2┃build-planning

[sonic blade]

Whatever rune you put in a piece of gear is what its gonna have. Its permanent

[turbid mauve]

is Iron Rune bonus for armor and energy shield work for item it is applied for or for total armor and energy shield character has?

[hushed pulsar]

Item

Its all local mods

[mystic storm]

is it possible to change accendancy? to another one?

[hushed pulsar]

No

[sonic blade]

No

[last patio]

Sigh, I'm gonna have to buy armor with a spirit roll -_-. I'm running chronomancer ascendencies with temporal rift + 83% life recoup over 3.5 seconds

so I can't get the invoker spirit node

[sonic blade]

Or neck or shield

[quiet star]

What is the most popular build now for Stormweaver?

[last patio]

helm has it too?

[sonic blade]

Uhhh I dont think Helm has it. One shield does and necks do that I know of

[steady breach]

whats the cap on evasion? is it 90%?

[sonic blade]

And chest

[lucid creek]

yeah Im using a 1350 ev chest for the spirit invoker node

wanna upgrade it soon

[sonic blade]

Im still using the unique lol

That +100 spirit is fantastic for leveling minions

[uncut burrow]

if poisonous concoction crits does the poison do more overall damage?

[sonic blade]

From what I understand yes. But magnitude is weird to me.

[uncut burrow]

alr ty

[alpine summit]

trade website down again?

[smoky pendant]

Looking to do a Crossbow Shockburst+Plasma Blast build with either Galvanic Shards or Explosive Shot for clearing.

Can't decide whether a Mercenary Witchhunter or a Ranger Deadeye would be better in the long run. Advice?

[sonic blade]

Dont take my answer as gospel. But I think thats how it works.

[kindred geyser]

Had some fun with a gemling legionnaire shock build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9mObUizaHU

[proven rapids]

I though global block was already a thing ? What is the purpose of this ascendancy node then ?

[cursive slate]

Sorry is gonna be a long message but I really need help with a build problem. I am playing monk and I'm trying to use charged staff but I can no figure out how to gain power charges. I've looked up so many videos and I think I'm doing it right but for some reason it's not working. I'm using combat frenzy with the skill tree perk to change the frenzy charges into power charges but I don't think I'm getting either so idk what I'm doing wrong. Please help!

[unkempt nexus]

would using a flesh catalyst on an amulet or belt with life regen increase the value? not sure what the game considers a life modifier, to me i think it would but i dont wanna waste it if not.

[uncut burrow]

would these work in a way to make poison deal more damage?

[last patio]

83% life recoup/3.5s is feeling insanely strong on monk

[sonic blade]

I dont think it would fully break the armor to do it. If you could I think it would work

[last patio]

I've been sitting afk in a pool of minions

I don't understand why the life recoup is net positive tho because it's only 83%

but it immidiately flies back to full

[tardy patrol]

do charms proc before or after the hit? meaning if i have 50% res and i have a charm with res on it, does it activate before or after the hit?

[pearl sluice]

if i want to have spirit on me body armour, which essence do i use to try to get it ?

[snow sierra]

how did you get the time so low as a monk ?

[last patio]

what do you mean time?

[snow sierra]

recoup is over 8s

[last patio]

oh 3.5 seconds

sec

[unkempt nexus]

you can lower it with passive tree nodes

[snow sierra]

but this low ?

[snow sierra]

oh you are chronomancer too

[last patio]

yeah, built monk tho:

[snow sierra]

damm i thought i missed something that could make ma recoup as chrono 2sec or something^^

[last patio]

I still haven't figured out what the best defensive nodes to take are. Idk if I should still keep with evasion/es hybrid or what

because I recoup so much

maybe skip energy shield entirely, it kinda seems like trash

[snow sierra]

i dropped recoup after i dropped MoM

[last patio]

like it blinks out of existence anytime something hits me despite having a bunch of max es nodes

[snow sierra]

:x

trash

i should have block cap i know know

[forest spoke]

Is there any reason to run a Focus over a normal Shield?

[limpid turtle]

holy crap tremor gem

[snow sierra]

i dont like focus in poe2 maybe there is a build that loves focus but for me shield just seems better

[limpid turtle]

they all roll at once i just realized

[forest spoke]

Same, I don’t see why you’d go Focus when ES shields exist for free block

[snow sierra]

well focus can have offensive stats i guess

like i did run around with a focus until t10maps or something, but a shield gives you just so mutch tank

[forest spoke]

True, I’m Minion build so ig I don’t need that. Unless minion stats for Focus exits

[plain loom]

Hey y'all, dumb question. I know we got a patch yesterday but it feels like my titan is hitting less and with less AoE as well. Did anything crazy change but the buffs?

[snow sierra]

So am i :x Minion Chronomancer ^^

[forest spoke]

Sounds sick, is it good?

[limpid turtle]

Were you using armour explosion bug?

[snow sierra]

I love it, the Temporal rift is sooo good if you running around with 22k energy shield

[plain loom]

what bug

@limpid turtle

[limpid turtle]

https://i.imgur.com/N786Ml6.png
https://i.imgur.com/IiS2lAt.png

[plain loom]

oh geez, that's why I'm clearing far less

[limpid turtle]

Fixed a bug where the Explosion from the Armour Explosion Support could explode inanimate objects.

Fixed a bug where the Explosion from the Armour Explosion Support could trigger itself recursively.

It's still good

[plain loom]

it feels far less effective honestly

[limpid turtle]

impact shockwave got a heck of a glowup

[old oriole]

please help me make eye of winter good for freezing mobs

[plain loom]

gotcha

[snow sierra]

kinda disapionted from the time stop tho, and recoup become somewhat useless after the energy shield transition

[limpid turtle]

1.4m to 2m

[plain loom]

gotcha, i'll give that a shot

[fickle socket]

If I use Exploit Weakness on poisonburst arrow, will that increase the damage of the poison? I can't work out if it does/should or not

[plain loom]

thank you @limpid turtle

[oblique marlin]

hey folks is there any Spin-to-Win builds for Ranger?

[plain loom]

wait, that gem doesn't work with rolling slam lol

[static thicket]

Does crit roll on quivers and if it does, is it attack crit or universal crit(works with spells too)

[plain loom]

Any titan/Warrior mains here mind posting their current 2h mace? I'm just curious of the stats

This is my best 2h mace and i'm dual wielding. It feels like I can barely clear rooms anymore after the patch.

[elder spade]

lightning sorc what is ur support jewel? can i see

[last patio]

does this mean that you evade all damage that isn't DoT?

[knotty bison]

Am looking for gemling endgame build, open budget

[snow sierra]

hand of wistom and action attribut stacker

[brave zealot]

is there somewhere i can see my total freeze build up? Can't seem to find anywhere where it shows it

[snow sierra]

starts at 5000ex or something like that

[woeful chasm]

hey...im having trouble looking at some builds and seeing those since it doesnt specify in which to put the points into

[astral willow]

living bomb with overabundance/fast forward is silly

[last patio]

I can't tell if acrobatics is worth it, 70% less ER seems BAD

but I have 83% life recoup/3.5s

[snow sierra]

You can be dodge cap with acrobatics :x

[last patio]

like how do you determine if acrobatics is a net positive?

[fallow ore]

I use unleash (or spell echo) + fork (or wildshards) + pierce, enough to freeze as long as you have a few freeze nodes

[last patio]

you can dodge anything that isn't DoT (which I don't care about because of recoup), but -70%! ER wtf is that

I need super poe expert to tell me this node is amazing

or terrible

[snow sierra]

its not that mutch in endgame i think my friend had 70% dodge with it

[last patio]

oh he's using acrobatics and still getting 70% evasion?

[snow sierra]

yes

[last patio]

riiiight the % less ER is multiplicative and not additive

[snow sierra]

With deadeye tho , i think that has some er buffs

[last patio]

Sigh I'm gonna have to test this out

this could be huge for life recoup

what exactly does ER normally allow you to evade?

[snow sierra]

projectiles and strikes

[last patio]

ok so you're losing a massive chunk of ER just to be able to dodge aoe, that's not great

[crude heron]

Does critical hit chance for attacks work on explosive shot?

[tidal totem]

Strike Twice or Force of Will for second stormweaver ascendancy?

[crude heron]

Cuz idk how more to buff it

[wind tulip]

do I misunderstand something about weaponsets? it seems like choosing specific weaponslots in the passive tree still makes you spend your total amount of passive points

then why would you choose weapon slot 1 or 2 for specific stuff and not just spec it in general?

[dawn spire]

Because you can spend a point on each set for every passive point you have.

For example, if you have 50 main points and 10 of each set, you can do 50-0-0, 40-10-10, 45-5-5, etc

[median linden]

Anything that can help with rares that have life regen? There's the Fated End notable, which makes cursed enemies have 50% less regen, but I haven't been going for curses

[static plinth]

Frost Bomb

[dawn spire]

Frost bomb is a spell that cuts enemy regen by 75%

[wind tulip]

hm, maybe I did something wrong then, I had a passive point, selected weapon slot 1, chose a node and then switched to weapon slot 2 but had no point left

[median linden]

It does that in 2? Thought I didn't see a text for it

[dawn spire]

Maybe you had already allocated all your weapon set 2 points

[dawn spire]

Last I checked it did

Can you screenshot your upper right section of the tree where it shows your points?

[last patio]

Damn I got my hopes up. It's an utterly useless node

that kinda pisses me off, why make a node that's a massive net negative in every circumstance?

[dawn spire]

Yeah, 70% less means you're left with 30% of your prior evasion rating

Less = multiplicative

[last patio]

I really need to find a magical synergy for my insane life recoup

[dawn spire]

It's not negative in every circumstance though

[vapid whale]

yeah the fact it allows you to evade all attacks makes it massive

[dawn spire]

It's positive if you're trying to negate damage from non-strike, non-projectile hits

[median linden]

Tried it anyway just in case text forgot to mention it, but didn't seem to have an effect on the regen

[dawn spire]

Huh, does it not debuff anymore? Is that the full gem tooltip?

[last patio]

Yeah but how often is AoE alone going to be a more concerning threat than literally everything else combined?

[dawn spire]

I have no idea, but if you're against a specific boss or certain content, it might be worth speccing into

[median linden]

Full tooltip unless controller UI for some reason doesn't show part of it. I see nothing about life regen in the detailed stats.

[dapper igloo]

according to fubguns acrobatics was ''mandatory'' in pre-nerfed t11+ maps

[last patio]

fair enough. Actually it might be worth it vs the 2nd floor boss of sekhemas.

[dapper igloo]

tho i had higher success so far without it cuz i dont have high enough ER

[hoary plover]

what are you using for actual damage

[grim lion]

Can I use the same weapon in weapon set 1 & 2? want to do a weapon & shield / 2 weapon setup

[coarse remnant]

is elemental discharge any good?
Not sure how much INT is needed to make it do decent damage.

[half owl]

someone has full concotion build please

[vast rampart]

Question for all you smart gamers…
When looking at dps for a skill.. does it take into account if my weapon shoot a double projectile? Or do I need to double what it shows if I use that weapon over a single projectile weapon?

[proven rapids]

can I stun with physical spells ?

[haughty magnet]

any1 notice that since the patch every hit micro freeze us, I dont know if it the patch or something i did with some chance but it getting annoying and I want to fix that, any idea ?

[last patio]

IS ER/ES hybrid monk always better than going full ER on monk?

[proven rapids]

yes

[bitter plover]

Does the two handed nodes effect grenades in passive tree? I keep seeing people using them but Idk if it effects them

[opaque bluff]

is there a way to make disintegrate beam longer? Inc AOE doesnt seem to be increasing it to me?

[oblique marlin]

hey folks is there any SPIN-2-WIN builds in this game?

[proven rapids]

you can do spiral volley on ranger, that's a spinning ability but with a bow

[last patio]

yeah I thought I saw a meatspin build somewhere.

[oblique marlin]

will try that, also banner spirit skills works on ranger too yes, spirit skills not locked behind class

[lethal tinsel]

hay im playing warrior rn or betetr titan im act 3 im getting full strength rn but is it wise ? im mean or hsould i go an dex/str build instead if some one can give me advise or something i would like it

[hasty latch]

So what’s the best build for deadeye rn?

[brave zealot]

is there somewhere you can see the total chance to freeze or ignite? I can't seem to find it anywhere

[last patio]

does monk have any armour breaking skills?

[dawn spire]

Is that normal or cruel? Either way I think it's preference.

[dawn spire]

All classes can use all skills

[steady mural]

normal

[dawn spire]

If stuns worry you, pick red. Ele ailments, green. Mana, blue

[steady mural]

what will ele ailments do?

[last patio]

Right, I guess I meant skills on quarterstaff, I'm logging in so I'll just check myself

[dawn spire]

Hold alt to read more about them

[last patio]

I think I may have found a huge synergy with life recoup

[pale jewel]

Anyone that could help me enhance my build? Im a stormweaver spark archmage with comet. Doing T9 atm with not great gear. I can clear decent enough but bosses are a problem and dunno if im doing something wrong or if there is there something I could do in this aspect

[last patio]

you're almost perma full life with enough life recoup and chrono nodes

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure tbh. You could weapon swap to a mace or crossbow to use armor breaking skills. I know those weapons have them

[last patio]

is stun threshold a significant concern in late end game?

I'm kind of annoyed that evasion rating nodes are 90% tied to energy shield

there really aren't many major nodes that give ONLY ER

ES has been proving to be kinda weak for me

and I don't need it because of life recoup

[haughty magnet]

I dont know if any 1 notice that since also, but since the patch every hit micro freeze me (like 0.5 sec ) , I dont know if it the patch or something i did with some change but it getting annoying and I want to fix that, any idea ?

[calm orchid]

Is there like a limit to how quickly you can apply chill to enemies

Or is it possible to just instantly chill

[timid sable]

How do we contact a fricken admin to get CLASS SPECIFIC BUILD CHANNELS

its a total disaster in here with hundreds of questions and hard to find information that pertains to you

[coarse epoch]

ES recharge rate not increasing with Zealot's Oath + Eternal Youth when stacking energy shield recharge rate passives like Essence Infusion and Dependable Ward. Am i missing something here?

[proven rapids]

You're missing the fact that ES cannot recharge anymore because of zealot's oath

[coarse epoch]

I could have sworn I was using this in POE1, i guess the interaction is different?

[grim lion]

How do I know mana requirements for a skill in X level?

[proven rapids]

It is different in poe2 yes

[river berry]

which build using these rings omg... it was just few ex yesterday

[coarse epoch]

Sadge... Thanks.

[half ether]

ok listen
how bad is this dps
like i can only compare with streamers dps
and they are oneshotting everything always
so ye
hard to compare
https://youtu.be/k-Xv3TaNQI8

[spring temple]

this is fine for the campaign

could be higher, but it's definitely not low

[last patio]

@dawn spireSorry to bother, but would you happen to know whether this node is worth prioritizing freeze build up/cold damage nodes for? I don't know how significant this is if I base my build around keeping everything frozen, or if that build is worthwhile at all.

[half ether]

I see, ty..its just im pretty close to maps lvl wise and I have decent gear and I don't think I will get major upgrades :(

[spring temple]

act 3 is scaled a lot harder than act 2 and most early maps

i wouldn't be surprised if maps feel much better

[half ether]

Thx

[heavy quest]

anyone know if Fast Forward on Frost Bomb mean it will explode faster or that the effects of the explosion would be shorter?

[hard olive]

anyone have any ideas on whether i should use supercritical vs inevitable critical? i invested in some crit nodes on the tree, arcane surge caster if that helps. mostly just interested in general rules or things i should think about when deciding.

[merry mist]

Anyone got a group monk build cuz the one im running rn doesnt work in t15 maps w 4 people cuz i dont rly electrocute mobs so i cant generate power charges

[spring temple]

Expert Gothic Quarterstaff base item has a requirement of level 67 and is a particularly strong weapon base, so you may have some potential upgrades soon

[half ether]

Well my bow has like 170-260 DMG right now, and best upgrade is real for its price will be 200-300 DMG range bow. Its ready in stash, but I doubt its a big upgrade.

Wait why quarter staff base?) im using bow

[last patio]

are crits the only reason 1 shots happen in late end game?

[spring temple]

oh i saw monk and assumed quarterstaff, my bad

[half ether]

Yeye, sorry for confusion. Im phys Rain of arrow build with poison

[spring temple]

no but they are a problem if you don't have this node, especially depending on map mods

plenty of other things will 1shot you though

[spring temple]

i even watched the video LOL it's definitely my mistake

[last patio]

I was just thinking if you use blasphemy and slot it with a cold resist mark and take that node, you'd never take a crit again. BUT if crits aren't the main reason 1 shots happen, then Idk that it matters

matters enough*

[woven schooner]

Anyone able to share their favorite Witch builds near or after level 30?
I'm 1/2 way though Act 2 as a lvl 27 - still using gas arrow explosions to clear things... but it's getting a bit old.

[pearl sluice]

how do i fix mana issues on caster? im lvl 60 WITCH, lvl 14 gem and it costs like 70 mana, other one is even worse, 150 mana. WTF? i have some regen on tree, but its not even close to enough.
and seems like spell mana leech is non existent

[coarse epoch]

Are there any constant high ES recharge passive combos in POE2? I already have ZA but its insanely inefficient to stack 8 x +15% regen jewels.

[half ether]

Playing phys chonk, maybe?) chayula monk

[upper viper]

If my minions are Spell based and not melee ones. Does doing anything to cri damage and crit chance, do anything to storm mages and arconists. Or do i just ignore those nodes completely

[opaque bluff]

the less cost support is potentially worth taking from what i can see, other than that there are nodes that convert a bit of the mana cost to life, or its just mana regen/pot

[unreal zodiac]

my question is simple : what will kill raging spirits first, the 5 seconds life span (making them despawn after 5 sec) or the infernal legion taking 20% of their hps per sec. see how both add up to 5 sec ...

[coarse epoch]

Sorry should have added, infernalist.

[half ether]

Infernal 90% sure. At least I had this like that. But anyway would recommend to add feeding frenzy. They will die faster

Cause u don't need kill them, u need to make them low hp.to explode. Its 35% hp

[unreal zodiac]

k, and this way of dying will proc the trigger gem right ?

[half ether]

I dunno tbh, never tried it. Weirdly. Why I never tried it....
Hmge

Silly me

[pearl sluice]

okay ,so ill need arcane surge for sure then it seems like

[unreal zodiac]

the issue is

im running envenom / corrosion

on the raging spirit

very op for boss fights

shredding armor in mere seconds

[pearl sluice]

other question, i was trying to look at energy barrier support ( start recharge when stunned ) but i find it weirdly not working, im not sure what the trigger is for that?

[unreal zodiac]

also since its chaos dmg,

poison take bonus from wither effect

[opaque bluff]

are you using the skill supported when you get stunned?

[pearl sluice]

i am, its blasphemy and its active

[last patio]

does damage matter far more than the hit itself in building freeze? I was thinking I could use ferocity and frenzy charges to get insane ice strike speed to increase the rate of frost buildup

[pearl sluice]

yet not working

or its just working if you get stunned while trying casting a spell like idk a curse or something manualy?

[spring temple]

"using" means like

actively doing an action i think

so blasphemy never gets interrupted since it has no animation

[pearl sluice]

ahh got it

any other way to force start ES regen though?

recharge, rather

[last patio]

has anyone tried making a monk/ranger hybrid?

based around frenzy

[opaque bluff]

yeah its only if you are actively using something

[proven rapids]

support gem, or on kill with unique

[spring temple]

other than that, i only found ways to start it faster

but not like immediately

oh yeah Deathrattle too

[eternal snow]

Trying to decide on my first alt. I know spark is expensive so that is probably out. How do lightning arrow deadeye and cold invoker stand up to each other in both bossing and mapping?

[lapis hatch]

Guys, I have a important question: monks are suppose to have evasion and ES, right? I'm acolyte of chayula and I'm thinking about focusing more in ES than evasion, what you guys think? Is it feasible to go for a evasion of 75% as a cap, or there's not such thing of cap for evasion and getting as much as evasion better and a decent amount of ES whatever it is

[pearl sluice]

hmm it seems like not rly worth it

[spring temple]

leaning heavily in either direction is mostly just a player choice, and each has advantages

[pearl sluice]

better just put some nodes into faster start

[dim yoke]

This didn't seem to work for me, it just didn't proc

[lapis hatch]

acolyte of chayula doesnt have ES start charge

my ES recharge is based on mana leech

and I'm pretty strong in surviability since ES is full all th time

[proven rapids]

what's the skill you're using

[lapis hatch]

I just need to know how much evasion is enough, or at which point does evasion gets harder to go up

[dim yoke]

I believe I was using it in my frost orb, but I stopped a while back

[pearl sluice]

so its not working with actives aswell?

[proven rapids]

yeah no wonder why it wouldn't work

[spring temple]

around where you're at is where it gets harder to stack effectively, but also sometimes mobs have accuracy bonuses, so it's still okay to stack more

[proven rapids]

if you used it on frost orb

[spring temple]

also if you keep pushing evasion you can take Acrobatics

[dim yoke]

Getting knocked out of the animation doesn't proc it?

[spring temple]

so it's an option if you want to stay with evasion

stopping at 75% and investing into ES would give you a bigger buffer for tanking, also a good choice, but for different reasons

fewer oneshots but you might start taking more attacks from mobs as you go higher in area level

[proven rapids]

it does, but frost bomb cast time and animation is too quick to make a good use of this support gem, channeling skill are far better

[dim yoke]

Ahhhh, okay!

[lapis hatch]

I was about to ask you that, when to geet acrobatics

[last patio]

am i crazy or is this extremely weak?

[river berry]

where are these guys which was telling me that kitoko are shit after this patch and they wont cost more than 1ex? its impossible to get them with good roll under 1-2div 😄
fk my build

[last patio]

is it because it says more vs increased?

[river berry]

MORE is always better than INCREASED in poe

[lapis hatch]

monk bell does a ton of physical damage, that literally recharges my ES instant, that's why I want more ES

[proven rapids]

@lapis hatch if you want to be immortal, start and int stacking gemling legionaire with this keystone. Use evasion/es gear, stack as much es you can, go CI, use wind dance and ghost shroud, use acrobatics, use hand of wisdom and action for damage, enjoy life

[last patio]

ok so that skill is pretty huge?

[river berry]

yes

[dim yoke]

Oooh. I really wanted to play a build using CI

[plain loom]

Anyone here have a titan build guide? mine's feeling a bit weak at the moment

[last patio]

siiiigh, I might actually have to make an invoker monk for the spirit -_-

I really want to make a frenzy monk

frenzy monk/ranger hybrid

[tight raft]

guys, can anyone explain to me how it works out +% damage with bow skills

I have 40% on a quiver but I can't see where it increases damage

[pearl sluice]

that looks sick

[full path]

How can people do this? With these 2 passive actives

[proven rapids]

and very very expensive

[lapis hatch]

is this poe2?

[proven rapids]

it is, new timeless jewel from expedition

[lapis hatch]

I can't go CI I guess

my chayula ascendacy node doesnt let my ES recharge

[proven rapids]

yeah, you aslo need gemling legionaire for this, pretty mandatory

[lapis hatch]

yeah that one seems a must

I just needed to know from you all the acceptable value for evasion to have and when to get acrobatics

[pearl sluice]

how do i fix AOE on blasphemy / hexblast?

clear speed feels sluggish so far

[proven rapids]

did you pick aoe on tree ?

[pearl sluice]

yeah i did, i have the aoe wheel near with on left side of tree

and some curse aoe from jewels

additionally, 2x aoe gem on blasphemy

i mean, dmg is rly good, defs rly good, but clear feels slow compared to poe 1, definitely

or maybe just dmg is not good enough without the buff skills

idk

[lapis hatch]

should I go for Evasion/ES gear or just ES gear, like, I have subterfuge mask node and I think having a helmet with a lot of ES is better for this case than having a helmet with Evasion/ES

[final tide]

which draught should I take for invoker monk? mana regen is tempting but am I correct in assuming I can fix mana in other ways, while ailment res is comparatively rare? my build IS mana hungry atm.

[sacred sail]

gyuys it it viable to go pure ES or pure EVASION ?

[lapis hatch]

there's a node that gives me ES based on Evasion divided by 12 on the body armour, not sure if that one is worth it or just go for ES in body armour

[last patio]

can a monk do well with a bow with just crit/damage?

or is accuracy essential

[lapis hatch]

you need accuracy for ranged attacks

[last patio]

sigh, like a lot?

[proven rapids]

if you really want to push the tankyness, you need to use hybrid eva/es base yes and make sure to use spectral ward and subterfuge mask

[lapis hatch]

that one spectral ward

[proven rapids]

and no, having a pure es helmet isn't worth it, hybrid will be superior

[lapis hatch]

really?

[proven rapids]

if you want to go acrobatics, if you don't stacking more es might be better

[lapis hatch]

that's the point, Idk if acrobatics is worth it, if it is I'll go hybrid def

[wary sierra]

Should I increase the quality of a skill gem only when I max skill level? Or will it keep quality as I upgrade?

[daring bobcat]

It will keep quality but if it's corrupted you won't be able to add sockets to it so you'll replace it eventually

[wary sierra]

got it ty

[proven rapids]

I think acrobatics isn't worth it on a normal build, I believe only the build I mentionned above could make a good use of it because it would stack up to 50k evasion easily

[pearl sluice]

subterfuge mask could be worth it for witch

im thinking of taking that tbh

and opting for full int helm, then need only dex on chest, and can get % reduced attrib node

how do u guys get attribs enough for both int / dex at same time?

[mystic storm]

increase physical damage will increase my corrupted blood damage?

[last patio]

does escape shot make you invulnerable to slams/aoe while in animation?

[sacred sail]

no

[static plinth]

Can Redflare Conduit proc more than once per skill use?

[proven rapids]

tree

[old rune]

any good warrior builds? something with stampede maybe? I can't find anything on websites like maxroll & others

[olive meadow]

anyone here knows a link or somewhere to find a good ssf hc minion build?

[pearl sluice]

any way to get ES leech for spells?

[proven rapids]

if you use this belt yes, but it's kinda akward to use

[snow sierra]

or you leech life and convert life

[pearl sluice]

that actualy looks good

im not sure the 10% spell leech is capable to sustaion though

[dawn gust]

Ok so been updating my Merc and I can no longer use Wind Dancer. It says Skill is not valid for this weapon set. How do I fix?

[pearl sluice]

it feels pretty weak

[drowsy tinsel]

Which build do you guys like for merc?

[woven otter]

Does anyone know if the hit that breaks monster armour, damages them as if they had no armour?

[dawn gust]

Gas grenade witch hunter

[drowsy tinsel]

Will check that out, still in act 1, trying to savor the game

[violet grove]

Is the Immaterial notable a trap? How reliable is ES recharge if I'm "mostly" Evasion, but splashing ES onto my build by way of Spectral Ward?

[last patio]

does anyone know if escape shot makes you invulnerable to aoe / slams during animation?

[tidal steeple]

hello guys i wanted to ask.. which one should i use please?

[old rune]

any good builds for warrior? a link would be helpful

[hasty wasp]

i have a question, why is it that when i equip this shield my energy shield stays at pretty much the same number as before, even though my previous shield only had a 100% increase to energy shield ratio?

isnt is supposed to skyrocket or something? lol

[proven rapids]

show your previous shield

[strong dove]

am i blind i cant find black scythe training

[proven rapids]

the 463% increased armour and es is local to your shield btw, not a global modifier

[hasty wasp]

i also use this, but even without the amulet, the change is insignificant

[hasty wasp]

ohhhh that makes a lot of sense actually

[proven rapids]

what is supposed to skyrocket your es/mana are the soul cores you socket in

[hasty wasp]

yeah that was the main point, i will put 2 soul cores which each give a 2% max mana increase

when i get the divines that is lol

thanks for the info

[steady mural]

plz recommend a charm for act3 reward (playing as infernalist witch)

[mystic storm]

QUESTION!!!!!!!!

Is there any sources to increase CORRUPTION BLOOD damage?
Will Phys damage or global damage work on it?

[last patio]

AAAAAH! I'm stupid excited to build an ice ranger monk hybrid

[left aurora]

can u get bled if u are CI?

[last patio]

getting 40% attack speed off frenzy charges + frost build up with bow, then dive in with shattering palm and ice strike + bell while they're frozen

[neat bison]

No, damage has to hit raw life to bleed

[heavy rock]

Hi! Is there a passive or an item that let's you to block without Raising the Shield. I think I have seen it somewhere, but can't remember where

[left aurora]

so the only damaging dots that can hit u is just ignite*

[static plinth]

Its called having a shield. You naturally have a passive chance to block from your shield even without Raising

[polar zealot]

In general what's a better damage type , lightning or cold , tried out bleeding ,poison and explosive concoction but none of them feel that great

Explosive had potential but I had to get rid of ignite for it to actually do big damage

[sage light]

does anyone know, based on the word this is NOT 17% more crit chance PER power charge. It only gives 17% more crit chance if you have any number of power charges

[waxen mica]

what are good sustain/defense nodes for blood mage?

[wet rain]

Does Vaulting Impact do enough damage to make it viable in maps? Have a silly build idea but wanna make sure before committing to it lol

[steady mural]

can someoen help me choose one of the charms? like which would help the best against the final boss or anything

[thick thunder]

how many chains do you need for chain support to be good on arc?

[daring bobcat]

Bleeding or Poison charm are my favorites, other resists can be gotten on gear

[sly minnow]

i dont think its too important ull get a lot of those later

[steady mural]

oh i didnt know that

[astral wyvern]

Guys any Lifestacker/armor SRS Witch Infernalist mains here? I will pay exalts for a 5 minute consultation call. I have 100 ex saved up , im lvl 80 pushing t12s and trying to find might best upgrade option based on my build right now (its worth around 40ex)

[shrewd socket]

does anyone know if +1 arrow does increase boss dps with lightning rod and cast on shock ball lightning?

[snow sierra]

100ex are not mutch in this econemy 😛 i assume you did the rly clear stuff like +2 minions on helm +4 on scepter +2 on anmulett ? or do you having a survial problem ?

[lofty trail]

you're about to be poisoned a million times

[steady mural]

😭

[onyx vessel]

Hello everyone happy Wednesday. I'm back to report that... Yes stampede armour explosion does feel worse BUT with hotg + volcanic fissure the build still feels bonky af

Also tremors seems to proc once every alien sighting like wtf. Is it bugged

[lofty trail]

I swapped it back to normal aftershock for now. I prefer the consistency without losing a quarter of the damage. I thought trem would just be a dmg reduction on the aftershocks themselves

[onyx vessel]

Yea sadly it's the whole ass skill :c

[astral wyvern]

yes, i have almost capped reses and +4 +2 plus 400 Spirit. Looking for my best investment next. Not having trouble on t11s yet..

[onyx vessel]

At least aftershock was buffed to 25% tho so good call

[eager hound]

Guys how do i add quality to my ascendancy skill? Poisonos concoction?

[neat bison]

I don’t think you can, even though the skills technically have a quality modifier

[onyx vessel]

Huh, so why's it there

[neat bison]

Dunno, maybe in the future

[eager hound]

yeah its a really good one too

[short notch]

how important is stun resist for warrior? is it worth picking up in passive tree?
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[neat bison]

It’s pretty nice

I wouldn’t invest super heavily

There’s the 3% life and 30% stun node and the 30%/30% stun and ailment node that are decent

Other than that just rock a stun charm

[bitter plover]

does anyone happen to have any spare level 5 skill gems? I made a shit build and trying to fix by making a build that someone else made lol need 2

[short notch]

ty

[warped bay]

is minion damage increase cap at 300%?

[tardy magnet]

need help with 3 ascendency

[median kraken]

There is no cap to increased damage

[warped bay]

thanks

[oblique marlin]

it is not channelling skill.... meh...

[solid badger]

Any ideas why Quarterstaff has no Chaos prefixes or suffixes?

Feels like Acolyte of Chayula is half-finished.

Do skills gain the tags of their support gems?

LIke they did in POE 1?

[ember relic]

does armour matter in pinnacle boss fights? i have 12.8k at the moment

[sleek sun]

are there any good non minion fire spells? preferably DoT?

[grim lion]

Does fire pen works for ignite skills?

[median kraken]

You could try flameblast ignite, no clue how good it is. Fireball is bad by itself but can be good if you use frostwall to shotgun and stack tons of projectiles

[sleek sun]

sounds good, probably infernalist would be the way to go right? no point in chrono/storm?

[thin basin]

lets say you have 20% chance to bleed from the tree and 50% from the gem, would this node give you 7% or some other number?

[twilit cairn]

any1 tried Dread banner for warrior, is it good ???

[median kraken]

I could see Storm working kind of. Exposure node's very good, cast speed from arcane surge would be good with incinerate or flame blast. Shock or chill nodes might work with flameblast, wouldn't work if you focus on pure ignite like incinerate or flame wall.

Personally, I'm playing fireball stormweaver, but I'm doing cold conversion so that I can scale Frost Wall and Fireball both with cold damage and lowering cold resist.

[median kraken]

7% sounds right to me

[river berry]

anyone playing pconc? i cant seems to find good support gems for links

[median kraken]

Infernalist's interaction with fire is really weird. It's not necessarily bad for fire builds but it's not a straight forward fire ascendancy either. Honestly, Blood Mage could also work, crit potentially goes well with ignite and fire spells are some of the ones that can benefit most from Blood Mage's 15% base crit node since they have lower base crit normally than most other spells, but the downside if you're taking that node on blood mage is that you get Blood Mage's life cost but only get to take one defensive/life sustain node besides remnants since it takes 2 nodes to get the crit chance

[bitter plover]

anyone know why my explosive grenades arent detonating my gas grenades?

[thick thunder]

you probably have the support that prevents them from being detonated early

[bitter plover]

which support ? I checked but cant find anything

[proud sorrel]

Just picked up my first unique, what class/build would make good use of this?

[wraith fox]

has anyone tried flicker with chayula

[bitter plover]

anyone know? I dont have any supports that say they prevent it

[neat bison]

My only thought is you have something preventing ignite

[bitter plover]

how would I find it? i removed all support gems from everything to test

[tired frigate]

I'm looking at the Infernal Minion Witch leveling build on maxroll... and at one of the skill tiers it shows three support gems on Skeletal Warrior... but it says not to use the Skeletal Warrior skill gem, just get it from a sceptre... the game doesn't let me add a 3rd support slot to the sceptre skill... what am I missing?

[neat bison]

No clue, are you using that unique helmet that is used in a lot of the gas grenade builds?

[bitter plover]

negative I even removed my gear

[neat bison]

Higher level scepter

[tired frigate]

So if I get a higher level skeletal warrior roll on the sceptre, hit will automagically increase the support skill slots?

[neat bison]

I do believe that’s how it works

[tired frigate]

Thanks

[mystic storm]

is it possible to increase WARCRY level with any items?

[dawn spire]

It's not the skeleton roll, but the ilvl of the scepter.

They're coincidentally related, but the sockets are not directly dependent on the level of the skeleton skill

[tired frigate]

gotcha, thanks

[bitter plover]

I need a pro to tell me why I cant detonate my gas grenade from explosive grenade, I have 0 support gems and my character is naked atm I have no passives that prevent it

did they remove it from the game or something?

[thick thunder]

clip it

[valid crow]

what would be good support gem for archmage?

[bitter plover]

me? how do i clip it

[dawn spire]

Can you screenshot the explosive grenade tooltip?

[bitter plover]

yea 1 sec

[wooden iris]

Guys - do map affixes on T15 maps improve boss loot, or is it purely the +1 difficulty from the atlas that affects it?

[bitter plover]

it says its a detonator

[astral badger]

I’m an ice sorc at tier 4 maps. I have almost 75% resistance in cold lightning and fire, then 45 in chaos. If I change anything about the build to boost chaos it drops something else. How do people deal w this?

[thick thunder]

in the gem menu click the little arrow that expands the tooltip and show us that

[neat bison]

Try putting an ignite support on it, or try using flame wall instead

[daring bobcat]

45% is more than enough for t4 maps

[thick thunder]

you dont need base ignite chance for the detonators to work

[neat bison]

Roger that

[bitter plover]

ill put ignite on it 1 sec

[azure maple]

+2 to projectile skills or 40% extra physical damage?

[astral badger]

Ok sounds good. Once I get higher though, I just have to get gear with multiple resists on everything? To hit 75 in all

[daring bobcat]

not sure I'm up to t7 and still get away with 16% chaos resist

ice sorc too

[bitter plover]

not working

[astral badger]

Oh ok cool I won’t worry too much about it

[daring bobcat]

Yesterday's patch nerfed the chaos volatiles too so that was the big scary one shotter nerfed

[astral badger]

I feel so squishy sometimes but I guess that’s just maps

[rapid seal]

Does accuracy matter for totems?

[thick thunder]

lets see your skill tree and gem menu

[vague kelp]

poison scales off physical damage correct

[thick thunder]

yes

[vivid laurel]

it sucks. flicker in general just is not that good right now. charges are hard to sustain. but maybe with the buff they gave to frenzy charge genoration maybe it will be better.

[bitter plover]

Gas grenade has corrosion and Bursting plague , Explosive grenade has Scattershot and magnfied effect

is my character bugged or something? Can anyone else see if it works for them

[fierce mantle]

whats a good anoint for my fireball ice sorcereress, my ehp is great, damage decent, mana decent. i have shaper of storms so maybe the magnitute of shock + mana regen gives most dps and some mana sustain?

[hollow minnow]

For infernalist minions build, are people now doing the hp armor build (Krip one), or hybrid hp armor/ES?

[neat bison]

Both are fine

ES is much more expensive

[hollow minnow]

hmm thats something to take in consideration

[bitter plover]

so what should I do guys xD? is it a bug or something

[neat bison]

No idea, ppl are still playing gas grenade so it’s def not removed or anything

[thick thunder]

lets see your weapon

[bitter plover]

ffs I would get my character bugged

[thick thunder]

i dont think you have enough base phys converted to fire to detonate the gas cloud

they said they were going to be adjusting that i think

[civic charm]

I really want to try make shield charge ignite build but not sure if shields current ingame with armor are good enough

[bitter plover]

how do i fix that in lame man terms?

[thick thunder]

get a xbow with better physical damage or some flat fire i think would work

just use explosive grenade until then

[bitter plover]

rip none ever drop for me

[visual seal]

omg i found a goated warrior build now

[neat bison]

Maybe if you have some whetstones from salvaging?

[bitter plover]

yea but i dont want to use em on a level 10 😦

[neat bison]

You’ll get plenty if you salvage superior weapons

[thick thunder]

dont waste whetstones on that xbow it doesnt have any flat phys mods

[civic charm]

What are the best ascendancy to scale ignite?

[sudden harness]

Any playing CI, how much ES is comfy before swapping?

[velvet blade]

Depends on your other defenses. roughly 3k es was pretty comfy with cloak of flame

I think 6k without cloak and other defenses would feel roughly the same

The was while mapping though

[spiral moth]

Can multiple of the same charm be equipped? If so, do they go off one by one?

[mortal tiger]

I'm doing lightning crossbow, do the skills on mercenary are atacks or spells?

[civic charm]

Do you guys think Titan or Gemling for a shield charge ignite build?

[sudden harness]

Thanks

[thick thunder]

check the gem

[proper cedar]

Staff or wand and scepter for witch?

[gray ferry]

Do you need the spirit?

Scepters give lots pf spirit and ally boosts sp theyre usefil of youre running minions for example

[ashen mango]

Is there a way to get block chance outside of shields or passive tree?

[thick thunder]

nope

[proper cedar]

I want to run a chaos build of some sort I just have no idea which one yet

[gray ferry]

Maybe staff then if you want to run spell damage but i havent looked much into chaos builds

[ashen mango]

Do you know what my block chance has to be to guarantee that 30% of damage against me is blocked ?

[sonic shuttle]

I cant find jewels in trade, are they not being sold there?

[ashen mango]

Is there some a formula I can find on this?

[thick thunder]

you can calc block chance X percent blocked

[ashen mango]

I am bad at math lol

[mystic storm]

QUESTION
1 - What the way to increase LEVEL of WARCRY SKILLS over 20?
2 - Does corrupted BLOOD damage scale from global damage and phys damage?

🔥 🔥 ⏫ 🔥 🔥

[proper mauve]

what is the best witch build for a lvl 30? this is my first time playing POE

[marble steppe]

Playing witch and run into ptoblem cannot summon sniper skeleton anymore was able to do before haven't swapped anything or upgraded and skill says i do not have enough spirit also it says 110 spirit 🤦 any idea how to fix?

[proper mauve]

looking for a build guide

[neat bison]

Do you meet potential attribute requirements for the support gems? Maybe missing some dex or str

[marble steppe]

@neat bison never looked at those it just stopped working for some reason was working fine and now cannot summon due to spirit

[neat bison]

Hard to pin anything down without a screenshot or something

[marble steppe]

I meet al requirements it's lvl 3 skill :/

[calm vessel]

Some support things increase spirit requirements

Maybe you changed a support and it increased the requirement?

[half owl]

any body figure out a good pathfinder lightning build

[marble steppe]

@neat bison @calm vessel any idea?

[rapid kindle]

very out of context, but should unless im misunderstanding, unleash doesn't do anything on charged staff?

[vivid crown]

Can anyone tell me if my builds good/whether or not i should change things and why so i can understand?

[neat bison]

This is very basic but worth saying to make sure, you tried clicking X on the skeleton gem to bring up the spirit menu?

Could give some more info

[vivid crown]

Is this a good build?

[thorn cedar]

65 spirit x2 is 130. you say you only have 110 spirit

wait how many sniper skeletons you want?

[sacred sail]

how do we know which affixes are local or global ?

in my build I'm not using weapon dmg

[marble steppe]

@thorn cedar i mean i even cannot summon 1

[thorn cedar]

thats weird

[desert socket]

Has anyone been able to make incinerate work in a build?

[weary fog]

HOOOLY

[neat bison]

lol

[marble steppe]

@thorn cedar

[primal zealot]

Now thats a piece

[last patio]

do these conflict? Like if you freeze an enemy with ice strike, with ferocity linked to it?

[inner vale]

For lighting ranger. Is it just higher flat damage as possible or can you have split between physical and an element damage? Or is that worse ?

[neat bison]

If it converts phys to lightning you probably want to stack phys and supplement with lightning

Depends on how the skill is defined

[inner vale]

Hm ok unsure. I’ll try stick to phys

[neat bison]

It should tell you on the skill menu

[sonic shuttle]

did anyone try giants blood titan minion build with two scepters?

[glacial sable]

Is it me or are Skeleton Arsonist seriously expensive with the update? They cost 44 spirit at level 9. What is their base spirit requirement ?

[vivid crown]

can someone answer this?

[neat bison]

Giants blood is specifically for 2H weapons

[green apex]

What's the best venom draught for a gemling, normal not cruel. Ailments?

[neat bison]

I’d probably try to keep the hellhound alive, he tanks dmg for you and can apply fire exposure

[dawn spire]

I don't think that would work. Giants blood only works with maces, axes, and swords

[vivid crown]

i have wildfire and fire exposure on him is that good? and can i give him more sockets?

[sonic shuttle]

Yeah, I just read that XD

[neat bison]

He’ll level up and get sockets as you progress

[vivid crown]

how long until he gets that?

i mean levels up

[neat bison]

Based on your level. I don’t remember the exact breakpoints but I’m lvl 80 and my hellhound is lvl 18 with 4 support sockets

[vivid crown]

oh i see also is there a way to see overall dps?

so i can see if me taking out a gem positively or negatively effects it?

[low axle]

Guys is divine orb changing the tiers that i rolled on item?
and also whats the optimal accuracy rating for endgame summons

[unkempt plover]

for tempest flurry invoker monk, whats the best way to proc ice bite? tempest flurry, charged staff, heralds, etc

[neat bison]

There is an advanced info menu yeah, I’m not sure how to pull it up on PC but should be in the skill menu @vivid crown

[vivid crown]

is there a way to switch to the console menu on pc?

[neat bison]

Probably if you hook up a controller

[quick eagle]

Click the arrow to the right of the skill

[indigo valley]

Is there any difference in DD level apart from the mana and the damage itself it does ? Minions aren't affected by this right ?

[vivid crown]

i mean overall dps

[vivid crown]

wait do you mean just for 1 skill?

or overall?

[neat bison]

I don’t think there is a global dps display

I just look at the impacts the gems have on the skills base dmg

[vivid crown]

oh okay

and u h

[neat bison]

and some are conditional so won’t be displayed there

Like immolate needs to hit an ignited enemy for example

[upper wagon]

if I deal a hit that's 50% phys and 50% chaos, do they combine when determining poison magnitude, or will the poison be at 50% of the hit damage?

[vivid crown]

does fire exposure mean anything for hellhound/is it good? and do the fire exposure from flammability and hellhound stack? (my own input (it looks like they do but do they?))

[neat bison]

Yes they stack

and the hound is basically a godlike support

Apply exposure for your arsonists to shred mobs

[vivid crown]

oh okay

and does the fire exposure work on hellhound?

fire infusion

i mean

the support gem

[neat bison]

Sure but probably not ideal to use on it

[vivid crown]

no sorry

i mean fire exposure

i have fire infusion on arsonists

[spice reef]

#more > increased because more affects the base value before being being multipled by 'increased'?

[neat bison]

The hounds ignite aura applies exposure to everything it hits

[spice reef]

am I understanding that right?

[vivid crown]

so theres no point

[neat bison]

No it won’t apply exposure without the gem obviously

[indigo valley]

bump

[vivid crown]

ohhh so it is good?

[quick eagle]

Discord does have an "edit" button for your messages, lol

[neat bison]

Yes, my setup currently is exposure, strip away, magnified effect and fire mastery

[proper mauve]

whats the best build for a witch level 30?

[vivid crown]

its harder to notice rather than to write a new message

[proper mauve]

im starting to feel weak

[vivid crown]

ahh and 1 more things

is that the dps

per minion?

or for all combined

[neat bison]

I’m not 100% sure but I think it’s per minion

[vivid crown]

yea it is mb just checked, ticked one off and didn't change

[dawn spire]

% for %, yeah, that's generally correct.

There are some cases where the additive value is better. For instance, 20% reduced cost of skills is more beneficial than 20% less cost of skills

[halcyon comet]

Is it possible to have a "weapon set" set up to only change passive tree points but use the same weapon in both "sets"?

[dawn spire]

Only if you have two of the same weapon(s), I think

[halcyon comet]

That's what I figured, thanks. Trying to set up a swap for cold/lightning but use the same weapon for both.

[vivid crown]

what are weapon set points and how do i use them>

[last patio]

do bosses count as uniques?

[dawn spire]

Hover over the i in the upper right of the tree for more info

[dawn spire]

Yes

[last patio]

yay great

[dawn spire]

You need unallocated points to spend on sets.

If you have 50 main points and 10 set points for each, you can allocate them like 40-10-10, 50-0-0, or anywhere in between

You also cannot have main points that are built off of weapon set points

[late scarab]

Do yall think 72% est. evasion chance is fine for endgame? (I do have acrobatics)

[dawn spire]

If that's your only defensive layer aside from life and capped resist, definitely not

[coarse lake]

has anyone been able to make Flame blast work? it seems super underwhealming. especially how it stops the AoE damage if you sync it with fireorb.

[dawn spire]

Defense in poe2 needs to be layered for you to have any hope of survival

Any single defense on its own is going to be next to worthless

In terms of clearing maps without dying

[late scarab]

yeahhh it is >>

[dawn spire]

There are other ways to build survivability outside of life, resists, evasion, armor, and es

[late scarab]

should be fine until later so ill focus on farming up for better gear

[coarse lake]

i dont like how reliant this game is on defence and resistances. kinda takes away from the whole 'freedom of builds' thing, imo.

[dawn spire]

Life recovery, debuffing enemies, high movement speed, stunning enemies, block, etc can all massively contribute to your survival

[dawn spire]

I think restriction breeds creativity

I don't think GGG ever promised freedom

[coarse lake]

im curious how so?

[late scarab]

okay, i do have decent MS and virtually infinite flask usage

not quite life recovery i dont think though

[coarse lake]

i thought that was the whole pull of PoE2 and the reason they keep nerfing stuff atm. to make all builds viable

[dawn spire]

If you only have a limited set of tools to build a birdhouse, you're going to see way more interesting solutions than the person who used a power saw and hammer

[late scarab]

i like that analogy

[dawn spire]

No, they want people to feel like more builds are viable. If there are some builds that are head and shoulders above the rest, people will flock to them and other builds will feel way worse by comparison

[last patio]

can anyone tell me if escape shot makes you invulnerable while in animation?

[dawn spire]

It does not

[coarse lake]

i feel like if you have restrictive tools, you're gonna see a lot of people coming to the same way to solve the solution.

[last patio]

is there ANYTHING it makes you invulnerable to? I mean you're in mid air I'd think at least maybe ground slams? ground effects?

[coarse lake]

to be fair, thats the way it tends to go with any game. no matter the balancing, there tends to be builds that are just above the rest

[dawn spire]

Yeah, but they want to make sure they're better by like 20-30% and not 200%

[coarse lake]

thats fair

[last patio]

sigh, was hoping I could get value out of it, guess I'll use a mark instead

[dawn spire]

Escape shot is bonkers for freezing

[drowsy knot]

please help, I cannot have the same weapon equipped twice?

[dawn spire]

Do you have giants blood?

[drowsy knot]

what that means sorry!

[last patio]

I'm trying to see if I can make my ice monk a frenzy ranger hybrid, have a bow in offhand and build freeze with attackspeed, then when a boss or whatever freezes I shattering palm, drop a bell and beat them up with ferocity (+40%atk speed) linked ice strike. Could this be a good build?

[drowsy knot]

yes

[dawn spire]

What is your strength?

[drowsy knot]

150

[dawn spire]

You need more

[drowsy knot]

oh I need 6 more, I understand now sorry!

[dawn spire]

Need 156 to use that hammer

Yeppers

All gucci

[drowsy knot]

thank-u so much

[last patio]

ferocity + power infusion + skill/atk speed nodes + combat frenzy = lightspeed icestrike = perma freeze. No?

[dawn spire]

It sounds kinda cool tbh. That also synergies really well with freezing salvo since you need to wait to charge up arrows anyway

You can't perma freeze because enemies get harder to freeze each time

But it's a lot of freeze

[fast cloud]

What's a good warrior "slam" persistence buff? Herald of ash or overwhelming presence?

[agile moat]

Is there any way to see your shock chance?

[last patio]

wait so the 3rd freeze is going to take longer than the 2nd?

aaaaaaaaah that's awful

I was hoping it stayed the same after 2nd lol

[coarse lake]

does fire exposure and lowering fire resistances clash? or, does fire exposure only not stack with other fire exposure?

[neat bison]

Exposure and flammability will stack

[nova ember]

anyone have a guide for leveling a warrior with bows? im gonna lose my mind early game ngl

[dawn spire]

It's dependent on your hit damage vs the enemy's ailment threshold so they can't even list a reliable % chance

[coarse lake]

perfect!

[agile moat]

ah gotcha

[last patio]

salvo is brilliant, I hadn't thought of that. I already deal enough damage that I should be able to finish a boss by the 3rd freeze anyway so it shouldn't be too bad. and it looks like salvo helps build freeze tremendously

do those salvo missiles have a chance to crit?

[vague kelp]

i cant tell if acrobatics is worth it

[last patio]

I'm really banking on minimizing my evasion nodes as much as possible given I have 83% life recoup/3.5s

[vague kelp]

i have 92% evasion w/o it and 75 with it

[last patio]

was talking about this earlier and it seems like it's not worth it unless you're up against something where aoe is a real concern

[last patio]

wow that's not bad?

[dawn spire]

Think of it this way, you're going to get hit 3x as often by strikes and projectiles with acro compared to without it @last patio

Estimated chance to be hit goes from 8% to 25%

[last patio]

oh yeah fair point

got excited for a min

[dawn spire]

But you're also gaining 75% fewer hits from non-strikes/projectiles

So that might actually be enough evasion to warrant it

Depends on the fight tho

[vague kelp]

i feel you also have to take account the damage for each attack type too

i feel the aoe attacks always do significnatly more damage

[last patio]

I thought projectiles already counted as evadable? I read that it was only AoE skills that acrobat helped with

[scarlet turret]

What happens to the + life i have built if i use the node that makes my life 1 and i take mana damage node ?

Storm weaver

[coarse lake]

im curious if skeleton arsonists benifit from additional spell projectile chance?
edit: nvm, it would count as a minion and not a spell.

[last patio]

what's the default max number of frenzy charges? could I make this work without taking +1 charge nodes?

sigh, worried I'm not taking enough damage nodes

[halcyon solar]

What status Ailment like Frozen, Stunned etc. should i best use my Charm for if Resistances are fine?

[normal pumice]

Any Infernalist experts around? Got a question on Bringer of Flames buff. It says all damage contributes to ignite chance and magnitude, do we know at which ratio? 1 dmg = 1% chance/magnitude or?

[neat bison]

I think stun is the best, you get 2 uses

[halcyon solar]

thanks

[limber gale]

uh so im a witch going the skeleton arson and i got flame wall and raging skulls but i dont see the skulls

[woven knoll]

Hi, I want to increase my dmg with ember fusillade and I have a +4 to fire skills staff with %spell dmg, but I am wondering if wand+focus is the way. Can both of those roll + to fire skills or + to spells?

[astral badger]

Are we allowed/encouraged to post screenshots of our passive tree here for critique?

[half owl]

lost all the will to play being stuck on pathfinder and no way to change to dead eye endgame

[last patio]

i'm dumb, i thought blasphemy could socket marks as well. what a bummer

it was hand of cholula

[stark imp]

Are there any witches out there who have tried Corpsewade greaves? Does it work with sacrifice skill?

[normal pumice]

Probably critiques and suggestions are better placed in the forum generally imo due to better persistence and room for discussion there.

[hard wyvern]

I'm doing thunder flurry with thunder herald only, should I try to use ice herald altogether? I saw some builds using it with the unique to shattered when enemies are chilled, doesnt need to be frozen

[last patio]

I want this to be more than it is, if I could make marks function like a curse with spreading it would be SO nice

[royal hamlet]

can someone explain this to me ?

[limber gale]

uh so im a witch going the skeleton arson and i got flame wall and raging skulls but i dont see the skulls

[royal hamlet]

is it active?
right click on it in G menu

[fair scarab]

im a lightning sorc, should i use a wand and sheild or just a staff?

[normal pumice]

The pin build up is 1.62 stronger than just the damage you're doing.

[limber gale]

its on there but i dont see it being used

[royal hamlet]

does it spin?

[limber gale]

oop not enought spirt

[royal hamlet]

thanks

[umbral pier]

iron reflexes or not iron reflexes? Im there already

[thorn cedar]

guys is the ignite icon the red guy with fire in the background?

[dawn heath]

None of the warrior slams hit faster than bell right? (whirling assault triggers bell like 11 times in 1.4 seconds)

[limber gale]

okay it has enough spirt but i skill dont see it being used

[normal pumice]

Spreading marks would be incredible but also way too op imo 🥹

[umbral pier]

yes

[thorn cedar]

ty

[storm willow]

should i redo some points and upgrade a lot more armor upgrades? cuz the final boss from act 1 cruel dont stop oneshotting me 😭

[dawn heath]

boss 1 is just cold dmg. Get 75% cold res and hold down right click

[last patio]

lol true...wait, cast on freeze, or crit?

[sour yoke]

yo can i somehow search for like any combination of 40% ele res on the trading site? like idc if its fire or cold or mix i just want 40

[royal hamlet]

you need to use fire spells, I did not used it so I can't help, maybe u have to deal dmg?

[last patio]

wouldn't be enough

[limber gale]

but like i have flame wall

alrighty thank you for the help anyone else know why

[neat bison]

If you have the SRS buff enabled for 30 spirit, casting flame wall should spawn 5 spirits

[normal pumice]

Sure, won't be 1 kill 1 cast though afaik so not sure if manual cast or trigger would be better.

[astral badger]

You got it. Thanks

[limber gale]

whats the srs buff?

[neat bison]

It’s a buff skill

Not a regular minion

So you have to toggle on

[limber gale]

is it a support skills

where do i enable it

[rustic coral]

Which merc build is best atm?

grenade still?

[neat bison]

I’m not on PC so I’m not sure, left or right click on SRS maybe

[normal pumice]

Skill panel, right click on the skill.

[limber gale]

ty so much bro

[plain loom]

What y'all think about this 2h mace? been dual wielding as a titan, anyone else have luck doing the same?

[stark imp]

Henlo

Does anyone know if corpsewade greaves works with sacrifice skill

[normal pumice]

What does sacrifice do again?

[stark imp]

Allows you to use reviving minions as catalyst for spell (IE Detonate dead)

[halcyon solar]

There is no way of reliably telling what Terrain a map will be like? Like indoors or not? I just had 2 Breaches in a Corridor map with Fire patches.

[normal pumice]

Ah the support that let's you treat persistent minion as if they're corpses?

[stark imp]

Yeah. Corpsewade detonates corpses for 40% of its health

[neat bison]

Not before seeing it at least once, then you can figure out which maps are in which biomes and which names are which layout

[wild skiff]

Do mechanics which interact with life / max life count your overflowed life as well?

[tawdry dew]

I had a quick question.

There's a skill on the skill tree called Full Salvo that states "25% increased damage with Crossbows for each type of Ammunition fired in the past 10 Seconds"
It reads like it's implying that even just shooting one round of ammunition gives +25% increased damage, but is that true?

[stark imp]

Its overtuned asf rn, and I was wondering if you could combo it with your own minions

[normal pumice]

I'd doubt it would work, because it would mean to infinity explode your minions into poison clouds, auto bomber like

[sour yoke]

yo can i somehow search for like any combination of 40% ele res on the trading site? like idc if its fire or cold or mix i just want 40

[normal pumice]

But maybe try, new meta hehe 😜

[stark imp]

Imma give it a shot lol

[wild skiff]

yes

[halcyon solar]

i mean Hills and Forest are easy to guess, but sometimes it's just "flat land" which is sometimes indoor or not. Are the names consistent and i can go by those?

[tawdry dew]

Oh awesome! That's good to know! Thank you!!

[soft marsh]

Is Apex of the Moment still bugged?

[neat bison]

Yeah, for example crypt and augury are always tight awful corridors

[halcyon solar]

i see, thanks ❤️ There is no source for this? otherwise i might start my own excell sheet.

[neat bison]

It’s probably on the wiki or poedb but I’m not certain

[halcyon solar]

uffff would be quite the dig to find that on poedb 😄

[rustic coral]

What are Mercs now playing?

[halcyon solar]

can you invest Atlas points into those trees around the "middle one" right away?

in the Atlas tree that is ofc

[upper viper]

Anyone using a large size lost diamond jewel. That can show me the ring size ?

[rustic coral]

can i TP back to town during trials

or does it reset

[orchid vapor]

Anyone know if the chaos damage from cultist bows scales pconc?

[chilly mist]

what defensive stat is most beneficial for rangers? is it as simple as just getting as much evasion as i can, or should i get armor also? or es?

[halcyon solar]

I seem to NEVER get +Max Life from Essence of the Body. That is in this category, right?

[astral sleet]

do charms apply to the hit that triggers it or to subsequent hits? Also do charm effects stack?

[atomic horizon]

Does this apply Eldritch Battery? In other words, will this give me 40% more mana from the Focus Shield -> Mana conversion?

[warm delta]

Can you remove runes after adding them to armor, or no?

[warm delta]

No

[unborn spire]

hey guys! got thrown in here by a freindly person, i got a qustion regarding builds etc, where do you usually allocate defence's and offensive stats? for example are rings suppose to have your damage multipliers or are they supposed to carry your resistances? im really new to all of this but im trying to figure out where stats are usually supose to go

sorry probably the wrong channel >.>

[fallow ivy]

can you unallocate a jewel in jewel socket?

[unborn spire]

yes

[unborn spire]

read below

[dawn spire]

You can just remove a jewel whenever you want. You can allocate an empty jewel socket

You don't need to spend/refund passive points to add/remove jewels from the tree

[dawn spire]

Here's my rough breakdown of what % of the mods I usually want for defense on each slot (any % leftover to get to 100% goes to offense)
Weapon: 0%
Helmet: 80%
Chest: 80%+
Gloves: 40-80%
Boots: 100% (movement speed counts as defense)
Rings: 60-100%
Amulet: 30-80%
Belt: 100%

Jewelery and gloves are highly dependent on build imo

[velvet blade]

When something says "Gain x% life when x happens" is that considered regeneration for the purposes of zealot's oath?

[dawn spire]

No

Regen is strictly things called "regeneration"

[unborn spire]

thank you!

[velvet blade]

Ah, thank you.

[half owl]

should i continue suffering with unchangeable pathfinder asc with 70 hours in or lose all the progress make a new character with deadeye

[velvet blade]

So "recoup life", "recover life", and "gain life" all are not considered regeneration?

wtf

[dawn spire]

Neither does "recharge life" or "leech life"

[neat bison]

They would fall under recovery rate though, right?

[bitter plover]

ok gamers why cant i detonate gas grenade with explosive grenade, Already checked Support gems / Gear is my character just permanently fucked?

[dawn spire]

Are you sure the grenade you're throwing is explosive grenade and not another one with a similar icon?

[bitter plover]

100000000% sure

No one seems to know why it wont work for me

I got a new Crossbow thinking maybe the damage wasnt high enough to trigger it but its still not working

[fast wind]

has anyone made a build around painter's servant?

[woven patrol]

Hi guys - For a Chronomancer do you think Flameblast, Bonestorm, or Arc are better to build around?

[river plover]

anyone know the name of the passive that lets your minions have the same resistances as you?

[static plinth]

Thats a unique amulet i think

[dawn spire]

As a chrono afficionado, all of those sound equally meh to me

Tho I've never used bonestorm

[river plover]

it was a focus! thank you though, i was looking for it forever lol

[atomic horizon]

If something hits my Energy Shield, but does not damage my Life, is this still considered "Taking Damage"?

[undone mortar]

It’s just damage taken. It has no requirement to hit life.

[atomic horizon]

Thanks.

Do yall think that node is worth going semi-out of my way to get as an Archmage?

[undone mortar]

No clue. Don’t play archmage

[woven patrol]

What skill do you use with chrono?

I'm a new player

Just was looking at skills that looked cool in the preview lol

[neat bison]

If you’re a Chrono maybe, since recoup time is halved it’s probably a nice defense layer. I think people commonly combo both life and mana recoup with MoM.

[solid badger]

Is there any way to speed up the projectile stacking on Freezing Salvo? Other than Gem quality that is.

[dawn spire]

I mean, chrono can do absolutely anything well, imo. But none of those skills really utilize the cool down recovery chrono has. Though that's completely fine. Chrono is insanely good without the cdr stuff.

I'm currently leveling a grenade chrono (grenades have cool downs) and after the recent buffs, I'm going to rework my lightning rod/orb of storms chrono into a barrage ice shot chronomancer

[woven patrol]

Thank you Byron :))

Maybe bloodmage is a better choice for those skills

[dawn spire]

Imo, the 20% slow that chrono has is super synergistic with chills. So cold spells really jump out at me as a strong combo with that node in particular

[woven patrol]

Especially bonestorm

[dawn spire]

20% slow + chills + temporal chains curse sounds so nice

[woven patrol]

Yeah that makes sense. Winter in minnesota doesn't make me want to play ice builds haha

[dawn spire]

Lmao, I'm a Michigander. If I see things literally dying of frostbite on my screen it makes me feel better about my own weather

[bitter plover]

I'm praying someone can find a solution to my issue I've been trying ALL DAY , googling and everything inbetween , Checking support gems , checking gear nothing is fixing this bug, I cant use gas grenade and Explosive grenade to detonate the skill even though its a Detonater, Other people are able to do this why am I not able to?

[normal pumice]

Just for clarification, what is "a skill's base damage"?

[unique hornet]

what are the best runes for Infernalist Witch for gear?

[neat bison]

Depends entirely on what holes you need filled

They’ll be mostly used for resistances

[unique hornet]

[unique hornet]

ive been using mostly the energy shield ones

[undone mortar]

The damage on the skill gem

[normal pumice]

So everything before, tree +%damage?

[undone mortar]

What’s the context here

Base damage on a skill is what’s on the skill gem

You could also modify that with support gems, flat damage on gear, and % increases and multipliers

[atomic horizon]

If I have **Weapon** Passive Skill Tree assigned to something that gives me +%shock chance, and I use that weapon to place an Orb of Storms, will the orb still have that increased shock chance when I switch to the other weapon that does not grant me Shock Chance?

[undone mortar]

Orb of storms is a spell

[atomic horizon]

Yes

[undone mortar]

It doesn’t inherit anything from your martial weapon

Or any local weapon mods

[atomic horizon]

Passive tree changes with weapon, no?

[undone mortar]

No, it doesn’t. I don’t know what you mean

Your weapon doesn’t change your passive tree

[river plover]

anyone know what "25% decreased global defense" actually means? is it decrease my defense or the enemies defense?

[undone mortar]

Your defenses. Armor, evasion, energy shield.

[normal pumice]

Cotext is ignite damage from attack hits. Based on wiki it's based on skills base damage. Now question is does it make sense to skale hit damage from tree for that purpose.

[river plover]

is it refering to my armor and es?

[undone mortar]

And evasion yes

[river plover]

gotcha, thank you

[undone mortar]

There’s a wiki for poe2 already?

And is it giving you some information that the ingame tooltip isn’t?

[atomic horizon]

I dont understand, I thought we had a set of points that can change based on weapon...?

[undone mortar]

Oh you’re talking about weapon set passives?

What weapons even have increased shock chance?

[normal pumice]

poe2wiki.net

[atomic horizon]

No, on the passive tree. You can have different allocations based on which weapon is out.

There are nodes on the passive tree that give +% chance to shock

[undone mortar]

Right yeah

[atomic horizon]

If I have those points allocated on my weapon and put down an Orb of Storms, does it still have the increased shock chance when I switch back weapons. Thats what im curious about.

[undone mortar]

No

There’s no snapshotting

Which is what that mechanic is called

[atomic horizon]

Got it, makes sense.

What about for things like duration?

Say, + curse duration when I apply it? I assume yes, since thats a property of the debuff applied at that point?

[undone mortar]

Nope. Everything is updated when you swap weapons

[atomic horizon]

EVERYTHING? 👀

[undone mortar]

If your passives change then the duration change

[wet mango]

Yes

[wet mango]

yes, those are called weapon set passive points

[mystic shard]

battery is dogshit tbh, needs mega bugged

buffed*

[atomic horizon]

Hmm, interesting. Why is that?

[hardy sail]

Random question does anyone know if pathfinder's concoctions scale off unarmed damage buffs as they state they use unarmed damage for their calculations?

[mystic shard]

cause it doesnt stack at all from nigh all energy shield buffs

its better to j ust have an energy shield mathematically

substantially better

|
Also how many sockets can go in each piece of gear, anyone know?

[cold pond]

If I'm constantly being 1shot by enemy mobs and bosses while using a minion build, is mind over matter worth taking?

[undone mortar]

2 in body and 2h weapons. 1 everywhere else.

[mystic shard]

thx

[mystic shard]

yeah imo

what level are u and what is ur health and energy barrier

and what do u mean by one shot, like literally or really fast death

[cobalt musk]

how are people scaling fire hit damage

[cold pond]

im lvl59 with 830/1107hp & 234 shield

Usually a literal 1 tap death, other times my hp melts fast

[undone mortar]

That sounds pretty low

[neat bison]

I’d say you don’t have enough defenses to be reserving life rn

[undone mortar]

You could have substantially more ES at that level

[neat bison]

Unfortunate typo

[undone mortar]

Xdd typo

[rancid goblet]

is there a max number of charges used by this skill?

i ask cause i was thinking about getting this

[mystic shard]

damn thats brutal bro, so 1300 dmg huh, scary stuff.

Still though, I have 299 shield on my new char and I'm level 8 lol

you might wanna work on that.

[sharp fable]

I'm gunna start a ranger, what's best end game build?

[silver anvil]

is there anything i can do with gemling legionaire that isn't attribute stacking? I feel like I picked the wrong ascendency. Just saw that Witch Hunters can use the sorcery ward + cloak of flames tech for very strong phys mits

[pale vine]

Has anyone figured out the damage calculation for damage with regard to:

• Increased Magnitude
• Increased Attack Damage

Curious because
example: +20% Atk Dmg ... 100 base ... becomes 120 and 20% of that = 24 ... increased poison dps from 20 to 24
example: +20% Magnitude ... 100 base ... 20% is 20 dps Poison ... increase by 20% ... 24

If that's the case, then it begs "why take magnitude until you've taken all the Atk Damage you can cram in

[cold pond]

id get more ES but upgrade sacrifices are brutal q.q

[abstract grove]

there's no way to make supercharged slam not garbage as a boss killer right?

[crimson zinc]

it will consume any power charge you have available

[rancid goblet]

ok i guess itll be worth it then

sounds good

[crimson zinc]

for sure, looks stonky

[crimson zinc]

Ranger with Deadeye ascendancy using lightning arrow

its op

[granite grove]

Anyone know a better crit chance/dmg passive than this?

[sharp fable]

Thank you! Do you know where I can find some sort of guide for it? I'm lame and don't make my own builds generally

[marsh elm]

Is bonestorms damage effected by spell damage % or physical spell %?

[crimson zinc]

Should be one made by fubgun on mobalytics, he updates it frequently

[neat bison]

Both

[sharp fable]

Ahhh ok thank you very much!

[dawn spire]

It'll try to use as many charges as you have

[orchid cosmos]

Anyone know if this works with dark effigy? The tooltip says the projectiles can not be otherwise modified but

[dawn spire]

I would wager that passive would not work

[cold pond]

how much ES should I have at lvl59 on a minion witch build?

[dawn spire]

Imo, zero

Es sucks without a way to recover it reliably

[neat bison]

You’d ideally swap into it at a higher level

High cost and invest

I’m an armor enjoyer

[dawn spire]

Yeah if you get some way to leech es (or temporal rift on sorceress) then es becomes hella good

[marsh elm]

anyone got a bonewitch build?

[elfin basalt]

any high level infernalist can recommend me somegear setps? I am really overstacked on resistances so I need to lower them by a lot. but it is a bit confusing as I mainly got hp, armour, etc (basic stuff basically).

[cold pond]

so then what defensive stat should I invest in since im always getting 1tapped

[neat bison]

Life/resistance/armor

[cold pond]

Thank you ❤️

[plain osprey]

with mind over matter, any damage that surpasses mana would still hit my energy shield before life right?

[neat bison]

Well no brainer upgrades would be + minion level on helm, amulet and scepter

Chaos res if you don’t have it is also big

[soft lake]

I believe not - your energy shield would be broken first, then damage would go to mana, then to life

[neat bison]

That is a very good scepter nice

[plain osprey]

that would be even nicer ngl

[soft lake]

I've not played MoM yet, but that's my interpretation of the order of operations!

"Taken from mana before life" implies that it's damage that would otherwise be going to life, meaning your ES needs to be gone first

So you should be in luck!

[neat bison]

Dang

[echo sky]

how many ways can we generate frenzy charges currently? only through combat frenzy?

[neat bison]

Well getting some juicy +150 life in there would be nice ofc

Spirit can also be a thing to look for on a chest replacement

[soft lake]

Sniper's Mark, too, if you can crit

[neat bison]

The real solution would be GGG letting us destroy old runes

[cold pond]

can you really have too much resist? lol

[dawn spire]

At least they vendor for 30 gold now (:

[coral orbit]

does anyone have any good gear for a lv 24 witch? im doing a minion build

[neat bison]

Pick up every rattling scepter and try to get + spirit or minion level

Same for amulets

[vestal heart]

how does sorcery ward work with iron reflexes

[verbal summit]

suggestions for runes other than 1 lightning res? using MoM on minions witch

[neat bison]

Life or ES I guess

I don’t think there’s a mana related rune?

Ah there is also flat mana and mana regen

All good options

[fathom thistle]

Is there a menu that shows current armor break percentage and increased area of effect range?

[abstract grove]

advanced info on skills (little popout on the right on m+kb, right stick in for controller)

[hallow spruce]

Hi, brand new to POE. I was planning on making an infernalist witch, what are the best builds?

I saw minion was really good

[neat bison]

Minions are indeed good

Could maybe try an ignite build of some sort

If you don’t want minions

[calm mauve]

get the candle gloves

[hallow spruce]

Do I have to decide rn?

[calm mauve]

for 1 exalted