2┃build-planning

[inner pendant]

Hi guys, I need advice to make a build focusing on boneshattering, i focused on stun build up on the tree but today i realized that stat does not build up heavy stun to get the head light in the mobs and activate boneshattering, Im level 38 running double maces on act 3 and took me hours to clean 1 map

[round saddle]

You don't need to shoot multiple

You shoot once then switch back to frags to shoot

To detonate ice walls

[mortal cloak]

I haven't tried the ice wall one tbf

I was using the first tier freeze one

[round saddle]

Glacial bolt is significantly better than the other one

[mortal cloak]

I'll mess with it

[scarlet rose]

The aoe increases its range yea

[shell isle]

Guys, If I'm using Tempest Flurry and overall I covert physical to lightning on every skill, is increasing phys damage still doing anything? I'm thinking about taking the Stylebender passive node

[round saddle]

No

[storm willow]

with those stats, i should go for intelligence right?

[round saddle]

Scaling Phys damage after converting it into something else does nothing unlike poe1

[last patio]

how do you quickly determine whether a skill gem scales with levels?

[round saddle]

Outside of trying to upgrade it. I don't think you can

Increasing its level shows differences though

[wide violet]

Does anyone know if multiplle instances of leech stack additively, or does the game set the base leech of a certain type as the highest instance of leech on you before adding multipliers?

[shell isle]

yeah, that's why I got confused, it worked differently in poe1

[round saddle]

There's alot more conversion baked into skills in this game

And conversion was a massive balance issue in poe1

It's likely to stop that

[mortal cloak]

@round saddleOk idk if you can make it work with 1 xbow but with dual xbow you can def load two different ammo types 😮

Bad thing tho is I have 1 weapon skill set for xbow shots and 1 for grenade...so one of them has to go on the weapon set that's for boosting grenades and lose out on the xbow shot boosting weapon skill set D=

[round saddle]

Yes you can load two different ammo types

But as I mentioned it makes 0 difference between switching ammo types

Because switching weapons takes animation time anyways

You're not solving any problems

[mortal cloak]

It's definitely faster and less clunky than switching ammo mid fight

[round saddle]

Sure for the first shot when you don't need to reload

But for subsequent shots? I'm doubtful

Since you will still need to switch weapons and then reload then fire after your first rotation

[mortal cloak]

I won't have to do that unless I wanna top off ammo tho

[silver warren]

How does ice wall work to ramp damage? I saw it used in some casters

[mortal cloak]

You don't have to manually reload after you load up the first time it just reloads itself once you run out

Oh fuck yea this works pretty good lol

I love that I'm basically running two builds at the same time and they're both viable without the other half

this game is fucking awesome 😄

[cinder river]

Fellow gemlings, what are you guys doing to survive hits? My damagebis great. But the fear of a 1 shot makes all the leech and health regen and health on hit feel useless

[mortal cloak]

Especially with the way the passive tree is set up with the weapon set passive it seems like they really wanted you to be able to switch up how your toon plays mid map so you can go from aoe clear to single target etc on the fly, it feels so freaking amazing

[mortal cloak]

what lvl r u?

[cinder river]

80

[round saddle]

By using ES

[dim spade]

anyone wanna help me

[round saddle]

Since ES is wildly overtuned

[mortal cloak]

Ahh I can't help much lol

[mortal cloak]

I am just a wee lad

[dim spade]

with stormweaver build..point me in the right direction

[sly notch]

im going undercover

[mortal cloak]

Merc is a blast dude

Shotgun or grenadier, or both together

I love saying I'm dual xbow and people r like "waitwut? you can dw xbows?"

[cinder river]

I'm loving the merc. But high tier maps are death if you get touched

[mortal cloak]

and im like naw bro I'm dual class double xbow lmao

[deep flume]

stack evasion

[round saddle]

Stack evasion or ES and just ignore armour

Better yet stack evasion and ES

[mortal cloak]

Idk what would work best with it but if you pair the shotgun merc with a reliable freeze it's a super fun satisfying effect when you shatter mobs with frag shot

[round saddle]

Hybrid Evasion ES bases are probably the best armour bases right now

[storm willow]

with those stats, i should go for intelligence right?

[mortal cloak]

main stat for your archtype > stat you need for gear/gem

that's literally the only priority for mainstat afaik

So unless you need the int/dex for something to equip atm, prolly go str

[storm willow]

so if im using warrior, i should keep upgrading strength? i dont need intelligence or dexterty for any item rn, but idk if is good keep them low

[round saddle]

You get accuracy and mana

Depends if you need them

[mortal cloak]

Just keep pumping str till you run into "not enough dex/int" for something you want then get some to be able to equip that

[storm willow]

alr

[mortal cloak]

You can basically just equip all the armor bases that only require str I think? so you shouldn't rly need int

you might need some dex here and there for some items as you level but you'll figure it out as you go

I just go back and swap those passives to the other main stat I need if I'm short a bit for something, otherwise all Dex as a Merc

[round saddle]

End game you'll probably want to be running ES evasion armour bases

So you might need dex/int for that

But I suspect they'll do some balance pass to defense's in the near future

[mortal cloak]

He's like lvl 20-30 atm tho I think he can basically just stack str and ignore the others for a week or two eh?

[round saddle]

ES is currently wildly overtuned

[storm willow]

14

i started yesterday 😭

[mortal cloak]

haha all good brother it's not a race

You'll see what you need for int/dex as you go, specific armor types etc...or you'll add too many support gems and need some dex/int

changing the passive main stats in your tree is easy, you don't have to remove all the nodes you can click it and swap it from one to another individually

[storm willow]

how i do that? cuz im asking and watching guides to make the best build possible, cuz i dont know if u can go back whe u upgrade something wrong

[worldly pawn]

what sources of 'Fork' exist in game currently?

[thick nest]

how does ranger get frenzy charges? barrage consumes them but i haven't seen something that naturally grants it

[analog gale]

seems interesting

[mortal cloak]

you can redo everything except your base class/ascendancy class but your base class doesn't matter THAT much

@round saddleDude this glacial shot + frag shot combo with 2 xbows is actually pretttttty sweet

[round saddle]

Yes glacial shot is very good

Mostly because it doesn't suffer the range problems the first one has

Works well at all ranges

[keen dome]

What does it mean for persistant buffs to add a support gem that says "While Supported Skill is Active" for something like Lingering Illusion, does that mean i'd get the benefits at all time? Or would it just be when an illusion is up after I've dodge rolled? What about Herald of Ice: one of the suggested support skills is "30% accuracy while the supported skill is active", but there's no active part, is that 30% accuracy at all times, or just on the actual ice explosions

[twilit cairn]

can some1 explain to me how "inc. chance to ignite" works ?? i got a bunch of it, but i still dont see "chance to ignite" on my skill ?? do i need something else to ignite?

[round saddle]

Fire damage inherently has a chance to ignite

Getting more chance to ignite increases it

[mortal cloak]

@round saddleYou're right swapping weapons is about as slow as reloading ammo but it's easier and less apm haha

I wonder if it would be worth getting a few weapon swap speed boosts or not

[round saddle]

If you're doing weapon swap it's 100% worth the 2 points

[twilit cairn]

i do a bit of fire dmg with my physical attacks, so the "inc. chance to ignite" is good for me?? just wierd i cant see the actual chance to ignite tho.

[last patio]

ummm...is ice strike supposed to blow out my mana in 5 attacks?

wtf

[twilit cairn]

i mean i can see my "chance to bleed" but not ignite

[round saddle]

Does your skill have a tag that makes it unable to ignite?

[sturdy turtle]

question guys how i can open the other vials slots?

[twilit cairn]

no it shouldnt have, its warrior shockwave totems.

[sturdy turtle]

am getting owned by jammarra

[mortal cloak]

@round saddleAhh I just realized though that setting it with dual xbow makes it where I won't get my additional bolt on the ice skill since it's set to my grenade xbow...hmmm might just have to suck up ammo swapping

[round saddle]

I also don't believe they can display a chance to ignite.

Because of how ailments work

Your chance to ignite/shock/chill is tied to how much damage you do

So there won't be a fixed chance for any of them

[bold zodiac]

Does exposure apply after penetration? Or does high exposure make penetration useless?

[round saddle]

Res reductions happen before pen yes.

[twilit cairn]

ok but the thing that confuses me then is does "chance to ignite" even work for me, or is it better going for "added fire dmg to atks" ?

[round saddle]

High res reductions make pen useless

[bold zodiac]

Noted

Thanks!

[twilit cairn]

cuz what i wanna do is ignite

[eternal meadow]

Do modifiers to "magnitude of shock" affect increased damage taken caused by it?

[alpine summit]

wdym coming soon?

[round saddle]

If you want to ignite, then chance to ignite works well. You probably just need to deal more fire damage

Ailments are sort of convoluted and not very straight forward

It's abit annoying

[round saddle]

Coming soon is the flavour text of the item

[twilit cairn]

ye i got a bit of "added fire dmg to attacks" on a few pieces as well as a passive node. but i will do some more testing tomorrow. just felt wierd that i could see bleed chance but not ignite 😄 ty though !

[round saddle]

It's a wip

The item itself is not coming soon

[round saddle]

Yeah as I mentioned ailments use elemental ailment modifiers. Their actual chance depends on alot of things

While bleed is static

It depends on enemy ailment threshold and your own damage

[twilit cairn]

👍

[round saddle]

So the game can't give you an accurate chance to ignite.

In poe1 we generally used third party tools like path of building to calculate it for certain scenarios

But they're still in development for poe2

[alpine summit]

ohhh

thats a player designed item?

the ones from poe 1

[round saddle]

Not sure I don't remember which items were player made and which weren't

GGG tries to avoid that

There were some shenanigans of fake aura bots in poe1

Lmao

It was very funny

[copper lily]

Yeah, I was thinking "this seems like a major oversight" when I misread Sacred Flame

[round saddle]

But you could find tune a build to give allies 100% reduced aoe

Which caused ALOT of skills to deal 0 damage

[copper lily]

that is actually kind of impressive

[round saddle]

Since they'd never hit mobs

Its very impressive yeah

[copper lily]

tbh there's a few builds that would get their boss DPS shafted too by inc AoE

[round saddle]

It's a very funny video if you want to watch it being showcased

https://youtu.be/88pkWqlvDL4?si=vM2hBL0JHCOJeDEY

Like legitimately hilarious

[copper lily]

nice

The dumbest thing I've ever done was when I used to measure the success of my builds in terms of seconds per frame instead of DPS

some of my friends were playing Blight League

I had a great idea

I turned everything on when we partied up for a blighted map

we failed because no one had any frames

they stopped partying with me

[analog gale]

any idea how you would keep rampart raptor viable

i suppose a pair of gloves with flad added damage would be important

i suppose you could use hand of wisdom and action and stack int

[wicked leaf]

good luck with howa, they're like 150 ex each

[analog gale]

tho i dont have 130 exalts to get a hand of wisdom and action

[twilit cairn]

What does endurance charges do exactly..?

[analog gale]

hold alt and find out

[wicked leaf]

charges do nothing by themselves, no?

[analog gale]

no they do stuff

[twilit cairn]

Im not on pc

[analog gale]

oh wait no

[wicked leaf]

thought charges only do things if you invest into them

[analog gale]

endurance charges do fuck all apparently

[wicked leaf]

yeah

that's more in ggg style for poe 2

cut our travel skills in 2, make them do half as much

small number good

[twilit cairn]

So how do i make endu charges do stuff

[wicked leaf]

there are passive nodes on the tree

and some warcries use them to do things

[twilit cairn]

Ok if thats all

[wicked leaf]

one of them lets you recover 3% life per endurance charge used

so, that could be useful if you can spam

[twilit cairn]

👍🏽

[analog gale]

basically you need to get stuff that does stuff with charges

in poe1 they used to have inherent effects

like increasing attack speed

[twilit cairn]

Ye I renember flat dmg reduc

[analog gale]

it was % wasnt it

[wicked leaf]

yeah was % i think

[twilit cairn]

Mby

[wicked leaf]

btw, anyone know if crushing impacts applies to all hits? elemental hits too?

[thick herald]

I am using a sorc build that converts 100% fire damage into cold. Is there a way to force ignite onto enemies in this case?

[copper lily]

sounds like the kind of thing Pyre would do if Pyre existed in PoE 2

but it does not

[wicked leaf]

three dragons helm

[sacred warren]

can u lvl up corrupted gems? i'm assuming no?

[wicked leaf]

three dragons helm lets you ignite with cold hits

[thick herald]

Thanks

[last patio]

I switched my chronomancer to monk and all I do is die :/

[wicked leaf]

you can level up gems to 20

I think

[last patio]

and run out of mana lightning fast

[wicked leaf]

although, I don't know

[copper lily]

You can

[analog gale]

what level are you?

[limpid trout]

for srs arsonist, is +2 minion skills to helm better or this?

[wary juniper]

The following node doesn't seem to show up on character sheet, anyone know anything about that?

[last patio]

45. Maybe I need to get my other 2 ascendency points for 4sec recoup :/

having mana issues

[crisp oriole]

is this still worth taking if im witchunter with pitiless killer

[last patio]

actually scratch that, I HAVE NO IDEA what happened, but i'm suddenly not having mana problems anymore wtf

[copper lily]

that's Increased Damage so +2 skills is probably better if you have like +100% Minion Damage already on skill tree

[wary juniper]

+2 level will be better. The 50% will be additive to the 300% you're already getting from your passive if I'm not mistaken. Meanwhile the +2 will buff all their base stats

[wicked leaf]

maybe leech somewhere?

[last patio]

maybe

[round saddle]

Id say this is never worth taking

[limpid trout]

okay i'll try and get some minion skills with resistances if i can find it.

[copper lily]

So if you only took like +50% minion damage so far on the skill tree, you'll go from 150% minion damage to 200% minion damage with that helm. But if you're already at +200% minion damage you're only going to go from 300% to 350%

[snow sierra]

helps alot with mana substain^^

[round saddle]

Allies in your presence doesn't count you in poe2 anyways afaik

[wary juniper]

in the meantime, this here is your friend

[neat fossil]

for anyone that hasnt tried them, the ballista skill on xbow acts as a pet with high aggro

its extremely useful on ranged

[round saddle]

They also do so little damage it's not worth dropping most of the time

[limpid trout]

got it

[snow sierra]

4 sec is kinda not worth it, if you are there you are in a deathloopn anyway. Only usefull for the doggo imo to make sure 20% dmg reduction is up

[copper lily]

the 4 sec is pretty good on Reavers I think

because they'll be at high rage on those 4 seconds

[snow sierra]

hard to argue any other minion then arsonist on a full minion build atm

like they are so cheap and do so mutch dmg

[copper lily]

Some people swap from Arsonists to Reavers on some bosses; I am doing this rn but I can't tell if I actually like it or not

vs some bosses it actually just means your minions all get wiped in 1 blast

[snow sierra]

dunno i am at t15 maps and my arsonist melt bosses faster then anything else

And the rezz timer is kinda a non issue against bosses you can wait and just dodge 2 more attacks.

Minions dieing only becomes a problem for me in breach where you get swarmed if that happens

[fringe cape]

For witch, if I get talents that increase my chance to ignite or damage i do to ignited enemies, will it translate to my minions?

[snow sierra]

No

[wild frigate]

I cant seem to use my lesser jeweller orbs to upg my demon fellhound from 2 to 3 slots for witch .... not sure why

[snow sierra]

if it dosnt say minions it dos not do minions

[fringe cape]

Is there any way to scale minions late game then?

[snow sierra]

Minion level is the best way

Spirit after that

[fringe cape]

Right I mean for trying maps and stuff end game, can minions translate at all?

[wild frigate]

@snow sierra spirit increases with weapon quality ?

[snow sierra]

i t15 maps with chronomancer minions so i guess thats a yes ?

[snow sierra]

from the scepter yes

[fringe cape]

I'm having a TON of fun leveling with these minions but I am not really seeing a way to make them viable for pushing high tier maps... I'm also new to PoE so I'm probably dumb

[vast osprey]

does Momentum work with Flicker Strike?

[snow sierra]

Its viable belive me, scaling minions into late game is possible and very simple

you get +2 Minions on Amulett +2 on Helm and +4 on scepter

and you dmg will be insane, i run around with just 1 5 link still level 18 still so i didnt hit my dmg cap at all. and i even scaled back dmg because tankyness is the bigger issue in high maps

And when you become ritch you scale spirit on your scepter, and amulett too

[fringe cape]

Alright thanks, I'll play around with the build. I was kind of scared of leveling with minions because respeccing is insanely expensive

[snow sierra]

check the vendor every level for minion level stuff while progressing 😉

will help alot and i found alot of it early on

[ember relic]

Can someone confirm if lucky block can go above block cap of 90%?

[snow sierra]

lucky is 2 rolls pick the best as far as i am aware so nothing to do with block cap

[shell isle]

So on a quarterstaff which has physical damage what rune will be better to use if I'm using Tempest Flurry - Physical dmg 20% increase rune, or 1-20lightning dmg rune?

[ember relic]

i understand that but can that roll be above 90%

[forest spoke]

Does anyone know where to see Minion Crit Chance?

[mint halo]

anyone tried witch minion build with max skeleton hp and infernal legion to do 20% max health as ignite

[snow sierra]

no you understand it wrong its gets tested to times against your 90% block chance and it picks the better result for you

[last patio]

oh i'm dumb i didn't have herald of ice activated >>'

[ember relic]

so for example if i had 75% block and lucky block that means my lucky roll could be anywhere between 76% or whatever number it can reach up to?

[snow sierra]

i tested around with it but didnt min max it, i feel like it didnt work well

[analog gale]

gemling legionaire got turned into a unique

[mint halo]

how much hp did u get on ur skellies?

[analog gale]

thats a lot of increased effect

[last patio]

It was this -_-

[snow sierra]

No it has absolutly nothing to do with the % it asks: without lucky : do i block ? Roll % no you dont block. If you have lucky: do i block ? roll % no , roll again % yes. So it gets rolled twice, effektive its a better chance then yes

[snow sierra]

i think i had around 30k hp when i tested, but ive seen skelly with 50k i think

[hoary plover]

@swift aspen we have RF at home 🤣

[snow sierra]

Maybe it works but i wasnt overly impressed

[mint halo]

i see ty!

[ember relic]

i see thanks for the example

[verbal summit]

anyone know the name of the thing that does like lightning strikes when you shock someone?

[snow sierra]

But well since its near a normal minion build it wouldnt be to bad if you try it and fail, since you can go normal minions without mutch effort

[west pumice]

Think Im starting to get this version of my tank build down. Love how different it is than my monk. Resonating shield to AoE shred armour. Infernal Cry to AoE set the group up for Sunder ( which auto crits fully broken enemies ). AoE takes out most groups.

Shield charge is a great opener as alot of times it threshholds atleast one enemy which also allows me to spam Boneshatter which itself can take out groups. And then i have perfect strike for big single target damage

[snow sierra]

And detonante death works on minions work and thats 20% too. So maybe when the conditions are right its fine

[native burrow]

Crushing Impacts in Titan warrior ascendancy makes Bone Shatter impossible. I feel like the Ascendencies are very early access. A big lack of synergy with both Titan and Witch ones

[mint halo]

yeah thats what i was thinking

[snow sierra]

but the dd builds can scale the dmg with notes from the caster so there is that

[raven stag]

is it better to have one unique and use yellows for stats?

[snow sierra]

a unique should enable you to do something special for your build

if not you dont equip one

[versed wharf]

do the passive tree % Energy Shield nodes scale your Energy Shield if you convert with Eldritch Battery?

[snow sierra]

no

only flat values count for eb

[versed wharf]

damn

wait even on gear it does't count?

[snow sierra]

the flat values on gear count

[honest hawk]

can we scale this damage?

[snow sierra]

like the 800 from your chest

[hoary plover]

technically yes but not high enough to be useful

[snow sierra]

you can cheat energy shield and still have it with using eb tho

there are a few items that do that 😛

and then scale that energy shield

[versed wharf]

I'm trying to figure out if having 2.5k ish mana will be enough to not get one shot at higher tiers

guess I'll figure it out as I go

[analog gale]

need an item that makes enemy armor apply to elemental damage

[snow sierra]

I have 16k energy shield and a 2k MoM with 1k hp and i get oneshot sometimes

[honest hawk]

through just %inc fire damage pretty much? im looking to try

[snow sierra]

so make of it what you will

[analog gale]

you know for armor break

[versed wharf]

lmao

[snow sierra]

i switched to a shield some time ago to even have block

but preventing oneshots in high tier maps can be rly difficult

[versed wharf]

I do the same have like 60ish % block rn

[hoary plover]

ignite magnitude. thats the meme build im leveling right now and it is ass. im using the boots that drop ignited ground equal to 10% of your hp since you can at least get the base damage on that up. but with BIS gear its gonna cap out at like 2k dps. it is not good and never will be. see the video i posed above not too long ago

[versed wharf]

I just started running maps and I'm trying to plan in advance for whats gonna happen but guess I'll adapt as it comes

[snow sierra]

what i did

i started with MoM with 2,5k mana

mapped with it until t10 or something like that

[mortal cloak]

Is this as good as I think it is? I don't play melee/monk lol

[snow sierra]

And switched to ES , MoM hybrit now, but its something not alot of builds can do

[versed wharf]

how do you get ES in this situation?

[snow sierra]

😄

[versed wharf]

I probably don't have the points so I'll have to redo the tree and go full ES

OH

[snow sierra]

when you are at t10 maps you will have it

there is a very powerfull helm too if you dont need a helm for your build

[versed wharf]

I'm running +2 minion stuff rn in the helmet slot + resists and Mana + ES

[snow sierra]

and a amulet but that one is like 40ex

ye thats why i dont use the helm too cause i want the minion level

[tawny karma]

i have mana issues as a deadeye elemental ranger how do i solve these?

[versed wharf]

pop me the amulet too if you can

I'm curious what I can think of with them

I just finished the tier 1 map quest and I'm sitting on 50 exalts from trading lol

[snow sierra]

i sold my to but gimme sec i google it but its more usefull for sorcs, since you want +2 minions from your amulett if you run minions

[versed wharf]

I didn't manage to slam one of those :/ just rolling spirit and resists for now

[snow sierra]

that one

[lunar wraith]

if avatar of fire, can you still freeze, bleed, shock or poison?

[versed wharf]

huh so you can go quite spicy on the survivability

I wonder how the damage would be

if you lose those 4 minion levels

[snow sierra]

well for me the body armor just dos it

i wouldnt want to give up the 4 level

[versed wharf]

I'm gonna think a little and see how it is just with the Mana

I saw someone Life Stacking instead and he wasn't dying particularly more than expected

[snow sierra]

i did specc out of eb now tho, cause alone the body armor gives me 6000 energy shield now^^

Life stacking with armor is totaly fine too

[round saddle]

Life stacking is worthless compared to ES currently

[snow sierra]

I would tend to agree

but totaly doable

[round saddle]

ES is just overturned currently

It's not even comparable

[vivid ferry]

Do you guys think belts with 2 charm slots are worth the extra price?
Not sure if the increased rarity charms stack?

[ivory umbra]

Can’t decide if I want to start an Infernal witch or a deadeye ranger as an alt. What’s gonna be more op u think??

[snow sierra]

yes ES, combine with grim feast is kinda silly on nearly any es build imo

deadeye, i would bet if something gets nerfed its deadeye

but its more expensive to make op too

thats how it gos with strong builds they are expensive

[gusty bone]

Does Critical Weakness from Malice directly add to your base crit chance?

[last patio]

shit's so annoying

2nd time I"ve died to a boss the split second it ends -_-

wc

[neat fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/for-the-big-baby-mikey-day-saturday-night-live-for-the-crybaby-for-the-big-sissy-gif-18836791

[last patio]

https://tenor.com/view/jerry-lick-jerry-lick-suiji-gif-24418952

[tawny karma]

can you scale up blasphemy curses aoe size in any other way then the few nodes in the passive tree?

[velvet blade]

Does gained damage as extra damage get converted as well?

[tawny karma]

like does this work on blasphamy? https://poe2db.tw/us/Magnified_Effect

[stiff anchor]

is there any unique that convert lighning in to chaos?

[velvet blade]

For example, if you gained 10% fire damage but you were converting 100% of fire damage to lightning, would you be gaining 10% lightning basically?

[sharp vortex]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/3k6al0zc need some help improving my build since im struggling with act 3 boss plz 🙂

[snow sierra]

i doubt at this stage the build is the problem, i would put in controlled destruction while leveling in your main spell. But i would assume better gear will help you more then changeing your passive tree

[sharp vortex]

was more meaning for support gems and etc

wow controlled disctruction really increases it a LOT

boots it to 500 dps

[snow sierra]

yes because is MORE not increased

[sharp vortex]

*boosts

[snow sierra]

but other then that i cant rly give you any tips other then looking at the vendor at any level for a wand/staff thats gives you + to level of lighting spells

[sharp vortex]

anything else in support gems I can fix that would really help me out?

fyi this is what my wand is

*staff

[snow sierra]

Not without research myself , i only know very basic things about the spark build

But consider just putting in like conc effect and stuff for bosses

Like if you rly struggel try to change your spells to be only good in single target for the boss fight

[sharp vortex]

conc?

[snow sierra]

concentrated effect

[woeful talon]

Any spark build recommend?

[sharp vortex]

funny enough we just talking about that rn XD

[lone wave]

How do we feel about wailing wall when running shield

[sharp vortex]

🤔 thats hard to say tho I guess swap out controlled destruction?

[woeful talon]

I just arrived act4 and saw a video about ice/spark build

[static plinth]

Its fine besides the movement speed

Which is just wretched

[snow sierra]

controlled destruction should be one of the strongst dmg gems you can put in early

[woeful talon]

But uni required😭

[lone wave]

Well, you'd keep a 2nd weapon on for traversing the map

[sharp vortex]

would it be better to swap out arcane tempo or controlled destruction tho?

[lone wave]

Be interesting to use a shield but not any shield skills

[mortal cloak]

Is there a steep difficulty increase in post game/maps? I'm 1 shotting almost everything in Act 2 Cruel atm, kinda getting boringly easy lol

[sharp vortex]

WELP NM

[sharp vortex]

does not work with spawk

[granite timber]

whats a good build for chaos monk

[sharp vortex]

*spark

sadges

[snow sierra]

controlled destruction ?

conc effect would be for your orb of storms

to use against bosses

[sharp vortex]

why would that matter? orb of storms dont do that much dps anyway

[snow sierra]

it dosnt ? then nvm

[sharp vortex]

only like 151 dps

its mostly for status effects

[snow sierra]

well then i have no clue anymore what you could change for your spells, only very basic knowledge about selfcast builds sorry^^

[terse escarp]

how is shock chance calculated exactly? is it just more lightning dmg = more chance?

[dry haven]

hexblast should work when supported by echo, but i cannot seem to figure out what it does

[sharp vortex]

idk

[safe steppe]

doing a lighting build but dont think im using the right passives, should i do lighting damage or spell damage nodes?

[orchid torrent]

ive been looking for sorc fire builds for my next inspiration but it seems pretty rare (outside of frostfire or srs) even on youtube, is fire mostly just bad

[sharp vortex]

idk if right but this is how I did mine

[safe steppe]

what level are you, im 32

[sharp vortex]

samne

[safe steppe]

mostly using spark?

[wanton juniper]

If a totem creates something like jagged ground, does that count as me creating it?

[sharp vortex]

like 95% yeah

[safe steppe]

ok ill have to test it out, last act 2 boss got me messed up, whats your dps like?

[sharp vortex]

im struggling on same boss lol

but its like 500dps

[safe steppe]

LOL

so is mine 😭

[snow sierra]

A totem is a extension of you, but you are not the totem ^^

[sharp vortex]

whats your look like?

like your gems+passive?

[snow sierra]

so yes totem counts as you for most things

[vestal heart]

does charged staff count as projectiles

[safe steppe]

mostly just spark and fire wall controlled destrucion and arcane tempo on spark

[sharp vortex]

ye same but I mean your other gems

r you using mana tempest?

[safe steppe]

i dont have it yet

[sharp vortex]

wtf

mine is 500 with mana tempest up

[sharp vortex]

screenshot yours plz yo

[safe steppe]

whats the shortcut again i never ss stuff

[sharp vortex]

g

[junior anvil]

I don’t believe so, it doesn’t say projectile on it

[safe steppe]

g?

no the screen shot shortcut

[sharp vortex]

oh idk i use snipping tool

[royal kayak]

im doing a lightning build with ranger in act 2 lvl 18 playing coop with my buddy is it normally for me to be doing very little damage? following a post nerf guide but it doesnt specify any sort of leveling gems etc

[snow sierra]

😛 i just the print key and just put it in paint and then put it here

like a good windows 95 idiot

[safe steppe]

nearly 500

it can reach if the right procs go off

[sharp vortex]

aaa I got so close

[safe steppe]

but how do you get mana tempest, ive been looking for it but can never find it

[sharp vortex]

some mobs on that same map dropped it

[safe steppe]

ahhh thats why

[sharp vortex]

can u scroll down your skills page?

[safe steppe]

alot of these are place holders cause i havent found any better use

[sharp vortex]

can I ask what supports u using for cond and orb

[safe steppe]

cond - magnified effect and impending doom(place holder) orb- conduction and chain

[sharp vortex]

u should put on heightened curse for cond

[west pumice]

Just realized resonating shield can gain rage. Very easy way to gather rage before unloading on enemies with Sunder. Free crit + max rage? Yeah gonna pump this up to max damage

[safe steppe]

ok ill need to get more support gems

[mortal cloak]

Bruuhhhh that T1 min roll on the cold res....D*=

[sharp vortex]

what does doom do?

[safe steppe]

deals base chaos damage of 15% of mana after a curse expires

[sharp vortex]

oh my gawd?

I might need to use that instead

[safe steppe]

yeah but i dont ever really notice it tbh

[static plinth]

Is this maximum or unreserved spirit?

[sharp vortex]

heighted curse honestly feels really good tho

[safe steppe]

do a test on it just check the dps with and without unreserved

[sharp vortex]

it adds like -10% res

[safe steppe]

thats probably better

[static plinth]

Didnt want to buy one until i knew

[safe steppe]

oh mana tempest is a level 9 skill gem, i havent gotten those to drop thats why

[sharp vortex]

i wonder why your spark is doing so much more dps compared to me tho

I only have 60 dps

[sharp vortex]

maybe farm that last map area

they drop lv9 skill gems there

[safe steppe]

could bt my passives

or my gear

[sharp vortex]

what passive u running?

oh derp

nm

[sharp vortex]

may I ask, you running staff or wand

[safe steppe]

wand i show you

[sharp vortex]

thats prob why im running staff

[sharp vortex]

so you just getting a lot more % values

or that lol

[rugged chasm]

Can anyone tell me how shock works

[sharp vortex]

thats weird tho, i have a staff who giga buffs my dmg

[safe steppe]

oh yeah thats crazy

ill need to get me one of those

[safe steppe]

i belive its -res on the target for lighting

[spring temple]

+levels is also strong

[sharp vortex]

im really wacked why u have such more high dmg

[safe steppe]

but i could be wrong

[spring temple]

and a wand lets you wear a focus

[rugged chasm]

uh like how do I know what% shock i have

[sharp vortex]

whats your focus look like then

[solar sequoia]

Whats the Value on this Roll?

For Infero Witch

[spring temple]

%shock is based on the magnitude of the hit, not a flat value any more

[safe steppe]

i am not running a focus, skellys make me feel more safe

i should tho

[sharp vortex]

wtf how is your dmg so much higher HUH

[safe steppe]

its got to be either the passive or wand

[sharp vortex]

im so confused lol

it can only be passive since my wand should be better

[safe steppe]

oh i also have gloves that give 100% spell damage

[sharp vortex]

but i dont feel its THAT different but I guess it is

[sharp vortex]

wow

[safe steppe]

one things i did learn is cats speed affects dps so i also go into that a bit

cast

[sharp vortex]

yeah maybe its just my gear thats not good

[rugged chasm]

ok very specific then, does decimating strike node from witchhunter (deal 5% to 30% of monster hp to full hp target) contribute to the magnitude for a shock

[sharp vortex]

yeah my gear has nothing that buffs dmg so maybe

[spring temple]

+3 levels on lifesprig is huge compared to a small amount of %spell damage

[sharp vortex]

I do also have +1

levels

and amelet that buffs skills by +1

[spring temple]

yeah so +1 additional level often means +20-40% more damage

[sharp vortex]

im only +1 level behind but like 100 dmg beind? weird

[safe steppe]

is damage percent base on base dmg?

[errant radish]

Hey, what are some of the stronger classes/ascendancies? My bro levelled a warrior to 50ish and absolutely hates it because they're crazy weak right now.

So, he wants to start over.

[spring temple]

i don’t believe so, the node says the hit “removes life” not that it deals any damage

so it doesn’t really function with anything else

[safe steppe]

i think stormweaver can be very strong if built correctly

[snow sierra]

And so can warrior

[safe steppe]

true

[errant radish]

Everywhere I look online lists warrior as the worst class in the game atm.

[safe steppe]

chrono warrior looks stupid strong

[snow sierra]

So the better question would be what build is hard to mess up, i would say minions

[errant radish]

I've heard minions are weak.

[snow sierra]

No ?

[errant radish]

Apparently witch and warrior are two of the bottom tier classes atm.

[snow sierra]

I dont know what clickbaity sides you are at mate but minions are strong, and easy if you dont know what you are doing

[spring temple]

minions are numerically strong but can be very weak because they don’t all always hit

[last patio]

I noticed quite a few people in the market list prices just to check if people will try to buy them and then relist over and over

[safe steppe]

it might just be how his build is, ive seen crazy warrior dps

[spring temple]

they die and get caught on terrain etc

[errant radish]

I've checked several like GamesRadar

[snow sierra]

yes minions can be funky but its hard to mess up a minion build^^

I would recommend to stay away from big gaming sides for poe stuff

[safe steppe]

monks looks really good

[snow sierra]

most of them are reeeeally bad and have only stuff for clicks

[errant radish]

Yeah, but I'm monk and we don't like to copy each other lol

[safe steppe]

sourceress, ive been having fun

[errant radish]

Hmmm, minions might be the way

[snow sierra]

Infernalist is rly easy to build, and strong with minions, so there is that. Warbringer can do insanely cool warcry builds, Titan is just good with allmost everything.

[primal fjord]

Hey guys, how are you able to get the 6th link/socket on elemental storm ffor the Stormweaver Sorc? It comes with 5, but I can't add the 6th, It doesn't look like I can use a Perfect Jeweller's Orb on it.

[errant radish]

I tried to convince him to try out gemling because I heard it was basically the strongest subclass in the game, but he didn't want to give it a go because he heard it was really complicated to play merc.

[snow sierra]

The only acendency i would recommend to stay away from are blood mage because is very scetchy and Gemling because it can be complicated

[safe steppe]

yeah i started merc and didnt like iut

[errant radish]

Do you keep your stash between characters?

[safe steppe]

yes

and gold

[errant radish]

Thank you for the advice everyone.

[cobalt musk]

What level are you

I feel like the 6th socket is like 90+ or something

[primal fjord]

87, do I need 90? Ah, maybe that's it

[cobalt musk]

I think that elemental storm scaling with level is stupid

[snow sierra]

if he wants to play warrior look at steelmage build its a very well working and good warbringer build

[robust radish]

Man I'm so sad poe2 characters data is not working, I wanted to copy poedan79's build like i normally do haha

[simple ledge]

can you change the notables added to your amulet via distilled emotions or is it permanent ?

[vernal magnet]

Designed a Poison Warrior Build (would def pull some crit chance away for some defense after capping it at 100% with Titan buff 50% to small passives) https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgYBgw9gNFUEt5WzFk4Xf1mQau1BVdYbhaLhZ9HX9opTi2hlacoNdn5d_at1q2XszKiKYr33INa8sRryRG1NoY76SCGadEzgWFg5PlIZaVnZ7aLBxYJB3WqnGYF-oGxOHinT2D8oYx6zkW9eKAdu0vgmwfni_TgEaKJJwnVfUyBtkuxZ-ZCMPZqRGydcOPEtX1H5D2fFnFj98Ys8c01da6I5U4R_vWfmCZA5Qi_dV_Xo_KfPfbegOTe2f_s3u3hYPZ91Bxrr68rbyXEwcxLRWwa7luQl5xeOCcQ-csNMbtPNlvFoc1eGs7D4-0UXvu6_98eEF7CJD_OqnXWjaxrs2kvgYOdyiy7gyeoAAA==

[errant radish]

Maybe down the road if warrior gets buffed, but yesterday warrior became so frustrating for him because it felt underwhelming that he was legit going to take a break from the game when it's only been out for a week.

What damage affects minions? Chaos? Do minions get elemental damage/ailment buffs?

[snow sierra]

Minions get affected by everything that says minions

[errant radish]

Okay

[snow sierra]

i dont think you understand how mutch a good build dos for you and how wrong your information is

Like if we builds right he will destroy the game

[west pumice]

I really thought Uztaal was gonna be where my warrior build showed me it was time to really upgrade my gear hard, like it did my Monk. But im still able to tank and bulldoze my way through Uztaal too which is fun

[errant radish]

I do understand, but neither myself or him are experts at builds in this game, and we typically use build guides.

[errant radish]

Funny you should say that, because I had to backtrack on my monk to help him with bosses in that region on his warrior.

[snow sierra]

if you still want to reroll and go minions look at ghazzys guide its ok enough.

[safe steppe]

does anyone know the level requirments for level 9 skill gems and level 2 support

[snow sierra]

But be prepared for a kinda hard time until ~20-30

[errant radish]

He will have an easy time

[snow sierra]

Minions takes a few level to rly take off

[errant radish]

I'm going to run him through it on my monk.

[sterile stone]

just start with sniper and put corrosion for gas cloud

until arsonist

[snow sierra]

And get srs asp and heavly invest in it as soon as you get it first links go in there^^

[west pumice]

Been building a 1h mace / shield warrior. Able to tank 95% of damage via resonating shield, gather enemies together, resonating tears their armour and builds my rage, this sets up infernal cry and sunder for huge AoE damage obliterating any groups.

Also use shield charge to set up boneshatter spam and perfect strike with big damage buffing supports for anything that needs extra oomph

Feels good so far

[errant radish]

What websites are people using for build guides these days?

[sterile stone]

maxroll, mobalytics, youtube

[west pumice]

I was real worried about Uztaal and was fully ready to go and spend awhile on gear upgrading

[snow sierra]

a few diffrent, its more about that you know the build creator

like they are so many look at my dmg builds out there...that you will have a bad time trying as a new player, just for clicks

[reef lantern]

Can you equip more than 10 skills or is that the limit ?

[snow sierra]

you can use a ring...if you rly need more

[mortal cloak]

Soooo close to an amazing slam

[snow sierra]

It is missing spirit 😦

[reef lantern]

Sorry newb here how do I do that

[snow sierra]

its a special ring base

[mossy sequoia]

Are there any good "Strict+" loot filters out there?

[snow sierra]

dont know on top of my head when the first ones starting to drop

[safe steppe]

wait how do yall have 3 support gem slots i only have 2

[mortal cloak]

You can get 6 I think?

[safe steppe]

ik you can but i see people with 3 very early on

[snow sierra]

there are a few ways the easyist is a lucky drop

but you can vaal orb a skill orb too and hope you get another soket

[safe steppe]

whats the drop?

for the third?

[snow sierra]

gimme a sec i explain

if you have a skillgem you can put a lesser jewellers orb on it to give it another support

that gives it 3 support gems

[safe steppe]

ive never had one of those drop

[snow sierra]

they are super rare early on

[safe steppe]

is end of act 2 still early?

[ancient dawn]

zero anything on these as a witch, is it okay? i keep getting one shot by boss though

[fiery aurora]

Just a quick question, Unsure if right channel but the 30% Elemental Ailment dosnt include Armor breaks right? 👀

[snow sierra]

yes i not sure when i got mine

But if you have a vaal orb

and a skillgem you dont need

you can use the skillgem to make another copy of the skill you are using, and put the orb on this game with luck you get another socked if you unlucky it makes the gem worse

[storm willow]

im a lvl 15 warrior, which support gem is better for mace strike? rage or lacerate for bleeding

[trail sleet]

get martial tempo

[gleaming rampart]

planning on using this with demon form from infernalist (take x% of life per second, deal x% more damage. x is the amount of seconds you've been in demon form). anyone have any ideas for that, or anything else that could work with it?

[snow sierra]

yes ghostwrithe

to get your hp super low so you can counteract the % drain with small hp reg from gear

[gleaming rampart]

the.. other robe?

how do you think i should go about equipping 2 robes?

[slow anchor]

its about that time of year to put another layer on

[gleaming rampart]

i live in texas. its still 80 fahrenheit :(

[thick nest]

so are demonblood witches not supposed to summon anymore? you lose like, all your spirit cuz the scepter goes away

[snow sierra]

instand of the thing you wanted to use ofc the mana drain will be kinda impossible to substain

[safe steppe]

anyone know when level 9 skill gems drop?

[gleaming rampart]

mom builds exist, i think 10% of my mana per second isnt too big of a deal

[snow sierra]

Well dont let me keep you from trying

[gleaming rampart]

how would ghostwrithe even interact with demon form?

a % increase every second isnt going to get counteracted by hp regen

[thick nest]

My friends say their witches basically stopped working with demonform. they can't summon anymore or something, or dont see the point in demonform.
is the other one better?

[snow sierra]

the plan here is to set your hp kinda low, and get a big pool of energy shield now you have low hp the % drain is kinda small and you can get ~50-100 hp per spec flat from gear

[gleaming rampart]

oh shit good point

[ivory umbra]

Wanna make a busted build to mess with as an alt should I do infernal witch or dead eye ranger??

[snow sierra]

demonform despawns your weapons and thus your minions cause you lose spirit

[mortal cloak]

Ohhhh that's YUMMMMMY

[gleaming rampart]

ok this makes sense

might try that instead with some stuff

[snow sierra]

this build has a few problems to fix too but from my expierence you wont be able to fix the mana drain from your plan, mana is a rly issue later when you get high skill gems

[random ridge]

well map tier 2 still super easy....

[snow sierra]

and demon form gives you +6 allready

so you will have skills that cost you 100-300 mana per cast kinda quick

[gleaming rampart]

yeah good point

[fossil onyx]

i’m really confused on the Vials 🧪 and which to pick

[gleaming rampart]

that kinda cancels out MoM either way

i jsut need to get a ghostwrithe then

[random ridge]

works up to map tier 2 so far, auto kills all bosses on cruel, 1 shots every mob i come across. i still dont get the "bloodmage is bad" i dont even have ascendency 3-4 yet? idk how to get em lol

[snow sierra]

a normal one shouldnt be overly expensive

[snow sierra]

3-4 is kinda hard to get, and the point of ppl talking bloodmage bad is because the first ascendency can be kinda a trap, and tier 2 maps are nothing to measure a build against

[random ridge]

well just did my 1st tier 5, no clue how i got that. was easy.

same playstyle, just 1 shot everything. blink into next group, 1 shot them, blink, repeat.

[rigid fog]

does anyone know if lightning arrow shotguns with a dualstring bow?

[snow sierra]

It should be if you put thought in your build ^^ its a cool feeling to have a build you planned working

[latent matrix]

How do you get blink

[random ridge]

was a spirit gem i think?

yeah 60 spirit

[snow sierra]

yes kinda high level tho

intresting tree you got there what do you play ?^^ melee blood mage ?

[random ridge]

how do i get ascendencies on cruel. all my little coins say "this will not give you points" etc

yeah thats my spells

[snow sierra]

3 tiers sanctum or 10 rooms the other thingy

[random ridge]

so my gear is the normal "max res" stuff, then i just have as high life regen per second and leech i can get with cast speed

and last stat i go for is max life

wearing full "armor" based gear

[snow sierra]

ye makes sense with your tree

[random ridge]

that little spiral area is "place holder" cause i dont know what to go for on it next. waiting for there to be a problem. then use the skill tree to fix it i hope

blasphemy + despair, withering presence and blink for spirit.

i do have essence drain and contacion also done up for when i need to shoot something range, but that hasnt happened in a while so they not on hotbar

[latent matrix]

If I have a premium stash tab listing everything as a price, does anything new I add to it get listed?>

[snow sierra]

haha but man your tree looks funky, but makes total sense

[void barn]

Is there a way to make blasphemy feel better?

[random ridge]

get it some chicken soup?

[olive sapphire]

is the chober chaber leaden greathammer worth building for as a warrior?

[scarlet oasis]

Is there any gem that improves cast time?

[obsidian laurel]

When building for Merc Grenader build. If I increase fire damage on my bow will that increase damage done by the ignite of the gas? Also should I focus on fire damage or physical damage with runs for my bow?

[frozen wagon]

i need help with gas ranger

[olive sapphire]

how does crumbling maul synergize with the passive that disables critical hits?

[west pumice]

Lol just beat Viper my first try with this warrior build. That was unexpected

[storm willow]

should i use regal orb to make this thing rare?

[atomic halo]

eh probably not

[rocky lily]

what rune would u slot in this? soul core of topotante or ligh dmg or ph dmg?

[storm willow]

is the best weapon i have rn

[atomic halo]

yeah ik but

you have to hit flat phys or + to all melee

anything else is mediocre

cuz u already have % phys and atkspd

but if u want to go ahead

[granite grove]

Any monks anyone know why I wouldn't be generating any power charges with combat frenzy + resonance?

[long pelican]

Does the “eldritch battery” passive negate the sorcerer ascendancy passive “heart of the storm?”

[storm willow]

yea im using full melee rn

[blissful stag]

what are the recommended weapon skills for piller of the caged god? ive been just basic staff attacking + bell as a gemling

[gleaming rampart]

@snow sierra how do you uncap demon form stacks?

[snow sierra]

Not sure what you mean but the plan i suggest would be with mastered darkness for max 10 demonflare

never played it tho only thought about it

[gleaming rampart]

why am i seeing people with 140..

[snow sierra]

i would assome dont get mastered darkness

[gleaming rampart]

that makes sense

[olive sapphire]

so if i pick avatar of fire, anything with life leech off of physical damage does nothing?

[snow sierra]

yes that is to be assumed, and it should work this way

[serene flower]

do we get 122 or 123 max skill points? thought like 99 from leveling up and 24 through campaign, which actually would be 123

[atomic halo]

pretty sure they said 123 at some interview but dont remember which one

[snow sierra]

But i wouldnt plan your builds with this many 😉

[static plinth]

Go infernalist for Beidat's and equip stuff like Ming's Heart to reduce max HP down to 100 or less

[obsidian laurel]

Where do I get more spirit? I'm level 55 and only got the 30..

[quasi breach]

spirit is on gear aside from that i heard you get some from optional bosses/quests

[snow sierra]

quest, chest, amulett, scepter

[solemn nebula]

is this good for monk? i think not because i'm using attacks not spells, correct?

[atomic halo]

you are correct

[gleaming rampart]

30% reduced global defenses..

[atomic halo]

of course there's nothing stopping monk from going spells, but if you dont happen to be doing that modifiers to spell damage are useless.

[stone burrow]

does poison build work, or am i setting myself up for disappointment

[static plinth]

There are other ones with % reduced maximum life too

[gleaming rampart]

yeah, nischana recommended ghostwrithe

ghostwrithe + 2 beidats + ming's heart is about 120% health reduction

[static plinth]

Less than that

Closer to like 80%

[sterile stone]

ghostwrithe converts your life, meaning you have less life contributing to beidats(?)

[gleaming rampart]

that would make sense

[static plinth]

Also this is probably better than Ming's since it doesnt also eat your ES

[gleaming rampart]

that would make sense

+2500 stun threshold is some wild ass work

[sharp vortex]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/3k6al0zc any ideas to improve? i tried to do act 3 and I do no dmg AT ALl

[gleaming rampart]

now i just need a ton of exalted orbs

[scenic dawn]

Could anyone help me out

I have an idea for brew concoction

Does anyone know if poison is classed as a chaos damage

[static plinth]

Does skill effect duration affect Flames of Chayula

[static plinth]

Yesn't

[scenic dawn]

Ahh the fun game of yes and no

[static plinth]

Its chaos damage, but if you have %Inc chaos damage, that only applies if its inflicted with chaos damage

[atomic halo]

poison deals chaos damage

[scenic dawn]

Okay thank you both

So if I build into brew concoction

As a main damage skill

Would I also be best off building into ailments

To increase the potency

[novel hemlock]

Finally figured out a use for elemental expression from the monk (blind, cold exposure, lightning exposure, strip away). Basically a support skill

then get charged staff to do all the shocking/magnitude stuff

[sterile stone]

how do you sustain mana flask?

[scenic dawn]

I build into flask recharge

Which there’s a good few around ranger

I can also build into increase recharge rate

Allowing my flasks to be up more and that also wouldn’t affect my other aspects other than my potion and belt

I can focus more on my ailment damage on weapons

/poison rolls for my weapons

[sterile stone]

im curious how much charge per second you can get

[regal turtle]

does anyone know how the nodes Damaging ailments deal damage x% faster actually interact with your damage scaling compared to increases or decreases to duration?

[upbeat fjord]

is armor just useless at lvl 80?

[static plinth]

You need more armor the stronger the enemies you're fighting are

[sterile stone]

bcs the base is like 0.1 or 0.2(?) somthing

[scenic dawn]

You can get up to about 0.8 charges I think

[scenic dawn]

Maybe higher than 1 if I push it

Which is insane

[sterile stone]

even if you can get 1 charge persecond, your attack speed is still higher no?

[scenic dawn]

I don’t mean replacing my attack fully but I mean implementing the skill as a big damage dealer

[upbeat fjord]

my lvl 80 merc has 65% dr from armor but still gets oneshot so.... im considering swapping to evasion and es

[scenic dawn]

It would work well with +1 poisons and such

[atomic halo]

i'm not exactly sure what you're asking. it makes them deal damage faster, dealing more damage per second but over a shorter duration, for the same total damage.

[upbeat fjord]

but that es and evasion is so far from the merc tree

[scenic dawn]

And the ascendancy lets you increase poison damage

[west pumice]

Really am loving this warrior build. Feels great

[sterile stone]

im not doubting the dmg, im just very unsure about the sustain

[scenic dawn]

I think the sustain will have to be tested

[sterile stone]

i havent play poison, do we only use 1 poison stack now?

[regal turtle]

wouldn't a reduction in duration do the exact same thing? if poison does 20% of the hit over 2 seconds and you reduce the duration doesn't it do the 20% of the hit over the reduced time

[scenic dawn]

You can increase the stacks with nodes

[sterile stone]

oh okay so ig it works different from poe 1 where you have infinite stacks to chase

[scenic dawn]

Yeah it’s different

[regal turtle]

afaik if you are playing pathfinder max stacks you can get is 10

[atomic halo]

with deals faster it deals more than 20% of the hit per second for that duration

[scenic dawn]

But they let increase the stacks

[sterile stone]

if our base stack is 1 then it make sense with the mana sustain

idk how you can maintain 10 stacks tho

with +2 proj thats still 3 hits

[scenic dawn]

I think max stacks is like 3/4

[atomic halo]

for example if it makes the duration go from 4s to 2s, it will effectively deal 40% of the hit's damage for each of those 2 seconds. that way it deals the same amount of damage at the end, just faster.

[sterile stone]

ah okay thats more realistic to achieve then

[scenic dawn]

Okay just wanted abit of insight really

Thank you

[wary juniper]

Anything in this game that can increase one's maximum mana?
I need a list lol

[sterile stone]

just search "max mana" on the tree

and obv from gears

[storm willow]

is one of those abilities worth for warrior? cuz they looks kinda trash to me, should i use the lvl 5 gem to upgrade armour breaker?

[static plinth]

Literally choose anything that exists in the game and there's probably some version of it that increases maximum mana

[wary juniper]

I did, and nothing glows 😭

[sterile stone]

look up

[static plinth]

Did you put in "maximum" or just max

[atomic halo]

% inc mana is also a ammy explicit

and it's on dream fragments (slightly expensive)

[atomic halo]

i mean ammy idk why i said jewel

[static plinth]

Tbf its probably on jewels too

[atomic halo]

i checked its not

% mana is very rare

[static plinth]

Huh, surprising

[atomic halo]

im not, it would be OP and mandatory

[static plinth]

They didnt specify % so im assuming flat is also inthe running

[bold zodiac]

How likely do people think it is for lightning arrow ranger to get nerfed?

[wary juniper]

There's like 2 nodes that increase mana on the entire tree. one gives 12% and the other 4% mana & 30 % shield, that's it

[static plinth]

Is this 1 or 2

If its 2, i doubt it its not particularly stand out afaik

[brave apex]

Pitiless Killer or Witchbane for second ascendancy? I feel like Pitiless Killer is nice since it insta kills enemies under a certain % of health but like, I feel like bosses tend to die immediately at 5% and below and Witchbane tends to provide more overall damage?

[bold zodiac]

Not sure what you mean by that. I just rolled up a ranger and grabbed lightning arrow. XD

Its just way better than expected, and I saw some people saying its meta so Im worried. Lol

[static plinth]

People mix up the PoE1 and 2 build planning channels and Lightning Arrow is one of the best skills in 1

[bold zodiac]

Oh! Poe 2

[static plinth]

Then yeah you're probably fine

When people say its meta they mean PoE1

[bold zodiac]

Hopefully! 🙂 Thanks! I was on frostbolt comet but.. we all know what happened there. Lightning arrow ranger was my next char XD

[topaz cedar]

Is there any point to accuracy as a monk/melee?

[sterile stone]

can also take Int nodes

[static plinth]

Is your Energy gained split among multiple meta skills?

[gray ferry]

If you are planning to play Totems, what stats do you want to prioritize on gear aside from +gem levels? 🤔

[frail finch]

Guys how does “convert physical dmg to elemental dmg” work..? So LA take 40% of my base physical dmg and converts it to lightning yes? So I should always socket Iron Rune in the weapon rather than storm rune for extra lightning dmg..? Does the same apply for monk..?

[bold zodiac]

Depends on the weapon. At high levels on weps with high base phys, probably! But at low levels, storm rune does a lot more

[wary juniper]

That's still only 50 Mana, but good suggestion

[frail finch]

Hm I see because iron rune adds 20% base to the weapons base attack value yes?

[topaz cedar]

Think of it like this:

25% physical damage converted to lightning means that 25% of you physical damage will scale with lightning modifiers

[atomic halo]

thats very misleading

[frail finch]

Ahhhh ok so with the monk it says 80% converts so most definitely you should use storm rune..?

[atomic halo]

physical damage that gets converted to lightning doesn't get increased by global increases to physical damage

it just happens that local phys on the weapon counts because it increases the phys before it gets converted by affecting the weapon directly

[frail finch]

Yes this is what I’m getting at is it better to have a higher base physical to convert from or am I misunderstanding..?

[atomic halo]

is it better to have a higher base physical to convert from
yes

[frail finch]

That’s what I thought my buddy disagreed and he’s playing invoker monk lv30 and he socketed the storm rune

[atomic halo]

it's math, maybe the storm rune is better

[frail finch]

Said “the guide said so” lol

[atomic halo]

but if the base is good probably not

[tiny urchin]

For the sake of siphon increasing leached mana by 25%, does "gain x mana per kill" count as leeching for that purpose? It's a little unclear in description

[bold zodiac]

Convert happens before increased global increased %, but after local increased % on a weapon.

1-20 light averages to 10~ damage. If you convert 40% and the iron rune adds an average of 30 phys damage, thats 12 lightning.

[atomic halo]

no, leech is leech. gain on kill is not affected.

both leech and gain on kill fall under the umbrella term of "recovery" though

[bold zodiac]

So it really depends on the weapon. If you have a high tier bow that has a high Adds # to # phys and no %phys, the iron rune is almost certainly substantially better

On the other hand, if the bow has a 80% increased phys on it but no lightning nor Adds #to# phys, you might be on the other side of the fence

[tiny urchin]

That would have been what I assumed, but it's worded a bit strangely. Thanks!

[frail finch]

Hm…so basically rule of thumb is to just use the socket to replace what the weapon DIDNT roll..?

[bold zodiac]

Generally, that'd be what I'd look towards first, but I'd do some rough math.
Just figure out aprox how much damage the 20% adds(dont forget to count only whatever % is converted), and compare it to the 10 average lightning damage from storm rune.

[azure saffron]

does cast speed affect incenerate at all?

[gray ferry]

makes it reach higher stages faster

[frail finch]

I guess I failing to understand how a flat 10 could ever be better than a % of a number. But I’m also failing to realize that iron rune only scales the weapons dmg number right ..? So if my weapon is 10-30dmg then it’s 20% of that set yes..?

[bright needle]

anyone know the gem that lets storm wave abilty for monk split into 3

[bold zodiac]

Correct. If the weapon is 10-30 and has no % phys on it, Iron Rune adds 2-6

[frail finch]

GOTCHA!

It just clicked sorry for being a dumbass lol

[bold zodiac]

Np! 🙂
Just dont forget, the iron rune is additive with any % phys on the weapon

So if the weapon is 10-30 but has 100% increased already on it, Iron rune will add 20% of 5-15 instead, or 1-3

[frail finch]

Ya so you can up the quality and the rune scales accordingly, is what you’re getting at..?

Oh

[atomic halo]

quality is multiplicative

gives more instead of increased

[torn garnet]

Does anyone know formula for Runes in armor for added evasion?

I'm looking to calculate on trade site what evasion of an item will be after adding sockets. Since I need to hit a certain breakpoint (1800 to get other 3 spirit i need)

[frail finch]

Instead of 10-30 correct? Typo?

[gaunt ether]

What does the 3rd line do? I thought it would just take some life off instead of mana but my hp doesnt dip ever

Very confusing to me

[frosty harness]

I have a 2 part question, first off what's considered an ailment we inflict? I assume burn shock and poison

[atomic halo]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Ailment

list here

[frosty harness]

you're a lifesaver, no need for a followup lol

thanks a ton

[bright needle]

whats the skill support that makes abilties attack split

[bold zodiac]

I sent several examples as a PM since it was long

[wintry knoll]

Anyone think you get a lot more stats by just using a wand and focus instead of staff on sorc?

[frosty arrow]

I got two questions about merc. Do two-handed damage nodes affect damage of crossbow shots and grenades? And do projectile damage nodes boost grenades

[gaunt ether]

You can see on the tree what skills get affected

Click info over it

[mortal cloak]

Do these all work just passively as long as I have them gemmed?

[lone wave]

im noticing there's various uniques that encourage warrior minion build
or at least, strength minion build. maybe that'll be better on the other strength character

[atomic halo]

only while you're using them.

[mortal cloak]

So like only while I'm actually in the process of the skill animation occuring or?@atomic halo

[atomic halo]

yeah

in the actual animation

[torn root]

Is there a way to make seals reacharge faster. Using ice nova + unleash support gem

If so itd make freezing things easier and I wouldnt have to rely on spamming frost walls so much

It says it recharges each seal 200% of cast time

[median kraken]

They only apply to the skill they're socketed in, but yeah

[sterile stone]

it does exactly what it says, have you tried to count 5% of the mana cost of the skill youre casting?

100 mana would only cost 5 life

[median kraken]

Lowering cast time gets you seals faster. There are also some nodes in the top left of the tree (Anticipation cluster) that increase seal gain frequency

[torn root]

Cast time as in cast speed buffs?

[gaunt ether]

Sure. But im on a warrior and i can spam my warcry

Doesnt budge

[atomic halo]

isnt there some tech for recover on warcry

[sterile stone]

the amount of life it cost so low any form of regen or recovery would immediately recovers it

[agile harness]

if i wanna go a poison build on mercenary do i choose witchunter or gemling

[median kraken]

Yes.

[torn root]

Thank you

[atomic halo]

do you happen to have urgent call allocated on the skill tree

[gaunt ether]

dont think so

[agile moat]

Does Exposure do anything if Hits ignore elemental resistances?

[atomic halo]

yes for damage over time

but for hits no

[agile moat]

Hmm. Well I am sparkmage and wondering what to do with 2 asc points (others are in arcane surge)

Mom/eb so the es recoup doesn't work

Oh with COTB

So this

[remote anvil]

How does "Increased Chance to Ignite" Work? I know the base value is 1% chance per 4% of Ailment Threshold. If I get a "+5% chance to ignite", is that 1.05% per 4% AT or is that 6% per 4% AT? Or something else?

[serene ore]

Anyone know if adding 2 of the same rune to a socket do anything?

[atomic halo]

there is no "+5% chance to ignite" as far as i'm aware

[atomic halo]

to two different sockets? yeah, they just stack.

[serene ore]

No to the same equipment

[atomic halo]

yeah, two different sockets on the same item.

[atomic halo]

you said "Increased Chance to Ignite" and then ur example was "+5% chance to ignite". which one is it?

[serene ore]

So if I add 2 iron runes to my quarter staff I get 40% to physical damage?

[atomic halo]

yes

[remote anvil]

Is that 1.15% per 4% AT or 16% per 4% AT?

[topaz cedar]

Does accuracy mean anything for monks/melee

[crisp arrow]

What's the armor cap and for Warrior is flat or % armour better on gear?

[tacit cliff]

what are people supporting frost wall with?

[dreamy oracle]

as in 2 sep socket on weap?

[atomic halo]

(1% per 4% AT) * 1.15

[dreamy oracle]

then yes u can use the same rune one for each

same kind

will need 2 tho

[atomic halo]

there is no armour cap, armour is less effective the more damage the incoming hit, so you always want more.

as for flat vs %, it's just math because both are local. it depends on the tiers and rolls.

[calm orchid]

Not sure where else to ask this but what is the highest “gains x charges per second” on flasks

[atomic halo]

if you check trade it's 0.25

[calm orchid]

Ok sweet

[atomic halo]

also i just realised flask mods dont have tiers

[calm orchid]

Yeah that’s why I was wondering lol

They marked it as unique for whatever reason

Probably just forgotten text like some of the gear that still says coming soon

[atomic halo]

t0 isnt neccesarily unique

drop-only modifiers are also often marked t0

[dreamy oracle]

ice monk is fun

[mystic shard]

How exactly down monks "embrace the darkness" work, im confused.

what is this 10 second reservation thing?

[atomic halo]

reserved means it can't be used

it's like damage taken that can't be recovered

until the duration ends

[mystic shard]

aha aha ok I get it.

[gloomy jackal]

Before I commit to this funky bleed build - what exactly does this mean? Is it just that the bleed is also based off of ele damage? Do increased elemental dmg% nodes on tree contribute to the % increased bleeding magnitude?

[atomic halo]

yes, yes

[gloomy jackal]

Oh wow, so it's not that bad then! kinda sorta turns inc ele dmg into more dmg

thanks

[frozen lotus]

is there a pob for poe2

[atomic halo]

not yet

[atomic halo]

inc is still increased but sure

it's not like "10% inc. ele dmg" = "10% inc. bleed magnitude" if thats what u meant

[gloomy jackal]

oh, yes that's what I meant

I see

[atomic halo]

the bleed is just also based off of that ele dmg, which gets affected by the 10% inc.

so 10% inc is just 10% inc. that works for the bleed

[gloomy jackal]

ya got it ty~

[gray ferry]

If you're scaling totems, what else do you prioritize on gear aside from +gem levels?

[solar solar]

does crit chance work on chaos/elemental damage as well?

[mighty verge]

poison is based off the dmg of the hit, does this include if the hit also crits?

[wispy meadow]

if i have a lightning build and i get an item with +% to chaos damage, does it actually do anything ?

[gloomy jackal]

no, unless you have some source of chaos, like gain extra damage as chaos

[gloomy jackal]

yea, as long as it's a hit not a damage over time. Idk if there's any chaos spells that dont have a hit

[calm orchid]

Really hoping they buff mana soon

[gloomy jackal]

exception is if it's on a martial weapon, then it affects the weapon's base crit, not spells

[cosmic basin]

are there any decent bleed based builds atm?

[calm orchid]

I think it’s safe to say just about every single class struggles with mana end game

[patent dagger]

Is there a frost sorceress build that's still good for leveling and mapping? I really don't want to be playing the spark spam build that runs off of the belt and amulet passives

[cosmic basin]

i just use coldsnap instead of comet now and it works

in cof

but ive got a lot of freexe chance nodes and spam frostbolt

[gloomy jackal]

And if you're going crit CoC comet is solid for bosses, not for mob clear tho

can use on weapon swap

[patent dagger]

Is it alright for mapping or a bit slow?

[velvet blade]

wtf are you supposed to use in cast on crit? 20% less damage and it triggers maybe once every 3 - 4 packs of monsters for 100 spirit?

Feels like I'm doing something wrong here

[gloomy jackal]

it got giga nerfed, not usable for trash clear

boss only

[cosmic basin]

it's okay, but ive only just started mapping and dont have the best gear. spark is probably better for maps

its safe though cos of the frost wall etc

[velvet blade]

dang, that feels real bad

[gloomy jackal]

yea... nerfed too much, rip

[molten glacier]

what does the 40% reduce damage here mean like take 40% less?

[grim lion]

does % fire damage increase work for ignite?

[light fractal]

does unleash work on lightning warp? as in, does it cause multiple explosions? or do the second and third cast do nothing since the target was destroyed on the first?

[patent dagger]

Im not too worried that it's not the best. But I'm already leveling with the frost build from pre nerf, luckily I wasn't very far into it so I'm following one that currently works. But I'm hoping it's good enough for mapping to make some gold so I can respec later to a more meta build

[grim lion]

can I use two rings with fire damage for a 60% increase?

[gloomy jackal]

probably the latter but you can test, should be pretty easy :p

[gloomy jackal]

yep!

[grim lion]

whoa thats broken thanks

[light fractal]

isn't clear when im testing cause no ball lightning yet

but im leaning to it doesn't work

[verbal schooner]

does anyone have a good build guide for invoker lightning + ice

[light fractal]

even though it's one of the recommended gems

[gloomy jackal]

It's not very good by itself imo, great with ball lightning for the shock though

[molten glacier]

wer is this perk i cant even find it with search

[gloomy jackal]

witch - blood mage ascendancy

[molten glacier]

aah

[grand nebula]

Can you respec ascendancy points?

[light fractal]

thanks for the answer btw

[molten glacier]

once u reach end game, but cant change ascendency

[grand nebula]

Gotcha thanks

[subtle path]

Just got caged gods staff as early monk. What runes would be best, elemental or +phys?