2┃build-planning

[proven dragon]

Just finished cruel with unique only build (Ice + gas). It was fun, and costs only few exs and regals.

[static plinth]

I see a non-unique ring smh

[toxic spade]

That punch fight vs the bloated miller in normal must have been epic.

[proven dragon]

it is unique:

[static plinth]

Oh why tf does it look like a normal ass topaz ring

They didnt give my baby boy his art

[proven dragon]

honestly, it was slotted just for resist. It does look a bit lame compare to others

[grim sail]

out of curiosity, what type of monk is the most common; like melee or ranged?

[atomic kayak]

it's a placeholder waiting for its design to be done, remember still EA :p

[dire zephyr]

Does this work? will it trigger two of the spell ?

[daring veldt]

Should i put iron runes on my bow or should I put Soul core of citaqualotl? Doing a double herald LA build or deadeye

[dire zephyr]

To answer my own question, yes it does

[flat ibex]

Is lightning just the best damage type in this game? I mostly see a lot of lightning builds and I’m curious as to why

[daring bobcat]

stormweaver/sorcs are a really good build if not META right now. Sorcs get most of their damage from the passive ''archmage'' even if cold or fire build. So one of the best builds does most of it's dmg has lightning.

Also, the shocked ailment is the best for damage, increasing dmg taken of shocked opponents.

[supple osprey]

on archmage spark build mana drains too fast. what to do ?

[flat ibex]

I mean I even see mercs and rangers with crazy lightning builds

[daring bobcat]

I don't know other builds but I've seen Monks with mostly cold so I'm not sure

[lilac token]

How does the Ingenuity Belt work? For example, if I have 10% cold resistance on a ring and 70% on the belt, would it add 7% to the cold resistance, turning into 17%?

[atomic halo]

yeah

[waxen jewel]

So what is the max level one can get Blink to? Corruption gives +1 level. I also believe there is vaal enchant on amulets (exclusively AFAIK) with "+1 to Level of All Skills".
Are there some other's I'm missing?

[flat ibex]

I asked for help on the titan grotto boss and a lightning ranger melted the shit out of him so bad my PS5 had frame issues

[daring bobcat]

some skills will do that, cast speed fireballs + wildshards I'm hearing is pretty rough on machines

[tulip fog]

for soul offering skill do you need a minion to use it or can the skill be used without any minions?

[daring bobcat]

you need a minion

[tulip fog]

dangit i got no spirit to spare and that spell damage bonus would have been nice

[daring bobcat]

You can set-up the skill/minion to only be active whilst using back-bar and weapon swap to buff

[tulip fog]

hmm will see if i can do something about it, i dont have any spare skillpoints to use so will have to make the adjustment just for the weapon swap

[daring bobcat]

Yea I've been running soul/minion on backbar but I may switch back to EoW. I'm not really liking it

[haughty wadi]

is ball lightning the best cast on shock?

[late fiber]

any1 got level 13 arsonist witch build

or guide

[spare quartz]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b84393c6-4794-4ceb-8f76-b77e4a789d59/builds/4e0fe96e-e2b2-4459-8e98-794aad11cf65
anyone can improve this poison concoction passive tree?
I've made one change, the 2 critical nodes near the beginning i moved up to the cluster with Throatseeker, which I'll get when i level up

[flat ibex]

Level 13 just focus on minion health and damage

[spare quartz]

It's crit/poison build, not sure if going full poison is better

[woeful sundial]

Does it say +X% on your skill list just from having the passives? Mine still said 0

[flat ibex]

Your minions are dealing poison?

[spare quartz]

Pathfinder poison concoction

[atomic halo]

it says +12% from ... (i forgot exact wording)

[spare quartz]

Got no minions that someone else i think

[late fiber]

i mean what about armor,skills,etc

[gray patrol]

There’s also jewels that give up to +3 (?) levels of a certain skill, but at that point you’re probably just better off getting temporalis

[lean patio]

I'm a spark storm Weaver and I'm at 92 div, bout to push to 100+ div for a dream fragment, is it worth? I'm at 6.7k mana currently

[flat ibex]

I have a question. Can I expand the details of armor and stuff on console to see the stat ranges for each line on a piece of equipment or is that a pc thing or pc w/mods?

I would love to see the ranges on my gear pickups to help me see what has better rolls and what each maxed stat could be

[glad peak]

Serious question, should I sell my Adorned Diamond?

[atomic halo]

depends, obviously

[glad peak]

Stormweaver - Comet Autobomber

[glad peak]

I've had it for 3 days (Undecisive)

[atomic halo]

well, are you using it?

[glad peak]

Rolled 95%

[atomic halo]

do you mean in terms of investment or for your build?

[glad peak]

for my build

I could use the Devine, but if it's worth that much, is it really that game breaking?

[atomic halo]

if you're using it, shouldnt you know how effective it is for you?

[glad peak]

Agreed, but honestly, I don't know if I'm using BIS Jewels.

So, no, not a huge difference.

Any suggestions on BIS jewels?

[atomic halo]

sell it if you can't make good use on it

idk, im not playing it

[glad arch]

hello i need helop

[formal violet]

Don't ask to ask! Post your question here so that people actually know if they can help. It's also better to discuss your question publicly so more people can chime in or learn! That's why these channels are here!

[glad arch]

i need help with physical ranger build

[atomic halo]

just ask the question

[spare quartz]

Just physical ranger or, physical for poison

[opal bobcat]

Is freeze threshold based on health or only my cold resistance?

[atomic halo]

maximum life

[opal bobcat]

Gotcha, thanks

[atomic halo]

and buildup is based on cold damage dealt

[opal bobcat]

Yeah I just saw the node which says it will be based on my ES so I wondered, since I have almost no life but a lot of ES and always get instantly frozen lol, so it solves my problem

[atomic halo]

yeah, it's the whole point of the node

[tall tusk]

Anyone have any tips on how to build a cronomancer

[waxen jewel]

Is this shield rare/high unique tier? I'm asking because, if not, I want to invest my chances on it

[placid glacier]

Anyone have tips on how to get ahold of the temporalis easily? Other than trading of course.

[daring bobcat]

It's unique but it's also very cheap afaik, wouldn't waste chances on it

[lean patio]

Hi, saw ur convo with another person about storm Weaver spark that happened a few days ago, do u mind sending me a link of the vomis guide that u mentioned?

[waxen jewel]

I'm ssf. I wouldn't chance it otherwise of course

[daring bobcat]

Besides running the trial or buying it no

[waxen jewel]

I'd just appreciate if you guys, deep in endgame, could say an estimate how often you see this shield?

[atomic halo]

check listings on trade

6.2k online with it

[waxen jewel]

My chaos orb did nothing twice in a row thought I was tripping

[toxic spade]

Is Herald of Plague bugged? Its radius just straight up doubles whenever I turn it on. (I don't have any increased area or anything like that either)

[waxen jewel]

Ohh, also thanks for this. Brilliant!

[marble burrow]

im running a weird firewitch build and was wondering if anyone would give me some input on what to start down in infernalist to work with what im running?

[gray patrol]

What are you running?

[ruby turret]

how worth it is just +1% maximum?

[gray patrol]

If you think about the difference between 75% and 76%, you’re taking 4% less damage at 76% than you would at 75%

[ruby turret]

that doesn't sound like a big difference?

i suppose the nodes are worth just for the ES

[atomic halo]

4% is a lot

[gray patrol]

It’s paired with another benefit to make the node more worth but 4% is great

Especially if you get multiple of them

[ruby turret]

i only see 2 nodes for it?

[marble burrow]

witch:

bone cage, firewalls, fire spirits, zombies, bone blast,
sceptre main hand, mythic shield on offhand
bascially i just run around burning everything at the stake. I went infernalist for my ascendancy but not sure what parts of it would fit with what Im doing, and im wondering if i should start adding more into defence I do allright so far but i melt through my energy sheild quite a bit

[gray patrol]

You can get it via sources not on the passive tree

[atomic halo]

there's many sources of inc. max res

[ruby turret]

oh

[gray patrol]

At a basic knowledge level that I have, the dog should help with survival to start

[muted dagger]

I'ma start a witch, what build should I go for?

[gray patrol]

The biggest things I know about infernalist are demon mode builds that are pretty unique with how they want to be built

[ruby turret]

what other sources of it are there? i know the 2 passive nodes and the shield modifier

[gray patrol]

The dog is pretty good

[marble burrow]

oh sick ill have to check the dog out then

[gray patrol]

I have it on my chest piece via corruption

[ruby turret]

oh right corruption can do it

thats... a long shot tho

[gray patrol]

Jewels can also do it

[ruby turret]

they can???

[gray patrol]

Unique ones but yeah

Dunno about regulars

[ruby turret]

oooooh right the unique ones

[toxic spade]

regs can have something like +2% of an individual I've seen

[gray patrol]

Checks out

[ruby turret]

there are zero on the trade site with it tho so...

[spare quartz]

Does "increased life recovered from flask" on a jewel increase the amount healed with Olrox?

[marsh bluff]

Could someone please explain what exactly this means?

[flat ibex]

Is it feasible that you could have low level gear if the stat increase and stuff is crazy?

[static plinth]

Yeah, but higher level gear can roll better affixes

Ans obv higher level bases have better stats as well

[flat ibex]

Gotcha cause I was watching Charlie talk about the Elon drama since I never heard of it and apparently his level 62 monk staff had the best possible stats imaginable at the time

As a level 98 hardcore character (not player lol)

So you could. But you’ll prob find better

[gray patrol]

Gives more energy the higher tier of enemy you hit and the more damage you do compared to the enemy’s hp

[static plinth]

It wasnt level 62, it had a required level of 62 to equip

Item level isnt the level required to equip it

That staff had a minimum ilvl of 81 iirc

[fringe lagoon]

Adorned good only in specific builds like int stacking, for autobomber I don't think it is that good

[static plinth]

Also yeah his staff is practically beyond mirror tier

[fringe lagoon]

For reference I have 13k mana 1.1k int with 52% adorned, would give a kidney for a 95% lmao

[static plinth]

95% Adorned lets you do some really funny builds but only if you're already rich AND also have the adorned

Its probably best to sell imo

[flat ibex]

What’s the difference

[flat ibex]

What’s int?

[fringe lagoon]

Intelligence

[flat ibex]

You can get 1.1k intelligence??

[fringe lagoon]

If your entire build is around stacking intelligence & mana then yeah

[late fiber]

ik yall said everthing is balanced but im still gonna ask which one do u think is the most op

[fringe lagoon]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/de39g0yi

[flat ibex]

Jesus

[late fiber]

.

[bold oxide]

whats the most you can get of "chance to not consume a charge?" currently im at 69%

[fringe lagoon]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b4315f24-644c-4722-b117-520545273aad/builds/20939dd3-bf66-433b-81b1-8235900c5b12

[blissful lintel]

how much eHP do i need to live most 1 shots

assuming capped res

[raw forge]

Could I get a 90+ sorc to help me with upgrading my gear? I have quite a bit of divines, I just don’t know the next build or how to prioritize what to buy first.
My ign is Nameless_Midnight

[astral badger]

how does archmage work with call of the brotherhood, which converts all lightning damage to cold? would the extra lightning dmg from archmage become extra cold?

[hybrid ocean]

Hey, if I have herald of ash and put Immolate support on herald of ice, does anyone know which one will take precedent?

Does it depend on the order of the skills in the G menu or something?

Specifically wondering whether this will boost the damage

[bold oxide]

gain as extra x damage doesnt convert. i use call of the brotherhood in my build but i also have an against the darkness that gives nodes in range extra lightning damage so i can still shock/electrocute things

[atomic halo]

convert occurs at the same time as gain as extra

so there's never a chance to convert it

[haughty gazelle]

can storm wave with upheaval hit multiple times if enemies are near to you?

[wintry knoll]

is hybrid es/eva helmet better for invoker monk or pure ES better?

[restive prawn]

Would it be possible to scale radiant grief damage to where it’s high enough to clear t15?

[mellow shell]

On stormweaver sorc, why do people recommend 2 shocks on target as an ascendancy?

[hidden crown]

3 of this gives me 15% or 45% ??

[fringe lagoon]

it's super strong vs bosses, increases damage multiplicative times 2

[haughty gazelle]

does the accuracy support affect the notable 1% aspd per 250acc?

[ionic spoke]

Anyone knows if life overflow from life remnants affects maximum life? I mean for the purposes of like "regenerate 1% maximum life" or "sacrifice 1% maximum life"

probably doesn't but if it does it's a cool interaction with Zealoth's Oath keystone

[static plinth]

45%

[static plinth]

Yes it does

Bullseye obviously only affects the skill it supports though

[atomic halo]

45%

[mellow shell]

I see, thanks

[spare condor]

Any consensus on strongest* builds for invoker? Ice strike? Just late season div dump at this point, wanna see something busted before we reset

[marsh bluff]

Could someone explain pls why Cast on Crit started working worse with my own Ice Wall, even though nothing changed except switching acts?

[static plinth]

Enemies have more health and thus their ele threshhold is higher thus you're getting less energy?

[marsh bluff]

That could have been an explanation if not for the fact that hitting my own Ice Wall (yes, hitting my own wall generates energy) changed the amount of energy gained, even though neither my damage nor the wall's health has changed

For testing, I teleported to Act 3 (currently I'm in Act 6), hit my Ice Wall with Frostbolt, and gained about 60%~ energy on Cast on Crit. Then I teleported back to Act 6, did the exact same thing, but this time I only gained about 10% energy

[mellow shell]

if you annoint an amulet, can you re-annoint it?

[undone peak]

yes as long as you don't corrupt it

[mellow shell]

aight

[static plinth]

Hitting your own wall generates energy???

Thats hilarious also i have no fuckin clue

[marsh bluff]

there is a build I am using
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/7f31e58b-3f22-4bd4-b994-84c80a7e112e/builds/a50338cc-e863-4cfc-9275-0ba59dff6826?weaponSet=set2&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiI3NTIyZTA4MS1kNGRjLTQyZmItOGI2Ny03MWMzMTU4YzFiZGMifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0#passive-tree-1

[errant tulip]

just got this dropped. what kinda build that can use this?

[mellow shell]

how do you increase charm slots?

[atomic halo]

there's a notable on the tree

otherwise, it's a mod on belts

quite rare

[mellow shell]

ah oke

[north stump]

If I put Spell Echo on a spell and that spell crits, will the echo also crit or just the initial cast?

[north stump]

With +100 Spirit and doubled presence radius, I'd say go for a minion witch build

[undone peak]

you'd think minion build, but that item is kinda crap for minion builds due to helms being able to roll +2 minion skills

[astral willow]

dfantastic for chrono supp tho

[north stump]

Did not know that

[undone peak]

oh yeah, support characters is a use case i guess

[woeful sundial]

If only the phys rolls weren’t complete ass

[errant tulip]

so what kinda class that can use it?

[north stump]

And I thought crossbows were supposed to be the shotguns...

[pastel valley]

how do you guys test your builds without wasting a waystone?

[ashen cargo]

Is the PoB working well for minion builds ATM?

[flat island]

running an invoker stat stacker and need a bit of a hand, bricked by build twice and on the verge of giving up on it

[quartz tinsel]

Threaded Light Spirit Stacking Spell Infernalist

[bold tree]

So I'm trying to make a minion Build, is it normal for them to not be good at damage early on? I'm around level 40 and I can't kill the Forgemaster in Act 3 in time

I think I'm going for bombers but what are the besf?

[unique wolf]

I have a monk invoker and im doing the Pillar of the caged god build with ice strike / ice herald freeze stuff, but my armor and evasion is in the 40% range. I have almost 2k es and 1.8k health. Doing around 61k per hit with ice strike. Would it be better to lower my damage by 20k to get up to 70 armor and evas?

It's a chest piece swap

[bold tree]

Are you feeling squishy or it a safety thing? Because if you want to reduce clear speed by a little then it's worth it for the safety but I personally played a glass cannon monk but I also did the blink strike build

[unique wolf]

I feel a little squishy sometimes, like when I do rituals I have to play super fast and safe to not die, currently running T11

and in the Chaos 10 trial level 78 I feel like that as well, I am level 81

[bold tree]

I'd try it out and if you like the added safety then run with it, everyone's got a different playstyle and sometimes it's nice being able to tank a few hits

[wintry knoll]

why do no belts have evasion or es :/

[mild basin]

increased Cooldown Recovery Rate is good for tempest flurry? (stat stack mercenary)

[mellow shell]

does "increase attack speed" on gloves do anything for the spell "spark"?

[atomic halo]

no

spells are not attacks, attacks are not spells

[mellow shell]

aight

[haughty gazelle]

does storm wave with upheaval hit thrice when near to the enemy?

[shy rose]

er... idk if this is the right place to ask but "after-acts-help" isnt really active rn. using the vorana timeless jewel, we have an option to allocate maiming strike as natural energies but i cant seem to find the right seed number... youtuber rff has it as 3216 but is that the specific one i need to target? i have a 4402 and it def does not change maiming to natural

[round marten]

What's the max +spells u can get? Lv21 +10?

Aka 31?

[viral sage]

does ancestral totem inherit passive skill? e.g if i have 'resolute technique' passive, does the totem cant crit too?

[haughty dove]

You know I am gemling stat stacker am running Spaghettification but i dont think I like it. I Feel ike Doom slayer is better.

think I would rather have that 13 chaos res back

[normal pumice]

Besides lightning exposure sup gem and blessed bonds gloves any other sources for lightning exposure?

[livid crow]

Guys if I find a perfect jeweller and use it on my spell. Won't it be redundant when I get the next level of spell

Currently my spells are lvl 16
If I use perfect and get 5 sockets
Won't it be redundant when I get lvl 16 spells

[thorny token]

you can just upgrade level of existing gem

or wym whats reduntant there

[bold quiver]

Does the ground itself counts as terrain?

[normal pumice]

Based on the default ricochet behavior of Spark my assumption would be that flat ground doesn't count as terrain. I could be wrong though.

[old shuttle]

planning on making the absolute safest most guaranteed boss kill, 0 mapping ability build

any good skill for this? im kinda thinking totem or some poison/chrono stuff

[uncut bay]

I think gemling archmage is by far the safest build for bosses

barrier invocation infernalist is very safe too if you know how to play it

any other build either has little hp/ES or relies on evasion/block

[old shuttle]

already have a gemling, dont wanna be cringe x2

[uncut bay]

hahah

[old shuttle]

thinking of going huge es monk for the tankiness

and then some skill for bossing

maybe poison or totems

[grand nebula]

Anything else I can use for cool down for blink besides ingenuity?

[uncut bay]

for blink I recommend tbe unique shield with cooldown recovery and a sceptre for blasphemy to be safe

[dawn spire]

I'm not 100% sure how timeless jewels work in poe2, but in poe1 they worked like this:

1. The seed number, ie, the X of "X souls conquered in Y's name" determined how the small and notable passives were randomly changed. The seed numbers could be completely different even if they were only one unit apart. There was no correlation at all between similar seed values and their trees (unless they were exactly the same).
2. The general's name on the jewel, ie, the Y of "X souls conquered in Y's name" determined what keystones were turned into. Ie, all timeless jewels with the same general's name always changed all keystones to the same thing.

[unique wolf]

is elemental expression really that bad on invoker monk

[opal bobcat]

Can an item have the max tier on all of its attributes, or is there a limit to the sum of all the tiers together or something like that?

[dawn spire]

There is no meta limit to the mods. They're individually limited by the item level and that's it

And obviously by the limit of three prefixes/suffixes

(or two of each for jewels)

[opal bobcat]

I see
So gloves with fire+cold+lightning resistance would only be able to get prefixes additional to the resistances, as the resistances are 3 suffixes right?

[dawn spire]

Aye

[slim walrus]

Anybody can suggest me for monk 2nd tempest bell

What support gem I should put in 2nd tempest bell

[unique wolf]

Limit

[slim walrus]

Only 1?

[dawn spire]

You can place down multiple bells if they're from separate gems, I've heard

[slim walrus]

Yes sir , but what support skill I should put on 2nd gem 🤣

[viral sage]

for warrior, which one better at dealing dmg, putting all dmg nodes, or convert to 'avatar of fire' then focus on fire penetration?

[old shuttle]

why fire pen

fire pen is useless

[dawn spire]

No idea. Whatever you have lying around that works and isn't used already.

1. Right click a uncut support gem
2. Click on tempest bell on the left
3. Uncheck the "show recommended gems" in the bottom left

That will show all possible support gems that can be socketed. Most will do nothing or even be detrimental, but it should help narrow it down

[viral sage]

i look at maxroll guides, many build put fire pen.. 😅

[old shuttle]

some is fine

but remember, you cannot penetrate past 0%

so if you have fire exposure or flammability reducing their resistances to 0 or less, then penetration does literally nothing

[craggy turtle]

any blink frostwallbombers here

[wicked moss]

monk?

[craggy turtle]

blood mage

well i guess monk might idk

just blink frost wall bombers in general

[wicked moss]

i seen it, the build is busted

[craggy turtle]

wanted to ask how to increase the damage

im doing like 1m dps to bosses

which isnt like fast enough

ive seen people doing like 300mill dps

idk whether the atd makes it insane or what

[scenic onyx]

Fork or Chain on Spark?

[royal cliff]

Hi anyone know if its possible to get 6 link on skills granted by items?

nvm i guess not

[sterile stone]

arbiter of ash stat for reference

[craggy turtle]

thanks but i found out how to improve it

its just atds with the % extra and the wands with all 3 of the extra % to fire cold and lightning

[supple osprey]

im having mana problems on spark archmage what to do?

[dawn spire]

Neither, acceleration

[dawn spire]

Get more mana on gear, use eldritch battery, get more es on gear

[supple osprey]

how much i need

[dawn spire]

Idk what your skills cost

[supple osprey]

i have energy shield and mana on each gear

[dawn spire]

What ascendancy are you?

[supple osprey]

all

stormveawer

[dawn spire]

Do you have the arcane surge node?

[supple osprey]

yes

[dawn spire]

I guess just more mana regen in the tree as well

Just get as much heckin mana as possible

[supple osprey]

im not sure to which guide follow

i have 3k mana tho

[dawn spire]

Are you using sigil of power?

From a chiming staff

[supple osprey]

no i do not

also i dont have jewels on gear

is it a big deal

[dawn spire]

You mean runes?

[supple osprey]

yes

[dawn spire]

Well runes can give you stuff like mana regen, so yeah that could be a big deal

Are your resistances capped?

I'd cap res through runes before I add mana regen

[supple osprey]

they are between 70-75

[sullen iris]

Does anyone know why path of building says I have urneserved spirit, although I added the count of all my minions?

[late abyss]

Can anyone link or provide a guide/content creator for a strong Concoction build?
Currently playing Shattering Conc and I would like to push it further, perhaps change to Poison Conc if its better

[teal fiber]

Where would this show up on my skills? I slot it and cannot see a difference to my crit.

I use ambush on my iceshot, and that shows 100% more crit chance on full life enemies when I look at stats.

I thought maybe they didn't stack? But when I take ambush support gem out, I don't see this taking its place.

Wondered if it was just a dead skill for me. Thanks

[viral sage]

im trying to build armor breaker warrior, the problem is unique and boss still pretty tanky with their armour broken

[signal copper]

Is ‘weapon damage’ considered all the damage on a weapon regardless of if it’s physical or elemental

[restive mortar]

I think some things just don't show up on the skill page. does it seem like you do more damage when you crit enemies on full life? it should work

[restive mortar]

with regards to what? but yes it should be

[frosty marten]

Are there any unique jewels I should be going for in lategame (lvl 96) for a monk?

Looking for my next powerspike

[restive mortar]

do you have any so far

that are all powerful but need building around slightly

[frosty marten]

I don't have any unique jewels no, but could purchase / target farm

Just don't know which ones to go for

[restive mortar]

what kind of monk?

[frosty marten]

Freeze

[restive mortar]

there's megalomaniac which allocates 2 or 3 random notables. you can use this to pick up 1-3 skills you usually can't reach with your tree

[frosty marten]

Interesting

[restive mortar]

have a look at the wiki honestly they are all worth running but a bit complicated

[frosty marten]

Where would I target farm these?

Maybe just better to purchase I guess

[restive mortar]

yes definitely better to buy

[potent hearth]

how much accuracy do I want idealy? playing crit staff with no atribute stacking

[restive mortar]

but each unique diamond drops from a different pinnacle boss

megalomaniac is from simulacrum tier 4

[rigid tide]

u want 100%

accuracy

always

[teal fiber]

I’m gonna try it out now, I had to break as soon as I purchased it. I have a pretty good build anyway, I was just trying to get extra value.

Thanks

[potent hearth]

oh yeah maybe I should start looking at my % then

I'm not sure about what staff affixes I need, any broad recommendation that isn't "try them all on pob" ?

[rigid tide]

what type of staff

quarter_

[potent hearth]

quarterstaff sorry

bonkstaff

[rigid tide]

physical ones are core

adds %

increases^

%

attack speed

[normal pumice]

Besides lightning exposure sup gem and blessed bonds gloves any other sources for lightning exposure?

[potent hearth]

so phys ones over like double flat elem?

[past kindle]

its pretty hard to scale since its a spell and not and not and attack. if it was an attack scaling or could be proccd by spells itd be fine but since its a melee crit spell proc its a bit harder to manage around. not to mention its conditional upon your cooldown since its baseline .25s means you only get at most 4 procs a second at base and your attack speed which gl trying to get much of it if youre not a stat stacker you cant really maximize much around its proc rate

im still trying but honestly ive come up with so many challenges with it its kinda ridiculous

[potent hearth]

yeah it's pretty sad 😦

muh wild strike 😦

[past kindle]

been playing an EE build since day 1 but yeah its pretty hard

since they lowered overall action speed in POE 2 compared to POE 1, cast on builds that are contingent on things like attack speed like in poe 1 suffer pretty greatly

honestly if it was an energy gen based ability too it might be interesting

but having to 1. maximize crit chance and 2. match attack speed or hit count to your cd time is a little complicated

theres a few things that have helped like charged staff with flurry and tempest bell which count as melee

but tempest flurry more often than not is ever really used to hit crit due to its sufferable range and tempest bell is a bit more conditional

[potent hearth]

I think finding a good staff will not fit in my budget right now

[rigid tide]

whatss ur budget lol

[potent hearth]

I have like 2div but not sure if I upgrade my weapon or switch to CI first

[rigid tide]

u can get some bussy staffs for 2 div

[potent hearth]

hmm I guess I need to compare a new staff to my current one in PoB no matter what lol damn

[rigid tide]

show ur current one

[potent hearth]

hmmm can I look at my poe2 character on the website?

I'll try loading the game on my pc

[leaden salmon]

Just snacked this 10-15 div under market price for my Spark Sorc. Gave me a 26k dps increase ❤️

Anyone here whos run both Mahu and regular Focus Spark?

[potent hearth]

right now I'm using that; no crit

[leaden salmon]

How do I add Runes on PoB?

[thorny token]

there are runes dropdown at top when creating/editing items

[potent hearth]

woaaaah I can't play poe2 on my pc so I use my steamdeck but it's sooo much better on the pc to craft and sort out my tabs

[rigid tide]

not a bad staff,u can find def find a better one with better suffixes for sure with the likes like attack speed&crit chance,

[potent hearth]

I'll fill a dump tab and switch to the pc now to sort it out haha

[rigid tide]

for 2divy

[thorny token]

inventory management with controller is def misery

[potent hearth]

you can't quick deposit items in the stash in trials on a controller

[thorny token]

surprised we dont have auto sort buttons yet

[leaden salmon]

Where?

[thorny token]

set rune sockets to higher than 0

at top

the S thingy

that should show them

[leaden salmon]

Not sure why they would not write "Sockets"

This is so easy to overlook 🤣

[thorny token]

remnants of poe1 socket UI

[leaden salmon]

Its funny before I bought this Focus. The DPS was higher in PoB2 than on Spark tooltip. After I put it on now the Spark tooltip has the highest value

[potent hearth]

with the price of letters these days? no way

[terse haven]

Gemling vs stormweaver for a mana stacking build, whats better?

[potent hearth]

guys where do I get crit chance lol

[spiral smelt]

I'm running a rapid shot howa fire witchunter build and I don't know which kind of crossbow I need
I also don't know how much str should I stack, it doesn't bring a lot besides +2% per 5 nah ?

I tried buying a +120dps crossbow vs the one I had and it didn't bring any dps improvement

[uncut bay]

oh man, that's the million dollar question, I try to make that information more public, but people just don't care or don't believe me for some reason. basically I conducted an experiment where I made a level 94 stormweaver and a level 94 gemling, both archmage spark, but I felt uncomfortable without ES on stormweaver, so stormweaver with ES, gemling without. roughly the same budget. gemling was like waaay better both in terms of damage and survivability. just the fact that I had a 10% archmage instead of a 8% archmage and double the mana of my stormweaver is insane

my gemling has double the DPS of my stormweaver even before I take lightning rod into consideration, which is like a 30% damage increase

I mean, it shouldn't be surprising that the ascendancy that gets 4 mana for 1 intelligence is the best for archmage builds lol

[terse haven]

That does make sense but I wasn't sure due to the 8% increase mana and arcane surge scalings

[uncut bay]

as for arcane surge, the mana regen is just less important in the very endgame, and cast speed is a buff but at the same time also a debuff because you spend more mana

stormweaver has double shock going for him and boss oneshots with lightning conduit

8% increased mana?

basically, stormweaver has like double the mana regen, but since he has twice less mana, the mana regen is about the same

[terse haven]

That makes sense yeah

[uncut bay]

arcane surge is like 50% more cast speed, but gemling has gem skills and quality, without any mana drawbacks

sorry, spark costs more mana, yes

but not as crazy as 50% more cast speed

archmage costs less mana, so

and lightning rod is just nuts

[gaunt ether]

Can you also allocate separate jewels into a weapon set 2 skill tree?

[terse haven]

Cool thanks! I am working on a theme build so was wondering about the mana stacking capabilities specifically because of mana regen not really archmage specific. But its a tough one. My main reason I would go stormweaver is also due to having more passive points to work with because gemling is forced to use a 3rd, if not more depending on pathing, passives on simply pathing to the top side.

[dry token]

hey i haven't played soceress since launch. I remember choosing stormweaver. Any ideas for which direction to take my build? I'm new so i was following maxroll guide. I see they have spark stormweaver, fire stormweaver and cold snap build
any suggestions would be appreciated ^^

[upper viper]

i really liked cold snap myself 😄

[dry token]

is the cold snap leveling guide on maxroll reliable . I remember cast on freeze getting nerfed. How does it work now

[upper viper]

i almost never used cast on freeze and for leveling i just did what i wanted. Found cold snap after i went tru the acts

[uncut bay]

you think you have more passive points, but you have to spend half of them on energy shield, unless you really cash out and buy the best items ever to play without ES, but that won't come close to the gemling's tankiness
and since each jewel with 10 intelligence is like 100 mana for gemling and each small passive with 5 intelligence is 50 mana, I would say it's passive points well spent xD

and you are welcome

stormweaver is cool with channeling skills because he has so much cast speed

basically flameblast, bone storm and such

so if I were to play stormweaver again, I wouldn't use archmage 😄

[terse haven]

Yeah good point!

[terse haven]

Maybe a different question. So my build is basically 3 or 4 skills and then every single other slot filled with cast on ignite. Due to all those cast on ignites it becomes pretty dam mana hungry especially because I am doing some aura increase things with overwelming presence. Not specifically gemling or stormweaver but in general what ascendancy might benefit that the most? I also need to stack spirit a lot but not sure if thats enough reason to go infernalist

[uncut bay]

need a lot of mana: go infernalist ^ ^

buff life flasks with everything you can, make it so that life flasks regen ES

= you have endless mana lol (infernal flame)

[terse haven]

Does infernal flame actually count as mana for certain scalings?

[uncut bay]

and get high fire resist ofc, over 80%

ehm infernal flame only counts as mana when a spell says it spends so much mana

or if your item has + to mana, then you just get + to infernal flame instead

but you don't get damage scaling with mana from infernal flame as far as I am aware

[terse haven]

So this won't do anything?

[uncut bay]

yeah no, that doesn't do anything

[terse haven]

Ah ok, thats fine though I can work with that

[uncut bay]

but uhh when you have demon form and 200 demon stacks your damage is pretty much fine

[terse haven]

Yeah I can imagine

[uncut bay]

I can get to 1000 demon stacks even without killing anyone

but with barrier invocation

[upper viper]

Anyone know a fun mapper-bosser that isnt a stat stacker and isnt spark XD ?

[uncut bay]

do you abuse that cast on ignite bug to cast tons of comets or smth?

[shell tartan]

Demonflame witch or spark bloodmage

[upper viper]

No more spark, done my share. Gets super boring after a bit

[uncut bay]

barrier invocation infernalist is the most fun for me so far

with comet

[upper viper]

Got a preview of it 🙂 ?

[shell tartan]

God it’s so annoying to tune tho

[uncut bay]

oh yes wait

will dm you

[upper viper]

Sure thing

[shell tartan]

Anyone know what builds use Alphas Howl?

Just curious

[terse haven]

Any build that wants a lot of spirit. Not specifically the double presence

[pastel valley]

anyone here playing Ice Strike Monk? what actually causes the screen to explode?

[terse haven]

herald of ice

[pastel valley]

thanks how do i set this up if I only have 3 support slots?

[shell tartan]

Hmmm I would think for the price a helmet with minion levels would be better. I’m just assuming that because the only builds I’m familiar with that need that much spirit are minion builds.

[terse haven]

No definitly not. It would be the case for builds with Threaded Light Woven Focus and for aura/trigger stacking builds

[shell tartan]

ohh I've never done one of those builds explains my ignorance XD

[hybrid ocean]

Do you guys know what governs the execution order of persistent skills?

[minor tree]

I tried it out but my infernalist is a bit stuck, I just reached maps and I don't have the stats to sustain a BI loop, so that's a bit of a rip

[hybrid ocean]

Wondering if Herald of Ash would cause immolation support on Herald of Ice to work

Like, which explosion happens first

[solar walrus]

Did pob get the api access yet

[uncut bay]

I can help set it up

most likely you gain too much energy

[minor tree]

too little, i'm using hex + comet to be able to get enough infernal flame

but in general i also don't have enough energy shield, i should level to 75-80 first (my infernalist is at 65)

but that'd mean using a different build, setting it up, then transitioning to BI instead x)

tried both the recoup version with stitcher gloves and the flask version

[naive nexus]

Can Tornado Shot “hit” as far as PIN? I want to slot PIN into it, but fear it won’t do anything.

What confuses me is: the recommend support is Blind, which clearly states it must hit

[plush dome]

Does anyone have a problem where path of building doesent count the +% from equipped rings from ingenuity belt to attributes?

[uncut bay]

BI should work at level 70 at least

[minor tree]

yeah problem is reaching it atm, since i have to respec yet another time for it, then back into BI x)

[naive nexus]

*and since tornado shot is pure DoT, does it not hit? Or does the “modifiers to proj” stat allow it to pin/blind etc?

[minor tree]

although, what do you think of the recoup version vs the flask version?

[oblique sluice]

hello can anyone recommend skeleton warrior (sceptre) support gems that arent infernal legion?

[delicate aspen]

Looking for a build suggestion. I'm 87 Gemling. My current build is 1.5m dps and doing fine (magma barrier). I want to try something else that's fun to play and cheap (2divs max).

Nothing gamebreaking, just a change of pace.

[leaden salmon]

Your current build says 1.500.000 on the skill tooltip? And you want a build for 2 div that does 1.5M dps too? :d

Is this bait?

[delicate aspen]

hell no

I want something chepa fun and not ideal

I already have a big dmg build

[leaden salmon]

Show a screenshot of the skill tooltip that says 1.5M

[leaden salmon]

Doubt anything is fun after that amount of damage? .<

[delicate aspen]

I just want something different. doesn't have to be amazing or anything

[leaden salmon]

This late into the "league" 2 divs is not even enough for a decent ring / weapon Imo.

[delicate aspen]

maybe so, but not trying to min max, just trying to see if anyone have interesting build suggestions. I wonder if there's a cool contagion build

[uncut bay]

I play the recoup version, it's way more comfotable for me

but less tanky. but hard to die anyway

[minor tree]

how do you deal with movement? since you slow down or stop casting as you move without blink

with the flask version you have more leeway in that regard

[ashen radish]

Sorry. Bit of a noob question, but how do I allocate Ascendancy points on PoB2?

[ebon cipher]

theres some confusion about leagues: are there gonna be couple new leagues before full release, gradually releasing new classes, or are they gonna release all the classes at once and no new leagues until full release?

[celest goblet]

Hey, could someone help me out with PoB? What is Average Damage vs Hit DPS vs Full DPS?

im thinking to buy a bow but it has -11.8% average damage but +11.4% full dps 😕

[terse haven]

Are there any more ways to convert a certain damage type to fire damage?

[dawn spire]

If you look at the tornado shot gem, I think it has a hit component (when the arrow lands) and a dot component of the tornado itself. I'm also not sure if the hits from the copied projectiles can be affected by support gems in tornado shot

[pastel valley]

I followed Sarge2 Ice Monk build with only 3 gem sockets. i'm lacking in DPS but i'm hardly getting hit! i haven't even speced into CI and Acrobatics

[dawn spire]

There's a node on the tree that converts 5% of physical damage taken to a random element, which could be fire. Cloak of flame is a unique that converts 20%(?) of physical damage taken to fire

[terse haven]

Ah yes forgot to mention I've got the cloak, looking for more things

[storm willow]

is it worth to build warrior with blink? im using a mace strike build rn

[storm willow]

i ask cuz i would need lot of cast speed

[dawn spire]

Depends on what you'd be giving up to make it work. And you can always try it out and see how it feels, or if dodge roll just works better for you

[potent hearth]

lol I died just after killing the last boss of the trial so I had time to loot the key before being kicked out XD

why both djinn and temple say they would give me my last ascendancy? can I do either of them?

[storm willow]

idk i saw that most of the meta builds in the game uses blink, but i saw 0 warrior builds with blink so idk if it works on him

[dawn spire]

All skills can be used by all classes. I'm probably gonna use blink on my str stacking gemling, but only because I can meet the requirement with strength instead of int. It's also got a decently high spirit cost

[dawn spire]

Yes, you can ascend all four times in sekhema, chaos, or mix and match

[potent hearth]

interesting, thanks!

[dawn spire]

Class is a very vague way to describe a build. I'd imagine any warrior witu sufficient int and not a lot of spirit pressure would be thrilled to run blink

[storm willow]

ight, thx

[remote narwhal]

Question

Nvm I awnsered it on my own

[proud sorrel]

Would HoI benefit from spell area of effect?

[delicate aspen]

As a non ranger (no poison conc) is there a way to inflict poison dmg without bow/xbow?

[clever sphinx]

hi guys , what the best support gem use on blink ya?

[leaden salmon]

Ingenuity is one of them

[floral helm]

Things that should seriously be able to be used with Cast on Block.

Incinerate: Because why the hell wouldn't you be able to do the fantasy trope of your shield doubling as a flamethrower... Such a missed opportunity.

Perfect strike: normally charges up a single hit with your mace. But equipped on a shield it should be aptly named Molten Slam, And it should work pretty much exactly the same way.

Also

Molten Barrier: should be able to have the support gem fortress socketed into it so that the molten wall surrounds you not just your shield. Yes one could argue, oh why do you have a molten wall of rock/metal floating around you. And I say let's be real You can fill entire maps at a time with spark. Give us something cool damn it.

[dawn spire]

Me: 🌧️ ⛈️
You: 🎈 🎉

There's already a spirit gem that shoots fire when you block called molten barrier that you mention below. Also channeled spells cannot be triggered.

Perfect strike is an attack and thus cannot be "cast on" anything.

Fortess only supports skills that place things in a line. Molten barrier does not do this, thus fortress not supporting it makes sense.

[dawn spire]

Yes, any hit that deals physical and/or chaos damage can poison if you have a poison chance higher than 0%

[alpine summit]

when looking at galvanic shards or shockburst rounds dps

what should i be concentrating on?

projectile or beam/pulse?

[floral helm]

I get that, I do.
But as somebody who has put in true time and effort into making and perfecting a Thor build.

I really wish I could also do one centered around magma. The issue being there is literally two magma abilities currently in game that I know of.

Which I feel is just, I can't even say lacking. It's kind of just sad... And I mean sad from the player perspective simply because, I don't know about other people but I love the idea of melee casters.

[alpine summit]

pulse has way higher dps than projectile

[dawn spire]

The idea of a melee caster in poe is actually impossible with how the mechanics are laid out, though. A spell cannot have the melee tag, as far as I'm aware. In poe 1 you could have melee minions which were cast by spells, but that's not a thing in poe2. So what exactly do you mean by a melee caster?

Edit: I should have said "a melee caster skill is impossible"

[dawn spire]

What do you mean what should you concentrate on? How would you scale one over the other anyway?

Hover over the gems and look at the damage scaling for each part of the skill. That should tell you everything you need to know. @alpine summit

[floral helm]

I mean but there is a melee caster skill in game, In fact it's one of the two magma abilities I've mentioned.

With my Thor build I was able to do a couple of work arounds. One was using the unique maces that deal substantially more lightning damage. As well as the necklace that gives you greater lightning bolt on crit. And what that was able to do is allow my crits to then zap everything with lightning bolts, applying shock. Which then allowed Harold of thunder to do its thing etc etc.

And that's not counting my simple ability to just beat things with the melee weapons themselves to do pretty much the exact same thing.

[alpine summit]

sorry english is not my first language, what i want to know is what is the total dps

do they combine?

or how do they work

[dawn spire]

I still need to know how you define "melee caster skill" because anyone can use molten barrier and molten blast. Molten blast is not a spell, either

[floral helm]

But there's next to no combined things that I've found thus far in terms of the magma fire build. Yes I can run Herad of fire which is also considered the worst one. Yes I plan on using cast on block, and probably cast on ignite. I don't know It's still a work in progress

[alpine summit]

same with galvanich shards, beam has way higher dps and idk how they work

[dawn spire]

The pulse only happens when the projectile hits a target affected by a lightning ailment. The goal is to only use it on those enemies so you get the big pulse damage

[floral helm]

It might not be a spell but it literally acts like a spell. It's a ranged ability, you throw it out. You're dealing damage at range. That's what I mean by melee casters. I mostly just mean a build that doesn't have to constantly be in the face to continue dealing sustainable damage.

[dawn spire]

So is sunder also a melee caster skill in your eyes?

[alpine summit]

same with beam on galvanic?

[dawn spire]

No, that just does the beams every time

And also Shockwave totem, Ancestral warrior totem, etc @floral helm

[flat ibex]

Is the unique boots that gives decompose worth it for a witch before getting infernalist ascendancy?

[strong quartz]

does recoup ele dmg to ES work with EB? Like do you recoup mana instead or

[dawn spire]

If they have more life, resists, and movement speed than your current boots, sure

[floral helm]

Yes and no. The first time I tried making this build I did actually do more concerning those things. But they just don't...

They do not feel nearly as good as molten blast does as an ability. Maybe that's because they're much slower, I'm not sure but that could definitely have something to do with it.

But this time around I'm leaning much more into the fire aspect than I did before.

[dawn spire]

Nope, if you don't have es you can't recoup to it. Tho you can technically have es with eb if you have something like ghostwrithe that converts your life to es

[dawn spire]

Okay, so now I think I'm on the same page. You just want more shield options at your disposal, especially at a distance. Is that accurate?

Or ways to use a shield in one hand and fight close up or far away

[silver siren]

Is there any place to get help with a build?

[dawn spire]

Here is fine

Or join/make a thread in #1308715058716610580

[floral helm]

Sort of Let me try and clarify.

It would be interesting and very fun in my opinion to have more shield abilities like for instance shield slam. Or even ones like shield throw. Where you can throw out your shield. You can infuse it with whatever support gem you want to give it to give it that element.

But I would also like to see more things along the lines of similarities to molten blast. Where you are a melee character and you are throwing something out or doing more damage-wise in that medium range.

So you're not always up close and personal, but you're also not back like a caster or a bow user might be. Kind of like the middle ground between just taking hits to the face, but you're also not necessarily going to run from a fight.

Now this all being said, I have no idea how they are doing or making the flail related class. Because I feel like there's so many different things and possibilities they could do with that to cover what I'm trying to do currently. Just because of how a flail generally works. But we are not there yet so I'm doing what I can.

[spare quartz]

Can + skill level on a amulet be increased by quality anyone know?

[shrewd flax]

Hey all, im an 89 Infernalist running Arsonists with Skeletal cleric and Storm as support, im hitting a huge wall on T15 maps rn, clear speed is pretty slow and i die ALOT, would someone be willing to help either tune up my build or give advice on good classes, i feel like its really hard to find info on the web

[alpine summit]

ty!

[bold oxide]

how can i find out what does and doesnt snapshot for something like flicker strike? cause i see a lot of builds using certain things which they claim to be useful because of snapshotting, and im inclined to believe them. but then im wondering how things like ice bite/innervate or rage work while flickering. if i start a flicker with no ice bite/innervate or any rage, but i gain them while flickering, is that extra damage applying or what

[spiral smelt]

Do curses that reduce resistance make them go negative ?

[dawn spire]

So this is where you lose me, because I think you and the game are defining "melee" differently. Because molten blast is specifically NOT a melee skill. It requires a melee weapon, but does not have the melee tag.

"Where you are a melee character and you are throwing something out or doing more damage-wise in that medium range."

There is no such thing as a "melee character". You can be a character and use melee skills and/or melee weapons, but there is no checkbox to make a character "Melee".

I get what you're saying with shield stuff, and they're gonna be adding wayyyyy more skills eventually, but I'm just confused about what you are trying to say here. Like, you can use a shield and equip a wand and just use close/medium range spells like ice nova. Would that be a "melee character"?

[dawn spire]

They can, yes

And they stack with exposure and other - flat res debuffs

[spiral smelt]

Does penetration applies BEFORE curses do ?

Since penetration can't go negative

[dawn spire]

It's after all resist reductions

Like curses and exposure

[spiral smelt]

Like if I have 75% fire pen, 50% shock; 26% fire exposure; 40% fire curse the fire pene is useless ?

Well, it's too much at least

[dawn spire]

The shock has nothing to do with that equation

[spiral smelt]

true

[dawn spire]

Shock is an increased damage taken debuff, not a resistance penalty

And it depends on how much res the enemy has, which you didn't state in that example

[spiral smelt]

So for the others
On, say, arbiter of ash (75% res all for him)

Most of the fire pen will be useless because i'm already reducing 66% with fire exposure and fire curse ?

[dawn spire]

Your 75% fire pen is taking the enemy from 9% res to 0%

[spiral smelt]

So useless yeah thanks

[dawn spire]

Or about 9.9% more damage

[queen chasm]

hello is this the place to talk about path of building?

[regal turtle]

Does anyone know why Mace strike has an AOE tag and scales with attack area damage, if it doesn't have an actual area of effect

[dawn spire]

Kinda? It's more about planning builds but pob talk is common

[queen chasm]

ah okies thank you,

[dawn spire]

Hold alt and click on the strike keyword, I think

[queen chasm]

well i have one question, is there a way to check where my intelligence is coming from? and also is there a way to add the Poison that we pick up in Act3?

and also my Attributes doesn't match it which im tyring to figure out why

[dawn spire]

If you go to the Calc page and check attributes you should be able to hover over it and get a breakdown

[flat ibex]

I hate that corpsewade doesn’t work with demon form infernalist. I was thinking about using that and just found out it doesn’t work

Cause I wanted to ignite the gas clouds

[queen chasm]

ah got it, but also my cast speed is different which i also check to see what buff it which doens't add up

also is teh crit multi correct?>

[dawn spire]

Pob is missing a lot of stuff at the moment. I would not like expect a perfect match even with all the correct nodes and settings selected

[queen chasm]

one is 564 and the other is 464

[regal turtle]

doesn't have any information on AOE, i'm going to assume it is because mace strike technically cleaves

[queen chasm]

ah okies i see

[dawn spire]

I thought one of the keywords says that if you hit an enemy with a melee strike, it does an aoe the size of the target struck

But I don't know know where it says that

[regal turtle]

haven't found it yet if it does, I did some testing and magnified effect and concentrated effect don't seem to impact the area of strikes at all, but concentrated effect does give the more damage

[dawn spire]

Maybe it's the mace keyword?

[regal turtle]

which is odd because crossbow shot also has an AOE tag, but doesn't scale with the more damage from cocnetrated effect

[regal turtle]

negative on that, just checked

[viral crag]

What options do we have to prevent being frozen on the passive tree?

I know we have a variety of gear options, specifically want to see if I missed anything for passives though.

[spare quartz]

Is there a variety of gear options? Or just a ring that sells for 100 divine

[viral crag]

There is a ring that sells for 100div that is the best option.

That doesn't mean that it's the only option.

[spare quartz]

But is it 😮

(Not the only option)

[viral crag]

Yes. Any method by which you can reduce your cold damage taken reduces the freeze buildup.

So cold resistance, ailment threshold, and damage conversion are all examples of options you have to reduce your chance of being frozen.

[spare quartz]

Ah. I honestly didn't know and assume that ring is 100 divine for a good reason. I personally rely on my charm

[viral crag]

It is for a good reason. It is the best option, and stands well above the others.

Our options for reducing your chances of being frozen are nowhere close to "You cannot be frozen"

It's the difference between reducing our chaos damage and taking CI 😅
One mitigates some damage, one simply says "You take none."

[spare quartz]

My charm does me well but when i have chilled ground on a distilled map with the fog, it becomes troublesome

[velvet basin]

any invoker monks here willing to help me build my monk (lvl 80) but still on 30k damage

kinda stuck on what i should do

[pastel valley]

OMG iM 20k evasion i'm undistruktibull! 😄

my energy shield isn't even getting hit

[rigid tide]

https://tenor.com/view/unbreakable-gif-25992719

https://tenor.com/view/destiny-kodachi-him-im-him-i'm-quite-literally-him-gif-16255467996572642110

[silver siren]

Could someone take a [look](#1333837144925671596 message)?

[flat ibex]

Do the arsonists set off the gas clouds from decompose with their bombs?

[boreal orchid]

my quarterstaff has only physical damage on it, if i use weapon elemental damage support on ice strike, will my ice strike dmg improve?

[quasi flint]

Any new building meta surfaced? Like how Grace/Determination were extremely valuable in PoE 1?

[atomic halo]

get a lot of es + grim feast, i guess

seems like everyone with a budget's doing that

including monks, mercenaries, rangers

we dont talk about warrior

[finite meadow]

if anyone is good with path of builder if you wouldnnt mind jumping into poe2 chat 2 and exsplaining a few things to me that would be great not sure what im doing wrong.

[atomic halo]

you could also just ask the question here

[finite meadow]

ill pass

[prime relic]

Hi guys, i need help understanding some stuff if anyone has some time for me

I have around 180% Rarity and it still feels like iam getting max 1-2 EX orbs per t15 maps. Some time i do 2 maps and iam not getting a single drop

Is that normal? Am i doing something wrong?

I also bought some Upgrades yesterday and now sitting on close to 0 Currency (i still have like 1 Div and 100EX)
What would be the best farm for me to get some Currency back?

[alpine summit]

if you want to farm currencies

you need quantity

on your towers

100% rarity is enough btw

110% maybe

[atomic halo]

turns out rarity on gear is not a free ticket to infinite currency, juicing the content itself is much more important

[alpine summit]

quantity + number of rares

[prime relic]

So i need to look for some Tablets and waypoints with Quantity on them.

And if i have 180% Rarity on my gear is it still important to have quality on the waystones?

[pliant sleet]

my friend just dropped one ofd these, whats this

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/XK7VlkBCP

sorry. wc.

[stuck monolith]

question,

is the 'gain +0.xx flask charges per second' affected by the '+y% flask charges gained' stat?

[atomic halo]

yes

[stuck monolith]

you can most likely guess what build im trying to make lmao

aight thanks

[old oriole]

please reccomend a build for stormweaver using elemental storm

[quasi flint]

Are there any good Monk Casters?

[quasi flint]

anything else? Basically asking about any common consensuses in build creation like "penetration bad" or "X way of increasing damage is good"

[atomic halo]

howa good

heralds good

[quasi flint]

what

heralds are good?

[atomic halo]

yeah, ice and thunder

you get both and they chain off of each other and it's your clear

[quasi flint]

interesting

so auras in general are weaker as sources of stats?

apart from grim feast ofc

[atomic halo]

there are no "aura" auras like we had in poe1

[quasi flint]

well yeah I just call them auras out of habit

persistent buffs with a resource reservation

[atomic halo]

the diff is that poe1 auras are just raw stats and stat multipliers, poe2 reservations are a lot more nuanced

... although grim feast sometimes reads like 100% more energy shield

and um

warrior sucks

that's part of the current meta thinking

i mostly know the higher budget stuff better

your body is always morior invictus or temporalis

your belt is always ingenuity

your rings are always breach rings with big stats

[quasi flint]

I see

I kinda self made my own scuffed build but dropped off the game

wanting to keep tabs on what people have arrived at with the state of the game

(Spark witchhunter is not great but it got me past the campaign and to like tier 4s with ssf gear)

[atomic halo]

and that witchhunter and acolyte suck

[late fiber]

Current build. Just finished act 1. Tryna decide what to do if I wanna switch builds or what lmk if yall got any recommendations

[pliant sleet]

maaaaaan

i broke my build im getting 1 shot everywhere now 😦

[prisma goblet]

hey i need some help with build planning i dont know what to get upgrade next in my build or what to save for i currently have about 20 divs in my stash down to save more this is my current gear and build https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/05cf0zn7

[pastel valley]

Is Ice Bite and absolute neccessity for Ice Strike? I kinda do more damage with Heft and Primal Armaments

[pliant sleet]

for ice strike invoker monk

what chest piece am i looking for

[pastel valley]

From Maxroll build: "All permanent buffs: to run everything you need to get a total of 235 Spirit, 135 of which comes from your Body Armour(This means you need a Body Armour with 1060 Evasion and 386 Energy Shield or more) through the Lead me through Grace… Ascendancy node. This is not easy. You can however easily drop Vitality."

[pliant sleet]

shall i get a mix of evasion + energy shield

[pastel valley]

yes so you're looking for Expert Waxed, Scalper, or Wayfarer Jacket as base if you want to craft

[pliant sleet]

i wanna just buy one

[pastel valley]

sure. just put in the values i mentioned in the MIN box for Ev and ES and do a search

[pliant sleet]

ehh maybe i sell this ingenuity

and re-do my build

[toxic spade]

So, if I'm reading the mechanics of the poison effect correctly, it's saying that Poison damage is based on the pre-mitigation physical and chaos damage you do to the enemy.

So, wither and chaos res reduction don't actually increase the strength of the poison applied at the time of the hit, but they do increase the damage of the poison that you did apply.

This is significant as in, I need to have wither/chaos res debuffs on enemies while the poison is hurting them, but not necessarily when I land the hit that applies the poison.

Is that correct?

[dawn spire]

I believe so, but can you screenshot the poison tooltip so I can be sure?

[dawn spire]

Okay, the magnitude is NOT based on pre-mitigation damage, it's based on the final damage dealt by the hit

[pliant sleet]

i might respec my monk altogether - any1 got an up to date guide?

i have ingenuity/howa to play with

[toxic spade]

"But not any modifiers on the target that affect how much damage they will take from the hit"

What does that mean?

[dawn spire]

So the chaos res they have when the hit happens matters. But it won't be affected by things like shock

Shock will, instead, affect the damage that the poison deals over time after magnitude is calculated

[quartz cairn]

I followed the one Zizaran posted on YouTube. There's an updated one for endgame posted a couple weeks ago. I only die to my own misplays/standing in DoT pools.

[toxic spade]

So they mean "Increased damage taken effects" don't apply to the poison magnitude. But res/armor does not.

And wither is in the same category as shock?

[dawn spire]

Resistance is not a "modifier to the damage you deal"

[pliant sleet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGgCGeYoPs0

this one?

[quartz cairn]

I believe so yes

[toxic spade]

Okay, thank you. I appreciate the clarification.

[dawn spire]

Does wither lower chaos res, or does it increase chaos damage taken?

[toxic spade]

Increase chaos damage taken.

[dawn spire]

Then yeah, it would be with shock

Additively

[pastel valley]

you'll need that belt

[pastel valley]

there's an update video after that

[toxic spade]

Cool, thank you. My misunderstanding was that, technically, resistances affect the damage your hit does, so I mistook it as a "modifier on the target that affects how much damage they will take from the hit"

[dawn spire]

Yeah it's worded very poorly imo

[toxic spade]

I suppose either way, with my set-up, I want both wither and -chaos res on the enemy before I hit, since I'm using eye of winter to apply both wither hand crit chance, crit chance of which also affects the poison mag applied.

[foggy plover]

Hi, has anyone tried leveling with ice shot bow as a monk? im not sure what the best single target will be until i get cast on crit

[spiral smelt]

Are there any options to reduce the cooldown of spells besides some pitiful nodes, jewel that gives 5% and the stupidly unobtainum temporalis ?
I think I saw a shield but can't play that anyway

I want to play mercenary grenades in endgame (like T15+ / pinnacle) but the only way to scale is to stat stack but then you don't have enough CD on the nades even switching between explo and poison

[dawn spire]

Imo, best single target to go with ice shot is barrage + snipe with frenzy charges amassed from combat frenzy. Barrage is also pretty solid to use with ice shot to clear packs if needed, too. But imo, it's feel so crisp to freeze a boss/rare, put down a tornado shot behind them (assuming you have at least one pierce), barrage with 3+ frenzies, and a perfectly timed snipe. It evaporates stuff. So satisfying

But if you fuck up the timing it feels soooooo bad

[foggy plover]

thanks, i died twice to deodre so this is my 3rd attempt. I dont get tornado shot until later

[grand oriole]

Ayo does anyone know if Herald of Ice scales with a weapon that has #% Increased Elemental dmg with Attacks?

[foggy plover]

I was using lightning rod with orb of storms but that roll from doedre is ripppy

[dawn spire]

Yes, Herald of ice uses its own weapon attack damage for the base damage of the explosions

[grand oriole]

Ah ok, thanks, I was equipping the weapon to see if the dmg would scale in the tooltip and it didn't, so I was curious. I'm playing Polcirkeln Herald of Ice Stampede Titan and was wondering if I should focus on that as a mandatory stat on my weapon

[dawn spire]

I still think that rod + orb beats basically everything in the campaign, but it does leave you quite stationary. Tho not as stationary as snipe

[dawn spire]

It didn't change the tooltip? That's odd to me

[foggy plover]

what are your go to supports for that? Im also leveling with crit nodes/base crit on the bow, not sure if thats the play tho

[grand oriole]

Yeah with no weapon equipped the Attack Damage is 174%
Hammer with 74% Increased Elemental Dmg with Attacks -> 174% still
Or am I misunderstanding and I just realized I have to look at the DMG where you can click to swap weapon sets? (I am equipping just a base though that I'm considering to exalt, basically why I asked if the stat is relevant)

[dawn spire]

Orb + chain + persistence + overabundance (only run overabundance if you have +1 proj from somewhere. I recommend a dualstring bow)

Lightning rod + magnified effect + lightning infusion for clearing

Lightning rod + concentrated effect + martial tempo (+ primal armament) for bossing

[dawn spire]

Oh, that 174% is the base damage. It won't be affected by % damage mods

[foggy plover]

ty, good idea to switch gems for some campaign bosses, its hc after all lol

[dawn spire]

No, don't switch

Run two lightning rods

[foggy plover]

gotcha

[maiden kraken]

Hi, I have a question if this passive is working for you? because visually it completely does not resemble it (as if there was no arrow separation at all, as in the case of the Fork gem)

[thorny token]

definitely worked for me on explosive shot, its just 1 extra arrow in middle when forking

[maiden kraken]

I use Poison arrow when i use Skill gem Fork it's split 2-3 arrows when i use this passive no arrow is spliting or i don't see it :/

[thorny token]

well you need to keep using fork

you get the additional proj only when forking

not just randomly without forking

[maiden kraken]

sooo when i use skill gem fork it should fier aditional arrow

now i see it thank you!

[dawn spire]

(well, it should fork into 2-3 projectiles instead of always 2)

[thorny token]

it should always fork into 3 when pathing through middle as that gives you 100% chance

[dawn spire]

Ah, right

[maiden kraken]

yep it's split in 3 arrow all the time

[foggy plover]

@dawn spire lastg question, what are your preferred supports for ice shot? since primal arm is in lightning rod now

[dawn spire]

Oh, I don't use ice shot and lightning rod at the same time

I used rod + orb of storms for leveling and then swapped to barrage + snipe + ice shot + tornado shot in endgame

And I was also a chronomancer

[orchid hatch]

Does +% to skill effect duration apply to debuffs you cast on enemies?

[pliant sleet]

making a new build

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/L647lbZSn

are these worth 1 div

probs ill go for one with resist on

maybe this one

[lunar geyser]

https://pobb.in/DscRcPBgg2ho What stats would I want to replace on my body armor?

[tranquil star]

Can Archmage affect impending doom?

[pliant sleet]

any1 know how to change radius on time-lost emerald on trade to large?

[wooden knoll]

can someone help me with an infernalist build?

[distant tendon]

which ranger ascendancy is better?

[finite meadow]

trying to use this pob to work properly i have my passive tree exact to my current i copy pasted my gear. i have all jewels exact copy pasted the pob is set identical to my toon. however im not matching stats the mana is off, the int is a hair off, str and dex a hair off. i tried taking off all my gear and its the same naked just a hair off? what causes this

[stuck monolith]

is natural immunity worth picking up on a ~230dex toon? i cant find any decent info on how to calculate it

its the +4 ailment threshold per 1dex

[static spade]

When you thought you finally perfected your build that can wipe mobs and tank hits but moves like a hopping turtle so its still slow on clearing maps.....

[hybrid ocean]

CoS Ball lightning + Lightning rod math thread

[novel swan]

anyone here any good at pob? that could help me with some build advice for a queen of the forest ice shot deadeye?

[pliant sleet]

Can anyone tell where im missing my last 2 skill points? (i have 22 not 24)

https://imgur.com/a/9apHheX

[atomic halo]

crowbell, lute, constrictor queen, letter, monkey, sacrificial heart

[pliant sleet]

no way to tell? I just have to run them all?

[atomic halo]

missing letter #2 i think

[hybrid ocean]

The skulls with plusses on them

[pliant sleet]

there is no more skulls with plusses

[hybrid ocean]

or other things with plusses on them

[pliant sleet]

whats letter #2?

[hybrid ocean]

if they're not darkened, greyed out, you're missing them

[pliant sleet]

i think its something that isn't a boss

[hybrid ocean]

Then look for icons that aren't skulls and have plusses

[atomic halo]

you did it in normal but not cruel (or the other way around)

[pliant sleet]

yes i see that now

soooo hard to see on map wow

[atomic halo]

easier if you know what you're looking for, but yeah

[pliant sleet]

tyvm ill run around now an try to find it

just anywhere in deshar?

got it 😄

those final skillpoints make a big diff in end game lmao

[atomic halo]

yup

[atomic halo]

good to have this list in your head when you run it (+ the other bonuses)

to not have to backtrack

[pliant sleet]

yeah for sure, im still on my first ever char lol

just hit lvl 89

[tough comet]

hey anyone knows if thorn can break armor with warbringer?

[elfin sequoia]

hey guys do we have a way of listing something on the trade site while we are actively using it?

[atomic halo]

forum listing if that still works

[snow arch]

it occurs to me that playing poison with skills that don't inherently poison is always gonna be a struggle because you can only use Envenom once

so you gotta stack it on jewels and probably use one of the gloves

[static spade]

I am looking for a travel skill that would help me traverse faster around the map to help with my movement speed penalty when casting a skill. I don't wanna waste a support gem slot for Mobility

Is increasing movement speed the only option I have?

[merry bone]

Move speed / be Pathfinder / support / use blink between casts

[static spade]

I am using blink as well but feels like its not enough

[snow arch]

There's shield charge and there's blink with high CDR and that's it

[merry bone]

lol using blink already and its not enough - then reroll into a temporalis build

[snow arch]

wait for huntress and then the zoom will unlock

(under a billion divine budget)

[static spade]

How far does shield charge travel?

[snow arch]

it's honestly pretty great, it curves around corners and doesn't bonk walls in poe2

but it has a cooldown too

[static spade]

Should be fine if I have another option to travel other than blink then. My problem with blink is the cooldown even with a total of 30% CD rate

Thanks, I'll try it

[snow arch]

you could use the CDR shield too for both

depending on what your weaponswap is being used for

is a nice shield https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/eVj87pYUL

[static spade]

I don't have an option to weapon swap anyway with my build, I'll just use it purely for traverse, hehehe

Very nice! I'll take it

[snow arch]

get that shield and as many +spell levels as you can on a wand for blink

and you'll be cruising

[static spade]

Thank you, this is such a good idea, not only another option but it will shorten my blink cd as well everytime I swap

Can't wait to try this out

[pliant sleet]

completed my new build 😄

[snow arch]

people do weaponswap blink, and I set it up on my gemling, but it feels kinda jank

[pliant sleet]

it is much better now

[snow arch]

better use for my last skill slot that anything else I could think of though

[pliant sleet]

how much are t15s, like 2exa?

wc sorry

[static spade]

Yeah, weapon swapping feels like a total of 1 sec but I'm slow moving anyway so I'll take it for extra travel skill

[hidden crown]

Atributte Stacker Pillar of the Caged God Corruption

What is better for Pillar of the Caged God Corruption?
1) 10% >>> 11% weapon damage per 5 strength
2) 2 sockets >>> 3 sockets
3) 24% Increased Physical Damage (enchantment)

*All with 20% quality

[solar walrus]

How does increased physical damage beat out the attack speed corruption

That's crazy to me

[atomic halo]

it doesnt

[chilly cave]

My build has me pick between bow and quarterstaff i chose quarter staff so i cant use the recommended stormcaller arrow can i use voltaic Mark as a replacement it seems just like the same thing but for crossbow

[solar walrus]

Oh we r just spreading misinformation on the internet. Carry on.

[polar anvil]

Is there a better rune for crossbows other than Iron Runes? Maybe one of the Soul Cores?

[steel nacelle]

so im seeing the Autobomber Blink build.. looks crazy fun but im a Gemling. can a Gemling somehow possibly make it work?

[finite meadow]

looking for help with pob Help 1 chan.

[livid fulcrum]

Silly question, anyone know of any guides w/ gemling using deaths harp? I found one incredibly minimal one that has virtually no useful info on it but nothing else.

It feels in a decent spot for where I have it but would love to see any other perspectives on it.

Just for reference this is the only 'build' I have found while searching for it https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/bowa-int-stacker-jungroan

[worldly field]

Anyone have a good 10 divine max internalist witch Dr build?

Specifically which gems to get as well?

[polar anvil]

Gemling can make anything work

[restive mortar]

chat im cooking something truly insane

[astral badger]

ive been playing the pinnacle version of this build, a cryoshock stormweaver with call of the brotherhood/lightning warp/MoM,CI,EB: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/hutch-cryoshock-stormweaver?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiIxOTMxZTBkZC05ZTQ4LTQ0MTEtYTFiOS02N2JlYTU3NTZmNzYifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

I switched a few things to try some new stuff and swapped blasphemy to Archmage, frost bomb to hypothermia, and frostbolt to spark. I'm now absolutely murdering everything, but I know switching call of the brotherhood for another breach ring would push my mana to even bigger heights. In that case, I couldn't really use cast on freeze so i'd switch to cast on shock. Is this stupid? I know I could go full meta spark build, but i enjoy comet/frost wall, etc.

[restive mortar]

cast on dodge comet sekehmas runner scaling magnitude of damaging ailments on crit poison and chaos conversion

[austere zinc]

is controlled meta jewel only limited to 1

[hidden crown]

This will increase the flat armour
Or the %?

Because I am using the monk passive that evasion turns into % amor
So I have nothing of flat armor and 75% of armor

[atomic halo]

global

Because I am using the monk passive that evasion turns into % amor
it doesnt do that, it does this:
Evasion Rating also grants Physical Damage reduction

So I have nothing of flat armor [sic]
then 20% inc. armour will do nothing.

[hidden crown]

I am building a atributte stacker invoker
With all elementals build

But even 15% elemental damage from jewels change nothing on my DPS
So I am wondering to buy a survability jewel, but I cant find nothing good, any ideias?

[flat ibex]

What nodes should I focus for gemling legionnaire? Resistances based on gems in the end game or the quality and level to all skills

[onyx cargo]

Kinda built around someone’s setup for boneblast and accidentally just made bonestorm insanely fun

I didn’t realize with fast enough cast speed you can just tap the button for a full charge

[restive mortar]

what happens with original sin converting 100% of elemental damage to chaos and a wand that adds 25% of damage as cold

[static plinth]

Gain as extra isnt converted

[restive mortar]

but it's based on the total damage I do right? so it's still decent

I'm cooking

it's called microwaving wagyu because it's my most expensive build and it's going to suck

[hidden crown]

I tried to do a chaos monk build

And u're right

It sucks

Then I tried 100% freeze monk, its sucks...

T15+ maps are for meta builds or for 200divine+ semi-offmeta builds

[open ocean]

wasnt there an ignite build with like 2m ignite dps, or am i just tripping ?

[open ocean]

most definitely not lol

[crude patio]

Hi! just wanna aske here if there a cap with magnitude of shock in spark/conduit builds? anyone can point me where i can find how much shock magnitude i have

[livid fulcrum]

Shit, a like D tier build can probably comfortably do T15s with a divine or less investment

and thats coming from someone who never played poe 1, and only picked up this game a few weeks ago

my first attempt at a build definitely suffered, but I wasnt following any build guides or anything, and that capped out at like tier 7/8ish. But that was me having zero clue what I was doing lol

I'm definitely spending a lot more on current build, but it is also not following a guide and have only found a single super scuffed minimal 'guide' when searching for other ppl playing similar.

Dont worry so much about meta, and try to figure out how stuff interacts. Definitely feel free to look through all the meta stuff for ideas, but even if you try to follow them its easy to make mistakes if you dont try to get an idea of how stuff actually combines to work together

The biggest downside I have found so far is its hard to get information from a complete noob perspective, I'm consistently learning things by asking questions that I would have had no idea how to actually find on my own

[wintry knoll]

is demon witch any fun or interesting? trying to decide if I actually want to suffer through the campaign again to try to see if something else is more fun or if I should just stop playing until we get something new in a few months

[hidden crown]

Skill issue my bad
xD

[livid fulcrum]

Naw, its probably just figuring out how stuff fits together. I had zero clue what I was doing at first when I got to the mapping stage, so much so that I leveled a second character when I felt stuck

now I still have no clue what im doing, but have figured out enough to get around being stuck in places

[rotund stratus]

If i cause a poison effect already, and i deal a new poison which is bigger damage, will the new one cover the old one?

[wintry knoll]

is demon witch any fun or interesting? trying to decide if I actually want to suffer through the campaign again to try to see if something else is more fun or if I should just stop playing until we get something new in a few months

[normal pumice]

What's a good defensive strategy for a caster Titan in endgame? Currently almost done with campaign and wondering how to increase survivability in late maps. Pure int build right now.

[cedar charm]

On charged staff, would glaciation only support the shockwave or any hit when the charged staff buff is active?

[livid fulcrum]

idk if it works with titan, but great for int stacking

Can always add in these as well

[sly field]

What’s the best build on a 10-15 div budget that can do everything? Is there even one? All the best builds I see have cracked gear

[sterile stone]

titan caster... wtf...

half of the ascendancy is stun and slam

the rest are armour life

only 50% small is useful, how tf you ended up with titan caster

[crystal heart]

I cannot gain guard from olroth's resolve when allocating eternal youth, is it intended or a bug? Judging the description they should work.

[oblique sluice]

hello. how important is increasing maximum resistances?

[static plinth]

Cant overflow your life if you dont recover life

[wicked tiger]

Not as important as stacking ES/evasion/hp

[static plinth]

Max res isnt super important. Its pretty good for Infernalists though

[wintry knoll]

are chaos builds pretty much just bad by default due to take over time to kill stuff?

[tropic pelican]

Have a gas arrow build. Using herald of ash and radiant grief. Question: support gems for herald of ash? Also, any suggestions what I should do with the rest of my spirit?

I have 30 free but I can easily get more

[grim trellis]

i was thinking about turning the gemling legionnarie into a mage, is it viable and good?

[keen zinc]

Anyone that could help me figure out why my Tempest Bell is been consumed instantly ? I put it down and it just explodes out of one or two regular ice strike hits.

This is my build - https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/9h1ei0zl

It was working just fine 2 days ago and I dont know what happened and now the bell will just explode. I need the bell badly for bosses. Please send help ❤️

[open ocean]

yes, all dot damage types get overwritten by the strongest dot you apply

[open ocean]

the only decent chaos spell is hex blast so far

[viral sage]

does lowering mobs ice res will make it easier to freeze them?

[empty roost]

erm

do u build galvanic shards with fork ?

[marble burrow]

Question about Ambush sup Gem. do I want it on the skill I am trying to crit with? or can i put it on bone burst and have other abilities gain the buff when they hit the immobilized enemy

or if I use pin gem with it it would immobile and crit at the same time?

[open ocean]

bit confused here, it says "enemies that are on full life"

so only the skill that has that gem and hits first before anything else gains 100% more crit chance

[sterile stone]

i dont understand why pin is being mentioned, what the gem do is, if monster have full life, you have double crit chance against them, thats it

well 100% More

[marble burrow]

thanks sorry for the confusion so id put that on my boneblast pop it then launch my bonestorm with the 50% crit for immobilized enemies gotcha

pin takes boneblast and makes it a bone cage for like no cost

so pin, deal crit, then crit again with bonestorm

[sterile stone]

i dont quite follow what youre trying to do and how it related to ambush support

do people even use ambush, its looks really bad bcs the moment enemies arent on 100% hp it does nothing

[tidal copper]

Can you pin while maintaining the enemy at full hp to ambush them?

[open ocean]

what was the name of the one charged lightning crossbow attack, yeah that build uses ambush, other than that no idea xD

[open ocean]

i doubt as pin depends on how much dmg you deal to the enemy, actually not sure if damage affects the magnitude but i assume it

if theres something that lets you pin enemies without actually dealing damage to them then yes but i dont think theres anything like that

[hollow bronze]

I have like alot of cold damage % on my rings if I were to change my staff to have alot of cold flat Vs just having % increased physical would that help me more? My staff has 700dps

I'm a ice monk that used ice strike and flicker in maps

[normal pumice]

Is there a way to reduce mana remnants on crit skill internal cd below 2 sec?

[pale oak]

hello why isn't my HoI procing consistently?

[barren prairie]

Hello All and thank you for looking at my question. I am currently theorycrafting a take on the SRS Infernalist build. I want to make the main damage sources Firewall + SRS + Skeletal Arsonist combo and Detonate Dead.

I see that all of the above is fire based. Does it make sense to go for the nodes as in post title to increase fire damage? Will the nodes affect SRS and Skeletal Arsonist?

Thank you.

[compact stream]

What's a better Breach Points to spend on - Grasping Hands(50% more grasping hands) or Rising Pyre(40% more density)?

[dawn spire]

No, minions only benefit from things that specificially say they apply to minions/allies. They also benefit from applicable support gems socketed in them.

[pliant wedge]

Can someone enlighten me on why people opt for crit spark instead of non crit? Specifically pointing towards the archmage ver

[old shuttle]

cause i cant ask in Church of Invoker cause its full. Whats the best melee mace skill for getting melee crits/second for spamming ele evoc? best i can really see is basic strike.

[old shuttle]

crit good with big investment

[barren prairie]

Thank you! I guess that this means that I would have to pick both the minion related nodes and ones aiming to improve fire damage then.

[dawn spire]

I would advise against that and instead just drop detonate dead. Investing fully into minions will be better overall than investing half into fire and half into minions even with the addition of detonate dead. Unless you wanted to weapon swap into fire nodes specifically for casting DD

[dawn spire]

I think sunder consumes broken armor to get a guaranteed crit

[old shuttle]

specifically for bossing heck forgot to state that

[dawn spire]

So maybe put an armor breaking support on mace strike and then sunder for the free one

[old shuttle]

and most crits per second ideally. i think with the base +1.4 attack time itll be not good enough

[dawn spire]

Does ele invocation specifically need melee crits?

[old shuttle]

ye

and cause im trying to do a super duper tanky monk that can brain off face tank bosses ideally i want a focus for hella ES

[dawn spire]

Oh, weird. Okay. Then probably Ancestral warrior totems with overabundance and the fastest skill you can use with a high base crit mace

Or do YOU need to do the critting?

[old shuttle]

havent gotten to testing with totems

it does just say melee crit hit

[dawn spire]

Can you screenshot the ascendancy node lol? I know basically nothing about monk ascendancy nodes

[old shuttle]

dw i didnt underexplain

[dawn spire]

Okay, I don't think totems can trigger that

[old shuttle]

yeah fair cause its ME who has ele expression

will still try though

[sudden crown]

If totems trigger cast on crit they can but i never tried using cast on crit with totems

[dawn spire]

Do you care about how much damage you do with these melee crits?

[old shuttle]

ideally no. im kinda thinking of gettinga 4% howa dex stacking and spamming out the attacks for my dps

while i have 8k odd base ES, +8k with meditate

and just stack crit chance crit damage and attack speed. Maybe cast on crit comet as well

[dawn spire]

I'd check the base attack times of the palm skills, then. Tho idk what the base unarmed crit chance is

[old shuttle]

i doubt theyd beat the inc % as of a weapon though. but maybe

[dawn spire]

Oh, have you considered resonating shield?

[sudden crown]

For shattering it's 11 or 13

[dawn spire]

I think that's a melee

Oh, focus

Not shield

[pliant wedge]

why is it even good? you give up the entire tree for a crit setup that is not even near 100% crit and the crit bonus is pretty low overall, and you lose the effectiveness of lightning rod

[dawn spire]

Nvm

[old shuttle]

its only better with high investment. and lightning rod is like a 1.3x multipler. with even 50% crit and +500% crit dmg thats a 3x dmg multiplier

[old shuttle]

yeah was half considering getting a flail lmfao.

so sad the one melee with have is mace, with +1.4 second attack time on like everything

[pliant wedge]

none of the builds i've looked so far, reached 500% crit dmg

not even close

[old shuttle]

huh really. kinda surprised, guess my BM just has a lot of CD investment

but in the end its just a numerical difference. with higher budget you can invest into crit and it will be numerically better

[pliant wedge]

i highly doubt, you give up a lot of stats just for damage

and your spark isn't even at its peak effectiveness where it can hit multiple times

[old shuttle]

mind you by higher budget i mean like 100's of divs

[pliant wedge]

i know

i have dream fargments on my char rn

and dream fragments itself is 110d

[old shuttle]

whats youre adorned investment into jewels looking like? cause thats where im pretty sure the majority of meat and potatoes are

[pliant wedge]

adorned is not even good at the moment afaik

like i said i felt like it gives up too much for that x3 damage multiplier

most of them don't have survivability

and they opt for CoS

for example if i have 100% pierce + mana tempest, my spark can hit the same target up to 3 times

and that alone is 200% dmg multiplier

with 0 condition

well condition is that IF can hit up to 3 times

[old shuttle]

idk first one i looked at has like 40% crit chance 400% crit dmg before jewels

[pliant wedge]

you got a pob?

[old shuttle]

nah just napkin mobalytics math

[pliant wedge]

whose build?

i assume it's nick?

[old shuttle]

https://pobb.in/LolnGpDInDGq found this one too. has like 400 crit dmg without a focus. 30 CC as well

[pliant wedge]

30% cc seems so sad but i'll take a look

[old shuttle]

i mean this wand is so sad in fairness

[pliant wedge]

well true as well

well the pob i looked at is only +170% crit multi

which is even sadder

[old shuttle]

yeah thats trolling having a crit build with that low crit dmg

[pliant wedge]

so like, even with 40% crit and 400% crit multi this is your damage

or your 50% crit with 500% multi looks something like this, which is effective * 2.4 damage

but if i care about spark hits,

4.3 refers to skill duration
0.66 is the spark hits you can get
i did a /2 to halve my damage because i cannot expect all my sparks to hit

and this is not even including the x1.3 to my lightning rod

[old shuttle]

i guess easiest way to really test it is just have both builds blast zesht

[pliant wedge]

bye bye divines lmao

[old shuttle]

but yeah crit is just tons more expensive

[pliant wedge]

a lot more expensive and generally not worht it