2┃build-planning

[bold saffron]

i tried fire/shock but im struggling in endgame to survive a little, idk if its my stats/gear or build

[silk juniper]

if your bow has 100 phys dmg and you max charge it, it will do 100 phys dmg and 480 fire

a tri ele bow is probably the best

[north gull]

whats the point of a skill gem saying itll do 50% less fire and lightrning but 25% more cold if its a cold only skill
theres no downside is there

[gray socket]

Need some help please.

Tried to theory craft an Warbringer with Giant's Blood. I have hard time stacking so much strength to potentially wield a nice 212 STR requirement weapon. Looking at the tree and maybe some items with 30+ STR I could make around 400 STR with all the nodes on the tree. However the highest base on the trade requires around 212 STR. It means I need around 636 STR (560 STR with 12% reduced equipment requirements nodes).

Is it even possible to get so much STR ?

[silk juniper]

nothing unless you have gain 10% of cold as extra fire dmg or something like that

[covert moon]

and you scale elemental damage ?

[slender finch]

Cloak of flames and altered flesh

[silk juniper]

tbh the attack speed looks so bad to use, maybe try it out

it may feel terrible with low attack speed

[little rock]

does pierce do anything on galvanic shards?

[bold saffron]

idk what those are

[atomic kindle]

sorry was helping another person

[warm kraken]

Is there any way to see your ailment chance, ie this skill has X percent chance to shock I haven’t seen it in any of the menus

[covert moon]

yes it's unplayable without a bit of attack speed

[silk juniper]

you cant see it because it is based one enemy hp

[slender finch]

Infernalist is more versatile. Can get ton of spirit and be very tank or can be super mobile with demon form.

[silk juniper]

so 100 dmg can shock an enemy with 150 hp but it wont shock and enemy with 100000

[warm kraken]

Makes sense in that regard. Is it still worth it to have shock chance in the skillet tree or should I just go for more lightning damage?

[atomic kindle]

you stack STR/INT and go for ARMOR/ENERGY SHIELD gear (focusing on HP and RES over dmg/util) also the best stat you can have on life flasks is instant recovery legit dont care how big the % is on any other stat instant recovery is king

[silk juniper]

it depends

[gentle jolt]

as a sorcerer i am fine with clearing the maps but i always struggle WAY TOO MUCH at the bosses, what should i focus on? armor, energy shield, evasion? level 54 right now and trying to cap the 4 resistances first

[silk juniper]

cause more lightning damage = higher lightning hit which is more shock chance by default

[narrow cipher]

hello, do we know if theres a timeline on when spectres will be an available skill?

[silk juniper]

no timeline

[narrow cipher]

ok

i figured that, thought id just ask incase

ty

[warm kraken]

I appreciate it hijack

[bold saffron]

hmmm, felt weird to spec str when ur a mage, i guess the stats dont matter at all

[slender finch]

Basically a way to be tanky by converting types of damage taken so you just need to max one type of resist.

[silk juniper]

the shock chance support gem is op btw it doubles your shock chance if you arent having good uptime with it

[bold saffron]

that needs a specific item tho. any general things i should do?

i had 30s in res curle act 3 and i felt im getting 1 tapped

by normal mobs

[warm kraken]

Also, I asked earlier didn’t receive a response. Does anybody know the soft cap or hard cap of invasion?

[bold saffron]

while bosses, funnily enough, were easy lol

[silk juniper]

both

[warm kraken]

I’m using that now. I was actually trying to figure out a way to get rid of that to up my damage a little bit more.

[narrow cipher]

is this perma standard or will there be a reset on release? sry for all the questions lol

[stoic nebula]

I saw a comment under a youtube video. Topic was leveling monk and the comment says just take WAND until level 31(or until specific skills opens) what do you think? I’d like to level up a monk and couldnt find any monk start/leveling

[silk juniper]

I think hard cap is 90

[vestal idol]

guys does ignite "stack" if i ignite from different source ?

[silk juniper]

and soft cap is like once you get around 50% it is hard to increase

maybe I can find a graph

[warm kraken]

OK, I was just making sure I’m sitting at 80 right now start going more towards like energy armor or armor. I don’t know what a good second stat for that would be.

[lunar halo]

Any suggestions for herald of thunder support gems?

[atomic kindle]

str gives HP. HP = dont die

[versed tundra]

What supports are these?

[median beacon]

Does anyone know if Exsanguinate is already in the game? It's on poedb, but I don't see it in game as a gem and haven't yet found a weapon that grants it.

Same question about Reap as well :3

[atomic kindle]

i very much agree bosses are easy and normal mobs are scary really weird dynamic.

[vestal idol]

flash grenade and roll mobs isnt scary at all 😛

[warm kraken]

I’m having the exact opposite my mod. Clear is fucking insane. My bosses those take a minute I don’t die all the time but my damage is so low on single target.

Mob*

[silk juniper]

I play bloodmage so every boss is a fight against myself

[atomic kindle]

i rarely died even once to bosses in campaign outside of act 1 boss that dude is crazy. wish they were all like that

[median beacon]

Prayge they fix the leech soon 🙏

[warm kraken]

Yeah, like I said, my build struggles against bosses but when it comes to mops, I kill one and it’s a chaining effect. They all just start dying.

[atomic kindle]

try using CI XD

[atomic kindle]

oh you went chaos?

[silk juniper]

once I transfer into dd it will be fine I think

[atomic kindle]

brooooooooooooo let me know what you think of my build

[bold saffron]

can u show ur stats/gear roughly?

[atomic kindle]

sure ill dm

[warm kraken]

No, I went heavy into lightning playing a dead eye lightning build with the tail wind, Ascension path 80% evasion and electrocute buildup on lightning rod with scatter the lightning rod doesn’t do a whole lot of damage but it’s been my solution for bosses cause I can just stagger them back to back to back

[silk juniper]

I dont have leech yet only 2 ascendency points lol

[atomic kindle]

awe i got excited been working on witch Chaos build. havent started playing it yet just planning out my route

[vale heart]

are there runes for caster weapons? since tehy all say martial weapon

[atomic kindle]

correct

[proven quarry]

Is it worth using exalt / alchemy orbs early? Lv 30ish

[vale heart]

so there are no runes for caster weapons?

[median beacon]

Well leech is currently broken in some way that's unclear to me, I seem to barely leech any health at all, and all blood mages I've talked to have had the same experience. So don't expect the leech ascendancy to solve your issues, because it won't, lol.

But it might get fixed sometime soon, hopefully. I think I heard that GGG acknowledged the issue earlier today

[silk juniper]

yeah I saw that, thankfully skills from implicit wands dont cost mana, so I can survive with my chaos bolt build for now

[little canyon]

what's this mean?

[warm kraken]

Ive been looking into it myself, definitely something I will be trying, for now just seeing how far i can push lightning

[finite shell]

The cap of damage of ailment you can take before you get ignited, frozen or shock, etc.

[warm kraken]

A small barrier in which you wont take an ailment ie freeze/ignite/shock

Or cap my bad wrong word

[finite shell]

Essentially ig

[little canyon]

hmm I wonder if that or mana regen, I'm more than fine with mana but who knows about the future

[finite shell]

I regret not taking mana

Jus wanna put it out there

[warm kraken]

Cap is the right word it just extends the dmg needed to cause that ailment if it took 100 dmg before its 130 dmg after that

[finite shell]

Yep

[silk juniper]

your mana issue will go up, once you get higher lvl skill gems and more support gems

[finite shell]

Now that cast on trigger spells cost mana, i feel very mana starved

[silk juniper]

so maybe mana to be safe

[little canyon]

ye ye thx

[finite shell]

Mana in theory is offense since ur not specing into mana regen

Then ailment is defense

[warm kraken]

I went threshold myself my archers sitting at around 60% increased mana gen mana doesnt move and gains super quick even using the flask that takes mana

[little canyon]

now I would really need some cast speed to make use of it, idk where to get it tho

[silk juniper]

arcane tempo is an easy source

[little canyon]

from stormweaver? got it already

but not the +1% node yet

[hoary ingot]

i just got a chaos damage bow lol

[wispy raft]

Does anyone know if the plague finger gloves or the poison snake glove uniques are better for poison builds?

[atomic kindle]

sorry yes there is

[atomic kindle]

dmed you a link to the build ive been working on

[silk juniper]

arcane tempo is a support gem that gives cast speed

[finite shell]

Its a support gem i think?

[dry haven]

With demon form is capping the effect really that good? Seems like you lose alot of dmg

[finite shell]

Any support gem to reccomend for mana

[glacial sorrel]

hii, i'm building a sorceress and i have a dou8bt, does spell damage buff elemental damage spells?

[shell night]

Frost Monk with summoners!?

[warm kraken]

Also another question for anyone whos tinkered with it, myself ive noticed dual string bow firing 2 projectiles objectively seems worse (with good roles on the bow) compared to the bow i got today woth 110% increased physical 69-117 phys dmg (and thats the only roll)

[finite shell]

If the source is iirc

Its an elemental damage spell so yes

[little canyon]

: o

[finite shell]

If it were elemental attack obv not

[wispy raft]

Anyone ?

[glacial sorrel]

ok thx for the clarification

[warm kraken]

Which doesnt make sense to me as its adding an additinal projectile but not reducing dmg for doing so (at least in the sub text)

[finite shell]

Phys dmg is like prob most impt stat

Since everything goes off the base dmg of ur bow

[warm kraken]

I have a phys dmg roll on the dualstring too

[finite shell]

Is it as high?

Its probably just the value difference

[warm kraken]

68% but also has 16% attackspeed 2-42 lightning dmg then +40% phys from runes (the new bow has no runes 1 stat)

[finite shell]

🤔

Unsure then

Should not be the case

[native ice]

Alright, so I noticed that the Chaotic Freeze skill specifically works with Chaos DoTs, and Frostfire boots the effects of ignites inflicted on frozen enemies. So combined with blackflame and hexblast, that should mean I can get a pretty serious Chaos DoT > freeze > Hexblast ignite chain going, and scale it all using chaos damage multipliers. Right?

[warm kraken]

Takes 4 shots with both hitting for norm mob, takes 2 shots with just the phys bow and my dps goes up but the math isnt mathing unless its splitting the dmg between the arrows or one is getting some sort of reduction

Also the targeting is weird the more projectiles it adds sometimes small mobs are hard to hit unless im barrel stuffing

[native ice]

For clear I could use impending doom and wildfire... yeah...

[magic finch]

Is melee merc viable? Might do an ignite melee build. Lol.

[oblique ledge]

Im using build for chaining by spamming lightning rods/lighnint arrows into orbs of storms with schock and herald of thunder, and im using gloves for 100% spell damage, is it worth? Or should i change it for evasion

[wispy raft]

Plaguefinger Gauze Wraps or snake bite gloves? What are better for poison builds ?

[rancid wind]

is Spark really better than Arc?

[nimble sun]

guys, for the cast on freeze commet, what is the best support gems for the eye of winter?

[fallen sorrel]

anyone use demon form?

[still rock]

For what purpose? That's entirely contextual

[worldly pawn]

Does 'More' and 'Less' modifiers on the same skill cancel each other out, or is the calculation odd in some way? (Like, if i have 50% less damage, but a 25% more damage too, is it just 25% less damage, or something else?)

[tranquil torrent]

So I'm coming in from Titan Quest and was wondering if it'd be possible to do a tank necro build? Like warrior while my minions do all the dps or is that not feasible in this stage of the game?

[gilded tree]

Will the Unique Titanrot chest piece (No life regen), work with the Eternal Youth keystone (Recharge life instead of ES)???

[marsh cargo]

For rangers, is using the Acrobatics Node worth getting asap? It allows you to evade all hits at 70% evasion rating. How does it work?

[rancid wind]

for a lightning stormweaver build, because using spark requires to cast flamewall every time, while Arc doesn't. I am new to the game so maybe i am misunderstanding, and I am only level 45 rn

[heavy sparrow]

Idk if it's just me, but it feels like some ascendencies have too many 'dead' choices when picked first.

e.g. there's like zero upside for pyromantic pact at the start, except to remove mana, i guess - but there isn't (or me anyways) any time i was ever close to running out of mana at the point you get the ascendency. I had originally started demon form, but when i realized that demon form makes your weapon unusable, and i needed to be in demon form for minimum 10 stacks before i saw a dps increase, but by then i'm dying fairly quick to the 'downside' of demon flames, it's like why did i pick this?

Same with blood mage, lots and lots of reports that blood mage is the 'noob' brick, at lvl 25 when you get it it has more downsides than upsides in the life cost, and most builds aren't 'tailored' to cover the downsides at lvl 25. anyways, i just don't remember so many 2 point 'meh' choices in poe 1... unless i'm missing something.

[rain dust]

So why does cast on freeze not say it has any restrictions but won't let me socket charged staff spell

[silk juniper]

they multiply each other so it would be 1 x .5 x 1.25 = 0.675 so it is less 37.5% dmg

[warm kraken]

This keystone allows players to be ABLE to evade area of effect skills as well as the usual strike or projectile skills.

[tropic raven]

When do granted spells get more sockets?

[still rock]

To use spark as a main skill I think the added dmg from flame wall is too good to pass up but I haven't really experimented with Arc - they function completely differently so you'd have to optimize them differently and nothing is clearly optimized yet so it's hard to say which is objectively "better". Is that a fair answer?

[radiant yarrow]

if I have profane ritual in cast on shock, will it cast on the nearest corpse or where my mouse is?

[rain dust]

Have to use socket currency

[worldly pawn]

ty!, so just multiply when it says More or Less to get a gernal idea

[warm kraken]

so you get -50% evasion from all sources and can dodge aoe

[tropic raven]

Oh? on the item itself?

[obsidian locust]

do we ever get just 8 asc points or will it increase later? how does asc work in poe1?

[rancid wind]

yeah thank you

[blissful dagger]

so this is op

[rain dust]

Should be in the skills menu i think.
If it works like ascendancy skills anyway

[marsh cargo]

So is it with getting as soon as we can or is it only worth it when we can have a high rating with the reduced cost

[tropic raven]

Doesn't seeeem so. Demon form and infernal hound just upgraded automatically

[rain dust]

Path of exile, one you completed labs, which is basically like side content, and you would find things in the campaign that would unlock the trials

[tropic raven]

but my skeleton warrior, from sceptre, is locked to 2

[rain dust]

Huh weird.

[tropic raven]

so i'm wondering what level weapon i need

[blissful dagger]

can i ask what your asking about?

[silk juniper]

skills from ascendency get sockets with lvl

[blissful dagger]

as a witch myself i may be able to answer

[rain dust]

Actually that would make sense that it's item level based

[silk juniper]

every 15 levels

[tropic raven]

Basically do sceptre, or any weapon granted skill, ever get more sockets

[blissful dagger]

ye they can

[silk juniper]

yes, I think it is based on the ilvl fo the item

[vagrant imp]

So Renly's training gives your shield base 40% block, does this then get scaled by the local %increased block affix?

[silk juniper]

75 I think for max sockets

[blissful dagger]

i believe is a different drop to lesser gems

[sacred sail]

@tropic river hey, found a youtube video on how to make stampede work ! going explosion gem on full armour break with devastate (or getting 50% armour break on stun + 100% increase armour break) I'm clearing trash pack with it now x)

[blissful dagger]

so its harder to find but its there

[obsidian axle]

does detonate dead scale with Heft gem? (30% more maximum physical damage)

[obsidian locust]

And can you also only get 8 points or are you able to eventualy fill out the entire tree?

[tropic raven]

Ahh, i see

[still rock]

I think so, could you screenshot the shield And your block chance on character sheet? Would help answer the Q

I'm assuming block chance is on character sheet lol

[raw junco]

Is summon totem/explosive balista type from poe1 is applicable to POE2? or can i build that a similar way but slighlty differnt?

[vagrant imp]

I'm not specced into Renly's yet, was just curious

[still rock]

let me read the node

[wet oracle]

hello everyone, my build advice is to only use 4 ascendancy nodes, because you aren't getting the others unless they do a major patch/change

[vagrant imp]

because it says instead of the shield's value, I'm just wondering which order those would apply, yaknow?

[still rock]

ok yeah... it's basically an override so I don't think local block modifiers effect it? But you'd have to test with a shield that has added block chance as an affix with the node allocated to know for sure

[vagrant imp]

YEah I'll save this blue shield to test it

[fallen fractal]

Hello guys just wonder how the mechs between hexblast and spell echo work,
so from my testing hex blast on something with 2 curses only consumes 1 curse
blasphemy can have 2 curse auras going on at the same time
but for some reason echo does not make hexblast blast a 2nd time
is this intended or a bug?

[north talon]

They do not. Node is terrible honestly

[still rock]

oof

[north talon]

I took it last night and my block actually went down

[still rock]

I wonder if it adds block to eva shields or foci

[north talon]

It just treats you as haveing 40% block from your shield, regardless of what value the shield actually grants

[visual seal]

guys, i should be taking second one right??

it also has a socket?

[north talon]

But good shields have more than 40% block so... unless you are using some specific unique really it is a bad node. Niche at best

[vale heart]

and when are they dropping? Im cruel act2 and only ever found martial weapon runes

[toxic crown]

If I use a lesser jewlers orb on my quarter staff auto attack, will I have that extra slot when I use another staff?

[sacred sail]

check your dps with them and your accuracy and then choose

[visual seal]

is accuracy important

[still rock]

Yeah, that's how I was reading it. But if the game effectively treats eva shields and foci as a shield then you could maybe use it for some niche purpose for eva scaling or to use a caster offhand

[sacred sail]

not hitting is zero damage :p

yes

[visual seal]

mace strike has less dps but my spells have more dps with the new one

[north talon]

maybe. I am just sad because I was hoping that is not what it did, and that leaves really only Jade and Totems as defensive options for warbringer and I hate totems with a passion and jade just seems bad

[barren jetty]

just finished story. Is there a specific way I should go here

[visual seal]

nvm old one has more dps

[sacred sail]

as you advance further into the game you'll find that you starts to miss attack lkike they don't deal damage

[barren jetty]

just finished story. Is there a specific way I should go here as a monk?

[north talon]

also speccing OUT of the nodes is really expensive and that sucks

[sinful cobalt]

do the projectiles that pass through flame wall trigger raging spirits? or is it only the cast of flame wall

[tropic river]

yeah that sounds pretty good

[topaz cedar]

Does it say spell casts trigger it, or fire damage

[still rock]

What block values are good shields at? This could just be slightly undertuned atm

[strange ivy]

i know its early but between gas grenadier merc and freeze comet sorc, is there a clear winner ?

[still rock]

Mostly curious

[sinful cobalt]

i guess it wouldnt otherwise it would be too strong

[north talon]

Base is 26%, and I am pretty sure mods go as high as PoE1 to 81%. I haven't seen one of those yet but the tiers I have seen match PoE1 tiers exactly

[still rock]

Let me check trade for curiosity's sake

[north talon]

I only have a 57% right now, but that already hits 40%

[formal meadow]

does Meat Shield decrease the ignite damage from Hell Hound? or just hits

[tulip pivot]

what is the base critical hit damage?
50%? 150%?

[obsidian grove]

I feel like no matter how many buffs to fire damage I have incinerate just does nothing

[formal meadow]

whatever your weapon is, or the spell you're using

[carmine escarp]

Damage is 100%. Chance is your weapon or 15% for spells

[still rock]

50% is the highest rare on trade, but that's with a t5 inc block (goes up to t7). Honestly this node should just add flat block chance otherwise I don't see the point, it just saves you one affix on a shield lol

[formal meadow]

oh my bad didn't read properly.

[tulip pivot]

great! ty

[tulip pivot]

is there any effect associated with crits? for example if am doing lightning damage, does a crit guarantee a shock?

[midnight surge]

should i get the bottom of the fire tree there? its all for ignite. the top side is more important and im a lightning fire sorc. not sure if i should use the 6 perks on the bottom side or not.

[vagrant imp]

Yeah it seemed kinda weak to me that's why I was hoping it worked favorably lol.

[sacred sail]

how does it feel though ? I didn't play spellcaster yet

[carmine escarp]

You can get some like that, but I don’t think there’s any by default. Could be wrong though

[white bison]

anyway to increase the sockets besides corrupting them ?

[obsidian grove]

the slow it inflicts on you just doesnt pay off, you are slowed and doing way less damage than fireball or even firebolt

[still rock]

greater jeweller's orb

[tropic raven]

I tried it, it's not got the range, the damage or the... anything.. to make that slow ass movement speed worth it

[still rock]

Corrupting is the gamba way to increase it

[weary fog]

How do I get more rarity? I have 187%.

[still rock]

But apparently it's more efficient if you have a lot of uncut to throw at it

[north talon]

Oh no it is worse. You can Vaal Block Chance apparently

[obsidian grove]

yea, incenerate doesnt have the juice when clearing packs and its basically unusable vs bosses

[sacred sail]

sometimes with gems you can do tricky stuff that make it work. On warrior I had shitty ability but with the gems it fixed it, like added a gem that create an explosion each time I armour break and added a gem that armour break on stun, just an example soi I move around and it kills trash mobs

[tropic raven]

how is that price for it appearing?

[neat laurel]

do I need to move using the skill for 2 meters

[sacred sail]

It seem to be more of a clearing ability

[neat laurel]

or just move 2 meters inbetween skill usages

[sacred sail]

you can't stand still on bosses

unless you one shot them

[tropic raven]

Hey dood, how have you got a price for it at the bottom there?

[sacred sail]

that's weird though, it doesn't hit only ignite

[still rock]

this is the highest I found (not online currently)

[north talon]

This is from the trade site not in game

[tropic raven]

Ahhh, fair enough

[still rock]

Interesting vaal option

[last patio]

should blasphemy be kept at the lowest level?

[north talon]

Yeah... the 40% node is SO bad in the context of stuff like this existing imo

[last patio]

even on the curse tab it shows the same stats no matter what level

only thing that goes up is the requirement

[still rock]

If it was say 50% I think it might be usable considering you need it to take Turtle

[north talon]

That said, block chance Vaal enchantment is really spicy... I might Vaal some shields

[still rock]

55% and we're in the ballpark imo

Just undertuned atm

[north talon]

50% Would be justifyable imo, still not as good as perfect shield but it is something. 55% would be legitmatly good

[carmine escarp]

If you hold alt and click the “Curses” tab, is something there scaling?

[near jewel]

hello, I have been using Ancestral Spirits for a while, respecced and got armour below 0. Do the damn Ancestal Spirits form Warbringer ascendency do anything aside form...thet they jusr exist?

[vagrant imp]

is turtle even good? Like are you really going to spend 2 ascendancies to gamble on blocking boss slams?

[last patio]

nope

[still rock]

Considering you are forced to get the Less block chance if you want to use Turtle it should be at least as good as a semi-good shield. Is that base the highest % block?

[north talon]

55% I think is essentially a max block chance shield with top mods? I think

[last patio]

you'd think there would be value in upgrading tho

[modern wren]

does magnitude increase freeze duration?

[neat laurel]

@still rock sorry for the ping but since you are here if you dont mind explaining how this works. Do I just move 2 meters in between skill usages for this to activate or does the skill itself need to move my character 2 meters

[vagrant imp]

the skill itself needs to move you that distance, stampede, leap slam etc.

[still rock]

It gives you the ability to block spell hits

Which is really strong theoretically

[obsidian grove]

does it count for channeling skills you can move while using?

[real kiln]

can i equip 2 wands?

[still rock]

What Chase said

[neat laurel]

ah sad was hoping to use it on toxic growth but it doesnt seem to consistently move me

[worldly belfry]

How much ish crit do i need to transition from Cast on Ignite to CoC?

[hearty grotto]

which one for srs infernalist

[north talon]

Well you can always block spell projectiles without it, but being able to block all hits is big since that includes all AoE stuff which is alot more than just slams

[still rock]

Ah yeah i forgot about the strike difference

[vagrant imp]

I thought block does that already in PoE2. Suppose reading it it's only spell proj, but still.

ye

[muted flame]

Anyone can help me with my mercenary build? I'm lvl 23, witch hunter

[north talon]

yeah block is all strikes and projectiles in PoE2 at base, just like evasion

[static rapids]

For those playing Merc Gas/Explo Grenade builds, is there any place for Explo Shot in this build? Kinda of feels like it's either Explo Grenade or Explo Shot and not both?

[manic garnet]

if two people in same party are playing cast on freeze would both work or just one get sacked?

[azure saffron]

How does the passive node from internalist “20% of physical damage taken as chaos” and the affix from cloak of flame “40% of physical damage taken as fire damage” interact?

[north talon]

Both block and evasion are stronger than PoE1, though block having active block does make block investment a little bit worse imo than evasion investment. Being able to just 100% block chance on demand is strong

[still rock]

Yeah it seems to be only useful on abilities like lightning warp or leap slam

[neat laurel]

yea I am trying to make toxic growth useful in my setup but cant find any synergies

[vagrant imp]

Yeah I just don't really know what to take on my corrupting cry build aside from the cry nodes. I'm honestly considering the armor break first node just to take the generic %increased damage against armor broken targets lol.

[visual roost]

Did they say anything about fixing Blood Mage bugs?

[rugged chasm]

what skill is the little jellyfish orb things circling the player?

[still rock]

I haven't used a shield yet, does raise shield have a startup animation or is it active as soon as you button press?

[neat laurel]

like the damage on it is good just trying to find some extra stuf

[north talon]

Does rolling slam cross more than 2 meters before hitting?

[neat laurel]

dunno how good is daze buildup that is recommended by default

[north talon]

I think there is a very small startup, like 100ms?

[still rock]

Daze seems underwhleming from my reading of it

[neat laurel]

yea I agree

[north talon]

Daze just needs to be easier to apply. It is not a bad effect, but buildup takes way too long for what it does

[still rock]

The only proper interaction with Daze that seems worth it is if you're using Vaulting Impact to consume the Daze

[azure saffron]

Everything is underwhelming in Poe 2. Final build does as much as a new level 60 with a tabula in Poe 1 XD

[still rock]

Good imo, poe1 is braindead easy

I'm having fun being stretched to optimize

[vagrant imp]

poe1 has a decade of powercreep. If things weren't weaker in poe2 it would be cooked

[near jewel]

is anyone using ancestral spirits or are theyyas good as additional backpack space?

[north talon]

I mean the top builds in PoE2 right now are basically PoE1 builds but with less movement speed

[still rock]

This is all a huge player test patch to be fair, there's going to be a lot of tuning I'd imagine next large patch

So we'll see what direction they go

[north talon]

I think a lot of the combat kind of falls over in maps right now

[neat laurel]

I wonder how % damage increases apply to poison DoTs. I could pair this node with gas arrow since it pops armour with the break posture gem (apply daze on breaking armour) since I am running break armour on gas arrow

[vagrant imp]

I'm imagining comet triggercast is going to get some serious nerfs among other things

[neat laurel]

the crit chance is wasted but I guess its whatever xd

[still rock]

Should just be 25% increased damage on everything, I don't think this would restrict dmg from dots

[solemn marlin]

do staffs get sockets later? ive not seen a single currency for adding sockets to staffs

[vagrant imp]

wouldn't be surprised if warrior one-shots get nerfed too, but that just depends how easy they want map bosses to be.

[carmine escarp]

Probably because a bunch of PoE1-brain players are trying to force that style and not many are playing with new mechanics.

[azure saffron]

How does the passive node from internalist “20% of physical damage taken as chaos” and the affix from cloak of flame “40% of physical damage taken as fire damage” interact?

[neat laurel]

dunno I am running ball lightning on my pathfinder to apply max wither in bosses and shield charge for traversing

[north talon]

Maybe, but it is also working and I sort of don't see how PoE2 mechanics can do it better with how fast thigns die and kill

[sonic shuttle]

When do we do the third trial of ascendancy?

[visual seal]

where do i check accuracy

for weapon

[north talon]

Not being able to override runes also feels pretty bad later on. Early game you replace gear fairly often and are not really at/close to resistance caps anyway. But later on if you find a new ring you can't just adjust your reistances to fit with that ring you need basically all new gear.

[cosmic basin]

In the zizaran interview they said they didn't have a reason why you couldn't replace runes. Hopefully they change it soon

[dusty bear]

How does covenant's "skills gain a life cost equal to 50% of base mana cost" work with infernalist's Infernal Flame?

[rain dust]

Only 8 points.
4 labs in poe 1. 3 of them found in campaign and 1 in end game.
I only have the first 4 points in poe2 so not sure how the other 4 points are earned but I imagine I will stumble upon it

[round hornet]

Does anyone know if Staggering Palm's projectile's will activate Soul Thief to leech mana?

[novel hemlock]

how does this work. I have 17k evasion(88% estimated) evasion with the Wind Dancer buff up. I feel like this would scale my evasion vs melee a lot and it is worth tossing on my amulet. (you lose wind dancer when you get hit by melee only, and it's rough when you lose it)

[gloomy merlin]

is using lower level abilities to reduce mana cost a thing?

[obsidian locust]

thanks. that sucks big time tho, 8 points where half of it is like regular passive points feels very bad tbh

[bleak leaf]

what spells should i focus early on when playing blood witch?

[hidden perch]

How does Eternal Youth interact with energy shield recharge nodes? Do they make the ES recovery from life flasks better or not?

[rain dust]

It's balanced that way.
Makes you consider what works best for your build.

[modern tangle]

You think it would be worth going Fire with this over FOC Comet?

[lime orchid]

Anyone know why support gem unleash isn't recasting like it says. I've got it on firewall. Srs build.

[analog gale]

any idea what skills would be good for an infernal flame infernalist?

probably wanna go with something that isnt fire damage right now because the damage from infernal flame reaching full is benefiting from increased damage

so if you have a bunch of increased fire damage you pretty much just die

[real zinc]

whats your opinion of life stacking to get more spirit?

[obsidian locust]

But also greatly limits you in what you can take. And it's definitely not balanced when 2 points get you for example % gamble on up to +100% extra damage vs 4 points on mana leech gimmick that doesn't even work

[sage light]

Does anyone know with cast on crit, if I cast an AoE attack and it crits 5 enemies do I get 50 energy?

looking at cast on shock for example it says once per skill use

[neat ferry]

Dumb question but is % or flat better and what does 2 to 4 fire damage mean? Is tht a range?

[sage light]

Flat is better than % increased

yes 2-4 fire damage is the range it can roll between

[rain dust]

I'm using the same ascendancy lol.
I'm taking the flames of chayula and then the chaos gamble node and I'm debating on the first darkness node.

[neat ferry]

So is tht like everytime I do dmg it rolls 2-4

[rain dust]

Depends on the situation.
A lot of % but no flat is less damage then a good amount of flat with a good amount of %

[sage light]

Yea everytime an attack lands it will roll and use whatever number it lands on in that range

[north talon]

my Vaal luck is so bad today :(, bricked on 7 out of 8

[teal spire]

Is there a way to level up existing items?

Like, the item level

[rain dust]

Getting all nodes would be nice but it would take out the factor of choice and planning.

[quiet saddle]

how do you get decen mana leech if using something like ice strike that does only a little phys damage

trying to make the chayula ES insta leech work

[modern tangle]

nobody got experience with that staff?

[sage light]

mana is always a problem for me cause the gems that convert phys to mana leech yeah i barely do any phys. Im running clairty for now it helps abit

[pastel trench]

Is there a hidden cap for Elrich Battery converting ES to Mana?

[rain dust]

I got 1 mana regen node and haven't had any problems until I got to act 4 or the mana drain aura rares.

You can get increased mana on gear that would help. I think there are runes for it too

[burnt cairn]

Hi all, around when do tier 3 support gems start dropping

[drifting steppe]

Is there any builds out there for chaos chayula monk?

[near ocean]

at the rangers here im lvl 7

how do i poison my plant?

[pastel trench]

I enabled it, it added like 600 to my mana, but I still have 638 Energy Shield.

[sage light]

I believe i got my first one in either cruel act 1 or cruel act 2

[burnt cairn]

gotcha thank you!

[rain dust]

The more mana you got the more % regen helps

[neat ferry]

Gotcha

[neat ferry]

Ahhh yes makes sense thanks

[river schooner]

is it me, or does flameblast feel weak?
unless im missing some key support or passive

[real zinc]

So if u turn a curse into an aura can u use hexblat then?

[neat ferry]

Another question, when a skill says 80% conversion from physical to fire, does it take my current physical dmg take 80% and then apply the flat fire dmg mods? ( second part is so in this case does the 80% increase to physical dmg on a weapon not so much for this specific skill?)

[obsidian locust]

Like yeah sure a lot of stuff is not balanced yet but being able to get just 40% of the big juicy feels good tree where you actually make meaningfull choices instead dumping half your points into +stat feels just dumb. AND AoC IS ONLY 18 POINTS, THERE ARE CLASSES THAT HAVE 21 OR MORE

imo +2 or +3 would go big time especially for those with odd numbers like invoker that literally gets to just have one extra passive with some choices

[atomic halo]

kid named making choices:

[marsh oar]

Do I use casting speed as a mercenary? https://i.imgur.com/96SowvP.png

[idle laurel]

I've been seeing a lot of clips from some ice monk builds? does anyone know the name of those builds?

[barren jetty]

is it important where to go on atlas map?

[worldly pawn]

is shock effectively a More multiplier since it makes enemys take the damage, or where does it sit in damage calculation?

[atomic halo]

the 80% inc. phys on your weapon is likely a local modifier, i.e. it increases the base amount of damage the weapon deals. 80% of this base damage would be converted to fire, after which it would only be affected by global modifiers to fire damage, and not physical damage. the local phys on your weapon does benefit you greatly in this situation.

[granite ice]

any Can givime one Build the mercenary lvl 60 + pls

[neat laurel]

anyone can explain what the catalysts actually do

[atomic halo]

numerically speaking, its effectiveness is similar to a more multiplier because there are few other sources of "enemies take #% inc. damage", but it still scales additively with other such sources.

[north talon]

Are the Vaal odds really 1/4 to brick, because I feel like I've bricked so much more than that

[rain dust]

Again it's about deciding what is best for your build and what you want it to do.

[obsidian locust]

Its very limiting

like extremely

some choices are just borderline useless

[neat ferry]

Is there a list of global vs local mods

[atomic halo]

that isn't neccesarily bad

[atomic halo]

tldr it's complicated, but there's an analysis somewhere on poewiki.

[worldly pawn]

mm mm, was tryin to figure out if 25% more damage from a gem is better than increased chance to shock for the 20% increased, based on where the calc happens
alot of other games would put the 20% increase damage at the very end of all other calcs for the outgoing damage, so its effectively a more multi?

not really a tooltip to compare with

[rain dust]

Yeah but I'm using the same ascendancy as you and I'm doing just fine. Just hit cruel this morning and killing most bosses in 1-3 tries

@obsidian locust

[upbeat crow]

wahat acendancy should i go for mercernary?

[silk edge]

is Ailment inflicting chances additive or multiplicative ?

[atomic halo]

shock is not "20% increased damage", which is on the player's side, it's "take 20% increased damage" on the monster's side. that means it doesn't add additively with sources of "deal #% inc. damage".

alot of other games would put the 20% increase damage at the very end of all other calcs for the outgoing damage, so its effectively a more multi?
so this is basically correct.
in your situation however, 25% > 20% anyway.

[obsidian locust]

thats now but the mana leech/ES path is dead on arrival + darkness is such a huge invenstment to make viable to trade off nerfs (blood mage hello)

[atomic halo]

that just means you have an issue with the balance

but the underlying system is sound

[worldly pawn]

mm m! ty for the knowledge ♡

[rain dust]

At level 50 darkness is basically adding another 500 to your health pool

[tawdry pilot]

thoughts on this setup?
think it will scale or no?
i am only level 45. trying to get an idea.
https://youtu.be/JPNqzNmN7lY

[rain dust]

Or 600

That's a lot of survivability

[tawdry pilot]

so far I have 1 attempted all act 3 bosses without even getting to see the mechanics really lol. but im not sure how this would scale.

[rain dust]

Especially if you go ES/evasion
You don't get hit as often and when you do you have 2 layers of defense that naturally regen before your life gets touched

[void notch]

how does attack speed affect grenades?

[tawdry pilot]

faster animation

[formal meadow]

can anyone comfirm if less damage applies to the damage from minions with infernal legion?

so would meat shield + hell hound be a dps increase for the AoE ignite

[radiant needle]

If you don't finish a quest in act 3 when you got cruel act 1 is there a way to go back?

[void notch]

so it's really not worth investing heavily in, fuse timer still takes just as long

[worldly pawn]

pretty sure that one has a tooltip to compare with

[rain dust]

Yeah scroll to the bottom of the map and you can select what act you want to go to

[tawdry pilot]

ahh i see

[rain dust]

Using the waypoint*

[radiant needle]

Ah that's good to know. Anyone happen to know where to take the heart in act 3 for 2 skill points?

[toxic nest]

Who is this for exactly?

[neat ferry]

I’ll take a look thanks

[rain dust]

You need the knife as well.

[formal meadow]

thank you, was unaware of that 🙂

[worldly pawn]

srs doesnt tho, at least from what i could tell

[rain dust]

If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

[lilac lava]

Life recoup is good in poe2 ? are the nodes worth it ?

[formal meadow]

does sceptre ever provide more than 2 skeletons?

[unborn oxide]

hey guys got a question, do bosses count as an unique enemy?

[limpid hill]

does anyone know what posion damage scales with?

[atomic halo]

yes

[formal meadow]

chaos

[unborn oxide]

thanks

[formal night]

is having a staff worse than a wand?

[atomic halo]

20% of chaos and physical damage of the hit that inflicted it

[wary juniper]

Naw only 2 but they are free

[formal meadow]

a hand is quite useful

[limpid hill]

ah ok that makes sense thanks

[atomic halo]

depends on your build of course

[formal meadow]

sucks but ty 🙂

[formal night]

but staffs or wands dont have base stats and wand + focus seems to always be more affixes than just staff

[atomic halo]

their implicits grant skills do they not

but it still depends

figure it out for your specific situation

[upbeat crow]

guys is witchhunter better than gemling leggionaire

[obsidian locust]

being able to fill 40% or for some just 30% of the big feel good change gameplay tree isn't great. It just locks you out of other fun options. I know people are used to it from 1 but more choices is always better. Its just like... "thats it? so im arbitrarily locked out of these fun nodes that would really be nice to have?"

its just lacking

[crystal drift]

what do i craft on this and how for a good mace?

[atomic halo]

thats just a matter of perspective is it not

[magic wagon]

for a merc what is the best venom draught to use from servi?

[obsidian locust]

even if i put aside the fact that most of the first 2 nodes then need follow up nodes to actually be useful atm

[atomic halo]

you cant fill out 100% of the regular tree either

i cant wear 2 helmets at the sametime

i have to choose

[obsidian locust]

thats entirely different things tho

[atomic halo]

thats just a matter of perspective is it not

[obsidian locust]

regular tree is meant to be vast with a lot of choices and a LOT there is duplicated, triplicated or even more just in different areas

[atomic latch]

Titan or Warbringer? 🤔

[silk juniper]

titan

[atomic halo]

anyway you do get to fill 100% of the asc tree out, the tree you choose that is

or would it be better if there were only 8 nodes and you could only take those

[sly leaf]

I get people don't love Bloodmage right now, but if you were going to go BM, you'd probably wear ES / Armour gear, right? Since you want Strength to get more HP anyways, may as well get some phys reduction

[obsidian locust]

ascendancy however has key passives that can change the gameplay and it just feels bad to have to either invest heavily into one and be locked out of others or just scratch the surface on all

[atomic halo]

ngl if ur argument is just "it feels bad for me" that's fine

i cant really disprove that

[obsidian locust]

what? thats branches and sometimes not even that

[atomic halo]

but the vast majority of the playerbase would beg to differ

[old basin]

Hi I'm about to try and roll a infernalist, but I'm looking to understand what (if any) archetypes exist for the spec other than just pure fire damage.

[sly leaf]

Sometimes those options are not all mutually good with each other, or direct you to be more creative in how you interact with the larger passive tree, or direct how you gear or which uniques you would like in other ways.

Sometimes limitations force creative answers. Not to mention being able to take every good passive in an ascendancy would destroy game balance entirely and force ascendancies to feel more homogenous

[rain dust]

That is the entire point of "what works best for me"
Yeah it would be nice to get them all but then it defeats the point of having to choose.
Just like the normal passive tree.

[old basin]

Does anyone have a good overview of what actually useable sub-specs the infern can do?

[neat laurel]

what does tier 2 mean in this context

[rain dust]

If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

[silk juniper]

yaeh like bloodmage I can get spell leech with the unique chest and then move my two ascension points to progenesis and maybe if I use high base crit chance spell I can move those two points over to bleed

makes it more interesting

[rigid swallow]

I would like to see the passive skill tree for these stones

[sly leaf]

I like that not every Infernalist will have the doggo, and some will be demon form users, and some will have doggo + demon form, and some will be bad like me and replace their mana with a suicide bar

[hardy creek]

Could anyone point out where I am lacking? I am struggling to survive https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/c8ahs0hi

[radiant yarrow]

if I have cast on shock with profane ritual, does the ritual cast where my mouse is or nearest corpse?

[obsidian locust]

im not saying "all". Im saying filling out 30-40% of the tree that is very lackluster, especially when a lot are borderline useless atm

[umbral pier]

Your skill tree doesn't look so bad really, what about your gear?

[silk juniper]

I mean the useless ones is due to balance issues

[honest hawk]

I'm in maps using this build idea but quite different. I can share when I get home. Hexblast/blasphemy for aoe and tempest flurry/bell for single target utilizing weapon swap passives on tree

[hardy creek]

gear should be listed there aswell but i struggle to find what i need on my gear so many modifiers

[atomic halo]

also

[honest hawk]

And it feels great

[atomic halo]

if ur problem is abt the balance

[olive sapphire]

Is the titan's 50% small passive buff actually as good as it sounds

[atomic halo]

doesnt being forced to make a choice alleviate that

[atomic halo]

yeah

[ebon gulch]

does any1 know if icebite works on freezing herald?

[fringe quiver]

any advice for farming gold? I keep fkn myself because the build i want is late game and not viable right now

[umbral pier]

Depends on your goal for your build, what are you aiming for? Evasion? Life and armor?

[atomic halo]

if you could get all of them, and they were shit, you just get screwed because you could never compete with ascendancies with all good nodes

now you have a choice to avoid the poor ones

[rain dust]

Useless just might mean very niche. Just like how some uniques are complete garbage unless used in a very specific way and then they are busted good

[hardy creek]

evasioin and energy shield

[umbral pier]

You can't just pick whatever, build to have one goal in mind

[sly leaf]

Or you can be like me and try to force the bad ones to work anyway!

[rigid swallow]

I would be very grateful if you could share the build

[atomic halo]

anyway it's called making a choice

[obsidian locust]

and sometimes limitations are just too oppresive. im sure a lot of it is coming from balance + bugs but it just feels empty

[atomic halo]

if u dont like it that's cool but there's a lot of decision making in poe2 so get ready for it

[umbral pier]

We need to see gear, In this game gear is more important than passives

[obsidian locust]

theres not a lot of decision making if entire branches are not in a usable state tho

[fringe quiver]

any advice?

[honest hawk]

Will do. The build feels really really good

[silver latch]

Is chaos dmg good with Invoker Monk? Btw how does chaos dmg work?

[atomic halo]

true, that's why we should remove all decision making.

[honest hawk]

Invoker has no inherent chaos synergy

[sly leaf]

So for example I did not see the value in +max mana on gear until I took my suicide bar upgrade, now +max mana means I get to toy with my own mortality slightly longer, but I can still completely ignore mana regen because it doesn't stop me from filling the suicide bar, I can only make the bar bigger

[obsidian locust]

im not saying that. Its just that in current state ascendancies feel lackluster from the viewpoint of people not familiar with 1

[sly leaf]

I actually value +Int more now as well since before I didn't really care about the +max mana from it

[hardy creek]

Can you see gear here? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/c8ahs0hi

[umbral pier]

Chaos damage is just another damage but the catch is that it deals twice as much damage to energy shield do with that will what you want

[rigid swallow]

I'll start collecting stones)

[wicked citrus]

is this good?

[atomic halo]

we dont disagree, we're just saying there's no reason to allow players to take all asc node as a result

[sly leaf]

Yeah this, taking everything or even 70% of them won't solve any balance issues

[sly jay]

Is this against enemies or like defensive for me?

[umbral pier]

Bro, I'll be honest, you gear fucking sucks, how are you eat ng a body armor with just 64 of energy shield

[twin summit]

Gas Grenade Clouds -> If I throw down 3 gas grenades, and detonate the gas cloud, is that 3 explosion damage instances or just 1 (ie. the gas cloud areas converge and count as 1)?

[umbral pier]

You need to invest in gear, use your currency, look for high tier bases

[hardy creek]

thats okay xd then I need to invest in here I thought iit was okay ish

[rain dust]

If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

[brave zealot]

anyone know when you start getting level 9 uncut gems?

[pulsar cape]

Just found my build.
Gonna have 5 staggering palm waves, atk speed and elemental dmg on the passive tree.

This let me absolutely spam monk in a massive aoe

[upbeat crow]

guys what should i go for gemling legionaire or witchunter?

[hardy creek]

mainly focus on evasion % and energy % and flat evasion and energy? Also elemental def

[umbral pier]

You NEED 2 things in this game, a good weapon to kill shit and a good body armor to not die.

[pulsar cape]

This is before i get 50% chance for 2 extra projectiles making 5

[wicked citrus]

why you using those gloves if you are building for lightning damage

[sly jay]

If I pick this, will I shock enemies more or is it a defensive thing?

[uncut creek]

someone offered me 2 exalts for this, should i sell it?

[hardy creek]

i also chill enemies

[wicked citrus]

how

[sly jay]

Please anyone 🙏

[hardy creek]

i am not sure how tbh lol

[pulsar cape]

What are exalts? Uniques?

[brisk mountain]

Does anyone know how conversion works in POE2? I saw mentioned that phys->element would only be scaled by %ele damage of that type and the pre conversion %phys no longer counts since there is no more conversion chain.

[wicked citrus]

hahaha

[uncut creek]

exalted orbs

[hardy creek]

maybe this

[unborn oxide]

Its defensive, you would be shocked less

[rain dust]

If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

I asked like 10 times. Anyone know the anwser?

[obsidian locust]

yes ofcourse not. Not all. Never said all. Just that things like filling out barely 30% of it or ending up on odd number so you are just 1 point away from a key passive that would really finish the build is just simply weird and feels wrong.

[limpid plover]

How do weapon set points work?

[shrewd heath]

is it possible to swap gem setup when i swap weapons?

[atomic halo]

why would you ever end up on an odd number

Just that things like filling out barely 30% of it
what do you even propose to solve this

[river schooner]

oh okay there's also Biting Frost that consumes Freezes. so this will help me keep hitting bosses with CoF comets non-stop, right?

[atomic halo]

remove choices so you get to take a higher proportion of the nodes?

[umbral pier]

You need resistances and your main mitigation system, armor, ea or evasion, and focus hard on them

[atomic halo]

#2┃build-planning message am i misreading this

[hardy creek]

why is body armor so much more important? I feel like the others contribute as much

[wicked citrus]

https://pathofexile2.wiki.fextralife.com/Kitoko's+Current+Jewelled+Gloves

[silk juniper]

body armor can have the highest resistance rolls, two sockets, more life and other stuff

[hardy creek]

that looks good

[umbral pier]

It's easier to roll a good body armor, than rolling a gods everything else

[silk juniper]

not resistances

oops like armor evasion es

[umbral pier]

It gives the most bonuses

[obsidian locust]

that was a noob question tbh 😄

[atomic halo]

body armour is the single most important armour (equipment) slot by a large margin

[hardy creek]

Any guides to some basic understand of the game someone can link me

[atomic halo]

imo you should be able to just play the game

[umbral pier]

This is just exploration for now, I think most of us use our poe1 knowledge to help, but we all need to explore the game

[atomic halo]

not neccesary in any world

[rain dust]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316512673294323752

[hardy creek]

im just having a hard time understanding which modifiers contribute more than the others

[worn sleet]

is infernalist better at fireball build than a sorcerer ?

[atomic halo]

which modifiers contribute more than the others
what does this even mean

[cloud forum]

Guys I’m kinda lost at Demon Form. I have 130 spirit, mainly because of scepter, but I can’t enter the form when SRS is on? But it only consumes a portion of the spirit. It clicks a little golden halo above the head when I try with it on.

[atomic halo]

just know that dealing "more damage" is (in the vast majority of cases) much better than dealing "increased damage"

[umbral pier]

Just have this in mind, anything that says MORE, means that, more damage, but if it's just increase, it's just a minor buff, those 2 words carry very different meanings

[obsidian locust]

Definitely being able to swap ascendancies (even for a big price) + making sure all nodes are somewhat equal in power would solve like 90% of pain points. I can see that its necessary for choices etc and definitely think that most of my frustration comes from the huge inequality between power of the nodes

[wide mirage]

does the curse explosion skill work on blasphemy curses

[torn root]

How is everyone building their merc?

ALSO

[umbral pier]

Try it out? Can't be too hard

[atomic halo]

making sure all nodes are somewhat equal in power
so... just balance perfectly?

[torn root]

Has anyone found a late game crossbow that has this 100% effect?

[atomic halo]

like yeah, that's what they want to do

it's pretty hard.

[wide mirage]

im lvl 25 can't access to this skill x)

[atomic halo]

and the game just released 5 days ago.

[torn root]

I want to build a bullet hell merc but I was told this will drop off in damage around act 2 probably

[hardy creek]

mean like you have base energy shield for example and then also % energy shield and +10 energy shield

[umbral pier]

Well, better level up 😉

[atomic halo]

that's just math

[weary fog]

Am I winning?

[atomic halo]

you dont need to read a guide to understand basic math

[hardy creek]

I guess thats true

[atomic halo]

if you have 10,000 flat energy shield and no other es modifiers, 10% inc. energy shield is much better than +100 energy shield

[umbral pier]

Yes, but some words are quite obscure in their meaning tbh

[wide mirage]

i want to creat a new char, (boring to my minion build) i want to try something with curse but if blasphemy curse explosion doesn't work i stay to my current char ^^

[atomic halo]

i suggest just play the game, and when you encounter something you dont understand ask it here.

it's a lot easier to help that way

[sly leaf]

I mean, you're also making a big assumption that you already understand the specific power level of every ascendancy in every possible build. If you're going off what YouTubers and guide writers say, they're also limited in what they've had time to test and figure out and are just throwing their knee-jerk opinions at YouTube to score clicks right now

[umbral pier]

Bro, just try, I will assure you that it will be a good experience, try as much as you want and when you get bored just St copy the most op build and become God, but before that, just have fun

[sly leaf]

Like sure maybe they've taken 1-2 ascendancies to 8 points and are in deep maps with them right now, but that would only be with 1 build maybe 2 out of a nearly infinite possibility space

[still rock]

I've just started to ignore the swathes of extremely open ended questions

[atomic halo]

yup

"i know nothing, tell me everything" is pretty hard to work with

[still rock]

Can we get a pin or a ! command to have like a descripttion of how to ask a proper question?

[sly leaf]

At least the game does a better job than it used to explaining itself

Imagine these same people trying to play PoE 1

A lot of them are coming from Diablo which has always done a better job at hand holding

(well, after 2 at least)

[still rock]

PoE 2 is a lot more intuitive

like a lot

high magnitudes of a lot

[left vortex]

What do people run on sorc after campaign? outside of ice, i hate ice

im running fire sorc almost done with campaign and its piss

[sly leaf]

I agree, but I still find myself trying to wiki things because some in-game stuff is extremely vague still, like this nonsense:

WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN (like, mechanically, how does this WORK?)

[still rock]

You're thinking too generally, you want to focus on a skill and its specific interactions with other skills, not general damage types

If that helps

[atomic halo]

check ignite page

[rain dust]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316512673294323752

[atomic halo]

only fire dmg contributes to ignite chance and magnitude by default

[rain dust]

If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

[atomic halo]

with that node all damage does

i also explained it here #2┃general message

[silk juniper]

lowkey that is super straight forward and clear

[atomic halo]

highkey i would say

[sly leaf]

I did and what I don't get is, Ignite only applies once and only the highest source of Ignite is considered, so this just means you get a bunch of useless tiny ignites from incidental damage that aren't even applied? Or how does the Magnitude part work? I will go check your link

[still rock]

Wow that's really strong

[sharp vortex]

What does a mage optimal tree look like? I feel like I'm lacking too much dmg rn. And wonder if it's due to my passive pathing and etc

[still rock]

It means you don't have to use fire damage to ignite

that's it

lol

[atomic halo]

ignites stack, it's just that only the most damageing one deals damage.

[sharp vortex]

*lightning mage

[atomic halo]

it means if ur dealing 100 cold 100 fire you get an ignite based off of 200 dmg instead of 100

[left vortex]

idk man im trying to make cast on ignite fireball work but its just not it

i have invested so much into ignite

[silk juniper]

you wont get tiny useless ignites because ignite dmg is based on the hit, so a low dmg ignite would need to be caused by a low dmg hit. ignite chance is also based on hit dmg so a low dmg hit would have very very low chance of igniting

[still rock]

You really have to invest in meta gem specifically if you want meta gems to work well

e.g. increased energy gain

[sly leaf]

Ok, so if you're only pumping Fire dmg and Fire based minions, if you're using things like Flame Wall that node would be useless

[atomic halo]

yeah

[vital silo]

Would you guys run 10% movement speed boots over boots that give me 10% evasion?

[still rock]

I'd suggest dropping the meta gem concept entirely and figuring out how to optimize self-casting your spells.

[vital silo]

Im playing a ranged class

[atomic halo]

2000% yes

[silk juniper]

I would run ms boots over anything

[still rock]

I think too many new players are trapping themselves in meta gems rn

[daring bobcat]

I would for QoL, 10% evasion on boots is what like 20 evasion

[left vortex]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/vqJMMajfE does this ring seem good for a ignite build?

[quartz narwhal]

Multiple buttons and combo are the future in this game

And I'm all about it

[vagrant imp]

Do reviving minions create corpses on death?

[vital silo]

Its from 35-45 evasion the boots have 77 evasion

[old oriole]

hi, if i don't have enough defense ( i think) and my mana drains too fast, where do u suggest i go on skill tree?

[still rock]

I've optimized a fairly simple rotation of ED contagion, it's not hard lol

[silk juniper]

no minions create corpses

[atomic halo]

movespeed is way, way ,way better

[silk juniper]

you can use sacrifice

[sly leaf]

Ghazzy was pushing cast on minion death Flame Wall infinite loop Raging Spirits, but he actually moved away from it even before the nerf was announced

[silk juniper]

to use them as corpses tho

[still rock]

The game really rewards you for mixing skills and their interactions with others

[bold saffron]

can i trade my items from "main" acc to my other new acc i made?

[vital silo]

Alright, thanks! 🙏

[atomic halo]

why would u make multiple accounts

[left vortex]

what subclass are you running?

[sly leaf]

This is my favorite part of PoE 2, that every class is a combo class

[near ocean]

you mean different characters?

[still rock]

You'd have to run two instances of the game I think

[bold saffron]

i meant characters

[daring bobcat]

Yes, stash are aaccount wide

[bold saffron]

yeah

[atomic halo]

yeah no prob

[still rock]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316077636866412625

[bold saffron]

ooh sick

[silk juniper]

you could scale the ignite with wither and maybe get some good numbers

[left vortex]

OMG im also running chronomancer, we are a rare kind. how far are you and does the build hold up?

ive been looking for a chrono build for so long

[still rock]

Not very far but it's going ok, I'm mostly spending a lot of time exploring and experimenting rather than focusing on speed

[left vortex]

yeah But i think i need the original sin ring as well to make it work https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/3ZDleX9h5

[obsidian locust]

Ideally yes. To make the choices feel worth it. Like for acolyte you get into breach and get some nice flames but then you just get a bit of life, mana and 5 sec buff that falls of before you get to actually hit the enemy. Can't compare with %gamble on up to double damage hits. As for the lackluster feel, maybe having the starting point be a keystone that would define the ascendancy would feel definitely great. Like for example blood mages have sanguimancy that they have to all take and spend 25% points for. Its baseline for everyone in the ascendancy, it defines the basic principle of buying into power, yet they have to wait days worth of playtime before progressing more in the ascendancy and getting the nodes that make it worth it.

[left vortex]

unfortunately its the most expensive ring in the game xd

[silk juniper]

not really

[radiant yarrow]

is there a support that marks more enemies with profane ritual rather than just 1?

[atomic halo]

#2┃build-planning message

[barren jetty]

what to do after the story (lvl 65) when I have no waystone? Just do some random things?

[silk juniper]

you can play infernalist and use chaos dmg to ignite with hexblast and then use that ring to scale your ignite with chaos as well

[left vortex]

How would u suggest scaling ignite with wither then?

[silk juniper]

since the ignite will deal chaos dmg over time

[atomic halo]

of course theywant perfect balance, it's just really, really hard.

[visual seal]

does someone have a list of how much the sales on stash tabs are gonna be

[atomic halo]

and the game released five days ago.

[silk juniper]

you can use dark effigy with wither on hit

to stack wither

[visual seal]

someone once gave me a picture but i don't have it anymore

[silk juniper]

it is similar to what I am doing rn

[visual seal]

it should be like in poe1

[silk juniper]

I ahve chaos bolt with poison to apply a chaos dmg over time

and then dark effigy to stack wither

and increased wither effect on tree for 70% more chaos dmg taken

the wither will make your next hexblast do even more dmg

[lean radish]

Is +2 on skills worth using over the gold crossbow ?

[silk juniper]

which will make your subsequent ignites

even stronger

[atomic halo]

+1 is like 10% more damage for most skills

[left vortex]

and ur running the black amethyst ring?

[atomic halo]

so do the math and figure it out

[silk juniper]

nah I cant afford to cast spells since I am playing blood mage I am stuck to implicit spells that cost 0 mana

I kinda want to make an infernalist to do that tho

sounds good

since you arent scaling fire dmg the infernal flame debuff doesnt one shot you

[left vortex]

im running a chrono, but i think i might swap to ed/contaigon build anyway

[lime orchid]

Just turn the blue one golden.

[silk juniper]

that sounds good

you can get ed contagion and ignite to spread like crazy

hexblast with really big ignites should help with single target

[barren jetty]

what to do after the story (lvl 65) when I have no waystone? Just do some random things?

[silk juniper]

which is what ed contagion struggles with

[left vortex]

@still rock what lvl are you right now?

[still rock]

58

[left vortex]

almost same as me

[lime orchid]

Anyone able to put together a solid SRS build yet? I've got srs and it's flowing nicely but I'm not sure what other skills I wanna run.

[still rock]

Only in act2 cruel tho

[rain dust]

4 points into the flames feels good. Especially the red flames. Super nice health regen for bosses can save flasks and clutch a fight.

The next 4 nodes I'll take is probably the chaos damage gamble to synergies with purple flames and get a few chaos nodes on tree.
My last 2 points I'm debating on getting darkness for the massive survivability boost

[left vortex]

Would u consider using blackflame amethyst ring for ignite to do chaos dmg as well?

seems like it would fit well into the build

[still rock]

I've considered it but haven't theorycrafted the possible applications and if it's better than running a rare

[left vortex]

hmm ok

[still rock]

If I could get chaos to ignite somehow then it'd be more worth it

[left vortex]

is the build good for bossing btw? because that is a big struggle for me rn

[karmic thistle]

So Demonform Nerf when it's already bugged and pretty bad... rip

[still rock]

Single target dmg is not great but I'm working on it

[copper finch]

Guys, is this stick good or meh?

[still rock]

The good part is that it's easy to boss because you just dot and run around

[left vortex]

yeah chrono is insane for just surviving i noticed

[atomic halo]

looks great (contingent on your level)

[left vortex]

i can rewind twice in a row and each one has 5 sec cd

also have recoup

[still rock]

I need my recoup in 4 node tbh and a lot more life

[dawn bronze]

what does this do?

[left vortex]

Same but getting third ascendancy notes is so INSANELY hard man

[copper finch]

This is the one im using rn, idk if this one is better

[still rock]

I just focus on not getting hit, hinder, temp chains, and chrono slow are pretty insane for not getting hit

[left vortex]

you need to do 3 sanctum trials in a ROW without failling honor once

its so disgustingly designed

[karmic thistle]

So is it still possible to inf demon form?

[left vortex]

each one gets harder than the last as well

[still rock]

You have to optimize your sanctum in the run itself

the decisions in the run matter a lot

[atomic halo]

you can just check the dps numbers

[left vortex]

I think chaos is easier overall tbh

[still rock]

And also dont get hit lol

[left vortex]

rather do 10 chaos trials than 3 sanctums runs

[atomic halo]

also the first has 3 runes and the second has none

and neither have quality

[sly leaf]

I failed Chaos a lot the first time learning what all the different modifiers were, and what I took away was that the expanding damage zone one and the thunderstorm rune ones were the worst

[crystal current]

What to link profane ritual with? To get more PC. Spell cascade did not work I think…

[thin chasm]

Probably a level issue but I'm absolutely hating chaos trial as a warrior. Seems like it will be fine at 50-51

[hoary plover]

does lightning warp consume the orb when cast on ball lightning?

[copper finch]

Do I full slam this one?

[left vortex]

I think sanctum is way worse as warrior lol, that class basically wants to get hit

[copper finch]

I got it from the mushroom dude in act 3

[icy quarry]

Is it good to play Infernalist Chaos build

[vagrant imp]

Chaos trial is just super overtuned lol

[cobalt parcel]

Can monk staff skills be used with a voltaic staff?

[thin chasm]

Yeah I felt the same way as you until I just outleveled it. Smashing things up in 1-2 hits made it way better. Or like the projectile earthquake skill to out-zone them

[pine elm]

not possible

[cobalt parcel]

Ok

[pine elm]

unless you're doing magic monk

it's possible

i'm loving my magic monk so far than stormweaver

[cobalt parcel]

Have to have physical damage on the the weapon

For the actual monk staff skills that is?

[carmine escarp]

Monk staves are “quarterstaff”

[pine elm]

you need quarterstaff

that's the main weapon for monk skills

[cobalt parcel]

Ok

Was wondering if it could fall back on unarmed damage

[brave trench]

is the res on enemies with doryani's chest affected by curses

[silk juniper]

no

their res is static to yours

[brave trench]

and i vaguely recall pen not working into the negatives? right?

[silk juniper]

yes

[atomic halo]

correct

[silk juniper]

pen is useless with doryanis

you can maybe reflect your own curse on yourself

and curse yourself with conductivity

[brave trench]

wonder if its worth going that route as archmage or if its too much investment

[silk juniper]

too much imo

cause you need to stack lots of armour

to solve the issue

[rain dust]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316512673294323752
If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

[last patio]

how do I math out whether to get penetration, resistance, or damage nodes to get the best damage?

[silk juniper]

you dont because monsters have different resistances values, and map modifiers can give them more

[summer citrus]

the best damage is having too much damage so you can overpower literally everything

[silk juniper]

so in some situations one is better than the other

you should just look into a balance

[tidal copper]

the dmg formula is posted around the PoE 1 wiki i think that not much changed only pen

[dusty storm]

What amulet anointment should i get for lightning deadeye. Cant decide.

[last patio]

anyone figure out the cast on freeze + coldsnap bug?

[ruby bluff]

so does life rem have a intial spirit cost?

[lofty rover]

would someone be able to review my build out of kindness

[plain osprey]

the term "Hit", does that include the chain-lightning?
for example, the stat "grants x life on enemy hit" - i shoot an arrow at one of 3 enemies and each enemy get struck by chain lightning. does that count as 3 "hits", i.e. granting 3x life?

[tidal copper]

extra projc?

[ruby bluff]

when i add vit herb and clairty it says i dont have enough but i have the extra 45 spirit for it

[tidal copper]

How do we share builds this days?

[silk juniper]

visual glitch

[ruby bluff]

ok thats what i thought cuz the blood was still droping

[silk juniper]

yes mine is the same

[stray prawn]

Dark monk must be the worst ascendancy in the game

There is nothing good about it

[junior warren]

increased life regeneration rate works with regenerate % of life per second right? or does it only work with flat life regen?

[dapper marten]

Sunder and Hotg deals less dmg with 2 two Hand Maces than with one?

[rain dust]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316512673294323752
If I took the darkness nodes for monk does that mean I can't use persistent buffs?
Or do they reserve darkness instead of spirit

[lofty rover]

hey im running avatar of fire and blackflame ring would avatar of fire override blackflame on ignites

[stray prawn]

Like dark monk was not bad enough already, going the darkness you cant use spirit gems

[silk juniper]

it works with everything that has regenerate and life

[torpid escarp]

Guys someone has jewel with "small passives"? i need to ask something

[pulsar escarp]

Is there any Monk that can help me with CombatFrenzy / Resonance its not working like i thought

[merry creek]

what type of skeletons should I run with my SRS / Flamewall build? Currently mid 30's

[junior warren]

thanks!

[tough valley]

Why is leaden greathammer the best base for maces?

[silk juniper]

arsonists are good

[hoary ingot]

temu bloodmage im crying

[gaunt jasper]

I chose Blood Mage (for Witch ascendency) and the game became immediately very hard. What did I do wrong, what might I be able to adjust to keep progressing the character (how should I re-trait/build)? [P.S. I have neverplayed a POE game) and NO, Im' not upset or anything, just a little mystified.

[proper pagoda]

Does ele damage cause stun buildup or just phys?

[pine elm]

huh? how do you gain life back as spell caster?

o.O

[atomic kindle]

stack a shit ton of HP you double your hp with that class and all your skills cost hp so you need it really bad

[peak bolt]

anybody go any cool idea for a cast on block with svalinn? i an warbringer so i could even go for a armour break phys spell angle

[hoary ingot]

passive regen?

[tiny urchin]

Undo the sangumancy investment for your ascendency, it burns too much life from mana costs if you haven't built enough life increases (especially if you haven't taken grasping wounds)

[gaunt jasper]

How doI un-do the traits? Hooded?

[plain meteor]

Hello everyone!
Does anyone know of other synergies similar to flame wall + projectiles?

[cloud forum]

How much does Demonic Transformation needs of spirit? Anyone knows? Because it affects strangely with other skills.

[tiny urchin]

Yeah it's like 2k gold. Blood mage is good but the life cost on spells is too much to sustain earlier on

[atomic kindle]

are you saying just dont use first points. because it doesnt give you a choice its the only option

[tiny urchin]

Yeah, you only take the 3% extra life and just don't spend it until you can also take grasping wounds at the same time from chaos trial completion

[silk juniper]

you either use implicit skills like chaos bolt from withered wand (what I am doing rn) or you stack a lot of life regen or you spec out of it

[atomic kindle]

valid

[alpine path]

Another is gas clouds being ignited for explosions

[atomic kindle]

how does that feel? can you even kill blue mobs?

[silk juniper]

and with wither totem setup and despair curse for -42% chaos res

it kills bosses fast

70% wither helps a lot

[atomic kindle]

bro youre in the end game wdym this dude just got his first points

[plain meteor]

Nice! Thx! i look forward to seeing all the interactions people find.

[atomic kindle]

youre telling me you used that through out the whole game??

[silk juniper]

I am in campaign 💀

[hidden perch]

does exposure apply after ignoring elemental resists with the monk ascendancy or before?

[silk juniper]

I just finished my chaos trial

I just got my four points

[last patio]

what is this guy talking about when he says he enabled comet for both weaopn sets? Where can I do this? Coldsnap doesn't build energy using cast on freeze, other skills work tho.

[atomic kindle]

ohhhh you have plus spell lvs dont you

[silk juniper]

yes

[atomic kindle]

figured that was a base lv 18 skill

[silk juniper]

since it costs 0 by default

you can scale your dmg by a lot

[golden raft]

If I have Chaos Inoculation 1 HP, and Event Horizon and I use a Chaos skill lose 3% of life and ES skill do I die ?

[atomic kindle]

@silk juniper what did you use to level after first points? did you use both or save one till after getting 4

[gaunt jasper]

Re: above - Thanks guys

[silk juniper]

I used both

and then spent a couple hours cooking this chaos bolt build

to help me finish the campaign

and now I am working towards transitioning into dd from this

[light fractal]

does invoker's meditate work with EB?

[silk juniper]

no since you have 0 energy shield

neither does increases to energy shield

[atomic kindle]

k was gunna say. i couldnt do it man. reruning zones/farming bosses is so ZZZzzzZZZ let me get to end game so i can get juicy drops you know what i mean

[rain dust]

Well I mean if you go darkness it gives a pretty massive survivability boost.
It's like a 600 damage shield at level 50

[atomic kindle]

im curious how do you think it would work. what are you trying to do

[gilded flame]

any chaos spell that is good at single target damage?

[silk juniper]

yea it is really rough bloodmage campaign is hell, despair costs half my hp

[atomic kindle]

oh i see hes just trying to max his hp doesnt realize after getting EB none well most of your ES doesnt matter

[uncut bay]

guys how good is the elemental storm in a crit stormweaver build??

[atomic kindle]

thats yikes. can you do anything intresting with your mana pool like a reverse of MOM or anything like that?

[light fractal]

oh it's conversion now, thanks

[light fractal]

didn't realise they reworked EB to conversion

[atomic kindle]

was it not always conversion?

[silk juniper]

no and I am pretty sure that if I get blood magic the mana cost that I also pay with the skills gets added to the life cost so I will just die if I cast despair

[pine elm]

i'm so lazysometimes for passive regen.

[atomic kindle]

oh right it doesnt remove mana it costs life as well. thought it converted the cost. bro is bloodmage anywhere near worth XD. like late im sure its good but getting there sounds so fucking cancer XD

[obsidian grove]

blood mage at the start legit just makes you weaker

[crystal drift]

can some1 help me optimize how i should craft this for my warrior

[silk juniper]

oh yeah it is terrible

[atomic kindle]

honestly bro just keep it as is. and get a better drop. early campaign you churn through items so quick anyway youre gunna find a better one soon

[silk juniper]

I wish I could change ascendencies

I would done a srs infernalist build

to clear the campaign easy

[light fractal]

what is the actual "also grants pdr" calc going on?

[inner bay]

does the +3 proj skill outweigh the physical damage bonus and extra projectile? lightning arrow build

[crystal drift]

is it worth at least a regal orb to see wat the rare rolls , im gonna be dual wieleding 2 2h maces

[atomic kindle]

once you get into act like 5 maybe 4 i would start stressing about crafting gear before than just use rares that drop/you buy and cracked blues (blue orbs are cheap so you cant waste a bunch of them)

[pulsar escarp]

Is there a monk main that got the Combat frenzy / Resonance / Charged staff combo to work that could help me because mine dosnt :(

[rigid oar]

just a quick question - how +dmg is calculated in skills? +10% attack dmg and +10% projectile dmg skills will give me same dmg output?

[crystal drift]

so then most important thing is to frequently buy new ones from vendor for higher base dmg #-# ?

[atomic kindle]

think about it this way. would you want to use the regal orb now at get like idk +2-5 damage. or use it at level 40-50 and get like +100 damage or something

[loud island]

anywhere where i could get help in my witch build its a disaster rn

[granite estuary]

I'm lvl 16 merc with a meh build just beat him on first try even while lagging alot.

[verbal totem]

Hmmm trying to figure out if mid game Merc is undertuned or arson/SRS witch is overtuned mid game

[atomic kindle]

frequently is the wrong word i think. when its worth the gold and a decent upgrade like again you level so fast early youd out level the item so fast that even at rare blue items could very well be better before you finish whatever act your on. where as in act 5 you might craft a rare that gets you a decent way into maps

[verbal totem]

Like I'm act 3 it took a good 5 minutes for Merc to kill the chimaera boss witch did it in 1 minute

[minor vortex]

How many times can you ascend in the current iteration

[verbal totem]

All 4 I believe

[minor vortex]

Oh!

[atomic kindle]

@crystal drift if youre struggleing to progress tho dont feel like you cant do it. i just dont recommend it

[crystal drift]

not struggling yet i beat act 1 with warrior only died once but i know act 2 dreadnought and final boss kinda hard even with lightning charm so i wanted to be able to breeze through act 2

[dusk arrow]

What are some good defensive jewels mods for titan?

[atomic kindle]

beating act1 with one death is impressive. did you reroll is it your first character

[quiet quiver]

anyone made an int stacking titan yet?

[atomic kindle]

hp armor maybe regen?

hp on kill

[dusk arrow]

right? I dont see %life or %str on trade, seem limited

[dusk arrow]

got that on support

[quiet quiver]

for decaying hex

[crystal drift]

i got my first char a sorc to act 3 with many deaths , but i had 3k gold to start my warrior with and just went full amour and 2h dmg got some decent early rares but i swapped weapons prolly 8 times in act 1 alone

[atomic kindle]

%life is crazt %str = %life wdym XD

[dusk arrow]

oh max res I guess

[dusk arrow]

I know, I said I dont find those on trade

[lethal sundial]

Hey - pls tell me - Doryani's Prototype + Conductivity = useless without curse self-reflect ?

[atomic kindle]

oh i see i play SSF

[dusk arrow]

Oh max res I guess

[limpid plover]

What is the level cap/endgame target level?

[atomic kindle]

k was gunna say god gamer over here. XD

[twin panther]

Random question, would this wand be good for any builds currently? I just saw it in the shop, i'm currently playing monk but want to make a caster eventually.

[hushed umbra]

no + level, ignite and phys buffs

[atomic kindle]

i man yah its pretty sweet. you dont have the int for it yet tho. but if you can respec for it its cracked

[last patio]

what's most important? % damage, resistence, or penetration?

[tidal copper]

90 is achievable more reasonably 85
100 technically the cap but if it's anything like PoE 1 very few will reach it

[atomic kindle]

and if youre also doing physical than your cooking

[last patio]

for passive nodes

[atomic kindle]

id say damage depending on your stage in the game

damage skill tree tanky itesm

[crystal drift]

i am proud but idk if just all the warrior issues were fixed day 1 but i was worried cause every1 said it was brutal , i didnt even die to act boss it was the candle boss before that cause i was on the phone xD anyways thanks for the help imma just save my mats then cause im moslty all out

[hoary plover]

why did nobody tell me frostbolt actually kinda slaps

[crystal drift]

better than spark imo

[hoary plover]

kinda feels that way. doesn't have the same coverage but i think i like it more

[loud summit]

Anybody here a full cold invoker monk? Wondering how much worst the bossing is compared to lightning. I’m sure clear is about equal with shatters

[frank crescent]

question: i've got a piece of equipment that increases spell damage by 25% and increases chaos damage by 60%. when i look @ the change of my (chaos-damage) skill's damage, though, it only goes up by 72%

why is that?

[still basin]

Ive got a full freeze build

im breezing through tier 7 maps right now

[crystal drift]

cold snap , ice bomb ice wall and cast on freeze makes my only enemy FPS XD

[loud summit]

@still basin so shattering palm+ ice strike. Then bell and ice strike for bosses? You use any trigger gems or EI?

[brave sorrel]

hey there, just had a quick question. I'm currently running spark with archmage, i was just wondering is it better to scale spark + archmage with crit nodes or lightning spell dmg nodes on the tree. If it helps eventually I will be going CI + EB when i get a everlasting gaze

[still basin]

Im using EI and a bunch of spell damage + crit

• obviously a bunch of other multiplicators

[loud summit]

So you’re using melee to proc comet mostly?

You feel squishy and die a lot?

[still basin]

Im not using comet at all

[loud summit]

Oh

[still basin]

its literally only ice strike and bell for bossing

[loud summit]

What EI skill?

[rain dust]

@obsidian locust
If you are using the chayula ascendancy
The chaos resist node would be pretty powerful. Chaos resist is usually less common to get on gear and getting double resist plus a extra %10 max would be very useful.

The darkness would be good investment because it's a pretty major survivability boost as well freeing up normal skill tree nodes to grab damage.

It might seem underwhelming but they have uses.

[still basin]

Oh i meant elemental expression, sorry

[loud summit]

Ahhh okay

So you are full melee

[still basin]

yessir

[loud summit]

And it’s working well

Cool

[still basin]

its working super well honestly, im also super tanky

[loud summit]

The tanky thing is how I wanna feel

[still basin]

using grim feast/wind dancer for tankyness

[loud summit]

Hmm okay

I wanna put together a cold monk

[rain dust]

I'm playing cold monk as well and it's so satisfying

[loud summit]

Mostly cold ele passive tree? And es/evasion nodes?

[still basin]

ive been cooking over 10 hours with mine, i honestly dont know if its worse or better then lightning but it feels well good

[rain dust]

I'm literally snow miser

[still basin]

yeah somewhat, + some mana regen nodes on the way

[loud summit]

@still basin no charged staff at all? Cause I like that

I’m saying I like not using it

Haha

[still basin]

oh no charged staff it is

its basically my gapcloser

[loud summit]

Ah okay

[still basin]

so youre kinda flying around maps

[loud summit]

So you do use charged staff even with full cold?

Hmm

[still basin]

yessir

[frank crescent]

question: i've got a piece of equipment that increases spell damage by 25% and increases chaos damage by 60%. when i look @ the change of my (chaos-damage) skill's damage, though, it only goes up by 72%
why is that?

[loud summit]

Why so? Does it increase ice strike dmg?

[still basin]

not really, but it really helps on moving around in maps

[hardy agate]

How exactly does lightning rod work? Are beams projectiles?

[still basin]

because youre basically jumping around packs

[loud summit]

Charged staff increases movement? How so

[tribal tulip]

what defences are people running with srs in hardcore? ES/grim feast? armor/life?

[loud summit]

I thought shattering palm was the dash?

[still basin]

i mean from what ive seen its literally a gapcloser

[limpid plover]

Anyone know if we know what good damage/level ratio is looking like? What we should be shooting for?

[still basin]

yeah shattering palm is if youre out of combat for engaging

[daring bobcat]

If it aint nuking regular mobs, dmg is too low

[still basin]

and like charged staff is for jumping around, its hard to explain