2┃build-planning

[willow ether]

double the support gems seems insane

is greands the way

?

i barely use em tbh

[hollow patrol]

What is currently the strongest possible minmaxxed damage sorceress build?

[frosty arrow]

you can delete entire groups with 2 button presses with grenadier no problem. And boss damage is very solid, and safe to put out

[steady berry]

Probably spark archmage

[hollow patrol]

I see, not sure how to build that

[steady berry]

Get a lot of mana and mana regen

Use archmage and spark

Do lots of damage

[hollow patrol]

Just wanting to try and do the most AOE and Boss damage as i possibly can, enjoy trying to figure out how to minmax the most possible xD

[gray ferry]

So Avatar of Fire converts 75% dmg to fire..is there a way to get that last 25% on a skill that doesn't normally have conversion?

[willow ether]

bro no way

that’s insane

[plush tundra]

My new crossbow is going to be a decent upgrade once i put iron rune's in it. Should I do a vaal orb or no?

[willow ether]

damn so i need to get all my grenande skills up

but why did u pick witch hunter what inticed u

i rlly like the double gems on everything

[frosty arrow]

you don't necessarily need all of them. Basic frag and explosive shot will be your bread and butter. I also use gas for armor break, and extra booms. And flash as utility

that's pretty much the easiest grenadier build, super easy to use. 2 buttons 90% of the time

[willow ether]

insane

so cool how u can do different builds

this game fs needs presents of skills

[rare pewter]

is it possible to take a node in two different weapon sets while taking different paths there?

[timid cloud]

guys i have this on, so does this mean if I put immolate support on my main skill gem attack which is ice strike, it will gain 30% damage as extra fire?

[steady berry]

I think so yeah

That helm is really strong tbh

[hybrid ocean]

Seems like it'd fall off a cliff after a while though, unless it's just there to proc those ignite synergies

20 dps isn't anything to write home about

[rustic ravine]

Useing a ice and lighting monk build got this new staff wanted to see if it would be a good idea to get this fire rune on it with this node

[steady berry]

30% of damage as extra fire damage is probably better than most support gems for a lot of skills rn

[timid cloud]

yea it's good but immolate doesn't work on my ice strike somehow. i put the immolate on and off and hit g when I attack to see if my damage change any but it doesn't

[hybrid ocean]

Is it better than a support gem + a helmet is the question though

[steady berry]

Maybe it's not coded as a "real" ignite

[hybrid ocean]

Here's a silly notion

[timid cloud]

you mean the helm?

[rustic ravine]

Ohh so it won’t work then ?

[steady berry]

Yeah

The way it's worded seems like it should work, so if it doesn't I'd consider that a bug

[rustic ravine]

Ahh I see thanks 🙏🏻

[hybrid ocean]

Are there any projectile spells that benefit disproportionately from levels? I'm thinking of trying to cook up a widowhail + projectile skill level on quiver build with gemling, and then using that to benefit a spell

[steady berry]

There are a couple more instances of fake ailments not working properly, like stormweaver's double shock

[timid cloud]

but the helmet literally says make enemies around you ignited

[hybrid ocean]

Is that ever likely to be better than a staff or wand + focus?

[steady berry]

Yeah thats why it should work and if it doesn't it's bugged

[timid cloud]

hmm yea it's bugged im pretty sure cuz my damage should change

[rare pewter]

is ignite getting applied? You might not be passing the ailment threshold if it isn't visibly on. Might need + ignite chance mods if this is the issue.

[hollow patrol]

What is currently the strongest possible minmaxxed damage sorceress build?

[soft lake]

Has anyone had any luck with bleed Blood Mage yet? It seems like getting 100% bleed chance is next to impossible outside of using jewels

[rustic ravine]

Tbh with u I don’t think I got anything that can ingite atm what do u suggest I can do ?

[thin narwhal]

Hey lads, is there a way to convert life regen to mana regen?

[lyric heart]

Should I start trading at level 17 already

Feels like Im very underpowered here

[soft lake]

Blood Magic, I guess?

[timid cloud]

yo the helmet i have i literally says it put enemies around me on ignite

[rare pewter]

Not sure, up to you and what's best for your build. I'm currently playing around with exactly the same thing and extra fire damage on my sorc- am trying to figure out how much ignite % i need for it to be worth running

[rare pewter]

was responding to the other person, yours seems like a bug

idk tho

[hollow patrol]

Anyone know? and or got a build link for me

[steady berry]

You probably don't need or want 100% bleed chance as blood mage

[timid cloud]

so you also agree with that?

should i report?

[soft lake]

Nope, but I'm not sure this is really the channel for it, I'm afraid

[rare pewter]

i have no clue. Might be worth sending in, y e

[hollow patrol]

Then what would be?

[rustic ravine]

Ahh I see

[timid cloud]

where should i send it?

[rare pewter]

no clue, there's probs something on their website

[timid cloud]

ok ty

[soft lake]

I don't know - #2┃general maybe. People here are generally trying to collaborate on planning builds, not just link existing ones

[rare pewter]

np

[steady berry]

Also tbh the physical spells for blood mage literally arent in the game yet so thats funny

What do ppl even use

[rustic ravine]

That helmet is glitched ?

[thin narwhal]

Ah, hm. I have close to 600-700 life/second in just flat regen. Was hoping to use that with MOM somehow.

[timid cloud]

no the helmet looks working cuz all the enemies are burning around me but the immolate support doesn't work with that

[rustic ravine]

I wonder if that helmet with 2 dresser rune and that node would be sufficient for the 30 percent elemental boost

[soft lake]

Well Blood Barbs lets any elemental skill work. But yeah, it does feel like there's a bit of lack of support for phys spells and bleed in general

[slender fern]

guys its says +34 spirit and its only giving me 6

[rustic ravine]

Ohh

[soft lake]

There might be some unique that enables it, but not that I know of. MoM is generally all about stacking mana regen, not life regen

[slender fern]

fuk I cannot gain spirit from armor

[timid cloud]

like i put immolate support on my ice strike to get 30% more damage as fire damage but when hit g and see if my damage change it doesn't compare to when i put it off

[steady berry]

Yeah but all the bleed scaling nodes are behind a bunch of phys damage nodes

[soft lake]

True, but you only have to spend a couple of points to get to them. The bigger issue that I'm trying to figure out is how to reach 100% bleed chance

It seems like jewels is the only realistic way

There's only 30% bleed chance in the witch area of the tree

[timid cloud]

there is unique body armor that gives like 20% chance to bleed on hits

[soft lake]

And then a small amount of %increased chance to apply ailments, which is a multiplier for bleed chance

[vagrant plinth]

why doesnt barrage work with freezing salvo? doesnt increase the amount of projectiles at all

[soft lake]

That too, yeah. But it just feels like a huge struggle still

And the bleed chance support gem obviously only works for one skill

[timid cloud]

on my warrior tho it was good tho i had bleed chance as well on my stamped and also i have all the nodes that gives bleed chance, like 90% of the time all the enemies were bleeding

[soft lake]

Yeah, there's some support for bleed chance in the warrior area of the tree, but that's pretty difficult to path to for a spell witch

[steady berry]

The small node before Blood Barbs gives 15% bleed chance on critical

[timid cloud]

oh you wanna do that with witch gotcha

[soft lake]

I'm not sure how I feel about that. Even if you could reach 100% crit chance, you still need to find 85% bleed chance elsewhere

[steady berry]

And blood mage has crit support if you ever get to 8 ascendancy points

[soft lake]

I also don't know how I feel about that, because taking Blood Barbs + the crit stuff means you have no points for leech and/or Grasping Wounds

I really want to make bleed Blood Mage work but it feels so difficult

[tepid wharf]

how do people balance mana? My max skill gem would probably be lvl 30 and cost like 250+ mana a pop. If I wasn't a Pathfinder idk how the hell I'd have enough mana to sustain that.

[rough kelp]

can you corrupt a physical weapon and get skill for another element?

[gray ferry]

So if you're playing around ignite, big chunky hits are the way to go right? I'm trying to play around with mace totems and ignite and wondering how to make the most of it

[soft lake]

Yeah, larger hits results in higher ignite chance and higher ignite damage

[steady berry]

Yep. Don't rely on igniting white mobs cuz its impossible to get to 100% chance

[gray ferry]

I'll have hammer of the gods on a weapon swap for bigger enemies

[hexed saffron]

Man I dismantled my build to try something and now it's shit
Can someone (ranger) help me out putting it back together?;

[gray ferry]

was trying molten blast at first for other mobs and it feels so-so

doesn't really ignite

sunder is doing a little better

[steady berry]

Nothing will unfortunately

You can have 100% + 100% more and do 75% of a white mobs hp and not ignite

[gray ferry]

jeez wth

[steady berry]

Its really frustrating lol

Ignite is for single target dps atm, not clearing

[somber pendant]

Anyone know if blackflame applies chaos damage to ignites from minions?

[gray ferry]

what's the point of having things like ignite prolif supports in the game then :(

[steady berry]

🤷‍♂️

[gray ferry]

bummer

[hybrid ocean]

Anyone know if two copies of Thief's Torment ring will disable each other?

[steady berry]

Yeah i tried an ignite explosive shot build and it was terrible lol

[hybrid ocean]

Seems relatively safe to assume, but confirmation would be nice

[visual warren]

wheres a good place to farm xp before act 2?

[soft lake]

There are a bunch of spells that guarantee ignites - flame wall, incinerate, solar orb. So I guess it's not fully wasted. But I can't say how ignite chance feels outside of those

[somber pendant]

man ive asked everywhere, cant seem to get an answer to my question

[soft lake]

That said, I'm not convinced ignite prolif is necessary in POE2 at all

Even if you can consistently ignite

[gray ferry]

I see

[visual warren]

answer should be no afaik, since YOU does not also refer to minions

[pearl sluice]

Anyone got a build that isn't 1) a lightshow and 2) corrupting cry

[gray ferry]

I wanted to play around Infernalist's Bringer of Flame, which lets all damage contribute to ignite

[somber pendant]

seperate entities, okay 😦 sad

[visual warren]

i would test it tho

[soft lake]

Answer will indeed be no, you're right

[somber pendant]

what would be a good way to do that?

[soft lake]

Minions don't wear your items

[visual warren]

^^

[somber pendant]

if only black flame was an amulet

[soft lake]

(Unless you're using Necromantic Talisman, in which case they will wear your amulet instead of you)

[steady berry]

Get an igniting minion and compare the ignite damage with and without the -chaos res curse

[somber pendant]

thanks, ill try still just to be sure

[steady berry]

But yeah it will almost certainly not work

[vestal herald]

Is there such thing as monk using fire ele?

[soft lake]

Honestly, it's not even worth it in this case. Minions are not "You"

[somber pendant]

trying to do some chaos shennanigans cuz the node at the top left, right have of darkness

right hand*

[soft lake]

Well that would synergise with Summon Raging Spirits, no?

[somber pendant]

and im wearing the corpse fart boots ;P

how so? loobkoob?

[steady berry]

Also a minion's ignite would deal like 3 dmg wouldnt it?

[soft lake]

You use a fire skill, it summons raging spirits for you automatically, they inflict wither for you

[steady berry]

Your flame wall will overwrite it anyway lol

[soft lake]

Yeah, an enemy will only have the strongest ignite on them do damage

[steady berry]

Which tbh actually does make it synergize

[somber pendant]

yeah they do get max stacks of wither pretty quick with raging spirits

[steady berry]

If you care about flame wall doing 20% more damage

But you could just run flammability instead...

[somber pendant]

the main thing i was going to get to ignite was the explosion of the gas cloud from decompose boots

[steady berry]

Can that explode?

[somber pendant]

yeah

ignites for 27-40 ignite damage with no real investment at level 12 decompose

cant use the higher level ones yet or the game crashes xD

[steady berry]

Jesus lol

[somber pendant]

suppose that would count as my ignite for blackflame 🤔 i was thinking because the minions are igniting the cloud it would be them

but the cloud comes from my spell skill decompose

[soft lake]

It's not a strong enough ignite to be worth it

27-40 base ignite damage is so low

[somber pendant]

thats level 12 decompose it goes up to 18 on the item and + spell skills + chaos skills count towards level

and i have nothing in the tree for ignite magnitude or anything like that

[last patio]

best support gems for temporal rift?

[west pumice]

Enjoying the double sunders. Easy setup too.

[soft lake]

Unless it scales ridiculously high, it's really not much. Look at how much a similar level Flame Wall ignites for in comparison - and Flame Wall isn't a particularly strong skill

[static plinth]

Decompose's poison scales like crazy but the explosion is snzzz

(Cuz the poison is based on mob HP)

[somber pendant]

32-50 isnt a huge difference

[soft lake]

Yeah, but Flame Wall barely clears

[somber pendant]

they get poisoned too, then ignited, with the ignite dealing chaos damage from black flame ring and max wither stacks i think it adds up to be worth it

wither +50% chaos damage taken

plus wither effect im getting from jewels and the tree

[soft lake]

I mean, I guess if you're scaling %chaos damage on the tree then maybe? But I don't think it'll do that much for you without ignite magnitude scaling

[somber pendant]

havent been treating it as like my main form of damage yet or anything, might try it at higher level decompose

just some additional

[static plinth]

If you scale the poison some, apparently Corpsewade just clears maps via walking

Cuz you eventually get it to 100% of enemy HP per poison with multiple stacks of poison

[somber pendant]

yeah i saw the video, they do still get poisoned before the cloud gets ignited

but it doesnt spread out to all enemies everytime

too much arsonists spamming firecrackers for that xD

[errant veldt]

Is there a way to respec the permanent quest buffs? I avoided the chaos resist one when I was running CI and now I’d like to take it

[vivid ferry]

On poe trade, can I filter from a set list of mods?

For example, I want:
fire, lightning, cold, chaos res
all ele res
strength, dex

Obviously I can't have all of those on 1 item. But how do I filter it to only pull from that list?

[green elm]

when i use this unique it says your critical damage bonus is 300% but when i go to my skill it only says 200% am i doing something wrong?

[lyric marsh]

it's the same hehe having 100% base +200% is having 300%

a bit confusing at times tho

[green elm]

ohhh i see, so it is 300% but that stat is just whats being added onto it

[errant veldt]

It seems to emphasize bonus

[green elm]

thank you!

[lyric marsh]

guys, anyone knows if recoup keeps working at full life or do we lose it?

like, you get chunked, you use flask and that flask stops at full life, but do you maintain recoup if hit again?

[modest tulip]

COMBAT FRENZY NOT WORKNG??

i seem to have messed up my munk build combat frenzy no longer creates charges? i still have node on passive skill tree but nothing seems to get it back to working is there anything that you can think of that negates the effect?

[eternal raptor]

can anyone explain to me what the best spark supports are?
i know in poe 1 you want as much proj speed and duration as possible so they can hit multiple times
but do i need it in poe2 since max pierce is 1 and only alternatives would be fork or +1 chain from tree (if chain works at all)
proj speed is a take i guess but what about the other 4?

[last patio]

I don't understand why you would use this gem on tempest bell?

the only limit in the skill description is the number of bells, but this doesnt help at all

the build I'm seeing is using 2 rage related support gems, glaciation, and this

but it seems worthless

does this only apply to 1 of the 3 strikes for ice strike? doesn't specifiy much

[timid cloud]

yo you also need skill frenzy gem to get it to work. you also need to freeze enemies

[modest tulip]

is this what you mean by skill frenzy gem?

[timid cloud]

yes, do you have enough freeze build up?

[modest tulip]

i freeze things super quick

[timid cloud]

so that's weird

it should work then

[modest tulip]

my thoughts exactly i have been using it for ages i made a few changes now it no longer works

[naive tiger]

Does 1hp count as full and low HP at same time?

[timid cloud]

maybe your combat frenzy gem is off

[naive tiger]

I am using the max is 1hp passive

[timid cloud]

you messed up something somewhere

[modest tulip]

do any of this clash?

[timid cloud]

nah, i have all of them on

[modest tulip]

does placement matter?

[neon kindle]

Why wouldn’t you want 2 bells?

[last patio]

it doesn't make 2 bells

i'm not able to

[neon kindle]

It lets you drop a second bell after 4 more combo

[remote bridge]

Any idea why Cast on Freeze works with a lvl 12 Comet gem but not a lvl 13 comet gem? I have 60 spirit exactly. CoF costs 60 spirit? There doesn't seem to be any spirit cost associated with comet that I can see. Error reads "Not enough spirit" with lvl 13 gem but no error with lvl 12 gem.

[last patio]

oh after 4!

wow

gonna have to test this lol

[neon kindle]

Hitting the boss and both bells is chefs kiss

[last patio]

do you use the rage support gems?

[neon kindle]

No

But, they might be good; I just haven’t

[last patio]

i've seen 2 builds running them, raxx and someone else

got me curious

[neon kindle]

Monk isn’t my main, so my knowledge ends here, haha.

[sharp elm]

what classes best utilize this ?

[eternal raptor]

its less about the class but the build
ill use it with sporc

[neon kindle]

MoM?

[sharp elm]

ahh gotcha, what builds then ?

what is MoM

[eternal raptor]

some kind of MoM build idk if its usefull for melee as well

mind over matter

[last patio]

odd, the 2nd bell isn't working

it completely replaces the other one

and I have a lot of attack speed so that shouldn't be a problem

[pulsar violet]

i want to be a tank mage with chronomancer, but does sorceress get access to items that support that kind of class fantasy?

[lament elk]

does lightning% catalyst work with lightning resistance?

[eternal raptor]

all classes can wear all items you just need the stats for it

[last patio]

items as in gear?

[pulsar violet]

mhm

[last patio]

I made a monk with chronomancer ascendencies

so yep lol

[eternal raptor]

thats not a monke

[last patio]

it's a chronomonk :D

it's working REALLY well

i'm able to keep 50% increased damage from having my life at full easily with temporal rift, I have a lot of evasion and ES, any time I take a hit temporal rift is off cd so I basically have permanent energy shield lol

just wish I didn't have to wait like 10 more levels for 3rd trial T_T. I'll have 83% life recoup over 3.5s

[storm willow]

i just got my first support gem lvl 2, should i use splinter, aftershock or devastate on sunder? im using warrior

[minor sleet]

As a ranger, what mods should I be looking for in gloves? Right now I'm primarily looking for attack speed, res and evasion. Is that right?

[stiff smelt]

do aoe boosting support gems make tempest bell shockwaves bigger?

[peak dawn]

Is it possible to give Warcry to allies? I can't seem to find a way

[sage tulip]

Hi I was wondering if Incan bounce some ideas of you guys of what support gems to use. I and doing an internalist witch build with fireball as the focus. I have unleashed, scattershot, wildcards, and thinking of fork as well not sure. Though the issue is that all these suppers decrease the damage so I was wondering what would be the best support to offset the damage decrease to try and boost the damage back up again.

[vivid ferry]

is "added # of fire damage" a good mod? I have avatar of fire on my skill tree

[violet geyser]

If you already have elemental dmg% on staff and no physical damage increase. Is it better to go elemental or physical runes

[lapis estuary]

There is a skill tree node called "Cull the Hordes" It's description reads "25% increased Culling Strike threshold"

Is this additive or multiplicative? Does the threshold for bosses(Uniques) go from 5% to 30%? or 5% to 6.25%?

[frosty arrow]

I think it's multiplicative, being reasonable. Otherwise combined with decimating strikes in witch hunter tree you'd be instakilling almost anything with any instance of damage

[unique gyro]

What's the best class rn

[storm smelt]

how to upgrade everlasting gaze amulet? https://i.imgur.com/G3P4cG3.png

[lapis estuary]

Lol true. I was in dreamland

[sage tulip]

Depends on play style really. You want to shoot things ? Hit things ? Or blast things ?

I’m not joking about the questions lol there are currently 3 really good builds each one around casting a spell, or shooting crossbows, or smacking things with a hammer.

[unique gyro]

Is there like a burst class

Like burst dps

[timid cloud]

so i have found another bug with gem supports as i was testing immolate . close combat support doesn't work. check your dps with and without it as you damage enemies. it doesn't make any difference

[unique gyro]

I saw someone shoot a nuke with a crossbow

Or bow

[sage tulip]

Closest thing I would say is witch infernalist build which is what I am building. Ahh that must be a build I haven’t come across yet.

[sharp cradle]

depends on the highest base dmg for the damage type on the staff, if you’re going elemental then skills convert phys to elemental anyway

[unique gyro]

Rn I'm using monk but was thinking of making a second character at some point

[brisk hemlock]

What stat helps you from being "Spell interrupted"?

[violet geyser]

yesh sorry this is quarterstaff. for monk builds

[sage tulip]

The witch infernalist build goes off making the fireball constantly split endlessly so section of the map is literally endless fireballs and it melts.

Though a lot of the supports decrease the fireballs damage but it makes up for it by the shear number of them that are bouncing around all over the area you are in. You will anywhere between 100-1000 of little fireballs everywhere.

[unique gyro]

Is witch staff or wand

Both?

[sage tulip]

Add in skeletal arsonists throwing grenades and you will see a sea of explosions and fire

[brazen ingot]

can this be beneficial for my freeze and electrecture monk build ?

[sage tulip]

For witch you can use a staff (2handed), wand and scepter or wand and shield or scepter and shield. I prefer scepter and shield.

[storm willow]

is splinter, or any other support gem lvl 2 that break armor good for sunder from warrior?

[slim cobalt]

Can someone help me understand how scaling works with conversion and increased elemental damage with attacks?

I understand how boosting physical damage prior to conversion with a skill like incendiary shot works, the higher the phys, the more it does prior to the conversion

What I don't understand is how increased elemental damage with attacks works. Is it worse because it only acts on the 80% rather than the full 100%? In other words, it goes physical damage increase -> conversion -> elemental damage increase?

[unique gyro]

I saw summon that had like 16 minions and just had fire everywhere

[sage tulip]

This allows me to aura an ability for free, large amount of spirit, defend, and still free up a gem slot since the scepter has the aura I want anyways and not waste a gem slot for a useless attack.

Yeah that’s probably the same build I’m doing. Fire everywhere and minions to support the sea of fire and hold off enemies as a buffer between me and them. The down fall of witches is being squishy

[silk juniper]

my bloodmage is lowkey tanky af

leech is really nice against all the insane dots

[mint glacier]

For mercenary using grenades, what ascendancy is recommended?

[sturdy raven]

any guide on distilling amulets and what combinations give what

[primal oasis]

why do people run conduction (increased chance to shock) on herald of thunder, if herald cant shock

[silk juniper]

you can hold control over any notable passive and it will tell you

what combination you need

just find the best one for your build at the moment

[blissful dagger]

Support gems can add alliments

Soo you can get a support gem that gives 100% chance to shock

[river hamlet]

Hi team. I have been playing ice monk and enjoying it. Recently some friends have finished cruel and we are doing maps but I find that my monk is designed to fly fast and 1 shot everything so group play is not as fun as we would like.

I would like to design a build for my monk that basically instantly freezes everything on screen (even off screen) and is very tanks, but does little damage. I hope it will keep them safe by freezing everything and then allow them to do the killing.

How would you go about this?

TLDR:
group play
Low damage so friends can kill
Insta freeze everything for safety
Invoker monk

How would you do it?

[frosty arrow]

I would do it by playing frost sorc

[primal oasis]

ah, so adding shock to the electrocution for instance?

interesting

[golden python]

Is this good for spirit raging build? With the arcanist and spirits minions?

[gritty marten]

Question. Does "+x to all cold spells" stack? Let's say i have +4 from my weapon, will the one from my necklase work?

[stray palm]

Hello there
I am playing witchhunter
I am wondering if adding for example lightning damage in skill tree and using herald of lightning will add that lightning damage to a fire skill ?
The thing i want is
1 skill dealing different elemental damage types
Lightning fire and cold
I want to know if i can achieve that through herald skills and skill tree nodes only ?
No gear specific

[velvet blade]

How do abilities with a cooldown work with trigger gems like cast on critical?
Do they just not cast if they're still on cooldown?

[silk juniper]

you can achieve that through one pair of gloves, you can do it with heralds and skill tree but they are very conditional

and in a boss fight you would most likely only be doing one type, or mostly one

[left aurora]

if i use ghostwrithe + eldritch battery, does my life become mana?

[tepid crow]

Hi! So I'm building freeze sorc, and recently I decided to go towards critical focus. In POE1 I think critical hits always freeze, does it work the same for POE2?

[silk juniper]

no

[tepid crow]

ok I thought I can reduce freeze buildup nodes but in that case I still need them

[wide shadow]

https://www.twitch.tv/tidesoftime can any1 tell me what build this guys running? first time I seen a build that actually excited about

[silk juniper]

well if you crit you do a lot of dmg which is a lot of freeze build up

[tepid crow]

true

[stuck vault]

spark

[silk juniper]

you can balance freeze build up nodes and crit dmg bonus nodes

for maximum efficiency

[tepid crow]

yeah makes sense

thanks

either way my build started to work really nicely after going elemental storm and crits route

so I'm really excited to make this even better

[last patio]

why is it that I'm finding gear that's higher level that's got amazing rolls, yet there is gear that's lower levels on the market with 10x higher stats?

and they don't have 20% quality or anything

[silk juniper]

the ilvl of an item just increases the pool of mods it can have

doesnt make it better

just makes the high celling better

[last patio]

oooh I was focusing on the lvl requirement

[azure vector]

I have 3 sockets open, which resistances should I put? If I want to cap chaos I'd need to use 2

[last patio]

Really wish I was better at judging whether gear is good or not. Idk why people are only charging 1 exalt when I've never seen gear as good drop in my game

exalts pop up like once every 10 mins, by comparison this gear is super rare

[silk juniper]

2 all res and 1 chaos

[azure vector]

What's the all res one called?

[silk juniper]

it is a soulcore

might be a bit expensive

[wet mango]

lvl requirement has nothing to do with whether an item or mod is good

[silk juniper]

dont know the exact price

[wet mango]

so, step 1 is probalby like, you don't understand how items work at all

the ilvl matters more than the req level (which is a consequence of the mods/base)

[last patio]

can you quickly sort thru what's valuable or not based on ilvl relative to required level alone?

like as a quick way to weed out what you know won't have good rolls

[sharp vortex]

How to get good wand? Legit not seeing any in market for my level... even looking for like max of 6ex any ideas of what i should do lv50 rn

[hollow hare]

Craft

[undone oar]

They aren’t charging 1 exalt. They are price checking

[midnight bolt]

is there any confirmation on how armor works in poe2, is the formula changed compared to poe1? thr values of our armor is definetly way lower

[hollow hare]

Also does anyone know if blaspemy is affected by magnified effect support gem? (+40% aoe)

[silk juniper]

same function

higher hits require higher armour

values may be different

but the core system is the same

[midnight bolt]

ye im asking abt exact values

[last patio]

i've gotten a lot of good stuff for 1 exalt (near max total life + resists, etc), but I'm checking prices like every 10 mins

but yeah you're right, a lot of people leave you dry, and double the price, it's annoying af

[undone oar]

It’s fucked up. I realized what was going on quickly however. Anything you see for 1. Expect it to actually be around 5-9

[last patio]

starting to see why the +1% to crit chance node is so nice. it barely budges now lol

[sharp vortex]

😡

Reeee

Fk crafting, i hate poe2 craftin

Its all rng

[last patio]

I'm so happy with this chronomancer monk I made, temporal rift goes so well with monk, it's so cool I can't see myself rolling another class lol

everything else feels so old school and boring by comparison

[willow ether]

what’s the better mercenary ascended

i feel like i messed up with the gems

guy

[velvet summit]

how does this make sense

[latent coral]

Maybe when crit hits triggers sonethibg else?

[sharp vortex]

What's hard to understand

[pallid wyvern]

There are passive nodes that do stuff when you crit. Example:

[distant dome]

100% faster start of energy shield* means energy shield delay drops from 4 seconds to 2 seconds right?

[frosty arrow]

I'm pretty sure there's special nodes for reducing delay

recharge rate just means how fast it goes once it started charging

[distant dome]

er that's what I meant, edited

[honest storm]

Is chayula poison arrow something anyone has tried?

[graceful epoch]

Hello all i just wanted to ask do all classes just stack str for HP and then put on the Heavy Armor for Hardcore builds if you not a Sorc and need the INT for the DPS?

[frosty arrow]

what do you mean int for dps? Attributes don't increase damage of anything in PoE2 by default

[graceful epoch]

Int for DPS weapons wands etc

[sharp vortex]

Wands themselfs don't have damage

[frosty arrow]

I don't really understand the questions

[sharp vortex]

Just modifers that boost it

[frosty arrow]

you pick attributes as you need them. For gear, support gems, etc

[graceful epoch]

Do all classes stack STR for HP then Armor for protection or is Evation and Shield equal good?

[eternal marlin]

hi, what does this mean? phys flow as flat ele roll? it's from ben gas arrow build

[frosty arrow]

no, not all classes just stack str. Besides, you can stack strength and not wear heavy armor, which is better for most classes

as you have no easy access for armor nodes on the tree

[sharp vortex]

No

[frosty arrow]

you can have lots of health AND energy shield, or evasion

nothing stops you

[sharp vortex]

Sorc build im looking at sites not stack str

They just go full int

And go full magic shield

[frosty arrow]

that's one of the ways to do it, sure

[sharp vortex]

😡i can't find a decent wand to save me though

[graceful epoch]

i found that HP is the most useful attribute that's why i ask

[frosty arrow]

what defenses you build will largely be dictated by what you can realistically take in the passives tree. You won't get far just on base stats of items

[sharp vortex]

Meh

[graceful epoch]

ok i see 🙂

[lethal valley]

do most builds want max life or life regen?

[hollow hare]

Force of Will synergizes with Eldritch Battery yes? or no

[last patio]

I need good synergies with temporal rift

[livid hamlet]

It's for example for Cast on Crit setups, which want to cap crit chance for maximum energy generatoin

So speaking of defenses, how can a Life Stacking Witch get some ?

like should i path to armor nodes and go for armor ?

What would the life amount need to be for me to feel comfortable just living on my own ? Lets assume that i'm almost always full if not CC'd since my build possibly will be

[dreamy crest]

hey folks how do i get martial tempo on minions? Can't seem to find it in the support gem section

[undone dock]

there is a tab on the left of the menu that shows all gems

bottom left*

of the gem section of course

go there press it and search using the search bar at the bottom

[unreal rampart]

I was wondering, are pure physical builds just not that good at the moment? I'm specifically looking into Monk, Merc or Ranger, and I've fiddled with the physical tools these classes and the weapons they use, but so far it felt very underwhelming

[wild frigate]

Is the max +melee skill on wep 6?

[ivory prism]

Check poe2db, but last I checked I think it was +6 yes

[steel tundra]

its 7 I believe

[undone dock]

has PoB make a version for poe2

[steel tundra]

not yet, thats something that'll probably take a while.

[timid cloud]

guys i found a bug with close combat support. it doesn't work, like i did test with have it on and off and as I was damaging enemies my dps didn't change it was the same number

[digital axle]

u can try to report bug, but atm there are tons of bugs 😄 dunno when it will be fixed 😄

[timid cloud]

yea, immolate support also doesn't work i tested it

[pallid yacht]

does minion instability have a chance to crit? I'm guessing it has a base 0% crit like poe1 but i just wanted to confirm

[crude zealot]

If I put lockdown support on a minion ('supported skills have 120% more pin buildup against enemies within 2 metres of you, scaling to no chance at 12 metres'), is the distance of 2 metres actually calculated from me or from the minion inflicting the pin?

[versed wren]

Cultist bows, what did they think when they didn't allow us to put on chaos % on it / Chaos runes?
Best choice is like Flat phy + % phy for poison build but then you're better off with flat phy bow with 20% phy runes.

Is it just not developted yet or just missed xD

[craggy hearth]

Heyo gang, what class is the current best map clearer t15? Have 100 ex budget , playing warrior but as you know the clearing speed is slow with whatever warr build you play( totem, shout, titan armour explo etc etc )

[last patio]

is there a way for alt information to always be shown? I looked but couldn't find a setting for it

[tidal copper]

Someone was playing spiral volley with frenzy barrage+snipe said it was decent

[wild nimbus]

did they nerf the 4 socket then upgrading trick ?

used 18 vals still no 4 socket...

[tidal copper]

Bless luck RIP 18 jeweller's

[static spade]

Is there an infernal here?

[last patio]

i'm guessing the cruel difficulty venom draught you want is extra chaos resist? Is it really difficult to build that in end game?

I still haven't used the draught from regular difficulty. Don't wanna fuck up lol

[tidal copper]

Then you should keep this one too
It's like any RPG you gotta save it for the harder fight

[frosty arrow]

that's how you end up beating the game with inventory full of crap you could've used, but saved for...something?

just use the damn thing, it's not such a big deal

[last patio]

it's a permanent choice

[lament holly]

is that quest reward even in Cruel? I'm in act 3 and never saw it in Act 1 Cruel when I went through it

[last patio]

i'd rather wait and see which is most relevant to end game

[static spade]

I wanna ask if these 3 passives can sync well.

[lament holly]

no. Pyromaniac makes your mana 0

[last patio]

it's in act 3 in both regular and cruel

[lament holly]

oh is it in 3? I swore it was in act 1 lol. Guess I'm still getting up to it. I picked the faster mana regen in act 3 non cruel, as it's more required for the MOM build I'm running

[static spade]

Thank you, I'm not gonna use it then.

[frosty arrow]

none of the choices are THAT impactful. On par with a normal passive node from a tree

it's honestly not that important

[sharp vortex]

Thoughts on this for spark build?

[stable lake]

Is there any way to lower/convert lightning dot dmg in this game? I want to play with Doryanis Prototype but cant figure out how to negate the lightning dot which 1 shots me

[sharp vortex]

Is 5 ex too much?

[mellow yoke]

Best warrior build? Playing titan boneshatter atm and it clears my whole screen but my weapon is also very good for my level currently do idk how itll play later when I start mapping

[normal pumice]

Maybe invest in max lightning resistance. If you can find take lightning damage as smth else, that.

[lunar rivet]

do you guys know anyone successfully running an Infernal Flame witch build?

( i need options if my build gets bricked like my last one)

[warped kayak]

hey there, are the poison ranges here? I'd like to know how you handle with survivability on late levels?

im playing around some ka-boom build (corruption+explosion), looks flawesly but... i don't know how to suvive here. im 65 lvl and around completing cruel act 3, and faced that i can't complete chaos challenge solo - bosses just oneshoting me whetever i do. I've already took acrobatics skill and raised my evasion to 45% (not much i know)

[tidal copper]

Can I see your tree? Build it in max roll

[warped kayak]

yeah, let me take screenshot

[rancid thicket]

Dropped a Doryani's Prototype. Decided to go all in to make it work with Storm Mages. Little did I know, storm mages suck ass.

I'm unaware of any lightning convert gear for Minions, does anyone know of any?

[old kayak]

I have a question about Affix and Suffix. I've heard everywhere that you can have three of both types. So 6 totals + Implicit. But I have gear with more than that!
Also, is there a list of stats somewhere that can be Suffix or Affix ?

[rancid thicket]

Hold alt over the item. It's likely that you're seeing 1 modifier that has 2 parts. The faint T# on the right could expand across 2 of the mods

[old kayak]

Because some Suffix / Affix have two stats like "Evasion + Energy Shield" ? If so are there other special cases like those ?

[rancid thicket]

Aye. An example off the top of my head there's a modifier that gives Spirit and Mana, but it only counts as 1 modifier

[old kayak]

Ok nice makes sense. So people are not wrong when they say you can have 6 stats total

[rancid thicket]

Correct. Under normal circumstances it's 3 of each. 🙂

[old kayak]

Thanks

[maiden kernel]

What does the minus resistance mean? Can someone help
Me

[obsidian grove]

Light radius doesn’t count as a modifier on equipment I believe

[obsidian grove]

As you go through the acts you get resistance debuffs. So you can go into the negative if you have no resistances on your gear

It means you will take extra damage from that damage type

Rings and runes are the easiest way to get some resistances rolling. Sitting at -40% is going to make maps hell

[eternal marlin]

hi, would this be good on gas arrow build?

[compact stream]

what is the maximum accuracy for a crossbow merc? is it a good idea to get 500+ accuracy from items?

[obsidian grove]

Not particularly, but it’s a nice item to throw on a low level character

[distant canopy]

if you have eldritch battery is 0/0 energy shield considered "full"?

[eternal marlin]

oh i see was thinking the chaos res and using ghost dance would be reliable enough

ig ill just use other chest then, tyty

[lilac hinge]

What are some builds that synergies good with Lightning Deadeye?

[tropic river]

I'd assume not but does "skill effect duration" ever affect ailment duration?

[silver anvil]

voltaic grenades good for anything? I notice all the top damaging stuff in poe2 wants you to combo your skills but i can't see anything for voltaic grenades

i want to use them though, i like their low fuse time

[simple lily]

Can anyone explain how swift affliction increases the damage of herald of ash? It says 35% more non-ailment damage, but ignite is ailment damage no?

[rancid thicket]

non-ailment damage over time. So debuffs like chaos damage from Essence Drain, Contagion, etc

[distant dome]

Unleash + eye of winter = instant 10 stack of critical weakness single target. Though I often press the button twice to make up for imperfect aim.

Ring that gives chain + chain support and now the entire pack has it stacked.

Since you said critical weakness is effectively added to base crit, that means my stat sheet 60% bonestorm is already at 100% Crit :D

I’m mostly typing this because it’s hard to search “does critical weakness” apply before or after increased critical strike chance.

[rancid thicket]

It doesn't affect Herald of Ash (Afaik)

[simple lily]

Thanks, they changed it from PoE1 to specify non-ailment, I got confused

[rancid thicket]

No worries, easy mistake 🙂

[sudden crown]

Anyone here playing merc grenade build and have tips on how to scale it

[feral halo]

Looking for big brain that has knowledge on endgame titan to help me fix my build, I am currently lvl 84. Will pay exalted orbs for your time!

[spring atlas]

highest ive gotten my DPS. Is this around ballpark for my lvl?

[unique sparrow]

which one is better for my fire build

[fiery horizon]

how worth will it be to upgrade my current 280dps bow to a 350dps bow damage wise ?

[unique sparrow]

what lvl are you

[calm orchid]

Is this actually good

Looks very interesting

[loud robin]

i am playing as witchhunter and kind of soft stuck against a boss in act2 cruel right now. i use against bosses HVR with doppelbarell, fresh clip and scattershot atm, but need to improve my damage output, want to stick to this build as long as possible. i run out of flasks before i can get him. Would bleeding get my changes for bossing better? mobing isnt the problem right now.

[candid venture]

Galvanic shards fires lightening bolts right ? I equipped herald of thunder but my bolts isn't triggering any lightening effects, so that means enemies needs to be in a shocked state first for herald to work ?

Can anyone explain ?

[hushed viper]

If I have converted 100% of my lightning damage to cold, will the extra lightning damage in this wand still count to the conversion?

[candid venture]

[agile dune]

While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage... take a guess 😄

(yes, they need to have the shock ailment)

[candid venture]

No wonder my bolts wasnt doing any lightining damage, I equipped herald before galvanic shards

[fiery horizon]

73

[unique sparrow]

by dps do you mean your bow basic attack dps?

[fiery horizon]

i mean by my lightning damage

[unique sparrow]

send a screenshot

[stuck vault]

does anyone know if there is a way to get Endurnace Cahrges (without Convert Node) on monk?

[void pewter]

no, the extra damage from "ganed as" will never be converted

its added at the same time as conversion, so you get 123% cold and 20% light

[willow ginkgo]

Is Flickerstrike chain affected by + range?

[fiery horizon]

i am playing la my phys dps gets converted to lightning damage so atm with a 280phys bow my lightning dps is 5.7k but with a 350phys bow how much of a dps gain will that be in total

[nimble fiber]

When i socket Snipers Mark into Hand of Chayula would it make sense to also link Profusion or wouldnt that do anything?

[cedar river]

Armour + Evasion or pure Evasion for Deadeye?

[fiery horizon]

pure evasion imo

you would need like 100+ str for the gear i think

[hushed umbra]

Giant's blood, 2handed + shield uses 1handed passives, dual wielding uses 2handed passives?

[mellow escarp]

Are there any mega tanky nodes that I can respec into temporarily near the int start or to the left? This chaos trial is kicking my ass 😭

[cedar river]

Im currently thinking pure Evasion, but taking as much Strength in the tree as I can get away with

[normal pumice]

Good question 🤯

[slender fern]

act3 first one

[hollow perch]

Is there a notable or nodes on the passive tree that lower the movespeed penalty while attacking? I remember seeing something but I cant find it again

[normal pumice]

I heard there's Rhoa mount for Ranger

[obsidian grove]

tbh you should always take pure energy node at a minimum

[sterile stone]

its a support gem, forgot the name

[obsidian grove]

ranger ascendacy has one

[sterile stone]

unless theres also notable

[hollow perch]

ahhh

[old oriole]

is it bad idea to combine my mana and enrgy shield+ i take damage from mana first + my skills are heavy mana consuming?

[sacred sparrow]

Do multiple flame walls add more damage to projectiles?

[sacred sparrow]

I.e two casts of flame wall, projectile go through both, profit?

[tidal copper]

Fuck around and find out

[sterile stone]

alot of people do this, if you can sustain it its a good idea

[old oriole]

how do i solve the issue of my spells using too much mana?

[old oriole]

i kinda died faster than usual

[sterile stone]

inspiration and dont stack too many + levels, more regen, lifetap, there are multiple ways depend on which you can use

[wet mango]

It will be lightning

[feral halo]

can someone help me transition into another build? will give exalts I will share screen in discord

[sterile stone]

and theres always mana flask if you kill fast enough while mapping

[mellow escarp]

Yeah, I've got that one, and the little cluster of notables above it, but that's about it I think

[sterile stone]

might wanna specify from to what

[wet mango]

350/280

[hushed viper]

Thank you for explaining, lots of stuff to try to understand with the stats ._.

[feral halo]

can someone help me transition into another build? will give exalts I will share screen in discord, just need some help to figure out what passives to change into I have a link to the new build I want it's just that I don't know which nodes will hold more value

[wet mango]

If you open the glossary for "gain" on your weapon it explains this
(Not attacking you, just showing you the reference)

[dawn spire]

I know pathfinder has nodes like that. I also forget if there are nodes like that on the tree. I'd just search "movement speed" and check the tree. There won't be much

[old oriole]

is there no way to leech mana back via elemental damage?

[hushed viper]

I didnt even know that, that would help me figure out more stuff on my own. Thank you!

[dawn spire]

We don't do paid services here

[feral halo]

ok

can someone help me transition into a new build? i got the planner i just need advice (will share screen)

[dawn spire]

But what level are you and what build do you want to go for?

[feral halo]

byron

I will be your best friend forever

if you can help me

this is my last attempt at titan

I'm almost lvl 85

[dawn spire]

I'm out of the country on a business trip. I ain't got data for a screen share

[feral halo]

I was playing fire ignite switching to alkaizer build

as it seems a lot better

[dawn spire]

Can you post your tree? I'm also unfamiliar with the alkaizer build

[feral halo]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/alkaizer-stampede-hotg

I'm respeccing my tree

[dawn spire]

Alright, lemme read this

[ionic cargo]

can damage over time crit?

[unkempt nexus]

what would be the best character for magic find?

(morior invictus, 2x andvarius)

[dawn spire]

Undraz Fire Titan Build Help

[fiery horizon]

no idea what that means

[dawn spire]

No, but essence drain has a hit component that can crit

[ionic cargo]

will it increase the dot if the hit crits?

[wet mango]

It's a number. 350 divided by 280

So 25% more dmg

[nimble fiber]

can the chaos damage over time applied by decaying hex crit?

[wet mango]

Crit only for hits

[nimble fiber]

thx

[shadow tinsel]

Are resistances as crucial in this game as PoE1? I’m still not at maps yet but I’ve noticed I’m not being as punished as I was in PoE1 for not having res cap

[silent stump]

it matters alot later

[tidal copper]

The difficulty curve in maps is a bit weird in about tier 8 capping resistances start being demanded
It also depends on how strong the build is

[wild nimbus]

holy shit

+2
and not a single socketed from val orbs

am i stupid or what

[lone temple]

yes

🙂

[wild nimbus]

what am i doing wrong ?

[sterile stone]

guys when a debuff/ailment is consumed it means its gone after being consumed right

[lone temple]

nothing it is just bad luck

[sterile stone]

so i can start re applying it again

[tidal copper]

You people sucking all the bad luck
Crazy

[tidal copper]

Sure? Sounds about right what you cooking?

[old oriole]

does this work on bosses?

[sterile stone]

looping armour explosion with exploit weakness

[tidal copper]

Definitely works but I have noticed bosses taking a bit longer to get armour break
You can use other skills to armour break too as there is a support for it

[sterile stone]

yeah im trying it for minions

[warm egret]

Is it best to get raw dmg notes for Monk first before focusing on crit?

[tidal copper]

Is it better to get DMG 40% of the time when you crit or 100% of the time

[nimble fiber]

Palm skills that dash to the enemey still dont count as travel skills, right?

[void pewter]

I assume all skills that count as travel has the actual travel tag

but that could be wrong

[nimble fiber]

yeah it doesnt have the tag but it still kindof travels but i guess it doesnt count

[tidal copper]

No this is exactly it
Look at the tags they'll guide you ||towards memes||

[void pewter]

not even flicker strike has travel tag though so that makes me unsure

[dusk notch]

I wanna try a pyromancer infernalist with demon form with demon flare stacks did any of yall try it yet?

[sterile stone]

you mean mana flare?

[dusk notch]

Nah dont u got the flare stacks the longer u stay in demon form

[ionic cargo]

will i still get bonus life if i take eldritch battery with this

[dusk notch]

P sure its called that

[tidal copper]

Sounds like yes
Do report your findings

[old oriole]

is 40% more area dmg just 40% more damage?

[void pewter]

there are many skills with an area of effect that does not do area dmg, so not really

like lightning arrow

[tidal copper]

Look at gem tags

[void pewter]

gem tags does not help with that

need to check dmg numbers on the detailed screen

[feral halo]

Looking for someone to help me transition into a new build (discord call)

[old oriole]

so say for ice comet, which matters more elemental damage or area damage?

[tidal copper]

What? If it doesn't have AOE tag it might still get the DMG?

[void pewter]

other way around, lightning arrow has aoe tag

but not aoe dmg

can be supported by conc but doesnt get dmg

[void pewter]

ice comet is def aoe damage so they are equal

[tidal copper]

The skill has two parts? Maybe that influences it?...
It'll be neat to know by looking at the ability

[void pewter]

i think the aoe refers to the chaining range or something

neither projectile or chain dmg is increased by conc

[old oriole]

what is elemental discharge?

[void pewter]

but this is the same as in poe, wait for wiki to be updated or test urself to know for sure

[livid hamlet]

Is armor worth anything late game ?
I'm trying to build a bloodmage and i'm wondering what defence layers i should go fo

[tidal copper]

Isn't armour a bit far?

[livid hamlet]

I can go the shortest route

for some nodes

through templar/druid

it's like 20-25 nodes i think to get into warrior starting arena

if i just go for str when necessary it's not so terrible

but yeah i'm wandering how to get defences as bloodmage

focusing on life stacking

[void pewter]

just spend those nodes on ES instead probably best even as bloodmage

[tidal copper]

It's curious how there aren't even that many armour nodes either

What about armour/Eshield though

[livid hamlet]

massive amounts of life + leech + Atziri's acuity is what i'm hoping my best bet to be

[void pewter]

armour is worth less the less you have so hybrid stuff and small investment makes it worse then other things

[unkempt nexus]

what would be the best class to build up a magic find character with / from?

[livid hamlet]

ES will be problematic, since i don't know how much ES i can build up

i could get more ES and then go for Soul Tether

that would definitely be viable

[nimble fiber]

My Quaterstaff does only Physical damage but the skills i use convert alot to elemental damage. Would Primal Armament (25% more weapon elemental damage) have an effect?

[void pewter]

thats probably the endgame play yeah

[livid hamlet]

I was thinking armor since one of my endgame plans was Kaom's

[void pewter]

life costs for skills shouldnt fuck with ES though so i think ur fine using some es as a buffer before then

[livid hamlet]

which is armor based

[void pewter]

i think at least

idk

[wet mango]

It would affect the ele part

[nimble fiber]

k thx

[livid hamlet]

yeah life cost doesn't matter for ES

if i went for ES i would defo go for soul tether tho

[wet mango]

Can check it in the detailed skill view

[tidal copper]

If you reach the warrior tree you also get some physical DMG nodes that could be good?

[lament idol]

Hello folks, there is no class/ascendancy sections or i am just blindie? 😄

[livid hamlet]

My end game is not phys but chaos

i want to stack as much life cost as possible

with burden of shadows

and blow everything up with corpse explosion getting crapload of chaos damgae

that would also make me totally immune to mana costs

so i can also get MOM, not that it will matter a lot

[wet mango]

You can know by looking at poe2db

[tidal copper]

Chaos DMG is on the evasion side of the tree isn't it?

[wet mango]

But the point is things can have multiple parts

Some can be aoe while others not

[livid hamlet]

Mostly on the ES side

[void pewter]

kaoms has basically no armor so ur not off to a good start

[livid hamlet]

which i already am as a witch

there's some going left

and i will pick spagettification since it's right next to the major crit cluster

[tidal copper]

Can we get a draft of the tree?

[wicked canyon]

how does the dps for the dualstring bow work? If it has 32-63 phys dmg, is that dps split between the two arrows or each arrow does that much dmg?

[void pewter]

each arrow does full dmg but most skills wont hit the same target with more then one arrow

[lucid glade]

I can't talk in the church of sorc, do I just ask here ?

[prisma bear]

how much resistance do mobs have before map mods/rare affix? i'm trying to figure out how to minmax my tree and support gems but i have no idea how much pen i need

[wicked canyon]

thanks!

[ionic cargo]

almost found righteous fire but it doesnt work

[wet mango]

As an archer IRL, we got a good kick out of that one lol

They added a string! Now we can fire 2 arrows with the same power as previously!

[fiery horizon]

i see thanks

[void pewter]

wait really? that seems like it should work

[livid hamlet]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/qn4lf0zw
maybe something like this to start of ?

[lucid glade]

I'm still in Act 2, sorc, and getting one-shotted by Rudja. I tried ember+wall+spirits, spark+wall or arc builds, but nothing stands out for more dps and even with some fire resist I still get one shotted by this boss.

Am I doing something wrong ? Is it playing sorc and I should roll a monk or something where leveling is better ?

[livid hamlet]

it's not fully filled

[void pewter]

but i guess the curse is considered a support to blasphemy? so you cant even socket it?

[ionic cargo]

it doesnt im using it right now

[livid hamlet]

but the general idea is just to stack a crapload of chaos and crit

get insta leech from Atziri's

to keep me capped

[void pewter]

if you actually can socket the gems it smells like a bug to me

[livid hamlet]

and see where we will end

[wet mango]

You can use other supports on the blasphemy curse

[ionic cargo]

i can socket it in

[livid hamlet]

and now i wonder how to steamline this a bit

[wet mango]

Like incr AOE and stuff

[void pewter]

report it and see what happens

[livid hamlet]

What ?
you can socket supports

blasphemy is a meta gem

which casts skills

you can support these skills

[void pewter]

yeah that is how it should work

apparently it doesnt

[livid hamlet]

interesting

[snow sierra]

can you socked it without blasphemy ?

[ionic cargo]

here

i can socket it in

[snow sierra]

fighting mass with mass in breach 😛

no clue why it shouldnt work then too sorry

[void pewter]

yep doesnt work, tried as well

[snow sierra]

and dos it do something if you dont use blasphemy ?

[ionic cargo]

it degens with the curse

[void pewter]

ye it works as it should with manual cast

[snow sierra]

strange

[void pewter]

id say thats a bug but who knows

[ionic cargo]

i also cant add support gem when manual casting

like swift affliction

[void pewter]

blasphemy "turns socketed curse skills into auras" but like the curse limit and stuff still applies right?

so its still a curse

[weary fog]

Some dumbass lying on the POE2 Reddit saying this bow is worth over 130 ex 💀💀💀

[snow sierra]

yes its still a curse for sure

[ionic cargo]

no idea where to report things

[snow sierra]

The mana roll dosnt look great but the rest looks insane, and it has open things to slam

no expert on weapons tho, i struggel to sort out good ones still

[silver warren]

I have a storm weaver archmage that uses “damage taken as mana before life” from the passive tree and jewels. That and my capped res make me pretty tanky against elemental damage. For physical damage, I only have the 40% damage to mana as mitigation. What ways can I gain some physical damage tankiness that I’m missing?

[indigo valley]

Wish there was a way for Blasphemy to be applied to your minions tho

[odd osprey]

if I have a scepter in my 2 slot does the spirit still cross over to my 1 slot?

[snow sierra]

not possible

scepter and wands can not be equipt two times

you can do scepter + wand tho 😉

[feral halo]

can anyone voice with me just to crunch some numbers on a build?

[odd osprey]

I'm running a monk i have a staff in my 1 slot if I put a scepter in my 2 slot will the spirit cross over to be able to be used on my staff

[snow sierra]

ah missunderstood

no only one weapon set is active

[odd osprey]

shit

I need spirit

[snow sierra]

body and amulett

[odd osprey]

yeah just getting shit rolls

[sand dagger]

Any guides on a mercenary build?

[indigo valley]

you can add quality to your scepter to increase you spirit as well

[leaden turtle]

Any Monk players here? I'm trying to understand why no1 has conc effect with ice strike on their build guides -- apparently its AoE and it works?

[void pewter]

maybe they have it on bell instead?

bell should be way more single target dmg if you get ailments on it etc

and you wouldnt have to swap for clear

[leaden turtle]

but then the aoe of bell is bad fo clear?

why wouldnt u have to swap?

[void pewter]

why would you use bell to clear

press ice strike screen dies

no?

[leaden turtle]

Cause ice strike aoe is really small?

[void pewter]

herald of ice

[leaden turtle]

uh no?

[frozen cradle]

herald of ice explodes whole screen of enemies with ice strike

[leaden turtle]

Herald of ice even with magnified effect isn't anywhere near "whole screen"

[void pewter]

can get it to chain with herald of thunder pretty sure, attack speed and one tapping mobs makes ice strike + herald basically flickerstrike from poe anyway

except you can stop

xdd

[leaden turtle]

but if herald of ice is clearing screen anyway, y not put conc effect on ur attack

[void pewter]

sure but why not put it on the thing doing more damage and not make it harder to hit rares + bell

[leaden turtle]

u can hit the bell + boss?

i c

so conc effect makes attacks that hit the bell get the benefit of it?

[void pewter]

not sure how bell and conc works might be that bell becomes harder to hit with conc, who knows

dont assume anyone has figured everything out yet

most likely 90% of the shit in guides atm is wrong or not optimal

[leaden turtle]

i c

my understanding of bell is that it merely radiates the attacks that hit it

so conc effect might just benefit the actual dropping of the bell

[void pewter]

it is its own attack that happens when it gets hit

under shockwave on the gem

[leaden turtle]

right -- but the damage from that attack is based on what hits it, no?

[void pewter]

no it has its own % weapon dmg

[leaden turtle]

it does not

only on the initial drop

[void pewter]

it does though

[leaden turtle]

ah ok

but in that case

my ice strike damage is a lot higher than the shockwaves of bell ;o

so wouldnt i just want to pump that as much as possible?

[void pewter]

90% more dmg from having ailments on bell

+x% more from knockback

[leaden turtle]

Where does it say 90% more dmg from having ailment on bell?

[void pewter]

on the literal gem

under the shockwave tab

[leaden turtle]

this is what mine says

[void pewter]

on the gem

[leaden turtle]

i don't see anything about 90%

[void pewter]

not on character screen

[void pewter]

yes

almost there

u can do it

[leaden turtle]

thats the gem?

[void pewter]

"shockwave"

click that

[leaden turtle]

i did

i pasted

the shockwave first

lol

[void pewter]

no you pasted character screen

[leaden turtle]

^

[wild nimbus]

any tldr about damage penetration ?

[void pewter]

on this picture click shockwave

[leaden turtle]

no i pasted the description under shockwave

ahah

its 30% more per ailment

[void pewter]

bell has low treshold for ailments so should be able to hit at least 3 as long as yuo have some added fire dmg somewhere

i think at least

[leaden turtle]

yes

ive been igniting it with a very small amount of fire

[void pewter]

still 60% + whatever in knockback % dmg

giga damage

multiplicative since different lines, so * whatever in knockback dmg even

[leaden turtle]

idk what world u guys r in that herald of ice is screen clearing tho ;p

its radius is like.... 1/4 of the screen

with magnified effect

[noble flume]

There's supposed to be a ring that helps with spark. Anyone know what that is?

[void pewter]

and then you blink to next mob and it dies and repeat with 140% base attack speed

[leaden turtle]

yea its very efficient but

when theres a huge wave on the screen

bell is better

so that seems like conc wouldnt be great

[void pewter]

you do you but really ur gonna not just hold down right click when you could

[versed hazel]

what are all the ways u can increase ur spirit?

[void pewter]

even if its marginally slower

[leaden turtle]

i guess my biggest

issue with conc on ice strike is that maybe it won't also hit bell + the mob?

[void pewter]

thats what im thinking

[leaden turtle]

lemme test

[void pewter]

its already fucking annoying to hit bell + target

with every attack, the "finisher" is a lot bigger

[leaden turtle]

yea

thats the main issue tbh

its still possible but

more finicky, easier to mess up

so whats the ideal 5link for ice strike?

i have martial tempo, primal armament, and cold infusion atm

[alpine pecan]

depends what you want to do with it i guess. just damage? otherwise freeze buildup and/or duration is good too.

[leaden turtle]

just dmg

my freeze buildup is alrdy super high and dmg will make it higher

[mortal cloak]

So I’ve been running dual xbow shotgun frag shot plus grenades but frag shot is falling off hard. Any suggestions to compliment grenade build for my second weapon/weapon skill set ?

At level 62 or so now

[void pewter]

ice bite seems like a no brainer, but that kinda depends on how it interacts with bell i guess for single target

[leaden turtle]

like if i can put it on bell instead or wdym?

[void pewter]

if it proccs from freezing the bnell

[leaden turtle]

ah

[void pewter]

probably not since its not an enemy

but who knows

that might be testable i guess if you hit bell and check char screen

[leaden turtle]

well u have to freeze the enemy with the skill its linked too

[void pewter]

yeah ice bite on ice strike, hit bell

freeze bell

get dmg

then freeze boss, keep damage

boss dead

[leaden turtle]

hm

[void pewter]

then you have close combat

actually ice bite is "all attacks gain damage"

[leaden turtle]

i think it works

[void pewter]

so that should be on bell ur right

[leaden turtle]

i mean, ice bite seems to be triggering from freezing the bell

[void pewter]

or ye

however you wanna do it

bell max dmg or support gems

ice strike support gems or max dmg

ice bite will be permanently up on trash if its on ice strike

which is nice for herald as well

[leaden turtle]

I don't love how cold infusion cuts light in half tho

cause it would make sense to get the 10% extra as light right?

so I can shock?

[magic merlin]

ayo any witch mains? i was following this build https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/life-stacker-infernalist-kripp but have some questions

[alpine pecan]

crescendo, ruthless, rage, cold pen (if you dont have it on the tree cold pen for sure otherwise not really). you can replace cold infusion if you have other elemental damage too and just go rage or whatever else. if you use combo points there's also the support for that.

[void pewter]

yes, close combat should be better

and rage yeah, rage on ice strike or bell kinda up to you i guess

rage on clear seems nice

[leaden turtle]

hmm

is there anyway to tell how much 1 metre is

for close combat

[void pewter]

i think its actually shorter then your melee range but you will be standing inside bosses kinda most of the time

[alpine pecan]

no but it's not big. roughly ice strike range.

[leaden turtle]

hm

[alpine pecan]

primal armament

you had that already

[versed hazel]

would 100% minion revive rate making revival instant or cut the cooldown in half?

[leaden turtle]

ya

[versed hazel]

which?

[leaden turtle]

sry was ya @ robin

it would probably cut it in half

rage falls off too fast, i don't mind having it on bell so its up for bosses

close combat i wish i knew how much id actually get ;p

[stable turtle]

As a ranger do I want Acrobatics passive?

[leaden turtle]

Only if you stack enough evasion

[stable turtle]

What does it really do besides nerf my evasion

[leaden turtle]

lets u dodge spells

and hits that are normally not evadable

[stable turtle]

Oh you cant dodge spells without it?

[leaden turtle]

cannot

[stable turtle]

Okay thanks

[slender furnace]

False

Spells and hits are the same in poe 2

Acrobatics let's you dodge aoe like slams

[stable turtle]

I went from 67% to 25%

So its just for AOEs

[leaden turtle]

fales

[leaden turtle]

literally just hold alt and read evasion

"enemy strikes or projectiles"

not spells

[slender furnace]

Bro

They changed how the entire system works in poe 2

[leaden turtle]

bro im reading POE2's evasion

hold alt on anything that gives evasion and read it

[slender furnace]

There's no difference between spells and attacks now

You're reading it wrong

[leaden turtle]

k

"evasion grants a chance to evade enemy strikes or projectiles"

read it correct for me

[slender furnace]

Strikes and projectiles does not discern between spells and attacks

[leaden turtle]

Strikes are attacks

[slender furnace]

Spells produce projectiles

[leaden turtle]

spells could be a projectile

Oh? comets a projectile?

flame strikes a projectile?

arcs a projectile?

[slender furnace]

I know I'm right so you can believe whatever you want

[leaden turtle]

lol ok

GL with that

[slender furnace]

Where's spell block?

[stable turtle]

Tilted hes right

[leaden turtle]

Hes right that some spells produce projectiles

[stable turtle]

Look in passive for projectile they counts spells as projectiles

[leaden turtle]

No, some spells produce projectiles

Those would be counted

IE: fireball

the 3 spells i just listed, do not

and you cannot evade them without acrobatics

[stable turtle]

Yes but arnt those AOEs?

[leaden turtle]

Arc? no

[slender furnace]

You described constantly as a spell...comet is aoe...which acrobatics would evade but normal evasion would not

Comet*

[leaden turtle]

Most spells are not projectiles

[slender furnace]

That's just made up number one

Number two spells that aren't projectiles are going to be aoe...which is why acrobatics is useful

[leaden turtle]

Flame wall, ice nova, frost bomb, orb of storms, incinerate, solar orb, cold snap, arc, frost wall, lightning warp, firestorm, comet, flameblast, lightning conduit

ALL non projectiles

[stable turtle]

Those are AOEs which is what he said though

[leaden turtle]

anyways im done

[alpine pecan]

spells have always had spells that are projectiles. you do not need to roll accuracy with a projectile spell.

[leaden turtle]

there's no threatening projectile spells in this game as a player, every spell u want to evade u need acrobatics for

[stable turtle]

Either way it sounds useful to have Acrobatics

[leaden turtle]

ya just huge -evasion so u need a lot

[alpine pecan]

evasion only work on projectile ATTACKS not projectile SPELLS

[slender furnace]

Wrong

[alpine pecan]

nope

[slender furnace]

Yup

[leaden turtle]

we just had this conversation lol

[void pewter]

actually wrong in poe 2 i believe

[slender furnace]

This isn't poe 1

[alpine pecan]

nope

[peak whale]

the classification now is "can be evaded" vs "cannot be evaded"

[void pewter]

but for monsters yes

[peak whale]

as a general rule, any aoe that has a telegraph (e.g. you can see the animation of the attack coming out and can walk/roll out of the area in a reasonable amount of time) cannot be evaded, because the game expects you to GTFO

but acrobatics lets you just stand in those (if you feel like rolling the dice - i still wouldn't because those attacks tend to do a LOT of damage and potentially oneshot you, so rolling the dice to see if you live or die is not ideal)

[shell temple]

I was thinking of going all in on a support aura/cursebot build:

• Get discipline to provide shield to allies
• max out mana on gear
• get all mana recharge + curse + energy shield
• as much spirit, maybe 3 curses and 2 auras

Would this work in late game mapping with a duo?

[alpine pecan]

I think you guys are confusing information that has been put out for dodge with how evasion works. Dodge roll can evade all projectiles including spells, evasion only attacks (anything that needs accuracy to hit, which spell projectiles do not).

[void pewter]

ingame tooltips say evade strikes and projectiles, and projectiles are defined as attack or spell in the explanation for that

[alpine pecan]

attack projectiles

[void pewter]

no

just projectiles

[alpine pecan]

spell projectiles LITERALLY do not have an accuracy value and you CANNOT EVADE WITHOUT ACCURACY RATING INVOLVED

[void pewter]

for you no, but mobs might have

[vital walrus]

Hi I've been wondering... since Shattering Blows breaks 50% of armor on Heavy stun, will getting 100% of "break increased % armor" affect that value too and make it fully break armor in one heavy stun or is it a static thing?

[alpine pecan]

no

[void pewter]

its been established defenses works differerntly for players and mobs

[slender furnace]

Jonathan literally discussed how there is no distinction between spells and attacks in poe2 for enemies

[void pewter]

somewhere

[tidal copper]

He wouldn't just lie like how he said we would be able to craft in the campaign

It just can't be

[slender furnace]

I was able to craft in the campaign

So I fail to see how that was a lie

[tidal copper]

[void pewter]

yeah i am def evading spell projectiles on a 39 deadeye in the a1 crypts

thats as spellish as it gets

my first reflex was also to spout poe1 bullshit but ye acro only good for AOE then

[wind bane]

taking Pyromantic Pact as infernalist bricks things like mom?

[versed hazel]

yes

ironically pyromantic pact is like the entirety of blood mage, but better in just 1 node

u can cast as many spells as u want, and u dont die as fast

but blood mage can run out of mana still

[wind bane]

things that gives for example x% of mana as es will also stop working?