2┃build-planning

[iron harbor]

Mix of life regen, recoup and life on kill should do the trick

[viral sage]

thanks..im going reallocate points to regen and recoup lost HP skills, looks like armor not very effective now that im started mapping

[iron harbor]

Yeah armor sucks, hopefully it will be serviceable after the patch

[pearl sluice]

probably not since mark said it was only about a 15 or 30% inc, which doesn't address the actual issues of armour only being good for small hits

and literally nothing else

have to wait for fresh eco reset when they do big changes

[waxen jewel]

Tell me how you want to use it first (just view different tiers, or actually craft or whatever). I've learned it recently too

[primal sluice]

hey guys, does lightning penetration and lightning exposure work together? They are on the same nodes.
I put lightning exposure support gem on my spark

[iron harbor]

They also said the difference between a small and a big hit wasn't as big as in poe1 so it might be a bigger buff then it sounds, but yeah, I am not exactly optimistic about it either

[iron harbor]

They do, if the monster had a lot of res. Res reduction (exposure, curse) apply first, then penetration goes through whatever remains, but unlike in poe1 it cannot go under 0

So if exposure and/or curse take the monster to say -5, your hypothetical 50 pen does literally nothing

[ember finch]

Is the decompose from the corpsewade considered a triggered skill?

[ancient flint]

Can marks be applied with blasphemy?

[supple jay]

how would I best use rapid fire with herald of ash

[tidal copper]

How can you get stupid amounts of flat dmg

[supple jay]

kinda sucks that ice and lightning get such good heralds but fire gets a herald that doesnt even synergize with classic fire skills like incinerate

[supple jay]

howa

thats it sorry if you wanted to be creative and do anything else

[tight raft]

I was hoping it allowed you to compare 2 items and see the difference in DPS increase or is the site purely for checking crafting?

[tidal copper]

giant's blood will double my current flat DMG

[clever badge]

how do i check my chance to shock ?

[rancid cipher]

If I use Call of the Brotherhood to convert my lightning damage to ice, will this node still work?

[viral sage]

why my skills deal ZERO damage when i put Brutality support gem?

[marble steppe]

who can link me most decent and updated ice strike build?

[tidal copper]

Refer to conversion tool tip
If you transform A into B you only get benefits from modifiers of B and nothing from A

[tight raft]

here's a silly question

if I already have a node activated, I can't then also have the same node on my amulet, right?

[digital spade]

any recomendation for chayula monk build?

[tidal copper]

No doesn't work

[tight raft]

just how good would this be for a deadeye ranger?

[tidal copper]

Imagine that your damage is 100 with 1.0 attack speed you'll increase it to 140 but now your attack speed will be 0.95 for a total DPS of 133
So overall it's a 33% increase in DMG if I know how to do math

[atomic jasper]

does this mean that if i dont use a body armour with ES on it, this asc node would be doing nothing?

[tidal copper]

That is correct

[tidal copper]

What were you cooking

[atomic jasper]

oh nah havent cooked anything yet, just planning a build for my first ever ssf chara... im trying to make a Quarterstaff Bleed BloodMage

people are playing the traditional shatter explody HoI Quarterstaff Invoker

i wanna be the special snowflake to do something different

[tidal copper]

Hey same!
There are this gloves that make it so your strength can be used for the requirements of everything melee
That sounds convenient to stack life as blood mage

[atomic jasper]

are they unique?

[tight raft]

for a lightning arrow deadeye, this one seems rather strong potentially?

[tidal copper]

Yes of course

Oh ssf yeah

[atomic jasper]

💀 for me then, ssf no unique are reliably gotten

[tidal copper]

Ok let's see if they are easy to get

[tidal copper]

If they are a low level unique I believe that you can use a low level base to limit the results of your chance orb
That'll be ideal if you want the gloves

[atomic jasper]

tbh dont think i will be stat stacker, if i wanted to go that path, gemling would prolly be the best for that

[tidal copper]

I thought we were trying to be a special not optimal

[atomic jasper]

it gotta work still hahaha

or else i wont even get to maps

as i dive more into witch starting area, bm asc nodes and qs nodes on tree... its looking near impossible

[tidal copper]

It'll require a lot of travel you won't be strong early

[atomic jasper]

yeah a shit ton of it

[tidal copper]

It might be ideal to just be witch early and change later

[atomic jasper]

and gotta level as some spell type or minion

yeah

[tidal copper]

So at what level will you swap

[mystic shard]

does the omen crest shield

work for all socketed soul cores on ur gear

or just ur shield

[atomic jasper]

no idea im guessing at least until lvl40 before i can even get enough nodes to change out from a spell/minion levelling build

[tidal copper]

You wish

Me too

[tidal copper]

Calculate it so you can swap asap
That said the ideal moment might be whenever you get a good weapon drop

[waxen jewel]

I don't know if it has any comparison feature, if you do find one, please tell me!

[mystic shard]

Does Mahuxotls Machinations work on only soul cores on the shield

or all soul cores on gear

[iron harbor]

Now it's broken, but it should and soon will work only on ones in it

[mystic shard]

so its with all? you mean it's non-function or you think it's op by "broken" ?

[iron harbor]

They talked about it in the stream, now it's all but they will patch it this week

[mystic shard]

ah I see thx

[tight raft]

will do!

I'm sat here daily wondering what +elemental damage or +bow skills damage does to my damage numbers

I don't see lightning arrow number go brrr

big DPS bow is not the way to increase DPS

good breach rings + unique utility belt is the way

[hollow galleon]

is POB out yet, or whatever the DPS calculator u guys use

[tight raft]

still waiting apparently

[hollow galleon]

im curious, never used it, is it a spreadsheet, website?

[tight raft]

an app I heard?

[waxen jewel]

5 empty towers now

pls percursor tables pls

[tight raft]

Tashka you okay?

you've been typing a mighty long time

[ionic spoke]

gimme a sec

Folks, i badly need some ideas for phys whirling assalt.
My thoughts so far:

• whirling assault can use some of the strongest more damage supports, like conc effect (because it's aoe doesn't scale anyway) or enraged (due to it dealing many hits).

• it has a massive issue with bumping into enemies and spinning in place, eating every volatile flower thrown at you. This one can possibly be mitigated by any of the following
  a) stunning - i think you can actually phase through stunned enemies? Unfortunately whirling assault doesn't do enough damage per hit and doesn't have any builtin stun buildup multiplier. Titan's crushing impacts may help with that, if your first hit fills the stun meter enough to prime most enemies.
  b) knockback - again too low damage, but synergizes nicely with quarterstaves' "Whirling Assault" node (i guess the name was a hint) which gives knockback on critical strike. I tried knockback support, but even with picking +36% knockback distance from the tree it only helps against weaker enemies.
  c) just killing everything in your way - again, too low damage per hit, and you need to kill the monster in one, at most 2 hits for it to not stop you

• the best synergy would be with staggering palm, but sustaining it is too tedious without investing heavily into skill duration. The best nodes for that would be in the warrior side of the tree, along with leech and rage nodes, but that's too far away from the abovementioned "whirling assault" node

• warrior part of the tree seems like the best for whirling assault, but it makes even a situational flicker strike almost impossible

• Titan with Jarngreipr unique gloves (Strength can satisfy other Attribute Requirements of Melee Weapons and Melee Skills) can use quarterstaves while investing fully into strength. Some dexterity would still be necessary though because resolute technique is huge wasted potential on quarterstaves.

[tight raft]

just checking you haven't BG'd irl on your keyboard

[rancid cipher]

Does a blocked attack still prevent energy shield recharge?

[ionic spoke]

It shouldn't as long as you don't take damage. Easy to test on any lvl 1 character though.

[tight raft]

Can you replace the nodes you add to amulet?

[brazen plinth]

Hello everyone hello all your geniuses. I am looking to start a third character and I’m looking to start a sorceress. Once I get to endgame, I’ve got about 10 divines to spend.

Does anyone have any advice on some good build guides for a fire base sorceress?

I’ve done ice I’ve done lightning. I think I wanna do fire this time.

[digital spade]

any recomendation for chayula monk build?

[craggy yew]

What’s the brighter purple de-buff on stormweaver spark builds that’s like -26%. It’s not shock or exposure.

[mystic shard]

are there any tactics to reduce blasphemy's NEGATIVE modifier to curses?

also jeez it didn't need this negative, u already pay the spirit lol fck sake

[craggy yew]

Just have really high cast speed and cast it manually

You don’t need it for regular mobs just rare + enemies

[steady birch]

what is this "power charge corruption" mod specifically? I can't find it on poe2 trade

[mystic shard]

is there any way to raise the skill leve of a gem besides like wands n stuff? Like a perma upgrade, as it seems there are 40 levels

[mighty mango]

is interchanging cold/lightning infusion on lightning/ice herald still a thing?

[primal sluice]

guys what do you think about builds for stormweaver spark with widowhail/penetrating quiver?
I run one, damage is pretty good, but not sure how much i would get if i changed to staff.
Also bossing sucks

its awesome for map clears tho xD

[slender lichen]

Wouldn't you miss alot of spell amp% from wands?

[mystic shard]

test

[primal sluice]

on one hand, yes, on other hand, i get 300% projectile speed

[slender lichen]

For now only corruption and support gem, beside gears. Also passive tree provide +1 skill too

[primal sluice]

and i have +10 spark from quiver

[dusty rock]

Anyone know why when I have combat frenzy and resonance passive skill on my monk im not getting power charges and still getting frenzy

[slender lichen]

I guess you'd have to compensate it elsewhere, it's not a rocket science XD

[primal sluice]

also is there much difference between wand/focus and staff, or is it mostly the same?

[slender lichen]

I'm not an expert, but wand and focus provide broader affix/suffix for general use like Max mana and stuff

[boreal orchid]

will this support gem effect skeleton arconist auto attack (fire bomb) or just the command skill (detonate friendly)?

[primal sluice]

ah, probably yes, and focuses give much energy shield which is converted to mana then i guess

[ionic karma]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/coc-balls-invoker-ronarray

Any advice

currently got the entire build somewhat

Unbound avatar I can’t get

As the temple crashes at round 4/5

PlayStation has like 19 fps on a good day in that Mode

I feel strong

But my life is a fucking problem

I got 1600 Life / 1200 shield

It’s not sustainable in Tier 10/11 maps

I got a very high evasion, but if I can’t take a hit it’s useless

[ionic karma]

And them gloves

I went through hell to get them

[viral trail]

Guys is possible to make a storm wave/tempest flurry invoker with just herald of thunder and no cold damage?

Is anyone doing it

I would like to know

[craggy yew]

Anyone know what I mean by this?

[viral trail]

Also I can link electrocute to tempest flurry but I wanna use storm wave for clear how do I generate power charges in that scenario?

[ionic karma]

Combat frenzy

With Profusion

You must use tempest furry tho

To charge it

Unless you got them Shock gloves

[viral trail]

What shock gloves?

[ionic karma]

Wait

Kitoko current

Used them awhile for Spamming chargers

As I cba to tempest furry to charge

[mystic shard]

what happens if I have a less vs more modifier.

Like if I have a 40% less modifier, vs a 25% more modifier.

Will the less modifier just be 15% less.

Or will it apply the full 40% then the more will need to apply from there?

If not above, which one applies first?

[ionic karma]

But you must use Combat frenzy

They’re 1 exalt

Any shock you Produce makes a charge in that case as it provides it with shocks

But Storm wave doesn’t provide shock

Meaning I rely on Tempest furry now it’s annoying

[bright flume]

Hi all where I can post to get more info on Witch demon form Hexblast vs Comet? thanks

[viral trail]

@ionic karma yeah gotcha

Thanks

Same issue

Cba with tempest flurry

[ionic karma]

You could maybe uh

Electrocute

On The Storm wave

As it would in that case count up on Stun

[ionic karma]

Yea man its annoying asf

It kills me so many times

[viral trail]

I just want a one button build for everything clear and bossing

[ionic karma]

Same here

I’m close to getting one

The Polc ring is absurd good with clearing

You just see the entire map disappear

[viral trail]

What’s that?

[ionic karma]

These are amazing

[ionic karma]

I run a Electro build works on it

It just freezes everyone and explodes em

Clears entire screens

These 2 items are terrible to Obtain tho

[viral trail]

Yeah I know but I’m trying to make only lightning build no cold damage

[ionic karma]

It needs no cold damage

That’s the nice thing

I run a 100% Lighting build

[viral trail]

How are you chilling then?

[ionic karma]

Ah wait a second smart ass that I’m

I’m using herald of ice 🤣

[viral trail]

Exactly

[ionic karma]

Electro builds are difficult completely

I had one I stepped off it

[viral trail]

I might go full cold since charges and everything would be easier

[ionic karma]

Cold is nice

[viral trail]

And might potentially be one button

But I like lightinng

Anyways thanks man

[ionic karma]

So do I

But Mixing is the best

But this game is so wide

I’m sure a perfect electronic build exist

[gaunt urchin]

Does anyone know how the damage formula goes regarding negative curse modifiers?
I'm just curious if an enemy cursed with -40% resistance would boost my damage by the same as if I had +40% increased damage or +40% more damage

[viral trail]

For sure

[ionic karma]

It’s just for them shitty YouTube builds and shit

Most suck

Like they’re not what they show

They running T1 maps with it

Trying to Proof a point with it

Yea if I run my build in a T5 map I’m gonna wipe it like Water

[eternal steppe]

Sorry to interrupt, do you guys know if this aplies to chaos damage? It says elemental and it always confuses me.

[viral trail]

No only elemental

Chaos is not an element

[ionic karma]

Is 186 spirit the max btw?

[eternal steppe]

On the tool tip of elemental resistances it mentions chaos so is confusing as hell

[gusty tangle]

How does this ring work? the description implies the damage is converted at the end, so I'm assuming I should go for the lightning damage boosting nodes, is this correct?

[ionic karma]

What level ru?

[viral trail]

Show me?

[viral trail]

Around 50 smth

[gusty tangle]

or is the convertion applied before calculating the damage boost from passives?

[ionic karma]

I’m at 80 now stuck

Levelling is slow af now

My wife is level 81 while I’m lvl 79

Make it make sense we play together why tf she levelling and I’m not

[mystic shard]

sigh of less vs more modifiers, which one applies first?

[eternal steppe]

Nvm my reading comprehension is low af

[ionic karma]

So many nice red items exist

[gusty tangle]

because you are dying more often, when you die in maps, you lose XP (can't go back a level but you can go to 0%)

[ionic karma]

I only get duplicates of everything 😂

[ionic karma]

Makes sense

My wife never dies

Always has to clear maps alone

Cuz my Shield is dogshit 🤣

[gaunt urchin]

This is an assumption, but going with the same logic as increase and reduce damage, I'd guess they're added together and then the result is multiplied by your damage

[ionic karma]

I might take like 12 Points away from random places

And take some shield

[gaunt urchin]

I don't have anything that applies less damage to test but if you do, you can equip/unequip it and it shows on the tooltip damage

[ornate anvil]

Does anyone knows how Fork interacts with explody projectiles?

[ionic karma]

Cuz the build I’m running atm ignores Health in any shape of form

[ornate anvil]

IE detonating arrow

[ionic karma]

The entire tree is damage

I get it I’m a Monk

[ornate anvil]

does it fork and explodes again?

[ionic karma]

But a little HP is nice

[haughty wadi]

is the chance to bleed from soul core of opiloti local on the weapon or global on ur character

[mystic shard]

I heard it was diff in poe one.

But it seems they have made their calculations a little cleaner.

But hopefully thats the case I guess.

So 40% vs 25% would just be 15% less then?

We'll see I guess, thx.

[round escarp]

Iou have 40% less and 25% more then yes 15% less

[brave trench]

does anyone know how much spirit do the purity of x auras cost on sceptres? or are they free? i cant find any info online

[gaunt urchin]

I found something to test
My Chaos Bolt deals 7231 (max) damage
With Chain (50% less damage) it deals 3615
With Hourglass (40% more damage) it deals 10124
With both it deals 5061, or 30% less damage (7231 x 1.4 x 0.5 = 5061)
So my assumption was wrong before, at least for these spells/supports it calculates the more damage first then the less
They're multiplied together so the order doesn't matter

Less damage is bad

[atomic halo]

doesnt matter

because they multiply

they didnt change inc./red/more/less

all that is exactly the same as before

[gaunt urchin]

Oh right, there's that too

[shrewd jungle]

okay guys, how did no one realize that it does not do anything ?

[atomic halo]

no one got that far on bloodmage

[gaunt urchin]

Blood Mage is still in alpha

[shrewd jungle]

but i want my cirt damage bonus

its the only multiplier in the whole tree

andits bugged

XD

[ornate anvil]

it does

just doesnt show on the UI

they confirmed it

[shrewd jungle]

are you sure ?

[atomic halo]

0.6 * 1.25 = 0.75, or 25% less

[ornate anvil]

yea if look at #ggg-tracker and scroll up a bit you might find it

[atomic halo]

or 1.4 * 0.75 = 1.05, or 5% more, whichever one was supposed to be the more

[ornate anvil]

#ggg-tracker message

[shrewd jungle]

okay, but how do i explain that i have exactly same dps with cast on crit with this left branch and without it

50% crit triggers cast on crit same amount as 85% crit

[inner hollow]

Any fun builds to play, beside the usual spark/monk builds (and not a warrior 😅 ) ?

[ornate anvil]

crit damage doesnt matter for cast on crit

wdym

[shrewd jungle]

i mean whole branch

i unspecced all left branch of bloodmage

and i have exactly same dps with over 2k life

[ornate anvil]

i assume it doesnt show on the UI at all

must be missing tags

so its more of a feeling thing till they fix it

[shrewd jungle]

im testing with eye of winter on viper naputzani

same dps, same autocasting speed when i do it

but the difference should be over 2x

is critical weakness applied to base crit or to overall crit ?

ill record it like 20 more times just to get sure...

[ornate anvil]

its a flat added afaik

[mystic shard]

rip, thx so much ur awesome, amazing help.

[shrewd jungle]

left branch is more than 1 node. im talking both crit chance and crit dmg

[mystic shard]

thx my man

[ornate anvil]

you mean the flat 15% and the two 12% increases?

[mystic shard]

well on that note, last thing I really need to know.

Since blasphemy is just a constant, anyone know if this just works with blasphemy, giving the +20% at all times?

[gaunt urchin]

Is Decaying Hex not supposed to work with Blasphemy or is it a bug?
It doesn't show that it can be applied to Blasphemy but it does highlight when you select it, and their category is the same as Heightened Curse so I don't see why it shouldn't work..

[shrewd jungle]

and also the 1% crit dmg per 40 life

[ornate anvil]

1% is confirmed bugged on the UI but it works in gam

the 12% increases should be working

[shrewd jungle]

lemme just do 20 runs, ill record dps

[ornate anvil]

spell crit * (1+0.24)

[mystic shard]

so it'll always be +20% increased effect, even if the curse duration isn't applicable?

[ornate anvil]

that should display on the UII btw

if you check the crit chance in the expanded ui

[wispy ruin]

Anyone knows if artillery ballista requires accuracy?

[shrewd jungle]

well, no difference with crit chance may be explained if Critical Weakness from eye of winter is applied to base crit chance instead of overall crit chance, but i have no way to test this

[gaunt urchin]

That was a question I had unrelated to yours, but I think Impeding Doom does not work with Blasphemy at all
If you click on details it says that the curse has a duration of 6+ seconds and it reapplies every second or so, so it should rarely fall off unless you run very far from the mob

[fiery wave]

can you start levelling gemling using caged god?

or should i try do something else until later

[undone berry]

For someone just starting out got to 20 max on poe 1 i'm leveling a minion witch build with my friend just started. But for solo at least for the time being I was thinking of a ranger or sorceress build, which is usually stronger/easier time considering I won't have resources or previous knowledge going into it?

[gaunt urchin]

Like this, mine has a little +Skill Effect but not much, still nearly 1 cast every 2s with a duration of 11s so it shouldn't ever trigger Impeding Doom

[mystic shard]

ah ok ok

[ornate anvil]

pretty sure its a flat added

with 20 stacks is +10% flat critical chance

im not sure if it gets multiplied by your critical chance increases/mores

[craggy yew]

Anyone know what this debuff is?

[hybrid ocean]

So if I'm not mistaken, damage gain as extra happens after damage range is rolled, but before resistances are applied, right?

[mystic shard]

is there any unique gear that increases the power of curses?

[atomic halo]

no

damage gain as extra occurs on your side of the calculation

before you even hit the enemy, it's part of the calculation for incoming damage

[shrewd jungle]

ok, i did 20 retries, now lemme count frames.

[atomic halo]

when you hit, the resistances and the damage are rolled

[upper viper]

i think there is boots. That remove activation delay. Thats about it

[atomic halo]

doedre's damning

you can apply an additional curse

[upper viper]

That too XD

[atomic halo]

only those though

[mystic shard]

the power, not more curses, unless I could apply 2 of the same curse and the effect doubled?

[digital grove]

guys what atlas skill tree guide should i follow?

[atomic halo]

you cant apply the same curse twice

[upper viper]

Your gonna need the effect nodes for that. Thats near the sorc i guess

[atomic halo]

the higher effect or latter curse will override the first no matter what

[hybrid ocean]

Ah, ok. Heard otherwise somewhere. So no benefit to the converted damage from things like lightning rod?

[mystic shard]

yeah I know, gear, gear.

[atomic halo]

but curse effect? doesn't seem to be on unique gear

[mystic shard]

ok thx dude

[upper viper]

Lets hope they add some later on 😄

i wanted some as well, when i did my inpending doom build

[mystic shard]

=)

[atomic halo]

not sure what you mean by that

[upper viper]

[keen flower]

does firing through multiple flame walls add damage to the projectiles multiple times?

[upper viper]

just once i think

[hybrid ocean]

There's a notable that makes your lightning damage lucky

[upper viper]

per projectile *

you mean this ?

[atomic halo]

yeah ik that one

if you convert to lightning

it'll still be lucky when it hits

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah

[atomic halo]

because conversion applies during your side of dmg calc, lucky rolls when it hits, that makes sense

[hybrid ocean]

But if you have lightning and gain extra fire damage, the fire damage is not lucky

Since you're saying that this happens in the same step as conversion

[atomic halo]

correct, because its fire damage not lightning damage

that's a consequence of how conversion works

once the damage is gained as fire, it doesn't "remember" that it ever was lightning, it's just fire damage

[muted shard]

What's procs herald of ice? Playing lightening arrow and seem to wipe out full screens when it procs, so I want to try making it proc more and more if I can

[ornate anvil]

freeze shatter

or chill if you have the ring

[muted shard]

So I need to concentrate on freeze build up?

[upper viper]

YOu can make herald of thunder, trigger herald of ice 🙂

[atomic halo]

deal more cold damage to freeze more

[upper viper]

and get a bigger AOE, explosion

[muted shard]

I have herald of thunder too

[upper viper]

then you can make that trigger herald of ice for you

[muted shard]

How can I het herald of thunder to proc ice?

[upper viper]

Oh, you need some gems. Let me find the ones i used

[muted shard]

OK thank you

[proud talon]

why are unique so low lv ? succed in using a lucky orb on a saphir ring this thing is like very low lv XD

[upper viper]

on Herad of thunder i run: Cold infusion - glaciation - longshot - cold penetration.
And on ice i run: lightning infusion - conducction - magnified effect - overchare - innervate.

thhen i didnt use maginifed effect for a while on ice. Because i was just 5 sockets.

But they can proc eachother this way, if you manage to proc herald of ice and not thunder 😄

Its great, if you farm breach alot XD

[sudden crown]

Anyone know if i use volcanic fissure with two handed and then swap to one hand weapon and use slam there activating volcanic fissure erupt does it deal dmg of my two hand or one hand I have equiped right now ?

[muted shard]

Thanks, I have innervat on lightening arrow? Should I not?

[upper viper]

Ah your LA, that was what i did as well. On my LA skill i used : Martial Tempo - Ice Bite - primal armanent and heft 😄

[muted shard]

OK thanks very much

[upper viper]

Np , and if you can. To make sure you prov herald of thunder a lot. Make sure your Lightning damage is high 😄

from my understanding

[dawn spire]

Do Herald of ice attack hits release the projectiles granted by the Herald of thunder buff?!?

[merry bone]

Level doesnt matter - its about the unique effect.

[upper viper]

It looks like it, when i use both of them. They keep proc eachother and you can see the projectiles just fly around

[dawn spire]

Holy moly

[hybrid ocean]

Yep

[dawn spire]

Welp

[upper viper]

Its why i level with it 😂

clears everything

[merry bone]

Yea the current Herald tech allows them to effectively loop off of one another

[upper viper]

and if you have a shock setup with cast on shock. You can make the proc thunder as well for even more clear XD

[muted shard]

I have a cast on check currently
Ball lightening - impetus - energy retention

[compact wren]

I've seen on you tube some kind of dash movement skill on deadeye instead of normal rolling. It's definitely not shield charge or blink. Does anybody has an idea what it could be?

I've seen it on LA build, but do not remember video anymore 🙂

[merry bone]

Most certainly Blink

[upper viper]

there is only dash. But if you use that body armour temporalis or how its spelled. You can make it look so different, due to spam

[merry bone]

theoretically i guess they could be using one of the palm attacks which allows you to close the gap onto a monster - but its doubtful when a weapon swap blink setup is so easy to use

[compact wren]

I see. Without temporalis does not make any sense, right?

[upper viper]

Pretty much, but you can make cast on dogde and have lightning conduit and just wipe mobs. Everytime you dodge 😂

[mystic shard]

besides passive tree, any good ways to increase max fire resist?

[jaunty flame]

jewels

[upper viper]

jewels,

[mystic shard]

thx guys

btw, I've heard everyone might be wrong about armour and I've dida little testing.

I thinke very melee hit is actually divided (over 0.1 seconds so it's so fast u don't notice it)

Over a minimum of 3 instances, to a max of 10 instances (depending on how big, the bigger it is the higher its divided)

So for example the colossus on normal doing 2050 is actually 205 10 times over 0.1 second.

I tested this with some armour and I really did notice a difference.

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With a cloak of flame, and hellbound (30% less dmg, then 20%, for 56% less dmg)

It shoulda been 1148 I took.

But I actually took like either 400-700 (max 700)

forgive me It ested it awhile ago

but it was defo no more than 700

I had 300 armour

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Maybe be interesting for everyone to consider.

It also calculates LAST besides Ele resistances

(other forms of DR)

[shrewd jungle]

im afraid it might not... i got same autocast dps with 60% and 78% crit chance

variance is a little bit higher but average is within 5% difference

and we're talking dps over 10 seconds, multiple measurements

[craggy yew]

What is the source of lightning exposure for stormweaver?

[compact tulip]

Does anyone know exactly how "%increased effect of poison" works? Like where in the damage formula is this modifier applied

[thorny token]

its only source of effect of poison so its basically 60% more poison damage

[compact tulip]

what

[thorny token]

whats not clearabout what i said

[tidal copper]

What's the rule for mods to be applied separately

[compact tulip]

Everything

[thorny token]

it is only source of its kind, it does not matter in what order it is applied, it is applied separately from ailment magnitude and so its 60% more poison damage

[upper viper]

Damn herald of thunder + herald of ice and running Zealous inquisistion. Just oneshots rares in groups. Kinda funfun

[shrewd jungle]

you sure its not additive with chaos or sth ?

[tidal copper]

You need to a bit more specific

[shrewd jungle]

and by the way i confirmed it actually works

so thats a good thing, there actually is any reason to scale hp on bm, so str>int

[dapper marten]

Yoyo i need your help :3 i have a pretty basic blockbot for group play. But i wanna have a setup specially for duo play with a spark stormcaller.. Anyone got an Idea what to change/ to look for?

[ionic spoke]

colossus knife actually launches small projectiles or something, which hit the player, they mentioned it in one of the patch notes
which is why it sometimes does very little damage, and i guess evasion should work on them too
i don't think armour will help much an actual slam attack
Like, with 6k armour it didn't do anything against cruel count Lockham's slam

[shrewd jungle]

xddd ,we can autocast warp on autocasted ball lightnings

rng tp

[tidal copper]

If you autocast warp that sounds very fun

[shrewd jungle]

to have some more controll ball lightnings would have to be manually casted, or else you can kill yourself

[mystic shard]

ive watched some clips, it seems on 0.25 speed ull see the silver monkey odesn't actually one shot either it just appears like that, and that's 0.25 speed, can't capture multiple 0.1 frames

do u know its exact dmg tashka?

[thorny token]

why would it be additive with chaos, chaos scales the hit, poison is then derived from that

[shrewd jungle]

its stupid on bosses

[ionic spoke]

yeah there are many attacks that seem like one big hit but actually aren't, like every sunder-like attack i think

[shrewd jungle]

what if i use decompose ?

[thorny token]

same thing

[shrewd jungle]

chaos works on chaos dmg, not just chaos hits

[thorny token]

no

[shrewd jungle]

is decompose poison classified as poison on chaos ?

[thorny token]

they changed how ailments work in poe2

only thing that scales ailments directly atm is ailment magnitude

[shrewd jungle]

cuz i know how ailment applied with hit works, but gas clouds are different thing

[static thicket]

How do u guys feel about a living bomb coc with Frost bomb and ember fullsade or w/e it's called. Reduced duration makes all 3 good and the fire to cold gloves seems like it could make this pretty strong

[thorny token]

they are not, they just do pseudo hits

but it still scales the same

[ionic spoke]

nah, i'm on hc so i always wait until i overlevel silverfist till i can kill him in a second, so don't know the actual numbers. Just know they're enough to be avoided

[mystic shard]

yeah same but he hits me quite low

i can tank 2 hits from him with 2500 ES

but i build to tank not dmg so much

yeah I get u

[shrewd jungle]

well, that would actually require a test, i have seen tests with chaos dmg and poison clouds on PF, but i didnt see any test of that particular node of 'poison effect'

[mystic shard]

damn wish we had proper info

what'd u guys think is better, 53% chance to avoid all hits.

Or 75% chance to take 50% less dmg from all hits?

[ionic spoke]

i'd take the latter

unless i have ES

[proud talon]

is fire witch even usable in end game ? currently infernalist 72 i litteraly cant do anything during event like breach/mirror etc fire spells are just trash...

[shrewd jungle]

okay, so maybe different question, do you know of anyone who tested that node along with chaos dmg stats ? with clouds specificaly, not with hits

[shrewd jungle]

i cant actually test it properly because im getting instantly OOM xddd

[mystic shard]

is block or evasion even that good, without warbringer/evasion?

Or is it trash unless it's on all hits?

[shrewd jungle]

most slams you canjust dodge away, but geting hit by projectiles from all arounds really hurts

imho eva+block is strong

at least it feels like it upgrades gameplay

[mystic shard]

it seems like a lot of projectiles and melee hits are also aoe though

unless it counts first as projectiles/melee

before melee and still works

[shrewd jungle]

you get poison or burn or whatever from projectiles or hits if you block them

[tidal copper]

What's better 40 block and 40% evasion
Or 80% evasion

[shrewd jungle]

all ailments go through

[mystic shard]

I did see my friend evade a count geonor hit which was a swiping sword attack that woulda hit multiple people.

[shrewd jungle]

you can also block it

its not a slam, its just attack with multiple projectiles

[mystic shard]

talking to me?

i mean he swung his sword in an arc, a big arc taking up half the arena

but my friend still evaded it

even though it'd hit multiple people (technically an aoe)

so it makes me wonder

[wet kernel]

Anyone here doing gemling tri-stack? Preferably more on the dex stacking side of things? Cant really find a guide on it but i know Manni2 has a guide SOMEWHERE i just dont know where

[torn wyvern]

Will Raging Cry fuel Enraged Warcry if i put them on the same skill?

[merry bone]

did you try going to his stream, hes live

[tidal copper]

Why don't you create an accuracy stacker gemling it has future

[wet kernel]

Any maxrolls/mobas?

[wet kernel]

Oh u right tbh

[tidal copper]

Why don't you create (...)

[wet kernel]

I personally cant build nothing

[tidal copper]

Lies
Correct statement
All I can create are piles of shits

[wet kernel]

[shrewd jungle]

big swings are not slams, can be blocked or evaded
when i fought him on my melee gemling with 70% block i took 0 dmg during whole 1 minute fight
i just 'took' everything on face because it got blocked

[opaque sparrow]

Anyone know if barrier invocation infernalist still works?

[shrewd jungle]

i saw video made 9 days ago where it still worked

i dont remember any patches

[mystic shard]

thx, I'm using the wailing wall, but im starting to wonder if its not worth it

it seems a lot of the mega deadly stuff is singular target hits anyway

[merry bone]

still works today but based on Mark's comment that while they dont like mid-league nerfs they will do patches to fix things impacting servers, or clearly unintended behavior - id be hesitant to build it out until we get those notes

[mystic shard]

/

so is this accurate? on xesht

[long sun]

Question for yall, for the witch spell contagion, why do the bone constructs that spread your contagion not spread your "actual" contagion, it doesn't seem to benefit from any of your skill gems. Are skill gems only when you cast the spell yourself?

[warped hazel]

does the titan's 50% inc effect of small passives round up or down? say you have a 3% inc attack speed node, with titan does it become 4% or 5%, since 3 * 1.5 = 4.5?

[upper viper]

Is there even a benefit to accuracy stacking ?

Other then, always hitting. I bet we dont have the mods like on poe1 for accuracy

[hybrid ocean]

We have Falcon Dive

1% attack speed per 250 accuracy

[upper viper]

Wouldnt it be easier to dex stack then XD

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah

it's basically a neat little bonus if you're doing that anyway

I don't see a world where you take falcon dive without falcon technique

[upper viper]

interesting

[shrewd jungle]

im assuming instead of nerfing invocation they will just not count selfhits as damage

same as BM cant trigger anything because life cost is not hit or damage

[mystic shard]

So xesht

If i had 75% fire resist, and 20k energy shield, and 6k mana (hp)

and he hit me with his strongest fire move

the fireball or solar orb

would I die?

[upper viper]

i took a slam with 12k mana and 10k ES from him, but that was diff was 0-1

[tropic pelican]

How does mahuxotls shield work? Does it multiply all soul cores in every piece of armour or just in the shield?

[upper viper]

I think right now it does every, but that is not intended. Unless they fixed it, with a hotfix. Its intend, is to increased the socketed in the shield 🙂

[tropic pelican]

Still crazy

[upper viper]

It was why i stopped using my gemling, until i find something else

[tropic pelican]

So I can boost max res by like 6% for each of em?

[upper viper]

yeah, if you get one super close to max roll

[tropic pelican]

Or by like 18% for one res lol

[upper viper]

if you have res socketed in the shield. yeah 😄

[tropic pelican]

That’s hilarious

Think I’ll do that

[mystic shard]

sorry what?

So did u survive? how much dmg did u take? etc?

Whats ur ascendency

[tropic pelican]

And boosting energy shield. Let’s say my ES is at 5k before I equip shield. W a 500% boost, what would that be?

[upper viper]

I did yeah, i think i had like 200-500 es left. Then i spammed my life flask, which with support. Plus belt, instantly gives me like 1-2k ES with each spam. So i barely survived by spamming that.

I was a INT stacking, gemling 🙂

inpending doom build

[mystic shard]

so

right

[upper viper]

i suck at math, but if you find your flat ES you can *500% i guess ?

[mystic shard]

u didn't have mind over matter?

or u did?

[tropic pelican]

Can I equip shield in offhand?

[mystic shard]

a suppose a slam isn't fire dmg, hard to know if it was one of the lower dmges he does

[tropic pelican]

And still get all the boosts

[eternal steppe]

Is there a Faq I could browse before asking stuff

[upper viper]

I didnt, but i could handle it. Because my mana regen was so fast that you didnt notice, my skill eating 1k mana per click.

[mystic shard]

so u took 10k dmg

basically

[upper viper]

Was about to go to mind over matter, but then i think a hotfix happend. And my build bricked and i dropped to like 8k mana from 12k. And i was like, meh. Imma try new build and sold every gear XD

Yeah

[mystic shard]

with 0 armour Im guessing it was a slam

so physical dmg?

[upper viper]

i had close to 0 armour and 0 evasion i think, let me look at video

[mystic shard]

I see it saying on the DB his fireball does 200k dmg.

But thats gotta be baloney.

[upper viper]

10k es with grim 😄

[mystic shard]

cause it means with 75% ud still take 50k

[upper viper]

well 11k at max

[mystic shard]

ok

[upper viper]

i guess my 25% block was effective ?

[mystic shard]

I think armours better than anyone realizes

[upper viper]

still amazed me with almost 12k mana at level 67 at thtat time XD

[mystic shard]

im not sure how physical dmg actually hits u is completely accurate

[upper viper]

Im not to sure either. I just know, i never died with this build

This was on the day i stopped playing inpending doom

[pseudo owl]

Building demonform build and loving it. Thinking of moving from ES/Grim feast to MoM. I see the regen benefit of MoM but is it tanky enough?

[mystic shard]

god damn i cant stop

whenever I think im done lol

[upper viper]

You want MORE

[mystic shard]

I dont want

im HC

i dont wanan get one shot

tbh

its prob overkill

im prob the tankiest person ever

these numbers on wiki

are prob wrong

but just incase

[upper viper]

I mean, if you are fast enough. Youll kill him before he hits you ?

[autumn barn]

I still just cannot decide on a class to play

[upper viper]

I mean, find a skill you like 😄

or a combo and go after that

i have tried all classes. Minus warrior

[autumn barn]

I've tried them all too lol

[eternal steppe]

Searched around but didn't manage to find it.
How does gain % dmg as work scaling wise.
Does it work before, after increases % Or at the same time.
For example base 100 lightning with gain 20% of dmg as fire
If you have 10% increases lightning and 5% fire damage does it go:
(100x1.1) + (100x0.2)x1.05
Or
100x1.1 + (100x1.1)x0.2x1.05

[autumn barn]

I think it's between monk, sorc and ranger

[mystic shard]

I should be taking like 94% less fire dmg now.

with a 75% chance to take 97% less fire dmg from projectiles/melee.

About 80% to 90% (75%) chance from other elements.

and now.

With a whopping 70% less to physical, and 75% chance to take 85% less from physical from melee/projectiles.

WIth 17-18k energy shield, and some kinda mana

thats GOTTA be far more than enough.

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Xesht prob does like 10x less dmg than it says and this shits prob wrong

but incase it's not, well there it is.

[celest oxide]

Random idea: Do you guys think it'd be possible to make Freezing Salvo spammable on Gemling?

[upper viper]

You have more defence then i did. What build you doing with that amount of ES ?

[celest oxide]

You slot 2 copies of Salvo and take double supports

[mystic shard]

my own

[celest oxide]

and each copy of Salvo has its own countdown

[mystic shard]

im not there yet but

im ju st

[celest oxide]

12 seconds is still a long time though

[upper viper]

Nice, which skills you using for damage ?

[mystic shard]

making sure I get there

[celest oxide]

but now you get one every 6 seconds

[mystic shard]

im level 50 atm, HC, my 2nd char.

eh

[upper viper]

Noise, i am still not good enough for HC XD

[celest oxide]

Can it be double to increase Salvos projectile count to last 6 seconds

[mystic shard]

solar orb + frost wall + fireball

imma change it up eventually but thats it for now

[upper viper]

Ahh, i did the lightning orb combo once. Was fun

[upper viper]

I mean, you can also get a lot of empty sockets. Get reload jewels, the unique crossbow. reload and just technically spam it constantly ?

I dont feel my reload with 120% reload speed from jewels and attack speed nodes.

[celest oxide]

Salvo is a bow skill

[upper viper]

was thinking another skill my bad

[celest oxide]

And gemling also scales quality higher, and Freezing Salvo missile accumulation gets higher with Quality

At high enough level Salvo accumulates max missiles in 9.6 seconds without any other effects

At 20% quality

7.2 seconds for max missiles

[desert thistle]

how does chill application work? is it just the same as shock, ie chance to apply based on the magnitude of the hit?

[celest oxide]

Can you reduce the cooldown for Hour Glass

[upper viper]

I mean try, if you have a gemling. 🙂

temporalis could also reduce cooldown of the skill

[celest oxide]

Yeah I'm just thinking out loud right now

[celest oxide]

Hmm, if temporalis works with Hourglass cooldown

[upper viper]

My gemling is on standby. Till i make another 30d XD

[celest oxide]

I mean I will never be able to afford a temporalis

[upper viper]

Gotta farm content XD

[celest oxide]

oh and missile accumulation scales with with level as well

[midnight geode]

guys if i use a warcry with this node and then weapon swap will i still get the dmg increase?

[celest oxide]

at 34% quality and Gem level 26

we can full accumulate our missiles every

I think 3.8 Seconds

[midnight geode]

and does the same go for basically any other warcry nodes, like cd recovery?

[celest oxide]

if theoretically you got to gem level 40 and could sustain mana (Doubt) you could full salvo every 2.4

But I don't think you could sustain mana at crazy high gem levels without enhanced effectiveness

[upper viper]

200%+ mana regen rate

i was spamming 1k mana cost skill constantly on my gemling

[celest oxide]

Yeah with Enhanced Effectiveness right

Actually I need to check

[fiery wave]

for campaign pillar you recon flat damage or attack speed is better?

[celest oxide]

if Salvo starts accumulating when you press the button

[upper viper]

Naa, i had jewels and nodes. Some mana recovery on kill as well

i have a video, where you can see. How fast my mana recharge is

[celest oxide]

I think if you get Gem Level high enough you can probably ditch double supports and run 1 copy

I'm not smart I can't cook this up and test it on my own tbh lol

[upper viper]

With my setup, you could prob have tested it. Because my mana pool was so high and mana regen XD

[celest oxide]

the question is

[somber pendant]

I'm building a warbringer, with reaver minions and using essence drain and contagion with double of the wither totems with ancestral spirits. I'm also using corpsewade to break armour and the shield that gives minions block chance equal to mine. Is it worth going for the ascendancy to break enemy armour past 0? Like the first two points will totally be wasted on this build?

[spring prairie]

does damage gain on weapon stack with damage gain from archmage?

[upper viper]

archmage, will add on top of it yes 🙂
From my understanding.

[spring prairie]

do you know whether it’s additive or multiplicative?

[upper viper]

should be additive, was with my inpending doom. As that is chaos damage in itself

[celest oxide]

Ice Shot is another interesting bow skill for Gemling

Base Damage scales pretty hard with Quality\

[somber pendant]

Anvils weight (break armour equal to 10% hit damage, wouldn't apply to minions or the wither totems hit right?)

[celest oxide]

just has straight up Attack Damage on Quality

[upper viper]

arg im 20d away from my goal XD

[haughty wadi]

how does Beetlebite Velour Shoes work

[static plinth]

It would apply to totems

[haughty wadi]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Beetlebite

[somber pendant]

oh nice thanks!

[desert owl]

Which one of you fine folks can gift me a level 4 Essence Gem, I need it for level 10, thanks guys!

[cobalt berry]

Is there a leveling build guide for hc mage?

[upper viper]

wish we would get that minion patch now 😂

[mystic shard]

75% chance to block all hits.

OR

75% chance to block melee/projectiles and 90% fire resist.

(Which'll also boost all other resists/physical by a flat 5%)

What u guys think?

[echo gorge]

Is the witch hunters ascension witchbane and no mercy better then culling and decimating ?

[upper viper]

i would go second option. the 90% fire is alot

[waxen jewel]

Do weapon sets snapshot flask effects (and the imporiving nodes effect)? Like:

1. I swap to my weapon set that has ton of flask nodes active
2. I take a sip of my mana flask
3. I go back to my dps weapon set
   I want to make flask drinking weapon set :/

[eternal steppe]

What's the best supports to increase cost of skills

[mystic shard]

yeah, I guess I could TECHNICALLY get both, but it'd be -35% increased power on enfeeble

which would be worth like 8% less dmg taken or something

ugh my brain

this is the last time im fucking with my build I swear

i bet ill prob take liek 300 dmg frm xesht or something and that dmg is wrong

[mellow skiff]

is Herald of Ash worth to use?

[mystic shard]

as ive seen a few numbers on that site, where ive taken way less than it said

[upbeat pumice]

who have more?:D

[wind pilot]

can someone dm me, i need help w a build, im new and want this build i have a ss of but idk how to get it, pls dm me i need help, would appreciate it

[waxen jewel]

No, scales from enemy hp badly

[gray ferry]

How do people sustain mana for archmage? Aside from playing storm weaver and its greater arcane surge

[jade stone]

So I’m thinking of selling off my sparker and starting a new build any ideas I’ve got a gemling and deadeye both in the mid 80’s and after gear sells about 300-400 div

[upper viper]

You can INT stack, and use the Everlasting Gaze trick. Then stack Mana regen on jewels 😄

• regen nodes for mana

[jade stone]

Mana regen is necessary for archmage

[gray ferry]

I do have Everlasting Gaze amulet 🤔 and I've been investing some into mana regen nodes on tree

[upper viper]

Wish i had that kind of amount of Divs. Barely able to farm 1 div a day 😂
But yeah, you can make a inpending doom gemling 😛

[upper viper]

Then there is jewels as well

[jade stone]

I’ve got 250 hours on my sorc so far lmao

[gray ferry]

Still only at 220 regen/sec 😔 240/sec with font of mana

[jade stone]

Lot of juiced breaches and rituals

[haughty wadi]

what do we know about the "stagger" bar for raise shield etc

how can i scale it etc

is it based on my stun?

[jade stone]

You gotta get regen on every mode and stack as much mana as you can

[upper viper]

getting there, made around 40d in total. Just mainly from drops or selling Deli drops 😂

[jade stone]

You juicing properly?

[upper viper]

I had like 200% increased mana regen if not way more. Forgot. Plus recover 2% mana on kill.

[alpine leaf]

Is Monk spark viable for leveling?

[upper viper]

Trying to get the right tablets and unlocking towers here and there for it

[jade stone]

Just wanna find good spots and stack as much quant as possible

[upper viper]

Yeah

Just guess my luck wasnt there yet XD

[jade stone]

Look for areas with more than three towers and clear out bad maps

You try breach? It’s good money lots of currencies and shards

[upper viper]

i have 5 towers, with breach and deli juice. But i was stupid to try and make a "better" build then my inpending doom. I should never have done so

now i am back stuck at farming without juicing much

[thin basin]

2% mana on kill for mom/archmage is enough to full sustain for map

For bosses just 1 shot them

[upper viper]

^^

[thin basin]

[gray ferry]

oof, I'm also around 200% or more, maybe I need 2% on kill

[tight raft]

Guys, is there a list of best modifiers to get on a quiver?

[upper viper]

i had 4 jewels with recover mana on kill 🙂

[thin basin]

6k mana, 0 mana regen with 3% i have no issues mapping

[upper viper]

Whats your mana cost 🙂 ?

mine was costing me 1.1k mana per click i did 😂
Was so damn expensive

[thin basin]

Not on pc rn but i assume around 400-500 range

[gray ferry]

I'm playing around with impending doom and it must be costing depending on how many enemies hit, I don't find too much mana sustain issue on single target but I click into a breach pack and my mana disappears

[thin basin]

Per spark

[gray ferry]

I'm coping with chrono rewind

[upper viper]

Whats your setup, and if your using inpending doom. With spell cascade. Then yeah, your gonna need mana on kill

[gray ferry]

yeah I have spell cascade

[thin basin]

Just test out some mana on kill jewel its like <1div for 2%

[hollow pecan]

does life recovery / life regeneration increase flask life recovery?

[gray ferry]

I see thank you

[upper viper]

i used gemling for my inpending doom, the 30% reduced cost. Helped me a lot XD

[gray ferry]

regen no, recovery yes I think

[upper viper]

Gone up that much, shesh

[hollow pecan]

oh 😦 "from nothing" radius only goes to Hale Heart but not Heavy Drinker, so only 15% life recovery and a bunch of 10% life regen nodes :/ not worth it then

[dense beacon]

Small question, if I annoint my amulet, will the passive still be allocated even if I have Necromantic Talisman?

[burnt needle]

can you stack multiple prism of belief?

[upper viper]

Limited to just one 🙂

[versed solstice]

New to POE, could someone tell me what my current staff may be worth and how could I upgrade from here on monk? I tried other staves I've crafted and I can't break through the barrier.

[tight raft]

That one looks good but then I'm not knowledgeable in monk

[upper viper]

Looks like i used on my monk. Just with added cold damage

and +3 levels to skill

[versed solstice]

They all look good IMO. Hopefully POB application can help I've never used it but everyone says its awesome.

[versed solstice]

I have tested with a friends +4 melee and while it didn't really increase much it really did put a hurting on my mana.

[upper viper]

Could be your overall setup of support gems and such.

many use the ice and thunder combo heralds

for clear speed

[dim flame]

thats a insane staff, sad that it lacks crit dmg

[versed solstice]

Yes, currently using double herald (using sarge2 HC monk) as reference or guide to fall back on.

[versed solstice]

Looked into crit as well. I had a very elemental heavy staff with 1.75% crit hit or similar and it was about the same as well.

[tulip lion]

anyone know if PoB is releasing soon? I heard it was supposed to release yesterday

[versed solstice]

Besides the tool tips which I'm not sure accurately translate to DPS potential, the staves "felt" similar in damage. I tested a crit, my staff, and my friends +4 melee levels. Staves were somewhat similar but without plugging the items into something that can help me I have no idea what I'm doing.

[zenith sierra]

Does the damage from Fire Flower count as a “hit”

[upper viper]

delayed, we hope the 15th/tomorrow

[safe jetty]

Anyone got a suggestion for a good merc build? Just hit maps

[lilac kite]

can someone tell me why this build uses Lightning infusion on Herald of ice and Cold Infusion on Herald on Thunder, aren't they contradictory ? https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun

[sick swan]

PoB?

[upper viper]

If you like a little headache. Int stacking inpending doom XD

[safe jetty]

I was looking at this one, thoughts?

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

[upper viper]

I was close to doing that on my other merc. But i switched to another one, it looks solid 😄

[safe jetty]

Thanks!!

[midnight geode]

hey guys im planning on making a stun buildup build where i stun the boss and thats when i do most of my damage. Can high level bosses be stunned relatively quickly or should i not bother?

[tawny timber]

somebody know what i should get on the 4th slot

[upper viper]

prob area of effect 😄
Since its a explosive skill

[tawny timber]

ye?

[upper viper]

could try magnified effect 😄

[somber pendant]

Other than +levels how do I scale dark effigy damage? Would it use my spell damage and chaos damage if I grab it in the tree? Little confused cuz I thought totems were kinda like minions

I know + to projectiles is useless but what works to scale it best?

[upper viper]

revival slowly getting there

[weak brook]

Does rarity have a soft cap?

[somber pendant]

In recent interview they said there were diminishing returns

[lilac kite]

anybody?

[static plinth]

Totems use your skills for you, any buffs you have to your own damage affect them as well

[lilac kite]

for this thingy

[upper viper]

to trigger eachother

[static plinth]

They can trigger eachother if they have the opposite damage type

[lilac kite]

oh

neat

thank

[somber pendant]

So if I have cast speed on like an amulet dark effigy will cast vile effusion faster?

[gloomy jackal]

So if I have a physical attack and 140% dmg as extra chaos, will increase %phys dmg scale the chaos at all?

and Heavy swing and stuff like that

[atomic halo]

no

that damage is chaos, not physical

only local phys on your weapon will work for that converted damage

[gloomy jackal]

right, dang. Hard to get support gems for it then

thanks

[muted blaze]

question about resistance penetration, if the monster has 75% resistance and i have 100% penetration, does it count as them having no resistance or more?

[gloomy jackal]

it counts as 0 res

[somber pendant]

Pen won't go past 0

Other things can tho

[muted blaze]

okay if memory serves me correctly monsters only have 75% resistance at most right? so id just want above 75% or do i need 100? like is 1% penetration = 1% elemental resistance so id only need 100% penetration if they were "immune" which i know isnt a thing just as example

[atomic halo]

above 75% is pretty overkill yeah

[muted blaze]

okay thank you!

[tawdry jewel]

I have a different kind of question

if barely cleared simulacrum 3 solo, is the build failing or is it normal?

[mystic shard]

Zalmarath, starting to think some of these numbers are nonsense/testing

[atomic halo]

damage: yes

[marsh river]

which portions of flame wall can minion pact boost?

says takes my hp worth from minion and improves supported skills damage by 40%

[upper viper]

Clearly not enough.

XD

[gloomy jackal]

Havent done it but from what I've heard sim is harder than other side content. But it doesn't matter if you build is bad for one type of content if you never do it, and it's good for other content. And even if it is bad.. as long as its fun

[mystic shard]

lol

[upper viper]

XD

[tawdry jewel]

fair point! thanks for the feedback :)

i must say it really is a dps race to not get overwhelmed. no way you can tank all that

[mystic shard]

yeah

seems all the bosses have some nosnense numbers

then proper numbers

I think ill be fine vs xesht

[upper viper]

Still preparing 😄

[mystic shard]

=D

Ok this seems mor einline

with his knife push rocks (zalmar)

average 450 dmg - 20% x6 = 2150 odd dmg

about what his knife push is

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I'm guessing the attack time is actually 6 seperate isntances of dmg (as it says 6 secs, but says it takes place over 1 sec)

Problem is this is selected for the cruel difficulty level version, so it must be bugged to show normal.

As on the site, all the monsters are selected as their cruel difficulty.

But 90% of their numbers line up (besides the odd omega psycho number as shown before) with their normal difficult

[deep harbor]

can merc be leveled/played effectively with staff skills up to the point one can transition to HoWA attribute stacking?

[upper viper]

I think, many has been leveling merc with staffs.
I used Bows, with LA XD

[mystic shard]

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So that site can at least be depended upon for normal

And xesht only has a normal mode, so should be fine for him

[fiery wave]

anyone who done a quarterstaff build, how do you usually generate power charges?

[upper viper]

I used combay frenzy and converted those to power charges 🙂

[fiery wave]

im playing caged god gemling rn tipsy

[upper viper]

Im sure you can beat that bastard XD

[fiery wave]

thats a bit off for me im far from teh conversion node

killing palm is a bit iffy bc the damage is too low and left click is a oneshot

[upper viper]

Then look at the certain skills, and see if they say something about making power chargees

[fiery wave]

maybe i dont need charge staff yet anyway

[upper viper]

its big damage boost XD

[fiery wave]

yeah i was just asking a broad question as a shortcut

[upper viper]

how does your tree look like, maybe there are nodes you can use near the node for powercharges

[fiery wave]

im not sure i need more damage rn

[hybrid ocean]

The main alternative to Resonance + Combat Frenzy is to use Lingering illusion + Chaos Innoculation + Minion pact

you roll, use your basic attack skill with minion pact, and there's a power charge.

[mystic shard]

Tbh I just wanna feel the joy of tanking everything nad being immortal, I wanna win through power, not through skill.

But if I put my mind to it, Ic an never be hit anyway.

thx chris =D

[fiery wave]

thanks thats what i was looking for as a quick starter

[upper viper]

with what i have seen so far, you are damn strong haha

[fiery wave]

so both are more closer to level 60-80 i think i just entered act 3

normal

[upper viper]

Yeah

[plain meteor]

Hi all!
If i were to get Zealots Oath which makes my energy shield not recharge.
And then get Eternal Youth to make energy shield recharge recharge life.
Would this still apply the recharge to life or is it still blocked by Zealots? It might just turn it to 0 or disable the stat all together?
Thoughts?

[safe jetty]

Think this is worth 50 ex? Considering buying

[near jewel]

does offensive stance and lay siege stack?

or if i take one i cannot take the other?

[torn mango]

Does your attack speed make minions attack faster with Trenchtimbre?

[gloomy jackal]

I assume life won't be able to recharge either, but haven't tried so you should prolly test

[plain meteor]

Thx for the input! just thought id get peoples interpretations of this interaction as i also thought it wouldnt work, but sometimes interactions can be surprising.

[plucky flare]

Anyone here running electric pillar of god (I am gemling stat stacker). Not sure what runes to throw in

Lightning dmg, lightning penetration, or physical dmg rune?

[tidal copper]

20% increased physical on pillar?
Enemy resistances go up to 75 I heard

[plucky flare]

Well I was thinking phys as I’m running Storm wave, converting 80% phys damage to lightning damage anyways

But ye enemy res do be scaling. And those +45 +50 res modifiers on waystones just fuck my damage

[tidal copper]

Pillar is infinite % DMG and you have flat from wisdom and action right?

[plucky flare]

Oh prolly should mention I’m pre-HoWa currently

Budget stat stacker 🙃

So pillar + three dragon helm currently

[tidal copper]

Pre howa I believe whatever makes the flat higher will be better as you have a lot of increased

[upper viper]

I have already forgottten, does anyone here remember the name of this jewel ?
Where i can allocate nodes. in the circle

[plucky flare]

Gotcha gotcha. Then 40% phys on top of 11-22 base dmg is pretty ass huh

2 lightnings would be 2-40 flat lightning dmg

[mystic shard]

sorcery ward is just like extra energy shield right? it's not a reduction but a flat shield yes?

[plucky flare]

Oh no 11% scaling holdon holdon

[tidal copper]

2-40 flat should be pretty big you could test with a ring I guess?

[atomic halo]

controlled metamorphosis

[plucky flare]

This true this true. May just spend the exalt or 2 for a second pillar 😁

Will experiment. Thanks for help!

[upper viper]

Thanks, was itching my brain and was like. AAAAAA

[mystic shard]

hmm ok, watched a guy a lot less tanky than me

testing the dmg of xesht

most stuff seems to be 3-5k dmg max before resists

didnt get to see the solar orb dmg

I thought xesht was strongest, is he?

who is strongest boss?

[fading hazel]

i want to switch my sparcaster over to bow (Widowhail) and quiver. They seem expensive though. What stats can i compromise on to get a better deal?
Currently have 4 exalts

[atomic halo]

arbiter of ash

diff levels can change it

[vivid torrent]

Hi does cage god work well with witchhunter? I usually see it in gemling

[fiery wave]

lingering illusion should be perfect for power charges while leveling

you dont really need that many

[noble token]

what are best supports for 3L fireball?

unleash + scattershot is satisfying to use but im not sure if it works since idk if a monster can be damaged by more than 1 projectile of fireball

[mystic shard]

does he have any true one shot mechanics? (Not just big dmg)

[atomic halo]

yeah

the thing where you have to stand in a circle, and it blasts everywhere else

if you dont stand there you will die no matter what

[fiery wave]

i have never seen this

i was just trying to buy like boots until i see whats the higehst movespeed i can get on level 35 xD

[twilit cairn]

im playing around with a power charge build...
can some1 explain to me why i'd want more "max charges" for example on an ice strike monk?? does having 6 charges benefit me in any way, compared to having 3 charges, if i can keep my charged staff up just fine?

[sage gyro]

is there a way to increase the duration for "if you've reloaded recently"?

perk on weapon

[manic oar]

so, just to check, using Essence Battery and Everlasting Gaze results in you still having a ton of ES, potentially double-dipping multipliers?

[wind sparrow]

Can you use shockbuster ranger build at level 41 in campaign or will it not work well?

[livid dagger]

hope this skeletal brute cost can be down, just got idea super saiyan brute 35000x20% = 7000 damage fire persecond, with 2 with cleric, imagine it cost 30, i would use this to my entire army, wanna try to max life my minion without node damage, use only health as damage.

[winter vortex]

what does quality give on wand?

[minor tree]

I saw an interesting demon form build using potions to sustain a barrier invocation loop, but I don't understand where the health sustain comes from, any ideas?

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/fm4c20nu

Since there's no recoup and flask will replenish shield instead of health

[shell isle]

Is there a catalyst that upgrades all res affix on rings?

or amulets

[upper viper]

i think its this one, double check yourself on the hideligted messages XD

[shell isle]

there is literally no way to check this

if all res is considered defence in this context

[daring bobcat]

catalysts are pennies and can override one another, just try it

[shell isle]

ok just made 17% quality with defence

doesnt affect all res

did affect max es though

[pearl sluice]

you can check thats why def is underlined

just alt and hover over

[old surge]

Any resistance will increase all res

Def is for armor, es, eva

[grand remnant]

poe2db. It says what tags affixes have

https://poe2db.tw/us/Rings#ModifiersCalc

[shell isle]

so if I use fire catalyst

it will upgrade all res"?

it should have based on this

[winter vortex]

what quality does on wand?

[grand remnant]

correct

[plain meteor]

Hi all!
Flame wall does not do dmg itself, only the ignite it applies does right?

[valid bolt]

is this worth the 1div ?
for lighting arrow deadeye

[fiery wave]

how do people get to mapping in 6 hours

i think i need 10h or so just for normal rofl and i feel like im just running through with 35%ms

[plain meteor]

Hi all, If i convert all dmg to fire. will all damage over time ailments such as bleed and poison turn into ignites?

[somber pendant]

diapers, caffeine, and map hacks

[fiery wave]

or i gotta check tha tkrip video maybe he neded 5h for normal

that would at least make sense

[static plinth]

Gives quality to it's granted skill

[static plinth]

No, conversion is only for hits

[plain meteor]

Alright, so if i then use a chaos DOT skill, will this become ignite?

[static plinth]

No, because the chaos DoT isnt a hit

Even if it did convert it wouldnt be an Ignite

Just Burning

[plain meteor]

So if i were to use contagion, and have the key passive that 75% of all dmg becomes fire and cant deal non-fire dmg.
Will this become a burning DOT? or will it count as a application of Ignite? @static plinth

[somber pendant]

Got the dark effigy totems cranking out some damage now that im using doedres tenure, the 1% damage per block chance % node by armour/ES from body armour, some spell crit and crit damage bonus on jewels. Fire wall for some extra flat damage and blackflame bc i had a free ring slot. 2 totems on war bringer with can break armour below 0 with font of rage tear up boss armour for reavers to chop to pieces ^_^

[nova egret]

Does anyone know if an ingenuity will increase the amount of life reduction from a mings heart or reduce it?

[somber pendant]

blackflame probably doesnt make ignite count for extra projectiles from dark effigy's vile effusion does it?

[static plinth]

Neither, it will deal 0 damage since DoTs cant be converted

[atomic halo]

lol that is a troll, all of the downside and none of the upside

[plain meteor]

Thank you for responding!
Is there a place i could find this information to read on it that you can recommend?
I would like to get a clear understanding of what does and doesnt get converted and stuff.

[static plinth]

Lightning DoTs when GGG

[atomic halo]

poe2wiki.net/wiki/Conversion

[static plinth]

PoE2wiki.net

Yeah what Bloon said

[plain meteor]

thank you both! You have been very helpfull!

[static plinth]

It doesnt, its really weird but it still technically deals fire damage

Just the enemy takes a different type of damage from it

Vine Arrow works if you have a weapon swap

[lyric marsh]

guys, did anyone try siege cascade with deadeye? I'm trying my best to test it with endless munitions, but it feels like +1 proj does nothing for the skill

[thorny token]

it indeed does nothing

[lyric marsh]

rip xD thanks for the quick reply tho! c:

[thorny token]

yea was kinda disappointed when testing it myself before too :d

[lyric marsh]

maybe they'll change it in the future hehe

[fiery wave]

the size of these act 3 maps is actually disturbing

[thorny token]

hopefully, should just fire 2 shots on every enemy imo

[lyric marsh]

agree

at least that's how other xbow skills behave

[woeful tinsel]

Working on theorycrafting a new build. infernalist ignite bow mage. Using crit from snipe for high magnitude ignite. Clear speed is a bit of an issue right now. I’m doing normal bow attacks with chain and fire damage but it seems to be lacking without speccing into the ranger projectile damage

[waxen jewel]

Does "+% increased charm effect" work for the modifiers or only for the base effect?

[hybrid obsidian]

hey im looking at a build guide right now, its cold conversion spark, they have lots of shock built in though and i just dont see where they note how they are shocking. does anyone know how you accomplish cold converion but still shock?

[waxen jewel]

Basically, does it scale guard?

[atomic halo]

it should

[waxen jewel]

I'm just thinking, it might not be that bad of an defensive option if going deep into it

[atomic halo]

imo it would be pretty terrible

[iron oxide]

is mercenary a good beginner class?

[atomic halo]

but you can give it a shot

[atomic halo]

just fine, yeah

[versed umbra]

spark stormweaver mahuxotl or focus fellas?

[hybrid obsidian]

if i convert all my lightning with call of brotherhood, how can i still consitnetly apply shock?

[somber pendant]

I use a couple chaos resist charms on my infernalist i should probably try increased effectiveness of charms o.O up my PDR

[midnight bolt]

Are you running with uncapped chaos res and rely on charms to cap it?

[somber pendant]

Yeah I don't have alot of gear options for chaos res

[midnight bolt]

Oof

Thats rough

[somber pendant]

But I have a utility belt with +3 charm slots

+2*

[blissful lintel]

best build using foxglove? i wanna have rly fast ms for my second char

[waxen jewel]

Meh the effectiveness is kinda scuffed though

There's only the one cluster with 3 notables with it.

Other 3 charm clusters are just increased charges zzz

[pliant sleet]

Hey guys, I'm new to POE2 - struggling with following DOnTheCrowns monk build.. Anyone know much about the game and can maybe give me advise?

Here is my gear: https://i.imgur.com/Ns7nO6q.png Gems and skills: https://i.imgur.com/5miX7qE.png

[versed umbra]

stormweaver..mahuxotls or focus?

[pliant sleet]

I'm level 30 and struggling with Jamamra the abomination..

[waxen jewel]

I guess there's a pseudo 1.2 * more multiplier from the double charm trigger chance

Ohh, but that doesn't even stack though

Unless running different charms

[fervent briar]

Dodge his abilities. Patience and you can win with zdps

[pliant sleet]

I am trying but he is almost one shotting me some times

[pearl sluice]

what class cj

[pliant sleet]

and the sand storm kills me soo fast

[fervent briar]

You dot. Stand in the sandstorm

Dont

[pliant sleet]

I am trying to build cold MOnk (DonTheCrowns build) pics above

[pearl sluice]

can I see the rolls?

[fervent briar]

That’s doesn’t have anything to do with the sandstorm killing you. Go to the npc

[pearl sluice]

if you're dying to the sandstorm you need to stand behind the npc you have helping you

want me to come carry you real quick?

[fervent briar]

The npc has a bubble like zana on shaper

[pliant sleet]

Ok thank you - what about getting more dmg on my build?

[fervent briar]

Carrying him won’t teach him anything

[pliant sleet]

what items i should look for?

[fervent briar]

Weapon

[pliant sleet]

I'm going to try kill him first more times, now I know more

Guide says I need to get expert slicing quarterstaff, but I havne't seen one yet

I thought my weapon was pretty decent for my lvl

[fervent briar]

Those are late game

[pearl sluice]

you can try to buy something decent from the market, if you have a few exalted orbs

[pliant sleet]

Here is my gear: https://i.imgur.com/Ns7nO6q.png Gems and skills: https://i.imgur.com/5miX7qE.png

[fervent briar]

Literally just pick up a white weapon off the ground in act 2 and get a damage roll on it and you can finish act 3 with it

[pliant sleet]

I don't have any exalted orbs yet, but I have some gear to disenchant

[pearl sluice]

even though it looks good tbh

[fervent briar]

I beat act 6 with a lvl 22 weapon in hcssf

Well a3 cruel

[hybrid ocean]

Is there any quick way to see what types of sanctum relics can get what affixes?

[fervent briar]

You’re not losing due to damage you’re just getting hit too much. Pay attention and dodge. Act 2 boss is easy

[pliant sleet]

Ok let me go try again Ill be back soon lol

wait nvm i do have exalted orb

ima go buy a staff

[pearl sluice]

try to look for % physical dmg

[pliant sleet]

something like this?

[carmine sandal]

no

level 77

you're 30

[pliant sleet]

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