2┃build-planning

[astral drum]

I don't even remotely so enough damage

Bruh idk

I got two lightning staffs

One with +2 lightning skills

[strange delta]

Maybe go wand and focus with spell damage

Might help

[astral drum]

Which I assume applies even though it's on my second shot

[strange delta]

Ye, should level all lightning

[astral drum]

My main wand has +46% spell

Main staff*

[strange delta]

Sounds like you should be dealing dmg

[astral drum]

I feel like I messed up my build trying to test each skill out thinking it would work like Diablo and I could change them freely

[static plinth]

Only while wielding it

[astral drum]

I thought it was like how off hands give bonuses I didn't know I had to wield it

[lapis cedar]

we all make mistakes when fighting the evil snake jimbo

be not afraid

[strange delta]

That explains the lack of damage then

[astral drum]

What gems do I use?

[strange delta]

What is this evil snake

[lapis cedar]

what

[astral drum]

For spark

[strange delta]

Unleash for spark

[lapis cedar]

a malign entitiyy

that fucks ur build up

[upbeat oak]

If I have Despair running in Blasphemy and I Hexblast it, does its chaos resistance debuff apply to the damage dealt by Hexblast?

[thorny token]

thats how it worked with poe1 hexblast

so i would assume so

even without blasphemy

[vast plaza]

will the stat +x% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies affected by Ailments increases a skill that will consume an ailment to increase its damage, like Siphoning Strike?

[lone wave]

Do you find blasphemy worth it if not melee?

[viral crag]

Blasphemy works as far as I know, just requires investment when not a melee to get a good radius.

The size of the aura is the activation radius of the curse, so you have to put quite a bit into that if you're the type that wants to stay at range.

[mental frost]

if I am lvl 22 and have a pillar of the caged god...could I get through the campaign and lvl decently well by going that style build on a merc?

gemling leg

[lone wave]

Hmm. I'm noticing putting Hourglass into Cast On Shock greyed out the socketed spells. I hope that doesn't mean they just don't work with that support

[unreal dew]

if i already have corruption and one other curse as skills, can i slot another different two inside blasphemy for aura?

im trying to make some wild chaos cursed monk, but idk what im doing 😅

[viral crag]

Nothing stopping you except the "60 spirit per socketed curse" part, as far as I know.

[unreal dew]

nice

anyone can help me optimise build? (im travelling atm, but later i could send current char build on pvt) for the moment my curses doing wonders but ED is so underpowered I don't know what i need to do to power it up. char is awesome against crowd, low damage against bosses

[grave talon]

do any of you know how global defense works?

[solar walrus]

is a physical damage rune better or a critical damage soul core for a crit build

i feel like the tool tip doesn't properly calculate crit damage but i could be wrong

[lone wave]

am sad, decaying hex doesn't work with blashpemy

[still rock]

@static plinth @drifting cedar nvm phys spells are awful dont even bother

[opaque sundial]

Guys is dps better than additional arrow?

I have a bow with additional arrows with slightly less dps

Is that a better one than higher dps?

[thorny token]

depends on skill

but if your skill scales damage from projs then going for example from 3 to 4 projs is 33% more damage so yea

from 4 to 5 is 25% more etc, so depends if the dpsdifference is bigger than that or not

[opaque sundial]

It’s lightning arrow skill

Does it scale dmg from projs?

[cyan plinth]

Is there a place to view your characters current stun threshold? i cant find it

[thorny token]

no but lightning rod does

[opaque sundial]

Okok got it thank you bro

[haughty wadi]

can a physical skill still cause poison

with brutality support

[iron bane]

Does anyone have a budget flicker strike build? I just got to maps and barley have any currency so I can’t make a expensive one yet

[hollow pewter]

what runes should I put in for pcoc?

[delicate canyon]

anyone know why my cast on shock procs once on a boss then gets stuck at 100% after?

[blissful lintel]

Does Alpha howl increase the range of blasphemy

[frosty arrow]

no, blasphemy doesn't work off of presence range

[austere thistle]

does anyone know if Spell Cascade works together with Blasphemy?

[zenith pasture]

What’s that icon?

[lyric solstice]

Delirium mechanic, the big fog

The more you kill the more delirium fragments you get

[lyric solstice]

Theoretically it can proc poison but the poison would deal no damage

[silent prawn]

doesn't poison scale from Physical dmg?

[lyric solstice]

Yeah but when it's actually ticking down it's dealing chaos dmg

So the physical+chaos initial hit gets converted to the poison dmg overtime. That damage overtime is ticking for chaos damage

[lone wave]

... can the storm from elemental storm land the crit that summons the next storm?
I've had Controlled Destruction on it, but it occurs to me, maybe storms can make storms

[lyric solstice]

Expand the skill info screen by right clicking on it , it should say how much crit chance the spell has

[dawn spire]

Man my grenadier chronomancer is not quite hitting the spot I wanted it to after I respecced from ice shot.

Are there any particular skills/passives/supports that grenade build really need before they slap particularly hard? I have a bombard crossbow and the +1 proj on the tree and I'm detonating them with explosive shot.

I shoot out so many grenades that they don't all explode at once, though. Each of my three "piles" of grenades goes off like three bundles of firecrackers in sequence

[paper mulch]

anyone had success on arc sorc or know a good arc build? looking for build switch after the inevitable spark nerf

[dawn spire]

You build it basically the same way. I just know that the +100% chance for lightning spells to chain an additional time doesn't grant arc more damage, though.

[tidal copper]

I'm curious can I see the tree?

[dawn spire]

Likely a bug

[dawn spire]

I'm on mobile atm, but you can basically copy a spark build from maxroll and remove flame wall and any projectile-specific nodes/supports

[paper mulch]

ok didnt know about the 100% chain lightning node, good to know. I figured it would be super similar, just that previously i had to constantly use mana tempest w arc to get close to spark clear speed and i was constantly oom lol

[dawn spire]

Yeah most builds are constantly oom in poe2

Mana is a real problem to solve

Especially for spell builds

Unless you're chronomancer

Then it's easy

#ChronomancerGang

[tidal copper]

Mana issues aren't real if the enemy dies before I run out

[dawn spire]

Gl

[hasty vale]

If I'm running the 'Potential' skill support with a skill that already consumes X amount of power charges for increased effect how do both interact with eachother? Do I get the benefits of both?

I'm presuming the text where it says 'will consume power charges on use if possible' would mean that my skill would consume all the power charges first and therefore make the support gem not work?

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure the order they're consumed or what potential does, exactly. Does potential even work with skills that consume charges by default?

If so, I'd wager that potential will take a back seat to the skill's consumption of charges. So the skill will consume first, then any left over will get consumed by potential, if any

[hasty vale]

Haven't tested in-game but Maxroll's buildplanner currently allows you to and there's nothing directly in the description of the skill that says it can't be used on skills that consume them already. But yeah I highly doubt both would work in unison together. Unless it were a bug

[pearl sluice]

ah combat frenzy only works on shock and freeze... damn that actually breaks my fire bow witch build

is there any form of charges i can gain via fire? 🤔

[dawn spire]

Electrocute*, freeze, and pin.

Lingering illusion for power charges.

You can also try pinning with your skills. Or use three dragons to allow your fire damage to freeze/chill

Oh, wait, does fire shock with that?

Cold Ignites, fire shocks, lightning freezes, I think. My b

[pearl sluice]

hm dont think pinning will be a reliable source when auto attacking with bow. Tried to build a fire multishot zon i mean witch

[dawn spire]

You can use pin support on your auto attack

[pearl sluice]

yeah but then there is no synergy with fire at all

the more i try to more walls i see

the bow sorc works atleast somehow 😅

maybe i swap the bow for mace there are plenty of options to ignite stuff 🤔

[lyric solstice]

Also you can use a passive keystone to convert endurance charge to frenzy, frenzy to power etc

If you wanna generate charges through stun

Will cost a support gem instead of a spirit gem though

[dawn spire]

As an ice shot chrono, yeah, I love it. Why do you want charges?

[pearl sluice]

i wanted to trigger the auto attack with barrage

to have the feeling of an MS zon from D2

[dawn spire]

Barrage doesn't trigger anything, what do you mean?

[pearl sluice]

barrage can be empowered to shoot multiple times

[compact kiln]

I keep dying to corpse explosion, what resistance can I stack to mitigate this?

[pearl sluice]

thats why i wanted the frenzy charges from ignite which do not exist

[pearl sluice]

fire and phys it should be i guess

[dawn spire]

Barrage cannot be empowered, it empowers your next bow attack.

But I see what you mean. You want to empower your auto attack with barrage

[pearl sluice]

yeah and Barrage can consume charges thats what i meant

[compact kiln]

phys? like armour?

[dawn spire]

Best defense against corpse explosion is glasses to see the corpse. Or patience so you wait before looting

[dawn spire]

So why not use a different skill to clear/build charges that can freeze/pin/electrocute and then spend them all with a barraged auto attack?

Or maybe a weapon swap

[pearl sluice]

freeze and witch has no real theme to build on also thats what my sorc is doing bow ice shot with rain of arrows and some spell proccs

[dawn spire]

What do you mean, no theme to build on? Like an aesthetic tie between them?

[pearl sluice]

yeah synergies and aesthetic ofc

witch has some fire related stuff so i thought cool i go with a bow and trigger my spells on ignite while buffing the bow with previous discussed skill

[dawn spire]

All I know is that you're a witch with barrage and auto attack and you want to do "fire bow". What ascendancy are you? What other skills are you using?

You could also use resonance with the support gem that gets you endurance charges as someone else said

[pearl sluice]

so took the fire curse with support gems to ignite the ground then ofc the firewall to ignite my bow attack and solar orb on ignite procc

no ascend yet but infernalist sounded fitting

[dawn spire]

Personally I would have gone basically anything except witch for that build idea lol

I literally think every non-witch ascendancy is more appealing to me, personally, for that concept

Not saying that's a bad thing, just odd to me that you went for witch

Warbringer might also be pretty low on my list

But to help you out, I think getting frenzy charges is gonna be a pain no matter what.

Barrage with no charges still does two repeats, so that's... Something I guess

All of your damage can shock. So it lets your physical, cold, fire, and chaos damage also shock alongside lightning

[brisk glade]

All elemental damages have a chance to shock

Usually the more damage you deal and can pen resistance, the easier is to apply their specific ailments

[dawn spire]

Hold alt and click on lightning/shock for more info

The more damage you do (that can shock), the higher the chance you apply a shock

Shock magnitude and duration is independent of the damage you deal

[upbeat ivy]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/frost-mage-infernalist-build-guide

im trying to make this build but i only have 4 frost mages 1 storm 1 cleric

why is my spirit so low? (level 62?)

[pearl sluice]

Now thats an interessting question. If you got CI and Stun Treshhold based on parts of your es...and then get 25% increased Stun Treshhold from the quest...does that even do anything?

[dawn spire]

Spirit comes from scepters, body Armour, amulets, some uniques, 100 from the campaign, and the infernalist node that gives you more spirit based on your life

[upbeat ivy]

i dont have that node yet

but idk how to get my 3rd set of ascendancy points

[dawn spire]

The Barya for your third ascension is a random drop in level 60+ areas

[upbeat ivy]

so is it just woth farming like the black chambers for one?

[dawn spire]

I don't think farming anything in the campaign is worth

[upbeat ivy]

dont i kinda need the 3rd set of asc points?

[dawn spire]

I'd either buy one or just keep progressing. I didn't get my third ascension until level 75

[upbeat ivy]

still tho i just looked

[dawn spire]

That depends on your build

[upbeat ivy]

it would only giev me +30 spirit?

[dawn spire]

How much spirit do you have?

[dawn spire]

Higher level minions also lower spirit cost

[upbeat ivy]

4 frost mages seems really low???

nvm was 20 levels ove rme

lmao

[snow sierra]

Frost mages is something you transition over when you have better gear and crit jewels. It dosnt work very well on the low end of gear imo

[upbeat ivy]

i just reset my tree and now i dont have money LMAO

to do it again

let me send my tree

(just more attribute points along the top)

[snow sierra]

Its not about the tree its about having ~20div in jewels

[upbeat ivy]

no i know but where do i transition

now i have this tree

lmao

what build should i use??

[snow sierra]

Standart Arsonist build is the best to use

[upbeat ivy]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/bombarding-minions-infernalist-build-guide

this?

[snow sierra]

no

[upbeat ivy]

i dont have a link to said build

im a relatively new player sooo

kinda confused lmao

started playing 1st jan lol

[snow sierra]

Well first of all the sceenshot of your tree just ends at the top

dont know if you have any points there

[upbeat ivy]

as i said i only have attrib points above

[snow sierra]

this tree is kinda a clusterfk, but well i assume you are playing energy shield ?

[upbeat ivy]

these my only sapphires

[upbeat ivy]

i have 1k health 3k shield yeah

[snow sierra]

And are you at maps ?

[upbeat ivy]

yeah literally end havent done a map

but finished act 3 cruel

[snow sierra]

i assuming you done asendency 2 times and have 4 points to spend ?

[upbeat ivy]

Yeah

this is my budget

[snow sierra]

Well thats more then enough to get something going, you said you dont have gold to respecc ?

[upbeat ivy]

no i have 16k

[snow sierra]

ah dam man this tree is so bad, you wasting alot of points

[upbeat ivy]

its just what maxroll told me

[digital eagle]

How do I socket into Svalinn for Cast on Block?

[snow sierra]

And i kinda would like to get you a ghostwrithe and specc you into CI for easy mapping start

[upbeat ivy]

CI?

I have a ghostwrithe

somone gave me one yesterday but im not sure how to build around it

[snow sierra]

Chaos Inoculation

cause you dont have the ascendency points an money to not pick it atm i would take care of chaos res

[fringe cape]

Hey I'm new to PoE and I see a passive in the tree called "Warding Fetish" that says 30% increase damage per curse on you... but I have no idea how I'm supposed to curse myself? Is there a way to curse myself?

[upbeat ivy]

hmm yeah ik its tough

what build should i make?

i just want to be able to start mapping lol

[snow sierra]

i gonna try to give you abit of direction, gonna wisper you to not spamm the channel other ppl need help too

[upbeat ivy]

alright thank you

[plucky aspen]

Im making a hybrid evasion/energy shield build but cant decide the body armour, is it better to get full evasion body armour for %100 body armour evasion notable and 1 energy shield per 12 evasion notable or is it still better to go with hybrid one ?

[thorny token]

hybrid is better

the 100% inc evasion from body works just like any other increase to evasion

it just applies only to body and thats it

[plucky aspen]

oh I thought it was increasing the base, thanks a lot

[inland wagon]

is it always to soul core or use rune?

[errant hare]

Can a pure physical attack build possible with the dark monk?
With the + extra damage as chaos.

[lyric solstice]

Iron rune for any Phys weapon

[lyric solstice]

Yeah that's what I'm playing right now, scaling poison seems perfectly matched with the ascendancy as both physical and chaos affect poison magnitude

[errant hare]

Can u share ur build?

[lyric solstice]

It started out with this then did my own changes that fit me later https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/079e2bad-e5ec-4293-b722-9300564820a9/builds/29fb7ca7-d0d4-474f-ac54-6baa64203f89?widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJhOTBmMDNkZi1iZTEyLTRmY2MtYTQ0MS1jZWRmNmExZmFmZGYifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

[pastel valley]

why does this have a bluegreen border? i'm using NeverSink

[lyric solstice]

Those ususally can be chance orbed into high end uniques, heavy belt can be chanced into head hunter, if ur really lucky

[pastel valley]

ah thanks!

[lyric solstice]

Probably can fetch a good price as it is if you don't want to gamble, I don't know the price off the top of my head though

[cunning sleet]

if there is a body armor with 800 ES has 20 qual avail and 2 sockets avail is it okay calc that it will be 800 * 1.2(qual) then *1.4 (2 sockets) ? I'm try to get chest off trade for lead me through grace to get a spirit breakpoint

[fiery stone]

With Call of the Brotherhood. Should I have lightning or cold damage on my weapon/ring?

[lyric solstice]

If you are looking at the trade website it ususally lists the number with 20% quality already

[white timber]

Hey, is there any trick to have stable bonus from nodes while flask active?

[lyric solstice]

Lightning

[plush crypt]

how do magnitude passive nodes stack?

[rugged barn]

How do monks keep up power charges permanently? Watching YT vids and ppl just have perma power charges. I always end up killing the mobs (im only a level 22 baby monk) before i can use the telekill skill (palm strike or something), is there another secret later on i should look out for?

[compact mountain]

Umm I've been wondering if I should get an Ingenuity belt or stick with Headhunter, has anyone currently playing Deadeye, used both/made the switch ?

[lament vector]

For the standard shock slap build, is stun threshold a desirable gear roll?

[torn wyvern]

Is there a guaranteed drop for a stellar amulet, or just gotta get lucky?

[gloomy compass]

What is the "ailment threshold" for the tempest bell? 🔔

Like how much fire damage should I have to get a ignite on it

[distant glade]

What’s builds are actually tanky during the campaign? Having a hard time making it out of acts in hc

If any

[hasty vale]

SRS Infernalist is pretty popular for hardcore

it's pretty tanky with the hound you get as first ascendancy point

plus its a minion build so they tank a lot for you

[gloomy compass]

I'm gonna try making an infernalist quarterstaff monk

Hopefully can get the tankiness from infernalist conversions and clear from qs skills

[lyric solstice]

You add em up together

[lyric solstice]

https://youtu.be/RrjHj0ZuDOM

[lyric solstice]

Headhunter is pretty fun but because of the low number of rares you will encounter in this game + lack of synergy unlike Poe1, Ingenuity will give u more bang for your buck

[lyric solstice]

Just gotta get lucky, can try and gamble at the merchants in towns

[lyric solstice]

Most likely stacking armor/block on warrior. Or stacking Energy shield as sorc/witch as they have alot near the start of their passive tree

[compact mountain]

Thanks for the input! Yeah I'm having so much fun with Headhunter to be honest! The increase in damage with an 80% Ingenuity would be about 10k but eh...

[solid flume]

any idea on how to mitigate veil of the night? (can't replace body armor / amulet)

Its running fine, but encountering DOT is a pain

[elder mural]

WHat would be the best option to proc herald of ice with a physical skill every time with big hit without cutting too much dmg

[keen rapids]

Is anyone interested in hopping in a call and reviewing my build to help me scale damage? Im level 92 titan with a decent bleed build, just having a hard time scaling damage and i cant figure it out..

[dawn spire]

All increased magnitude for the same effect stack additively

[dawn spire]

Herald of lightning with glaciation and cold infusion

Idk if it's the best

But it's solid

And then put lightning infusion and conduction on Herald of ice

As long as you freeze or shock at least one thing it should proc on the whole pack

[elder mural]

I see, so i need to run double herald

[dawn spire]

No, I said it's one option

Out of curiosity, why do you want to proc Herald of ice on a physical build?

[elder mural]

FOr the 100% dmg explosion

For aoe

[dawn spire]

Voltaic mark and infernal cry would also work and might be easier

[elder mural]

IM playing shield charge its high cooldown and i want the screen to explode

[mental tinsel]

What's the best skill for a large aoe melee attack around the player? The intent is to hit lots of Writhing Jar worms and I've always found Cyclone to be quite lacking in this.

[dawn spire]

Then it sounds like you might want to slap cold infusion on your shield charge

[elder mural]

cold infusion + herald of ice

[dawn spire]

Is writhing jar in poe2?

[mental tinsel]

This is PoE 2? Ah fuck

My bad. I'll move along. 😄

[dawn spire]

That won't help it proc. You'd need cold infusion on the thing doing the hitting

[elder mural]

YEs, cold infusion on my Shield charge

[dawn spire]

And it might be difficult to freeze stuff on a dime without investing into any cold stuff

[elder mural]

Then my hebralkd of ice will proc

I could use blasphemy with hypothermia

[dawn spire]

That's a LOT of spirit investment

And a support gem. I thought there were other ways to make things blow up

Also, Herald of ice requires a fair but of dex and int for a high level one

[elder mural]

Was thinking astramentis

And using a sceptre

DOing my own build 😛

Sinc ei dont use hammer of the god i dont need a big 2 hand

i can still use hammer of the god on weapon swap for bossing

The thing is im hcssf so kinda hard to test everything

[dawn spire]

Fair enough. Gl getting astramentis lmao

Yeah idk how shield charge works. It seems like it doesn't use your main hand at all which is very good news for scepters

Also, Herald of ice, itself, cannot freeze. So you'd need to either use the Herald of thunder + ice combo I mentioned, or have a really big aoe on shield charge to begin with

[rancid stag]

any infernalist build with minions but without flame wall + srs?

[hardy haven]

Storm mage doryani or Freeze mage

Freeze mage requires you have good gear, storm mages are easier once you have doryani + 2x ventor

All other builds seem to use flame wall/srs

[rancid stag]

could that potentially be doable at like lvl 45?

it's an alt so i have currency to gear up

[hardy haven]

Dont know actually, but I think Doryani is somewhat required to get the damage off the ground

Freeze Mage most probably does not work, it requires a lot of things

[rancid stag]

ill go take a look at it

thanks!

[keen rapids]

Is anyone available to take a look at my build and help me scale my damage? Just taking too long to kill bosses

[hybrid ocean]

Hey, chill is an action slow, right?

And not only movement

[rancid stag]

storm mage looks really nice! i think im going to try that

[elder mural]

SOunds good, i will test stuff up, i need to chance that Astramentis first tho i cant swap sceptre without it.

Tx for the tips

[rancid stag]

so cool that there's builds that intentionally want less resistances

[keen rapids]

If anyone has time at some point to help take a look at my build, I would appreciate it. I'm a lvl 92 titan and im just confused on how to scale my damage

[dawn spire]

If it doesn't specify what type of slow, yes, it's action speed slow

[hybrid ocean]

Great

[dawn spire]

Boss dps help

[hybrid ocean]

So one other thing I'm wondering

Do you know if reduced potency like from these nodes is additive or multiplicative with increased curse effect?

I'm theorycrafting a build wherein you'd take both of those and slot in a bunch of these jewels

And then use these to hit yourself with an absolutely massive temporal chains

[dawn spire]

I believe they're multiplicative. If a curse slows you by 50% and you have 50% reduced curse effect and 50% reduced potency of slows, I think it would reduce the new curse amount of 25% by half, so 12.5% would be the final slow in that example

[hybrid ocean]

That's what I would think too

I'll have to test I suppose

[dawn spire]

Ah, so you get minimally slowed but keep the buff duration

[hybrid ocean]

Oh nvm, I see. That hadn't occurred to me

I'm hoping that it would be (Curse Resist + Slow resist ) * Curse magnitude

If it's what you describe, then I'm better off ditching warding fetish entirely and just going crazy with slow resist

[hybrid ocean]

The idea is to try to reach a negative slow

[dawn spire]

Oh, I see. With > 100% reduced curse effect?

[hybrid ocean]

Which I'm imagining will be multiplicative with other sources of speed

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah

Or -100% slow effect, since i don't think there even exists that much curse resist

Would likely involve this thing and then like 10 of those jewels

[mental needle]

Is it possible to start on a different path on passive skill than the initial one set on the class

[thorny token]

no

[white timber]

Can someone explain this node? Like im stunning anyway, or its just a filler node aswell?

[hybrid ocean]

Primed for stun happens sooner than normal

It's basically culling strike but for stuns instead of kills

[pale flicker]

is it worth to use evasion over es or use a hybrid build on monk? I feel like es is just to powerful.

I am specifically struggeling with the 4th ascension because, even though i have 75% honor resistance, my honor pool is to low ( 1.5k hp / 1.5k es and 85% evasion rating )

any ideas? Is evasion just useless and i should focus entirely on hp and es as armor and evasion is ignored? 🤯

[serene isle]

do you think this titan build is good https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/kripp-ghost-es-slammer-titan

[dawn spire]

If kripp made it, yes

[dawn spire]

Evasion is basically useless on its own imo. It's a great complement to other defenses.

[pale flicker]

So, grim fast and stack es, as well as evasion for the time being with some hp mixed in?

Additional related question. Focusing on evasion + es, which bases are best in slot?

( resource: https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Body_armour )

• Armor: Expert Waxed Jacket?
• Helmet: Expert Tribal Mask ?
• Gloves: Expert Linen Wraps ?
• Boots: Expert Hunting Shoes ?

or is it better to focus for example select ES helmet ( Expert Feathered Tiara ) and evasion boots ( Expert Lizardscale Boots )?

Is there maybe a resource fo someone who has already done the math? A lot of mobalitics / youtube guids focus on pure evasion - but it seems to just be bad, at least it feels bad to me at the moment. Then again maybe i am doing something wrong and thus i am asking :D.

[oblique marlin]

anyone can explain how 3 mods possible on Megalomaniac?
since it is dropped as corrupted, and can have maximum 2 mods according to any database?

[grizzled pebble]

What skills do people run with demon form? Do you still use minions?

[dawn spire]

Demon form disables your weapons, so you lose spirit from your scepter. So I'd say minions are out. They also don't benefit from the spell levels from demon form

[grizzled pebble]

I see. Interesting

[dawn spire]

I'm on a work trip for two weeks and can't play poe2, so I'm gonna be pondering what the heck to do with my level 82 chronomancer. I just respecced from ice shot to grenades and I kinda regret it. The grenades are way too visually (and audibly) noisy for my taste

I want something way more subtle that can maybe synergize with chrono, especially temporal rift and the 20% slow

[grizzled pebble]

I’ve been enjoying my time with frost wall / fireball chronomancer

[dawn spire]

I did just find a pretty gnarly fire staff. I also have a Taryn's shiver which made me wanna do some weird freeze ignite build, perhaps

What else does your build do/use aside from fireball ice wall?

And do you raise or lower the ice wall life?

[crude lagoon]

The skill Time of Need, anyone know what the cooldown and health gain is at level 19 or 20 of the skill

I cant find the data online anywhere

[cerulean finch]

how to get the btm ES here?

[hardy haven]

Use quality items on the item, armourer scrap

[cerulean finch]

how to calculate the total es here? is it 266+32 x 1.23?

[elder mural]

Why gems heif maximun melee phys doesnt work with shield charge ?

It doesnt make sence

[sharp osprey]

My first go of Jamanra was rough with my witch, but as my build progressed into Cruel and I got demon form I absolutely crushed him the second time. <30 seconds.

now I'm doing it first time on monk and I've hit a wall again. anyone else have this experience? Is it just game flow that cruel is easier or is it something about my build that normal Jamanra is a c*nt?

[snow sierra]

Minion Chronomancer or Detonate death Chono is ofc king 😛

[sleek portal]

Hey guys what stats should I be looking out for in general a for invoker monk specifically?

[viral crag]

I've seen a lot of people find the second go around easier.
You've had a chance to build gear, establish your build, build synergies, and you're already familiar with how that character plays into that boss 👍

My build is probably far from high-performance, and I had a few deaths to regular Jamanra.
One-shot when I made it to cruel 😅

[pale flicker]

have the same experience with ranger

seems to be very hard on normal, easier on cruel

[nimble fiber]

Does anyone know if it is possible to heavy stun a white mob with one hit or does it generally involve alot of hits?

[sharp cradle]

maybe with merc flash grenade

[vital aspen]

does anyone know which support gem this is lol

[viral crag]

I don't see anything that mechanically prevents it from being a single hit, but I'm not familiar enough with the thresholds to say that you could do it reliably.

[viral crag]

Not seeing it, but would help to mention what skill it was supporting. Would help people narrow it down 👍

[vital aspen]

eye of winter

[sharp osprey]

avoiding him isn't too much of an issue, I can handle dodging his moveset 70% of the time. The problem is the health pool means the 30% i get hit is enough to outlast my potions. How do I up my damage? I thought i was fairly optimized even for this stage. Is accuracy stacking the thing? I heard he has high evasion.

[abstract mortar]

hello guys
anybody knows if volcanic fissure applies stun/heavystun?

[thin basin]

266 is the number with all mods calc into it already, 319 is 266*1.2 aka with quality

[upbeat ivy]

how long would it take roughly to get a divine from t7-t11 maps?

like a divines worth of loot

[craggy yew]

What is the source of shock on a spark stormweaver?

[abstract mortar]

spark i assume

[craggy yew]

Like spark by itself isn’t giving shock

Or is it bc my chance is too low

[abstract mortar]

or maybe ure using a support gem that makes it unnable to cause ailments

[craggy yew]

In the skill description does it specifically have to say that it builds up shock?

[abstract mortar]

this can also be a thing

[craggy yew]

I tried it without that support gem

[hardy haven]

looks like either martial tempo or scattershot

[abstract mortar]

if ure using the support that makes it unable to apply ailment ull never apply shock

but i dont really know the build, to be honest
would be good to check a guide
what i can say is that theres a support gem that gives more chance do shock and also there are a lot of nodes in passive tree which gives chance to shock/apply ailment

[thin basin]

Unless you run elemental focus or the gem specifically say it cannot shock it should shock with lightning damage

If youre not shocking then just mean either youre not doing enough damage or you need some shock chance on tree

[craggy yew]

I don’t really understand how ailments work. I just want to know if the skill description needs to explicitly say that it causes the ailment to cause shock or do all lightning skills innately cause shock?

[thin basin]

All lightning damage have innate shock chance

[drifting cedar]

all lightning hits have a chance to shock unless specified otherwise

[craggy yew]

Thanks

[elder mural]

Gem Heft doesnt work woth shield charge which is a bug because every melee phy and phy gems do work with flat dmg.

Anyone know if its intended or bug

[drifting cedar]

sounds like a bug to me, heft should affect everything that deals physical damage hits

[buoyant finch]

Anyone have level 30 witch minion gear they don't want 🥺

[viral crag]

Trying to read this one, does the shield charge damage count as a hit?

I assume so since it has a crit, I'm just unsure how to tell as a general rule.

[celest oxide]

Is Brute Strength notable working or no? It doesn’t change my skill DPS at all

[still rock]

It also seems bugged with phys spells

[scarlet oasis]

Hoping someone could help me, looking for support gem set up for spark to use on bosses as my boss damage is lacking

[still rock]

Maybe its just a tooltip bug but I didn't test fully to see potential dmg differences

[broken sluice]

are iron rune effects global or local?

[still rock]

local

[oblique marlin]

folks where to check how many accuracy i have?

[dull cargo]

What the life flask that give u energy shield instead

[still rock]

in the skill gem details window

[still rock]

node on the passive tree called Eternal Youth

[broken sluice]

thanks

[dull cargo]

Thank you

[dull gate]

Anyone try lightning arrow with herald of thunder/ herald of ash instead of herald of ice? If so, any build yall can share?

[astral badger]

someone on Reddit said MoM is likely to get nerfed. What do we think the chance of this is?

[sharp osprey]

Is there no way to view things like crit chance and accuracy on console/controller? Pulling up advanced info on the skill doesnt show either stat.

[thorny token]

0

[astral badger]

Thank christ

[thorny token]

if anything is getting nerfed it will be archmage and/or everlasting sacrifice

but not mom

[sharp osprey]

I'd really like an answer btw if anyone has one.

If not I'll keep posting every little while until someone who has an answer sees it.

[muted birch]

Forgive me guys, does anyone here have a good build for a summonmancer?

Minnion Witch, I mean

[still rock]

i bet they colloquially were referring to mana stacking in general being nerfed which probably will happen in some form but yeah MoM itself is fine

[astral badger]

what could they nerf about mana stacking? and what's considered stacking? I have 4300 mana on my sorc

[coral edge]

how much mana regen do i need for mind over matter?

[fleet blaze]

i dont know what build i wanna do. leaning towards some sort of fire caster. already did quarterstaff monk was gonna do attr gemling with POG and astramentis since it dropped but it just feels bad playing another quarterstaff build

[coral edge]

with mind over matter i have 500 regen/sec

[still rock]

like deathbeam said, most likely archmage or maybe also EG interaction with EB

[sharp osprey]

How much time do I have to spend gabbing about random things on public discords before people there acknowledge I exist? Do I need an anime avatar? Should I buy nitro?

[astral badger]

Makes sense, thanks!

[oblique marlin]

so we have notable passive + attack speed per 250 accuracy
and we have notable passive increase Accuracy at melee range. how it will work together? or accuracy from second passive will not count toward ias bonud?

[still rock]

idk but if u keep talking like that probably a while

[still rock]

idk why it wouldn't but thats something you wouldn't see in character sheet data

since its conditional

PoB when

[viral crag]

People answer when they have an answer. By and large your most active people that answer questions are PC players 😦

[astral badger]

Is there a way to see how much crit chance one of my skills has?

[elder mural]

What is that combo exactly i dont understand

[still rock]

skill detail window

[astral badger]

does that take into account passives and stuff?

[daring bobcat]

yes but not inevitable critical support iirc

[still rock]

it does

[still rock]

ye

[astral badger]

awesome ty

[dawn condor]

YES

though I haven't tried the F concoction skills yet

both of THE f concoction put in work

if ur broke u go poison

really wanna try out fulminating with a herald of thunder

feel like herald will do the mobbin and fulminating does all the single target

[still rock]

cold infusion and polcirkeln ring if the dmg is high enough

[dawn condor]

first a mf tells someone's to close thier if they don't wanna see his post now this

this is hilarious

[still rock]

nobody is entitled to being answered

in fact a high majority of my questions go unanswered because nobody knows the answer yet

[old carbon]

Are there any decent cold builds out there? Crafted a decent staff on SSF and thinking of giving it a go. The ones I saw seem a little sluggish.

[daring bobcat]

Check Kurri's build, it feels good even without the 20 div gear

[daring bobcat]

that's a really nice staff wish it had more mana but the spell dmg probably makes up for it

[still rock]

solid af for ssf whew

[daring bobcat]

also takes cast speed rings which are expensive

[old carbon]

I ll check out the build 👍

[still rock]

every spell build wants cast speed in poe2 tbh

its like a QoL stat atp

[daring bobcat]

True true, got my cast speed on staff, cast speed rings we're too expensive

[still rock]

i miss cold dot

hoping it makes a return

[oblique marlin]

folks anyone know Ingenuity notable passive Hash ID? on poe2db only unique, but no passive skill that can be found

[minor tree]

wouldn't dark effigy be super good in a totem build? instead of shockwave/ancestral

[pale totem]

Is it worth to put over 100% rarity on gear

Or replace with like ES increase or other stuff

For sockets

[agile pelican]

Is there a rough guideline on when i can safely take mind over matter + eldritch battery?

[still rock]

it requires multiple dots to get going so the clear speed wouldnt be great

but single target it slaps

unfortunately rn like most of the games skills/builds are gatekept by being competitive in clear speed

because it just feels like shit to do a map at half speed

[upper viper]

Anyone with a inpending doom build, using merc-grem. That have had the issue when mana stacking it removed X amount of mana after a level up. I just when from around 12.4k mana to 8.6k mana.

How much attributes do we get per level up ?

[solar walrus]

can a divine orb on this increase physical damage beyond 34%

accuracy phys roll is kindof a brick but it was cheap and gives a lot of crit chance

wondering if i can improve a bit with a few divines

[sharp cradle]

I wouldn’t div

[static spade]

Hey guys, can you increase the Quality of belts?

[solar walrus]

i just spend divs on gear i never actually used one

[sharp cradle]

You can get 2x the damage for 1 div on the market

[solar walrus]

I am trying something with crit scaling, I have high phys staffs too

going for 1k damage bonus

[upper viper]

And a requirement for attributes, be hidden somehow ?

like when gear turns red

[solar walrus]

I think crit damage is better than the tooltip says

[still rock]

no it only rerolls within the tier

[solar walrus]

Ok

So ill have to anul or get a new one

[still rock]

chaos orb

get lucky fren

[solar walrus]

Yolo gamba

I only care about 2 of 6 lines

Crit chance and damage but

I think im better buying item bases and rolling myself

[still rock]

well in this case youd want to chaos the flat lightning

[solar walrus]

Chaos is too much gamba

[lime ember]

for ignite, does "gain damage as extra" get added to the ignite?

[solar walrus]

This warstaff shows less dps in tooltip but bosses die like 1.5x faster

[still rock]

technically yes if its gain extra as fire

because the hit would be higher

[solar walrus]

Cast on crit goes brrt

[lime ember]

I am asking for specifically burning inscription

[still rock]

then no

[twin orbit]

hi is there an auto-run feature were you start running towards your cursor with out clicking? thanks

[lime ember]

does burning inscription benefit from ignite magnitude then if there is no "hit" that ignites?

[still rock]

are you using the crits ignore ele res?

invoker node

[solar walrus]

Ya

[still rock]

because that wouldnt be displayed in tooltip

another huge case of why tooltips lie for a lot of things

[solar walrus]

I went up 120% crit damage, only lost 100 flat phys

But it shows 3k less tooltip dps

[still rock]

most conditional things do not reflect in tooltip dps

[solar walrus]

Makes sense

When the comets come down everything dies

My pc cannot keep up

The build is good if your gamecrashes

[still rock]

the only thing tooltip dps is accurate for is showing a decent percentage of increase in some stats

but i wouldnt even trust it for that a lot of the time

[solar walrus]

We need an accurate calc

[still rock]

not sure - normally I'd assume it doesnt but shocked ground works with magnitude

but that one is much easier to visually confirm

burning ground doesnt have a huge number on your screen telling you what % it is lol

[still rock]

PoB

one day we will be reunited

[solar walrus]

Im gonna just use common sense gamer knowledge for now

Crit = good. Monkey like good

Do any other items offer multiplicative crit rate or is that only on weapons

[still rock]

afaik just weapons

[solar walrus]

100% crit rate would be absurd but it feels like 70-80 is kindof our max

[lime ember]

so ignite magnitude on that would be treated as 20% of your max mana (in my case 5000) so my base "hit" is 1000, and ignite scaling on that is 20% of that.

if I have 50% magnitude the base hit goes to 1500, and then i get 20% of that as the ignite. So 50% magnitude would be a 300 dps increase, which means every percent of magnitude is roughly a 6dps increase on that base damage

is what ive found

[solar walrus]

Once u spool up comet they like chain react and comets crit to proc more comets

I blue screened on the breach boss lol

[upbeat ivy]

am i underpricing this item?

getting a lot of msgs

[solar walrus]

I was having mana problems but i fixed it

Dont waste your time with 3 ex trades

15-20 minimum

Inflation baby

[upbeat ivy]

im new

[still rock]

That would make sense if it worked that way but like I said I have no clue how to test if it actually does

[upbeat ivy]

im level 68 man

[solar walrus]

Your level doesnt mean your equipment is worthless

Exalted orbs are like pennies at this point

[wanton fern]

I’ll give you 5 orbs of trans for it

[upbeat ivy]

right but i just started mapping

how am i meant to have 15-20ex drops only at t11 mapping

[haughty wadi]

in what way is life recovery rate different from life regeneration rate

[solar walrus]

If u got spammed try pricing it around 10-20 ex

Rarity double res is good

[haughty wadi]

i know life recovery rate would also apply to things like flask and leech, but are they multiplicative with each other

[solar walrus]

Dont undersell yourself thats how people get stuck in mid game

Week 1 stash tab u would label 3 ex should be 5x that now cus of inflation lol

[upbeat ivy]

but then dont you spend days waiting

idk

[indigo valley]

Is there a way to make stormcaller arrow proc freeze more often ?

[upbeat ivy]

@solar walrus am i dumb for pricing it this high?

[astral willow]

recovery rate is a multipler to all sources of regeneration

[solar walrus]

Flat lightning doesnt add a lot to pillar

Thats like +5 ex from its clean version if its socketed

Or is lightning damage from your runes

That pillar is confusing 😂

[astral willow]

potcg is a pretty common drop. I got a couple new ones for less than 10ex after i messed the runes up on my levelling one doing flat dmg on them

do attacks speed cores for mapping, res pen for boss

[sharp cradle]

there’s this

[solar walrus]

Too bad the rest is garbage

[sharp cradle]

yea

[still rock]

thats runes

[sharp cradle]

amulets can roll too

[still rock]

its for leveling tbf

[sharp cradle]

& a few skill gems

[still rock]

assailum is like specifically for snipe builds

i dont see any usage outside of that

[tidal copper]

The helmet is terrible, not even in snipe builds

Imagine losing your helmet slot like that

[ornate mortar]

anyone witch hunter merc can help me on galvanic shards build?

[hollow galleon]

is recoup mechanics any good? any way to reduce the time to instant?

[fleet blaze]

why doesn't mathil have a weapon equipped on his essence drain infernalist?

[still rock]

finding the perfect timing for snipe is so important so i used it for mine, any amt of action speed change can make the window come sooner or later so its not like a static timing you have muscle memory for

i found it much more consistent with assailum

[upbeat ivy]

sold it for 25ex

[tidal copper]

I feel that recoup must be balanced around chronomancer sadly
But there is quite a bit of support from the tree

[astral willow]

gj lol. Ultimately things are worth whatever people will pay for them and sounds like you got lucky

[upbeat ivy]

made 30 ex mapping in t1-t8s lol (10 maps done)

[terse escarp]

Demon form ignores weapon stats

[upbeat ivy]

is there a "best" atlas tree to take

[tidal copper]

I removed the support for more DMG and smaller windowbin snipe and I can hit 8/10 times
And you still get a helmet with health it's just so bad

[last arrow]

bruh i just realized ballistas are fucking xbow skills? So you can't even scale +skills with already awful skills with a quiverD:

[tidal copper]

Sure depending on what you want to focus there is a best for that objective

[upbeat ivy]

whats the best for making currency

[still rock]

its 50% more damage

there isnt anything higher than that lol

[tidal copper]

True you'll lose quite a bit of DMG still better

[still rock]

too addicted to two shotting bosses

my snipe spiral volley warbringer dies to a sneeze tho

need to repath him as ar/es or eva/es

ar/eva is absolute garbage

[dreamy bloom]

what support gems are good on vulnerability? preferably lvl 1

[frosty arrow]

Will it ignore anything in weapon slots? Including shield and focus?

[terse escarp]

Im not sure but i think so. I would test it

[frosty arrow]

Less duration for faster pop, and larger area I suppose

[dreamy bloom]

but like what gems specifically

[tidal copper]

I thought about it and came up with this there are a lot of options but I believe this could be an option

[solar walrus]

double corrupt makes ailment maps actually unplayable

but if you're swimming in good maps its a good pick

[pale vine]

I was looking at the various passives that scale some stat off of another or stat on gear

Unless I'm getting the math wrong, it seems that both Spiked Shield and Greatest Defense are lackluster compared to Lay Siege and Offensive Stance

1% increased Attack Damage per 75 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield```
```Greatest Defense
2% increased Attack Damage per 75 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield```

The highest base armour on a shield is `182`
The highest +armour prefix is `+256`
The highest +% armour prefix is `+100%`

So that would give `(182 + 256) * 2` = `876` Armour on your shield
So rounding down `876 / 75 = 11.68` ... rounded down = `11` ...

So `Spiked Shield` = `+11% Damage` and `Greatest Defense` = `+22% Damage` with darn near perfect prefixes on your shield

Meanwhile ... base block % is 26%
```Lay Siege
1% increased Damage per 1% Chance to Block```
```Offensive Stance
1% increased Damage per 1% Chance to Block```

So they start at `+26% Damage` for both

Am I missing something or this is really how it is ... these are just that much better?

Or do the ones scaling off of Armour / Evasion on your shield also benefit from the passives that give you more defenses from your shield?

[atomic vault]

Finally got enough spirit to include a cast on shock lightning conduit into my stormweaver build. I expected it to melt a map boss, but it kind of just felt like it drained my mana and barely did any damage. Anyone experience this and know what I am doing wrong?

[frosty arrow]

I don't really remember names of gems. I use search function in gem selection window to look for effects I need. If you punch in area, and then duration you'll find both of them

[hexed silo]

So you can't equip the same gem on 2 different skills ? Like 25% Increase attack speed on 2 different skills ?

[frosty arrow]

ordinarily no

one of the gemling's ascendancy nodes allows for that, but everyone else gets to use one support gem per character

[hexed silo]

Really makes you think where to put the gems lol

[frosty arrow]

that's the idea

[still rock]

highest armor ive seen on a shield was like 1450 or something

[frosty arrow]

I actually really like the system, since it makes you create synergies between skills. Rather then just trying to make a powerhouse out of each one

[still rock]

i think youre missing an affix plus the socket or potentially two sockets w vaal and also the chance of the vaal implicit for defeense %

[hexed silo]

I agree, it is a good system.

[static plinth]

Why is bleed bad rn?

[still rock]

15% magnitude, have to aggravate for it to do anything

which is almost impossible for spells aside from beetlejuice boots or whatever theyre called

[static plinth]

Is Bleeding Concoction any good?

[still rock]

doubtful

[pale vine]

Ah, that does make sense ... so I'm missing what the upper bound is.
Do you know whether Spiked Shield or Greatest Defense are affected by the bonuses to shield defenses per other passive nodes?

[frosty arrow]

I think main issue is that a hit that would proc a bleed with enough damage to be very powerful would just outright kill an enemy as is

[still rock]

They are not

[frosty arrow]

so apart from bosses bleed has questionable applications

[still rock]

Its just the value on your item

[static plinth]

Why tf is Lacerate a reccomended support for Bleed Conc

[tidal copper]

yes I'm doing snipe bleed
I don't know why I bother adding bleed

[still rock]

50% to bleed every time

50% of the time all the time

[static plinth]

Maybe when they give me back Crimson Dance

[hollow galleon]

I wonder if they will nerf attribute stacking, I was having fun with my ice monk, thinking 50K DPS was decent on ice strike for endgame
And then I come to Discord, we have over 3 million DPS with PocG/HOWA and whathave you lol.
Attribute stacking is just nuts man.

[frosty arrow]

Ah, the classic works every time 60% of the time

[static plinth]

Does stunning bosses remain as easy late game is it is in act 1?

[frosty arrow]

No

But it depends on the boss to be fair

And your setup

[hollow galleon]

I mean, it makes you wonder if the devs intentionally thought "hey how about the largest DPS in the game is ignoring every node, picking up attributes and jewels" or if they didn't know it would scale that high.

[still rock]

My only brain note as to why ignite and bleed seem so utterly shit in the current balance of the game is that

1. all the power is going to be packed into an ascendancy (e.g. chieftan or elementalist for ignite, gladiator for bleed)
2. There are most likely going to be attack skills with baked in bleed like how the poison bow skills work currently as a function of your attack dmg

[frosty arrow]

I stun bosses almost instantly with my opening barrage on my grenadier

[still rock]

if physical dmg and explicitly scaling stun buildup then yes its fairly easy

[static plinth]

Is Rupture any good then?

[frosty arrow]

I think ignite has lot more utility. It's not just burn damage. For example ignite blows up gas clouds, and you can stack good amount of added hit damage to ignited enemies

But yeah, damaging ailments kinda suck for damage

[still rock]

Poison is great

[static plinth]

Man Explosive Conc doesnt even guarantee an ignite

[still rock]

but it also has current in-game support for it

pathfinder and poison bow skills

hence my write-up

[frosty arrow]

It's also mostly great when it's applied via ability, not proc

[grave spire]

Anyone playing on PS5 have advice on how to make Ranger targeting better? I played monk first and had no issues with targeting.

[still rock]

yes thats what i was saying lol

[frosty arrow]

So maybe with bleed specific abilities bleed will be better, as you said

[still rock]

currently bleed is not worth taking at all

[frosty arrow]

Since I like to theme my characters I hope spear brings bleed branch in its skills

[still rock]

might as well take avatar of fire and get the ignite instead if phys or take small % of poison chance

espec when wheels like this exist

because poison is a function of your phys PLUS chao dmg

[frosty arrow]

Also I think chaos needs its own skill category. There's just not enough

[static plinth]

Wdym

It does

[viral crag]

I am confused by this.

[frosty arrow]

I mean split it from occult category, give it more abilities and put in it's own one

[viral crag]

I don't disagree, I would love more options... but it's not like we're purely lacking 😅

[frosty arrow]

I want more chaos spells

I suppose it has two playstyles in it now, but one of them is literally left mouse click. Which is hexblast

And as alternative you do Ed+contagion+applied curses+effigy, which can be very convoluted in hectic late game maps

[viral crag]

Some people are into that though 😏

[ebon cipher]

just curious, cause i was just browsing trade page

[frosty arrow]

I quite like it to be fair

[ebon cipher]

this dagger freezes at full hp

could u use that and swap to

and insta kill any boss?

[still rock]

ed contagion is almost there, it needs contagion to not be inherently bad

[viral crag]

I am with you that more options would be nice, but right now I'm also concerned a lot with bugfixes and scaling.

[still rock]

but because they made contagion spread everything they had to make it bad

[static plinth]

If by instakill you mean deal 95% of their life with two dogshit weapons and then instakill sure

[frosty arrow]

no, because that's not how culling strike works. For it to proc boss would have to be frozen AND at a health threshold to trigger culling strike. Which is 5% only

[still rock]

culling strike doesnt mean instakill, they have to be a certain % of hp

[viral crag]

It's pretty picky about what it spreads 😦

[static plinth]

Weapon swap Winter's Bite is interesting though

[static plinth]

Its really not

It spreads curses and poison

[viral crag]

Like we don't get spread for all curses, even doom supported, or other converted sources of chaos damage.

[quartz hamlet]

Can you use annoints in an amulet and use then again to swap the annoint?

[viral crag]

Just strictly coded chaos DoT sources (plus one curse that you slotted decaying into)

[still rock]

it spread much more than before and it also refreshes the duration which is actually insane comparatively, but they made the usability of the skill for realistic clear speed absolute poop

[ebon cipher]

ahh i was under the impression cause mace said it triggers culling on frozen, that it was the only req to trigger it

[static plinth]

Thats more than just Essence Drain like it was in 1 lol

[viral crag]

Yeah, that's my main issue with it. Like it absolutely spreads more than poe did.

[frosty arrow]

ed contagion playstyle gets extremely annoying when enemy packs are thin, and spread out. And your main damage has a ramp up to it. So it turns into slogging through those kinds of maps. But on something like breach....oh mama, those dots will put your PC on it's knees as they start spreading to dozens of enemies at once. It's beautiful

[still rock]

it need to have like a 2.5m radius spread ATLEAST to be good

atleast

[frosty arrow]

yeah, the requirement for it to cull is target being frozen. That doesn't eliminate the requirements of culling strike itself

[still rock]

and single target application now

makes it so aids to use

having to spam contagion everywhere

when it costs 800 mana with unleash

could just play HoI and delete the whole screen with a couple clicks

[frosty arrow]

I think contagion needs to at least pop in a 1-1.5m radius. So you can get maybe few enemies affected. Same with ED. It needs just a tiny aoe on impact IMO

[still rock]

it currenlt is 1.7m

it should be like 2.2 baseline imo

or make the quality give radius again or something

[frosty arrow]

I mean on initial application. Right now it sort of auto aims at an enemy with ED close to cursor, but only one. I want it to pop in a slightly bigger radius

[still rock]

oh yeah

it needs aoe application again

[strong frost]

Is meta energy gem still needed for cast in shock stormweaver builds?
1 build I followed says it does but all the rest don't have it.

[still rock]

and controlled destruction should be able to support non-ailment spell dots again

[still rock]

thats all on feel - if youre mapping and it procs at the rate you want it to then you dont need it

[near timber]

how does item quality and physical dmg add up to the base weapon dmg?

[strong frost]

I'm playing bow build so thinking I might be better to swap out to quiver or shock gems?

Is there a way to know if shock magnetuide is better than quiver %

[still rock]

i could probably say quiver % is better in a general sense but it depends on your quiver

[strong frost]

Ok ty

[still rock]

item qual = 1.2x after all local multipliers applied

when you say physical damage do you mean the local modifiers on the weapon?

[near timber]

like what would be the max dmg of this weapon if it has 0 quality and would get 40% phys dmg + 20% quality?

[still rock]

is that a screenshot of trade

[halcyon solar]

What do i need after Deadlate Fate and Victorious Fate?

[near timber]

yes XD

[still rock]

screenshot the entire item

at the bottom it should show pdps with quality

[near timber]

oh the dps?

[still rock]

that physical dps number takes quality into account even if it doesnt exist

as long as its not corrupted without quality

[idle sail]

Is there any other way to get multiple of the same support gem besides Gem Studded?

[still rock]

cowardly fate

https://poe2db.tw/us/Map_Fragments

[still rock]

as of rn the only other source is solus ipse unique helm

[idle sail]

Thank you

[halcyon solar]

yeah, I'm buying that one. really cba to find multiples 😦

[still rock]

i think hotg builds are using it to have two identical hotgs lol

which is funny to me

[still rock]

ggg loves ssf

[halcyon solar]

it's just a stupid anoyance that you can get multiples.

[static plinth]

Does Staggering Palm give projectiles to Concoction skills?

[rancid cipher]

How do you guys determine how often you're shocking? I can't see it too well. I'm running Stormweaver for double shock, but the duration is low so I need to be proccing it fairly often to be getting value. I'm using a lot of shock chance enhancements, but I'm not sure what's too much or not enough. It seems hard to calculate.

[still rock]

barya 4 floor was much easier 4th ascend for me i have yet to even attempt trialmaster

too much bad rng in the mechanic rn to be fun

[halcyon solar]

Sekhemas just takes way too long

[still rock]

it doesnt have the unarmed tag so i assume it wouldnt

[blissful lintel]

does presence affect the range of blasphemy

[static plinth]

Yes, but

[still rock]

try it

id be curious to see if it works

[static plinth]

No. You want generic AoE, curse AoE, or aura AoE

[static plinth]

Dont have a pathfinder leveled 😭

[still rock]

but also probably not as good as taking a quiver

[halcyon solar]

they could have made 3rd and 4th Ascendancy in Sekhemas in one bad ass floor instead of going through the previous ones again. It less the difficulty than the time invested that makes me dislike it.

[still rock]

it does take a while

[grand gorge]

im level 46, warrior war bringer ascendency - any suggestions fgor a build?

i do quite like using sunder and totems

[still rock]

ultimatums are better profit too you generally come out with something of value cause soul cores

but i hate it

the boss order rng is stupid

[halcyon solar]

have you seen the polls, that Tri Talkative put up for the Ascendancies?

[still rock]

i havent

[halcyon solar]

80%+ people dislike it

[still rock]

well yeah its pure rng if you have a good run or not

barya can atleast be influenced relatively well

by player input

[halcyon solar]

that was the result for 2 pols with each having 3-4k voters iirc.

[still rock]

i hated barya at first but ive grown to like it

opposite effect for ultimatum

[halcyon solar]

when i was doing the 3rd one i got one shot by a spike trap in the room before the last boss...

[still rock]

that doesnt happen if you have honor resistance

[static plinth]

I like Barya besides Zarokh. My lag plays too much of a part in that fight and he's bullet-proof

[halcyon solar]

i didn't have much at that time since you only accumulate the relics after time.

[still rock]

zarokh fight is fun and mostly fair, try it with 80% honor res

much better

[static plinth]

I got 75%, dont have any max honor res relics

He just chipped me out

[dusk gust]

Hello, i want to start my third character. I want to play demon form. Does some one play it and follows a good build?

[halcyon solar]

75 is cap anyways

[still rock]

you can get max honor res relics

80% and a good life/es pool is enough for smooth runs

[static plinth]

Reading hard

I can breeze through the first three floors and even kind of Time up til Zarokh

I reached him on my second run with 100% honour

[halcyon solar]

sure, but instead of getting +max honor res i would rather go for +honor%

[still rock]

if youre lagging out on the time freeze orbs i can see why you wouldnt like the fight

time for cpu upgrade

[static plinth]

I need to get a desktop

[static plinth]

Thats about when i die yeah lmao

[still rock]

trust, max honor res is insane and you only need three relics for 80% res anyways

you can get max honor on the others

[still rock]

the only thing thats caught me is the time warp slam

[static plinth]

Can you roll his projectile btw

Like hsi basic attack

[still rock]

think i had him at like 1% and was ignorantly pumping dmg

[static plinth]

Or did i just suck dick

[still rock]

you should

be able to

from a couple wk ago lol

big sadge

[grand gorge]

im level 46, warrior war bringer ascendency - any suggestions fgor a build?
i do quite like using sunder and totems

[static plinth]

Wonder if they're gonna patch the third boss to not be cheeseable anymore

[still rock]

whats the cheese

[static plinth]

You can skip her underground phase without triggering traps

[still rock]

cause i hate that fight

scorpion bosses suck

[static plinth]

Cheese is a strong word

But if you step onto the corner of the trap plates, she ends her swimming and no traps are triggered

[still rock]

endgame builds will focus on one or the other and afaik sunder is ass at endgame

totem builds exist tho

[static plinth]

Sunder totems real?

[still rock]

i wouldnt be surprised if the totems miss due to how long sunder takes to actually hit

[grand gorge]

sunder ass at endgame?

damn

[sand viper]

Hi Guys, can someone tell me what the point of leveling up
"Archmage" is?

[static plinth]

Its just too slow

[dusk gust]

can someone share me a good demonform build?

[still rock]

i can make a sandwich and go to the bathroom by the time sunder hits a mob

[static plinth]

Do you think Warrior can file my taxes in the time he's slamming

[sand viper]

Hi Guys, can someone tell me what the point of leveling up
"Archmage" is?

[static plinth]

Was there a third skill with guaranteed crits besides Sunder and Snipe?

[static plinth]

More damage per mana

Also less mana cost

[still rock]

dunno but i want to try perfect strike

looks cool

[halcyon solar]

one should also keep in mind that having insane relics implies you have your fair share of failed runs 🙂

[still rock]

i think a high ias magma orb build could be fun too

[sand viper]

it's not reflected in spell details

[static plinth]

You can just leave before floor 4 lol

[still rock]

you can buy relics

unless youre ssf then yes you have to farm

[static plinth]

Can you reforge relics

[still rock]

yes

i save up my shitty ones for that purpose

40% res relics are valuable

[static plinth]

God why is Encase in Jade a thing

[still rock]

10% pdr buff

im never clicking that shit tho

[static plinth]

Oh does it do something without activation

Okay thats not bad then

[halcyon solar]

most annoying monsters are: 1. Phantoms 2. Reflecting Shield guys

[still rock]

its one of the only sources of pdr outside of shield

[static plinth]

My goat Hollow Mask

[still rock]

hollow mask catalysis build

[static plinth]

How does Imploding Impacts work anyway

If you consume broken armour, do you lose any benefit from it?

[still rock]

i truly do not know

the formula

but it seems to do lot more dmg

as for the second question idk what youre asking

[static plinth]

I would assume its straight up inverted armour formula

[still rock]

i tried your scuffed bone cage less aoe idea last night for a few hours but couldnt get it to clear well

on a warbringer

[static plinth]

Does Spell Cascade work on it

[still rock]

yes... but

Boner Cage has a unlisted limit of one

[static plinth]

right

[still rock]

which means it sucks to spam

but spell cascade was cool

[static plinth]

What about a second link that has more AoE

Since enemies will just path into spikes

[still rock]

more aoe makes it harder to hit things

if you hit them once it pins them

so they dont move

[static plinth]

Is it that good at it?

Thats cool at least

[still rock]

and you can really accurately cast it on them

its good at pinning

but i wouldnt use it for a main damaging skill

[static plinth]

Did you try out Bone Blast any

[still rock]

bonestorm is probably the only phys spell worth using

bone blast is ok

not great but it works

bonestorm sucks at clearing so youre probably stuck with bone blast for clear

which is ok but comparatively with other builds clear speed very slow

[static plinth]

I wonder if we'll get Fanaticism back

Bonestorm + Attack hybrid build would be fun

[static plinth]

Did you try storm with Power Charges?

[still rock]

i never used fanaticism since it was added tbh

[static plinth]

It was dog in 1

Should be better with weapon skill sets

[still rock]

no i didnt feel like coming up with charge generation so i just gave up

dont want to run volls

and resonance is too far

idk how other people are reliably doing power charge gen

without either of those

[static plinth]

Siphoning Strike seems like a pretty effective way

if Lingering Illusion doesnt suck ass, you can get up to 3 charges from it when it's killed

[still rock]

i saw a monk using reaper's invocation profane ritual

[static plinth]

lmfao thats funny

[still rock]

not consistent enough i doubt

[static plinth]

Man i wanna play a bone skill just so i can actually have some crit chance

[still rock]

bonestorm single target looks good

[static plinth]

Do you do anything with the debuff

[still rock]

no

unless youre specifically using it as tech for snipe or whatever

i mean it works for minions but i dont play minion builds

[static plinth]

Pathfinder Bonestorm might be okay actually

[olive compass]

Guys which support gems do you recommend for the monk skill Meditate? (Besides the ones the game already recommend) couldnt find any

[static plinth]

Fulminating Concoction for shocks for power charges, less move speed debuff while channelling Bonestorm, poison bonestorm 🤮, good ol Master Surgeon

[indigo valley]

Is there a way to make Stormcaller Arrow proc freeze more often ? I want to use it with Herald of Thunder and Ice. Thunder has glaciation and ice bite, but it doesn't seems to properly work unless I use Call of the Brotherhood... Help ? Do I need flat cold damage somewhere for this ?

[still rock]

yeah probably better than warbringer at least and youre on the right side of the tree

which is unequivocally just better atm

[static plinth]

Save us Templar
Templar
Templar save us please

[pale vine]

ha, given that the current way to run an "armor" build is with energy shield ... Templar probably will do better 😆

[still rock]

cold infusion maybe or some form of added flat cold on wep or gloves

[potent swift]

Which class/build is the most survivable one? I suck at mapping and I just want to not die if possible

[still rock]

eva/es

[upbeat ivy]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/explosive-shot-witchhunter-build-guide do you need max resistances with this build since it relies on evasion?

[pale vine]

Energy Shield 100% ... maybe evasion ... minions would help you too as they'll get hit instead of you

[still rock]

you need capped resistances on everything

[static plinth]

^

Evasion will eventually fail. Without resistances you will just die instead of being able to keep going

[pale vine]

yep, pure evasion is alive until it gets hit ... then 1-dead

[static plinth]

And not in a "there's a 5% chance you get hit" way in a "evasion turns off after you dodge enough in a row" way

[potent swift]

So is a monk or a witch the right choice for ev es

[pale vine]

you could ev es Ranger as well

[still rock]

invoker has the best eva/es node in the game

but taking a defense type isnt solely tied to a class

some classes might support it better

but any class can be eva/es

[static plinth]

Juice do you think i can make an Escape Shot build work

Initially i thought i was cooking hard but it doesnt benefit from extra projectiles so all ive got is Barrage

[still rock]

anyways here was my phys spell bringer build, if blade vortex ever returns i will be trying it

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/gzql0wvt

just the tree

[still rock]

lmao as a main ability? no

its too slow

[static plinth]

Hey its not that bad

At least it isnt Sunder

[still rock]

its bow sunder

and the fact it doesnt jump over mobs is so misleading

and lame

hold up let me jump 6 feet over your head so you can melee strike the air beneath me and stun me mid animation

also in pathing that build and testing it i realized that % increased mana cost is negated as blood magic because of new conversion system

so i ended up taking overzealous as well

[indigo valley]

cold infusion on stormcaller ?

[still rock]

you asked what you could do to make it do cold dmg

[indigo valley]

yep

[still rock]

i bet cold dmg on quiver is good too if you have quiver %

idk whats optimal i havent really looked into lightning bow skills yet

[indigo valley]

yeah I suppose I have to "craft" one or find on trade

[maiden parcel]

hey guys I have trouble surviving in fights like xesht cause I can stack my es up to 7k in maps but then I loose the stacks on boss fights and only fight with 3.4k es. and then its impossible to survive anything. is there a small change to the build that gives a good amount of survivability in boss fights? im playing flicker strike monk btw

[still rock]

everyones gunna be so mad when grim feast gets gutted

[still rock]

get more es, or dont get hit

[static plinth]

Flicker Strike not being squishy? Lol. Lmao

[drifting cedar]

my phys spell warbringer respec feels real bad because of having a ton of int that does literally nothing since im blood magic

might go non blood magic but idk how im gonna deal with mana costs

[still rock]

i tried it last night

[static plinth]

Timeless Jewel?

[still rock]

phys spells are in a bad spot

blood magic felt fine to me

[drifting cedar]

i mean, im not evasion either

[still rock]

but i also was using my flameblaster's gear which has life regen on every piece

[old aurora]

is it possible to do something like a basic gemlin shell but as a sorc?

gemling*

[hot rapids]

If i am running monk with double herald, is it better to use i am the thunder instead of unbound avatar?

[still rock]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/gzql0wvt

i lied, i had patient barrier anointed so this was my final pathing

[drifting cedar]

blood magic is fine and all but it just sucks I cant utilize the 200 int

[modern oak]

Does reduction to ignite duration in Herald of Ash will result in increase of ignite DPS?

[still rock]

c'est la vie

taking blood magic seems too op cause you get barbaric strength, vulgar methods, and overzealous for free

[drifting cedar]

oh man how can you not take these guys bottom left

as basically any armor break build

[still rock]

i wanted to

but ultimately decided on more crit (and es)

[topaz talon]

Hi just beat witch for 60 spirit. I use quarterstaff. Can I use cast on shock to improve boss dps?

[still rock]

if it was like 5 nodes closer i wouldve pathed to it

[old aurora]

is it possible for sorc to access something that gives it similar int scaling to gemling
?

[drifting cedar]

I'm trying to make this work as just life + armor in anticipation of an armor rework

just want to get the damage right

but idk if its there

detonate dead is phys now which is neat

[still rock]

GL with that lol

im taking es on every toon until they change something

no rzn not to

[drifting cedar]

fatigue in every build taking the same stuff for me rn

[still rock]

its almost like this has happened in poe1 before

[drifting cedar]

Farming ledge as a 1h dagger CI flicker striker shadow >.>

[still rock]

theres some int % scaling near witch

insightfulness

[old aurora]

thanks!

[drifting cedar]

nothing that gemling doesn't also have access to, and you won't just get straight up double mana from int

[still rock]

i played the good ol days of CI vaal pact ghost reaver

when you could tank shaper beam with blade flurry leech

[drifting cedar]

I remember when dual cleave became fotm and the massive 20k dps you could get with 2 swords made them nerf cleave for a decade

[drifting cedar]

ah yes back when you could leech on every build

[hollow galleon]

is GGG good at making balance changes?
they wanted a slower game, but there are builds one shotting pinnacle bosses

[teal verge]

Hey question. I thought there was a support gem that made enemies focus on your minions. If there is, could someone tell me what it would be?

[still rock]

its an infinitely complicated game to balance well tbf

[topaz talon]

Tempest Flurry => Tempest Bell => Cast on shock.
Which skill should I use for bosses here?

[still rock]

which is ironically why its so fun and cool

[hollow galleon]

but in POE1 did they managed to balance some builds across the line? or is it like 1 or 2 builds that dominate?

[still rock]

DD was king for like 2 years or more

[static plinth]

They did finally kill it

[still rock]

just in sheer efficacy per investment spent

[hollow galleon]

ok so we can expect changes, but not timely I suppose

[drifting cedar]

orb of storms