2┃build-planning

[thorny token]

there is no difference between any of them, only thing is they either apply or they do not apply

[tawdry mantle]

ah i thought it referedf to range, so they'd still beenfit?

[thorny token]

all the increases are added together

[thorny token]

yes

[jagged thunder]

about this item. will it only trigger the granted spark? or it can also trigger another spark gem slot

[tawdry mantle]

so i guess im trying to work out if any of them dont apply to everything id use as a titan

but if theyre all equal that takes some of the work out of it

[thorny token]

well warrior has bunch of fire conversion skills

so the phys might not to some of them

[tawdry mantle]

im not using those, im phys/bleed

[peak slate]

guys where to go for Djinn Barya i forgot the place

[tawdry mantle]

atm

[thorny token]

then you should be safe

[tawdry mantle]

cool cool cheers

just means i can add all 3 to the search xD

[void epoch]

Recover 1% of Mana on Kill does this trigger if minions kill stuff?
Does 4% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life count before or after armor ?

[tawdry mantle]

one last question, any idea how all of them interact with Ryslatha?

since that affects minimum physical attack damage

would that make attack damage the more valuable stat? or does it all just go into a pot that ryslatha affects

[thorny token]

it just goes to same pot yes

[tawdry mantle]

cheers

[quasi wind]

hi guys, someone is building this, Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder

[muted birch]

I have overcharge and persistentance on my charged staf whats another gem I cna put on it.

[potent hearth]

Guys I don't understand the chaining from mana tempest, does it just adds 1 chain to arc?

[normal rampart]

"Support skills do 50% less damage when reoccuring".

Does this imply that non-reoccuring portion of the spell gets 50% less damage too or just the reoccuring portion? The wording is a bit ambiguous to me.

[quasi wind]

hi guys, someone is building this, Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder

[frosty arrow]

Maybe. But under near ideal rolls it seems that it's not the case. I've not sampled all the best rolls though, don't take my word. But rn it doesn't seem to make sense to go for conversion

[coral wharf]

Hey guys, does anyone sell the hand of wisdom and action, cus no one is answering on the trade site

[frosty arrow]

Maybe once you take the keystone all the mixed ev/armor nodes should modify into slightly better rolled pure armor nodes

[brave wharf]

hey guys for minion with Mind over matter build im looking to buy jewels for my tree sockets but idk what is the best to utilise as im using SRS arsonist

[thorn cargo]

Am I doing right?

[faint solstice]

If I change all my ES to mana, can I still use grim feast?

[limber token]

I think the big nodes at the edges are most rewarding

[faint solstice]

I suppose it will change my mana right?

[limber token]

but difficulty increases

[thorn cargo]

What edges

[crystal sonnet]

which one of these is better?

[limber token]

uhhh the uhh big nodes, corrupted waystone 1/2 extra modifier thingies

more modifiers = more loot

[raw depot]

so random question, does armor break refresh if i continue using a skill that applies break?

[crisp star]

can explosive shots actually bounce off terrain or it will always 100% explode on contact?

[hasty prism]

are there any ways to generate endurance charges, without Resonance, besides the Break Endurance support, the Cranial Impact notable, and that one shield skill?

[grizzled spade]

So I'm curious if anyone has a guide for blood mage focusing on chaotic freeze & crit. I'm messing around in poe2 build planner and I'm feeling very indecisive about my last couple dozen points

[unkempt echo]

are my support gems ok for the skills?

deadeye build

[hushed umbra]

Is Curse and Exposure applied after penetration?
If yes, are penetration nodes useless?

[thorny token]

they are not useless, they are a choice

if you want to go below 0 then you cant use them

[spare quartz]

Is it possible to Vaal or Divine a snakebites from +1 to 2 on the skill

[thorny token]

dont think so as i havent seen single item where corruption doubled the value

and otherwise it will just round down

so nothing happens

[hushed umbra]

But most exposure nodes requier you to take pen on passive tree.
So not really a choice, just a bunch of useless nodes?

You can get 100% fire exposure, meaning you just wasted points on that.

[thorny token]

sure

but not all of them and you dont need to click those that cost 5 points you can just annoint them instead

idk why is exposure effect on pen notables that def doesnt make much sense but for now you either annoint those or skip and get more curse effect instead

[hushed umbra]

Just baffled by that

it's like someone didn't think about it

And anoints are pretty late

[crisp star]

nope. or it's just really low chance cause i've never seen anyone hit that

[spare quartz]

OK cool. Well i got extra socket on mine I'll take it

[waxen kelp]

is there a site that compiled the Attribute requirements for different Gems? (herald of ash, thunder, ...)

[stable venture]

What's the difference between putting levels in skeletal warrior? I can't find data on what changes with higher levels in the gem

[thorny token]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Skeletal_Warrior#SkeletalWarriorSkeletonWarriorPlayerSummoned

the summon gains level with the gem

and gains stats

[gaunt ether]

Maybe dumb question but what are the differences between % increased chaos damage vs % damage as extra chaos

[deft elbow]

Does anyone know any good build that uses Temporalis that does not use choir.

[lapis arrow]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/8e9c9861-7fff-4266-b583-9be41ee52581/builds/95a8b1f1-ec76-4622-bd48-20eb2cc322c7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4AoV6z4Dwo

is this something i could chase with my witch and around 20 divines to spend?

Need a second opinion before i invest in this and run out of everything i have.. (witch is 80 now)

[hushed umbra]

If you already paid, why are you asking?

[hollow hedge]

Very confusing

[hushed umbra]

Looks fine but cold damage % is a bit low

[ionic karma]

How do I make my herald of ice Cast more?

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/coc-balls-invoker-ronarray

This is my exact build

Took me forever to get all the perfect pieces

But Herald of Ice barely Goes on

Ring was a hell to get

Got a pretty good staff too

Beside accuracy what’s shit

and Throwing Divine orbs on

It’s too Risky too.

If it Fucks up my 110% increase what’s nearly impossible to get I can throw the piece away

[tulip sentinel]

the melee skill level is a little low

[ionic karma]

I know

I’m afraid to divine Orb it

[tulip sentinel]

thats reasonable

[ionic karma]

My Phys dmg could go to shit

Beside that I got pretty much perfection with gear

60% Increase mana Regeneration on the ruby ring

As it drove me nuts the no mana

But my Phys could become 170% too 🤣

The Gamble is always tempting

[thin basin]

Isnt +3 static

[brazen verge]

@static plinth I checked, you gave fake info sadly 😦

[tidal copper]

A LIE?! IN MY CHAT?!????

[nocturne quartz]

Nobody respond to this and i'm kinda curious.
With poison Skelton + chaos damage gem + chaos damage on skill tree. Is that possible or does anyone tryed it ?

[hushed umbra]

Poison cloud is the only decent source of chaos for minions.
I'd say nothing right now.

[ornate anvil]

this glove

if i use a skill that does phys to fire convert

the fire is split between the three elements right

to scale that on the tree, i'd go fire damage or elemental damage

[nocturne quartz]

Yeah they can get a 12% physical as chaos and debuff the chaos armor. It look to low in your opinion ?

[ornate anvil]

is that correct?

[thin basin]

Itll be fully split into 3 evenly so youll have to scale elemental/spell/attack damage

[surreal dragon]

dmg conversion can't go through more than once, the phys to fire will stay fire

any other ele dmg will be converted from the item

[ornate anvil]

are you sure? im freezing so much now

i wouldnt be able to freeze if it didnt get split no?

[thin basin]

It should split evenly over 3 elements even if the skill convert first

[ornate anvil]

yea i think thats the case

[thin basin]

Ran it with lightning strike or whatever its called

[ornate anvil]

yea im doing gas arrow > flame wall

[hushed umbra]

Only attack based chaos gem reduces non-chaos damage by 50 %

[ornate anvil]

monk with avatar and tree heralds

[tidal copper]

Next you could equip 3 dragons

[earnest ferry]

does anyone know a clean way to test numbers, like a boss that is chunky/slow/not terribly dangerous? The only thing I can kind of think of is the Abyss boss

I want to support gem test things but getting numbers without PoB is tough

[hollow hedge]

Yeah why isn't there a dummy anywhere

[nocturne quartz]

Fuck, i though it was elemental... I can only use them to apply withered. It doesn't look that great

[thorny token]

they always refused to add dummy even in poe1, its super annoying

but yea abyss boss is probs your best bet as it literally do not moves :d

and has basically no dangerous abilities if you stay close

druid is also nice as he just does nothing

[nocturne quartz]

And poison dosn.t stack without some skill point

[thorny token]

but moves a lot

so its annoying for testing

[hollow hedge]

Also I socketed a jewel that gives +17% max ES and the number didn't change what's that about

[warped jackal]

Do you guys think its still worth it to go invoker or will ggg nerf it after the holidays?

[shrewd kernel]

it's Herald of Ice that will get the nerf hammer

[warped jackal]

Hmm so it still will be good right?

[shrewd kernel]

I think so yea

they might nerf bell stacking too

but i don't use that

[warped jackal]

What do you use then?

[shrewd kernel]

I just use one bell

[heady nova]

Does anyone know if there are melee based attacks or spells (that empower melee with spell damage) that could theoretically make a witch just bonk to win?

[shrewd kernel]

you can equip multiple bell skillgems and have multiple separate bells at once

[hushed umbra]

Are you sure?
Bell limit is 1

totems have same wording adn it's global limit

[shrewd kernel]

I haven't personally tested, but that's my understanding from youtube

[warped jackal]

ooooh i didnt know that lol

[shrewd kernel]

I might have fallen for YT bait, but i've seen others talking about bell stacking so who knows

[thorny token]

yea i've seen it too and there are some bugs with using multiple same skill gems so wouldnt even be surprising

like barrage gets sometimes bugged and the cd isnt shared etc

[tidal copper]

Yes you can do it
Just need to deactivate the gem restrictions in options if not the game will refuse

[rare mulch]

Does Avatar of Fire do anything for me if I'm already a pure Fire Sorc?

[hushed umbra]

no

[rare mulch]

Ok, thanks.

[hushed umbra]

Maybe if you have "x extra damage as non-fire element" on your weapon

[thorny token]

wouldnt work as that would not get converted

as all conversions happen at once

[hushed umbra]

well would still remove that.

afaik

[rare mulch]

I see.

[thorny token]

yea the part where you cant deal non fire damage would still work i guess but idk if thats a good thing :d

[nocturne quartz]

Ok i've look options. Indeed the "base damage" are poison. And they look like Linked to physical damage or the sniper. And it explode all the time.
It's not enough to do something right ? @hushed umbra

[elfin meadow]

does storm rune work on wands and staffs?

I noticed the flat increases from rings didn't apply to spells

[snow sierra]

caster weapons can have no socked^^

[elfin meadow]

aaa ok thanks

[rare mulch]

Which of these would be better to anoint onto an amulet for a pure Fire Sorc?

[dusky spire]

Hey, can someone tell me whats bis rune socket for pillar of the caged god is? wanna play strstack gemling

[idle hinge]

If your using ignite probably burn away,

If not then just annoint the other one. Also depends on if you have rare/boss issues, the exposure helps with them.

[rare mulch]

I'm using both Ingite and Crit.

For Elemental Storm.

[daring berry]

Anyone want to peak my build and see if i made any mistakes that are holding back my single target DPS?
I'm a snipe/spiral volley/poison pathfinder. Frenzy charge dump focused for spiral and barrage snipe. Running Queen of the forest.
POE1 veteran, but didn't play many straight attack builds. Happy to tip for time spent helping if we can make an improvement.
4 div budget and half a million gold for respec.

[rare mulch]

I've got pretty good ST damage right now, but I didn't know how badly I'll need penetration at higher level maps.

I'm only on T5 right now.

[idle hinge]

Then the ignite one is better if ST is good.

[rare mulch]

Ok, thanks.

[pearl fog]

hey im working on making a build around original sins with chaos inocilation and found a intreasting thing about CH and life sacrefice skills would like some help in a vc with trying to make a build around it ?

[graceful stag]

HAMMER OF THE GODS CHRONOMANCER LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[hot dew]

Hey all, which provides more dps skeletal anchors or warriors?

[thick matrix]

can someone explain why my hammer of the gods does less damage with 2 maces instead of 1? i understand tooltip says 30% less damage with dualwield but 2 weapons should still be more damage right>

[tribal silo]

Hi Guys, Quick question, I am playing as an invoker Monk and I'm currently using this weapon. I found a new weapon but my question is what do I need to socket in for a higher dps output? Do I use iron runes or the soul core for crit damage?

[harsh aspen]

yo guys which bow is better for lightning ranger?

[rocky steppe]

What's the best current monk build to farm

And has a lot of rarity find

[hushed umbra]

Are you seriously asking that?
One has higher +level and higher base damage

[heady nova]

Oh? Ty

[still rock]

I wonder when people will realize item rarity is an affix on gear and has little to nothing to do with the build you play lol

See that question about a dozen times a day

[hushed umbra]

No one cares about rarity tbh

[still rock]

Odd take

[ionic karma]

Any advice on my wife’s build

[still rock]

I don't personally, but it's fairly impactful

[ionic karma]

sorcer Electronic build level 78 atm

[still rock]

Electronic build 🤖

[ionic karma]

🤣

Lighting

[reef sleet]

Does every character inherently have stun buildup?

[rare mulch]

How do I know what gets increased on my rings/amulets when I increase their qualities?

[grizzled spade]

what's the best way to share a build for critique?

[still rock]

Hit damage in general does, yes But it's only noteworthy when phys damage and additionally so as phys melee damage

[still rock]

Maxroll planner is good

[restive turret]

Guys do we think 135% increased armor will be enough for a generic warrior? Or should I seek more

[wicked dock]

Any end game lighting mercs willing to look at my gear/build?

[still rock]

poe2db modifier tables has the affix crafting tags on them

[tidal copper]

Yes more than enough armour right now it's only for smaller hits
For bigger hits look for big health or a cloak of flames

[rare mulch]

Thank you.

[restive turret]

Tyvm

[rare mulch]

...I'm not sure what I'm looking at.

[rare mulch]

I pulled up the page, but I don't know what I'm looking at. Could you give me a rundown? https://poe2db.tw/us/Amulets#ModifiersCalc

The weights are all 0?

[still rock]

Thing that says "Life", "Mana", "Defenses", etc

match that with its corresponding catalyst type

[rare mulch]

Oh, I need a catalyst?

[still rock]

For jewelry quality yes

[rare mulch]

Got ya. Thanks.

[grizzled spade]

all right, now how do I share it lmao

[still rock]

press the cog and save it and itll give you a URL

[grizzled spade]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/ncyjc0v2

i thought so but I was doubting myself.

the basic idea is, chaotic freeze, maximize crits

[rare mulch]

So, if I have an Ilvl 56 amulet, does that mean a Sibilant Catalyst is NOT going to work at all? Since all the Caster modifiers are either ilvl 60+?

[stoic berry]

guys, Patient Barrier and Eldritch Battery dont synergize. It doesnt increase my max mana

is that normal?

[nimble hound]

Thoughts on a somewhat new player? I only played a few days after launch and got busy. Now I log in and any good/fun build is like 30+ divines and It seems I was priced out. Should I wait for League to try the game again?

I have like 10 exalts lol

[still rock]

I mean it depends on what affixes are on the amulet lol

It wont give the amulet new affixes

[ember minnow]

Can anyone link me budget pillar mercernary build

[rare mulch]

If I used a Sibilant Catalyst, I'm guessing it'd hit either the spell damage or the +to all spell skills.

But both of those show an ilvl on the chart.

[still rock]

Spell damage is the only caster mod there that would be increased by quality (+spells won't go high enough to round to 3)

[rare mulch]

Which I don't understand what that means.

[still rock]

So not really worth it

[rare mulch]

I see.

[still rock]

affix value * 1.2

for 20 qual

[rare mulch]

Doesn't really make much sense to me.

I don't know how all the calculations are derived.

Like, what do the "Tier" and "Ilvl" values mean in the chart?

Where does the 1.2 come from?

[still rock]

An item has an item level inherently and when it's identified it rolls values of affixes that are corresponding to its item level. So for example, an amulet has to be item level 82 to be able to roll +3 all spell level

[muted birch]

As a Ice strike invoker monk any anoint ideas for my amulet?

[still rock]

1.2 is a function of having 20% of the corresponding quality on jewelry

This works the same for other gear, but the quality increases the weapon damage for weapons or the defense value for gear

Catalysts are a special form of quality that only works on jewelry

[tiny sapphire]

These jewel increases ES on focus not working ? I equip also nothing change?

[still rock]

and is also the only way to get quality on jewelry

[rare mulch]

Got ya. Thanks.

[tidal copper]

In the mercenary area you can get crit resistance and strength for cheap
Flasks increased healing/mana in the ranger side also very cheap
If you want an end game annoint I'll be surprised if the guide doesn't include it

[muted birch]

lmao not using a guide really XD

[woeful cypress]

Which one is better for fubgun's LA build? On paper, the one on the right gives higher DPS to LA

[still rock]

How'd you get to that conclusion

[ashen zephyr]

Hi guys, if im using fireball to deal damage, but i have a GoldFlame Bracers that converts it to cold damage. Should i be looking for %increased in Fire/Cold damage mod?

[empty comet]

does the increased elemental damage from attacks md on weapons or additional fire damage on rings get applied before or after avatar of fire converts the damage to fire? im assuming before

[still rock]

the bow on the left has higher damage and attack speed

is +proj spell that good?

idk for each build specifically

[rare mulch]

So for this ring, is it just a toss-up whether a Xoph's Catalyst would affect the Fire Damage or the Fire Resistance or the All Elemental Resistances?

[still rock]

Most modifiers are added after conversion, the only ones that are before are added flat damage and gain x% as extra afaik

[still rock]

No, it'll affect both

[rare mulch]

Oh, ok.

Good to know.

[still rock]

and also the all res

[rare mulch]

Cool.

[thorny token]

the rigth one is less dps even with the +4 proj

[still rock]

All Ele Res gets fire cold and lightning

tags

[rare mulch]

Got ya.

[dusky ginkgo]

got a question why is the "and scatter me to the winds" monk ascendancy not used in critical strike builds at the moment when a person has 50% crit chance would that not make it better than unbound avatar

[empty comet]

oh wow niiice

[still rock]

Freeze is strong

very strong

[dusky ginkgo]

im doing lightning invoker not freeze

[rare mulch]

How much quality % does a ring/amulet go up from each catalyst? And am I limited on how many I can apply or can I keep going until I reach the max %?

[gusty dawn]

Which skill is LA for crossbow? It's not coming to mind

[thorny token]

thats fine because electorcute is even stronger than freeze :d

[still rock]

Afaik a lot of lightning focused invokers take the extra cold anyways and do both electrocute and freeze

[thorny token]

like something similar? galvanic shards i guess

[gusty dawn]

Oh. Duh. It's lightning arrow. I thought it was a crossbow build people were referencing

[still rock]

It's Los Angeles

[rocky pilot]

once you get Galvanic shards its quite strong. but before that its either bow + LA or make armor piercing + high velocity work

[neat dew]

Has anyone seen a infernalist build that isn't minion focussed? I'm doing some research if I could make a fire/crit demon but most infernalist guides make her a minionmancer

[still rock]

Yes infernalist has probably some of the best general nodes in the game

[rocky pilot]

i dunno about that but

[still rock]

Go look at the Ssf hc ladder

[rocky pilot]

theres lots of spellcaster builds with demonform
The most prominent right now is probably Essence Drain + Contagion.
But other common oens are Hexblast and Flameblast

[still rock]

and count the infernalists

they aren't all arsonists

[rocky pilot]

you can also yeah just use it as a defensive ascendancy too

[neat dew]

I try to formulate an idea/playstyle and then start looking for options. That's how I got to totem/minion warrior instead of going the traditional witch minion route

For this character I wanted to try a fireball goes boom type of thing, infernalist seemed the obvious choice

Although maybe a sorc ascendency could do it too

[thick thunder]

dont crits automatically inflict elemental ailments?

[atomic halo]

not anymore

[thick thunder]

boo

[muted birch]

Any good cheaper anoints for ice monk on invoker?

[still rock]

Ignite specifically is kind of a pain to reliably proc even with loads of % chance I'm hoping ignite in general gets a look from devs. Feels like crap to lose a support just to reliably ignite while Invokers can freeze and shatter half the screen

[dawn spire]

Why does infernalist seem obvious for a fireball build?

What nodes does infernalist offer?

[still rock]

The gain extra as fire is pretty large but that requires infernal flame management and I aint got time for that 😆

[dawn spire]

Deadeye, stormweaver, gemling, invoker, or chronomancer all seem pretty solid, too

[still rock]

Stormweaver is prob the best caster ascendancy rn since mana scaling is so good and exposure is so easy to inflict

[shrewd kernel]

Does this work as a base route? Not sure what clusters to prioritize, but I'm trying to force an Invoker Sword and Warstaff setup. This is so far the best I've gotten. 70 skill points in the base route and access to both weapon clusters https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/nt1i9x01

[olive compass]

Does mana leech works? I cant see a diference with my soul thief gem (yes im dealing physical attack dmg). I also have a mod with mana leech

[dawn spire]

Swords aren't in the game

[shrewd kernel]

Yet

[dawn spire]

Yet

[shrewd kernel]

doesn't stop me from planning a build

[still rock]

Cyclone soon

[void pewter]

Anyone know of a gemling staff build that uses the dual heralds? I'm leveled my gemling up and want to try a build with damage a survivability. I'm at T8 maps so far, and just died for the first time in hours. Also, how would you suggest capping my chaos res that doesn't include gear (other than boots)?

[restive turret]

Are ancestraly boosted attacks considered empowered attacks?

[still rock]

I'm assuming cyclone will be swords

since it wasnt maces

[still rock]

yes

[dawn spire]

I suppose so. But by the time swords come out there are gonna be so many different things probably

[next talon]

I've got two sceptres that I'm torn between using. Any minion enjoyers out there willing to take a look at these two and tell me which is better? I'll DM you some screenshots.

[shrewd kernel]

Will there still be a monk class? Cause as far as I care Monk is the best hybrid spellcaster option to wield a sword. Feels like the only choice for a Spellsword character

I tried gemling, but like... it's so expensive

[still rock]

Probably some iteration of lightning and cold damage like the Invoker builds but they benefit from having added extra as the secondary damage type so you'd have to be creative to work it in outside of Invoker ascendancy

[dawn spire]

Monk will exist, yeah. Chronomancer can also do basically everything in the game

[still rock]

What does hybrid spellcaster mean

lol

[dawn spire]

I think they wanna weapon swap between sword and arcane weapon

In which case witch hunter might be the best

For the extra weapon set points

[void pewter]

Yeah, that's what I've pivoted to. Hoping to get some good mapping in before the inevitable nerfs. Thanks!

[nocturne quartz]

When a pet is create from a contagion corps. It still does physical damage or that's chaos? And does the Contagion the pet applied is Linked to the player stat or the pet?

[still rock]

Not really a thing in PoE but maybe there's some utility applications or yeah, weapon set points might unlock something useful

[shrewd kernel]

Hybrid spellcaster just meant one of the Int based hybrid classes

Str/Int, Dex/Int

I didn't know what else to call it

[still rock]

With the attribute change you can more freely play any ascendancy as either thing you just spend more time pathing

People will slowly realize this more

[shrewd kernel]

Yea, chronomance path was actually pretty short

didn't think about that

the best path was from ranger start, but man does ranger ascendency suck for this

[dawn spire]

How so?

[shrewd kernel]

Not a lot for melee sword and spell

or staff

[dawn spire]

No ascendancies have anything for specific weapons

[wicked dock]

Can you not set actual damage on items in mobalytics?

[shrewd kernel]

yes Invoker is all about Elemental damage and defense, which fit best

[dawn spire]

Those aren't weapons

[shrewd kernel]

but it does allow me to play a class with access to the weapons

what do you mean

[dawn spire]

Not a single ascendancy node has anything that applies to a specific weapon type

[still rock]

Every class has access to every weapon

[open brook]

Hey, I’ve reached endgame recently and my resistances are abysmally low (30%/23/23/10). I don’t have exalts to trade for better gear atm, any tips to get that up quickly or efficiently?

[shrewd kernel]

but not equal access to weapon passive nodes

[void pewter]

Can you equip multiple of the same unique jewel without any negative effects?

[shrewd kernel]

the monk is 70 skill points from both warstaffs and swords equally, which is where I was going with saying monk fit the weapons best, but that's not super important

[prisma dirge]

What defense exactly?

[cinder timber]

I have a question about defences. I'm a level 81 merc with about 64% in each of evasion and armour with 2k HP. I keep reading that neither evasion or armour is the best for the higher maps. I feel ok for now in tier 11. Not sure if I should take more nodes to add armour and evasion or remake my defences... I have 220 Str, 130 Dex, 60 Intel.

[still rock]

Access is Boolean in this case so yes all classes have equal access to every node, you just path differently to get there, although one may be more optimal based on what youre trying to do

[shrewd kernel]

PDR from EV and ES stacking

[prisma dirge]

That evasion/armor node is trash.

[dawn spire]

But you don't need weapon nodes, necessarily. Swords can benefit from nodes for poison, elemental, physical, attack, strike, projectile, one handed weapon, two handed weapon, attack speed, etc (depending on your build)

[shrewd kernel]

Yea that's a good point

[prisma dirge]

Armor is awful in this game. It's not actually turning it into PDR.

[shrewd kernel]

I was leaning towards elemental damage

[still rock]

The Armor as Evasion node from Invoker is insanely good

[prisma dirge]

How so?

[shrewd kernel]

The best of all defenses

in one

[prisma dirge]

It works exactly like armor does...

[still rock]

You go Eva/ES and effectively get armor for small hits

it's very strong

[shrewd kernel]

but it's not using armor, it's using WAAAAAY better defensive layers

[prisma dirge]

You lose 40% evasion for small hits? Small hits don't kill me.

I took off the node and felt much tankier.

[shrewd kernel]

well you need like 300 / 100 in the stat split

before it's super valuable

( 300 es / 100 armor )

[dawn spire]

@shrewd kernel I'm not saying invoker won't be good for whatever hypothetical sword build you're cooking up in the ether. I'm just saying your options are likely more open than you might think

[prisma dirge]

Evasion is just better vs small hits anyway. Bigger ES from Ghost Dance. And it actually works on elemental damage.

[shrewd kernel]

Yea ghost dance goes hard too

[open brook]

Hey, I’ve reached endgame recently and my resistances are abysmally low (30%/23/23/10). I don’t have exalts to trade for better gear atm, any tips to get that up quickly or efficiently? Playing on a monk

[shrewd kernel]

could do both

[dawn spire]

Use runes

[still rock]

Evasion doesnt work against all hits to be fair so there's a use case for armor as a better tool to mitigate phys and lose a little evasion while still having a high EHP from ES

that's all I'm saying - you can have defensive priority preferences though

its your character

[warped jackal]

Is ice monk better than shock monk? And also, anyone here who uses quarterstaff on chrono (with recoup)?

[amber abyss]

Does Exploit Weakness stack with damage increase on Fully Broken Armor or does it consume the armor before that damage increase from passive skills like Pile On?

[prisma dirge]

It's not a little bit though. It's 40% less. Armor is pretty useless if you don't stack it super high. It becomes worse and worse the harder the content.

[fiery wave]

the bigger the hits

[prisma dirge]

You're giving up a lot for a very niche defensive layer and it's not even close to being worth it.

[shrewd kernel]

I think you're sleeping on Invoker defenses, but without POB

....

who knows

[still rock]

I do think armor needs a buff but thats in the case of hybrid investment in other areas in terms of like actual Ar/X gear but you really don't give up all that much to access it with Invoker especially if you are scaling your defenses correctly

[prisma dirge]

They really screwed armor in PoE 2. The formula got changed from Armor/(Armor+Damage x5) to Armor/(Armor+Damage x12).

[wild stirrup]

act 6, should i add some more elemental resists or chaos resist?

[shrewd kernel]

I feel like both Avatar and Expression skills are bait for invoker

[prisma dirge]

And then they super buffed evasion to work on magic hits.

[median kraken]

Ele is more needed than chaos. Especially if you're not an energy shield build. The eventual answer is "both" but I'd prioritize ele first

[snow matrix]

chaos (try getting 20%)

[still rock]

Again, doesnt work on all hits but it is strong

only strikes and projectiles

[prisma dirge]

yeah doesn't work on the big damage slams

but then armor doesn't either so... meh

[wild stirrup]

20 more %?

[median kraken]

There are other things evasion doesn't work on now without acrobatics. But yeah, it is weird that that nerfed life, buffed evasion and ES, and then massively nerfed armor directly and indirectly.

[hushed umbra]

Armor indirectly gives you life though

since needs str

[prisma dirge]

It's kind of a travesty how much life you can stack compared to ES.

[drifting dew]

any thoughts on bleed builds? Especially bow/xbow? I feel like bleed is not that good overall? what do u think?

[novel vault]

Is there a good Allrounder Build ? No Spark pls

[crisp pebble]

guys do you know why I cant use herald of ice why its grey?

[novel vault]

no spirit

[prisma dirge]

you need to right click it to activate it?

oh, the spirit, yeah

[crisp pebble]

I have 94 spirit, that should be enough?

[fast cloud]

What are the dps damage i should be hitting in my builds per act? Including cruel?

[prisma dirge]

You don't have enough STR

[median kraken]

You need spirit and it looks like you need strength for support gem

[crisp pebble]

ahh my bad thanks guys

[eternal vale]

i have a question about the dmg calculation. by crossbow gives me 62% increased physikal dmg. one of my spell converts 80% of my physikal dmg into fire dmg. where are my 62% coming in?. is my base physical dmg increased by 62% and then the new number gets converted into fire dmg. or are my leftover 20% increased by 62%

[left ledge]

What’s been yall go to build for HC Or a HC viable build? I’ve been doing sunder totems but I’m a little nervous that they will fall off in the late endgame due to only being able to scale them hard with + melee levels (also doing crit)

[sharp warren]

Why wont my stormcaller arrow shock bosses? Im using witchhunter and need the shock for the shockburst rounds

[left ledge]

Dmg is added before conversions. So whatever you total physical is then converted into whatever element

[prisma dirge]

The physical damage is local so it affects the crossbow's damage. Then it's converted to fire.

[eternal vale]

ty

[prisma dirge]

Global Dmg is not added before conversions though. If you have other forms of inc phys damage they won't affect your fire damage.

[muted birch]

Any good cheaper anoints for ice monk on invoker?

[eternal vale]

so a jewel in passive tree with inc phys dmg would go into the 20% leftover

[left ledge]

Check the detail breakdown of the skill. You might have something that prevents shock. Also make sure you’re doing high dmg and lowering enemy threadhold

[prisma dirge]

yeah

[prisma dirge]

Beastial Skin?

[muted birch]

I have it alrdy

[real oracle]

As a Sorceress what primary weapon is recomended ?

[pearl sluice]

would it be possible to makw a build around blocking like having a bunch of things trigger on block

[pearl sluice]

wand focus , wand shield

[sinful pecan]

guys can someone help me to understand the Poe2 more please I will be in path of exile 1 voice channel help room 1

[dawn spire]

Chronomancer grenadier
Chronomancer lightning rod + orb of storms
Chronomancer ice shot + barrage +snipe
Chronomancer poison hammer of the gods
Chronomancer poison bow
Chronomancer mana flarer

[novel vault]

why Chronomancer ??

[dawn spire]

Hold alt and click on underlined keywords

[dawn spire]

You asked for an all rounder

Chronomancer can do everything well

[novel vault]

same as each other class 🤣

[dawn spire]

But chronomancer is the best. Source: I simp for chrono

[tame echo]

i have 3 armor pieces without any runes slotted in them should i cap my resistances or go for more energy shield i plan to go CI and i already have 4.2k ES

[thin basin]

Theres like 3 chrono players in here

[dawn spire]

But fr, temporal rift only being available on chrono basically means I can only ever play chronomancers in poe2

[dawn spire]

Cap ur res. With 62% cold res you're taking about 50% more cold damage than you would be at 75%

[tame echo]

thank you

[dawn spire]

Yeah, only chronos can be playas. Everyone else is a square

[left ledge]

You would use Svalinn?

What’s been yall go to build for HC Or a HC viable build? I’ve been doing sunder totems but I’m a little nervous that they will fall off in the late endgame due to only being able to scale them hard with + melee levels (also doing crit)

[elder pollen]

hardcore viable= ES stacker

[opaque wedge]

Anyone got some spare mercenary gear cant beat venom lady in act 3

[elder pollen]

spec into all damage and dodge

[wary wave]

Got this from gambling, any idea of a build that could use it ? I can't think of many skills that have limits

[static plinth]

Totem builds

[wary wave]

Aah

I see

[left ledge]

What build? I’ve had some es stackers but they end up with low armour and get 1 shot

[left ledge]

It’s not bad but + were skills are better tbh

[spring temple]

+skills ends up increasing the mana cost a lot

so +1 limit is good if you have trouble managing mana on a totem build

but numerically much weaker, yes

[opaque sparrow]

Question about neural overload. Does it electrocute npc that have just been taking electric damage and not specifically electrocute dmg?

[placid lark]

can I just say it's lame that giants blood doesnt work for staves

[celest oxide]

Any other Demon Form lovers

I switched from Deadeye to this and having a blast

[left ledge]

Correct. I’ve gone blood magic with high life regen and it’s fixed that problem entirely. 151 mana for a spell is ridiculous but when I regen about 400 it’s not an issue. But yes

[tidal copper]

You think the issue is low armour?

[opaque sparrow]

It's racism honestly

[left ledge]

Yes when I have 4k hp and 4k es and still get 1 shot it’s ridiculous (blood mage overload on both)

[fiery wave]

i made some proper juicers

[scarlet cipher]

guys is it good bow and quiver for some reason I do not so good damage at tier 13+ maps can you help? im playing lightning arrow with ice of herald and ice of thunder

[tidal copper]

Armour is horrible against big hits
If you die to a 8 k hit you'll need 30k armour to have a chance

[fiery wave]

i dont think i ever got hit for 8k

idk what people keep talking about a big hit on a t17 map is like 3.5k

[scarlet cipher]

also im very squishy I have 2k hp and 87% evasion and resistances are 75% and chaos is 50%

[fiery wave]

well ig ot 2 or 3 shot

multiple times

or stunlocked

but never one shot

[mild wyvern]

Just drop, any build?
https://imgur.com/Oyd43ii

[neon wagon]

i was thinking of getting a new pair of shoes and saw those, whould the pinning effect work on a electric monk to get more power charges through resonance? i don't fully understand how the dmg conversion is affected by passives like that. i'm lv 48 or smt, end of act 3. i'm getting charged mainly from proking electrocute with storm wave

[dawn spire]

If I:

1. Have a node that grants 25% of damage as extra fire vs frozen targets
   And
2. Use a skill that consumes freeze to increase ignite magnitude

Will the 25% of damage as extra fire be factored in when calculating the ignite magnitude?

[tidal copper]

Then you'll need regeneration, stun threshold but armour? In this year?

[fiery wave]

base magnitude is scaled of size of the hit

extra damage does not affect the tick damage

the formula is damage of your hit * 0,20 *1,magitude

[dawn spire]

Yes, but what I'm asking is what happens first:
-Freeze is consumed to increase the ignite magnitude
-25% of damage is added as fire vs the frozen target

[fiery wave]

oh i see

sorry i misunderstood your question

[dawn spire]

All good

[fiery wave]

kinda hard to verify order of operation

[dawn spire]

Yeah I'll have to try to test it

[fiery wave]

what you can do is leave the dps window open

because for most effects it scales dynamically

[spring temple]

dps window won't reflect target-specific damage buffs

[dawn spire]

I don't think it can factor in a conditional damage Amp on a frozen target

[fiery wave]

but you could see if the target still counts as frozen no?

hmm okay

[dawn spire]

I don't think so

[fiery wave]

it works for stuff like rising tempest

but that is different

[dawn spire]

What I can do is try using a skill with no fire damage and the freeze consume for ignite magnitude. And then see if I ignite at all

[spring temple]

i don't think anyone knows yet what the order of operations is RE: debuff consumption
for things like Hexblast, it typically consumes AFTER dealing damage so that it benefits from any debuff scaling (like a curse)

you can hedge your bets that other debuff consumption works the same way, but it's Early Access so there's no guarantee

[dawn spire]

If I don't ever ignite, then the freeze is being consumed to boost the ignite before the ignite is being applied

[fiery wave]

i would just assume that you get the 25% first

and then it consumes on hit

but thats just a guess

is it important for the build rn?

[dawn spire]

I mean, 25% of damage as fire seems pretty dope for my ignite plans

I'm planning a Taryn's shiver and fire staff EE build

[fiery wave]

i gave up on ignite

but yeah

haveing 25%in a gain bucket is usually close to 25% damage

depending on other factors

so it is good

[dawn spire]

I might go stormweaver and get the thing that makes all my damage shock as well

[vestal vigil]

If I'm using Radiant Grief Lace Hood to apply ignite to mobs (as well as herald of ash), would overwhelming presence be of any use for reducing elemental ailment threshholds? It seems like Radiant Grief is just a 100% chance to ignite in presence

[dawn spire]

I don't think the threshold matters for guaranteed Ignites, yeah

[vapid hamlet]

Hi,
I'm palying a STR stacker Merc (Ice strike), currently with +1k str, 7k hp, 220% base MF.

Just bought an amulet that gives me an additional 45 spirit.
I already use: Herald of Ice, Overwhelming Presence (with clarity and vitality) and Combat frenzy (empty, don't really need anything inside)

How would you spend that 45 spirit in the most efficient way if you were me?

[spring temple]

lowering the threshold would allow other fire hits to apply ignites more easily, but should not impact guaranteed ignites

[vestal vigil]

replacing overwhelming presence with wind dancer then!

[fiery wave]

it autoignites

ah yeah you said it

i think the ignite square is too cost intensive right now

like hit damage, ignite damage, fire res, ailment threshold

[jagged lichen]

For some reason I have two skills selected and can't weapon swap because it keeps going back to E. What am I doing wrong lol

[vestal vigil]

what do you mean by cost intensive?

[versed tundra]

Do bonus effects on skill gems from quality cap out at 20% quality? Or can it go beyond 20% via gemling ascendancy?

[fiery wave]

because you want pen for your big hits most likely but the pen doesnt help for applying ignites at all

[still rock]

Ignite needs to be more reliable and searing flame should be like 150% more magnitude to actually be useable

[dawn spire]

In your skill panel, make sure you have them assigned to the correct set(s)

[still rock]

I'm playing a flameblast titan rn and the dmg is good but im just basically leaning more into the hit anyways, scaling ignite isnt real rn

[fiery wave]

i have tried adding ignite as support damage for flameblast but all teh nodes arent worth enough

same experience you just have a better time because you hit bigger

[still rock]

I use two flame blasts, one for clear with ignition and one for single target thats only caring about the hit dmg

[fiery wave]

like a 15 magnitude node is 3% damage

[jagged lichen]

Can confirm they are in their right sets, but it still keeps two highlighted at a time and prioritizes set 1

[fiery wave]

now if you have 500 spell damage a 10% spell damage node is 2% damage

but hten you also have the black box of ailment threshold for bosses with 15 million health

wait its 3% damage but also you need to lower their res passively

thats the other part

[dawn spire]

I'm a bit confused about what exactly is happening. What do you mean you "have two skills selected"?

[still rock]

If both of your weapon swaps can use a skill then it will always prioritize the weapon set you currently have out

[jagged lichen]

Usually I would select a skill and left click to use, and that skill would have a gold border. Now that I'm using weapon swap and assigned skills to sets, it is putting a border on two skills instead of one, and left click only works on the set 1 skills

[dawn spire]

Is left click a basic shot skill? What is it?

[restive walrus]

Hey, do ancestral totem skills get boosted by increased damage, increased melee/attack dmg nodes or is it purely affected just by the totem skill gem level and totem damage nodes?

[dawn spire]

Hold alt and click on the totem keyword to see how they scale

[restive walrus]

I don't have it yet I'm just trying to plan a skill tree build ahead. I am lvl 8 or so right now

[dawn spire]

Go into the passive tree and find the word totem somewhere

Search in the top right

[jagged lichen]

Yeah, "crossbow shot". I think I am realizing that you have to have a button assigned to each weapon set crossbow shot?

[dawn spire]

Yes, each crossbow you use has its own basic shot.

[fathom abyss]

Anyone know why Herald of Ice is not pocking for me? I currently have Herald of Thunder and Ice both Active. I appear to be freezing and Shattering enemies with Cold Infusion and Ice Bite on Lightening arrow. I see Herald of Thunder prock on the top of my screen but never see Herald of Ice. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

[restive walrus]

Oh okay thanks

[jagged lichen]

Damn, so if I want to use the skill set I snipped a picture of, I'd have to get rid of a skill to make room for second crossbow

[dawn spire]

Herald of ice doesn't provide any lasting effect on kill. It just blows up things you shatter. Unless you mean Herald of ice isn't active at all. In which case check your skill panel

[fathom abyss]

It is active. I just do not see the buff at the top of my screen like Herald of Thunder. Was not sure if it is actually working

[dawn spire]

I think it basically means that, yeah. You can't use an ammo skill with one crossbow and fire it with your weapon swap crossbow

[dawn spire]

When you're sitting still not fighting anything, do you see both buffs at the top or neither?

Or just thunder

[spring temple]

he's probably gonna see thunder with the number of bolts remaining, if he's mid-map

[opaque sparrow]

Does kitiko's build shock AND electrocution?

[jagged lichen]

Gotcha. I was assuming it would auto-swap crossbows because the skill was only assigned to set 2, and left click was universally "shoot". Thank you

[fathom abyss]

sometimes i will see thunder. But i have never seen ice at the top of screen

[dawn spire]

The gloves don't prevent shock, so they can do both

[opaque sparrow]

Ahaaaaa

[opaque sparrow]

I thought so

[spring temple]

herald of ice will not show up at the top because it does not trigger a temporary buff like herald of thunder does

herald of ice triggers on-kill explosions, herald of thunder will buff your next few attacks

[dawn spire]

Because thunder gives you a little buff when you kill a shocked enemy that shoots projectiles periodically. I think. Herald of ice doesn't have any lasting buff effects.

Can you screenshot your gems in the skill pane including the supports?

[opaque sparrow]

Now my other question. If I'm running neural overload and not kitiko's, I still have to be doing electrocution damage yes?

[dawn spire]

Nvm, doctor hit the nail on the head

[dawn spire]

There is no such thing as electrocution damage. Neural overload simply allows hits from the supported skill to electrocute enemies that are primed for electrocution

[opaque sparrow]

Electrocution build up**

[dawn spire]

It does not stop the skill from increasing electrocution build up

As far as I'm aware

[opaque sparrow]

I have to electrocute them the enemy somehow tho

[still rock]

Yes you still need to buildup electrocution

[opaque sparrow]

In the first placd

[opaque sparrow]

Yeah, ghey

Thanks 😔

[still rock]

Neural just lets you do it faster (bypassing part of the %)

[dawn spire]

Primed for electrocution just means they have 80%+ buildup, I think

[opaque sparrow]

Yea i gotchu

I was hoping neural would let me bypass the need for kitiko

I hate having to be in melee to proc electricution (without kitiko)

[dawn spire]

If you use electrocuting arrow you don't need the gloves

[still rock]

You can use Electrocute support

[opaque sparrow]

🧐

[dawn spire]

Or that, yeah

[still rock]

on anything that deals lightning damage

[opaque sparrow]

Oh.... hmmm

So i guess electrocute on storm wave and then neural on charged staff...

[dawn spire]

I was using electrocution support on my lightning rod BEFORE they removed the 40% damage loss and it still felt fine

[dawn spire]

Albeit I did have like 40% shock magnitude

[dawn spire]

Yeah, doctor answered it. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't some kind of buff tied to HoT or something

Both are working as intended

[fathom abyss]

got it thanks for the help

[still rock]

That would work but try without neural first to see how the buildup is and then add it in if you want the electrocute faster

atleast that's what I'd do

to feel it out

[opaque sparrow]

Yeah the idea is that I don't want to have to keep storm-waving to keep electrocute up

Oh yeah that won't work

Rip

[still rock]

Are you invoker

[opaque sparrow]

Oh nvm. Yea it will

[opaque sparrow]

Yes

[still rock]

just take unbound avatar

[opaque sparrow]

I've kinda got a weird set up atm 🙃

[still rock]

unbound avatar is insane for freezing and electrocuting

[opaque sparrow]

I'm taking the 15% evasion node

[opaque sparrow]

I have 0 trouble with electrocuting right now

I electrocute almost instantly

[still rock]

Then whats the whole setup for

[opaque sparrow]

I'm trying to dump kitikos

Without having to have electrocute on flurry

[still rock]

Gotcha

[opaque sparrow]

Okay yea this should work

I have to get the initial electricute off with storm wave to build power charge

And then charged staff and neural will build electrocution and proc electrocution

To keep the cycle going

[neon zealot]

hers a fun leveling build (51) I"ve put together thats hitting 60k without bell/rage stacks - stil in draft mode

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/6h1io401

[opaque sparrow]

Wait... will it build electrocution ? 😭😭

[still rock]

Neural doesn't no

You need electrocution buildup for neural to do anything

[opaque sparrow]

Welp

Guess I'm going cold 😀

[still rock]

Whats so bad abt using electrocute on flurry

[nimble hound]

Is blood mage a bad idea for beginner? i heard its hard to get the HP back

[still rock]

The good thing abt going flurry over ice strike imo is that you can still freeze but if you go ice strike over flurry you cant reliably electrocute

[snow sierra]

you gotta not pick the first ascendency at the start

[nimble hound]

when can i play it and what build is fastest to lvl as it

[ruby chasm]

is a endgame la build ssf viable?

[opaque sparrow]

I just hate having to be in melee to electrocute

[still rock]

ranger (bow builds) in general has a tough time in ssf unless you get lucky making a good bow

[snow sierra]

For new ppl leveling i would allways recommend minions but thats just me.

[opaque sparrow]

☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼

[still rock]

[nimble hound]

So once I get 4 acendency points I can go blood mage?

[still rock]

Just play caged god and take beef and only attributes

[still rock]

It's recommended to do so because the downside of the first node is hard to effectively mitigate early on

[snow sierra]

Nah when you get the second one its fine, or when you reach a decent build

[elder spade]

between this two, increase spell damage and increase lightning damage have the same multiplier???

[still rock]

He means the second one by saying 4 points

[nimble hound]

and when I have those 4 points what build should I go, whats a good and powerful lvling build

[elder spade]

or lightning deals more damage using lightning than spell damage

[snow sierra]

ye i just realized that

to poe brained

[spring temple]

if you are using a lightning spell, these both impact it the same amount

[snow matrix]

Hey so I just reached endgame on invoker monk. I am looking at gearing up towards ice-strike shatter monk, Is there any guides/planners out there that I would haven't to make significant changes between level 65 to say 85? I can invest 5 divines max till I reach level 85+ where I do pinnacle content.

[still rock]

Blood mage is pretty open, but crit scaling lightning spells seems to be a good play rn

[elder spade]

yea im using lightning

[nimble hound]

im lvl2 and this is the hardest class ive done so far lol

witch

nothing is dying

[still rock]

Respectfully if youre having issues at level 2 then no amt of build planning is gunna help much

Try #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[nimble hound]

yeah im using the wrong skills

the bone skill doing like negative dps

Maybe ill stick with my Pathfinder thats so stupid easy

[ornate wind]

So I've heard that bolstering presence doesn't actually work on pain offering is this true still?

[still rock]

Pain Offering isn't "your" aura

[snow sierra]

weapon classes are easy as long you happen to have a decent weapon^^

[still rock]

it's technically from a minion

[ornate wind]

I see

Ty

[opaque sparrow]

You're having trouble on witch? 😐 how

[nimble hound]

nothing is dying lol. getting swarmed

[ornate wind]

I'm also using the node that increases minion damage when you have two offerings down, hopefully that one is working lol

[nimble hound]

minions die quick too

i am using unearth and skeletel archer

[opaque sparrow]

Idk how you're fucking that up but you need to go to #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[snow sierra]

well witch is kinda hard

[nimble hound]

i almost feels bugged

[snow sierra]

until you get srs

[opaque sparrow]

No it isn't 💀

[elder spade]

which is better between this two?

[nimble hound]

okay so like. its gear then

[ornate wind]

I would say find a scepter with skeleton warriors and just grind it out until you can equip raging spirits and flame wall

[nimble hound]

you hold down right click with unearth

[opaque sparrow]

Witch is by far the easiest set up I've ever had

[nimble hound]

which skills

[opaque sparrow]

Hard to have gear issues at level 2

[nimble hound]

So whats the problem, wrong skill?

[opaque sparrow]

I have no idea... lol

[nimble hound]

unearth is doing amost no dmg

[snow sierra]

i had a way easier time leveling my second witch with a bow until srs then doing it with essence drain

[ornate wind]

The problem is just that you're level 2 probably

[opaque sparrow]

Yeah unearth isn't a nuke

[nimble hound]

ill try a sorcerer spell

[opaque sparrow]

Unearth is primarily a zombie skill

It's not meant to do crazy damage

[civic iron]

Open your skill tab.. then equip each piece. The DPS number will change as you swap gear. Then choose

[elder spade]

im still buying them in the future hehe

[civic iron]

It does a little. But you are supposed to hit already dead enemies with it to rez little bone scorpion looking things

[thin basin]

Just you me and nischana

[nimble hound]

is bonewall good?

[thin basin]

Also would anyone happen to know why stormweaver want effect durations?

[elder spade]

which one is better top or bottom?

[versed tundra]

Do breach rings get stronger in a breach map?

[civic iron]

Yup

[versed tundra]

50% increased stats?

[civic iron]

Early game it's great. Haven't gotten far with that build yet. But good for now

[dawn spire]

No, they can just have up to 50% quality instead of 20%

They don't work like poe1 breach rings

[versed tundra]

How do you give quality to rings?

[dawn spire]

Catalysts from breach encounters

[idle hinge]

Use breach catalysts

[still rock]

I liked chrono a lot but I did not like how they murdered my boy Contagion so I made two other toons since then lol

frenzy charge bow is busted imo Im just waiting for armor to not suck to go back to my bowbringer

[dawn spire]

Skill effect duration would make orb of storms and spark last longer.

[still rock]

or have some form of life scaling that isnt Be Titan

[civic iron]

I would get the bottom - especially if your a sparky..

[dawn spire]

6-frenzy barrage snipe with a +2 arrow bow into two tornadoes is so so silly

[still rock]

rn it feels very bad to try and do a hybrid ar/eva, might as well go full eva ranger rn

[thin basin]

Oh yea i forgot they use those

[elder spade]

thanks, yes im sparky boi

[still rock]

Does duration affect spark?

[elder spade]

yah

[idle hinge]

Yes

[still rock]

Spiral volley clear plus snipe for bosses is easy mode gaming

[civic iron]

I would go bottom.. but I'm not the most knowledgeable. But looks better to me

[dawn spire]

I might have to try spiral volley instead of ice shot for a map or two

[thorny token]

spiral volley def way better but you also can end up with no frenzies for snipe every so often because of it

[still rock]

My bowbringer does it with armour explosion and its legit just hold left click to clear the entire map, maybe stopping to snipe a couple tanky rares

[thorny token]

which is annoying

[dawn spire]

I wonder if I can still freeze with just 30-40 cold on my bow

[still rock]

annoying but not as slow as setting up two other skills for single target

[still rock]

can always try cold infusion on volley

[elder spade]

im still using this, despite im level 91 lol😭

[dawn spire]

That's honestly impressive in a sad way

[still rock]

spiral - cold infusion - glaciation - perpetual charge - heft

some form of ice bite elsewhere

[civic iron]

It's a hard to beat wand unless you get hella lucky.. or buy

[thorny token]

i mean if you run out of frenzies you do have to snipers mark, if you dont run out of frenzies you dont

[still rock]

bushwhack and pin buildup jewels

Id kill for a 25ms bushwhack and 5ms vaal tho

it really only sucks in my setup if the rare is separated from a pack

because armour explosion pops them generally

[thorny token]

thats 1 and half frenzy, with some chance to hit max as you cant pin again

[opaque sparrow]

Do you have enough bells?

[nimble hound]

oh nice found a good lvling build guide for witch.

he uses minions and firewall

[opaque sparrow]

💀

[thorny token]

and you dont even need pin buildup jewels

[still rock]

probably not necessary but nice for bossing

[low lava]

My amulet gives +41 spirit but when I equip or unequip it doesnt change my spirit, does anyone know what I could be missing?

[still rock]

and i run serpents egg as well

[spring temple]

are you an invoker with "equipment gives no spirit"

[static plinth]

Is Sine Aqueo basically just 100% more buildup for freeze/electrocute/heavy stun/etc?

[idle hinge]

No idea what sine aqueo is.

[static plinth]

ITS BACK
YIPPEE

[idle hinge]

I would think so then.

[spring temple]

it's not quite 100% buildup because of things like "primed for stun/electrocute"

[idle hinge]

But the last line sucks

[static plinth]

It is what it is

[still rock]

Idk if the dmg cut is worth it for bossing

pinnacle bosses have a gazillion health as it is

[sinful pecan]

can please someone helps me if I show you guys my items in live stream.I have some questions and please please help me with it. its my first time playing poe and wanna learn a bit deeper.

[neon zealot]

haahah ice monk is broken 80k at level 53

[static plinth]

What makes Giant's Blood dual-wielding so bad?

[neat bison]

Having no shield means you die

[thorny token]

just swap from shield to weapon on bosses

[versed tundra]

Do I vaal before or after I apply runes on a unique weapon?

[static plinth]

Jesus fucking christ lmao

[static plinth]

Before

Add sockets before, add runes after

[thorny token]

still loses to plasma blast smh

[static plinth]

My beloved

Shame Perfect Strike only gets to 3k%

[snow sierra]

you thought you building tank to survie enemys...no we are building tank for the mana cost...

[static plinth]

Damn does Plasma Blast get to have multiple projectiles?

Can they chain off terrain?

[thorny token]

dont think so

but you can make it fire 4 shots in a row

functions like barrage not like it does on non-crossbow skills

[static plinth]

Oh sick

Crossbows dont get quivers right?

[scarlet cipher]

guys please help wy im not dealing damage at tier 13+ maps these are my weapon and I followed this build: (https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJhZDgxYjEzZi0zNzAxLTQ0NjAtOTNlMS1kZjVkNDkyOTQ0OTkifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0)

[still rock]

I havent tested but I'd guess the skills we have now dont utilize dual wielding effectively

[thorny token]

no

[thorny token]

they actually do very well, both perfect strike and hammer its basically 70% more damage

[static plinth]

Perfect Strike also ignites 100% of the time

[still rock]

Are those the only two? out of curiosity

[thorny token]

molten blast also has interaction

[static plinth]

Molten Blast seems at least okay with dual-wielding. Idk about Giant's Blood though

[thorny token]

where it fires double projs

[static plinth]

MB doesnt get +12 to skills from dual-wielding two-handers so its probably only good with one-handed maces

[thorny token]

well you would still rather dual wield 2hs as its simply more damage :d

[still rock]

Giants blood should on paper be better than not giants blood if you can manage the attribute requirements if the skill used scales with dual wielding

[thorny token]

over 2 1hs

[static plinth]

...fair

I think im gonna do Plasma Blast though

What for clear, Stormblast?

[thorny token]

i was using galvanic

[static plinth]

Do you need to load Grenades?

Or do you just shoot them

[still rock]

How does +proj work with xbow? Does it use an additional bolt?

Say from like deadeye

[opaque sparrow]

@still rock my current ascendancy set up

[static plinth]

What in god's name are you playing on

[opaque sparrow]

I have the large ice node as well, hard to see under alladat

[opaque sparrow]

My cell phone

[static plinth]

Fucking

Do you get more than 1 fps

[thorny token]

just shoot them they have cd

[thorny token]

no

[opaque sparrow]

I think i get like 40 or 50

[static plinth]

Your phone runs better than my laptop 😭

[still rock]

Using ascendancy points for small nodes doesnt seem very effective

[snow sierra]

dear god now i have seen it all

[still rock]

but you do you

[snow sierra]

i feel old now

[echo badger]

What’s the consensus on ascendency class warbringer

[still rock]

block good, warcry good, the rest is up in the air

i like the armor break

[static plinth]

Second totem node is good, first totem node seems like hot dogass

[echo badger]

That’s mostly why I went for it

[still rock]

yeah the minions are mostly smooth brain

[echo badger]

And .5% health regen will only get better

[thorny token]

just do titan if you arent doing warcry stuff imo

[echo badger]

I will be doing war cry when I unlock more

[still rock]

I went warbringer for interaction with armour explosion on bow skills but Titan gets more overall

imo

[static plinth]

Is it worth getting Plasma Blast to ignite

[thorny token]

if scattershot did not existed then sure :d

[echo badger]

Yeah I felt the same way about titan being better but I’m not going to use the armor break skill and I like warcrys and totems

[static plinth]

Maybe i go pathfinder for this, for less movement penalty while charging?

[thorny token]

doesnt matter that much

mobility support is enough

[static plinth]

My poor sockets though

[still rock]

The warcry builds are consensus pretty good so its a good pick for that

[thorny token]

tried it on pf but going pf just for that is not worth

[silver inlet]

Fellow warriors heed my call can someone inform me if a bleed lifeleech totem/something (I thought totems worked like ballistic totems from poe unless I'm using it wrong) jagged ground bleed could work basically I want toxic rain totems but on warrior while double fishing 2x two handed axes

[thorny token]

mobility + momentum is basically 2 supports worth of damage

so its fine

[still rock]

I wanna do xbow but as a deadeye I think

[thorny token]

deadeye is best crossbow ascendancy

and its not close either

[static plinth]

Does Plasma Blast explode when it hits an ice wall?

[thorny token]

no

[still rock]

seems like it on paper

[static plinth]

This is horrifying

But like

go off ig

[thorny token]

in reality as well. even if you dont need the +proj you insta stack tailwind on stuff like shockburst and rapid fire

[opaque sparrow]

Why 😂

[still rock]

Hows the witchhunter pop, any value? I wanted to play it as melee but im waiting for better skills

[thorny token]

and with plasma blast you can stack tailwind by spamming it while moving

but never shooting it

lul

[still rock]

Deadeye meta again

its joever

[static plinth]

The more things change the more they stay the same

Is Fulminating Concoction any good for damage

[opaque sparrow]

Why is it horrifying 🥲

[thorny token]

all we needed is for evasion to not be useless

for wind ward to stop being useless too

[opaque sparrow]

Poe2 just a mobile game breh

[thorny token]

now deadeye defense good

[still rock]

Is acro bad?

seems good

[thorny token]

acro is good

ifyou have 20k+ eva

if you dont then dotn click it

[still rock]

open the wallet

[thorny token]

imo

well tailwind gives you 150% inc eva

[static plinth]

Is Advanced Thaumaturgy just ass?

[thorny token]

so its not even that hard

[thorny token]

its good with adaptive capability

its ass without obviously

[analog glacier]

It's good to have 2 clerics for a minions build or 1 is enought ?

[static plinth]

What if i went crossbow invoker or acolyte

[snow sierra]

1 in enough 2 is compfy

[thorny token]

crossbow invoker is fine

idk why would you go acolyte

[static plinth]

Damage as chaos, but without Mantra of Destruction its probably annoying

[still rock]

if it wasnt so hard to path from sorc I'd try a xbow stormweaver cause exposure but thats too much hipster i think

maybe still good

[static plinth]

You just path to ele nodes dont you?

[midnight geode]

does this dmg stack if i have multiple heralds up?

[thorny token]

yea you dont need to path to crossbow nodes at all

they are kinda useless

[still rock]

Probably but I haven't even tried xbow so I dont know what value is down there

[still rock]

ah interesting

that makes it easier then

[static plinth]

reduced attack speed .jpg

[thorny token]

only good one is instant reload but like you can just get more attack speed worst case link the support

[static plinth]

When you pick up a purple flame, does that refresh the duration of all other purple flames?

[still rock]

ye

[midnight geode]

thats insane

[static plinth]

Its kinda w/e, youre only benefitting from one at a time

[still rock]

ele hit when

[midnight geode]

wait doesnt it buff me all the time while the herald is on?

[static plinth]

It does

[still rock]

yes

[midnight geode]

ok nice

[still rock]

he means you cant do fire and cold damage at the same time

[static plinth]

I want Wild Strike back so bad but it got ate by Invoker

[midnight geode]

im making a snipe/ice shot build and im using shock to buff my snipe and ice shot for clearing maps

[rancid seal]

does Heartstopped reduce infernalist demon form hp drain?

[midnight geode]

and i use both heralds at the same time

[static plinth]

No, its not a DoT

Even if it did, youd be fucking evaporated by the second line

[rancid seal]

that should only apply for the first second after you activate demon form though (right?)

[still rock]

Is anyone actually taking Heartstopper

[static plinth]

Anyone?

[astral badger]

if im runing MoM and Eldrritch Battery, why doesnt increasing maximum energy shield on my passive tree increase my mana #?

[rancid seal]

no, each one you pick up expire after its own internal 5 sec timer.

[snow sierra]

Heartstopper could be nice for infernalist if you force perma self ignite

[static plinth]

Yeah, but you're only taking 1% of your life as damage then lol
Then (if it worked) you're taking 150% of your life at 200 stacks instead of 100%

[thorny token]

no, it is a lot worse when your mobility is worse :d

[static plinth]

You have to completely stop taking DoT, it doesnt proc if you get a DoT while you have one already on you

[snow sierra]

oh lol

[static plinth]

Heartstopper is only good if you stack reduced ailment duration on you

Probably only need 50% but still

[spring temple]

if something gets converted, it no longer behaves like the original stat. converting your ES to Mana prevents ES bonuses from applying because it's no longer ES

[still rock]

probably going to combo with something from trickster

cause rn it seems ass

[static plinth]

Always has been

[astral badger]

Oh - so should I apply all the bonuses and then click eldritch battery or will it remove it retroactively?

[static plinth]

Demon Form and Into The Breach aren't spells, right?

[still rock]

It'll say if they are

[static plinth]

This is DB

Ah i see, it goes in tags not where Buff is

So not a spell

Concentration should be as strong a mechanic as it was in 1, right?

[still rock]

Conversion only cares about the final value type, in this case your base ES is converted to Mana so its not increased by ES % increases anymore

because % increases happens after conversion not before

[spring temple]

there's no timing to this, as far as skilling points on your tree goes

[astral badger]

ah ok. wonder why the build guide im following (telestomp stormweaver) wants ES boosts on the gear?

[spring temple]

those ES boosts are local to the gear

[static plinth]

ES on gear is local, meaning it applies first and only to the gear

[spring temple]

they would add ES to the item, then you would convert that boosted ES to mana

[astral badger]

OH got it thanks all. i was hoping i wouldnt have to redo my gear

[spring temple]

but ES boosts on your tree do not work the same way

[astral badger]

that is so so helpful ty

[static plinth]

Plasma Blast should do Cast on Shock really well, right?

[still rock]

About the one thousandth time I've said this but they really should add (Local) to local affixes idk why they dont

[static plinth]

At least when you press Alt

[still rock]

or some phrasing to indicate it for new players

[static plinth]

They need to give a tutorial showing players to hold ALT to see more info

Are there any skills that Empower Plasma Blast?

[quasi wind]

Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder Build ANY BODY

FOR HELP

[still rock]

[static plinth]

So if i wanna proc Cast on Shock with one plasma bolt on a unique enemy

I need 250% increased energy gained to proc it assuming a 1.0 cast time?

[stuck peak]

not the biggest expert but might be able to help, what's your question

[still rock]

idk if you can get enough energy to cast it on one shock? idk

[static plinth]

Is it affected by magnitude of the shock

[still rock]

afaik no

just be invoker

[scarlet cipher]

can some one help me with solving build issue do not deal dps "dead eye lightning arrow"?

[static plinth]

Maybe

[static plinth]

Wait no, 150%

[still rock]

idk if any CoX is gunna work reliably without being invoker

[static plinth]

150% might actually be achievable

[still rock]

just like being life isnt reliable without being Titan

[static plinth]

57% from the gem's levels, 15% from it's quality

[still rock]

[static plinth]

There was a spuport for 30% i think

[still rock]

i havent mathed all the energy gen available on tree

but it doesnt seem like much at eye glance

[static plinth]

Do you know what the support is called

Oh wow Primed stuff is really strong

SPELLS NOOOO

[still rock]

impetus

[static plinth]

57+15+40

Honestly thats fucking close

[still rock]

then *1.35 from invoker

[static plinth]

I dont think i even need invoker one sec

[still rock]

Probably your bow

[static plinth]

55% possible on tree

Thats enough lol

[still rock]

nah thats good

[static plinth]

31% if i only take 1 branch

[still rock]

not incredible but should be doing dmg

[scarlet cipher]

can I dm you and show my build?

[static plinth]

Just barely short 😭

[still rock]

Just do it in here thats the point of the chat

[still rock]

be titan

xD

[static plinth]

Too far to path

[still rock]

even though that starts on the absolute opposite side from energy

level 100 build

[static plinth]

I mean

I should look at what i want to trigger

ITs probably not 1s cast time