2┃build-planning

[real drum]

I bought scepters from the random generating merchant and rolled a plus 4 after a few hundred thousand gold

[shrewd jungle]

hello, on which channel i can ask about player skill damages and monster defenses ?

[jade locust]

anyone knows why my cast on ignite is stuck at 0% even though I'm igniting enemies? this is driving me crazy

[warped jackal]

it scales with the ignites damage now i think.

let me look for the nerf post.

[real drum]

I’ve seen vids of people swapping to cast on minion death

[jade locust]

I know its nerfed, but I'm following a recent guide where his cast on ignite triggers all the time, and mine won't even go above 0%

[thin basin]

cast on x is now very weak for white mobs, you should see it tick up on uniques

[warped jackal]

Trigger gem energy gain was not in the right place and it was far too easy to use ailments to trigger spells. One problem with the previous system is that if we balanced it to make triggering happen in boss fights then the triggering would happen far too often during clearing. In order to address this we are now making "Monster Power" part of the calculation for energy gain. This means that it's far easier to trigger skills from Unique Monsters than it is from normal monsters, but you also hit many more normal monsters when fighting. Another issue was using low level skills with unconditional ailment applications such as Flame Wall to ignite enemies for triggering. In order to make the source of the ignite matter we are making the energy gain be dependent on the strength of the ignite. We have also rebalanced all energy gain across the board.

the bold part is important

[shrewd jungle]

does anyone know what are base resistances of mobs in this game ? especially chaos resistance ? i was assuming it was 0 for chaos but it appears as if its more like 90% tbh

[thin basin]

p sure resists depends on mob type some mobs will have more resist than other

[dry haven]

im trying to make shockwave totems good, and cannot decide which warrior ascendency is best, any reccomendations? honestly the one with the actual; totem nodes seems kinda weak as idk if dmg from my totems can break armour

[jade locust]

i'm casting it with a lvl 19 hexblast on rares and its still stuck at 0%

[vagrant imp]

On the ignite topic how does fiery death support work? I have it on my solar orb but I've yet to see it trigger on my sorc I've started levelling.

[surreal cliff]

Any gemling legionaries here ?

[vagrant imp]

Totems do get the warbringer armor break.

[shrewd jungle]

does red chaos icon under their healthbar after i curse them mean their resistance is below 0% ?

[warped jackal]

it's definitly not 90+. don't knwo the "default" values, would be interesting to know. However what i know is that you can enable icons for the health bar on top - where you can see the resistance.

Gold means very resistant - silver resistant and red is vulnerable - which is probably more close to 0%

[dry haven]

hmmm how big of a buff dmg wise is the warbringer break? as the one that gives 50% effect of small nodes is VERY strong aswell

[warped jackal]

i guess gold is like 65%+? no icon is between silver and red.

[shrewd jungle]

the thing is, i cast hexblast at enemies with vulnerability that has listed average damage per hit as 3.1k at 55 lvl and i maxed it to get lots of heals from but i get like 40 hp/s for 1 sec per cast per mob... which woould mean my hits are more like 400 than 3.1k

[vagrant imp]

In my experience armor break damage boost is good but not great, armor break is more of a vessel for payoffs like leap slam/sunder/powerful tree nodes.

[surreal cliff]

Damn no gemling users fr ?

[shrewd jungle]

im doing gemling melee on my other character

[warped jackal]

i don't klnow hexblast well, but how does it deal fire damage - and rtherefore ignite?

[shrewd jungle]

it doesnt

its chaos damage

[thin basin]

mobs have leech resistance

[shrewd jungle]

is there any kind of leech penetration then... ? my build feels useless like that :/

expecially when i cant spam skils because they cost both life and mana

[vagrant imp]

But yeah titan is very generically good. Wood wall is not to be underestimated for tankiness though. Warbringer is also incredible with the Svalinn shield with Renly's training.

[static plinth]

You need more % leech or increased amount leeched

Or gain on hit

[shrewd jungle]

well, there is no way to get leech from spells other than that passive

gloves only have leech from attacks from what i remember

[jade locust]

scratch what I said, I believe I'm just not igniting enemies, i'm supposed to do that through ignition support

[warped jackal]

oh yeah, ignite support can be put on skills thatt do not deal fire damage.

but for ignite to be applied, that skill needs to deal fire dmg

[jade locust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4AoV6z4Dwo how is this working for him then?

yeah i'm not using that support

[warped jackal]

don't know, would have to check out the build guide

[static pawn]

which support gems for cluster nades on merc?

[jade locust]

yeah I know, sadly he doesn't explain that

[stable hollow]

how to slove mana issue as gas arrow deadeye or deadeye in general? the mana cost is unbearable especially after I get max lv gem and +lv items

[jade locust]

oh shit thats it ty

I had the wrong notable picked

[snow sierra]

Dos anyone know if Apex of the Moment works on Chronomancer ? I cant figure it out spend allready a million in speccing back and forth

[shrewd jungle]

is there any unique that allows of leech using spells instead of attacks ?

[unreal girder]

any tips for some budget anoints for lightning xbows?

[shrewd jungle]

ah there is

[snow sierra]

ye but leech is kinda bad

Hard to make it worth the life cost because of leech resistance

[shrewd jungle]

• leech doesnt work on DoT...

there's also this if you dont need spirit on amu

[thin basin]

always been that way

[shrewd jungle]

i didnt play poe1 and tbh becuase i didnt like it so i wouldnt know :D. I wouldn't say 'always' about 'new' (well, yes i know its pretty much a copy) game.

[dry haven]

you trying to leech for demon form?

[shrewd jungle]

nah. i wanted to have chaos bloodmage

because it has 10% spell leech in ascendancy tree

but it kinda sux

alot.

[snow sierra]

yep bloodmage struggels abit without alot of thought put into it

tryed spelllech infernalist with this robe but the spelllech is just nothing

[shrewd jungle]

this passive should just make leech work on spells, not give flat %

and everything that 'adds' damage is 'to attacks' so spells gain nothing from such affixes

bceause of that bows are ultimate weapons in poe2 from what i see

[fiery briar]

does gain x% of dmg as extra damage apply to ignite dmg?

[thin basin]

you checked the build subreddit with all the mages 1 shotting the bosses?

[snow sierra]

what build like there are alot of builds caster and not caster builds that effective oneshot bosses

[spare bone]

@vagrant imp do you think it's better than what i have?

for compare

[onyx beacon]

Does the explosion of herald of ice shatter other frozen mobs since it counts as an attack hit?Or no?If no, is this why people are using ambush on storm wave instead of herald of ice?

[vale sage]

interaction question: if i am using atziri disdain and CI, do i always die in one hit if I didn't allocate MoM?

[static plinth]

Yes

[fiery briar]

does gain x% of dmg as extra damage apply to ignite dmg?

[onyx beacon]

One day i'l have the answer to my question

[thin basin]

yes it hit theres a reason why it can chain shatter

and what does ambush have to do with herald of ice

chances are they want to make the wave hit harder to 1 tap the whole pack

if theyre running the infuse on the herald?

[onyx beacon]

yea, cold infuse on herald.

[snow sierra]

Anyone playing Chronomancer and has a clue about apex of the moment ? ive read a few times that i dos not work, and did a few tests myself but i am rly unsure if it works

[thin basin]

no

[cursive maple]

just bought this and didn't realize the level requirement.. level 75 rn, should i resell?

[vagrant imp]

They're pretty comparable because of the + skill levels on the other one, you'll need a higher % roll than that.

[spare bone]

already bought it

-9k dps

mb corrupt it

[restive rose]

do you have to plan your build when starting?

[vagrant imp]

It's helpful, but no

[restive rose]

can you reset skill gems or get more gems?

other than leveling up

[vagrant imp]

You get many uncut gems, yeah

but if you want a level 1 gem you need a level 1 uncut gem, so resetting not so much

[restive rose]

gotcha

idk where to go with skills, do we get more than what we need?

[vagrant imp]

Yeah I always have excess ones, even through campaign. If you don't have a skill to level/a new skill you want just stash it for a rainy day/other character.

[azure wyvern]

are there any spells, items or anything that reserves life?

[snow sierra]

Anyone playing Chronomancer and has a clue about apex of the moment ? ive read a few times that i dos not work, and did a few tests myself but i am rly unsure if it works

[vagrant imp]

everything I've heard is that it does not work

[snow sierra]

reserve or take away ? infernalist reserves alot of life, ghostweave can take alot of life away

[restive rose]

thanks

[vagrant imp]

There are some items and such that benefit you for having ailments/debuffs/taking damage on yourself. For those it is a double upside

[spare bone]

meh

[thin basin]

30% more bonus when its usually 30% increased?

[snow sierra]

i cant see that ever been good unless you go to 90% maximum fire res

and even with this it seems scetchy

maybe some autocast loops dunno, with infernal flame you can do one

[vagrant imp]

There are not that many right now, but these are an example. https://poe2db.tw/us/The_Infinite_Pursuit

[snow sierra]

but to may this note seems absoluty not worth it

[wispy shuttle]

is witch hunter better or gemling ? imma start out as mercenary so i wanna kep a build in mind i should progress towards

[vagrant imp]

You could also spec for ignite immunity in order to make the node completely free crit multi

[thin basin]

30% more vs 30% increased

pretty big if youre stacking

[vagrant imp]

Yeah more vs increased is also a big distinction

[snow sierra]

ah yes maybe that it, i thought you only get the crit when your are ignited

[restive rose]

thanks @vagrant imp

[thin basin]

Theres very few sources of “more” i believe

[snow sierra]

ye more is very good

but can you become immun to ignite ?

[vagrant imp]

They all roll into one

well, at the end, they are all applied seperately in steps

[snow sierra]

yes

[vagrant imp]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Ashrend this is the easiest way right now.

If it is a spell that does all fire damage, yes they are exactly the same

[snow sierra]

uff thats a very bad body

[sonic peak]

Yes. 'More' is the only one that is applied as a separate multiplicative stat

[vagrant imp]

Yeah it's bad, the best way to utilize that node right now is just lots of fire mitigation, remember that fire res and all of that applies to that self-damage as well

[snow sierra]

so 90% max fire res would be the play

so hear me out you get 100% life recoup, get infernal flame and that note, push it to 90% max fire res

since infernal flame is a hit

it triggers the recoup

and you got alot of crit and solved your mana issues in one go

[vagrant imp]

Recoup is good, but it's over 8 seconds by default so it may be a bit slow to keep up

[snow sierra]

its not

[shrewd jungle]

does increased life regen increase life recouped ?

[sonic peak]

90 fire res
That's pretty much impossible in PoE2, no?

Almost no max res on the tree

[snow sierra]

it can keep up a self casting loop where you lose 15% of your hp 0,5 sek or faster

[shrewd jungle]

gemling and warior should be able to have 90% fire res

[sonic peak]

Gems to up to 2 I think

[vagrant imp]

there's a node that gives max fire res per uncapped fire res

but it is hard yes

no ruby flask

[thin basin]

Theres like 5% on tree and jewel can roll 2%

[vagrant imp]

and gemling yeah, but this is for infernalist

[thin basin]

3% with adorned

[snow sierra]

no very very easy here, there are jewels and unique item even with a starter gear

[sonic peak]

Hes talking about infernalist

[snow sierra]

like my infernalist with level 40 has 86% atm

[vagrant imp]

I wouldn't call that many affixes easy

[thin basin]

5 jewels is 85% already

[vagrant imp]

because you aren't going to want those uniques later most likely

[snow sierra]

Well its a belt and a shield

so very low value compared

[vagrant imp]

shields can also get max res

is max res still a chest corruption?

[peak bronze]

guys i just got my first divine orb playing ice strike monk rn! what should i spend it on??? is there a crazy build i can swap to or should i just go crazy with this one

[snow sierra]

the question here is how mutch is 30% more critdmg ^^

[vagrant imp]

your crit damage x 1.3

so hopefully a lot

[thin basin]

If you have 100% crit bonus then its just 30% if you have 200% then its 60%

[sonic peak]

A decent staff prob

1div is not a lot in the current economy

Because of magic find

[sonic peak]

Hmm, since base is 100, 100 from the tree should result in 60
Unless you're considering '100% crit' the base crit

[thin basin]

Yes the 100% is assuming they currently dont have any bonus

[halcyon lava]

how can i get the lost diamond needed for my build? i mean is there any way to sort it on poe trade by the unique passive?

[vagrant imp]

Trade chat XDD

[thin basin]

Not all mods is on trade site so youll have to manual scroll and look

[vagrant imp]

Poe trade time-lost searching isn't really functional yet

[grim burrow]

what kind of spell would be good with infernalist witch?

bc atm i am running mainly bonestorm as attack

[sonic peak]

I'm at an xmas family party rn () so I can't check it, but this vid has been popping in my recommendations for a while
https://youtu.be/gxrEqT_k1wI?si=TI11JzvgX__Yjqxl

[grim burrow]

with wall of fire support

[next arrow]

are my stats good for my level?

[fierce crane]

Anyone got a good idea on what to run as a sorcerer when going through the campaign I feel as if my damage just ain't very good

[trail rampart]

Spark flamewall ?

[fierce crane]

That's what I'm running atm

[thin basin]

You need a lot of gem levels

[tired citrus]

how exactly does this node work ? with it i have 8353 energy shield and 727 life and without it i have 8317 and 706 life, (I also use ghostwrithe) that seems to give very little. What is that % based on ? does it not work with any other passive increases ? Seems extremely weak

[sonic peak]

Ideally you'd have that light res closer to 75

Rest looks fine, you could fully spec into ER and get acrobatics

[next arrow]

i didnt understand what did u say "er and acrobatics" 😄 sorry im little bit stupid

[sonic peak]

ER = evasion rating

[thin basin]

706 to 727 make sense since thats 3% but 8317 to 8353 sounds wrong

[sonic peak]

This is the acrobatics node ☝️

[next arrow]

how much evasion should i have for this?

[sonic peak]

Veeery worth it if you fully spec into ER

[next arrow]

%89 not enough for that?

[sonic peak]

Enough so that after speccing into it you'd have at least 70-75% evasion %

[sudden elm]

so if I'm going for lightning crit build as a monk what should I be looking for in a quarterstaff?

[sonic peak]

You can check that by holding shift (or alt, dont remember) whole hovering over the node on the tree

[sudden elm]

should it be solely crackling or get a high base phys with added elemental on the affixes?

[tired citrus]

my hp is halfed by ghostwrithe tho, but is converted to energy shield, so i should also gain more energy shield from the hp that the node gives me

[sonic peak]

It'll tell you how much evasion% youll have after speccing into it

[vast egret]

ice nova as main clearing skill. am i the only one

[next arrow]

im not using acrobatics rn should i use? @sonic peak

[thin basin]

Chances are its counting post conversion?

[sonic peak]

Again, check how much it'll go after speccing into it

[thin basin]

Maybe try unequipping ghostwrite unspec the node, spec the node again then equipping back

[tired citrus]

if i take off ghostwrithe i have 2673 shield and 1413 hp withouth the node and 1455hp and 2685 shield with the node

that still seems incredibly small

for the energy shield

[next arrow]

droping to %69

[thin basin]

Could just be bugged too tbh

[calm vessel]

Im on lvl 52, but my fireballs only have 469dps, any ideas why?

Seems low

[tired citrus]

i am lvl 88 and my fireball dps is 1315, it is completely fine, as it doesnt count the amount of projectiles into dps

[calm vessel]

Ah okay thanks

[tired citrus]

that spell just does low dmg but has a lot of projectiles, and id suggest you use gems for projectiles too, not for dmg

[spare quartz]

Anyone know if Carapace catalyst, enhance defense mods, works on + to all elemental resistances?

[potent quartz]

if i have both elemental pen and an elemental curse, will does pen first lower the monsters resist or does the curse apply first

basically am i wasting pen if the curse already lowers the resistance to 0

[stuck vault]

hey guys, is this node usefull when im playing archmage spark already? i mean ... all my damage is shock anyways

[warped jackal]

i never tried it, but i would say no.

[thin basin]

its good when youre not full lightning

[warped jackal]

i mean if i had 4 ascendancies i would get it on my freeze build, so i can apply shock with my cold spells

[stuck vault]

that means im basically all shock, right?

all lightning*

[warped jackal]

normally only lightning contributes to shock chance

so taking that node would in your case cause the 4-77 cold dmg to shock as well

since that's also based on the amount of damage and the amount is really low, it's definitly not worth it

[bright urchin]

no

[wooden iris]

guys - how big is a 3% difference for ele res?

i have the option to side-grade into rarity find, but it would put me at 72% lightening res, 3% under cap - is this a game breaker you think?

[next arrow]

what sould i do?

[grim monolith]

Do I need a role to post in the build help channels?

[bright urchin]

cap your res besides chaos to begin with

[grim monolith]

For some weird reason, the Clyde discord bot thingy is stopping me posting in the merc build advice thread

[fiery briar]

does gain x% of dmg as extra damage apply to ignite dmg?

[thin basin]

if the extra damage is fire yes

[tired citrus]

is exposure just better than - res ? Exposure can lower the enemy res below 0 right or did i just misunderstand ?

[warped jackal]

i don't think that exposure is different from lowering res

[grim burrow]

what spells would work well if a witch on INfernalist?

[warped jackal]

penetration might be different though. not sure yet either

[warped jackal]

i'd say it really depends whether you want to play demon form or no, but hard to tell for me, didn't play the class

[grim burrow]

i would use it defnitly xd

would skill that+ demon hound if i get 4 points

scince it seems to be a good kombo on paper-

[spare bone]

💀

[hybrid saffron]

Linked gems? I used ice nova through all of campaign but dropped during maps

[thin basin]

no bell gaming?

[tired citrus]

Can I find somewhere how much fire res do enemies generally have ? Casue i apply -40% fire res and 25 exposure that seems enogh for normal mobs, but should I build higher for bosses ? Cause thats just from my flammability and i can also take support gems/passive nodes to make it higher, or also use incinerate for 62 exposure.

[valid palm]

Guys. I'm making a witch build that doesn't use any ascendancies. The reason being is because I don't intend on using minions and opting into said ascendancies would be a waste, because they would require setup. Am I crazy or just stupid?

[midnight bolt]

both?

[valid palm]

Fair.

[tired citrus]

both.

[valid palm]

But at the very least I'll have fun.

[tired citrus]

making a build is all about setup :D

[thin basin]

most of the ascendancies doesnt have anything to do with minions

[midnight bolt]

not sure what either of her acsendecies have to do with minions outside of dog node

[thin basin]

even with the dog node its still just a 20% less damage taken passive

[tired citrus]

dog will be dead a lot :D

[thin basin]

yes

[tired citrus]

but even demon form is just easy if you get the 10 stack cap

[drifting sail]

im playing for sorc and specced into the time chrono guy did i brick my build

[tired citrus]

then you dont even need to make a build around it

[static plinth]

Infernalist Altered Flesh is also pretty free as long as you get chaos res

[drifting sail]

im at end of act 2 stillkilling ez

[static plinth]

And you should be getting chaos res anyway

[midnight bolt]

you have 2-3 decent options now good luck

[drifting sail]

wdym

can i not use fire late game

[midnight bolt]

what do u mean by fire and how chronomancer passives will benefit it in any way???

[static plinth]

Unless you needed to be Stormweaver for your build, no lol

[median kraken]

Chrono's just more of a defesnive/utility ascendancy. It has some offensive options but they're a bit weirder and more niche. Compared to Stormweaver which is more offense focused and general purpose.

[drifting sail]

it makes no sense that these ascendencies dont help fire at all

kinda frustrated by that

[median kraken]

Chrono's kind of aweird ascendancy where it's never bad but hard to make the absolute most of it

[midnight bolt]

u can play hammer of gods ignite, thats the the best option on chronomancer

[static plinth]

Stormweaver is arguably most effective with fire

[drifting sail]

i thought stormweaver had no fire level ups

srry im new and confused

[median kraken]

They both have things that help fire. Something doesn't have to say "fire" to be good with fire. Basically every node the Stormweaver has works with fire (the first shock and chill nodes don't work on their own but the second one that lets all damage shock or chill does).

[static plinth]

It lets you shock and chill with any damage type, but it doesnt let you Ignite with any damage type

Elemental Storm also has a fire variant

[crude lake]

hey dudes - i got a good quarterstaff for my level, but it has +3 on all melee and now im having big mana problems because of it. Is there a passive talent that I can take to circumvent this? (im level 44, SSF)

[median kraken]

Most of the ascendancies in this game are super flexible. Stormweaver and Chrono can both kind of do anything.

[static plinth]

Worst case scenario, Chrono is extremely strong defensively

[drifting sail]

ah i gotcha

[static plinth]

And using your ascendancy entirely on bulk is not a bad call

[drifting sail]

im trying to follow no builds and raw dog. still doing plenty of dmg in act 2 rn just kinda squishy

never played poe1

im just going like pure fire build and relaly wanna make it work late game

[vast egret]

opinions on how to get ice nova to freeze moar?

[drifting sail]

is there anyway i can re-do my ascendancy to stormweaver?

[proven rapids]

how did you failed, it's easy

[grim burrow]

What are the good things on blood witch ascendancy?

[proven rapids]

detonate dead rocks

[grim burrow]

so infernal all the way ? 😅

[proven rapids]

what ?

no, detonate dead on blood witch, it's super good

[grim burrow]

i already use it alot-

[spare bone]

there is too much flying stuff

don't know how to get rid of it

even though i have 81 evade, it's still hits me

[proven rapids]

all you need is minion life, 4 brute minion, 2 cleric to resurrect, +minion gem level on gear, crit multiplier scaling and you win the game

[spare bone]

and i had thingy that restores my honour at 20% of hp, but i healed 😦

[grim burrow]

yeah but i feel like my monions are more or less useless rn bc i can net get enough of em-

[vast egret]

unleash, freeze buildup (forgot the name), astral projection and currently testing stuff out with the 4th. it 1-2 hit freezes 99% of mobs up to t10 (so far)and cold snap+frost bombs wipe whatevers left

[proven rapids]

rip

[grim burrow]

i sit on lvl 29 with 160spirit

[proven rapids]

ok, you definitely need more spirit, that's the issue

you really need 2 cleric and at least 3 brute

so try to upgrade your scepter

also level 29 bruh

didn't realised, it's super early to worry about this

[peak slate]

i cant hand this over to servi for some reason ?!?! or is it even ment to be handed over to servi ?

[grim burrow]

yeah i missed the witch to do the trial 😂

so now i do it on lvl 29 while debating on which path i chooss

[spare bone]

oh, i need to be close to the boss...

[grim burrow]

demon form+ hellhound sound...kinda strong...

[proven rapids]

I suggest you to follow a guide somewhere on youtube or maxroll for detonate dead blood witch

[grim burrow]

i dont use any external guides- 😅

[proven rapids]

it's up to you, but if you are not very experienced that's a great way to aquire knowledge about the game

[spare bone]

could be a bug. my map says i still can get free 2 points

but it's jebait

[peak slate]

i mean the iteam is in my bag

and i cant hand it over ...,

[proven rapids]

weird

[grim burrow]

the cast speed+dmg sounds too nice

scince i am abusing bonestorm 😂

[proven rapids]

if you want to go infernalist, hexblast is rocking too

you just need blasphemy to get started

and hexblast ofc

[tiny sapphire]

Is this a tooltip visual bug ? Or concentrated effect gem don’t work with lightning conduit …the area decrease but the damage same …tried on other aoe skill and the damage change .

[runic trellis]

can someone give me a link to a strong survivable Spark build for a level 67

sorc

[grim burrow]

will try- thanks~

[thin basin]

poe2 conc effect is weird, p sure if the gem have aoe tag itll work for the aoe but if the damage itself isnt aoe then the damage wont increase ive also seen it on a few other

[hybrid saffron]

Ok thanks, sounds exactly what I was doing through campaign + self casting curse which I use with comet and ice bombs. Cold snap for me kind of fell off since I like when mobs remain frozen for more damage from passive and comfort, but yeah it does a lot of dmg.

[proven rapids]

yeah exactly, and lightning conduit doesn't hit in AoE, but hit ennemies within an AoE

[tiny sapphire]

Main thing is does the gem increase the damages or it just debuff the skill without any benefits lol

[thin basin]

since lc have no aoe damage component it decrease the aoe and no damage increase

[vast egret]

i leave comet for the bosses and cold snap for clearing mobs it works pretty well and also ice nova has a pretty good freeze buildup on most bosses

[proven rapids]

straight up a pure downside gem

[tiny sapphire]

I seen a few YouTube build putting in concentrated effect on LC ..guess they didn’t do their research enough

😂

[hybrid saffron]

You use hypothermia curss also? If so how often are you using it.. i use every pack lol

[tiny sapphire]

The damage not changing on the tooltip is a big red flag …was really hoping is just a visual bug

[vast egret]

i almost never use it for packs cuz its not needed, almost exclusively for bosses

also mana issues so yea cant afford it for mobs

[hybrid saffron]

I guess my damage sucks... i have like 320 mana per sec with 5.5k es. Yeah I shall try ice nova with astral.. didn't try. A lot of my skill tree is in ES charge nodes & cast speed. -_- I have comet currently at 1.3 cast time. But it really sucks for mobbing xD.. I hide behind ice wall and pew comet.

[peak slate]

whats the best way to go ?

[tame mirage]

anyone know how to get orb of storms as i cant seem to get it on my ranger when i use a uncut spirit gem pls help

[warped jackal]

what you mean by you can't get it? do you struggle finding it or is it greyed out

[tame mirage]

when i search for it nothing comes up

[warped jackal]

it's an elemental skill. so first make sure you search in "all gems" or in "elemental"

if it's then greyed out, hover it to see what's missing

[runic trellis]

At what level would a storm sorc go eldridge battery and everlasting gaze?

[tame mirage]

It just doesnt appear at all not even greyed out

[warped jackal]

can you send a screenshot? maybe you are using the wrong uncut skill type? there are three different ones

[tame mirage]

Sure gimme a minute

[stone marten]

orb of storms isnt a spirit gem

[sour shuttle]

Can I give that extra arrow top stay?

Stat

Or is that not possible

[warped jackal]

ah sorry. didn't read that part it seems

[grim burrow]

I am using Infernalist can weapons affect the Demon form? (cast speed+spell dmg)

[snow sierra]

no

[warped jackal]

while in demon form you cannot use weapons

[stone marten]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1155152571137273897/1308438211781070848/oye-cat.gif

[snow sierra]

your weapons complty despawn

[grim burrow]

so..the stats wont apply

[potent swift]

Is Warrior really that bad? Thinking of rolling a new toon, got bored with sorc a bit

[snow sierra]

but there is still one item usefull :x the less cd shied cause cd caculates on use

[warped jackal]

i've seen people without any weapon - wouldn't it make sense there maybe a defensive setup with a unqiue shield that helps bridge until you are in demon form again? - or don't you even have a downtime?

[snow sierra]

the builds are just perma demonform and they aim for no downtime at all

[warped jackal]

ah okay i see thx

[sour shuttle]

I've seen unkillable warriors in t16 maps

Afk too

[pure edge]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/21a13227-9ec7-4c9d-861b-855520d1d045/builds/4b4775cf-5534-4ad2-be5b-9b5ee1b1a2e3#build-overview-0

This build shows as Support Gem Requirements: Str 20 Dex 30 Int 55

Does this mean I need to put in dex and str nodes?

how can I see what he picked? I know you can get stats from gear

[stone marten]

u pick which ever 1 u lack

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1150892620130832537/1261834833316020244/togif.gif

[thin basin]

pick whatever stat you need

[warped jackal]

for levelign? just take whatevers easier to get

[potent swift]

But is he hard to master or what

I see everyone moaning and I'm kinda afraid to go melee cuz I suck

[tame mirage]

wait really

[stone marten]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1273000515004792842/1317224682952331284/caption.gif

[prisma bear]

Does exposure apply before or after -res? Say I'm using conductivity and lightning exposure on another skill, can i lower their resist to 0 THEN expose them to negative? or does it do exposure then pen so it cant go negative? trying to figure out if i want strip away or a damage support on my charged staff

[warped jackal]

yes, you have three:

you want that one, a "skill gem"

[pure edge]

alright thanks.

[ripe python]

What will be good support gem for contagion?

[distant cypress]

any grenadier bois here? what does attack speed on us do? faster fuse time?

[stiff hinge]

faster grenades coming out. fuse time is duration based.

You are still subject to your cooldowns.

[snow sierra]

why are towers the worst map in the game you have to do the most...

[fathom aspen]

is there a best build atm for endgame map clear speed?

[snow sierra]

the teleport autocast thingy for min one mirror

after that some deadeye stuff and spark

[fathom aspen]

towers are kinda nice for grinding out atlas points quickly

[snow sierra]

stat stacker gemling is kinda fast too

[warped jackal]

thanks - it works. i think i was confused because i ujsed a poison charm and it showed me the poison effect as it was applied -> my logic was that i don't get the debuff when i am immune. but yeah, i'm just immune to "chaos damage" afterall and not the poison itself.

[fathom aspen]

thanks

[thin basin]

lightning arrow deadeye, temporalist blink, any stavestat stack

[snow sierra]

but most fast builds will cost you alot

[next igloo]

anyone know how the momentum support gem works exactly? does it work w/ gas arrow?

[thin basin]

the skill need to move

[elder plank]

if a weapon has "leeches 3% of phys dmg as life, but i have "Avatar of Fire", will i still get the leech? i dont think so, right?

[valid palm]

Since loss isn't considered damage, does this mean that losing energy shield with this node won't affect its recharge?

[static plinth]

It does cuz GGG hates us

[valid palm]

Ah, I see.

Sadge.

[static plinth]

Any thing that lowers your ES in 2 stops recharge because God is dead

[delicate aspen]

So with this gem, if we drop acid arrows or grenades or whatever and move 2m, the remaining duration does 40% more? Does that also mean if I explode it after moving 2m that the explosion does 40% more?

[valid palm]

Well, def not an option then.

[static plinth]

Event Horizon and Spaghettification are dummy strong nodes but they hurt

[thin basin]

no, the support gem only give damage if the skill gem move you

the list of gem below on the screenshot works

[valid palm]

How valuable are jewel slots in general? How much can I get out of them? I'm not really familiar with the end-game jewel drops and stats.

[delicate aspen]

Thank you for the explanation, that makes a lot more sense

[valid palm]

I just so happened to acquire four slots with a complete build.

So I was wondering of whether this is useful or not.

(Only planning a build rn).

[thin basin]

theyre very good

some very very very very endgame build path to the most jewel slot they can get

and ignore everything else

[valid palm]

So having four without having to path away is a good thing then?

Well, the two are in the way and the other two just took 1 skill point each, 'cause they are right next to my build path.

[grim burrow]

what stat would be good on a witch, thats not focused on minions?

what i did so far on my infernal witch-

[thin basin]

elemental damage

crit

mana

regen

depend on whatever spell youre using

[grim burrow]

rn

bonestorm

[snow sierra]

Man i thought rarity is busted...but its way more busted then i ever thought

[pseudo apex]

I'm playing Gas arrow + Flame wall, Deadeye build and I feel decently strong, but would like to change the build and not feel weak whilst im starting to do endgame. Any build suggestions that are good for endgame? Completely new to POE so my understanding of the game is limited.

[distant cypress]

grenadier witchhunter here, is pure ARMOUR better than arm/eva for the campaign?

[snow sierra]

for the campaign with the first char you only care about life on your gear and res

[valid palm]

Hey. As far as I can tell you didn't get a reply. Exposure and -res are mutually beneficial, it doesn't matter in which order they apply because they stack and they do the same thing. Penetration, on the other hand, is applied last, after exposure and -res, hence it is useless if you already send the enemy into negative res.

[cursive maple]

is this worth anything?

can't find any on poe trade

[valid palm]

I don't know about your build, but I should say that with exposure it's generally pretty easy to reach into negative numbers even without the -res.

My sorc build can go as far as -127% cold res right now.

Well, -82% if we're only talking about exposure.

But that still sends mobs into negative res.

[prisma bear]

oh i didnt realize -res worked differently from pen too, so -res and exposure both work together to make mobs essentially have negative res? thank you for the reply

and pen on the tree is not really that useful except for a clearing skill for mapping or something, assuming you have exposure/curses for bosses

[valid palm]

Yes. If it says "-%res" or something then it means it's a flat decrease, just like with the exposure. It's a separate stat simply so that you could stack it with exposure.

[valid palm]

Depends on your rotation and how you apply exposure exactly, but generally yes. You get very little value from pen if you already have a bunch of exposure.

Imo it's healthy to have a bit of pen from the worthwhile nodes.

[prisma bear]

yeah i only apply it on bosses, everything else gets 1shot anyway

[sick needle]

I'm doing a build that has the mana for health passive but i picked invoker instead of chayula thinking insta mana leach and into the breech weren't thaaat OP. Now I have no mana ever and am struggling here, im lvl 50 do i stick it out or restart with chayula

[valid palm]

But if you play around your rotation well enough and maybe add some pen on the key skills through support gems, then you won't really need pen in the skill tree at all.

[valid palm]

It will likely change, so consider keeping some penetration, unless your rotation when mapping doesn't start with the exposure skill.

[vivid laurel]

im playing a spark sorc with CI. so i dont need chaos res. what soul core would you recommend in armor?

[mystic osprey]

if i use overcharge in a skill(75% increased shock magnitude) but if I shock with another skill, do I lose the chance to shock that monster with overcharge? should I make the skill that uses overcharge my only skill that shocks?

[delicate aspen]

With gas arrow on pathfinder, if I’m currently capped at 3 instances of poison, should I be using scattershot gas arrow - toxic growth over and over or can I spam gas arrow then toxic growth and still receive full value?

[dense bramble]

for sparkmage what stat scales mana/es the hardest?

[delicate aspen]

I’m not sure if my 3 poison cap limit ruins using repeated gas arrows or not

[dense bramble]

max ES/mana?

[vivid laurel]

depends. if you have ALOT of %inc then flat amount scales more. also if you have alot of flat amount and low %inc then %inc scales more. you want a even split for min max the amount you get

[serene minnow]

any way to get spell leech as energy shield ?

[snow sierra]

there is one belt

[serene minnow]

yea, so far that seems to be just it soul tether

[plain cloud]

Hey, I've been sick of playing Deadeye without Thief's Torment Ring, with the constant mana issues/swapping between CoF/CoS and the Hand of Wisdom and Action Furtive Wraps is too costly to purchase as well, are there any late game builds from other classes that are cheap to gear and without mana issues?

[snow sierra]

detonate death is cheap

and has no mana issues at all since you use a level 7 skill

😛 but could be to slow for you coming from zoom zoom deadeye

[shy bobcat]

Can anyone confirm if the Momentum gem works with Charged Staff? Momentum is as follows.

Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal more damage if you move a sufficient distance while using the skill. Teleportation does not count towards the distance travelled.
After moving at least 2 metres during a single use of a Supported Skill, the rest of that use deals 40% more Damage.

So from what I understand, I proc CS, move 2 meters and the rest of the 50 seconds is flat 40% buff?

[static plinth]

You need to move two meters during Charged Staff's 0.75s cast time

[shy bobcat]

Oh wow, they should change the wording then, if it’s cast time, then it’s a dead gem for CS

[static plinth]

You're only "using" the skill while casting it

[shy bobcat]

That actually makes sense

[static plinth]

Momentum works if you hold the button to cast the skill repeteadly, but you can only cast CS once

[shy bobcat]

Trying to find some good gems for CS. Running ice fusion, glaciation, shock, shock nearby mobs. Can’t decide for the last one if anyone has ideas.

Maybe primal armament?

[vagrant imp]

Sounds like with the rest of that setup you're using charged staff mostly for clear and utility so primal armament isn't really necessary

[tiny girder]

i wanna play ice invoker monk who has the best guide to follow and still playing it so i can ask him on stream or smth

[shy bobcat]

Yeah I have that shatter ring so it clears ads fast, and freeze for power charges, shock for 20% more dmg.

[vagrant imp]

Could consider Lightning Exposure with all that shock for some single target help

[shy bobcat]

I have it on my herald of thunder

[oblique bison]

hey a friend of mine is trying to make tri elemental sorcerer work, anyone got some working builds to base it off in the right direction?

[shy bobcat]

Maybe I can put some fire damage like zed’s friend lol and go triple elementla

[carmine raft]

Zed Kusho i just start to make something myself

I thought about something like that
https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABgcBf_0VIqMcTpkkEoNJndn_Gh7H8FcqDKro9DXJCM5ZJQ7v60b6Lt5nyIfhboUK5_A-YT3eoKlfEr3FgdohqJh9LZi4SbueoZzz5AyPGjsAdCF52NOVwhSJP-8WR-0UtuPn4sFoC9GXTI-u4RrZFBITbzuMONl00BJPo-HSnIlyOHzp4Kknrw3vYcKOG7XaxoD01SeTDLNV4O_b3B26j5qPlFbzFj4NFzBXp2INrdLL55S0qIPcWYNfHQBx3BpgiBgFmb3qkc-FyBDHq3V6Br2os16oHB8Yw7i4QBd2lNmQED0Ma-poc9c94qAeYRzS_fiQgmtjrQslqgIFUtazSwPIAAA=

using Painter's Servant Torn Gloves

[muted flare]

what would you guys put in the last slot here

[carmine raft]

So it using Ailments to stack damage, didnt test it yet...very early stage 😛

[vagrant imp]

Iron Rune or whatever resist you need

[oblique bison]

cool, ima check it out as soon as the website works for me i think im having internet issues, currently he is having issues just clearing even the mooks but i dont have enough sorcerer under my belt to know what feels good

[warped jackal]

What fun builds are you guys running? i want to make a third character that isnt either sorc or monk (already did those)

[carmine raft]

Just need to select skill..probably something fast or with high damage, since the damage should split 33% each (plus specific skill element)
So not sure how to pull it off yet T)T

[wet juniper]

is there poe plannr like poe1 ?

planner *

[grim burrow]

would it be possible to go for a ton of life leech on spell dmg?

[snow sierra]

no

[grim burrow]

awe jucks

kinda wantet to maybe do a build where i build a ton of life drain and then just get a ton of infernal stacks in demon form

[snow sierra]

as far as i am aware 15% is all you can get atm in the game and you would pay 150% of the spellcost in life for it

and leech sucks atm

lifeleech is way to weak for substain demon form

And infernalist can only get 5% anyways

[grim burrow]

oh god XD

explains a bit why my merc sucks so badly...while having skilled alot of life leech...

thats...gonna cost me a lot to redeem..

[snow sierra]

if you wanna substain demon form getting your heal low ~200 and stacking energyshield and flat life hp reg

you can get to a insane amount of stacks with this build

[grim burrow]

yea i planed on going on a lot of shield

that gives me a good idear for my witch build

[oblique bison]

stormweaver right?

[grim burrow]

i am realy thinking over ditching my summons for now and just

[restive rose]

which one is better?

[grim burrow]

getting a way to overpowerd bonestorm until i can upgrade

[carmine raft]

Probably it had access to more elemental damage, for now it is look liek the best choice

[oblique bison]

legionaire is flexible

definitely more investments

personally im running witchhunter though

but gemling is superflexible to build things you can do quite alot especially with stat stacking

[restive rose]

can you change later?

[oblique bison]

no

[restive rose]

This is my first time in POE 2 lol

so I'm not sure where I want to go

[oblique bison]

if you dont know what to choose

[warped jackal]

hows witchhunter? i might want to start a new character with it

[oblique bison]

i say gemling

[restive rose]

can you show me a end game build and how it fares?

[oblique bison]

witchhunter is fun personally i was going to go a bleed build to try out at first then a jewel dropped for me early game

[vagrant imp]

Gemling is flexible, but IMO it takes more game knowledge to take advantage of. Witchhunter is SUPER straightforward, just some damage nodes, some explode for clear.

[oblique bison]

i definitely say the additional weapon skill points has potentinal and bow secondary with weapon swap in the late game to eletrocute is nice

[warped jackal]

jesus that jewel.. so you will go for galvanic shards?

[oblique bison]

sorcery ward is really good but i wouldnt take it till you can put 4 in and have quite abit of defensive nodes

glavanic is good

really need shockburst though to do good bossing damage

[errant obsidian]

Hey guys, how much is considered enough crit chance?

[oblique bison]

depends on the class

for sorc 20%

as your spell multihit

[errant obsidian]

ah ok

was for monk

[oblique bison]

monk if my friend was on could tell you

i didnt do monk yet

[errant obsidian]

uh ok x) sad then

[restive rose]

still thinking lol

let me get some videos

[grim burrow]

scince bonestorm is physical dmg....thers nodes for that isnt there?

[warped jackal]

which build did you have in mind? i might try witchhunter bleed

[oblique bison]

i was going armour peircing rounds with high velocity and all the bleed chance/manigtude i could get

fragmention early

i threw on envenom on high velocity it was doing some good damage was planning on corrosion gas to shred armour to get he damage proc for high velocity sooner than later

[warped jackal]

hmmm this sound nice, thanks!

[oblique bison]

i would try and swap out high velocity for something for bigger damage but i yet to check right now but most important is the damage that bleeds must be physical and high as possible instance to proc a big bleed

[static pawn]

what should I spec for next for my Witchunter grenade build?

[grim burrow]

i feel like the game just told me to use this lol

[sly lava]

hi guys whats the best anoint for gas arrow pathfinder?

[void barn]

Thats an insane staff for lvl 26

[grim burrow]

i just tossed 2 orbs on it and it fucking exploded into something that...will probably gut the act 2 endboss

[snow sierra]

it kinda missing spell level tho

[grim burrow]

sadly

[tardy laurel]

Is there a planner website

[snow sierra]

guys how do i find a realmgate to fight the breach boss

[void barn]

My lvl 50 witch hasnt even seen that much spell damage on a wep lol

[vagrant imp]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/planner/builds

[tardy laurel]

Thanks

[grim burrow]

ill abuse bonestorm with that staff...

[cold onyx]

Does bonestorm dmg bonus to next attack stack per projectile or jus one time no matter what?

[eternal vale]

Hey im wondering how this skill works. Do i need a skill that consumes frost or does this skill consume frost by itself

[void barn]

You have to have something that consumes

The skill supported by that skill will auto reload if any skill consumes one of those ailments

[woeful sundial]

i really need an explanation why my hellhound disappears when i go into demon form. what am i doing wrong

[vagrant imp]

ur too scary for the dog

[pearl sluice]

hey guys any beginer friendly builds you can recommend?

[dense tinsel]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/frostferno-witch-hunter-fearless-dumbo?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJlOWQ3MWY2ZC03MzI0LTRhYjgtOWRmYS00ZDA2NzNhMGFjZDgifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

I've been following this guide,
Doing Gas grenade + explosive shot to detonate.
But I'm having some mana issues.

I've already got inspiration socketed

[grim burrow]

profane dead+ exploding corpses makes for a great group cleaner...

[dense tinsel]

Is this a gear issue I need to sort out?

Like I need more mana sustain in a fight

[vagrant imp]

You sustain mana while clearing trash but not against bosses or...?

[snow sierra]

yee my chrono just got my first breach boss kill HoWa drop man i am shaking so hard

[dense tinsel]

even trash mobs running a bit low

Definitely not enough for bosses

[sly lava]

for gas arrow whats better gem level or physical damage?

[dense tinsel]

I'm level 50, with 372 mana

[woeful sundial]

does no one actually no or is my game still bugged lol

[vagrant imp]

I assume it's just a bug

[vagrant imp]

Look at the mana section on your character sheet, what's the regen?

[dense tinsel]

21.6 regen

[woeful sundial]

unlucky

[scenic dawn]

Best unique shields for speed?

[dense tinsel]

Wiht 372 mana pool

[vagrant imp]

Are you using Clarity support on one of your spirit gems?

[dense tinsel]

Is mana regen a % of the max pool?

Yes. I am using clarity

[vagrant imp]

By default, yes, a larger mana pool will give you more regen

[grim burrow]

is that a good combo on gems for bonestorm?, 25% cast speed that gem in the image and 35% more physical dmg

[dense tinsel]

The build already feels a bit clunky cause i need to wait for reload for explosive arrow to detonate,
but then also clunky when I am out of mana

[snow sierra]

dos the breach boss allways drop Hand of wistom and action ?

[atomic halo]

not always

also depends on diff level

[snow sierra]

nice so i had luck getting one on my frist boss kill ever

[atomic halo]

yeah

[vagrant imp]

What is your mana flask? With Inspiration you really should be able to sustain with just that.

[snow sierra]

i guess this thing is only good on Gemling ?

[vagrant imp]

No, Howa is just crazy good

He dropped me a Pandemonius :( nostalgic at least

[snow sierra]

mhh maybe ill do a ranger with it...but ranger is so squshi...meh

[dense tinsel]

Sorry it looks washed out. Stupid Windows HDR screenshot bug

[vagrant imp]

if your primary mana sustain issue is against bosses you may be served well by the passive charge gain affix .15-.25 per second

as for packs you should be able to just get 1 mana affix on kill on a piece of gear or you can also get it on jewels

[dense tinsel]

ahhhh ok

Good point. I will roll one with per second for bosses

Is my mana pool of 370 too small?
What do you think I should be aiming for?

I know I'm a bit under geared, mostly trying to play self-found,
But I might have to resort to trading

[sonic peak]

Having some mana from gear is nice, but sometimes you can easily get some from the tree with 2-3 points

Can you post your current tree?

[cunning panther]

am I overthinking it or stat stacking build gonna get nerfed ? I was saving up for howa and stuff, but I'm scared now that ggg gonna nerf it lol

[vagrant imp]

Your mana is ok, but the odd mana affix somewhere can go a long way

[dense tinsel]

ahhh ok.
How many ascendency points should I have at lvl 50?

[vagrant imp]

Merc doesn't really have any good mana on the tree unless you wanna make the trip over to price of freedom or anoint something which I wouldn't really recommend

[dense tinsel]

I've been putting off doing the trials...

[vagrant imp]

you should have your second ascendancy by now

[sonic peak]

4

[dense tinsel]

oh

[sonic peak]

Which allows you to get 2 notables

[dense tinsel]

I only did my single trial of sekhemas,
skipped the other one

[hollow idol]

Any recommended guides for a Detonate Dead build?

[vagrant imp]

It's pretty likely HoWA gets nerfs or at the very least is made much rarer. I wouldn't hitch all your currency to anything archmage/howa/ES right now unless you're just using it to make money for a reroll, haha.

[hasty nebula]

What happens when you have “Blackbraid Fur Plate” Armour applies to Elemental Damage, and “Veil of the Night Martyr Crown” You have no Elemental Resistances

Does the armor act as elemental resistance?

[snow sierra]

I would just stack currency if you can farm

and see the next patch

[cunning panther]

now I'm yet to spend my few divines atm, and using very early budget str stack build. I was planning to buy howa, but few days later I see so many vids talking that stat stacking is busted lol

[snow sierra]

that is what i am doing

[vagrant imp]

Effectively, yes, however Armour is worse against bigger hits unlike elemental resistances which just negate the same no matter what.

[snow sierra]

nothing worse then spending all your money and getting the build nerfed

And there will be a patch

[vagrant imp]

Patch is a bit away, they're on holiday

[hasty nebula]

Can you explain further? How is it worse?

[vagrant imp]

so if Howa would make your farming considerably faster you'll make your money back p much.

[cunning panther]

sadly few divines away

[snow sierra]

yes so you have 5 - 8 days to abused the build if you get it going now

[vagrant imp]

Armour has diminishing returns the larger the hit it is receiving. It is fully effective against smaller hits, but against slams that do thousands of damage it is far less effective.

[cunning panther]

unless I snipe 5 divine howa, I'm probably aint gonna buy it any time soon lol

[sonic peak]

For reference, this is a table showing dmg reduction for armor x dmg

In poe1

[snow sierra]

i kinda want Olroth's Resolve but that thing is still 41x div :/

[hasty nebula]

Damn, I was thinking that might be a good way to deal with the downside of the crown. 50% increased life is a lot… especially since im stacking it for blood magic and life regen

[snow sierra]

not gonna pay that

[snow sierra]

the armor to ele res thingy is a good way to deal with it

for a super cheap build

it will carry you far if you get good armor values

depending on your dmg driver maybe even to t16

[vagrant imp]

Something to consider is that blackbraid has very low armour itself, when you want to stack armor a TON of it comes from a well-rolled chestpiece with nodes to improve it, blackbraid will hardly contribute to your armour as is so sadly it's just not very good as an endgame item.

[snow sierra]

there is a bonestorm build with it that is able do do t16 for super cheap

and bonestorm is kinda shit

Its a good idea to make a super cheap build

get good armor, get block and be happy

until you can buy better stuff

[hasty nebula]

I hate the block functionality because you have to be holding block for it to be used right?

[snow sierra]

No

[vagrant imp]

No, you get passive block chance

up to 75% by default

[snow sierra]

you just blockcap and never use the button

[hasty nebula]

Oh? Then what does raise shield do?

[vagrant imp]

100% block chance

directionally

[pseudo apex]

Is this item any good?

[hasty nebula]

Ahh so then shields are good

[vagrant imp]

It's mostly for bossing or Sekhema rather than mapping in most cases

[snow sierra]

yes extremly

[vagrant imp]

I use it against Xesht's ice spray all the time

[snow sierra]

i struggel to play anything that dos not have a good block shield

[hasty nebula]

What determines how much dmg you take when blocking?

[vagrant imp]

you take none unless you have the glancing blows keystone

it entirely negates the hit

[eternal vale]

Im sorry i tried it out but still cant figured it out. do i have to get a 2nd skill of the one i want to be reloaded?

[hasty nebula]

Oh that’s crazy good

Do you block elemental damage/spells?

[vagrant imp]

It's effectively the same as evasion

[snow sierra]

i still kinda want to make a sekhema ranger with block and dodge xD

And just run minions

[vagrant imp]

You block all hits and projectiles

you just can't block slams, basically

Unless you have Turtle charm from warbringer

[gusty barn]

Mana Regen scales with mana pool so try to pump more mana and Regen at the same time if you can

[raw geyser]

Does Monk want more resistance or increased stun threshold? Or does is depend on the build

[gusty barn]

Yes

[raw geyser]

I uh…

[vagrant imp]

Basically every build wants capped elemental resistances

[sonic peak]

Resistances

Always resistances

[raw geyser]

Understood ty

[vagrant imp]

I've had no issues on my hybrid life/ES/evasion monk without any stun threshhold

[sonic peak]

Since stun threshold scales with HP, you shouldn't really need stun from the tree

[gusty barn]

Stun should disable evasion, let's make it more immersive

[sonic peak]

And stun from items is just bad

[dense tinsel]

Can somebody explain attack area damage to me?
How is that different than attack damage?

[gusty barn]

The boots that give me 300 stu. Threshold are really good

[raw geyser]

I would rather di-

[sonic peak]

No, you never want stun from gear

[vagrant imp]

It only applies to attacks with the "area tag"

[dense tinsel]

so like grenades?

instead of an arrow?

[sonic peak]

Spending 1/2 points in the tree if its in the way is fine

[vagrant imp]

Yes it works on grenades

[raw geyser]

Also spirit on monk seems hard to get… either that or I’m missing gear

no clue on how I’m supposed to get 60 more spirit for Invocation

[glad bone]

chest mod

[tranquil turret]

Are chaos damage passives still worth investing into if I primarily use srs + flame wall + vulnerability. I tend to use essence drain and contagion as my main damage when everything else is cast. But i'm kind of weak by myself. my minions are pretty solid though. They rarely die.

[raw geyser]

I only have 40 in that, is there more on a chest piece?

[vagrant imp]

are you chayula monk or Invoker?

[sonic peak]

For reference, boots prefixes you want mov speed (REQUIRED) and life. The other mod either flat or % defenses. If you're CI, you want both flat and %
NEVER stun

[vagrant imp]

Invoker gets a ton of spirit just for breathing

[raw geyser]

I actually don’t know

[glad bone]

you can get up to like +62 spirit on a body armor just as an affix

[vagrant imp]

WHat level are you?

[gusty barn]

I got move speed double res flat armour and 332 stu. Threshold, sold it for a div

[raw geyser]

60

[dense tinsel]

oh fuck.
I want to swap that intel node in the top middle to a dex node.

but there's no alternative path

am I hooped without spending a fuckton of gold?

[raw geyser]

Okay that’ll be an extra 20 when I find one

[sonic peak]

Yes, but an item without stun will always be a better item

[signal sparrow]

I have been using cast on freeze ball lightning with scatter shot so I get about 5-8 balls per prof and then I warp between each ball with the Call of the Brotherhood ring (turns electric damage to frost) which then freezes more enemies and procs cof again which gives me a loop of ball lightnings

[vagrant imp]

You can just respec any travel node to another attribute

for normal price

[dense tinsel]

ooooooh i can!
Thanks!

[vagrant imp]

Well if you're Invoker "Lead me Through Grace" ascendancy node gives a ton of spirit.

[gusty barn]

That just isn't true I'd rather have stun threshold than reduced attributes requirements

[vagrant imp]

This guy doesn't Giant's Blood

[gusty barn]

Actually I do on my warrior

But he doesn't need it on boots lol

[sonic peak]

Attr requirements is a suffix

Ah, stun alone can run as a suffix as well

[raw geyser]

I’m that but I don’t think the build had any spirit nodes picked

[snow sierra]

block/evasion summoner sounds somehow rly fun 😄

[sonic peak]

Well, I'd rather have 3 res, or 2 res and 1 stat

[snow sierra]

with deadeye

[raw geyser]

If anything it took the spirit I had away from me and I couldn’t use my buffs

[snow sierra]

problem with deadeye has only 2 good acendency points for it

[vagrant imp]

Well if the build has steep spirit requirements I'm not sure why they wouldn't click that node.

[gusty barn]

Do you not play melee? Or only run evasion melee or something

[vagrant imp]

I'm running my warrior with no stun thresh on my gear and I barely get stunned in increased stun maps

[sonic peak]

Again, stun scales from HP

[vagrant imp]

4k HP~

[sonic peak]

And I'm pretty sure you get reduced stun dmg from armor (as in, you only get stunned by the dmg that passes through)

So i can assure you stun on gear is really bad regardless of build

[raw geyser]

Oh okay I see, I just have dookie gear and I didn’t have enough shield or evasion rating to have all of my buffs up

[vagrant imp]

If you have that node the spirit affix on gear is a dead affix btw

you just want high defenses

[sonic peak]

It's one of those stats they throw it there to make building perfect items harder

[raw geyser]

Yep I didn’t realize that 😭 now I gotta go to trade website and wait around

[vagrant imp]

I'm making my light radius stun threshhold thorns build right now, hater

[tender needle]

Anyone got recommendations for a relatively cheap (preferably <15d) that can comfortably clear most atlas bosses?

My current char comfortably clears t15s, but is terrible as bossing so I wanna gear up a second build to get all the breach/ritual atlas points

[oak scarab]

Hi one questen is Witchhunter good class?

[sonic peak]

Unique that makes thorns decent would be fun

[vagrant imp]

I am unironically excited to level my next character with thorns. My goal is to one-shot geonor by tanking his ice breath.

I won't be playing thorns later though lol

there is a helm that makes you deal damage equal to your thorns, but low level base so you're nuking your defense for it :/

[twilit cairn]

is there a CAP on the placement speed for Totems on warrior ??

[atomic halo]

not one you can reasonably hit, i dont think

[midnight bolt]

does anyone know current op skills that apply a lot of chill(not on stormweaver)

[amber field]

Hello this build is still good https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/witchhunter-galvanic-bigdaddy?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiI5MjhhMjI3YS1jN2U3LTQ5YzMtOGMzNi00MTljYTk4YjdhZmQifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

[glad bone]

chill scales with cold damage, so making anything work with that can do it. afaik the most abusable one is frost wall, where you explode the crystals to deal damage

[midnight bolt]

hmm ty and comet i assume is best single target dps

[vagrant imp]

Frost Wall single target is insane

[glad bone]

probably not, it's a payoff move i think which means you cast it on a target you set up

[vagrant imp]

Especially if they have a bigger hitbox

[snow sierra]

Anyone has an idea what a minion build could do with the deadeye acendency ? Trailwind sounds kinda nice but what do i do with the remaining two acendency points ?

[cinder timber]

As a Gemling Merc what are some stats I should go for on Jewels. I'm using explosive shot, so I'm wanting attack speed, physical damage and projectile damage. What are some other mods I should look into/ mods for health on Jewels.

Thanks in advance. First Arpg

[midnight bolt]

ty ill check it

[glad bone]

crit stuff maybe, or damage pen, maybe evasion, it really depends on your build. check poedb for the list of all possible options

[cinder timber]

Ok thank you.

[snow sierra]

did someone try if endless monition from deadeye works on minions ? normaly it shouldnt but the wording is a bit strange

[midnight bolt]

is there a way to convert phys to cold in the game

[snow sierra]

i only know of lightning > cold and the other way around

[hasty nebula]

For resists, should you aim for 1x40% res on each piece or double up resists on certain pieces?

[glad bone]

endgame gear rarely has less than 2 high-res, often it's dealt with through some pieces having 3x high res so other pieces can focus on different suffixes

[pearl sluice]

Cast on crit with curse costs so much mana omg

270 mana per cast

[glad bone]

you can link inspiration

[pearl sluice]

Wtf

It still feels too much on CoC

[hasty nebula]

Are there certain pieces that have 2x res on them typically? Rings or belts or helms? I feel like like gloves are really difficult to get extra suffixes on

[pearl sluice]

It makes no sense it costs so much on coc, yet costs zero on blasphemy

[glad bone]

top end, most people are either avoiding res entirely on rings or getting high roll ventors res for ingenuity scaling. armor items tend to have res

[dry pagoda]

Im not sure if its answerable but what is generally better, an item with 600 dps or 450 dps + 5 levels of melee skill? especially considering auto attacks? Im not sure how much dps a lvl of melee skill adds

[glad bone]

that's because the blasphemy cost is spirit

[glad bone]

you'd have to check

[dry pagoda]

but how

[hasty nebula]

What is high roll Ventors for ingenuity scaling?

[glad bone]

ventor's gamble is a unique ring that can roll very high resistances in addition to other stats. ingenuity is a unique belt that does nothing but increase the mods on your rings by 40-80%

[hasty nebula]

I imagine those are both very expensive?

[glad bone]

yep

[rapid star]

So planning to use acrobatics... how much Evasion is Decent enough with this node?

[midnight bolt]

sorry for ping, i was trying to find anything on that topic, do u mean frost wall and then shoot it with comet?

[heavy wigeon]

do you guys think it's smart to replace ghost dance with grim feast for mapping on ice strike monk?

[hasty nebula]

Ok so the stats for my build are max life, +armor, +%armor, life regen, strength and resists. If I have to give up one or two which should I omit from a piece of gear?

[rapid star]

if it gathers more energy than cast on freeze, and using it for clear sure

[heavy wigeon]

what do you mean by gathers more energy, combat frenzy?

[rapid star]

no, meta gems, need to gain energy, and once they reach maximum they cast the spell, some just acumulate until you press the button can cast the spell multiple times

[nocturne badge]

Should I be using skill quality upgrade (gemcutter prism) on Minion skills like arsonists? What does it improve?

[static plinth]

Neither of those have anything to do with energy though

[rapid star]

is in their description, maximum energy is 10 per 0,1 cast time of socketed spell

[static plinth]

Yeah, its probably better unless you do a boss map

[rapid star]

oh o mistake the skill with reaper's invocation mb

[vagrant imp]

Shoot it with anything as long as it blows up it does a ton of damage.

[heavy wigeon]

ty gamers

[forest spoke]

Does Increased Projectile Damage affect Gas Grenade? And if so what part of it does it scale? (The poison or Explosion)

[mental lake]

best aurabot/support class?

[rapid star]

the hit that makes it bouce away from the mob lol

[forest spoke]

Bruh

What’s a good way to scale the explosion?

Like from the passive tree

[floral folio]

I didn't get screwed by the vaal orb for once!

[rapid star]

I have no idea if it scales the nades damage i was just meming

[forest spoke]

Bruh x2

[rapid star]

you could look into maxroll community builds and build guides, and see the nodes people are getting

[forest spoke]

Yeah I will, thx

[snow bear]

Are there any mods inherent to ES gear other than the Focus that are essential to casters?

[rapid star]

you mean that increase ES? you can get % maximum ES on amulets, and I believe in rings too

[uncut jay]

How does that ring that converts lightning to cold work? Does it apply all my passive % to lightning then output cold and applies cold %? Or just the first one?

[maiden kayak]

Does Manifold Method give you mana leach or just increase the amount you get if its on equipment?

[rapid star]

get's final damage and converts a % of it to cold damage

[cobalt cave]

does this have a 100% uptime if i have my herald of thunder active?

[snow bear]

No, I mean are there any caster mods essential on ES gear? I'm planning a Blood Mage. I'm planning on a Phys caster. I need lots of Str. So, I was thinking of rocking plate armour. If there aren't any essential caster mods on the hands, boots, head, chest, that I need then I'll move forward. I don't see any listed in PoE2db.tw but I'm not 100% sure.

[uncut jay]

So there is no point in using cold passives then as that doesnt apply?

[atomic halo]

only modifiers to cold

it "forgets" it was ever lightning, you just deal cold damage

[uncut jay]

But if i have 10% to cold dmg in passive. Will that apply on top of that?

Seems OP if it does

[azure wyvern]

any way to get damaging ailment on yourself and be at the same time resistant to it?

[atomic halo]

"unaffected by ..." is the wording

but im not sure if there's any sources in poe2

[honest condor]

Is making a pure chaos damage witch viable at late end game?

[atomic halo]

yeah

i saw mathil doing it

[atomic halo]

on top of what

it just applies once

no double dipping

[uncut jay]

So I start with 100 base lightning dmg, my passive is 10% lightning dmg. That makes it 110 lightning dmg. If my ring converts 100% lightning to cold it is 110 cold dmg now. What happens now if I have 10% cold dmg passive. Will that apply?

[atomic halo]

i told you only the cold modifiers will apply

100 light -> 100 cold, 10% cold damage passive will apply

10% lightning does nothing because its cold damage and not lightning damage

[snow sierra]

dos recoup have a cap ?

[atomic halo]

not a feasibly reachable one

[snow sierra]

that was not my question

[sage jungle]

i'm hexblast bloodmage with Sunder the flesh for crit multi scaling, when i look at my hexblast in the skill description, the crit multi doesn't change based on my max life, is it bugged?

[uncut jay]

So it applies only to base lightning dmg? Not the final output?

[sage jungle]

i was at 2,9k life and 300% crit multi, took off all my gear and the crit multi (and displayed dps of the skill) stays the same

[snow sierra]

i have a plan to reach insane amounts so its kinda relevant if it has a cap like 20% hp per second

[atomic halo]

by that, i mean there's probably a cap in the millions /billions like there is a dot cap in poe1

but a cap like 20% per second, no

[snow sierra]

Ah great

thanks

[azure wyvern]

is there anything which fully prevent effects on the ground?

[vagrant imp]

From What I've seen the node does work, it just doesn't display properly, but I'm not 100% sure.

[atomic halo]

levitation (notable) existed in beta tests

but i cant find it now

[blissful stratus]

Im playing str stacker corrupting cry build right now, with 800 str converting that to 400% increased ES with timeless jewel keystone, would that make for better defenses?

If I get ES gear

[vagrant imp]

If you have Astramentis I could see it since that would make it much more realistic to equip the ES bases without totally forsaking your strength. A few of the reduced attribute req nodes near polymathy would make it relatively low cost, you'd just need high chaos res and I imagine it would be good.

[sage jungle]

yeah i tested now, unspecced it and crit multi is still at 300%

and tooltip dps stays the same with or without

[jagged thunder]

wait so if armour is bad (according to kripp), how are non-armour builds survive phys attacks?

[sage jungle]

killing the mobs fast, evasion or just tanking with ES

[vagrant imp]

having a billion ES, or super high evasion

[atomic halo]

i guess the phys damage wasnt that scary in the first place

[azure wyvern]

is this even true?

raised shield make you not take debuffs

and it doesn't say anything about it

just tested it against the enemy child with poison attacks

[indigo tide]

Does anyone know if Blackflame works with minion-applied ignites? o:

[atomic halo]

no

"Ignited by you"

[atomic halo]

what

[indigo tide]

I see. Thanks!

[atomic halo]

"You will still take any Stun, Freeze and other debuffs"

[azure wyvern]

as I said, I tested it againt the child in act 3 who shoots poison

when I blocked his attack I didn't get poisoned

when I stopped blocking I got poisoned

there was also a witch enemy who shoots fire, blocking her also didn't make me get ingite

[spring temple]

poison is an ailment, not a debuff

[vagrant imp]

Poison is an ailment, as is ignite

[spring temple]

and also the magnitude of poison/ignite is based on the damage of the hit

so even if it did affect you, it would be based on 0 dmg so there wouldn't even be one

[azure wyvern]

isn't freeze an ailment too?

[abstract mortar]

hi guys, im trying to make vulcanic fissure ignite but its not working, any help/tips pls?

[atomic halo]

i mean it mentions freeze which is an ailment

and freeze is based off of damage dealt as well

and so is stun

[atomic halo]

although freeze and stun are buildup-based mechanics

[abstract mortar]

ignite also?

[atomic halo]

while poison is a chance-based mechanic

[atomic halo]

ignite also, yes

[abstract mortar]

so if my dmg is low, i wont ignite anyone, correct?

[atomic halo]

yes

[abstract mortar]

tysm

[azure wyvern]

do you think there is a place for a Banker class?

just going to parties and spreading magic find

[atomic halo]

so maybe there's an unwritten differentiation being made between chance-based ailments and buildup-based ailments, which would be weird and confusing but at least consistent

[azure wyvern]

trying to make a banker class, got few items

[vagrant imp]

Banker?

[jagged thunder]

magic find

[atomic halo]

so a rarity culler

[azure wyvern]

idk how to call it, just a support class for magic find

[vagrant imp]

Having 1 guy there just for rarity in group play is super common

[azure wyvern]

I think Warbringer is the best for it

[atomic halo]

rarity culler is a thing, it's just usually played in parties

[azure wyvern]

yea, this is why I bought the Gravebind gloves

it is really important item

with 75% block chance against all hits

from warbringer

[static plinth]

Rarity Culler, you want to go Witchhunter and get the helmet that doubles your culling strike threshhold

Though since Frostbound isnt in the game its probably not awesome

[azure wyvern]

or you can just go the gloves I posted

[undone ingot]

warbringer is by far the stronger ascendancy for shockwave totems. the totem damage does break armour all by itself, so that saves a support and the overbreak can be a huge amount of dmg on bosses. the 20% DR to totem is huge and the ancestors tank a ton of stuff, as well as giving some decent buffs (50% increased defenses, 10% skill speed, etc)

[static plinth]

Pretty sure those dont work for rarity

[vagrant imp]

if ur in group play you basically just want gravebind and Maxuhotl's

[azure wyvern]

someone tested it on reddit

[azure wyvern]

yea, but it is expensive. I am searching for cheap Greed Embrace

with around 45% magic find

this should grand me some chance to survive even without any protecting gear

other than shield

idk if there is anything raising maximum block chance other than amulet

[vagrant imp]

I mean if you're just following around and giving the clearer gravebind you can afford to invest in a ton of defense

[azure wyvern]

for gems I would go Blink

[azure wyvern]

not really, unique magic find items fuck you so much

like boots require you to be at low life

there are rings which reduce your resists by 20%

this is probably needed too

[static plinth]

You should grab Merit of Service

[azure wyvern]

on this

[azure wyvern]

this is the shield you want

[static plinth]

Fair

[azure wyvern]

and I think you want to get as much fire resists as possible and be ignited by enemies

so this is always on

[queen atlas]

why is cast on freeze not procing comet?

[static plinth]

Are you gaining enough energy?

[queen atlas]

how can i check

[vagrant imp]

WHy? What damaging ailment are you inflicting?

[static plinth]

Not sure, but it wont go off every freeze

[static plinth]

Second line

[azure wyvern]

no, you want to have damaging ailment on you

so other damaging ailment can't be put on you

if there was easy way to get poison on you, I have going for CI would be crucial

so you can't never be ignited and bleeding

[vagrant imp]

Idk ailments from enemies are so non-lethal in poe2, seems unneccesary

the damaging ones at least

[azure wyvern]

you need to think differently. You don't have gear, only shield is protecting you and your allies

you run with like 500hp

because of low life requirment

you thank god this isn't the gloves you have to use

[static plinth]

I mean those are easy to sustain you just put on Cannibalism

[azure wyvern]

cannibalism recover too much

you don't want any life regen to push you from low life

maybe we will get more life reserve skills

it would be easier

but idk what would reserve 65% of life

[vagrant imp]

Infernalist

[static plinth]

Coward's Legacy

[pearl sluice]

Hey guys I'm playing sorcerer and trying to decide between acendencies, chrono or stormcaller,

What does each one exel at, I thought the chrono sounded cooler but what you guys think

[azure wyvern]

those rings are so bad

-20% to all elemental resists 💀

[vagrant imp]

Chrono has niche tools and some super solid defensive tools, Stormweaver is a more straightforward elementalist type damage dealer.

[soft crane]

I dont know if this is the right channel for this but im a witch class and i want a strong build with my minions that does a lot of boss damage, any recommendations?

[midnight bolt]

is cast on freeze/ele invocation(freeze portion) useless on pinnacle bosses ?

[pearl sluice]

Do they both scale well into the endgame stuff?

[azure wyvern]

do you think they will fix CI and it won't be consider low life and full life at the same time?

[vagrant imp]

Stormweaver is basically the best ascendancy in the game right now at the high end, barring some really crazy stuff. Chrono is fine, slower, but safer like I said. I wouldn't count on Stormweaver/the things she abuses to stay strong for all that long so it's better to just pick what sounds cool to you.

[vagrant imp]

most likely, it doesn't work like that in poe1

[pearl sluice]

Ah ok thanks then

I'll probly go with chrono

[azure wyvern]

it is funny how I need to use bad flasks with this build lul

to not go above 35% life

[snow sierra]

Chrono is kinda fkt right now

just saying

like it has some good things, but our most powerfull note for all builds seems not to work

Using time freez requiers some investment to be even usefull

there is only 1 cd spell in the game to make a cd build work

and the 50% cast speed note is very clunky

rocoup might be good but for now its bad since life based builds are bad

[vagrant imp]

if chrono slow gets fixed they will be very good

[snow sierra]

yes IF

[vagrant imp]

you can recoup mana as well for MoM builds

[snow sierra]

it might be a prio to nerf strong builds and that is 7 days or something away

[pearl sluice]

Ya sounds like chrono is a really cool concept atm but needs so fixing I guess

[snow sierra]

yes its cool dont get me wrong i playing it

but it has problem right now, scaling dmg is very hard

And the extremly strong defensiv notes dont work

temporal rift is abit of a saveing grace tho

[vagrant imp]

Scaling damage on any spellcaster is not hard with archmage in its current state