2┃build-planning

[leaden moth]

Are zombies or unearth creatures better use of early act 2 corpses?

[sacred dock]

Anyone knows what goes wrong here? One of them is dual wielding 1 handed maces, then the dps of the skill does not show up at all, the other is with a 2 handed mace, then it says the skill only has 338 dps. Am i doing something wrong or is PoB not able to calc ancient totems?

[patent void]

So question

Does anyone know if Pressure "Pierce the Heart", a passive towards the right of the tree, gives you 100% pierce chance or just that if you pierce it will go through 2 instead of 1 enemy?

wait nvm answered here before it actuallly adds 1 pierce

sick

[steady birch]

is there a support gem to make cast on shock have cooldown? this thing burns my mana real fast with voltaic mark cos i shock all the time

weird problem to have lol

[azure wyvern]

does this work with Blood Magic?

[tidal willow]

can anyone help me with upgrades? here's my pob link it's 99.9% correct, got lucky with a perfect jewellers so sitting on 3 div rn for upgrades.
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/rylcu0y4

[jovial blade]

ghost dance doesn't have any addtional effect from quality?

[fluid helm]

Do you play rapid fire? It looks fun.. is it viable? Thanks

[restive mortar]

if it says increased in the text it is increased, if it says more it is more

[restive mortar]

nah I've just seen a video on it

so as it's increased it will be additive with all your other increased damage

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/t47uz0z6

this is the rf one I saw

i imagine it's not bad because fresh clip is such an insane support gem and it's the best attack to use it

[fiery scaffold]

is it possible to filter items in the trade website where the total sum of these 2 values are a certain value while giving both stats different weights?

[restive mortar]

yes ish

youd have to do a weighted sum on the mods that increase them

and account for the base stats

[sweet wadi]

Can someone explain to me why in PoB even tho the 2nd staff has more phyisccal dps and crit in my invoker build still does more damage than a lower dps one? https://pobb.in/diUkmKPzhKUx

[carmine flicker]

I have a stupid idea
horde of skeletal clerics DD with cast on minion death, sacrifice and decompose boots
you run
they die
they revive each other(and die again)
you stack your comet energy and go "comet" all around

[jovial blade]

why does ghost dance doesn't have any addtional effect from quality?

[carmine flicker]

it does

1% eva as ES per 10% quality

so 7% at 20q

[thorny token]

yea the qual on it is bugged atm

[jovial blade]

i have 15% quality but no changes

[thorny token]

there are fewmore gems like that

with bugged qualities

[jovial blade]

okay

i thought it was just me

[static talon]

is the Trade site dying atm?

[vital walrus]

hi anyone knows Lightning arrow the beam chaining happen can happen more than once if the arrow hits more than one target, say with Pierce support, so like the target first hit and then the 2nd target hit bh it after it pierced the first target

will the lightning beams come out of both the first as well as the 2nd target?

[lofty glen]

quick question, so I'm planning to do a build that uses Glancing Blows, there obviously is a cap for block (75% I suppose) but: is the overcapped block counting towards 1% increased damage per 1% block from Lay Siege?

like if I have 50% block from shield, increased lets say another 20% from some Nodes, then double it with Glancing blows to make it 140% total, do I get 140% increased damage or just 75%?

[carmine flicker]

what's the remnant pickup distance ?
like how close you need to be

[tidal willow]

Am I looking ok to maybe switch from shield to focus now on my build? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/q2lla0yi

[lyric willow]

Proj speed can potentially go up to 700% with a decent budget

[hollow trench]

What do my warrior Titan brothers do for early game single target damage? I'm lvl 24 in my hardcore playthrough and aftershock/shockwave kills everything. Bosses are taking me like 5-6 minutes to fight though

[merry bone]

Support your mace attack

[fluid helm]

Are you monable?

[hollow trench]

I have attack speed and stun on it so far

Is the left click attack really our best single target? 😂

[merry bone]

best skill period

[hollow trench]

LOL

damn

[merry bone]

maces down bad

[hollow trench]

I wanted to try warrior just to see why people dislike it

Now I see

[undone peak]

This would not be good.

[lyric willow]

how so?

[undone peak]

The opportunity cost is way too large.

Proj speed past some point does nothing useful due to the 0.66s internal cooldown on hits.

And in PoE 2 quivers have lost several important mods that made them interesting for spark in PoE 1, such as max life. Also, wands in PoE 2 are so much stronger than PoE 1 that it's kinda crazy.

[simple beacon]

anything i should change? im main spark

[undone peak]

yeah mate, you're missing proj speed and duration nodes

also...

[tidal copper]

Lies molten blast is pretty good

[undone peak]

red path is 7 travel points and 1 jewel socket. green path is 6 travel points and 1 jewel socket.

isn't green objectively better?

still feels bad to me idk

[simple beacon]

yea true i saw that ealier

[undone peak]

not a fan of this tree tbh

[tidal copper]

Sounds like it unless you want something in the longer path

[undone peak]

too much i dont like to even summarize

[thorny token]

no, but looking up who that is on youtube my setup is better anyway

[tidal copper]

You can say "I like your tree as much as I like D4"

[undone peak]

these nodes are insane for example

massive damage multipliers

[carmine flicker]

did someone try VD build yet?

[tidal copper]

VD?

[lyric willow]

U waste too much passive nodes bro, are you using a wand +focus setup?

[carmine flicker]

volatile dead

[simple beacon]

im using wand + mahu

[lyric willow]

I recon, having Focus is better for DPS like 30% more

[tidal copper]

I would bet for three dragons

[worthy echo]

are there any builds that comfortably clear sekhemas hitless? i wanna do the temporalis run

[undone peak]

Chronomancer and Chayula Monks are the hitless meta

[worthy echo]

oh i have a chrono

[undone peak]

Freeze the room, kill everything, repeat.

[cold osprey]

so do different items get the possibility to different pre/suffix at different levels? i vaguely remember reading that somewhere

[undone peak]

Chayula monk's darkness protects against honor, unless they patched it recently.

[fluid helm]

I just wanted to ask if plasma blast is viable. I wanted to try high velocity rounds but everyone says it sucks.. at least plasma blast looks similar

[worthy echo]

do you got some kind of guide i can reference for the chrono build

i specced mine for aura support

[carmine flicker]

won't 100% temp chains be better?
(except for last boss ofc)

[thorny token]

yea did not liked high velo at all too

but yea plasma is very good skill

[worthy echo]

ye im worried most about the last boss

[thorny token]

imo

[undone peak]

Similar to deep delving, the type of people doing these runs have a strong financial incentive to NOT share their builds with others, so I would be somewhat surprised if you could find a build guide.

[fluid helm]

There is no video of map clearing with it.. do you have footage?

[undone peak]

You could glean a bit of what they might be doing by /whois the characters selling multiple Temporalis

to learn their ascendancy at least

[deep harbor]

When it comes to stat stacking tempest flurry, what are the man pro's and cons of monk and merc?

[worthy echo]

i have a stat monk rn it's pretty good

[undone peak]

Gemling is just the better choice

[worthy echo]

dunno bout merc

[undone peak]

It's not even close

[worthy echo]

im not surprised i guess gemling has some silly stuff

[carmine flicker]

remember, if you take 0 damage you lose 0 honor!

just have 90 evade 80 block and chayula for rare times when both fails..

[thorny token]

well you clear with explo shot + fork ideally, or at least thats what im using

its not amazing but its fine, i can try recording something maybe on some rando map

[carmine flicker]

btw, is maximum darkness 660 at lvl 90 or it can be increased by smth?

[hidden crown]

I am doing a quarterstaff build with Original Sin Amethyst Ring
To deal chaos damage with elemental melee skills
The best ascedancy is Acolyte of Chayula or Invoker?
Acolyte of Chayula has chaos damage increases
But Invoker has some OP passives too
What u guys recommend me?

[tidal copper]

Elemental DMG doesn't benefit you with Original sin
Does invoker have enough worthwhile passives

[thorny token]

cant be increased, just the ascendancy and levels

[carmine flicker]

ehh
kinda useless then I guess

[thorny token]

yea

only good for sanctum but meh\

[carmine flicker]

I really want to make smth face-tanky
but high ES dies to a barrage of medium hits
block build doesn't have huge pool
and idk if block+high ES is even possible

I mean, 10k ES warbringer sound zdps

also idk if cast on block even work with warbringer, there was some bug

[hidden crown]

100% of Elemental Damage Converted to Chaos Damage

[carmine flicker]

(also getting to 90 all res with max block sound like zdps x2)

[upper viper]

What is zdps XD ?

[upper viper]

I have been trying to do something tanky for a while. Just still trying out different builds, to make my own. I was able to get my gemling to 20k es with help of grim feast.

[carmine flicker]

zero DPS
no damage

[upper viper]

Ahhh

[carmine flicker]

gemling 90 res 20k ES?

grim feast is good only if you go for minion explode build or smth
otherwise not too reliable IMO

[upper viper]

80% with 11.2k ES. 20k+ with grim feast

But what you also want is return on block. And i havent tested the shields yet, to see if there is one that gives ES instead of health on block

[midnight geode]

guys do weapon set nodes count when inside an against the darkness jewel radius? Only when youre using that weapon set ofc

[hidden crown]

Why u said Elemental damage doesnt benefit me with Original Sin
If its gives 100% of Elemental Damage Converted to Chaos Damage

[undone peak]

Conversion doesn't remember it's origin type in PoE 2

[upper viper]

You could even Mana stack, while stacking Energy shield. And then get damage thru archmage

[undone peak]

Increases to elemental damage will not increase your damage if all ele dmg is converted to chaos

This is a difference from PoE 1

[carmine flicker]

as warbringer? doubt it

[undone peak]

Like isn't Invoker literally only 1 good node for an original sin character? Just the spirit node?

[upper viper]

I mean, its just a good walk around the tree 😛

im not even using the nodes close to Merc XD

[carmine flicker]

gemling with "double gain" mana from int probably can be rather good archmage..

[upper viper]

It can yeah

[carmine flicker]

gemling is stupid like that

[upper viper]

had 12k mana

almost 13k

[carmine flicker]

13k mana?

WTF?

[upper viper]

Yeah let me find my vid

[carmine flicker]

where did you get THAT much int?

[upper viper]

had 800 int, with evelasting gaze

[upper viper]

Just needed like 550 more XD

[carmine flicker]

why do you even need gaze, lol? just go MoM

[upper viper]

Because you use everlasting gaze to give you. Your Energy sheild back, when using Eldritch Battery

[carmine flicker]

I know that

[upper viper]

Didnt need mind over matter. Was tanky enough without, so used the nodes for something else

[carmine flicker]

how much did build cost btw?

[undone peak]

But you're a stat stacker losing out of all the stats you could get from an amulet??

[upper viper]

less then 10 divines without ingeunity belt.

[upper viper]

Didnt feel like i lost anything tho ?
I was even close to 400 spirit.
And did 200k+ damage just fine from archmage and chaos damage. Maybe more, pob had a hard time calculating

[carmine flicker]

what skill?

[upper viper]

impending doom build 🙂

Which could be converted to spark, changing a few nodes

[thorny token]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0VSJfN-L6c but the recording is kinda shit xd

[carmine flicker]

can you share a bit from it or it's secret homemade build?)

(pretty please)

400 spirit does sound damn nice

[upper viper]

Its half and half, its build from the idea Dante gaming did. But i made a lot of changes to the overall setup

Let me check if i updated my pob

i have a outdated pob, here is a link: https://pobb.in/HR3qjK-Kwwy2

[tidal copper]

Read the conversion tool tip

[carmine flicker]

thx, will take a look

[midnight geode]

do weapon set nodes count when inside an against the darkness jewel radius? Only when youre using that weapon set ofc

[upper viper]

Currently saving up for 100 div, so i have some playroom for my STR stacker. Also need to level my warrior XD

[carmine flicker]

damn, it's hard to get uniques in there..

[hidden crown]

Where

[fluid helm]

Thanks. It has to be poison? And is this ranger class or?

[upper viper]

Just a bit yeah

[carmine flicker]

it's just sad without mantle of flame

[thorny token]

no it doesnt have to be poison but i like poison. but works as hit build too

[carmine flicker]

then I guess nothing does enough phys to oneshot anyway, so w/e

[thorny token]

and yes that is deadeye

as deadeye is best crossbow ascendancy

[viral crag]

Poison is nice 🙂

[tidal copper]

Press alt and hover over conversion

[upper viper]

I wish we could scale witchunters explode node XD

[fluid helm]

I was thinking galvanic shards for clear and plasma for bosses. So I should keep my ranger? Saw someone say mercenary

[thorny token]

yea def stick with ranger

and i dont like galvanic shards clear, explo shot was way better for me (especially with fork)

galvanic too weak

basically cant clear by itself without heralds

[hidden crown]

Oh I see, so for my build acolyte of chay will be better? Because it has more chaos damage

[undone peak]

I doubt monk would be the best choice for an original sin build

[fluid helm]

But it's fire? And plasma is lightning

[thorny token]

acolyte is fine-ish for osin but that asc is meh

[thorny token]

wep swap points or howa

or osin, i have pob for osin plasma blast on deadeye

as hit version instead of poison

[carmine flicker]

how does cursed ground interract with impending btw?

[upper viper]

Should be more for Conductivity. Impending doom is mainly just to explode 😄

Spell echo is for bossing as well. You use Spell Cascade for mapping

[carmine flicker]

I mean, does it explode constantly? once per cast? once per echo?

and how blasphemy interact with that

[upper viper]

constantly, because you overlap the curse. Which triggers a new curse, therefor a exploding.
And with spell cascade they overlap on itself. So it constantly explodes

[carmine flicker]

do you need to cast it many times, or just one tap and it start exploding till the ground ends?

[upper viper]

i can just tap it once, and with spell cascase it clears damn big groups and just oneshots rares

[carmine flicker]

can I PM you please?

[upper viper]

sure

[thorny token]

https://pobb.in/vFsOEJ5HO9mm mostly was just messing around with pob, poison does quite a bit more damage but still funny

ah it doesnt show dps

[hidden crown]

Is it possible to filter "requires level" on the trade site?

[tidal copper]

It'll be first thought
I personally wanted an original sin for a poison comet build but GGG made it good so it's kinda dead

[tidal copper]

Yes in requirements actually

[hidden crown]

Wdym dead

[tidal copper]

You expensive for me to try it

[hidden crown]

I see

[thorny token]

it went back down to only 5 divs

looks like

[floral helm]

"only five divs"

Your privilege is showing

[late ridge]

Hey gang, I tried my hand at customizing Raxx's endgame infernalist build by hybridizing it with Helm's. Passive tree: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/gjl5h0y8
What do you think? Are the originals respectively better?

[gusty kindle]

wtf servers down?

[thorny token]

i mean it jumped to 30 before and its one of the rarest items in the game

[alpine summit]

has anyone tried plasma blast?

im on a bleed plasma blast build

and i saw one guy going full crit

[floral helm]

Yeah but you talk about it like everybody's one of these streamers who's got 50,000 divine orbs.

And that's definitely not the case, on top of the fact that the market is going nuts right now. A single divine orb is worth almost 200 exalted at this point and that's absurd.

[worthy echo]

what skills have a 4 second cooldown or less

[silver cobalt]

i hope divines will be 1000000 exalts

[worthy echo]

im trying to look at stuff that might be fun with temporalis

[alpine summit]

economy worst than my country

[latent dawn]

If a monster has 50 resist and your curse+exposure brings it down to negative - is Penetration now completely useless?

[merry bone]

yes

[alpine summit]

it doesnt go lower than 0?

[latent dawn]

ok, so Pen is only good if you overjuice your maps to where they still have res huh

yea Pen states it goes to 0, not negative

[potent hearth]

how do I scale this thing? flat dmg to attacks??

[latent dawn]

but Pen on a target thats cursed and exposed is unlikely to still be above 0 res

Overjuiced monsters through Expedition, waystone, etc might still have positive res so thats where itll work

[jovial sentinel]

whats happening

i cant gett in

[latent dawn]

everything crashed

someone tripped the ripcord

[jovial sentinel]

so is not only me then

as the trading site seems to be fixed

i gott scary coz i may did some sht 😄

[latent dawn]

probably slightly more complicated to get the game servers back online compared to a website

[jovial sentinel]

so everyone has this issue

is not only me tho

[latent dawn]

yea everyone got kicked out

[jovial sentinel]

fk me )

i just was fancy to buy some new cosmetics

😦

or it may be they patching some sht now ? @latent dawn

[spiral smelt]

I don't understand what are elemental exposure

Are they just "on" when enemy is ignited / shocked / chilled ?

[tidal copper]

Time to rerroll for the fifth time

[tidal copper]

Exposure is exposure
Those you mention are ailments

[restive mortar]

you need to apply exposure and then the enemies resistance is lowered

usually via a support gem

[spiral smelt]

So it's not automatically applied ? It needs to be explicitely said somewhere

Like Overheating Blow from the warrior tree

[restive mortar]

it's not automatic no

[pure pawn]

when they are fix the servers?

anybody know that?

[latent dawn]

exposure is a debuff just like applying a curse - if you apply Exposure, it has its own Icon with the value it lowers resists by, same as when you curse it has its own curse debuff icon on the monster

So you curse, you throw eye of winter to apply exposure (with support gem) and then the monster has like -80 resist for a set duration

[vast rampart]

For Mahuxotl's Machination... is the best idea to use divine orbs until you get near the high end of the rolls(666%).. and THEN vaal it? Or whats the right approach with it?

[latent dawn]

depends entirely on your budget ... you might be better off buying the Mahu you want - a 630% is like 18divs? with 3 sockets so you dont have to gamble

[spiral smelt]

Thanks

[latent dawn]

ah of course if you're not in Trade then you have to Div it yourself and vaal it yourself :p

[thin flax]

using a vaal after high roll could turn it to lowest

[tidal scarab]

could also add a socket -> profit

[latent dawn]

there's that too, 3rd socket is ideal but it can brick - which is why in Trade league you just buy someone's luck instead :p

[vast rampart]

Ah ok.. good to know. But if Im in SSF, for example, whats the optimal way to try and juice it? Do I just vaal it? Or is it best to use some divines and try to get it close to the top end of the rolls? Thanks for you tips!

[latent dawn]

ideally you qual + socket the item then do your luck ritual and slam the vaal in

[thin flax]

ssf i'd kinda say don't vaal it until you get good things or an replacement

[latent dawn]

it also depends on the roll

if you have a low roll Mahu, div it to 600+ if you can but dont target perfection

[thin flax]

low roll, then definitely vaal

[vast rampart]

luck ritual? Is that the divine slamming?

[latent dawn]

luck ritual = rub your rabbit paw, do a prayer, light a candle, whatever

[vast rampart]

Yeah.. its a lower roll. So I was assuming I should use divines to try to reroll it much higher, right? And then vaal it?

[thin flax]

vaal can roll it higher but don't count on it

[latent dawn]

yes, never forget qual + socket, ive done that myself, hitting a corrupt and then realizing I forgot socket or qual

[vast rampart]

Yeah for sure! Thank you! SSF is the best mode ever. It'd actualy be the perfect game if you could just trade currency and not gear. That would be the dream! Did PoE1 ever have something like that?

[latent dawn]

Step 1: Div it to where you're comfortable with - if you have the currency to 😉 bad luck divs can drain you out
Step 2: Qual + Socket
Step 3: ??? (vaal)
Step 4: Happy or Sad

[latent dawn]

that'd be interesting, having the Currency Exchange but SSF for everything else

[vast rampart]

Seems like the dream. I guess PoE 1 didnt have that eh?

[tidal copper]

If you are using Vaal why div it?
Also no omen?

[latent dawn]

I guess Settlers league was kind of a "fake trade" for SSF since they got the boats

the boats would bring insane amounts of currency and items over time

[latent dawn]

ah yea forgot Omen (because they dont exist :p still too low drop)

[jovial sentinel]

• U walk down the street, and you find a poe2 50£ voucher. What you do - Gift it to yourself 👍 ( reaction ) buy cosmetics ❤️ reaction show it to your gf and send her to his mom for a week 😂 laugh reaction.

[vast rampart]

I assume vaaling something at the top end of a roll will have a much better chance of going higher. It feels like vaaling a low low roll isn't ever going to rise that much?

[latent dawn]

but also you want to 3rd Socket with good % so yes you div it - if you hit reroll on the vaal then too bad but you ideally want to hit 3rd socket on mahu shield

[vast rampart]

also which omen should I be using? That one that makes vaal more unpredictable?

[latent dawn]

Omen of Corruption

it removes the "no change" result

[vast rampart]

Ah cool. So a 3 socket you can get with a div?

[latent dawn]

with a vaal :p

you div it to a good % so that if you get a 3rd socket its not a bad Mahu

but it can also brick into a lower roll, that is the vaal gamble

[vast rampart]

ah yea.. so div for highest rolls you can get. Quiality, socket.. etc.. then pray and vaal. 🙂 Good stuff. Thanks for the tips!

[tidal copper]

Implicit can get max Res? That'll be a good high roll too

[latent dawn]

I've done act 1-2-3 ... 6 times now? I dont mind 1-2-3 but cruel 1-2-3 is getting tiresome

[gray patrol]

Cruel goes so much faster it’s great

[latent dawn]

Yea but I want 4-5-6 :p

[gray patrol]

Well yeah I’m glad they didn’t focus on it though

You doin ok there bud

[jovial sentinel]

with bud 😄 the meme bud 😄

[wintry pilot]

Anyone elses archmage not activating?

[undone peak]

do you have enough spirit? do you have enough intelligence? do you have enough str/dex for the support gems on it?

[wintry pilot]

Well, figured it out 5 seconds after posting... somehow my 2nd weapon set was active while I have no 2nd weapon

[plain matrix]

anyone level with ember fussilade ?

[snow arch]

PoB thinks Snipe benefits from Conc Effect but is the enemy hit by the arrow going to actually take area damage

I thought in a lot of cases in PoE exploding projectiles don't do area damage to the monster they impact

[thorny token]

nope

[slow radish]

Anyone know if you can copy an item directly off of POE2 Trade site into POB?

[foggy flume]

anyone know the earlygame bow cheese build?

[undone peak]

Just go to fubgun's twitch and find his build guides there

He's the guy who makes content for newbies for ranger

[compact wren]

Does against the darknest with 4% phys as cold makes sense, if I have a lot of flat cold?

[native bolt]

if i used this on CI, doesn't it bypass the energy and i die instantly?

i dont know how CI works, except it makes my hp 1 and immune to chaos damge and i tank with energy shield or mana nodes

[thorny token]

yes you will die instantly

[blissful lintel]

does the thief’s torment emerald ring mean you can only use one ring or can you use a second thief’s torment

[upper viper]

Does Archmage, not effect LA ?

[thorny token]

archmage is only for spells

[hidden crown]

Best build for early monk? Just to complete the early storyline, and then use my right build?

[thorny token]

only one ring

[upper viper]

argh forgot

[rancid forge]

why does dps drops while weilding two two handed mace weapons?

[restive mortar]

yes you will die instantly but also it won't give any energy shield because 26% of 1 is 0

[terse depot]

You could run this with CI If you run MoM as well

[restive mortar]

and you have 1 life

[terse depot]

This game currently uses what your HP pool would be before ci

At least that's how it works with ghostwrite, I'm assuming the helmet works the same

Haven't personally tested the helmet with CI but I have with ghostwrithe

[snow arch]

It doesn't make sense to me but I guess Conc really does work on the main target for snipe

[gaunt urchin]

Running Chrono Archmage Fireball spammer with 4k mana, any tips on how to improve the build? I have spare points not sure where to spend, for now going to get Pure Power

[fading flicker]

any gemling ice strike pocg + HOWA users here ?

im running that setup, thing is, i tried a ring with cold dmg and very similiar stats to my dex/int wt lightnign dmg and the cold damage LOSES by a ton

are yall using cold dmg rings or ?

not many guides there for this setup so am wondering

atm seems like me propping 500STR ´+ 400DEX + 530INT is the best for my dmg, even without cold dmg

[primal fox]

does Energy Shield Recharge Rate affect mana when using Eldritch battery? trying to see why some builds still spec into the passives nodes for it. Stats screens screen doesn't show mana regen change when i spec into it.

[median spoke]

Wha'ts a good implicit to grab on Belts?

[daring bobcat]

no, usually people will spec out of ES entirely if using any amulet other than Gaze.

[daring bobcat]

whatever ingenuity's implicit is lol

[primal fox]

thanks

[potent swift]

Can't stand maces lol. Is full totem build viable for warrior?

[compact wren]

Does against the darkness with phys as extra cold make sense, if I have a lot of flat cold damage?

[blissful lintel]

what is default # of skills

[plain matrix]

anyone can help me with a Livign Bomb / Fussilade Build ?

[simple beacon]

is this a good tree?

[plain matrix]

maybe forgot to water

why not just post PoB

[simple beacon]

cuz certain things dont work and idk how to add them

[woven vine]

hey I am very confused on most builds I see they have a few more skill points then me and it says something about weapon sets? Can someone hold my hand and help me figure this out?

[mortal gate]

Hi guys, is the controlled metamorphosis “Massive” usable in any build?

[plain yacht]

Optional bosses through campaign that reward a total of 24 skill points

[past veldt]

is this worth anything?

[gusty latch]

Hey can anyone help me understand this error in Path of Building? Warning: You have too many gem groups allocated. Max amount is 9. You have 11 non-item/non-granted gem groups allocated

[lofty glen]

quick question, so I'm planning to do a build that uses Glancing Blows, there obviously is a cap for block (75% I suppose) but: is the overcapped block counting towards 1% increased damage per 1% block from Lay Siege?
like if I have 50% block from shield, increased lets say another 20% from some Nodes, then double it with Glancing blows to make it 140% total, do I get 140% increased damage or just 75%?

[atomic halo]

whats the confusion? there is a limit, you've surpassed it.

[gusty latch]

what is it referring too? I've entered everything as is in-game

[atomic halo]

on the skill screen, the number of skill gems you have socketed at the left

you only get 9 slots by default, you've inputted 11

[static plinth]

Have you not allocated gemling nodes or not entered unset rings?

[atomic halo]

^ probably one of those, yeah

[atomic halo]

1. the default maximum chance to block is 75%
2. no, overcapped chance to block won't count for that

with 75% maximum chance to block, the most you can get is 75% increased damage

[static plinth]

Oh wait we have Glancing Blows?

Maybe i should shield sometime

[atomic halo]

yeah, and it's only take 50% of damage from blocked hits

but i guess we dont have crazy on block effects like aegis

[static plinth]

Isnt Aegis just on the tree now?

[gusty latch]

Here's the screen. I'm WH and i'm not using a unset. Maybe due to Sorcery Ward?

[lofty glen]

huh, seems kinda pointless to grab other Nodes with block then, when you can just grab anything besides a 50% block on shield and then Glancing Blows

ok sorry I'm stupid its procentages

I suck at math

lmao

[static plinth]

I mean GB has a downside

[lofty glen]

yeah but its not like if you have 50% chance to block and double it you have 100%

unless I'm missing something

[static plinth]

Capped at 75%

[lofty glen]

so it all just boils down to the decision if you want to cap block using Glancing Blows or spend more skill points around the tree to not take the 50% of damage?

[static plinth]

Yeah

[gusty latch]

Error went away after fixing a gem level nvm thanks for the feedback

[lofty glen]

thank you kind stranger

[static plinth]

Nvm they nerfed it before release

[lofty glen]

which Node you have on your mind, sorry I'm kinda new

[static plinth]

Something Ward

Before release it recovered 5% of armour as ES on block

Got nerfed to a flat 20

[lofty glen]

oh I see

[sly leaf]

What did you want help with?

I'm making one right now myself, Infernalist

[subtle wave]

Does anybody know anyone who has such high tempchains that it basically makes chronomancer's time freeze obsolete during duo/trio play? I'm trying to figure out a new mf build with my friend

[terse depot]

What do you mean, like slowing to the point that time freeze is redundant on bosses?

[subtle wave]

Yeah pretty much, like atm, i only slow bosses to 50% and everything else to 84%

[tropic raven]

I’m reaching out to anybody willing to help me I’m playing on the PlayStation 5 I’m trying to do the electric build, but I seem to can’t get it right is anybody willing to help me we can do share play I’d really appreciate the help. I’m struggling really bad on endgame.

[subtle wave]

I saw one gentleman's video on one build but in the comments he was saying that he was thinking about going PF or Titan because his tempchains is at 130%+ or something

[subtle wave]

What are you using exactly? Spark i'd assume?

[tropic raven]

Yes

[subtle wave]

Could you explain to me exactly what feels bad about your character rn? Like are things just not dying? struggling to stay alive? mana issues?

[tropic raven]

All the above

[subtle wave]

Deary me

are you following a specific build?

[tropic raven]

I looked at some videos on YouTube and I followed everything they did but something doesn’t seem right

[subtle wave]

could you dm me the video, please?

[tropic raven]

OK, one sec

I need a few minutes to my son comes back. I just got a phone a week ago and I’m all new to this, but I appreciate you taking the time out.

[subtle wave]

Take your time, i'm just chillin on a drive right now!

[tropic raven]

OK, I sent you the video

[gray patrol]

If things are not dying that’s def gonna make surviving harder

And also cause mana issues with what I’m assuming is archmage

[subtle wave]

He was playing a witchhunter gala shard build

Im helping him in dms kekw

[gray patrol]

Ah that’s interesting for sure

Hope it works out

[supple jay]

Is charge infusion supposed to not work with perpetual charge?

[eager echo]

if anyone knows how i can "fake" the config in pob it would be appreciated
25% more damage over time duration doesnt work
only poison duration

[median spoke]

For belts, what do people prefer, Plate belt for Armour or Utility for Flask recovery instant?

[static plinth]

25% more skill duration, 25% more poison duration, 25% more ignite duration

I dont think there's a single entry that works rn

[eager echo]

alright thanks

[craggy lava]

Anyone know how blasphemy impacts AoE scaling?

Got a perfect jewelers orb and decided to apply magnified effect to my blasphemy. Now any enemy within 5.9m of me is inflicted with despair.

I'm a little confused on how the range is calculated, because it went from 4.9m > 5.9m. With magnified effect giving 40% more AOE, I'm not sure how I only got an increase of 20.4%

[normal sluice]

Am I correct in saying that the support gems slotted into a skill don't update the text? For instance a mark I use says duration 8 seconds, but when I add the persistence support gem, it still says 8. But in reality the mark lasts about 11 seconds right?

[craggy lava]

It should update the detail texts if you expand the details tab

If you only hover the skill gem, it will display its default info

[normal sluice]

Ohhh, that's where I was going wrong. Derp. Thanks @craggy lava

[craggy lava]

No problem, happy to help!

[thorny token]

that is just how aoe scales in generl

doesnt have linear scaling

[craggy lava]

Thanks for this. What tool allows you to see that info?

[thorny token]

path of building 2

[dull shadow]

3 millions DPS Spark with Sigil Buff

[plain matrix]

I am new to this...just got the vigil staff but dunno about the links

@sly leaf I am new to this...just got the vigil staff but dunno about the links

[plain matrix]

Worst screenshots taken

[sly leaf]

Oh neat, I don't have that staff, I just manually cast Fusillade

[daring bobcat]

clearly not a true Poe players, where is all the crust

[dull shadow]

@plain matrix its because its not a screen shot its a video ps5 tv

[sly leaf]

well if you're manually casting Fusillade the first two links I recommend are Scattershot (triples your cast speed), and Fast Forward (releases your embers faster)

They're your major QoL gems, after that everything else is just stacking damage

[dull shadow]

@daring bobcat 😂 ?

[plain matrix]

Ah ty ..was with arcane tempo and scatter so far . Wondering about Jungs setup

[sly leaf]

I also like using Flamewall because it is a SIGNIFICANT improvement to EF's damage

I don't know what your specialization is, but I'm going Infernalist with doggo and it helps with only needing to cast 1 Flamewall (with +duration support) while enemies focus on the doggo

Then I just sit back and bombard / cast Flammability

[plain yacht]

these weapon set points are frustrating

[plain matrix]

Titan for AoE

Since I later will also use living bomb

[sly leaf]

Doggo needs spec'd for survival, Meat Shield is actually a net positive DPS for doggo Ignite and then slap on Elemental Army and it has massively improved survivability

[sly leaf]

Well the staff you said you're using doesn't have Living Bomb so you're going to need one that does

It is a weapon skill not a character skill

I could maybe drop Flame Wall at some point and use Living Bomb but honestly I'll probably go both because as I said, my setup lets me cast 1 Flamewall that lasts long enough for multiple salvos and I could weave LBs in that space

I want to play around with Cast on Ignite Firestorm at some point and see if it helps me with aoe clear

Though I wonder if Doggo ignites count for energy for it

[haughty dove]

I need a bit of help does any one have a recommendion for a witch build that is may not to laggy.

[sly leaf]

Don't do arsonists, stick to minimum minions

The game struggles with fps as more characters / monsters are on screen, so don't add your own

[hidden crown]

What are the chances to get:
**-1 gem level **
+1 gem level
From corruption?

[thorny token]

25% chance to hit level change and then 50% chance to either go up or down

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Corrupted#Corruption_outcomes

[runic onyx]

is there a way to search for multiple items with a sum of requested stats? either in trade or path of building. Say like you want 195 Spirit, 75% Fire Res, 50Strength and it looks for 2 items that combined fix that criteria.

[atomic yacht]

do yall think its a bug that High Velocity Rounds cannot break armour at all?

it doesnt state anywere that it cannot break armour

ive tried running devastate and splinter and neither of them will function

[merry bone]

Are you doing any phys dmg? Just confirming

[atomic yacht]

does high velocity rounds not do phys?

[dire stratus]

for CI... is there a certain level of chaos res that you should drop CI at? for instance... i'm pretty much accidentally at 55% chaos res even though i have CI. like i know it's only 1 point but still

[merry bone]

it does attack dmg - so what is your dmg - and ar eyou converting it elsewhere

[atomic yacht]

i just started this character im not converting it into anything

[daring bobcat]

no because even 75% chaos res isn't chaos immunity

[dire stratus]

true thanks

[thorny token]

check skill stats

https://poe2db.tw/us/High_Velocity_Rounds

or poe2db

[atomic yacht]

ah ok

i wish it said that in game

[thorny token]

the stuff like cannot electrocute/shock/cannot break armour and shit arent mentioned in the actual gem tooltip

its probably said when you open skill detail (whereyou check dps), and there will be "cannot break armour" somewhere

i agree that stuff like that should be on main tooltip tho

[mortal sand]

Does anyone have a good infernalist build cus mine can clear through maps pretty good but can’t clear breach’s and I don’t know if I don’t have the right gear or what I’m missing?

[wintry meadow]

I have two characters level 35. One infernalist, the other a lightning arrow deadeye. Which one would be easier and cheaper to level to endgame?

[atomic yacht]

well now i gotta figure out what skill to combo with high velocity rounds

is amour peircing rounds really the only combo 😭

[plain yacht]

im trying to get mass minions burning to death and cast on minion death with clerics to revive them and chain

but something just isnt working right with clerics and revive

almost like they are overlapping revives and only getting 1-2 revives instead of 10 if i have 10 clerics

i think the dream is dead

[sudden crown]

is warbringer "break armour below 0" working ? bcs I dont see any dps change and now I'm wondering if I need to reroll bcs if it doesn't work its worthless ascendancy for me

[valid lark]

Hi just wanted to ask you monk players: is darkness duration is affected by duration nodes?

same question for into the breach and if it can be supported by fast forward? I have this idea of reducing the interval so much that you spawn flames rapidly 🔥

[fast nest]

does archmage increase the dot from contagion?

[hushed umbra]

When do Wand/Staff skills get a new support slot?
It isn't lervel 40

[mystic shard]

cast on shock/ignite/crit just doesnt work / math doesn't make sense.

i ignite loads of stfuf and it stays at 0%

literally see em on fire and the debuff on em

is it just meme now or?

[static plinth]

Payoff tag

[restive mortar]

^ payoff skills cant inflict what they are paying off

[twilit pivot]

Is this thing worth bothering if you want fire damage or should I just put a half decent rare ring together?

[thorny token]

just grab rare instead

rares can roll up to 30% inc fire damage anyway

[twilit pivot]

[twilit pivot]

And then of course I can fire quality that up to like 36%

[inland nebula]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/yhmsx0yh
What skills/support gems for Simulacrum should i use?
CoF or CoS Voltaic mark? and which one or the other, and what support gems for it?
Although I dont have enough spirit without taking off something defensive or offensive as well since its 60 spirit and i'd have 59 spirit spare without HoI;/
or any gear, or skill tree changes?
I could get a metamorphisis, but im not sure how much of a difference that'd make realistically
(I'd love to get a ingenuity, but 20+divs is diabolical)

[fallen cedar]

Alright guys, I'm in a bind here.
I want to have all my resistances capped by using only chest + belt so I can have no resistance stats wasted on other items.
I'm running CI + ES build as an ice strike monk.
I'm using the "Lead me Through Grace" talent to get all my spirit from the chestpiece (I need 205 in this build).
Now, I thought of getting the Morior Invictus chest, because I have 4 jewels slotted which would give me 40 res on all elements.
Which would then allow me to have just 35 on everything in the belt.
But...
That unique can't roll high enough evasion+ES to give me the spirit I need.

So I thought of using that "Skills have 50% less spirit requirement" trait.
But as it turns out, that only shows up on a very low damage quarterstaff. So I can't use that either.

What's my alternative here, short of buying crazy expensive 100 divine chests?

I have 20 divine to play around with

[gray patrol]

You’re gonna need more than 75% total because of the act res debuffs

[fallen cedar]

How much am I aiming for?

I just need fire/ice/lightning right. No chaos because CI

[gray patrol]

Uh if I’m thinking of it right it’s like 135% because it’s 10% per act?

[static plinth]

135% if no +max

Max you can possibly get from chest + belt is around 80% in each combined

[gray patrol]

Resses are def not wasted stats too

[fallen cedar]

Yeah, you can have 45% of all three on both pieces, but those are like 100 divine

[gray patrol]

That’s still only 90

[static plinth]

+10% from chest runes i guess

[fallen cedar]

See, but right now I have 75 on everything, but I have res on almost every piece of gear

So 90 on those two is still a better start

[static plinth]

Your best bet is a 75% ingenuity and two res rings

If the goal is to just minimize slots used

[fallen cedar]

Ingenuity. What's that

[pearl sluice]

how many div do u have

[fallen cedar]

20

[pearl sluice]

[gray patrol]

Belt that increases effect of your rings

[static plinth]

Belt that increases the effect of your rings by 40 - 80%

[pearl sluice]

idk the cost now after the nerf

[static plinth]

Ah 75% ingenuity is like 25d

[pearl sluice]

exd

[static plinth]

50% is only 6 or 7 iirc though

[pearl sluice]

thats worth it for most people also

as long as ur rings r good

[gray patrol]

Probably gonna go up too tbh

[static plinth]

Damn Kalandra's Touch is expensive as shit

[inland nebula]

I got a 66% ing for 13 div which aint to bad

[fallen cedar]

I just saw a 79% one for 38 alch

[pearl sluice]

troll post

[inland nebula]

prob misclick

[pearl sluice]

its bair

[static plinth]

That was probably meant to be listed as 38 div

[gray patrol]

That’s fake

[inland nebula]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/5dmx205b
Finally added ingenuity but now my lightning res aint maxxed

why~1

hate this game sometimes

lightning res enchant ingen out my budget

grrrrrr

[lean patio]

how do you scale ur mana pool beyond 10k as a sorc?

[gray patrol]

Do you not have lightning on your rings

[inland nebula]

I do, but low roll

[lean patio]

im at 6.6k

[inland nebula]

my sapphire has cold implicit + higher roll cold as well but loewer roll lightning

[gray patrol]

That’ll do it lol

[inland nebula]

I know

No one is selling a fire+ lightning res ring for some reason in my price range
every other res type though ;/

[wise radish]

crossbow invoker any good?

[thorny token]

its fine, you get some defense at cost of damage

[wise radish]

is it doable i dont mind it being weaker than quarterstaff i wannabe different

[pearl sluice]

does anyone have advice on what im doing wrong, just seems super low dps for where im at

[thorny token]

yea it is doable for sure

[wise radish]

ok imma try it leveling new monk my first was acolyte i dont like it

[atomic yacht]

has anyone made high velocity rounds work

[sterile lance]

Hello, I started to make a build “comet” of the witch, but the problem is that when I transform my spirit decreases and so I can not launch “barrier invocation” while without the transformation I have enough spirit to launch everything, if she q'un who has already made the build can tell me the problem :/

[dawn spire]

If I use three different seismic cry gems sequentially, does this give 60% increased damage?

[dawn spire]

when you go into demon form, your weapons get disabled. Do you have any spirit on your weapons/shield/focus?

[sterile lance]

I removed the weapon from my left and right hands

[dawn spire]

if you're on console, make sure you have barrier invocation enabled for demon form

[keen knot]

For gemling tri stacker do u prio all atributes first on ur ring , or are 2 flat attributes + res /// 3 attributes enough ?

[fallen cedar]

Ok so, I'm kinda stuck then.
Cuz like, I need ingenuity + res rings.
But I have stats on one ring, that I can't lose cuz it'll mess up my skill stat requirements...

So I basically need ingenuity AND astramentis... oof

How much?

[plain cloud]

Hey, is there a good 'Effective Hit Pool' number to aim for while thinking about the defenses of a build? After capping resistance of course

[static plinth]

How much is your ring giving you that you need astramentis??

Armour pieces can also all roll attributes

[pliant sleet]

how much would a ring like this be

someone is selling it

[static plinth]

I wouldnt buy it lol

Even for 1 ex

[pliant sleet]

why?

[static plinth]

You can get a ring with more res for 1 ex

[thorny token]

focus on max hit, but there arent many options rn for it anyway so take what you can :d

the game is balanced very poorly atm (and options are limited) so there isnt rly a number to aim for

[fallen cedar]

I need astramentis because I want to have other stats on my other gear.
I'm trying to only have resistances on chest, belt and rings.
Then if astramentis is in there, I don't need stats on anything else and I can get damage, ES, evasion and other useful things instead

[static plinth]

Damage ES and Evasion are all prefixes though, those aren't competing with your suffixes

[fallen cedar]

Mana regen is a suffix, right.

[static plinth]

This is more of every res and has more mana which i assume is the only other stat you'd want thats on that ring?

[pliant sleet]

Hm i see what u mean

my rings suck

[static plinth]

More expensive but this is the kind of stuff you can get for 10ex

[pliant sleet]

hm yeah i need something like that

i got gifted an 79% ingenuity

so i need to invest more into rings.

[static plinth]

Here's a search with weighted sum res set up
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/nLybEBRu0

I set it to minimum total 110 but you can set that to whatever

Prices start rising around 90 total

[pliant sleet]

what is sum res mean?

[static plinth]

It totals the amount of all of the stats put in and makes sure that combined they're equal to at least X

You can also add chaos res to that if yuo want

[pliant sleet]

yeh i need chaos res

i just started doing t11's

[sick schooner]

Monk invoker or Merc gremlin for tempest flurry?

[pliant sleet]

how much are the cheapest HOWA's

[hasty vale]

2divs last time I checked

[pliant sleet]

dam expensive

[vital quail]

Does the "Unbreakable" gem add 200% stun resistance the whole time Wind Dancer is up, or just for the attack that triggers Gale Force?

Or does it even do anything at all?

[high relic]

Why most of the stormweaver builds I see spend points in "Increasing Energy Shield recharge rate" nodes while using Eldritch Battery?

[bold palm]

Ring 1 ain’t bad, cold damage, health and resistances

[high relic]

That one, for example

[pliant sleet]

worth getting a 2nd same ring u think?

or the cold dmg wont stack as good?

[distant tendon]

hear me out instead of having eye of winter on my cast on shock on my gemling stat stacker i put comet in my cast on shock 😄

[atomic yacht]

im dumb i cant seem to get Path of Building to calculate the dps for fragmentation rounds

[idle verge]

when i craft stuff like this is it worth vaaling or jst selling it for high and letting next person decide

[static plinth]

Do they have eternal youth?

[foggy flume]

anyone got that bow cheese build for early game?

[pliant sleet]

what should i upgrade next?

[high relic]

Nope

[pliant sleet]

im close to doing t15 maps.

sorry wrong image.

[floral helm]

Quick and possibly silly question, does this mean socketed soul cores in itself. Or all socketed soul cores?

[abstract mortar]

hey guys, i need a quick TLDR
how you scale damage for minions? skill level?

[viral crag]

So, finally giving up the midnight braid. Tired of losing maps to getting frozen instantly.
Any recommendations on belt implicits that are working well for people?

[viral crag]

Pretty much. Skill level and effects that explicitly state that they affect your minions.

[abstract mortar]

tysm

[abstract mortar]

itself im 99% sure

[floral helm]

Oh all right thank you very much

[abstract mortar]

im really sad with the inability to make a self chill build in the current state of poe 2 T-T
you have Sierran Inheritance to reverse the effect of chill on you but you rely on enemy chilled ground or enemies chills
i even tried some weird shit looking for a bug/interaction like using Shackles to self curse temporal chains with 100%+ effect and see if i get infinite speed but i just became a statue forever alongside the mobs LOL

[viral sage]

is it possible to create Cultist Greathammer sp;ash dmg effect tru passives skills, etc?

[daring veldt]

hey! Any sorc main who is doing endgame easily like t15 maps and all? if possible can i have a quick word pls. Really need to ask few questions

[vital quail]

If an enemy piercing attack (i.e. Hyena Javelins) goes through my totem and hits me, does it have it's damage reduced by 50% like player piercing attacks?

[viral crag]

Can't say I've tested it, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't.

Totems are able to completely absorb projectiles, have health, are entities. Would be an odd exception.

[hard wagon]

I found this build online is it any good? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/2a24t0brhttps://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/2a24t0br

[merry bone]

So you are playing a Stat stacking Gemling? Or no?\

so you're playing basically the top meta build right now

There are literally loads of guides on that build because its the #1 or 2 strongest build in the game right now

Do you have HOWA?

[ocean heath]

Is there like a pob specific channel? I'm trying to figure out how to model my freezing shards dps accurately since it forks and ricochets with like a nimis effect. Not sure the correct way to configure pob for the skill.

[merry bone]

Ok, so you need just loads of attributes everywhere. To do that, Astraments, Morior Invictus (Attr/Res), Ingenuity, and 2 big rings

[ocean heath]

can't you use combat frenzy + resonance to always have power charges?

[merry bone]

so keep farming

Your question was literally .... "So im confused what passives id need or gear change to increase my dps even more. Level 88. "

But now you want to increase your survivability?

[ocean heath]

Can you post your tree? Does your current gear not give you enough evasion/es?

[merry bone]

Sorry i have to tap out - you're just all over the place

[ocean heath]

idk bro just sounds like you don't have defensive layers so I'm curious about that

when I get conked right now, wind dancer pushes them back and I live most of the time

[atomic yacht]

can skills ricochet from terrain multiple times

[dense nacelle]

Can use build planning in mobile?

[wintry meadow]

Should I go infernalist or deadeye?

[merry bone]

whichever looks cooler to you

[earnest idol]

I've spent 50+ div on a new gemling archmage and it only has 62k spark dps @ lvl 90.. am I doing something wrong?

[ocean heath]

it seems like it but I haven't confirmed

[hallow spruce]

For hexblast witch am I better off with temporal chains or despair on my blasphemy

[static plinth]

Assuming you're using both, TC on blasphemy

If just one, Despair

[mild basin]

Thoughts on a Pillar of the Caged God corruption: "Rage on Hit" instead of Attack Speed or a third slot?

[merry bone]

easy to just get rage on hit on a jewel

[ruby turret]

ok im very confused im looking at some spark builds for inspiration and i see them all spec a lot into ES but the wiki description of EB has this? does passive node ES even do anything when you have EB or does passive node ES affect the total from The Everlasting Gaze or something?

[merry bone]

ES nodes would impact what you gain from Everlasting Gaze

[spring prairie]

the build assumes you have everlasting gaze yes

[ruby turret]

ok cool there is just so many layers to this equation LOL

[spring prairie]

EB MOM EG are like a package deal

[worldly stone]

what mods to look for for a bow for deadeye

[merry bone]

Deadeye doesnt tell us anything about the build you are playing or how you are scaling it - need more info

[vague ravine]

not sure if someone answered this, answer is the latter, but used to the be the former

(which was really funny)

[vague ravine]

if you mean generally, raw attack (physical) + raw phys %, projectile skill increases usually don't hurt but aren't required, attack speed, then whatever stats you want for a build (e.g if you're running lightning maybe some raw lightning damage, if you need crit, crit stats, etc, etc)

[jaunty flame]

how good is crit on lightning?

lightning damage has insane variancy

so im not sure if crit is more reliable than lightning rod luck

[vague ravine]

ehhhh kinda depedent from build to build to be completely honest with you

[jaunty flame]

well typical HoWA nonsense

[vague ravine]

I mean with HoWA you're stat stacking

[merry bone]

Look up Kay Gaming on Youtube, she did a sniper/reaver set up that was really good

[vague ravine]

crits are good if you're using a good Rysthilia's coil and specific skills

better on crossbows as well

[jaunty flame]

better on crossbows?

[vague ravine]

due to the things you can roll

such as raw crit% for attacks

and crit damage

[jaunty flame]

is it harder to build crit?

[eternal raptor]

is there any other use for spirit stacking other than minions?

[merry bone]

There really isnt a reason NOT to use SRS - they are nowhere near the core of this build. But you do you.

[eternal raptor]

eww more buttons to press

[merry bone]

what the hell else you gonna do? your minions are running around and sniping shit off screen

so just dont use the fireball setup she has in that build and turn off the srs

snipers and reavers will do enough dmg on their own

you sure its SRS lagging you and not flamewall? because she doesnt use flame wall

[cedar charm]

Is crit chance or crit bonus better to spec into?

[static plinth]

Both?

Crit damage is useless without chance and vice versa

[cedar charm]

With gear there seems to be clear modifiers that are best to go for. Res and life. And when I played Poe 1 (a long time ago) it seemed to be the same and for the tree everyone said to get as much life as possible on the tree. Is it different for poe2? It feels like there is no life on the tree. So what is the main thing that people get on the tree now? Like the ones that are not build specific. Or are they all build specific now and that the difference?

[viral crag]

This is the sort of thing you use pob for tbh

Like it's all math whether you're going to get more value from one or the other at any given point in your build.

[cedar charm]

Yeah. I just wondered if there were trends emerging that I could follow as I try things out.

[distant tendon]

are there any jewels that arent 15+ div that give elemental resist?

[spring prairie]

does "energy shield from equipped focus" work with EB?

[grizzled jetty]

Somebody knows good, budget gemling build?

[compact stream]

why do most people not insert support gems into their main weapon? Quarterstaff, Crossbow, Bow, etc..

I see support gems on gem skills, but nothing on their main weapon. Why is that?

[sweet blaze]

I just used an exalted orb and it bumped my level 10 necklace to level 61, but I'm only level 23, and now three items, including that necklace are ignored because I don't have the strength 🤣

[empty comet]

do the crit damage bonus and crit spell damage bonus stack?

[cedar charm]

When you use the skill, it might be hitting with the weapon but the button you are pressing is assigned to the skill. So to beef up the skill you put supports on the skill not the basic weapon strike. Does that make sense?

[compact stream]

Yes, but since you're using the weapon, wouldn't add any benefits if you add support gems into it?

I'm not sure how the game concept works..

If the skill doesn't benefit anything from weapon.. then, that's that?

is that how it's programmed?

[cedar charm]

It does benefit from the weapon, but like the mods on the weapon itself. Not from the supports on your basic strike skill.

[compact stream]

i understand the mods from the weapons itself, but why didn't they include the additional stats the support gems adds into the weapon?

[cedar charm]

Do you have an example? I think I’m misunderstanding.

[compact stream]

the staff has 1 support gem

the ice strike has multiple support gems

when you attack with ice strike, does the support gem from the staff add the dmg to the ice strike?

[cedar charm]

No. Because the support gem on the staff is only for if you push the button that the staff strike is assigned to.

When you push the ice strike button it applies all the supports on ice strike.

[compact stream]

but you need the staff to use the ice strike 💀

[cedar charm]

Because the staff itself does not have the support, the staff strike does. If you check your key binds there is a button with that symbol.

Can I see your skill binds?

[compact stream]

i know what you're talking about, but that doesn't answer my question.

[cedar charm]

Oh. Ok. Idk then lol

Sorry!

[compact stream]

"because they programmed it like that" - need someone to confirm this 💀

[cedar charm]

I also need to know the answer so that I can figure out the question.

[high relic]

If i'm not wrong you are asking why support gems assigned to the quarterstaff doesnt apply with any skill using the quarterstaff as a weapon?

[compact stream]

i think you answered it right, if game logic is true that whatever support gems you insert into your main weapon doesn't have any effect to the other skills.

[compact stream]

right.

I'm following a build it's a Flicker build for monks. This guy put all sorts of support gems into the Flicker skill and also inserted gems into his Quarterstaff. I'm confused.

[opal bobcat]

My character gets instantly frozen the moment it takes any kind of ice damage, I guess higher ice resistance would solve that right?

[cedar charm]

Do they explain why? They might just be there. I know I put the supports there that I’m not using when I’m too lazy to put them away. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[high relic]

The answer is simple: its not the same doing a strike with quarterstaff than doing a magic strike with the quarterstaff.
As far as I know they count as different abilities. (Weird example: like hitting someone physically with your wand and doing a spell with it, if that makes sense)

You can prove it doesnt do anything if adding gems to the basic attack doesnt improve your dps metter on your flicker strike

[compact stream]

no explanation in the video.

[cedar charm]

Then I would say they aren’t doing anything. Your dps on the flicker strike is only affected by the supports in flicker strike. You can test it like they said by moving the supports out and seeing if it changes flicker strikes dps.

[compact stream]

that's what i'm thinking. lol.

fkin guy wasting support gems on staff.

[sharp thorn]

Maybe it implies that you sometimes use default strike? No explanations sound weird.

[compact stream]

okay, maybe the support gems in the staff does matter:

"melee attacks usually scale from weapon or unarmed damage."

[cedar charm]

“Quarterstaff strike” is not a weapon. It’s a skill.

Flicker strike is a skill. That strikes with your weapon. You are not adding anything to your weapon with a support gem. You cannot affect your weapon with a support gem at all. Only with runes.

[compact stream]

💀 more confused now.

[cedar charm]

The supports on “quarter staff strike” will ONLY apply if you push a button with a key bind that IS quarterstaff strike. Like same picture. You’re bonking them on the head. No magic. No cool moving that happens when you use flicker strike.

For example, “quarterstaff strike” also hits with your weapon. But it is not your weapon. It is a skill that uses your weapon.

[lime narwhal]

can anybody recommend a budget (10 - 15 div) spark build? Primarily just want it to be able to clear simulacrum as thats the only weakness of my other characters

[compact stream]

can someone help me understand the differences between increased magnitude and area of effect?

So, "magnitude" increases the "power of the shock" while "magnified effect" increases the "area of shocks" being affected?

[wheat elk]

With how rain of arrows works, is there anything that speeds it up t omake the damage come out quicker? Ive tried acceleration and it seems to have made no difference.

[midnight geode]

do lightning lucky hits (from the lightning rod node, that makes non critical lightning damage lucky) also have higher crit chance?

[static plinth]

No, its just lucky damage

Itd specify if critical strike chance was lucky

[midnight geode]

damn it

[viral sage]

"Presence present" passive skill, does totem count as ally so i could get xtra dmg?

[normal elbow]

anyone know does breach ring hv extra benefit w/ ingenuity belt compare to normal ring?

[exotic locust]

do i need to stack accuracy for totems?

[thorny token]

totems use your offensive stats, so offensive auras do not apply to them

[viral sage]

i havent play other class, minions get their stats from where?

[gleaming chasm]

Is + level to all melee skills bait on quarterstaffs?

if you go non crit build

[restive mortar]

totems are allies if that's what you're asking

but they are not minions

[restive mortar]

depends, it is good damage increases on a suffix but makes your mana a lot higher cost

[thick gulch]

does presence present grant the damage to your totems as well or just you?

[viral sage]

yeah..just wondering how different the meaning of allies between totem and minion..in term how their stats calculated

[thick gulch]

just unclear of what transfers to totems/minions in poe 2

[restive mortar]

only in the explicit way that breach rings can have higher numbers. but ingenuity doesn't affect the implicit, as with non- breach rings where you also get more from the implicit

presence present would grant 100 accuracy to nearby totems, and grant you 35% attack damage whilst you are near a totem

I am unsure if "attack damage" affects the totems but if it does its only if you already have one, as totems snapshot your stats on summon

it should work for them

but again only the ones summoned whilst you already have one in your presence

also a tip for totem build, "elemental damage with attacks" on your weapon does affect totems

so you ideally want +7 maces with high %ele damage and socket %ele damage runes

[hallow spruce]

I’ve seen some run tc and enfeeble

[viral sage]

i was googling briefly about totem being as allies in ur presence, the topic was about PoE1, but the tldr is totem is an ally, but also a copy of yourself(which also means you are yourself not an ally) 😅

[restive mortar]

i see, weird

[dense warren]

any pro here?

is it worth to replace one phys dmg rune with 30% ele increse?? with HOWA gloves

[spiral smelt]

When making a build based of fire damage is there any incentive to look into ignite or do I just not care about it ?

[thorny token]

if you are doing big hits then ignite as side damage is fine

[spiral smelt]

Well i'm using rapid shot and I think it does absolutely nothing lmao

[normal elbow]

Ah ha! Got it! Ty!

[spiral smelt]

I don't understand why there is so few fire scaling nodes when there is 10 times more lightning nodes and they are 10 times better it's so strange

Someone at GGG bot burned making a BBQ and is angry at fire or what

[leaden salmon]

Lightning

Fire

I'd say its pretty even

[spiral smelt]

For mages uptop yeah maybe
I'm a mercenary so at the opposite

Also most nodes are about ignite which works only with specific attacks (big hits)

[leaden salmon]

Oil / Gas nades both work well with ignite

[spiral smelt]

i'm using oil to apply fire exposure yeah

I was using explo/gas nade but it doesn't scale enough sadly (not enough cooldown reduction :/)

[leaden salmon]

Gas nade spam on ignited targets is really strong. Not sure if you went Witchhunter or Gemling

Or what level you are.

But I clear entire screens on my 92 Witchhunter (I dont play it anymore)

[restive mortar]

lightning also has the lucky node which is insanely powerful

one of the best notables on the tree

[leaden salmon]

Only if you spec into non-crit though

[spiral smelt]

Lvl 90 witchunter, and yeah it's insane for clear indeed but for bossing it felt lackluster

Also I was close to losing all my friends when playing explo / gas nade lmao

[leaden salmon]

I did T16-18 bosses with it no problem.

[spiral smelt]

They all had 30fps when I was covering the ground in explosion and they couldn't see anything

[spiral smelt]

It gives max 33% more damage and around 25-30% more in practice i'd say
I have a formula to calculate this

[restive mortar]

yeah, insane damage for a single node

[spiral smelt]

How did you manage cooldown ? I just run out of grenades to launch lmao

[leaden salmon]

There are lots of nodes that make them recharge faster

[restive mortar]

i want to use the hammer that stacks added lightning damage but it seems bad side from being a worse howa thing and i refuse to use howa

[spiral smelt]

Yeah but I couldn't get the cd to be low enough even with cooldown jewels

Dealing with 10M hp bosses is then annoying

You can't stack a lot of attack speed cuz of cooldown too

[spiral smelt]

What is it ?

[restive mortar]

olrovasara

adds up to 500 max lightning damage based on enemies hit recently

[spiral smelt]

That's neat
Can you dual wield them and then stack a lot of attack sped ?

[restive mortar]

its vaalable too so you can increase it to 600 cap

[shell temple]

For CoS LA ranger, what would be a good alternative to ball lightning if the cursebot already provides shock?

[restive mortar]

dual wield gives 30% less attack speed for most mace attacks which is pretty rough

[spiral smelt]

But it doubles the stacking though

-30%

It's still more

[thorny token]

ball lightning is not for shock there

[shell temple]

Oo what does it do? I’m actually the cursebot and I use ball lightning with lightning warp for shocked ground

[spiral smelt]

Can curses like flammabilty make the resistance negative or is it just useless if I already have enough pen ?

[thorny token]

its for spam trigerring lighting rod on single target

so even if you are using BL already for shock on cursebot the ranger still needs to continue using it regardless

[shell temple]

Ty! Trying to min max on anything I can do to help my duo

[fluid helm]

Does anyone have any experience with crossbow here? I'm newb but it feels like the skill tree guide I follow looks weak

[late ridge]

Thoughts on this Tree for an infernalist? I tried to hybridize Raxx's and Helm's endame builds. I'd appreciate your comments

[lunar apex]

what's a good minion build for start of maps with like league start/budget gear?

[tidal copper]

Maybe this one?
https://youtu.be/w3jeDX7WlEQ?si=-gGqj7kISBjkXA-8
Didn't see the budget

[plain cloud]

Hey, are there any good 'tank' builds in the game but with a bit of mobility as well?

[tidal copper]

Anything blink is as mobile as you'll get

[green mesa]

I’m sitting at around 84% evasion + around 1400hp and I am struggling to survive t14-t15 maps. I was wondering if switching to ES/Evasion gear + grim feast would allow for more survivability?

[oblique sluice]

hello. can you benefit from an allocation enchantment if you already have the node active in the skill tree?

[tidal copper]

1400 health is low but no way to scale right?
I guess you'll need to go for acrobatics and a million evasion if you want to keep the same defensive layer

[sudden crown]

Did they fix warbringer armour below 0 does it work now ?

[spare quartz]

Should i go for Olroth's life flask to help my poison ranger survive boss fights? Almost have enough saved up, already got a nice quiver widowhail and ingenuity. Not sure it's fully worth it for the 10 second buff

[muted dagger]

I have a question! I really wanna play mercenary because the full auto lightning shot skill along with the plasma shot skills look awesome! Are there any viable builds for those?

They seem good for bosses

[ocean barn]

https://youtube.com/shorts/I-EOrZJI-NA?si=B-sxZK0yHJ3QIfak what eventually happens when you don't follow some build guide...

[muted dagger]

But idk if they would be for mapping

[plain yacht]

Is ssf per character or account can still trade?

[leaden salmon]

Per char

You can create trade league chars and SSF separately

[plain yacht]

So ssf alts cant trade with each other

[eternal marlin]

hi, can you start gemling attri stacker with just howa and pocg+rares? to at least t15 and farm the rest of the unique gear

[leaden salmon]

no

At least I dont think they can? Never played SSF :<

[delicate isle]

the spirit of ssf meaning you dont trade at all, even with yourself

[hardy lichen]

what is best monk build i can make for 10 divs?

[tulip ridge]

Is it more beneficial for a cold sorceress to use a Gelid staff or a 1-handed wand / scepter + a focus

[torn moat]

lads need some opinion on CoS with meteor vs lightning conduit. What do you prefer and why?

[rapid iron]

hi there , im looking for some help regarding my build , survivability wise i have no problems but i feel my damage is pretty low

[static talon]

Does anyone know if the Invoker monk node Sunder my enemies gets applied in POB? or is that a work in progress

[loud relic]

so as far as I know, red text = not implemented

so sunder my enemies has no effect on your DPS atm

[cinder parrot]

There’s a lot that’s not implemented

[loud relic]

it should increase the value of crit chance quite a bit once it is I imagine

[cinder parrot]

For example, your ehp is completely incorrect, because for any spell abilities the boss is doing, it’s assuming you have 0 spell suppression and 0 spell dodge. Your evasion isn’t even applying to spells at all

Because spell dodge doesn’t exist in poe2

[loud relic]

so acrobatics has no effect on eHP then?

[cinder parrot]

It does

You’ll see here

[loud relic]

seems so yeah, text is once again red 🙂

[cinder parrot]

https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding-PoE2/issues/582

[loud relic]

and eHP only goes down because of the reduced evasion

[cinder parrot]

you can change it

set it from average

to melee or projectile

[loud relic]

I should check if someone already has a fix for sunder my enemies 😄

[cinder parrot]

you’ll get your true ehp

[solid belfry]

How good is ignite currently? Planning on doing a gemling molten blast. If ignite is bad, I'll probably lightning infuse it and go on from there.

Just realized wrong channel mb

[green mesa]

if i grab acrobatics, should i focus on getting more hp to help against dot? or just keep trying to stack evasion? im a newbie to arpg sorry if this is a dumb question

[tidal copper]

Dreamcore made a video breaking down ailments
Molten blast is good but I don't believe you focus on ignite
I feel you almost want to go three dragons

[bleak vale]

What max phys hit should I be aiming for to not be OHKO by a +4 t15 or t16 map boss?

[tidal copper]

It'll be my theory that if you all in evasion just hope for the best
80% chance to survive the map whatever happens happens don't make fight maps where mobs are precise

[proud sorrel]

Do aura effect passives apply to my scepter aura like malice?

[green mesa]

I get that but that node says I can evade “All” attacks and from my research, dot is not a part of that. I’m already avoiding maps with precise mobs. I’ll try out the node first just to see how it fairs but thank you so much for answering my questions 🙏🏻

[tidal copper]

You can't be afflicted by DoT if they don't hit you
Unless ground effects

[quasi ledge]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/vromr05d
so I think wand+sceptre isn't working as well as I'd like
only like 1500 ES
should I just not worry about physical damage and switch out the body armor or what

[green mesa]

totally forgot about those ground effects, just gotta keep moving around fr

[proud sorrel]

I was doing something similar on my infernalist with cloak of flame and stacking ES. I just got my resistences maxed and switched to better es body armor and it was better imo

[quasi ledge]

physical damage wasn't an issue?

[proud sorrel]

I got 15k es so no lol

[quasi ledge]

lmao

[cinder parrot]

Get wind dancer and ghost dance

You’re focusing on one defensive layer: avoidance

You need a second one

which is recovery

Ghost dance will give you that

[quasi ledge]

yeah my ES multiplier is like 250% so even if I get 1000 extra ES it won't get that crazy

[quasi ledge]

is there an infernalist/witch specific passive that boosts your ES that much or what

[tidal copper]

It's life ev
Cannibalism for recovery

Alchemist bond maybe

[cinder parrot]

That’s not a defensive layer

If you have es, it’s pretty pointless if you can’t recover it at the right time

Ghost dance is good for this

[green mesa]

i dont have any es

[cinder parrot]

wait you’re scaling evasion right

[green mesa]

yes

[cinder parrot]

There’s so many ways to scale es with evasion

subterfuge mask, spectral ward

two massive pseudo hybrid bases

[green mesa]

yeah thats why i asked if i should switch to es/ev

[cinder parrot]

that’s what i’m doing

[green mesa]

idk if its expensive cuz im highkey broke

[cinder parrot]

i have 50k ehp

[green mesa]

sheesh

[quasi ledge]

btw is there a way to copy items from the poe2 trade site into PoB?

[green mesa]

then should i still grab acrobatics with wind dancer + ghost?

[proud sorrel]

There are, there's an ascendancy one that adds some of max life to es

[cinder parrot]

a good build should have:

1. avoidance
2. mitigation
3. recovery

so you need to achieve all of these things, and scale them simultaneously, for your character to truly have scaling defensive layers, otherwise you’re about 20% effectiveness. an example of this would be multiplying your evasion with a high es pool and using ghost dance to recover it. You’ve got avoidance, mitigation, recovery, that’s a defensive scaling character

there’s many ways to do this

subterfuge mask, immaterial, wind dancer

spectral ward

grim feast

[proud sorrel]

With my monk I go with 75% evasion and high energy shield recharge and low delay. Not getting hit means you're shield can recharge constantly for hits that get past evasion

[proud sorrel]

I dunno about from trade but in game you just ctrl+c, does that work?

[cinder parrot]

yeah ive got 82% with acrobatics 5k es during maps, when an enemy breaks stun threshold on me i get insta recharge, when an enemy hits me they get maimed and blinded and culled, the more enemies who die around me the more energy shield i recover immediately

mapping is pretty much immortal at this point

it’s all from ghost dance and grim feast and wind dancer

[round badge]

Can someone help me with pob2? i somehow have 15 extra dex and i dont know how i got it

[cinder parrot]

i spend my full 100 spirit on defence

[quasi ledge]

yeah I found a tampermonkey script that adds a button on the trade site
https://gist.github.com/Krytos/fcb435878b9ee214c8ef9c5d9a685861

[cinder parrot]

i’d say your chaos res is why you are dying bro

[proud sorrel]

Magma barrier counts as an "attack" right? So it benefits from attack area damage?

[cinder parrot]

your max hit from chaos is 3k

that’s 300% more chaos damage u take than elemental damage

[quasi ledge]

yeah

[proud sorrel]

Ty

[viral crag]

This is going to sound like a stupid question, but I almost never play with minions 😅
When a support gem that says it supports attacks is placed in a minion skill, do the attacks of the minions gain these benefits?

[cinder parrot]

if you patched up your chaos res that would do more than anything for you

i suspect that’s avrually what is killing you

not your es

[proud sorrel]

The minions benefit but not you

[cinder parrot]

try running an amethyst charm for a bit

it’ll go a long way

[proud sorrel]

Like attacks get additional 25% fire, they would benefit

[viral crag]

Won't say I've tested it, but it looks like it should.
Has both the attack and aoe tags, and the effect reads as an area attack

[proud sorrel]

Ty.

You know if Skill effect duration would help Magma shield? I am thinking not because it's a buff produced by the skill

[glad mountain]

What’s needed to get up to 7 charges on monk

[proud sorrel]

+charge nodes. There are about 3 easy ones to get to on monk side

One is +2, the others are +1

[ember whale]

hey newbie question, if i get a % increased maximum mana amulet does it apply to my total mana or only my base mana before items/passives?

[glad mountain]

Just saw the 3rd one I was missing, thanks

[proud sorrel]

I think % calcs after final value. So 100 mana with +50 would be 150, and 100% would make it 300

[viral crag]

I would expect that your shield would be infused with magma longer for duration changes.

[ember whale]

so the % increase only applies to the item itself, not my total character stats?

[proud sorrel]

That's my desires but I am unsure because technically it's a buff produced by the skill

[proud sorrel]

I think on an amulet it applies to your characters calculated total mana, not the items

I'll check it rl quick tho

[ember whale]

thanks alot!

[viral crag]

I get what you mean there, but it does have the duration tag and I don't see any portion of the skill it would affect otherwise.

[static plinth]

I mean, thats literally what duration is for extending

Duration works on the buffs for charged staff and such

[proud sorrel]

Okay sweet ill try it out then

Because I'd like to get a longer window. Now, let's say I get a 3 second window. Does that mean I'll magma spray all blocks in the window or just 1?

[proud sorrel]

Just did the math. Mana % increase on amulet applies to total mana.

Ex. Mana at 176, put on a 10% increase amulet have me 17.6

[static plinth]

All blocks but 3 seconds might be a bit ambitious

[ember whale]

yup, just saw the wiki says that modifiers with "maximum" tend to be global. thanks!

[proud sorrel]

Yeah I just picked a number lol but thanks

[static plinth]

If you really need to confirm just slot Persistence and see if the gem stats change

[proud sorrel]

Nice call, I'll try that out and confirm

[pliant sleet]

dying in t14s and t15s

anyone can help?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1308715133207318578/1332173670470254673/image.png?ex=6794f3a9&is=6793a229&hm=6436a82c49566386415599340b6929c640fd908262975343b437b66e37d9d5a5&

[proud sorrel]

Poison damage getting you a lot?

[viral crag]

Just want to point out because it sounds neat.

I expect you get the magma spray every time, which means you should also get an endurance charge every time

[cinder parrot]

it’s chaos res

you’re not just taking 60% more chaos damage

You’re actually taking 3x more atleast

a chaos hit for 2k would damage you like less than 500 dmg at max res

at 17

it’s probably over 1600

[pliant sleet]

ahhhh

let me try figure out what i can do to improve my chaos

[cinder parrot]

amethyst charm

[cinder parrot]

it’s actually way more than that

on top of the fact you’re taking 300% more chaos damage atleast

that 300% chaos damage deals 50% more damage to energy shield