number of ascensions you've done. Ie, you need a 3 trial key to get your 5/6th points

[late osprey]

no idea on how to make it always work. the exposure works always tho

[tropic river]

if you manage to cap ele resists then gemling can also give ca +5% to each max ele resist which is insane too

[dawn spire]

12% over 4 seconds is actually very little. 3% a second is hard to see. Are you sure it's not working?

[bold saffron]

there r trial 1 2 and 3?

[old oriole]

does exposure work same as res ignore if mob has element res?

[dawn spire]

And 4

[still tinsel]

buff is displayed when i was playing monk

[frail cloak]

i see. But i'll wait until they fix weapon stats completely disabling themselves when in demon form because thats a lot of lost stats

[bold saffron]

ok ty

[dawn spire]

Ah, I see. I'm not sure then, tbh

[unborn swift]

thanks for the help i'll try it

[still tinsel]

might this be a bug?

[wild dirge]

is there anyone playing gemling legionairre who can confirm whether the +10% quality to all gems node increases the max quality as well, so that using gemcutters can take you up to 30%? or does it just give you +10% quality for free and your cap is still 20%??

[urban sequoia]

30% elemental threshold or mana regen act 3 rewad as lightning sorc ?

[late osprey]

yep it does

[silk needle]

Any sorcs în chat wanna help me with a lightning build?

[buoyant jetty]

Does +% elemental dmg on a weapon also affect things like shock and lightning skills as a whole?

[slender finch]

Like infernoist has a lot of potential for lot of caster type builds cause of the life reservation and defensive damage conversion.

[old oriole]

does this skill add exposure to my skills even if they do none? just to be sure

[mental valley]

@dawn spire is it possible to make a char have a dash that explodes on impact?

[sacred sail]

it says shock affect bleeding dmg 😮

[frail cloak]

yeah I get that, so you'd need to focus on life regen and spell crit

[late osprey]

no it only increases the effect of exposures you already have

[sacred sail]

blood mage thunderbleed

:p

[frail cloak]

by the way @slender finch do you know if demon form has a max stack ?

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure the levels/areas the keys drop, but I know the sekhema trial can be 1/2/3/4 floors and trial of chaos can have 3/5/7/9(10?) rounds.

I'll call them sekhema 1/2/3/4 and chaos 1/2/3/4.

If you complete EITHER level 1, you get your first two ascendancy nodes. You don't get anything for doing the other level 1.

Then if you do EITHER level 2, you get your third and fourth points. And gain nothing if you do the other one.

Same for level 3 and level 4.

Basicslly you pick your own combination of sekhema and chaos. The first time you beat a higher level, you ascend.

[late osprey]

this is an example of a way to inflict exposure

[slender finch]

The ascendency after demon form let's you max out at 10 stack otherwise it goes forever till you at 1 life.

[bold saffron]

wheres that number displayed? "number of trials"?

[old oriole]

yea sadly it's tier 3 im still at the end of act so pretty far

[dawn spire]

On the key

[barren badger]

Is there any way to use Event Horizon with Energy Shield? Or is it strict Anti-synergy?

[frail cloak]

mhm thats interesting, needs a lot lot lot of life regen if you want to do a lot of damages then

[dawn spire]

Also, after level 2, the keys aren't returned if you fail. Gotta find a new key if you lose.

[bold saffron]

"number of trials" 4 ?

[vestal idol]

does anyone have a link to any good merc builds

[late osprey]

and you could also consider something like this since it lowers (not ignores). it can lower below 0

[dawn spire]

Okay, I'm wrong about chaos. Not sure what level that is. It's either 1 or 2

[plain matrix]

whats a good armor breaking build ?

[bold saffron]

idk what r u referring to when ur talking about levels

item lvl?

number of uses?

[worn whale]

quick sanity check:
does this work?

[dawn spire]

No, the level of ascension. You can ascend four times (and get two points for each)

[tranquil gate]

guys, can you benefit from spell crit chance on these spells ?

[slender finch]

Life degen is 5% at 10 stack. You can overcome it by going low life and using a unique shield. Theoretically if weapon and shield work in demon form.

[worn whale]

use ghostwrite to convert 50% of HP to ES
apply all your %increased ES to it
then convert it back to HP with crimson power

[bold saffron]

im confused xd

[near jewel]

guys, doeas - 3% increased attack speed node - affect my totems? dopes totems coun as ALLIES?

[bold saffron]

how do i know which ones higher lvl

[dawn spire]

Basically there are four levels of difficulty for the trials of sekhema and chaos.

Tho now I'm not entirely sure how chaos works. It might be 4/7/10 and you can't do level 1 of him. I'm not sure.

[golden tide]

Is there any way to visually tell which nodes you put into a weapon sets? This is giving me a headache trying to refund the points so I can just set my passive points globally

Can't progress the tree where I want and want to refund and be done with it lol

[wheat marlin]

Did the eye of winter cast on crit build get nerfed?

[pliant solar]

Does Aftershock work on explosions of Earthshatter? Is there even a point in aftershock for it

[dawn spire]

The key always determines that. It's easier to see on a sekhema trial key. It'll just say trial: (1-4) and that's the tier

[ripe lark]

Is Soul bloom node bugged?

[wanton dawn]

anyone on monk notice if " Immaterial " node doesn't add the 50% bonus to evasion for 2 sec when ES starts ??

[dawn spire]

But for chaos, it's related to the number of rounds listed on the key

[tropic river]

@sacred sail I'm being a bit contradictory to what I said to you now lol but randomly gonna share a cool synergy with you that you might wanna try, I haven't tried it myself but the idea is that you take this node and you use it with "ancestral warrior totem + earthshatter + volcanic fissure + upheaval" all linked together, and then you summon two of these totems, and they both constantly slam the ground creating infinite volcanic fissures and earthshatter fissures that they both constantly slam to explode

[dawn spire]

4 rounds is not equal to tier 4

Chaos goes up to 9 or 10 rounds at tier 4

[near jewel]

doeas - 3% increased attack speed node - affect my totems? dopes totems coun as ALLIES?

[stone cargo]

Would added cold damage benefit glacial bolt more than added phys?

[late osprey]

hey guys! if i hold alt on chayula monk's "into the breach" it says quality can affect it. but is there really a way to increase it's quality? gemcutter's prism does not seem to be an option.

[dawn spire]

Wait that's a level 59 area... I'm so confused now. I think I have no idea what the number of trials means for chaos. I'm so sorry

[hoary plover]

essence drain yes, but it will only affect the initial hit not the damage over time. contagion no, since it does not hit.
crits only benefit hits.

[dawn spire]

I think a level 59 area means tier 3

That's way too high for tier one or two

[slender finch]

Trial of chaos is 4 rounds = trial of sek 1 round

[dawn spire]

Trial of sekhema can be to 4 tho

What do the different tiers of chaos trials have?

Is it always 4?

[stone cargo]

Anyone have an idea on the scaling?

[cedar karma]

I got none right now, but i'm keeping an eye out. thanks for the help

[dawn spire]

Can you post a Pic of the gem?

[stone cargo]

2 sec

[pine elm]

Anyone know which is better? Mana shield or Energy shield build?

[plain matrix]

xD

[dawn spire]

You mean mind over matter?

[pine elm]

yeah

[pearl sluice]

Silly question but what exactly does Item Quality affect? And are there breakpoints?

[slender finch]

Energy shield build is better atm cause of grim whisper and srs loop combo

[dawn spire]

I don't think we know which which is better yet. Probably depends on the specifics of the build and your pathing

[old oriole]

uhh i think im worried, im doing the last zone in act2 i think(with beast) and a lot of enemies shatter are making lots of dust and covering the view, i can barely see

[hoary plover]

I believe you would gain the flat ES (128) as life, and then have 50% of your total life converted to ES

[high relic]

Which one should be better vs bosses in a Freeze build (+Charged Staff and Bell):

• Cast on Freeze
• Elemental Invocation

[pine elm]

f D:

[dawn spire]

Close your eyes, use the NvidiaGeforce

[pine elm]

that what i was trying to avoid

[cedar karma]

i just dropped a div from a random rare mob in a3 hah i'm rich!!

[pine elm]

Do you happens to know how to sustain mana? I'm doing cast on minion death

to trigger mass comet

[dawn spire]

Hold alt to see what it does. On martial weapons each point is 1% increased physical damage I think

[pearl sluice]

Oh awesome, thanks!

[stone cargo]

I said 2 sec but probably more like 2 min this upload speed is horrendous

[worn whale]

fair
i think ill get myself that node anyways
so ill science eventually

[vestal idol]

those big chests on the map how valuable are they normaly

[slender finch]

Mana regen nodes that come with energy shield.

[vestal idol]

i mean the one that shows on the quest map

[pine elm]

from the talent passive?

[slender finch]

Yes

[dawn spire]

The ones with + icons are permanent buffs so probably worth doing. The others I'm not sure. I think some of them offer guaranteed uncut gems, flasks, etc but idk which are which

[languid kestrel]

does bleed accumulate in damage? Or is it just one stack of damage being refreshed by your last hit?

[thin basin]

why didnt ppl tell me monk was so fun

[plain matrix]

because its not xD

[thin basin]

https://streamable.com/3v0exp

[dawn spire]

Fun is subjective and no one can tell you what your subjective experience is

[vestal idol]

its betwwen the 2 maps where you are on top of sky scraper things does anyone know if its on the 2nd or first of them

[high relic]

Which one should be better vs bosses in a Freeze build (+Charged Staff and Bell):
Cast on Freeze
Elemental Invocation

[vestal idol]

path of mourning or the spires

[dawn spire]

Hover over it and it'll tell you the name of the zone it's in

[pine elm]

that doesn't look fun

i just walk into the boss room

[vestal idol]

shifting vases it says

[pine elm]

drop the comet

and boss died in 1 hit

[vestal idol]

but i dont have that as a zone

[pine elm]

[stone cargo]

@dawn spire

[dawn spire]

Screenshot it

[orchid cypress]

Can someone explain to be how boneshatter trigger works because the white bubble only gets pre charged for me in parties of 3+ and I have stacked my stun buildup as much as possible

[dawn spire]

Screenshot the hover info

[bold saffron]

it says "number of trials", not trial 1-4

[cursive isle]

Does anyone know where in the passive skill tree I can increase my Power Charges stack from 3x to more?

[vestal idol]

what was that shortcut again _:åp

[dawn spire]

Looks like cold damage would be more beneficial if you're getting increased cold damage on your tree. If you're not scaling a specific type then it won't really matter

[bold saffron]

would this give me the 3rd pair of points?

[dawn spire]

Path of mourning

Says it right there.

[half sonnet]

Guys, I have a Question. My Witch uses Contagion and in the Passive Tree is a section that gives Spells more Projectiles. If I hover over that Skill with, it shows that none of my used Spells are affected. But Contagion is listed as Projectile Spell...is that still bugged or am I missing something?

[vestal idol]

aaa lals yea

[stone cargo]

I was thinking in terms of added damage on my weapon

The tree I would choose cold

[plain matrix]

ED is Projectile .... Contagion is AoE

[polar wraith]

whats that called?

[vestal idol]

its so weird i have a lvl 10 crossbow which is far better then all that i have dropdded so far anyting i misudnerstand

[slender finch]

Need djinn barya number of triala:3 for 3rd ascendency. Found in early maps.

[dawn spire]

I would choose attack or projectile over cold, personally. Your main hit converts 60% of phys to cold, so if you scale cold, you're not scaling 40% of your phys damage.

As for damage on your crossbow, physical and cold are effectively the same.

[neon kindle]

is the Corrupted Blood inflicted by Corrupting Cry modifiable by the other supports on the triggering warcry (like Brutality, for example)?

[twin coral]

lightning mercenary with bow is sooooo good
do you guys think taking resolute technique to deliberately make my damage lucky is worth it?

[regal tundra]

any advise on what potion to pick from ACT 3 Den of Snakes for Warrior/Titan?

[bold saffron]

so 3 and 4 is what gives last two pairs of pts? aight

[stone cargo]

Alright thanks

[bold saffron]

its weird wording tbh

[dawn spire]

Probably. Are you looking at the damage and attack rate on the crossbow, or just the modifiers? Weapons gain a TON of base damage just by using a newer, higher level weapon.

[half sonnet]

here, it says projectile in the corner of the screen

[regal tundra]

Stun threshold, Elemental threshold or mana regen

[vestal idol]

s

this one havent been able to replace that

[neat laurel]

does poison count as an attack in this context ?

[dawn spire]

It doesn't really matter. If mana isn't an issue, I'd go for ele or stun based on what you dislike more

[plain matrix]

thats not contagion 😄

[candid portal]

in act3 take the venom draught, whats the best reward to get for the monk, mana or elemental?\

[regal tundra]

idk for Warrior/Titan maybe element

[hoary plover]

perhaps it is a translation error, but that is essence drain not contagion

[dawn spire]

No, poison damage is not affected by attack damage modifiers, not directly. But if you apply poison via an attack, 6% increased damage would raise your damage and thus could improve the magnitude of the poison inflicted by said attack

[dawn spire]

Yeah, stun probably will be less of an issue. Maybe.

[dawn spire]

That deals 20-49 damage. Look in a vendor and see what some of the other crossbows do

[neat laurel]

ahh I see, ty

[half sonnet]

ah mb, mixed it up. But still the question remains, why isnt it affected when I skill to get more projectiles? Bugged or am i missing something?

[vestal idol]

the extra physical is local right already counte for

[dawn spire]

Yes

[dawn spire]

What is giving you more projectiles?

[fleet blaze]

What should I put in the second socket for this? I'm using the following skills:

80% phys converted to cold
80% phys converted to lightning
60% phys converted to lightning```

I know flat phys is good but I'm not sure how good the flat ele dmg is, so I want to put more elemental dmg on it or a phys rune?

[dawn spire]

Those conversions make no sense. Why are you converting 220% of your phys damage?

[vestal idol]

but the added physical isnt counter in that amount right ?

[fleet blaze]

It's 3 different skills.

[dawn spire]

It is. The blue number at the top factors in all local modifiers

[dawn spire]

Oooh, I see

[fleet blaze]

this is my current staff and the one I'm questioning is BETTER without a second rune in it.

[dawn spire]

I'd do 20% phys absolutely

[cedar karma]

still isn't breaking any armor even with the new xbow :/ i tried turning herald of thunder off to check as well and it didn't change anything. i do not understand why splintering is not applying armor break with high velocity rounds, hella annoying

[warm egret]

Anyone know if I need a quartarstaff with this? My build as an archer says to use it

[candid fog]

Is there a way to see what the upgraded values are on gemcutting skil gem tabs? Holding alt makes the upgrade value disappear, so can't switch tab, and see upgrades while holding alt at the same time.

[unborn turret]

hello, totem are attack skills or spell skills ? would a totem get bonus from this ?

[fleet blaze]

says any martial weapon

[hoary plover]

any weapon should work. it is only limited to attacks

[hoary wave]

Why can't I put impact shockwave support gem on the ability earthquake?

[warm egret]

Ok thanks guys!

[dawn spire]

Can you show screen grabs of splintering and your supports?

[half sonnet]

In the Red Circle. This should give me more Projectiles, but I dont get any projectiles.

[cedar karma]

i put splinter in galvanic shards and it is breaking armor. it must be an interaction with high velocity rounds itself where it doesn't let that skill also apply armor break since it consumes fully broken?

[unborn turret]

hello, totem are attack skills or spell skills ? would a totem get bonus from this ?

[cedar karma]

my hope was that by putting splinter into high velocity rounds, it would apply armor break and then consume when fully broken, but i guess it doesn't work

[dawn spire]

Can you hover over the node? I know it's German but that's fine

[dawn spire]

Yeah, I wonder what the ammunition tab of high velocity rounds says

[shrewd hazel]

Im fairly certain that node just gives damage?

[vestal idol]

on merc i am using gas grenadde and explosive shot is there anthing better i upgraded both proj damage and grenades. it feel nothing compares to those skills

[hoary wave]

@unborn turret read the damn skill it says aoe in the tab

[vestal idol]

is there anything better to use

[unborn turret]

it doesn't say attack or spell, what does aoe have to do with any of this ?

[cedar karma]

Just "One bolt loaded per clip"

[dawn spire]

Read the totem gem, it says in top left under the skill name

[dawn spire]

Hmm.. Weird. Is it possible it's breaking and consuming the armor in the same shot?

[hoary wave]

@unborn turret aoe stands for area of effect

[cedar karma]

maybe, i didn't think of that

[wispy lark]

How's the infernalist perm demoin form doing? is it worse than minions in every way?

[dawn spire]

Scattershot makes it fire three rounds at once, right? Try taking that out to test

[warm shore]

Any recommendations for support gems on tempest Bell for monk?

[half sonnet]

Found out what i did wrong. Thanks for the help

[candid fog]

Bump

[unborn turret]

i know what aoe means, i still don't know if the node would help my totem, it's unclear to me

[frosty ridge]

does eldritch battery and eternal youth intereat with things the same way as poe1? (never played, just trying to googgle my answers on how EVERYTHING interacts. Such as when ES is now mana, does ES recharge rate do things, etc. )

[cedar karma]

took it out, still not seeing any indicating armor is being broken :/

[dawn spire]

I don't know, to be honest. The tabs are kinda clunky

[vestal idol]

scattershot is this mercanary your talking about ?

[wispy lark]

@dawn spireis demon form witch objectively worse than minion witch, i wanna do witch but i dont like minion builds?

[keen turtle]

As fire/ignite witch, should i go infernalist for offence or bloodmage for defence? Is infernal flame good?

[hoary wave]

@unborn turret -_- bruh it increases the attack area damage and the attack

[dawn spire]

Weird. Unfortunate

[cedar karma]

yeah, sucks. i thought i was onto something genius hahah

i appreciate u trying to help though

[unborn turret]

it doesn't, it says "totem", "melee", "aoe", "physical", it doesn't say if it's a spell or an attack

[candid fog]

It's weird because it seems like the only tooltip you can't pin

[sturdy trench]

Do not make a Shield build, save your time

[crisp star]

ok so anyone know if momentum actually works with ice strike?

i dunno if i'm just sike-ing myself out by thinking it should work since ice strike has dashes

also does anyone know a way to automate charged staff?

[hoary wave]

@dawn spire does they not here the narrator when it explains the skill?

[vestal idol]

i can confirm atleast when i use gas grenade on stuff it shatters the armor and if i use high vel round it consumes it. but the damage those hv round does compared to just spamming explosive shots isnt worth even thinking about it...

[unborn turret]

"Attack" says it only helps skill with your equipped melee weapon. Totem says it uses its own weapon, it's very confusing

[dawn spire]

When es gets converted to mana via eldritch battery is doesn't retain any of its properties like it does in Poe1. It's like OLD eldritch battery. Takes es, turns it into mana, and dumps it into your mana pool. No recharge.

But I believe eternal youth should still work. Not sure tho. Hold alt and hover over life recharge on eternal youth. I think it should work. Your es is just zero, but I don't think it stops working

[mental valley]

does anyone know if going max aoe dps build sucks for end game?

[dawn spire]

I don't think anyone has created a max dps build yet

[mental valley]

i mean like just going all dps + aoe

[vital hornet]

Huh, that was really unexpected

[dawn spire]

I would wager that it wouldn't be worth it if you cared about rewards and progression. Losing rewards from maps is too costly. surviving the whole map is way more incentivized in poe2

[mental valley]

why do u lose rewards from going a certain build

[hoary wave]

@unborn turret shockwave totem is it's own attack so any passive skill that says area of effect damage or duration etc will increase it

[dawn spire]

By going all (aoe) damage, I assume you mean you also neglect defenses

Which means you'll die and not get full map rewards

More often at least

[mental valley]

bruhhh

what if i go enough damage to one shot everything?

[hoary wave]

@dawn spire hey question why can't the support gem impact shockwave work on the ability earthquake

[dawn spire]

Then GGG will nerf your build

[wispy lark]

anyone, please?

[dawn spire]

Can you screenshot the gems?

[long garden]

With the inevitable nerf coming to Cast on X ailment + Comet, any thoughts on what to transition to? I am currently Cold sorc (stormweaver), but can consider swapping to a dif ele as needed. I'm also wanting out of this build cuz the mana usage is annoying when you run out of flask charges at the worst time 😩

[hoary wave]

@dawn spire mhm

[mental valley]

what if i go like a little defense, just enough to tank a few hits and then one shot everything? i dont think ggg catches everything thats op

[dawn spire]

But for real, there are also on death effects and maps that require you kill a boss to progress

[unborn turret]

tyvm

[wispy lark]

yea the on death effects are fucking idiotic, lost a tier 7 cuz of one

[mental valley]

oh what do on death effects do

[wispy lark]

disgusting

[hoary wave]

Mhm next time just think of missile those are pretty much Aoe things lol

[mild bay]

What ascendency skills are people going for for invoker monk ?

[dawn spire]

I think the mapping system actually lets you kinda choose between aoe vs single target and you can make meaningful progress with both. So yeah, if you shore up your defenses I think an aoe build could be fine. Bosses will be slow, but you can recruit boss melters to help

[wispy lark]

does noone know the answer to my question peeps

please

[dawn spire]

Some rare monster modifiers cause enemies to explode on death or do other nasty things that you can't avoid by just killing everything immediately

[mental valley]

i just want to make comet like a really big nuke that covers and kills everything on the screen, im thinking ill just get my friend to tank for me maybe if thats possible?

[dawn spire]

You can't tank for people in poe2

[mental valley]

ok i guess i will go a little defense and then focus everything on making comet a nuke? is that good idea ?

[trail pewter]

trying to make resonating work. honestly if u dont have a high armour shield, it's kinda trash on DPS

[slender finch]

Infeneralist is tankiest character

[hoary wave]

@dawn spire here

[worn whale]

is there any way to upgrade this?

[dawn spire]

I haven't gotten to endgame yet, but based on the design of this game, I think making survival your lowest priority is not going to be met with much success progression-wise. You can still eventually beat maps, but the rewards will be lesser. But if all you care about is big nuke, I don't see why it wouldn't be fine

[still rock]

i love all the console players posting phone pics its great we're all in this together 💗

[dawn spire]

First sentence of yellow text. Only supports strike skills

[mental valley]

yea i just care about big nuke, if i can just one shot everything and tank few hits with potion or armor or other stuff li would be happy

[still rock]

it increases the % of energy gained as it levels

[slender finch]

It's like poe 1. More dps = safer the fight.

[near jewel]

do both stats affect my Totems?

[static plinth]

Only the second

Totems can only benefit from defensive ally buffs

[dawn spire]

And earthquake is a slam, not a strike

[vestal idol]

HOLYdaaang

[still rock]

No double dipping allowed

[near jewel]

and what abot these two for totems?

[hoary wave]

@dawn spire yeah and earthquake is a melee skill tho

[mental valley]

have there been people who go all damage builds?

[static plinth]

Both work, one is AoE size and one is damage

[dawn spire]

Cut a higher tier spirit gem

[near jewel]

Thank you!

[dawn spire]

Tbh I don't know. I haven't watched any streams or gone on reddit

[worn whale]

im asking bc the level 9 and level 11 versions are literally identical

[vestal idol]

can u dis item to get stones ?

[bleak yacht]

pyromantic pact is not it for me

[dawn spire]

That's certainly a crossbow. I was expecting something bigger from a holydaaang tho tbh

[dawn spire]

Artificer orb

[still rock]

What ascendancy gives the most in terms of raw dmg we think? Stormweaver?

[vestal idol]

for the effor i gues dang/effort

[dawn spire]

Oh, sorry

[vestal idol]

baught one and regal i got that 😛

+2

[still rock]

Maybe Gemlin later on?

[static plinth]

Probably Witchhunter, Decimating Strike + Culling Strike can just ignore 60% of an enemy's healthbar

[dawn spire]

You can salvage items with sockets to get one artificer shard per socket

[vestal idol]

i mean quality increase

[mental valley]

@dawn spire what level u rn

[static plinth]

Though you can also get Decimating from a set of unique gloves, and culling from a bunch of places, so it actually might not be that great

[barren jetty]

what is affected by Herald?

[dawn spire]

56 or around there

[dawn spire]

Using a Herald spirit gem

[mental valley]

is that like super high rn? not sure where others are

[wispy lark]

@dawn spiredo you know is perm demon form viable rn for like t6-8

[dawn spire]

I'm about halfway through cruel act 2 if that matters. I've only obtained four of my 8 ascendancy points

[dawn spire]

I heard perm demon form was a thing yeah

[dawn spire]

You can salvage armor or weapons with quality to get quality increasing currency, yeah

[north talon]

For the 2nd Venom reward on Warrior, should I opt for 10% Chaos Res or 15% slow resist?

[vestal idol]

ok so you salvage to get those and dis to get other orbs

[dawn spire]

Hammer of the gods chrono obv 😎

[still rock]

Can we get a pinned message or something that says instead of asking is something viable, ask how to improve on what you want to do

its getting annoying

its like 500 a day

[dawn spire]

Yeah. I wouldn't ever disenchant anything aside from rare items that vendor for little AND can't be salvaged for artificer shards

[static plinth]

Bot message like the one that says "Dont ask to ask"

[vestal idol]

i actualy needed to get some regals so i dissed for that

[hollow idol]

Is there a site where I can see all of the Skill Gems?

[static plinth]

poe2db.tw

[dawn spire]

No, we are sisyphys. This is our punishment.

[meager plover]

I just got to Act 3 and feel like I dont do much damage anymore. I need some advise with my gear please: I am Level 35 and my Crossbow is Item Level 21 so i think it is time to swap it out but every Crossbow i can get drastically lowers the DPM of my Skills in the Skill-Menu. Can someone here give me some general advise pls?

[still rock]

And theyre always the people who post the same thing in 8 different channels asking for a build guide lmao

[static plinth]

But the rock rolled down again :(

[ashen rampart]

it is so easy to mess up yuour char, be so weak, and then need to start again. im hating hits

tthis

[mental valley]

idk what cruel act 2 is, is that high rn?

[dawn spire]

Oh boy! I know what I'm doing for the next four hours now.

[static plinth]

Act 5 but we only have 3 acts so its Act 2 2

[hollow idol]

any other useful resources you guys use besides the POE2 wiki?

[dawn spire]

It's the 5th of the six campaign acts before endgame begins

[hollow idol]

nothing is in pinned

[static plinth]

Maxroll's passive tree is nicer than DB's

[dawn spire]

Holding alt

[still rock]

you need flat phys and increased % physical and attack speed on xbow, proritize those three affixes over everything else immensely

[static plinth]

Mirror crafters dont want you to know this one simple trick

[mental valley]

i assume that is very high

[dawn spire]

I have actually not opened the wiki even once. I've learned almost everything from holding alt and reading stuff

[tall valley]

am new to this game but am i supposed to have negative resistances with nothing equiped?

[hollow idol]

Is there also a site where I can see player builds? Besides Mobalytics and Maxroll

[wraith fox]

Does anyone know if quivers can roll chaos or anything poison related damage modifiers? Just trying to see if i want the quiver mods for my future pathfinder poison build

[dawn spire]

You lose 10% to all resists each act

[static plinth]

Huh. Ow

[tall valley]

was it like that in poe1?

[dawn spire]

High is relative so I cannot confirm or deny this

[meager plover]

Yes, you get a "Penalty" for each Act

[static plinth]

You would lose chunks of 30 at act 5 and 10

[still rock]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Quivers#ModifiersCalc

[dawn spire]

Kinda. In poe 1 it was a big chunk after act 5 and another chunk after act 10. It's more gradual in 2

[static plinth]

Much smarter but they need to add some kind of indicator

[wraith fox]

[tall valley]

thank you alot tho i was going insane trying to figure this out

i assume that armor would scale to somewhat couteract theses penaltys

in the later acts

[gray ferry]

armor is normally for physical dmg right, whereas elemental res is for elemental dmg

[static plinth]

Yeah, gear gets larger resistance mods

THOUGH I CANT FIND ANY

[gray ferry]

ah gear

also slotting runes gives more eh

[static plinth]

I was talking to the other person

[still rock]

toxic quiver base gives 10-15% poison chance (thats on poedb, not sure if its drop enabled yet or not)

[static plinth]

Yeah thats right

You can also get armour to apply to ele in a couple ways

[wraith fox]

praying for it

[rugged isle]

Is sorcery ward a honeypot? I took it and I feel like it was a big mistake. Getting absolutely chunked by physical hits

[still rock]

honestly thats low as hell for losing a quiver implicit it should be atleast like 25%

imo

I'd rather have the AS

or pierce

[static plinth]

Poison chance is super hard to come by from what ive heard

[still rock]

hm wonder why

[static plinth]

Only like 40% on tree, and you can only use Envenom once

[wraith fox]

ah well poison chance kinda mediocre

[rugged isle]

does ailment chance not work on poison?

[still rock]

i want to do a full on poison stacking build soon

[static plinth]

It should but idk where to get that

[vestal idol]

crappiest exalt outcome reduced attr req _P

[rugged isle]

Lots of ailment chance under merc

[still rock]

So what happens now when you reapply poison in PoE2? Does it just stay with the highest magnitude value or always refresh with new hits?

Idk how we would test that

[static plinth]

Former, its just like Ignite

[still rock]

roger

and for +1 poison i assume its then the two highest poison magnitude values?

[graceful stag]

does demon form work with recoup?

[bold saffron]

whats a good way to get defensive stats on sorc? i have 1k hp 750 shield but ES sucks in a long fight

cuz it doesnt actually regen fast enough

[still rock]

also - how many applications of poison can you get to? is it just 2?

[still rock]

i think faster start of recharge is worthwhile for bossing tbh if youre ES invested

[rugged isle]

3

[still rock]

if youre nearby that stuff

[gray ferry]

there's also ways to make life flask apply to ES, if you have ES + Evasion there's also ghost shroud I think

[rugged isle]

You have to start ranger or monk to realistically get 3 poisons

[gray ferry]

I haven't tried them yet though

[rugged isle]

Too far away otherwise

[still rock]

good to know

Pathfinder has to be the defacto poisoner, right?

maybe Gemli depending on the skills used?

since you could use envenom twice

[obsidian grove]

does this mean all spells and hits can chill?

[static plinth]

Pathfinder by a massive fucking longshot

Up to 6 poisons

Or more i think

[still rock]

oh shit

[old oriole]

how can i go on adding crit to my frost sorc build?

[static plinth]

Doubles, not +1 to limit

[bold saffron]

i still dont know how to even use these lol

[solemn ledge]

anybody know if a passive tree node “10% increased mana cost of skills” would apply before or after archmage buff? as in would it make it cost a higher percentage of mana or would it just increase the base cost

[static plinth]

Snakebite is +1, i think there's +1 on tree, +1 on support. So 8 i think is the maximum

[still rock]

Now I have to figure out what the highest damage phys/chao skill is to scale magnitude well

since tick speed for application doesnt matter anymore

[static plinth]

Gonna mention there's a unique glove that makes all damage contribute to magnitude

[slow heron]

so, is armour or evasiuon better on merc? i have a evasion unique i could use

[still rock]

hmm so whats the highest dmg hitting skill rn

comet?

[static plinth]

Probably comet, but if you have multiple poisons you probably want Firestorm or somethign

Any Payoff skill would be good

[last patio]

I can't find shit about the max limit on slow magnitude

[vestal idol]

is there a way to get explosive shot to consume broken armor ?

[rugged isle]

There's a support gem yes

[last patio]

is it limitless?

[livid hamlet]

does minion instability support work on SRS?

[static plinth]

100%, but they're multiplicative so the only way to hit 100% is to Freeze something

Actually idk if Freeze is a slow in htis game but

[neat dew]

Pathfinder has a trait to double the poison cap which is effectively doubling your poison dps, if you can cap

[thick canopy]

If anyone is interested I made a discussion for lightning merc builds so we can figure out the most optimal build https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316101106429857803

[last patio]

I'm going ice chronomancer. I'm trying to build around maximum possible slow. Even if it's bad lol. So I figure I need to max chill and slow magnitude

[karmic crater]

@thick canopy did u beat act 2 endboss with lighting merc?

[static plinth]

Man, ive never even looked at Queen of The Forest in 1 but im so desperaet for movement speed

[still rock]

quite possibly max stage flame blast would be highest dmg but harder to stack applications

[slow heron]

is evasion good? i heard somewhere it was bad

[last patio]

if I can get to 80% slow I'll be really happy

[neat dew]

@still rock also fun to know, poison is considered chaos damage so there is synergy potential there, adding chaos spells

[old oriole]

does mana tempest affect other element dmg?

[static plinth]

Poison doesnt really scale from chaos though

Only if the hit that inflicted it was chaos damage

And it doesnt double dip

[thick canopy]

Yes I did similar set up to my mobalytics build but an earlier version

[still rock]

im mostly worried about magnitude to get the highest poison damage debuffs rather than a bunch of spells, a la old flame blast ignite since poison is different now

[thick canopy]

I did it on act 2 cruel

[karmic crater]

Can you share that build with me? Im Stuck on the boss dealing most damage with rapid fire

[still rock]

if the max is about 8 youd need something thats quick enough to apply but also hits hard enough to scale magnitude

[static plinth]

Living Bomb, Overabundance, Less Duration?

[formal jay]

Anyone else ever ran into a bug where Ancestral Warchief totem won't attack at all?
I have it with Sunder and when I cast it, it just stands there and doesnt do anything.

[wispy lark]

hows firestorm doing as a main dps?

[thick canopy]

This is my build I posted a discussion thread which I can also link you that has around 7 other versions of the build. All seem very strong https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/fb52362f-f676-4e13-9b3c-20ba74063008/builds/af7fcff4-a64a-48a6-8903-0083fcd8942f

[still rock]

that does seem pretty high in the base dmg range

[last patio]

I don't understand this. Is it saying that chill magnitude has a max slow of 50% or that cold damage can only contribute toward 50% slow at max? O_o

[wispy bobcat]

which build would be the best of sorc or witch or ranger that doesn't require me to kite a lot?

[karmic crater]

Are you Dealing the most dmg with shock burst?

[static plinth]

Chill has a max of 50%

[thick canopy]

Yes for single target shock burst is the best

[last patio]

ok ty

[still rock]

Hmm hexblast looks good but pathing to double curse as ranger would suck

[old oriole]

how can i know if an enemy has exposure on them or not?

[scenic dawn]

Does anyone have a jewel that increase cold damage or freeze build up I have two jewels here that I can trade you one

[static plinth]

If you dont mind attacks and stack a bunch of attack speed, Detonating Arrow looks good

[last patio]

do you know of any other modifiers bsides base slow and chill that can add to the total slow?

[still rock]

Id need a good bow for that but the extra dmg as fire is pretty choncy

[last patio]

I want to make it to where anyone that gets close is barely moving

[still rock]

480% extra damage as fire at max stages

[swift aspen]

when a staff has an affix that says "gain X% of damage as [] damage", is that multiplicative? like it multiplies your damage output by X% in that element?

[still rock]

How does AS work with channel? Decrease the time between stages?

[static plinth]

Yeah

[still rock]

id need to test how fast thatd be

[obsidian grove]

Can some attacks just not crit? like incinerate?

[still rock]

incinerate is effectively a dot so it cannot crit

and its a spell not an attack

[static plinth]

If you can get consistent frenzies, Charge Infusion + Ferocity is GIGA speed

50% more speed

I think only Deadeye would be able to get that many frenzies thoguh

[still rock]

Whats best frenzy generator rn

or fastest I should say

[static plinth]

Combat Frenzy is simple and easy

Sniper's Mark is theoretically the fastest if you can trigger it

aaand i dont even know if there's other sources lol

[north gull]

Hey monk players
Are you guys doing single element or multi?

[still rock]

Is it possible to lower to internal CD of combat frenzy

[wild musk]

does anyone know any good boss frost builds for mercenary? I'm stuck on jamanra doing no dmg with my granade fire setup, looking to maybe partially respec / get some frost damage

[static plinth]

Yeah, there's supports for CDR and stuff

Wait no thats not a cooldown i htink?

Idk

[still rock]

Yeah dunno

would have to test

[static plinth]

Im assuming "5,1 - 7" is backwards so scaling levels would work but not effectively

Profusion gives it a 70% chance to give 2 charges

(with quality)

[scarlet oasis]

Runes on armour should I use armour ones or element resist?

[hollow cave]

Honestly user pref

[static plinth]

I might theory craft an EV stacker, even though we dont have Dreamfeather

Queen of The Forest + Invoker

[last patio]

is this added 10% slow magnitude separate from the slow of chill itself? if I use a defuff that doesn't cause slow will this still add 10% slow?

[static plinth]

No, thats 10% increased. 30% slow becomes 33% slow

0% slow stays 0% slow

[last patio]

so if I already have the slow of chill maxed to 50% this is useless for chill right? And only good for temporal chains?

[static plinth]

I think it may apply after Chill's 50% cap? You'd have to test somehow

[carmine escarp]

Flames of Chayula are tagged as leech so I was hoping to use that somehow, but I can’t seem to find anything really good to grab for leech. There is a node that makes chill not affect you while leeching, but that seems kind of far from monk for just that benefit. Anyone know of anything else I might be missing?

[last patio]

ok tyty

[pearl sluice]

got this rlly nice ice staff with 45% increased spell dmg, is there a way to increase the lvl of this staff i dont wanna get rid of it?

[last patio]

speaking of which is temporal chains the only other skill that can slow?

besides chilling stuff

[still rock]

hinder exists

too

i assume stacks but not sure how

most likely multiplicatively?

[storm willow]

hi, i never played poe or poe2, i just want to know if there is any build like the frenzy barb from diablo 2 on poe 2

[last patio]

ok great! was worried there wouldn't be more skills lol

[still rock]

well hinder is just a debuff but it has a lot of sources

[twin coral]

can you evade aoe boss attacks

[vestal idol]

is explosion not area damage ?

[last patio]

I feel like if I can really max out slow + have all the chronomancer skills there won't be a map I can't handle lol

[still rock]

most likely not - based on the tooltip saying "Strikes and Projectiles"

[twin coral]

thoughts so

[last patio]

I just hope that all the attention to slow I'm giving isn't gonna screw my damage

[twin coral]

armor must just be better

[still rock]

thats what space bar is for

🙂

[vestal idol]

trying to use conc effect on expltion shot but tooltip dosnt update damage or radius

[hard crane]

whats the proper order of grenades for the mercenary to maximize dmg? (oil + gas + explo) ? or (oil + explo then gas + explo) ?

[still rock]

you most likely are lol, gotta find a balance so you can actually kill things

[carmine escarp]

Dual wielding attack fast? Yeah

[still rock]

a unique that scaled spell damage on slow magnitude would be cool

[snow ridge]

Does %Increased Mana Recovery Rate multiply or add to %increased Mana Regeneration Rate

[twin coral]

wait is armor just better than evasion

[still rock]

its just different

armor is only for physical as well btw

[storm willow]

yea, a warrior with dual wielding attack fast who can also run rlly fast, just like the frenzy barb cuz is my fav build on diablo 2 resurrected 😭

[snow mist]

I really wanna build around Corpse Explosion but I imagine its not entirely helpful around many boss fights?

[wraith fox]

me when bows dont got chaos modifiers

[still rock]

youd most likely want a berserker type ascendancy from the poe1 Marauder which doesnt exist in EA yet

unfortunately

[elder holly]

Who has extra Uncut Spirit?

[last patio]

@still rock

bummer

[still rock]

Oh damn

[last patio]

probably for my own good tho haha

[still rock]

I didnt know that

crap that fucks my build too

lol

[marsh moon]

Yo guys
Still newbie about armour and evasion, needing some tips.
I’m doing something like toxic pathfinder, i’m okay w/ my dmg but I feel lack of defensive layers.
I’ve already got almost every possible evasion node… but do I need armour too?
Like evasion + armour it’s better even if I’m a ranger?

[last patio]

oh you're doing the same thing? lol

[still rock]

Im using hinder from contagion and eventually temp chains from blasphemy

but i have to rethink now

[last patio]

damn that sucks

[swift estuary]

Have any Witch Minion SRS builds run into the issue of +minion life making your SRS minions above the health threshold to immediately detonate them? Curious if it's something I have to worry about

[storm willow]

soo i cant play with something similar to a frenzy barb on poe2? cuz every warrior build i see on yt is a slow slam attack build that can break armor and oneshot

[errant storm]

whats the popular runes?

[daring bobcat]

Dmg against frozen ennemies or spell damage increase for a ice sorceress ?

[snow mist]

How effective is Corpse Explosion?

[stiff lantern]

What are the good belts now? other than the usual life +defensives/resistances, is it flask charges, stun treshhold?

[still rock]

you could maybe do like dual wield sunder of some sort stacking AS somewhere and frenzy charges generated somewhere with charge infusion and rage generation somewhere

i dont know how to put all that together as i havent theorycrafted for that but theres a breadcrumb for you

[twin coral]

how much is .1 exalt LOL i want two glacial rune

[orchid current]

the big attack speed berserker archetype doesn't even have the necessary weapons in the game yet

[swift estuary]

I feel like this discord would benefit from a seperate discord channel for each class.....

[orchid current]

we're still missing axes and swords

[novel ridge]

Anyone make a minion build without a scepter? I'm trying to do CC based crossbow merc with minions for damage, but it seems like all the minion mods are in sepcters

[still rock]

could still do dual wield mace sunder i think just not gunna be the same as when berserker is available

[still rock]

no, build ideas shouldnt be restricted to class

thats not the point of poe

[orchid current]

as much as i hate it axes are probably going to be the bleed weapon when they get added

[swift estuary]

it would group up people with similar ascendancies

[sturdy trench]

Titan Crushing Impact and Boneshatter doesn't synergies well right?

[north talon]

they do not

[orchid current]

can't a man just beat people up with an axe like a normal person

[still rock]

obviously some builds are best put into a certain category or ascendancy but open discussion on how to optimize a certain desired play style should be "classless" effectively

[last patio]

does slow from chill also slow their attack rate?

[swift estuary]

correct, but it would be a nice way to filter out Titan builds when looking for infernalist builds

[still rock]

Ye probably

[swift estuary]

since ascendancy plays a huge role in shaping builds, focusing on a single room for 3 ascendancies is a lot easier to read thru than 36. just saying

[still rock]

the build help channel is tailored for that, it has tags for each ascendancy and threads for builds

if you want super specific advice

[north talon]

class also seems more important than PoE1 for starting nodes, since traversal is more expensive

[sturdy trench]

Boneshatter makes Titan Crushing Impact useless? If Iam focusing boneshatter

[north talon]

not useless, but it does make it worse imo

[last patio]

can someone explain how multiple % stats stack multiplicatively? Like if you have 20% slow from chronomancer, 26% from temporal chains, and 50% from chill. how does the math play out?

[still rock]

that depends on how the debuffs interact with one another

which is a case by case basis most likely

[north talon]

pretty sure slow are just multiplied? But I am not sure if there is mroe to it

[still rock]

in this particular scenario im not sure, id have to test or read up on slow effect

[fringe quiver]

hey guys need some help with acolyte of chayula i think its bugged

[silent prawn]

Why do you think so?

[fringe quiver]

the node REALITY RENDING

[old gust]

I have toube to defeat the Trial of the Sekhemas Starting Boss (Traitor) with the Scorceres . Any Tips on a early Boss build are welcome.

[fringe quiver]

is making 0 difference

[vale heart]

whats the max levle for skill gems?

[jolly coral]

Hi guys do you know what act lvl 3 support gems drop I am at cruel act 1 now but haven't seen lvl 3 gem yet ?

[plain fable]

Blood mage has an ascendancy that gives 10% spell dmg leeched as life, are there other sources for spell leech or is this it?

[north talon]

I only started seeing them in Act 3 Cruel

[silent prawn]

Mid to end act 2 cruel

[silent prawn]

I read 19.

[still rock]

The Slow tooltip doesnt specify how different sources of slow interact with each other (but it does say that unless specified slow will affect both action speed and movement speed in conjunction, to answer your previous question better) @last patio

[opaque zodiac]

how does exposure work with the Heavy Frost notable "Hits ignore Elemental Resistances of Frozen Enemies"?

[last patio]

ok thanks

[jolly coral]

That's sucks cos literally you can't make your builds until you finish act 2 ?

[still rock]

But say, Hinder specifically says Movement Speed so it does not slow action speed

[silent prawn]

It's a dice roll... Will not always work

[still rock]

whereas Chill does not specify

[fringe quiver]

i never see a difference and thers nowhere to see the dmg increase

[thorn bone]

other than sceptre aura and gems / tree yall know any other sources of attack speed for minions ? trying to pivot away from arsonist and use brutes instead

[orchid current]

...you mean, outside of all the ways to modify your character???

how else can you modify your abilities outside of items tree and gems???

[jolly coral]

So to get upheaval skill I need to finish act 1 and 2

[old oriole]

does this make the curse's effect stronger???

[ashen roost]

Has anyone made mind over matter work on a blood mage?

[last patio]

This is what chatgpt says lol

[orchid current]

yes

chatgpt

[still rock]

I wouldnt trust chatgpt on anything related to poe btw

[north talon]

chatGPT is not exactly a trustworthy source

[silk smelt]

what does quality on this do?

[last patio]

lmao i know, chatgpt is wrong more often than not, but i crossed my fingers ^^

[silk smelt]

err was supposed to crop image sec

[old oriole]

why does this still do -32.5% then?? same as before

[still rock]

it can help you with the math but it wouldnt know the rules of how those debuffs interact via the mechanics of poe

[silk smelt]

it says additional effects is the "has 10 maximum energy" but thats actually the base effect. quality didnt seem to change anything at all?

[woven otter]

Is mantra of destruction just the most useless skill ever? 10 combo for 1 chaos empowered attack? Wtf

[ashen roost]

Does the debuff on the boss say -32?

[orchid current]

support gem effects don't reflect in the main gem's description, unless you're actively cursing enemies and seeing the hypothermia icon show -32%?

[vestal idol]

dreadnaught boss is that lightnign and cold damage?

[still rock]

thats base spell, you need to click on the right facing arrow to open the detailed skill window to see increases

[old oriole]

how can i see that number? is it just the number near the curse's icon?

[ashen roost]

On boss debuff bar

[still rock]

when you hover over a skill gem like that it just shows you the base stats of the skill

[junior smelt]

i would like to know the same thing.

[ashen roost]

Has anyone made mind over matter work on a blood mage?

[still rock]

@azure saffron my assumption is that it does not interact because infernal flame is not mana, it just replaces it

[ashen roost]

The penalty on MoM is too severe imo

[raven trout]

Can anyone explain to me why it says i would lose damage when doing this?

Nvm i think its just bugged

[still rock]

i dont think the shift thing on tree is working correctly

it seems wonky

[raven trout]

Nope, it says that on every node

Good to know

[flat timber]

I cant figure out if cold shards is working on elemental expression or not

[old oriole]

is the second line bad for frost build?

[wraith fox]

idk if its just me, but i just killed the executioner on my ranger, and now all my dmg is dogshit

[still rock]

that seems bugged, i think its supposed to be % inc energy

[obsidian grove]

no, its just extra fire damage, not turning frost damage into fire

[wraith fox]

my poison dmg is actually so bad

[old oriole]

u think the 20% buildup is worth the skill point?

[zinc cipher]

how many runes can i wear at once?

[still rock]

no its free dmg

if you are freezing enough

[woven otter]

I grabbed it, it’s lots of damage i think

And I freeze constantly

[scarlet shadow]

Is stun threshold important for a witch? I pathed through a bunch of nodes with it. Want to respec and drop it which will cost all my gold…not sure if I’ll drop it then realize it was keeping me alive. 😬

[zinc cipher]

anybody know?

[still rock]

not sure if you can get three sockets on body armor/2h or not

[severe drum]

does demon form still remove your spirit if wielding the spirit weapon?

[still rock]

would most likely be an ilvl threshold for that if so

[zinc cipher]

i meant, how many can u wear at one on ur all set? i heard somewhere its 2 for weapon and 2 for armour but i jus wanna comfirm

[lapis estuary]

Hey so I was looking at the Skill Tree and found this skill called Eternal Youth

It makes it so that Life recharges instead of Energy Shield

Then there's also all these nodes that increases Energy Shield Recharge Delay
So that the default 4 seconds is reduced before it starts to recharge

So I have 2 questions:
Would a 75% reduction in the delay mean 4 seconds would become 1 second?
Would the above combined with Eternal Youth mean you could recharge Life just by not getting hit for a single second?

[dawn spire]

No, dealing fire damage doesn't make you have less cold damage or cold ailment magnitude.

[still rock]

if thats true then 7

[orchid current]

sockets are 1 per armor, 2 on body armor and 2h

[dawn spire]

Careful with your wording. "Increased energy shield recharge delay" would make it take LONGER to start recharging.

What do the nodes you're looking at actually say?

[orchid current]

"increased energy shield recharge delay" would make it take longer to start recharging...

[zinc cipher]

thank you!

[lapis estuary]

Sorry, I mean reducing it

[still rock]

the wording is Faster start of energy shield recharge, specifically

[dawn spire]

Oh

[lapis estuary]

Yes exactly, thank you

[orchid current]

and yes not taking damage for a bit will let you start recharging

although is it just me or is es recharge a lot slower in this game?

[earnest night]

where is this in the tree?

[lapis estuary]

There's a bunch of nodes that speed up the recharge itself as well

[orchid current]

you'll also lose the ability to drink flasks to restore life with eternal youth allocated

[dawn spire]

Faster start of recharge is very different math than reducing delay. 100% faster start would mean it takes half the time. So 75% faster start would mean it would take (100/175) times as long to start recharging

[old oriole]

straight up if u start as sorc or witch too i think

[still rock]

I think its 4s in poe2 and 2s in poe1 (i think)

[orchid current]

no i mean the es refill speed

[dawn spire]

It's also slower

[still rock]

oh the recharge rate

[last patio]

what could be a strong DoT combo with chill/freeze?

[still rock]

yeah its slower

[dawn spire]

I think es is overall 6x worse.

In terms of recharge

[orchid current]

still strong because we can't find life on tree

[dawn spire]

Twice as long to start and 3x as long to fill

[dawn spire]

Very true

[sage jungle]

does skill speed / cast speed make curses trigger faster?

[lapis estuary]

Okay that makes sense since there's more than 100% worth of those nodes. So then to get it down to 1 second from 4 it would require 300% total of those nodes? Assuming there are enough

[orchid current]

so ES is the only way we can really extend our base hit point value meaningfully

[mental valley]

@dawn spire how long it take to reach 56

[still rock]

+20 flat life node witch/sorc/monk master race

[late night]

Does anyone have a high level Taryn's Shiver staff? Curious to see how the stats differ from my level 2 staff

[daring bobcat]

When do y'all start buying/trading gear and working min/maxing on builds ?

[dawn spire]

That seems correct

[old oriole]

can we corrupt skills to maybe surpass their limit?

[astral kite]

hey does anyone have an rcs on a sorc build? i was following a mobolitics guide but it doesnt tell you what to put into for attributes and dont wanna get them all wrong just to reset (orbs intelc but idk if i sould do dex too) i know I should fiugre it out as i go but i am nott that kind of game in a new game haha

[orchid current]

although i think all three gear defenses are pretty decent now, maybe eva is slightly weaker on its own

[still rock]

no

[orchid current]

eva is the bees knees when you add a little armor or ghost shrouds though

[still rock]

theres a specific stat for that

[barren jetty]

what is the best passiv skill to get for monk? my dmg is very good but I get 1 shot all the time

[twilit ruin]

does rage only buff melee

[dawn spire]

My number is hard to say. I feel like I've spent maybe 33% of my playtime answering questions on here. And builds can vary wildly in power. I think I've played at least 20 hours since release

[orchid current]

can't wait to get the eva -> phys defense node

[mental valley]

so like 13 hrs?

[still rock]

@sage jungle you want "faster Curse Activation"

[orchid current]

due to the way eva is calced i think 40% less eva doesn't reduce the chance to avoid by 40%

[sage jungle]

i see ,ty

[late night]

@orchid current so as a Sorc I need armour on top of my ES right?

[dreamy oracle]

trading op for a lightning dmg build

[dawn spire]

The passive tree is not going to help you avoid getting one shotted. Life and resistances on gear are going to matter far more than anything the tree will give you for a long time

[orchid current]

i don't really think so, although physical damage will be tough to deal with

[still rock]

No, all attack damage

[dawn spire]

Oh... That's new information...

[still rock]

According to the tooltip

[old oriole]

what are the second and 4th debuff?

[paper vine]

Anyone have experience with chrono? Curious how it plays. Is it just for CC?

[still rock]

although its harder to get as non-melee

[orchid current]

pretty sure rage was attack damage in poe 1 as well

you just had shit for all ways to gen it on bows

[bold saffron]

how do u not die as a mage.... energy shield is so dogshit wtf

its USELESS

[dawn spire]

You can hover over them I think. Looks like chill and exposure?

[bold saffron]

u cant regenerate shield fast enough for it to be relevant

[late night]

Yeah that's my problem is stray ranged attacks from normal mobs are doing way too much damage to my Sorc

[bold saffron]

im playing with half an hp bar

[orchid current]

freeze build up, chill, hypothermia, cold exposure respectively

[old oriole]

yea but which is which? and i can't hover that's a mob's hp bar

[dawn spire]

Yes es is very bad early. But life and resistances on gear and a solid life flask are far more important than armor, evasion, or es during the campaign

[astral kite]

^?

[still rock]

the warcry should work now, not sure abt other sources for non melee

[old oriole]

tyy now i know the uselss one(chill)

[dawn spire]

2nd is chill, 4th is exposure. I think

[twilit ruin]

ty i got the unique bristleboar vest on my sorceress

[still rock]

Doesnt work on spells btw

just attacks

[sharp dew]

Hello,
I would really appreciate any tips for poisonburst arrow ranger? Like items, passives, skills gems etc.

[bold saffron]

how much res should i have cruel act 3

this is miserable

[orchid current]

75% all

[twilit ruin]

so theres more attacks besides melee and spells? lol the verb skill gap

[dawn spire]

Everyone wants life and resistances on gear and a good life flask. For weapon, you want as much physical damage as you can for bigger Poisons

[orchid current]

annoyingly, it's much harder to get res due to rare gear being less common and no bench

[dawn spire]

Ideally close to 75% fire/cold/lightning at that point

[orchid current]

does finishing campaign still saddle you with -60% all?

[dawn spire]

75% is the cap

[still rock]

When you hover over a skill gem there will be a tag underneath the name indicating "Attack" or "Spell", rage only applies the extra damage to attacks

[dawn spire]

You get -10% at the end of each act, yeah

[orchid current]

that's pretty damn annoying

[sharp dew]

Thanks. And what about passives, this is the hardest part for me.

[bold saffron]

wtf how

[orchid current]

upgrade your gear

[bold saffron]

i have 20 on every gear piece its still -20

[still rock]

runes

[dawn spire]

Runes, identifying basically everything, gambling, and crafting

[orchid current]

resists should still go up to 48% per affix

on gear

[bold saffron]

i cant put runes on anything

[still rock]

salvage every single socket gear you find

so you can put sockets on your gear

[dawn spire]

Use artificer orbs. Well, maybe not on your current gear because it sounds really bad

[bold saffron]

but whats the point of putting it on lvl 40 gear if ur gonna be lvl 60 in a few hrs

[still rock]

so you dont die

[fervent void]

Galvanic Shards is nutty for Merc early on for clearing, having so much fun with it

[bold saffron]

so farm 10-20 socket gear to disassemble it

to put it on gear

to last 2 hrs

sounds so awful

[still rock]

ok go play idle clicker

[orchid current]

i mean you could just be me and suffer through the whole campaign with negative res (my strat from poe1 is paying off)

[sharp dew]

And what about which items to salvage and which to sell for gold?

[bold saffron]

good response to a person learning the game

[orchid current]

alternatively get hit less

[bold saffron]

also dont regular trash mobs deal physical dmg anyway? im not dying to freeze or poison or fire

i just get hit 3-4 times and my 1k hp/700 shield disappoears

idk

[still rock]

"why should i upgrade my gear if im going to get better gear later" is antithetical to the purpose of the game - also just dont get hit

[north gull]

Why are so many people shitting on monk? Or do people like to rant more than praise

[woven shale]

did you ever get an answer on this? I'm testing Immaterial right now and based on the character sheet ingame, I'm not getting the ES-regen-started bonus

[bold saffron]

thats how literally every single game works

[trail pewter]

thorns does not trigger when you block

[orchid current]

act 1 sucks nuts until you get a level 5 skill gem

default attack is your highest dps option until then

[spare quartz]

Found the guy who saves all of his upgrade materials until maxed out

[orchid current]

also monk really really needs his first levels for skill speed

[daring bobcat]

I disenchented yellow stuff got regal orbs, I have a good few orbs now so I just sell it for gold to gamble. I salvaged socketed stuff for orbs, I have a bunch of orbs now so I decided if I want to sell for gold or salvage the gray/blue stuff

[still rock]

dont expect people to be nice when you ask for advice and they give it to you and you say wtf thats awful lol

[bold saffron]

wrong

[heady palm]

Oh damn thats a shame

[dawn spire]

Your tree is going to be able to give you way more impact if you go damage early. Armor, evasion, and energy shield largely come from your gear. Early on, it doesn't give much.

Evasion is better early, energy shield is better way later (and with proper investment). Armor is decent basically all the time. But still, on gear, prioritize life and elemental resistances. A good life flask is also incredibly strong, as is movement speed on boots, and, of course, a strong weapon.

But, again, for the passives I'd focus on early damage and try to take as many notables (larger nodes) and as few small nodes as possible. Minimize small nodes.

[dawn spire]

That's actually kinda shocking to me. Damn.

[spare quartz]

If you salvage items to socket a weapon you will possibly upgrade in a few hours though, you can then just salvage that weapon again right and recycle the sockets?

[trail pewter]

if they add retaliation or riposte to poe2 for us shield users ill LYK

[still rock]

thorns will always be useless they need to just remove it

idgi

[bold saffron]

i dont have stuff to salvage

[still rock]

farm

[trail pewter]

thorns only does damage when youre successfully HIT, block prevents all damage done to you from being hit 😢

[last patio]

how is elemental exposure different from resistance penetration??

[bold saffron]

im not a 5000 hour poe1 veteran to know that a white item with slots is very useful

idk why cant u just put resistances like an armor slot

[last patio]

and how do I figure out which is better to take?!?!?

[dawn spire]

Salvaging something with a socket gives you an artificer shard for each socket. It's ten shards to an orb

[still rock]

okay well we just told you

[orchid current]

one reduces resists, the other ignores it

[still rock]

carry on my wayward son

[spare quartz]

Yeah i didn't know to salvage socketed items at first either

[dawn spire]

Same

[orchid current]

penetration often requires no setup, but you cannot pen below 0% resists

[shrewd sable]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/frostferno-witch-hunter-fearless-dumbo

im looking at this build for my merc, but it says to put brutality into flash grenade which just seems to make flash way less damage. am i missing something?

[daring bobcat]

gotta find renly's tools

[still rock]

i was disenchanting them for like 3 acts

but c'est la vie

[fierce adder]

best build for warrior ? i just finished act 1

[warm delta]

• How do i get meta jewels for the passive skill tree?
• Is there a farmable location?

[vestal idol]

leather bound gauntless does that mean you get double of the amount if you use the iron reflexes ?

[bold saffron]

but how does resistance help against hoards of idiots running at u with a sword

[still rock]

this game is about learning from your mistakes and experimenting

[bold saffron]

they dont do elemental damage

[dawn spire]

They're random drops. Idk if any encounters drop a guaranteed jewel.

[still rock]

youd be surprised how much elemental damage you take

[orchid current]

armor/phys resistance/just killing them works

[still rock]

tbh

[orchid current]

also yeah

[royal garnet]

that's when you have armor/evasion/energy shield/hp

[bold saffron]

these guys do physical no?

[dawn spire]

What is your life flask looking like?

[still rock]

its not always indicative via a visual effect whether or not theyre dealing elemental damage

[orchid current]

i wouldn't be surprised if they were secretly a different damage type

poe has always been miserable at communicating what damage type an enemy deals

[timid cloud]

guys can I lesser jeweler orb on weapon skills?

[dawn spire]

Okay, you've got a decent flask at least

Oh no

[bold saffron]

i just feel like ES is pathetically useless and im just mad lol

[still rock]

you need more ehp

[dawn spire]

That's way too little life and way too much es

[still rock]

imo

[dawn spire]

I'm in cruel act 2 with 1.4k life and I feel squishy

[timid cloud]

like i'm pretty sure we can but somehow I it doesn't let me do it with lesser jewellery orb

[bold saffron]

wtf LOL

ok then that makes sense

can i get max hp on gear with no dex?

or do i need dex

[sterile stone]

with 3K life we get 30 spirit, how is this node worth it??
3000*25%=750/25=30

[bold saffron]

this is basically useles then

[dawn spire]

Life has nothing to do with the requirements of the gear

[orchid current]

life on gear doesn't depend on attribute requirements

[wide pine]

what is good a way to consistently ignite gas grenades now that flame wall doesn't work?

[orchid current]

explosive bolt