2┃build-planning

[honest peak]

is there a non-crit version

looking to spec into it

[upper viper]

You can prob combine it with herald of ice and thunder. But i am not sure, havent tried that skill yet

[honest peak]

hmm ill think about it

like i pretty much have almost bis gear

im just not sure if itll do well without crit chance

[calm forge]

do command skills for minions scale purely off minion damage?

[honest peak]

and it seems like the build really strives off of crit

[upper viper]

I think crit is just hard in general, need it on all the gear you can

[olive ibex]

Right now its a gas poison ranger build, but it feels like i dont do dmg... I was wondering if an ice ranger leveling build is good?
Am lvl 28 right now

[upper viper]

I think, poison is hard to level with. But that is from personal experiance. I switched to LA for leveling quick, so i could map

[olive ibex]

What does LA mean? 🙂

[upper viper]

Lightning arrow 🙂

[lavish pine]

if I buy an ingenuity belt will it be deleted later?

im pretty sure all of these items are duped

[upper viper]

check the buyers profile, if they have a lot in the game. Its prob pretty safe, thats what i did

[olive ibex]

Ahh I tried that as well, but i had some problems with it as well, for some reason i didnt clear the campaign maps as fast as many others say they are. I always had to roll back and kite

[upper viper]

Your gonna need the highest elemental and phys DPS on the bow and good attack mods on quiver. ANd if you can, rings.
That will give you a lot of ACT damage. I ended act 3 normal withh 5k damage

and act 3 cruel with 10k ish damage

one of my rings

[olive ibex]

So you would play LA, Lightning Rod and Herald of Thunder, right? What do you use for bosses?

[olive ibex]

Damn that i dont have

[upper viper]

Lightning rod, and orb of storm for bosses.
LA with herald of ice and thunder for clear

i can link a good LA leveling guide ?

[olive ibex]

Does Orb of storms need leveling up? Because i dont have much INT

[upper viper]

i dont level it more then 10

[olive ibex]

Sure!

[upper viper]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-live-starter
This is what i used on my ranger and Merc

[olive ibex]

Dont really know what to skill in the passive tree as well, but i will have a look at the guide

[mystic shard]

does eternal youths life regen make zealots oath heal as if it's benefitting from that recharge?

[upper viper]

just focus on point blank for ascend. Than spec what you can on the tree for now. until more gold.

[olive ibex]

Thx

[worldly trail]

does proj skill lvl increase pois conc poison damage, or does it only affect the chaos hit damage?

[upper viper]

Np Shark.

[rapid estuary]

right one on monk?

[olive ibex]

I have 30 spirit, is there a quick way to get more?

[upper viper]

a cheap way is a helmet with spirit or amulet 🙂

helmet is a enchant, if you use trade. As its a corruption 🙂

[mystic shard]

damnit whys it so hard to find a an answeer for this

searched all over discord and reddit

[rugged lily]

Body armor, scepter, solar amulet

[mystic shard]

does anyone know?

[upper viper]

Wish i knew, never used those yet 😦

[rapid estuary]

were u talking to me? sry D:

[upper viper]

Dragon 🙂

Ah no. wow

[tiny brook]

So I'm using galvanic shards and stormburst that only conver 40% to lightning, but my entire tree revolves around scaling lightning damage/pen alongside exposure.

If I do a wide majority of lightning damage on tooltip (even more in practice) should I really get a high pdps crossbow or just get a full ele one? https://i.imgur.com/xob4J2I.png

[upper viper]

that was for Shark. but the other message was for Dragon XD

[tiny brook]

im thinking if I get a high flat lightning roll + high ele dmg with attack roll it'd be better than pure pdps

[mystic shard]

?

srory i see no message?

did someone answer? i cant find anything?

[upper viper]

Was just saying wish i could help, but i havent tried that yet 🙂

[rugged lily]

Eternal Youth makes life recharge, not regenerate, so I wouldn't expect Zealot's Oath to receive any benefits from that

[mystic shard]

oh ok ok

[rugged lily]

well, if you do also have life regeneration, then I guess it would apply to ES when your lfie is full

[shrewd kernel]

I'm losing faith in Elemental Expression https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/eh1qbw01 this is just terrible

[livid dagger]

hello anyone can help me, my premium stash not showing on poe trade, and my old item was already sold but still on site. so many people still chat me. anyone can help me to fix it? thanks

[shrewd kernel]

there has to be a way for it to work if they put it in the game right?!

[calm forge]

not necessarily. we're missing a decent chunk of ascendencies, skills, supports and uniques

[pearl sluice]

I want to Play Monk but i dont know what build is the best or better is at start Deff better as Dmg ? and Ice better as Lightning ?

Which is the strongest affix "Increased Critical Strike Chance" that we can get?

[rugged lily]

+5% on two-handed weapon is likely to be the best, gonna look a bit longer though

[pearl sluice]

And for one-handed weapons?

+5% too?

[rugged lily]

one-handed is t he same actually

[pearl sluice]

Ah, thanks man

[rugged lily]

https://poe2db.tw/us/One_Hand_Maces#ModifiersCalc

[pearl sluice]

I asked to chatgpt about the crit, it send me the formula

[bronze gazelle]

guys, what is the name of the soul core who give spirit ?

[rugged lily]

I wouldn't expect chatgpt to be good at quoting specific poe2 stats

[shrewd kernel]

I mean there isn't even any data for it to train on yet

[rugged lily]

Azcapa

[bronze gazelle]

❤️

[atomic halo]

asking chatgpt is extremely risky

[snow sierra]

do ppl rly ask chat gpt for poe builds ?

[spare reef]

is there a cursebot-support specc right now, who can shut down enemies doing crazy things ? what ascendensi works best ? any ideas ?

[pearl sluice]

Anyone knows any way to make fireball strong without archmage?

[snow sierra]

you could proc srs with it, kill them and use cast on minion death comets ?xD

[frosty arrow]

is putting quality on wands do anything?

[pearl sluice]

Lol, that's true

I'm trying to find a good spell to cast on ignite

[snow sierra]

Firespells seem to be in a rly bad place right now from what i can tell

[pearl sluice]

I was trying eye of winter, but I'll have points to make like 50%/60% critical chance, counting everything already.
Then, fireball, but it seems weak without archmage

[snow sierra]

maybe scale it with demon form

but i feel like every other spell would to better

[pearl sluice]

I'm playing titan warrior

[shrewd kernel]

Maybe if you added "within the context of builds on poe ninja" to the prompt

and even then, idk

[pearl sluice]

And doing a battlemage, I ignite then with perfect strike and some spells goes on

[pearl sluice]

I didn't get it

[shrewd kernel]

chat gpt could MAYBE pump out a working poe 1 build if you asked it to train on the builds from poe ninja... but that's cause poe ninja dumps ALL the data

even then it probably wouldn't work

[pearl sluice]

Oh, I was asking it about critical chance, the calculation, because I was trying to calculate my crit with eye of winter and increased crit chance, I didn't ask it about any specific build

[shrewd kernel]

yea I was more responding to this

I'm gonna try it now

let's see what it cooks up

[pearl sluice]

Fair lol, I said about it too

[fierce scroll]

wehat is best infernalist build right now? frost mage?

[rancid seal]

Uncapped demon form I guess? Good luck getting the gear for it though 😉

[snow sierra]

teleporting with temporalis, its the best build on any class you are welcome

[shrewd kernel]

lmfao it's not terrible https://chatgpt.com/c/67759ea0-f9b8-8004-9be8-4899a845ff63

but zero depth

how expensive are full respecs, I might actually try iterating on this

[snow sierra]

Zizz put up his take on a spark mage if i rember right

[burnt path]

archmage needs 100, why do you need the 25 extra

[pearl sluice]

Which affix to critical I can get on my equipments, I know I can get critical strike increased chance, and increased critical chance on my weapons, and on the other equipments?

[bold pulsar]

Anyone here who can give me feedback on my sorc build? Its a living bomb, non crit ES + CI build

[faint solstice]

if using Demon Form with CI, does that mean i can keep in Demon Form forever as i only have 1 hp

[snow sierra]

no its means you can never active demon form

[faint solstice]

thought i found a a ez way...

[snow fiber]

does % to fire damage help minion builds?

[rugged lily]

minions won't benefit from bonuses to your own damage

[snow sierra]

no if it dos not say minions it dos not do minions

[snow fiber]

ty both

[dawn tusk]

hello guys

im trying to get more dps on spark

im thinking to switch my helm for more shield but i will lose my resistance should i do it ?

[upper viper]

getting back 29 nodes for me. Cost around 400k ish, dont know if that can help. But you prob need like a million for a full tree respec

[shrewd kernel]

dang yea might be faster for me to roll an alt ig

[upper viper]

O_O

just spam low tier maps

for like 2 hours or something

sell everything rare

way faster than, making a new char

[shrewd kernel]

is 400k not much at endgame? I JUST finished campaign and I have like 40k

oh okay

[upper viper]

Mapping will be faster and selling rare items, use your portals. To get back and in for selling. Will beat making a new char, anytime

[fervent barn]

if i have a somewhat decent bow would it be better i upgrade the bow or would HoWA gloves be a better power spike at 200 int and dex?

both are about the same price

[runic creek]

How does cast speed interact with Ember Fusillade?

[brave canopy]

Some supports make it cost more

[frosty arrow]

generally if you have low life you'd have other forms of defense. CI, MoM, acrobatics and high evasion. If you just have low life and rely on that as your main damage buffer you're toast

[snow sierra]

have chaos res and wear the anti poisen charm

Bleed is not concern because if you get hit by it you are dead anyways with 200 hp, since it only gets applyed if the attack damages your life

[rugged lily]

faster casting should create new embers faster, but if you want them to release faster you want "lower duration"

[snow sierra]

Brutes have the most health i am aware of

[acoustic slate]

I am playing sorc stormweaver. Did not got the unique amulet yet. I am surviving everything but delirium and breach its get very difficult for me to survive basically when enemies run towards u and surround u. Any advice or tip for this?

[snow sierra]

Zizz has a guide for a cheap stormweaver build that can even be done in SSF maybe that might help you.

[acoustic slate]

Ok will check

[raw depot]

does heft work with the shield skills? tooltip doesnt change with it equipped but the game actively recommends it

[thin basin]

does the top phys number go up?

[raw depot]

nope

[wise falcon]

If i have -48 from conductivity and a lightning exposure of 40, how much lighning penetration do i need to be at 0% res on a monster ?

[raw depot]

monsters should have 75% max res just like players if they kept the res formula the same from poe 1

[snow sierra]

And they have diffrent res values, so you might even have to mutch pen

[raw depot]

so pen is USUALLY wasted in poe2

[wise falcon]

and exposure debuff is additive with conductivity debuff ? not multiplicatif ?

[terse glen]

Anyway to make a frost aura?

[raw depot]

yes, all resistance stripping is additive(or technically subtractive)

[tidal copper]

What about exposure

[raw depot]

elaborate?

[frosty arrow]

I think exposure and resist reduction can go into negatives, but pen can't. I'm not sure how they interact. If pen applies first then not much is wasted as you can take monster resist into the red

But I'm not sure

[raw depot]

exposure is additive with other sources of reduced elemental resistances

[tidal copper]

So 5% exposure is 5 less resistance?
You sure?

[raw depot]

pen is applied last so if you are already at 0 or negative when you are applying pen then it will be wasted

[frosty arrow]

Sadge

But it would be broken otherwise I guess

[torpid cairn]

Trying to stay away from builds that are likely to get nerfed (howa/attri stacking/etc)
Am on a blank level 90 gemling, with 10 div budget
Any suggestions for a build that is pretty chill not 10 buttons to swap grenades per pack? Looking for something to casually farm trials/t15's till patch/huntress release

[raw depot]

can you tell me what effect you are looking at specifically? there are various exposure sizes as well as effect of exposure

[snow sierra]

Minions ?:P

[fervent barn]

is the flat cold damage on your bow multiplied when calculating total cold damage on lightning arrow? ive got good rings and armor in terms of cold damage but my bow is only 5-7 cold damage puting my lightning arrow at like 1100-1700 cold damage. would a 30-45 cold damage bow with good physical drastically change that total cold damage or would it just be a little?

[terse glen]

I am making a duel wield warr focused on frost magic so I want to build up aoe frost to then shatter them all sort of thing

So far I’m using frost orb and nova with rolling slap bone breaker

[torpid cairn]

Is there a minion build that doesnt require spamming the 'command' skill? That kinda wasnt fun ngl

[deft yarrow]

anyone know how to get extra links in "Into The Breach"?

[raw depot]

you are going to have to convert damage then, look at blueflame bracers

[tidal copper]

Just wondering cause I saw someone explain exposure and they said it was a percentage of enemy resistances or something
I probably should go back and watch the guide again just looking to learn

[raw depot]

will let you do the mace dualweirld things fire damage but make it all ice

[snow sierra]

Arsonist are pretty low maintance, frostmages work to if you get get hold of crit jewels

Only snipers requiere that spamm, both i mentioned dont even use the command ability

[torpid cairn]

Ill take a peak at some minion builds then, appreciate the reccommendation

Maybe I got unlucky

First minion build I tried was the gas fire sniper one..

[snow sierra]

ye that can get kinda spammy

[raw depot]

yeah the term "percent" is a bad choice on gggs part, any exposure effect will take the enemys default resistance percent and subtract the listed exposure percent

[snow sierra]

Arosnist you can try for kinda cheap, frostmages will eat into that div budged tho cause they need the crit scaling from jewels to feel good

[deft yarrow]

how can i add more support slots in "Into the Breach"?

[raw depot]

character levels

[tidal copper]

45 65 90? Something like that

[raw depot]

all character innate skills gain sockets as you level with 5 sockets being at level 90

[terse glen]

Was this @me

[wintry knoll]

anyone know why does setting negotiable price for all items in my stash tab not set the price on the items in that tab?

[raw depot]

yeah

[terse glen]

So no frost aura at all in game I thought I could turn arctic armour into an aura

[raw depot]

arctic is too weak right now, only procs after you have been meleed

[terse glen]

Thought I could turn in into an aura but guess not

[snow sierra]

what should a "frost aura" even do ?

[raw depot]

d2 frost aura im guessing? constant cold tick

[terse glen]

I’m not basing it off of anything just an idea in my head so idk haha

[terse glen]

Build up freeze and small cold damage tick

[snow sierra]

Blaspemy + Temp chains + Chrono ? if you looking for a slow^^

[terse glen]

My big build idea was like a dk from wow frost and poison build up

Do you think one handed duel wield or two handed would work better

[snow sierra]

eh weapons in poe2 are kinda limited at the moment

[spring prairie]

arctic armour just straight up sucks, the name is completely misleading because it gives no armor or hp

idk why they named it that when it's a pure dps spell, makes absolutely 0 sense

[kindred patrol]

how do i inflict electrocute? i see passive tree has buildup nodes, and i know about kitos gloves, is there any other way?

[snow sierra]

So i would wait with this build designe until atleast sword or axes come out

[raw depot]

right now if you want to freeze you need to be in the monk area, you might be able to make a mace conversion monk if you want to try that route

[raw depot]

certain skills have electrocute innately like i think voltaic grenade and there is a support gem that makes a skills lightning dmg contribute to elec

[median kraken]

I actually do think of it as a defensive skill, I think its main purpose is freezing/chilling enemies that hit you, not the actual damage. That said, I agree that the name should change. They named it that just because it's meant to be the new version of the PoE1 Arctic Armor but since it no longer actually protects you from damage it's a bit misleading.

[terse glen]

Even with duel wield frost breath?

[kindred patrol]

ok, i will check those 2 , thanks

[spring prairie]

just a simple chill on melee hit is not nearly enough as defense, it does nothing against range and even against melee it hardly decreases the effective damage you take

it will do literally nothing to prevent you from getting one shotted or stunlocked, i've gotten killed through it countless times

[raw depot]

breath is a leveling weapon, you want make it past act 2 holding onto a pair

[terse glen]

I meant my build in general not just arctic

[median kraken]

I mean, you should be able to get killed through it. A 30-spirit skill shouldn't make you invincible.

I agree that it's weak right now and the name is misleading

[raw depot]

wtb scavenge plating refreshing the whole stack

[median kraken]

Just saying that I don't think it's useless for defensive purposes

[spring prairie]

it shouldn't make you invincible but it shouldn't do nothing for defense lol

[raw depot]

getting meleed either kills you outright or wasnt going to hurt anyway

[spring prairie]

^, the chill does not decrease the damage you take either directly or indirectly

[raw depot]

arctic armor helps with neither of those situations

[snow sierra]

Grim feast ...30 Spirt runs away

[median kraken]

Yeah, and Grim Feast is overpowered

[spring prairie]

i swapped it to grim feast and my survivability went up noticeably

the amount of times i get randomly one shot without counterplay in t1-2s went down a ton

[raw depot]

what build is too squishy for tier 1s?

[median kraken]

I agree that right now Arctic Armor isn't worth using outside of early on if you ahve nothing better to use your first 30 spirit on, especially with Grim Feast being what it is. I'm just saying that "I get killed with it on" isn't really proof.

[snow sierra]

I dont know sounds like not maxed resist

[spring prairie]

i have maxed resists

[median kraken]

Yeah, I do agree that if you're getting one-shot without counterplay in t1-2s then your problem definitely isn't "Arctic Armour is underpowered"

[spring prairie]

it's always massive physical or chaos burst that kills me, i've basically never died to elemental damage after i finished campaign

[median kraken]

Sounds like you don't have enough life/ES and chaos res

[snow sierra]

chaos res is not needed >.<

i did run with non until t12

[spring prairie]

i mean yeah i get that but that's not exactly fixable besides "be richer" and "be higher level"

[raw depot]

cloak of flame + the hollow mask, who needs armour lols

[snow sierra]

i dont think buying 1 ex items means you have to be ritch

I kinda sure i can do a build that dos t15/16 with 1ex per item, and maybe 1 or 2 slighly more expensive ones like 5-10ex

are you sure you using trade correctly ?

like setting exalted as price, so you dont get spammed with div offers since the side still thinks 1 div = 7ex

[pearl sluice]

Poe trade search for prism of belief doesnt work right?

Cant figure how to selectthe skill

[spring prairie]

yes everything ive bought was under 5 ex each

[snow sierra]

it works somewhat halfway m41k1

you can search for a skill group

[median kraken]

Sure. I'm mostly just saying that I don't think the problem here is "arctic armor is weak." I think Arctic Armor is weak, but it also sounds like you were maybe expecting it too do much when you were complaining about dying with it on.

[snow sierra]

includes skeletal brutes for example, someone gave that to me for my search but no clue how to find out these numbers

[terse glen]

Okay okay, anyway to get a poison build with freeze elements?

[thin basin]

try doing 1 min 2 max, up 1 number by each time, the ranges is weird like 1 and 2 contain a set of 2-3 ish skills level 1-3

[old ermine]

Anyone know if Essence Drain and Contagion can be used to make a decent build?

[torpid cairn]

Any good content creators for gemling minion builds? Struggling to find anyone whos done more than snipers

[snow sierra]

what you need help for ?

[kindred patrol]

i see the support gem for electrocute, can you explain wht neural overload does though?

[snow sierra]

i can throw you a more then decent tree togther if you like

[torpid cairn]

Just wanted to see someones general routing to get an idea

[spring prairie]

well i think arctic armour needs a buff, not that grim feast needs a nerf

[torpid cairn]

Oh wow if youre fine doing that Id be extremely appreciative

I am too new to poe i think to make my own effectively

I have 4th ascendancy

[spring prairie]

i don't feel like it's that overpowered, we just need the other options to be more viable

[peak forge]

Hey folks, I'm looking into investing in a Morior Invictus Grand Regalia for my Titan warrior and a bit torn on what stats to go for, watched a few streamers/builds, and it seems to be a combination between Life / Resistances / Defensives, what do ya'll think/recommend?

[snow sierra]

its not that hard on minions, but i get it gotta get back to you in a few, i just need to see what can be ditched because of the travling notes

[torpid cairn]

No worries at all, I will be here all day

Trying to get something together that can do trials of chaos 1-10 without worrying too much about dying

[pearl sluice]

Thanks

[thin basin]

neural make it so it electrocutes at 60/70/80% insetad of needing 100%

[torpid cairn]

Not trying to do like crazy uber boss kinda stuff, I know my budget too low at 7div anyways

[kindred patrol]

ah i see , thank you

[snow sierra]

level 90 right ?

[thin basin]

i dont know exact number but hover over the keywords they should tell you

[torpid cairn]

Yup!

[snow sierra]

frost mages or arsonist ?

[torpid cairn]

Whatever you think has less buttons to press

I tried grenade gemling and it was very overwhelming

[snow sierra]

both have very few

[torpid cairn]

Then I suppose whatever you think would help you be tankier?

Safer clear over faster

[snow sierra]

ok

[median kraken]

So, I think in terms of how tanky builds are overall, I agree that I think other defensive options need a buff more than ES/Grim Feast needs a nerf. ES/Grim Feast might be a bit too strong, but I definitely think part of the problem is that armour and life are too weak.

That said, I do think Grim Feast is too good right now just in terms of how much defensive power it gives for 30 spirit relative to other buffs. Like, even if the total power of Grim Feast with ES is fine, I'd rather see it shifted around so less of the total power is in Grim Feast.

[keen marlin]

how this person put allocates unbound forces in the item?

[raw depot]

when the enemy is within a certain range of electrocute, 40% for normals and 60 70 80 for magic rare and uniques, then the skill will just auto electrocute them rather than make you finish it out. think of it like cull but for statuses

[kindred patrol]

thanks

[snow sierra]

got a tree ive thrown you a wisper so we dont spamm the channel here

[serene minnow]

"Can Block damage from all Hits" would this include boss unblockable skills?

[wintry knoll]

how do i know what type of items I should look for on the trade site to upgrade my gear? should I just look up items with the same name as what im currently using?

[median kraken]

That's called "instilling" an amulet. You use the Distilled Emotions that come from Delirium (can buy them in the "Delirium" tab in the currency exchange). To find out what emotions you need for a specific node, mouse over the node and hold alt (not sure about on controller). To instill an amulet, right click on a distilled emotion to open up the interface, then put the amulet and the 3 emotions in (order matters). It'll show you what node it gives so you can know you've got the right ones in the right order before you do it.

[keen marlin]

where is delirium?

[median kraken]

It's an endgame encounter you can find

If you're still in the campaign, don't worry about it

[keen marlin]

oh ok

ty

[median kraken]

You shouldn't need an instilled emulet during the campaign

[fervent barn]

if im freezing with lightning arrow easily on enemies under level 75 but struggling to get the herald of ice procs on enemies higher level is that a cold damage problem or just pure damage problem?

[median kraken]

If you're not freezing things then you want to deal more cold damage or get more freeze build up

[frosty arrow]

only damage of an appropriate type contributes to buildup of a specific ailment

[median kraken]

What the best kind of upgrade is I don't know, but as far as actually helping you freeze more, non-cold damage won't help

[tough crow]

when you use corrosion support to make poison pop Armour Explosion what determines its explosion damage?

[frosty arrow]

100% of attack damage, according to tooltip

fully converted from physical to fire

[tough crow]

so if i use it on corpswade boots Decompose that doesnt do a hit and isnt an attack whats it use

cause it works but i cant figure out how much damage it does with all the poisons

[minor tree]

is it intended that polcirkeln doesn't let cold snap shatter chilled enemies?

[fervent barn]

if ive got good amounts of cold damage on all my gear but my bow do you know if cold damage is affected differently on the weapon than it is on armor? so would i benefit more from cold damage on my bow than i would from my quiver for example?

[old ermine]

Are there any good content creators or guides for chaos spell based builds? (I'm thinking like Essence Drain, Contagion, Hexes, etc. Not poison.)

[frosty arrow]

flat damage additions are all the same from any piece of equipment. A 5-10 cold damage added to attacks on a bow are the same as on gloves, or ring

[fervent barn]

im just trying to decide between HoWA gloves and a bow with more cold damage

[frosty arrow]

I can tell you that at the moment that side of casting isn't that fantastic. Contagion and essence drain work as a great support combo, if you combine it with dark effigy. But pretty much any chaos casting build that is capable of doing endgame comfortably will just be hexblast. That's it. Hexblast. One button clear. Combo I described above is kept for a bit of extra chip damage on bosses and such

[cursive maple]

I've completed A4 with this build and can pretty consistently clear T15 maps, any obvious upgrades to my build that stand out or will it be more of a min-max from now on?

[vital plume]

hexblast clear then you contagion and eow for wither stacks on bosses

then melt the boss with coc comet

basically the rotation for chaos

[elder mural]

How would you guys lvl fresh from lvl 1 a gemling int stacker

[frosty arrow]

I refrained from using any spells or abilities that aren't chaos themed, to make it interesting. Because otherwise it just becomes another cast on bullshit build

and those all end up the same

I used essence drain, contagion, and dark effigy with stacking poisons for boss support

[old ermine]

Can Hexblast crit?

[vital plume]

yes

[frosty arrow]

yeah it can

[old ermine]

That sounds pretty nice then

[frosty arrow]

low base crit, but still

[vital plume]

bm is really good for it because base 15

what im doing rn

[old ermine]

bm?

[vital plume]

blood mage

[old ermine]

Oh!

[drifting cedar]

Are there any sources of flat damage to spells other than flame wall?

[frosty arrow]

yeah, hexblast caster works great on blood mage. I went with chayula monk. Because...reasons

also works, but probably not as well

[median kraken]

Not that I know of. Very few, at least, it's not a normal mod that can roll on gear

[drifting cedar]

Yeah certainly not on regular gear, but I'm not as familiar with caster builds as attack builds yet

[frosty arrow]

generally a spell is treated as a weapon of it's own, sort of. The only way to get higher flat base is to upgrade a spell

[drifting cedar]

noticing that using freezing shards with flame wall on a new character is just wrecking act 1 with no twink gear, due to the added flat applying to each shard

and wondering if I can expand the concept to later game

[frosty arrow]

apparently there are some spells that trigger an attack, of some sort. But I don't know if flat damage additives to attack from gear stack with it

[thin basin]

died at 98% twice in a row to ondeath effect, then another death to invis projectiles in breach

[median kraken]

I don't know if any spells can trigger an attack, but there are cases where attacks can be triggered in PoE2, like that one Invoker node

[keen marlin]

what is the difference between expert and advance for gears?

i m at the trade site

[hearty grotto]

with my stats and gear would it be more worth it to keep using the unique chest for the phys reduction or would it be way better to get a full es body armour

[marsh oar]

https://i.imgur.com/NbOr8Ki.png What does Maim do?

[drifting cedar]

30% slower movement speed and 15% reduced evasion rating

[halcyon flare]

You can check by press Alt on Maim

[marsh oar]

cheers

[halcyon flare]

As it's an underlined keyword

[drifting cedar]

yeah, hold alt and it will lock your tooltip so you can hover keywords

[median kraken]

Expert is better. They're effectively just different base types. I think it's a way for them to have more base types with fewer art assets. It's kind of like how in some other ARPGs like PoE1 or Diablo 2, you can find higher level bases that have the same art as lower level bases but better base stats and a different name. Here instead of giving them a different name they just call them "advanced" or "expert"

So basically "Advanced" just means it's a mid-level item base and "Expert" means a high level item base

[keen marlin]

ok cool

[frosty arrow]

expert is just the same base as advanced, and as "normal" item with the same model. Just higher base stats

[drifting cedar]

I hope they go back to unique names for bases

Adds more flavor idk

[keen marlin]

do people keep energy shield, i cant find those stats

at trade site

[upbeat ivy]

can someone help me please

im so

confusedf

[pearl lotus]

anyone actually try gemling stat stacker? how is it

[frosty arrow]

It can be great

Also, very expensive. Depends

I'm trying mine as pure wind skills on a quarterstaff, but they kinda suck. I don't think this is the way

[thin basin]

yea it 1 shot if you dont have good hp pool and fireres

dodge

[upbeat ivy]

but my damage

is cheeks

[frosty arrow]

That combo got me once too

Honestly...don't get hit by it

That's like her only deadly move

[upbeat ivy]

is this bow

worth investing in and spending orbs on

this is my currentb ow

[frosty arrow]

If you put one regal into it you're not losing much if it's not good

[celest oxide]

How do I search for an item with a specific corruption implicit added?

So like

[frosty arrow]

That's a sizeable increase in just physical alone

[keen marlin]

do people keep energy shield, i cant find those stats

[upbeat ivy]

my rng is dogshit

[celest oxide]

A Ming's with Rarity Corruption

[upbeat ivy]

i dont have a single regal

[boreal hound]

which quiver should i use for my ranger?

[upbeat ivy]

this is all my stuff LMAO

[celest oxide]

What level are you

[upbeat ivy]

20

[finite bobcat]

I need help for my invoker monk, I feel like I'm not building him right

[celest oxide]

Oh

[finite bobcat]

If anyone is down to hop in a vc

[celest oxide]

to answer your question you should definitely use that bow for now

augment it

and then disassemble the trash rares

[celest oxide]

that drop for you

[upbeat ivy]

I Did i got +2 projec skills

[celest oxide]

That includes ones added by corruption?

[thin basin]

its a list of all implicits in the game

if it exist its there

[celest oxide]

Yeah but like

It's a unique ring that doesn't normally have it right

the implicit it has is chaos res

Nothing shows up when I search it that way so I think that means there's none posted but wanna make sure

[thin basin]

then look for them under "enchant"

[celest oxide]

ohhh

It counts as enchant

But also, price check? Lmao

[frosty arrow]

is there crossplay for xbox and pc? I can hook you up with a good bow, but it's lvl22

[celest oxide]

I don’t think there are any with MF posted rn

[upbeat ivy]

Im not sure but id love it if there is LMAO

[keen marlin]

do people keep energy shield, i cant find those stats

[frosty arrow]

I'll even quality it, and put some holes in so you can put some runes if you want. Will take you through act 2

[boreal hound]

anyone got an opinion on what quiver i should use por favor

[upbeat ivy]

Damn man thanks a lot

[tidal copper]

Can you divine some stats up 1.2 and others down 0.8 in the same item

[median kraken]

You mean with a vaal orb? Yes

[upbeat ivy]

how come i cant dissassemble rares?

[frosty arrow]

disassembly is for quality and rune slots

you'd have to go to una

[upbeat ivy]

ahh ok was just wondering abt this msg

maybe it wasnt aimed at me though

[celest oxide]

It was, when you get yellow drops that aren't useful for you you can disenchant them

and when you do 10 of them you get a regal orb

[thin minnow]

Where can i find what stats emeralds can roll? Looking to find out what is best on cold convert LA

[celest oxide]

Greater Essence of Flames can roll Max Fire Resistance right

[tidal copper]

For jewel?

[mystic dome]

can anyone help me fix my gemling int stack build?

[crude zealot]

do I understand correctly that you can't roll offensive minion modifiers on jewels if you have any defensive ones, and vice versa?

edit: actually if you try searching both physical dmg reduction and chaos res, none will show either

[tribal basin]

hi, I have a question. Does anyone know whether Exploit Weakness (skill Consum Broken Armor to deal 50% more Dmg) works together with the passive skill Pile on( 60% more Dmg on Fully Broken Armor) or does the gem cancel out the talent? since the Gem removes the Broken Armor

[crude zealot]

there are none on trade

[storm willow]

what is better for spark spam with sorc? +100% spell dmg and 40% crit chance for spells or +3 level of all spell skills?

[pearl sluice]

best monk ascendancy?

[rapid knot]

+levels are generally better because 100% spell dmg and 40% crit chance is not muliplicative as far as i know so lets say you have 10% crit chance + 40% this would only make a difference of 4% while every skill level gives you and instant dmg boost of around 10% - keep in mind though with every skill level mana consumption is going up

[upbeat ivy]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/deadeye-gas-arrow-leveling-guide#skills-header

does this build look good to follow chat?

[abstract mortar]

theres a way to search specific "from nothing" jewels on trade?

[storm willow]

alr, tysm

[upper viper]

Im doing int stacking. Its great

[pearl lotus]

hows mapping and tankiness

i can afford both astra and the stats morior

stats/resz

[upper viper]

Im quite tanky due to the Energy shield i have and being able to spam life flask to recharge. Than i use blink, when i need to take a second break to recharge things.
And with my build, mapping is great. Oneshot everything, but its depending on build 🙂

[hushed umbra]

What do mana concoctions scale with?
Projectiles?

[mystic dome]

can you help me fix my build? im also gemling int stack

[tidal copper]

Quiver
Projectile

[peak forge]

Need advice on Morior Invictus Grand Regalia for my Titan Warrior: what stats should I go for? Life / Resist / Defenses? I'm not interested in chasing Magic Find, but want better survivability for long term boss/map farm. Any advice would be appreciated. Watched a few streamers that use this chest on their titan, I've seen Life/Defense and Life/Resist.

[upper viper]

Do you have a link for your build, so i can see

[mystic dome]

i can stream it, or get a link but idk how

[hoary ingot]

What would go well with cast on ignite if im using a fkin 18 skeleton sniper army, gas arrow flame wall combo for main dmg

[upper viper]

jump in poe2 party 5. i cant have mic right now, as roomie is sleeping

[storm willow]

lvl 31, is this worth a div orb?

[hoary ingot]

Nahh

I got like almost dame for lightning for 5 ex

[low lava]

how much defenses you need for comfy endgame (T15+ maps) as monk Invoker?
I have 1.700 life, 600 energy shield.
With Acrobatics I have 60% evasion and 53% physical reduction.
80% elemental resistances and 42% chaos resistance.
Getting one-shot too much, stuck on level 90 and losing important juiced maps.

[mystic shard]

**Anyone got a list of TRUE one shots? or ultra drains that ignore all resistances, ive go ta few, anyoen want to add for it as im sick of not knowing/beign unprepared, I tried to look too.

There is

• Jamanara one shot(ultra drain ignore resist)

• Mektuls Lava(ultra darin no resist)

• Water hags drowning 1 shot blue orb at Uzarata (from ziggurate encampment)

Any others guys?**

[celest oxide]

I couldn’t find any others weird

Though tbh having 20% reduced health is so much worse than having 24% reduced health

These two choked by not raising Quality first

[flat island]

posted something in #1324157202356768818 any advice would be greatly appreciated

[raw depot]

evasion is a 50/50, you have to have enough health and es for when it misses

[low lava]

I guess I'll drop a bit my rarity bonus to increase health in items I still dont have it

[raw depot]

id go for more es personally, you can increase es on tree, not life

and with that evasion you can go ghost dance for more recovery

[upbeat crow]

guys idk whats wrong with my build but when a mob hits me 1/3 or more of my ES just disappears..

[flat island]

itll be a res issue

[upbeat crow]

cant be

[flat island]

66%, it can be

you NEED to cap them

[raw depot]

the game asssumes you are capped at 75 to START with

[flat island]

^

[raw depot]

for clarity, with 65 resist you are taking FORTY PERCENT more damage than a capped player

[flat island]

even being at 70% is detrimental

[upbeat crow]

rly

damn ill try to get it up

so me cold res is good right?

[frosty arrow]

resists are funny. Because the higher you go the more each 1% of it is worth in terms of DR. It's the opposite of diminishing returns pretty much

[flat island]

does anybody here run an archmage spark build and able to give me some advice?

really stuck in the mud here

[frosty arrow]

that's why even getting it to 76 from 75 is a noticeable bump

[tawdry mantle]

Do we know if the "From Nothing" Jewel allows you to allocate passive points to jewel nodes nearby?

[raw depot]

yeah, you should always be at least at your maximum and it looks like you picked up the +1 all max res

[tawdry mantle]

just looking at the different notables seeing if any have 2 jewel slots within range of a small radius

[raw depot]

post stats jordan

[flat island]

they're in #1324157202356768818

would getting a +4 on my wand help THAT much too?

yeah it only effects soul cores

[raw depot]

no eldritch battery?

[distant aspen]

does life recoup interact with zealot's oath at all?

[thin basin]

700% is the local mod

[flat island]

i have it, i have es bc of the amulet

[thin basin]

local means it only affect the item

[mystic shard]

not as good as you'd hope sadly

[raw depot]

youre gem levels are a little low, only gem level 22

[flat island]

yea they're 19 atm with a +3 from the wand

i use the shield too so i don't have any + from a focus

[raw depot]

cant wand go to +4?

[thin basin]

+5

[flat island]

it can! i just only have a +3

i can try to get a +4 tho

yea it can go to +5 but i dont have the currency for that hahaah

[raw depot]

gem levels is the biggest dps increase rightnow for casters

[flat island]

so get a +4? even then i think it'd fall short

[raw depot]

and as archmage you wont see the mana increase

[flat island]

where else would you improve?

[raw depot]

whats that green gem on spark?

[flat island]

acceleration

[thin basin]

yure not running eldritch battery right?

[pearl sluice]

hi thank you i figured it out tysm

[raw depot]

i would run a dmg support there, the sparks will get where they need to with just the one cluster on the tree

[flat island]

gotcha, ayn suggestion?

s*

[thin basin]

+5 is about 1 div

for a decent one

[raw depot]

arent divs like 110 ex right now?

[flat island]

yea ish

ive got 3 divs atm

[raw depot]

can you list your supports real quick? i still dont know the icons

[flat island]

also maybe a stupid question but how do i increase this lol, is it just by raising attributes?

[upbeat crow]

now im good for res right?

[flat island]

arcane tempo, acceleration, inspiration and considered casting

[raw depot]

yeah that menu just shows how many 5 stat blocks you have

[flat island]

yea!!

[neat bison]

Each gem of the associated stat raises requirement by 5

[upbeat crow]

bet ima hop in a t14 map rq, ima be pissed ngl if i get 1 shotted fr, but before that quick question how do i get more ES

[raw depot]

do you have a different shock method? source of exposure?

[flat island]

uurm

just conductivity, sigil of power, mana tempest and orb of storms

are my other skills

[distant aspen]

how feasible is pivoting to a demon form build if you took the quest rewards that increase your max HP already?

[raw depot]

try this, scatter shot ball lightning, unleash, lightning exposure, overcharge lightning warp

you will shoot 3 balls and warp to all 3 making shocked ground

[flat island]

okok let me give it a go

[vagrant sedge]

does this zealot bow look like a good upgrade from what i have.. i feel like i can get better phys and crit

[flat island]

do u wanna dm me so we dont clutter chat @raw depot

[raw depot]

with a bit of shock magnitude youll have 3 patchs of ground applying 40% shock ground which will stack twice

[upbeat crow]

they still shread my shield, could it be that im missing a passive node?

[flat island]

supports?

[plush tundra]

Looking to follow this build guide for gemling, (https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/9ab04af3-7f61-4a49-81be-c52b66c33a18/builds/748866ea-29a6-476a-93c5-e75126210baf)

Does this staff rival getting 2 slotted storm runes for ele damage or do i need actual damage?

[crude zealot]

Why doesn't damage reduction on my minions exceed 75%? Is that the new cap, rather than 90%?

[dull lintel]

Does %CritDmgBonus get accounted into DPS tooltip?

[inner flint]

my build shows 4 support gems in decompose but the only way to get decompose is from corpsewade boots. how can i add support slots to a gear skill?

[rapid knot]

is that true? is it actually worth put passive points into %ES?

[amber fulcrum]

what does heavy armour on the tree do? it adds strength requirements to your body armour but i dont see how that does anything mechanically

[frosty arrow]

if you use eldritch battery? No. Because no global increases to ES work anymore

otherwise if you actually stack ES then absolutely

[rapid knot]

the numeric values being added to your total armor value at 1:1 rate as far as i understood the tooltip

[mystic shard]

sigh wish i could get info on all the one shots

[rapid knot]

I'm so confused, I'm using several guides for stormweaver build and they all mention to go for ES on armor and passive tree with EB but since the modifiers only apply to the final value (mana) it makes no sense to me but what is ES stacking? I've heard that a few times now is it what this is all about?

[kind ginkgo]

which ingeuityty belt is worth saving ofr cuz everyting above 50% seems to cost 3x more, is it worth simply spending like 5 divs for something below 50%

[tender needle]

u can always sell it again for same price u bought it for so it doesnt matter much

[frosty arrow]

while you level up and go on your way to eldritch battery+mind over matter build you may go for energy shield increasing nodes, just to get you through. But once you pick eldritch battery no bonuses from the passives to ES apply. Because there is no ES anymore. It's just mana

[tender needle]

If u have good rings and have the money to spend just buy one at a reasonable price and make it a priority to get currency to flip urs for an upgrade

[mossy sinew]

hey i have a question, why can i put ignition into arctic armour if it doesnt cause enemies hit by to ignite?!

[median kraken]

There's no hard cutoff, it just depends on how good your rings are versus how good your belt is. Ingenuity gives you specific bonuses based on your rings, so you can evaluate it like an item that just gives those bonuses.

[rapid knot]

I think I understand, so I just ignore this in the endgame guides

[median kraken]

Actually, most EB builds are using something like Ghostwrithe or Everlasting Gaze and the ES from those does not get converted by EB

[frosty arrow]

if you go for eldritch battery? Yes. You can't benefit from any ES bonuses from the passive tree anymore

[frail pollen]

For a witch infernalist in act 2, is it better to have a staff with +39% spririt or 2+ to minion levels? So is it better to have 3 minions or 2 with +2 levels?

[dawn tusk]

hello guys for spark build with The Everlasting Gaze what should i use on it ?

[median kraken]

So increased ES isn't necessarily useless for EB builds, just not as good as it is for ES-based non-EB builds

[frosty arrow]

may or may not be a bug, or a feature

it gets too convoluted if you add these dubious uniques into the mix. Things may change

[neat bison]

Well you probably wouldn’t do this but for example sake… If you put fire infusion on it then it would do fire damage and be able to ignite.

[frosty arrow]

I simply discuss how eldritch battery itself interacts with ES increases

[median kraken]

It's not a bug, that's just how the conversion steps work right now. "Gained as extra" applies as part of the conversion step of calculations after other regular conversion.

It could be changed, but it's not a bug, it's just a result of how conversion currently works in the game.

[mossy sinew]

you cant put fire infusion on arctic armour, but ignition as seen in the picture. Why can i socket a support gem if it doesnt change the skill?

[rapid knot]

ye I found one guy testing this on yt, the + values get converted

[frosty arrow]

but I honestly don't see the point of it on EB build. You're spreading yourself too thin. Getting neither the benefit of a ES stacking build, or EB

generally take what youtubers peddle with a pinch of salt. Their job is to get the views

[formal swallow]

Heya - crossposting this here since the other channel didn't answer. I also wanted to ask if anyone knows how to filter to only show items with empty/no sockets. Thanks!

[rapid knot]

empty sockets or less affixes? its a big difference

[median kraken]

Everlasting Gaze? The point is that you have a ton of mana so it's a way to get a massive amount of ES as an extra defensive layer. Whether it's worth investing in %ES on the tree I'm not sure, but it's definitely worth using the item.

[frosty arrow]

I somewhat wish eldritch battery was still just ES over mana. I think they've made the whole system a lot more complex and difficult to balance the way it is now. Especially if these weird interactions with some items persist

[hexed tiger]

Digging deep for unarmed build. Stormweaver hand of chayula poison and try and amp shock, curses (-chaos res), and poisons? Ev+es+shield defences ofc.

[median kraken]

I'm not blindly trusting random Youtubers here, I'm looking at established, reputable build creators that I trust, and also considering the actual logic behind their decisions based on my game knowledge.

[rapid knot]

I just mentioned it because he tested it in the vid with the values being changed onscreen

[median kraken]

Honestly, that system was also weird and confusing in a lot of ways too. I think the new EB is simpler in theory, it's just kind of confusing in practice right now just because conversion in PoE2 is confusing in general. But in this case the weird interactions with EB can mostly be summed up as "Gained as extra happens after conversion" which is pretty simple.

[neat bison]

Ah I see, my mistake, It’s better to have options even if they’re impractical. I’m sure there’s probably a way to get fire dmg then, like “extra dmg gained as fire dmg” or something

[frosty arrow]

which I don't think it should happen. But it doesn't bother me if it stays, especially if I don't intend to use it

[surreal kindle]

is stacking item rarity a good idea, playing act 1 on cruel rn

[formal swallow]

Generally, yes. It's one of those things you grab whenever you can. I would generally choose to stack item rarity only in the lategame once the character is established and clears content comfortably

[frosty arrow]

don't worry about stacking much while you're going through campaign. Once you're done, which will be quick - you'll start replacing things. But if you already have things at hand sure. Just don't throw away your currency early on gear

[shy ermine]

Would yall prefer ingenuity belt or headhunter for deadeye ranger?

[thin basin]

Idt unarmwd build is viable, monks a bit too reiable on the bell to make it work me thinks, unarmed monk is missing a single “fast attack” skill to make it work

[rain dust]

I want to do a rain of arrows build but no idea where to start

Max frenzy charges

[thin basin]

Wait til they add that one glove over and a unarmed flurry skill

[vale frost]

Can someone review this? (https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/j81r6701)
The Idea is to Combine Titan's "Hulking Form - 50% Increase to small passives" with "Font of Power - Allies spend % of your mana as their own". "Eldritch Battery - All ES is converted into Mana", seems like the best way to give my allies more mana.
"Whispers of Doom - You can apply 2 curses" , Curse Effect and Area of Effect were all tacked on after.

[frosty arrow]

what kind of crazy build is that supposed to be. Like a support for party play?

[surreal kindle]

what do I do with my unique items (they don't seem to be very high level)

[vale frost]

Yes, thats exactly what i am, a large aoe curse aura man, who gives others mana.

[frosty arrow]

keep them, see if any are valuable. Can sell them. Or just disenchant for shards, once you have 10 shards you get orb of chance. Which you can use to gamble on a white item to make another unique

[median kraken]

You can check if they're worth anything on the trade site (make sure you look for ones with similar mods, some vary a lot in price depending on the rolls you get), if they're not useful to you or worth anything you can disenchant them.

[surreal kindle]

ok

[median kraken]

Most level uniques aren't worth anything but some might be. Some also won't sell for anything but can still be good leveling items.

[neat bison]

Yea market works in such a way where strong items end up being very cheap just because there’s so many of them in circulation

[median kraken]

Supply and demand. Common uniques usually are never worth that much even if they're strong because of high supply

[neat bison]

Indeed

[whole cave]

LA vs iceshot deadeye. thoughts?

[midnight geode]

guys my weapon set nodes keep turning into regular ones... wtf is going on? Am i doing smth wrong?

[knotty oyster]

hey monks, what primary skill works better once u hit late endgame. ice strike or temp flurry to build power charges for flicker

[grave spire]

I had way more success building power charges with combat frenzy + resonance using ice strike than I did with tempest flurry

Also built up charges for elemental invocation faster using ice strike

[vast plaza]

Is there a list of which damage modifiers are additive with each other (the "damage bucket")? I heard that if a skill that is both fire and cold, increased fire damage and increased cold damage are additive with each other.

[zinc parrot]

Same I just fry every enemy like this it’s so satisfying

[grave spire]

I use herald of ice + herald of lightning and everything either freezes, gets electrocuted, or both

[median kraken]

Why do most archmage builds/guides use a rare ES chest over Morior Invictus? Wouldn't the increased mana on Morior Invictus usually end up giving your more total mana than the higher flat ES on a chest?

[dull eagle]

Do we know how % increases interact with extra damage sources? if you have 100% extra dmg as lightning and have 10% increased elemental damage, does it increase the base by 10% then increase the extra dmg by 10% or only one?

[mellow shell]

I am trying to make a cold build. Does cold exposure (support gem) work on herald of ice?

[atomic halo]

it never double dips, it only applies once.

[median kraken]

Fairly confident it's only one. I believe Extra Damage is calculated as part of the conversion step, and conversion happens before increased damage takes effect. Which might actually answer my question.

[grave spire]

Are there any good mercenary crossbow builds? Or are crossbows too slow to be good in endgame right now?

[atomic halo]

fire damage and cold damage are the same stat - "increased damage". "fire" and "cold" are just qualifiers to narrow down the instances of damage that the modifier will affect.

in this case, since they all say "increase", any sources of inc. damage, inc. ele damage, inc. cold damage, inc. fire dmg will all add together when modifying a given instance of damage. (not that inc. cold damage and inc. fire damage could ever apply to the same instance of damage)

[final fiber]

Can some1 recommend a good guide for the atlas?

[atomic halo]

you know what i should do, i should write a fully worked example for dps so i can just link it every time someone has a damage-related question

[valid terrace]

Is it bad to wear two of the same unique rings

[atomic halo]

not neccesarily

[dull forge]

Which is rn the safest class to farm t15? playing merc but diying way too much to make it relaxing 😒

[mellow shell]

Is there a cap to + x to all projectile skills? Like if I have 5 on my weapon and 2 on my quiver. Is 7 possible or just wasted?

[median kraken]

I've heard minion witch is a very safe class form farming

[wet mango]

that's not correct, gained as extra is the same as conversion and happens in the same step
#1321237459987726366 message

[wet mango]

there's no cap, although skill have a max cap of lvl 40 i believe

[wet mango]

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[mellow shell]

So for early game it's fine, but at end game I am better of with another stat?

[wet mango]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366
there is only 1 bucket ever

[vast plaza]

Add I see, thank you. So there ism't any "damage bucket" in this game since all "increased" modifiers are additive to each others, and all "more" modifiers are multiplicative to each others, correct?

[wet mango]

well it would be really hard to reach +20 level in gneral

[mellow sluice]

Whats the starting price you can get HOWA with 3% aspd and 1-10 lightning ? Ive been trying to get one from trade for the last 3 days, there are plenty of options below 5 div, but noone ever replied 😦

[mellow shell]

What level is achievable?

[wet mango]

arctic armour hits, and Ignition says "supports any skill that hits enemies".

[dull eagle]

i see, other questions im wondering is, does malice aura provide base crit chance increase vs enemies, or just a flat increase? does increased aura effect do anything to malice aura's effect on enemies? and for scepters is there any way to make auras or scepter effects apply to yourself?

[wet mango]

wdym by base vs flat

flat IS base

[dull eagle]

well no, i guess i mean like

base as in base crit that would be scaled up by your increases

or flat as in just a flat 10% period

[wet mango]

you mean "flat 10% period" like after everything else?

[dull eagle]

yeah

so like, +10% crit chance at 10%, even if you have 300% increased crit chance

[wet mango]

the wording is confusing because things don't work like that in PoE. But the answer is no to this

[dull eagle]

or is it +10% to the base?

[wet mango]

"flat values" (aka +) is always computed first

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[dull eagle]

oh ok, alright, then next question i guess is do the increased aura effect nodes apply to malice?

[wet mango]

the aura has nothing to scale

the aura just applies "crit weakness", a stackable debuff

[dull eagle]

hm i see

and last thing im wondering, are there any items/mechanics to make auras apply to yourself? like one of the purities or discipline from scepter

[frigid brook]

Hey I am on PlayStation and my auras are not activating all the way for my demon form

Can someone help me understand

[native cargo]

how does endless circuit work? consume and reapply shock? does that just mean it refreshes duration?

[sharp osprey]

I'm noticing the tooltip for elemental damage on passive nodes doesnt show all of my fire skills, only a couple. Flameblast missing is of particular note.
Is this a tooltip issue or do only certain elemental spells count as "elemental damage" while others are just.. there?

[hybrid ocean]

Anyone know how this interacts with the stormweaver nodes that cause all damage to contribute to shock/chill?

[wet mango]

just tooltip issue

[wet mango]

3 drags mean "X damage will contribute to Y, and will not contribute to Z"

so, it will be the "bad" outcome

you don't get any double

and lightning will still not be able to shock

[sharp osprey]

That helmet seems like it does ultimately nothing worthwhile.

[stoic isle]

it's extremely good

[sharp osprey]

redpill me morpheus

[static plinth]

Wdym

Three Dragons wont change what your ascendancy does but if you use Cold damage then it can ignite shock and chill all at once

[wet mango]

no, 3 drags will prevent cold damage from chilling

I believe it would still freeze though

[static plinth]

Three Dragon's wording is different in 2, it's "X instead of Y" and not "Does X, Cannot Y", im pretty sure it works how i said now

[wet mango]

X instead of Y literally means Does X, Does not do Y. I am pretty sure of my end

(we're probably at an impasse until someone who has actually tested this chimes in)

[static plinth]

real

[sturdy sable]

It won’t be me

But I’m going to need a Titan to go full str stack pick up a pillar of the caged god and do an ancestrally boosted one tap vaulting impact

That has infinite aftershocks

[median kraken]

It happens in the conversiom step but I believe after conversion. In particular, I believe the mana gained from EB will give extra ES with Everlasting Gaze, which would not happen if they happened at the same time.

[hybrid ocean]

You'd think that, but I'm skeptical because I've had Kitoko's + Elemental focus (or whatever the name of the support gem that prevents ailments is called) cause electrocute

[mint citrus]

hey guys can anyone please help i cannot find an asnwer, does this affect lightning rod after its placed on the ground? like does this add to the burst damage? thank you!
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[hybrid ocean]

The base damage of lightning rod comes from your attack damage

so yes

Everything with the 'attack' tag, unless otherwise stated, gets its damage from that

[gloomy jackal]

Does Crit Dmg affect the damage of bleed? Assuming you crit ofc

[sharp osprey]

"adds to attacks" as I understand it only adds to melee attacks with a weapon or spellslinger type attacks, I heard that unless it says "to spells" specifically that's all it ever is but I'm a novice.

[sick wing]

what are best support gems for arsonists? currently using Feeding Frenzy, Scattershot, Martial Tempo, Minion Mastery, Heft. I've heard people dropping minion mastery for fire infusion. i dont think I need fire pen because I use curse

[mint citrus]

I thought that lightning rod does damage when it falls down so I was not sure if it affects burst damage too, now I see that I didn't understand it right

[mint citrus]

if u hover over a skill, it says attack then it mean it adds to it. i just was not sure how it interect with this specific skill

see at the top, it says attack

[west epoch]

no~

[west epoch]

There are nodes that give "magnitude of bleed on crit" nodesthat are the equivelent though

[forest spoke]

Does Atziri’s Disdain calculate the extra Life to ES before or after Ghostwrithe converts it?

[wet mango]

attacks are a type of skill. Every part of that skill is an attack.

[gloomy jackal]

shiet. Alright thanks, bleed Blood witch seems rough then

[wet mango]

yes, all parts of lightning rod are an attack.

[wet mango]

separate from the 3 drags in teraction, this almost certainly sounds like a bug/oversight

[west epoch]

before'

[forest spoke]

I assume we don’t know if that’s a bug or intended right?

[royal quartz]

How is it possible for a unique to have multiple corrupted enchantments? Does it need to be a common enchanted base, Chance Orbed, then corrupted? or can Vaal Orbs occasionally result in multiple enchants? or is it that uniques can drop pre enchanted?

[forest spoke]

Thx either way

[wet mango]

simultaneous with. It's intended

[forest spoke]

Cool

[west epoch]

its intended

[wet mango]

they should both be based on the base value of the toher

[west epoch]

Are non poison concoction pathfinders worth using?

[north stump]

Hey, is there something I can use that will let me pick up the remnants from my Mana Remnants spirit gem from a distance?

[gloomy jackal]

and there's nothing like Perfect Agony in the game I assume, any idea?

[west epoch]

Maybe on uniques but im not versed enough on the data yet

Definately not on the skill tree

[gloomy jackal]

mathil making a lightning conc rn, you can look there if u like it

right, ty

[west epoch]

and skills from ascendencies auto level up, right?

[thin minnow]

Can lightning arrow do bosses? I got one shot by tier 0 xesht first attack. Can you dodge that?

[wet mango]

are you sure? i know it doesn't in poe1 but in 2 I think the magnitude of bleed (and other damaging ailments) is dependenton the actual damage of hte hit

not base (and then scaled separately as in poe1)

[west epoch]

i thought he was saying if crit damage scales the bleed itself. You're correct but thats kind of a nondirect way of answering what he was getting at

[wet mango]

not sure what you mean

I think crit damage does scale the bleed

[west epoch]

Crit damage does technically scale bleed/poison damage but it doesnt directly increase the damage of the bleed itself

[wet mango]

well in that bleeds can't crit

since it's a DoT

[west epoch]

yeah thats what im saying lol

[wet mango]

i mean how could it ever

I took it as they were asking the question in comparison to PoE1

where crits and such don't affect the base bleed damage, and neither did "increased attack damage" and similar

[gloomy jackal]

hm so getting crit dmg will increase my bleed dmg?

[west epoch]

In a round about way yes

[wet mango]

when you crit, you do extra damage based on your "crit dmg" stat. That will cause your bleed to do more damage

[quiet steppe]

Hello need help

[wet mango]

the "bleed application" cannot crit in and of itself

[gloomy jackal]

yeah, cool thanks so bleed blood witch plan is a go 😄

[quiet steppe]

So i have 84 evasion with wind dancer buff, how many evasion do i need for arcobatics to make it atleast 75%?

[west epoch]

But what i was getting at is "crit damage" stat does not increase bleed damage is what i was saying. I didnt know if he was just going to get crit damage and expected his bleed damage to be higher

[gloomy jackal]

Well I did say assuming I crit 😄 but all good, got it now

[west epoch]

So i wanted to make sure to answer his question as directly as possible, even if, yes when you crit, the value that the bleed will be based off of will be higher

i didnt see that 😭 sorry

[quiet steppe]

So i have 84 evasion with wind dancer buff, how many evasion do i need for arcobatics to make it atleast 75%?

[wet mango]

that's fair I was using context from poe1 since crit damage doens't affect bleed there even if you crit

[west epoch]

Oh, really?

[mint citrus]

yep this is exactly the answer i looked for! ty!

[west epoch]

thats an oopsie on my part lol

[west epoch]

Evasion calculation is based on monster level.

so how much you need varies and goes up withlevel

The lazy answer to your question is: A lot

[wet mango]

in poe1 the base bleed damage is computed from base attack daamge. Then each part is scaled separately. The hit has "incr attack damage", crits, etc that apply. The bleed part will have things like "incr dmg over time", "dot mulitplier", etc

they are just branching paths

[west epoch]

I vaguely remember that but i never played a bleed build

I did poison but forgot if it worked the same way

[wet mango]

yes, all damaging ailments worked the same

[fierce coyote]

Y’all I need a Pillar of the Caged God so bad…

[west epoch]

its amazing how a 1C unique from PoE1 is very strong here

[waxen pine]

What should I use my gem prisms on first for fire slam warrior? Boneshatter? Perfect strike?

Hammer of the gods?

[west epoch]

By gem prisms are you talking about gemcutters?

It all depends on what you need more right now. Is your clear speed lacking or is your single target?

[waxen pine]

I just don't know what's best

Regular attack?

[quiet steppe]

So just forget about acrobatics hahahaha

I just tried it from 80% to 50% with acrobatics

Not worth it

[waxen pine]

How many prisms does it take to max quality?

[quiet steppe]

Cant raise evasion anymore cause im raising my energy shield

[pearl sluice]

Hey guys, to get the maximum spirit, one needs to get the 30 spirit from act 1, 30 spirit from act 3, 40 spirit from act 6, a chest with 50 spirit, the amulet that can give 12 spirit and 50 spirit as well?? Or there's any other way to get spirit? Apart from scepters.

[wet mango]

hold alt on your skills to see what quality does. Then decide what is useful

[waxen pine]

Omg ty

[quiet steppe]

Get amulet with atleast 40 spirits

[wet mango]

amulet is up to 15 i h5tought, implicit

[quiet steppe]

There are cheap ones

[pearl sluice]

I need a amulet with 40 spirit and at least 10 to every attribute I think

[quiet steppe]

Yeah check trade site theres a lot of cheap ones

In there

[west epoch]

no it's very worth it

just requires a lot of investment

its not meant for early game is all

[quiet steppe]

I can try to up it but it will remove my energy shield

2000 evasion

[zinc linden]

guys, tell me, what build is subject not to be nerfed in comming days, and is still very good

[quiet steppe]

Warrior

[zinc linden]

oh nooo :D

everyone knoes worrior is nerfed everytime new broken build is posted on YT

[quiet steppe]

It wont be with items that so expensive

Only few players can get to it

[pearl sluice]

I was trying to put on the same character, grim feast, archmage, overwhelming presence and cast on ignite, but it'll take 220 spirit, and the maximum we can get without the scepter is 215

That's correct?

[wet mango]

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This seems to suggest you're mistaken?

oh wait they just corrected themselves

[pearl sluice]

There's any way to lower the spirits usage from my skills?

[wet mango]

#1322252994858713172 message
you're right

[reef ember]

guys, i#m currently leveling a full chaos dot witch/infernalist (lv 46) and im blasting through cruel lightnin fast with demon form and sigil of power scaling my single target dmg

but now i wanna add some minions. which would be best?

either minions or poison, but im new to both mechanics

[wet mango]

someone help me understand the difference between these scenarios:

1. Gained as Extra ES from Everlasting Gaze doesn't get converted back into Mana via EB
2. Gained as Extra Evasion from Leather-Bound Gauntlets does get converted back into Armour via Iron Reflexes

[pearl sluice]

So, actually there's some spirit runes out there, and I didn't even imagine it.

[waxen pine]

Ignition and eternal flame support gems do they work together?

[pearl sluice]

how do i know which bases (gear) my build/class needs towards the endgame?

[pearl sluice]

You mean which attribute gear to use?

[pearl sluice]

uhh yeah probably that. im new and im trying to learn

What you're playing?

wanted to play a ranger

So usually ranger will go on full dex gear or dex/int gear

[random harness]

Does heightened curse increase the amount of armor ignored by vulnerability?

[pearl sluice]

i guess stats like armor/ev/es are bound to specific gear types with the different stat requirements?

does it make sense to stack only one defensive stat like EV?

[pearl sluice]

If you stack only one type of defense, it'll feel a little lacking at endgame, so you could go dex/int gear, getting enough int only for the gear and adding some energy shield nodes from the tree

[pearl sluice]

You got it right, str, str/dex, dex, dex/int, int, int/str.
It'll go, armor, armor/evasion, evasion, evasion/energy shield, energy shield, energy shield/armor

[pearl sluice]

thank you very much ❤️

i tried hc ssf but i failed miserably again and again. ill try sc ssf now to learn more about the game first

[snow arch]

I'm guessing as a titan with massive %increased I don't want a crossbow with %ele damage

[pearl sluice]

Sorry for my lack of terms, but what is hc, SC and ssf?

HC is Hardcore

SSF is Solo Self Found

bound together = hardest gamemode

Oh, got it now, yes, your better learn a lot about the game before going to hardcore

There's a lot of mechanics to get on

yeah definitely. but i will stay SSF. Trading feels a little bit like cheating on your own progress to me 😄

I like the trading, it feels fair at my sight, but, isn't fair how the trade works on console, lol

[snow arch]

Do you guys not have phones?

[pearl sluice]

Tbh I didn't thought about that, lol, you can exchange message with the vendor by the phone too? Or you need to send it in-game?

[snow arch]

I assume clicking the send whisper button will just message the seller at least

or tapping, I guess

unless the whole automatic trade whisper thing only works if you're using the trade site on the same machine you're playing on

[median kraken]

Yeah, I found it out when I tried putting a higher ES chest on with Eternal Gaze on and was surprise when my ES and mana both went up

[formal hinge]

I’ve yet to have someone send me a party invite to buy something from the trade site. I’ve been trying to get an everlasting gaze amulet forever

[snow arch]

now I'm not so sure if I should shop for pure DPS or xbows with ele with attacks, the difference in my poverty budget is only like 50 DPS

surely a 80% ele roll beats another 50 base DPS?

[wet hornet]

Does anyone know if +melee attack range works for ice strike?

[inner compass]

Can minions proc cast on freeze/ignite? I can’t get it to proc at all

[subtle turret]

What is an upgrade for this staff im currently using? been using it since it dropped

im level 18 aswell

[snow arch]

a higher level dusk vigil

the level of the skill is based on the area it dropped in

[vivid ferry]

thoughts on the belt implicit, 50% flask recovery applied instantly? do you guys prioritize it much?

[wicked merlin]

What mixed chest piece would give me similar or more mitigation with spectral ward/subterfuge mask if I am using a full ES helmet? Like I know I need 600/240 chest to get enough spirit for my build but I want to try and get more ES for grim harvest and such and I know a mixed chest piece is kinda my end goal..

Like how much EV/ES would I need to not lose ES max?

[thin minnow]

Is this node better than +1 boss difficulty?

[glad bone]

difficulty scales a lot, unless you're one-shotting the boss it would be lower priority

[inner compass]

Can minions proc cast on freeze/ignite? I can’t get it to proc at all

[vivid ferry]

how does ingenuity belt work? increase would just be 1.77 x whatever stat on the ring?

[fair widget]

Yep

[keen spindle]

guys question, is it a good idea to put these type of soul core in hand and action? or are there more runes/soul core more worth it

[pearl sluice]

Hey guys, how to stack a lot of mana for archmage?

[past dust]

how many notable nodes would a large time lost jewel hit here?

[keen spindle]

cuz total requirements is 92, and 20% of that is 18.4 so 2 of those gives around 36.8 int which equates to ~3-30 lightning dmg

[hybrid glade]

Someone please assist: I keep "committing suicide" randomly when attacking monsters. I have no idea what is causing it. I am playing a CI build but have nothing that takes life damage when I use it. It's just completely random.

[fair widget]

can't help if you dont share more than that, what're you hitting, what's your build etc

[hybrid glade]

Playing Ice Monk. Shattering Palm. Ice Strike. HoT HoI. Grim Feast. Wind Dancer. Combat Frenzy.

[foggy plover]

Did anyone figure out a way to reduce the cost of the trigger spells with cast on crit? I was thinking of reduced cost in the tree and inspiration but I have a feeling that doesn’t work

[shrewd heart]

Take a video of it happening

[fair widget]

It behaves correctly but its not enough to realistically sustain mana since we dont have good sources of mana sustain

You can't get your costs to be close to 0 and there's nothing to give you enough to have proper mana sustain akin to poe1

[foggy plover]

Yeah I have 1k mana and 4.5k regen at the moment and it just goes to zero

[rugged lily]

a regular staff with decent spell damage + fire damage rolls will probably give you bigger damage

optional cast speed, + fire spells levels

[rugged lily]

check mana flask

[hybrid glade]

shit. something so simple. 15% of mana taken from life. damn

Thanks man. That was it. Crazy

[wintry knoll]

if a passive says a % of damage will be taken from mana before life does that also take the damage from mana instead of ES, or does it only work when actually taking hp damage?

[frosty arrow]

it works with ES

[odd vector]

is there any way to test the range of jewels?

[frosty arrow]

it's basically a form of total DR, and is very powerful

[royal hamlet]

Does this also increases empowered attacks damage?

[fair widget]

Doesnt say it does so presumably no

[royal hamlet]

well i know but cry gets 25% dmg as fire

[fair widget]

Yes but the warcry is giving you a buff, it isnt hitting the enemies to do dmg

[lean patio]

since armour is absolutely cheeks in this game, how are u supposed to scale defensives on a mercenary?

[static plinth]

I honestly think the difference might literally be passive vs gear
Which if so is fucked up

[tidal copper]

A cloak of flame and armour
Or Eva/armour
The issue is armour against large hits, against small hits it's still ok so just combine with something that covers that
(Of course ES will be better but what to do)

[fair widget]

scaling defenses on any char that isnt able to get easy es nodes is hard atm, its unironically easier to get some es and use grim feast on most builds if possible

[lean patio]

ye im doing that on my monk

[lean patio]

i see, do u just slap on that chest piece?

[lean patio]

im running evasion armour rn and i feel very squishy with capped resists

[tidal copper]

It's better if you get heatproofing in the tree and even better of you get a corrupted armour and 90% fire res

[lean patio]

i see

[tidal copper]

Worth a shot I wonder what you could do with Eva/armour though
No cool uniques to make it work?...

[median kraken]

I think it changes the requirements, not gives you stats.

[keen spindle]

oh shoot, might be

[median kraken]

If it works how you thought then it's probably the best thing to put in HoWA but I don't think it does. I haven't tried one, though.

[supple jay]

does Life Drain support gem work with Zealot's Oath?

or is Zealot's Oath only for your life recovery per second from regeneration stat

[hidden thicket]

where do i test my build

is there a simulacrum like warframe in this game

[knotty spruce]

Anyone tried a staggering palm build? rn goin acolyte monk with es leech on cruel act 2 and im wondering if anyone else tested it out. Want to go a full on phys monk but its lookin a tad rough

[tidal copper]

Maybe this
This looks good does it exist yet?
https://poe2db.tw/us/Perfidy

[fair widget]

this, as it says on zealot's oath

[muted birch]

Any good builds for me to follow progressing through the campaign?

[normal fable]

What class are you

[muted birch]

Ranger sorry lol

Just a passive tree and skills would suffices

[normal fable]

There is a ton of leveling builds on mobalytics

Have you checked there?

[fair widget]

yeah just check mobalytics or maxroll

[muted birch]

Tried afew that didn't seem great imo.

Im literally open to anything skill wise

Just want something thats actaully good lol

[normal fable]

Most of the time when leveling it’s because ur weapon is bad

You should spend some exalt on a good weapon

[fair widget]

are you asking as a new player playing through for the 1st time? or are you struggling in campaign? need more context for better advice

[normal fable]

If ur wep is bad all builds will be bad

[fair widget]

or are you a casual poe1 player not wanting to do a selfmade build

[muted birch]

Ive played through the campaign 4 times now lol. I just feel like my current build sucks.

[muted birch]

Never played poe1 I like to have kinda template of what considered good to play around with.

[fair widget]

Ah i see, in that case just look up any of the lightning arrow builds, its pretty much the meta all content creators are using

[muted birch]

As I play ill change things around to my liking

There one in particular that you like?

[fair widget]

No, im not playing it but half of the really good content creators are using it with different variants

[muted birch]

Gotcha

[fair widget]

Fubgun's build is probably a safe bet since he has progression for it on his videos

[haughty badger]

which hand, left or right, should i wear snake pit pearl ring, using arcmage cheese spark.

[fair widget]

should be right for chain

[muted birch]

Thats the one ill use then ty

[subtle turret]

aight thanks

[azure vector]

How to get 90% fire res?

[regal turtle]

anyone know what the effect of blunt quiver and widowhail and hitting 100% enemy stun threshold reduction is?

[velvet blade]

Are totems minions?

[regal turtle]

no they are not

[velvet blade]

Are they allies?

[regal turtle]

allies yes, minions no

[velvet blade]

Ah, cool

[regal turtle]

stat wise totems are you, but you are not totems

aka melee damage will raise a melee totems damage as long as it isn't local to a weapon

[abstract mortar]

is there a way to generate power charges with 100% uptime?
im trying to make a build that consumes power charges in every hit so i need a reliable way to generate them, specially in bosses

[dusty horizon]

did they change the way damage conversion works in poe2? I got Avatar of Fire and now my physical damage increase support gems do nothing despite my damage being phys > fire.

[fair widget]

Yes, conversion is first in equation now

Conversion / gain, then, increase decrease

[dusty horizon]

doesnt that mean AoF kinda sucks for attack builds?

like, I don't have enough support gems available for my different skills because a lot of them are just straight up phys

[median kraken]

I think it's very niche, at the very least

[inner sail]

Heyo, got a question for a Witch I'm playing - looking at a build guide that has Blasphemy with a Focused Curse support gem. What's the point of that? Doesn't Blasphemy make curses a constant aura and automatically apply them to any enemy in range?

[fair widget]

aof is quite niche now yes

[tall trail]

does zealots oath work with stuff like life on kill or just normal regen

they both say recovery but idk if it counts as regen

[marsh river]

does gem level matter for raging spirits?

i seem to have low level one

[inner sail]

I know it impacts how much life they have.

[static spade]

For spell projectiles, do you guys prefer to use fork+chain terain or pierce+chain terain?

[marsh river]

but enemies supposedly wont hit raging spirits?

i guess i cut a new one next time i get spirit gem, just in case

[inner sail]

Enemies won't attack raging spirits, to my knowledge. Pretty sure they're still affected by AoEs and such, but I could be wrong.

[marsh river]

okie, thx

[fair widget]

specifically regen

[quartz pewter]

I'm a bit stuck on what to do with defenses for a Ranger. I've been trying to run only evasion but it's just not working out. What do people generally do for defense on a Ranger?

[static spade]

The main purpose of raging spirit atm for me is putting infernal legion and minion instability with feeding frenzy then Kaboom, cast on minion death

Oh and you can also put fire exposure on them because of infernal legion, pretty useful skill

[gaunt urchin]

Why does some people slot the +2% max mana instead of +15% mana regen on pieces?
From a little test I did here the 2% max mana seems worse by far

[mystic kernel]

The one with extra cold or the one with 448 Phys ?

[fair widget]

there's a few different options, but eventually most rangers just kill things before they get close

[quartz pewter]

That doesn't help at all lol

You're gonna get hit

I'm trying to stack some ES now

[inner sail]

I'd recommend doing a mix of evasion and energy shield, personally. Evasion is literally hit or miss, so having something to protect you when things go tits up is nice.

[fair widget]

you can look up fubgun's progression since he has the early maps on just being lifebased, and then a tanky es build as well

[supple jay]

what does 28% increased damage mean? lmao I've never seen that corruption stat

is it global damage like you deal 28% more and take 28% more

[fair widget]

just 28% increased damage, not more

[supple jay]

*increased

[quartz pewter]

What about Acrobatics, is that not worth taking if you can't get the evasion back up to 80% or so?

[supple jay]

do you take increased damage too

[inner sail]

Especially if you're doing a lightning arrow ranger build, since that typically involves orb of storms and intelligence-based support gems anyway.

[fair widget]

nope, only outgoing

[supple jay]

and it is just for the stats of the ring

[inner sail]

I think that mostly depends on how good you are at dodge rolling away from things that aren't covered by Evasion, honestly.

[quartz pewter]

I'm doing the Shattering Concoction build for Ranger

I don't like dodge rolling, it's not clear what can be dodged

[velvet blade]

What are the ways to gain endurance charges?

[quartz pewter]

I think ground pounds with a aoe are not dodgeable

[velvet blade]

I only see armour break support

[inner sail]

I certainly wouldn't rely on Acrobatics, given that it's still a roll of the dice to see if you get hit by those things or not.

[fair widget]

Should be global i think, since you can't roll mods that are affected by that on ring

[quartz pewter]

Yeah for sure. But I am not sure what Acrobatics is adding for you.

[inner sail]

For me? Or do you mean what Acrobatics is adding in general?

[quartz pewter]

Yeah in general, what does Acrobatics give.

First time playing a Ranger in PoE

[inner sail]

Acrobatics gives you a chance to evade pretty much everything except DoT stuff.

So Evasion normally only protects against strikes and projectiles, and doesn't cover things like AoEs and slams.

Acrobatics effectively reduces your total Evasion, but lets it apply to more damage sources.

[quartz pewter]

Ahh ok, thanks. Yeah I got the part about it reducing the total Evasion

I was like "so... what do I get in return" hehe

[supple jay]

yeah I bought it and it is global damage

thats kinda crazy

[inner sail]

If you've played D&D, think of it as getting access to a Rogue's Evasion feature.

[fair widget]

Well its just 20% increased, not more, it adds a bit sure but its not as much as it sounds like if you're new to poe 😄

[inner sail]

Like, just to be clear, it means your Evasion applies to those sources of damage - which means there's still a dice roll that might say you get hit anyway.

Armor is in a really terrible place right now, by the way, so if you're supplementing Evasion with anything I feel it should be Energy Shield.

[royal hamlet]

What does that mean?

[inner sail]

It means that your minimum block chance with any shield is now 40%.

[royal hamlet]

but ?

[inner sail]

So if a shield gave you 26% block chance before, it now gives 40% instead.

[royal hamlet]

what if its higher?

waste ?

[fair widget]

Armor has always been terrible but we had more layers in poe1 as well as molten shell to work with armor

[inner sail]

I don't think there are shields that have higher than 40% block, but I could be mistaken.

[median kraken]

There are if they roll increased block chance.

[royal hamlet]

im 45 lvl xd

[velvet blade]

Extra damage gained is before increases to the original damage right?

[quartz pewter]

You're basically saving a roll on block chance on a shield

[median kraken]

I believe that node basically is "pretend the number on your shield is 40% no matter what the shield says." It's best if you want to use a unique shield with a low block chance.

[quartz pewter]

for a flat 40

[median kraken]

Yes

[velvet blade]

yikes...

[royal hamlet]

thanks

[supple jay]

kinda big misconception that only more/gain increases are important, you need both more and increased to multiply off each other
yes more is well more impactful but u need both lol

[keen wagon]

Hey, does the magnetic salvo still combo with like bolts from another sorceress player (coop)? I saw the patch notes seemed like they were specifically about not letting other arrows trigger it. Thanks!