2┃build-planning

[merry bone]

Like you run Pillar/HOWA/Ingenuity/Astramentis/2 GG Ring/Black Sun Crest - there just isnt much to experiment with here ya know

[velvet basin]

maybe it’s my staff lmao

it’s still level 16

with tier 1 stats

[merry bone]

that would most likely do it

[sage tulip]

True but still worth a shot, now just need to figure out what is the best option MOM, EB, CI or EB, CI, CT since both directions seem really well

[merry bone]

ooof yea - that thing is trubo trash

what level are you

[velvet basin]

44

😂😂😂

[sage tulip]

Replace that Immediatly please. My brain had an Annurism just seeing the lvl dif from you to the staff.

[merry bone]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/g4vYXQdUQ

200+ PDPS For 1 ex lol

[velvet basin]

gotta get an ex first lmao

[sage tulip]

@merry bone which style would you pick ? MOM, EB, CI or EB, CI, CT

[merry bone]

at level 44 you dont have 1 ex lying around

[velvet basin]

may or may not have used the ones i had

im just winging this game at this point hahha

[merry bone]

i cant answer that. Stacking Mana on an attack build and not being able to archmage just seems wasteful

[merry bone]

all good - go kill some rares or area bosses - should snag one relatively soon. then easy enough to grab an upgrade to your current staff

[velvet basin]

yea thanks mate i’ll get to it

[sage tulip]

true but the Spirit cost is high anyway to bring that down ?

[merry bone]

you may actually be able to go to the vendor in town or gambler and pull a better one than what youa re using

[velvet basin]

got this one on for now till i find an ex

[obtuse shale]

Does anyone know if cooldown recovery rate works on Freezing salvo missle accumulation?

[velvet basin]

also is this worth anything or trash

[merry bone]

#price-check📉 can help you learn how to tell

[sage tulip]

just looked and not really hmm well need to somehow squeeze archmage into that mix then some how, thanks for all the info

[merry bone]

sorry am i mixing you up with someone else. Arent you playing a PIllar build?

[sage tulip]

I am

[merry bone]

archmage doesnt affect attacks

[sage tulip]

-.- yeah just read that over on archmage

[merry bone]

My point was that when you play MoM - you are stacking mana - and pairing that on a caster with Archmage, makes that combo doubly strong.

Going MoM on an attack build just feels wasteful to me since you cant archmage

[sage tulip]

so ok then going EB, CI, CT is the better choice in my sense

expensive combo since CT is about 30divs but hey its what works

[steady gate]

any warriors here who can recommend me a build? Level 80, just finishen third Sekhima and gonna continue mapping. Running a 2x 2h weapon build, but maybe I sacrifice too much survivability if not using 1x 2h weapon + shield instead, especially for the final maps?

[wise kindle]

Anyone know the how much i can sell this for

[merry bone]

#price-check📉

[wise kindle]

ty

[pearl sluice]

this is a stormweaver spark build, not following any specific guide, where should i go from here?

[merry bone]

you dying alot, because that tree appears to have 0 defenses

[pearl sluice]

1k hp 1.3k es

im not dying no

[merry bone]

gonna need to sort out how you're going to scale your defenses beyond this point - because you dont have anywhere near the defensive layers. Once you decide which ones you are going to go with - you path towards those

[pearl sluice]

chaos inoculation into eldritch into mind over matter would work right?

[merry bone]

it would

[pearl sluice]

we shall see, thx

[boreal orchid]

does discipline aura skill from scepter require spirit?

[merry bone]

nope

it does not affect you though - just your allies

[torpid abyss]

How do you decide on which permanent reward to pick in act 3 ? I've been postponing it since I don't want to make the wrong choice. Would gamble ailment and chaos resist but no idea

[merry bone]

you just decide

unless you have an absolute plan to go CI - then chaos res tends to be a solid option as its the hardest res to get given its values on gear are naturally lower

[torpid abyss]

Thanks 🙂

[olive eagle]

Ive been working on a COI build using burning inscription its pretty crazy so far I am open to any ideas to improve https://youtu.be/6LgeAfNhbOc?si=cYooxU9Zdjv55pTs

[merry bone]

Wheres the planner link in the video description?

[wraith rune]

What do you mean pathing towards a “notable” ?

[hybrid ocean]

One fun build I've seen is flash grenade + Hammer of the Gods

[hybrid ocean]

Passives that have names are either notables or keystones- They're larger than the smallest passives, which are just titled with what they give you, such as "increased duration"

Keystones are very big and fancy looking and are right next to attribute nodes

Notables typically are behind a handful of minor skills, and look similar to them but just a bit larger

[hollow bronze]

Could somebody link me a good Lighting monk build?

[polar anvil]

Should I be vaaling all my jewels

[sharp thorn]

Only if you know what are you doing. You have a risk of getting bad modifiers like -1 to level of the gem or -1 socket or -% of quality.

[frail pollen]

Does putting spell cascade on flame wall, mean that spell cascade gives 30% less damage boost to projectiles?

it says "supported skills deal 30% less damage" But flame wall gives projectiles flying through addiditonal damage, but im not sure of those 2 interact

[polar anvil]

Can jewels get sockets?: O

[sharp thorn]

Oh, jewels. No, I mistook with the gems.

[viral crag]

Mapping just fine, but getting deleted in breach. Likely just need to up defenses?
Maps I get plenty of room to move, breaches everything is on you in a second

[sharp thorn]

In that case you still need to think if you really want to do that. Can be good, can be bad. Essentially results that can happen are:
Do nothing
Reroll values (like divine orb but can go higher or lower than the base min and max values)
Change some explicits
Add an enchantment.

Depending on the result, it can be either good addition or brick you jewel completely. So, choose wisely.

[halcyon solar]

There seems to be no option for mana flasks in the new Neversink Filter?

i really need a proper one for my alt

[frail reef]

Anyone trading hand of wisdom and action furtive glove I got 140 exalted and q divine if possible 🥹

[dusty elk]

https://youtu.be/8M8DIM5KHek?si=Tt_RzIoRcOibhezo

Looks like people just suck at playing warrior because this build looks cool af

[valid needle]

It's cause armour feels like shit atm

[frail pollen]

whats the best way to get greater jewlers orbs?

[minor belfry]

hey guys,
i need some help 😄
I am using this build https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/spark-lightning-conduit-stormweaver#skills-header
i have the gear, but somehow my spark dmg is 700 only 😂

any idea what am i missing ?

i am new to POE in general so it might be smth silly

[modest badge]

does allocations in amulets stacking with the passive tree if you put it the same?

[digital axle]

Spark is a spell that fires numerous erratic bouncing projectiles that provide excellent coverage for mapping. However, Lightning Conduit is your secret weapon.

said in ur guide

[minor belfry]

its damage is low as well, i think i m doign smth wrong

i can barley clear T1 maps

lvl 69

[digital axle]

is ur quiver same?

[wild rampart]

Anyone know how Sunder works with dual-wielding? Like is just one hand auto-critting or something? Sometimes bosses' hp just gets evaporated but usually I gotta do several Sunders. I thought it should be very consistent with the auto-crit from armour broken.

[digital axle]

not same so dont expect to deal same damage as in guide 😄

[minor belfry]

but not as low

like not being able to clear t 1 is weird

[digital axle]

every gear counts, stacking mana, better bow, better quiver, some jewels. tbh hard to help since theres no poe ninja and cant look at ur build

[keen sparrow]

anyone that has a good eye can tell me how much better the right one is?

[digital axle]

what skill ure using?

[keen sparrow]

im doing shockburst rounds

[digital axle]

tbh 2nd one is way better

[keen sparrow]

damn aite

~ how many %?

if its even possible to estimate that

[digital axle]

increased elemental damage by 80% is pretty good on high roll phys bow

[digital axle]

for now usually putting in ur equipment and see damage increase on ur skills widow to see damage numbers. but its wonky and wont show full dps

[keen sparrow]

yeah haha i miss POB

[digital axle]

with time 😄

we have working loot filter now atleast 😄

[keen sparrow]

true HAHA i love neversink

ah shit but its 3 divs tho thats my entire networth :/

[keen sparrow]

its about the same price as a ~600pdps xbow actually, would the extra pdps cover for the ele dmg 80%?

[digital axle]

not sure tbh

[rocky wind]

someone can send build for deadeye from beginning ?

[latent viper]

For invoker builds why do ppl put cold infusion on herald of thunder and lightning infusion on herald of ice?

[digital axle]

lightning herald cant shock, same is with cold herald, otherwise it could chain to itself. so ppl put both heralds so they could chain of eachother.

[latent viper]

@digital axle ohhh ty didnt know that

[keen sparrow]

yo @digital axle sorry for ping but hows this compared to the first one?

[potent elbow]

anyone have ana zure amulet they might be willing to trade?

[digital axle]

should be better too

[potent elbow]

an azure*

[agile pelican]

Im feeling a bit lost atm, I want to take my current build https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/80469f3c-af40-4bf9-8b75-98904c929719/builds/cf5762ca-ed68-441f-b1b0-637ae69e6b8a and get it ready for a hexblast centered build in a handful of levels

[jaunty reef]

anyone know if there any good monk builds that dont need spirit?

[tame mirage]

Whats the best starter build for monk

[floral helm]

So question, why does it seem like none of the poison nodes affect gas grenades or the explosion from corpse walkers?

Both of which deal poison damage or cause clouds that do.... I guess I'm just confused

[digital axle]

tbh im confused too, it should work

[floral helm]

See and I'm thinking it could be an issue with the tool tips. I don't know what the button is for keyboard to see them, but when you you know hover over a passive and for me on console I use my right click joystick, it comes up and it shows what skills it's affecting.

I'm just wondering if the tool tip is messed up and not showing it or if because it makes a poison cloud it's not counting the skill itself.

Because in gameplay it seems to be working just fine.

[digital axle]

tooltip is wonky, wont show everything

best for u to calc urself, see the damage difference

[floral helm]

Yeah that's pretty much what I've been doing. Like don't get me wrong I don't have the funds to go like specific points at a time just to see. But it definitely seems like things are working correctly they're just not showing on the tool tips correctly.

Because all of my nodes that affect chaos damage, r indeed affecting my poison damage because it is chaos damage. But none of my poison stuff is showing up on those either so

[digital axle]

any pro poe players could explain why infernal legion support is only dealing 20 ignite damage? my incinerate is dealing way more damage....

and other fire skills are same...

[floral helm]

Damn I wish I could help I have no clue

[digital axle]

thats why i asked pro poe ppl 😄

[long laurel]

hi! does anybody knows if "minions % increased area effect" augment arsonists basic fire bomb? thx a lot

[warped jackal]

"exploit weakness" / "supported skills consume enemy fully broken armour" does anyone know if consuming break armor will still give the skill the benefit of the reduced resistance or if that's no longer working since it's consuming it?

[sharp horizon]

low fire dmg won't trigger ignite, right?

[final fern]

Hello, question. I have 4 points on breach passives, can I skip T3 and go straight to T4, will I get the remaining 4 points?

[nova breach]

Think you need to do T3 still.

[tame mirage]

Is thier any good uniques to get for a ice monk early game

[half swallow]

could original sin and spark archmage work together?

[compact wren]

Can anybody suggest build with a good clearspeed / mobility around headhunter?
First thing comming to my mind is LA...

[sterile stone]

patch coming in like 9 hours

could plan after that

but right side will always have easier time getting ms, less gear penalty and ms on tree

[compact wren]

Do you think, that LA will be heavily nerfed (I assume though all heralds will be nerfed)

[willow lantern]

hello, newb question: is there much different on HOWA between lightning dmg from 1-10 and from 1 - 8/9 ?

[radiant cradle]

but i dont want to be doing evasion because even with acro it feels bad

[halcyon solar]

What Jewel's do you want as Spark Sorc before doubling down on Meta Skill Energy?

[sterile stone]

herald 100% nerfed, LA prolly not, theres prolly a replacement with similar efficacy even if it is

[hoary ingot]

When are the next patch notes gonna be released

[clear sluice]

who is the totem guy

or girl

[tidal copper]

You have a lot of buffs but none of them say "your allies(...)" Or "your minions(...)"
So they remain weak

[loud storm]

Nah herald not being nerfed. (Source is my prayers)

[hybrid ocean]

Patch announcement, not the patch itself, right?

[smoky dome]

Should I keep Temporalis build ?

[brisk glade]

Yea

[tidal copper]

Maybe they surprise us with some archmage nerfs
Who knows

[hybrid ocean]

No, you should hurry up and sell it for cheap (to me) while you can

[warped jackal]

is bleed damage reduced by armor?

let's say the initial hit that causes bleed is consuming break armor - will the bleed damage be reduced because of it?

[tidal copper]

Read the bleed tool tip
The answer is no but it does increase the DMG if the initial hit so I'm guessing it doesn't double dip (?)

[wooden atlas]

My warrior is all max res and my armor is 54 and my block chance is 51 is good ?

[sterile stone]

wait its just the trailer

jesus GGG

hey at least we're getting an interview

[brisk glade]

Lol

[sterile stone]

i was thiking oh since its a live stream so itll be like something in the line of league reveal

a stream, for a patch teaser??

[hybrid ocean]

They've only been off vacation for like a week

[sterile stone]

true

cant cook that fast

cant wait for the interviews

[jaunty flame]

If howa dies so does all of my damage

07

[brisk glade]

It won't, don't worry

[jaunty flame]

Its literally the only item enabling my witch hunter

[thorny token]

check trade site

[brisk glade]

Weird

It doesn't seem that expensive

[tidal copper]

It is weird it gets highlighted

[thorny token]

it shares base with sacred flame which is 10ex

[tidal copper]

What filter is that

[thorny token]

and loot filter cant know which one of the 2 shrine sceptres it is

[tidal copper]

Ohhh yeah filters won't distinguish between bases

So it will highlight all shrine sceptres for you to check

[sage tulip]

I was half asleep when I was talking to you guys before

So I would not want MOM or EB since I want to stack my Energy Shield as high as possible and still take CI which would effectively make my ES now My life pool

[pallid hollow]

Hey if i m running this ring does that mean that i pretty dont get any value to all frezze related gems including ice bite?

[graceful stag]

im trying to socket arcane tempo into one of my skills buit it says im already using it but i dont see it anywhere am i missing something?

[thin basin]

Screenshot ur skills

[graceful stag]

i assure you they're all blank

ive taken out everything but that

[thin basin]

Then sounds like a bug

Try relog i guess

[graceful stag]

where do i report bugs

[thin basin]

Forum

[graceful stag]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[torpid zephyr]

Pathfinder poison gas ..blow up with the fire helm or let the damage go over time?

[thorny token]

the explosion does less damage now than the cloud so you dont want to explode it no

when doing poison

[torpid zephyr]

Was it nerfed?

[thorny token]

yes

[torpid zephyr]

Thanks

[potent swift]

If I have Mask of the Stitched Demon, which says "can't have ES", will passives that give +%maximum ES still count for the regen bonus on it?

[thorny token]

you would just always be at 0 es out of your max es

with the helm

so yea it should

[potent swift]

Great, thanks!

[marble steppe]

Yooo bros anyone got build for HC SSF warrior or monk?

[rapid knot]

worth instil on amu for endgame spark?

[tidal copper]

Depends if you are capping the shock I guess?
I think it caps or something

[rapid knot]

hmm

[vernal falcon]

Isn't there a reduced mana cost node in the monk area?

That or if your not running crit. Merc has a node that makes non-crits lucky

[rapid knot]

mana aint a prob for me i'm looking to maximize dmg

[vernal falcon]

Yea there's a node in monk tree that gives you 15% more top end for lightning. Near the edge I think

Hard to say if the 15% top end, or non-crits are lucky is better

[rapid knot]

oh yeah wild storm you mean i guess, would increase spark dps by 12k

ty

[solar galleon]

Hi guys, this is a good stuff or trash?

[vernal falcon]

Ye the merc version of Archmage grabs those on the way to MoM

[rapid knot]

but expensive AF xD gotta run more mirrors

[minor belfry]

any good monk build ?

[spring aspen]

I saw a video of someone running lightning conduit for the big dmg on shocked enemies with the strikes twice ascendancy passive. (They were double shocking enemies for 2 stacks of 88% shock) I believe i am getting a 42% and 55% shock debuff on enemies when i have them double shocked and i have all the Sorcerer tree shock magnitude perks. Running ~360 int with 496% increased dmg from Archmage (5600 mana). Solving this will double my potential burst damage. I dont have magnitude jewels equiped

[potent swift]

Can you increase Blasphemy curse radius at all? It seems stuck at 1.9m for me no mstter what upgrades

[spring aspen]

did you try magnitude support? idk if it works

[potent swift]

It is the same with and without magnified effect

[proud talon]

what jewel and stuff i need for infernalist full energy shield ?

[thin basin]

sounds like a bug

[wintry knoll]

is there anyway you can convert a spells damage to do a % of the damage as physical at all, like you can make a physical skill convert some of its damage to cold?

[hasty tangle]

how do I apply lightning exposure?

[spring aspen]

Support gem -search exposure. I know stripaway is gives a bonus to the exposure

[hasty tangle]

ah ok, it's a lvl 3 support gem

makes sense

[brazen verge]

is there some place on the web when I can share my current setup and get advice on what to change first to make me stronger? im having troubles with advancing, currently at T12 and it's my limit

[timid talon]

For ice strike twin herald monk, are the +30% elemental damage runes better or the +12% crit damage runes better?

[thin basin]

theres maxroll and mobalytic if you want to share builds

[brittle hemlock]

is it possible to apply OR filter to item's attributes in the poe2 trade site?

[static talon]

Question on wording and figuring out what modifiers work or don't work.

I'm running Gas Arrow on Invoker monk. Does #% increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks affect the explosion of the gas arrow?

[merry bone]

yes - the explosion is still considered an attack

[static talon]

great, thanks!

[thin basin]

add stat group, count 1 will make the item have atleast 1 of the stat listed

[brittle hemlock]

Oh, thanks!

[atomic verge]

I play which hunter and I've got 50 armour and 54 Evasion

Should I go full evasion? I do breaches mostly

[static talon]

Armour is kind of in a bad spot currently. IMO, I would go full evasion and get acrobatics if you are near that keystone if you aren't planning on doing Energy shield and Evasion

[rotund stag]

is there a way to refund all passive skill points at once?

[merry bone]

nope

[rotund stag]

[atomic verge]

So is it better if buy Gear with armor and evasion rating, or only Evasion rating?

[sour inlet]

do multiple instances of flame wall improve the projectile dmg from spark if it passes through more?

[merry bone]

im like 99% positive the answer to that is no.

[sour inlet]

dang, i was getting mixed answers from global chat

[merry bone]

If it did work - every flame wall build would run Forteress and spell cascade to maximize number of times through - and i just dont see that being done

[sour inlet]

lol some guy was running this exact build

[merry bone]

well thats currently my flame wall set up - but im not using flame wall for flat dmg - im using it to get ignites over a larger area to explode more gas arrows

[sour inlet]

oo tats lit

i was trying to see if unleash flame wall would improve my spark dmg

[atomic verge]

Anyone?

[merry bone]

Armour is in a bad spot overall right now - evasion is considered better at the moment. We are 4.5 hours away from a huge announcement - that no one has any idea of what it will contain.

If you go evasion you still need to plan for how you will mitigate physical dmg

[peak slate]

where can i add the number of trials filter in the website im looking for the Inscribed Ultimatum

[atomic verge]

Aight thanks

[merry bone]

Right now - unless the game is virtually unplayable in your current state - id say hold on for a few more hours

wouldnt be good to nuke a ton of gold and currency changing over a build - then we find out some change is coming in - that you need to change again

[atomic verge]

Trials depend on ultimatum key level so search em by level

[median halo]

Man i really wanna play warrior but the class skills feel so bad compared to every other class. I litterally have to use a Crossbow to even feel like im doing anything.

[atomic verge]

Yep I'll hold on, it is playable rn I'm doing t10 maps and I'm fine but I still think I take so much damage and my lvl Is 81

[rotund stag]

what stats am i looking for in this gem?

[primal sluice]

Hey guy,s my spark is now at that DPS.
I dont have jewels put into my passive tree.
Do i go for more projectile/lightning damage for more DPS, or for shock magnitude?
I clear maps super fast, but i have trouble on bosses

[clever badge]

What level should I be able to start working on using barrier invocation on my infernalist

[fallow slate]

Guys, can we reset stats node? I mean cancel them, not choosing another stat

[thin basin]

depends on the build

[merry bone]

of course - they just need to be the last node in the chain for you to fully refund them

[rotund stag]

ok so maybe i should be asking what stats are possible for this gem to have

[merry bone]

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

[thin basin]

https://poe2db.tw/Against_the_Darkness#AgainsttheDarknessModifiers

i was gonna type it out but

[rotund stag]

ty

[fallow slate]

Hum, so I need to reset everything.. Damn thank you

[merry bone]

No - just needs to be the last node in the chain

means it cant eb connected on both ends

[fallow slate]

Yeah but I'm a gemling pillar, every skill is a node.. XD

[rotund stag]

i'm going to make a shortlist of possible ones i care about, and then maybe ask for your input. that ok?

[thin basin]

youre most likely gonna want mana%/spirit/gain as ele

but good ones are really expensive

[rotund stag]

i see. i have about 100 ex rn

[thin basin]

and cant really search for them

[rotund stag]

why not?

[merry bone]

the modifiers are not options in the stat filters section - so you cant refine your search

[rotund stag]

cringe

[thin basin]

best you can do is set price limit and scroll

[rotund stag]

i see

[merry bone]

and you can only scroll 100 at a time - so you have to do multiple price limits

[thin basin]

you can find usable ones for 3d. but best/good stuff are 5,10,15,20 ish divines

[rotund stag]

ok that's far off my budget

i got 100ex

should i just ignore this for now?

[merry bone]

thats an endgame upgrade - and you on an early mapping budget

[thin basin]

you could find some normal time-lost jewel

[rotund stag]

ye, build guide says i should get this node, so i was looking at it

[rotund stag]

what you mean? less strict modifiers?

[brazen verge]

Hi guys. Im a noobie galvanic gemling. If anyone would like to take a lookk at my setup and give some advice Id appreciate it. Cheers. #1328033708980174870 message

[thin basin]

like a normal one

[rotund stag]

ooooh

i see

[rotund stag]

what is "gain as ele"?

[thin basin]

one of these

but the normal ones dont have them i believe

[rotund stag]

i see

i'm thinking spirit and mana

that gonna be above my budget?

[thin basin]

base price for spirit is 10d+ if you can get them

spirit mana maybe 100d idk

its probably best in slot for the most popular build right now

[rotund stag]

haha ok i see

what about this as a budget option?

[thin basin]

miss priced

[rotund stag]

or this

[brisk glade]

Those are kinda random options

[thin basin]

best budget is whatever you can afford and if you can make good use

[brisk glade]

Usually those jewels sell only for a div for the worst ones

For the good ones they go for 2-4 divs

[rotund stag]

ye, i only got 80 ex to spare

[brisk glade]

Yeah nah

[rotund stag]

so i think i'll buy one of these if possible

[brisk glade]

You won't get any

If you will get one, it will be a waste anyway

Better to save up on something else

[merry bone]

I think you go back to farming and worry about this when you have more money

[rotund stag]

ok ok

[thin basin]

probably one of the last pieces you need

[rotund stag]

got it

ty all

[brisk glade]

I bought one of them only cause I wanted chaos res and another res for easier building

[thin basin]

just get one of the normal ones i listed earlier if you really want a time lost

[brisk glade]

Didn't even know they exist. How much they go for?

[rotund stag]

and is it really important? given i have that node

[brazen verge]

anyone? https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1328033708980174870

lightning gemling noob^

[neon heath]

new player to POE and im playing monk. Lvl 23 atm, what gear do i need? i use mostly lightning spells

[thin basin]

no idea on prices as i havent make use of one, but i assume all good ones are 1d+

but can still find usable one for cheap

heres the search if you want a large radius one, set buyout prices budget and scroll

[brisk glade]

Hmm, tbh I am not sure.

[sudden loom]

Guys what atlas setup do you recommend?

Im doing just t8-9

Need Gear myself

[amber lark]

BEFORE

after

nothing like a 1794 increase lol

[celest goblet]

unbound avatar for monk needs a rework so badly

it resets when you leave the area, no obvious indicator when its ready and it lasts like six seconds

[echo gorge]

Is there a difference ik voltaic Mark and voltaic grenade?

[merry bone]

well ones a mark skill - one is an attack skill using grenades

[echo gorge]

But the effect is the same or

[thin basin]

youre only supposed to tap it to 1 shot rares and bosses

[thorny token]

the effect is not the same no

[echo gorge]

Ok Mark it is then

[celest goblet]

fair

[hybrid ocean]

Has anyone tested what exactly eldritch battery does in combination with Everlasting Gaze?

I expect the result to be disappointing, but still

[thin basin]

result is the best defensive setup in the game

[hybrid ocean]

Oh?

[thin basin]

somebody havent been keeping up with game meta

but nerfs today

[merry bone]

No. Info on what is coming up in a few hours. No idea what is being nerfed/changed or when

[hybrid ocean]

Well, there's no way they don't nerf either herald damage or heralds applying ailments

[merry bone]

there is a way - since we have literally 0 information

[hybrid ocean]

But we do, don't we? The game is itself, after all, information.

It's not much, but it is decidedly not nothing.

[merry bone]

Oh great - we're on that type of an argument.

0 Information regarding the decisions the developers have made

[hybrid ocean]

Didn't they post something to the tune of slower methodical gameplay, and have a general policy of stamping out feedback loops wherever they appear?

So sure, it is hyperbolic of me to say "no way"

But it's a good guess.

[merry bone]

Its a guess. Guesses are only good if they end up being accurate

[hybrid ocean]

On that I must disagree

[merry bone]

you can disagree, have a good day

[hybrid ocean]

So long as one bears in mind that it's just a guess. You can always be right for the wrong reasons. Being right is nice and all, but being reasonable is essential

[thin basin]

"something will change" is a good guess 🙂

[merry bone]

which isnt actually a guess - because they directly posted they are working on a patch to address issuess. So "Something will change" is a fact, not a guess any longer

[tiny badge]

hey question for the blood mages that have completed their 4th ascendency solo, did you use mind over matter for the trial? normally i use mind over matter, but i find that on boss fights i can run out of mana/flasks and then i have to dodge all the attacks while i slowly wait for my mana to regen so i can do damage

[mystic shard]

https://youtu.be/sqkBMlN0niU?t=92

timestamped, how did this guy die? What happened

[merry bone]

if you are running out of mana, and you have MoM specced - then you shoudl probably spec out of it - or add mana regen somehow

[tiny badge]

it's only ever on boss fights, but you're right. when i don't use it i can spam my moves more/clear maps quicker, but my survivability drops significantly

[thin basin]

looks like some skill from the boss bugged out and it kept going after the figh

[mystic shard]

thats shit

that guy better have go this char back

[thin basin]

nope

[merry bone]

they absolutely under no circumstances give you your character back

[thin basin]

shouldve logged

[mystic shard]

lol ok

so say ur level 100

sitting in clearfell encampment

and u randomly die

for no reason

[merry bone]

GGG will not give you back your chracter

[mystic shard]

you shouldn't get ur char back?

[merry bone]

We had an issue where people specced into CI were randomly dying in their hideouts

Is what it is - you go again

[mystic shard]

lol

that defo shouldn't be the case

thats madness

if u die fair and square sure, not due to bugs

[merry bone]

and the amount of resources it would take to analyze every single petition is unrealistic

and people WOULD abuse it the moment GGG granted characters back

[mystic shard]

keep worshipping companies dude, jesus, it's called self respect, and reason.

If it's recorded, it defo should be the case, if not, fair enough.

[thin basin]

is it really worshipping companies when theyve never done it before

[merry bone]

stating their policy and why is worshipping - TIL i guess

[mystic shard]

if they had "you have to be our slave" hidden in the policy, would you defend that too?

their policy should be forced to be reasonable, anyway im done with this argument, think what you want.

[merry bone]

wtf kind of mental gymnastics you doing over there?

[mystic shard]

|
https://youtu.be/sqkBMlN0niU?t=132

Anyone know why this girl died?

[tiny plaza]

what is the minimum level to use blink?

[atomic halo]

whats going on here?

[atomic halo]

seen it happen a million times, i forgot the cause

but dont stand near jamanra when he dies

[merry bone]

58

[atomic halo]

also do you actually not understand the logic behind ggg's policy here

ggg is not interested in doing an investigation into every single hc death

why on earth would any self-respecting company do that

maybe in fantasy dreamland you can track down every unfair death and ignore the fair ones while not diverting a significant amount of resources, sure, but in real actual life they will get 1 million requests from ppl that 100% deserved to die

[mystic shard]

sure, unless its recorded

I said

then no investigation needed

but if u see someone recording dying to a bug

your then just disrespecting someones immense time for you taking about 120 seconds to take a look and click "undo"

[atomic halo]

you dont understand what hc means

hc = if you die you die

[mystic shard]

|
If you can't accept that fair compromise, you have an ingrained bias that's blinding you.

[atomic halo]

not if you die in a fair and balanced way where you made a mistake and it's not the game's fault you die and if it wasn't you suddenly come back to life

[atomic verge]

Trynna find out how to use blink as a merc lol, no intelligence

[merry bone]

are you trying to logic with the person who jumped to "if they said you had to be a slave, youd be ok with that too"....

[atomic halo]

they are just delivering on what they said, if you die you die

same thing for lag, if you have a lag spike and you die that sucks and ggg's not doing anything, neither should they

[mystic shard]

Sorry you're an ideologue, you'll always be a slave.

Set in your ways, not opening to listening to sanity, only enforcing madness with an ironfist upon others.

[merry bone]

ugh now i gotta read the message

[atomic halo]

brother we are talking about characters in path of exile

[mystic shard]

You're a mod for this discord, you cannot be trusted to be unbias.

I'm done.

[atomic halo]

come back to reality

[mystic shard]

you've never been in it.

[atomic halo]

lemme check if this user is normally this unhinged

[merry bone]

gotta be a hacked account right

[thin basin]

ill just recommend to not play hc if you dont want to rage when randomly dying to bugs

[merry bone]

like actively that unhinged would be ... wow.

[thin basin]

cuz it surely happens all the time

[atomic halo]

they're not hacked lol

#2┃build-planning message they do this | at the beginning of messages a bunch

[merry bone]

In a perfect world - the only requests theyd receive would be valid - and it would take 2 minutes to confirm and revive someones character.

In a realistic world - they will receive 1000 requests each week that each take 2 minutes to review - and only 1 of them will actually be valid. Its never worth it to review those petitions

and for the 999 they decline - another 10-20 minutes of support having to reply to that person crying endlessly in emails or on the forums

[misty isle]

can someone explain Gem Studded to me in a way that makes sense

[atomic halo]

the crying will go crazy yup

[atomic halo]

the one that lets you use 2 of the same support?

[misty isle]

yeah does that mean i could put 2 scattershot on the same skill for example?

[merry bone]

Currently - you can only use a support one time. So lets say PIERCE. You can only have that on one skill. With that ascendancy you can now add PIERCE to 2 different skills

[atomic halo]

2 scattershot on different skills

not the same one

[misty isle]

Ohhhhh okok i understand it now

thank you guys

prob going witchhunter then

[merry bone]

The Phys dmg explosions from WH happen quite frequently - it feels really good to be honest

[maiden stag]

should i exchange my divan in to exalts to buy more balanced items or should i spend it all onto a wand

[merry bone]

if you are asking that question - id break it and buy multiple upgrades for exalts

[steel frost]

Why does every sorc build I see heavily prioritize energy shield over everything, even damage, is there some sort of hidden stat for it?

[pearl sluice]

hi so im confused, i have eldritch battery (convert all es into mana), but then when i get nodes that give me"#% increased maximum es" it doesnt change my mana, shouldnt it first calculate the max es, then convert to mana?

nvm i just realized i can alt hover over it and it describes that it is the intended behaviour

[silver warren]

No

[wraith rune]

Hey all! Super new to POE 2 - I’m building towards a spark fire wall stormweaver build. I was curious if I should be prioritizing energy shield over armor and evasion? Do I need an equal balance of all or how should I allocate? I feel like I did easily and it’s definitely because I am prioritizing armor that has magic find and not focusing on just one armor type.

[thorny token]

yea focus on ES bases, you dont care about eva or armour

[wraith rune]

Is the never-ending hunt to get a high percentage of rarity, fines, important early game or should I not care about the gear that has it now given it’s only 10 to 15%

[merry bone]

just get to end game maps

[dark lintel]

whats the best catalyst to use on this?

[merry bone]

which stat do you care about the most?

[dark lintel]

critical. but i think there is no catalyst for that? or is there?

[merry bone]

and there isnt one for rarity - so what matters most after that

[elder mural]

Stream start in 20 min or 2 hours im confuse

[merry bone]

2:17

[dark lintel]

so there is no choice but shield?

[merry bone]

life if you want - it has 3 life modifiers

[dark lintel]

i am running ci so i dont have hp

[elder mural]

When you open the sstream there is a cooldown

[merry bone]

then defense it is!

[dark lintel]

alright thanks

or maybe i'll wait for this teaser. XD

teaser patch. if they gonna nerf or fix invo XD

[merry bone]

Its 1:14PM local time for me

so either they advertised the completely wrong time - or they are just testing out the stream set up in advance of people flooding in there in a bit

LOL _ thats just their last stream - youve let the countdown from their last stream tick down to 23 minutes

[elder mural]

lol

[merry bone]

im just sitting here wondering - WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY LIVE ALREADY - they arent....

[elder mural]

My bad lol

[limber arrow]

for ignite lets say the hit is 100 damage so the ignite is 20 is that 20 damage per tick or 20 for the entire ignite?

[merry bone]

even though i couldnt read your screenshot i should have realized what screen it was

[merry bone]

20 for the ignite

[limber arrow]

thank you!

so why would i want ignite to last longer then

[merry bone]

depends on what youa re building it to do

[limber arrow]

fair enough

im working on a fire chorno atm lol

[merry bone]

transparently as far as the current ailments go - Ignite is in a pretty rough spot

[timid granite]

Any lightning arrow players help me

[merry bone]

im sure plenty of people could help answer your question

[limber arrow]

yea ive heard im ok with it not being ignite just wanna do something with fire lol

i was playing around with solar orb at lvl 15

[timid granite]

Would it worth scaling evasion with Queen of forest or temporalis

[merry bone]

with QotF you sort of have to scale evasion - otherwise it just isnt worth using

[timid granite]

But which would be better

[merry bone]

which would be better than waht? Running a Queen build vs a Temporalis build?

[timid granite]

Yeah

[thorny token]

temporlis is way waster and way easier to enable

[merry bone]

Temporalis of course

[thorny token]

its not even close comparison

[timid granite]

Okay thank you

[merry bone]

Movement speed is power in ARPGs and as speedy as queen makes you - nothing is faster than 0 cooldown blinks

[desert sparrow]

Can someone please explain how some gear have mods or buffs that appear above the six pre/suffix mods. Is corrupting the only way to roll those?

[merry bone]

runes appear there - and corrupted implicits appear there

[desert sparrow]

I have an everlasting amulet that Has "electrifying nature" but I don't think its corrupted. Maybe it is.

[merry bone]

amulets get anoints

[desert sparrow]

Whats an anoint? How do you get themm

[merry bone]

The Distilled emotions from delirium grant you a notable from the passive tree.

Go to your passive tree and press alt while hovering over any notable and it will tell you the combination of distilled emotions you need

[exotic talon]

Hello, had a question about Chaos Inoculation. A guide I saw said something about becoming immune to poison and bleeding by using this, but I feel like if I have 1hp, and take a bebuff I'm going to die. Would someone explain to me how this works? Thanks.

[merry bone]

If you had 1 hp and you took dmg from the debuff you would die. CI Stops you from taking dmg from poisons and bleeds

[desert sparrow]

I don't understand any of that. Is there a guide on distilled emotions I need to read. New to end game and delirium.

[merry bone]

Bleed only applies if the hit does dmg to life- you have ES - so you cant take bleed dmg. Poison can be inflicted on you, but you are immune to chaos dmg - so you take no poison dmg.

[merry bone]

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

[desert sparrow]

Glenn I think this build is only viable for people who use eldtrich battery (health is now mana) and stack high mana. They also have high Energy shield.

[exotic talon]

Is bleed and poison considered chaos damage too? I'm just a bit confused on how it stops you from taking damage, perhaps I am not understand how those bebuffs work, and how CI stops you from taking damage from them.

[merry bone]

Bleed only applies if the hit does dmg to life- you have ES - so you cant be afflicted by bleed. Poison can be inflicted on you, but you are immune to chaos dmg - so you take no poison dmg.

[exotic talon]

Okay, the bleeding part makes sense in conjuntion with ES, but poison counts as chaos damage, so by having CI the bleed doesn't harm you? Am I understanding that right? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to wrap my head around this and the build before I start spending ex and gold to try out the build.

[merry bone]

No 2 different things.

Bleed - can only be applied - if the dmg that causes the bleed damages your LIFE. So if you have ES or Mana taht takes all of the dmg - you can never be inflicted with bleed.

Poison can be applied to you as CI - but the dmg Poison does is Chaos - you are immune to chaos damage. so while you can be "Poisoned" - you will take 0 dmg from that poison

[exotic talon]

Okay, that makes sense. Thank you.

[desert sparrow]

Question about implicits. It seems that some gear have some and others don't. Is that based on certain items (i.e. keth rainment versus alter robes) just intrinsically having them? Does that make them better to use as an item to try to roll on?

[merry bone]

So this is pretty specific to body armors in the current state.

Yes it is just sort of arbitrary which ones have it and which ones don't. And whether or not that makes an item better really depends on what you're trying to craft and the build you're trying to use it for..

For example you may have an energy shield body armor that has an implicit. But as a result the base energy shield that body armor has may be less than a different type of body armor.

So if your goal was to craft the highest energy shield body armor you could you would want to use the base without the implicit because that base has a higher amount of potential energy shield.

With that said if you want to stack Spirit then there is a body armor base that has an implicit amount of spirit and so with that plus the 60 you can get in the role on the body armor you can stack a significant amount of spirit

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

So you can see here - if i want to craft a GIGA evasion chest - using studded is better.

[desert sparrow]

So if you have an item like a gem that gives 10% to max ES is that applied to base stat only or the combined total? I.e. 100 base plus 50% mod will that gem give 10 or 15 more ES?

[merry bone]

Base Stat comes before local stats comes before global stats.

[desert sparrow]

Please clarify, not following that

[merry bone]

So this is 184 BASE ES. I craft it - and i add 100% increased energy sheidl - it now has 368 ES. On my Tree i have passives that total 200% increased Energy shield - and 5 Jewels that give me another 50% increased energy sheild. Means I now have 920 ES

[desert sparrow]

Okay so they multiply everything going from base > local > global thanks

[merry bone]

So your base is what the item starts with as a NORMAL item - then your Local Modifiers enhance that. Thats what makes it Magic or Rare. Then that item receives any INCREASES - and then the application of any MORE multipliers

[desert sparrow]

So last question is when people say look for gear with good base stats they are talking about basically deciding between taking gear with implicits or the higher base stats to put mods on

[merry bone]

Nah when they made that broad statement they typically just mean - Life / defensives / restistance / attributes as needed

it typically just means - that there arent any specific stats you need to get from that gear slot at that point in the progression path

[desert sparrow]

But those are all mods no?

[merry bone]

they are - but when they make that statement - they are just being nonchalant and nowhere near as specific as the convo we were just having.

They just mean go find something that works

[desert sparrow]

Thanks for the help

[feral halo]

anyone have any idea of when patch will be? will it be after stream?

[merry bone]

we have no clue

[weary hare]

Can anyone tell me how to find the skill Elemental Storm? I'm trying to build a build but I can't find this skill anywhere for the life of me

[dusty kiln]

Need some help

im trying to build something akin to this: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/tempest-flurry-gemling-legionnaire-build-guide#skills-header

but im unsure where the freeze is supposed to come from? it feels like everything that freezes in this build only does so after you already freeze something?

[merry bone]

Three Dragons - the helm - causes lightning dmg to freeze

[dusty kiln]

i see

damn
so i need to find another way to do that

[merry bone]

very large cold dmg on your rings i guess

[hidden heath]

Hi , can anybody tell me if I can use recoup somehow to mitigate demon form hp loss?

[mystic shard]

envenom not working on flame blast

anyone know why? it should like any other

50% chance to poison on hit, and it fits onto the flame blast slot

[merry bone]

nope - recoup is only started from a HIT - losing life is not a hit

[weary hare]

gonna ask again - Can anyone tell me how to find the skill Elemental Storm? I'm trying to build a build but I can't find this skill anywhere for the life of me - also Sigil of Power?

[merry bone]

So you cant directly offset it - but if you are getting hit actively - the recoup could offset enough of the dmg you are losing i guess?

[mystic shard]

it seems to work vs corrupted blood

with mana recoup

I tested it

[merry bone]

Elemental Storm is a Stormweaver specific Ascendancy Skill.

Sigil of Power is an implicit spell from staffs

[mystic shard]

though mana recoup just says "damage taken"

[hidden heath]

Thanks, I want to see if it's viable to use demon form inHC without having to invest a lot in uniquest that cost 50ex each

[weary hare]

Ah okay thank you. Zero guides I've looked through say this info -_- tyvm again

[rough aurora]

That node bugged? I don't seem to get the 40% from a 25% shield

[vernal falcon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1325633329050943508/1328085022858805399/Screenshot_1150.png?ex=67856b10&is=67841990&hm=5079b327f4302b112a2a080f45951afc9242e247488cebbfb0fbead6439e1851&
You guys think i got enough energy shield regen?

[dawn thistle]

can I play minion build as a chayula monk?

[midnight geode]

guys does chill magnitude help with freezing enemies quicker?

or does it just slow them more and thats it

[atomic halo]

separate mechanics

[midnight geode]

rip

[warm ice]

for shock sorc, should i use a wand and focus or the staff? or whatever gives me more stats?

[vernal falcon]

focus will give you a bit more defence, but generally what gives the most stats IMO

[warm ice]

got it

also i cant figure out what charges are, all the game says is they exist

[static plinth]

Wand and Focus is kind of just better now from what i can tell

Same + spell levels but you also get ES and Res

[warm ice]

yeah i got a unique focus thats all golden

[static plinth]

They're used as basically ammo for certain skills

[warm ice]

ah

[static plinth]

They dont do anyhting by themself

[static plinth]

Obligatory uniques are rarely better than rares

[static plinth]

Example for a skill that eats charges:
https://poe2db.tw/us/Raise_Zombie

[warm ice]

aah so you dont need corpses for it

if you have charges

[static plinth]

Yeah, and Charges are better than corpses

[sand swift]

How can i improve this with a 150 exalt budget? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/5gev30mn

[split basin]

@violet olive

[lost coral]

Hello there, I have a specific question about the interaction between Wave of frost movement and Momentum
I can't find anything giving a precise number on how many meters you're moving during the spell. Tried to look around on wiki's aswell. Does anyone know where i could find that information, or if i can't if the it actually works on it or not ?

[hallow saddle]

anyone have an idea why cast on freeze isn't casting conductivity for me? i've got both voltaic mark and conductivity slotted and only voltaic mark seems to cast when cast on freeze is triggered

[tight raft]

Guys, if 2 different weapons have the same DPS but one has less physical and more lightning. How do I work out which one gives a bigger boost to my lightning arrow?

[mossy sequoia]

How does "Armor applies to elemental damage" work with resists?

[thorny token]

applies before resistances in poe2 apparently

e.g its trash

[static plinth]

Wait what

Oh my god thats wretched

[arctic cave]

'How can we improve people having a good time?'
Well, not crashing all the time would be a good move. 🙂

[dusty kiln]

whats the best corruption modifier/change to get on Pillar of the caged god for a attribute stacking build?

[dawn spire]

Probably a third socket if I had to guess

Especially now that runes will be replaceable after the next patch

[rotund stag]

what are these numbers?

[dusty kiln]

oh really?
as in, removable, or you can put in a new one and it overrides?

[thin basin]

shared points, weapon set 1 points, weapon set 2 points, ascendancy

[rotund stag]

oh that's about assigning points to weapons, i haven't looked into that yet

[dawn spire]

They said in the livestream that socket ables will be able to replace socket ables

[round spoke]

What's the fastest movement speed class / build?

[static plinth]

Weapon set 1, weapon set 2, and ascendancy skill points

[smoky tiger]

Is there a better mana flask than +60% mana amount with .25 charges per second?

[rotund stag]

why doesn't the game not let me engrave an unbreakable gem?
button shows up, i click it and get a message "this operation could not be completed"

[thin basin]

you dont hav enough str for it

[rotund stag]

true

but then why did it showed me the button...

[dawn spire]

Disable gem cutting restrictions in the options

[dawn spire]

All classes can use the blink spirit gem with that item that lowers cooldown to 0, so all of them

[dawn spire]

https://youtu.be/h9K6OJEgLyU?si=EJ1vOyT5815drJ8t

[sage flame]

Sup there o/
Question about "bleeding" if I may
"The Bleeding ailment will only affect the target if the hit deals damage to the unit's Life" -> So I can't get bleeding from hits as an ES tanker, but I could still get it from explicit (like maps or excursions) right?

[static plinth]

You mean from mods like "Monsters inflict bleeding on hit"?

[dawn spire]

When do maps/excursions apply bleeding on you? And wtf is an excursion?

[sage flame]

yeap

[static plinth]

That still requires damage taken to life

[dawn spire]

If you're CI, you're completely immune to bleed

[static plinth]

Translation of Expedition probably

[dawn spire]

Ah

[sage flame]

I was almost sure this was a bleeding tho (this morning) but after 8h of farm I can't really remember for sure

[sage flame]

yeah my bad I've been awake for 32+ hours my brain's startign to melt a little haha

[sage flame]

that's reassuring ! I'll focus on a poison charm then

Thanks guys for your answers !

[quaint helm]

Does anyone know good build for Invoker monk lvl 90, got 29 divine. Dont know what to build now for the end game. Pm me pls privet ❤️

[jade violet]

Bleeding counts as Chaos? huh, TIL.

[dawn spire]

No

[dawn spire]

No, bleed can only be inflicted if the hit that would cause bleeding does damage to life

And since if anything hits your life with ci, you die, you're effectively bleed immune

Bleed is physical damage over time

[maiden stag]

should i split up my divine into exalts to get a more balanced build or should i js spend it all on one item

[dawn spire]

We cannot possibly answer that for you

What would give you more power, a bunch of upgrades for 1-20 exalts each, or a single 1-div upgrade?

[maiden stag]

realisitcally probably the exalts one

but idk if getting a really good wand would boost my damage alot

[static plinth]

I think if you have MoM you can still be bled

[dawn spire]

I mean, the definition of a really good wand, in my book, is, "a wand that boosts my damage a lot"

[static plinth]

You can get a really good wand for like 30ex unless you're an archmage build

[dawn spire]

Can you? I'm not at my pc, but if you read the bleed hover text it should say

[maiden stag]

why would being archmage make it so a good wand at 30 wouldnt be good

[lavish edge]

can someone answer a question of mine, i am following a guide on spark archmage and they go for 2 nodes with faster start of energy shield recharge rate, i dont understand why

[static plinth]

Because Archmage is extremely popular, so good wands are sold for divs and meh wands are sold for ex

[fiery wave]

does energy barrier work with sigil of power or is it just while casting?

[static plinth]

+5 to Lightning Spells is like 1div off the bat, +5 to chaos yo ucan get for like 10ex

[glass compass]

what are the good mods I should focus on in my life flask? is the " applied instantly " good one? and any others as well?
Playing with Ranger if it does matter

[maiden stag]

so to get a really good wand if im archmage i would need divs

[fiery wave]

you can get a nice focus for around 1div but a nice wand is aroudn 5div

i was just shopping today

i think i ended up buying a wand for 15d

becuase i was impatient and wanted a specfic combination of mods

[static plinth]

There's a good one on for 85ex rn if you can get it

[fiery wave]

it goes up pretty quickly

[static plinth]

Its not perfect but the really good ones are multi-div

[fiery wave]

i also feel like most people overprice and never change them

[maiden stag]

okay thank you

[static plinth]

Actually wait +4 is probably a lot cheaper

[maiden stag]

i was looking at some +4 and they are low ex

[fiery wave]

yes unless you want to do the hardest content +4 is plenty

[static plinth]

Yeah, get a +4. You can get it for a couple ex

[cobalt musk]

what do painters gloves even do for you aside from added elemental damage

[fiery wave]

i recommend getting cast speed on it

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure I get the question

[fiery wave]

my filter for wand is lightning spell OR all spell level, lightning damage AND spell damage (weighted sum), and cast speed

[foggy bloom]

How many prisms does it take to max the quality of a skill gem?

[dawn spire]

4

[wheat marlin]

I thought they were going to shake up the meta but since they aren’t, what’s the best ES build at the moment?

[fiery wave]

some youtube guy put energy barrier into sigil of power and i would expect it only to trigger if stunned while casting not stunned while the effect is active

but if it triggers while youre in the sigil it would be very good

[wheat marlin]

I assume archmage is best but I hate spark so I’d love any other suggestions

[dawn spire]

Isn't energy barrier the spirit gem that triggers spells when your ES takes damage? Or am I mistaken?

[fiery wave]

no

[cobalt musk]

meta changes won't come until 0.2.0

[fiery wave]

@dawn spire

[wheat marlin]

Yeah I realize, hence my message

[dawn spire]

Oh! My bad. It only works if you get stunned while casting the sigil

[fiery wave]

okay thats what i thought

you figure it works with mana tempest?

[dawn spire]

But I imagine there just aren't a lot of extra support to throw on it

[fiery wave]

or this is purely for hcannels like flameblast

[dawn spire]

That support only works while you're casting/channeling/using a skill. Like your character is doing the animation for it

It could go off if you got stunned mid-cast of sigil of power

[fiery wave]

alright

im trying to improve my survivability abit

im basically playing gimped spark sorc at this point

as infernalist

i did do this tho

cant give up on arc xD

also sigil of power is frigging op

how did i not use this for hundreds of hours

[static plinth]

Its really fucked up with Infernalist rn

If you take Infernal Flame and roll in it it instantly goes to max stacks

Probably gonna get patched soon but its a thing

[fiery wave]

what?

you mean roll in sigil?

[static plinth]

Yeah

[fiery wave]

that sucks

but i had decided infernal flame is a no go

you need to use jewels to get to 90% fire res

and then you still might get boned by a bad self ignite

im basically running none of the infernalist stuff at this point

i had played capped demonform for a very vrey long time an di kinda miss it, it has multiple intagible benefits like a better hitbox

[quaint helm]

What is good invoker monk build for 90 lvl, i got 29 divine. Sold all, and now i am naked and need to find a good build for the rest 10 lvl, any idea ? Need to have good mobility too.

[static plinth]

Im running Altered Flesh + Cloak of Flame + Infernal Flame so using jewels for max res is pretty stonks

[fiery wave]

but today i just bought wand/chest/focus and im basically playing spark sorc without nodes

[fiery wave]

for me, i had tried it, you really need a lot of resources to sustain flame and then i switched to archmage and mana stacking which does the same but also gives you damage at the same time

how do you scale damage?

its really cool but i feel it should also payout some damage

the 1.2 mult is not bad

[static plinth]

Im Essence Drain Contagion so im just scaling spell levels

[fiery wave]

so i assume you get the damage from uncapped demonform then

and you just kill everything offscreen?

[static plinth]

no i just deal meh damage

[fiery wave]

okay

yeah the first like 200h i tried to play a flameblast build

until i give up

[static plinth]

ED Contagion Decaying Hex and Dark Effigy kill fast enough for me

[fiery wave]

it was very fun tho

i have to look at it again

im surprised contagion does enough damage

without infinite spell damage

[quaint helm]

Any monk experts here ?

[dawn spire]

Contagion isn't really for damage in that setup. It's for spreading dots and adding a layer to the dark effigy

[dawn spire]

Just ask the question

Also wtf is a monk expert lmao

A monk is just two ascendancy classes

[quaint helm]

Know about monk builds and playes it aswell ?

why you are so agressive ?

[dawn spire]

YouTube and maxroll have lots of build guides available

You don't wanna see me when I'm aggressive.

Neither do I, tbh

I just asked what a monk expert was because it was very weird question

All classes can use all skills and gear

So a monk expert would have to be an expert on all skills and builds

[quaint helm]

Oh you are the egodude here i see 😄 It was not weird question. I was asking a player who playes a lot monk and is familiar with the builds to aid me.

[dawn spire]

Aid with what?

[quaint helm]

The guide says exp 210 spirit needed

i have 215 but still cant fit all buffs

[dawn spire]

Are you using support gems that add spirit cost?

[quaint helm]

Well like i said the guide says it need 210 spirit to work.

[static plinth]

Eh, after it spreads thrice it deals equal damage to Essence Drain

[fiery wave]

i see

[quaint helm]

I just copy all skills and gems baisicly.

but cant fit all

[static plinth]

On bosses though its mostly just DE fodder yeah

[dawn spire]

My guess is that there was an error when copying them over. Can you list the specific spirit gems and their supports?

Or show a screenshot?

[fiery wave]

see the best thing about scaling chaos

is that you get movespeed xD

[quaint helm]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/hghr0r9g trying to build this out

[fiery wave]

i bent my whole tree backwards yesterday to get some ms nodes

[dawn spire]

Also I don't see how one would need to be a monk expert to answer a question about spirit reservation

[fiery wave]

and today i deleted them again to get damage

[quaint helm]

thats only one question

[fiery wave]

i mean no one can answer your question mate

becuase we dont know what youre doing

[thin basin]

unequip all your spirit gem, line them up like this

[dawn spire]

Yeah, ^ and then screenshot your setup

[static plinth]

Is it possible to have like, 200% faster start of ES recharge on one weapon set, then swap back to my other weapon set that has 200% recharge rate?

[thin basin]

oh

[fiery wave]

alright i figured ou tthe solution

you dont meet the stat requirements for your support gem setup

[dawn spire]

I don't see why not. Unless recharge rate is snapshotted to your set when it starts recharging

[fiery wave]

:]

[thin basin]

30 + 30 = 60 + 60 = 120 + 60 = 180 + 30 = 210 but he have clarity

so 220

[dawn spire]

I counted 30 + 30 + 60 + 60 + 10 = 210

Oh wait

That's 190

[thin basin]

30 30 60 60 30

[dawn spire]

Yeah, just take clarity off

And it should work

With 215

[fiery wave]

i hate this game

i instilled lightning rod for 10d a while ago

and now i skilled some crit nodes

and i cant accept this inefficiency

😂

someone send help

[dawn spire]

You instilled a lightning rod?

[fiery wave]

correct

[dawn spire]

Oh, anointed

[fiery wave]

oy

instill is only for maps then

it uses the same material!

[dawn spire]

Maybe instill is the new poe2 verb

I can't break the poe1 habit

[fiery wave]

probably you are correct

it says instill oils on maps tho

but yeah people say annoint amulet

[loud otter]

Is there a single build "better" then Stormweaver spark?

[analog gale]

is there a negative resistance cap?

[fiery wave]

define better

[cobalt musk]

better in terms of what

[fiery wave]

spark archmage is definitely broken

[loud otter]

clear faster, bosses faster/the same. Im bored of spark but the idea of playing somthing worse doesnt fill me with joy

[fiery wave]

i mean that bell monk seems pretty broken

just check mathils channel

tehres that deadeye

that clears the whole screen

i switched out my complete set of gear today besides the hat and now i need my "mana on kill" back, or maybe some jewel

and as always i dont have enough skill gem slots lol

[foggy bloom]

is there a list or database where I can see the skill nodes/passives I can reach with controlled meta jewels?

[dawn spire]

All builds scale with gear, so basically any build can beat your current spark power with sufficient investment

[tame mirage]

Anyone know how i would boost my dps with my lightning rod, OoS and lighting arrow spam build i have already added cast on shock with ball lightning skill as support gem

[fiery wave]

if my arc does 500k damage on a boss does it actually do 950k damage?

that doesnt sound bad

that doesnt even include the little lightning rod bonus i still get from not critting

[wintry knoll]

is there anyway to convert some of a spells damage into physical like we can convert a phyiscal skills damage to cold?

[fiery wave]

thats pretty good but i dont wanna buy another boss key and die again xD

[mystic shard]

no matter what I do it feels like cold snap does jack shit for dmg, what's the deal?

[wintry knoll]

? it does a lot of damage, whats your build

[dusty rock]

Im really struggling with my monk build. I just dont have the survivability to make my build worthwhile. Im level 34 basically stuck doing old maps because act 3 is too difficult for me any tips for monk?

[wintry knoll]

buy new gear from trade

[mystic shard]

I mean no matter what ur build is, its base numbers should have it be hitting like a truck with a decent wand

but its always seemed to hit nothing, even from low levels

[lilac dirge]

Might be a dumb question. Are two charm slot belts super hard to come by?

[mystic shard]

how much more does it do on freezing as opposed to frost bolt explosions? as it says its doing 600 dmg at act 1 cruel, but the zombies take barely anything on a frost bolt explosion.

[wintry knoll]

weird idk, it was really strong when i tried it

[tidal thunder]

Is there anyone that's built a pyro sorc?

[unborn river]

Does additional fire do anything for infernalists? Thinking of rerolling characters

[neat bison]

Well yes it’s quite good for arsonists/raging spirits build

[foggy bloom]

where can I check what skills can consume a corpse?

[tidal thunder]

Guess no one here built a pyro sorc then xD

[viral crag]

You know, starting to not feel great about Doedre's Tenure.
Always weird to imagine that "100% increased spell damage" isn't a lot lol

[viral crag]

It's one of my alts I'm working on, curious to see where it falls off because the general conensus is "ignite is pretty bad"

Last I checked I was most of the way through act 2, just kind of breezing through compared to my main.
Fusillade is doing a lot of damage, there's a lot of raging spirits. It's just fine.

[tidal thunder]

The problem I'm having is finding guides.

[viral crag]

Ah, can't help you there.

Especially during EA I'm more of the "just run around and see what works" type lol

[tidal thunder]

Everyone wants stormweaver

So I'm just building stormweaver until I get all the spells and stuff to experiment

[merry bone]

Most of the fire spell guides are going to find are either on blood mage or infernalist which is a witch start obviously.

Storm Weaver is basically custom built for either lightning or cold so naturally people didn't try and build fire on it.

I think chronomancer has a lot that still needs to be figured out with it so you're just not seeing a lot of Chrono builds in general

That most certainly is not to say you can't build fire skills on sorcerer. But in general people leaned their testing and their guides different ways

[viral crag]

Yeah, if you're wanting chrono for example (and want to follow a guide) you can mostly just follow a stormweaver guide.

[tidal thunder]

Thats what I'm doing rn

[viral crag]

They will usually take a notable around NW that relates to arcane surge, just grab the "chance for arcane surge when you crit" nodes while you're over there.

[merry bone]

Truthfully given what we just learned on the interview and that there will be no significant balance changes. I see no reason you wouldn't still play a fire caster as some iteration of arcmage anyway

[viral crag]

2 extra points, and since you're likely going for crit you'll get plenty of uptime on it.

[foggy bloom]

100% is a lot early on, specially while leveling

[viral crag]

Oh, I'm mapping lol

[tiny badge]

if i want to get +1 to level of all spell skills on a focus, is there a prerequisite on the base focus? if it's already a magic item is it still possible to roll that affix?

[foggy bloom]

well yeah, the item doesn't scale, but it's better for damage over time skills like contagion or ED

[tidal thunder]

I took stormweaver cuz of the far right tree

[viral crag]

But I'm on contag and ED 🤔

[viral crag]

This seems like a basic crafting question tbh, could try #2┃crafting-advice
The short of it is that + spell skills should be able to roll on a focus with an open suffix slot, and minimum item level of 41 I think?

[foggy bloom]

they're buffing several uniques next week, maybe there's something for your build

[viral crag]

Nah, was more just the idea of going with a rare in the same slot instead.

Not going to get anywhere near the damage buff I do from this item, but if it's not hugely impactful could probably take the defensives I gave up slotting it.

[tiny badge]

ok thank you

[foggy bloom]

I think those two skills are a waste to cast yourself, perhaps they work better on Cast on gems?

[viral crag]

ED/Contag... as a waste to cast yourself?

[foggy bloom]

have you tried ED with snakepit?

to chain or fork

[foggy bloom]

well I'm on hexblast, so I feel that way rn, still experimenting with supports

[viral crag]

The whole point of stuff like that for me is cheap clear, additional dots for effigy, curse/poison spreading... it's a lot of value for my build so far.

Like I still do hexblast, especially against big stuff or stuff I want to delete instantly, but they are great to get rolling on big crowds.

[foggy bloom]

is it good on bosses?

I feel I get into melee range a lot, feels awkward

[viral crag]

Of course. Effigy is decent sustained damage when movement is forced, and all of those spells are something for you to cast besides draining all of your mana on recasting curses and hexblast.

Not sure how any of this stuff relates to melee though 😅

[foggy bloom]

blasphemy/hexblast

[viral crag]

Ah, I don't do that.

[red belfry]

quick question trying to figure out which jewel is better for my invoker flickering strike monk.. is it better to go with global physical damage or increased attack damage mod?

[static plinth]

Attack is better if you deal any non-phys damage

Both of those look like shit for 1 div though

[stiff hinge]

has anyone here actually tried an ignite build?

I'm finding the crit and hit is just clearing everything and the ignite is just a suggestion

[fiery wave]

alright this build feels great now finally xD just need a teeny bit more survivability

[merry bone]

I think thats the general concensus right now with ignite

[old oriole]

which creators on mobalytics i should/could follow, looking for actuall good onces

[merry bone]

any of the Mobalytics ACTUAL creators should be fine. The user submitted ones are going to be iffy

[old oriole]

how do i know if an actual creator?

[merry bone]

Giant banner....

[old oriole]

ok

and each of their build is enough to get me to arbiter?

[merry bone]

some will be better at the "guide" part, while others will just be great about the "build" types

Youd have to assess the individual build guide for that - not all builds are intended to clear pinnacle content

all of those guides will be sufficient to get to and farm T15 maps - how much you can push the juicing and pinnacles at that point will vary

[stiff hinge]

a lot of those mobalytics creator guides are noob traps

better off just learning the game

[viral crag]

I mean, read a bit above but yeah. Same feeling lol

Like I am intent on going for the biggest ignites possible just to see what it can do.

[compact wren]

Not true. For example fubgun released really good guide on his LA.

[viral crag]

But so far, nothing lives long enough to see the ignite really tick.

[stiff hinge]

its clearing everything just fine. arbiter down. but its just hit damage, the ignites just seem to finish off 99% dead enemies anyway.

[stiff hinge]

LA is a noob trap compared to the significantly better deadeyes you can play, I posted a build guide on there a while back with 0 traction.

[old oriole]

i did but im not smart enough and defently don't know enough of items/builds to make one to reach endgame(ignore what i said, im just not rich enough)

[merry bone]

yea - thus my comment about how some are really good about the "guide" part while others are more the "build" part. Andif you just read a build - without knowing the game, gonna be hard to get all the pieces moving

[viral crag]

The only thing I'm liking is the idea of going for stuff like the ignited enemies exploding. Feel like that will get more value than the ignites will, sadly.

[stiff hinge]

but yes its a well written guide ill give it that

[red belfry]

i need the fire res + 1 rage on melee hit.. all im after. everything decent is 3+ div

[stiff hinge]

That's basically where I'm at. Meh.

[compact wren]

Are there a lot deadeye viable builds? LA, Gas Arrow, Explosive Shot, Ice shot....

[old oriole]

can someone here just reccomend me a very good witchunter build? to beat the game?

[stiff hinge]

You forgot the 3 flavors of snipe, spiral volley, you can actually go regular crossbow skills if you want.

[merry bone]

I typically prefer Maxroll for their guides if you are a newer player - quite simply because their QA process really pushes the writers to guide the user through the steps.

[old oriole]

im witchunter

[old oriole]

no no im defently not new, just not rich enough to try and make my own build

[stiff hinge]

@compact wren

[merry bone]

I think Mobalytics has more of the innovate build creators - but not necessarily the best guide writers

[red belfry]

is it better to go for increased Elemental Damage instead of increased attack damage?

[merry bone]

If you cant work your way through a build from just looking at a planner or a quick video - regardless of how long youve played - you're still new in POE

Some people are new after 10,000 hours, others stop being new after 500. Just the way the game works 🙂

[stiff hinge]

most people aren't trying different combinations. which kind of sucks but thats why I made at least 1 of each ascendancy and have been testing a lot.

[old oriole]

ok im new, could please reccomend me a build or two of witchunter that are really decent?(maybe not grenade related?)

[stiff hinge]

The only part of witch hunter that matters for a build is the ascendancy nodes and your starting point. You could literally make a staff witchunter if you wanted to.

[next igloo]

1 shotting +3 diff simulacrum bosses last stage w/ 72% increased health and 130% delirious w/ plague bearer~

[stiff hinge]

Shit you could even go mace strike lol

[merry bone]

I prefer it on Deadeye - but this thing slaps. WH is fine - Deadeye just zoomier.

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

[old oriole]

ok, but i've had enough of making my own build, that's enough time spent making my own builds

[quaint helm]

the info says that lead me through grace, cannot gain spirit from equipment. I guess amulet with spirit wont work ?

[viral crag]

That's one of the best things about this game. We've got a crossbow chronomancer out right now, just after a hammer chronomancer lol

[merry bone]

the amulet works - you just dont get the spirit

[quaint helm]

oh okey

[merry bone]

Crossbow BLEED Chronomancer LOL - what a world we live in

[quaint helm]

thx

[merry bone]

oh wait or was the bleed one Blood mage ? Maybe it was BM

[stiff hinge]

Chronomancer crossbow is actually pretty damn good even if you go hit based. the travel at first sucks but time snap/stop are awesome skills.

[merry bone]

ive played enough POE1 to know that i can't judge an idea just by the combination of words in the build title - cause sometimes, you see it in action and GEEZ

[viral crag]

Also, still looking for funny suggestions to add to my ridiculous chaos bolt wand.
Currently I'm on blind/wildshards/ricochet/fork

Just want this thing to go crazy.

[stiff hinge]

i mean yeah my most popular build guide during sanctum was one of the early flavors of doom, but i named the build guide "critpending doomler chargler'

[merry bone]

I want to do Impending Doom - but right now iit just feels like "....and then add Archmage"

[viral crag]

Honestly, I'm on doom right now without arch, and it's still pretty nice.

[stiff hinge]

My highest DPS spellcaster doesn't use archmage or demon form. but it does occasionally roll back instances.

[viral crag]

Like most packs do usually just explode together, and I think it chains itself with contag in my experience.

It looks like when something dies, the curse gets passed, then the explosion happens, and things just seem to chain react lol

[static plinth]

You need to sort for exalts cuz trade thinks divs are only 5ex

If you settle for lower fire res they egt as low as 3ex

[fiery wave]

anyone konw if theres a way to search for +fire res corruption on trade site

[fiery wave]

i replaced my whole set of gear today but i need 12% fire res so corrupted jewel should be perfect

thanks!!!

btw tilde is op

[merry bone]

get the chrome addon, that puts it in automatically

[fiery wave]

idk why it doesnt do string search without it

[grand reef]

For a deadeye lightning build is it worth having + projectile on the bow for increased skill level or is it worth swapping it for another roll more useful?

[merry bone]

skill levels very strong dmg wise - but also mana intensive - its a balancing act you'll need to figure out based on your budget

[old oriole]

is there any broken chronomancer builds? cuz after some thinking, i do not like crossbows and i already have a lv80 chronomancer, + 7 div so i hope i could make a build that can go up against tier 1 pinnacle bosses and from then i could save more currency to fight harder versions and then arbiter, any crrecomendations?

[ashen plume]

does the cast on block on svalin not working ?

[civic summit]

debating making a spark sorceress do you think it will be nerfed to the point of it not working? i dont wanna level the character and have it break before i soft-finish

[merry bone]

the stream they just had indicates no major nerfs that would hit it until the next economy reset

[civic summit]

Ok thank you

Did they talk about economy resets being soon? i was under the impression that was coming with release

so i should be fine to go with spark

[wet mango]

I just watched the patch announcement. ARMOUR BUFF LOGIN

Very excited

[sour basin]

what passive would be best if its gonna be an annoint for life regen/life per second? im into the warrior tree already

[merry bone]

Ugh - they all along said there would be resets during EA (just no wipes) - we have no idea when the next one will be.

they did mention a target of large releases during EA of every 3 months - those would almost certainly be economy resets

[old oriole]

anybody?

[civic summit]

Oh, okay, good timeline

[merry bone]

not really - most of them are just Stormweaver builds - or there are some pretty off meta things like Hammer of the Gods

[civic summit]

I wonder how economy resets will work without wipes of characters

I'm sure they will find a way

Gonna make the build

[merry bone]

the sameway it works in POE1 - they launch a whole new league where no characters or items exist

[old oriole]

is that hammer of the gods thingy strong enough to go through all the game?

[merry bone]

from what i saw it 1 taps

[old oriole]

couldn't find it in maxroll

[merry bone]

nah gonna have to go to youtube for off meta stuff like that

[old oriole]

wdym by off meta? u mean bad?

[merry bone]

not the meta

The meta is play Spark Archmage Stormweaver and delete Chrono

[old oriole]

okay just help me here, there's a lot of channels making videos about it, which one can i trust?

[merry bone]

sorry done what i can - im not going to wathc all of the videos to do an assessment of them

[merry bone]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/slam-chronomancer-paintmaster

has sections for leveling and a variant that is hit based instead of bleed

[sacred topaz]

which skills can be used in cast on crit guys?
or let me ask differently, why cant i use lightning conduit in cast on crit?

[stiff hinge]

I prefer this to archmage. more damage, more clear, more safety, less hassle w/ costs.

[fiery wave]

anyone know how much spark dps you need to survive simulacrum. i already bought 3 and died i think. everytime i upgraded my edps rofl

[wet mango]

You should be able to

[stiff hinge]

perhaps the enemy is not shocked.

[sacred topaz]

i got it, it was my own mistake 😄

[merry bone]

dps doesnt make you survive - how are you planning to increase your survivability

[fiery wave]

well i think i once died where i had 10k es

i was just too slow to clear

the first time i only had 45k tool tip dps and now i can have like 100k

i think last time i had 65