2┃build-planning

[queen chasm]

btw is this worth getting?

[tulip fog]

isnt that gained damage only for the weapon itself?

[frosty arrow]

damn that's a hefty hit to resistances. You'd have to have some very specific application to this to make it worth

[sacred sail]

no idea how thing are calculated, worth a try.

I guess yes you are right

[glossy harbor]

Does anyone know, if I have a siphon from my passive tree that provides Mana Leech (Mana Leech + Siphon on Monk), do I still need mana leech on gear to make it work or will it work just via the passive?

[queen chasm]

yea that why im asking if it even worth lol, seem alot of planning to be done

[tulip fog]

with perfectly rolled armor (2.1k flat armor from body armor) and thorn stat and taking account for the "80% increased armor from equipped body armor" node and the "50% more armor from equipped body armor" you get a base thorn damage of about 400 (average hit) without accounting for any modifiers from passives like increased thorn damage
very underwhelming even if those two stats works

[frosty arrow]

well, worth for what? Just to have it? No. This could only be utilized well by a build that is revolving around having this, and skipping some specific parts of a passive tree

[pine lily]

Hey guys, with explosive shot, do you scale physical or fire damage? I want to do it via physical if possible to pair it with Snipe. Is that possible?

[neat bison]

The skill coverts phys to fire right? Phys scaling should be fine

[tulip fog]

it does convert it but not all of it

[neat bison]

Phys with fire infusion can’t be bad

[tulip fog]

so i would say mainly stack phys but fire damage doesnt hurt either

[neat bison]

Timeless classic

[nimble iron]

surely pconc doesnt get nerfed right

[tulip fog]

initial projectile converts 30% and explosion converts 80%

[sacred sail]

it may be enough for you to clear any trashs along the way, just casting some ability for rare and bosses maybe

on it's own maybe not enough yet

[rose spoke]

What is a good ability to apply wither?

Ranger, and I have the 11% chaos damage node. I've tried rain of arrows and that jumping blight pustule one.

Rain of arrows seems so slow to get stacks, the other is so disruptive to movement.

[tulip fog]

you dont happen to be using this right? its currently bugged and gives 60% instead of 30%

[nimble iron]

im scaling chaos damage

[tulip fog]

ok

[peak estuary]

can somebody please explain me the Defense stat? what does it mean? where I can check/read about that? like raise defence with shield, or raise global defence

[high lake]

Is this a bug or am i missing something? I have the nodes before it and 2 passive points to spend but it tells me reqs not met?

[pine lily]

So does that mean I really want elemental damage crossbows really?

[neat bison]

Well it’ll still scale rly hard off phys

So getting the usual phys% and flat phys is probably ideal

Then an extra ele damage % is the cherry on top

[pine lily]

Does physical damage show up in larger numbers than elemental anyway? On crossbows/bows etc

[quaint basalt]

I’m stuck I need spirit gems and am not sure how to farm them lvl 8 gems for combat frenzy

[pine lily]

Actually I suppose I don't care too much about the weapons cause I can do a physical bow for snipe, and a physical+fire crossbow for explosive shot. And I guess I use weapon set passive points to get fire ones on the crossbow. And something like single target boosts on the bow for Snipe

[urban vessel]

what do i instill on amulet as a lightning mage

[snow sierra]

the warcry build works because you can spamm warcry with this ascendency right ?

so warcry chronomancer wouldnt work i assume^^

[ashen shell]

the physical warcry technically doesn't have a cooldown if you aren't empowering anything, i think

[midnight bolt]

does anyone know how close combat works with totems? what distance will it calculate?

[peak estuary]

okey, how 22% armor increase works? I got 27408, than I got passive and it goes 28528, where is my 22%? it should be 6k

[celest oxide]

What's the best melee monk build to follow? I see a bunch

Think I'm leaning towards Cold over Lightning

but good with either or

[tulip fog]

no, since the skill converts 30% and 80% of the phys into fire damage if you went pure fire damage it wouldnt have anything to convert would it? so what you want is a physical crossbow with additional flat fire damage on it and phys damage and/or fire damage on rings and gloves

[glass cave]

“100% Cold damage converted to Lightning damage”
Does this mean for a sorc, cold skills like comet will deal only lightning damage? If yes, is it safe to assume lightning damage scalers will also scale comet then?

[tulip fog]

yes and for the second question, i believe so yes, though im not 100% on it

[thorny token]

yes they will

and cold damage stuff wont scale it anymore

[wet mango]

Defenses is ar/ev/es

[tulip fog]

it scales off your base armor not the total value shown

[wet mango]

Phys on the tree? Or on weapon? Very diff situation

[wet mango]

Do you know the diff between +/incr/more

[safe adder]

I haven't made a Sorc yet, anyone having any fun with a fire/ignite build? I've done lightning/shock on my crossbow Witch Hunter, and my Invoker is Cold. Haven't tried fire at all yet.

[potent quartz]

can you not have the same skill on a trigger gem and manual cast? some builds im looking at have both of them but the game doesn't seem to allow that

[wet mango]

Yes, but "also" is incorrect: cold doesn't scale it anymore.

The glossary in game for conversion explains this with an example

[glass cave]

Will it still chill and build freeze?

[wet mango]

Fire vs phys doesn't really matter except for some supports or skills that care about damage type You want the bigger dmg on your weapon.

[wet mango]

You don't do cold damage anymore

[wet mango]

I mean that's not why, it's because flat ele is usually not as big as triple phys prefixes. If you had flat ele dmg like 400-700 dmg then of course it beats a phys crossbow with 300-600

[glass cave]

Awesome, thanks everyone for the responses! I’m going to try this out.

[safe adder]

Has anyone built around Molten Blast? Looks like it could maybe be fun as a Deadeye, running around attacking really fast

[sacred sail]

found a video youtube that did it, it seemed very successful

probably better on a warrior so you are tankier

also you would need dual wielding 2 hand weapon I think

you get double proj while dual wielding

[tropic cove]

can I equip a piece that requires a certain amount of strength, but it gives me that amount in the affixes? What if I equip things that would take my str up to that point, then put on the piece, then unequip them?

[charred wing]

is there a limit to the # of spirit gems u can have active? i have enough spirit for 5 but only 3 are showing.. i just added herald of plague and alch boom and theres no icon like there is for plague bearer, ghost shroud and wind dancer.

[safe adder]

I think Gemling Legionnaire is probably what you want for ranged Molten Blast build actually

since it requires so much strength that the Deadeye doesn't really have much access to

[worthy hinge]

i remember seeing something about you getting your minion's attack and cast speed but i dont remember if it was a passive skill or not, does anyone happen to know what im talking about?

[upper viper]

Whats best, increased projectile damage or increased (elemental damage) on a jewel ?

bow user, cold and lightning

[pine lily]

Does a bow count as a 2H weapon in POE2?

[strong burrow]

How can I shatter enemies using the Polcirkeln ring? Ive tried using coldsnap but it doesnt work

[sharp tangle]

im playing titan hotg, sometimes my hammer does tons of dmg, sometimes it just doesnt, any tips about this ?

[soft latch]

do I have unconnected note?

[upper viper]

https://tenor.com/view/magic-gif-26166638

[stark lance]

Is it possible to refund attribute point nodes in the skill tree

[orchid hatch]

Yes.

[upper viper]

Yes

O_O

[umbral dove]

I just got a lucky perfect jewelers orb drop! most of my gear is pretty cheap (maybe 1-2ex each). will I get more of a power boost by turning my main skill into 6L, or selling the orb and upgrading my gear?

[upper viper]

i sold mine, to upgrade overall gear. Best i could do at the time

Tho, now i rerolled again XD

[stark lance]

how? when I click on those nodes it just gives me the option to change them

[upper viper]

Is it connected to more than the road to the node

like, in the middle of 2 other nodes

[stark lance]

one second

[stark lance]

2 roads end at the node

[upper viper]

you have to remove the nodes, ahead of the node you are trying to remove. Else it will just ask, if you which to respec into. Another attribute 😄

[stark lance]

im so confused

nevermind

i got it

thank you

[upper viper]

Goodie!

[hallow flax]

This whole ascendant path tree combined with these nodes is pretty silly fun.

I notice I will do around 35 - 50K damage on the FIRST shot and then clean up bosses and special enemies during the last quarter regularly. 😂

[wet mango]

It does use 2 hands!

[dense harness]

what would you say is the best class for farming ritual, pinnacle, citadel, and trial bosses

[wet mango]

Hmm, it should as long as it applies chill still. Can you chill ppl with cold snap? Might be a weird interaction with payoff and cold ailments

[wet mango]

Display bug with some respeccing. Just change zones and it'll go back . They also didn't charge you gold

[ionic karma]

Any of you can help in #2┃crafting-advice kinda typed in the wrong chat for Tree etc help

https://youtu.be/Mnm_U_yLwHY?si=Io4xLJjwhycmOGIT

running a Monk. Not sure if my build is good. The red items feel good but it ruins My health in any shape of form I die too simple if it’s any Heavy attack.

So wondering what I could do gear wise too and build wise

[fallow quail]

did snakebite spined bracers all of a sudden get popular?

[ionic karma]

I’m in NG now btw

I’m level uh

69

[stuck star]

is it possible to check minion crit chance? cant seem to find it

[ionic karma]

I got bloody 92 hours onto the game and only just now in End game

[snow sierra]

9days with the weekends not playing...ive got a problem

[snow sierra]

yes on the summond minion itself

[stuck star]

it seems most info isnt visible on camps because mininos arent spawned lol, returned to my hideout and its all good now

[snow sierra]

friendly reminder to everyone if you start grinding maps try to get as high as possible on rarity ^^

it makes a insane diffrence atm..had to throw out all my old gear to change to it and the diffrence is night and day

[ionic karma]

Could u help me out a lil with my build?

I’m being 1 Shitted by Elites 🤣

I’m strong but if I make one mistake I’m Wiped

[dense harness]

for survivability you should always go down a 3 question checklist:

1. are my resistances good? if no, do what you can to cap them. if youre still dying then move to 2
2. is my armor / evasion / mitigation good? if no, get this up. based on your items it looks like youre missing alot of mitigation by being level 69 and still using level 33 chest piece and 26 gloves. unless they are absolutely build defining then it could be time to swap. if they are build defining then the build should have some way to offset these deficiencies. but if your mitigation is good and your still dying then move to 3
3. is my HP / ES high? alot of endgame builds are over 2k hp at a minimum. right now most of this is from gear as its harder to find hp on the passive table like in POE1, but just remember str also boosts HP.

[snow sierra]

depends on the build i no expert in most builds so i wouldnt feel confident giving advice on most of them more then general

And the stage of the game you are at

[ionic karma]

I got 4% armour 56% evasion 0% block

[ionic karma]

Begin End game

Begin begin

[sonic peak]

Thats bad, you can easily get better gear through trading

Not sure if you're aware of the trading website

[ionic karma]

Trying to run only through playing

[dense harness]

56 eva is on the lower end, and make sure your res is good and hp i sgood

[sonic peak]

Also, what are your resists?

[ionic karma]

I see that in stats tab?

[sonic peak]

You can see them by pressing C

[dense harness]

hes on console

[sonic peak]

Or on the character menu

[snow sierra]

they should be nearing 75%

[dense harness]

idk what it is on console its character menu

[ionic karma]

Oh I see it

Damn it’s shit

[sonic peak]

Chaos can be lower

[dense harness]

and thats why youre squishy then

[snow sierra]

yes

[ionic karma]

4% / 11% / 44% / 0%

[sonic peak]

The rest should be at least 50

[dense harness]

1. resis 2. mitigation 3. hp

[sonic peak]

Ideally 75

[dense harness]

in that order

should be how you build

[ionic karma]

Lightning is the only good one

Lemme show my gear.

[snow sierra]

atleast 50% when you pass t6-t8 75%

please dont, just buy new gear on poe trade with the few ex you have

limit yourself to one 1ex per pice and be happy

[sonic peak]

If it's your first time playing I would also suggest buying gear

[sonic peak]

You can always create an SSF character later on

[dense harness]

he wants to be ssf which isnt bad, just hunt for res gear and use your orbs on stuff that seems promising (one or two good affixes on them already)

[ionic karma]

LMK what I should throw away

[snow sierra]

well then, pick up your bases, check them, stack them, make use of 3 to 1

nothing more to say for ssf

[ionic karma]

Feel like if I don’t SSF it’s too simple

[snow sierra]

Transmute > arugment ? is it good ? yes > regal > still good ? > exalt

when it fails stash it

[ionic karma]

I’ll do that slowly on items

[snow sierra]

and 3 to 1 the bases

[sonic peak]

Make sure you also got all the resistances from side objectives

[ionic karma]

Feel like this one is decent

But I don’t run fire

But damage wise it seems Nice & High

[sonic peak]

If you get naked I think you should end up with -40%

If it ain't that you missed smt

[ionic karma]

In resistance right

[sonic peak]

Also, what vial did you get from act 3's side quest? If you didn't do it yet you should ideally get chaos res

[sonic peak]

Ye

[upper viper]

No spirit at all, possible on rings ?

[sonic peak]

Also 100 spirit

[ionic karma]

I took a shit one I’m some noob 😂

[snow sierra]

it is there are insane expensive rings with 5-10 spirit i think

[ionic karma]

I only got 60 spirit so I clearly did something wrong

[sonic peak]

You missed the act 3 one

Cruel

[dense harness]

yeah, 10 resistance each. then do it again in cruel = 20 resistance each type
act 1 - cold from witch boss
act 2 - lightning from spires monument
act 3 - fire from fire breather boss

[sonic peak]

Should have a skull with a + symbol in the minimap

World map*

[ionic karma]

Yea it’s not on the map didn’t discover enough yet I assume

[upper viper]

dang

[ionic karma]

I rushed the shit out of cruel

[ionic karma]

Ice I got

Lighting I got too

Yeah the zone 3 one I’m missing

I gotta seriously get after my armour tho

The red items… are props the biggest problem

They give 0 but then 0% resistance or other shit

[dense harness]

invokers can get spirit from their chest piece. i have like 130 extra spirit from my chest piece

[ionic karma]

It’s just that it keeps generating Power chargers for me

[snow sierra]

lol 3ex from 1 mob again, a rarity gear i hate you with a passion

[ionic karma]

Monk always Has less hp right

Like compared to a Sorcer

And Another question where the fuck do I find them Orbs to Craft as I rarely see any on the ground honestly

[dense harness]

idk what sorc runs but im 2.2k life 900 es overcapped to around 1800 usually

[ionic karma]

ATM I’m at this

[sonic peak]

No afaik

[ionic karma]

For the current stage I’m in, it feels fine I’m not 1 hit but not strong either

[orchid hatch]

orbs become more common as you level up. They are never COMMON, but more common as you level.

[ionic karma]

But I play Splitscreen my wife has a much better build 🤣 so I just walk around and slam

[dense harness]

if youre level 69 youre end game no?

[ionic karma]

I’m

Just in end game

I sort of came late 🤣

[dense harness]

so transmutes and augments should be dropping like candy by this point

[ionic karma]

Been barely running only 5 maps so far

So the Tips are just rework gear, and how do I get power chargers without my Gear?

As I hate having to suck enemies In for chargers

While this gear piece charges up for me

What are the Main things giving resistance btw?

Is it rings or amulets

[dense harness]

i dont play lightning so idk on that. if you have frost questions tho i got ya

rings and body armor are gonna be your biggest sources

[snow sierra]

everything and dont forget you have runes too

depends on what you get where you get res i have none on body armor and amulett^^

[ionic karma]

And corrupting items

[muted charm]

I'm going to ask again does anyone know how unleash and spell echo interact with cast on ignite

if at all/

[ionic karma]

Is it smart to do once a piece is done always

[dense harness]

but boots belt and ammy should supplement res as well. gloves too but usually you want some offensive suffixes on gloves so only as a 3rd suffix if you have a hole

[ionic karma]

I’ll start fixing up my shit build and show it here again

Btw what does a Div orb do

Never Played Poe1 and never got any of em same for that mirror

[dense harness]

div rerolls the numberical value of everything on your item (does NOT change the tier tho)

[ionic karma]

Ah so makes it better

[snow sierra]

or worse

[dense harness]

its random

[ionic karma]

No gamble no fun

Only thing this game refuses to give me is a better Quarterstaff

[dense harness]

but like if you have a t1 cold res for 6-11 cold res, its only gonna change it to max 11

[ionic karma]

Mine is atm at 170/300 Phys damage

[dense harness]

it wont tier it up to a t10 40 cold res

[ionic karma]

Haven’t had a better one since

[ionic karma]

There are tiers in weapons?

[dense harness]

this is getting into the weeds on complexity but each prefix and suffix has a tier

so t1 bonus physical could be like 10-20% bonus physical prefix, but the t10 prefix could be like 95-100%

[ionic karma]

I got 84% increase

[muted charm]

Seriously anyone iknow if cast on ignite works with unleash?

[ionic karma]

That kinda makes sense

Got a lot to learn but one day I’ll be there

After 100 hours I’m still as dumb as a rock but even for me is hope 😂

[dense harness]

yeah right now just focus on the character sheet and getting your res and eva up

[ionic karma]

I’ll be doing that. I’ll start changing my gears

Is the best way get a grey piece of it

And then go base on that

Like put 2 Blues on regal one it bad delete it

Until it’s somewhat decent

[dense harness]

however you get it. drops, vendors, find a good level base and use transmute and augment

i would delete before regaling. if your 2 blues arent promising then dont regal it

[ionic karma]

This one is kinda decent +4 to all Melee skills

[ionic karma]

Yea I’ll stick to that then

ATM I’m only in warp stone 1 areas

[dense harness]

if your dps isnt an issue right now then i wouldnt focus on a weapon

[ionic karma]

So it’s no biggie atm

Dps is uh

[dense harness]

survivability is the issue then its the non-weapon gear that needs to change

[ionic karma]

5600

Survival is terrible for me

Damage seems fine

I slice through anything

But oh boy if a elite calls one thing on me

Well thanks for the help XTC I’ll start fixing my shit and show it here again once it’s done

[dense harness]

gl to ya

[somber pendant]

if you put fixation of yix on and allocate Necromantic Talisman keystone do your minions buff you? each one?

[deft lily]

how does unleash interact with cold snap, since the target has to be frozen to use cold snap/use it on frost bolt for the explosion, wiill it just apply all the damage with one freeze or?

[snow sierra]

no

and why should you even put it on the minions you can just use it youself

[somber pendant]

i assumed each minion would gain the benefits of the amulet

[snow sierra]

As far as i know minions consider the play not even as ally for some strange reason

[vale cave]

That would be diabolical

[orchid hatch]

Unleash works pretty good with Cold Snap, until you get Comet.

[snow sierra]

but it dos not work

[somber pendant]

sadge

looking for ways to leverage the keystone

[vale cave]

Nerfed

The one auto cast amulet that had an interesting interaction

[snow sierra]

so did i and i found non that is worth giving um 50 spirit and 3 minion level on amulett or even 2+ minion level for that matter

[vale cave]

The rest of the amulets don't really work with it, only good for giving the raw stats of amulet I think

[somber pendant]

i cant afford those amulets anyways so

[snow sierra]

+2 is super cheap

[somber pendant]

+2 with spirit is not, at least for me

[wind lava]

what is ailmant with poe1 impale icon? i apply it somehow

[snow sierra]

like 3ex or something

for without spirit

spirit is just premium

[tawny heath]

anyone know if you can get 5 sockets in decompose ?

[snow sierra]

i had no spirit until late into t15/t16 farming on my amulett

yes

high item level

[runic trout]

what level do you need to be to use a lvl 20 skill gem?

[tawny heath]

but a lvl 18 decompose has 4 sockets

[wind lava]

what is this?

[tawny heath]

you sure ?

[somber pendant]

armour break i think?

[snow sierra]

I would assume the trashhold is level 19 but not completly sure where because mine gone from 3 to 4 with later item levels

[tawny heath]

ye but lvl 18 has 4 and i doubt lvl 19 will have 5

[snow sierra]

that would atleast explain the jump from 5ex per pair to 15 div

[somber pendant]

i have level 17 and its four socket

[tawny heath]

lvl 19 is 5 div

[muted spire]

What are the meta builds for witch atm

[snow sierra]

i dont have the money to buy a level 19 just to check ^^

but i guess you could just ask someone who has them

but considering how every other skill work it would make sense

[tawny heath]

im dming a guy that sells them to ask

[leaden moth]

Playing hardcore ssf as a new player to ARPGS in general and started with monk cause all the ranged classes feel like you dont interact with as many of the game mechanics but I like casting spells so monk it is. This is my starting build, I think its nice, I really want to go for survivability since I already feel like I deal a lot of damage and bosses seem to be the only threat, so single damage and non potion or not needing to kill minions type stuff seems to be better? Anyways what are some good tips here

[somber pendant]

im running reavers after playing arsonists for a long time, using corpsewade to break armour and eye of winter to apply more critical weakness. feels nice so far... dunno about meta though

they dont die like arsonists did, and they kill much faster

corpsewade helps with clear but im so slowwwwww >,<

[tawny heath]

level 19 decompose does not have max links so no clue why you would get a lvl 19 for 0,5% upgrade

[somber pendant]

min maxing is always like that

[muted spire]

Im looking for a fast build for maps
Playing Witch Infernalist with flame walls, arsonists etc but its not fast enough

[somber pendant]

the final .5% works out to alot with everything stacked

[snow sierra]

dunno demon mommy build, but gotta invest in that, you are kinda limited on infernalist for quick builds

[lone temple]

Been looking for a way to go low life without playing a witch but can't find it. Any ideas ? Is it even possible ?

[somber pendant]

i can mindlessly do ritual with corpsewades/reaver, but im not to like t15 yet so dont listen to my advice ;P

[snow sierra]

i used reavers in t16

its possible

but not very fast, they slay on bosses tho :x

[mortal gate]

Is this good guys?

Or average?

[dense harness]

frost monk just zooms around maps

[somber pendant]

did you try corpsewade to break armour and help with clear?

[snow sierra]

no why should i ? the dmg the reaver doing was not the problem

its the walking time

they have

corpswarden dos not rly help with that

[dense harness]

looking for a bossing only build. want some sure things to crack pinnacile / citadels / trail / ritual bosses to farm those uniques

[somber pendant]

poe zoomers ;P stop and smell the... oh wait thats not roses

[snow sierra]

i would bet detonate death would be your cheapst option to do that

[somber pendant]

corpsewade is cracked, ill find a way to make it work even if i have to get queen of the whatever chestpiece and stack evasion or something

[elder spade]

any class who use this shield? whats the real price of this shield?

[dense harness]

witch detonate dead?

[celest hedge]

Is there an infernalist build that lets me stay in the demon form forever? one of the ascension point upgrades caps the max damage you can get with it to 5% of max hp per second, and i'm pretty sure it's easy to outheal that with the right stuff unless i'm forgetting something

[snow sierra]

i payed 7ex but might be cheaper now

[snow sierra]

bloodmage detonate death yes, it will have a easy time getting alooot of dmg

[somber pendant]

i prefer merit of service over oaksworn, slightly lower block, and no spirit but minions block equal to yours is also cracked

[dim sky]

Guys, since the beginning I've always had a cruel doubt, is it more worth investing in a bow with +1 proj or a bow with high dps?
For example, I'm using lighting arrow, I have two purchase options: a bow with 350dps and +1 proj or a bow with 430dps
Which is more worth it?

[snow sierra]

Minion infernalst might be good to, but it isnt so cheap for min maxing

And well from there i only know builds that cost 50div +

[snow sierra]

And it has no chaos res

[pearl sluice]

Hey guys, if I send a passive tree, could someone give me some insights, tips, suggestions or anything like that?

[floral zenith]

how much int do i need for lvl 9 cast on shock?

[somber pendant]

i get enough chaos res without it, or havent had an issue with that so far

[indigo stag]

price of item depends almost entire on its rolls. Item that costs 1ex on random rolls can cost upwards of 10divs with perfect rolls

[somber pendant]

i have oaksworn on my swap tho

[snow sierra]

i kinda need the spirit, playing chronomancer minions and i dont have a spirit body^^

[thin basin]

how do u deal with mana issue for MoM build early maps?

[snow sierra]

the mana recoup belt

[pine lily]

How do you create Power Charges?

[thin basin]

got that one

[indigo stag]

spam dem mana pots like your life literally depends on them 😄

[pearl sluice]

Anyone knows how to change the class on mobalytcs? Like, from the build that I'm creating, I'm always stuck the mercenary

[vernal lion]

question if giants blood turns a 2 handed weapon in to a 1 handed weapon does the weapon scale with one handed weapon passives?

[thin basin]

i got like 2k mana and the pot only give 400 or so 💀

[indigo stag]

time to pick up white pots and roll one that actually regens your mana 😄

[orchid swift]

what build should i go for for my witch, stats, weapons abilities ect, im still pretty new

[tepid vortex]

spark sorc this seems to be the most effective DPS tree

[orchid swift]

or is there a different character i should invest in instead ?

[indigo stag]

infernalist summoner is cheap and super easy way to reach early/mid maps and get enough currency to bankroll a proper build

[snow sierra]

or detonate death

[orchid swift]

that for witch yeh? i'll just youtube some builds to see what i should be going for

[indigo stag]

that is if you can endure the brainrot of firewall and dealign with brainless skeletons as your allies...

[pine lily]

How do you create Power Charges atm? Is there only way to use resonance to convert frenzy charges?

[snow sierra]

happy to see that minions and dd are again the cheapa** builds in poe2

[indigo stag]

i use cast on freeze + profane ritual or just self cast profane ritual + unleash

[lunar totem]

Glad to report that the Veil of the Night + Blackbraid experiment is working pretty well
Just don't stand on fire

[snow sierra]

there is a bonestorm budget build with that ^^ its kinda good if you want a cheap decent set and not care about res

[lunar totem]

I am doing Blasphemy + Hexblast still, I just managed to squeak in enough spirit with a solid amulet (As I've swapped out the Sceptre for a block chance Shield)

Got 3,700 Health even while socketing Chaos Res Soul cores

[pine lily]

Are there any other skills that generate power charges?

[indigo stag]

that is one of the easiest

combat frenzy + resonance also works

might be even easier

[pine lily]

Its really tough to get there from the tree I want to do

[snow sierra]

there was sone pin support tech with generating frenzy charges and then making them into power charges with the big keynote

but cant rember how it worked exactly

[indigo stag]

thats combat frenzy + resonance

gives frenzy charge on freeze/pin/electrocute and you use resonance to turn the frenzy charge in to power charge

wtf vendors

[pine lily]

I'm trying to work out how to get power charges for bonestorm AOE, getting all the way over to Resonance from Witch is a problem

[indigo stag]

just use pronafe ritual spell?

Literally profane ritual + unleash and 1 cast gives you from 3 to maximum power charges

[snow sierra]

well that is the idea the bonestorm guys had

and concluded it wasnt worth it

[indigo stag]

then you either spend 20 passive points for resonance tech or give up on power charges 😄

[indigo breach]

Im crazy XD 5 jewel sockets XD rip my currency

(4th ascendancy undecided yet)

[snow sierra]

i am planning a 11 jewel soket chronomancer build atm

going for 200% effect duration 😄

[indigo breach]

niice, tbh jewels werent my priority, I just dislked 2 way trees so I made 1 way one

simple as that XD

just 1 main branch dividing to sides as proper tree XDD

[snow sierra]

looks nearly like my current tree^^

[indigo stag]

wait... the req lvl scales with the skill lvl?

i thought thats lvling unique

[snow sierra]

ye the skill fking it up if it dos not drop early

[indigo stag]

lmao

[river berry]

which builds using widowhail bow?
so far i saw just pconc after buff but prices on that bow are insane...

[pine lily]

So sorry I dont understand this (I am a noob) - How do you link these 2? And which do you cast and why does that give me 3? - Does it have to be on a staff? So no 1H plus shield?

[indigo stag]

profane ritual causes 1 corpse to turn in in to power charge in couple secs
Adding unleash support to that spell causes it to cast it 3 times giving you 3 power charges. Add in effects that give % chance to gain more power charges and you are getting to max power charges pretty much on every single cast

its a chaos spell

[pine lily]

Got it! TY brother

[indigo stag]

yeet it out once every X mob packs and you never have to worry about power charges

Add in cast on X if you use elemental effects and voila, you have automated power charge generation for life

[indigo breach]

tho I went with all you can eat setup having armor, energo shield and mana before health, so had to improvise alot XD

[pine lily]

Bonestorm is physical, but am I right that I could do cast on crit in the same way?

[indigo stag]

sure

[snow sierra]

i had MoM a while too with ES, but switched to CI now cause why not for chronomancer

[indigo stag]

tho im not sure if cast on crit works for minions crits

i think you need to personally be the one to crit

[snow sierra]

And bonestorm cant be cast on crit

cause its a channeling ability

[pine lily]

My Bonestorm would be my only option as Im trying to do a minion-less style

[indigo stag]

just selfcast it every now and then

[indigo breach]

also since I use both mana and energo shield I think ill just get 6% more health from 4th ascendancy to have more spirit lol

[pine lily]

I want my profane ritual to be cast on crit, not my bonestorm

[indigo stag]

my power charges last like a minute so i only need to cast it every now and then myself

[snow sierra]

i would take the energy shield since you have MoM protecting your life from poisen anyways so why not reserve 50%

[fast temple]

dumb question but what are the red runes that people are socketing into their gear?

[tranquil steeple]

For volcanic fissure are the aftershocks based on the slam or volcanic fissure itself

[hasty horizon]

can anyone help me with making a build for early game sorcerer?

[indigo breach]

I wanna see both tbh

and see which is more beneficcial

[dense harness]

so bloodmage detonate death or infernalist arsonist are both good / cheap bossers? like im already running t15/16 maps easily on frost monk and have 8/10 boss points. im just really starting to feel a lack of damage on certain juiced bosses, pinnacle and citadel bosses, the trial boss, and the ritual bosses. and gears at the point where a dps upgrade is going to cost in the realm of 15 or more divs.

so i guess just seeing if theres an alternative cheap bosser that will do that content and i can just farm maps and boss keys on the monk

[indigo breach]

the more hp - more spirit tho 😄

25 hp 1 spirit

[snow sierra]

i would go for dd if you ask me, i think it has abit more dmg, and no not infernalist arsonist, infernalist snipers for bossing

for both builds the scepter and the neck will be the most exepensive thing

[indigo breach]

using both rn no worrys 😄

sniers arrow going boom is my faw thing

[indigo stag]

having access to 10x shortcooldown nukes that drop 3 poison clouds that instantly explode is pretty fun 😛

[vernal jetty]

can pathfinder come close to deadeye dps? I've been using gas arrow explosion but it seems far better for deadeye. Not sure if poison would be better

[snow sierra]

And if you want the perfect scepter for those builds you will need 15div + too, but they can do ~1-3div scepter and 1-2 div neck

[tawny heath]

so does decompose get more dmg from chaos dmg on tree or not since of how poison works in poe2 ?

[tranquil steeple]

For volcanic fissure are the aftershocks based on the slam or volcanic fissure itself

[snow sierra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_XHyuEqZho here thats what i mean a sneakpeak and the bild concept

its by no means a compfy build, but its cheap and effektiv, gotta pay with clunk for that tho

its not getting cheaper then that^^

[dawn heath]

I think there's a build around dark pact but don't have a level 65 witch to test it. Can't be much worse than detonate dead and might be better since don't need minions to die

[snow sierra]

doubt dd can be scaled better

if it was only the hp numbers infernal legion would work as a main dmg source too

[nova ember]

is spark leveling

just shit?

[neat bison]

Soul cores, they drop from Ultimatum

[wintry lintel]

guys what do you think about this

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/0lqbj01p

[snow sierra]

you are wasting alot of points near MoM

[tranquil steeple]

For volcanic fissure are the aftershocks based on the slam or volcanic fissure itself

[snow sierra]

and i assume you planning to use the mana to es amulett ?

And i would highly suggest getting the mana recoup

[wintry lintel]

ty

[snow sierra]

;O+

[wintry lintel]

@snow sierra what do i updat..

ok

cool

[snow sierra]

And the note right besides the or might not be worth it

for me its 70ES so no point in wasting 1 point on it

but you gotta check how mutch it is when you get there

[wintry lintel]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/9t6kh0vd

how about this

[snow sierra]

the stat note on top is pointless

remove those und add them while leveling

and not sure if you need those

with MoM and ES you should never get dmg on your health

You planning to use the amulett right ?

the 20% of mana to energy shield amulett

because without is this tree is totaly wrong

[silent charm]

Anyone know if Enhanced Effectiveness interacts with things like Flacon Technique ?

[tidal copper]

Is there a way to tell your stun threshold in game??
I added the armour node that gives stun threshold for percentage of your armour but i cant see how much of a difference is making

[tidal copper]

Dictionary Inherent

[night shadow]

do anyone know how can I search for Against the Darkness Time-Lost Diamond on trade website. I can't search for its Affixes.

[proud cedar]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/L60jOWlTn

search by name seems to work

[night shadow]

yes, but how do I filter the affixes. for example I want 2-3% extra damage

[still rock]

Anyone have any info on the different totems and if they have different base maximum life pools?

[night shadow]

as cold or ligtning

[proud cedar]

ah good point. im stumped

[azure maple]

Can someone sell me a spirit amulet +20 spirit.

[snow sierra]

wut ?

[vagrant wave]

so, sorcerer should have allocated points in for and dex? I noticed that some support skills need for or dex.

[snow sierra]

like there a millions of those going around for 1ex

[snow sierra]

yes you should meet the requierments for all gear and supports you wanna use

[hazy locust]

what size jewel is this?

[plush timber]

does anyone know how to add chaos damage to eye of winter for wither application, other than 'pure chaos' node on the tree?

[tidal copper]

you can change them very easy if needed

[muted spire]

Man i rly should have picked mage instead of witch

There are only minion builds for witch inf not rly a good demon build

[warped viper]

does anyone know if unleashed seals count as separate casts?

like the first unleash of spark is 3 casts right? not 1 cast with 3x proj. that wouldnt make sense cuz the reoccorences have lower dmg

they must be separate

[snow sierra]

there is a working demon build, but i dont know what you consider good

[digital cloud]

Im sure it doesn’t but just to check would Bone storm since its physical damage, would it proc mana leech?

[snow sierra]

depends on the leech you have ?

if it says leech from attacks no it dos not

[muted spire]

Which one

[digital cloud]

On my quarterstaff it says % of mana leeched from physical damage

[still rock]

attack damage

bone storm is a spell

[digital cloud]

But i know leech in general is weird in poe 2

Yea i figured just checking

[snow sierra]

there is only one the one with 200 hp the 2 rings that reduce global defense and ghostweave, that gets like to 200 demon form stacks

Only way to make demon form good i know of

No rocket since tho, reduce your hp as low as possible get flat hp reggen

And stack es for defense

[digital cloud]

Im running Chonk and want to try embracing the darkness despite it being bad but id need to respec ALOT to make it “work” and relying on leech for ES but everytime ive tried leech for ES its too slow even with instant mana leech

[muted spire]

Hmm idk i just saw one with no life reg but with life per kill and it looked risky af

[nova ember]

any experience with fireball icewalls? what seems to ben better blood mage or sorc thingy?

[static spade]

What level do I start getting uncut skill gem 11?

[snow sierra]

go sorc if you dont know what you are doing

bloodmage isnt easy to get working

[nova ember]

its not rly about knowing tbh, its more that i feel like i have one more campaign run in me for next few weeks and i would like to do all content, including pinnacles with it, but cant rly judge properly what is better way to go in terms of how they scale, since for that i need an experience with build itself.

[snow sierra]

From the little bit i know

both are a bad choise for pinnacle bosses if you run fireball

the frost fireball thingy is more a fun map clear thing as far as i am aware

[covert ingot]

Yo

New player with mercenary, which build should I go for?

[balmy fable]

@soft lake another day, another session of me sitting down and complaining about how badly supported spell bleed is LUL

i might turn that character into an infernalist of some kind

not sure yet though

[halcyon solar]

How do i find those Citadels? Meanhile I'm doing T15's explored a hefty amount, but haven't seen singled Citadel anywhere?

[rapid wadi]

best spells to build around?

[halcyon solar]

How do they even look like? Maybe i just didn't get it.

[mortal cloak]

Hey guys quick before I waste currency or ruin my item

attack modifier catalyst increases dmg range boost?

[round mortar]

hay im a warrior sitting around 1500 hp been seeing all theses builds with 5k hp how the hell are they getting that much

lvl75

[digital cloud]

Probably armour and passive nodes

[round mortar]

there aint none I was checking unless its just a witch thing cuz minion hp nodes are real

[loud bronze]

couple questions here - would love to understand each calculation:
The only talentpoints that are active are: 6% Attackspeed, armor, evasion, strength. The others are one-handed notes - so not active

1. I know how the "Attacks per second" is calculated - but what is "Attack Time 1.15s"?

2. Why is the "Main Hand Total Damage" not just Weapondamage (18-25) multiplied with Attackdamage from Molten Blast (142%) -> (18-25) * 1.42 = 26 - 36.
   Instead it shows 32 - 48
   What's missing?

And all of this will get way more complicated once there's a weapon with more added-flat damage etc. equipped

[coarse dome]

Need some accuracy rating to fit a new piece. Do I just slam exalts on items I have room for it? Only runes for accuracy go on weapons and mine r filled 😦

[neat bison]

Leveling with pure cold spells is brutal

Actual 1 dps single target

[alpine pecan]

double curse for hexblast means double damage on bosses right?

[vivid crown]

are flaming raging skulls a big dps boost? im seeing every infernalist use it and they all have higher dps than me, im using arsonists everything that involves the build people usually go for with the raging skulls but them and confused why my dps is underperforming and i can't tell if its my build, the fact im not using the skulls or if my support gems aren't right. Can anyone help please?

[neat bison]

SRS is just incredible value for 30 spirit but arsonists should be able to preform on their own

My supports are scattershot, martial tempo, fire infusion and immolate

• minion level is the most important stat a summoner can get

[vivid crown]

besides immolate i have all of those

[neat bison]

Running fire exposure on hellhound is also pretty important

flammability curse is big too

[vivid crown]

i have that and wildfire

and flammability

😭

i use all those

but for some reason, atleast to me i feel like my dps is still kinda low

[neat bison]

How many + to minion level you have?

[vivid crown]

none

[neat bison]

Thats pretty rough

[vivid crown]

damn, what does that come on?

[neat bison]

Sceptres, amulets and helmets

[vivid crown]

ah okay, ill look for them

besides that

is there any other possible reason why i could be struggling with dps

wait

ill record a clip cos im at a boss

[neat bison]

Are they dying a lot or

[vivid crown]

kinda but not really

im just record

[zinc ravine]

how are spark builds generating any damage while leveling? admittedly ive taken very few lightning notables but arc seems better in every way

[static plinth]

Flame Wall

[zinc ravine]

yeah i mean ofc, but it's still nothing

[hot geode]

does anyone know whats considered a "god role" two handed mace for a fire dmg Hammer of the gods build

[neat bison]

Probably like

120+ % phys dmg, 30+ flat phys, 4+ melee skill, % ele dmg

[amber forge]

does anyone know if I have 2 magic find charms equip if they can both trigger at the same time and does it stack ?

[vivid crown]

alr im sorry it took a while

this is it

can i send you dms?

[neat bison]

I guess so

[grand gorge]

as a warrior, i should ONLY be focussing on strength unless my weapon or something requires more dex and intel right?

[shadow delta]

How can I get power charges reliable against bosses via Monk?

I have combat frenzy, electrocute gloves and resonance in passive tree

I have no problem maintining charges in mapping, but getting them against bosses isn't as easy

[neat bison]

Pretty much, you can basically solve accuracy on the passive tree

[rich zephyr]

does the life stack so do I get 9 life if I kill an enemy?

[digital spade]

hey guys, anyone who could help me with chyula monk build.
I unfortunately cant change the ascendancy and rn i play melee lighting monk which i would like to keep.
But i was using combat frenzy to generate charges, now i see the chyula monk doesnt have spirit. Which is a bit complication, how is this ussualy solved when someone play chyula? thanks!!!:)

[digital spade]

i use hand of chayula + snipers mark

[solar scaffold]

Is there an attack speed cap in Poe 2? Or a limit to attacks per second with dual wield ?

[pine elm]

there's no cap on anything

aside resistance

[tidal copper]

And evasion

[solar scaffold]

I ask because my dps goes up on melee attack but it doesn’t seem like I’m attacking faster

[pine elm]

Oh shoot. I forgo tabout that lol

any resistance related has cap

[solar scaffold]

I have almost every attack speed node and I have the onslaught helmet which gives 20%

[pine elm]

but cast speed and atk speed

not so much

[grave spire]

Would anyone be able to recommend a good amulet enhancement for a frost monk?

[solar scaffold]

With the 25% gem for attack speed and the onslaught helmet which would be 45% I don’t see any animation change even if I take off all my attack speed nodes but my damage does change

[drifting sail]

i did an ascendancy trial last night while very drunk and i forogt what i did. i was playing fire sorcerer but now my middle icon says some shit about time is my mine to weave

did i just brick my build lsat night by choosing the wrong thing

[tidal copper]

A content creator said armour is useless and I'm thinking in respecting all my character
Is this reasonable

[orchid hatch]

You need to understand the context of what they were saying.

If you're talking about Krip, his comments were largely centered around end-game hardest content.

[lunar totem]

Alright... Veil of The Night + Blackbraid was decent, but upon further testing, you take a fuck ton of damage from the AoEs that are lying around. Even from the explosions, which should still be hits?
But ultimately it's pretty difficult to get both enough armour and life to feel tanky, even if you do avoid AoEs. Could still work, but would need very solid gear.

On the bright side, I'm now doing Witch with a Shield instead of a Sceptre and it's working pretty well. You need a solid Spirit amulet depending on what you're working with, but the phys reduction and block chance is great.

[drifting sail]

What ascendency should i have as a fire sorc

[tidal copper]

It wouldn't be too bad to re tool it
But you have a point, armour will be buffed by the time I get to end game

[vagrant plinth]

once saw a dude post a quarterstaff with 100 lightning damage using runes. how'd he do that? even if i get a 3rd slot on this bow, id only go up to 60 damage.

[alpine pecan]

basic question, but do crits guarantee ailment application or is it just increased chance from the bonus damage??

[orchid hatch]

Until changes are made, Sorc goes Stormweaver. Chrono isn't in a very good spot right now.

[tidal copper]

Read the tool tips

[drifting sail]

damn i fucked up then

oh well

[pallid saddle]

at level 64 stormweaver, do you think I should re-spec into crit nodes with wand+focus or keep my current staff?

[alpine pecan]

can't atm so could you just answer the question

[severe drum]

crit dont act in a special way, they just have more damage which means you are applying more ailment

[alpine pecan]

alright thanks

[wind drift]

any invoker monks on?

[uncut jay]

"Strength can satisfy other Attribute Requirements of Melee Weapons and Melee Skills" - I got these gloves, does that mean I can get tempest bell which needs 20 int + 20 dex, where I only have mostly strength ?

[jagged thunder]

with doryani prototype:
% phys dmg taken as lightning
and/or
% lightning dmg taken as phys

what would happen?

[rapid wadi]

still confused what % of base is.. if i have a weapon with no attack speed but i have attack speed nods on the passive tree.. and a gem says "80% of base attack speed" whats even getting applied to that?

[orchid hatch]

It converts part of incoming damage to another type. This may be helpful if you have capped out a given resist, lightning for instance. It would minimize some of the incoming damage to the greatest extent possible.

[trail tundra]

does the node "psychic fragmentation" just add 2 projectiles once you launch Bonestorm? or does it add additional projectiles per stage while channeling like "Scattershot" support gem does?

[summer owl]

I need help understanding the tooltips om my Mercenary Crossbow gems skillset.

Which one is better?

Can someone help me to understand
Ice Shards vs Permafrost Bolts

The latter does more dmg, why would I pick Ice Shards?

Same level 6.

[neat bison]

On your weapon it lists base dmg, crit chance and attack speed

[rapid wadi]

so no other mods/nods apply to base?

[neat bison]

Not that I’m aware of

[rapid wadi]

i cant use attack speed mods to increase that attack speed past whatever the base it

[neat bison]

Maybe spells have a base to these

[rapid wadi]

whats the point of the attack speed support gem then? or the attack speed nods on the passive tree

[neat bison]

It will increase that number just not visually represented on the item

It’s just 5% of base attack speed added

Or w/e number

[rapid wadi]

so if i use volcanice fissue as an example. and i use attack speed nods on passive and attack speed support.. will it make volc fissue faster or not

[neat bison]

It should but I have not used that ability before

[vast chasm]

hey guys i had a quick question im fkin stumped

i was hoping someone could shed some light on why i cant wear this mace. I have giants blood passive, My str is 201 dex is 27 and int is 34. Im wondering if these runes are changing the numbers without showing it. any help would be awesome

[pine mulch]

charms.... which modifier should i look for?

[neat bison]

Duration and charges per second

For pretty much every one

[gloomy jackal]

What you think is the best one button skill to apply lightning exposure besides Orb of storms?

[neat bison]

Does giants blood triple requirements for dex and int because of the split?

All I can think of

or does it specifically say STR?

[half owl]

I need help I have 1.7k hp I kept getting one shot by tier 7 hyana savanna boss

[vivid crown]

Am i right in assuming the last ascendancy for the witch will make other types of minions useful besides the arsonists? rn they all feel underpowered bc of the arsonists incredible synergy with fire stuff (infernalist) and the hound. (does blood mage do anything special for all minions?)

[wild frigate]

Any super tanky builds out there

[neat bison]

Cloak of flame on infernalist is pretty tanky

[wild frigate]

Oh yea i might have to make a second onfernalist then to try it

Does that use minions 🤔

[neat bison]

It doesn’t have to

[vivid crown]

is directing minions important?

[wild frigate]

Use the tech to pick them up

Swap weapons

[vast chasm]

no it does dex and int but those weird runes are kinda confusing i bought it like that. i shouldnt have haha

[neat bison]

The in game command is ok for getting them to focus on a specific enemy

[vivid crown]

can i manage just fine without it?

so far i have done

[neat bison]

Yeah it’s very unimportant

[potent raft]

Orb of Storms, it slaps with spark's cast speed

[orchid hatch]

Firewall, orb, spark til you drop.

[elder mural]

what is the difference between reduce cooldown recovery and cast speed for a spell like comet

[orchid hatch]

Specifically with Comet, it doesn't matter. Take cast speed. Great spell, but it feels like forever waiting on it sometimes.

[elder mural]

10% cooldown recovery will be better than 10 % cast speed since i got high diminish return right ?

Considering i alreayd have 100% cast speed

[orchid hatch]

With Comet, I don't think there is a cooldown or recovery. It's just slow. But like Ice Wall, it has that 3 charge thing where something like cooldown recovery would make it recharge faster.

[elder mural]

I see ok

WOuld it work with Blink as well

[static plinth]

Cloak of Flame, Atziri's Disdain, Altered Flesh, Beidat's Hand makes for a really tanky build

Ideally you'd take Zealot's Oath but its in an awkward spot

[narrow inlet]

do you guys think this can turn all my minions into aura bots if i use necromantic talisman from the tree? lol

[static plinth]

It doesnt stack except for between different players but yeah its good with Necromantic Talisman

[narrow inlet]

o ty

[solid badger]

Does Demon Form cause life loss equal to your max life or current life? I'm trying to figure out if reserving life helps reduce the total loss per second.

[neat bison]

The way I’ve seen people handle it is getting as low max life as possible

but I haven’t played with it

There’s a ring they are double stacking

[solid badger]

That makes sense, does "Reserved" reduce max life?

[neat bison]

It should not

[kind ginkgo]

I think i have pretty decent stats now trying to work on resistances. On level 75 i'll get better helmet and focus

[solid badger]

last line, you're right

it doesn't change the max value

[neat bison]

Idk the name

[static plinth]

Ming's Heart

[neat bison]

But ppl are double stacking a unique ring that lowers your life

[static plinth]

Ghostwrithe

[neat bison]

Ye

[velvet blade]

Is there any method for removing burning ground and ignites caused by enemies?

[north dune]

Hello everyone, can you tell me the build after the acts, is there a video or a guide somewhere?

[fading scroll]

So for sunder titan what str should I ideally be around before taking giant blood?

[wild frigate]

@static plinth im relatively new just 400 hrs poe1 and maybe 200 in poe2 are those nodes to get or uniques

[ashen shell]

you can get it rly early like while leveling if you equip the vertex helmet

reduces reqs by 50%

but keep stacking until you don't need ofc

[sturdy knoll]

What level should Sorc go spark? I’m running cold with a monk partner and the cold is helpful but was jw if it might be worth it to go spark for dps? Currently 35, first ascend finished (storm).

[ashen shell]

endgame hammers will req 400-600

[lofty goblet]

Is shock bugged under tooltip? It's not showing up for any of my skills under "ailments"

[celest oxide]

Does anyone know if Rising Tempest Support Gem procs off of heralds?

[rancid cipher]

Any chance someone with some end game / build experience could talk to me about a build I'm trying to throw together? Trying to throw together a quarterstaff sorceress and I'm not sure how something like this would do end game. Pretty inexperienced with the game and still in act 3, but trying to make something I can work towards.

Concerns:

I know some nodes have a lot more value than others. I looked over similar builds and I tried to pick ones that seemed strong, but I'm not sure if I did it very well.

Am I focusing too much on defense? Will I be able to do enough damage with something like this?

One thing I'm not sure about is the electrocute support gem. It says my attack can't inflict shock, but my ascendancy tree says that all attacks shock. How do those interact with each other?

Any feedback would be appreciated!

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/feb135ff-640f-4985-91f0-83500e3bd93b/builds/cbe18820-f6e1-4627-9f57-5c845f794831

[static plinth]

Cloak and Atziri's are uniques, the other two are Infernalist nodes

Zealot's Oath is a keystone

[wild frigate]

Okay thanks 😊 ill try that out on my second infernalist

[static plinth]

Basically you get ~40% of your Life as ES, and 20% of damage bypasses ES, so you just have a massive HP pool

[ashen mica]

can someone pls give me polcirkeln sapphire ring 😭

[latent dawn]

If I'm not mistaken "Cannot" supersedes it. So damage from that ability cannot shock even if "all your damage" shocks

[static plinth]

Cannot does trump always

Also "All your damage shocks" =/= "Always shock on hit"

[latent dawn]

ok so its "All damage contributes to Shock Chance" vs "Supported skills cannot inflict Shock"

So those hits will never shock. Probably better to switch up which supports you want in there

[static plinth]

Also Shaper of Storms doesnt let damage types besides Lightning electrocute

[latent dawn]

Yea so using that Electrocute support gem turns that specific skill into Electrocute build-up and ignores your Shock entirely. Definitely choose either that or the Conduction support, they kinda conflict with each other lol

The Electrocute-supported skill will still benefit from Shock applied by other things of course

[median kraken]

As others have said, "cannot" always beats "always," but also note that Stormweaver doesn't guarantee that all attacks shock, it just makes all damage types contribute to shock chance. Normally your shock chance is based on how much lightning damage you deal. Shaper of Storms makes it based on how much total damage your hit does regardless of type, it doesn't make it guaranteed.

[rancid cipher]

Got it ok, I'll need to change that one then.

[latent dawn]

Electrocute is fun to have available somewhere though

my chaos bow monk with that unique quiver lines up freeze followed by electrocute back to back usually

gives breathing room for some boss fights, interrupts the big tanky rares faster

[rancid cipher]

Any thoughts on the build overall? A bit worried I focused too much on defensive stuff and not enough offense. A lot of people go crit for quarterstaff, but I didn't feel like I had enough nodes. Tried to focus on shock since I can double up on that with the ascendancy.

[summer owl]

Does anyone have a good link for which support gem go into which skill gem for Mercenary?
Googling just brings up spam blogs/"news".

[red tinsel]

Any t15-T16 spark sorcs available? Need help setting up my build will pay for your time

[round arrow]

guys for Maligaro's Virtuosity, it says unsacable value, does that mean the skill nodes crit dmg won't help?

[royal pond]

hey guys, is there any cold & lightning together sorc builds out there? can't find any

doesn't need to be a complete build, or it to be meta build. i just want to know if it's viable so i can theorize on that

[orchid hatch]

I haven't seen one, but what I have found is that generally when you try to split yourself it gets really tough. Generally, pick a primary and focus on that, and have other things support it.

[royal pond]

ty for the input mate. I have a stun & fire warrior and I can agree on that 😄

[ashen copper]

after you instill an amulet, can you redo it?

[neat bison]

Believe so, you don’t get the materials back of course

[shrewd cypress]

how much crit do bosses have anyways?

[white timber]

Does 200% damaging ailment chance works like lucky chance, or just divide minimal damage to apply ailment by two?

[atomic halo]

give the exact wording

(@white timber)

[void pewter]

Anyone know if the Widowhail Bow also affects "+# to Projectile Skills" on Quivers

[atomic halo]

yeah

everything on the quiver

[errant sentinel]

can someone help me ?

i buy de demonic waypoint

but i dont have it -.-

my 65 points desapear

-.-

[naive estuary]

Anyone know of an easy way to guarantee ignite on hammer of the gods?

[rain dust]

Stack ignite chance

[balmy fable]

or just get a TON of flat fire

since hotg has high DE

[rain dust]

Avatar of fire to convert %75 phys to fire

I got a question

Can the projectiles from rain of arrows chain off terrain?

[tawny heath]

So what skills are usually good for poison ? flat dmg or skills with high Attack Damage% ? considering you can poison with everything ?

[rain dust]

Because I'm thinking 7 frenzy charges = 162 arrows.

[mystic plaza]

Would running MoM, CI, Eldritch Battery, Everlasting gaze on monk be a bad idea? Was planning something like this https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/jp7hn0vm

[lone wave]

How far do you think you could go using this before you had to upgrade

[static plinth]

Not super far, tbph

I would probably swap it out before the end of act 2

Obviously just keep looking for better weapons. Shouldnt be too hard to find; The daze buildup isnt super strong

[lone wave]

I should probably note it's a Chayula ascension physical/chaos damage monk, so I'm not specced into the elements you might expect on other staffs

...and so far I've used this to reach Cruel diff

[static plinth]

Legit just look for a quarterstaff with ~100% increased phys damage and any other Decent™️ affix

Attack Speed or Crit or such

Especially extra flat phys

[native cargo]

best distilled passive for spark sorc?

[dry reef]

So I know offerings can only be cast once by default, but I know there's a support gem that increases limit by 1. My question is 2 parts:
a) If I cast Pain Offering twice, will the effect stack?
b) would it satisfy the requirement for the Lust for Sacrifice node? (40% increased Minion Damage while you have at least 2 different active Offerings)?

[neat iron]

I'm building for evasion, do I really need acrobatics if I boost movement speed? then i can just move out of the way of area attacks

[white timber]

I was asking if stacking more that 100% of damage ailment chance works as lucky chance (rolls few times per 1 hit), or just scale down minimal requirement of damage for an ailment to apply

[static plinth]

If you're confident with actual dodging, acrobatics is just Bad
Issue is that shit gets HARD, against normal mobs

[neat iron]

fair enough

[atomic halo]

can you give the exact wording of the modifier you're looking at

[tropic rune]

How long does it take to gear up two different loadouts for the same character?

[atomic halo]

i think it just increases it

so if the original chance would be 10%, 100% inc. makes it 20%, 200% inc makes it 30%

[trail tundra]

my bonestorm witch does very well against single targets like bosses but struggles to deal with activities where you get swarmed like rituals. I currently use detonate dead on corpses to clear small mobs but need a way to prevent myself from getting surrounded and killed. Any ideas on skills to help keep enemies back?

[white timber]

Im not sure what are you asking for, im trying to understand how beneficial is >100% chance of bleed

[atomic halo]

it isn't

because it already always bleeds

you dont need any more chance

i had to ask because diff ailments are different

bleeding works off of flat chance whereas some other ailments work off of ailment thresold (like ignite)

[white timber]

Oh okay, i though we got ailment threshold for bleed aswell

[latent dawn]

yea if the treshold resistance doesnt exist for bleed and poison then 100% is all you need

[atomic halo]

then "#% chance to inflict Bleeding on Hit" wouldnt make any sense

but the stat exists on the tree as well as on a support

[neat bison]

You could put some minions with maim and meat shield out as a distraction

[wispy iron]

Anyone know how exactly the % increase effect of small passives in radius works? I've got a 22% increase and it's not increasing my attributes that are +5

[trail tundra]

hmm that might be a good idea. i currently only have 1 minon right now so i can spike it but i never end up doing that. maybe i can take some sprit supports off to free up some more spirit so i can put it on more minions

[neat bison]

Maim is nice on them because it slows

[trail tundra]

ill have to try that out for sure. thanks for the suggestion

[neat bison]

NP

[twilit python]

does magnitude have a cap?

[median kraken]

I don't know for sure but I doubt it. Don't see why it would.

[analog gale]

could you use this and something that consumes ignites for anything?

or is it too low a damage ignite?

[neat bison]

Believe that’s the helm ppl use for gas explosions

[analog gale]

also is there a cap on negative resistance for doryani's prototype?

+100 sprit and doryani's prototype applies in a 12 meter area

seems pretty good

huh this lets you do any elemental damage type with doryani's prototype

[dry reef]

can elemental damage crit or only physical?

[frigid wedge]

All damage that hits can crit

[dry reef]

thanks

[silent cape]

would someone be willing to help me fix my gear situation im struggling combining gear pieces

[frigid wedge]

Let’s see the gear

[silent cape]

how do i show?

[frigid wedge]

Some screenshots would work 😄

[shadow grail]

I am running an archmage impending doom build. My impending doom is tied to my conductivity curse. I was wondering if the lightning damage from my impending doom is still affected by the reduced resistances from conductivity or not since impending doom triggers when the curse expires.

[frigid wedge]

Not super sure but I’d say no, damage would not be affected by the curse

You could dual curse I guess

[shadow grail]

Got ya I wasn't too sure suppose I can test it out thanks my man

[frigid wedge]

No worries 😄

[frigid wedge]

I reckon a good alternative would be to inflict lightning exposure with a spell?

[shadow grail]

I already have lightning exposure on my orb of storms but I want to make sure I also get the negative resistances from conductivity as well

[frigid wedge]

Yeh fair

[frigid wedge]

What kind of issues are you having? What tier of maps are you at?

Gear seems pretty good

[silent cape]

i can do normal t15s and scaled t12s damae isnt the issue i die constantly from one shots

if it doesnt' one shot me i heal back fast just oneshot a lot

[frigid wedge]

Ahhh okay

Yeah that’s a pretty simple solution then I think

You don’t really have any life rolls on your gear

Are your resistances capped?

[silent cape]

everything but chaos im struggling finding gear with the rolls i need and life

[frigid wedge]

Also are you using MoM?

[silent cape]

mom?

[frigid wedge]

Capping chaos is real hard that’s fine. Yeah it can be hard trying to get the big life rolls whilst capping your res

Mind over matter

Damage taken from mana before life

[silent cape]

no im not

[frigid wedge]

Yup fair

Are you SSF?

Because if not you should be able to get a new chest piece and belt with big life rolls, probably for 1-2 div each

[silent cape]

im sorry to be lame but i dont know any
lol

in the videos i was seeing everyone said es is better to scale so i tried going for that i sold my 2k evasion chest for 1 div

[frigid wedge]

Yeah ES is definitely really good

but unless you’re going CI you need some life too

[barren talon]

hi, trying to look ahead, but what sorts of builds are there with chrono right now?

[silent cape]

i never played poe1 would you be willing to help me find the right gear? i can buy it all just struggling putting it all together

[frigid wedge]

and if you’re focused on ES make sure you have like 40% to 80% increased from the tree

No stress bro I don’t have access to a PC at the moment so I can tell you what to search on the trade site

[barren talon]

or did I kind of screw myself over by going chrono?

[frigid wedge]

i feel like any ascendancy works in this game, you’ll be okay

[dusty echo]

As a POE noob, what do I use with my Cast on Block in my Svalinn? Currently a Warcry Warbringer and the guide I'm following told me to pick up this shield, but didnt tell me what to put in the cast on block skill?

[barren talon]

Is there some stuff that's more synergistic with it though?

[sand cape]

Ok so I am a bit confused. Regarding ancestral spirits, they are "minions" that come from totems. The description says, modifiers to life also affect minions from this skill. My question is, do minion damage modifiers from passive tree affect these ancestral spirit minions as well or no?

[tiny silo]

Hello, sorry to bother you all i'm a new player with a build problem and i'm lost

[rain dust]

Can the projectiles from rain of arrows chain off terrain?

[frigid wedge]

Chest piece:

• min 200 life
• min 850 evasion
• min 300 ES
• same resistances, maybe one more, like cold res (gives you space to replace your other gear with cold res for example)

And anything else on there you might want, like mana or life regen if you want

Then try to use the rune slot to add chaos res

[rocky pilot]

So i'm doing a Blood mage crit frost bomb build and its been really fun, but i'd like to get away from this helmet and energy shield in general

Does anyone know a good unique helmet that gives a ton of life or crit damage?

[haughty coral]

My lightning arrow has the support for 100% chance to shock and wont apply shock. Applies chill instead....

[spice quiver]

HELP

[rain dust]

Can the projectiles from rain of arrows chain off terrain?

[spice quiver]

I ONLY HAVE 10 divine is that enough for a good quarterstaff as monk

[scenic dawn]

Best support gems for alchemist boon?

[rocky pilot]

you're likely converting your lightning damage to cold or you're wearing something that converts shock chance to freeze chance

[frigid wedge]

Belt:

• +1 charms slot
• min 130 life roll
• increased life recovery from flasks, maybe 20-40%
• same resistances

and probably use the base that doesn’t have armour, like the one with reduced flask charges used is good

[rocky pilot]

10 divines is overkill

[spice quiver]

How much should i pay

[frigid wedge]

You could get a BiS with 10 div haha

[haughty coral]

Nah I got nothing that says anything of that nature

[scenic dawn]

Best support gems for alchemist boon?

[spice quiver]

Whats that

[rocky pilot]

ES is only better on certain builds. if you're an archer, evasion is stronger and easier to do. you would just do Evasion + Energy shield in that case

[frigid wedge]

@silent cape also unless your build really needs that unique ring, I’d drop it for something with at least 100 life, some resistances and some ele damage to attacks

[scenic dawn]

Best support gems for alchemist boon?

[frigid wedge]

nothing really affects it man, just use supports for auras that suit you, like life regen or accuracy stuff

[tiny silo]

So, i was planning to make some kind of pyromancer that scream while putting everything on fire and turning the whole world into a frenzied flame because it sounded fun. So i took firespells and now i'm getting destroyed do i need to restart a whole new character planning a build that somebody else made and ''work'' ?

[scenic dawn]

That’s a rip was hoping it could be slightly buffed

[frigid wedge]

Putting quality on it makes it a bit better

[spice quiver]

I ONLY HAVE 10 divine is that enough for a rlly good quarterstaff as monk

[rocky pilot]

it looks to me that you're a Monk. so you just want Evasion + Energy shield. If you're an invoker, you should have the Subterfuge Mask notable and wear a full super high energy shield helmet with res and life.

You should also have Spectral Ward and wear a hybrid Evasion + energy shield chest, which you already have

[frigid wedge]

means best in slot

[sand cape]

Ok so I am a bit confused. Regarding ancestral spirits, they are "minions" that come from totems. The description says, modifiers to life also affect minions from this skill. My question is, do minion damage modifiers from passive tree affect these ancestral spirit minions as well or no?

[spice quiver]

I need to pay 10 divine or can i find cheaper?

[rocky pilot]

@silent cape This is Spectral Ward

[frosty arrow]

I like the idea of using giants blood to wield a shield with 2h. And all that extra strength gotta make war cry pretty dope with that support gem that damages based on STR. Kinda want to make giants blood warbringer rn. I think I know what I'm doing tomorrow

[frigid wedge]

nah probably too much, but you’d have to have a check on the trade site

[spice quiver]

What about jewels how much should i pay

[frigid wedge]

Look for something with high DPS, crit chance, attack speed, shouldn’t set you back more than like 5-8 divines

[frigid wedge]

This I’m not sure about, sry. Only been to t10 in this game so far

Maybe like 1-2 div for a really specialised one?

[rocky pilot]

i would look in exalted first. divines on trade are bugged, look for a high physical stat quarterstaff

[spice quiver]

What about mana leech

[frigid wedge]

Oh yeah if you’re monk for sure mana leech is good

[rocky pilot]

Jewels are your own personal choice.. i don't spend more than a few exalted on jewels. they are almost always Micro-optimizations

[haughty coral]

I changed to a bow that only uses Lightning, Im using a lightning skill and its has the support for 100% shock. Nothing. No shock.

[rocky pilot]

mana leech on a quarterstaff is just not a priority. would not bother looking for it

[frigid wedge]

You reckon? How do you maintain mana on monk without leech

[spice quiver]

how else will i satisfy mana needs? Im lvl 85 and struggle with mana

[frigid wedge]

Or you can get it on other gear right

[spice quiver]

nope

[spice timber]

Y'all I've fucked off and gone bonkers. The world's done it to me. Sanity was lovely.

I swear there's a notable that drains your mana to fill your health and by fuck I've been staring at this tree for so long now that I think I know its dreams and hopes for the future.

Help. Please.

[rocky pilot]

you shouldn't be struggling with mana as a high level monk. if you are, you need to work on your tree and get a reduced cost node somewhere

[frigid wedge]

I think you can get it on rings or gloves, amulets even?

[rocky pilot]

their mana costs are quite low, and mana leech is physical damage only, which monk has very little of

[spice quiver]

nope thats physical damage attacks leech

i need physical damage leech

[rocky pilot]

i don't remember this i think...

[spice quiver]

i think yes

[rocky pilot]

anywhere you can get physical leech, you can get mana leech. both are not good for monk and not necessary

[velvet blade]

Is it possible to quality or add a 5th socket to skills granted by equipment?

[frigid wedge]

Uhh you can’t get spell leech from gear I thought?

[rough kelp]

do dmg taken recouped make you tank more?

[frigid wedge]

I haven’t seen it roll yet

[rocky pilot]

Spell leech only exists on Blood mage ascendancy to my knowledge

[frigid wedge]

Yeah

[spice quiver]

bro i cant be wasting like 6 points for mana lol

nerfs my character badly

[rocky pilot]

Damage taken recouped means you will heal that damage over eight seconds

[rough kelp]

theres a torso with 5% spell leech

[frigid wedge]

Are you a spell build?

[rocky pilot]

this is why you have mana problems. you didn't plan for a mana node

[rough kelp]

covenant somethinf

[spice quiver]

i do have mana nodes

[spice timber]

I swear to god this is like a mandala effect thing for me and I'm legitimately bothered by this. It was there yesterday and all of you are just newly patched interactable facets of whatever simulation I'm trapped in.

[spice quiver]

every monk is

[rocky pilot]

Most monks either take Conservative Casting or Mental Toughness . theres really no need for anything else

[rough kelp]

so am not any tankier

[spice timber]

I refuse to give up

[blissful stratus]

Regular spark or cold convert spark? which does better for endgame bosses?

[rocky pilot]

if you stack a lot of it like Chronomancer does and have its Ascendancy notable... OR you have the Defiance of Destiny unique amulet. thats about the only time its good enough to be tankier

[spice quiver]

tempest flurry and ice strike, main monk spells benefit from physical mana leech

[velvet blade]

I've seen that too. Can't remember if it was a notable, keystone, or unique item though

[tiny silo]

And if i need to restart everything which build would you recommand ?

[spice timber]

Thank you for being free of the system. How do we escape?

Is it a unique? Huh... I wonder...

[rocky pilot]

these are not spells. and the really don't leech that much.
You need to get some mana regen on a ring or two and have a good mana notable and you should be fine

but if you do want mana leech, it should be on your glove. not your weapon unless you get lucky to find high PDPS and mana leech

[frigid wedge]

Nah it might look magical and shit but it actually is all classed as attacks

[spice timber]

The Black Doubt. That's the item. Unique Hexer's Robe.

[rocky pilot]

congrats

[spice timber]

ahthankyou

[rocky pilot]

don't think i've looked at that unique before

[spice timber]

I'm trying to use it on a high regen mind over matter ice blood mage.

With fonts on ice walls.

[rocky pilot]

interesting, im doing crit ice bloodmage right now myself

super fun

[vivid ferry]

Just to confirm, 6% reduced attributes. There's 3 of them, so is it 6% x 3 nodes = 18% reduce attributes?

[rocky pilot]

i feel like regen would be a bit hard to pull off but maybe the mana regen angle would work

[spice timber]

I'm doing mana font and life font on ice walls with an assload of extra life and fortress. So I can just kite around a giant regenerative wall.

[haughty coral]

I have taken everything off my character except my bow and respecced the entire character to only get dex and my bow still does a chill

[spice timber]

I haven't seen anybody do it yet but it seems like it'd work

[velvet blade]

Could also add a bit of damage taken recouped as mana

[spice timber]

Yes. I definitely grabbed that

[frigid wedge]

It’s 100% increased chance, so it effectively just doubles shock chance, doesn’t make it happen every time

[mossy brook]

hey guys the warrior nodes which will give empowered attacks +%dmg.
is this damage added to my total attack value multiplicative
or is it just another +% added to all my other values - additive like alle the other nodes?

[haughty coral]

My bow doesnt shock ever. My herald never goes off and my bow is still building chill ...

[frigid wedge]

Oh wut lol that’s wild. Report it as a bug I reckon

[spice timber]

My next build is gonna be a bone warrior. Boneshatter, Bone wall circly thingy, bonestorm. Lots of stun buildup and pin build up and damage to immobilized enemies and armor breaking/consumption.

on a mace.

obv

[spice quiver]

is this worth 7 divine

[quasi sinew]

pin them and perfect strike them

[haughty coral]

Yeah like the basic bow shot has no skills and has a chill duration of 2 seconds...

[buoyant bobcat]

anyone know what these jewels do since they have different numbers

[torn fossil]

Any resources for deciding what Jewels to pick for skill tree? Playing Frost Crit Sorc for reference

[frigid wedge]

Yeah if it says “increased” it stacks additively with all your other standard damage increases

[spice quiver]

should i buy for 7 divine

[spice timber]

not sure this channel's really about trade help bud

[rocky pilot]

you should really just screenshot your stuff

[spice quiver]

pretty sure deciding which quarter staff to use is apart of planning out my build bud

[rocky pilot]

It is not.

not when you're trying to buy it

[spice timber]

I'd say no with the 3, 4, and 5 on it

[cursive maple]

Does anyone have any idea if "%increased Elemental Damage with Attacks" directly leads to that exact percentage damage increase to my gas grenades if it's an elemental skill? For example if my item has 70% increased elemental damage with attacks, will my gas grenades do 70% more damage?

[spice quiver]

it quite literally is

[haughty coral]

I know what Im looking for, theres no hidden stats. I have stats that shouldnt be there.

[spice quiver]

literally planning out a part of my build

[rocky pilot]

the answer for your question is. decide for yourself if its worth it. its your money

[spice quiver]

literally the channel name

lmfao

[rocky pilot]

noone can really tell you whats happening without seeing what you have unfortunately

[frigid wedge]

It’s weird shit. Basically, nodes around the jewel slot change depending on the number there. It’s a strange thing

[spice timber]

build planning, I believe, has more to do with the mathematics and mechanics, rather than the moving of currency for items. Please don't pretend you're actually that dense to gaslight me. We're all adults here.

[rocky pilot]

when you ask whether a trade is worth it is when its past build planning and more trade help. There is no real "advice" for whether your 7 div trade is worth it for your build

[frigid wedge]

It will increase the damage of the explosion, since that’s fire damage 😄

[spice timber]

He knows. It's bait. Carry on, gentlemen.

[spice quiver]

relax dude just a channel dude

[frigid wedge]

but poison is chaos and that’s not elemental

[spice quiver]

no need to write a paragraph at yr grown age my guy

[fluid tide]

when lookin for builds, where would you guys go?

[rocky pilot]

it should not

[fluid tide]

just yt or a very trustworthy site

[quasi sinew]

does anyone know how much can a stormweaver slow monsters with 2 stacks of chill?

[cursive maple]

i"m getting mixed answers 😵‍💫

[frigid wedge]

Maxroll, or YT I guess

[velvet blade]

Depends on the rarity of the monster and how much chill magnitude you've added to your build

[frigid wedge]

No he just means the poison part of it

[velvet blade]

I think by default it's 35% per chill

so 70% for regular monsters and 35% for uniques

[fluid tide]

im conflicted between following Wujido's build, or the maxroll published one

[quasi sinew]

70% both? plus magnitude? 😄

[frigid wedge]

The explosion is a fire attack and thus is affected

[rocky pilot]

Gas grenade will tell you what its damage comes from. it likely will say Physical damage converted to Poison or something.
Elemental damage won't increase this because poison is not physical.

However the fire explosion will say Physical converted to Fire damage. So elemental damage will boost it because Fire is elemental.

[frigid wedge]

I find youtube builds are usually easier to follow

but idk I don’t use builds anymore so I’m out of the loop on this game tbh bro

[rocky pilot]

you follow the most recently updated one

[quasi sinew]

I'm trying to find an interesting build, i've mostly seen people using class skills with just one weapon

[frigid wedge]

It’s also important to
note that it says “increased” not “more”. Big difference in calculations

[cursive maple]

Gotcha

[frigid wedge]

Ballista Totems has been very interesting for me