2┃build-planning

[thorny token]

crossbows feel great imo

not the best for leveling tho

they mostly get going when you unlock explosive shot

[gentle fern]

Is comorbidity and bursting plague better than martial tempo and bursting plague?

what should be my support skills for poisonburst arrow

[bronze carbon]

I hear flashbang alone is super satisfying and makes for easy campaign

[soft lake]

Yeah, I levelled with a bow until I got Plasma Blast, personally

[thorny token]

bows are also good but i dont like being so pigeonholed into LA on most of them

[strange thicket]

hmm, alright

thanks!

[thorny token]

spark is also great ofc even in acts is solid if you want caster

https://youtu.be/0w_dlflew0Q?si=6A3N_pv9xdXALzsR&t=48 but yea for the mace booms it basicall looks something like this :d

[tropic rune]

Thoughts on this build? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/ra11k501

Idea is to use Hexblast for clearing, Detonate Dead for bossing

[soft lake]

It's 100% bugged, though

That 1.8m splash is supposed to be unscalable

[thorny token]

is it? isnt the unscaleable wording just for catalysts

[soft lake]

Oh I guess it could be? Is there a catalyst that would be able to modify that if it didn't have that line?

[thorny token]

well not on weapon but i know they added these wordings together with catalysts in poe1

[soft lake]

Hmm, in that case it might be bugged that it scales or it might be intended, ha

[thorny token]

i think the aoe scaling with it might be bugged (it almost looks like linear scaling to me, hard to tell)

but dont think it scaling with aoe at all is not intended

[soft lake]

Yeah, I could see that

It's hilarious that Warrior keeps getting the screen explodey builds

[bronze carbon]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Asphyxias_Wrath if you take chill magnitude nodes for something like Ice Shot, isn't this pretty solid? or am I misunderstanding the 2nd to last line

[thorny token]

imagine being spellcaster atm thats not spark

cant use heralds cant use any good explodys

what do

[wet mango]

if you take these nodes along with sorc ward, does your evasion actually change after 4s, retriggering the CD for sorc ward?

[thorny token]

yea its pretty good but rare quivers are also very good

if you get some good corruption on it tho

[bronze carbon]

yeah for sure, so decent placeholder 🤔 alright, cheers

that could be interesting lol

[pine sleet]

does mind over matter work with demon forms losing 0.5% life/second? so I'd be losing mana first right?

[thorny token]

lose just goes directly to the pool

so it will never hit your mana

[pine sleet]

got it thanks

[earnest onyx]

i am confused again. i have ci/eb/mom with everlasting and my es is taking damage

(it's on my life)

but I was under the impression all damage hit your mana before es

nvm

[thorny token]

mom protects only life so yea

[static plinth]

ES -> Mana -> Life

[earnest onyx]

I feel like this shouldn't be how this works 😭

[twin tide]

what makes "protect me from harm" on monk bad?

[elder mural]

What does it mean if you can apply 2 shock from Stormweaver ( Strike Twice ), do you do 2 times more dmg or it's just QoL if you consume etc

[hallow flax]

Are 1 Totem Limits universal across all types (Merc vs Warrior) or are they separated from classes/archtypes?

[static plinth]

You can inflict two shocks and they stack

Meaning you basically have double the possible shock effect

[soft lake]

^ additively

So 20% shock + 20% shock = 40% increased damage taken for the enemy

[astral willow]

is there a place to see which stat rolls are specific to a type of rare gear? like movespeed usually only shows up on boots

[elder mural]

Whats the differences between shocked once or twice tho

[soft lake]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Modifiers

It's not quite organised like you want - you can't sort by affix. But you can see what stats can roll on each base type

[astral willow]

tysm

[thorny token]

corruptions still separate sadge

[soft lake]

Yeah :(

[static plinth]

If you have two 20% shocks, thats a 40% increased damage taken

If you have one 20% shock, thats 20% increased damage taken

[random cypress]

hi all i want to build a Poisonous Concoction build and i don't know what runes should i use any tips?

[blissful stratus]

Should I level titan as spell or melee?

[gray palm]

Does whispers of doom allow for doubling of the same curse? can I put two despair on one enemy or is it useless for my build?

[astral willow]

if it's consistent with other debuffs only the strongest one should apply

[nimble sun]

Guys If I use the three dragons (Lightning Damage from Hits Contributes to Freeze Buildup instead of Shock Chance) and also have the stormweaver node sharper of storm "all damage from hits contributes to shock" what will happen ? Will I be able to shock and freeze with same skill?

[pearl sluice]

how do i know the worth of the item that i have? saw some people seeing it from their stash like comparing w other people and quick pricing. how can i do that?

[thorny token]

nope, only differet curse

oh already answered mb

[dark lichen]

If I allocate a passive with delirium, can I then build out from that spot?

[soft lake]

I haven't used The Three Dragons in POE2 but I would expect your lightning skills to be unable to shock entirely

[gray palm]

Alright, do you have a recommended skill for a despair hexblast build?

[astral willow]

tbh I judge it by how hard I get spammed with whispers when I list it in my 1ex tab

[thorny token]

like other curse? temp chains always great

[gray palm]

Passive skill, a nodeable

[broken ridge]

I recently made a headhunter belt from orb of chance. I’m running maps now but I’m contemplating if I should sell it which would give me enough currency to purchase Hand of Wisdom and Action Gloves and a way better bow. I’m a new player so I can’t really gauge how crazy maps gets but my main question is whether or not the belt will help me push higher tiers like T15+ or should I sell it for something that might be more useful down the road, if anything?

[soft lake]

It generally just comes with game knowledge. You need to know what combinations of affixes makes an item good (and whether it's a good base type in the first place), and you need to also know what the meta is like - if it's something that would work well for a popular build, it will be worth more than if it's for a build that's not being played that much

[soft lake]

At the very least, wear the Headhunter for a little bit and have fun with it

[thorny token]

ah, just make sure you are clicking aoe

and the chaos nodes

pretty straighforward build

[lavish hedge]

anyone willing to review my character and tell me why my dps is so low at lvl 76?

[gray palm]

Might have too much AoE.

[thorny token]

hexblast sucks ass without aoe

[thorny token]

theres never too much aoe :d

[gray palm]

Also trying to mix in bonestorm for bosses, should I look for nodes that add chaos damage as extra?

[thorny token]

uf that probs wont work very well together

but you can try yea

[gray palm]

It seems to work with demon form, does more damage than hexblast

I try to CC the boss with freeze then just bonestorm em.

[thorny token]

ah you are demon form

[gray palm]

Usually just two taps em

[thorny token]

then ignorethe clicking chaos nodes part :d

then yea its fine

[gray palm]

The Chaos damage no multiplicative to the spell damage?

[thorny token]

nope

its additive

all increases are generally

[gray palm]

That's really good to know.

[wispy shuttle]

do u always want ot have highest level weapon u can have>

[gray palm]

So just look for AoE, Life regen, and energy sheild nodes then.

[thorny token]

if it has worse stats than previous one then no

[thorny token]

yea and multiplicative scalars

like - res shit wither effect

etc

i guess if your main damage is bonestorm then you dont need to

so probs just crit your only option but idk if i would bother

[gray palm]

Is despair consumed before or after the damage from hexblast?

[thorny token]

after

[gray palm]

So I should get some Aura effect passives then

[thorny token]

if you are using blasphemy then sure you can

[gray palm]

It'd be weird to run hexblast without blasphemy...

[gray palm]

Am I able to swap the Allocated skill on an amulet or do I need to get a new one?

[thorny token]

well it makes sense for multi curse setups but yea with current hexblast not worth

[thorny token]

annoint? yes you can swap it

[lone wave]

Can you keep painters servant gloves good for a tri element build into late game or sooner or later are you just gonna have to replace them with real gloves and get your three elements the old fashioned way of swapping skills

[thorny token]

only build i can see using the gloves is one with a lot of generic damage scaling for rest sounds suboptimal at best

so like for demon form its probs ok

[lone wave]

well yes you build "generic".
Taking, say, spell damage nodes and element damage nodes, instead of the fire/lighthing/cold nodes a one element build would take

[thorny token]

yes but normalbuilds dont have that big access to generic scaling

which is why it can only work on stuff like demon form

or some other way to get a lot of generic damage without clicking the tree

[lone wave]

element nodes are all over the top portion of the tree, at least.
I've been using them on Sorc, roughly halfway through act 3 so far

[balmy fable]

@thorny token bad news, the fire damage from heat doesnt convert rip

[thorny token]

rip

[balmy fable]

just threw on blueflame and tried it

thats frustrating

do i still go cold

i guess i can just use explo shot

[lone wave]

currently for fun and theory i'm holding wand + sceptre to use all three element cast on skills

[balmy fable]

cant abuse fresh clip though sadly

[thorny token]

yea would have to use explo shot or something else

[balmy fable]

other option would be to play lightning i guess

most of the pen and generic nodes work for both

tbh i could ultimately go plasma blast + galvanic

and use call of the brotherhood to convert

would otherwise be the same setup

[thorny token]

yea or shockburst (if you can retain shock somehow)

[balmy fable]

i was just looking at that

hows the damage on it

[thorny token]

about as high as rapid shot

[balmy fable]

im ngl if u go shockburst i think u maybe dont convert to cold

[thorny token]

so alot

[balmy fable]

because shock is just very good

[thorny token]

well you can do uh

explo shot + shockburst

with three dragons

[balmy fable]

idk whate u do with siegecascade then tho

[thorny token]

can also do siege + shockburst

with three dragons

[jaunty reef]

how does the giant's blood node(can wield with 1 hand weapons that normally need 2) affect other nodes that give bonuses based on whether a weapon is 1 or 2handed?

[thorny token]

and just shock with siege

[balmy fable]

hm

yeah

though i think siege cascade damage may be a bit bad without converting it

[thorny token]

well thats what wep passives are for right :d

[balmy fable]

uhhhhh

can u set it to change weapons

on using a diff skill from the same weapon

cuz those are both xbow skills

[thorny token]

yea you can click which skill uses which weapon

[balmy fable]

oh

might be worth doing that then

[thorny token]

you still need 2 crossbows tho bu yea

[balmy fable]

i was gonna use a bow offhand for freezing salvo and/or electrocuting arrow

but might look into that

[thorny token]

here at bottom

the 2 checkboxes

[frozen pagoda]

is the 15% increased mana recovery or the 30% increased charm charges gained better for a summons witch build

[balmy fable]

yeah i see it

i guess question is is it worth doing that lul

using 1 for clearing 1 for bossing

having 2 xbows sounds like a PITA but it may be the way to go

[thorny token]

well explo shot + shockburst is actual build thats very good

so dont see why same thing wouldnt work with siege

[balmy fable]

its a thing people are playing?

[thorny token]

yes

[balmy fable]

ya it would prob work fine

[thorny token]

with three dragons

and triple herald

looks very fun

[balmy fable]

do u do any conversion with it

[balmy fable]

wat why triple herald

u arent igniting or freezing are u

[thorny token]

well three dragons

[balmy fable]

ya it turns the fire damage into shock

but where dyou get the other 2 ailments

[thorny token]

and makes hot freeze for hoi

[balmy fable]

oh

[thorny token]

also makes your shockburst freeze

which is fun

[balmy fable]

prob makes bossing easier

[thorny token]

as shockburst cant cc normally (as it cant elecetorcute)

[balmy fable]

so its basically just

old tri herald bv

but u get a big bow

lmao

i mean ill give it a go

[thorny token]

pretty much

[lavish hedge]

anyone willing to review my character and advise dps wise?

[thorny token]

and heralds are way stornger in this game than in poe1 :d

[balmy fable]

may as well try it

so u just

dont convert damage types then

clear with fire skill + boss with lightning skill

tbh u could use plasma blast for bossing too if u wanted

[jaunty reef]

how does the giant's blood node(can wield with 1 hand, weapons that normally need 2 hands) affect other nodes that give bonuses based on whether a weapon is 1 or 2handed?

[thorny token]

yea

[woeful sundial]

i'm almost done with T1s and i can see a "burning monolith." is this that hard to find thing people keep talking about

[thorny token]

but shockburst is stronger without bonestorm at least

by quite a bit

[balmy fable]

fair enough then

idk if i want to add bonestorm cheese lul

i did mess with it a little bit but

seems more trouble than its worth

[balmy fable]

even w/ the explosion?

[thorny token]

with explosion i think plasma blast is better but the explosion actually hitting is fairly unreliable

[balmy fable]

ahh

hm

does it explode if it hits ice walls

[thorny token]

i think i was testing it but dont remember

i can check

[balmy fable]

ya if u have the testing setup already

cuz that could be a way to do it

maybe cast on shock or cast on freeze ice walls

[thorny token]

just shoots through them

no explosion

tested wiht glacial bolt walls

[balmy fable]

ah rip

so much for that

okay so

u can use it but its less consistent

oh well

i might play with it anyway

just to see what i think

i wonder if it works with uh

the shield skill that makes rocks

shield slam or w/e

[thorny token]

the rocks mostly behave the same as crystals afaik

[stiff thorn]

does anyone know if theres a chart of evasion rating number per percentage?

[stuck light]

this worth 30 div?

[acoustic coyote]

whats the next defensive stat i should go for, recoup? regen? i am maxed out on resistances and block chance

[mellow pike]

What support gems can I put on grim feast?

[tidal carbon]

If I have call of the brotherhood equip and a item that boost ice damage does that help it someone told me it won't work together

[chilly dirge]

Anyone have some general guidelines on EHP to take CI and not die in T15s? (assuming res capped and all that)

[urban vessel]

yo guys what soul core/rune do i put on my armour, im running lightning sorc

[scarlet rose]

is there another way to reserve life other than infernalist nodes

[wispy shuttle]

what are so=upport gems for high velocity rounds3

[abstract mortar]

whats the thing that converts the bonus of dex from accuracy to evasion? forgot it

[prime drift]

What is a more tanky-ish character that can still do some decent damage right now?

[thorny token]

any ES build really

[prime drift]

which ones benefit from ES? I never really played POE1.

[abstract mortar]

easier to build energy shield on mages / monk i think

[thorny token]

yea

[prime drift]

witch and sorceress?

[abstract mortar]

do u know what converts the bonus of dex from accuracy to evasion? i cant remember what was it

[thorny token]

there are timeless jewels but dex converts to armour

not eva

str to es and int to eva

[abstract mortar]

im pretty sure ive seen something that converted accuracy from dex to evasion

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[dull swan]

Oops

[normal marsh]

hey whats the stats i gets/shared when dual weilding as a warrior? does the physical add both? does the random mod stack? whats the down side?

[abstract mortar]

i wanted to know a bit more of this topic aswell
i think everything gets added but not sure
also i noticed there are some warrior skills that says it deals 30% less dmg if youre dual weilding

[flat orbit]

anybody tryna help me hash out my build in detail?

[urban vessel]

the wording of the freeze charm isnt clear, am i immune to freeze, or immune to freeze AFTER being frozen once?

[strong basalt]

at monk class ..should i get herald of ice or herald of thunder first? current my level 35

[gentle fern]

does toxic growth do physical or chaos damage

[vapid shadow]

i got a everlasting gaze... idk what distilled to use

[cold nimbus]

anyone have a good mf bot build for an infernalist?

[shut dock]

hell no

[chrome anvil]

does anyone here have a good monk invoker guide I could look at? Really struggling in act 3 :/

[sudden elm]

for skills that don't show anything regarding quality, does adding quality do anything for it at all?

[spice quiver]

Can you, change annoint on corrupted amulet?

[left matrix]

Please share the node that converts int to evasion?

[left matrix]

Just hold shift over the different talent nodes for the values.

[left matrix]

Evasion ofc, every other stats has too high DR for you rn.

[thorny token]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Black_Scythe_Training

its timeless jewel

[solemn wigeon]

Can anyone recommend CI build that's not a monk or not using spark lol

[low bramble]

how? im sitting on 10k at skill level 31

[astral willow]

damn how do you get numbers like that?

[crisp star]

there any way to reflect chill on yourself like there is for curses?

[tame mirage]

Can anyone tell me what i should to improve more a lightning rod and lightning arrow build with orb of storms?

[solemn wigeon]

any build reccomendation guys? no spark/monk

[plucky flare]

Which better in gemling grenadier ?

[spiral hornet]

Is mercenary a weak class?I see other classes except warriors doing amazing damage and there is mercenary just rolling around

Or maybe am doing something bad

[shut rose]

As a witch player who uses flame wall for that spirits - is it okay to use a low(er) level flame wall?

[plucky flare]

Merc slaps. Other builds slap harder at various stages of the game

[sturdy sable]

How would mercenary be weak? You have to explain why if you’re making claims

[low bramble]

Merc is pretty good right now, Stat Stacker gemling legionaire I think is the build most of them are running rn, give that one a look

[sturdy sable]

We have the current best starting spot in nodes

And both ascendancies are good

Those are the three things that make a class, so what would make merc bad ?

[astral willow]

gemling will only get better as they release mroe skills, too

[sturdy sable]

My dps at level 86

Surely merc isnt bad .. i have 4.8k hp and over 1.2k mana to boot

[livid dagger]

hello anyone can help me, i wanna ask, why eternal youth is not working with demon form?

[sturdy sable]

But it might be bait

[low bramble]

he just asked a question, didnt even claim its bad, even qualified at the end with "maybe im doing something bad" you baited yourself

guy is prob new to the game

[sturdy sable]

If he’s new then merc has no bearing on his gameplay yet

But he gave no reasons then dipped so might be bait

[rough quartz]

Why would mu tempest bell keep turning of once used
I get the 4 hits required I activate it it uses said 4 hit requiment it summons bell an boom bell gone
Even sometimes no bell even summoned just pof gone

[plucky flare]

Could anyone help in this one? Not sure how to weigh evasion + res vs armor

[mental oxide]

What is a good jewel to put in the socket if I am doing a lightning build ranger? In the skill tree

[edgy maple]

cast speed is not attack speed right

[thorny token]

right

[edgy maple]

which one is better

my build is stormweaver spark

[median kraken]

Frazzled seems like it's probably better than Heavy Ammunition to me unless you already have it location, but don't know for usre.

[edgy maple]

seems so

[balmy fable]

@thorny token how does extra proj interact with rapid shot

[frail pollen]

I feel like theres no point to use my currency on gear that I have right now on ACT 3 for crafting, because Ill level up and get upgraded armor that will be better, so is there really no point in crafting gear until maps?

[carmine sandal]

to a degree, maybe, but buying a new weapon can make it smoother at the very least

[white timber]

Does it mean any skill that inherently applies ingite doesnt make those support works, since there in no hit part in applying ignite. Solar orb for example

[frail pollen]

like I feel like theres no point in rolling for resistances or socketing a item unless I really need it, when I will just find a better item in 2-3 levels

[carmine sandal]

that's fine, if that's hwo you want to run it

in the end, you're the one playing, and if you're having fun doing what you do, then keep on rockin'! 😄

[sage marten]

scailing balista is so damn weird it stacks with everything but i am trying to figure out what it stacks with the most

[sharp vortex]

I need help trying to fit some rarity into my spark sorc build for under a div, anyone mind helping me out? I wanna keep being able to do t14-15s

[pseudo pier]

is the "dps" counter at the bottom of items for trade a good way to tell which weapon is better for the class? assuming it matches your damage type

like can i just scroll through the page and quickly tell whats best - the main filtered stats are there

[thorny token]

every shot fires 2 shots

but theres delay between each shot so its not straight up double damage

it is significant amount of extra damage tho

[tidal birch]

A friend of mine wants to start playing poe2 as witch minion build. We will probably play from start to finish together. Are there any recommendations what to pick for duo? I already played a Ranger to act 6, so either a support char or melee? Any advise on what to pick?

[regal cape]

Guys Im new and have a problem. Im at 74% cold resist after just buying new gear and not really able to change it. My math was wrong lmao. But how do I go about getting that 1%. All the ways pls list, im in need.

[carmine sandal]

that 1% isnt going to make or break you

[cunning night]

im going to play witch summoner what offense spoells should i select from the start fopr dps

[pearl sluice]

Hey guys, what is better? Curse or flammability? I'm having a hard time guessing which one, as one debuff cancels the other

Like, flammability technically would be better? As it'll scale the dot of ignite, but the curse will keep the ignite for a longer time than flammability.
That's correct?

[simple turret]

the curse is flammability

[obsidian remnant]

What’s the best way to hit res cap if I already found good gear with good affixes?

[median kraken]

You could argue that if your res isn:t capped then you don't actually have good gear with good affixes

PoE2 has very few ways to get res besides gear, so you might have to replace one or more pieces of gear you have with ones that have more res even if it means sacrificing something else

[pearl sluice]

Sorry, my bad, English ain't my native language.
I mean Flammability or Temporal Chains?

[simple turret]

if you are pure fire id go with flammability, use temp chains if you are getting overrun

[pearl sluice]

Hm, thanks!

I'll keep flammability then.

[quaint prism]

iin my experience he is really tough to play till you get yourself setup in the endgame

merc throughout the acts feels like im playing as a soldier in the fallujah, merc in the endgame feels like you are kingvon and the maps are unarmed opps

[earnest onyx]

for eb purposes, is 300 es equivalent to 300 mana? (on a helmet, for example)

[haughty wadi]

any examples of evasion warrior builds around?

[median kraken]

I mean, if we wanna talk about doing amazing things at top end, Gemling stat sticker might be the second strongest build in the game right now after the broken Choir of the Storm Temporalis build

[faint jungle]

how do plaguefinger wraps work? would they be better then snakebite bracers for a snipe poison build?

[thorny token]

they are useful only if you have ele damage that you want to make poison pretty much

[faint jungle]

ohhh that makes sense

[mental dagger]

question for this one, i'm planning to pump more cold dmage or go all in with lightning dmge?

[cunning night]

should i level with arsonist? as a summoner?

[mortal cloak]

suggestions for anything significant I'm close to or missing out on getting easily, I need fire/ele/stun/projectile/2h/cd/attack dmg/aoe dmg for gas grenadier

There's a few things I'd love to instill on ammy but they're all expensive...the highest gain one I'm kinda close to I think might be the Burning Strikes. Seems like it would be a huge boost?

[cunning night]

what are these red things on my warriors? something to do with my arsonists?

[tame mirage]

You can blow them up for extra damage

[cunning night]

do i need another skill to do it?

[tame mirage]

its part of your arsonists skill you just need to add the arsonists to your skill bar

[cunning night]

ty

[hard flicker]

need help with my tree again, Im lvl 88 changed my pathing to that to have more hp and stun treshold but i can like pick that jewel node and dont know which jewel to get and what else to go for later on
my current jewels are 7% block, 8% man to life cost and stuff but i no longer need block or conversion so jewel could be any color ¿any suggestions?

[cunning night]

thats sick

[tame mirage]

my 2nd character is a witch so i know quite a bit about minions

[rancid abyss]

General build question: Say you have a solid build which got you to endgame, its working for low tier maps. If you want to transition to a new build what do you do? do you slowly unlock the required nodes for the next build or wait until you have lots of gold to do a complete respec (assuming you have the gear).

[cunning night]

scattershot seems legit on arsonists

[astral willow]

gold and skill gems are both pretty easy to come by So I tend to do it all in one go

[mortal cloak]

how can I improve gas grenade?

[tame mirage]

im following a mobalytics build for my witch do you want me to DM you it

[cunning night]

i found it

ty

[tame mirage]

is it the life stacker one

[cunning night]

unearth kinda pointless to level up?

[cunning night]

es stacking

[fiery wave]

theres no way to change base critical chance besides blood mage ascendency ya?

[pearl sluice]

How the free cast from infernalist works? I'm playing a infernalist but I don't get it

[tame mirage]

its only life stacking because of the ascension skill which gives you spirit based on Life

[calm forge]

minions only scale from nodes or gear that explicity state minions right?

[hard flicker]

unearth is ok leveled up during acts 1 & 2

[cunning night]

ok u can dm me it if you want thanks, im playing hc ssf

[hard flicker]

you go doing contagion, unearth and srs through act 2

[tame mirage]

okay

[hard flicker]

unless you wanna have slow clear

[fair parcel]

https://youtu.be/qhFuXvLTf1A?si=t-8SMFQJFHoGLzMI

Playing chayula poison build ATM, with gas poison to clear whites.. and arrow to regen shield. Sitting at 4.5k energy ATM with 67% evasion.

Clearing t4-5 maps without issue.. will this suck later on?

[snow arch]

I recall someone posting a Titan Plasma Blast clip and saying 150% passive nodes made it good and that was basically all I needed to go into the idea blind, so how do they get over the complete lack of attack speed? Is plasma blasts charge time not related to skill speed?

[thorny token]

you cant change the +2 attack time

so attack speed barely matters for it

[snow arch]

deathbeam responds to the question about the deathbeam

[thorny token]

lul

its good skill tho, but idk why would you play it on titan

titan is good for grenades

not ammunition skills

[snow arch]

lazor

and I bet I could dual spec grenades

[mortal cloak]

Which one do you want to use with Ghost Dance?

[thorny token]

idk i found grenades super useless

i just played it on deadeye

as extra projs for crossbows work like barrage

so you get 4 plasma blast shots

[thorny token]

less duration

[mortal cloak]

@thorny token I'm doing decent with Grenades

[thorny token]

good for you

[alpine heart]

Hey yall, I’m trying to convert my merc grenade + explosive shot build into a freeze build using blue flame bracers, any tips? (I tried posting this in the merc channel but for some reason it isn’t working)

[thorny token]

but thats also grenade build no

i was mostly talking about using grenades on the side when using crossbow skills

[haughty wadi]

how does "increased herald damage" work with plague herald

if anybody knows

[thorny token]

highly doubt it does anything for it

[faint jungle]

This is my idea for a snipe poison build but there are a few things I'm not sure about.
What would be good stat on the amulet?
Are the flask effect duration and crit damage bonus during flask duration worth it?
Not sure how well this will work for aoe clearing so I put sniper volley in but dont know what support gems or if I should try to get frenzy charges.https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b32b2ca7-3cd8-4bec-a6ad-88b8c301aef5/builds/2e852d38-2ac2-4b31-9a82-18784090e7a9

[thorny token]

enduring elixirs is pretty bad so i wouldnt even click it on PF over the 6 extra passives

also how do you plan to stack 10 poisons with snipe without barrage and frenzies

[faint jungle]

oh i forgot to put barrage on

[thorny token]

also stuff like maim and pin doesn do anything on vine arrow

[faint jungle]

what would be a good skill for pinning then?

[proven rapids]

spinning arrow maybe

[thorny token]

i use bursting plague

on gas arrow and pin boots

and that generates me frenzies for barrage

[proven rapids]

do you think barrage chronomancer is a shit idea ? You can use hourglass support on any arrow skill then repeat the skill with barrage and reset cooldown of both barrage and the skill after

[thorny token]

well imo most of the power from barrage comes from frenzies and you lose those either way no

so in the end will prob sbe worse than deadeye with the 50% more effect and better frenzy gen

[proven rapids]

no frenzy is still 1 guaranteed repeat so it's not incredibly bad

[pearl sluice]

What support skills would work nicely with Harald Of Fire?

[summer vessel]

Anyone have a link to a howa monk guide?

[grand ibex]

i currently have over 132 Dex in my monk, and i'm wondering if i need that much dex or should i cover up other attributes such as strength or intel?

[snow sierra]

For Chrono its seems no matter what you do, you will be a worse version of the real thing, but you have the cool chrono stuff for that.

Might change if Life Tanking becomes viable and Recoup makes a big dent in the substain, but for now its just a fun gimmik that you get for putting more effort in to scale your dmg

its super compfy tho, freezing bosses, and just resetting your ES makes things easy

[pearl sluice]

When I play a monk I like to get a good intelligence for some support and spells skills from elemental tree, and intelligence gives you mana and soul shield.
Strenght on monk I never runned.

[thorny token]

2 they buffed it

and yea it isnt bad just isnt better than simply being deadeye imo

[grand ibex]

for dex is there a certain amount where it gets useless?

like is 132 dex too much?

[thorny token]

even though bonestorm setup takes a bit so maybe chrono with barrage bonestorm snipe (or even plasma blast) has some merit

with time freeze

[pearl sluice]

No, it aint too much, tho, I think dexterity ain't never too much lol.
It gives you evasion and precision, and you're a monk, there's a passive node that gives you a % attack speed for each 15 dex, if my mind don't fail me.

[snow sierra]

Its not like chrono is without merit, but you have to put in so mutch more effort to scale your dmg

And since dmg on items is often the premium stat you pay for its expensive

[grand ibex]

aight thanks for the info appreciate it

[pearl sluice]

You're welcome.
What kind of monk are you playing?

[atomic basin]

I am a Mercenary Gemling Legionaire with a crossbow. Pretty basic stuff.
Does the game have ANY skill altering uniques? Or anything else that actually enhances my weapon related skills? I am not talking about support gems.
More like...idk.
It appears that player can make the whole screen go boom with..i think Herald Skills and "Cast on" gems.
I don't want some Herald chain reaction, and cast on gems don't work for me, i clear a map before i trigger a mere 3 sec grenade skill.
I would like to actually enhance or alter my crossbow-skills. Or have those skills chain-trigger.

Is there anything like that in PoE2?
Am i "done" with my skills, even though i'm only level 76 and on T4 map quests?

(And btw, are uniques in anyway modifiable outside of corrupting? The uniques i see look all like items that would be used between character level 1 and 20. I must have a lack of understanding somewhere)

[calm forge]

dex doesn't give evasion, but yeah no such thing as too much unless you're trading too much damage or survivability for it

which is rarely the case

[pearl sluice]

Dex does gives evasion, at each 5 dex points you gain 1% of evasion.

[cosmic arch]

Can you not link despair with blasphemy???

[calm forge]

the game says otherwise

[pearl sluice]

So we're playing different games lol

[grand ibex]

Charged Staff build whatever it's caled

[calm forge]

must be

[grand ibex]

called*

[plain osprey]

does this apply to my minion's damage, or to damage my character does via spell casts or whatever?

[thorny token]

that is in poe1

in poe2 they made dex useless stat

and only gives accuracy now

[pearl sluice]

In Portuguese, but, it's sayin

"1 dexterity = +2 precision.
5 dexterity = 1% evasion."

I play on console, so, sorry for the bad quality image

[plain osprey]

why doesn't it say that on pc/in english lol

[calm forge]

it doesn't say that anywhere on pc so uh

[thorny token]

yea thats just outdated tooltip

probably missed in transaltion

[calm forge]

and my evasion has never changed with increases to dex

[thorny token]

because thats poe1 stats

not poe2

[calm forge]

console is most likely wrong

[pearl sluice]

It's outdated, but I didn't missed the translation

[thorny token]

no i mean they forgot to update the tooltip for the translation

[calm forge]

that tooltip is jus straight up wrong

[regal cape]

will being 74% cold resist matter for end game maps?

[pearl sluice]

Thanks for the info and not just throwing a "you're wrong and that's that"

[faint jungle]

what would be good support gems on spiral volley?

[calm forge]

nobody said that lol

i showed you an image of what it says dex does

anyways, now you know

[pearl sluice]

So, thanks then

[fair parcel]

Yes, you need to balance all resists, including chaos

[cedar river]

Should I stay Evasio/Armour on my Deadeye and gamble for a soon incoming Armour fix, or just go Evasion/Energy Shield?

[snow sierra]

dunno are you at t16 maps and dieing constantly ? if you you maybe should switch to make more profit

if not just continue doing what you are doing

[regal cape]

im 75,75,74,54. I fucked my maths and got 1% resist lower rip

[fair parcel]

I have monk mana steal recovers energy shield.. it's pretty OP, spent few exalts and 1 div, now I'm at 5.5k energy shield, getting to 3k life costs X10 that, and life leech gears are more expensive

[crystal storm]

how to scale burning dog dmg?

[fair parcel]

Shouldn't matter that much it's 1%

[snow sierra]

you should fix it in time tho, but it dosnt mean you are unable to play

Some ppl even like to overcap res so -res maps are less an issue

[regal cape]

okay fair, yeah was looking to trade my ring for another thats worse for hp/mana but +1% res lmao

[cedar river]

I wonder if GGG will screw up monster balance by buffing armour

[snow sierra]

doubt i would assume they dont buff armour they will nerf es, and tune monster dmg abit, and then we all be miserable against big big hits

[crystal storm]

there is no monster balance, they just made endgame in 3 month so its basically a league
which means its garbage until 2 weeks in they buff it and remove some garbage (they already did both)
and its might be good when next iteration of it introduced as core mechanics (we not there yet)

Anyway, how to scale burning dog dmg? #2┃build-planning message

[fair parcel]

What weapon are you using? Does %fire damage affix work?

[crystal storm]

minion sceptre, i mean support gems honestly
cos its ignites aura and i dotn see burn dmg support

[fair parcel]

🤔 gotta trial and error things out on mini bosses

[pearl sluice]

What would do more damage as a dot active spell, firestorm or firewall? Like firestorm would get a bigger area but firewall would do more focused damage?

When scaling sparks damage, is spell damage % and lightning damage % worth the same?

50% light damage will give the same bonus as 50% spell damage?

Does one effect shock chance more?

[thorny token]

both are identical for the build

[pearl sluice]

Alright, cheers

[rustic hound]

welp

[pearl sluice]

What would be the exception, if there is one?

[rustic hound]

where is church of witchhunter

[thorny token]

there wouldnt be one. all increases applied to same thing are added together

[vale sage]

how much mana regen do you need to sustain archmage?

[rancid cipher]

Would the AoE from Voltaic Mark trigger this? Voltaic Mark is tagged as a spell but it says that the lightning aoe uses attack damage...

[thorny token]

it wouldnt

its spell that triggers attack and that attack is whats critting

[rancid cipher]

That's...confusing. I kind of wish there was a separate tag for that. lol

Appreciate the info though, ty.

[thin basin]

Get some “% mana on kill” and you can sustain it always during map

[vale sage]

what base items have that modifier?

[thin basin]

For bosses its a bit harder to say as youll almost always run out of mana

Its jewel mods

Try and get one for 2% tad bit expensive though

[thin basin]

@snow sierra are you manastacking? If so have you tried mana storm

[fiery wave]

this this supposed to mean before or after resists

[thorny token]

before

[fiery wave]

thanks

do you also know if resist affect ignite damage

[thorny token]

yes they do

[fiery wave]

wait so i need fire pen for the tick damage?

and also if i ignite myself with 90% fire res teh ignite itself does less

[thorny token]

fire pen doesnt work

only -fire res on enemy

so curse, exposure

[fiery wave]

omg

ive done big math again my sheets are growing big

but

if you need exposure for the tick damage

it really isnt worth any more math

i was just making one layout with crit + ignite

i guess you could weapon set it

like the aoe

but yeah thats kind of lame imho it should just be hit - res -> tick damage

because you want fire pen just to no brain the map

and you dont need any ignite

eh exposure

also sources of exposure are applied actively vs pen just works

[thorny token]

i mean you cant do that because then resists would apply twice to ignite

[fiery wave]

"it just works"

no i mean since ignite now scales of the size of the hit

both in chance and magnitude

[thorny token]

its still fire damage on enemy

[fiery wave]

they should just change it

else they do it as i hear it was in poe where it wasnt related to the size of the hit

my point is right now its mechanically pointless because it has too many requirements

im agnostic to the solution

[thorny token]

it really doesnt. you do big hit you get big ignite

like a lot of warrior builds actually use ignite

even when focusing on the hit damage and also grabbing pen

[fiery wave]

yes but if the boss has 75% fire res, you need to scale for big hit and fire exposure and keep teh exposure up

im saying the extra dps is not worth the investment on my tree

if you just treat it as accidental extra damage its fine

but they did add an idea of scaling for dot, theres 2 more supports which brings my magnitude to 1

they put so many numbers in this its quite hard to reverse engineer xD

[fringe cape]

Can someone explain passives and gear that has text like "20% of cold damage taken as fire damage?" What's the point of this if we're running around with max to all resist anyways?

[fiery wave]

makes the instances of damage smoler

also right now im having 90% fire res

and i take 40% damage as fire damage

[fringe cape]

How in the world do you get 15% maximum fire resist lol

[thorny token]

max fire res is easiest one to stack

there is bunch of support for it on tree

[fringe cape]

I didn't realize that was so easy to obtain, thanks

[fiery wave]

jewlery

on the last layout i had 7 gem slots

but you can get 3 on a belt

basically i got 3 on a belt 1 from tree and 10 from gems

eh

im missing 1 point somewhere

maybe i had 11 from jewels

basically the best way to do it is get it on jewelry + belt, alternative is runes

[dark jay]

Is there a possibility to make a full support build viable? Like imagine going full into survivability and using "Allies in your presence X" buffs, skills etc. to make your whole existence be a support for another player, or multiple.

Then you rent your character to boost others in bosses and maps. Like you can give your ALLIES (which include other players) hundreds of percentages more damage from sceptres for example.

[thorny token]

yes thats what ppl do in party play

[astral willow]

TIL you can run as many copies of tempest bell as you can slot

[tough wing]

Does Radiant Grief the ignite you passively spread work with drain ailments?

[snow sierra]

No i just put in archemage because free dmg

I expect it to get nerfed and before i know i wont heavly invest into mana cause my build dos not need it

[thin basin]

Should try mana storm, free damage and u can reset to full with rewind immediately after

[snow sierra]

i tryed manastorm riped away 50ex

not gonna do it again ^^

[thin basin]

Argueably more broken than archmage if you can time the linger for like 3 casts

[snow sierra]

ye i know its good it makes bosses a 2-3shot and not a 3-5 shot

but killing a boss in 5sek is kinda enough

but its more setup and i have to give up temp chains for it

[bold pulsar]

Hey folks, I could use some general build help with my fire sorc 🙂 both dps and survivability is a bit small. There are a few aspects Im unwilling to change, and I want to figure out if my build can work centered around those few things.

[thin basin]

Post your c tab g tab i tab and skill tree

[bold pulsar]

Im trying to make a build around living bomb.

[fiery wave]

oh you got azure nice

me right now

every one else

[bold pulsar]

I tend to die pretty fast but I think thats because I dont kill fast enough

My survivability good enough for me to take SOME punishment

[fiery wave]

i tried flame of cloak for exactly 2 minutes yesterday

i cant justify it over ghostwrite

[bold pulsar]

Yeah but ghostwrithe looks ridiculous

[fiery wave]

i agree with that

i specifically tried it because it looked cool

[bold pulsar]

and I have no MTX available yet because they havent been implemented from poe1

[fiery wave]

rofl

[bold pulsar]

Also if I switch, all my resistances will be messed up

[fiery wave]

but you need 6k ES

or 6k eHP

i assume youre on maps

[bold pulsar]

Yeah

[graceful stag]

is there an aegis aurora effect? i remember seeing one somewhere but i cant remember if it was something in really early development

[fiery wave]

i only had 3.4k es with cloak and i have like 7.5k with writhe

[bold pulsar]

Im not willing to switch armor though. I realise it makes things harder, but I cant afford to switch

and I cant accept that only ghost writhe is viable

[fiery wave]

ghost write should still be a couple ex

[snow sierra]

you rly need to spec some ES notes

like you are near the best notes

[bold pulsar]

I have ghostwrithe, but my resistances will be mssed up

[snow sierra]

and just didnt specc into them

[fiery wave]

okay

[bold pulsar]

yeah I was going to head to those next, Nisschana

But i also feel my dmg is pretty bad

[fiery wave]

i mean people are either doing ghost or eldritch battery

thats pretty much it

[snow sierra]

Same with the 12% mana note

[muted mortar]

do meta gems get affected by quality? if i quality up the skill gem that is slotted into the meta gem

[bold pulsar]

12% mana node?

ooh that one

[fiery wave]

wait i completely forgot i could quality gfems

[bold pulsar]

10% more mana cost looks scary though

[thin basin]

Personally think your es and mana is pretty low for mom ci

[bold pulsar]

Yeah

[fiery wave]

wait you have mom but no mana

[graceful stag]

aaaaaaaaa i wish there was an aegis aurora effect so bad

[thin basin]

Missing that 50% and 60% es nodes on top side

[snow sierra]

Like i think your tree is allkinds of messed up, but i am not confident enough to rework it, some Archemage player would have to rework it and ajust for you wanting to do fire dmg

[bold pulsar]

Yeah I dont doubt that for a moment nischana

[thin basin]

Are you archemage with living bomb?

What nodes did you take for ascendancy

[astral willow]

10% more mana cost feels like nothing if you're already going MoM. You stack so much mana regen to counteract it and the extra levels from demon form drain so much mana anyway

[bold pulsar]

More mana and regen

[fiery wave]

how big is your mana pool?

[bold pulsar]

After I got the 12% Nischana mentioned, Im up to 1564

[fiery wave]

do you have the shield?

[bold pulsar]

I do have mana on all my rare gear too

Shield?

[snow sierra]

The only tip i can give you is search for a good archemage spark sorc build, specc exactly like them, remove the offensive points and spend those for your offensive points

[fiery wave]

it gives 333-666% es

[bold pulsar]

No Im going for a living bomb build

so I use staff

[fiery wave]

i think you cant run mom on 1500 mana

you half your regen for no hp and once you get hit you just die

[bold pulsar]

I regret it deeply, but I bought this for my only div, when I was trying to build a crit build

Lesson learned though

[fiery wave]

thats rough

i bought this for 40ex yesterday

[bold pulsar]

Should I just take off MoM?

[thin basin]

Missing mana but doable

[fiery wave]

you have to sort by ex the currency conversion is broken rn

[thin basin]

I can cook something if u give me a bit not at pc rn

[bold pulsar]

yeah I kinda figured 1 div was a lot to spend, but in my head, it was a big upgrade and I could farm more currency

[fiery wave]

i personally would only run mom on 5k+ mana

[bold pulsar]

But it was a mistake

[fiery wave]

but its hard to say without seeing the gameplay

[bold pulsar]

Yeah but Im kinda invested, seeing as I also use CI and I have no chaos res

[fiery wave]

my personal experience is i want at least 6k es or ehp at t15

[snow sierra]

the archemage spark builds have like 3-4k mana mininum you should kinda reach that

[bold pulsar]

Im not quite sure how to get that high mana, seeing as I have mana on all my rare pieces

[snow sierra]

to make your amulett worth it

[fiery wave]

they all run eldritch battery

[snow sierra]

ye so should he with a 1 div amulett made for it

[bold pulsar]

oooh

[snow sierra]

or sell that amulett and make the build work another way

[fiery wave]

i think youre just in 2 defensive ideas

either go all in on ES or all in on MoM

[bold pulsar]

Good point

But is it viable to go into MoM without Writhe?

With battery

hell at this point, Im not looking to do T15. I just want to be able to run maps to farm currency

[snow sierra]

Dont the archemage player do MoM with the Amulett you have ?

The amulett is insane you should build arount that imo

[bold pulsar]

Thats why Im hesitant about selling it. Ill just need it later

Its my last resort

[snow sierra]

And those player dont use ghostwrithe as far as i am aware

[bold pulsar]

I see

[snow sierra]

like your chest will still heavly nerf you cause its counter to what you are trying to do

[bold pulsar]

Hm, going battery will give me mana, which will give me more dmg too

[snow sierra]

but i think you could make it work, you just need to find a archemage player that can help you work this out, and you have the amulett that is key to that build

[bold pulsar]

I definately have something to go for now, with the feedback I got here

[fiery wave]

now youre thinking with portals

basically the defensive idea for mom is stack energyshield and flat mana on items and get eldritch battery

get rid of the % nodes

[snow sierra]

I wish i could help you more but i a minion player mostly and i dont wanna mess up things with half knowledge

[bold pulsar]

the % ES?

[fiery wave]

yes they dont convert

[bold pulsar]

aah

[snow sierra]

Noo

he needs that with the amulett

[fiery wave]

with battery?

[snow sierra]

yes

cause the es from the amulett scales insanely of that

[supple jay]

how do you get spirit gems to work with demon form?

[fiery wave]

weird

i only know the % nodes dont work on your es from gear

[snow sierra]

like the idea is to stack mana, get ES from that and scale that es

[fiery wave]

oh so you still have es

okay now i got it

[astral willow]

you have to have enough passive spirit, or spirit from chest/necklace/ the one unique helmet to keep the skills active without your weapons

[supple jay]

I thought it was cuz demon form was increasing the level requirement of the gems but no it just doesnt work

[snow sierra]

I just dont know how you balance it properly and if you play CI

[bold pulsar]

if I convert my 1,1k ES to mana, that is still only 2,6k mana

[fiery wave]

because you probably lack es on gear

[snow sierra]

And you lack es notes

[bold pulsar]

right

lol

[supple jay]

I literally can't turn anything on

not even 30 spirit ones

[bold pulsar]

Damn, the 3 top nodes with 60% got me to 1,6k ES

[snow sierra]

your chest alone cost you 600-1000 mana

[supple jay]

says skill is not valid for this weapon set

[snow sierra]

thats alot of dmg and tank you are losing

[bold pulsar]

Yeah I know...

I just HATE ghostwrithe lol

[snow sierra]

no you dont use it

you use a good ES chest with a high mana roll

[bold pulsar]

ah

Yeah I guess I could do that

Wouldnt phys dmg ruin me though?

[snow sierra]

no you just tank it with a big ES pool and grim feast

[graceful stag]

kinda have 2 yolo it sadly

[bold pulsar]

Grim feast?

[graceful stag]

the phys damage

[snow sierra]

Important spell if you use energy shield

it doubles your effektiv ES pool

[bold pulsar]

Oh

[snow sierra]

its a meta gem for 30 spirit

[bold pulsar]

then I need spirit on my chest

[snow sierra]

well then a high ES + Spirit + Mana body it is

[bold pulsar]

Yeah

how does grim do that though? I used the gem once, just to help regain ES

[snow sierra]

something like that

you have grim feast in, the mobs drop these souls you pick them up and it doubles your es over a time

[bold pulsar]

Oh yeah that looks sweet

[snow sierra]

a mana roll on this chest would be optimal ofc

[bold pulsar]

Gotcha

I got 6 ex farmed, I should be able to get something basic for that

[wraith egret]

cant roll mana on chest

[bold pulsar]

Doesnt matter, the ES will give me massive mana too

[snow sierra]

yes

didnt know that about mana tho^^

[bold pulsar]

Really appreciate the help you guys

I was on the verge of giving up haha

[graceful stag]

yeah this game can b like that

ive given up on my build like twice so far only 2 come back

[snow sierra]

i would recommend to, to take out dmg from your tree for mana, and es notes

but i dont know exactly how

because more mana will give you dmg now

and you need these es notes to be tanky

[bold pulsar]

I removed the left part

and the ignite modifiers

[graceful stag]

ignite isnt hte best to scale if yorue getting lightning damage from archmage

if i remember how it works correctly

[bold pulsar]

Im going fire

YESS

[fiery wave]

870 div 😄

eh 70 i mean

[bold pulsar]

xD

I think this is the best I can afford

[graceful stag]

progress is progress 😎 i believe in u

[bold pulsar]

It covers my lightning too

Ill smack in some ES gems

This is gonna be great

I can feel it in my beard

[thin basin]

b4 i do anything the plan is manastack archemage into gaze for ES, ci mom eb, living bomb for damage, are you planning on doing crit or ignite or anything

[bold pulsar]

Im not planning on crit, its too expensive. Ignite might be an afterthought. For now I just want to make sure my defensive layers are sound, and my dmg output is viable

[graceful stag]

thats a good call

dont spread urself thin

[bold pulsar]

Hm weird, Battery didnt change my ES to mana

[graceful stag]

common mistake in builds

[graceful stag]

it shouldnt for the unique amulet

[bold pulsar]

Im not sure how that works then

Why use EB then?

[graceful stag]

more mana is good when youre running arch mage and mana stacking

[bold pulsar]

Yeah but how does EB work if the amu nulls it?

[willow thunder]

Does a monk need high strength stats?

[wet mango]

All conversion happens simultaneously
https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366

[wet mango]

They don't null, they just work at the same time

[bold pulsar]

aah

Weird 😄

[graceful stag]

the short answer no, the medium answer enough to fulfil gear requirements, the long answer you can try to min max your strength points for more life total but that may not be the best call depending on what youre defensive layers are

[willow thunder]

Just looking at effective ways of increasing damage

[graceful stag]

strength alone does not increase your damage directly

[snow sierra]

if you still cant make it work i can try to sit down with you and make it work, i not the most knowledgeable about archemage tho, super frustrating half the playerbase plays this shi.... and apparently nobody can help you out

[astral willow]

ya lots of competition for archmage gear rn

[bold pulsar]

@snow sierra Ill get the armor for now, and then try and grind some levels

If I can get to 72, I have more options and a better weapon

[thin basin]

🧑‍🍳

kinda sucks playing fire spell arch cuz theres only so much generic spell/ele dmg

[vale sage]

should i just throw away all level 1/2 support skill gems, i have so many level 3 ones

[snow sierra]

ye but if he wants to play fire you have to make it work somehow

i have a few ideas with crit scaling with orb of winter but no clue how good it will be

fire spells have a low base crit too <,<

[shrewd saddle]

can anyone tell me the best sites to go to for build guides? I'm following one now but wanted to see others

[snow sierra]

maxroll is kinda ok,but from my poe 1 days i kinda fear buildguids

cause there are so many HEY guys mega build

only works on the most expensive shit

[shrewd saddle]

hmm

okay i'll check out maxroll for now. there are youtube videos but some talk too fast lol

[graceful stag]

mobalytics has a poe 2 section

[snow sierra]

but what can you do gotta get that knowledge from somewhere

youtube videos are a BAD idea

because youtube is full of these giga expensive builds that look good on video

[shrewd saddle]

so maxroll for now?

[snow sierra]

you need to be rly able to filter out these

Mobalytics maybe if smarmy says it good

[thorny token]

you will have mostly same experience wherever you go

[graceful stag]

mobalytics has trustyworthy people like krip, jung, and dreamcore on it

connor 2

[shrewd saddle]

kk ill check them out now thanks!

[graceful stag]

just like try 2 do some minor research into hard hard the stuff u need is

its its all rares with only 1-2 necessary rolls its ez

[snow sierra]

In poe for me it kinda payed off to make a list in my head of content creators that you can trust with builds

[shrewd saddle]

kk

[upbeat crow]

hello guys idk why i am getting 1 shot in cruel at act 1 , help pls

[thorny token]

none of those are immune to making mistakes, especially jung :d

[graceful stag]

yeah i've been baited by jung AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[thorny token]

but at least it wont be complete bait builds like from some rando ppl

[graceful stag]

he's creative though

[patent shell]

is this enough dammage for the bell to make another ailment work ? ( in endgame ) ---> attribute stacker

[graceful stag]

remember its not bait if you've made it urself

[thorny token]

i mean by his own words he just goes through bug report section on forums a lot :d

[snow sierra]

ye but making builds yourself can be very daunting

[thin basin]

i like to look for ideas and combine them

[snow sierra]

i too, but not everyone likes to waste a few divs on experiementing

and hopeing it works

[thin basin]

some fails some works

never know until u try

[snow sierra]

ye

[thorny token]

i just spend hours on planning builds and then dont play 90% of them because they dont look good enough :d

but at least half of my playtime if not more in poe1 was just looking at pob

[thin basin]

i got 6 toons lvl 60+

[thorny token]

and i have like what 1.5k hours on steam alone lul

[snow sierra]

my chrono builds worked out , but i have easly 2-3divs of gear that didnt work out and that i did test

that might not be alot for ppl tho^^

[thin basin]

omg found my first citadel t6 maps

and theres another one right by

[thorny token]

damn lucky :d

[graceful stag]

bruhhhh the thing i need to test i just can't

i need a character with enough int to run that one rune ground thing

[thorny token]

burning inscription?

[graceful stag]

ye ye

i have a way to make it giga op i think i just need fat AoE

or i lose a lot of damage

[thorny token]

what do you need with it i was using it a bunch this league but just for utility

[graceful stag]

i'd be main skilling it

it doesnt list what a runic inscription is, just curses?

[oak lichen]

Lvl51 stormweaver looking to respec. Any decent guides out there rn? Heard arcmage might get a nerf soon

[graceful stag]

is the aoe the same as the curse aoe?

[thorny token]

yes

[graceful stag]

does it spread with the curse bloom thing?

[thorny token]

it basically makes "rune" on ground where curse explodes

no

it needs specifically the curse "explosion"

to happen

andthen it spawns there

[graceful stag]

ah thanks

that's doable not amazing but doable

has anyone found a good use for vorona's yet? i think i have one but i can't test that

[thorny token]

you can still make it big with stuff like spell cascade etc

[graceful stag]

POOOOOOOOOOOOOG ty

i was thinking of doing it as gemling

[thorny token]

well you just slap it on int stacker and grab subterfuge on tree right and thats about it

[graceful stag]

what's subterfuge do?

[thorny token]

2 eva per 1 es on helmet

[upbeat crow]

hello guys idk why i am getting 1 shot in cruel at act 1 , help pls idk why i am so squishy

[graceful stag]

why tf is it 15 div then

[thorny token]

what are your resists

[graceful stag]

if i had the money to test it i have a very pog build idea in mind

[thorny token]

every monk build pretty much wants the vorana timeless i think?

[graceful stag]

true true

i have a non monk idea

[thorny token]

yea get your resists up no more one shots

[upbeat crow]

i mean the mobs do too much chaos dmg

[snow sierra]

and maybe invest abit in ES notes

[upbeat crow]

ok

[graceful stag]

investing heavy into ES in the campaign can leave u very weak to chaos

[thorny token]

act 1 cruel mobs? only thing doing chaos dmg there is the poison shitters

[graceful stag]

its better onceu have gear

[thorny token]

and they do no damage pretty much, but they go through your es

[upbeat crow]

yep those

[regal cape]

how do you get 6L, Lesser/Greater + Vaal?

[upbeat crow]

cant do shit man

[thorny token]

get anti poison charm and press life flask i guess

only option you have without changing your setup too much

can also just unequip ghostwrithe for now

[neat oracle]

how do i get hellhound summon gem? i had it unlocked in ascendancy

[graceful stag]

death do u mind if i DM you a question? i dont want my idea to get nerfed

[thorny token]

i dont rly like when ppl dm me but sure

[static spade]

Hey guys, if I reserve 75% of my HP. Is that counted as me being on low life?

[graceful stag]

if you reserve below the trheshold you should be low life

[thorny token]

i rly dont like that they didnt made low life < 50% life, it was such a nice change in poe1

[graceful stag]

yeah its kinda silly

[static spade]

Oh great so all I need to do is wear this, then reserve 25% of my HP and I should be able to be considered as low life then?

[graceful stag]

yep

[static spade]

Great!

[graceful stag]

glad u figured out a cool idea bro 😎

[static spade]

Thank you for the help

Now I can use demon form permanently

[old shuttle]

Anyone know the specific mnumber scaligs on group play?

[graceful stag]

should b able 2 hover 2 c it

[thin basin]

around what level does 4th ascendancy stuff start to drop?

t10? 15?

map wise*

[surreal kindle]

what kinds of builds does ranger class have

[graceful stag]

unless they nerfed it gas arrow was pretty funny

unsure of what else but ik theres a few

[surreal kindle]

is it just lighting+deadeye or poison+pathfinder

[graceful stag]

deadeye has more varrience, but patherfinder is pretty much poison

[surreal kindle]

is the pathfinder like a spell caster playstyle or what

[thorny token]

you can do any projectile build on deadeye pretty much

[tough valley]

In the trade site why does evasion value change from what is on the armour and total evasion displayed on armours etc?

[thorny token]

attacks are better because of pathing and one of the strongest deadeye builds is pure phys attack

[thin basin]

quality if i have to guess

[tough valley]

quality changes on the armours display value, i checked

also no quality here for example

[thin basin]

yes so youre asking why is it 1553 instead of 1294 or something else?

[tough valley]

yes

what makes it 1553 XD

[thin basin]

bottom value is eva with quality

[tough valley]

oh as in predictive

gotcha

thanks!

[thin basin]

also doesnt look like it have runes

so itll be a lot more

[tough valley]

nono that was random i just picked out

im trying to price one that i have that 1560 or something evasion

with 2x 30 resists

[fallen mirage]

will Fulmination on the passive skill tree work with fire minion infernalist?

it says 40% increase damage on hits for ignited enemies,

[tough valley]

probably means your hits? idk

[thin basin]

if it doesnt say minion then its prob only for you

[fallen mirage]

hits just says anything that is not DOT

[quiet nova]

What weapon has the Galvanic Field skill?

[thorny token]

yes for you, minion is separate entity from you

theres simple rule if it doesnt say minion and its not debuff or aura, it doesnt apply to minion

[thorny token]

none thats in game

the act 4 to 6 base types are not added to game yet

galvanic field is probs on one of them

same applies to other stuff (im waiting for decompose wand :d)

[thin basin]

reap exsang wand/staff gonna hit like crack

[quiet nova]

I really wish that the POE2DB website would state that it's not currently in the game........

[fallen mirage]

this is the exact skill, will it not count minions?

[quiet nova]

I've been told, but haven't tested myself, that it has to implicitly state that it affects minions

Like, "minions receive 40% damage"

has to have minions in it

which vastly reduces the amount of useful amulets you can use

[thorny token]

they rly have no way of knowing its just datamined data

there is also bunch of unreleased skills there

and support gems

[quiet nova]

They should put somewhere on the page that it's unreleased

and when it was datamined

[thorny token]

well if its not present in game data then it would need to be done manually

[quiet nova]

I didn't know it was not in the game tho

I was trying to find it on an item

[fallen mirage]

that's too bad. This would have been awesome on infernalist fire minions

[quiet nova]

I do want to test that theory, there are a few really solid passives that'd really bolster minion builds

Like Falcon Dive passive

with sniper minions

[viscid sorrel]

could someone help me understand, if im runnin acrobatics does having left over evasion matter/do anything?

[thin basin]

yes, its how much % left where you can evade everything

[fallen mirage]

i dont have resources to test, but If you manage to test and it works, can you message me?

[quiet nova]

Sure thing

[thin basin]

stonk

[viscid sorrel]

gotcha tysm so normal evasion dodges more stuff then just strikes and projectiles im assuming? i have 45% after choosing acrobatics is that good or should i aim for higher eveasion before runnning it

[thin basin]

normal eva doesnt allow you to eva slam/aoe iirc but with acro you can eva those too

also i think people recommend to swap to acro when you have like 15k/20k eva pre acro? something like that

[viscid sorrel]

sweet thank you again i appreciate you!

[pearl sluice]

is there a generally accepted rule for when to start using archmage as spark stormweaver?

[lucid wren]

how do i power cast on shock faster?

[pearl sluice]

1k mana, with X amount of regen?

[thin basin]

hit harder, crit, or invest in shock/ailment chance

[thorny token]

def dont go acro under 20k

would just be worse than no acro

[clear sluice]

I can't see any good ideas for defences for a gemling crossbow. I'm at 80. I can't see how I could es/evasion hybrid into acrobat at all. Is there any better paths to defences?

[bold pulsar]

@snow sierra You around?

[wet mango]

? Normal evasion only dodges strikes and proj

[snow sierra]

yes

[bold pulsar]

I just remembered, I still need to annoint my amu

Any particular node that would be good to pick?