2┃build-planning

[pine elm]

God, arcane surge is pretty dam op

at first, i thought it was flat "mana regeneration"

but it's actually mana regeneration "rate"

[north talon]

This one is wose imo. Just pain

[heavy kraken]

Is blood mage's life leech bugged? heard alot that the node isn't working well, is this true, or have people found success picking spell leech?

[heavy sparrow]

Yeah, wtf is this design. There's a few more of these , i'm sure. It doesn't feel good imo.

[north talon]

I think the idea is to thematicly group things without making the clusers too good

but it does make it feel bad to grab

[heavy sparrow]

a few more

yeah, I guess. It just frustrates me personally a bit.

[alpine mural]

anyone knows if blasphemy + decaying hex not working is a bug or its gonna stay like this?

[restive furnace]

Ah cool I'll still unlock it then, I missed it with my first Spirit gem

[brazen needle]

anyone know if reality rending for acolute of chayula works on everything but doesnt state it on the tooltip?

[bold saffron]

does this buff physical fire dmg, or magic spells too?

[pine elm]

works on everything

i had a friend who ran comet monk with acolyte of chayula

[heavy sparrow]

if you gather all the '% chance to fire 2 extra proj' nodes, it's 18 points including what it takes to get from the first cluster to the 2nd cluster, plus i guess 3-5 points depending where you're coming from the top of the tree. is 50% chance to fire 2 extra proj ever worth 18 points? hmm

[still rock]

it affects both fire dmg from attacks and spells

[pine elm]

worth it

[heavy sparrow]

You think so?

[pine elm]

espcially for builds like lightning orbs

yeah

[magic wasp]

This only increases your fire damage, not your physical damage nor your spells unless your spell does fire damage

[pine elm]

and spark

[gray sail]

flick build looking good, just need to find a way to not get one shot now

[pine elm]

btw, 50% for extra project on spark is pretty dang good

[heavy sparrow]

Personally doing fire infernalist rght now, so half my spells don't have proj's ...

[bold saffron]

aight ty

[heavy sparrow]

but you're right about spark and such. didn't think of that

[outer agate]

how does weapon set passives work for conditions?
for example if I have crossbow for grenades and use flash grenade while having 20% increased blind effect node in tree and then switch to use melee with mace whose tree doesn't have that. Would the blind lose effectiveness?
and secondary situation, since grenades have timer what happens to the blind effectiveness if I switch to mace before the grenade explodes and applies the blind?

[bold saffron]

btw adding resistances did make the game kind of ez mode LOL

[pine elm]

need to fix mana

👀

[still rock]

told u

😉

[gray sail]

nah I just forgot to use pot

[mint violet]

do we know what currently is the best skill tree planner ?

[obsidian grove]

is there a casting speed cap?

[pine elm]

nope

[brazen needle]

oh damn that sounds interesting

[pine elm]

u can push as much as u want

[pine elm]

Invoker = i wanna stack energy faster and ignore enemies elemental resistance
acolyte = I want to do extra chaos damage

[gray sail]

how much spirit do we get from campaign? is it only 100?

[still rock]

maxroll is the best i e found for now

[pine elm]

60 if i remember correctly

120 if u do both normal + cruelty difficulties

[radiant yarrow]

@mint violet poe2db shows all stats, maxroll has some that are missing

[fiery sable]

Hey, just tested it, it does work

[pine elm]

@obsidian grove There's no cap

[still rock]

ah no doubt

[sacred sail]

I never had more than 60 :/

[still rock]

oh interesting

thanks for updating

[pine elm]

do all side stuffs + main quests 👍

[bold saffron]

wait my res drop by -50 huh xdddd

[sacred sail]

I killed king of the mists in cruel though

[shrewd heath]

does anyone know why increased melee damage does not counts for perfect strike and rolling slam? i took out the fire damage increase support gem. both perfect strike and rolling slam has the tag "melee"

[brazen needle]

yeah i hadn't looked into any of the higher skills, my friend is running invoker so i went acolyte, but comet acolyte sounds fun

[pine elm]

not everything is shown, check ur skills after invested

yes it's weird like that

[fiery sable]

no problem

[wooden monolith]

quest reward is +10% chaos resistance or +5 to all stast.. What should I choose?

[bold saffron]

if i keep adding exalts is MS not guaranteed?

[left crescent]

What does the divine orb do?

[neat laurel]

skill setup for my pathfinder is complete

[still rock]

no

rng

[sacred sail]

@pine elmthanks 🥺 I got 40 more spirit, 20 hidden somewhere then

u saved me life

[tidal carbon]

If I got a crossbow that says physical % damage does that include all physical damage increase or just the dps on crossbow?

[solemn island]

so if a skill doesn't have requirements, like how Killing Palm requires unarmed or a quarterstaff, then i can use it regardless of equipped weapon, right?

[blissful dagger]

cooks

27 life regen btw

[solemn island]

oh my god, you can

[little rock]

leech>>life regen

[gray sail]

is MORE critical rate different from INCREASED critical rate?

[blissful dagger]

doesnt say leech...

[bold saffron]

wait so ppl say u lose 10 res per act but i had like 60+ and now im back to 10s LOL

what happened

[grim aspen]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/mm57c0h8 does this build look like shit for invoker bow monk?

[crisp cipher]

So before I use my spirit gem (the only one I have, for now)
Which of the would be better; Cast on Freeze or Elemental Invocation?
I'm not sure if it just looks that way or not, but Elemental invocation seems pretty much better than cast on freeze, bar the fact that I (if I understand it correctly) need to manually press elemental invocation to cast everything linked to it?

Trying to have cold snap (& eventually comet) & such going off on a freeze
Not sure if that would work with cold snap though.. considering after the first one the freeze's gonna gone already but yeah

[knotty spruce]

how horrible does ed contagion chronomancer sound?

[alpine mural]

is there a way to ignite with chaos damage besides flame wall?

[pine elm]

flame wall all the awy

[ornate gate]

does galvanizing shards build up electrocute/shock?

[pine elm]

there is another way...

but i feels like you should just use flame wall

[ornate gate]

im trying to pivot into lightning mercenary but no clue which node to get first

[pine elm]

it's free ignite

[alpine mural]

so many buttons

lmao

[pine elm]

put it on cast on crit

done

or cast on other effects

whicever help you trigger it

[bold saffron]

guys why did i go from 60 res to 10 when entering drowned city

im confused

[high relic]

How lucky! finally an amulet with Spirit.
Checks rolls: all of them low/mid roll

[alpine mural]

100 spirit i cant

[winged geyser]

Yes. More critical rate multiplies all your crit chance after its already done the calculation of base crit and increased. Basically if you already have increased 100% crit and you get another 100%, giving you 300% total crit. it will add together to give your final crit chance. If they were more instead of increased, theyd multiply each other, and you would have 400% increased crit.

[alpine mural]

i wish blasphemy would work with decaying hex at least

[winged geyser]

Hope that helps at all. Kinda confusing concept

[pine elm]

D:

just

flame wall

save you the time

it's only 1 button

[alpine mural]

is inevitable critical just free crit for totems?

it increases the crit and just stays like that

[pine elm]

Oh

arggg

[visual sundial]

hello, I have a mana problem. level 46 sorceress. I use spark as my main skill and it drains mana so quickly. I didn't have this problem earlyr. will passive tree mana nodes will help? is there a tip for mana problem in general?

[pine elm]

yes

it will help

Also, you need higher mana pool

you need to stack as much mana as you can

[pine elm]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Unique_item#OtherUnique

[crisp cipher]

Nobody tried Elemental Invocation yet? Or know anything? :l

[pine elm]

try this database. i was looking for a way to trigger ignite

but that's gonna take forever

[alpine mural]

yea i tried to look for it couldnt find anything

[pine elm]

probably best to run flame wall

unfortunately

[alpine mural]

really want to use the ring that makes ignite turns to chaos

yea i guess

putting supports on flame wall doesnt increase the damage of the projectile that passes right?

[pine elm]

depending on what kind of support

any projectile run through flame wall get extra damage

[alpine mural]

which support increases that damage?

[rapid star]

So I probably fucked up the support gems and the tree if anyone could help
Is a Invoker lightning build
https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316163133932306532

[dry haven]

what acendency are people going for chaos witch? seems niether of the 2 have ANYTHIng for chaos

[heavy sparrow]

Anyone else feeling a little frustrated by trade off nodes? they never really "feel" good to take, to me

[rapid star]

the sucubus buffs spells by a lot...

[rich pewter]

Hii!
Wanted to make that auto SRS
but looks like its not working anymore?
The spell is casted correctly, but it is not summoning raging spirits, what did I do wrong?

[bold saffron]

why did i lose 50 resistances when i had 60 like 30 minutes ago? arent u supposed to lose 10 per act?

[dry haven]

you mean demon form?

[pine elm]

i gave up on monk skills at earlier level and went for elemental

[bold saffron]

i swear i just did the reactor stuff, entered drowned city and i went from 60 to 10

can anyone help?

[rapid star]

Yeah

[rapid star]

so basically zen mage lol

[dry haven]

yes but i mean what else in that tree is even remotely good? MAYBE the spirit one? for more auras?

[near jewel]

all totems benefit from my attack speed, right? not cast speed. like shockwave totem attack speed too?

[rapid star]

probably, i didn't look to much into that build

[pine elm]

:( yeah sadly

most of my monk friends goes for stormweaver

[steep cloak]

Does anyone know how many of each prefix's/suffix's an item can roll? if so please @ me

[quaint wasp]

lightning only thing that feels even remotely good on monk atm 😭

[near jewel]

so if i take small node 3% attack speed it affects my totems?

[pine elm]

The good thing between:

Invoker Monk = We get free meta energy boost + Ignore elemental resistance (This goes really hard on mapping later)
Stormweaver = We get more mana regeneration with arcane surge and counter effect of MoM + aoe elemental stuffs

[dry haven]

honestly at best we are talking MAYBE usable nodes for chaos and thats kinda all

[dim crypt]

guys how can i upgrade this weapon i deal not many dmg on boss ?

[dry haven]

kinda feel like there needs to be a big rework to both of witchs ascendencies as atm seems you need to be iether bleed or fire/minions or best to not play witch atm

[neat laurel]

does the attack damage increase scale the poison damage

on gas arrow

[pine elm]

u cant

you gotta find better weapon

[dry haven]

poison does dmg based on your dmg so yes

[calm tartan]

Are you talking about demon form Infernalist?

[dim crypt]

put a rune will not change anything ?

[calm tartan]

If so, demon form, demon form
Max stacks, internal flame, and the dmg taken as fire ascendancies are all great.

[dry haven]

ya, like demon form is decent from what i can see but the rest of the ascendency feels kinda meh unless you are fire or life stacking

[calm tartan]

Eventually you drop the max stacks ascendancy for the one that cuts life for spirit.

[hollow idol]

Is Hexblast considered a hit attack spell?

[calm tartan]

And yeah, you go fire damage that I’ve seen so far

[dry haven]

im talking specificly for chaos dmg like essence drain

as thats the build i rerolled to as i was hating my merc and honestly kinda regret this aswell

[hoary ingot]

Guys i picked chronomancer as my ascension and i have no idea what to build

Rn im using firewall+spark with fire and electric orbs frost bomb and frost bolt 😭

[chilly fjord]

hello guys, for avatar of fire, is it better to scale with phys damage or fire attack? If so, is it better to have phys damage increase rather than elemental damaage increase in my weapon?

[hoary ingot]

When daggers release im definitely going for assassin build

[real hornet]

with stormweaver, I've been enjoying the giga boosted arcane surge from mana stacking, there being a lot of skill duration on the tree, I went spark and it's rather fun.

[hoary ingot]

I mean bro i saw time stuff i cant let it go

I value time freeze and being able to rewind so much

[stark jasper]

Do we know how armour is calculated? It's not the same formula like in poe 1 is it?

[real hornet]

oh, I was just enjoying having spark at sub .1 cast speed, feels similar to pathfinder not getting slowed while move casting

if it wasn't so nice for tons of cast speed, you don't need to worry about time stuff was my thought process

attack/cast speed = time stuffs anyways?

[hoary ingot]

Good point but i really wanted the build diversity

I didint wanna limit myself to elemantal spells

[quaint wasp]

I dunno, it seems weighted by slot tho. My chest gives way more pdr% than my helmet and they both have the same armor rating.

[hoary ingot]

I thought like with time freeze and ascension i can do whatever the hell i want

Funny part is i got the thing which gives me a 33% chance to reset cd perk

I was able to spam frost bombs 8 times back to back during a boss fight 😭

[real hornet]

you should try frost wall with that cdr support, it's really funny

[hoary ingot]

Its lvl 9 skill gem right

7s are debuffs

Im not that far into the game yet

[real hornet]

since bosses insta pop the frost crystals, you throw spell cascade and echo on and it will shred pretty much any enemy that can't be cc'd

[hoary ingot]

Act 2 still not done

[merry harbor]

Anyone know if cast on ignite works with https://pathofexile2.wiki.fextralife.com/Radiant+Grief+Lace+Hood

[clever belfry]

I am currently running monk invoked. But I am curious how to increase the cap on power charges? Currently can’t have more than 3. Thanks!

[merry harbor]

Feel like it doesnt because it says ignite with a skill and don't wanna dump the gem trying

[real hornet]

that helmet is practically just an early game clear and dies after level 35

[limpid citrus]

Hi everyone, quick question. I'm going with a grenade style Merc build, Gem ascension. Is it better to focus on STR gear for armour or go with the hybrid STR/DEX with evasion?

[real hornet]

there are 2 nodes on the tree that give +2 and +1 that are easy to get

just search power charge on passive tree

[west forge]

Which is best for Merc ascendancy

[hoary ingot]

Yk i have a stat stick which has iirc 60%+ ish spell dmg, +15-20% cold damage and another stat i dont remember, probably mana

[thorny gust]

How do i swap to the other tab for ‘ammunition’ information

[still rock]

Whichever one you like more

[clever belfry]

Sweet thx bro

[real hornet]

feels like me getting a level 6 focus at the start of the game with 60% spell damage and lightning damage and wondering if rolls even cared about item level

123% increased lightning damage at level 6 felt amusing ngl

[light fractal]

is the default still no shotgunning?

[stark jasper]

That would be weird. You sure its not somethin on the tree that gives diffrent armour in that case? Like the node that gives armour based on the attribute requirement of the item. I was asking for the context of monsters and reducing their amour.

[still rock]

Which class do I pick to maximize jiggle physics

[steep thistle]

goonblaster

[real hornet]

any class that is a wamen

[hoary ingot]

3 tapping devourer?🗣️🔥

[still rock]

I need 100% More Jiggle

[steep thistle]

i need 1 million beers

[real hornet]

honestly it was more just spark and orb of storms going brrrr for the rest of the campaign

[still rock]

Now i want to make this poison explosive shot ranger but I need to focus on getting to maps

[real hornet]

flame wall if doesn't die fast enough

[hoary ingot]

You still have that? 👀

[surreal hinge]

So I've been putting together a chaos necro monk and wanted to talk about it and get some input.

So far it has been an absolute blast, so much stronger than expected, bosses I struggled with on my witch I'm destroying with my monk.

I currently stack contagion then essence drain. Then I use unearth to apply bleed and poison as well as to get some skelly spiders. I have gone chayula for chaos damage and started with into the breach, did not reslise it was a passive ability, it's really cool.

The debate is with my skellies, I've played with both fire and ice bois, the fire ones do a nice amount of damage and stack ignite onto my dots. However, I just think the ice mages are cooler (hehe), I love commanding them to do ice bomb and just think the ice suits aesthetically with chaos more. I also love the idea of getting that support that makes my chaos damage chill.

Anyone else have any ideas for the skellies?

[grizzled surge]

can you de-level uncut skill gems? i need a level 7 skill but only have level 13s

[still rock]

Unsure, I haven't found any recipes but I haven't tried

Are scourings even in the game

[steep thistle]

ok let me know

[grizzled surge]

no scours

[snow mist]

How good is Corpse Explosion? I was kind of wishing Make Zombies would leave a corpse— because I imagine Corpse Explosion Spell would be pretty absent for most boss fights lol.

[real hornet]

yes, it carried through the entire campaign extremely easily once you get more duration, more proj speed, and that stormweaver storm ascendancy on crit (which tbh is practically auto win)

4 cough FOUR

[hoary ingot]

Can i yoink it

[still rock]

Yeah no desecrate basically makes corpse builds not playable

I assume desecrate will come with necro

Who knows

[real hornet]

just go remake a stormweaver character

and first two ascends get the elemental storm thingy, shit is a murder machine

[hoary ingot]

Man i already wasted like 10 hours of gameplay on witch

😭

[still rock]

Stormweaver exposure node sounds like cheating for campaign tbh

[real hornet]

as did I...

[hoary ingot]

I wanna keep the time bender going

[real hornet]

but realized pretty soon how garbage minions were early game

[still rock]

I'm cracked out on time

(Chronomancer pride)

⏰

[hoary ingot]

Does freezing time work in trials too

[still rock]

Idk im not going there

[hoary ingot]

Like the count down stops

[merry harbor]

I dropped a +spirit armor and amulet, but cant socket Cast on Shock. Game still thinks I dont have 60 spirit. Do I have to do something else first?

[still rock]

just doing temporal rift, recoup nodes, and slow area

[jagged sand]

im testing this passive node and whenever i get melee'd i just insta die with this message:

any ideas?

[still rock]

freeze seems like a waste of points and im not optimized for cds

[hoary ingot]

Chaotic 🔥

[still rock]

Welcome

It warms my heart noobs dying to CI it's like me 8 years ago

[hoary ingot]

I think you might want to stack energy shield like a mad man to do that

[jagged sand]

i am dw xd

[hoary ingot]

But bro how many stuff use chaos damage

[still rock]

Bros hos

[jagged sand]

poison

im just testing it anyway

[still rock]

lots of chaos

[hoary ingot]

Poison is chaos?

Damn

[near jewel]

guys, itt doesnt look like my shockwave totem benefit from my attack speed?

[still rock]

the nodes are good too but they're oddly spread out

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/x5db005x

[near jewel]

totems use my attack speed dont they?

[still rock]

here's basically every chaos wheel taken aside from pure chaos

cause im dot

so dont need it

[near jewel]

shockwave totem is attack spped?

[jagged sand]

am i missing smth ?

i know bleed goes through but i have the immunity charm

[still rock]

I'm assuming you are new and are testing Chaos Inoculation to see what it does and dying to it by casting something that used your health

[restive kraken]

Hey all. I play warrior but I found this staff on the ground. Is there a cool lightning sorc type build you could build around with this or is it not any good? Thanks!

[still rock]

Which is cute because we all did it

[jagged sand]

would potions count to that

[still rock]

nostalgia

[jagged sand]

when its % based

xd

[static plinth]

Arent you just unable to- oh yeab its flasks

[still rock]

if you have a mana flask that takes life away

[static plinth]

Its your mana flask

[lyric plank]

Wait what do they mean srs cant be summoner by triggered fire skills

[hoary ingot]

Fire wall spark spam bro

[jagged sand]

ffs

[static plinth]

But youd just be unable to cast with CI and lifetap or such

[heady palm]

dumb question, but does "increased #% physical damage" on a weapon, is that local to the weapon only?
like if I use a spell with physical damage - that wouldn't increase it right?

If, not - is there anything that can increase "global" physical damage?

[hoary ingot]

That is so damn cracked

[jagged sand]

i was testing it in my hideout before i went in but it didnt kill me there so i guess you just cant die in hideouts lmao

ty

[static plinth]

Global phys is phys ANYWHERE but the weapon, such as on the passive tree or on non-martial weapons

[still rock]

Idk I haven't done it in 8 years xD

[heady palm]

oh sick, will look for non martial weps now

[still rock]

or something

[jagged sand]

dw this is the meta build

[still rock]

meta suicide

cast on death comet

[heady palm]

seems phys damage doesn't exist on caster weapons, unless im blind

[static plinth]

Oh hey Infernalist can successfully delete 20% of all phys damage taken

[distant dome]

I can socket this in a "Cast on Minion death" gem... since it doesn't modify the base cast speed, does this just mean it has no downside in trigger gems and is just 25% more damage with hits?

[rapid star]

for a lightning Monk, should a Path towards Stormcharged, for early game (aka until i have higher crit chance)? or is it a waste of 12 pathing points?

[hoary ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/megumi-fushiguro-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-mahoraga-gif-1488136044016425373

[still rock]

Correct, the new system means that martial weapons are only ones with dmg

[velvet plank]

anyone played any tornado shot build here?

[still rock]

Caster weapons always give you a spell instead

and the ilvl affects the lvl of the spell

[heady palm]

I'm using warcries and trying to buff their damage - just trying to find some phys dmg stuff
as warcries aren't a spell sadly

[static plinth]

Caster weapons should be able to give increased spell phys damage right?

[still rock]

Idk if that's a specific affix

[static plinth]

Oh yeah then caster weps wouldnt work

[still rock]

most likely

[static plinth]

I think youre out of luck with weapons

[still rock]

Set it to weapon swap

[heady palm]

No, I'm all in on a meme warcry spam build xd
No slams

[static plinth]

Based

[heady palm]

I am SET to make it work - mapping is slow, but it's going

[still rock]

So why do you want a caster wep

[heady palm]

Warcry scales with phys damage.
I got all my passive nodes to increase my global phys.
I was hoping a caster wep would have a global affix for that

If not I just have to find a tanky mainhand / scepter or something instead

[static plinth]

I think your only luck is shield and sceptre for utility

[real hornet]

that looks like what I use for my spark build

[snow mist]

Are there any curses on Blashpemy that is effective/good? or curses Blood Mage can use with their infinite duration?

[sacred sail]

is there anything on the tree that could help me not getting destroyed in 2s so I can cast my slam ?

resistances are up to the rng gods sadly

[still rock]

SCeptre for more spirit

yeah

[real hornet]

that withering aura is funny combined with the weakening crit aura both stacking to +10% base crit and 50% more chaos damage taken

[green elm]

is there a way to test if evasion rating is bugged? mine just keeps showing 0% and ive tried everything lmao, i wonder if its just a tooltip bug

[snow mist]

Oh? That sounds fancy.

[low umbra]

With shard scavenger, Im running galvanic shards with herald of thunder as well, for some reason I don't see shard scavenger proccing when I shock enemies. Why?

[real hornet]

ye, too bad they take time to stack, but against endgame you'll want it

[noble token]

do crossbow totems count as allies for the skill tree?

[sacred sail]

3 rare, they buffed the drop so much

[noble token]

ie x effect while you have an ally in your presence

[heady palm]

Are there any dots that stack 👀 ?
Maybe poisons with a support?

[wide smelt]

(sorry for steamdeck screen photo)
is it calculation issues or why this staff gives less DPS for Essense Drain compared to combo of lifesprig + 39% shield offhand? +3 to all gems is that big?

[still rock]

@static plinth what was the name of the poison magnitude unique

[still rock]

holy pixels

[static plinth]

Corpsegrip i think

[wide smelt]

1280x800 baibee

[north talon]

+3 to gems is massive

[still rock]

is that an led from 2008

[wide smelt]

I feel like I will be rocking lifesprig till endgame lmao

[still rock]

oh you said steam deck lol

im good at reading

[north talon]

I mean endgame I think +level to gems can go all the way to +8. At least accordingto path of exile 2 db

[static plinth]

I didnt know you could play PoE on a CCTV

[still rock]

and to answer your question yes

+levels for dots is always insane

always has been the best dmg modifier

[north talon]

+levels is good on everything, but ESSPECIALLY spells since it scales base damage there

[still rock]

yes

[wide smelt]

this is how photo of the screen always look

getting screenshots out of steamdeck is a pain in the ass

[still rock]

and especially dots because you cant add flat to it

[still rock]

how is it on steam deck

i have an oled

havent tried it yet

[wide smelt]

mine is old one

[low umbra]

With shard scavenger, Im running galvanic shards with herald of thunder as well, for some reason I don't see shard scavenger proccing when I shock enemies. Why?

[wide smelt]

idk its tolerable but sometimes fps is really bad

like 20

[still rock]

oof

[wide smelt]

depending on the zone, on good zones its around 40

[still rock]

wonder how oled would be

its not that much more powerful

[wide smelt]

iirc its the same hardware yeah. But you used to playing it I guess

[still rock]

better cooling so a lot of games run better

but not by much

[bold saffron]

is anyone here in cruel act 3+?

[wide smelt]

yeah old steamdeck can let you play poe2 without any heating in the room

[still rock]

and ram speed increase

im only in cruel a1 cause im addicted to theorycrafting dumb shit that im not going to play

[bold saffron]

papa what act r u

[still rock]

cruel a1

[bold saffron]

hm res u have atm in cruel 1

[still rock]

ive been more interested in experimenting and testing new stuff and sitting afk in town

[deep musk]

Any suggestion for a build using wind strike?

[bold saffron]

i thought i have high resistances once i fixed them but i built it in town outside cruel acts so in reality mine r still in 20s

so urs would be 50sin a3

still more

smh

well still not bad considering i never played poe1 lol

[still rock]

yeah youll get used to it

[bold saffron]

and i never used vendors till lvl 60+

[still rock]

asking for help and putting yourself out there to know what to do speeds up learning

[sacred sail]

wtf, I guess it's not strong enough for minions though

[still rock]

ive been pretty unlucky with vendors

[tribal sun]

did they nerf the raging spirits yet?

[wide smelt]

btw is the dps in the skill window for ED is for hit only not the dot? Since you said higher tier ED shouldn't suffer from having chain, but dps drops from 422 to 211 (exactly half)

[bold saffron]

yeah im glad i can ask here

malded abit cuz my build was trash

but we r back

[still rock]

all good

[still rock]

open the skill detail and check the second tab

for dot dmg

[wide smelt]

ah

[still rock]

that number that you mentioned doesnt matter

for scaling dot

[bold saffron]

also if i had yellow boots with like 4 affixes and 2/3 of them r good but i DONT yet have MS on them

like max hp and resistances on it

would u put orb on it

[still rock]

im a zoomer i prioritize ms over everything lol

but i dont recommend that

[bold saffron]

i love ms too but idk if its a good idea to throw orbs at boots with no ms, just max hp and res

they r quite rare

[still rock]

nah its not worth prob

[bold saffron]

ok

[still rock]

use your currency to a point

dont waste it

[swift estuary]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/362f9251-65aa-472b-92f2-54af617e67c0/builds/d53c3033-d053-4767-866b-c952a52007a3

My build at level 50. Fire Minion Infernalist. Just murdered Draven in Act1 Cruelty with no stress.

[still rock]

the more you play the more youll find that sweet spot while leveling

to get by smoothly and save currency for endgame

[hoary ingot]

Instead of mana spirit could be bonkers

[uncut bay]

how does the spark archmage deal with the lightning resistance of the monsters and bosses?

[bold saffron]

yeah the funny thing is poe community r lly gives mixed info sometimes

literally asked about magnitude today and one dude said yes the other said no xddd

[still rock]

It's a complicated game and a lot of people are still giving poe1 info, me included on accident sometimes

[proper pagoda]

what are the meta ways to get power charges for flicker

[still rock]

what was the question

[uncut bay]

how to bypass lightning resistances?

[bold saffron]

i was assking about magnitude and how it works

say shock amkes u do 20% more dmg

so magnitude would make 20 go higher?

25 30 etc?

[still rock]

lightnign exposure, t3 support

use it on a skill you arent using for damage

[still rock]

I misspoke earlier about that, damage doesnt affect shock magnitude

only chance

[native burrow]

Does anyone know how Ailments stack? Like in Last Epoch for example you can give a mob 10 stacks of poison for example, increasing damage. I have Lacerate on my skeleton minions, and I can see the icon under enemy health bars but there is no number on it, im not sure its doing anything

[still rock]

its different for every ailment

[still rock]

yes

[uncut bay]

thanks

[bold saffron]

ok and then a follow up question would be

[rapid star]

Is putting Voltaic Mark and Conductivity on a "cast on shock" better than using hand of chayula?
if not any ideas to at i should put in cast on shock?

[bold saffron]

would i rather then increase dmg to shock more OR increase shock chance itself

like i can increase fire dmg +12% or shock chance +15% or smth

in my tree

[still rock]

AFAIK baseline every ailment has one stack max but that can be increased by passive nodes and (maybe) uniques and such

[bold saffron]

i think dmg makes more sense

[still rock]

e.g. pathfinder can have like 8 stacks of poison

[still rock]

Increasing dmg increases the shock chance inherently

but if you want more consistent shocks you also increase the chance via the stat, depends on what your uptime is

because it depends on the dmg of the hit

so larger hit means more chance to shock

[native burrow]

ouch, i thought I was being clever putting Envenom on my 9 skeletons but it looked like it nothing, i guess thats why]

[bold saffron]

im currently on a flame wall + fussilade spam so hits arent that big, just a lot of them

then by that logic shock chance would make more sense

its like a machine gun build

[narrow grail]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to do triple ailments with one hit

[neat laurel]

whjat does the quality effect mean

[still rock]

so things like spark dont shock as effectively as things like arc becaause arc has a higher base damage

[neat laurel]

does it increase it by 1

[atomic halo]

it increases the duration

[neat laurel]

ok

almost got scared it reduced to 1

💀

[atomic halo]

yeah

[still rock]

im not sure how dots from minions work, tbh it might not take your % dmg

[bold saffron]

ill just try both n see how it feels prob, havent respecced yet and sitting on 140k gold

[still rock]

theres a good chance it doesnt

[clever gale]

hello im new member of this discord and im seeking for ranger lightning arrow and rod build website that have full information?

[still rock]

every 1% qual increases duration by .5%

[native burrow]

I'm applying it very often but my idea was to stack it, kinda like LE or other games have done it, so small damage adds up but yeah it seems like its one stack based on how hard you hit

[charred comet]

Anyone tried the frost sorc build from maxroll yet?

[still rock]

What I mean is I don't think minions get your + poisons anyways because it says "your" poisons generally

on those affixes

[native burrow]

Defo a different approach to DoTs to what ive seen before

[still rock]

most things only affect you not your minions unless explicitly stated

afaik

[native burrow]

Ahh im only in act 2 i wasn't thinking that far ahead 😂

[heavy sparrow]

what are you guys putting in your demon form ?

[native burrow]

im still at the stage of doing whats cool

[still rock]

e.g.

"your"

generally means it doesnt work on minions

[still rock]

i think im still at that stage

lol

[narrow grail]

How does my ball lightning + conductivity + execrate never shock? too low dmg?

[native burrow]

good to know, though thanks. Will try another support gem for my skellies

[still rock]

most likely

[timid aurora]

what's the best warrior build atm for end game?

[still rock]

if you arent scaling light dmg its not worth it

[timid aurora]

i havn't seen many play warrior to high tier

[still rock]

the one that looks the coolest to you

[timid aurora]

best map tier clear is coolest to me

[still rock]

games been out 4 days

[narrow grail]

I want to use these and go tri ailment with 1 skill to trigger things and ele invocation but it seems impossible

[timid aurora]

well its obvious for other classes

[bold saffron]

another question yet again lol

[timid aurora]

not enough warrior players

[orchid torrent]

when you have a spell put on cast on freeze, can you also have it as a normal spell that you cast seperately if you build it again

[bold saffron]

if i have a curse that reduces fire res, do i also want fire pen?

how much armore pen/res stripping do i need against bosses

or rather whats the cap

[shadow tinsel]

Anyone know why CoF isn’t working? Using frostbolt CoF with coldsnap on CoF. It hardly ever procs despite freezing many times??

[still rock]

#2┃build-planning message

simple example if that helps

pen has a minimum of 0%

[brazen pine]

Man, is armor break bugged or something, I'm fully breaking an armored enemy and it feels like my dmg doesnt' change at all.

[still rock]

you need to invest in energy % increase to use those smoothly afaik

[real jungle]

anyone had luck with shock investment?

[bold saffron]

that makes sense, pen seems VERY strong then

[real jungle]

mostly just see cold builds

[still rock]

pen is only as strong as the monster's res is higher if that makes sense

[real kiln]

on my skill tree i got something that says "increased lightning exposure effect" - does this just happen automatically or do i need to do something in combat to trigger lightning exposure?

[bold saffron]

if its 50 resistance and i have 10% pen is that 45 or 40

[still rock]

cause if youre already lowering it to 0 or negative with exposure and curse then it does nothing

[bold saffron]

aka multiplic or additive

[still rock]

subtractive

in your example 40

[bold saffron]

yeah 40 then ok

well idk hm res endgame bosses have so who knows how good itll be

but ill grab 2-3 nodes on my way ig

40% pen should do the trick with 30-40 fire res curse

actually

do bosses cap at same res as we do?

75?

[still rock]

you have to use something that applies lightning exposure

[bold saffron]

would be logical

[still rock]

afaik there isnt a skill outside of pathfinder that applies lightning exposure baseline so you have to have the t3 lighnting exposure support gem

[still rock]

unsure yet

[real kiln]

what exactly is that though?

is that the debuff they get when i use lightning skills?

[still rock]

baseline exposure lowers the targets resistance by 20%

[heady palm]

if I have a poison.
Lets say 100 damage over 10 seconds.
If I reduce my skill effect duration, to 5 seconds -> does that mean I double dps?
-> 100 damage over 5 seconds?

[mortal yew]

Hey for a witch hunter should I take 30 %increased elemental ailment threshold or 25% mana regeneration rate. For a bomb frost bite build?

[real kiln]

ohh i see so my skill tree will make them take more damage because it will increase that effect

[still rock]

no, dots are calculated per second, not a sum over duration

[ripe lark]

is there a consensus good build for end game for lightning sorc? (stormweaver), if not i'll probably swap to cold, tired of trying to make this work, spark is just dogshit

[still rock]

duration doesnt add damage, only makes it last longer (which effectively does a higher sum of dmg but not more dps)

[heavy sparrow]

How to best use demon form? I didn't realize that it doesn't let you use your weapon, so currently shape shifting actually drops my dps until around 10 stacks of demon... i can't even tell if that is worth it, tbh.

[trim trench]

noob merc question, does the heavy ammunition node affect damage for the shotgun ammo skills? i dont see it when i press shift

[frail cloak]

how good is this ?

[still rock]

regen if you need it otherwise threshold

[mortal yew]

Thanks

[still rock]

seems like most people need the regen tho

[heavy sparrow]

as long as they have the projectile tag, they should work.

[trim trench]

awesome thanks i think they do

[rapid stirrup]

hi guys i need help. im looking to make my second side character and i need help choosing. for this one i want one that can scale very high and be very strong. as a bonus id love if it can kill bosses quick too. any recommendations? so far thinking DOT witch or storm sorceress

[still rock]

shift thing is bugged dont use it for now, but yes it would

[rustic coral]

is there any warrior remotely on par with all these insane ranged builds that delete the entire screen in 1 second on even T15?

[trim trench]

gotcha i see ty guys

[static plinth]

@still rock This was the one, if you didnt find it

[rugged chasm]

how do you survive jamanras wind? it drains my hp instantly

[still rock]

oh thanks 🙂 i need to see how much it is

[static plinth]

Asala will jump up and put up a barrier, you have to get behind her shield

[worldly condor]

if shield has +damage does it apply overall or only for shield pls

[still rock]

nice its cheap

[static plinth]

W

[worldly condor]

i assumed it does but idk lol

[rugged chasm]

oh i see

[fiery arrow]

how do I "annoint" a passive node? the guy i follow has a random node in narnia in his build

[static plinth]

You need to do Delirium on the Atlas

Then check what Distilled Emotions you need for the node anointed

[still rock]

shield mods are global unless its to the armor or block of the shield

[worldly condor]

ok ty for confirmin

[soft lake]

If you hover on a notable on the passive tree and hold Alt, it will tell you which you need @fiery arrow

[still rock]

or eva or whatever

[static plinth]

Btw do you have any ideas for these gloves, @still rock?

[worldly condor]

yeye

[fiery arrow]

Disgust, Guilt, Disgust

[north talon]

Does increased defenses apply in a separate bucket than % increased armor, IE: does increased defenses for a shield apply as essentially a more modifier? Or is it just a differntly named increased modifier that just adds normally with things like % increased armour. IE:

[rustic coral]

i seen warrior can use hammer of the gods to kill bosses fast. but clearing maps looks like a nightmare on warrior. even Ben_ rerolled

[static plinth]

Oh hey this is a fun piece

[north talon]

But Warrior can just delete packs pretty well, what is the issue?

[distant ivy]

Im currently trying a new build but I need a uncut spirit gem level 8.. Anyone got a leftover? I could trade you an extra level 14 uncut spirit gem for it (I need lower rank due to stat req)

[still rock]

probably with another unique cause i cant think of any on-kill effects elsewhere

[rustic coral]

in high tier maps? can u link build?

[foggy shadow]

the +ele bow has to be better right...? for a lightning deadeye

[pine elm]

we like to 1 shot

[still rock]

i think theres a cast on melee kill meta gem datamined so it may work with that to get double energy

@static plinth

but doesnt exist now obv

[rustic coral]

Also this build looks LIT,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx2JMB4WK_8

[north talon]

I suppose I haven't gotten to proper high tier maps yet /shrug

[rustic coral]

most warriors havn't

they rerolled half way lol

[north talon]

That said I have not had any issues clearing at all.

[rustic coral]

maybe i will check outg alkaizer

see how he is doing

[weak knoll]

Hi, quick question ! i'm starting to play as witch and i'd like to play a build around bones. i've noticed that it does physical damage, then what weapons should I go for ?

[real kiln]

anyone know what the best support gems for ARC is?

[still rock]

you can test by swapping them and looking at tooltip but i think the left one

from a glance

[brave trench]

someone remind me, wasn't there something that allowed me to sacrifice X amount of mana to recover that much as health? like the agnostic in poe1
i vaguely recall it being 10%?

[still rock]

no AS sucks tho

[soft lake]

There isn't really a defacto "best" set up, it depends heavily on your build and on what you want Arc to achieve

[still rock]

spells just user caster weapoins, so wand or staff atm. sceptre if you want minions

[livid breach]

are mage builds nothing more than pick your flavor of triggering comet?

[real kiln]

bigger single target damage

[foggy shadow]

I feel like it's a bit misleading, if all the abilities also do +1 projectile, and +3 level, it probably is better yeah

[verbal totem]

So does poe2db actually tell you what level minion skills summon per gem level

[still rock]

yeah +1 proj is always good

[upbeat flicker]

Which venom draught is optimal?

[weak knoll]

But bones scales off of physical damage right ? then why should I pick a magical one ?

[cobalt parcel]

At what point do you get cast on # gems?

[static plinth]

Oh big yeah, reaper's invocation

[still rock]

you'd want spell physical damage because they're spells and do not benefit from the increased physical damage % from martial weapons

spell physical damage is an affix on caster weapons

[weak knoll]

So hammers wouldn't work right ?

[still rock]

correct

[weak knoll]

Sorry i'm very new to POE in general

So wand and staves, scepters if i want minions ?

[wise ridge]

Hey guys, just wondering, what's better? The gas arrow ranger build or the Gas grenade merc build?

[still rock]

minions are based on your overall spirit, so you need to increase spirit to have more

[static plinth]

There's a hammer base that explodes on critical kill, ig

[still rock]

not gem levels here

[still rock]

double pop

👀

oh, witch hunter lol

[narrow grail]

ok i got triple ailment working with spark idk why its so hard on so many spells

[still rock]

forgot

[upbeat flicker]

What venom draughts are optimal for monk?

[still rock]

the gloves probably make witch hunter double pop

[static plinth]

Wait holy shit this mask is crazy

Godawful base but goddamn

[still rock]

pretty solid

[static plinth]

100% yeah, yo ucould get like 5 pops and then itd become 10 pops

[still rock]

It's cheap too

ignore the hdr krangle

[still rock]

what were you using before

[old oriole]

pls help i've done the entire map and couldn't find the entrance to jiaquini's mechanarium

[still rock]

i think arc would be better cause higher base dmg

[narrow grail]

arc didn't work

[still rock]

weird

[narrow grail]

I tried pretty much every spell

so far my most reliable setup was cast on ignite sun orb (100% ignite when close)

[upbeat flicker]

Guess people don't know lol

[narrow grail]

and when i have limit of 1 and use it again it reapplies ignite

[static plinth]

Flame Wall makes every single projectile ignite

[real kiln]

how do you even pay 0.1 exalted orb

[static plinth]

You can reignite ignited targets to build energy

[still rock]

im still trying to figure out new ailments too, maybe spark is more consistent because many hits = higher effective chance to shock

[static plinth]

Buy 10 at once

[narrow grail]

only arc or every other spell too?

[cobalt parcel]

How bad is cast on shock for monk? Was think either spark or arc

[static plinth]

Not arc, has to be a projectile

[narrow grail]

spark*

[still rock]

arc isnt proj

[warped berry]

anyone got ideas for good anoints

[static plinth]

My friend is using Freezing Shards for freeze, flame wall for ignite, and stormweaver to shock

[still rock]

whatever 10% of chaos to exalt value is

[warped berry]

the last line of oils are pretty expensive so Im struggling to find a budget anoint

[tawny pagoda]

any bis venom pick for Cruel a3?

[still rock]

if chaos is 20c->1ex then 2c

[narrow grail]

cast on shock flame wall

[real kiln]

oh i see

[narrow grail]

seems good

[verbal totem]

Ah I meant how minion stats scale with gem level, not how to summon more

[static plinth]

One chaos is 20 chaos

[dry haven]

trying to make demon form work for chaos witch any good ways to get some life sustain?

[verbal totem]

I know they do, but wondered if we have actual numbers

[static plinth]

Thoughts and prayers

[still rock]

depends on how their level scales (unsure of that part) but you go here:

https://poe2db.tw/us/Raise_Zombie#RaisedZombiePlayerSummonedZombie_

and click on "Select monster level"

[verbal totem]

Yeah I did find that but nothing telling me the part you don't know 😔

[soft lake]

Even that can depend. For instance, Lightning Penetration is good against enemies with high resistance but it doesn't do anything against low resistance enemies (including if you've cursed them to bring their resistance down). This is because penetration can't take enemies' resistance below 0.

If you're non-crit, Controlled Destruction is a no-brainer for free damage, but if you're building into crit then it's bad.

Arcane Tempo is always going to be decent, and the cast speed will help you get more uses in between dodges. But it's not necessarily your strongest option.

Unleash is very good against bosses where you need to dodge a lot because you'll be building seals even while you dodge. If you're strong enough to be able to just stand there and hold cast, it's only an effective 25% more damage multiplier, but the less often you get to cast (because of dodging), the higher the multiplier will get, up to 50% more if you only get to cast every few seconds.

And then, of course, there are supports relating to crit if you've gone for a crit build. Plus things relating to shock if you don't have a way to shock enemies with other skills. There are a lot of options.

(Sorry for the slight essay)

[verbal totem]

Namely how their level is actually calculated

[plain radish]

Quick question: With the changes to poison and the limitation of 1 poison (or 2 stacks per with support on minions). Does each minion summoned have it's own instance of that poison limit or do all of them contribute to that poison application like a rolling dot in wow?

Having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

say for instance i have 9 brutes out swinging at 1 attack per second. can they each have their own poison rolling based on their physical/chaos hit giving me 9 instances of that 1 poison ticket on a target. or is it a situation where of the 9 brutes, 1 hit and his hit is harder so I get 1 application of poison and the rest don't contribute. Or, there is 1 poison and all of their hits contribute to that poisons magnitude? I'm trying to understand if poison minions are worth exploring?

Normally you'd stack the poison up wth minions attacking as quickly as possible. but they wanted that gone as far as I can tell?

[obsidian grove]

do enemy resistances have a cap? Like is there a point where pen wont help anymore?

[still rock]

quick guess is that it's based off the required level, so gem lv20=zombielv90 in this example

[narrow grail]

Now that my quad trigger setup is rolling I need to fix mana xD

[verbal totem]

Oh, hmm maybe

[weary fog]

Do we know what the chance is of Orb of Chance working? I dont want to use it if its like 10%

[still rock]

which corresponds to the tooltikp

[static plinth]

75, same as players, up to 90

[still rock]

Depends on the weight of the uniques which we don't know yet, that's not provided or dataminable

[obsidian grove]

so after 75 pen theres no point any having anymore

[still rock]

lower weight = lower chance to get

[soft lake]

Even 75 pen is probably overkill

[static plinth]

You can get a vague idea by how many listings are o ntrade

[real kiln]

ok thanks, i was just trying to see if i could make use of the lvl 2 support gems but i guess not

[verbal totem]

God bones of ullr not having move speed is just saaaaad

I guess maybe late game you can just slot blink

[real kiln]

im currently using controlled destruction and arcane tempo

[weary fog]

Ok thx, Ill probably just trade it for an exalted.

[dry haven]

really curious what haappens if i use demon form with CI lol

[verbal totem]

Ded

[static plinth]

You instantly leave the form due to having 1 life

Without taking damage

It auto deactivates when you hit 1 life

[verbal totem]

Huh gonna mark that down for later if the druid has effects that happen on 'end of transformation' that could be really funny to combo

[static plinth]

Druid's transformatons probably wont end at 1 life

[verbal totem]

I mean the druids skill gems/supports

[static plinth]

Since they probably wont deal damage to you

[verbal totem]

Like 'cast on transform' or something similar as a support

[static plinth]

wait im stupid you mean using druid gems on witch

[soft lake]

Well Lightning Penetration is potentially decent. Rising Tempo is good if you're also using cold and fire skills (this also synergises with Unleash).

I think Unleash is probably better than Arcane Tempo for single-target, personally. At worst, it's the same multiplier but feels a little clunkier (because less cast speed). But at best - ie, you're having to dodge and aren't just holding cast 100% of the time (which is realistically any fight against bosses and rares) it's a fair bit stronger

[honest hawk]

how do these damage as extra mods work? are they not just straight up "more" dmg multi?

[verbal totem]

Nah I was super unclear lol

[real kiln]

would i need to swap the unleash out when im not fighting bosses?

[still rock]

correct, it's free dmg calculated at the end

not a multiplier

just % free extra dmg

[real kiln]

also do i ever do less damage than original amount if i use unleash and spam?

[static plinth]

Is there a guaranteed Inscribed Ultimatum i can pick up somewhere?

[verbal totem]

Wait holy crap there's skill level on jewels

[still rock]

that staff is juicy

[honest hawk]

I dont quite understand

[soft lake]

Not quite %more, but they have their own "damage bucket". So they are a separate multiplier and therefore quite strong

[honest hawk]

am I not just doing 44% more damage than I otherwise would without the mods?

or is it not that simple

[soft lake]

Your damage output won't ever be lower with Unleash, no - it will be the same at worst, and in practice probably a decent bit better

[still rock]

its not a multiplier because it doesnt factor into the calculations of your damage, it just adds on top

[dry haven]

apparently it counts as an aura so you can get vitality on it so you regen HP some when its active lol

[still rock]

so if you would've done 200 dmg without it, you do 200 + whatever % extra

[real kiln]

ok thanks i was confused about that i thought if i dont use it at 2 i lose damage

[static plinth]

If you have 200% damage as extra, thats 200% more, but if you have 100% as extra and 100% as extra that's not 400% thats still just 200%

[glad crescent]

Anyone know if grenade damage increase the poison from gas grenade?

[muted charm]

Is kitoko's current worth it, or is it a gimmick unique?

[still rock]

long story short youre getting in the weeds, its just free dmg lol

[honest hawk]

vendoring staff

[real kiln]

final question- unleash vs controlled destruction? (not crit build) in this case im trying to see if i should pair unleash with arcane tempo or arcane tempo and controlled destruction

[pine vale]

For a witch, running full lightning, which acendancy would u argue is better?

[still rock]

no that staff is pog for hexblast

[light fractal]

hey munin do you know if shotgunning is still not the norm?

[still rock]

stormweaver sorc

awkward for witch tbh

[pine vale]

im a witch though xd

[halcyon shale]

i bricked my build at level 54 trying to respec to demon form not knowing it was bugged 😦 would any kind soul in chat be able to spare a single level 3 support gem so I can run detonate dead for a while to get me out of the hole? i would really appreciate it and can give some crafting mats in return ❤️

[still rock]

blood mage has like good leech and defensives

so probably that

but youre not getting lightning dmg from it

[dry haven]

hows demon form bugged?

[still rock]

oh the crit is nice

[halcyon shale]

makes you unequip your weapon and srs dont summon

[still rock]

probably take crit nodes, and leech tbh

@pine vale

[solid flume]

are there any use for shatter as of now?

[still rock]

corpse destroyed so no volatile

if that exists

[thin basin]

and act 3 final https://streamable.com/rsdit8

[still rock]

when volatile was super scary and one shotting people herald of ice was an insanely strong defensive tool

depends on how common on death effects are from mobs

in this game

[solid flume]

dont think its worth the 1 ring slot though

[still rock]

via what

[still rock]

no not worth

[crisp arrow]

Can someone tell me if merc having 2 crossbows and swapping between them do anything?

[still rock]

decent leveling ring tho

for cold

[solid flume]

I mean you could get a better ring instantly, the only useful stats is cold damage for leveling

[pine vale]

how do i unlock more points for the acendancy?

[still rock]

shattering is satisfying

cool points matter too

[soft lake]

I would do Unleash + Controlled Destruction, personally (in that priority order).

When you factor in dodging and using other skills, Unleash gets stronger in practice than it looks on paper. If you think of it like this:

Unleash gives you 25% more damage if you're just standing still holding cast the entire time, and never have to dodge or use other skills - because you will be using seals the moment you get them. If you stop casting and build up seals, for your next cast Unleash will give you 50% more damage per seal consumed. So you get somewhere between 25% and 100% more damage from Unleash, depending on how often you have to stop casting.

Arcane Tempo is just always 25% more DPS. It's not incredible as a DPS multiplier, but it does make the skill feel smoother and potentially mean you can get damage in at times you wouldn't be able to otherwise

Controlled Destruction is 30% more damage, but also prevents you critting. And even on a non-crit build, you'll crit sometimes so losing that hurts a tiny bit (but not much).

Basically, use Unleash as first priority. And then choose between the other two based on what feels better. Arcane Tempo feeling smoother might make up for the slightly lower DPS from not taking Controlled Destruction

[static plinth]

So, Freezing Shards 100% shotguns

[still rock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtIf8723oM0

[static plinth]

I do not know if its the norm

I do not know if it actually deals the damage of every shard

But it DID all hit

[soft lake]

It does specifiy this in the skill description, too

[static plinth]

Ah, then its probably not the norm

[pine vale]

champ

[pine monolith]

Hello, what support gems are people running on vine arrow ? is there a way to scale it's weird poison rdirect damage ?

[elfin sequoia]

yo does cast on freeze work with chronomancer time freeze

[solid flume]

the inscribed ultimatum one is false, didnt get mine after finishing 7 trial

[real kiln]

thank you this helps me understand better to make a decision. appreciate the detailed explanations!

[last patio]

can someone tell me why cast on freeze with cold snap isn't working? I have the gem activated. I have 130 spirit

[severe drum]

so if you life leech at full hp, does the game count you as leeching?

[still rock]

actually the dmg looks good base

like really good

[light fractal]

interesting, and yeah if it specified it, then it probably isn't the norm
thanks and @soft lake too

[soft lake]

No problem, I'm glad I could help! Unleash is a bit of a tricky one to get your head around because it doesn't have a constant power level like some other supports

[hidden sluice]

heyo, which class is generally more combo heavy, sorc or monk? by combo heavy i mean having to use multiple abilities to get various effectss for max efficiency, rather than spamming one or two maxed out abilities over and over

[proper pagoda]

can you have a mark and curse or marks count as a curse?

[static plinth]

Marks are curses

[proper pagoda]

i see. also could you CoC snipers mark to get easy frenzy generation?

[last patio]

why isn't this working?

[static plinth]

You could

[pine monolith]

i'm talking about this line

[severe drum]

is there an unique or anything that applies some portion of armor to elemental or/and chaos?

[still rock]

so thats affected by you poisoning the actual plant with another source

[solid flume]

Every class can use every skill, there is no right answer for this, heavily depend on what build you play.

[still rock]

so the vines do 678.6 chao dot baseline and then if you poison the plant with a 100dps poison it adds 50dps to the vines

so effectively728.6 dps

[pine monolith]

yeah that's how i understand it. So then it counts as a chaos damage over time debuff ?

[still rock]

dude ED does 234dps baseline why do they hate me lol

[regal olive]

Hey, may i ask, is there a holy theme spells/build/like a cleric or paladin in this game?
i've seen there's sorcerer/witch, with necromancy/fire/lightning/ice, but is there holy/light spells?

[pine monolith]

Not yet i'm afraid, that's probably one of the classes that aren't out yet :/

[solid flume]

Nope, there are only elemental (fire, cold, lightning), physical, and chaos spells

[regal olive]

@pine monolith@solid flume oh man :( that's too bad, holy is my favorite theme in any game, so i was hoping to play some sort of paladin or a cleric class, is there maybe going to be some spells like this in the future?

[soft lake]

Almost certainly, once the Templar is added

[still rock]

yes, so to scale you'd do like swift affliction, probably mag effect for better area, chaos mastery

etc

[iron ruin]

What are the names of the spirit runes?

[still rock]

do i need to get a bow

thats good dmg if the skill isnt cumbersome to use

[mint hull]

I have the same issue

[grizzled pebble]

if you combine this passive "'feather fletching' - Increases and reductions to projectile speed also apply to damage with bows" with the support skill 'Acceleration' - support skills have 40% more projectile speed", does that give you 40% damage?

[twilit cairn]

guys does any1 have a link to wiki that tells aboutthe "debuff icons on the mobs" ?? i have a hard time understanding what each of them is, like armor break etc. I dont know what half of the debuffs i put on mobs is

[mint hull]

Cast on Freeze is not being activate even though I have plenty of Spirit

[grizzled pebble]

with lightning arrow skill

[regal olive]

ohhh they are adding templar? that's so cool! is there more information about it? like how long till we can expect it to come ? months?

[iron ruin]

What are the runes that give spirit called?

[soft lake]

No info about the timeline, I'm afraid, but POE1 has a Templar so it will eventually make its way to POE2

[still rock]

you need %increases to energy gained

[solid flume]

I mean you could technically play support build, an aura bot, but you need a friend for that and its generally just following someone around and debuffing enemies dealing no damage.

[still rock]

more spirit does nothing

[muted charm]

we know tempalr shadow and duelist are the farthest out

whatever that's worth timeline wise rn

[mint hull]

can you expand?

[regal olive]

oh i see ty !

[mint hull]

I need talents or gear that gives % increase to Energy shield?

[regal olive]

ah yeah. i know this game is mostly singleplayer, so i was hoping to have like offensive holy spells

[still rock]

meta gems store "energy" (not energy shield, it is its own resource), once it hits max energy the spell inside the meta gem getts casted

[soft lake]

No, you need Energy - for instance, the small passives leading to the Energise notable on the tree

[still rock]

you can increase the energy gained per application via skill tree, leveling the gem, etc

[static plinth]

man if only i was a fire build

[hollow idol]

Do you guys feel that trying to head into the other class passive trees is just too wasteful points wise to be worth it if you want to even head to the adjacent one?

[mint hull]

understood

[still rock]

also the impetus support gem

or being an invoker

[static plinth]

No

[hollow idol]

Can you elaborate

[mint hull]

so where do I get this energy?

[static plinth]

No

[still rock]

too general of a question to answer tbh

[mint hull]

I am hella confused ...

[still rock]

depends on the points spent traveling and the things gained from doing so

[soft lake]

Are you using a weapon swap where one provides spirit and the other doesn't?

[muted charm]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/am4o203u Does this look fair for cast on shock spark?

[mint hull]

I use no weapon swap

[hollow idol]

I feel im spending too much points heading to the Sorc nodes

[muted charm]

I'd want to annoint melding i'm aware

[sterile stone]

can someone explain to me why is this good

[weary fog]

Its not

[sterile stone]

or bad, i did some napkin math and its not impressive

[weary fog]

The only thing it would be good with is if your build has high fire prot

[static plinth]

Phys as chaos is cringe unless you go CI

You can get armour applies to fire damage

Itd be effective with that

Like just on the tree itself

[sterile stone]

the damage conversion barely adds any max hit even with 80% fire res

[twilit cairn]

guys does any1 have a link to wiki that tells aboutthe "debuff icons on the mobs" ?? i have a hard time understanding what each of them is, like armor break etc. I dont know what half of the debuffs i put on mobs is

[weak knoll]

According to a build, i need to pick sanguinemancy, but i cant find it in the passive skill tab, where can I find it ?

[static plinth]

Ascend as a Blood Mage in the Trial of The Sekhemas in act 2

[soft lake]

Speaking of Blood Mage, has anyone had any luck with bleed Blood Mage?

[weak knoll]

thqnks/

thanks!

[still rock]

Looks good and straight forwrad to me, do you have your es gear rdy?

the two points behind eldritch will are probably not needed but thats something you'd have to feel out. You might need critical exploit depending on what your crit looks like. Also drop arcane surge (constant gale) for scouring winds because its broken (good broken) and find another skill other than spark to put lightning exposure on

[last patio]

what is "max energy" for cast on freeze?

[still rock]

100 iirc

[muted charm]

yeah because obviously the trigger is all about gettting degenerate levels of cast speed/shock chance

[soft lake]

Does it not say on the gem? I know Cast On Ignite does

[muted charm]

and faster proj cause spakr is weird like that

but umm

[still rock]

i like the effect duration too should be a large dmg increase espec in a tight boss arena

[static plinth]

Has anyone found an Immune to Ignite source?

[still rock]

but yheah make sure you abuse scouring winds

[static plinth]

Ashrend yippee

[still rock]

whatever youre using to trigger spark youd probably do lightning exposure - strip away. And it's probably worth fitting in overexposure node as well

[last patio]

I don't think 10 is the max, as you can gain 100 energy per freeze. I don't understand how cast on freeze works here because it rarely if ever EVER procs cold snap, in fact I'm not sure it's ever worked

[heady palm]

When instilling amulets, can i have repeated notables?
(duplicates)

[soft lake]

From your screenshot

[still rock]

Oh, are you using spark to trigger?

[mint hull]

I have over 60 spirit but I get this

[static plinth]

Is there a tree builder that lets you add gear yet?

[sonic shuttle]

Can I somehow choose the modifiers that I add to an item or is exalt the only way to add? Rare item.

[last patio]

yeah but that's not the MAX. Otherwise how are you gaining 100 energy per freeze if 10 is the max?

[still rock]

i wish

[static plinth]

10 max energy per 0.12s cast time

[last patio]

yeah I have 130 spirit

[static plinth]

Literally read it

[blissful dagger]

MY ARMY IS HERE

[mint hull]

I know why, I am just dumb 😄

I didnt put a skill gem inside

[soft lake]

10 isn't the max, it says it has 10 max per 0.12s of base cast time. If you put in a spell that has a 1.2s cast time, it will have 100 max energy, for instance

[muted charm]

Mix

[last patio]

yeah it says you don't have enough unless you put one in, but it's effectively useless as cold snap still never procs on freeze while activated

[muted charm]

Arcane Tempo, unleash,(A 25% more multi even spam casting) Conductivity,

Is the main links

[mint hull]

wait cold span doesnt proc?

[still rock]

well make sure you use the exposure tech but everything looks good - you might need to invest in energise as well but that jkust depends on the trigger rate when youre testing

[muted charm]

Faster projectiles comes later

haven't decided sixth

[last patio]

I'm fried from playing all day and never sleeping. But that should mean I get a cold snap proc off every freeze correct?

[last patio]

not for me. not that I've noticed anyway

[soft lake]

Yep

[grand jacinth]

As a melee player am I just screwed with act 2 trial? This is insane. Any good solutions?

[soft lake]

Just come back to it later

[still rock]

im assuming you mean conduction but yeah that sounds good

[last patio]

what could it mean if cold snap never happens then? :/

[timid aurora]

deadye seems waaay better than pathfinder

atm

[still rock]

Probably do ball lightning - lightning exposure - strip away - deceleration to get the exposure

[full urchin]

So how is SRS gonna work now if they don't summom on fire skills? Only on fire skill skills now?

[muted charm]

ohj fuck and that opens up a movement skill

[soft lake]

I'm not sure. You could try putting a more visible skill in there and see if it's triggering for you

[mint hull]

I'll test and report back

[last patio]

will do ok

ty

[real kiln]

does anyone know what support gem ppl use to make multiple walls instead of 1

[sterile stone]

GGG pls buff thsis is just a dud node

[molten sedge]

new to poe p much, i was lucky enough to get plaguebeares and ima poison oathfinder, so i was curious skill tree wise, i should be grabbing phys damage nodes, elemental damage nodes, my poison nodes and use one of those chaos bows from act 3 right?
and im using toxic gas/flame wall

[ruby bluff]

So does anyone know what the census is on wether vitalitay siphon should work with essence drain DoT. It clearly states that its 12% spell damage leech and also in both essence drain and contagion it states that the DoT IS affected by spell damage so why would the siphon not work?

i feel like everything i do with ED is just getting shot down

now the only thing i think viable is running perma curse hexblast but the sustain sucks as id like to run around enemies with blasph on my despair to proc it

[static plinth]

phys as chaos tho

[sterile stone]

phys as chaos are okey, its nice combine with cloak of flame

[light fractal]

could just be spaghetti, could be intentional idk

[agile hull]

is there a web to buy items for currency? like poe trade in poe 2?

[light fractal]

is there a way to see my stat reqs before i respec and get the error

[sterile stone]

with 90% fire res

[static plinth]

But yeah by default the C/L as Fire is meh

[sterile stone]

not meh it barely do anything

[static plinth]

But also

[mint hull]

its not building energy

[old oriole]

do these support gems work on cold snap? if so which is better?

[weary fog]

What site is this

[static plinth]

poe2db.tw

[weary fog]

thx

[static plinth]

Second unless youre doing like, ignite

Bu tboth work

[still carbon]

Are there any good mace skills for ancestor? i feel like none are as good as shockwave totem.

[last patio]

ok so at least i'm not the only one with the bug lol

[old oriole]

what does ignite hove to do with that skil? also which are better or are they equal?

[mint hull]

where can we report thi?

[grizzled geyser]

what pairs better with lightning sorc, ignite or chill?

[muted charm]

So that would make

Spark

Big Orb Of storms

Cast on Shock Arc- Why the cheeky chain tech is there for clear instead of using pierce.

Curse

Ball Lightning- Exposure

Lightning Warp- Movement combo with ball lightning

Undecided Reservation

Weapon Swap Eye of Winter

[static plinth]

Second is better because it's downside doesnt affect Cold Snap, as Cold Snap cannot freeze, unless you're making Cold Snap ignite, in which case obviously it is bad

[still rock]

@muted charm https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/5r5xl03a

I dropped the chain here felt redundant

You'll want the energy stuff for meta gem

since youre not invoker

[last patio]

no clue :/

[still rock]

And took exposure

dropped a little ES, might need more depends what youre at and how good your gear is

[river tusk]

what gems should i use on hammer of the gods?

[timid aurora]

they need to give Pathfinder an arrow that combos off poisons, watching them do bosses is painful. Like something that consumes each poison stack for xyz toxic dmg

takes like 10x longer than Deadeye

[still rock]

If you want the chain, take it from the potent incantation wheel

imo

I moved the %crit chance to damage bonus, assuming you get enough from gear

otherwise use the chance until you get enough crit chance

[last patio]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3597357 found a lot of other people reporting the same issue

[muted charm]

ahh chain acts as an effective pierce ofr spark/clear booster, and raw damage for arc.

[mint hull]

thats good then, hopefully they will fix it

[still rock]

Also, youll need to feel this out but the slower start of recharge from patient barier might be annoying so you might need some faster start of recharge from convalescence

Yeah just drop potent incantation for the chain then

[solar spindle]

Does anyone have any ideas for how to improve clearing with bonestorm? The boss damage is amazing but the clearing leaves something to be desired. DD helps but isn't really ideal. It feels like the build could really use something like herald of ice to help clean up after a cast

[glass gust]

Does anyone know a good Lighning Sorc build?

[trim nexus]

how do i post the stuff i have on the poe2 trade site

[ruby bluff]

@light fractal but like if you look at it it literally says spell smg

gatta be spaghetti code

[thorny gust]

Does this node increase my damage with proj from crossbows since they are two handed?

I have ptsd from wording in poe 1

[near jewel]

These ancestral spirits ascendency, am i missing sth, or its just plain yseless. I respecced out of it....for my totem warrior

[muted charm]

that's whats interesting about lihgnting imo it scales in so many ways its hard to pin down the best way to scale it.

[orchid torrent]

is blind like a HUGE defensive support skill or just ok

[muted charm]

where cold is

[muted charm]

"Get crit. Get more crit. Get more Crit"

[hexed mica]

How are we feeling about energy shield vs evasion?

[willow wagon]

Hi there! I've chosen the Warbringer specialization, but when I took the "Weight of the Anvil" node, which reduces enemy armor by 10% when dealing impact damage, it says "no skills affected!" I understand that just using a mace should deal impact damage, so why isn't it affecting any skills? How can this be? Does anyone know?

[real salmon]

does essence drain benefit from crit at all? so if the initial hit crits, does the DoT on essence drain crit too?

[ruby bluff]

@soft lake

[west pumice]

Slow but I love it lol. My monk coming through here was running for his life. My warrior is able to tank and deliver huge hits when I set it up fight.

[ruby bluff]

i would agree but it specifically states that spell damage leeches and that the debuff does spell damage

i mean i guess you could say each tick is not a hit but its still a instance of damage

[old oriole]

does this add more dmg to cold snap?

[frozen crescent]

what is the best build for Ranger?

[still rock]

I think youre scaling it good, just need to evaluate based on your gear if you need more crit chance or energy gain for meta gem or ES faster recharge but that should be good to go

[mint hull]

yes

[soft lake]

It does spell damage but the DOT component doesn't hit, which is the key part

[thorny gust]

?

[near jewel]

Guys, these ancestral spirits from warbringer are any good...i cant see them do anything tbh, anythin special

[ruby bluff]

i guess, why they gutting everything with the chaos build

[still rock]

Energise might be overkill but you'll be able to feel that out

[muted charm]

Also a bit of advice to specficially you. Because this is forbidden poe1 knowledge about how shock and ignite used to work. Lightning likes crit chance. Fire likes Crit Damage. Cold likes Both.

On gear obviously both is good, but on tree you pretty much always pick chance or damage because of how shock rewards hitting multiple crits in a row, and fire promotes a single big ass crit every few secodns.

[ruby bluff]

you cant go the fire witch so you forced to go bloodd witch and you cant even use the life steal

like what

[muted charm]

Fordbidden knowledge

Your welcome

[old oriole]

put a lot of poison smoke on ground then lite it up with fire, very op look up josh strife hayes poe2 to see in video

[solar spindle]

the dot portion can't crit, it would only be the initial hit that benefits from crit

[still rock]

The philosophy of taking crit multi over chance is assuming you can get it effectively via gear, obv poe2 is an unknown, so if you need the chance to be higher then take the chance over the multi, etc

[real salmon]

damn i guess i better find somehting other than chaos for blood mage

[still rock]

It was like this for most builds in poe1, its gear dependent

and crit multi is hard to get so youd prefer to get it on tree

if your chance is good

[solar spindle]

yeah dots doesn't make much sense for bloodmage, i've been having a lot of success with bonestorm

[still rock]

but obviously no diamond flask and such so it may be harder to get a high crit chance effectively

[muted charm]

yeah i forgot about how they changed gearing in poe1

[soft lake]

Why can't you go fire witch?

[muted charm]

we'll have to see once the build hits end game

[still rock]

GL

[muted charm]

but ty btw you improved it a lot.

[still rock]

np, i just keep hearing how busted the exposure effect is from stormweaver so youll get a lot of scaling out of that alone

and increases to exposure effect are just an effective multiplier for scouring winds, makes it even better

[wheat horizon]

does frenetic still work with resonance, if we converted frenzy to power charges?