2┃build-planning

[wet mango]

Attack speed

[static plinth]

Does Bonestorm's Debuff stack?

[wet mango]

Right, you gain energy when you shock things

At the moment of shock

[snow ridge]

yeah it never occured to me that it would work that way lol. At first I was mistaking the procs for spells cast by enemies

guess it also preserves energy when i switch it off

[thin basin]

u guys think theres something with phys leech chonk and bonestorm?

[glad bone]

mobs have hidden leech resistance and it's been messing with leech builds since launch

[thin basin]

Yah ik its bad was just thinkin maybe bonestorm phys on hit tech could maybe overcome

[glad bone]

you can definitely hit enough leech to overcome costs, but your damage has to not suck. if you stack gem levels cost gets worse, so i dont recommend that on bloodmage unless you're compensating with atziri's acuity or something like that

there's no shame in running inspiration on a bloodmage

[thin basin]

I said phys leech chonk

Mana and es

[late scarab]

How would I calculate my crit chance? Im trying to figure out the best support gem for my charged staff and im wondering if crit chance would be handy for flicker strike

[thin basin]

Oh well ill farm for ingentuity tomorrow and maybe the flasks to prep for nerfs

[solid badger]

Is there any other Lightning spell that competes with Spark at end game?

[thorny token]

you can stack the debuff but only 1 debuff is consumed at once per hit

but you can have as many debuffs prepared on enemy as you want

[static plinth]

So if i hit an enemy with all 20 bones, it'll have 20 stacks and i can do like full auto crossbow to consume them all?

[thorny token]

yes

[static plinth]

Neat, i will keep that in mind

[thorny token]

i think its better to just use skills with high DE instead tho

as from what i've tested it functions similar to just having flat added to the attack

[static plinth]

Oh right itd be affected by DE huh

What about Plasma Blast, since it fires in sequence with multiple projectiles

[thorny token]

thats what im using it with

snipe is also very good option

[static plinth]

Can you do the snipe tech from 1 on channeling skills, where if you run out of mana they auto-fire?

Ie i could instantly channel 10 bonestorm spikes then fire them without having to manually time it

[thorny token]

you cant do what you can in poe1

because theres delay when tapping it

[static plinth]

I mean without the 0.01s attack time thing, just the auto-release

[thorny token]

ah, that part havent tried

but i would assume so

[static plinth]

You recover mana normally while channelling right?

[thorny token]

yea

but the drain is per second

[static plinth]

I need to resist doing stupid channeling skill gimmicks and do a normal second build

Is Into The Breach affected by skill duration?

Whether that be Purple Flame Duration, the time flames can be picked up for, or how frequently flames are made

[thorny token]

the frequency can be adjusted on every other skill with skill duration so i would assume so

but don think the flames effect can be outside of buff duration on yourself

[static plinth]

Can you link Overabundance to skills without a limit to lower duration?

[thorny token]

cant

at least tried on ghost dance and cant link it there

[static plinth]

Only +Quality is gemling right?

[thorny token]

global? yea

cant add qual in any way to asc skills atm afaik

[static plinth]

Not even gemcutter's?

[thorny token]

nope

[static plinth]

What a tease

[polar void]

is power siphon wand any good, doing my first run and all ive used is chaos wand

[copper pond]

Is there spell mana leech in poe2?

[solid badger]

Only on particular uniques.

[copper pond]

Thanks!

I didnt know if it made its way into the game

[undone mesa]

if i messed up my build all the way to act three should i just reset or just save and save to respec

[solid badger]

Respeccing isn't terrible expensive. How much money do you have?

[undone mesa]

not much im struggling rn

[solid badger]

You can do a full respec in Act 3 for 10-20k.

[undone mesa]

i have 14k

[solid badger]

At least that's about how much it was for me.

hmm, you might be able to make it work. you can pull all the points out and before you confirm see how much it costs.

[undone mesa]

id need like 30k lol

[solid badger]

yikes, time to reroll then

[lofty wharf]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/8q8cs0f0 Could someone critique this build? I am making a Crossbow Warbringer and am trying to make a build after farming curency using a pre-made one.

[distant pilot]

I cant for the life of me find a good gemling build

[plain marten]

Which passives are better invoker 10% bonus lightning/cold damage or stormweaver hits counting for shock/chill buildup?

[solar ruin]

For Ice Strike Monk.. how much crit I need? Now Im running 44% crit chance and 272% damage bonus

[plain marten]

Guess it depends what you’re doing?

[pseudo junco]

has anyone in the history of poe2 tried to make a fire stormweaver work?

im looking at it now but i dont really want to repec my archmage build

[mellow shell]

Why is every sorc build with a wand and focus instead of a staff? If that is more optimal, what is the point of a staff on a caster?

[solar ruin]

mm I don't follow you hah

[plain marten]

I don’t play ice strike monk. I’m saying I guess it depends on what you’re going for with your build?
Is there a tech that involves the crit that you need crit?

[distant pilot]

So is the flickerstrike gemling build the only good one or what lol cause that shit is expensive

[neat bison]

There isn’t much point currently outside of a god roll, desired unique or weapon swapping for sigil of power

[plain marten]

Most builds are expensive but you can make budget ones. Just don’t buy god rolls

[solar ruin]

ahh ok, I need crit for my build, I just wanna know te optimal % in endgame

[frosty arrow]

also fun, overall character theme. Don't need to optimize everything. Staves are just cooler than a little stick and a bird's nest made of twigs in your off hand

[mellow shell]

RIP

[plain marten]

I guess I mean to say if there’s a tech you need crit, 50% range is probably well enough if enough attack speed. Otherwise probably best to invest in more damage

[tulip vine]

As a monk, when im killing bosses, i use staggering palm(projectiles) for faster hits on the bell. Is there a better way to hit the bell faster? Ice strike is too slow to get all the hits in

[frosty arrow]

Getting max amount of hits in is good, but that's not the only thing that matters

but if it's all you want and you play pure physical monk then whirling assault is very fast

you can burst max amount of hits on the bell quickly

[lusty surge]

what is a good support skill with gas arrow?

other than the classic ones like attack speed

[wet mango]

are you scaling poison or explode

[solid badger]

what about that spirit skill that stacks your poison and then releases it?

[lusty surge]

i am kinda low leveled

i am making a new character on hc ssf

so my budget is kinda low forgot to say

[wet mango]

? budget doesn't factor in

[frosty arrow]

plague nova is pretty cool ngl. Nutty damage if you stack it all the way

[lusty surge]

yea i know thats the point

[wet mango]

you just carve the support gems

[mellow shell]

Your Chills can Slow targets by up to a maximum of 35%
25% less Magnitude of Chill you inflict

[wet mango]

you're asking for supports, so why would budget matter

[mellow shell]

what does this mean?

[wet mango]

anway, are you using the poison or the explosion damage

[lusty surge]

both

i am procing my explosion with flame wall

[wet mango]

well the supports are going to look very different

[wet mango]

so like fire infusion, aoe, scattershot are all good

martial tempo

[lusty surge]

does my flame wall dps matter?

or just my arrow

[wet mango]

no, not yet (they mentioned in patch notes they would llike to eventually change gas arrow/gas nade explosion to scale with the strength of the proccing ignite/detonation)

[calm olive]

all gem, no matter what kind. its always scale off via stats on weapon?

[frosty arrow]

not necessarily. Spells have their own base damage

[calm olive]

i am trying Totem Warrior, and i am now stuck at Act 2 Dreadnought. Totem use physical damage.

[wet mango]

attacks do

[wet mango]

if you read the totem

it tells you how it scales

totem attacks with its own weapon
i.e. it doesn't scale with your weapon

[calm olive]

i read guide. its say Totem should be not be used as primary damage, which i been doing. 😆

but its should be combo with Rolling Slam and bleeding damage.

lacerate on totem, and bloodlust on rolling slam.

[mortal cloak]

any suggestions on shifting stuff around as gas grenade? Anything I missed that could reroute for better stat gains?

[calm olive]

gas grenade? what you use gas for? for fire damage, or poison/corrosive? @mortal cloak

[shy ermine]

What should i socket my Regalia if i already have 75% in all resistences?

[mortal cloak]

fire

[mortal cloak]

this shows my skills I use I think all of them

[calm olive]

ah, grenadier build.

[mortal cloak]

yea

I use explo nades as traps basically and gas/flash for most stuff

lightning/cluster are backup CC

ballista to body block/font

[calm olive]

if you use gas grenade for fire. then i would suggestion use oil grenade instead. its strip fire resistance then have ignite damage

[mortal cloak]

Oh yea I use oil too

[calm olive]

i would use gas grenade as corrosive purposee, to strip armor. so your explosive grenade do more damage.

[mortal cloak]

that's a whole different build lol

the fuse duration on explo is too long to use it like that unless you detonate somehow which means you're changing the whole playstyle

[calm olive]

gas have poison building in, only need corrosive support gem.

[mortal cloak]

I know

but what you're suggesting is an ENTIRELY different playstyle/build

it's not even the same as my build lol

I want improvements on my passives not to roll a different build

[calm olive]

thats true, exposive grenade have long fuse timer.

[mortal cloak]

yea and you need a detonator for them or something

im not explosive grenade build im gas grenade build

totally different things

[calm olive]

throw gas, oil, then flamethrower or any fire ammo.

[mortal cloak]

I know dude that's what I do all ready xD

I'm not asking how to play I'm simply asking if my passive tree can be optimized for THIS build and THIS playstyle

[calm olive]

um.. nearly all fire/ignite skill point is far from where you putting in skill tree.

[silver warren]

anyone running Regalia and Mahu magic finder?

I am considering picking up Regalia for increased rarity, but I'm not sure how to best setup my build around it - I would be losing thousands of ES

[fervent briar]

does anyone know when the points you get your links on concoction skills?

[analog hare]

Does exposure increase shock effect?

[normal herald]

how you get so much damage on gas grenade

[calm olive]

i would do infuse gem instead. @mortal cloak

save your point in that scale overall your DPS.

not for fire specific

that my advice.

[wary hedge]

so considering my sorc is broke AF, is rolling a gemling a bad idea?

[shy ermine]

did i brick this regalia? i already have 75% in all resistences and made a noob mistake.

[rapid hemlock]

Hey guys, does electrocute buildup contribute in any way to shock related abilities (ie shockchain arrow) or is it entirely its own thing?

[static plinth]

100% crit chance, as much damage as you can without sacrificing too much elsewhere

[mellow shell]

Does mana tempest work on non-mana draining skills?

[pearl cosmos]

Need a merc build, the one im currently making is an endgame one and its just nottt working at the moment

[mortal cloak]

and pretty decent flat dmg rolls on rings/gloves as well

also these jewels are nice

and you can get them pretty cheap usually so I just buy them en masse for corruption, got like 40% lightning res for free from jewels atm lol

but they're the highest dmg boost to fire grenade skill u can buy afaik for a reasonable price

even 14/14 or 15/14 are usually 5 exalted, or a few are posted for less than 10 at least even if a bunch are posted for 50+

also they can roll more useful stuff just usually they have stun thres/build and warcry speed

but totem placement is nice and the fire pen is RLY nice

If you get just a few of the fire pen ones you can skip pretty much all passives for it and just take straight dmg

in theory gas grenade caps out over 60k, but that's actually god level gear like a high rolled ingenuity and two near perfect breach rings

My wep is missing projectile level which is like 5k more on gas grenade with +7

and im stuck at a lvl 18 corrupted 5 link gas grenade so room to upgrade there also

[fervent barn]

just out of curiosity, with magic find on gear i find it difficult to keep my defenses up as well so am i better off farming lower tier way stones with my rarity juiced up on my gear as opposed to only a little rarity on gear on higher tier way stones?

[mortal cloak]

I would take t12 waystones and be selective about your affixes and just skip stuff that boosts dmg done to you and 100-150% rarity over doing juiced t15

[burnt cairn]

is this good?

[mortal cloak]

100-150% rarity is worth like 3-5 tiers imo but it depends on the content you're doing, some of the bossing etc...is only worth doing in t15/16

[shell tartan]

anyone have any info on how good demon witch builds are?

[fervent barn]

what rarity percentage should i target on gear?

[rapid hemlock]

Hey guys, does electrocute buildup contribute in any way to shock related abilities (ie shockchain arrow) or is it entirely its own thing?

[mortal cloak]

25% on rings + gloves + boots + helmet + amulet is a solid baseline

125-150% is a night and day difference to 0

I commonly see 2-3 exalted drop from rare mobs and multiple uniques from a pack

[fervent barn]

and then should i farm breach then assuming i can handle the packs?

[mortal cloak]

seems to be the best thing to focus on for maps

everyone wants the breach precursor tablets

[valid tulip]

how do i improve on poison damage? it took me like 3-5 minutes to do 2 mil damage on the sanctum 4 boss

[undone mesa]

whats the best rogue build i should go for rn?

[sleek prawn]

hey if I have a passive gem that give 30% to focus energy shield, is that calculated before or after the mana cost for eldritch

wow just as I typed that I realized how I could find out nevermind

the answer is: it's added after, so it doesn't increase mana

[mental dagger]

why my adorned doesn't give anything when i put it, i already corrrupted my blue jewel gems?

[fallen kettle]

Does anyone know if Savouring (20% chance for Flasks you use to not consume Charges) works with Concoctions?

[storm ice]

so what support crystals do you use for poison arrow

[sly field]

For LA deadeye, which passives to take for 3rd ascendancy? Skill speed and windward first or to endless munitions?

[alpine wedge]

for skills like energy barrier, what does it mean to be "using" a skill? Actively casting? equiped? deployed?

[old ermine]

What are some good clear speed builds that aren't spark stormweaver?

[alpine wedge]

flicker strike

[old ermine]

Invoker or gemling?

[alpine wedge]

can do either, im lvling stormweaver flicker myself

dont doubt the double shock flicker on bosses

[fast gazelle]

does your cast speed help with meta buffs like cast on crit, shock etc?

[grim tangle]

Yeah your mana disappears faster, probably

[thin vortex]

1 or 2

I'm using 1 currently

And no I don't want attack speed

[west dove]

2nd one looks like it has an identity crisis tbh

[civic gale]

would it be worth going for quarterstaff passives over other ones?

[vivid geyser]

Anyone know where I can get weapons with the modifier "# to Level of all Melee Skills?" I have been trying with the people in town with no luck and when I look on the trade site I cant even choose that modifier as a filter option.

[sonic steppe]

Why you cant use that filter

[civic gale]

probs cuz there arent any that are 7 then

nvm there are

[sonic steppe]

Cause he said he cant even choose. But not return as no result

[civic gale]

is that the only thing u are filtering for?

[vivid geyser]

The only option that is popping up when I search for this is "# To Level of All Melee Skill Gems." Just having trouble to get this one modifier to filter.

[vivid geyser]

yes only thing I need lol

[vague nexus]

Anyone willing to trade exalt for call of brotherhood

[glad bone]

thoughts on this build? it's incinerate trigger-chain invoker https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/ew8yv0fs

the basic concept is to ignite mobs, triggering ball lightning, shocks can trigger eye of winter which can trigger elemental discharge, all of which (except incinerate) can trigger cast on crit comet AND choir of the storm with choir trigger shock/crit

wasn't sure if ember fusillade or incinerate would be better on bosses so both are options. obviously i'm gonna have to work out mana issues too

inspiration is placeholder for ingenuity on choir's cooldown

[civic gale]

u picked gems

u need to pick skills

melee skills

[vivid geyser]

yeah my bad Im dumb i figured it out

[civic gale]

np

[hardy raptor]

Guys what is currently the goto witchhunter build for end of cruel going into endgame?

[calm orchid]

Should I be concerned why temporalis is 5 divs

[fair karma]

oh yea the price drop so fast

yesterday I only saw temporalis in mirror andlike 60div or something

mostly it dupe items tho

guys are there more of this kind of build?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-0CAIZn3C0

[thin vortex]

That's ridiculous lol

[thin vortex]

I wouldn't touch any of them if I were you

[calm orchid]

Damnit

[fair karma]

GGG didn't remove anyitem it like quite sometime now so maybe they wait for wipe

[calm orchid]

I’m so tempted

Cause if they don’t remove the dupes then it’s a steal lol

[velvet blade]

Is there any way to get a level 20 item skill for the 5th socket?

[north heath]

anyone have a merc or leveling guide that doesnt use xbows?

[torn quiver]

widowhail and quiver will carry itself if you prefer that

let you just spec into your end game tree that way

[wary canopy]

if I have Lightnign Exposure gem on a skill, and I add Persistence, does that make Exposure last longer?

[ember minnow]

stash sale came early?

[lone ravine]

Can someone explain to me how some people have half their hp greyed out and unusable or what does it do?

[dusky whale]

ice got fat buff

[velvet blade]

probably from infernalist life reservation

[lone ravine]

Is that an ascension ?

[velvet blade]

It just removes a percentage of your life and gives you other benefits

Yeah

[lone ravine]

ah

[distant aspen]

does archmage work with infernal flame/pyromantic pact?

[swift root]

What build is better?

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

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/tolch01z

[median kraken]

I wouldn't expect it to but haven't tried it. PoE stuff tends to be literal. When it says your mana is replaced by infernal flame, that means you don't have mana anymore, and Archmage cares about how much mana you have.

[grand swallow]

Is anyone else having trouble using the "charged staff" weapon skill in the attack bar?

(Can get it into the bar but its greyed out)

[distant aspen]

that would make sense, since I know stuff like mind over matter doesn't work

thanks for the response

[median kraken]

Do you have power charges?

[median kraken]

Yeah, like I said, that's just a guess based on experience interpreting PoE wordings, so I can't guarantee it doesn't work, but I wouldn't spend any time or money on it without testing it or getting confirmation from someone

[tranquil basalt]

hello, why do i have evasion rating but 0% chance?

[ember minnow]

that much evasion prolly in decimals or a bug

[median kraken]

Probably rounded down. I believe the evasion chance is an estimate of the chance to evade a typical white monster of your level. That's probably little enough evasion for your level that the chance to evade is less than 1% and it's rounding down

[tranquil basalt]

how can i determine the required rating to increase the chance number?

[median kraken]

I don't know if there is a way. It's an estimate based on your level. I wouldn't worry about it

I don't think small amounts of evasion do much. If you're trying to use evasion as one of your main defenses, you want a lot of it. If not, then just don't worr yabout it at all

[tranquil basalt]

The issue is i have capped res and the above defensive numbers for block/evasion/and armour and I can't seem to survive t1 grey maps, so I am trying to debug the issue.

[mossy wave]

Doesn't it also take into account the average monster accuracy around your level?

So you could get away with slightly lower evasion rating if you focus on debuffing monster accuracy but probably not with that low of a evasion rating.

[median kraken]

What's your life and ES?

[grand swallow]

Sorry for the late reply, most likely not, do power charges have to be active for the ability to be usable?

[mossy wave]

That's weird, I have around 1k energy shield and 1.3k life (and blood mage) without any armour / evasion and my resistances are around 10% right now but I'm not dying in t1 maps.

[tranquil basalt]

stormweaver

for block and armour, i realizd that although i have (+% increases to block, etc.. but I dont have any base block on any gear item). So i think i can improve it by changing focus to shield for example.

but I still can't understand how to improve evasion

[mossy wave]

evasion % increases are on the right side of the passive tree

[median kraken]

Yep. Read the skill description. Its duration is per power charge, if you have no power charges then it won't work because it would have no duration

[hardy raptor]

Guys whats the best witchhunter build as of today? Did Plasma make a comeback?

[thick wing]

As someone who hasn't played this type of game since Diablo 3, how do you go about making a build?

[midnight geode]

How do i not get one tapped from physical dmg when im evasion? Do i just stack a ton of life?

[mossy wave]

find a skill you like and choose ascendancies / other skills / skill gems that go with it, and then figure out passive tree nodes that suit the offensive / defensive strategy you're going with. if you like jank builds, you can try to find atypical combinations where your ascendancy / class doesn't match the weapon / skills you plan on using. otherwise sticking with the general elements / themes that the ascendancies provide with the standard weapon / skill tree the class uses will get you most of the way there if you focus in on a single elements (i.e. ignite and pumping as much damage into that), many of the tier 3 support gems will let you channel some of your main offensive element into other ones, i.e. chaos damage into freeze which you can then try building off of also

[warm seal]

What are the best prefixes on body armor for a strength phys/fire/melee build?

[median kraken]

Yeah, life an ES seem a little low to me. Chaos is also extremely dangerous with low chaos res and mostly ES. I think for a stormweaver I'd probably look for more ES and chaos res and maybe a shield for block if it wouldn't kill your damage. Also use Grim Feast if you can and aren't already, it's extremely strong

[tranquil basalt]

I found some posts on reddit that say you need thousands of rating for higher chance (6k for 60% and 30k for 90+%)

[tranquil basalt]

makes sense. Thanks

[grand swallow]

Ah I see, tyvm!

[mossy wave]

what skills are you using for your defensive strategy? for example, I'm focused on freeze and time slow down which helps reduce the amount of hits on me (but have to be careful around ranged units since it's hard to freeze further away mobs reliably for me)

if you don't have skills or skill gems that focus on defensive aspects you'll just need to pump up more base defensive stats.

[tranquil basalt]

i am not using any defensive skills. I am just running spark, archmage, and mana tempest (occasionally)

[mossy wave]

aside from using passive skills, perhaps look into ways of increasing your chance of shocking (stunning) enemies reliably then, either through modifying what you're using already or through side skills.

[median kraken]

Honestly, I feel like we're still learning that in PoE2. In PoE1 people tend to start with a skill and think about how to build around it. PoE2 rewards building around multiple skills a lot more - in PoE1 most builds use 1, maybe 2 main damage skills, while PoE2 has some builds like that it also has a lot of builds that use more different skills, although often still focusing on one or two skills as their main sources of damage.

I think to some extent, there are various things any given build needs to figure out - What skills are you using for damage, how are you scaling your damage, what class and ascendancy are you, what forms of defense are you using, etc. You start with one of those - right now class or skill is probably most common - then you kind of go through the others and figure out what makes sense for each of them.

For example, you could go "I want to play a sorc -> I want to use archmage to scale my damage by getting tons of mana -> I'll go Stormweaver, since they're can scale their cast speed and mana regen with mana too so that goes well with archmage -> Spark's good right now and works well with archmage, I'll use that as my main damage spell -> Flamewall and Orb of Storms are good spells for adding damage to spark, so I'll use those too -> Since I'll have tons of mana I'll use Mind Over Matter, and I'll combine that with energy shield since that's strong right now and easy to get a a sorcerer, and then I'll use a shield for block for a bit of extra defenses."

[median kraken]

You can get the electrocute gloves if you want. Or use call of the brotherhood to freeze things if you're not too invested in lightning damage. Frost Wall can also be a solid defensive skill, although it's a little awkward with spark, has better synergy with frostbolt or fireball.

[tranquil basalt]

does electrocute stun?

[median kraken]

Essentially

It's a different status effect from stun but it stops them from doing anything for a bit, so it's a form of crowd control like freeze or stun

[mossy wave]

Bouncing off Quazifuji, my build came about trying to force several Ranger skills into a Chaos Witch. It might not be meta or good at all but focusing on synergies between the skills I chose and picking nodes that helped me defensively / offensively to execute those skills and tweaking it throughout the campaign at least got me to mapping.

[wet mango]

Typically ESis easier to stack, but yeah

[hybrid ocean]

I take it you're using the poison prolif skills?

[median kraken]

In general, PoE2 is kind of set up to try to make coming up with builds easier when you're brand new because they group the skills by class and try to make the skills that feel like they should fit into the same build together work. So when you're new you can use things like "I want to be an ice monk" or "I want to be a lightning sorcerer" or "I want to be a grenade mercenary" as a fine starting point, and then build out from there to figure out exactly what skills you like and what defenses you want to use.

But the game's incredibly flexible, so as you get to understand it better you can start straying from those builds and find synergies between skills and ascendancies from different classes, like what Eriejar said about combining ranger and witch poison skills, or doing a crossbow build but as a ranger deadeye instead of a merc, or doing an archmage build as a mercenary gemline legionaire to get tons of mana from stacking intelligence.

[midnight geode]

if i were to stack es do i go with es + evasion gear on every piece?

[hybrid ocean]

Depends on if you're using ghost dance

[wet mango]

Ideally, but in practice it's fine to use some pieces that are just on or the other

[hybrid ocean]

There's also a node that gives you 1 ES per 12 evasion on your chest piece

You can just take that

[wet mango]

Take "the best piece" which takes into account but isn't defined by the defen type.

[hybrid ocean]

Or instill it if its too far away

[mossy wave]

I focused on the mark from the ranger tree and reapplying it with cast on minion death, increasing crit damage and generating frenzy (converted to power) charges. Power charges are then consumed by Hexblast to increase it's crit chance (also using the support gem on hexblast to explode minions). Also using the vine skill for extra defense when HP is low.

[hybrid ocean]

Aha

That reminds me of a build I was theorycrafting recently

[mossy wave]

I have my totem using poison skills to help apply withering faster but honestly my totem dies pretty fast plus it takes 3+ seconds to build the stacks, and by then things are dead

Considering getting rid of it

[hybrid ocean]

It was cast on shock freezing mark and cast on freeze voltaic mark

With dual heralds

Since they have both the spell and attack tags

[midnight geode]

i just saw that, and the subterfuge mask that gives 2 evasion per 1 energy shield on helmet. Should i take both and go full eva on armor and es on helmet? And rest eva + es?

[hybrid ocean]

This is kind of unnecessary though. Might be cool once the heralds are nerfed to no longer apply ailments, which I assume is what's coming.

[midnight geode]

is this a node? cant find it

[hybrid ocean]

Idk, I really wish dual wielding SeeIng Stars actually worked

That being the unique mace that doubles your energy gain

[mossy wave]

Would this then require a precise rotation between two skills or such?

Or alleviated through the two mark ascendancy

[hybrid ocean]

The latter

Or just like, hope that it works out?

Which I think it would have a decent chance of doing

[timid cipher]

wtf? why is fireflower not giving me the +10 spirit?

[median kraken]

Invoker?

[timid cipher]

im a stormweaver

stays at 100 if i take it off

[median kraken]

Huh, not sure then. Would probably need more info

[timid cipher]

just spent 60 ex on this thing relying on that 10 spirit for my build 😢

[hybrid ocean]

Any other uniques?

[mossy wave]

Try using a different weapon and seeing if there's an issue still, I've been seeing a bug where one weapon set can't use a skill gem that uses spirit despite having enough spirit / stats (different issue but maybe same source?)

[timid cipher]

ohh crap nvm im an idiot... im running necromantic talisman

[mossy wave]

What's that?

[timid cipher]

my minions get my amulet bonuses

[hybrid ocean]

Aha

[mossy wave]

oh haha

[hybrid ocean]

I see that that build is going mainstream now

[timid cipher]

well... that was a 1 div mistake... hope someone wants my 180 spirit scepter lmao

[crisp star]

anyone know what is up with bloodmage passive? the one with the crit damage per 40 life?

does it actually not show up in tooltip?

[mossy wave]

it doesn't at least from my experiences

[crisp star]

and does it account for overflow?

[mossy wave]

but I noticed a difference after grabbing it

[crisp star]

ok cool aight

but does it account for overflow?

or only max hp?

[mossy wave]

Not sure, but I hope it accounts for overflow....otherwise it kinda sucks haha; it doesn't make sense for it to not to account for overflow since class design wise that is what the class is built around and the left side of the tree is focused on converting the blood mage's unique characteristic to offensive stats.

[slim cobalt]

is there a way to check poison duration rather than poison cloud duration on gas arrow

[mossy wave]

after your modifiers from passives etc,? Tooltip says base is 2 seconds as far as I remember

[slim cobalt]

how many times/s does the cloud itself apply poison?

[hybrid ocean]

Has anyone tried going all in on life reservation on infernalist?

Maybe with Veil of the Night

And just get gear with health but not resistances

[thorny token]

once every second, not modifiable

[slim cobalt]

gotcha

so attack speed itself is useless unless i'm not able to effectively maintain max stacks

[thorny token]

kinda

highest poison will still apply so if you have high ranges more clouds is slightly more dps

[slim cobalt]

hmm okay

[thorny token]

also even if you could see poison duration currently less poison duration modifiers are not accounted in the tooltips

from what i've noticed

so it would be wrong either way

[slim cobalt]

that also means that the tooltip may be misleading as far as dps is concerned though right?

[thorny token]

yes the tooltip is wrong

it accounts for attack speed for clouds as well for whatever reason and also for crit and stuff

[slim cobalt]

should i be manually calculating my pdps+chaos for each bow and ignore the other types of damages that can present themselves

[thorny token]

well you will be only calculating phys because only way to get chaos on your bow is through terrible base that you should never use :d

[slim cobalt]

cold/fire/etc. without the unique are going to show extra damage because of the arrow itself but not apply to the poisons, right? so the manual dps calc would be better

well

LISTEN

this is my first poison build and i'm in the campaign trying to figure out poison scaling

and the cultist bow DOES provide some damage option atm lmfao

[valid tulip]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JkSkD4Wmg

[tranquil basalt]

i tried electrocute support on spark and it is actually quite good. Thanks for the suggestion

[slim cobalt]

but regardless, ignoring cold/fire/lightning is important anyways right?

[plain rock]

Hey guys noob question; is there a way to upgrade affix tiers?

[valid tulip]

i played not pconc poison pathfinder for a week now and i still dont know how poison works

[slim cobalt]

yeah i understand how chaos damage functions in of itself

as it relates to poison

[median kraken]

There are also gloves that let you electrocute without giving up a support gem or the ability to shock

[median kraken]

No

[plain rock]

Rip, thanks

Also, what does it mean when an item has “R4+R3”

[slim cobalt]

it means you have a hybrid

so phys + acc is a hybrid mod, and there's also a phys mod

so it adds the two phys together

[plain rock]

Huhh??

[slim cobalt]

what are you confused about

[plain rock]

Wdym acc?

[slim cobalt]

accuracy

[plain rock]

Ohhhh

Is there any way to force those hybrids to occur? (With some sort of currency) Or is it just drop rng?

[slim cobalt]

you may be able to increase the chance with essences but its not a guarantee unless you have omens and an open slot and the other ones are on it

[midnight geode]

guys if I do trial for 4th ascendency at lv64 will i still get the ascendency?

[plain rock]

Sorry I’m not sure what essences and omens are?

[viscid escarp]

Check the item you're using to do the trial, it will have text on it that says whether you get ascendancy points or not

[midnight geode]

oh ok ty

[plain cloud]

Hey, does GGG actually nerf items or just skills ? I'm reaching maps today on my Gemling and wondering if I should purchase the components for attribute stacking build like HOWA or wait for the next patch notes

[viscid escarp]

They do, poe1 had legacy uniques after a few leagues because they got changed/nerfed

[median kraken]

They've nerfed items in PoE1 before. To early to say how they're doing balance in PoE2 but I doubt items will be off limits

Usually GGG only does nerfs when a league starts so you usually don't have to worry about your build sunddely getting bricked in leagues. PoE2's just in a special state right now since it's early access and just launched

But I would not assume things are immune to nerfs and wouldn't be surprised if we see a HoWA nerf soin

[velvet heath]

whats a HAWAF yall?

[lime narwhal]

does anyone know what happens if you unequip an unset ring with skills slotted? do the skills still show as equipped but deactivated? thinking of an unstet ring swap in for bossing

[median kraken]

HoWA? Or something else?

[warm hemlock]

My amulet is killing me... What can i do ??

[midnight geode]

just dont die

[median kraken]

Don:t use that amulet or have more fire res and ways of recovering life?

Or use something to stop igniting enemies, like ele focus, Blueflame, or three dragons

[errant temple]

Trying a shatter conc pathfinder scaling crit. Want to put snipers mark onto cast on crit for some bonus boss damage and some synergy with frenzy charges. Anyone know if the cast on crit is restricted by the snipers mark cooldown or can I repeatedly apply it? Also wondering if profusion can be put as a support onto the cast on crit and will trigger with the snipers mark?

[valid tulip]

dont use the amulet lol

[past dust]

how do I increase my presence area? without getting rid of my helm

[hoary ingot]

is this the mercenary lvling unique?

[uncut bay]

you could say that, yes. I would level a mercenary with a bow or a quarterstaff anyway

way stronger than a crossbow

[pearl sluice]

How do you get more links on weapon granted skills?

[mellow shell]

Does mana tempest work with spells that don't use mana?

[modern oak]

Lets assume:

• i use a skill that converts 50% of phys dmg to cold.
• my weapon has 100 phys dmg
• i have a notable "gain 50% of phys dmg as extra fire dmg"
  What is the total dmg?
• Is it 50 phys + 50 cold + 50 fire?
• or 50 phys + 50 cold + 25 fire?

[hoary ingot]

is there a way to infuse skele sniper arrows with fire without using fire wall?

also without changing the scepter

[silk needle]

youll have to switch it arround lvl 30

[hoary ingot]

honestly i dont mind that

the mercenary felt so damn slow

[uncut bay]

what is the point of the Gemling's ascendancy "+ to quality of gems"?

I mean, once the gem reaches 20% quality, it can't get any better, right?

[thorny token]

it can

the 20 is only limit for quality from gemcutters

[uncut bay]

some gems can get better after 20% quality?

which gems?

[hoary ingot]

every gem i believe

[thorny token]

any with quality

well not all of them because some have effects that are per 20 quality

[hoary ingot]

you just need to spam more quality

[uncut bay]

okay I have lightning arrow for example

[thorny token]

so 10% qual on top will get rounded down

[hoary ingot]

those will be wasted then

[thorny token]

LA is one of those skills

[uncut bay]

it was hitting 3 targets with 20% quality, now it still htis 3 targets with 32% quality

[thorny token]

but lightning rod gets for example extra 0.2 radius from 10% qual

[uncut bay]

does lightning arrow not get better with quality over 20?

[thorny token]

as it do not gets rounded down like the LA qual

[thorny token]

it does, but you would need 40% qual

and that is not possible atm

[uncut bay]

okay

ehm what about spark and archmage?

[thorny token]

look atwhat their qualities give

archmage gains 1% extra

from the 10% qual

[uncut bay]

really?

[thorny token]

spark is projs i believe

you can see the range

that means every 10% qual its 1% extra

[uncut bay]

but it says 0-2

is 2 not the limit here?

[thorny token]

yes 0 at 0 qual

2 at 20 qual

no its not limit

[uncut bay]

so it can be 3% at 30%=

wow

[thorny token]

yes

[uncut bay]

thanks a lot

[thorny token]

[uncut bay]

I thought this was the limit

and the gemling ascendancy was useless

I am relieved

[hoary ingot]

i love chaos trials, did 3 of them

[spiral jasper]

Any Herald of Ice users? What links do you need for it be useful? Feels like my Cast on Freeze Freezing mark kills most of the mob packs than Herald of Ice :c

[plain matrix]

is "Elemental Storm" a commonly used thing ?

[warped jackal]

a question to bleed mechanics - is bleed reapplied when hitting again?

example - if an enemy is bleeding and i attack the same enemy constantly, let's say with 30% bleed chance.

-> will this node be triggered because the enemy had bleed for 4 seconds - or will this never work, bcs its applied "again"? and what about reapplying after it is expired -> does this effect has to be applied again after 4 seconds or is it still "valid" for the newly applied bleed?

[warped jackal]

i didn't see any real way to deal damage, but it can be used as an enabler. i use it as an enabler for exposure and to blind

although, with its size i can only really use it for rituals, rares and bosses - but i feel like i only really need exposure and blind there with my build

[primal zealot]

Not really cuz it procs after wveryrhing dies anyway

[solar walrus]

How do i fix my mana problems for a cast on crit monk build? I am using sniper mark and comet in cast on crit and when doing ubers my mana cannot keep up

I tried putting leech onto bell but it didnt do enough

I took off all my + level to melee skills

Currently around 72% crit so cast on crit goes nuclear vs a boss

[slender bone]

I have a Quarterstaff with Gain 1 Rage on Hit but it doesn't work. I am an Invoker Monk with Ice Strike

[modern oak]

Does increase to chill magnitute effect the chance to chill?

[modern oak]

Is it a uniq? i didn't ever see that mod on Quarterstaff

[thin basin]

No, only increaes the affect of chills on enemy

Get “ailment chance” or “increase chance to chill” or just up your cold damage or run glaciation(?) or whatever the gem is called

[solid wraith]

what gear increase rarity found on maps?

[modern oak]

This description bothers me

[solid wraith]

and is headhunter belt worth to buy

[velvet heath]

idk some guy mentioned he was using HAWAF and pol ring in his monk build

ik the ring i just dunno what HAWAF is

[thin basin]

Bit hard to explain

I guess its counting if the hit will chill at all before the magnitude increase

[slender bone]

It looks like this.
But it doesn't give me any RAGE.

[thin basin]

Then if it does chill pre increases the chill % wilk then increase

[celest brook]

Is it when you get hit maybe?

[celest brook]

I think the magnitude they are talking about is a minimum DMG number but I could be wrong.

[raven coyote]

anyone could help me decide what should I slot into my gear? playing Deadeye Ranger

[slender bone]

That would suck, huh ? :))

[thorny token]

it would say when if it was when you get hit

[modern oak]

Yeah, maybe PoB release will give me ability to get more details 🙂

[celest brook]

Also, have you tested tempest flurry just to see? The rage may be applied but decays before you can notice because that buff decays quickly.

[humble plume]

Yall is ice shot ranger or lightning arrow crit ranger better

[modern oak]

Try with rage generation support gem - will it give you 3 or 4

[thorny token]

they are pretty much same builds

so it really doesnt matter much

as both use rod for single target anyway :d

[gilded idol]

Does anyone recommend a build for the sorc? I'm level 25

[sterile stone]

had you level with spark?

im curious as well if theres smoother leveling with sorc

[alpine pecan]

How does ES work with MoM in PoE2? Do the hits go on ES first and then mana and then life?

[sterile stone]

thats right

[alpine pecan]

aight thanks

[ebon cradle]

Anyone running fubgun la ranger with atziris disdain and grim feast at endgame?

[humble wave]

Which would you say is easier for 3rd Ascendancy Set? I tried to Co-OP Sekhemas last night and it felt tough af. Is the Trial of Chaos Set 3 easier?

[gloomy merlin]

anyone know the answer to this by chance?

[thin basin]

Shite but turns really good with mana storm

Abuse it until like level 50ish then it kinda drops off a bit then archmage comes in at lvl 58

[deft spear]

I have 60 spirit but my cast on shock doesnt activate, like i never see the ball of lightning

[thin basin]

Is it on? Are you shocking? Does the numbers go up?

[deft spear]

do i have to enable it? isnt it automatic?

[thin basin]

Yes you have to enable it

Right click on the icon in the g tab

Your spirit should say 0/60

[deft spear]

oh okay im dumb, can i activate multiple spirit gems at the same time when i get more spirirt?

[thin basin]

Yes

[deft spear]

bcs the guide i follow has 3 spirit gems

oh okay

[sacred glen]

As many as you have Spirit

[deft spear]

I must've missed something then bcs i only have 60 spirit and i need 120 to activate all

but thank you guys

[sacred glen]

100 is from campaign

[deft spear]

yeah im in act 1 cruel so not done yet but do i get 100 from just completing campaign?

[sacred glen]

No you have to earn em

but then you re right, the last 40 are in act 3 cruel

[thin basin]

Yes campaign sidequests, the guide youre following is most likely the endgame spirit setup

[deft spear]

yeah im following a lightning arrow deadeye build i saw it on a top 5 ranger builds vid

[static spade]

Does this mean both spirit and Mana cost?

[thin basin]

Let me guess herald of ice herald of lightning cast on shock, youll need to find that 20 spirit somewhere

[deft spear]

yeah exactly the thing is in the guide he just says i need 100 spirit

[thin basin]

Then i guess he dropped one of the herald later

[deft spear]

actually he also has wind dancer lol so i got 4 spirit gems

im so lost

he did state this in the desc tho Can play the setup with 100 spirit, as you only need cast on shock for pinnacle bosses (can deactivate both heralds to enable cast on shock). If you have extra spirit use cannibalism/clarity on wind dancer.

[thin basin]

So when mobbing both herald, in boss turn them off for bosses for cast on shock

[steep prism]

Whats the difference between chaos inoculation and being 75% chaos res capped

[deft spear]

alright thanks

[thin basin]

Youre still taking 25% chaos dmg with 75%res

Ci make you immune

[steep prism]

thank u

[thin basin]

But turns your hp to 1

[modern oak]

Are there any sources of dmg that penetrate ES and not chaos dmg?

[timid cipher]

does Leech #% of Physical Attack Damage as Life include minion dmg?

[thin basin]

No

[timid cipher]

thought so, ty

[deft spear]

in the guide he says i need expert dualstring bow but i need to be lvl 78 for that, any good alternatives? (im lvl 51)

[thin basin]

Bleed and poison

[thin basin]

Expert is the highest base for dual string i think you can use advance or the normal version at your level

[modern oak]

poison is chaos dmg?

[thorny token]

a bit on monk, it wasnt bad

but i had very good wand and shield for it

[thin basin]

Yes poison is chaos

[thorny token]

bleed do not "penetrates" es right

if you have ES you are basically bleed immune

as you can get bled only if you get hit to life

[thin basin]

Ya, but the way ggg word it

What if the mob have 100% chance to bleed tho

And you have es

[thorny token]

you cant get bled still pretty sure

[modern oak]

So with CI, the bleed is the only "threat"?

[thin basin]

What are the chances theres a force bleed on es somewhere

[thin basin]

Yes but as db says as long as you have es youre kind of immune to bleed

[modern oak]

Im not following you 🙂
It says bleed does direct damage to Life, so with 1 life im gonna die.

[fleet blaze]

am i dumb or does this not solve all the "energy shield is OP" whiners? it's essentially 50% grim feast for HP

100 * 0.75 * 2=150

[thorny token]

yes but you cant bleed unless something hits you to life

and if it does well you are already dead at that point

beacuse you have 1 life lul

[modern oak]

Oh, i didn't know that bleed requires a hit to Life

Thanks

[thin basin]

But where do i get my 50% increased life nodes?

[thorny token]

grim feast is only half the reason why es is broken

[fleet blaze]

this is enough for bossing for me. (Invoker)

so a character with 4500HP with 6% max life soul cores in this chest would have

4500 * 0.81 * 2 = 7290

i guess it is a little bit more investment. probably need 2 leech pieces and some leech nodes

[thin basin]

How does one get 4.5k base unless youre stacking str

[thorny token]

by imagining it, espcially on some eva/life build

also 6.6k is fairly low when going CI

and its still 7.2k with the overflow up

and stuff in maps is actually more dangerous than on bosses and tahts also where you have grim feast up

also it costs you whole chest slot with rly bad stats

you can still get 1k+ eva base from hybrid eva/es chest

[thin basin]

i really wanna build a lifestacking bloodmage but not enough ascendancy points

[fleet blaze]

is there a armour is converted into evasion node?

[thorny token]

nope, only evasion to armour

[thin basin]

Eb + chest es as hp so chest give both hp and mana so u go archmage or something

[thorny token]

archmage with sanguimancy certainly sounds like fun :d

[thin basin]

Run lifetap so costs take from life but grab mom

So life and mana is reversed

Mana turns to ur hp pool and hp pool is mana pool

Cast away…

Run the staff that let you gain damage as chaos from life cost

Spell now cost 600 life

200% extra chaos dmg and maybe another 300% or so from manastacking

(Or just weapon swap to cast something big every now and then)

🧑‍🍳

[amber lark]

is this worth taking for spark build

[amber lark]

lol more energy shield then me

[icy sedge]

Lucky as a mechanic is used in D&D (called advantage), and gives a 1/6 improvement on rolls. So 12% increased damage. I don't know if that is worth it or not

[sterile stone]

if youre not crit 100%

[amber lark]

no crit at all

[sterile stone]

even if youre crit still

bcs i think we cant really easily reach 100% crit

i think would still benefit even its 50% crit

[amber lark]

not how lucky works here tho

it rolls the damage twice and takes the highest roll

[sterile stone]

well seems you already know

[icy sedge]

I'm confused. Isn't that also how advantage works?

[amber lark]

should be nice i might take the perk

[sterile stone]

improved roll, yes, but not as simply as 12% inc damage

[amber lark]

yeah you made it sound weak asf and i think it should do a lot more specially my damage range

[icy sedge]

12% increased base damage is extremely strong

[amber lark]

817- 15578

[icy sedge]

Because of how it stacks with other multipliers

[amber lark]

12 doesnt really do me anything rn haha

[icy sedge]

It isn't add 0.12 to your other multipliers. It says multiply your damage by a further 1.12. That's exponential scaling

[amber lark]

well nvm i cant annoint it anyways

[thin basin]

8 div annoint

[amber lark]

i understand this

[narrow ermine]

Any poe1 mtxs working or any skill mtxs available? I cant decide on my next build so I wanna let my mtx decide for me.

[amber lark]

9 ;-;

almost 10 divine annoint its even worse

[thin basin]

Just farm some maps

[sterile stone]

oohh you mean 12% base, that make more sense

[amber lark]

..........................

[sterile stone]

PoB

[fleet blaze]

pob is out?

[sterile stone]

nope

do we have manastorm in poe1?

[thin basin]

Yes

[fleet blaze]

comes out tomorrow i think

[sterile stone]

oh well nvm then

[thin basin]

Its the shield give spell dmg

Or was it flat lightning per mana spend

[sterile stone]

aaahhhh this guy

i was like, why theres manastorm in pob 1

[fervent briar]

I just realized how shit endurance charges are, i didnt know until now that they give no bonuses

[arctic pond]

How does rain of arrows actually work? Is it an aoe that deals damage each time an arrow falls or is it just a bunch of attacks fired at random?

[spare quartz]

Should i look to upgrade to something with elemental damage for my poison range or stick with the pure physical?

Never experimented with plaguefinger glove and elemental damage i know the affixes are nice on this but not sure if I'm missing major damage with like a 100-200+ additional lightning damage or other big elemental

[alpine pecan]

Does Decaying Hex not scale with chaos damage or anything other than int at all?? I just specced out of a chaos damage node and the value in the detailed info doesn't change.

[thorny token]

it should scale with generic chaos at least

there are bunch of issues with tooltips so tooltip might be wrong as well

[alpine pecan]

pretty sure it doesn't scale with spell damage at least but yeah hard to say if the chaos affects it

[sterile stone]

i dont know how its calculated, but in poe1, theres item that fuction the same as plaguefinder but dmg for some reason is more or less the same, even tho my base ele is way much higher than my previous flat chaos, if it does works similar the numbers might not as amazing as you expected

[prisma oasis]

hello is 82% resist penetration too much or should i leave it as it is?

[alpine pecan]

too much

[thorny token]

only 4 difficulty endgame bosses have that much res

but even then all you need is 75

[prisma oasis]

so normally what amount i should aim for can you help please?

[thorny token]

around 50

[brisk glade]

Hello, I am trying to upgrade my int-stacking gemling which might be similar to any generic mana stacker MoM build for survivability and for lighting dmg. Which jewels should I aim for?

[tall raft]

Hello guys, somebody that knows how to build can please help me with a problem i have?

https://youtu.be/__ULTQOiHUM?si=8z0ShTEDTQC1TyXF
I’m actually following this build (yes i’m a noob i cant make a build by myself) that has 1.3mln dps on Ice strike

The fact is that even if i reached on my build all his gear, i cant even get to 300k dps
(i have 420 Strenght, 350 dex, 500 int)

[brisk glade]

What jewels do you use to have always enough mana?

[brisk glade]

Did you check for jewels?

Jewels do a lot

[tall raft]

But they can really do +1mln dps?

[brisk glade]

I mean, ice strike show big number anyway

[modern oak]

Having CI (1 life) does not activate "on Low Life" condition?

[brisk glade]

I don't think so

[brisk glade]

I mean, if you check what he uses it might explain a lot

[sterile stone]

it should not, rn it is

[tall raft]

He is using adorned +70% passive + Corrupted jwls with strenght +7 and critical hit + maximum increased shield

[brisk glade]

CI or the jewels?

[sterile stone]

the CI

[brisk glade]

Do you have those?

[sterile stone]

1/1 is full life

[brisk glade]

Also +70% passive sounds a lot

Almost double stat

[alpine pecan]

withering presence is turbo bugged lol

[brisk glade]

Yeah, ik, but your answer was valid for both discussions

[tall raft]

But i think it only boosts the +# strenght no?

[brisk glade]

I mean.. str with pillar

Means more dmg

[tall raft]

He has 500 strenght i have 400

+100 strenght can add 1mln dps ? 😭

[brisk glade]

100 str less means 50% damage missing

If I remember correctly 2 str for 10% damage?

Also flat dmg

[sterile stone]

no im just explaining to the other guy why its not possible to be low life

[brisk glade]

Ok ok

[brisk glade]

Flat dmg does scale a lot

Since pillar makes your overall flat dmg multiplied by its trait

Are you sure you followed the same node pathing, the gear with the same stats? Did you annoint?

[tall raft]

damnn, so this is the problem, i have to boost my strenght somehow😂
Can i send here a video of my gear? So you can help me finding where is the problem 🙏🏻

[tall raft]

Yes!

[brisk glade]

Tbh, I have played gemling str stacking

I was able to reach 700 str, not like I got 1M

I got 100k

So it might be smth about your ascendancy nodes which I think do a lot with crit stats

[tall raft]

I dont really know how he reached 1mln that’s crazy

[brisk glade]

So he might have lots of crits stat on his gear

[tall raft]

Well i’m chayula he is the other one

[brisk glade]

Bruh

[tall raft]

This could be the problem?

Ahhahahahah

[brisk glade]

Bruuh

[tall raft]

AHAH

[brisk glade]

What the actual fuck

Are you even trying to follow a build of a different ascendancy?

Invoker is like super used for a readon

Instead of chayula

I have never seen builds with chayula

And no, you can't swap

[tall raft]

i found this one https://youtu.be/fqKH9GnLFd8?si=LKucAdcT9T6K6mpl

[brisk glade]

You have to redo your character to choose invoker

[tall raft]

Should i follow this instead of the one i’m following?

[brisk glade]

Do you have the gear it shows on the right of the thumbnail?

[tall raft]

Yesss except of the helmet

[sterile stone]

what a twist

[brisk glade]

So you have pillar, howa, ingeniuity and astramentis?

[tall raft]

Oh no

astramentis no

[sterile stone]

different ascendancies

[brisk glade]

Okay

You have ingenuity?

[tall raft]

Yes +71%

[brisk glade]

This guy

Following a damn build with wrong class and he even got fkin lucky

[tall raft]

Ahahhahahahaha

[brisk glade]

Yeah, you are set

Buy the helmet which is core for the gameplay depending on if he is using herald of cold

[tall raft]

Idk i thought the other ascendancy gave me only more evasion and spirit

[brisk glade]

Otherwise sun crest for buffing attr

[brisk glade]

Invoker gave fucking crit boost

Insane amount

That's all I know

It is all about cirt

[tall raft]

Well… i have a nice 24 div jwl to sell that i used in the other build

[brisk glade]

Crit*

[brisk glade]

You are new, right?

How tf do you get so much divine

[tall raft]

Yessss i’m new

[brisk glade]

My god

[tall raft]

Hahahahahhaha i got a little bit lucky

[brisk glade]

I am new too, but goddamn, I had to suffer to just buy once the howa

You either dropped astramentis or a damn mirror

Or god only knows what

[slate badger]

better to use inspiration on tempest or spark?

[tall raft]

I’ve been lucky with chance orbs

[brisk glade]

Tempest flurry?

[tall raft]

On heavy belts🤣

[slate badger]

mana tempest

sorry

[brisk glade]

Hmm I would say spark? I think you spam more that one?

[brisk glade]

I hate you

[tall raft]

😂😂😂❤️

[brisk glade]

Didn't get anything from those

And also, don't they go for few divines?

Damn

To be able to get ingenuity which goes for 10+ divines

And howa too

Anyway yeah, you are basically following the build I am using on gemling

Which is kinda better due to having double bonus from stats

But you have fucking ingenuity so who cares

[tall raft]

xD

I’m rich

[brisk glade]

Astramentis is only there to flex basically, so you have everything prepared for endgame pinnacle

[tall raft]

I think next wipe i wont be rich like this

[brisk glade]

Beside expensive jewels

[brisk glade]

I mean, hopefully there won't be a need to

[thin basin]

One of the omens is bugged

[tall raft]

Damnnn jwls cost alot

[brisk glade]

Main reason everything costs so much and you can get so much is because there is no crafting

The currency can't be used systematically

[tall raft]

Tbh crafting is only gambling

[brisk glade]

If you consider there is an orb of annulment which right now looks like a worse chaos orb

That one was used in PoE1 for choosing which ones to remove if I am not wrong

[slate badger]

ok nvm, did the test, i get .40secs or something longer with inspiration on tempest atm

god i need more mana regen

[brisk glade]

Fair enough

[tall raft]

I’m sure they’ll fix, is just an early

[brisk glade]

I mean... There is an easy fix

Thief torment

[tall raft]

also the temporalis instances dupe exploit was craaaaazy

[brisk glade]

If you don't need rings and you are immortal

[lyric trellis]

I’m trying to make a fist build for merc, and I was wondering if anyone had any helpful tips that could enhance my perspective on how I want this build to turn out. So far. I’ve thought about focusing on finding gear that can boost my stats and using palm skills and mainly focusing on increasing the damage output, then for defense I’ll mainly focus on evasion and health and mana regen, but that’s just an idea I have for the build. I would like some advice that would help me get a better look at how this build turns out. And find for defense have armor with resistance to status mostly whatever the best that I can find that doesn’t bring down the build completely
Sorry for the overload

[brisk glade]

Fist or first?

[lyric trellis]

fist

[slate badger]

i unfort do like 2 rings, also dont have a divine to use atm

[mellow ferry]

Hi, I'm level 8 and just started playing. I have sorceress and wanted to follow this build: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/archmage-lunatalli
I already started down the other half of the tree. Should I remake the character? I heard something about a skill reset after the campaign, is this a given? is it worth starting over?

[brisk glade]

Hmm, Idk, surely curses

[brisk glade]

I mean, if you DM me in 3-4 hours I can lend you mine so you can test it a little

I don't know how spark works, but its main damage is from ton of hits with low damage, you basically have infinite mana

[severe abyss]

does concentrated effect diminish ice strike aoe effect?

[brisk glade]

I mean, beside that one, the situation won't get better, due to having bots and other things to ruin economy

[strange ivy]

lv 8 is nothing, you soon meet a char that allows you to respec

[tall raft]

Many times i put an item below is normal price only bots contact me!! that’s crazy

[brisk glade]

I think it reduces the tp range for attacks, the aoe is influenced by the shatter explosion

[frail crystal]

What are strongest builds to go through campaign alone?

[tall raft]

Also the market that is behind divine orbs, boosting etc is crazy GGG should do something about this

[brisk glade]

Not sure about it, I am kinda sure it does add range through the skill since tempest flurry, which is kinda the lightning version of ice strike, gets higher range for its lightning bolts when doing the fourth strike

[uncut bay]

what is HoWA?

[spare quartz]

Ty

[brisk glade]

Yeah, cause you lucky ass

[tall raft]

😂😂

i want to sell fast

[brisk glade]

Do you still have many divines or only that expensive jewel?

[tall raft]

That jwl was the last thing i farmed days and days for

So now i’m at 26ex

ahahahha

[brisk glade]

I mean, just try to follow the pathing of that video, you will one shot everything considering you have the essential + ingenuity

[brisk glade]

Well fair enough then

Still damn, 24 div? What the fuck was that

What was the jewel?

[tall raft]

Heroic tragedy

Vorana

soo Expensive

I dont even like it

[brisk glade]

From wiki i don't even understand what it does

[tall raft]

😂😂

[brisk glade]

But you can still keep it for a while, maybe check first if that build you linked might use it too

I see lightning which means that most likely it will stack int

[tall raft]

If you put it on a certain jwl socket in the skill tree it changes the passives around
and mines gives me the strenght modifier to life apply instead to energy shield

Like is a +3k / 4k energy shield

[brisk glade]

Fucking keep it

[lyric trellis]

was my build idea bad or something

[tall raft]

Should i keep it?

I dont like it really much

[brisk glade]

I am still far from building, but fist gemling might be viable, but a pain

Depends on what you mean by fist

Is it fist only?

No weapon?

[tall raft]

I mean, you dont need shield if you make disappear all the map with few shot

[brisk glade]

Have you fought pinnacle bosses?

[tall raft]

still not brother

[brisk glade]

Then no

[tall raft]

I found 1 citadel in 100+ hrs of mapping

[brisk glade]

You do need shields

[lyric trellis]

yes

[brisk glade]

Yeah, imagine getting the 3 citadels and lose the damn boss fight cause you supposedly can clear maps in few shots

[tall raft]

so i should keep it ?

[tall raft]

😂

[lyric trellis]

just skills with like palm and if possible flicker

[brisk glade]

I mean, up to you. You should check first the build and see

Surely that one is good for str stacking, not for int-stacking

[brisk glade]

I only know that the closest thing that comes from no weapon is pillar which basically let you use only one weapon

I don't know what to tell you about fist. I do use hand of chayula for curses, so with hexblast you might destroy everything, but that is also done with infernalist much more easily?

I don't even know if hexblast may count as fist

[brisk glade]

In other words, idk

First check and follow the build

You will see

[mellow ferry]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/archmage-lunatalli Is this a "good" build? Im new and just need to pick something to follow lol, i keep reading and its info overload

[tall raft]

ty for helping man

[brisk glade]

I mean, spark stormweaver is the top one right now

Which means it is the one who risk to be nerfed, but still good. I don't think they will ruin it to the point to make it unusable

[lyric trellis]

what does hexblast do excatly

[mellow ferry]

is there any safety then? or grind another character noob? trying to get with program lol

[brisk glade]

No problem, just give the jewel as a tip and we are done lmao

[brisk glade]

Consume curses to do dmg. I am not sure about it, but I follow lazyexile which made a build with infernalist with probably hexblast

[brisk glade]

I mean, I still think it won't be bad with nerfs

You won't likely destroy maps and endgame while being immortal as easily as before

I still suggest it since it is not bad, otherwise I would say you can be sure with gemling ailments build of lazyexile cause it is a fking pain to play, so most likely you won't see it getting nerfed, but buffed instead

Depends on how much you will endure the reload animation for each damn skill

[plain cloud]

Any good uber late game Gemling build without HoWA ? I see it potentially getting nerfed and am looking for a different build but basically everything seems to use HoWA

[astral willow]

you can get rare gloves with 3 damage mods on them that are a decent stand-in

[lyric trellis]

is there anything else that i could add to the build as far as skills

[analog patrol]

what is the best knockback skill in close combat ⁉️

[tall raft]

Hahahahaha

[brisk glade]

Well, str stacking is viable. It uses howa, but since you are not stacking int it will matter less

[tall raft]

is there a way i’m missing to search this stat modifier?

I want it to be + spirit

But idk how to search it

[brisk glade]

It is unlikely they will nerf HoWa since it is one of the few uniques being good

It might be possible that they will introduce a counterpart for str stacking and for dex stacking to let people have multiple options

[green thicket]

anyone know what stats i want in a jewel for firey gas grenade witch hunter? (frostferno build on mobalytics)

[brisk glade]

It is more likely they will nerf the node itself being easily viable

[tall raft]

Somebody knows?

[brisk glade]

That one is a rune?

[shadow badge]

im tryna get gas arrow deadeye build so what do i pick here?

[brisk glade]

Idk

[tall raft]

No is the modifier the corruption gives you

[brisk glade]

Go random tbh

It's your first time, go random

It's not like it matters

[shadow badge]

so i just pick whatever?

[brisk glade]

To search for it, you have to filter by searching on stat filter with the corrupt catalogue

If you scroll down you will see catalogues

[brisk glade]

You still need to unlock ascendancy, right? That is a challenge to unlock it, you will only need to reach the end once. If you have decent gear and setup you can just go with whatever won't hurt you as a debuff

[tall raft]

Implicit ?

[brisk glade]

Check the choices and see which debuffs might be too annoying

[brisk glade]

I think there is corrupt

Like you see on the right corrupt or smth

[brisk glade]

This guy is a new player like me bruh, got still ton of shit

[brisk glade]

Enchant I think

[tall raft]

Ohh ty

15 DIV O.o

Without spirit is like 10 ex

[brisk glade]

Duh

[past dust]

prism of belief jewel does not change skills stats. is this normal? is it uspposed to be just cosmetic?

[brisk glade]

Usually skill levels won't change directly stats, but the scaling shown in the overview

And unfortunately sometimes levels won't give shit for some reason, or the difference is minimal

[brisk glade]

Also check for the other 2 tabs if there is any difference

Maybe leveling will only buff something in another tab

[past dust]

I did

it suppose to increase damage by 5% each level

[thorny token]

try reequipping the gem maybe to refresh the tooltip

[past dust]

im restarting the game

maybie its a bugged item

I bought it for 1 div

kinda sus since these go for 8+

it works

after restarting game

strange

[brisk glade]

I mean, that one sold for less cause it is corrupted

[past dust]

all of them are corrupted

[brisk glade]

Maybe normal one had 2 effects or different effect

[vernal elbow]

they are all corrupted

[brisk glade]

Level on skills is not that insane

[brisk glade]

Okay

Unfortunately there are skills which lack nice buff from leveling up skills

[vernal elbow]

lvl on skills is broken for some skills

[brisk glade]

Yeah, but on others is useless

[past dust]

wait, I took it off and I kept the stats

[brisk glade]

Gas grenade skill might not specifically be the one

[brisk glade]

Check mana

Usually the mana cost is the one changing the most aha

If the mana cost changes, then it works and simply you bought that one for basically no buff for now

[past dust]

the mana changed

[brisk glade]

Welp fuck

[past dust]

after I restarted

[brisk glade]

Check stats or the % under mana cost

If it changes then, you get more damage from multiplier

[past dust]

yeah yeah yeah everything works

[summer owl]

Is anyone playing Witchhunter on higher levels. How useful is Sorcery Ward?
On paper it sounds like crap, and Tailwind + Evasion for Deadeye seems better, even with Crossbow build.

[brisk glade]

Okay good

So it was bugged in your session but now fixed?

[past dust]

its just when I swap it in teh hideout it does not change the stats imediatly

[brisk glade]

Oh lol

[brisk glade]

Maybe @past dust ?

[past dust]

im a gremling

ggemling

[summer owl]

Ah

[brisk glade]

Oh welp

So gemling grenade is viable? I thought it wasn't due to lacking the explosion node

[past dust]

what explosion node?

the one that explodes corpses?

[summer owl]

I mean cutting 50% of your EVASION and ARMOR seems super bad somehow, but I don't know.
Why not go for Energy Shield instead?

[past dust]

armour sucks rn

evasion is nice

[summer owl]

Yeah but it rids you of evasion as well. You lose 50% of it.
For something that only soaks elemental at 30% lol.

[past dust]

usually elemental damage isint that crazy of an issue if you have 75% res

[brisk glade]

Evasion and armor suck anyway

Compared to ES

Evasion is decent

But still luck based

[summer owl]

Right so why would a Witchunter stack evasion and armour to lose HALF of it to get 30% energy shield
When it could just... stack Energy Shield?

I mean what is the purpose?

[queen chasm]

quick question, so why shuold i use Lightning coduit over comet when comet does soo much more dps, and how much is 5% shock effectr on enemy really?

[summer owl]

Lose 50% of evasion and armor
to get

Barrier can take Elemental Damage up to 30% of your Armour and Evasion Rating.

How is that even useful compared to energy shield?

I feel like Deadeye Tailwind evasion stacking + energy shield is much better

[past dust]

I personally wouldint rush to getting those nodes

[brisk glade]

Idk, up to you, you test it and see the difference first hand

[past dust]

I feel like if you dont know why sorcery ward is good, its bad

[summer owl]

It would take a while for me to lvl both to endgame and test it.
I am asking if anyone here got actual experience.
I mean that's the point of this channel.

[past dust]

if you know you know

[brisk glade]

Maybe comet has small aoe?

Idk

[thin basin]

If youre lightning and is scaling shock effect u can 1 tap end bosses 🙂

[brisk glade]

I thought you had witchhunter as an ascendancy

You can respec with gold

You can test without replaying characters

[queen chasm]

yes im stormweaver spark but i dont really see the one shot, and how would i scale the shock effect amount then?

[summer owl]

How do I change a Merc Witchhunter to Deadeye Ranger without replaying characters?

[brisk glade]

Ohhhh ic

[summer owl]

Nothing you say is related to the question I asked in #2┃build-planning

[brisk glade]

I didn't understand calm down

[summer owl]

I am calm, lol.

[brisk glade]

check frostferno which is the most used build on witchhunter and check if it uses it

Good?

[summer owl]

He does.

[thorny token]

its better than nothing so if you are already witchhunter might as well take it

that + cloak of flame is pretty decent defense

[summer owl]

But it doesn't explain why.
Why is Sorcery Ward better than just stacking energy shield.
Why Sorcery Ward and tax half of your evasion for a 30% elemental-only energy shield.
vs... Energy Shield

[summer owl]

Will look that up, thanks.

[thorny token]

but it is quite a bit weaker than what deadeye does

and deadeye is also better crossbow ascendancy in general

[summer owl]

You mean Tailwind or?