2┃build-planning

[thorny token]

for wither application

[still rock]

DE scales projectiles on amt of chao dots so if youre using contagion, ed, decaying hex, etc, its very strong but only then

because otherwise it doesnt hit fast enough

[amber wharf]

So I got a shield that gives 39% increased cooldown recovery rate but it didnt reduce the cooldown on my Blink spell. Is there something im doing wrong?

[viral crag]

Ah, that's probably the big difference there that I didn't think about.

Because that thing maintains 100% uptime for me with little investment lol

[still rock]

every chao dot gives you another proj

it seems to be created with the purpose of replacing wither totem

from poe1

for those builds

[thorny token]

yea ad wither totem in poe1 was also always the worst possible choice

and the wither there was actually harder to get than here

[still rock]

its much better than wither totem tbf

[thorny token]

nah, wither totem casted way way faster

just the falloff was faster than here

[viral crag]

I don't know about that, at least not with the chaos dot build. That thing just vomits projectiles.

[still rock]

assuming you have like atleast 4 chao dots on the target then yeah its like a machine gun

[thorny token]

i mean thats still worse than pressing EOW once

and getting full stacks

as eow cant die before it starts firing

[viral crag]

It's a constant part of your rotation though. Sure it stacks quickly, but you have to invest a good bit more into cast time and uptime.

[still rock]

eow is the closest comparison for chao dot builds imo but effigy being able to scale its own projectiles as a poison applicator as well and not having to cast it as often makes it more seamless imo

[supple jay]

do I not need to worry about the block chance penalty of svalin if I am a warbringer with renly's training?

that ascendancy node replaces the shield block chance, it doesnt increase it right

[tacit lichen]

Thanks for the info! One last clarification. In the case of gain conversions like archmage, would the extra damage created scale with spell damage?

[still rock]

the biggest downfall of effigy rn is that the quality effect just doesnt work (unless its been fixed in the past week, i moved on from ed/c)

so youre required to use withering touch

[still rock]

yes

[plain cloud]

Hey, would it be possible for me to 'replace' the anoint on an amulet I purchased from trade ? Or in general for that matter ? Do I lose the resouces used or how does that work exactly

[still rock]

you still get the -max block penalty, nothing abt renly's changes that

it just makes the base block value from your shield 40%

instead of whatever it is

[still rock]

as long as its not corrupted

you just replace it the same way you'd anoint one without an anoint

as of now there is no way to replace an anoint on a corrupted amulet, though

[plain cloud]

Oh cool, so I can still get the un-corrupted ones, thank you! 😄

[still rock]

yeah i think vaaling your amulet is like doing aftermarket parts on a car it just ruins the resell value if you want to sell it later

lol

[sand yarrow]

Hey guys, does load an additional bolt assist explosive shot?

[pearl sluice]

Anyone knows what runes to socket in pcon with widowhail?

in widowhail with pcon* other way around

The only runes that make sense for me right now is life or mana per kill

[still rock]

spirit

[viscid hollow]

Overwhelming Pressence really makes bosses much easier to set up and to explode packs, so thank you for the recomadnation 🙂

[still rock]

its great

[wet mango]

other way around. Gain as extra happens before modifiers (like incr dmg)

[still rock]

thats what i said there

[wet mango]

many ppl use eye of winter

with unleash and stuff

[still rock]

probably shouldve worded it differently

yeah eow seems best for anyone not playing chao dot

[wet mango]

oh i see, i misunderstood it, I thought you meant "gain as extra" takes the results of "incr dmg"

[still rock]

i shouldve said inc dmg takes gain extra into account

rather than the other way arnd

[wet mango]

gain as extra is affected by incr dmg

yeah

all good but yeah was a little ambiguous/equivocal

[still rock]

debating on spending the money on an isolation for patient barrier anoint

over melding

my frugality is cringing

[golden violet]

So what's everyone's favorite build for ssfhc for medium experienced player? I'm thinking about starting ssfhc char but can't make up my mind when it comes to class. Infernalist maybe?

[still rock]

whatever i did it anyways

[viral crag]

If I were going to start a HC character, I would definitely be on chrono personally.

So much utility that I would want on a hc character in terms of survivability.

[harsh wave]

Anyone got any advice for a tank chrono build?

[still rock]

i think infernalist is the easy answer because of free ehp and the arsonists build being good and fairly gear independent, or just general ice strike invoker, survivability seems good lots of cc

gas arrow is easy scaling without much gear investment as well

i generally dont play hc though, not since a long time ago

[lethal python]

yo yo had my fun with gremlin stacker, any suggestion whats next? would like some mapper that i can put some rarity on it

[astral willow]

like gear wise or a new character?

[astral willow]

what level are you?

[still rock]

92

[astral willow]

ah I feel less bad about my life pool then lol

you have the same hp with es that my gemling has without any

[still rock]

titan op

[vernal falcon]

I got about that much es but like 350hp lol

[vast plaza]

If I have a projectile skill that will release a damaging pulse on impact, does the pulse's damage increased by x% increased projectile damage node?

[midnight bolt]

curious abt peoples opinion, wouldnt it make more sense if armor formula worked in inverted way? aka providing big dr against big hits and small dr against small hits? 🤔

[tidal copper]

I feel its balance like that cause physical hits are the most dangerous in the game so the trade off is making it hard to scale
In PoE1 the balance works,
If you balance the other way you'll have your powerful warrior enter a swarm of enemies and die
While being able to withstand the most powerful hits I don't think that makes sense

[lethal python]

new character

ice shot de looks nice same as shattering conc...

dont want to play LA

[plain rock]

Hey guys, is there any website for phones where I can read / search for skills?

Or app

And preferably support gems as well

[royal hamlet]

Will this increase damage of support gems in warcry?

[tidal copper]

If use MoM and Mings ring It doesn't have any downsides

[upper viper]

So I had a little debate with spark and other lightning skills with my friend. And he said you need at least 20 to 30k DPS with spark, for it to be effective. Where I'm like, it also depends on what kind of setup you have with heralds, as they can give massive clear.

So I was just wondering. What's a sweet spot of raw DPS for spark ?

[slim cobalt]

enough where you can clear

[versed beacon]

I am using MoM as Infernalist.. which one should I choose for last 2 ascnedancy points?

path going to (green) or 2 (blue) points to Max life?

[tidal copper]

What's green?!

[iron harbor]

uhh if you are using MoM, why would you care abotu extra life?

[lethal python]

poe2db

[plain rock]

Thx

[bleak forge]

Guys I need help
at 3700 HP 400es and all cap res (only 5700 Armour and 0 evade)
Would soul core of Ticaba (reduce 10% cri. damage bonus) or Jiquani (2% HP) provide more survivability for me

[halcyon solar]

why isn't this providing any results for me atm?

i 've done this several times before.

for a ring

[slim cobalt]

because you want 50 modifiers of increased rarity on that ring

[halcyon solar]

oh jeeez what a brainfart... Weighted Sum is what i wanted

[sharp dagger]

Wait, so, Original Sin + CI = no ele damage, and no chaos damage, for the price of a ring slot?

Or am I missing something very obvious?

[ruby chasm]

for poison gas arrow pf whats the best endgame annoint?

[slim cobalt]

original sin converts damage not damage taken

[slim cobalt]

whatever notable you need is what you annoint

[sharp dagger]

Yes. To the kind CI makes you completely immune to, not 100% resistant to.

Elaborate further, please.

[slim cobalt]

damage you deal, not damage you take

[sharp dagger]

oh

Obviously. 😄

[royal hamlet]

im sorry, does this mean i can have 6 after shocks? xd

[dawn spire]

0.45% chance, but yes

[brittle hemlock]

Can someone explain why the bottom item doesn't take into account the item's crit chance while the upper one does?

[stray tendon]

salut, je suis pas chaud de ouf mais si je peut t aider, dit moi

[old shuttle]

Does increased area of effect affect Whirling ASSault

[old shuttle]

hover it. It says "with quality"

iirc

[mystic osprey]

I thought I would do something smart with gemling legionnaire but I was wrong. Did you find any success with non stat stacking builds for gemling? surely stat stacking cant be the only way

[old shuttle]

gemling just has good benefits to their gems tbh

giga tankiness with max res

or lots of generic utility with 2x support gems

[upbeat ivy]

are there any good blood mage builds?

[old shuttle]

Detonate Dead if you wanna be cringe

[little wren]

bonecage > DD and bonestorm for bossing

[tidal copper]

https://youtu.be/usxByeEh1tg?si=Wbwo7fNknQoPp8jm

[little wren]

bonecage will have enough damage to clear by itself but you need like hundred divines of gears for it to work so DD is your only choice for now

hexblast also works great because of the low crit chance it have which get nulled by bloodmage

[tidal copper]

How are you building your DD lol

[little wren]

oh right forgot more people playing minion version

just talking about DD for bonestorm builds

[upbeat ivy]

whats the best levelling guide to follow

[brittle drum]

I'm over here struggling sticking with chaos and not giving into DD

I have died many times

[little wren]

Im planning a hexblast bloodmage build

[tidal copper]

Chaos? Like the chaos dot abilities?

[little wren]

might be for sanctum farming might not

[brittle drum]

Yeah and Hexblast, I'm only level 63. Trying Archmage ans some Ignite stuff alongside it now for fun

[tidal copper]

I was thinking that you could use Mings with MoM to reduce the downside

[little wren]

also playing without archmage, altho if the nerf isnt too big maybe Imma just do sorc instead

[hoary ingot]

i bring death

[waxen jewel]

Does shattering (with Herald of Ice idk if possible otherwise) remove the corpse?

[brittle drum]

It shatters, so it destroys the corpse, yes

[waxen jewel]

That might mean Cast on Shock mark may not be the best option

But that's obvs something that only testing will tell. I still find it weird that Mark's have corpse interactions on them

[brittle drum]

I wish that contagion and blackflame had an interaction

[little wren]

freeze itself shatter on kill, the herald just make it explode on top

or the unique ring which shatter on chill

[waxen jewel]

Ohh right of course

[bronze valve]

Hi , anyone know some good ranged build for HC please?

[gloomy compass]

The tempest bell, what would that be classified as in terms of enemy, ally, etc? nothing?

[waxen jewel]

A structure you can put shit on

like Font of Rage

[gloomy compass]

So nothing special because it's hittable?

[waxen jewel]

If it has Limit X it interacts with that one support gem that increases limits

[waxen jewel]

Well it's pretty special in itself already IMO

[gloomy compass]

I was hoping it'd work with this;

Doesn't seem like it does though, figured it might since you're able to hit the bell much like an enemy

[waxen jewel]

If in poe2db there's this cryptic hidden tag on skill: "SupportedByFountains" It means you can put Font of Rage on it, I'm pretty sure

Umm. But does that skil Hit anywhere?

Ohh nvm, my bad, the Hit condition is only for the stun increases aoe part

[gloomy compass]

nope, but it doesn't actually say you gotta hit the bell to apply an ailment (tho that's probably how most are applied)

[waxen jewel]

No I read again, nvm, I take it back

Yeah so Summon Infernal Hound doesn't hit

[gloomy compass]

I wanna try to make a low-life infernalist quarterstaff build

[waxen jewel]

DoT's are not hits

[gloomy compass]

Nah, the hound basically gives an ignite aura from what I can tell

[waxen jewel]

Yeah, which is not hitting

Bell requires an Hit with elemental ailment

I'm simply reading the skills, I've not tested anything, bugs may always be around.

[gloomy compass]

I'll be hitting the bell with the quarterstaff and giving it chill+shock

but I want the hound to apply ignite through aura and also get ignite for ignite+shock+chill

or, that was the idea

clearly it doesn't work since the hound doesn't consider the bell an "enemy"

[waxen jewel]

Ohh right, the minino itself has an attack right?

But the ignite part seems to be just an bonus

[gloomy compass]

yup

I don't care for the size of the ignite, just wanted to apply it to the bell for 30% more damage

I'll find another way 😄

[waxen jewel]

Yeah lol

Wildfire idk

[scarlet oasis]

Is ingenuity with 57% with 9 div??

[old shuttle]

corrupted sure i guess

uncorrupted like 25 div

does whirling assault get affected by increased area of effect

[modern oak]

Does quaility effect elemental dmg on a weapon?

[dense bramble]

whats the sigil of power breakpoint? 21?

[dawn spire]

Man, I really loved trap/mine builds in poe1. Grenades just don't feel the same. Are there any other skills that feel similar to the "lay down a bunch of stuff and then it goes boom" playstyle? The fuse length on grenades just felt too bad to me, and they don't go off at once

[dawn spire]

hold alt and click on quality. I believe it only affects physical damage

[thorny token]

gas clouds technically? :d

[dawn spire]

hm, tru

[thorny token]

also we are getting traps eventually in poe2 anyway so can simply wait too

[dawn spire]

nah, I ain't got time for that

which is ironic because I wanna do that build on chronomancer

[plain cloud]

Hey, could someone help me figured out the Spirit problem I'm having with a build but it somehow works on the Video on Youtube - It's on Gemling :
Herald of Thunder (30) - Innervate - Precision (10) - Lightning Mastery
Blasphemy (60) - Enfeeble - Magnified Effect - Clarity (10)
It works out to 110 in the game for me but it seems to only cost 99 Spirit on the Video, am I missing something obvious somehow? The herald reservation nodes aren't taken either

[thorny token]

quality on blasphemy?

[plain cloud]

Does this reduce the cost ? 😮

[thorny token]

yea it has 10% reduced reservation there afaik

whiuch should apply to both blasphemy and clarity

[elder mural]

Has anyone figured out which support gems provide the best max DPS for Shield Charge against single targets? It’s a bit tricky to determine because you can’t hold Shift on the passive nodes to view your skill modifications. Additionally, the support gem Stomping Ground seems to be the primary source of damage, scaling from Strength.

[plain cloud]

Thank You

[steep prism]

how does recoup as life works with CI. Will it recoup as energy shield or it just doesn't do anything?

[thorny token]

doesnt do anything useuful

[steep prism]

ok thank u

[thorny token]

there is separate stat for es recoup

[smoky carbon]

Hey, is there a way to calculate the difference between a bow with 300pdps and +3 projectile versus a bow with 400+ pdps without +3 projectile would affect the final DPS? I'm not used to formulas here

[thorny token]

depends on build and how many projs you already have

but if you are playing anything that actually scales from the projectiles then +3 projs are gonna be way better

[azure wyvern]

how does rage work on totems and minions?
Do minions have their own rage?
Can totems get rage?

if totems can have rage, how does it work if you have rage and totems have it too?

[smoky carbon]

Ranger lightning arrow/rod. Currently playing with lvl 19 gems and a total of +8, so lvl 27. Tried engraving a 16 gem and comparing with the 19, looks like a 6k dps loss, but I don't know how much dps 100 additional DPS would bring in (or more)

As far as I know, POB2 should come by january 13th, so I could wait until that time, but I kinda wanna try it haha

[elder mural]

If you 1 shoot a monster and your Supported Skills trigger an Explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour, does it work or since the monster is dead the armour break didnt really apply ?

[compact kiln]

can you create a new skill gem without upgrading the old one in case you need to change stat requirements later

[smoky carbon]

yeah, either remove the one equiped, or in the game options, uncheck that

[compact kiln]

ah thanks

[thin vortex]

Can they fix the crashing

Please

I'm begging

[severe lynx]

So CI makes you immune to chaos damage
Does that mean status effects or ALL chaos dansge

[hazy olive]

does 100% more energy shield recharge rate mean 25% energy shield recharge per second?

[orchid igloo]

I can’t seem to locate Elemental Invocation in skill area.? How you obtain it? I recognize it is a buff. Search in skills and not seeing it. Thanks in advance!

[humble wave]

Is there a consensus on Witch Hunter Merc vs Gemling Legionnaire? I realise I could have like 100+ more STR if I had gone Gemling

[modern tangle]

I have some trouble deciding on the correct resistance setup.

The item I need to get now is a belt (no belt currently equipped in screnshot).

1st screenshot is with Thief's Torment, 2nd screenshot is with 2x Amethyst rings

I can get a belt that gives me, roughly

Torment setup:
Fire / Cold / Lightning: 75
Chaos: 10

OR

2nd Torment setup:
Fire / Lightning: 75
Cold : 70
Chaos: 35

Regardless, the Amethyst would be All 75

Torment only for bosses.

I just don't see a way how I can max out everything with Torment using my build otherwise.

I am leaning towards the 2nd setup, forfeit 5 cold but gain 25 more chaos with torment. Feedback?

[turbid patrol]

if ur struggling with few % resistance you can always fix it by using either certain runes on armor, certain jewels (which will give you much more than few %, meaning you could get more dps on other gear, or chaos res). In some cases you can also just keep going with uncapped resistance, for example if ur immune to freeze, you could go without beeing cold capped

if ur a sorc stormweaver you can also get elemental resistance in the ascendancy tree

[modern tangle]

I am trying to finalize my endgame gear, gems on armor are all rarity% so that's not possible I'm afraid.

I always run the Freeze Charm, I died too often to freeze so I'm not changing that either 😂

Build is a Deadeye LA with Evasion/ES

[turbid patrol]

having more then 100% rarity has heavy dr's

[modern tangle]

I am at exactly 100 🙂

[turbid patrol]

ok then buy ingenuity belt 😄

[modern tangle]

HMMMM

[thorny token]

then yea the extra arrows are way better

[quartz hamlet]

Hello. Does anyone have some simple damage calculation for physical weapons? I wanna chechk what's the potential damage in a crossbow with no runes and no quality, only taking in mind the physical damage part

[visual seal]

hey guys any sorcs here to help out? im trying the spark build and struggling against bosses.

[turbid patrol]

yes whatsup

[visual seal]

can i dm u

[turbid patrol]

sure

[modern tangle]

how much would you say is reasonable?

[turbid patrol]

i payed 33 div for non corrupte 79% belt

but if ur a brokei i would go somewhere between 65-70%, aiming below 20 div

but then again that belt only good if u got good rings, what rings u got?

[turbid patrol]

hmmm

thiefs torment why? this is like a leveling ring

[modern tangle]

Because I run out of mana in like 0.000001 seconds on a boss without it lol

it keeps me up for the few seconds I need to finish a boss

since there isnt another source of mana per hit in the game

[quartz hamlet]

@modern tangle use a breach ring with mana regen

[smoky carbon]

not extra arrow, +X level of projectiles

I indeed will keep the implicit additional arrow at least, and maybe aim for it in explicit, but later ^^

[modern tangle]

idk if any mana regen can keep up when my ball lightnings come out on a boss. like seriously I dont think thats going to fly, otherwise Fubgun also would be using them i recon

[lunar sequoia]

Is there a must have Delirium combo for a Deadeye? Asking here because I have no idea and neither does my mate who needs this 😄

[smoky carbon]

so to make it simple :

200PDPS+100EDPS with +3 lvl of projectiles vs 400(+)DPS without +3 lvl

[smoky carbon]

On amulet you mean? If you play heralds, doomsayer is cool

[lunar sequoia]

yea, on amulet

[turbid patrol]

i think you need leech mana as physicial damage stat

[turbid patrol]

for boss fights

[smoky carbon]

Paranoia, Guilt, Disgust (cheap)

[fluid plinth]

guys is cast on crit and comet still viable?

[modern tangle]

That's on the bow I am aiming for but right now there is nothing in comparison to mine that I can afford. Upgrading my bow to something with leech mana would cost me above 200 divs

[topaz kayak]

could anyone help me with a question for the invoker monk please? Most builds take the resonance node and the charged staff ability. How do you generate the charges? I am at about lvl 38 or so right now so still quite low, but i am not getting any charges

[thorny token]

oh

then the dps is more important

+levels arent very good fo attacks

[unreal dew]

hello. um.. how to empower essence drain (chayula monk)?
i made build with curses and went full on curses/occultist. it is awesome on clearing groups, but i struggle with bosses due to no corpses around, and low ED damage. also, i dont see wither as useful. im at Act 2 cruel atm, last boss (ssf)

[thorny token]

unless its a lot of +lvls

and tooltip will show you accurate change in dps somewhat with +lvls

[smoky carbon]

Yeah, I'll probably wait for POB cause I'm not sure how much more dps I need to compensate for -3 lvl

[turbid patrol]

are you sure its only bow? i thought i saw the stat on gloves and ring

[thorny token]

i mean its simple

cehck poe2db

check per level scaling

its for rod right

[smoky carbon]

rod and LA yeah

[modern tangle]

gloves are perma-slotted with Wisdom and Action, it's what carries me right now

but ingeniuty should solve my problems, no?

[thorny token]

rod has actually gig awful per level scaling holy

like <4%

[modern tangle]

the extra bonuses apply to resistances as well, dont they

[thorny token]

so extra 3 levels is only 15% more damage

and going from 300 to 400 dps is 33% more damage

so the extra phys dps wins and its not close either

[turbid patrol]

id say so regarding the ressistance, but your rings kinda weak imo ( but i am not a deadeye, so..)

[frosty chasm]

alo

[smoky carbon]

Thanks 🙂 I'll check the poe2db too

[frosty chasm]

wut rune or soul core should i put in my hands of wisdom

would iron rune be a safe bet

[modern tangle]

they fix all resistances to 75 and give me cold damage for herald. not much else they need to be doing tbh

the biggest issue is simply me being afraid of not getting to res caps with torment, and bosses therefore being a bit too dangerous

[eternal vale]

are the 20% gain affected by %firedmg increase?

[fleet blaze]

best aura bot build atm?

[turbid patrol]

like playing torment just because of mana issue doesnt sound very worth you should try fix it with another thing. maybe jewels?

[modern tangle]

on kill yes, mapping is not a problem. but for on bosses there isnt a source other than physical damage mana leech for anything on-hit ( so only weapon which is completely out of my budget)

except for torment with its "on hit" stat

[oak oyster]

im thinking where i can spend the ONLY div i got dropped in 150hours of gameplay
ice strike monk
weapon is most important ❔ 🤔

[viral crag]

Just to confirm, how do "Gain % of Damage As Extra [Element] Damage" abilities interact with damage over time abilities?

I would expect them to also deal the elemental damage on tick, but I don't want to assume during EA 😅

[orchid igloo]

I can’t seem to locate Elemental Invocation in skill area.? How you obtain it? I recognize it is a buff. Search in skills and not seeing it. Thanks in advance!

[sonic peak]

you need a spirit gem

it also costs 60 spirit to activate

[orchid igloo]

Thank you! Don’t recall how to get spirit gem???

[sonic peak]

it's a random drop, you get one guaranteed by completing the ritual side quest in act 1

[smoky carbon]

who even needs lightning arrow in the end...

[sonic peak]

tho I don't think it allows you to get ele invocation due to lvl requirements

[fierce coyote]

Hello all, I’m looking for some advice for a friend. Me and my buddy started playing this game at the same time. I chose mercenary he chose monk. We both went in blind and have been loving it. However things started to get tough towards the end of act 3. I looked up some cool builds and have changed my Legionaire to a quarterstaff user. I’m having a ton of fun.

However my friend is one of those people who will ONLY play off-meta classes and insists he’s like more unique or better for making bad classes viable.

He is utterly failing in PoE2 though.

He chose Acolyte of Chayula “because it’s the least % picked class in the game” but his build sucks. Also because of his quest for uniqueness there’s no way he’ll use a quarterstaff now because I’m using one.

Can anyone help out and provide an actually good non-quarterstaff wielding Acolyte class that he could play?

[turbid patrol]

i see... all the dualstring bows with mana leech i delete them usually lmao

[sonic peak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Riac8Y7RQ

[orchid igloo]

Lvl req??? 55 Dex, I have.!

[sonic peak]

gem lvl requirement

as in, the guaranteed gem is lvl ~3-4, but to get ele invocation you need one with a higher lvl

[modern tangle]

this one for example would be great but I STILL couldnt be sure that the leech could even keep my mana full on a boss, even with max mana reg on on breach rings

and we're talking about 160 divs

[fierce coyote]

He was trying some poison volley build he saw on YouTube and didn’t like it but I’ll look into this one. I can provide him with lvl 3 support gems and high level spirit gems and such

[orchid igloo]

Your awesome! Thank you again!

[eternal vale]

does someone know the answer? does it benefit from a %firedmg on a wand?

[turbid patrol]

but that bow is insane, just keep your expectations lower

you can get a bow, you will losse some dps but you wont go oom...

[modern tangle]

I can't, this is mine. I have to go above 400 phys and +3 skills if I don't want to downgrade my dmg, which I dont

[turbid patrol]

but if you have 0 problems mapping and only mana on boss issue

then what u need more dps for

u dont even have cold damage on that bow

just trash it allready

neither bow damage

[normal rampart]

What are some decent options for aurabot classes in PoE2? I know some people do Chronomancer, but not sure what else.

[modern tangle]

there isnt a need for cold damage on bow when you have other sources, you can take lightning for pure DPS, but elemental damage would be better

but I might consider searching for a new bow, lemme see if there is ANYTHING at all

[mental lake]

are there any spells I can chain with a friend's Lightning Rod?

[turbid patrol]

just put phys damage down

and u will get cheaper options

[mental lake]

I'm playing chronomancer

[vale heart]

can arc chain on just 1 enemy?

[left ledge]

If you have queen of the forest you don not need MS on boots correct?

What about the ms from the tree. Does that apply?

[mental lake]

you can dodge every non-juiced game mechanic with normal movespeed

[modern oak]

Can "Herald of Thunder" shock?

[eternal vale]

no but u can give herald of cold lightning dmg and the HOT cold dmg for an "infinit" chain

[modern oak]

It inherently can't shock, right? It just not mentioned anywhere?

[arctic pond]

Queen Of The Forest says "Other Modifiers to Movement Speed do not apply" So, no. You don't need MS on boots and any MS from the tree wont apply.

[frigid ember]

New player here I started with a merc.

Trying to get my bearings I’m currently doing a sortve all elements build with crossbow and bow. I just picked up something called ash herald which seems dope. Any advice as to where to implement my skills I figured straight down my projectile ?

[ocean barn]

Any feedback or directions would be appreciated.
https://youtu.be/Ne_oq8QCRew?si=eV3GzFwOJ9FgOLw6

[modern tangle]

I just found something totally broken for 4 divs lol

[turbid patrol]

See 😉

[modern tangle]

thanks to whoever sold this to me

now if this keeps me up at bosses I'll laugh my ass off

[turbid patrol]

one mans trash is anothers man treasury

[modern tangle]

well it doesnt keep up with my mana usage though, but it's ... not bad?

[west sierra]

Can someone confirm if Seismic Cry can be slotted with Pin?

[turbid patrol]

ok what about unique mana flask then

[modern tangle]

maybe now I can fix that with mana reg on rings... anyone knows how the calculation is done for increased mana regeneration?

[turbid patrol]

which calculation?

in combination with leech?

[modern tangle]

yes, do I just add the percentages here? Additive I guess, or multiplicative? idk I'm bad at these things

[turbid patrol]

why do you think they profit of each other

?

i have no idea either

[modern tangle]

no idea, just a wild guess

[turbid patrol]

hmmm i think you just scale this which more phys damage

and mana regen a thing on its own but IDK im new to poe

maybe you should checkout fubgun build he has high intense mana build but manages not to go oom

[modern tangle]

Yes, with Torments 😉

[turbid patrol]

as if he plays with torments

[modern tangle]

I've studied Fubgun extenstively, our dear god has left the realm of mortals though and his builds usually require black magic to work out haha

[turbid patrol]

those ring too cheap for him

[modern tangle]

yea not in HIS build

[still rock]

mana leech and mana regen are not the same thing

[modern tangle]

but have you seen that fucking 1400 divine setup he has to forfeit torment? For normal builds he also says to use Torment on bosses

[turbid patrol]

i havent i just see him blinking around with no cooldown xD

with temporalis kekW

[modern tangle]

yea our bro has 150k DPS on LA, I have "barely" 50k. it's not enough to keep mana up on a boss

[tender rock]

Hi, how is cooldown calculated? First flat cooldown reduction and then recovery on the remaining time?

[modern tangle]

no other way to increase that regeneration other than more physical dps then?

[still rock]

increasing mana regen just increases the inherent rate of 4% of max mana

But for leech you can take increased % of leech nodes or also yes, do more damage

[turbid patrol]

get leech nodes and put a time lost jewels in the jewel slot that increases small passive node effectivness 😄

[still rock]

e.g. Siphon has:

25% increased amount of Mana Leeched

[modern tangle]

can you have more than 1 time lost?

[still rock]

Yes but GL finding one that's worth using on Trade

cant search for the affixes as of now

[modern tangle]

It took me 2 days to finally find the one I needed haha

[still rock]

I'd rather just use a normal jewel until they fix it

[turbid patrol]

can search for some affixes

[smoky carbon]

depends which one

Against the darkness is limited to 1

[still rock]

Yes, but no restriction on other time-lost jewels

[modern tangle]

I see

[turbid patrol]

there is other tiem lost jewels

that arent limited

[smoky carbon]

Yeah the non uniques ones

[turbid patrol]

y

[modern tangle]

got it

[turbid patrol]

thats not even a maxroll

why bother

[modern tangle]

got it cheap brother we aint all mega rich, chill

[turbid patrol]

i was joking 😄

[modern tangle]

lol

[turbid patrol]

but u are apparently rich if u have 4 divs for a new bow

"casually"

[modern tangle]

im floating around 40 divs

farming ultimatum is very lucrative on a constent base, can only recommend it

[turbid patrol]

ok but maxroll of that jewels cost like 4-6 divs

[modern tangle]

hell nah, more like 20 dvis

[turbid patrol]

yea i did it too and i dropped adorned jewel with 97% roll lmao

but now since 10 runs no drops

so i got bored

[modern tangle]

but those 10 runs are still a few divs just by selling access keys

[turbid patrol]

i am using them tho

for trialmaster loot

i am a gambler haha

[modern tangle]

i havent found trialmaster loot to be worth it, only dropped utter garbage so far for me, so i stopped doing him

[turbid patrol]

yea so my first 6-7 runs i got like 1 adorned, and 3-4 shields

[modern tangle]

rofl

[turbid patrol]

but since then never again

[modern tangle]

10 runs nothing then I stopped

now I just sell fragments instead

[turbid patrol]

u should do one more

youll get lucky

😄

[modern tangle]

haha

well fragments are like 10-40 ex each, which just add to whatever else you make through soul cores

so i prefer the consistency

[smoky carbon]

trialmaster doesn't loot against the darkness, does he ?

Oh you mean you're gambling for the shield I guess?

Or adorned?

[turbid patrol]

adorned jewel yea

i got once with 97% roll

when i was totallybroke

[smoky carbon]

Oof, sounds like expensive

[turbid patrol]

yea lmao

helped me buy ingenuity and dreamshard fragment

but now i regret it to have sold it

i kinda wanna play it

[sage tulip]

currently what is the best way to convert cold to lightning damage ?

[still rock]

whisper of the brotherhood

is the only way

[sage tulip]

hmm ok thanks

[quaint helm]

I have 70 lvl invoker monk and i am thinking where to go from here. I want find good Crit Wave build.

[jaunty raven]

Just made it to maps on my 3rd sorceress, but first SSF. I like the SSF challenge a lot more.

[iron harbor]

hey guys, anyone knows if Critical Weakness is resolved before or after increased crit chance?

[eternal vale]

I am full life and still lose mana is the armor bugged?

[rancid grove]

Are there any monk builds that use the three dragon mask thing? i just got it as a drop and looks fun

[thin basin]

how clunk is ice nova/frostbolt that ive never seen anyone mention it

[iron harbor]

very

[thorny token]

even if it wasnt clunky its complete garbage

as ice nova can only expand from 1 frostbolt which makes the whole combo pointless

[thin basin]

i would like to do another elementalmage but all road leads back to spark???

or is it arc this time

[iron harbor]

cold fireball/frost wall is pretty good i heard

[thin basin]

it have to be ice or light cuz i want to crit fireball kinda ass

[viral crag]

So... what are our big scaling options when it comes to dots?
If it works like PoE most of our stuff can't crit, apparently archmage doesn't work with them, damage gain doesn't work with them, and we don't have any "damage over time" specific nodes on the tree as far as I know.

[vernal falcon]

if you have an infernalist theres a cool comet autobomber that may or may not get nerfed today lol

[brazen loom]

Barrier Invocation comet auto-bomber, or good ol SRS cast on minion death with fireballs and ice walls everywhere.

[thin basin]

hmmm frostwallfrostbolt doesnt seem too bad

[vernal falcon]

barrier invo demon form

[thin basin]

same playstyle as fireball but probably less clear and bit more clunk

[brazen loom]

Snakepit ring also seems really interesting…

[barren pine]

Why does it not allow me to put Inspiration or Profusion on cast on critical? I've seen setups where people have these two supports assigned to cast on crit.

[vernal falcon]

i just call it hammer of dawn cause the ammount of comets you call down make it look like a laser

[astral willow]

use cold snap on the frost bolt to blow it up in the wall. You freeze everything, wall it away from you, and one-shot most mobs

[brazen loom]

Most mage direct damage comes from comets or frost walls blowing up, if you aren’t doing spark shenanigans, there’s probably a bunch of others, but those are the other two I mainly see.

[astral willow]

bonus points for scattershot frostbolt / unleash cold snap to blow up all three bolts at once

[thin basin]

WTF

[brazen loom]

Oh and TP to own lightning ball, that shit can slap.

[elder mural]

ANyone tested if Stomping Ground is still BiS for shield charge for end game, i know its great early. But kinda hard to test later and it only scale from str.

[vernal falcon]

i wish there was a unique that like, let you use a cull ability on enemies that recently died

lightnign warp build would be so fun

[thin basin]

ok found some decent stuff gonan go buy my gear before price rises maybe

[vernal falcon]

or like, prevents an enemy from getting killed in 1 shot, so they go down to 1%

[turbid patrol]

Lightning warp has culling support gem

[astral willow]

if you reach around to the merc area there's a node that increases the threshold by 25% too

[vernal falcon]

yea but you generally wanna 1 shot everything, so it kinda defeats the point of a build based around a cull ability

[astral willow]

fair point

[brazen loom]

I really wish Snakepit worked on more though, some things tagged as projectiles don’t seem to work as the wording intends.

[still rock]

@static plinth @sinful spoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPguzGLlWJY

not insane fast but lots of stun

and probably could be optimized

more

[thin basin]

bought for 1d slamd mana and extra fire not bad

somehow better than my current wand but cold

[still rock]

when the koreans and i are on the same page

[sinful spoke]

It annoyings me that he isnt using blink to animation cancel the end part

Or is that most of the damage

[still rock]

i dont know

lol

[brazen loom]

I know how hard Temporalis is to get, but I think it’s going to be changed to % cool-down reduction instead of flat, flat just breaks the game in so many ways.

[sinful spoke]

My vision was to be blinking and charging from like all directions

[azure wyvern]

What is the dmg of ancestral spirits?

[sinful spoke]

Rn i use shield charge blink as a way to travel, tho never paid attention to the damage

[still rock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJPBmGZMR8

hoi shatter

smart

[static plinth]

I mean, thats kind of the point

[spiral jasper]

Is 24% critical bonus better than 60% elemental dmg bonus?
Crit rate without EoW buff is 66%

[static plinth]

Its an overwhelmingly strong, slightly niche unique just like Original Sin

[still rock]

+crit bonus or increased

[sinful spoke]

Polcirklen ring right

[still rock]

id imagine so

[sinful spoke]

It seemed like he can totally blink away after impact

[spiral jasper]

+crit bonus vs increased elemental damage?

[still rock]

probably didnt think abt blink there, but it makes sense to use it to optimize clear speed

[still rock]

im asking if its increased crit bonus or +crit bonus

[brazen loom]

Yeah, but nah, it literally breaks the game, if you get temporalis, 100% crit chance and an amulet that I forget what it’s called, but it casts lightning bolt on crit, it’ll effectively one shot everything in the game.

I thought GGG said they want it to be slower and not go crazy like PoE1, they even nerfed armour break as it could self propagate, but they also made the AoE not overlap, which is a double nerf.

[sinful spoke]

@elder mural

[brazen loom]

To me it feels like they don’t want autobomber type builds or ez pz 1 button builds, but hey maybe I’m wrong.

[spiral jasper]

Oh, it's "+" from the soul core.. deciding which to slot in weapon

[sinful spoke]

😶‍🌫️time to make a titan and fk around with it in champaigns

[still rock]

id do it but i didnt get a cheap one

i think they went right back up

[still rock]

whats the weapon

screenshot

[sinful spoke]

Yeah it was 13 this morning

[still rock]

it was like 11 right after you said it was 7

lol

[sinful spoke]

I sniped a 3.45 for 7div

[static plinth]

It was 8 last night

[amber lark]

just pulled this and vaal orbed it

[static plinth]

2% off 😭

[sinful spoke]

It was a rollercoaster, my active search was popping off

[spiral jasper]

Weapon and main source of damage

[sinful spoke]

🫣i shouldve said something after i bought it, cuz i took some time looking up build ideas before asking here

[static plinth]

Does Time Freeze do anything to Zarokh or does he just ignore it?

[pearl sluice]

trying out the mace on a monk and some ice convert, actually the skill speed on the monk side of the passive tree is exactly what maces need to feel "normal"

[still rock]

oh just take spirit, i dont think conc takes the +crit bonus unless im mistaken

itd take the wed tho actually

spirit or wed

[spiral jasper]

Thank you! Would NEVER have known that... and would've wasted the sockets too..

[still rock]

im like mostly certain +crit bonus is local to wep

[spiral jasper]

Used attack speed on my old one.. and it was wasted

guessing it's the same on crit bonus soul core

[still rock]

could be wrong tho so dont sue me if i am

[still rock]

np itll save me money

i get to play more flameblast titan

[still rock]

hades 2 tech

[winged heron]

is there website where you can see the different sizes of jewels on the passive tree?

[hybrid ocean]

Man, it's so tempting to buy one of these dirt cheap Temporalises

Even knowing that they'll probably get nuked in a few days

[winged heron]

they don't lol

GGG won't delete items

[hybrid ocean]

Haven't they done that before?

I've heard as much

[atomic halo]

they usually only nuke bugged stuff

[sage tulip]

is there a way to make raging spirits trigger off of lightning instead of fire ?

[hybrid ocean]

As in possessing bugged qualities beyond accessibiility and how it was made?

Because these are very much the result of a bug

[still rock]

this is EA

expect less

[median kraken]

I don't know how likely they actually are to get nuked. There's a weird combination of factors that make it less likely than it would normally be.

(That being that they weren't directly duped so it might be harder to detect, and that it's EA so less long-term harm done than there normally would be by a dupe.)

It's certainly not risk free to buy one, but it's not as high risk as it would be if they were directly duped and/or this were post-release.

[atomic halo]

as in items that have bugged properties. you can tell it's bugged just by looking at it.

[winged heron]

they only deleted items that had stats that shouldn't be possible in the first place

[atomic halo]

meanwhile, ggg will have a real tough time differentiating between temporalises created through exploits and honest players, especially since they've been traded around for some time.

[still rock]

i just bought a set of small medium and large dummy jewels to see it ingame

[winged heron]

that can't be it man 😦

[still rock]

takes like 5 minutes tops

[median kraken]

They've deleted duped items before, but detecting items that are actually duped seems a lot harder than detecting this.

[winged heron]

source?

[hybrid ocean]

Idk man, seems pretty easy to detect to me

[still rock]

necropolis league was the last one i think

[median kraken]

Actually, I remember that they banned people for duping before. Not sure if anything happened to the already sold duped items.

[hybrid ocean]

If outgoing temporalis count > Incoming Unique relic count, then it's duped

[median kraken]

Why? I feel like it depends on what they track.

[still rock]

but necropolis league the items were clearly bugged

(1handers with 6links)

[winged heron]

that's a different story. they did ban plenty and they will this time too but they never deleted duped items as far as I can remember

[hybrid ocean]

This won't work if you only get one with your multiple attempts though.

[agile meteor]

Why cast on shock is not tiggering?

[median kraken]

You might be right. I definitely think the people who used the exploit getting banned is more likely than the extra Temporalises getting deleted.

[still rock]

@hybrid ocean i agree with this guy

[agile meteor]

Do i need anoit on amulet or what?

[median kraken]

I don't think Temporalis being dirt cheap in EA league is really a huge problem

[still rock]

it isnt anyways its already like 30div again

[median kraken]

Does the energy counter in the top left (the one that says 0% in the screen shot) increase when you start hitting enemies?

[agile meteor]

will check that

thank you

[hazy olive]

how much energy shield does someone who focuses entirely on it hav?

[still rock]

i think ive heard top ends of like 13k?

[median kraken]

It should trigger and reset to 0% whenever it hits 100%. Shocking white mobs will build it slower than shocking more powerful ones.

[agile meteor]

no its not

[hazy olive]

[median kraken]

Sounds like you're not shocking enemies then

[agile meteor]

hmm

[median kraken]

That's at a high budget, but also before taking Grim Feast into account

[median kraken]

Are you using electrocute support on your main attack gem?

Or elemental focus

[hazy olive]

o

[agile meteor]

i got electrocute

[hazy olive]

i just want above 5000 energy shield

will that take lots of money?

[still rock]

no

[median kraken]

Read Electrocute. It prevents that skill from shocking

[hazy olive]

oki ty

[agile meteor]

;OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[left ledge]

What about tailwind? Prob no?

[arctic pond]

Probably not

[winged heron]

dude the cheapest medium large cost 40ex

[still rock]

i found a way

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/

path to jewel node

then left click on it again

add jewel

ive been using maxroll i just didnt think to click it again lol

[winged heron]

holy. thank you man. it was a pain to figure it out

[azure wyvern]

Can minions get rage?
Or only reavers?

[static plinth]

Zarokh also ignores pausing like Chronos which scared the shit out of me

[agile meteor]

Thank you! now it was couple seconds

[median kraken]

There you go. It's definitely important to read support gems and such in this game.

[agile meteor]

i put wrong gem xD

i lose 3 divs to dying

today xD

for that

[still rock]

whats the best class to play if i cant read

[warped jackal]

Would you guys say the left body armor is way better than the left bcs of the spirit? Like what should i prioritize rn? the ER is the same tho

[jaunty raft]

Does anyone have strong galvanic shards build for gemling merc? Got to tier 15 and getting oneshotted by rares with around 2.3k hp. Dont know how to improve my survivability

[still rock]

at your level if it lets your use another spirit gem that helps you thru campaign then its better, if it doesnt then it isnt

[warped jackal]

hmm i let me try things out then, thanks!

[spice tree]

What build would you guys make with a 100div budget?

[viral crag]

You know, at this point I'm afraid to ask. Do dots benefit from Spell Damage at least?

[still rock]

When you say dot

you must clarify

[viral crag]

The stuff we're (you and I) are usually talking about.

The not-bugged chaos damage over time abilities.

[still rock]

The non-ailment spell DoTs in the game that benefit from spell damage will say so in their skill tooltip tho

[viral crag]

Ah, I see what you're talking about.

The "Modifiers to spell damage" etc.

[tribal moss]

can someone explain me please why i cant sell the red nodes?

i wanted to switch from the outter dmg line to the engery shield one, now it wont work

[frosty chasm]

should i put in an iron rune for my hand of wisdom and action

[tribal moss]

did i miss something?

[frosty chasm]

or should i keep it empty for easier resell

[still rock]

bro said i will take all of the starter nodes thank you

[atomic halo]

most of your tree is dependant on those nodes

oh i see

i dont think the innermost nodes are actually allocated, the ones that look like evasion & energy shield

hover over those and look closely

[tribal moss]

the blue ones i can sell, but not the red ones. And the red ones are just "get %life on kill"

[still rock]

anyone have any tips to search for controlled metamorphosis without wanting to do a die?

[atomic halo]

are you sure the blue ones are actually allocated? the lines connecting them are differently coloured than the ones connecting the definetly allocated ones.

[tribal moss]

they are allocated

[vernal falcon]

those are weapon set lines

[still rock]

yeah youre probably trying to refund while you have the weapon set points toggled on

[tribal moss]

oh wait, i found something

The background things are the ones that blocks it

the web and the shield watermark

[still rock]

wat

[sage matrix]

Hello, I need some advice because I'm converting Monk to ice strike and I'm wondering what's better to go for, deceived DMG or penetration from cold, and whether it's worth increasing Max power charge or is it better to go for attack. I'm also thinking about playing for immu to chaos CI

[sage gyro]

does "spell skill area of effect" increase area of despair or does only "area of effect of curses" effect that? both?

[vernal falcon]

should also be with spell skill

[still rock]

both

[tribal moss]

im confused haha

[thorny token]

despair is spell

[rancid seal]

ice strike monk doesn't use power charges much - just to maintain lightsaber. not worth investing passives in

[atomic halo]

in the position of left can you respec the ones you want to?

[tribal moss]

ok ok i got it, dont know how but not it works

[atomic halo]

it's just that you can't have normal points dependant on weapon swap points

[still rock]

weapon set points need a ui/ux overhaul tbh

[atomic halo]

makes sense this way

yeah the swap points were really confusing

[sage matrix]

Thx

[still rock]

i finally figured it out to great efficacy but its not explained well or displayed well in the ui

got my sigil of power and LW swap tech to like 32s

[atomic halo]

i tried once during campaign, misunderstood it and lost a lot of gold

figured it out way later in maps

[still rock]

same

[mystic shard]

can u block/evade w hislt ccd?

[atomic halo]

i couldnt parse that 😔

[still rock]

w what

[thin basin]

soontm

[atomic halo]

imagine being able to afford things

[still rock]

tfw scaling life is more expensive than ci

[thin basin]

gonna farm for double 6l and a few other stuff

[crisp star]

do stuff like frostbolts snapshot or can i do something like shoot frostbolt > mana tempest and still get the effect of mana tempest on hit?

[still rock]

you have to cast the spell inside of it

[jaunty raft]

What is ci? People keep saying it. Theres so many acronyms

[viral crag]

Chaos Innoculation

[atomic halo]

chaos inoculation

[viral crag]

Great job, phone. Not even close lol

[jaunty raft]

Is that the one wheres your hp is 1?

[atomic halo]

keystone, maximum 1 life, immune to chaos damage

[crisp star]

ok but what if i shot the frostbolt. pop mana tempest then procced an on-crit trigger like mana flare and lightning bolt for it?

do the trigger spells get affected or nah?

[rough notch]

any stormweaver who can help me with build ?

[still rock]

Not sure, mana tempest doesnt specify "on use" (if it did then it would negate triggered spells), but my guess is that lightning bolt would work but unsure abt mana flare since it comes from a support and not a skill

[crisp star]

hmm. guess imma have to find that one out

cuz from testing i'm seeing lightning bolt go up in damage the moment mana tempest is up

before it procs from frost bolt

at least in tooltip

but idk exactly if it's getting the increased tooltip damage since frostbolt was fired before mana tempest was up

[tribal moss]

What is more important as a monk?
Energy Shield or Evaison?

[atomic halo]

monk is supposed to be int/dex, so pretty even split

but i usually see a stronger focus on energy shield

[tribal moss]

my evaison is at 78% for now and i wanted to push my ES a little bit more

[viral crag]

Just asking in case, the text of totems says "Totems are not minions and their skills benefit from your stats"

[still rock]

well the lightning bolt is triggered from choir i assume so its not technically being cast from the frostbolt, youre triggering it from the crit (Assuming you mean this interaction)

[viral crag]

How far does that go? Spell Damage? Elemental Damage? Damage gain?

[crisp star]

yes that interaction

[atomic halo]

offensive ✅
defensive ❌

[crisp star]

so it's not going to be getting the damage from tempest then?

[still rock]

no, it should

as long as youre in the tempest when the trigger happens

[viral crag]

We about to pump this effigy to the moon then lol

[still rock]

but if you precast frostbolt before the tempest then frostbolt wouldn't

and my guess for mana flare is that since it's a support and not a skill that uses mana it probably doesn't get the empowered effect, but may be wrong who knows

[crisp star]

oh ok. imma try testing that out. thx for answering. getting frostbolt the boosted damage from tempest isn't a priority anyway

[still rock]

I don't think many support effects like that are even scaling with spell damage from my understanding

[midnight bolt]

kekw its a meme spell but gl

[crisp star]

my main damage comes from the bolt from choir

[crisp star]

i see. but from what i've tested though there was a significant difference in it's damage before and after i used archmage while using it

and it wasn't the initial hit that i was looking at. it was the flare damage

dunno what else could increase it's damage

[still rock]

hmm maybe since the support triggers a spell

but it still doesn't "use" mana afaik so i dont think tempest would apply

[upbeat ivy]

is this true???

[jaunty raft]

Anyone got a link to good galvanic shard build for merc?

[upbeat ivy]

i shouldnt take it until i have done trials of chaos?

[still rock]

Most people corroborate this, yes

[atomic halo]

... yeah

[still rock]

Espec on a fresh character with no way to mitigate the life cost

[upbeat ivy]

so i just have no benefit from doing my ascendancy until mid act 3?

[atomic halo]

✅

[upbeat ivy]

i could twink it i just dont know what gear

[still rock]

well you get 3% max life from the first small node

[upbeat ivy]

the guide on maxroll just says to play spark/firewall witch until act 3

[crisp star]

enjoy your 3% max hp from asc 1

[still rock]

[viral crag]

There's nothing stopping you from doing it as I understand it... you are just choosing pain if you do so.

[still rock]

Yeah just follow that, it's probably smoother to worry abt it once you have regen or leech or whatever other ways BMs are mitigating the cost

[viral crag]

Since the amount of self-damage you will be doing trying to kill things means that a lot of damage just becomes lethal.

[slim pine]

Question all. Does this work for all socketed cores or just what's on the shield?

[atomic halo]

what's on the shield

[slim pine]

Nothing ywt

[still rock]

he was answering

[slim pine]

Ah lol

[still rock]

its local

btw i figured out how to search for area on controlled metamorphosis if anyone needs it:

(the number on the first filter is attributed to the 8 radius variations, from very-small being 1 to massive being 8)

so this example is a large only

[static plinth]

And if you do 0 i think you get the funny fucked up corrupted ones

[topaz talon]

Heyho, does "Strip Away" work on "Vulnerability" ?
=> does -armor curse count as an exposure?

Also same goes for "Demolisher" support?

[still rock]

Nop

As of now the only exposures that exist are the elemental damage type ones, phys doesnt have resistance anyways so it wouldn't matter either way

[topaz talon]

so what supports work?

game allows to slot demolisher and strip away

[tidal copper]

What about skill speed can you not make it appear faster

[viral crag]

Does the game recommend it... because we're allowed to slot a lot of mostly irrelevant stuff 😅

[topaz talon]

I guess not 😄

[elder mural]

Any link for the gems setup ?

[still rock]

Demolisher states it can support any skill, but as for strip away idk why it can go in so many things tbh

because its useless in most of the things it can technically support

[static plinth]

Because technically any skill can inflict exposure

It doesnt care if it already does or not to show up

[still rock]

only one i'd guess from the vidya is cold infusion

maybe mag effect

[static plinth]

There's no Instnat skills, right?

Like ones that can be used while channeling

[still rock]

not afaik

[sage matrix]

And one more question, with icenstrike is it better to go for cold penetration or attack speed?

[viral crag]

What would you say is a good breakpoint where evasion starts becoming a relevant defensive stat?
I'm asking because I've got a few things in the build that are giving big evasion boosts, and could consider investing into it as a secondary defensive if I could hit a decent minimum breakpoint.

[static plinth]

I think ~20k is where you get 90% chance to evade on white mobs, which is pretty good

[visual wasp]

NEED HELP! PLS ❤️ Q: if i pick lingering Horror chaos dmg buff and then Avatar of fire, does my contagion spell still get buffed? Dmg s first buffed by chaos dmg buff and then its transformed into fire dmg (75% of the before buffed chaos dmg total)?

[still rock]

i really cant see pure eva being better than eva/es in any form tbh even with acro

[viral crag]

Right, but when I'm largely investing in everything else I'm not really going to pivot off of main stats for something like 20k 😅

[static plinth]

No, you need to get Fire damage instead of chaos damage
Also Avatar of Fire doesnt work on Contagion, DoTs cant be converted

[tidal copper]

Refer to: conversion tool tip or #1308715317375270952

[viral crag]

That's more what I mean. I've got a few evasion slots already, and considering going eva/es with eva as my secondary.

Trying to figure out how much investment before evasion starts being "worth" investing in.

[still rock]

eva/es is probably the best defense type in the game imo, atleast as far as hybrids go

especially true for invoker

[visual wasp]

OK TY both of you guys! BUT, if i have some cold dmg sources or spells for example do they do 75fire dmg then? (of its 100% cold or lightning dmg)? Or am i missing sth not understanding the mechanics?

[still rock]

if you deal 100 damage of any type other than fire then it becomes 75 fire

[visual wasp]

ok ty thats what i assumed but if you read above Munin's answer, he said i need fire dmg instead of chaos dmg (wich doesnt make any sense to my noob logic^^) and thats what confused me now.

[still rock]

He means that after the conversion from Avatar of Fire you only can scale with % increases to fire damage, so % increases to chaos damage are worthless in conjunction with Avatar of Fire

[visual wasp]

so i can focus on any spell/dmg source and buffing it adequately and then convert it into fire dmg?

[still rock]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Conversion

[visual wasp]

so buffing any dmg source first doesnt help then (other then fire dmg)? Meaning that the chaos dmg bonus from these nodes will be lost right? (if i take the fire convert node). Its not htat the chaos dmg gets buffed first and then converted but it (chaos dmg) gets converted before getting the chaos dmg buff corrrect?

[mystic shard]

Can you block and evade, whilst crowd controlled?

[still rock]

Yes, conversion happens before damage increases like % increased chaos damage

[visual wasp]

"only affected by modifiers to their new stat, and are not scaled through their original stat.! ok ty

[still rock]

So that stat would be lost

[visual wasp]

❤️ love you guys

ty

playing on SSFHC atm cant do any mayor mistakes lol

[fiery aspen]

lvl 88 monk just finished my tier 15 mapping quest and finished atlas, still trying to find the last 2 citadels i have stone and copper.

How is this tree, anything I dont have thats important or I should change?

[still rock]

assuming its like poe1 then you can evade and block whilst stunned and frozen

[mystic shard]

great thx

[still rock]

and electrocute should mechanically work the same as frozen here afaik

just puts your action speed to 0

[radiant lake]

Ok I am trying to figure out where I can go looking for freeze items and shock items to get me stronger I feel I am still struggling lvl 33

Act 2,3 ??

Nobody here to help out and give pointers ??

[muted birch]

Should I spec put of crit and try and go the HOWA route on my monk?

[spare quartz]

My 88 poison ranger is stuck with mapping. I can't get exp i die too often and lose it. Can on gain xp on Sek trials

[radiant lake]

What build is the best to make that can melt enemy and bosses

[spare quartz]

In fact if i keep juicing up waystones and losing them I'll get too upset to play it's rough

[radiant lake]

I might have to reduce my skill tree

[waxen jewel]

I was just browsing poe2db and found this: "Eternal Fervour: 10% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit" . https://poe2db.tw/us/Eternal_Fervour
Wtf is this?

[viral crag]

I mean, it tells you 😅

Source: Timeless Jewel

[spare quartz]

What's the best way to get out of being swarmed/surrounded when starting a map? I'm guessing best thing is to get damage higher to kill then in 1 hit

[waxen jewel]

I can't believe it :O. Just a straight way to get frenzy charges like it's nothing

I mean, it's next to Templar notables

On the website

[viral crag]

Honestly, I would recommend #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help for these kinds of questions.

[static talon]

Does anyone know if Chonk's Into the breach path works as intended? im seeing posts saying that walking into the corresponding flames only gives you life/mana back instead of like a Leech buff. been theory building

[midnight bolt]

It never said it gives leech buff, you misunderstood the node

[viral crag]

It's the "other" kind of leech, in the sense that you get it from them.

Kind of like that support unique that lets your allies "leech" mana from you.

If you were gaining some sort of leech effect, it would say how you leech (on hit, on hit with x, etc) and for how long (for x seconds)

[static talon]

Yikes that sounds kinda not really that good thn

[frosty arrow]

but this should be considered as a leech I think, since in a tooltip word leech is underlined and leads to a tooltip for what a leech is

but I might be mistaken

[midnight bolt]

Its actually much better than normal leech, since mobs have 90%+ leech resistance

[frosty arrow]

this should still be affected by recovery. Don't know if it is, but it should IMO

[static talon]

In terms of what I was theorycrafting, it's not really good in that regards I should've specified. In general 0 Leech res on something is really good

[viral crag]

Might be worth discussing the tooltip with the devs*, but it doesn't really change the effect.
The kinds of effects you're talking about are specifically called "Life Leech" and "Mana Leech" keywords.

For what it's worth, when I check the "Leech" tooltip I get (emphasis mine):

Leech can recover Life, Mana, or Energy Shield over time, usually as a result of Hitting an enemy and based on the damage of the Hit.

[static spade]

I made a mistake relying on Maxroll to pick the perfect number of songworthy deed for me and traded a wrong one.

Is there a reliable source to find the perfect heroic tragedy??

[mystic shard]

can I quit

the temple of chaos midway

is there any tricks?

[frosty arrow]

die

[mystic shard]

what do I do here

what is this?

[frosty arrow]

you find cores, and you bring them to this machine. GOtta be fast because they drain your health

they are usually scattered all over, sometimes you need to take elevator to get one

[mystic shard]

what

do they look like

am i standing on one?

can I quit anyway

what happens if I log off

[frosty arrow]

bro, you will see an item on the ground

[mystic shard]

will it take me out the trial

like a boss fight?

[indigo pilot]

how useful are these max resist passives in general? is it worth putting 7 points into them?

[frosty arrow]

all 7 depends. But raising resist even by 1% above 75 is noticeable. When it comes to resists the higher you go the more actual damage reduction each % provides

I think between 75 and 76% resists you'd take 4% less damage

[mystic shard]

ok I got it

i was standing right next to it

[frosty arrow]

bro, this isn't the channel for this

there is no cap, you can take it as high as you can

there's a soft cap on crit in the game in general, because of fairly limited amount of stacking you can do

[lyric helm]

you can reach 100% crit chance?

[frosty arrow]

sure, if you can stack enough base crit and multipliers

[tidal copper]

Can? Yes likely possible I haven't stopped to count though

[frosty arrow]

I'm sure it's possible on paper, but you'd have to sacrifice large portion of your passive tree for it I reckon

and then add some with gear, jewels, etc

but you can help it with conditional crit chance. Like the whole "increase crit chance by % if you haven't dealt crit chance recently" and such

[lyric helm]

cool thank you

[spark junco]

do "when you block" affixes/perks proc off both auto block and manual "raise shield" block? or just one or the other? like for example, "20 life gained when you block".

[royal blaze]

Hello so I finally got dropped a Div and looking at upgrading either my body or helmet to cap my res I don't really know what I should go for first I can get a helmet with 6 mods that are good or a body piece that has health even tho it's a dead Stat cause I'm using CI but would still help cause res and what not.

Typing it out it sounds like to me I should go for the helmet then farm some more and look for a chest were all 6 stats are good? Is this correct?
Then again the body would give 1 more spirt to give me 15 and add another gem to a aura

[gilded nova]

Heralds are "Ailments" ?

[tidal copper]

You can cap resistances with 30 exalts
And use think what to do with the divine after that

[frosty arrow]

no

[royal blaze]

My res are pretty much capped its just I got a amulets and rings that give me like 5-8k more dmg and help me clear the screen with one tap but my res are like 115 fire 70 cold 72 light so when the mods are one of the other 2 I tend to avoid it

I can cap my res but I lose dmg

[tidal copper]

No sockets to adjust resistances

[royal blaze]

Unfortunately not

The one helm I'm looking at has open

[thin basin]

why does cold tree look so much sadder than lightning ones

[tidal copper]

Go for it if it's a big upgrade you can cap resistance with just the socket assuming helmet has zero res

[midnight bolt]

Imagine if we had not just archmage aura but also bloodmage that added more melee damage per max health 🙏

[royal blaze]

Sweet as it think this is the best option too cheers

[hallow horizon]

Which class is very good doing all types of end game content and also beginner friendly ?

[drifting cedar]

Does the 2nd line here (and other things like it) apply to pseudo hits such as flame wall and incinerate?

[fiery briar]

Is time freeze a slow?

[hidden ingot]

can someone help me with finding a better warstaff? this my current one i have 1 div to spend, my current one is working for t10-12 but after that i just kill way too slow and i am kinda new to poe in general to actually see if an item is that much better

[winged oak]

if I use storm wave with call of the brother hood ring, would it proc herald of ice?

[hidden ingot]

i was looking at this one which has roughly 70dps less but is full phys and has 86% ele dmg

[tidal copper]

If you use crit
I heard crit DMG is pretty big how big? I dunno

[winged heron]

since there are critical hit chance and critical spell hit chance nodes. is there a difference for someone who uses spells?

[hidden ingot]

yea but one with both crit and ele is too expensive for me rn

[midnight bolt]

No

[azure wyvern]

did you know every class have a trait?

[blissful lintel]

would slow immunity remove the movement penalty on channeling skills

[azure wyvern]

any idea for how much longer totem remain for mercenary?

[drifting cedar]

did that actually make it into the game?

[azure wyvern]

well, if anyone is playing a witch
he can check it

[thorny token]

ah yes the true arrows

[midnight bolt]

What is this cooked info

[distant cypress]

can anyone point me to a good galvanic shards merc build?

[fiery wave]

whats base resistances in maps with campaign bonuses?

[winged heron]

seeing this I assume one need a generel mana leech first before this applies. what are ways to get this mana leech except weapon and gloves?

[fiery wave]

wait what does this do

[minor tree]

is infernalist's infernal flame the only way to "hit" yourself?

[fiery wave]

wait didnt i get fire res in the campaign?

[hidden ingot]

weapon

[fiery wave]

theres this

[minor tree]

i'm curious to try a recoup build, but stormweaver and chronomancer have more recoup stuff

[tidal copper]

It's ok the zone after the chimera
An optional boss for fire resistance

[hidden ingot]

same exist with life

[fiery wave]

theres probably other way

[winged heron]

please read my message again lol

[rapid star]

So would stormweaver actually be a better ascendance for Ice strike than Invoker? only big downside I can think of is the spirit

[hidden ingot]

oh

mb

[minor tree]

i see, although 5 is very low

[fiery wave]

i think i have another self damage item

there iso ne where you lose 1% health on kill

but i guess thats not damage

[minor tree]

i was thinking that, with >100% recoup some really silly things can happen

[fiery wave]

do you need big self damages?

someone made a build like that

[minor tree]

it should be a hit to trigger recoup i think

[fiery wave]

with infernalist and cast on ES loss comet

with recoup

infinite loop

[minor tree]

yeah there's one with barrier invo to spam comet

[jolly dock]

is there a way to tell what my overall stat is for increased rarity of items found?

[azure wyvern]

how do you make it deal a lot of dmg?

[minor tree]

also saw one with mana tempest and spark, taking ever increasing amounts of damage, but healing more than you take

so you slowly build up more and more

[drifting cedar]

get a lot of str and a lot of flat damage

[fiery wave]

@jolly dock you can check your gear stat on any skill

its multiplied with your map stat

[jolly dock]

Ohhh ok i see thank you 🙂

[rapid star]

spend 500 divine in gear

[jolly dock]

so this is good?

[minor tree]

it is at least useful for leveling, been doing that with my 3 alts

[pearl sluice]

is the implicit mod value rerollalbe? like blessed orb?

[minor tree]

there are builds that don't rely on howa/astramentis for it

[thorny token]

pillar is broken enough that you dont need anywhere close to 500 divs for it

[tidal copper]

Yes ideal
It soft caps at 150% but you also have to count the map rarity

[thorny token]

its actually relatively cheap to build even

[drifting cedar]

yeah you can honestly just put in 2 storm runes and breeze through campaign clicking on str

[jolly dock]

ok good to know thank you

[rapid star]

oh i was talking about the stat stick staff builds... that need insane gear to get high stats to abuse the weapon

[minor tree]

yeah for those it's mad cash

[thorny token]

you dont need insane gear for it, when every attribute node on your tree is 10% inc damage flat from rings and runes is all you need

[livid otter]

Is chaos inoculation bigged? Everytime in 3rd or 4th stage of temple of chaos my es starts draining automatically and gets me killed without getting any hit

[vale pewter]

for some reason the rage gem on tempest flurry cost 10 str instead of 5, only other gem i have is a dex gem

[solar shadow]

i'm playing the usual tempest flurry HOWA build but when i mouse over lightning rod on my tree, why does it say "no skills affected"

[thorny token]

the tooltips arent very accurate

[midnight bolt]

You picked up soul cores and they drain your es

[thorny token]

they only work for the most basic stuff

[livid otter]

Ffs didn't know that. Thanks man

[indigo breach]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/a08e0836-440b-4cc3-8823-8418bb59c8b0/builds/79db15b6-29ed-4a32-ba96-6075b64c8004 any ideas for improvement?

[midnight bolt]

Yep for trials with deliver soul cores you need mobility or eternal youth if you are playing es

[indigo breach]

not realy fcused on just 1 aspect of defense, more of all over board with recharge/regen as downside aka I can take any hit, but not more than twice in a row

[midnight bolt]

I was replying to person above

[indigo breach]

tested on unique bosses lvl82

[indigo breach]

oh srry XD

[livid otter]

Ill take the eternal youth next attempt. Was doing without it only grim feast and meditate

[visual wasp]

sorry one more question, is dmg from runes on weap for example also converted? is this +lightning dmg on rune also considered base stat?

[atomic halo]

yeah

it's all flat damage

[fiery wave]

is there some type of resistance roll off after 75%?

my math doesnt math

[atomic halo]

wdym

[drifting cedar]

75 is the base cap

[fiery wave]

nvm i found it

i had my base resistances in the spreadsheet on -25 instead of -40

i still have a rounding error somewhere but good enough

[drifting cedar]

anyone know how these things work with pseudo hits? flame wall, incinerate etc

[thorny token]

just remember that eternal youth basically disables meditate

[visual wasp]

was your response directed to me?

[atomic halo]

yeah

all your flat damage is converted

[fiery wave]

i need an app to see which of my ring combinations is best xD

[drifting cedar]

trying to theorycraft an incinerate build is rough without knowing if the pseudo hit scales with hit damage nodes

especially because all the good ignite magnitude stuff is locked behind ignite chance which is wasted

[fiery wave]

ive been through it lule

ignite doesnt scale after its applied

besides resistances

[visual wasp]

oh ok ty! Does avatar of fire also convert dmg of mana tempest? i guess not or?

[fiery wave]

its in the tip of the tool

[drifting cedar]

thats not what im asking

incinerate and flame wall have a line that says "ignite as if dealing X damage" but they don't actually hit

I want to know if that X damage scales with nodes like

[fiery wave]

i see

well my guess is if they dont hit it doesnt scale with damage that scales hits

but youre right who knows

[drifting cedar]

you would think that, but they can gain as X

so its not quite as cut and dry

[gentle root]

Does anyone have a good Spark Sorc build recommendation for a mid-budget build? Like 10div

[fiery wave]

no i see your point

[gentle root]

Just powerleved to 89 and ahve everlasting gaze + midnight braid but can buy others, mainly looking to run t15/breaches/simu for currency

[proper mauve]

On a monk would a normal chest or Morior Invictus Grand Regalia be better?

[vale pewter]

what does this mean on maxroll?

[drifting cedar]

you want a low level flamewall

you are using flamewall to explode gas arrows. you won't continue getting low level uncut gems

if you don't get a low level flamewall, you will need to invest in intelligence to use it which is bad for your build

[dreamy bloom]

Does anyone have a good curse witch build?

[vale pewter]

oh ok

so dont level it up?

[uneven hound]

does anyone have a mainly lightning monk build? Most of what I've seen is ice based.

[sage tulip]

I was wondering something. If I use 2 cast on minion death and have comet on one and fire storm on the other and the flaming skull minions die from enemies would that pretty much cause an infinite loop of casting ?

[drifting cedar]

correct, you're just using it to explode gas arrows. the damage it does is irrelevant

[vale pewter]

gotcha

[static plinth]

@still rock How cooked is minimizing AoE Astral Projection Bone Cage

[peak acorn]

Crit hit chance to increase more cast speed for spark ? does that work

[static plinth]

Or maybe maximizing AoE idk if aoe moves the spikes further apart

Getting on to test it

[vale pewter]

would it not be better for a level 1 skill gem? why level 2?

[drifting cedar]

no idea