2┃build-planning

[mystic shard]

or is that 1 second?

[still rock]

1.33

[velvet blade]

I think they're just being extra careful with what they allow from the very beginning and will add more versatility later on

[uncut jay]

Hey guys. Question about building charges for monk. I got "Combat Frenzy" and the passive that converts frenzy to charges. But I seem to rearly electrocute, at first I thought that it was on "shock". Is this viable, can I increase the electricution rate ?

[still rock]

Not sure if it rounds

[mystic shard]

ok thx bro

[valid palm]

Makes it that much friendlier to new players. And for casual play.

[sharp siren]

as a sorc do I need both energy and armor on my armor pieces?

[mystic shard]

One last thing, what is the strongest base mana flask, like how much does it heal over 2.5 seconds, before any enchants/buffs

[valid palm]

Are they planning on expanding the building options?

[quaint python]

Yes

[still rock]

I think that's moreso because we are playing the game with less than half the ascendancies and gems than we would at launch

[quaint python]

EA is like 50% of what the game will be next year

[velvet blade]

True

[frail sedge]

So dual wielding maces with Giant blood makes you lose damage or not??

[dense oriole]

hey friends i went into this here game hoping to get something similar to a mjølner trickster going. (CoS arc for example) with the giganerf on cast on shock - does anyone have any ideas?

has anyone tried "...and scatter them to the winds"?

[tawdry parcel]

Some skills are yes

[quaint python]

I’ve heard cast on freeze still works well

[native burrow]

The main issue I have no is that Demon form unequips your weapons, including your Sceptre, thats 100 spirit gone. Makes having minions as a Witch rather problematic (and auras)

[dense oriole]

thought i heard people say cast on freeze was gutted even worse

[still rock]

#2┃build-planning message

[raven crown]

It was highly exaggerated

Only because the lets be honest super op build got nerfed doesnt make it insta terrible

[still rock]

Somehow happens when there's a correlation between the players that mindlessly copy broken builds and the ones that complain incessantly when their build gets nerfed

[raven crown]

Its like chocolate brownie ice cream but now without the brownie, still good

[pearl sluice]

Anyone know if the damage reduction from armor applies to damage dealt to the energy shield?

[still rock]

It does

[pearl sluice]

Thanks

[devout dew]

i asked this question earlier but wanted confirmation - I have Ice Strike now but do i remove quarterstaff strike off the bar and put tempest bell in its place

and use ice strike to hit the bell

[raven pine]

Frost Nexus or Glacaition

[still rock]

If you can deal with the mana cost of a better skill then you'll most likely replace the strike at some point unless you're using it for some other utility

[dense oriole]

aha so cast on freeze reliably procs spells on white mobs as well?

given you go all the + meta energy

[pearl sluice]

So armor/energy shield is pretty good. Do raging spirits scale off weapon damage? It says they do part physical as fire. So if I don’t have a physical weapon they do no damage?

[still rock]

they have their own weapon damage basically

based on their level

which is based on the gems level

[pearl sluice]

Ok so it doesn’t scale off mine at all then?

[still rock]

correct

[pearl sluice]

Bettttt

I put the explosive minion gem on them

Does their hp scale too?

[mossy sequoia]

How much resist do rares/bosses have by default?

[craggy kraken]

They don't actually do that much damage, looking at the stats.

[still rock]

We don't know

They share the same limitations as players though, so 75% cap and 90% hard cap through +max res

[pearl sluice]

I’m hoping to use them with ember fusillade to summon them on top of enemies5 at a time then hope they die to aoes not sure what other support gems sre good for them

[frigid ermine]

Hello guys, is % always better than flat on this ?

[devout dew]

@raven pine i dmed you the build

[thin basin]

you usually always want both

[frigid ermine]

How do I need to strike balance between the 2

I mean you can only have 1 prefix right ?

[thin basin]

no 3 prefix and 3 suffix on rares

[frigid ermine]

Ohh

Okey

[still rock]

You want both ideally

[frigid ermine]

Ty guys

[winter forum]

On the Cold Snap Frostbolt build on the site, the passives have you start on energy shield but if you click the maximize button it has a totally different route it looks like, am I missing something, sorry im new.

Disregard I realize what I did now

[frigid ermine]

Also I’m a monk aiming for ES and ev conversion, should I try and get ev + es or es or ev mainly on main stat of gear ?

[still rock]

Many builds will transition into the attribute nodes later rather than take the starting % nodes to save points for gains elsewhere, but this is contextual

[winter forum]

Ok makes sense, thanks!

[thin basin]

probably hybrid bases

there are nodes on the tree that make you want one specific over the other though

[graceful stag]

Does titans increased passive nods affect travel stat nodes?

[still rock]

No

[graceful stag]

Okay thabk fuck cuz that'd be giga op

[nimble sun]

what gives me more damage 9% more cast speed or 20% elemental damaghe for my spark build?

[versed tide]

Hello is rolling slam and other slam skills affected by "increased Attack Damage" passive?

[thin basin]

if its on the skill tree hover over and hold shift

[still rock]

If it's actually "more" and not "increased" then probably cast speed, but you can test via the detailed skill window

[still rock]

Yes

[nimble sun]

sory, i forgot that wording is very important. "increased elemental damage"

[vernal helm]

I’m trying to make a witch hunter grenade build but was wondering if grenades fall under the category of “projectile” or if it has to specify it as “grenade” damage

[craggy kraken]

tool tip on raging spirits is broken, they do way more damage than what is shown

[nimble sun]

oh wait, didn`t know that this was a thin, thankws

[still rock]

You want a lot of cast speed for Spark, but the straight up comparison of two nodes like that is generally contextual on gear, other nodes, ascendancy points, etc

[nimble sun]

thanks! i can`t wait for path of building to ba avalible on poe2

[devout dew]

@still rock what class do you play

[pine elm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1hda9d8/cast_on_freeze_is_dead_long_live_cast_on_freeze/

[still rock]

Chrono rn

[pine elm]

IT's BACK

yeshhhhh

now the freaking ring convert lightning to cold damage worth 10x the original price

[devout dew]

so u dont know anything about monk then

[pine elm]

[slim galleon]

Hello, I need help with my sorcerer, the dmg is fine, but its getting oneshot by almost all boss attacks, which makes it really hard. What defence nodes should I pick up? I have several energy shield ones, but my ES is just 300 at lvl 40 my life is like 600.

[pine elm]

funny enough. My friend took monk and never use monk skills

[vernal helm]

Are your base armor types out dated? Upgrade your armor to date so they have higher base armor/es/evasion etc

[indigo fossil]

https://i.imgur.com/bcrS761.png
what runes should i slot in to this?

[slim galleon]

Should I also try to pick up evension on sorcere?

[vernal helm]

Doesn’t work too well on sorcs

And also check if your resistances can be higher

[slim galleon]

Yea it is kinda out of date, but nothing nice dropped, I have like lvl 30 armor.

[vernal helm]

I was stuck on act 3 for a while but I just ended up doing rounds into towns and you’ll be surprised the quality of items the venderors will sell you

Also the amount of chaos and exalts you’ll get after campaign will be tremendous compared to what you get currently so don’t be afraid to use/buy with currency

Also not sure what zone you’re fighting in, but check your charms too! Free % rez and easy to swap out for the area type dmg

[slim galleon]

Ok, thanks for the tips, will try

[vernal helm]

Glgl~

[whole nest]

Wanting to recreate my favourite build in Poe 1 which is a god of lightning type sorc but as of right now I’m basically just picking up spell damage and lightning buffs with my skill points, level 17 right now, any idea when I should start on magic shield or should I have already started because damn I’m getting beat by count geonor rn

I feel like gear is where I should be getting at least a good chunk of survival from but my gear sucks rn and my gamba has been rough, might just have to stay back and farm a bit

[woven bough]

which rune into armor? iron rune or health or max resistances?

[solid badger]

I need some advice on notable combinations for my Acolyte of Chayula. These are the options:

[silk juniper]

I just full sent it for dmg in the early game, you shouldnt need much defense on the early acts

maybe get some cast speed

[spiral willow]

Vine Arrow VERY OP！

[craggy kraken]

Act 2 of the second play through, unlocked the ascension trial but it's saying that I won't get any points for completing it. Am I too low level? (54)

[whole nest]

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking, cast speed for sparks and just all out dps, main issue is gear cos the wolf is really hurting with those frost procs

[solid badger]

So, I'm thinking if I take EB, I don't need to take Consuming Questions, right? Because if my Energy Shield is turned into mana, my mana leech will work on both anyway.

[tawdry parcel]

GGG is going after you. RUN

[pine elm]

skkip all of those

get energy shield instead

[solid badger]

BUT Consuming Questions + Eternal Youth work really well together.

I could get ES with CQ and EY.

Those don't stop Energy Shield building.

[lilac lava]

for spell skills in poe2, is there such a thing as "effictiveness of added damage" that was in poe1 ? I did not see it in any spell ?

[solid badger]

Why would I stack energy shield though, if I can turn my ES into Mana and then make my Mana block damage?

Like, what's the upside?

[spiral willow]

Vine Arrow LV40 761945.6 chaos dot

[graceful stag]

You almost just gave me a build idea

[pine elm]

it's just easier to play around energy shield. It's just free hp shield. Take like 1-2 seconds to fully recharge 5k-7k+ shield.

[solid badger]

hmm, okay I won't abandon my ES.

So Eldritch Battery is out.

[pine elm]

i tried MoM monk and even life leech monk

both are terrible

energy shield is just really good

[solid badger]

You can do MoM and still have Energy Shield though.

like, why not have both?

[pine elm]

My mana always ran out

unfortunately

not even 1.5k mana will saved my monk

higher skills cost a crap ton of mana

so i just rely on energy shield for tanking

[silver warren]

How long does it take to recover life leech in POE2? 1 second?

[pine elm]

and not using MoM so i have a good chunk of mana regeneration

[pearl sluice]

I got to level 46 on monk before giving up. That class just feels too squishy to be up close

[harsh ferry]

anyone know if mana leech is any better. i have a hand of chayula mana leech monk ready

[hoary plover]

just one poison? what support gems? pathfinder?

[solid badger]

Did you have this belt and this notable? Both give MASSIVE Mana regen.

[brave wasp]

does this node also increase corrupting cry physical dmg?

[pine elm]

yeah i have those

[pearl sluice]

You have 4 ascendency points?

[pine elm]

or maybe i just got bad mapping

mobs was hitting too hard and i lose my mana instantly 😂

[solid badger]

hmm. I see. Well ty for the insight 🙂

[pine elm]

👍

[harsh ferry]

yeah

[pearl sluice]

I couldn’t get past the manticore cause it kept running away so I gave up on chaos trial as HoC monk but was going for the mana leech to energy shield with fountain of youth. It looked like it would be good but could t test it

[lost yoke]

rate my build, insane depth in this game 🔥

[unique pecan]

does a chonomancer for the cooldown reduction with hammer of the gods from mace make any sense?

[formal night]

any pro cutie mage in chat? should i respect my whole tree and go down the energy shield mana path and get eldritch battery?

[harsh ferry]

My HoC monk was my first character i put it on the bench before leech got buffed to try other characters. HoC seems to have potential but i want some more experience with character building in this game before comitting to that build.

[woeful steppe]

which bow is better? im assumin the one that fires an additional arrow right?

[nova ember]

do we know on what level auto attack gets extra sockets ?

[tawdry parcel]

lvl 10 at third sockets

[thin basin]

setup look good but i think ur grabbing too many mana regen nodes for not going MoM, also can probably drop these 2 up here

[nova ember]

niceee

[sterile spade]

which one is better ?

[silk juniper]

every 15 levels

I think lvl 75 you have all 5

[formal night]

cant understand why but ye a lot of people dont have those

[tawdry parcel]

Are you saying any skill that reaches lvl 10 gets third socket?

[brazen verge]

Can you explain why if I take the 12% projectile dmg passive I get 1.7% dmg increase overall in the skills tab? I can't find any info on how this is calculated (merc).

like 280dps -> 285dps, literally

[formal night]

do you know if EB + MoM is the best or is blue life better? i cant find the blue life node to see how it works

[thin basin]

if you need exposure just go orb of storm + lightning exposure support + the gem that increases exposure effect and shock effect isnt that important to spend 3 points on idt

[formal night]

so the issue is that im over penetrating them and it does nothing or barely anything?

btw do people pick crit chance nodes or not really?

[latent spruce]

Freeze threshold will help ME avoid getting frozen less often, right?

[strange stirrup]

Hey all, what tab U should take next?

[slow thistle]

So I think im between witch or ranger now any suggestions? I'm a new player i only played a little ranger in poe1

[thin basin]

supposedly bosses doesnt have that much res so yea? curse + orb of storm with the exposure effect should be enough i think

also dont see a lot of people going crit

[formal night]

theres a very strong and super easy build for witch thats all i know

[thin basin]

leveling right now but i am

[slow thistle]

Ah okay interesting do you know what the build is?

[formal night]

is summoning raging spirits with fire wall

everyone is playing that in hardcore

[peak slate]

hey guys im blood mage which one should i pick please

[grim gate]

I wonder. Default amount of charges, is it still 3? With all frenzy charge nodes, does is put you to 7? But this means that with Charge Infusion you can reliably have 56% MORE skill speed as a deadeye?

[tawdry parcel]

How many STR required to wear 2h weapon in Giant Blood?

[slow thistle]

Ah okay i might just go with ranger then play something different

[mellow escarp]

How impactful does Hulking Form end up being? It sounds tempting, but also really expensive, and Colossal Capacity kinda just sounds like an ascendancy tax

[thin basin]

whatever the requirement is times 3

[dapper knot]

soo this just game from an orb .... like holy

[grim gate]

I wonder if plasma shot's 2 seconds are affected by skill speed.

[tawdry parcel]

So if 65 STR x 3 is 195 STR yeah?

[thin basin]

yep

[tawdry parcel]

[thin basin]

get the strength wheel

[tawdry parcel]

I did, but I need more STR.

but thx for answer.

[kindred junco]

wondering if %increased evasion rating on amulet works for all character or only evasion on amulet?

[slow thistle]

Any good ranger builds? That aren't too hard for a newbie?

[desert bane]

guys now that CoF is patched, is there any work around?

[covert moon]

definitely not detonating arrow

I can't get damage with it somehow

[oak jetty]

looking at ways to mit elemental damage, isn't this kinda bananas?

at least for like warriors

[pine stream]

Warbringer imploding impacts allows you to reduce an enemies armor to negative. If I consume the armor break with leap slam, does the negative armor remain and eventually turn into broken armor?

[tulip pivot]

when a boss is vulnerable to fire, how much more damage he takes from fire, 20% 50%?

[bold saffron]

any stormweavers building fire?

[bronze falcon]

My friend is playing lightning arrow & absolutely destroying the game

[prisma anvil]

Is Archmage any good for Sorc?

[meager tulip]

Pls help

What is this worth please help. Getting so many offers

[bronze falcon]

His build is so strong, I would not be surprised if it gets hit with nerfs soon

[bronze falcon]

literal god boots lmao

[meager tulip]

Bro how many exaltes orbs are these

I dont wanna get scammed

[bronze falcon]

Eh I guess stun threshold is meh but like everything else is lit

[dapper knot]

its a god roll you could basicly charge whatever and someone would pay it

[dim wind]

10-50 probably

[bronze falcon]

the biggest offer you get lmao

[meager tulip]

Ahhh fuck

[dapper knot]

just link it in trade chat and watch the chat go nuts lol

[solemn ledge]

The lowest boots that are mostly similar are listed for 20ex rn on the trade site

the next ones up are 45ex and then 50ex

[thin basin]

good but no life

[meager tulip]

But the evasion 100%

[gusty cargo]

whats max roll on evasion?

[meager tulip]

Ok let me list it

Thanks guys im just

Stunned

[solemn ledge]

I’m just guessing but I’d say they’re worth about 40ex lmao

[meager tulip]

I am lucky???

[solemn ledge]

crazy feeling right lol

[dapper knot]

do us a favour lol hold alt on it and take a pic also look into snipping tool for streanshots then you dont have to use your phone to take pics lol

[cyan tide]

t15 delirium showcase - spark stormweaver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygxzGEDFl0A&t=1057s

[meager tulip]

Poe crashes when i go desktop heh

[dapper knot]

windowed mode or fullscreen?

[meager tulip]

2 evasion rating rolls?

How does this even happen

[dapper knot]

like i said godroll lol

[silk juniper]

Those are insane wtf

[meager tulip]

Ruehebjsis

Im making my way to reddit

[dapper knot]

dm me the post link want to watch it go nuts lol

[nova ember]

wasnt there a titan leveling guide with default attack making things explode? i cannot find it anywhere

[old shuttle]

Hold left alt

[dapper knot]

that is left alt

[old shuttle]

It’s probs a flat and a hybrid

Oh you did t

Tf

[shrewd heath]

does anyone know why am i more likely prime for stun enemies with 1h + shield combo? im mainly specced into titan 2 two handed with stun build up and my 2 handed weapons deal way more dmg than my 1h+shield combo

[bronze falcon]

One of them is a hybrid

[old shuttle]

No flat though is sad

[meager tulip]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/s/2ZRUmQBDUA

[old shuttle]

Can’t you easily price check those

“Boots. 90 total res. 250+ evasion. 15+ movement”

[silk juniper]

You cant check total res on trade dite

[meager tulip]

Ok i see about 50 exalted orbs

I haven’t even added quality to it

[bronze falcon]

you price check that by posting it on reddit and letting the whales come to you lmao

[meager tulip]

Yes

[old shuttle]

Is there no pseudo res stat yet?

[silk juniper]

Nope

[old shuttle]

F

[meager tulip]

Man i cant sleep tonight

[dapper knot]

wouldent change much would only add extra evasion rateing to it

[meager tulip]

Bro its the second highest evasion rating boot with this kind of res

Ehhehsjs

[old shuttle]

Chaos slam the stun into flat

[meager tulip]

NOOOO

[bronze falcon]

it will work

trust

[meager tulip]

Iam not touching these boots

[bronze falcon]

I'll do it

coward lol

[old shuttle]

Chaos go

[meager tulip]

I aint losing 40 ex for a chaos

T_T

[manic kite]

Does shock proc just as often as freeze?

[meager tulip]

Only 2 boots like this on trade

[old shuttle]

I’m sssuning no open

[alpine summit]

what stats should i be looking on a wand for bloodmage fireball/frost wall

i have this

[old shuttle]

Fire skill gem typically

An off hand staff for the surge spell (can’t remember) social of power?

Sigil*

+level to gem is easily the most impactful stat

[sharp hawk]

https://img.sidia.net/ZEyI5/TuXIPUMO79.jpg/raw any idea what nodes to target next?

Im cold/lightning/(fire) tempest flurry + charged staff monk, just dont know where to put next points 😄

[thin basin]

idk what ur searching up but theres quite alot tho higher level requirement

[weak knoll]

Quick question, my weapon being my weakest thing so far on me, should I buy random wands at finn and hope for good rolls ? i'm going bloodmage bone

[alpine summit]

in early game you just use what you drop

imo

[shrewd heath]

does anyone know why am i more likely prime for stun enemies with 1h + shield combo? im mainly specced into titan 2 two handed with stun build up and my 2 handed weapons deal way more dmg than my 1h+shield combo

[weak knoll]

i shouldnt be spending golds ?

[alpine summit]

or if theres one good on the sores

stores*

[thin basin]

crit up top or more evasion?

[sharp hawk]

dont gamble at finn, shred yellows that you dont use anymore and use the regal on your weapon

[thin basin]

damage and attackspeed here too

[weak knoll]

how do you shred?

[meager tulip]

Ohhh my i searched for minimum 25 on all res

[sharp hawk]

some npc has "disenchant"

[manic kite]

I think people ball lighting and then warp onto it

[old shuttle]

Did you search weighted res or pseudo total res?

[sharp hawk]

oh ill think i will go for the attack speed then, evasion is currently fine, thanks

[old shuttle]

Toggle off chaos res tf

More evasion good

[weak knoll]

which one between this one and the other one would be better for a physical blood mage ?

[thin basin]

yea as long as the total is 80 doesnt matter

[sharp hawk]

yeah realized he has weighted sum and deleted my comment

[soft swallow]

does anyone know how these interact with each other, will my flasks give es regen to my allies as well or still be health?

[thin basin]

?? res is res

[old shuttle]

Chaos res is fake res smh

[manic kite]

How much energy you get for normal mobs now?

10?

[thin basin]

supposedly chaos res is what killing ppl besides getting jumped and on death effect

[old shuttle]

Probs, poe1 brain though

Chaos res more like cringe res

[north talon]

Chaos Res is useful

[delicate garnet]

Are ancestral totems Warbringer exclusive or can anyone take the gem?

[snow mist]

Does the extra chaos damage that Chayulah get, does it scale with passives that deal with Chaos damage?

[north talon]

not like 100% must have always useful, but useful

[silk juniper]

Chaos res is insanely useful if you want to do ritual

[silver warren]

Hey guys I’m planning a blood mage. What is leech duration - 1 second?

[old shuttle]

It says recover from flask is shared hmm

[silk juniper]

1 second

[silver warren]

Ty

[old shuttle]

So you recover ES I guess yea

[silk juniper]

But you can make the leech slower for more time

If you have a hard hitting slow spell

[sharp hawk]

t11+ want to have a word

at that point a chaos puddle is a nuke

[old shuttle]

Meanwhile me, -13 chaos res cause of spaghettifixafion

[silver warren]

Wait it’s a leech per second and not total leech for calculation??

[sharp hawk]

i have 28% chaos res and if i see something purple i run screaming like a little girl 😄

[silk juniper]

Only one leech will heal you and each instance of leech lasts one second

[shrewd oar]

I love playing builds where spells trigger others, like Leap Quake in D3 and Meteor sorc in D4. Is there Any trigger build that is even remotely viable, or do all of them use the meta gems which have been nerfed to infinity?

[silver warren]

Oh they don’t stack instances like poe1?

[old shuttle]

Mostly CoF really

[silk juniper]

They do but the highest is the only one that is active

[old shuttle]

Other ones share worse but still useable. Just less good for mobbing

[sharp hawk]

the invocations are still un-nerfed, you can store spell usages on kill/ele hit and then unleash multiple of them

[old shuttle]

They’re likely going to be buffed I hope

[sharp hawk]

yeah my cast on shock power charge generation was dead after nerf

[onyx stag]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/caeye0hz

is there a levelling build for this? trying to follow it but at level 32 still no damage.

[old shuttle]

Cause iirc they said they don’t like how they’re currently being abused by lvl 1 low dmg ignites and the sorts

So I think there is a rework in the works

[sharp hawk]

they fixed that with Cast on crit

dmg now scales the power

[viscid niche]

Should do me for ruthless act 2 / 3 ?

[sharp hawk]

all other types rely on damage already (ailments need high dmg to trigger)

[thin basin]

he just uploaded one i think

[trail tundra]

How well does a chaos build do against Zal as opposed to a Bonestorm build?

[sharp hawk]

chaos is very hard to scale rn

[silk juniper]

Who is zal?

[sharp hawk]

not enough supports, skill tree nodes

[silk juniper]

Campaign boss?

[trail tundra]

The act 2 guy

[silk juniper]

Oh I did chaos bolt against his

[old shuttle]

I’m doing well so far with chaos with my curse build and hexblast

But not out of acts yet

[silver warren]

Does the tool tip on leech explain its mechanics in game?

[sharp hawk]

yeah hexblast is fine up until it isnt 😄
takes you into yellow maps just fine

[old shuttle]

Blasted through 4 though

[silver warren]

(I’m not at my pc)

[silk juniper]

Chaos bolt with poison on hit, and dark effigy with wither on hit

[old shuttle]

Still AOE Temp chains is lovely

[silk juniper]

And stack as much chaos dmg as possible and cast speed

It should work well

[old shuttle]

Yeah pretty sure Chaos DOT is trash

[thin basin]

yes

[old shuttle]

Maybe I’m wrong

But also either skillgem is crazy

[left ledge]

I’m doing str stacking using caged god. I’m having issues with mana sustain seeing as I have 130 mana bc of the reduced mana nodes.

Has anyone found sources of mana or life leech that isn’t just physical damage. (Doing a lot of cold dmg) Also doesn’t look to be any on the tree

[silk juniper]

Hexblast is actually insane spell once bloodmage gets 8 ascendancy points

[bronze falcon]

were you doing like Siphoning Strike CoS? bc that seemed like bait to me lol

best ways I've found to get charges on monk are:

• Reaper's Invocation with Profane Ritual for clearing + self-cast Siphoning Strike for bosses

OR

• Combat Frenzy + Sniper's Mark + Resonance

[silk juniper]

15% crit base

[old shuttle]

So maybe getting like a 300% chaos res shred will work haha

[dapper valve]

can anyone confirm or deny if cold snap work on cast on freeze? should it instantly proc a frozen target OR it add up dmg to the shatter the frozen target would do?

[sharp hawk]

profane ritual cos, now i use combat frenzy + resonance
emergency switched to reapers invocation + ritual after nerf, but now that i have cold dmg i switched to combat frenzy

[trail tundra]

I was doing a lot of single target dmg with bonestorm but eventually got 1 hit from him

[silver warren]

Can someone post screen shot of leech tooltip since I can’t get on right now?

[thin basin]

p sure its only phys right now

[silk juniper]

There is no elemental mana leech

If there were archmage would be going crazy

[trail tundra]

So was hoping chaos build would be good so I can just pay attention to moving around

[silk juniper]

I recommend chaos bolt for campaign

Chaos dot is terrible

For single target

[old shuttle]

I did an ice build for campaign

Frost wall was op

And got to lvl 11 gems and pivoted to chaos

[silk juniper]

Tbh I recommend doing the best possible leveling up and then pivoting to your main build after the campaign

[alpine summit]

is it best to have higher spell damage or + levels on spells on a wand?

[last pivot]

Hey guys, I'm cooking my own Merc build for now mainly using galvanic shards and building lighting damage, what would yall recommend for survivability, cus it seems like some unique boss moves will always one shot or almost one shot

[sharp hawk]

Look at fubguns current build if you want hard hitting lightning stuff

[old shuttle]

Both.

But spell damage is gettable elsewhere

So level is more important

[sharp hawk]

frost wall into self casted meteor almost oneshotted bosses for my buddy 😄

[alpine summit]

ty

[sharp hawk]

spell damage early, +level later

[alpine summit]

im lvl 72

[sharp hawk]

skill damage is ~ exponential with level

[old shuttle]

Yeah skill lvl is the base dmg

[toxic bay]

does this work on infernalist?

[old shuttle]

That where all the calculations start. So buffing that up by +4 from 16 to 20 is a full 25% dps up

[sharp hawk]

yeah but skill level gets better with more investment too, cause each new level adds more dmg than the last

[old shuttle]

True true

[olive sapphire]

How viable is a tank shotgun merc?

[primal quarry]

Coming in late, is the gas arrow deadeye build still top-tier or was it hit hard with some of the rebalancing in the last week?

[old shuttle]

It was toned down

But still good

[sharp hawk]

still strong, but not busted anymore

[hidden merlin]

Maybe lightning arrow?

[primal quarry]

Yea, would lightning arrow make more sense?

[old shuttle]

I’m doing a lightning arrow Fire pierce

So maybe shotgunning at a wall

[sharp hawk]

a combo of lightning rods + ball lightning coc + lightning arrow / magnetic salvo

[old shuttle]

But also low lvl like, 30

[sharp hawk]

Arc is bait

[silk juniper]

I use arc to proc shock on my sorc

Thats about it tho

Spark is good dps

[sharp hawk]

spark is solid, no idea about ball lightning tho

[trim swan]

Hello, is the Pathfidner any good ? I really like poison so far but the 1 damage nod seems kinda worthless in comparison to an entire tree with dmg buffs. I also dont want to give up on mana flasks or care about hp flasks so far. I rarely use them instead I use a lot of mana flasks

[sharp hawk]

poison dot is currently very very hard to scale

[silk juniper]

Just do spark then, get duration and proj speed

With wildshards it should be good dps

[fast skiff]

does anyone know if these nodes affect malice in any way? I took before and after screenshots of the stat page and nothing changed

[trim swan]

So I better not touch the Pathfinder ?

[lament mesa]

What skills have the highest CD?

[silk juniper]

Spark can hit multiple times tho

[sharp hawk]

look on malice if it has an "aura" tag

[silk juniper]

I dont trust the sheet dps too much

[sharp hawk]

PF is fine, just not for poison for now 😄

[fast skiff]

it does

[balmy knot]

Does anyone have a demon form infernalist build yet

[tiny cape]

guys i have a question my game crashed when i picked infernalist and now i missed the introduction. was i supposed to pick something up so i can play it ?

[sharp hawk]

mhh but malice applies a static thing that doesnt get scaled in the buff, so I would guess no

[onyx folio]

Hmm whats the ideal support gems for spark then

[vale heart]

do skills that use power charges like bonestorm benefit if you have more than 3 power charges? in this case, will the explosion be even bigger for every power charge past 3?

[tiny cape]

cant find anything on youtube all are just builds

[onyx folio]

Assuming ill be swapping gems in and out for spark based on if its a boss vs if its AOE

[sharp hawk]

Most of them do, it should say in the description, usually like 10% more dmg per charge or smth like that

[silk juniper]

Pierce, proj speed and wildshards

For boss you keep the same

[balmy knot]

After you pick your ascension you go to your passive tree and you input the skill points wdym

[silk juniper]

But you need orb of lightning

To proc shock

And hella mana regen

[vale heart]

it just says "confsumes your powercharges to cause much larger explosions"

[lament mesa]

Working on a chronomancer. What skills besides hotg have the highest cd

[onyx folio]

Is it not worth using chain or fork on Spark at all?

[unkempt bridge]

Why does ball lightning not really cause shock?

[silk juniper]

No

[sharp hawk]

does it maybe have a second tab? hold alt then you can switch it

[tiny cape]

ah okey i see thanks mate i see i have two skillpoints 💪

[trim swan]

But what do i spec in than ? The concotions seems awfull as you have to give up on mana flasks and the acension tree doesnt provide anything else besides those 2 things
I am new so sorry if this is dumb it just doesnt seem to be any worth

[vale heart]

aah yes thank you

[rancid cipher]

If I shock an enemy, does everyone in my party also deal 20% more damage to it? If so, does that also apply to the double shock (40%) from Stormweaver?

[sharp hawk]

yes, its a debuff on the mob, counts for everybody

[dapper knot]

shocks dmg boost is calculated on every point of dmg the mod takes nomatter the source so yes it works

[old shuttle]

It says presence RIP

Presence is a weird keyword

[dapper knot]

aura boosts dont increase presance

[mystic shard]

if u get mind over matter, then more mana instead of health defenses ontop of it.

Whats happens?

[old shuttle]

There is a neck that halves presence AOE. And there are some off hands that’s buff presence AOE

[meager fulcrum]

Hi, i'm currently just going around using Arc on everything. I was curious on where to go in the passive tree.
I was wondering do you use both exposure and crit or do you lean one way? I read that crit bypasses resistances all together so I was curious.

[mystic shard]

like u can get 34% mana shield without mind over matter, what if u get that ontop of mind-over matter?

[old shuttle]

But yeah it’s weirdly got keyword presence.

[old shuttle]

Don’t think it works like that.

Sadly

[mystic shard]

works like what? I didnt suggest anything, im curious if it does anything at all

[alpine summit]

is the website down?

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2

[old shuttle]

Pretty sure MoM just sets the number to 100%

[toxic walrus]

where can I look explicits mods ?

[toxic walrus]

I meen website

[mystic shard]

I mean what happens if u get these two types of affects

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

what would 104% do? of anything?

[left ledge]

That’s what I thought unfortunately.

I guess I need to find a skill that is pure physical. Was prob gunna do flicker strike anything

[dreamy crow]

Hey!

If I shoot a gas grenade,
Then detonate it using an explosive grenade,

When the explosive grenade goes off first, and lands an ignite on an enemy,
Will the enemy count as 'ignited' before the gas explosion damages the enemy.
(i.e will immolate proc)

Not too sure of the order that poe processes procs/ailments
Thanks!

[old shuttle]

100% is all it will do

[thin basin]

i mean if you use a good phys staff you should still be doing like 200ish phys per hit

[rancid cipher]

I'm pretty early into the game, but trying to plan out build ideas. For ascendancy points, how many do you get? Do you eventually get the whole tree late game or is it limited?

[thin basin]

idk how much that translate in mana with instant and all the increases

and resists on the mob

[vale heart]

you can gain up to 8 points

[lament mesa]

Is chronomancer doing well? I don’t want to do the hotg build

[old shuttle]

I’ve heard only good

Apparently giga immortal

So just pure dmg ivestment

[thin basin]

assume youll have 4 points until level 65 then maybe 6 at 70ish and supposedly the last 2 points is bugged for some people

[modern oriole]

I'm so confused on the "murderous intent support rune making something have culling strike" and the "life drain support:gain life on culled enemy"
So frostbolt lets me attach the "life drain" but does frostbolt have "culling strike by default" like the arc warp spell does?

[orchid torrent]

does cast on freeeze/shock/ignite count if your minions freeze/shock/ignite?

[robust pilot]

Is it possible to use 2 meta gems in one build? Just wondering if we can come up with a solution for the recent nerfs…

[orchid torrent]

if you have the spirit sure

[lament mesa]

Will hotg build get nerfed you think?

[robust pilot]

Interesting… I was theorizing if we can build infernalist with cast on minion death + cast on ignite

[formal night]

https://tenor.com/view/hog-rider-coc-clash-of-clans-gif-24053135

[glacial sorrel]

i was hasving a look at this guide but something strange there, it say to use 2 times concentrated effect but isn't that wrong? how can i use 2 times the same support skill?

[lost yoke]

bro where have u been

[thin basin]

no, you will need to use cull support

[hoary plover]

you can use "X on cull" effects on skills without inherent cull, because there are other sources of cull. like witchunter for example

[modern oriole]

Ohhh ok thanks but i cant add a "add cull to skill support gem" on any sorc skills?

like murderous intent works on nothing i have active

[hoary plover]

does the cull support specify attacks?

[thin basin]

its the same skill, theyre just relisting the 3 supports

unless theyre running 2 cold snap for some reason?

[glacial sorrel]

2 cold snap after the nerf it seems

[orchid torrent]

I hate how inconsistent the search is in the game - you can't just type spirit to see all skills that use spirit for brainstorming

[thin basin]

then their thing is wrong i guess unless its a merc

[modern oriole]

Murderous Intent:(adds culling strike) - but only supports skills that support other skills
I have no idea what suports skills that support other skills means really
I have curses, hits, buffs, totems all equipped and none work with it

[glacial sorrel]

hm yea maybe they missed something when updating it to after nerf

[thin basin]

use uncut spirit gem itll let you see all the available spirit gems?

theres also support gems that use spirits

[junior stream]

Is this good?

[orchid torrent]

there's skills that use spirit that arent from spirit gems - e.g. a bunch of the witch ones (but dont think only them)

[hoary plover]

ah ok, so it says it supports skills that empower other skills.
like barrage for example is a skill you use that adds an effect to your next bow attack - thats an "empower" skill.

see this link for the list of gems you can use murderous intent with
https://poe2db.tw/us/Murderous_Intent#SupportedGem

[silk juniper]

only minion skills reserve spirit

[sonic blade]

Does anyone have a build plan for Minion Gemling Legionnaire?

[thin basin]

yes minion uses spirit to summon them but thats summon exclusive

[hoary plover]

and heralds, and auras, and archmange, and meta gems, and...

[silk juniper]

those are spirit gems

not skill gems

among the skills only minions reserve

[modern oriole]

Thanks man that really helps, it was so confusing trying to build something around culling strike with stormreaver spells

[thin basin]

afaik spirit gems and minion summons skill only stuff that reserve spirit, besides darkness that just remove it completely

[unkempt bridge]

Why does Ball lightning not shock?

[modern oriole]

So Murderous intent only works with (Mana Tempest and Unleash) for spells, ill give that a try

[junior stream]

Guess not

[silk juniper]

it does shock

[modern oriole]

Unless im missing a 'always culls' in the passive tree somewhere

[little mesa]

Hey guys, is it normal to invest into stats that aren't my primary via the passive tree i.e getting strength as sorc?

[silk juniper]

yes

strenght is life

life is always good

dex is the useless one unless you need it for gear

[olive sapphire]

Is it worth taking the passive that swaps health and energy shield regeneration for monk?

[little mesa]

Yeah, I like it too but I just don't know if I;'m supposed to be getting it via gear or if it is oka to put points in it too

[vale depot]

Suggestions for blood mage chaos build single target? Packs are great but boss damage has been lackluster

[orchid torrent]

why are monks not using shatteting palm? is it just the same as icy strike but worse ?

[unkempt bridge]

Does the shock chance scale off of damage? I'm looking to use CoC ball lightning to cause shock for shockburst rounds

[little mesa]

Yeah been avoiding Dex since it does nothing for spells, but still had to take acouple nodes to meet gem requirements

[trail nacelle]

can someone tell me why its good i dont get it

[thin basin]

which one is that?

[silver warren]

Are there any other sources of spell leach besides Blood Mage?

[silk juniper]

yes, you need to do enough dmg in one hit to meet the enemy threshold

[silk juniper]

unique chest

[thin basin]

they use it once per pack its a clear skill you dont spam it on rare

[trim swan]

Anyone patient enough to explain a newby why someone would ever play the Pathfinder over the deadeye ? Figuring out what acension i should play

[shrewd tree]

resistances, and good rolls overall

[unkempt bridge]

Okay I'll think about how to meet that threshold as a gemling merc

[olive sapphire]

Sorry I forgot the name, but basically ur health recharges like an energy shield, while energy shield recharges through flasks

[trail nacelle]

appreciate it

[orchid torrent]

how come

[thin basin]

because its slow and does no single target damage

[orchid torrent]

I'm trying to look for monk builds online and nobodyy seems to even be taking shatrtering palm

[thin basin]

probably not if its eternal youth thats very build specific

[olive sapphire]

Alright, ty

[thin basin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGgCGeYoPs0

its a clear skill, some might use it to boost their clear but its not a main damage source

[orchid torrent]

hm but what makes it bad? I havent done monk yet but it kind of sounds like it's just a worse version of the simplier ice strike then

[kind plume]

I just found out demon form makes you not use either hand slot. As a warning to all there is 0 indication this is the case on the demon form skill. Essentially you get a +6 to all skills staff with spell damage and cast speed for the cost of needing life regen. Useful when not buying gear but very unoptimized.

[thin basin]

attackspeed and attack damage is all you need to see

[glacial edge]

I just thought of this randomly, but, do we have the ability to take Solar Orb, make it so it continues forward rather than being stationary, leaves a fire trail as it moves, explodes at the end of it's duration, and splits into three with scattershot? Just a random build theory I thought of lol

[inner wasp]

Whats the max level for items? also 100?

[thin basin]

yes item level caps at 100 but their requirement can be lower than that and usually caps around 75?

[mild wyvern]

Guys, Concoction skills work the same as poe 1 ? Only off hand can be equipped?

[orchid torrent]

does cast speed apply to melee skills too?

[thin basin]

cast speed = spell, attack speed = attack, skill speed = both

[dark wharf]

what about projectile speed

[orchid torrent]

but then why do monks have early in their tree stuf for cast speed like

what does that benefit

[silk juniper]

because you can use spells

[dark wharf]

if reduced projectile speed does it mean the same as we know attack speed

[silk juniper]

you are nto limited to monk skills

[thin basin]

only affect the speed of the projectile

[dark wharf]

or is it just slow moving

so just moves slow then

[thin basin]

yes

[dark wharf]

aight

ty

[upper seal]

What is more important for deadeye build, max life or evasion?

[thin basin]

i say life but you cant die if they cant hit you

[silk juniper]

a mix of both preferably

you cant dodge everything

[hazy holly]

Are poison and chaos two different things or do they compliment one another

[silk juniper]

poison is chaos dmg over time

poison dps is based on chaos dmg from hit

[hazy holly]

Thanks

[thin basin]

or phys

[wild nimbus]

guys is there a way to increase critical hit chance ?

like as much as possible on off hand skill ?

[pearl sluice]

I might have a very specific question at this point in time but at what moment calculates the game the damage dealt?

For example, I have taken every passive node that gives me rage when an enemy hits me. Now I cast Sunder and I’m stuck for 5 sec in the casting animation which in this time enemies hit me. So at which point is the game done with calculating, at button press/start of animation (no extra bonus from rage), at the end of the animation (applied bonus from rage) or at the moment the ability hits the enemy (even more bonus from rage if enemies continue hitting me)?

[wild nimbus]

cuz i want to generate power charges from snipers mark and resonance using the hand of chu something

but the crit rate on it is 8%

[weak knoll]

At around what level do you get lvl2 uncut support skill gem ?

[pearl sluice]

40

[weak knoll]

Aw okay

So I'm still far from it loool

[thin basin]

currently i dont think we know if the damage snapshots yet?

[lean salmon]

hey guys, how do I get my firebolts to explode into a million projectiles when they hit surfaces like i see in videos?

[pearl sluice]

what I thought being this early, hoping for the best scenario I guess 😄
Is it known for poe 1?

[quaint python]

I’m thinking of making a 2h mace monk. Bad idea or?

[thin basin]

use whatever skill gem setup they use

[thin basin]

i dont run build that snapshots in poe1 but snapshots build do exist so i think its at the button press? 😭

[halcyon solar]

Considering i play Lightning Arrow/Rod Deadeye. Do i want Draught of Stun Threshold / Elemental Ailment Thr. / Mana Regen?

[vale heart]

why is heft not increasing bonestorm damage?

[feral ember]

🙂

[thin basin]

does the phys hit maximum goes up when you put the gem in?

[vale heart]

no

[thin basin]

sounds like a bug to me

[north talon]

Does % Physical reduction apply before or after armor?

[fleet blaze]

fire res is 67 cold is 70. i could cap both with runes or i could put 40% eva/energy in it bring it to 551eva/217 energy

[thin basin]

p sure its just flat % after armor

[fleet blaze]

dont quote me but im pretty sure if you have 50% DR from armour and a suffix with 6% DR then your hit is 56% reduction

[north talon]

so it is added to the calculated reduction during the armor step?

[merry creek]

I just took Altered Flesh on my Arsonist/SRS/Infernalist build. What do I need to start to build into it? Is the main point of this node to stack chaos and fire rest? I don't quite get it.

[thin basin]

it gets added after this calc, so no matter how small or large the hit is, itll do whatever the % is

[quartz pewter]

Is there a way to convert physical damage to chaos?

[pastel yarrow]

What kind of support item do I put in cast on freez?

[edgy hollow]

red maps penalty is -20% resistances right

[opaque bluff]

if i have gain phys as chaos, and convert phys to fire, does the phys converted to fire contribute to the gained as, or is it lost?

[thin basin]

yes from what ive heard

[edgy hollow]

hmm

[severe drum]

best support skills for frost wall?

[thin basin]

curses/mark/ other spells

[rich sigil]

New to the game, I don’t have cast on freeze yet but I just want to ask how it works. So on the guide I was reading, It says to put cold snap on Cast on Freeze first slot and I have to cut another(?) gem of cold snap. My question is does it use the cold snap I have bound as a skill with support gems or it will use a cold snap without a support gem?

[thin basin]

any "gain as" is calc before any convert in poe2 i think

[merry creek]

Anyone got any advice on how to gear Altered Flesh? I just got it, im level 42... am I just looking for chaos and fire res now? Or whats the deal

[loud grove]

is a staff like this possible to craft/make? cause max modifiers is 6 and this has 8

[thin basin]

the cast on freeze will use the one you have slotted in it

you can still put support gem in that cast on freeze to support that snap

[lunar wave]

hey guys. Is there a reliable way to fully break armor? I'm a titan and I want to use the sunder's effect (crit on fully broken armor). If possible I want to keep using sunder till armor breaks. I'm thinking to respec more to stun build up and use the devastate suuport gem

[dark wharf]

whats a good spot for armor and evasion? 50%?

[royal badge]

People, what is the fastest t15 mapper I can build for 100ex?

[thin basin]

some mods have 2 lines

[north talon]

Hold alt and you can see the actual mods

[thin basin]

put armor break support on a gem and use it to break armor, theres probably also some armor break stuff on the tree

[dark wharf]

armor and eva diminished right when you go certain percent?

[alpine summit]

how good is cast on crit compared to cast on freeze on a bloodmage fireball/frostwall crit build?

[dark wharf]

not flat as resist

[loud grove]

oooo tyty

[silk juniper]

armour no, evasion yes

[dark wharf]

huh

when iron reflex it doesnt gives same value

[thin basin]

a good spot for armor and evasion is as high as you can

[silk juniper]

armour phys dmg reduction is based on the phys dmg from the hit you take

[north talon]

armor % reduction number you see is also kind of a lie. Armor is fairly complicated in how it works but reduction scales with hit isze

[silk juniper]

so you need lots and lots of armour to block big hits

even if it says like 50% phys reduction

it is not always true

[dark wharf]

ah

[silk juniper]

only for small hits

[opaque bluff]

Theres a node on the north of the tree that means 10% of damage per crit applies armour break, with another 10 in small passives near it

[dark wharf]

its a lie then

so you only care about flat armor

not reduction percent

[frosty hedge]

What’s the most reliable source of power charges for a monk? I wanna play flickerstrike.

[silk juniper]

the more the better

[thin basin]

have you been coc or cof? it got nerfed if youre planning

[north talon]

The % is mostly to give you a basic frame of reference to have an idea what say 7000 armor means. It isn't actually a real vaule

[obsidian adder]

Does Minion Pact work with the DoT component of Essence Drain, or just the bolt? When I put it on, the Bolt tooltip updates, but the DoT tooltip doesnt.

[bold pulsar]

Hello good people. Im trying to build a merc using gas grenade for applying dot. Then the armour breaking from poison. Then I just spam the high velocity ammo on bosses and rares. I would like to try to make the actual poison dot a lot stronger. Im not 100% sure what will contribute to that. Im taking poison magnitude, duration and currently going down to the poison dot speed, as well as damage ailment nodes. I would love some tips and ideas that could help me achieve this though 🙂

[alpine summit]

yeah i used cof with comet but now i use fire wall and it's ok for now

im just wondering if coc will proc faster

[thin basin]

use whatever the streamer uses 💀

[glass iron]

can you duel wield septers?

[formal night]

im not level 67 but i can equip it?

[obsidian adder]

no

[alpine summit]

damn

[dark wharf]

so if thats the case iron reflex is good?

[thin basin]

thats item level, not required level

[shrewd tree]

"Item Level" is not the same as "Required Level", hold Alt when looking at an item.

[atomic mirage]

Im playing a Ranger. Lv 22 ish now. Is ranger good class and Will I be able to respec easily? (I know ascendancy is permanent)

[formal night]

what does item level mean?

[north talon]

Depends? Not sure how high evasion you get for armor conversion is. It might be good but knowing for sure would take math

[shrewd tree]

average level of the zone/monsters it drops from - more or less

[dark wharf]

lets say eva and armor are equal value

[alpine summit]

i dont understand why is that a thing

[dark junco]

what is the best way to build charges as a lightning monk using charged staff and tempest flurry? my siphoning strike seems very inconsistent in providing me with charges

[thin basin]

you can roll better mods on items with higher item level usually

[formal night]

btw whats light radius?

[north talon]

This is what I have been using

[alpine summit]

yeah but why is required lvl not the same

[dark wharf]

its like fog

[alpine summit]

as item lvl

[dark junco]

nice

[formal night]

ah i see for maps right

[dark wharf]

ye

[thin basin]

because you can get a unique that doesnt require anything in a level 80 area

[obsidian adder]

Does Minion Pact work with the DoT component of Essence Drain, or just the bolt? When I put it on, the Bolt tooltip updates, but the DoT tooltip doesnt.

[dark wharf]

some maps are dark

helps with it

[sacred sail]

how is pyromantic pact ?

[cedar river]

Crit or ignite for late game Gas Grenades?

[lunar wave]

what does it mean when it says "100% of strength requirements from boots, gloves, and helments also added to armour"

[north talon]

You add the strength requirments from those items as flat armor

[humble sedge]

is crit really worth it?

[thin basin]

yes

but not for every build

[topaz thunder]

I think it's one of those things where it takes a lot to get going, but when it does it is really good

[humble sedge]

just seems like you would have to invest ALOT of points into crit trees to actually make a difference

[topaz thunder]

since you have to get both crit chance and damage

[thin basin]

what he said

[silk juniper]

depends on the skill

low base crit chance skills not worth

[void barn]

is hexblast/doomblast viable for bossing

[topaz thunder]

I'm thinking of starting to invest in crit damage soon since i'm using eye of winter. 12% base crit and it can generate 5% of crit weakness.

Also just got offhand with almost 100% crit chance.

[thin basin]

iirc around 30% crit is when it start to feel good on monk not sure what spell breakpoint is

[bronze falcon]

I took Resonance in the passive tree, put Electrocution on my Charged Staff & slotted in Frost Wave I think is what it's called.

Using those two things + Combat Frenzy I am able to sustain charged staff quite easily while clearing zones. To help with this, especially against bosses, I have Sniper's Mark attached to Cast on Shock as well.

If you don't want to go that route, you can get by clearing by slotting Profane Ritual into Reaper's Invocation and casting it on dead packs when needed.

For bosses you'd have to rely on Shock + Siphoning Strike, and I guess you could try out Lingering Illusion (I never tried that myself)

[rancid cipher]

Does Call of the Brotherhood prevent lightning attacks from inflicting shock since they're converted to cold?

[tepid jay]

Anyway to make shield charge pass threw mobs?

[dark junco]

appreciate the detailed answer!

[topaz thunder]

Stuff that procs from crits can be good with fast spells and attacks. You are not really doing it for the damage, but for the buf procs

Like arcane surge. I only have 10% to get arcane surge from crits, but I still have pretty much 100% uptime

[graceful stag]

can you use weapon swap nodes on jewel sockets? its not letting me allocate one....

[thin basin]

yes, but if you somehow still got other sources of lightning damage as long as it hit hard enough you can still shock

[silver warren]

How to sustain mana in cast on Crit build?

[topaz thunder]

spamming mana flasks 🙂

It is tricky. I try to get mana regen nodes efficiently and then multiplicative effects for the regen

arcane surge is nice since it's multiplicative and both manaregen and castspeed

[rancid cipher]

Wait really? So you're saying that if the damage is higher than a specific threshold it still can shock, despite being converted to cold damage?

[warm ravine]

Any idea how I should utilize this thing lol?
Perhaps melee Bloodmage..

[last patio]

I don't have enough to refund my build broken by patch. What's the current fastest leveling build in the game if you were to GUESS?

[analog gale]

hey chat

[last patio]

not expecting anyone to be certain lol

[thin basin]

no i mean like, theres a node on the tree thats "gain 5% of damage as extra lightning damage" that will not get converted with call of the brotherhood, but thats probably only like 10-50 lightning damage

[trim swan]

Is it worth to use mana remnant instead of winddancer as Ranger ? Edit like to i get of mana regen from it

[analog gale]

what skills would be best with this and overabundance support

[topaz thunder]

btw when do vendors reset their stuff? Seems like it takes forever

[analog gale]

24 hours i think

but also every level

[thin basin]

are you critting with lightning?

[last patio]

what's the fastest you've leveled in campaign? like what class/build?

I have to start over cause of patch

[topaz thunder]

That seems a bit unfair. If you are unlucky or don't take advantage from the reset your chances of rolling stuff become much slower when you hit max level.

[bronze falcon]

If you go the Resonance path like me, you get reasonable charge generation both while clearing and against bosses & it's basically automated

If you go the Profane Ritual way, it's much more consistent charge generation while clearing, but not quite as effective against bosses (ones that don't have a lot of adds, anyway)

I would recommend trying both and seeing how you feel about them tbh

I found that with the Profane Ritual method I was making so many charges that I could freely use Falling Thunder while also always keeping Charged Staff active

I am not able to do that, or at least not as much, with the Resonance setup I switched to, BUT I don't really have to remember to cast anything & I basically get my charges passively just by fighting

[trim swan]

I am not sure. I have a Ring that lets my spell crist and some crit rate on my quiver but not to much yet. I do shock a lot tho

[wraith fox]

Is the projectile speed to bow dmg bugged? Im adding a support gem that increases the projectile speed of my lightning arrow by 40% but the dmg isnt going up

[silk juniper]

max level?

by the time you hit max level you wont even look at the merchants

[topaz thunder]

There isn't a max level?

[analog gale]

most people never reach level 100

leveling slows down a lot near 100

[silk juniper]

by lvl 90 you wont even care

[analog gale]

at least in poe1

[topaz thunder]

well still it gets way slower to get levels at some point

[analog gale]

also you can just run maps and then use the trade site to get whatever you want

[silk juniper]

yes but by then you are getting tiered items from the ground

[thin basin]

are you casting spell with a quiver? i mean yo ucan still use it if youre shocking but itll do nothing for bosses

[silk juniper]

that are actually maybe good

[topaz thunder]

aah gotcha

[analog gale]

the vendors are mostly just helping you while leveling

[analog gale]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2

[last patio]

what's the fastest you guys have leveled in campaign? like what class/build? I gotta start over, no gold for respec

[silk juniper]

the only vendor I look at is the waystone one

[rancid cipher]

Interesting... and I assume that the shock debuff is based on damage done, which would make this difficult to achieve?

[thin basin]

yes

[outer jay]

Lightning Deadeye can speed thru the campaign

just buy a good bow off the trade site

[last patio]

great ty! I'll try and find a build setup for it. will do ty

[wraith fox]

Is this node bugged? It isnt giving me the proper dmg increase when i slot projectile speed into my bow skills

[thin basin]

srs firewall witch can probably do it pretty fast too

[last patio]

i heard lightning ranger was nerfed?

[bronze falcon]

they are still doing fine

[outer jay]

its still good

[bronze falcon]

even post "nerf"

[last patio]

ok great

[outer jay]

if u have currency from ur first char just buy a good bow

[last patio]

ok

[outer jay]

and speed thru

[formal night]

meh not even expensive to adapt build

[trim swan]

Ah missread my ring. Only Voltaic mark is a spell rip, Well guess i wont use it then. Thought it might fix mana problems vs bosses

[formal night]

and people were crying so much

[pearl sluice]

Has any one done an ice witch build?

[last patio]

@formal night off topic, is your name from a song? lol

[formal night]

it ish not but it is

[outer jay]

rn im using Pillar of Caged God on an attribute stacking Gemling

shit is fun

[last patio]

haha great, I like

[outer jay]

lvl 35 with 2500 life

[last patio]

hrmm...I do have 2 uniques that give me 150% mana regen. Maybe a mage isn't a bad idea

[formal night]

does anyone have a lvl 14 spirit gem for me? :3

[bronze falcon]

what build were you playing that got nerfed so bad you can't respec to something still manageable?

[cedar river]

Hope they implement an ingame auction house. That quasi solution is not good game design imo

[proper pagoda]

What is the lowest tier spirit gem that can make blasphemy?

[bronze falcon]

8

[proper pagoda]

Ty. Now where can I farm a tier 8 gem? I'm ssf and need a low level blasphemy due to stats

[silk juniper]

I have bad news for you

[last patio]

I was doing cast on freeze + contagion and essence drain on chronomancer, now I'm obsessed with trying to change it into a chronomonk crit freeze build with 83% life recoup over 3 seconds with most of the faster start of shield regen nodes. So if I want to build this I have to completely respec everything

wondering if it's worth taking eternal youth for this idea

[obsidian adder]

Does Minion Pact work with the DoT component of Essence Drain, or just the bolt? When I put it on, the Bolt tooltip updates, but the DoT tooltip doesnt.

[last patio]

but that might be overkill

[orchid torrent]

I dont get it. I refunded passives (expensive)> I changed points. Then I clicked weapon set 1 and assigned 4 points just there - which reflects, it says 8 left instead of 12. But when I click on Weaon set 2 it still has the same points as weapon set 1 and I cant allocate them different

[wary horizon]

Looking at the leaderboards, i am guessing the next nerf nuke is going to hit infernalist

[last patio]

you can have 2 completely different passive skill trees depending on weapon? >>

[spring shale]

wait whats the infernalist meta build? Im playing it now and it just feels okay. Pretty solid but not game breaking

[thin basin]

Look like u got 4 free points in set 2, you sure you arent clicking the correct nodes?

[spring shale]

ill swap rn tho 😂

[orchid torrent]

it says skill points 0

[wary horizon]

Not completely different, only different by however many points it shows. so in this case they can have 12 points different in the build

[mellow yoke]

PC?

[analog gale]

hey chat, is it just me or is this really strong?

or am i misunderstanding what that says it does

[last patio]

oh wow, that's nuts, didn't realize. So is it always better to do your skill tree thru the weapon sets rather than the regular tree screen?

[bronze falcon]

good question, maybe go back and farm zones in earlier Acts?

[wary horizon]

pretty much a minion build that makes it so minions regen your mana when they hit things, have a high mana regen, and then cause damage to be taken from mana before health effectively making it so the witch can never die because theres so much mana regen they never run out and start takign health damage

[analog gale]

i think if you are only using one weapon it doesnt matter

[slender fern]

Btw I found a simple solution to kill viper in COOP. Have one player perma dead in arena and when she does her meteor attacks log out and log in back and teleport to your dead teamate and enter arena again its working I did it with four players

[proper pagoda]

Yeah, may have to. It's a pretty rare drop though unfortunately

[thin basin]

It said 0 but you used 4 in set 1 already theres still 4 points in set 2

[analog gale]

i dont like playing ssf

[last patio]

what if later on you find that you DO want to use a 2nd weapon for a skill. will you have fucked yourself by not using the weapon set tree by default?

[analog gale]

i like trading

[alpine summit]

has anyone compared CoC and CoF on bloodmage?

[orchid torrent]

..yes but there arent any, it is skill points 0 and just looks same as the first one

[silver warren]

which spells best take advantage of the Blood Mage node "15% spell crit chance". Many spells already have fairly high crit chance 11-13%

[spring shale]

Ill look into this! Thank you:)

[wary horizon]

if you have two weapon sets that require you to have different perks, like for example mace shield for weapon set 1 and then a staff or scepter for minions for weapon set 2, then you can have a buff to both your minions by choosing minion perks for the scepter set, and still benefitr from whatever you use for your melee weapon set

[thin basin]

Take a screenshot of your tree

[tardy viper]

(first time path player playing poe2 btw) after taking my time learning the passive tree and starting to get items i'm realizing that your passive tree is probably gunna need respecs as you get items depending on your drops right? or does the crafting make it possible to predict your items to enough of a degree to plan passives

[topaz thunder]

Where is this blood mage node

[orchid torrent]

This UI is so fucking shit, I swear

[thin basin]

4 points on your tree should look red ish

[orchid torrent]

I spent so much gold and I dont even get what Im supposed to have

[analog gale]

i wish stuff like archmage worked with infernal flame

[topaz thunder]

I wish the highlighting in the skill tree was like 5 times more noticeable

[trim swan]

Would i rather use a Orb of Alchemy or an orb of chaos to craft my leveling weapon ? (Normal item, dualstring bow no mods)

[last patio]

it seems like if you use points while not selecting a weapon set that you kill any ability to spec either weapon set differently

[pure otter]

where do i see my accuracy

[orchid torrent]

I hate this, I keep refunding, then allocating to waepon set 1, and it auto-allocates same to weapon set 2

so ti just wastes my gold

and it's so expensive on top

[thin basin]

heres my set 1 and set 2

yours either bugged out or something

[distant dome]

Isn't this redundant? or does this mean we can block slams with it?
(can block all hits)

[silver warren]

spells?

[random mason]

any use for convert 75% of damage to fire, and deal no non fire damage? if I am already using a 100% converted fire skill?

[silver warren]

block spell hits too (if you couldn't already)

[tropic river]

yes this means you can block slams

[tropic river]

you can already do that

[velvet plank]

wtf is happening?

[tropic river]

actually hits from enemies aren't seperated into "attacks" and "spells" at all in poe2, so it's not that you can "block spell hits", it's that spells hits aren't a thing

[topaz thunder]

do you have any spells sloted?

[brisk crag]

Can anyone recommend and good monk builds I can follow?

[ionic blaze]

Just want to make sure im understanding this correctly Soul Core of Atmohua only convert 20% of the item requirement into strength requirement right? it doesnt convert the requirement into actual strength points

[last patio]

was this nerfed at all? also do you have a link of where I can follow this build? I have a lot of gear that already fits witch

[tropic river]

you have reserved all of your 150 spirit through other skills and can't reserve any more?

[topaz thunder]

No I think its because there is not skills slotted. You can't activate it without skills

[tropic river]

yeah this makes sense if the 150 reserved includes this skill

[ionic blaze]

Does this change the requirement or give you strength?

[calm field]

Does anyone know if in act 1 the spirit reward is solved yet?

[ionic blaze]

Because if it just changes this seem very... underwhelming. To be honest the soul core in general seem underwhelming

[timber wyvern]

whats the best build for ranger

[wary horizon]

magnetic salvo

[trim swan]

Should I use Essence of ruin or orb of alchemy to craft my wapon for the story ?

[topaz thunder]

There is a bug with temporal rift though. It double dips the spirit requirements. If you have 25 spirit worth of support gems it will remove 25 from your pool, but then it also requires you to have 25 for the skill to be active

[timber wyvern]

is there a guide for this build?

[tropic river]

yes I would guess that this actually increases your strength by 20% of martial weapon and armour requirements, which would be incredibly strong, if it just turns 20% of non-strength requirements into strength requirements then that is indeed very udnerwhelming

[wary horizon]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/4d750e45-e58a-44e3-bddc-40d48587b4f1

He has one for mapping quickly, one for deleting bosses, and one for leveling to endgame

it will probably be the next one to get nuked after infernalists lsoe their ability to be immortal soon im sure

[rapid seal]

guys which build u think will get nerfed?

[timber wyvern]

then what is a build i could go for which wont get nuked

[unique pecan]

Do you gain attributes for leveling at all or do I need to hit an attribute node?

[thorny dove]

You have to take an attribute node.

[wary horizon]

cant really answer that, seems like any build thats capable more than two enemies at once is in GGG's crosshair

[pastel yarrow]

What kind of support item do I put in cast on freez?

[atomic pier]

Does this work if you have two offerings of the same gem skill type?

Or does it have to be completely two different offering types?

[bronze falcon]

You can put supports that apply to the triggered skill, or you can use the ones that generate more Energy & have a chance to refund Energy when triggered

I'm guessing with the nerfs, you probably want the energy-related ones

[pastel yarrow]

i have comet as trigger in

[waxen shore]

Hello,
I am going with Sorcerres ice build (Chill, Freeze), so far I am using:

• Freezing Shards,
• Cold Snap,
• Frostbolt,
• Frost Bomb,
• Ice Nova skills

In the Passive Skills tree i am at this area and wanting to add some increased Dmg % agains enemies with Elemental Ailments (which count Freeze and Chill).

But when i press "SHIFT" the label "No Skills Affected" appear.
Is it a bug, or my skills do not benefit from this passive?

[bronze falcon]

Yeah I'm just gonna assume you want the Energy related supports so that Comet triggers more frequently

[topaz thunder]

The trigger nerf is weird. I just flipped mob energy and boss energy around. Atleast with cast on crit. I know gain energy 10x faster on bosses than reasonable sized mob packs.

[charred tree]

iif i convert fire dmg to cold, what multiplier am i looking for on staff? fire or cold? when do multiplier apply/

[stone marten]

is acrobatics retar

[thorny dove]

Cold

[topaz thunder]

I think they will probably adjust it a bit more in the near future. Increase energy generation for mobs a bit and decrease boss generation

[frigid ermine]

Hello

Can you get all 3 to proc as prefix on gloves ?

[ancient mirage]

Anyone willing to help me understand a witch build?

[silk juniper]

which one

[thorny dove]

You can't have duplicates of a mod on a single item piece. The 3 different mods you have in your screenshot should be possible.

[orchid torrent]

When I switch to my 2nd weapon (monk staff), cast on freeze and artic armor say 'not enough spirit' despite me having the same 100 spirit as I do on my main weapon (caster one). Anyone know what's going on?

[static plinth]

Its not a bug, but it does benefit your skills; The overview assumes the enemy targeted is not affected by any ailments

[orchid torrent]

in what world do I not have enough spirit when I switch, I dont get it. It's 100/100 spirit

[frozen knot]

its usually buggedin towns try to go outside to check

[orchid torrent]

you are rightr, going out of town fixed it

[bronze falcon]

They say they want to avoid low-level/low-investment skills being used to trigger high-investment/high-damage skills via Cast on X gems

but honestly that seems like exactly how Cast on X gems are meant to be used from a design perspective

maybe if they don't want to see that kind of interaction being abused, they should just get rid of the Cast on X gems altogether lmao

like is that not exactly what those kinds of gems are meant for?

[silk juniper]

no it is not

they meant it as a side thing

not wardloop 2.0

[topaz thunder]

I think some of the ignite stuff was a bit busted and was easy to abuse. doesn't work like that with freeze

[thin basin]

minion nodes, attack stuff on srs, self cast firewall, i think ziz is running it right now

[bronze falcon]

well maybe don't put guaranteed Ignite on fire wall then lmfao

[topaz thunder]

I kinda disagree. I think it's fair of them to require people to use high level spells and not utilize low level spells like that.

Just make the thing balanced. 🙂

[silk juniper]

all the videos I saw of cast on builds looked insanely broken

[waxen shore]

thanks

[last patio]

qeok ty

[rigid sage]

Weapons I have if left and right off slot still provide the bonus? Or do I have to be using them in maib slots?

[bronze falcon]

I mean I'm ngl I have only been using Cast On Shock to trigger a Mark skill and I like it fine for that utility

but I just don't see a scenario where POE players won't find a way to abuse this Cast on Condition stuff

[sharp siren]

as a sorc do I need both energy and armor on my armor pieces?

If I’m looking to build around lightning, do I even need a wand? Is voltaic staff my only option?

[feral sinew]

s

[safe patrol]

Can someone please help? Does Hex Blast removing curses count as them expiring for Impending Doom support? 🙏

[sweet lichen]

i'm looking into like a pure poison based ranger, but most dmg skills seems to be lightning. do I just have to submit to Thor?

[charred tree]

i have "convert fire dmg to cold". what should i have on staff: cold or fire, and if cold, why does right staff do more dmg for cold and fire spells:

[bronze falcon]

a big part of why you're probably seeing higher DPS numbers in the skills menu for the right staff is that it has +4 to ALL Spell Skills, whereas the left just has +2 to only Cold Spell Skills

[charred tree]

but the left staff has combined +200% for cold skills. how is that lower than +2 skill diff

[daring bobcat]

Also, ''gain'' dmg is usually better than ''Increase''

[bronze falcon]

although I'm not sure how much you can trust those DPS numbers in actual practice. My highest DPS skill Tempest Bell shows one of the lowest DPS numbers in that menu compared to my other skills, but you can clearly see in practice that the Bell is outperforming all my other skills in raw DPS output

[ancient mirage]

Hello, anyone willing to help me for 5 min with a witch build? Spirit is my main issue.

[bronze falcon]

"increased" damage isn't as good as you think it is & I'm willing to bet 200% "increased" damage isn't nearly as impactful as 2 skill levels

[vagrant imp]

You likely already have a lot of % increased damage in the tree

[bronze falcon]

The right side staff also has "Gain 13% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage" which I believe is a much better/more impactful stat than "X% increased Cold Damage"

[pine elm]

• skills, spell damage, and crit spell chance

[vagrant imp]

Which makes the skill levels better and better as you progress stuff like that

[pine elm]

yeah skill levels are better

[junior warren]

could anyone help me out with using stat groups on trade?
say, i want to find a ring with cast speed and then any combination of elemental resists that add up to 60%, how should i set up the filter?

[vagrant imp]

As long as you can afford the mana XD

[quick eagle]

Is ignite magnitude just a straight damage multiplier for incinerate? Like 100% increased multiplier is just a damage doubler?

[bronze falcon]

People will act like they have terrible Mana economy just bc they have to use their Mana flasks occasionally

[cyan plover]

coming soon????

[bronze falcon]

pressing more buttons is hard for many ARPG players lmao

[gray hamlet]

I have 60/60 spirit but cant use something that needs 60 spirit reservation?

[bronze falcon]

do you have any supports slotted that add to Spirit reservation?

[cyan plover]

what do they mean with coming soon???

[gray hamlet]

Ah do I need to remove the slot? I disabled it

[bronze falcon]

planned stuff that isn't ready yet, it's an early access game after all

[gray sail]

how would this math work

[bronze falcon]

some supports add to the spirit reservation of spirit gems

so you might have enough for the main gem, but not the supports you slotted

[cyan plover]

yes I know the meaning but that means that one stat is not being used rn 😢

[bronze falcon]

just roll without the supports until you find some more spirit

[bronze falcon]

lots of stuff isn't being used rn

there are several classes and weapons & skills associated with all of them that aren't in the game yet

[gray hamlet]

I dont think I have though because it says 60/60?

[bronze falcon]

like what do you expect lol

We're 2 weeks into EA

[cyan plover]

yeah I know

[bronze falcon]

the number on the main skill won't change

you have to hover the supports to see if any is extra

if you don't have any supports slotted, then it may be bugged

[gray hamlet]

I just looked and under support requirements for my support gems non of them say spirit

[bronze falcon]

show me the skill you're trying to use & which support gems you put there

or just tell me the names

[gray hamlet]

Well im just trying to use Cast on Freeze with no support gems currently

I took off arctic armour which cost 30

[vestal storm]

im 100% getting nerfed, its was fun while it lasted tho

[bronze falcon]

what skill do you have slotted into CoF?

can you take picture/screenshot?

[gray hamlet]

Oh wait I have to put the skill in first then activate

[bronze falcon]

lol

[gray hamlet]

lol my bad

[gray ferry]

Hey so if you're running Pyromantic Pact on Infernalist, is there anything you can do with Mana Flask anymore? 🤔

[old helm]

does Reaching Strike affect the range of monk Bell AOE range and/or Tempest Flurry range as they are tagged with Melee?

[weak knoll]

do you use socketed rare for socket or for regal ?

[warped jackal]

What levels did you guys do the second floor of the first trial? and what build/class? 🙂

[toxic nest]

What supports should I be using with lightning arrow and lightning rod? Only lvl 16 ATM and only 2 links each.

[spare reef]

does accuracy and crit chance/hit matter on a srs/arconist minion build?

[gray ferry]

Minion accuracy should be separate to yours

Unless you're already referring to that

[covert moon]

hi, how do you guys handle mana issues when using attack skills ?

[gray ferry]

Mana flask / reduced mana cost of skills / mana leech can help

[hallow musk]

Is lingering illusion bugged? When I dodge roll I don't see the illusion pop up

[limpid dust]

I saw it last night, but it’s only for a moment
Super short duration

[covert moon]

mana leech is only with physical right ?

[bronze falcon]

it will only affect things that have the Strike tag

[spare reef]

ye minion accuracy and crit chance. Using arconist minions and raging spirit and wondering if it'l do more damage? Unless its only specifically for a specific minion such as the archers

[bronze falcon]

so not the Bell shockwave

but yes Tempest Flurry

[old helm]

ty!

[gray ferry]

Something like Soul Thief for leech would be only physical yeah

[bronze falcon]

a fuck ton of regen and a little bit of leech/mana on kill

[lyric marsh]

hey guys, does ignite remove chill/freeze debuffs? and can you chill/freeze ignited enemies (to "make it count as if you chilled them")?

[hollow perch]

Does anyone know how damage scaling works for resonating shield. Is weapon damage a concern

its say base off hand damage

[gray ferry]

Should help srs I think

[hollow perch]

and I cant find an explanation for what that means anywhere lol

[gray ferry]

I didn't take accuracy rn and like my srs is only 83% chance to hit which isn't that great

[limpid dust]

They don’t directly interact so you can have both up

[spare reef]

gotcha

[lyric marsh]

oh neat! thanks for the quick response c:

[covert moon]

thanks, i'll try to grab some regen then, against boss I don't have enough flasks

[limpid dust]

Unironically more damage also helps
Also plus to gem level gear makes mana costs higher
I went from ignoring mana to running out constantly with a +4 melee

[covert moon]

yeah I have inspiration and yet my mana drains so fast

my build is not quite good I guess because I don't feel like doing a lot of damage

my ice shot has 5472 dps on my gem tab

[analog gale]

any ideas for good single target spells while leveling a witch?

im in act 2

[bronze falcon]

there are definitely things that can scale your damage that are not reflected in those DPS numbers in the Skills UI

my main damage skill has one of the lowest DPS numbers in my skill list, but in practice it's very obvious how much it outperforms all the other damaging skills I have