2┃build-planning

[thorny token]

yes

[gray ferry]

I see

[arctic pond]

My mistake. I thought I remembered as extra being converted

[old ingot]

Is there a resource for character builds? I'm trash at making my own :<

[odd spade]

.44 times what? my total current es?

.44 times this number?

[arctic pond]

no it's increasing your maximum energy shield by 44%

[odd spade]

is that not my max?

[arctic pond]

Yeah but that's post increase

[odd spade]

i dont have that mod yet

so assuming i add an amulet with this mod

it would be 2120 x .44

or no

[arctic pond]

well that would be a decrease

[odd spade]

yes

(2120 x .44) + 2120 lol

[arctic pond]

It takes the total of all flat maximum energy shield, and then increases it by 44%

[wet mango]

acolyte of chayula (totally not a bait response 😈 )

[thin basin]

No increases on tree, jewels or other jewelry at all?

[odd spade]

where do i find this number? total of all flat es

[arctic pond]

So if you have no other max energy increases, it will increase 2120 by 144%

[wet mango]

no, afaict "gain as" happens after conversions (although dmg might be different from nondamage skills 😵‍💫 )

[odd spade]

https://tenor.com/view/krusty-krab-mr-krab-spin-spinning-gif-5521510

i think im dumb or something

[supple crag]

if essence drain initial hit deals a critical, it's damage over time deals the increased amount from critical hit damage bonus, right?

[arctic pond]

I'm not sure if you can see the total flat amount anywhere

[thorny token]

no

[gray ferry]

I see

I suppose no harm in experimenting either later, just not there yet

[arctic pond]

You can definately add it up manually

[wet mango]

(to be pendantic, you mena like "% incr/more lightning damage". There are no mods like "+% to lightning dmg")

[midnight geode]

is this good?

[supple crag]

why does the DoT list critical information ?

[thorny token]

no clue, tooltips tables are wrong for bunch of stuff

but those 2 components are separate

[wet mango]

if the item has base energy shield, then it affects that. Otherwise it's a global mod that combines with all other sources of "incr max energy shield"

[thorny token]

and the debuff has nothing to do with the hit

[supple crag]

can the debuff be a critical then?

[odd spade]

its on an amulet

[thorny token]

dot cant crit

only hit can

[odd spade]

with no energy shield

[supple crag]

so it just lists crit chance and info on the DoT tab for no reason

[thorny token]

yes

[wet mango]

it would not.
https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366

[iron harbor]

It's ED isn't it? The bolt can crit, the dot not

[thorny token]

gas clouds also list crit and also account for attack speed/cast seed for example

even though neither stats apply to them

[odd spade]

i will be reading this. thank you!

[arctic pond]

Yeah - I just couldn't remember the exact wording. sorry.

[thorny token]

so some tooltip are just a mess

[deft yarrow]

If I get Chaos Inoculation, will that mean that Killer Instinct will grant me the "50% increased attack damage when on Low Life"?

[abstract mortar]

hey @thorny token not really about builds but do you know if uber bosses have different loot tables for their difficulty levels?
or they all drop all their items at the same % chance in any level?

[thorny token]

especially for dots

[supple crag]

ED seems really, really underpowered if critical can't affect the DoT in any way

[thorny token]

it is underpowered

non-ailment chaos dots are very unfinished archetype rn

[wet mango]

dot cannot crit

[supple crag]

an initial crit from an ignite determines the DoT, I figured ED would be the same

[thorny token]

no idea. it was different in poe1 but no clue about poe2

[wet mango]

it can be, completely depends

Note the difference between +1% crit chance and 1% incr crit chance tho

#1321237459987726366 message

[midnight geode]

im planning to get a lot of crit chance, around 150%

[arctic pond]

That's because ignite is an ailment with magnitude depending on initial hit. Essence drain simply applies a debuff of dot

[wet mango]

crit matters for gas clouds since the ailment is based on the hit that applied it

[near jewel]

I am shockwave totem warbringer, why this diamond doesnt show increase dps on m,y tooltip? glopves, weapon, amu when equipping all show an increase in dps, and this diamont dont?

[wet mango]

you mean incr crit chance of 150%?

still completely depends on your base crit chance

[thorny token]

no i dont think thats true for gas cloud

as it doesnt it just pretends it does

[wet mango]

if you are using a high crit weapon like staves it won't be as impactful as on a 5% crit weapon (most others)

[thorny token]

but i wasnt able to notice any difference with crit or without for it

[wet mango]

basically it hits them and bases the poion off of that. But the hit does 0% damage

[supple crag]

so basically there's no way to build a decent chaos DoT witch because nothing scales

[midnight geode]

yeah, and gonna get a bow with 8-9% base crit chance

[wet mango]

there is still a hit though

[thorny token]

nah it def doesnt do that, its different

[wet mango]

really?

[thorny token]

if it was actual hit then on hit effects would work

but they dont

[arctic pond]

Sadly, Chaos Dot is very weak rn in endgame

[wet mango]

I think you have to do damage for on hit effects to work

[thorny token]

and crit was on hit effect in poe1

you dont

[astral badger]

how worth it is redoing all the equipment of my endgame build so that most pieces have rarity stats? Any chance they nerf or change rarity soon?

[wet mango]

example?

[thorny token]

see divine shrines and lgoh

[wet mango]

hmmm

that's different than not doing damage though

that's them taking 100% reduced dmg

like your hit has to be > 0 dmg to work

[arctic pond]

You practically only need between 130% - 200% of rarity

[supple crag]

if chaos DoT had magnitude like ailments it would be fixed

[wet mango]

(regardless of how much they take)

[wet mango]

wdym, poison DOES have magnitudes (and is an ailment)
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[tough valley]

Anyone tried running Headhunter? is it any fun? i understand its not optimal for any build by any means, but just looking at the fun factor

[thorny token]

i dontthink its any different because same applied to stuff like ancestral bond in poe1

where you actually did 0 damage

[arctic pond]

Atm the best way to increase chaos dot, besides "Increased Chaos Damage" is through wither and curses

[thorny token]

but all on hits still worked

you can probs easily test it with brutality even

[astral badger]

So realistically I can do it in a few gear pieces and not wreck the whole setup no?

[thorny token]

in poe2

[midnight bolt]

I dont see why they cant play 400 stacks demon form ed contagion should be pretty good

[wet mango]

enough things changed between 1 and 2 that I wouldn't put too much stock in it, but ok, I will adjust my posterior probabilities since you feel so strongly about this

[arctic pond]

Yeah. We don't know the exact numbers or anything yet but most tests seem to show diminishing returns post ~130%.

[wet mango]

what would brutality show

[thorny token]

well you would grab one of the elemental bases

and use brutality

so you do 0 damage and then test on hit

[wet mango]

oh sure

[astral badger]

Understood. I’ll shoot for 100 or so and make up for the rest with waystone modifiers

[wet mango]

well, I mean, the gas cloud hit DOES work with things like "gain as extra" (e.g. on chayula ascendancy)

so it feels weird that it wouldn't work with crit

[thorny token]

yea im saying it doesnt work with on hit effects and i tried to test it with crit and i havent seen any difference

and crit was on hit effect in poe1

[midnight geode]

another question, how do lucky hits work exactly? Do they reroll every single rng modifier like ailment chances, crit hit chance etc? Or does it only reroll specific ones?

[thorny token]

but i cant say for sure it still is on hit effect in poe2

[restive mortar]

how does global physical damage on a jewel work
does that only buff if youre doing phys or does it buff pre-conversion?

[arctic pond]

Roll 2 dice. Pick higher number. basically.

[rancid cipher]

Today someone told me that lightning skills can still shock with Call of the Brotherhood equipped, is this true?

[wet mango]

there's no such thing as "lucky hit". It will say exactly what is made lucky

[midnight geode]

yeah but they account for all modifiers right?

[wet mango]

if you do lightning damage, sure

shock isn't an inherent property of lightning skills (or any skills)

if you do lightning dmg you can shock

[wet mango]

"chance to hit" is lucky? "damage" is lucky? crit chance is lucky? etc
tldr: read the effect more carefully

[wet mango]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366

modifiers come after conversion

[rancid cipher]

But Call of the Brotherhood turns lightning damage to cold damage. How would you be doing damage with lightning attacks?

[arctic pond]

What lasagnaman said. If it's a lucky hit, normally a hit rolls a random number between a range - but lucky will roll it twice and pick the greater number

[midnight geode]

im mainly asking for shock chance tbh, if it calculates that a hit that doesnt apply shock chance has the highest dmg, will it apply that and not inflict shock?

[restive mortar]

alright ty is what i guessed just wasnt sure if jewels were different for some reason

[thorny token]

which means you arent doing lightning damage anymore

its pretty simple really

[wet mango]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1321237459987726366
all conversions happen simultaneously, so if you have other effects that convert to (or gain as) lightning damage, you would still do lightning dmg

[viscid escarp]

Is the Infernal Cry Warcry skill the only way to spend endurance charges? I'm looking for synergies with the Resonance Keystone

[wet mango]

read your effect again. what is lucky?
afaik there are no effects that say "your hit is lucky"

it will say specifically what is lucky

[wet mango]

afaik there are no effects that say "your hit is lucky".

[arctic pond]

Perfect Opportunity

[wet mango]

lightning damage..... is lucky

[rancid cipher]

In my head, the lightning damage doesn't work and it's instead cold damage, as you've said here. I'm just confused because I'm reading a post from someone who says his lighting attacks can still shock. Trying to understand.

[midnight geode]

yeah but im asking for shock chance, does that increase the chance ill inflict shock?

[thorny token]

that was already explained

by lasagnaman

[wet mango]

did you read my reply above (cc @thorny token)
it's very possible to use CotB and still do lightning damage

[thorny token]

yea

[wet mango]

shock chance depends on dmg

[rancid cipher]

Well isn't this a treasure trove of information. Even outside of my question this is an awesome link, thank you.

[midnight geode]

oh..

[rancid cipher]

Sorry, was just looking over it.

[midnight geode]

aight didnt know that

[atomic halo]

indirectly

[midnight geode]

ty lol

[wet mango]

(click the tooltip to read about shock, in game manual explains a LOT)

[midnight geode]

will do ty

[wet mango]

Damage with Hits is Lucky against Heavy Stunned Enemies
try again 😄

[arctic pond]

That rolls luck on hit. I don't really get your point

[wet mango]

the damage is lucky. It doesn't make sense to say a "hit" is lucky, a hit is many parts

damage (with hits) is lucky (against ......)

[arctic pond]

But only damage from hits is.

[wet mango]

they were asking earlier "if a hit is lucky, does that apply to all parts of the hit (crit, shock chance, dmg, etc)"

and my answer was "there's no such thing as a lucky hit, the effect is very precise about what is lucky"

indeed, perfect opportunity specifies that the damage is lucky.

[arctic pond]

It's just technicality. The hit rolls the dice. In these "lucky" instances the hit is rolling the damage twice

[wet mango]

chance to hit, crit, chance for ailments, chance for on hit effects, etc are also part of "the hit". None of those things are made lucky by Perfect Opp

which was part of their confusion

[wet thistle]

Hi there,

I hope I'm in the right place. Could you please tell me which build is the most cost-effective for farming maps, sanctum, and trials for currency and drops?

Thank you!

[odd charm]

So every time I trigger demon form I can’t use any other skills or it ends demon form. What am I doing wrong?

[rancid cipher]

I read your link and was hoping for some clarification so that I make sure I get this. If I'm using Charged Staff which deals lightning damage, along with Call of the Brotherhood, it will deal cold and not be able to shock. However, if I use Innervate with this which says "Attacks Gain 35% of Damage as Lightning Damage", this addtional gain is not counted in the conversion from Call of the Brotherhood. Meaning that the shock chance exists, but is 75% less potent (in this example). Is this correct?

[wet mango]

wdym "using charged staff, which deals lightning dmg"

let's be very precise and accurate

charged staff doesn't do any damage

it's a spell that gives you a buff

[alpine bolt]

Hi, first time playing POE2 and being in discord. How do i get tips?

[atomic halo]

ask and ye shall recieve

[wet mango]

ask in #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help or #1┃after-acts-help depending

or here

[alpine bolt]

i finished campaign and T1s atm. T2 is close to unbeatable for breach

[wet mango]

breach when you just enter maps is quite hard and a bit overtuned

I wouldn't stress too hard as long as you can progress the atlas/map tiers

[rancid cipher]

Apologies, I'll try to be more accurate. A bit new to all this still so trying to piece it all together. So as you said, it gives a buff to your attacks. The tooltip says that this buff adds Lightning Damage to your attacks. I assume that this is converted to cold damage with Call of the Brotherhood, is that correct?

[odd charm]

Hello

[alpine bolt]

For T2, i have around 30-40% clear rate. i added my resistances but its not adding up

[odd charm]

So I’m trying to use demon form but whenever I use a skill it ends demon form. Am I doing something wrong

[arctic pond]

I still don't get what you're trying to prove. A hit is a damage roll. The hit is lucky.

[static plinth]

Are they skills bound to weapons or Attacks?

[odd charm]

Fire wall

It’s an attack I guess but not bound to a weapon

[static plinth]

Its not an attack

[gray ferry]

Is there any way to convert life recoup to mana or es recoup?

[atomic halo]

not that i can think of

[gray ferry]

I see, ty

[pearl sluice]

RIP lads, died in HC to Arbiter

I got laser beamed :(

[viscid niche]

I saved up and bought temporalis on my ranger 28d its only -2.8 and the blink is not instant. Anyone can give me some tips. Shield has 50% reduction blink has support for 30% and also have cooldown reduction from merc tree

[spring temple]

how many more divs do you have

2.8 is worse than average roll, should be able to div it to something better

[viscid niche]

Whats needed to make it instant then?

[sacred abyss]

which one is better/best meta right now? https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun?widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJhZDgxYjEzZi0zNzAxLTQ0NjAtOTNlMS1kZjVkNDkyOTQ0OTkifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

Or https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/lightning-arrow-deadeye

[shy ermine]

is lightning or cold damage better for rings for lightning deadeye freeze build?

[atomic halo]

they're diff flavours of the same thing

at a glance the maxroll one looks more complete

[atomic halo]

what damage are you actually dealing, lightning?

[sacred abyss]

well referring to lightning arrow/cast on shock etc. past level tho, and yeah its looking like that altough having followed the other so far to level 70 (this max roll seems to start at 80) its been fine... I Defe need resist tho, but overall im still one shotting lol so I suppose what ever, but maybe ill migrate when i get to 80.

[shy ermine]

yes. But I am using ice bite/cold infusion with freeze buildup passives from mobalytics.

[static plinth]

You need a perfect 4s roll for it to have actually no cooldown

3.5 is probably good enough though

[atomic halo]

it seems pretty split

i would want to take % ele dmg over either

[spring temple]

you can also just look at the listed damage of your skills

and see if the lightning damage is higher than the cold

seems weird to use cold infusion unless the expected cold damage is much higher

[atomic halo]

there's also a lot of lightning from howa

and whatever rolls you have on your wep, ur gear

[void pewter]

Anyone know the catalyst I would need for the prismatic ring's "% to all elemental resistances" stat?

[spring temple]

according to poe2db it's a ton of different options

but i don't know if that's accurate for EA

[faint solstice]

can anyone please help me how Pyromantic Pact works for infernalist?

[static plinth]

Instead of spending Mana, you gain it and when you hit your max you take a ton of damage (or you can wait for it to empty)

Mana regen and flasks and stuff become useless though

[cold dagger]

I started playing 2 days ago. For some reason when I try to level up some skills now it says requirements not met. Then if I click another skill but don't level it up and go back, now it says unallocated. What's going on?

[spring temple]

you've allocated the previous node in a specific weapon set

[faint solstice]

so i need keep spending mana to make it stay in low level? feel like this is so beneficial?

[spring temple]

you can't allocate further unless you get more weapon set levels

[cold dagger]

I don't even know what that means.

[spring temple]

or at least that's what it looks like, the dialog box covers some stuff and also i'm colorblind

[static plinth]

No, your mana starts at 0. You need to stop casting for it to empty out, or mitigate the damage so you can cast without waiting

[spring temple]

can you show another screenshot without hovering the node?

[static plinth]

You can mitigate the damage with fire res and recoup

[cold dagger]

Wrong screenshot
Hold on.

[atomic halo]

recoup is technically not mitigation (🤓)

[faint solstice]

Oh, I see. So when I use a spell, it accumulates the flame, and when it's full, I take damage. I understand now, so if I can handle the damage, I can essentially use the skill all the time?

[daring grotto]

So I'm using a 260% widowhail on a new ranger, doing lightning arrow, is there any good unique quivers that could be paired with it? Or should I just stick with rates

[rocky hedge]

Yes.

[modern yoke]

My wand says "Gain 23% of damage as extra cold damage" but in my spell tooltip it says my lightning damage is "418-7957" and cold damage is "20-375" what is the 23% referring to?

shouldnt i be getting a lot more than just 375 if its 23% extra damage as cold?

[atomic halo]

your flat damage

it applies to your flat damage, then inc. modifiers apply

if all your inc. / more modifiers only apply to lightning, the extra cold damage won't be increased very much

[modern yoke]

i think im reading something wrong, because the flat damage for the spell says 17-324 lightning damage (19 projectiles)

i dont understand where the 20-375 is coming from

[atomic halo]

well surely you have stuff like inc. attack/spell damage

and inc. elemental damage and such

[modern yoke]

oh.. i see lol i get it my bad haha

i didnt know it updated like that oops

ty

[lyric trellis]

Hello people I have a question.Can staggering palm carry into end game for monk I want to make a build around it.

[slender bone]

How can I search for all available critical hit change attributes on an item on the trade website ?
Like I would like a ring with 15 dexterity, but rings can also come with 15 to all attributes wich satisfies the 15 dex requirement.

[atomic halo]

weighted sum stuff

[slender bone]

Does it also work for #% increased Critical Hit Chance and #% increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks ?

[atomic halo]

you can weighted sum any modifier

[slender bone]

I can't seem to make it work

[atomic halo]

here, you want to either set a minimum at the weighted sum part

and/or sort by sum

which you can see at the bottom of the modifiers, click on Sum: 0

[woeful topaz]

How can I make blink with zero cooldowm ?

Or lowest

[tidal copper]

buy a temporalis 👍

[woeful topaz]

What’s that ?

[tidal copper]

An unique armour

[woeful topaz]

What modifier should it have on ?

[faint solstice]

for Pyromantic Pact, where can i find the damage it will make will it make #% of life each time or it damage #% of the spell it cast?

[atomic halo]

slightly expensive

[tidal copper]

It always has the same mods only one variation of this unique

[upper viper]

Any support skills, that even benefit grim feast ?

[woeful topaz]

Ok thanks

[drifting cedar]

does orb damage snapshot?

[woeful topaz]

WTH.. it costs mirror bruh

[atomic halo]

slightly expensive

[drifting cedar]

can I get a big staff to cast orb of storms, then use shockburst rounds to quickly deplete orb of storms while retaining the big staff damage on orb?

[woeful topaz]

Oh slightly 😹

[grim sun]

Any got a good idear for a Trials Of Sekhamas Runner? Thats not a spark build?xDD

[tidal copper]

really? i though they duped like 20 of them and now they were 50 divs

[drifting cedar]

a bunch of people got banned for that

[atomic halo]

yeah then the dupe got patched

now everyone's listing at 1 mir because

[tidal copper]

damm i should have invested

[woeful topaz]

Lowest 36 divine bruh and I don’t have one

[tidal copper]

Try to not be poor
It never works :,(

[drifting cedar]

pretty reasonable chance they'll wipe the EA league when new classes get added anyway

[midnight geode]

does 100% shock magnitude basically make the dmg taken during shock from 20%, 40%?

[drifting cedar]

yes

[midnight geode]

ty

[crisp star]

so uhh.... anyone know what's up with blood mage crit damage node?

does it like really not show up in tooltips?

[tidal copper]

Any ability than can one shot across the screen is good
Maybe some bow skill with Richochet

[velvet blade]

Does momentum support only really work with channeling skills?

[atomic halo]

no

[crimson aurora]

hello guys idk if i should socket crit dmg soul core or iron rune for more dmg? i have around 66% crit rate and 382% critical dmg bonus

[atomic halo]

it works on leap slam, that isn't a channeling skill

[velvet blade]

So any skill that has an effect duration that requires you to be using it for the duration?

[atomic halo]

leap slam doesn't have an "effect duration"

in the strict sense of the words

it's not instant so it has an animation

[velvet blade]

Basically, it doesn't do anything for skills that have an instant effect like lightning arrow?

[atomic halo]

even la is not instant, it has an animation (because it's an attack with attack speed)

just read the gem

are you moving 2m or not

in the process of using the skill

la is too quick to proc that

[alpine kettle]

General question. Monk lvl 71. Just got to maps. I have 81% evasion so maybe some cheap evasion build for mapping ?
How do I make divines ? 😄

[velvet blade]

So "using" a skill means cast time, attack time, or channeling time?

[atomic halo]

all of the above, yeah

[alpine kettle]

87% with wind dancer

[atomic halo]

it works with skills with built-in movement

like leap slam, not like lightning arrow

[woeful topaz]

How do I search items but exclude corrupted ones on trade website

[velvet blade]

Am I "using" something if it has a lingering effect like contagion?

Or I'm only using it while casting it

[atomic halo]

while casting it

[atomic halo]

corrupted: no

its at the left side of the filters

under misc.

[woeful topaz]

Ok thanks

[velvet blade]

@atomic halo Do you know how to interpret the wording "Only takes effect if you have a Minion with enough life to drain the full amount." on Minion Pact Support? Does this mean a minion with enough life that you can drain all of it killing the minion, or enough life that you can consume some without killing the minion?

[atomic halo]

i havent played minions

but looking at it, it's just checking if the removed life is greater than their life

so

Does this mean a minion with enough life that you can drain all of it killing the minion
would only apply if their life is exactly equal to the amount you're draining, which seems unlikely

[velvet blade]

Equal or less. I can't tell if "the full amount" is refering to your life drained or the minion's life

Seems super strong with CI if it's just draining your full max life without killing the minion

[atomic halo]

oh yeah that does sound strong with CI

[atomic halo]

oh, i see. i might be reading it wrong then.

i dont think i can answer this, i havent used this (or seen the wording) before.

[velvet blade]

Yeah, sadly the gem text is super ambiguous

It seems to me that "the full amount" would refer to your max life since they would probably word it "its full life" if you were supposed to kill the minion

[static plinth]

Yup. If you have enough recovery and damage mitigation, Pyromantic Pact gives you infinite mana to cast with

[odd spade]

how the h are people getting 5-6k energy sheild without overflow?

[thin basin]

your minion need to have more hp than you for it to work

[velvet blade]

That's crazy. Good for me since CI but also kinda wild

[thin basin]

not really, they can go to like 10k without much investment

[midnight bolt]

how is it crazy, minions have up to hundreds of thousands of hp

[upper viper]

what do you mean without overflow ?

[alpine wedge]

free damage on CI

[velvet blade]

feels good

[thin basin]

issue is when youre not a miinon build and it dies

[odd spade]

grim feast and meditate give you overflow

up to double your base energy shield

meditate is a monk thing

[wet mango]

You need a minion that has enough life whether or not it would die. So you need a minion with at least as much life as yourself since that's how much life is drained

[upper viper]

Ah, i just use a good life flask. To keep my ES going and i have 6.5k. ES
Tho, i have grim feast i turn on. When i dont need to curse as much

[odd spade]

so with 5k energy shield, and grim feast or meditate youll have 10k

[velvet blade]

Yeah, that's super nice. I just couldn't tell if the support was referring to needing to drain all of the minion's life and kill it to get the extra damage or if you needed a minion that could take all of your life as damage without dying

[odd spade]

i cant figure out how to get my es that high

[upper viper]

i got my ES from Mana stacking

[velvet blade]

Gear and scaling on the tree. There's huge %ES nodes on the tree

[wet mango]

"the full amount" is referring to the drain amount

Which is detailed below

[odd spade]

i use them

[velvet blade]

dope
very glad to hear that

[upper viper]

convert to everlasting gaze

[odd spade]

the only way i have decent es if because of my unique helmet, atziris domain or something. id like to take it off but i wouldnt have any es if i did

[odd spade]

whats that?

i am a monk btw

[velvet blade]

How much ES is on your gear? I currently have 120 on amulet, 260 on helm, 711 on chest, 257 on gloves and I got about 6.3k ES before overflow

[upper viper]

im a merc XD

doesnt matter who you are. Its a amulet that gives you 30% ES of your mana

[odd spade]

ill have to boot it up and check

[odd spade]

yeah i use that

oh

no i dont

lmao

i thought that was the atziris helmet

how much does this amulet run for?

[upper viper]

Than you convert all your ES to Mana using the node. And that stacks, giving you 30% more ES. Depending on your maximum mana

[odd spade]

that sounds diabolical

https://tenor.com/view/birdman-hand-rub-thinking-dance-gif-17449632

[odd spade]

which node is it

[upper viper]

works fine for me. 12k mana. 6k es i have like 6-7 nodes with es from the tree, whats it.
Sustain with a good almost 2k HP life flask

[velvet blade]

I'm pretty sure the conversion doesn't work with % increased es nodes though

[upper viper]

its a bit away from monk tho

[odd spade]

yeah i dont know if i can make it over there

[upper viper]

Seems like it does. because 30% of 12k mana is not 6.5k ES

[upper viper]

There is a unique that gives it, but than you have to move around gear

[inland nebula]

The Demon Stitcher Unique gloves sacrifice 15% of life, and give it as ES on spell cast
If you use CI, Eldritch battery, and MoM, is this an infinite feedback loop? How does it work?
I ask as I'm looking at a build guide which uses this exact setup, but they provide no information on it.

[odd spade]

i need a monk to fix my build

i am dumb as hell

[velvet blade]

What happens if you hover with shift over a %es node? Does it show a decrease in mana?

[upper viper]

I was a monk, now im merc. Was also a ranger and a sorc 😂

[odd spade]

ive been a monk the whole time and i still suck

[upper viper]

adds

doesnt show my true ES tho 😛

[velvet blade]

To es but not to mana?

[upper viper]

it goes directly to mana i believes. Let me try and remove a es node

before adding 15%

after

Goes just to my ES

[velvet blade]

Oh, you're not using eldritch battery...

[upper viper]

i am 😛

[velvet blade]

I thought you had EB

Oh wtf

[velvet blade]

You get to keep your ES?

I thought it changed all your ES to mana

[upper viper]

The everlasting gaze amulet

[velvet blade]

OOOOHHHH

[upper viper]

the amulet refunds my es

[velvet blade]

lol

I'm rere

[drifting cedar]

do persistent attacks/spells like solar orb, orb of storm, tempest bell snapshot their damage to the weapon that cast them?

[velvet blade]

Can't say the full "R" word here lmao

[drifting cedar]

I assume they have to, in case you switch weapon type entirely in the case of tempest bell

[upper viper]

tho only 30% but the nodes from my tree. Still increases that

rere ?

[velvet blade]

retarted

extra special

[upper viper]

We all a bit of everything XD

So is the top, additional mana cost just flat ?

[velvet blade]

I think that's the percentage of your maximum mana

[upper viper]

588% procent added ? 😮

[vague trench]

General question: lets say a skill converts 60% phys damage to lightning damage. If I got a weapon with a rare blue text saying "adds 10 fire damage". Will this add 10 fire damage on top of the lightning damage that the skill does?

[velvet blade]

No, the 588 is 6% of your max or whatever the gem says it adds

[velvet blade]

Yeah, that's 10 base fire damage

[upper viper]

Ah, that makes more sense. Was like after i got my 4th node on ascend. I didnt notice it dropped from 900 mana to 600

[vague trench]

Well lets take galvanic shards as an exaple. It converts phys dmg to lightning. So to scale the damage, a higher phys dmg weapon would do it, and so would increased lightning damage, but not increased physical damage, correct?
And furthermore, "added 10 fire damage" would simply be added on top of the damage calculation, but it wouldnt scale in any meaningful way, correct?

Thanks a lot!

[solid badger]

So, I want to respec my Monk so I can play with the Gathering Storm skill because it's stupidly fun. The problem is that he's an Acolyte of Chalula. Any ideas on how to make it work?

[velvet blade]

Yeah, the phys part of the damage is scaled by increased phys, and the lightning after conversion is only scaled by increased lightning

The fire damage is just extra on top

[velvet blade]

original sin ring

[vague trench]

Does galvanic shards deal any phyiscal damage? I thought the only damage it deals is lightning damage and thats only the converted part? I might be completely wrong here.

[velvet blade]

Haven't played with that skill. If it converts 100% then yeah, it would deal no phys

[solid badger]

here's to hoping it's not stupidly expensive...checking now.

[vague trench]

"Converts 40% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage" on the tooltip

Keywords on the skill: "AoE, Ammunation, Projectile, Lightning, Chaining"

Since it doesnt say physical, Im not sure at all how this works

[velvet blade]

So unless it says "deals no physical damage" it will deal 60 phys and 40 lightning from a 100 phys base damage

[velvet blade]

it is lol

[vague trench]

Thank you

A lot

[velvet blade]

Cheers

[solid badger]

yeah, 2 divines is outside of my budget.

[velvet blade]

Dang wtf, it's only 2 divines?

[solid badger]

maybe I'll just reroll as Invoker.

[velvet blade]

You can make that quick

I though it was gonna be like 50 or something

[solid badger]

hah, no. I'm not even in maps

[velvet blade]

Might roll an original sin build myself

Ahh

You'll get there quick

[solid badger]

not with this build lol, that's why I need to respec.

Or just reroll I suppose.

[upper viper]

faster to respec, than rerolling 😮

[thin basin]

no wth you dont need that ring to play chonk gathering storm lol

[solid badger]

Right, but I can't respect without the ring.

*respec

And I can't afford the ring without respecing.

Womp womp

[velvet blade]

I think the best thing to do for leveling is to follow a leveling guild until you get to maps, then make your own thing

Really sucked for me trying to level while trying to do my end-game idea for a build

[solid badger]

Yeah, that's true. I just love coming up with my own janky builds and trying to make them work.

it's like 50% of the fun for me.

[thin basin]

if your monk current tree is generic enough it should already work as is

[velvet blade]

Same
Sadly the acts are super limited with the amount of skills, items, and supports you can use

[solid badger]

It's like 90% chaos damage nodes.

[thin basin]

then youd have to respec yea or the ring

[solid badger]

Which was disappointing when I realized that, not only are there ZERO chaos modifiers on Quarterstaves, but there are only TWO chaos skills on the Q-staff and both are support.

Like...Acolyte of Chayula shouldn't be in the game yet, it's really not ready.

[thin basin]

its fine, but they need to buff flame timer and buff leech on the ascendancy a bit

[solid badger]

I can tell you from personal experience it's not fine.

[thin basin]

i played chonk too

was fine for me

[solid badger]

Imagine if Invoker had two elemental attacks in the entire tree.

What ability did you use as your primary damage?

[thin basin]

lightning flurry

i ran him like invoker

but chonk

[solid badger]

Yeah, zero chaos synergy.

You literally ignored everything about Chonk and are saying "it's fine".

[drifting cedar]

There's nothing that says you have to use chaos damage on chonk, or quarterstaves on chonk

[solid badger]

That's not how Ascendancies work.

[thin basin]

yep

you forced chaos onto the ascendancy

[solid badger]

are you fucking kidding rn?

[slow kayak]

Anyway to infinitely generate corpses/item that can give free perma corpses/to be able to make VOLATILE DEAD viable?? PM please ❤️

[solid badger]

the core damage type of the ascendency is chaos.

[inland nebula]

Anyone know?

[thin basin]

no, it gain damage as chaos, doesnt mean you have to build more chaos, i treat it like extra free damage

[drifting cedar]

you dont have to START with chaos damage to use the chaos aspects

[ornate anvil]

Can fork hit the same target?

[drifting cedar]

besides, im guessing that when daggers come out we will see a few chaos specific melee attacks

[ornate anvil]

as in, can it be used for single target damage?

[solid badger]

which is exactly why I said Chonk should not have been released eyt.

*yet

Idk, arguing that chonk isn't a chaos-centric Ascendency is insane.

[inland nebula]

iirc it should, just at the reduced damage on the second hit.

[drifting cedar]

Its chaos centric but...you could always treat the chaos as a free boon, use poison, maybe find a way to automate wither to expand the boon

chaos bow chayula monk maybe? havent seen it done much

I know theres a chaos bow base

with a base chaos damage weapon, it doesnt really matter what skill you use

[solid badger]

Chaos bow might work.

[drifting cedar]

do quarterstaves not get the big flat chaos prefix?

[hushed umbra]

chaos base bow doesn't scale damage iwth quality which makes it pretty meh

[solid badger]

q-staves have literally zero chaos affixes.

imagine if there were zero elemental affixes. Invokers would be furious.

[drifting cedar]

oh I didn't realize the chaos prefix was just gone this game

yeah..that does limit things

[solid badger]

yeah, it's so strange.

[supple crag]

does hexblast trigger impending doom?

[solid badger]

like..."here play this class with a q-staff signature weapon and this ascendency with chaos as its signature damage. Oh, yeah, but no chaos damage on quarterstaves...whoops!"

[solid badger]

it does.

[wanton creek]

So im confused when you corrupt something does it have a chance to not do anything at all? bc i have two gems here one is corrupted other is not and they have the exact same everything?

[velvet blade]

Not if you use blasphemy

[wanton creek]

how do i know what the corruption did

[velvet blade]

Been there tried that

Decaying hex doesn't work with blasphemy either

[inland nebula]

If someone is using MoM/CI/EB Could you check? I can't easily switch to try

[atomic halo]

it can do nothing

[proud horizon]

How do people have an energy shield instead of health?

[inland nebula]

Chaos Inoculation

[supple crag]

I have a really crazy idea....going to combine eternal youth,eldritch battery, and mind over matter on a blood mage

[velvet blade]

Can you use a quiver with a crossbow?

[velvet blade]

That sounds dope actually

[velvet blade]

There's something that causes your recharge to not stop right? Would be great to mitigate life costs

[supple crag]

recharge of life will be from a few energy shield passives and the blood mage life leech

• life remnents

going to boost the shit out of chaos dmg and spell dmg to try to make chaos dots actually work in t15 that's the goal

[civic charm]

If I want to do a crossbow like armor explosion type build what are class you think would work best? Im thinking titan or deadeye but not 100% sure yet

[drifting cedar]

no chaos damage flat on any martial weapon type except when it is the implicit damage type

so not only no quarterstaves, but no variety either. original sin CI, I guess?

[buoyant radish]

Dad gamer here with limited time for my own theory crafting these days. I’ve tried a stampede build but just don’t like the style. Are there any other build guides out there that anyone knows about and can point me to? I really liked the stun boneshatter build but stun buildup appears to be a sticking point in endgame.

[hardy creek]

I found a new chest piece only problem it does not have evasion on it. But it is pretty good, I have currently 1266 shield and 12k evasion (82%) if I swap the chest piece I go to 5k evasion (67%) but 2828 energy shield. I am running CI do you think its worth or not?

[wet mango]

How do you feel about totems

Melee totems seem decent

Palesteron just put out a new video today about it

[buoyant radish]

I will check it out - haven’t tried a totems build

[wet mango]

https://youtu.be/RV_jxqopg_o?si=uZSon2QRfRfOvNfm

[frosty arrow]

I like how every build is presented as new op, broken, good, "insert x but good". But there's tons of great warrior builds

[drifting cedar]

wow, hrimnors hymn aftershock works on totems?

thats gotta be a bug

specifically worded as "slams you use yourself"

[ornate anvil]

Can a projectile chain to the same target?

[pearl sluice]

Increased weapon swap speed % - how good is it?

[velvet blade]

Good if you need to swap weapons a lot

[pearl sluice]

Do we know what is base duration of weapon swaps?

[frosty arrow]

Will probably be great once we have more weapon swap builds

[drifting cedar]

I want to say .6 seconds?

Might be making that up

[pearl sluice]

Could be. Im testing it now but its hard to say, so far got 50% increased speed but probably going grt another 25%

[frosty arrow]

I've used weapon swapping a bit here and there, and wasn't tempted to pick up that node cluster on Merc's side of the tree

Even though it supposedly provides big boost

[pearl sluice]

Im going for the jewels

U cna get rubys with 25% each

[buoyant radish]

Thank you!

[drifting cedar]

even at +100% speed you're only going from .6 seconds to .3 seconds. I guess if you swap very often, thats worthwhile

[frosty arrow]

You should've tested with a Merc, his cluster is right near the start and gives like 80% total

[drifting cedar]

maybe if you're working in a tempest bell set up on some future fast hitting sword or axe build

and dont want to wait 1.2 seconds to swap to staff and back

[pearl sluice]

Im doing it for sacrifice + blink auras on bloodmage

[frosty arrow]

It'll be fun once we can have weapon sets that can scale from the same stat. Spear and bow, crossbow and sword, etc. I think Merc weapon swapping will be very cool. Shoot off some grenades with a crossbow, jump into the fray with sword and board

[pearl sluice]

I swap every few seconds

[drifting cedar]

weapons dont really scale from any stats

[frosty arrow]

Yeah, you know. Requirements

[drifting cedar]

i mean, I hear what you are saying as far as equipping stuff

right

[pearl sluice]

What feels slow thouhg is the “use time” on some spells

[terse berry]

Has anyone attempted making an unarmed monk work? I see the damage skills do in the tool tip calculated different.

[pearl sluice]

Seem like cast speed wont impact it

[inland nebula]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/p35ye0z8
Anyone have any input on this build on maxroll?
They are doing some form of culling build, I don't really understand it. Sadly no video so I have nothing to go off of

[drifting cedar]

I definitely don't understand the armour break on cold snap

what interaction am I missing there

also splinter on frost bomb, which is a purely cold skill. could be missing a whole thing here

[inland nebula]

I have absolutely no clue, thats why I'm asking here. It seems like a interseting and unique build, or maybe its something that doesnt work at all, idk wtf im looking at

[drifting cedar]

looks like someone clicked on everything that said cold or cull and threw it into a pile

and sprinkled armor break on top for what honestly looks like no reason to me

and also its a chronomancer

[willow bronze]

anyone got any good tips when it comes to anointing? Im playing withchunter and i can do high alert, but is there any other really good anoints too go for?

[drifting cedar]

what sort of witch hunter

[willow bronze]

Explosive shot and shockburst rounds

triple herald with the three dragons mask

[drifting cedar]

not sure about that build. do you use a big phys bow and ele convert, then?

there's stuff like Stormbreaker, which is nice if you're doing enough to ignite, chill, shock and maybe even electrocute

[willow bronze]

nah, not doing any ele convert

i think main dmg on clear is from herald procs

[drifting cedar]

I mean, your skills ele convert

[willow bronze]

single target is ele convert yes

[drifting cedar]

I'm just trying to picture what your weapon looks like

[willow bronze]

want me to link?

[drifting cedar]

sure

[pallid forum]

ok so i am upgrading my raging spirits but i dont see any + on any of the stats. what does it get when it will be higher lvl?

[willow bronze]

its not the best yet, im looking out for one with + to projectile skills and some higher dps

but its hard to find honestly, i got the funds tho

https://pathofexile2.wiki.fextralife.com/The+Three+Dragons+Solid+Mask

also using this helm, pretty much what makes the entire thing work

proccing all 3 herals on a pack pretty much

[wet mango]

What's an example?

[willow bronze]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/explosive-shot-witchhunter-build-guide

this build pretty much

but i have some rarity sprinkled in on the gear aswell

[wet mango]

Where did you even find this lol. They have cast on freeze without a skill gem

[inland nebula]

I was just looking around and wanted to know if there was any validity to it

[sullen yew]

Hello, what's the best monk leveling build?

[velvet blade]

Probably just bell right now since you can have multiple copies of it at the same time

Does absolutely ridiculous damage

Just find a way to hit the bells as much as possible

[sullen yew]

Trying to find a written guide on it

[fallen cedar]

Need a brave soul to help me with ascendancy 3 please.
IGN Pancadabraba

[light mesa]

How does barrier invocation work if you have no ES?

or does it even work?

[fallen cedar]

Oops, wrong channel.

[light mesa]

Or can i somehow deal damage to my own energy shield by using skills as bloodmage?

[floral thicket]

What skill gem allows for multiplication of skills? I’ve seen one that does 3 storm waves for example

[light mesa]

echo something

[pale jewel]

Just got a hand of wisdom and action but im having problems deciding what to socket, im thinking about socketing fire or cold resis to cap OR get the soul core that reduces slowing potency of debuffs since im having a really bad time dealing with freezing and slowing mobs, any tips? (Playing stormwave invoker)

[static plinth]

Unleash, Spell Echo, Spell Cascade, or Scattershot depending on what you mean

[floral thicket]

I saw a dude cast storm wave with quarter staff and instead of one big wave it was 3 waves

[wet mango]

Small nit but you don't "cast" storm wave since it's an attack, not a spell.

[floral thicket]

Of course but you know what I mean, saw the dude with multiple waves.

[wet mango]

Upheaval prob

[wet mango]

Yes, that's why I prefaced with "small nit"

[slow kayak]

Anyway to infinitely generate corpses/item that can give free perma corpses/to be able to make VOLATILE DEAD viable?? PM please ❤️

[light mesa]

aint that like the most meta witch build?

should just google i think

[floral thicket]

Looks like it thanks

[midnight geode]

does this make a big difference on bosses? Im full eva

(dont wanna test it cuz im hc lol)

[livid dagger]

this culling works on magic spell user?

[drowsy tinsel]

For mercenary, does the crossbow shot skill and passives synergize with explosive shot?

[atomic halo]

yes

as long as you're hitting enemies it works

[livid dagger]

ah thanks, i want try on demon form how good this for clearing

[opaque sparrow]

Would cold quality increase freeze build up and/or the amount of dmg converted?

[atomic halo]

it seems there's already cold quality

and it isn't affecting the convert

i dont think it'll affect the freeze buildup either

[tender void]

is there anything out there that convers max life to es besides the unique chestplate

[wanton creek]

what would be better to have for flat damage. A 1 to 25 or a 3 to 6?

[noble inlet]

"Allies deal % increased damage" is multiplicative for minions right? It's treated differently from "minions deal % increased damage"

[hoary ingot]

any min maxers can take a look at this?

goal is to use temporal chains + blasphemy + chronomancer 20% slow which will cover an area as big as possible on the whole screen WHILE having lightning damage with as much as energy shield.

using blasphemy + temporal chains + conductivity with archmage for spark. i have 6 jewels with 25% curse area increase and energy shield increase.

[thin basin]

average it out youll find the answer most of the time

[hoary ingot]

your minions are also your allies

[wanton creek]

wym?

[thin basin]

(1+25)/2 vs (3+6)/2

[noble inlet]

I know

[wanton creek]

and the higher number is just better?

[thin basin]

yes

[wanton creek]

oh alr so then the 1 to 25

[thin basin]

but like not all the time ofc depends on the build also

[noble inlet]

So an "allies deal 50% increased damage" on a sceptre would be an overall 1.5 damage multiplier compared to one that doesnt?

[brave canopy]

hi yall. do prisms of belief stack? so i can slot in say 3 +3s to a specific skill?

[atomic halo]

assuming your allies have no modifiers granting #% increased Damage affecting them, which is extremely unlikely.

[noble inlet]

So Minions deal % increased damage and Allies deal % increased damage are additive

[atomic halo]

yes, they all apply to the same stat, which is "#% increased Damage".

[noble inlet]

Aight thx

[atomic halo]

"minions" and "allies" are just qualifiers, they dont change the nature of the stat granted.

[civic fractal]

So I heard someone say that Mana Tempest doesn't increase damage very much if you have archmage, guessing its multiplicative and not additive since its both % damage increase?

[pearl sluice]

mana tempest is an insane dmg increase

[civic fractal]

Yes, but some video i was watchign said that because of archmage it was 'only like a 20% increase' or something

[rocky pilot]

Does leech or attack speed on tree apply to my totems?

[atomic halo]

leech no attack speed yes

well, the totems will leech to themselves

[muted stone]

Is there a way to know how much chance to be stunned i have, or how much stun threshold i should aim for per map tier?

[atomic halo]

chance to be stunned depends on damage taken

[muted stone]

Is there a way to figure out how much I need? Or is it a guessing game? I don't want to waste space on my gear with stun threshold if i don't need it, or waste passive points etc

[atomic halo]

it's a feels thing, y'know?

i wouldnt go out of my way to get stun threshold on your gear though

and not more than 1 stun cluster on the tree

should be good enough (assuming your life pool is solid)

[static plinth]

There's no way to get benefits from strength that doesnt remove it's life bonus yet, right?

[atomic halo]

no different / extra benefits, you mean?

i dont think so

[hoary ingot]

bois

[static plinth]

Yeah

[atomic halo]

french word for wood

[hoary ingot]

will the AOE stack with curse AOE?

[static plinth]

Yes

Additively but yes

[hoary ingot]

holy fuck

[atomic halo]

it will add together

[hoary ingot]

okay

[static plinth]

That is a great jewel lol

[hoary ingot]

thank yall

[static plinth]

The only source of %inc life is Veil of The Night rn, right?

[atomic halo]

there's others, sec

[static plinth]

Oh real?

[atomic halo]

xoph's blood

it's also part of the regular ammy modpool

[static plinth]

Oh huh

[atomic halo]

there's a soul core for 2%

there's morior invictus mod

[regal turtle]

any idea what the interaction is if you reduce enemies stun threshold by 100% or greater, does it halve or remove all stun threshold?

[hushed viper]

excuse me, does spell damage affect your poison damage?

[static plinth]

It does if you inflicted poison with a spell

[atomic halo]

there's also defiance of destiny

[gleaming crystal]

is there a way to filter uniques with other stats in trade site

[hushed viper]

okay sick, got an interaction

thank you

[radiant compass]

guys we did it

[static plinth]

Okay cool so Couture of Crimson isnt impossible to counteract

[atomic halo]

but besides all of those i listed, there aren't (at least on items)

there's also 3% on a notable in warrior area

[static plinth]

Does a flesh catalyst buff Defiance's recover life mod in 2?

[atomic halo]

oh, and there's grand spectrum.

[static plinth]

Im not quite that rich

[blazing drift]

Which is prob the best? I play storm wave monk

[atomic halo]

why is it set in mexico

[static plinth]

Theyre unique duh

[atomic halo]

showing the pdps numbers would help

notably top left is missing runes

[blazing drift]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/0yd45lpSg

I just dont know if the +4 to skills

[fiery wave]

man the fugging logbook mafia tricking all the noobs

[blazing drift]

or the + to skills

[static plinth]

Life Leech has been simplified to just # Leeched and Leech Resistance, right?

[blazing drift]

is beter than pure damage

[atomic halo]

i like top left

[fiery wave]

theres like 30 of them listen at 30-40ex and tons of people list it at that price and get instantly bought out and youll only learn that if you try to buy one and see its all the same guy

-60% profit :[

[blazing drift]

Better than the +6?

[atomic halo]

price fixing works

[atomic halo]

hmm the +6 also has a lot of crit

[tough crow]

whats the unique Item or passive tree node that makes it so when you get a charge it goes to allies instead>'

[atomic halo]

conduit

keystone on the tree between witch and monk starts

[atomic halo]

take either of those i think

the gem levels can be annoying for mana cost

but the crit can be big, so i think +6 is more damage but its close without crit

[proper hollow]

Is +levels to melee skils the best stat to have on a weapon or is it physical damage?

[atomic halo]

physical damage

[main spear]

Weird I can talk in my bloodmage ones but can’t talk in ranger chat

[blazing drift]

Yeah its hard

[sudden ocean]

I am a deadeye lightning arrow build. What timeless jewel should I be looking for and where to put it on my tree

[proper hollow]

Thx! Do you want to avoid +melee altogether becuase of the increased mana cost or is it fine to have?

[atomic halo]

its too much potential damage to ignore / avoid

[proper hollow]

Ok, so you want both phsy damage and +melee skills

[atomic halo]

yeah

[supple crag]

shock applies to all damage taken increased, right? hits and non -hits

[velvet blade]

yeah

[jaunty flame]

Do you feel the same way for crossbow?

I dumped -7 skills for elemental damage and my damage felt better

[atomic halo]

it's just math anyway

[dry halo]

How to further increase block chance after buying a shield with 42%?
I also got the passive nodes and have about 61%, but not even near 75%

[atomic halo]

wdym not even near

you're like 2/3 of the way there

get more passive nodes

[hallow mantle]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/archmage-spark-stormweaver-build-guide

"Hey guys, I want to use this build! I'm currently level 70, but after reading through it, I have a question about the skills and abilities. At what level do you think I can switch to this build? I got the impression that I would need to be at least level 90—am I wrong?"

[atomic halo]

you level as spark

from the start

[hallow mantle]

yes!

I used the leveling build from the site, and now I feel it's time to switch to the endgame build. However, I have this doubt.

[elder mural]

Projectile speed and projectile speed for spell both work with Spark or it must be * spell * in the tag ?

[wanton creek]

what are the best nodes on ranger side for survivability? My damage is great right now but i really need more survivability

[kind ginkgo]

headhunter or ingeunity for spark stormweaver?

[velvet blade]

My guess would be ingenuity unless you're specifically building around extending headhunter buffs

The extra mana, res, and damage from your rings will help with clear and single target

[boreal cosmos]

Hello everyone. I am having some concerns on my build. I use sorcery ward with my build and take zealous inquisition. However, I find that I struggle to keep up sorcery ward when doing alters. I’m at 90. And I play on console so sometimes I deal with lag spikes.

I don’t have HOWA or the belt. So I made my build without ES. I was thinking about taking Ceremonial Absolution. With Sorc Ward I gave 73% dodge. But it does help me A LOT. I run a galvanic plasma blast variant.

Is there any other suggestions I could take to help my character not die during swarms? I can provide more info if needed. It’s my first time playing a poe game.

I don’t run any uniques. I can do T16++ if I take my time but when it comes to alters… man, it’s a hit or miss.

[fervent briar]

does anyone know of a solution to crossbow reload limbo

[boreal cosmos]

Are you talking about when you are reloading and it gets stuck in the action?

[fervent briar]

it just keeps clicking if you hit it

[boreal cosmos]

Oh dodge roll worked for me.

[fervent briar]

dodge roll is what seems to be causing it

i throw explosive grenades, dodge roll, then try to explosive shot, then click click click

[boreal cosmos]

It may be different on console. ):

[fervent briar]

then by that time, boss moves, do 0 damage

im playing on pc with controller

[boreal cosmos]

I couldn’t tell you. But it happens to me sometimes and I am forced to dodge. And then it works.

[honest condor]

Could this build be at all viable
it gets every single Jewel slot and just stats stats

[fervent briar]

ya. im struggling through it. its just painful. Im tired of it with bosses that move

playing hc so every second counts. i feel like no amount of skill is going to allow me to play it how i want unless they fixed reload

[pastel hound]

Minions lack scalability in this game

[fervent briar]

idk, ive never played a minion build

[static plinth]

Probably not to that extreme. Cut off the top 3 - 5 jewel sockets and thats your average Adorned build though

[brazen verge]

Do these two work in tandem or am I sabotaging myself?

[static plinth]

Constant 70% inc

Up to you if thats worth

[brazen verge]

funny the background highlight gets greyed out

[manic iron]

Which wand is better? The one on the left gives me a +800 dps boost on my spark, but is it really better than the right one? I don't have mana regen problems.

[fair karma]

I am following this build but the build didn't say which one to pick first when finish the first chaos trial

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/empyrian-temporalis-spark-sorc?weaponSet=set1

[copper finch]

Guys, does aura from scepter work on urself? like cast speed and increased dmg?

[rustic arrow]

ice bow or ice xbow? whats yall opinions

[thin basin]

stormweaver chances are its the arcane surge nodes

if its 2nd lab maybe exposure cuz u dont have that much mana

exposure* not sure

[fair karma]

tysm

[wanton creek]

so im at 680 hp in act 3 is that bad and also what can i do to increase my survivability. Is there and nodes on ranger side for that. Im 1 shotting everything but im scared that im gonna die easily

[fervent briar]

i had 1400 hp in act 3 but im in hc on titan

[rustic arrow]

get evasion

and hp on gear

[wanton creek]

im on hc on ranger

[rustic arrow]

welp evasion and prayers it is

[fervent briar]

my ranger has like 450 hp and im at geonar. but its my 2nd hc char so i had some decent gear

[wanton creek]

okay

i want to try and wiggle my way to 1k hp and id feel a lot better

[fervent briar]

by the way with around 1500 armour the tree slammer will do over 1200 damage sometimes

[royal lark]

Guys im only discussing currently playing explosive shot deadeye. What's the meta mainly monk/sorc ( because of huge ES)? And good survivability lategame?

[fervent briar]

i tested it on sc on my titan. he can off screen you so stick to the edges of that zone

[wanton creek]

tree slammer?

are you talking abt silverfist

[fervent briar]

ya

[wanton creek]

jesus that was my first hc dead

[fervent briar]

idk the names lol. he is swinging a tree right

[wanton creek]

death

i hate that guy

nah its a pillar lmao

[fervent briar]

i waited till i was at viper to do him on my titan

on your ranger i would wait until like lvl 50 lol

[wanton creek]

fr

[fervent briar]

or weapon swap a shield

[wanton creek]

go back to him when i can 1 shot him atp

[fervent briar]

all of his attacks are blockable with active block unless its bugged

[wanton creek]

that boss gave me trauma

[regal turtle]

you can just kite him around the ruins there if you are ranged as well

[fervent briar]

he was my only close call in campaign. the titan boss knife scrape killed me once on another character

[thin basin]

does anyone knows if crimson power on bloodmage works with eb

[fervent briar]

I dont recommend that in hc.

[wanton creek]

so should i just stack as much evasion on ranger while getting max hp gear or do i get energy shield or armor

im at a loss

[fervent briar]

im going to go es/ev with ghost shrouds and wind dancer

[slow kayak]

Anyway to infinitely generate corpses/item that can give free perma corpses/to be able to make VOLATILE DEAD viable?? PM please ❤️

[royal lark]

I am just wondering if i should spend all my 2 divs and get me new xbow like from ~380 dps to 450. Or better defences currently in T6 ele rez capped... And basically 0 rarity.

[thin basin]

you can use minion as corpses with sacrifice spirit gem

[dark saddle]

is elemental ailment threshold increase bad?

[bold remnant]

How should I be able to snap the bolds when they are going away from me. Mostly I can't reach them or only hit one bold.

[thin basin]

and about 75% chance to not consume corpses with all the nodes and support

[atomic halo]

its good

[dark saddle]

why?

it lowers the likelihood they get the ailment

[thin basin]

good when its for you, bad when its for enemy, make you less likely to get ailment'd

or them

[dark saddle]

ohh

[atomic halo]

you weren't clear if it was your threshold or the enemy's

[dark saddle]

its for my defense

[atomic halo]

the quest choice one is your threshold

[atomic halo]

that applies to you

[dark saddle]

ah

[atomic halo]

the enemy version is overwhelming prescence, the spirit gem

that one reduces enemy ailment theshold

[dark saddle]

ahh

[solar ruin]

Hi guys! Any advice for my character? I am in tier 10 maps and suffer a Lot of one shoot 🤣 My dps is fine but with a lot of enemies and big areas, they cook me

[covert fossil]

stop walking into crowded areas lol

but really try to cap your resists

[solar ruin]

haha I know, but with a melee class is difficult and in breach or altars is almost impossible

[atomic halo]

the resists part is not

you're taking like double the elemental damage you need to

[solar ruin]

yeah I kow.. that was my next step but I still don't have enough divines to buy equipment and cap the resistence, I need keep farming

[fervent briar]

you should be able to cap res around t5 maps if you utilize the game mechanics

[atomic halo]

you do not need divines to cap res

[fervent briar]

or at least be around 65 all res

[atomic halo]

you can cap res with 1 ex items in each slot

[solar ruin]

Ok perfect, I got it! thanks for the advice

[thin basin]

t15 ez like 5ex each slot (on a good build)

[cyan plinth]

Does the increased elemental damage prefix on a weapon increase the damage of armor explosion support gem? Im assuming yes

[fervent briar]

its tagged attack, it should work.

[charred apex]

does anyone know if conc effect has any downside for frost strike?

[fervent briar]

has anyone tried shattering concoction in ssf without widowhail?

[fervent briar]

im not certain but the aoe could scale the strike range

put it on and see if strike range is on your gem stat sheet

[charred apex]

there is no strike range in the sheet

[fervent briar]

wtb pob

[charred apex]

like it should affect if you go by game logic

[thin basin]

chacnes are it hit in a small semicircle infront of you, so you should be reducing that

[fervent briar]

yes, since its tagged aoe, but i dont know if strike range is handled as aoe like cyclone is in poe1 on tagged skills like that

[sour basin]

green is what im going
yellow is what im wanting to get after

would it be better to path past the jewel socket in blue since its close to the nodes ill be getting down and around to the yellow or cut straight down past the jewel socket with no close passives im taking??

[charred apex]

could be like that

[atomic halo]

2 pts for a jewel is always worth it

[fervent briar]

if youre chaining herald of ice explosions though idk if ice strike "aoe" really matters unless it messes with strike range

[rustic latch]

Can someone explain to me how the monk wave of frost atack works because mine isn't freezing xd

[sour basin]

replying to me?

[atomic halo]

yes

i'd just take left jewel socket and path down from there

also why are you 1p from a notable

on the far right

[sour basin]

these are the nodes id like to eventually have so with there being the upside down pickaxe for the 2h damage close to the 3% max life node i wondered if it would have been better to path just to the right of the max element nodes to save on points but then the trade off would be a sub optimal jewel slot. i didnt circle the rage because id focus that last with any points

[sour basin]

because i was lacking damage and i had all those starting damage nodes but i respecced so i could get the 2 lot of nodes in this pic and i had 1 spare so stuck it in that damage one in preperation to get the notable again then i saw the area damage bundle very close so i stopped and gonna refund that single one to put it next to this single one

the small passives are higher % than those starting ones so more overall damage

since hulking form

lasagnaman

now thats a name ive not seen in a little while lol

[near dock]

Just got this item in the mud borrow, dont fully understand how it works

[primal sluice]

Hey guys, i dont understand that build:
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/ee618f48-6256-4274-a6a1-71044af51f3d/builds/2f017b9a-bad9-4727-9ac1-f8ec43a495d4

If i am about to choose to convert all my energy shield into mana, why would i take nodes that increase energy shield, when that bonuses dont work while converting?

[torpid ermine]

If u have everlasting gaze it works again

[atomic halo]

it splits all ur elemental damage into the three types

not super useful for scaling

but the resistances rolls are solid for early on

[static plinth]

If you deal 100 fire, you deal 33 fire, 33 cold, and 33 lightning (and i think the last point either goes to the base damage or is obliterated)

[torpid ermine]

What are the calculations behind our damage

ususally

[atomic halo]

can you be a little more specific

[near dock]

Gotcgu thanks

[torpid ermine]

Talking with a friend who says % is better then flat damage outside of our weapon

[atomic halo]

it's all math

[static plinth]

It is a lot more nuanced than that

[atomic halo]

flat from rings, howa can be very strong

[rose shell]

Quick question how do jewels like against the darknes behave when different weapon set skill points are aplied? Will it grant bonus to all nodes or just from the quirent equiped weapon set?

[torpid ermine]

Yeah we talking about howa with pillar and he says pillars str stacking is stronger then howas flat

[atomic halo]

whatever's allocated on the tree you're currently using

[atomic halo]

isn't the play to just use both

[torpid ermine]

Ofc both ideally but for example should i take str notes instead of int notes

[rose shell]

Ok so i cant just dump free points into random nodes to boost the stat for free

[torpid ermine]

in howa/pillar combo

[muted flare]

what scepter would you use ?

[atomic halo]

i can believe that

but tbh i dont rly understand what the "weapon damage" clause on pillar means

[supple crag]

are Dot damage ticks dynamic? i.e if I use soul offering after I applied a dot, does the dot start ticking for more dmg or do I have to reapply it?

[neat bison]

Left is significantly better

[sage flame]

Dumb question here guys.
Does switchin in and out of demon form count as weapon swap?

[abstract mortar]

heyo
charges in poe 2 are giving inherit effects or just being used for others skills to consume?

[willow peak]

hey guys, does "heft" work with the minion scaling of detonate dead?

[unkempt plover]

is there a build guide out there for howa invoker, and does it use potcg or a really good rare quarterstaff

[tough crow]

i put in a bug report for this since it shows that it should work in the damage info page.

[wet mango]

ok, someone please help me understand how plasma blast is working, I'm going crazy over here
We have here plasma blast with

• no supports
• scatter shot (20% less speed)
• martial tempo (25% more speed)
• SS + MT (should cancel out)

Assuming the +2s attack time is in fact unmodifiable, that means the "base attack time" is .27, which goes to .38 with scatter shot and .22 with martial tempo. Furthermore, we do see that SS + MT cancel each other out, recovering the original .27 attack time.

But Martial tempo does seem to give 25% more attack speed, but scattershot (alone) seems to be giving almost 30% less attack speed, not 20%?

[distant aspen]

Can somebody help me figure out why my build feels weak, both in damage and survivability? I'm basically following this guide here but I'm really struggling in T16 and occasionally T15 maps https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/frost-mage-infernalist-build-guide

[placid adder]

anyone observed if active blocking with Raise Shield, allows ES recharge delay to build up? or do the ticks reset the ES recharge delay

[frosty arrow]

after rigorous testing I've come to a definitive conclusion on what's the best defense. It's placebo. Marginally less effective than ES, but requires zero stat and gear investment. More consistent than block or dodge, and somehow gives better DR than armor 😭

[sour basin]

whats the jewel that has the ring around it to boost other nodes?

[frosty arrow]

from nothing diamond

[sour basin]

is there any other jewls that have the ring around them?

[open gulch]

This is every outcomes for Vaal orb on items? Like where are bad outcomes? Like deleting affix or swap one of our affix for another?

[willow peak]

nobody knows that?

[frosty arrow]

yes, but they don't necessarily do the same thing within that ring

[sour basin]

im not sure this is the ring im thinking of lol i thought there was one that boosted the nodes you've already taken

[frosty arrow]

against the darkness is the only other one I can think of

against the darkness does that, I don't remember what the actual effect is though

[celest oxide]

So Cast on Ignite will proc more if I Inflict a higher Magnitude of ignite, right?

[thorny token]

you are not deadeye right

[sour basin]

ahh yeah thats more the style but i guess i thought they did something different haha never actually looked into them just seen them briefly every now and then in videos but they had the jewel with the ring around passives they took so i assumed it boosted those node

[thorny token]

because you get tailwind stacks by socketing/unsocketing gems on deadeye

i get exact 20% difference when adding/removing scattershot if i wait out tailwind

[tacit lichen]

I've noted that flat phys dmg on a weapon gets added to the base before %increased phys on the weapon is calculated. But only this flat phys is local correct? Instances on gloves/rings/quiver do not count?

[frosty arrow]

they all count the same as base flat on a weapon

it all gets added up, and that's your base damage before modifiers

[tacit lichen]

So if my weapon is 100% increased physical, my 1-4 phys from my ring is 2-8?

[frosty arrow]

ah, no. The 100% increase to physical is local only to weapon

[tacit lichen]

Thanks. That's what I was curious about.

[frosty arrow]

so, let's say weapon base is average 10 damage. With 100% on it it'll be 20. Then it gets added to whatever is on your ring

then global multipliers apply

[tacit lichen]

I just wasn't sure because the flat dmg got added before the increased on the weapon.

[wet mango]

merc

[thorny token]

and you dont have any sources of on use stuff right

[wet mango]

on plasma blast?

[thorny token]

on your character

[wet mango]

you get exactly 20% difference on plasma blast?

[thorny token]

i go from 2.56 attack time to 2.7 attack time, that is 25% increase or 20% decrease depending on how you look at it

[tribal moss]

is here a monk/invoker player?

Can someone explain me why most of them play with Cold DMG instead of Lightning?
am i going the weak path if i choose lightning Damage?

[wet mango]

thanks for providing some additional data, this is helpful

[fervent briar]

I played cold just because freeze as a defensive layer is nice

[tribal moss]

but choosing lightning wouldnt be a bad way right?

[frosty arrow]

it's just satisfying to see whole crowd freeze in place, and then shatter like glass all at once

[fervent briar]

im sure lightning is just fine, depends on what you like doing. You have all the freedom in the world to play lightning

[frosty arrow]

lightning is perfectly fine. In fact I'd say I've seen more lightning monks than frost. It's hard to tell the exact spread, but people play both fine

[tribal moss]

understandable 😄

[frosty arrow]

you can also do both, why not

nothing stops you

[fervent briar]

i played sunder warrior to lvl 90, anything is fine if i can do that

[tribal moss]

im just confused how to skill everything to get freeze buildups

i think i need to look at some guides

[fervent briar]

you can totally yolo it

you get freeze buildup by doing cold damage

[tribal moss]

cold dmg + %build ups right?

[fervent briar]

i had no idea what i was doing when i played it and it felt like cheating compared to warrior. i cant imagine what its like when optimized i got bored with the ease

[frosty arrow]

bro, for trash clear one wave of frost stops everything dead. Then you line up one good glacial cascade and everything goes pop

[fervent briar]

look at the left side of the monster hp bar and there is a square that goes up by %

once i got ice strike i used that until shattering palm i think its called. then used bell and charged strike. theres a keystone to make power charges easy with that aura that gives frenzies. shattering palm teleports you and ice strike just traverses you to every mob around you its broken af

[tribal moss]

im also satisfied how amazing charged staff is, tempest bell and tempest furry are just broken

i think i will stay with lightning for now, i think there is no wrong way if you go lightning or cold

[frosty arrow]

I used lingering illusion for charge generation

[fervent briar]

invoker is in a really good spot to be honest. dont cheat yourself and use a guide unless youre struggling

[frosty arrow]

also, apparently your copy from that skill is counted as a minion. Allegedly. I don't know what to do with that information yet, but I bet there's some fun and cheeky way to exploit that

[tribal moss]

is it better than combat frenzy?

[broken sluice]

anyone know what affects the attack recovery for grenades? i hate having to slow down so much after the grenades already been launched

[frosty arrow]

it's super consistent on bosses. As you only need to dodge roll like twice to be topped up on charges, because bosses destroy illusions pretty much with any attack

[tacit lichen]

Freeze damage isnt far behind and it's just an amazing defensive layer for melee. Chill will auto freeze, but shock doesn't auto electrocute without skills.

[celest oxide]

Would Increased Mana Cost make me generate more Infernal Flame on Witch?

[frosty arrow]

I've not used combat frenzy on monk, can't comment

but you can't freeze bosses that often

lingering illusion will keep you full on charges in any boss fight

best part about illusion is that it's essentially passive charge gain. You have to do nothing special at all. If you find yourself completely overpowered in some insane high tier map situation and you start rolling the fuck out of there by the time you're clear your charges are full and you're ready to go back in

[tribal moss]

i could deactivate combat frenzy and activate lingering illusion for bosses right?

[frosty arrow]

sure

I swap things around on builds that are bad at bosses, nothing wrong with that

[tribal moss]

thank you for the tip 🙂

[static spade]

Was there an armor that lets 20% of damage to bypass?

I couldn't find it in maxroll for some reason but I remember seeing it

[frosty arrow]

what do you mean bypass

[celest oxide]

Is Cast Speed good or bad on Infernal Flame Recoup Life build?

[static spade]

If a damage deals 100 damage for example 80% goes to energy shield and 20% goes to life

[honest condor]

Working on spark mage and idk if I should go for a staff or a wand and focus

[static spade]

Ah found it, its not on armor lol

[snow ridge]

TIL that if you have a second weapon set JUST for curses, but have a "Cast on x" active for it, you can fire something like an Arc, switch to cast conductivity, and trigger a Cast on Shock from the arc you fired before CoS was activated.

[broken sluice]

anyone know how Culling Strike interacts with Overkill? does damage past the culling strike threshold be considered the overkill?

[glad bone]

if culling strike activates, the damage it "would have dealt" is irrelevant and overkill is skipped. instead of dealing damage, it flips the mob into 'dead' mode without dealing damage

the game logic is a bit inconsistent with this, but it's known that you can't overkill with culling strike

[polar crag]

just wanted to ask, there's no point in casting the vulnerability curse if the enemy is already armor broken right?

[fervent briar]

does anyone know how shattering concoction would work without widowhail in ssf?