2┃build-planning

[obsidian lake]

yeah im thinking the same just start again on a new class since all sorc builds seem to just be bad now and take ages to clear amap

[spiral kraken]

everything seems garbage because CoF was that overtuned lol

[stuck coyote]

Not in that regard

[steel pebble]

so true honestly and boring garbage and boring

[stuck coyote]

It's about the skills themselves

Nothing is looking good for single target

clear will be fine on most options

[ruby bluff]

they gutted clear

[steel pebble]

idk gonna try come up w something or see what others do

[spiral kraken]

cof is still gonna be good on single target btw

[ruby bluff]

single targety is actually better for Co_

[toxic field]

How many people are screwed since they killed all trigger gems?

[empty musk]

holy fuck ball lightning is so dead now

[ruby bluff]

like half the game if not more

[empty musk]

just tried it

my cast on shock is just dead

[toxic field]

Even cast on crit is garbage now

[hoary radish]

Is there a trade section on this discord? Cant seem to find one. I keep getting Witch/Spell dedicated legendary drops and never stuff for my warrior

[ornate anvil]

Does attack speed affect Channeling skills?

[toxic field]

So much for them wanting us to break the game

[ornate anvil]

Like snipe and such

[empty musk]

I genuinely don't know what to change anymore

[white patio]

Does Deadeye have a survivability issue in maps?

[stuck coyote]

Problem is you sacrifice so much for it

[spiral kraken]

give it 24 hours and someone will come up with something that makes the build work again. everyone will be happy

[empty musk]

half my build got nuked

[ruby bluff]

@spiral kraken 24 hours

[stuck coyote]

Hopefully it won't involve jewels.

[ruby bluff]

i dont got 24 horus let me play my build now 😦

[dusky rivet]

So if energy generation is determined by the percentage of the ailment threshold filled - whats teh most efficient way to do that?

[visual seal]

Do you guys know if the exile's stash bundle will go on sale?

[ruby bluff]

gnah no way this got to be glitch

[thin basin]

Is like 0 ppl playing mom

[wheat quarry]

im a sorcerer im thinking of going pure flame how should i build

[dusky rivet]

like, ignoring the other increases, we gott up the baseline generation

[ruby bluff]

they must have put code wrong cuz its CAN NOT be this bad at clearing

[stuck coyote]

MoM is a defensive layer, what does it have to do with anything?

[spiral kraken]

i was looking at this for my second char

[worthy sable]

Can someone send me the top ranger build path

[stuck coyote]

cast on ignite is dead, what else will you even make with fire sorc atm?

The skills are lackluster as all hell

[ruby bluff]

sorc and withc are ded

[spiral kraken]

think theres a guide on mobalitics that would be a good STARTING point. wouldnt follow it all the way because the builds ive seen from there have been kinda wack lol

but at least would get your foot in the door

[north talon]

If all sorc and witch were good for were trigger builds then that indicates a larger issue that needs to be addressed. But that does not mean that trigger gems should not have been addressed

[stuck coyote]

This is the real issue

look at the skills, tell me if anything really speaks to you as something you'd use in a boss fight

[silent lintel]

yeah honestly over these nerfs in less than a week in. But my shit still crashes out every 10mins

[steel pebble]

is flame blast any good?

[sacred sparrow]

Anything that's Cooldown seems good damage in bursts is what I would use in a boss fight. There's a lot of movement required in a boss fight.

Dodging and the like.

[wheat quarry]

thanks for the info

[empty musk]

anyone mind helping me with my build real quick? my cast on shock build got absolutely gutted from the cast on x blanket nerfs

[thin basin]

I mean im asking if anybodys playing/using it on their build

[stuck coyote]

Cast times are a thing

[sacred sparrow]

Burst dps or something I can slam down and forget would also work.

[stuck coyote]

yes.

cast times make "burst spells" incredibly difficult to use

[sacred sparrow]

In general I'm having a good time putting down gas grenade to poison them.

[stuck coyote]

that's why we automated Comet with CoF

[calm olive]

i need understand how Cast on X works. for example. Cast on Shock = when points is collected, its cast ALL infused "spell" i have on me?

[ruby bluff]

forgot about cast on x

[abstract grove]

Is there a functional difference between "supported skills have 30% more max phys damage" and "supported skills deal 30% more physical damage" ?

Heft support gem states the former

[ruby bluff]

its gone

[calm olive]

i never used, but still want to try to understand what it is.

[sacred sparrow]

I'm a warrior cosplaying as a merc right now waiting for my second ascendacy so I can use Hulking Form.

[wicked coral]

Is there a thing i can use to show all the pieces on my character? Like some 3rd party site or smth

[sacred sparrow]

And grenades are really fun.

[north talon]

Helt increases the highest end of the range, so it can do up to 30% more, but it is not just a 30% more increase. With no luck it is like 15% more math wise

[ruby bluff]

i t

[stuck coyote]

The solution will most likely be try to have a clear skill while using CoF on bosses

[agile pelican]

How do I know what item bases I want for my build?

[stuck coyote]

So something like spark cold conversion with CoF comet for bosses

[abstract grove]

So would you say it's just overall worse than a straight increase since it's a gamble?

[north talon]

With lucky on damage which is possible in some settups it is better

[stuck coyote]

but it sounds really bad for clear

[spiral kraken]

has anyone used eye of winter?

[agile pelican]

I want to build cold sorc but I dont know what items can roll cold spell lvl

[stuck coyote]

It was good to trigger CoF with

[north talon]

I'd call it worse, but it is still a good gem if you don't have better damage support available. And if you hve lucky damage than it gets notably better

[frail garden]

W slams ?

[sacred sparrow]

I really thought the armour break explosion was going to detonate the gas grenade. Sadge.

[stuck coyote]

Biggest problems are the charges for single target and lack of area

[north talon]

For example something like this make it notably better

[abstract grove]

How about primal armament vs fire infusion?

Former is deal 25% more weapon elemental damage
Latter is gain 25% of damage as extra fire damage

[pearl orbit]

cold sorc still fine
drop CoF its a dead bait skill thats unusable on both trash and bosses
use self cast cold snap 👍

[ruby bluff]

ok how clear

comet takes 2 seconds to cast

put cast stuff on it ok sure now wwhere it the dmg for clear

[ruby bluff]

sure single target is fine

im talking clear

[pearl orbit]

yes

[ruby bluff]

nobody here is trying to click 19 times to get ever frozen char

[pearl orbit]

cold snap has an aoe buddy

[steel pebble]

alr im doin archmage

[sacred sparrow]

Lots of Area Damage and area size there.

[ruby bluff]

an aoe

XDDDD

aoe of 1 pixle

[harsh surge]

invoker monk is dead wtf were they thinking

[pearl orbit]

not really no

especially if u use aoe supports

[harsh surge]

at least make respec free in EA if youre gonna gut builds

[ruby bluff]

.7 meters

i dont care what you put on it

[sacred sparrow]

I noticed if you use the support gems that lower duration times on grenades the fuse timer gets reduced. 🙂

[ruby bluff]

you are not making that big

tf

are y

you smoking

[north talon]

There are good area clusters right in the warrior area too

[pearl orbit]

you're getting it big enough that small-med packs die in one cast

also

look at frostbolt explosion aoe not cold snap aoe

cuz thats what actually applies it

[ruby bluff]

what r use smoking

[harsh surge]

gonna cost 150k+ gold to respec and I cant farm anything reasonable because my build doesnt work

[ruby bluff]

how does that aoe "apply" to cold snap

[pearl orbit]

do u wanna take a sec and read frostbolt/cold snap or do u want me to explain it to you

[stuck coyote]

What tier of maps are you running with that good sir

[modest frigate]

Hey I was trying to slot both Combo Finisher and Excise into the same skill and might have run into a bug, anyone know what's with this?

[sour breach]

Have people tried swapping weapons for merc, was wondering how viable a strength merc would go

[worthy sable]

Can someone send me the top ranger build path

[ruby bluff]

bro i did no where does it say apply the radius to other skills dimwit

you are making words up in your head

nor does it say "apply cold snap"

[pearl orbit]

don't call me a dimwit, i gave you the chance to read

[light fractal]

+cooldown supports with combo finisher dont work, not sure if it's a bug or intentional

[ruby bluff]

not my frostbolt

[pearl orbit]

don't insult people and act condescending when you don't know what the skills do

[modest frigate]

Ah gotcha, little weird that it doesn't work both ways

[calm olive]

i am doing Str Merc. all i do is mostly spamming Grenades.

[ruby bluff]

dont explain by saying the same thing 3 times

you fucking twat

dont act higher

[light fractal]

i agree, it was one of the first things i tried

[ruby bluff]

next time give a full explination or leave

[light fractal]

sad when i realized it too

[pearl orbit]

get a grip little dude

[pearl orbit]

ok and if you put 2 braincells together you'd realize you need a skill to freeze with
the same skill every cold sorc uses
because its fuckin basic
frostbolt

[worthy sable]

Can someone send me the top ranger build path

[stuck coyote]

To try get an actual informative conversation going, can you provide more detail? did you test it? how does it feel? what tier of maps did you clear with it?

[eager hinge]

What are Sorcs options now after CoF nerf?

[ruby bluff]

@pearl orbit ill give you a chance to read i guess

[eager hinge]

tryna to plan im still act 1

[sour breach]

Have you tried a different weapon?

[pearl orbit]

play the same build
drop CoF comet
use self cast cold snap

[pearl orbit]

again stop acting condescending little dude

[ruby bluff]

im sorry can you not read

i can explain the no cold snap to you

[pearl orbit]

i get ur mad u got called out

now shush

[ruby bluff]

i legit amshowing you the skill

[pearl orbit]

ok now go read the actual skill i said to clear with

that i already showed u

wanna keep bringing this up to be a knob

or wanna move on

cuz we been over this and its been cleared up

[ruby bluff]

you told me to read frostbolt

go check your messages dimwit

short term memory ass

[pearl orbit]

again do u wanna move on or keep being a knob and get muted

[spark jetty]

If you are going to cast cold snap yourself why not keep COF Comet?

[pearl orbit]

cuz other spirit reservation are better than a skill that does literally nothing and triggers twice per map/boss

[wraith spear]

It sucks cast on shock doesn’t really proc, like I’d prefer a hard cap on how often it procs or nerf comet, I’m running a shock build and just happened to try cast on shock and it was just okay without comet but solid for my build and now it doesn’t work at all

[spark jetty]

fair didn't think of that

[shell temple]

how does recoup life and mana work? Is it split or does one take priority?

[wild star]

I've been trying the same build but manually casting cold snap and it feels ok

[pearl orbit]

see

[wild star]

Hmm

[pearl orbit]

cold sorc is fine
its justr CoF thats dead and unplayable

[wild star]

I do miss giant blue balls falling from the sky

[calm olive]

what F for CoF

[pearl orbit]

freeze

[wild star]

Cast on Freeze

[novel hemlock]

How does Hypothermia work with ? Does the curse apply before or after this effect? I assume before.

[stuck coyote]

It feels pretty terrible for me

no single target

for frostbolt coldsnap

[wild star]

Cast on Freeze doesn't do single target

[pearl orbit]

spec into frostwall with less crystal life

[wild star]

You boss with frost wall

[oak summit]

Heyo im playing Merc with Flash/Explosion/Poison grenades and Galvanic / High Velocity .. nearly lvl 60 now. and im not sure, which of those 2 items i should wear . any suggestions?

[pearl orbit]

spam wall on big enemy

enemyi melt

[wild star]

^

[stuck coyote]

so if that's the case

maybe just use orb of winter for clear instead?

[wild star]

CoF Comet = Mobbing
Frost Wall = Bossing

Oooo, now you're thinking

[mystic shard]

What is blockable and what isn't? (@ me plz)

[wild star]

I wanna see if I can make something with Orb

[stuck coyote]

It's a strong skill

[wild star]

I haven't used it at all

[stuck coyote]

it just needs more area

[pearl orbit]

don't see why not

[stuck coyote]

bigges weakness I currently see is that It's incredibly small

[wild star]

But do you keep the CoF?

[stuck coyote]

no real reason to

[wild star]

Or do you drop that altogether?

[stuck coyote]

Not that I know what other aura i'd use instead

I know I'm on the archmage plan regardless

b/c it's the only thing that really scales damage rn

[north gull]

what does overabudance do on monk bell? i cant cast twice

[ruby bluff]

lmao this self cast snap is such a reach

id advise anyone to who thinks they want to try it to forget about wasting 40 hours making it something and just restart

[wild star]

What's the main build for this?

[stuck coyote]

Just a mana stacker

[eager hinge]

so CoF build sans CoF in favor of cold snap? Ab to beat act 1 so I haven't pivoted yet. Trying to see what the best way to go is now.

[stuck coyote]

Very generic

[wild star]

I meant what are the skills

[stuck coyote]

get mana on gear and trees

Archmage is just a support

you use whatever you want with it

[wild star]

Cus it's lightning

I haven't fully played lightning

[ruby bluff]

juust avoid

[stuck coyote]

No need to, it's a damage multi for stacking mana

[wild star]

Ah

[ruby bluff]

its not worth it the cold snap its small clear at best

[stuck coyote]

also, you could do Call of the Brotherhood

[ruby bluff]

Cof is your dmg stacking

[stuck coyote]

convert lightning to cold

[ruby bluff]

are we talking poe 1 or 2

[wild star]

It feels fine to play it still

It's just not as fast

[ruby bluff]

unless you are running unleash on cold snap its clunky at best

i dont knwo why we are trying to bait our fellow poe players into a bad build

[wild star]

It's not even bait lol

I'm actively playing the build

It's not horrible

[sick field]

Do crossbows and grenades always feel clunky?

[stuck coyote]

I am not a fan personally

So I'm looking into Eye of Winter

[soft anvil]

so I guess magnetic salvo got nerfed? I am not there yet, im leveling the ranger up, should I keep going, can i replace magnetic salvo with something else?

[ruby bluff]

its way to clunky to be considered ok

sure not horrible im running it too

[eager hinge]

Is there a better option instead tho I havent even started a true build yet on my sorc I started playing today

[ruby bluff]

but no shot id ever tell someone to run this

yes

go full fire

[wild star]

I agree, from zero, definitely not

[ruby bluff]

listen its fine

[wild star]

You can do something else that's quicker for progression

[ruby bluff]

you are right

but like its not fun

no way

[raven iron]

does any1 else's Combat Frenzy not work atm

[wild star]

Mhm, the joy came from the frozen meatballs

[eager hinge]

I think hes more saying if you need an easy respec thats not a total rest its usable

[wild star]

No meatballs = no joy

[ruby bluff]

is there a way to spread them out

[eager hinge]

Options from zero seems to be fire then?

[earnest tulip]

Is there a “best” early game class?

[ruby bluff]

if there is a way to spread it out

i can run it

[stuck coyote]

What are the support options to try and make Eye of Winter bigger?

[eager hinge]

or some are saying CoC is still usable

[thorn cedar]

can i use 2 different curses with Blasphemy?

[earnest tulip]

I’m trying to figure out what to play…. Tried ranger and absolutely hated it. Got merc and warrior to 11 and liked both. Haven’t settled on something I want to no life yet. Any direction anyone can give?

[ruby bluff]

@wild star only thing i can think of is running wildshard on frost bolts and then unleash on cold snap

[dense harness]

in a5 cruel so far just trying to plan resistances out, so far ive gotten 10% fire and cold res from bosses, plus i know theres an option for chaos res in a6, is there a 10% lightning res coming up? or any other res

[wild star]

I can see that maybe working

[undone mortar]

Act 2 has lightning res.

Altar of Garukhan

After the path of mourning

You can get it twice

[wild star]

Scattershot, glaciation and Wildshards?

[undone mortar]

Act 2 and act 5

[magic stag]

guys how to enter the Ascendancy Trial on Cruel difficulty? im hard stuck to get the tree points

[undone mortar]

You need a 3 trial coin

ilvl 60 or higher

[magic stag]

is this with the traitor girl? or the guy at act 3? im ultra lost

[rough willow]

How does Eldritch Battery affect % increased maximum Energy Shield and % increased maximum Mana nodes in the passive tree?

• Only % increased maximum Mana applies on Energy Shield values, after they're added to Mana.
• Only % increased maximum Energy Shield applies on Energy Shield values before they're added to Mana.
• Both modifiers apply, one before the Energy Shield values are added to Mana and the other after.

[magic stag]

i mean the traitor djinn

[undone mortar]

It’s in the same location

[magic stag]

act 3 then?

[undone mortar]

The trial of the sekhemas is in act 2 and act 2 cruel

The latter you get access to once you get a 3 trial coin

[magic stag]

HOLYY MOTHER THANK YOU SO MUCH, i was so lost. i think trial of chaos that give the point to levelup the tree

[mighty verge]

Is there still 3 nodes in passive tree to give +1 poison stacks I only see 2. I have seen people say there is 3

[undone mortar]

I mean it does. But you need a 10 room chaos trial ultimatum to get the last 2 ascendancy points

[alpine oxide]

Anyone know if you can still inflict shock with hits if you have Herald of Thunder active? I know this wasn't the case in PoE 1.

[undone mortar]

That’s around level 75

[undone mortar]

You misunderstood what HoT did in poe1

[onyx walrus]

can someone explain me pls why 10 max energy per 0.1 base cast time with lightning conduit give 300 max energy if conduit base cast time 1 sec?

[undone mortar]

The buff ITSELF was unable to shock

It didn’t turn off your ability to shock in general.

[obsidian grove]

wow rip cast on x

[alpine oxide]

Oh okay so the bolts from HoT can't shock, but you can still shock. Got it thanks

[wispy thicket]

Noob here. I'm using this unique amulet and I don't understand it. Is it good? Should I replace it with this 8% all resist ?

[onyx walrus]

y i know but i dont understand how it calcs

arc with 1.1 sec = 110 energy but conduit with 1 sec = 300

[manic venture]

Did they just effectively take away an ascendency from Warbringer? In the patch notes we have: "Passive Block chance now applies to blockable hits from all directions, as opposed to just hits from in front." Warbringer Ascendency reads: "Can block damage from all hits while shield is not raised".

[obsidian grove]

doesnt conduit have an effect that increases its cast time

[ruby bluff]

alright so whats the way to go

warrior or ranger

[undone mortar]

Those aren’t the same thing

[manic venture]

Can you help me understand the difference?

[undone mortar]

Warbringer can block all hits with passive block

[sacred warren]

so, what are people doing with their completely bricked sorcs now? I have 40 ex, so gear isn't a problem, but i have 3k gold which is useless when it's 2.2k per respec point...

[devout valve]

can you rotate items

[onyx walrus]

10 max energy per 0.1 BASE cast time and i test it without any supports

[undone mortar]

Were you unaware that block doesn’t apply to all hits?

[ruby bluff]

@sacred warren do what i do ask ranger or warrior

for your next build

[undone mortar]

Active blocking is able to block damage from things like aoes

[ruby bluff]

please someone just give me a answer so i dont go amd

[undone mortar]

Warbringer lets you do that without active blocking

[sick field]

Ranger is nice and fun so far in the early levels, but I fear of the squishiness coming

[manic venture]

Well I know it doesn't work on slams and stuff, but Warbringer can't block those either. I still don't see the difference.

[sacred warren]

yeah idk, i can't kill anything in cruel mode anymore, so i can't even farm some more gold to respec

[obsidian grove]

if lightning conduit is taking 300 energy I cant see any reason for it too. It may be a bug

[dusky rivet]

It'd be super helpful to be able to see actual chance to x like chance to ignite on a skill. Unless I'm blind of course

[undone mortar]

Wdym? That node lets passive block apply against those hits

[ruby bluff]

@sacred warren it really is jsut a pivot new build

[undone mortar]

Are you saying it’s bugged?

[ruby bluff]

its early acccess

they wont fix it soon

[undone mortar]

It’s in the skill panel

Click the arrow by the dps field

[gusty bone]

Do trigger gems still have the 10 energy per .11 of base cast time requirement?

[ruby bluff]

@sick field will say saw an electric ranger mow down bosses but they updated that also

[sick field]

thatas what i just started haha

[ruby bluff]

will say they nerfed boss dmg

so the bosses might be difficult

[obsidian grove]

yes

[sick field]

i havent watched anything it yet, but i know ggg and they like bow characters

[calm olive]

i am Electric Ranger, and i think i mow boss much easier now. but need more test

[lime plank]

im still mow down bosses. rain of arrows just got brought down to a bit more reasonable level

[onyx walrus]

i just wanna play the game and my nerfed build is broken now 😦 ty for answer anyway

[ruby bluff]

@lime plank can i a sk where you are

end game bosses?

i bet i just want to make sure

ill gladly go ele ranger

[dusky rivet]

Nah, it's not listed

[lime plank]

nah still in crual campaign but the damage is there they just nerfed the hit rate of one of the skills. mag salvo is the big hitter anyways so RoA is just a small nerf imo

just play fubguns ranger build

[ruby bluff]

can you send link

[lime plank]

just search fubgun on youtube

[abstract grove]

Is "inevitable critical" additive? "Gains 25% increased Crit chance each second up to 100%"
Is that 4 seconds, or more due to multiplying into itself/your base Crit?

[rain chasm]

Welp gonna switch from sorc to ranger for now until a clear path is available

[ruby bluff]

^

already on it

come joinXD

[junior anvil]

Create a path cmon now 😂

[ruby bluff]

they really exiled my path

[hallow stream]

forreal

[lime plank]

i mean i get the respec stuff being an issue because you cant afford it. but its not like sorc is dead. the very specific build you are using isnt working well but you can probably find a way to leverage something slightly different and still make it work

[rain chasm]

They exiled my path 2

[ruby bluff]

ahahaa

[junior anvil]

You can also just farm some items and sell them and respec

[novel hemlock]

What are some good links for arctic armor?

[junior anvil]

I respec’d a lot to get through act 2 and 3

[tulip elk]

any viable way to sorcc cast on freeze? im thinking ab just use cold snap and change some support gems

[zenith bolt]

can someone explain why anyone would use elemental invocation now? It takes like 30 seconds of elemental affliction on whites with MAX frost build up and shock chance just to cast comet a SINGLE time. Why wouldn't I just use comet off cooldown??? cast on freeze seems similarly useless now

[zinc cipher]

does damage convert before or after calculations?

[keen tide]

they should offer free respec everytime they change stuff, cant even trade gold with other people so u cant just sell ur excess orbs or gear for respeccing golds
(im not a sorc but i feel for u sorc bros)

[dawn heath]

Cultist bow has innate chaos damage. Some skills convert "physical" damage to elemental damage but it looks like the chaos damage on cultist bow also gets converted?

[lofty island]

did summoner flamewall infernalist build thing survive this?

or reroll

[hallow stream]

same that made me broke. Now I feel like i kinda gotta respec from 0 to go bow or something like people suggest

[junior anvil]

Yeah I was broke for a minute but broke through and it was pretty smooth sailing after cruel act 1

[undone mortar]

Oh might be because the calculation depends on 'ailment threshold' which is a stat on monsters we know nothing about.

[junior anvil]

Now have like 200k gold

[zinc cipher]

anybody?

[reef lantern]

Started with monk first playthru how do I upgrade these other trees all of them say requirement not met

[crystal fable]

Anyone have any tips on swaping to self cast comet from CoF?

Not realyl sure how to go about it

[bronze shoal]

Ailment build tears go in this channel, yes?

[hallow stream]

im stuck on act 3 normal now

[bronze shoal]

I'm so sad

[coarse hollow]

Thats the iidea, but its actually bugged and has no affect on your damage.

[undone mortar]

Brother those are the other classes' starting locations.

If you want to take those nodes you have to path there the long way.

[novel hemlock]

Those are other class start area's. You can only go the direction you are going to start

[junior anvil]

You don’t, you start from where you start from and go from there

[mystic shard]

Zealots oath + eldritch battery.

Would that turn life regen above 100% hp into mana regen?

If you know @ me plz

[gusty bone]

Does bringer of flame effectively make your ignite stack?

[reef lantern]

I see thanks

[last viper]

I don't really know what to do atm, other than reroll

[abstract grove]

Is there a way I can see if an attack Crit or not?

[last viper]

[junior anvil]

I was for a little bit, had to respec and work with supports a bit

[hoary plover]

man i must be doing something wrong because sorc feels absolute ass to level. i've tried spark/wall ive tried SRS, ive tried cold, i tried chaos. it all feels terrible

[bronze shoal]

Yep, I'm rerolling too. Sadlife. What are you gonna roll this time?

[junior anvil]

My advice is try to find out good supports to stack out one ability - so you can do as much damage as possible and have to survive less

[last viper]

I don't feel like rerolling right as I was about to hit maps

[celest oxide]

Is there a good levelling guide out for Monk yet?

[junior anvil]

Defenses are ideal but more ideal you aren’t hit that much by bosses

[last viper]

I'm leaving town for like 5 days anyway after tomorrow

[junior anvil]

Defenses more important for mapping imo

[junior anvil]

Check out mathil - also ziz had a feature with his editor that is good

[bronze shoal]

Honestly yeah considering ditching the game for a couple weeks until things have settled and there's clear+viable builds for an SSF noob like myself. Was really enjoying castonfreeze

[junior anvil]

Work toward an ideal with one or two spells that your passive tree is supporting

[celest oxide]

Yeah I am checking out Mathil’s vid but he doesn’t have a planner or anything, gonna eventually do his overall endgame build at least just wasn’t sure if that way would have me gimped in the early game

[split skiff]

When do you start being able to access more spirit… I’m level 10 and 4 minions feels kinda rough to get through some stuff. Also what’s the best way to get more spirit.

[lime plank]

i mean do you but there are plenty of enjoyable builds. also if you like the cast on freeze gameplay you will still really like cast on crit when you can get it going

[hoary plover]

different attempts. obviously im speccing into the damage type im using

[junior anvil]

I did something a little Similar to him but with more ele damage to start and didn’t struggle too much

[celest oxide]

Cool I’ll just try his way

He sounded really unconfident about his skill tree was mostly it lol

[junior anvil]

I think what I’d recommend is getting the phys damage reduction sooner then he does

[zinc cipher]

does this double ignite damage? or does it simply make it last longer so it ticks for less

[junior anvil]

Yeah I think supports are really just keep trying new combos until it feels good tbh

[celest oxide]

Is that a node?

[junior anvil]

That’s what he’s saying is he doesn’t think his supports are optimized

[hallow stream]

idk what to go for gemling merc. i went from grenades which i didnt like to spark which worked once i got some passives and figured out flame wall. Was doing cast on shock but nothing was doing that good and I was dying alot. then i went cast on freeze and it worked w cold snap really well. I never even had comet or thought to do it prior to looking in the discord

[junior anvil]

Ascendancy

The extra spirit from body armour isn’t bad at all too

[celest oxide]

Oh the upper node with all the evasion and extra spirit

[zinc cipher]

anybody got info on this?

[celest oxide]

Cold Damage on every hit for free sounds so strong tho

[last patio]

are there any cool chronomancer builds that aren't hammer of the gods?

[opal dragon]

you can build it up with mixed damage and afflicting multiple elemental ailments, problem/bug is that it's just single comet, energy cost looks the same as it was so it should be more. Also on bosses it's easier to build up, nice change if amount of casts wasn't (I assume) bugged

[mortal cloak]

Should I save this? Is it just one use?

[fiery iron]

Theorycrafting Questions:

1. If you are using a skill such as flicker strike which prevents power charge generation, can you still gain power charges at the same time as long as it's from a separate source of damage/skills?
2. If above is possible, then anyone have any ideas on how to deal a separate "hit" while using flicker, possibly using RedFlare armor for the power charge generation on hit.
3. Is thorns damage from Crown of the Pale King considered a separate "hit" when you deal damage with a skill?

[obsidian lake]

trying out some stuff with cast on freeze and somehow this doesnt go into cast on freeze even though it says it should

[raven ember]

For chayula monk, what skills synergies well with the as chaos nodes do you think?

[harsh sedge]

COF isnt an invocation

[zenith bolt]

I'm a 3 elements affliction, elemental damage invoker and this change completely gutted my build, so I understand the intent but I am still paying mana to cast my 1 comet, it's just hidden behind EI and gets no support gems. So I sincerely hope its bugged cast amount, because this feels like a really dumb change otherwise.

[dusky rivet]

Yeah, It would still be nice to see some form of "total chance to ignite" from gear and tree, which stipulates that it still has to go through the threshold calculation. ho humm

[crimson shale]

OK Getting whipped with monk and bell in act 3. Relying on storm wave more than the bell...

[undone mortar]

Yeah no POB yet so gota do manual math

[tender harbor]

what if I go chaos witch but build into tank with a shield, use blasphemy debuff adds with despair and enfeeble and allows chaos to wipe, with life leech and going into HP/regen and building tanky sounds pretty decent but maybe bossing is hard as fuck

[flint orchid]

Is Sorc CoF comet dead? Not home to try it yet

[zenith bolt]

probably COF apparently is as bad as EI according to global

my EI comet is fucked

[thick hollow]

I think I stumbled upon the most broken monk lightning build of all time and it needs to be patched, I‘m running flawlessly through end game maps right now at 74

[modern tapir]

I want to make a Monk that focuses on lightning damage and power charge moves. I'm following this and getting one-shot. Is this an impractical build given that it's mostly attribute increases? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/rbcv203h

[worthy sable]

CAN SOEMONE PLEASE LINK ME THE BEST RANGER BUIKD!

[zenith bolt]

can you start a thread? I want to see what you're doing differently. I am lightning/ice invoker

[junior anvil]

I think the “cast on…” gems would be more for later on, too much spirit reservation required when you can get really good benefits from multiple 30s

[finite shell]

what else should I put on ghost ddance

[junior anvil]

Go into a bunch of evasion and get the pdr ascendancy

[thick hollow]

I can share it tmrw im in bed right now, I‘m basically spamming one ability and oneshotting through waves, it‘s pure lightning build no ice nothing

[zenith bolt]

gathering storm dash?

[magic stag]

guys how to enter trial of sekhemas on cruel difficulty, is it from traitor passage?

[summer pasture]

wanting to roll invoker monk, which element should i go for, cold or lightning?

[magic stag]

both

[modern tapir]

PDR ascendency?

[obsidian grove]

cold monk is really easy with all the CC

[halcyon belfry]

So I'm running Grim Feast on my Infernalist build and really like it, but say I wanna swap it out later for something more potent. Does anyone have recommendations?

[thick hollow]

storm wave only

[zenith bolt]

im intrigued

[abstract grove]

A lot of totem notables say "attack skills have +1 to max number of summoned totems"

What does that mean? Is it just +1 totem? Only applies to ancestral totems with attack skills in it?

[finite shell]

max limit of totems in general

means multiple totems up at the same time

doesnt matter which totem

[abstract grove]

Ty

[finite shell]

wait nvm i believe

attack totems only

didnt read the latter part

[thick hollow]

using stormwave only for waves and for big boss fights after getting all the cd‘s down of the boss you start bell and flurry him down, it‘s insane dmg

how much dmg do you have on stormwave? you using it?

[abstract grove]

So.. only shockwave totem? Or ancestral with an attack slotted?

[thick hollow]

you can check if click g

[finite shell]

ancestral can only use attack skills anywy

[thick hollow]

also you can easily get oneshot with my build since you don‘t have any cc‘s pretty much but you oneshot regardless it‘s just annoying to approach melee at high tiers on maps

[abstract grove]

Neither totem has attack tags so idk it's worded really weird

[thick hollow]

i‘m at 2.2k shield and 9.6k stormwave dmg

[finite shell]

I think it might be cuz Shockwave uses its own attack

and it in itself is not an attack skill

and meta gems require u to put the appropriate attack

and it also thus casts its own skill

but yeah

i agree w u

[calm orchid]

Forcing a lightning meta is so lame man

I’m actually salty lol

[thick hollow]

lightning is disgusting I know I‘m getting too far with it

[wild star]

What are you running for lightning?

[glass radish]

yall think hexblast still good now that its solidified into consuming only 1 curse?

[abstract grove]

It seems like there's only a single notable that has this +1 to totem on the tree so i gotta assume it is just straight up +1 totem

[ashen plume]

has anyone tried the unarmed passives in the tree?

[thick hollow]

spamming storm wave, get storm runes on ur weapon, mana regen, evasion, energy shield, lightning damage, shock etc.. on ur talent tree. I can share it tomorrow. Might be the most broken thing right now

[atomic pier]

Any pro witch players know the answer to this? Cheers

[wild star]

Yeah, please. Thanks buddy

You can dm it to me, you can use the build planner on max roll too

Makes it easier

[thick hollow]

Also you have to get lucky with gear, my gear is almost lightning damage only

[reef lantern]

Is there anyway to see how many more xp I need until I reach the next level?

[zenith bolt]

☝️ I think that's what's mostly making it easy for you. I have max lighting ele damage and have been doing stormwave as well, not getting as juiced

lighting damage on gear is pretty rare so that'll definitely help your build

[gray ferry]

hover over your xp bar

[reef lantern]

I’m on controller I’ve been trying to find where to hover

[thick hollow]

got 124-230dmg on my staff + 4-115 lightning damage bonus

[gray ferry]

oof Idk how to help then, I've never played controller

[thin basin]

any1 playing arc for both clear and bossin? hows the dps

[wide skiff]

Why do they make the buffs and other status effects so difficult to understand? I've been playing now for almost 70 hours and I'm realizing that even though I have overwhelming presence on when you actually look at it and allocate how many skeletons you have and/or whether your presence is on or off it'll show red if you go up and normal if you go down and if I have too many skeletons it goes red but I actually don't know whether it's on or not and there doesn't seem to be anywhere to see it

[reef lantern]

Oh ok no wonder thanks

[thick hollow]

I gambled it too

[obsidian grove]

overwhelming presence and minion both require spirit so you have to balance it

[reef lantern]

Is there any way to zoom in on the FOV? Please help I’d love to see the action closer than default fov. I’m on pc

[dapper fern]

im noticing for witch a lot of skill tree nodes pass around the stun threshold stat scaling off shields. is that something worth investing in at all?

[wide skiff]

Yes but the point here is I don't know if it's even on. Because I've had minions this entire time along with overwhelming presence and I have 136 or I should say I had 136 spirit but then I realized that by having my sceptor in one hand and my mason the other it wasn't actually helping my DPS. So I decided to switch to a two-handed only and I'm wearing them scepter on my back which I'm not even sure if it's even doing anything because there's no explanations for any of this in-game anywhere

[still rock]

bruh its eggfooyung! also yes use scroll wheel

[obsidian grove]

If its on the spell icon will glow spinning little wheels of light

[obsidian grove]

like this

[wide skiff]

I don't see a spell icon anywhere but my skills menu is that what you're talking about?

[humble saffron]

So I'm taking Protect me from Harm in the Invoker tree, so I just gotta use a good body gear that has Energy Shield and Evasion for more spirit, then I can stack Armor and Evasion on everything else. Is that right?

[obsidian grove]

yes

[rapid star]

can anybody suggest good support gems for skelleton archer?

[tender oasis]

its a skill you have to press to fire the arrow

[wide skiff]

I'm going to send you a message@obsidian grove

[subtle ibex]

Does mana regen regenerate a percentage of your max mana?

[obsidian grove]

first one is on, second one is off

[teal sluice]

how much of a change cast on shock has gone thru from the patch?

[velvet summit]

well idk about cos but coc has been nerfed ~70%

[rapid wasp]

Not good enough

[timid cipher]

1 goddamn spirit away... fml

[gritty summit]

So, uh... what are people respecing into now that CoF is dead?

[rapid wasp]

All cast on skills now are nerfed. Freeze is still semi viable if you have a good build but shock/ignite are not really working. Sorc builds are now bricked lol

[teal sluice]

jesus, i guess flicker strike is dead before it even came out of the womb

[tropic raven]

How'd you get it to display like that?

[velvet summit]

we will see tmr

[rapid wasp]

A new character. RIP level 65 sorc (almost finished the cruel act 3 as well)

[reef lantern]

Oh ok if I’m using mouse that’s pretty easy. I’ve been using controller the whole time. I’m wondering if I can do zooming with controller now… uh

[timid cipher]

controller ui

[tropic raven]

Ohhh

[teal sluice]

yeah im seeing my cast on shock % barely going up and im only supporting the corpse thing for power charges

[velvet summit]

frostwall carries sorc atm

[rapid wasp]

I was doing a mutant fire/freeze/shock critique build. But can’t use CoS to carry the crits further and build charges

[gusty bone]

Does Comet now require 300 energy? but it still says 1.00s cast time

[still rock]

AFAIK this is unavailable on controller unfortunately

[analog gate]

Okay so wtf we respecting all these CoX builds into boys. My bloodmage already felt like shit now it’s LUL

[gritty summit]

I wouldn't say "carries" is the right word for whatever this is.

[rapid wasp]

Only so far it can take you. Viper is impossible for me with current build and no gold to reroll and no gear to use instead

[reef lantern]

Damnnittt I’ve never been a keyboard player and I love the closer camera. O well will have to make due thanks

[teal sluice]

idk if i even should get the spirit from body armour node anymore lol, maybe i dont even run a cast on blank setup but yeah its kinda rough ngl

[still rock]

GLHF nice to see overlap, youre the first tekken person ive seen in here

[velvet summit]

if the math is correct then 284 energy is now required to be the same as the previous 167 energy to autocast comet on every freeze.

[gusty bone]

What skill does Viper use that instakills you?

[teal sluice]

i wonder if its even worth investing into power charges anymore, since itd pmuch only benefit charged staff which tbf u mainly care for for the base dmg and not the added

[reef lantern]

Oh ok tekken 8. Yea lets goo man good to see u here

[obsidian grove]

on shock is actually better on bosses than it was before now, just worse on everything else

[gritty summit]

Same, brother. Level 68 and I have no desire to play my build anymore. I'll wait it out for a few days. Maybe they'll give us respec.

[rapid wasp]

Arrows. My DPS has taken a massive hit so have to go through at least 3 phases of them

[rapid wasp]

I hope so.

[still rock]

I just remember you from the fengcord not to be weird lmfao, but yeah have fun this games great

[rapid wasp]

Can’t play archmage as no spirit gems have dropped of that level. Not really any other sorc build I feel like playing / looks viable to me

[crystal fable]

Anyone have any tips on an easy swap from CoF Comet to something else so I can farm more gold to respsec to spark? Not entirely sure what to change

[gusty bone]

Did they change the 1 energy per .1 s of base cast time? Is it still universal or is now based on the spell cast (different value per spell)?

[teal sluice]

really? do we have numbers to compare?

[rapid wasp]

Spark is also challenging without good lightning gear

[crystal orbit]

Yup im fighting to die on this hill. Its base cast is 1.00s but it has that cheesey text at the bottom that says it adds a second so its 2.00s actually. they need to update it and just add the 2.00s to the cast time at the top. I know why they probably are cheesing it is the math for reduction of cast time gems would prob make it wonky. But still unfair.

Ice Nova is 100 energy, Comet is 300. Thats so lame

[latent iron]

Shouldnt cold snap on CoF be good? Its lower energy cost than comet

[obsidian grove]

just how it felt to me, the new math takes in the enemies rarity now

[crystal fable]

yeah need to farm some gear too unfortunately - trying to figure out a good cold build to go to from CoF

[latent iron]

If you have enough freeze build up it should work fine

[rapid wasp]

Hope for a level 15 spirit gem and try archmage - you’ll need some extra spirit

[reef lantern]

Yea it’s all good. Just looked on Reddit tons of ppl asking for controller fov zoom. Hope they can patch it soon. Cheers man tekken guest reveal tomo brother.

[teal sluice]

hmkay, still idk if i wanna keep running a cast on setup, at this point ima just do gathering storm and spam a few siphoning strikes on bosses

[velvet summit]

thats what ive been using. litterally JUST got a level 11 gem too XD

[rapid wasp]

CoD should still work to be honest. That’s at 10 rather than 2….

[crystal fable]

I'd need to farm gold for respec to lightning and lightning gear and currently as my CoF build stands it cannot kill much haha

[teal sluice]

only thing im thinking is maybe cast on crit is still acceptable cuz critting is something u can do very regularly

[gritty summit]

Won't matter if you can't trigger CoF. It triggers 1/50 freezes. Cold Snap won't help.

[hexed cliff]

Is Frenzy Charge Deadeye stuff just dead on arrival/an incomplete archetype? Feels like SO much input for 0 payout whatsoever.

[latent iron]

Its like that with comet because you need 300 energy for comet to trigger

[rapid wasp]

Tell me about it. I refilled what I could and it kills the enemies in cruel 3 but no bosses can be killed. Massive DPS check for me

[latent iron]

Cold snap is way lower i think

You could also try frost bolts with cold snap

[proper monolith]

Cold snap is 50 energy, compared to comet's 300

[gritty summit]

Hmm, fair point. That might make CoF more bearable, but that would mean it's still 1/10 freezes, which means you'll still have to manually cast Cold Snap a lot to clear mobs.

[graceful patrol]

does blood mage energy shield as maximum life get rid of my energy shield?

[warm kraken]

I felt the same went tailwind with mine 100% felt better an less “input” just use the skills attack faster/more evasion

[rapid wasp]

That’s fine though. Freeze is probably the only build for sorc now that’ll do damage with cold snap etc

[hexed cliff]

yea i already took a magnetic salvo merc to like t12 maps or so. just feels insane that some whole archetypes feel dead on arrival yet they lure you in just enough to think its maybe viable
eg. literally every bloodmage player before realizing you may as well be unascended before you get 6 ascendancy points

[sage light]

Can anyone tell me if Cast on Crit got nerfed also ? I have 30% crit chance now and was gonna swap to CoC. Was using Cast on Shock but thats shit now

[latent iron]

Yes

[velvet summit]

cast on cold snap is better than comet imo

[sage light]

Dang really :(

[rapid wasp]

It did. All cast on skills are nerfed

[rapid star]

does ruthless work with skelletons?

[sage light]

anyone playing invoker monk what are you gonna change skills to now?

[latent iron]

All the CoX skills are really bad against white mobs

[sage light]

yep

[gritty summit]

My main problem with Cold Snap is that it's way too clunky and slow. There's only so much kiting I can do before the mobs push me into a corner.

[rapid wasp]

What class should i go to instead of sorc? Any recommendation?

[latent iron]

They probably still work fine against magic and rare mobs but those barely exist

[velvet summit]

thtas where frost nova comes in

[rapid wasp]

That’s what I thought when I played freeze sorc. Too clunky. Word for word what I described it as to a friend

[sly leaf]

Can anyone tell me the difference between this:

[rapid wasp]

And that’s coming from a sorc that had rings to give 2 extra skills haha

[sly leaf]

and this:

[latent iron]

If you hover the tooltips do they say the same thing?

[rapid wasp]

Recover is how fast is starts to refill where as recharge is how fast it fills

[sly leaf]

see I thought that too, but then exhibit C:

[rapid wasp]

Or the other way round

[rapid wasp]

Hmm. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[still rock]

Is nobody doing frostbolt ice nova on meta gems? Fuck comet thats boring lmao

[sly leaf]

I have no earthly idea what Soul Bloom actually does because the Energy Shield Recharge node that is also 15% is directly below it, so you'd think the named node would be stronger if they did the same thing

[strong sand]

15% faster recovery of the start of recharge rate of energy shield

[rapid wasp]

Maybe it’s both of them?

[fossil tusk]

I will definitely try once I get one character far enough on HCSSF

[hoary plover]

recharge is the standard ES recharge mechanic. recovery also includes regen (like from zealot's oath) and recoup. start of recharge is the delay between taking damage and starting to recover ES

[sly leaf]

I mean that would actually be pretty cool if it was both

[latent iron]

Thats ehat ill probably try once i hop on again

[sly leaf]

So recovery includes Recharge + Recoup + Regen?

[hoary plover]

yes. for equal value like those nodes, recovery is technically the better stat

[gritty summit]

It felt pretty good with comet and CoF, but manually spamming Cold Snap feels terrible to play.

[latent iron]

If not ill just swap to some janky crit spark build for my blood mage XD

[rapid wasp]

Yup

[still rock]

there's two different lines to be aware of. faster start of recharge lessens the time for your recharge to start, and then theres increased recharge rate, which increases the speed at which the ES refills

[rapid wasp]

It’s very janky

[sly leaf]

Yeah I get those, which is why the Soul Bloom node was confusing since it didn't have the same wording as the others

[latent iron]

Just need to get a staff with like +4 to lightning skills and im setup for success

[sly leaf]

There doesn't seem to be much ES regen or recoup on the tree right now unfortunately

[still rock]

Recovery affects all forms of ES recovery (recharge rate, leech, regen, etc)

[last viper]

ggg just needs to give me some free respecs

[rapid wasp]

It’s good against white mobs. And blues. But other than that…. It’s challenging. Big DPS check on some bosses. My tip - make sure you have flasks that recharge in time rather than kills

[sly leaf]

Yup Hyp explained all that just before you, but thanks, I just wish there were sources of those other things that I could see

[still rock]

Oh word, I just popped in

[latent iron]

Ill just keep using elemental invocarion with comet on bosses or something like that

[rapid wasp]

What class should I try now my sorc dream (already not so pleasant) has been darkened

[crystal obsidian]

What's a good build for a Stormweaver Sorceress around level 45-50+? i JUST built the CoF and then got disconnected by the patch lol

[sly leaf]

Mercenary looks sick as fuck

[latent iron]

Mathil’s monk build looks really fun that will be my next buidl for sure

[deft mirage]

finally got a bloodmage build that slaps

[still rock]

Example:

Recovery would increase the amount you gain on block there

[latent iron]

What are you playing?

[deft mirage]

bonerstorm

[rapid wasp]

Yeah. I’m thinking that’s what I’ll go to. My friend has just started a character and another is level 90 on t16 maps

[still rock]

There will probably be an ascendancy that has nodes that recovery would benefit from, but we are playing EA so

[latent iron]

I actually still have to try some physical bloodmage only pkayed lightning and cold

[crystal obsidian]

I need help, what's a good stormweaver build that isn't "cast on"

[rapid wasp]

Yeah I’ve seen some clips of monks slapping

[deft mirage]

i can pretty much tank most stuff, using an armor shield and a couple of uniques and i constant am at 2400hp. still gotta dodge the big bogg stuff but shredding pretty well. hard stuck on 3rd ascendancy though because honor system sucks for this playstyle

[latent iron]

Ice wall with fireball seems to be one of the strongest

[crystal obsidian]

What would that be called? Or do you know of any builds?

[latent iron]

Ill eventually try it

[twin coral]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjKS8fJrmN4
been following something like this with my build.
primary question: the guy is using phys damage on his crossbow for mods. do i want to do the same or keep using lightning mods on my weapon?

[latent iron]

I think Goratha is playing it

[crystal obsidian]

Found it, thank you!

[shell pewter]

Hey guys i'm looking at the Resonance skill for my monk build. What do you think of that skill slot?
Primarily curious cause I have no idea what power, endurance, and frenzy charges are and how they incorporate into my build.

[stuck widget]

Any good lightining builds? I'm in cruel act 1 and lightning still feels bad. I'm trying to make it work but it's just not..

[twin coral]

doing lightning merc its very fun 😄

[stuck widget]

Oh sorry forgot to mention class. Sorc/Chronomancer.. I chose badly cause thought the personal slow would synergize well with lightning.

But man I want to make it work.

[calm olive]

its for with Support Gem that gives you charges.

[deft mirage]

i mean its good if you are wanting one charge type through another

[latent iron]

You can playing lightning arrows with lightning rod but i dont know how hard it is to spec that on the tree for it to work

[teal sluice]

do yall think i should unspec power charge nodes if im not sure about using flicker anymore cuz of the cast on X nerf?

[still rock]

@sly leaf Ghost Dance, Grim Feast, Shock Siphon would benefit from ES recovery, just to give some examples. There aren't many in the game RN tho

[shell pewter]

Fair enough I guess a more direct way of asking is how do I know if im generation endurance and frenzy charges what procs that?

[stuck widget]

I was tyring to do caster, but I guess I could try making it into a martial char.

[crystal obsidian]

It uses Cast on freeze :( Do you know any other good builds for stormweaver perhaps? Also replied to the wrong message

[stuck widget]

also ball lighting seems to be busted for me. it almost never applies a shock.

[deft mirage]

various skills, supports and spirits generate and various skills, supports and spirits spend them. One example is Bonestorm is empowered if you have power charges. You can build power charges by culling with a power siphon wand

[obsidian grove]

just realized the passive tree isnt actually the same for every class

[crystal obsidian]

What's the best site to find builds on?

[shell pewter]

I'm still confused lmao. I'm and ice/lighting monk. if im not generating endurance and/or frenzy this skill is useless how do I know or better yet how to I proc those charges?

[deft mirage]

it will say on the skill/support/spirit and yeah its useless if you're not playing around with them

[still rock]

This only affects Witch starting area for now - my assumption is that PoE1 classes will have different starting areas than their PoE2 counterparts

If it stays

[meager quail]

How much was Cof nerfed by, like how much energy does a freeze on a white mob give

[obsidian grove]

on white mobs its like, 1/10th of what it was

[north talon]

Is stun calculated before damage since culling strike is before damage? Or is this unique in that it applies culling strike on stun trigger after damage, thus culling after damage?

[twin coral]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjKS8fJrmN4

watching this guys video he has a high pdps crossbow for electric mercenary.
do i want to do the same, or go for a high lightning dmg crossbow? all lightning skills have a 40% conversion rate.

[shell pewter]

That could actually be huge...

[still rock]

You can get higher local weapon dmg values by scaling the physical on your weapon because of the local increased physical dmg %

So for now it's most likely best to do that

[twin coral]

so that would be better than lightning dmg mods

[teal sluice]

the node that makes ur chest give 100% more evasion does it work with the spirit thing for invoker?

[meager quail]

I’m just wondering if you can go all in on like cold snap and energy generation and still be ok ish into white mobs

[sly leaf]

They really need to find something else for Dex to do other than accuracy, most classes can benefit from +max mana from Int, everyone basically from +max HP from Strength, but only "attack" users benefit from Dex 😦

[dull spoke]

whats a good cof comet replacement my shit is completely bricked

[obsidian grove]

With the new changes Id say currently you shouldnt rely on any energy build, it just supplemental

[still rock]

Yes but if you're scaling lightning damage %, flat lightning is also good because you bypass the conversion and get full lightning dmg % scaling. Endgame optimization might be different depending on the affix values and what's available later on but for now you just want to have the highest throughput dps which is more accessible via scaling pdps on weapon

[burnt cypress]

how TF does poison work if it doesnt scale with chaos dmg

[still rock]

If it was me I would try Frost Bolt followed by Ice Nova

That's one of the traditional CoC spell setups from PoE1

[dull spoke]

that doesnt do much unfortunately

all the damage came from cof comet

[still rock]

Ah =/ Not sure cause I haven't looked at it but it's probably different to optimize

Since it's two spells rather than one

[twin coral]

super informative, thank you!

[sly leaf]

@still rock while you're here, do you know of any reliable way to generate corpses during boss fights or is this just not in the game currently?

[twin coral]

also just found out my main damage dealing devices are relying on pdps anyways XD

[rugged isle]

does increased damage type take place before or after conversion?

[zinc cipher]

guys

can i add rune sockets to a corrupted item?

[still rock]

None unfortunately, it makes several skills fairly unusable for single target. The only method I'm aware of is the Sacrifice spirit gem which allows your spells that would normally target corpses to target reviving minions.

I'm not sure if Desecrate will make it (I assume some variation of it will at some point) but they need some form of it otherwise some skills are basically bunk

[still rock]

Probably not

[craggy kraken]

If I get a small node that gives +5 block chance, is that additive? Right now, my block is 37%. If I went and got 3 of those nodes, would it go up to 52%?

[still rock]

Corrupted generally means you can't affect the item at all with currency items

(Unless they add in corrupted currency items which are specifically tailored for that purpose only)

(But they do not exist as of now)

[sly leaf]

An earlier version of Unearth generated corpses, I like the new one better, just needs to find that body source

[still rock]

Ah I didn't know that. I'm surprised they didn't have some other form of it in the current state.

Maybe through Uniques? Not sure, I haven't looked at all of them. But I haven't heard of any.

Speaking of corpses, Corpsewade sounds so cool but... man that base sucks ass lmao

and only 10% ms

😭

[sly leaf]

All I know is, for now I'm gonna try my Flame Wall / Raging Spirits / Arsonists / Fusillade build as far as I can take it

With my doggo and my suicide bar

[west iron]

is this even good

[still rock]

No

Maybe at level 5

[obsidian grove]

nice item to give to your level 1 character

[sly leaf]

I mean as a very low level it is great

[still rock]

It's a leveling unique

[west iron]

why does it say item level 23......

its so shit

[sly leaf]

That is just the minimum zone that can drop it, seems meant to be given to a new char

[still rock]

ilvl doesnt affect uniques' effectiveness

you can get a unique at a high ilvl, it just means that unique dropped from a higher level zone, like Sera said

[west iron]

oh

[craggy kraken]

I'm playing the same build. It's a lot of fun, but I'm thinking going Armor/ES mixed, grabbing closer nodes might be better, but I'm not that experienced as others.

[still rock]

Leveling uniques have their own purpose but yeah you wouldn't use it very long

[craggy kraken]

I haven't seen anything grabbing the shield nodes right by the minion nodes on the far left side of the tree

[sly leaf]

I was thinking I'd do Armour / ES on Bloodmage when I make one of those

[still rock]

For attack builds, you can twink a new character with a host of weapons that you trade out at certain levels to keep pace with damage, That would be one that you start with at level 1

[craggy kraken]

Is Wide Barrier not good? (+30 block, but 25% reduced global defenses)

[craggy kraken]

I did blood mage first, but wasn't a fan of the ascendancy. You are locked into a choice that can't kill bosses.

[sick idol]

anyone know why this node would be showing a DPS decrease for two of my crossbow skills? I am so confused

[craggy kraken]

I think the top blood mage on the ladder is only using 1/12 nodes.

[hoary plover]

it doesnt say melee, crossbows are two hand weapons

[sly leaf]

Why can't you kill bosses?

[still rock]

That's not from the ascendancy inherently, that's from how you built it

Also a lot of people aren't playing Blood Mage because it's undertuned/bugged rn from what I hear

[craggy kraken]

Every time you cast, it costs health. You just run out of health flasking your own damage. Not a fun time.

[sick idol]

yes, all those are crossbow skills, and the exact same nodes before it increased everything and now two are showing a decrease and two an increase. Maybe I'm not understanding what you are saying?

[sly leaf]

First week, I don't trust anyone who thinks they have the game figured out already

[rough kelp]

Anyone know a good passive node or anything to fast clear maps as phys spell crit?

[still rock]

1. dont use the shift thing on passive tree nodes it's not very accurate and most of the time not useful (seems buggy rn)
2. xbows are 2 handed weapons

[sick idol]

ok, it's the fact that two of the crossbow skills are decreasing that is really throwing me off

[hoary plover]

mb i read it wrong

[sly leaf]

There was a bug I think someone had where it was taking more health than it was meant to, but generally speaking this tells me that you just need to focus on personal defenses in the passive tree if you intend BM and you probably can't afford to go into Minions / Max Minion HP

[still rock]

I'd recommend not using it for now, it's obviously not correct in a fair amt of scenarios I've seen

(the shift thingy)

[craggy kraken]

I tried to do the chaos, dot one guy and it spreads to everything. Not sure if that's even a build. lol. It was fun. I learned all the mechanics of the bosses, for sure since I could easily control my character.

[sick idol]

got it, thanks! ill check before and after and just refund it if it actually decreases

[still rock]

For now that's how we have to test, yeah

[craggy kraken]

The version I saw was using minions, that could be the issue.

[river prairie]

What's everyone doing for cold sorc now?

[still rock]

ED contagion is great, that's what I'm playing (https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316077636866412625)

Although, like I've mentioned just recently in that thread i linked, Blood Mage is not very great for it because you do not get leech from DoTs and you kinda need leech to keep up with the life cost for spells that Blood Mage gives you.

I think it'd be an easy transition to Hexblast, though

[languid oyster]

why is cast on shock not working?

[craggy kraken]

Oh, sweet! It should leech, right?

[still rock]

Since you are around the same points for chao dmg

[sweet hatch]

im going for flicker strike Monk but im not sure what i should have on my weapon, im leveling with glacial cascade and plan to use storm wave + flicker strike later

[still rock]

Damage over time effects never leech in PoE

For the most part

[craggy kraken]

haha, oh man. I really messed up my build then.

[sick idol]

ok yeah, it didn't even have the current DPS correct. but my crossbow shot went from 249 to 263, so I assume it just using something else incorrectly as the current value

[still rock]

Leech only takes place from hits. But like I said, you could probably transition to Hexblast if you wanted to stay chaos damage

I haven't really explored it yet

[worldly belfry]

How much ish crit do i need to transition from Cast on Ignite to CoC? Also, do i need to upgrade firewall skill if i only used it to proc ignite and not for dmg?

[still rock]

I have no clue what it's doing, it seems like it's a completely bugged feature

Not sure

I'm just ignoring that it exists for now

[abstract grove]

how many weapon set points do you get total? (not gemling)

[sick idol]

yeah, some of the other skills disprove my theory so for sure ignoring it for now haha

[abstract grove]

also wondering if there's a skill tree calc out there

[still rock]

poe2db.tw and maxroll have one, unsure of others for now

[sick idol]

I guess +% accuracy rating nodes aren't working at all right now either

[pearl scroll]

Anyone tried leech yet how is it?

[warped hazel]

if I have three dragons and my lightning damage now applies to freeze instead of shock, to freeze faster, do I take freeze buildup nodes on the tree, or shock magnitude/chance nodes on the tree?

[magic condor]

for LA and lightning rod, should i put flat ele or just increased phys?

[royal kayak]

should i play monk or warrior for a league starter?

[still rock]

Probably a decent amount if you want to rely on it for main damage. Like over 50% I'd wager, but I haven't played it. As for staying as CoI, from the patch notes it sounds like you'd just level the flame wall to max and try to scale its damage as well because the damage of the ignite matters now for energy generation.

[loud kiln]

Guys, physical damage increases apply before or after it gets converted to an elemental dmg (merc ammo)?

[obsidian grove]

warrior is alot more fun if you have some gold and starting gear from another character

[royal kayak]

first character so i dont have any other gear lol

[still rock]

How much flat is it?

[magic condor]

i meant like via the runes, sorry, its like 1-20 or 20% phys damage

[still rock]

So the math can get complicated there because it depends on the skill you're using and also the amount of that particular element scaling % you have elsewhere

It's easier to just increase pdps throughput and keep trucking through

[cobalt musk]

so how does eye of winter work with elemental ground effects

are we talking burning ground and stuff

[still rock]

For example: if the skill you're using only has 40% converted and you have loads of that element % scaling, then the flat might be better. But if the skill converts 100% then the physical is better if it gives you a higher throughput value

[royal kayak]

is monk a bad league starter or any good at all? i was told it got nerfed

[quartz glen]

should i play worior or munk

[obsidian grove]

monks fun for a starter

[karmic stag]

Does anyone know why sacrifice doesn't work on skeleton, am I dumb

[shrewd raptor]

is there a difference between "crit hit chance" and "crit hit chance with spells" if you're only casting spells?
if i have 10% inc crit hit and 10% inc crit hit with spells and cast a spell, is my crit chance inc by 10% or 20%

[still rock]

No, they'd be additive just as if one was the other and vice versa

if that makes sense

Effectively the same in your case

[obsidian grove]

is skeleton from your weapon? are you seeing them get summoned?

[shrewd raptor]

ah okay, i thought so but then started overthinking it lol

[thorn bone]

ok the orbs from blood remnants can be generated by minion kills

not sure if this was intended

[maiden nimbus]

Hey guys! New player here, trying to figure out how to get a 4-link spell. I used the lesser already as you can see but I want to expand upon it. How do I get more?

[thorn bone]

3 socket > vaal orb and pray it hit +1

[late abyss]

Guys, does the latest patch kill CoC? Or is it just elemental ailments?

[shrewd raptor]

one more question, is there a good guide/overview on how to build defenses? ik maxing out elem res's is expected but should i also be trying to get armour, es, and evasion or can i focus on es?

[karmic stag]

they are from the weapon ye, can they not be?

[obsidian grove]

Im just thinking of what could cause it to not work, are you seeing the skeletons spawn before trying to use sacrifice?

[maiden nimbus]

💀 is that all I can do?

[thorn bone]

trade , or higher lvl maps

[karmic stag]

ye I see them running around

[versed tundra]

Does Ghostwrithe consider life before set to 1 by CI?

[real kiln]

how can i freeze enemies with non-cold skills?

[thorn bone]

support gems

[real kiln]

i put glaciation on spark but its not really doing anything

[still rock]

In general you want to have some layering of defenses to cover for the drawbacks of the defense that you invest in more. In terms of raw ES, that's generally chaos resist.

[obsidian grove]

I think theres a stormweaver node for it, or support gems that make skills do cold damage, theres also a unique that changes fire damage to frost I believe

[obsidian grove]

glaciation is 50% MORE Freeze buildup

[magic stag]

I don't understand why my character's stats suddenly went down a lot. Is that a possible bug, or is it something else? I didn't change any gear

[real kiln]

any idea which support gem specifically would do this then?

[thorn bone]

its the last tier ones that causes ur dmg to also build freeze meter

[still rock]

You have to hit with cold damage to do freeze buildup unless you have an effect which allows you to buildup freeze with another damage type

[languid oyster]

why is cast on shock not working?

[abstract grove]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/edd6t03m
titan crushing blow build with armor break support ancestral totem

[gusty bone]

Anyone how a minion's actual level scales with skill gem level?

[obsidian grove]

Ice bite is one

added cold damage would be the easiest

[thorn bone]

as long as u have a element dmg u will build towards that element cc

[shrewd raptor]

thanks ill keep it in mind. finding a good chaos res ring is going to be tricky

[still rock]

Minions scale their own level as you level the gem, it's all different per minion but you can see the number differences on minion level here:

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

Zombie as example

Click on "Select Monster Level"

[young zodiac]

OK, I'VE COOKED

[gusty bone]

Yeah, I want to know what level would my minion be with respect to its skill gem level.

[thorn bone]

the exact same as ur gem level ...

[still rock]

My assumption is that it's based on the required level of your character to use the gem, so for the zombie example it'd be level 84 at gem level 19 and level 90 at gem level 20

[gusty bone]

that cant be right man, a level 13 gem skel brute is level 13 minion that has only 152 life?

[thorn bone]

why u trying to complicate things

u just get higher tier gems and thats it

and + minion lvl

[gusty bone]

I want to know how skill gem level correlates with Minion level, so I can know their total HP and stats

[sudden egret]

belive this was actually buffed?

[thorn bone]

summon them outside town and u can see their hpo

[late abyss]

How so?

[obsidian grove]

cast on frost, ignite and shock was very nerfed. when fighting white mobs you gain energy way slower

[late abyss]

What about coc?

[sudden egret]

i meant CoC, belive me im crying over cof

[sudden egret]

i could be inerpreting this wrong so put me down like a dog if im lying to you

[late abyss]

If they reduced the amount if energy gained, does it matter what the is the gain source? Doesn't it mean that all the energy gain sources got nerfed?

[river prairie]

It looks like you still can only gain one instance of energy per skill cast? They removed that line from the skill description

[gusty bone]

Anyone tried Detonate Dead using buffed minions? or does endgame mobs have higher hp pools?

[raw dawn]

Did they nuke monk comets?

[viral rover]

they nuked every CoX

[raw dawn]

Time to stop having fun i guess

[late abyss]

Im not sure about coc though

[sly leaf]

PoE 1 is still right there if you want to blast

[raw dawn]

And why cant i blast in poe 2?

[viral rover]

all of them got the axe. I was about to unlock CoS tonight too. :/ lol. Time to save up some gold for a respec. I assume there will be some form of all lightning I can effectively do but im not familar enough with the game to figure it out yet

[sly leaf]

Because 2 is Ruthless as the main game mode 😂

[obsidian grove]

oh lol, I figured you meant cast on chill

[raw dawn]

Did u ever play ruthless

[loud kiln]

Guys, resistance reductions (for example from curses) applies before or after your own resistance penetration?

[raw dawn]

Poe 2 is nowhere close to ruthless

[sly leaf]

a lil yeah

Kripp disagrees

[obsidian grove]

check out my new blood mage build

[urban cedar]

Such a stupid argument to say poe1 is there if you wanna blast

[still rock]

Before

[urban cedar]

They could've just made the cast on spells deal 50% reduced damage or something, I spent the start of ea planning a build that rains comets on freeze cause I thought it was a sick idea, I spent the 60h to get there and thought it was cool. Now it's essentially useless. I don't care about the damage, I wanna go through a map freezing enemies and watching comets fall on them, that's all

[loud kiln]

Oh shame, res pen can't go negative now

[still rock]

Pen seems to be mostly for bossing now

[obsidian grove]

I agree, the spam was fun, I wish they nerfed the damage and not the cast. They may take another look at it soon tho

[undone mortar]

A lot of monster types have inherent resist and it can scale pretty high

You can also get rares with double resist affixes sometimes

[median kraken]

Is there any conventional wisdom on what venom reward is usually best to take in normal?

[urban cedar]

I hope so, the drop rate patch gave me hope but this last patch has me lose a lot of that hope. I don't wanna go back to poe1 I wanna play poe2 cause I enjoy it, but what they've done is a shit direction to take

[swift aspen]

Omg they fixed boneshatter, good stuff

[still rock]

Ah, fair. It's definitely still useful just not as braindead as a dmg increase as it was before

[still rock]

Opinions are like assholes

[raw dawn]

idk how often we told GGG to buff other skills instead of nerfing everything and they still just nerf everything

yea its fine to nerf straight up busted stuff but come one

[undone mortar]

I can't believe they actually thought triggered spells ignoring their cooldown was a good idea to begin with

[sudden egret]

what are we thinking on this chat

possible cook or horrible idea to go energy shield build

[raw dawn]

imma log in and check out the change i guess

[undone mortar]

Saw this shit coming from 45 lightyears away

[grave elk]

maybe set up a self hit loop?

[undone mortar]

Yeah unfortunately it takes up a body armor slot

Which is where you get like, a LOT of ES

[grave elk]

or at least a way to hit self

[median kraken]

"Don't nerf, just buff" is a naive attitude. That just causes power creep and lowers the difficulty. That's part of how PoE1 got a lot of its problems in the first place.

I think some of the nerfs in PoE2 so far have been a bit heavy-handed and they need to do something about respec costs if they're gonna keep massively nerfing stuff people have built around, but nerfing the strongest things instead of buffing the weaker things can be the right approach if the power of the weaker things is closer to the target they want for the game.

[raw dawn]

okay yea they gutted the comets LMAO

[sudden egret]

could it eventually out scale that tho?

[undone mortar]

Outscale how

lol

[median kraken]

In other words, nerfs feel bad and there are issues with their approach to balance so far, but it's a good thing that GGG doesn't listen to the people who say "just buff the weak skills instead of nerfing the strong ones"

[grave elk]

hear me out, fireflower blood mage, use the on minon death gain es

[undone mortar]

Our defense options are limited at this point

[sudden egret]

give more than you would get from just a regular chest

[somber scarab]

Did any other classes get gutted other than sorcerer ? Looking to make a new char

[grave elk]

and the triggers to get hp shards

[raw dawn]

they not only lowered the amount of energy u get

but also increased the cost

at 100% energy i have 1 comet cast

👍

[grave elk]

yikes

[undone mortar]

Good

[grave elk]

so trigger cast is entirely dead?

[median kraken]

Only trigger builds were gutted. Non-sorcerer trigger builds still got nerfed (e.g. invoker trigger) and sorcerers that don't rely on trigger are fine

[undone mortar]

Self cast did not get touched at all

[raw dawn]

and bear in mind i have 35% energy increase as monk

[somber scarab]

Anyone recommendations as to what I should do on my new char in terms of class

[undone mortar]

Copy whatever fubgun is doing

[grave elk]

fart explode deadeye is still good right?

[median kraken]

Yeah, Invoker was arguably the better class for the way a lot of people were building than Sorcerer in the first place. I think it was just more popular among sorcerers because most people's build process was "I want to play ele spells -> make a sorcerer -> triggers are the best spell build" not "I want to play trigger build -> what's the best trigger class?"

[undone mortar]

Sure is

I expect them to nerf the farts again

[grave elk]

yah monk trigger seemed way better

[median kraken]

I've only played Sorcerer so far and I'm only near the end of act 3 normal, so I'm not the best person to give personal recommendations. I've heard deadeyes are good

[somber scarab]

At fair I’ve seen a lot of people say that too nerf inc

[median kraken]

I think for fully building around triggers Invoker is probably better, but in their post nerf state triggers seem like they probably aren't worth fully building around so we'll see

[undone mortar]

I mean let me put it this way. 95% of the people just chasing meta are gonna get skill issue'd once (if) they reach maps.

[raw dawn]

what i dont get tho

[undone mortar]

Because maps have a lot more problems than just 'trigger builds are strong'

[raw dawn]

i could spam comets yea it might was a bit busted, i could save 3 casts

[gray ferry]

I've been wanting to make a CoC build using Quill Rain for triggers because that seemed fun, but haven't gotten far enough to even try it yet, figure that's still workable or do I just go do something else for now? 🤔

[raw dawn]

so they not only decrease the energy i get but also increase the cast cost

[undone mortar]

Just make it bro

[raw dawn]

why dont u nerf that shit bit by bit till a sweet spot

thats my only concern

[undone mortar]

Because it was way too stupid, to the point of lagging people's computers

[raw dawn]

ggg is always like "hit the red button on it"

and makes stuff shit

[median kraken]

I mean, the fact is most people haven't played most builds so people qualified to give an actually good answer are limited

[raw dawn]

and then start to buff again

[undone mortar]

Which is exactly what they wanted to avoid with poe2

[obsidian grove]

GGG knows more than we do, current energy abilities might be way to strong once we get the spells we are missing, so they had to be nerfed

[undone mortar]

Good. Now is the time to gut the OP shit.

[median kraken]

I don't think that's what the nerf was based on

[undone mortar]

Now, they SHOULD also probably give us more respecs

[median kraken]

Technically, the energy nerf wasn't actually as big as a lot of people think, even though it was huge. It wasn't 90% like some people are saying.

[grave elk]

yah kinda unfortunate, was gonna play the CoC monk

was levelign another couple builds with friends though so the backups will prob be ok

[undone mortar]

invoker is still probably the strongest class in the game

[median kraken]

I do agree with this. It seems like respeccing might be too expensive in general, but especially right now with huge nerfs happening on a regular basis we need a way to switch builds when that happens

[celest lintel]

Im only a level 26 sorc who was building a cold cof. Any ideas on what I should pivot to now?

[undone mortar]

Brother

Continue playing it

[still rock]

Meta gem skills were clearly made in mind to be easily balanceable versus their PoE1 counterparts (which have always been either broken good or not good) because you can effectively control the trigger rate by balancing energy generation. This is the first example of why.

[raw dawn]

they also fixed cold infusion 👀

[grave elk]

what makes invoker so good?

[raw dawn]

sadge

but that was straight up bugged haha

[grave elk]

cold infusion?

[raw dawn]

cold infusion buffed all your skills

[undone mortar]

Invoker has very strong built in damage and one of the strongest defensive passives

[raw dawn]

[undone mortar]

Turning evasion into PDR

[median kraken]

I think cold sorc is still probably fine, you just can't rely on triggering comets and maybe self-cast comets or use frost wall

Has anyone tried elemental storm?

[obsidian grove]

Tried fire elemental storm, just doesnt have enough juice

[grave elk]

yah that part seemed really good when i was looking at it, havnt gotten geared enough to really try that portion out yet, and was a bit confused on the final ascension proccess

[median kraken]

Damage is just low?

[wild raft]

How are we supposed to use the cast on ailment skills now? Investing super heavily into it: 2 wheels, ascendancy node, support gem. Gaining 2% energy on my shock.

What is the purpose of cast on X(ailments) now?

[grave elk]

balance is balance, but im ending up in a perpetual state of poor as items and spec go obsolete or at least get nerfed a bit

hope i can get a build that wont have too many changes so i can get into the end game grind

[obsidian grove]

yea, incenerate is super bad, half of fireballs damage hits nothing and the firestorm doesnt have the inherent freeze that helps you survive

[river dragon]

Does anyone know if ANY support gems work in Blasphemy, or is it only socketable with Curse skills? Right now I've tried Decaying Hex, Encumbrance, Impending Doom, Expanse and none seem to have any affect on the aura hexes

[median kraken]

Oh, you meant fire, I was asking about elemental storm in particular. I'm actually having a lot of fun with fireball, but just in act 3 normal. I've found it actually goes really well with frostball, you can get a lot of shotgunning going with that

[crystal fable]

Struggling to decide between ranger and monk - any tips on what would be an easier experience with?

[hushed quiver]

Ranger

[crystal fable]

monks just not do enough damage or something? just curious

[main turret]

It's just harder to play

until you are geared

[crystal fable]

ahhh okay - ice strike seemed fun since it kinda works like flicker

[crisp arrow]

Warrior - Does Stun Threshold do anything or did I waste the Permenent Buff from the poison quest?

[wild raft]

Ranger is easier to be ranged. Melee needs to be in melee

[velvet trout]

Only level 30 but not feeling the petless melee witch with maces. Not enough synergy. Bonestorm seems like it either needs minions or something fast attacking to proc the charges. Axe/Flail/Daggers could really open it up though.

[winged notch]

anyone know why cast on ignite might not be working? im using flame wall and infernal hound

[obsidian grove]

what is your spirit at

[gusty bone]

Do all physical hits contribute to stun?

[keen turtle]

Cast on ignite doesnt get energy from minions ignite

[north heath]

with the COF and other changes, whats a good sorc build now?

[winged notch]

3/279

[tender oasis]

i was around for the balance around poe1 trigger skills and oh boy we had the same balnce

[winged notch]

ahh ty

[river dragon]

Can chaos damage chill?

[obsidian grove]

no

[river dragon]

why do all the chaos skills have a chill duration then

[river prairie]

Is there a reason comet costs 300 energy? Shouldn't it be 200, going by skill description?

[rancid cipher]

Could anyone inform me of the demon form changes for infernalist? Were they good or bad? I wanted to make a build that focused on being in that form all the time.

[median kraken]

I was also confused by this

[obsidian grove]

I dont think it had any changes, I dont see anything in the notes unless I am missing it

[river prairie]

It seems to be the only one that doesn't use base cast time, too... the 2 second cast time includes the +1 in the skill description

[urban cedar]

Cheers big man

And you're like a bellend👍

[rancid cipher]

Ah, ok my bad then. When searching for build information today I came across a few people mentioning that it changed, but I couldn't find out how. The most I saw was someone say tht Demon form now has a minimum of 1 life lost per second, per stack. I'm not sure how that's different though since it always did more damage to you over time.

[still rock]

GGG bending over for player power creep over the last 5 years has sucked the engagement out of their game, I'm glad they are standing up to it for once. You're just a guy that comes into chat to complain when his build gets nerfed.

[loud kiln]

Can any bigbrain help me with a question about dmg convertion? for example a merc skill that converts 40% of physical dmg to lightning (or fire/ice).

1- If I use an item that gives 1-10 extra physical dmg, that amount gets added after the convertion, or It gets converted? (resulting in 6 physical and 4 lightning if it does the max dmg)

2- Does physical dmg% increase from items apply before or after the convertion? like, it boost only the 60% physical dmg after the convertion, or it converts all of it and then 40% goes to lightning?

[still rock]

1. depends on the item and the stat line you're talking about, you have to be specific
2. ^

[opaque umbra]

Does resolute technique in warrior take away stun build up? i just got it and now i cant get the stun build up on any enemy?

[fast eagle]

crossbow shots counts as an attack right?

[loud kiln]

Add 1-10 physica damage / physical damage to attacks? same for % increases

[still rock]

No, your stun buildup is dependent on damage dealt, so unless you had a huge amt of crit chance and accuracy before taking RT then it should probably have the opposite effect since you aren't missing at all.

[still rock]

Screenshot the item and affix you're talking about if you want a definite answer

[old shuttle]

when is first lvl 11 gem

im lvl 42 in a 42 area