2┃build-planning

[tall ingot]

right

hardcore is even more reason for move speed

[woeful tinsel]

I was moving north to the projectile damage nodes

So back to the original question though, in this setup basically don't go out of my way for the ghostwrithe and just throw it on

And revist later if I can make it to maps

[tall ingot]

I played this build in hcssf

can recommend you go for more ES

robe/tiarra

I guess you already have ghostwrithe

[woeful tinsel]

Yeah I was farming last night and got two to drop

One is perfect roll

[tall ingot]

lemme try to make something quick

I see 39 points on the tree if I counted correctly

[woeful tinsel]

Thanks! Appreciate the help

I've been just trying to optimize every run

Furthest I ve gotten is to chimera

[tall ingot]

whats your evasion

hows clear/bossing respectively?

[woeful tinsel]

Clear and bossing is very fast

I can kill most things in one shot without needing the lightning rods

one sec I'll post char sheet

This is without the gs on since its on my farming char right now

[tall ingot]

get rid of armor pieces

when you're replacing

es, es/ev, ev

[tall ingot]

yeah so replace helm and boots

[woeful tinsel]

Helm with an ES only one?

[tall ingot]

yeah tiarra headpiece

and boots whichever ones you get with movespeed that have energy shield or evasion

or both

[woeful tinsel]

Ok, I've got a huge stash of items I can look through

[clear sluice]

Whats the usual stat to stack on doing big bleeds?

magnitude?

[tall ingot]

I think you want a big hit and then magnitude yeah

but dunno haven't played

[tall ingot]

@woeful tinsel I'm not sure if acceleration works with feathered fletching, I haven't seen any good builds use it so I think it doesn't

[tall sail]

Hey there. im kinda new and a bit lost because im following a build and when using avatar of fire my mace strikes damage is completly gone. how to fix that

[tall ingot]

@woeful tinsel that looks better, think you had evasion gloves those are also good if they have better stats for you

[woeful tinsel]

Seriously? That's so dumb

I only have tier 1 support gems at the moment

Should I put in shock chance?

Or sorry the one that does extra damage on shock kill

[tall ingot]

lemme check unsure whats possible with only t1

[woeful tinsel]

The gloves have mana leech from attack damage which I need help with

[tall ingot]

you can get rid of pierce support gem

actually nvm

yeah t1 is pretty scuffed

something like this

now that you have ES helm can go for subterfuge mask

[woeful tinsel]

What is that?

Let me dig into this one sec

[tall ingot]

monk node

I pathed into it in the pic

[woeful tinsel]

Ah ok

I see

[tall ingot]

you still need more EHP

do you have iron runes on chest/headpiece

[woeful tinsel]

I do on the Ghostwrithe but haven't done it on head yet

[tall ingot]

maybe its a good idea to just go monk tree tbh I don't feel good about this ehp for act3

[woeful tinsel]

Yeah I'm thinking I can farm some more for a bigger ES headpiece

I'll have to do some more tests later about the damage changes

Thanks for the help!

[tall ingot]

yeah np

this would be sort of an alternative for more survivablity

[woeful tinsel]

Interesting

I wonder how the damage output feels.

I'll throw this into PoB later and check it out

I wish the import function worked lol

[deft glen]

What is the minimum mana and mana regen a spark build should have if using chaos inoculation?

I have to keep swapping it as I’m not regen fast enough and I die from “death by suicide”

[clear sluice]

will 2ndary damage like
"Causes Enemies to Explode on Critical kill, for 10% of their Life as Physical Damage"
cause bleed?

[tall ingot]

death by suicide?

[clear sluice]

i ment on enemies

hehe

[tall ingot]

do you have a flask that kills you?

that doesn't sound right

[clear sluice]

oh nvm i thought you ment me

[deft glen]

Yeah, meaning all mana is being used I think

[tall ingot]

ye I have no idea baburu

[deft glen]

lol I don’t think so but now I’m gonna check when I jump back on 😂

[tall ingot]

check if your flasks use life to replenish more mana

[deft glen]

If it’s this 🙄

Probably is now you mention it, kinda makes sense to the deaths

I’m at 1100 regen and 5k mana atm

Maybe I need more mana though too

[tall ingot]

yeah I don't know man you shouldn't be able to straight up suicide that easily

its usually the flask

as the reason why its happening

[gleaming garden]

hello guys, is anybody else having issues with pob after the last update? my damage decreased for some reason

[fervent oasis]

guys anyone got alink with a good early endgame build ?

idk what path to take

[atomic ledge]

what u playing?

[fervent oasis]

monk

[atomic ledge]

https://youtu.be/XuS0gMuiP7w?si=aVzqiIqnR3XDJT1I

This is what I see most people running looks fun and easy

[atomic ledge]

What lvl are u?

[fervent oasis]

58

[grizzled trout]

I am witchhunter with culling strike. If I have trampletoes and herald of ash and I hit a white monster with 25% hp left, does the full hit damage count as overkill damage to the white mob that gets culled?

[atomic ledge]

If u need help getting gear lmk I can trade and grab stuff when I can

[fervent oasis]

ight thx

[atomic ledge]

No

Problem

[fossil silo]

My gas arrow deals 3 diffirent instance poison damage (Arrow/Poison Cloud/Explosion ) then does it all deals poison damage simultaneously or it only records the highest poison damage?

[vestal ridge]

just out of curiosity which class has the best single target damage ?

like, in general

[dusk narwhal]

which class or which abuse case

There's the trampletoe frostwall abuse. Archmage being overtuned. Howa stat stackers. Lightning rod still has a big loop. 5 bells ringing down the boss.
And I'm probably missing a few more, but I guess the answer is the first one since that's the easiest one to point out.

[hazy flame]

I'm level 77 with 1620 life no ES, 55% evasion, I'm on t10 maps and doing okay but sometimes I get one shot and I'm not sure what to do

[hazy flame]

nvm

[halcyon bobcat]

Are there more ways to increase max block chance other than the anvil amulet and corrupting shields?

[hybrid ocean]

Alas, no

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/mf3i5005

I've got this build to a place I'm happy with in all but one respect, that being mana sustain

it does good damage, moves fast and is very tanky, but against pinnacle bosses I run out of mana before they die, causing me to have to dodge attacks for like 5+ minutes while I whittle them down.

Any suggestions as to how I could help alleviate this? All the obvious ones require pathing that seems impossible without sacrificing way too much defense or cast speed

For reference, when tapping bonestorm, it spends about .65 seconds channeling, then .35 in between casts. Right now this is a net mana drain (after mana regen) of about 120 over one second

[gaunt delta]

This build has some changes that make a huge difference

[gaunt delta]

Have you tried melting maelstorm or mana leech on phys?

Ah u using bs

Hm

Melting maelstorm could help you

It insta refills mana to 100%

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, I really wish there was a way to leech from spell damage

As for melting maelstrom, my mana pool isn't that large, and it only stores an extra 300- Is there some mechanic I'm missing here?

Because it seems like I'd still run into the issue of simply depleting all my flask charges

[sharp garden]

any good cheap bossers out there? cant quite get my frost monk there for some reason and i only got 5 div 😦

[hybrid ocean]

I guess I could try to reach for some of the mana flask nodes?

[gaunt delta]

Extra int

[hybrid ocean]

Only so much to go around I'm afraid

I can probably get up to 250 if I really try, any more and I run into the requirements for my gear

[sharp horizon]

if i wanna go es/eva, what nodes are good to take?

[mint summit]

I’m sorry to ask but you are using Inspiration right

Couldn’t load your build

[mint summit]

It refills the entire mana pool instantly on use

You’re just saying your pool is too small to matter?

[hybrid ocean]

Haha, always good to ask the equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and on again"

[hybrid ocean]

And yes

[mint summit]

Last guy that had mana problems wasn’t using it 🙈

[hybrid ocean]

1100 mana or so, which is only good for like 9 casts

I'm also not using any support gems that increase cost

I am however running a lot of gem levels, because I have no real other way of scaling my damage

[hybrid ocean]

Indeed- That's why it's always good to make sure

Since you said you were unable to open it

I could try to replace the amulet, right ring, helmet and boots with things with more flat mana

[mint summit]

Tbh if you have no problems with maps it may be a damage problem for scaling vs pinnacle bosses

[hybrid ocean]

Maybe yeah

Thing is that I always start out killing them reasonably fast

[mint summit]

30 mil is just a lot of damage

[hybrid ocean]

Aye

[mint summit]

Do you have an estimate for how much damage you get out of flasks? A few million?

[hybrid ocean]

Nothing more precise than a few million I'm afraid

Higher single digits without delirium I think

Actual single target is difficult to model since so much of it comes from forking + chains off terrain

[mint summit]

Cool 😎

[hybrid ocean]

Idk what exactly PoB is using, but it doesn't seem true to life

[mint summit]

I mean it sounds like you’re tempted to go rework passives to find mana and regen, and maybe you need to, but you could try finding more damage first

If it’s only Huge single HP bars that are problem

[hybrid ocean]

That could be a good approach

[mint summit]

Like you could allocate more damage on the amulet

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah. Maps I have mana issues still, but I can just chug mana pots all day and be fine

Amulet is using splitshot, which is a pretty big damage increase

[mint summit]

Oh it said Hard to Kill above

[hybrid ocean]

Oh it did?

How strange

[mint summit]

Maybe a pob thing

[hybrid ocean]

Huh, I suppose it does.

It hqlad that when I bought it,I probably copied it in before anointing it

[mint summit]

Do you have the “spell damage but lower cast speed” cluster?

That can help as long as it’s actually a dps boost

[hybrid ocean]

I do not

Bonestorm is a bit wacky, I'm not entirely sure how holding it in compares to tapping it

[mint summit]

You’re touching it though in the top right,

Right, channeling shenanigans

[hybrid ocean]

Yep

I'm running a lot of cast speed so that tapping gives me most of a full volley of spears

Maybe this is less mana efficient somehow?

I'm not sure

[mint summit]

You have a ton of travel nodes, obviously

[hybrid ocean]

The tooltip would lead me to believe that it shouldn't be

Yeah... most of those are to get my defensive layers in order, being block chance and ES

I also need just about all of those attributes for my equipment

I think with a bit more resistances I could put a requirement soul core in my Svalinn and alleviate some of that

[small pollen]

Is it plauseable to play all content in the game as a titan?

[mint summit]

Yeah, it’ll just be more reasonable after ggg patch shit

[hybrid ocean]

As titan yes, as mace titan see previous response ^

Mace abilities make me very sad. Titan ascendancy nodes make me quite happy.

[mint summit]

Bonestorm crits good, right?

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah

I'm at about 45% crit chance now

Using unique gloves that set crit damage bonus to 300%

Since I'm in such dire need of skill points, I wasn't willing to invest in crdmg nodes

[mint summit]

Yeah nice. I mean it would probably involve taking another look at pathing and where you can drop defenses for damage, but finding more raw crit chance/non-crit damage may have the same benefit as mana

And then it would actually still do stuff when playing other content

But I don’t see an easy hack out of the mana problems, maybe someone else will

[hybrid ocean]

I could probably drop that top left cluster in favor of closer block nodes

But it contains both energy shield from equipped body armor (read: more energy shield) and a damage boost from block chance node

[mint summit]

I must have more mana stuff than I think because I think my casts are like 450 each at four a second, I’m curious how bonestorm does mana math

[hybrid ocean]

Huh

Running some manner of archmage build?

[mint summit]

No I’m doing hexblast with about 1,200 max mana

So I have had to do a lot of mana tweaking

[hybrid ocean]

I'd certainly be tweaking

[mint summit]

50% mana regen robe base is good

[hybrid ocean]

Tapping bonestorm seems to make it spend about .65 seconds channeling, then .35s waiting. This is with the cast time allegedly at .34s
The mana cost and the rate of spears summoned both scale with cast speed

Meth raiment?

...that typo can stay

[mint summit]

I’m also assuming you’re using considered casting

[hybrid ocean]

... I am not

I probably should be

It will impact the quality of life of the build, but that's a small price to pay for what, 41% more mana efficiency?

[mint summit]

It’s also a More on damage, check the dps but it should be good—are you trying to hit a breakpoint on the cast speed for bones to work properly?

[random torrent]

Iso rarity culler build so i can help groups pull divines. Any tips?

[atomic ledge]

Ahhhh

[cinder parrot]

this is gigachad pathing. why dont u just anoint or megalomaniac whatever ur goin for here and save 40000 point economy

[cinder parrot]

now this, this is mathematically sound

Spectral Ward is overrated compared to those nodes

You're very educated

[static spade]

Would it be worth investing to 3 of these small passive even with Wild Shards?

[pearl sluice]

How much ES do you think is necessary for maps to be comfy?

[tropic willow]

3k with grim feast should be fine

[pearl sluice]

Nice I’m over 4k, should be good then. Ty

I still do not get why the stellar neck is so good. It just has stats on it no?

[mellow hawk]

Im dying with this question please can someone help me.
I got Timeless-Diamond and Timeless-Sapphire
Do Timeless-Sapphire bugged ?
I put it in and take it out nothing change for me at all

[pearl sluice]

Like all attributed or whatever?

[mellow hawk]

White stellar is use to get Orb chance on it so there a low chance it can become Astra Stellar which is a very good unique...
Search it on trade site to see how much does it worth

[restive mortar]

you need to put it somwhere where you have points in the radius

and it gives those nodes extra stats

[mellow hawk]

oh it has to be active nodes then darn

[restive mortar]

yeah

[tropic willow]

Imagine how busted if that wasn't the case

[mellow hawk]

I do think they have to give a clear description that the nodes has to be ACTIVE...
It is so confused since I buy it and think like that...

[restive mortar]

small passives grant 3% increased energy shield. so it literally puts the text 3% increased energy shield on the small passives around it

idk it makes sense to me

other wise it would say "get 3% energy shield for each small passive"

[mellow hawk]

I mean if I read it like that I just think Small passive skill in Radius would give me 3% increa - Active or not...
You can think me dumb if you want but I just think It way clearer If they put it Small **active **passive skill in Radius would give you something...

[pale oak]

guys can someone help me figure out how much would this cost?

[slender pivot]

#price-check📉

[idle plover]

nvm wrong channel

[slender pivot]

Oh mb Vipex

Forget my message

From what I know, it sells more with the +5 level to lightning afaik, with a level 19 basis (84+ or 82+ i forgot)

[pale oak]

yh damn it sucks being a +4

how much would u say it would go for

[hybrid ocean]

Ah, you know, you're right. To be clear, I only need those small passives, not the notable the lead to. But I've dropped everything in that area since I did the pathing, so I can actually redo that. I'll still need Jewel sockets somewhere though

[gaunt verge]

5ex maybe? check others like it

The mana and spell dmg are nice rolls, but +4 hurts
And cold wands aren’t s as expensive as lightning

[ember parrot]

Because of what those stat scale:

• HOWA gives Flat Damage and Attackspeed.
• Jack of all Trades gives increased Damage.
• Falcon Technique is more Attackspeed per Dex.
• Falcon Dive is Attackspeed per Accuracy, so indirectly even more Attackspeed per Dex.
• Pure Power is increased lightning Damage per Intelligence.
• Pillar of the caged God gives Attackspeed, AoE and Increased Damage.

[slender pivot]

Its only level 22 and only for cold spells. Idk if there is any cold mage meta

But comparing to the level 24 lightning you can get, this is the one that goes for a lot

Im not good at pricing tho, check the trade, with a <24h filter to not have some old stuff that are overpriced

[mint summit]

It says “also grant” rather than “grant,” meaning if you allocate them they give you their normal effect as well as this. It might be clearer if it read “Allocated small nodes,” but I don’t think it’s ambiguous currently.

[tight grove]

is melting maelstrom essential to the fresh clip gemling xbow build?

[ember parrot]

On mine it isn't, but not sure about others...

[tight grove]

how do you sustain mana when you run out on bosses

[ember parrot]

I use Shockburst rounds, those are mana efficient enough that i am fine.

(The tradeoff for fresh clip is finding a skill with a clip large enough that you get nice % and small enough to have reloads often, shockburst sits at 24 shots/clip)

I also lack +skilllevels though

[tight grove]

im basing my build on frealessdumbo's budget build. i think it's my skill issue bc i spend a lot of time killing bosses. pre-spamming sbr makes a lot of diff?

so when i receive nukes, my mana is almost zero lol. does maelstrom solve that?

[ember parrot]

I made my build myself, for me SBR just builds up organically

Ah, you are a Mind over Matter build?

[tight grove]

yeah. just cant seem to get the combo right with voltaic mark/conductivity/stormcaller arrow

[ember parrot]

Okay, my experience doesn't help a lot then, our builds are quite different

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/dw47200t this is mine

Ah wait, need 1 update

updated

currently at ~500k dps during shock without reloads

[tight grove]

ohh interesting build!

do you have to be melee range to maximize sbr dps?

[ember parrot]

I mean, i Lightning Warp into mob groups already

But no, Melee Range is optional as long as enemy is shocked

Also filling the other gem slots just that it's filled

[tight grove]

i see. i think it is a skill issue for me then. having trouble with t14 bosses with slightly better gear

just gotta have to git gud

[ember parrot]

I mean, if you want, you can try my build

[tight grove]

what happens if theyre empty

[ember parrot]

I have 78/77/79 max resists like the website and not 81/80/81

Ah right, new boots, 1 sec

[tight grove]

juicy resists

btw. can you apply weapon set II skill points after making your initial build or does it need to be along the way

[night temple]

Hello i have a question about Monk Ice Strike build & Flicker Strike as secondery spell, I reached t15 maps and i'm ready to invest decent amount of currency for a good Quarterstaff. My question is, i know that physical DPS is important but also theres +level to skills, att speed & crit chance, +level to skills looks to improve DPS too then what should i really prioritize?

[restive mortar]

if you have mana issues ever, avoid +skills it will make mana a lot worse

if youre a crit build +crit chance is necessary

otherwise u can plug stuff into pob to see how it would affect it

[lethal robin]

does this one trigger coldsnap on chilled enemies?

[blissful lintel]

if i take chaos innoculation, is my stun threshold based on 1hp?

or whatever hp i had beforehand

[dim fox]

On ice strike, ice bite ou heft for support gem ?

[hybrid ocean]

@mint summit I just realized that I haven't been using mana drain at all

[ember parrot]

1HP, unless you make it base on ES instead

[mint summit]

I have mana drain on my wand but it’s never felt worth using—might be in your exact case vs bosses if it actually functions 🤷‍♂️

[ember parrot]

You can take away universal points and then reapply them as weapon set points

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah. Still a big opportunity cost to spend time casting it, but it's better than waiting

I've been changing my tree around, but there just doesn't seem to be any way of reaching mana cost nodes without sacrificing way too much

[timid cloud]

guys, if you socket two mark skills into hand of chaulla, will it apply both marks to enemy at the same time? I have freezing mark and voltaic mark socketed to it

[vernal hemlock]

I just posted a question in the "build-help section" feel free to try and help me out plz

[tight grove]

im following a guide where hes just level 95 but has put more weapon set points that i currently have at lvl 88. is there quick guide on weapon set points that im missing

[ember parrot]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/guides/permanent-buff

If you skipped weapon set points you may have missed other goodies as well.

Should have 24 as a normal char

[tight grove]

i have 24 but havent used them

cant allocate on the branches tho

[ember parrot]

Well, you remove normal skill points.

Then switch the weapon sets topnright to enter weapon set skill allocation mode.

Then path the red/green skill paths with set 1 and 2.

[tight grove]

yeah thank you. just confused how the guide im looking has so much allotted even tough he's just 7 levels above me (15-20 points). must be wrong with his mobalictys link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRQCxcXHJNU

[ember parrot]

Yeah, you see this?

This means green is ONLY in one weapon set while pink is ONLY in the other

[tight grove]

sorry wrong vid. his initial one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pt0VMMWaCc

[tight grove]

but the budget build mobalytics makes more sense. thank you

[primal edge]

I see a lot of people using inspiration with cast on critical. But inspiration shouldn't work with cast on critical as CoC is a spirit skill. Am I missing something, or are all these other nerds?

[jovial lotus]

If I’m maxed all resist and I’m a witch minion build do I go soul core of jiquani for more max life or the armor rune

[spiral kettle]

Can someone hop in a vc with me and look over my monk build (home brew), trying to find out if there is a way i could push my DPS higher

[pearl moss]

For stat stack gemmling, is it better to run charged staff or can I skip it? I'm just finishing up the campaign but I find that things die quickly I can barely get charges for it

[ember parrot]

Don't have time for voice now, but if you are an ele build: Using Exposure and Curse?

[pastel valley]

Need help understanding Lightning Arrow Ranger. Sometimes Lightning Rod does these explosions that seems to go forever even after you stop shooting at it. What triggers that? Also, why does it seem to do more damage than Lightning Arrows?

[ember parrot]

I only used crossbow, but if the clear is quick enough you can skip charged staff.

[ember parrot]

Maybe Herald of Lightning?

[spiral kettle]

curse?

[ember parrot]

Flamability/Conductivity/Frostbite

With Heightened Curse

[pastel valley]

lightning herald comes from above right? these are lightning rods on the ground

[spiral kettle]

I'm running cast on freeze, should I put it there?

[ember parrot]

Depends on how quickly it triggers, I hardcast my curse in my Shockburst build

[onyx valve]

Anyone have a good base for a fire mage build?

[fickle hull]

quick question i for some reason cant type in the stormweaver church how much mana should i have for lvl 79

[limber forge]

Noob spark sorc here, whats the item I need to focus on improving right now? Got 25k dps and I really need to bump it up 🙂
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/034n00dt

[vapid sky]

Hey guys. Does anyone know if there’s a website where you can create your character and items and skill levels etc and you can accurately calculate your in game dps for a certain skill?

Im just trying to see the impact a certain ring for example will have on my dps if I replace my existing one

[ember parrot]

Not website, but a programm for your PC

[vapid sky]

Nice do tell which one?

[ember parrot]

https://pathofbuilding.community/

Has a PoE1 and PoE2 version

Also sites like maxroll allow you to import builds into PoB

[vapid sky]

Very nice! I have spent a good amount of currency on equipment that I thought on paper would give me a big dps boost and they ended up giving me a very small amount making them not worth the investment

[ember parrot]

I tend to share my builds via PoB exports to maxroll 😄

[pseudo rain]

I need help with my invoker monk build. I am trying to transition away from ice strike and go to tempest and flicker strike because I saw someone who could clear maps so fast with flicker strike and move around so fast using tempest flurry but it seems no matter what I do I cannot even come close to having a good build.

[pastel valley]

I've notices some people wanting Lifesprig. What build is it used for?

[midnight geode]

guys i made a new deadeye to pick better buffs from the campaign, should i pick stun threshold or ailment threshold? Im playing full eva with some es and running ghost dance and grim feast, might drop ghost dance in the future idk. Planning to have around 1k es, 2k with grim feast, and like 2.5k hp. Ik its not a lot but its the best i can do with my build unfortunately

[onyx valve]

WHY IS MY SORC SUCH A FLOPPY STICK

[prime sapphire]

whats the best meglomanic allocations for monk icestrike

[hybrid ocean]

Idk if anyone else answered you already, but they're using it to make the spells it casts cheaper, not to reduce the spirit reservation.

[pastel valley]

anyone know a good merc leveling build?

[hybrid ocean]

When in doubt, potcg

[restive mortar]

just path to monk shit

ive just did it as witch

pillar plus twink uniques and then howa at 52

lasted until late act2 cruel then equipped a couple rares

should be good until 70 something

[ember parrot]

I leveled just using Rapid Shot and Oil Grenades

[oblique nova]

Which one of these bows is probably best?

[muted birch]

IS there any news on when Templar is coming out?

And if so if it will have minion builds?

[ember parrot]

Would just plop in both in PoB

[oblique nova]

What is that?

[ember parrot]

https://pathofbuilding.community/ a build tool used and maintained by the community

Tend to have it running in the background to make such checks and calculations quickly.

[oblique nova]

just get this , i tries reinstalling afew times

ill look into it tomorrow i guess

[ember parrot]

Linux as well?

Needs Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package

[oblique nova]

On windows

[ember parrot]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_C%2B%2B the MSVC of the name is about Microsoft Visual C++, R for Redistributable

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

[haughty hemlock]

what do you have?

[queen cove]

do i need to spec into the passive for them to be buffed by the timelost jewels?

[hybrid ocean]

Yes

Well, technically no, the Jewel buffs the nodes no matter what. You just don't get anything from the nodes, buffed or otherwise, unless you allocate them.

[ebon cipher]

can someone help me understand why this keeps happening?

https://imgur.com/a/SfPPSEu

never mind, found the reason

[ember parrot]

Seems minion death drains your life?

[ebon cipher]

this rin

ring*

"300 pysical damage taken on minion death"

[ember parrot]

Ah yeah.

[ebon cipher]

only have 600 hp xD

weapon swapping twice kills me every time

[ember parrot]

I mean, it says Physical Damage, ES could buffer it...

[ebon cipher]

yeah but im doing minion build, i swap spam alot

[ember parrot]

Btw thanks for the earlier talk, also updated my monk. While i wont use him as a Sekhema runner (no cheese on Floor 4/against traps), it's really fun to play now.

[waxen shuttle]

does anyone have decent spare quivers they can part out?

[atomic halo]

no

[odd charm]

What is better to have on ur cast on Crit 23% or +1 to skill?

[old aurora]

is there anything you can get in game other than the mobility skill gem that is like the pathfinder ascendency with the 30% speed thing?
like, at all?

[pastel valley]

what build is Lifesprig good for?

[ashen bolt]

Could anyone check my detonate dead math? PoB2 doesn't seem to let me use my minion's hp to calculate the detonate dead explosion. It looks like it assumes a corpse has ~17k hp, if I use that to figure out the amount my spec/gear changes the hit amount, can I just multiply my actual minion HP by that modifier to figure out what a hit actually does?

[young hinge]

Lol does minion going away when u weap swap count as dying

[buoyant terrace]

hello, is this good for ice strike monk?

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah. Though you can skip some steps by just multiplying it by MinionHP/17k

[ashen bolt]

Turns out the numbers do not line up when testing on Doryani. No idea how they got their numbers, and it is possible I am doing something wrong, but pob is not giving me an easy way to compare the weights of values.

[hybrid ocean]

Then try simply using the raw total modifiers that PoB gives you?

Oh wait, could it be that it's not lining up because of crit?

The average hit will be higher than the actual median hit, by about 15% with no crit investment

[ashen bolt]

15.5k hp (estimated mob hp)x20% = 3.1k Damage per hit before modifiers and 21.8k after modifiers. So the percentage change is 705%

So if I take my actual minion HP of 83k x.2 and get 16.6k x705% I get 117.03k per hit. which is much higher than what I was seeing on doryani which was like 80k per hit.

[hybrid ocean]

What are your crit stats?

[ashen bolt]

I've got nothing invested so it should still be 100% bonus, and 11.84% chance to crit according to the in game stats

[hybrid ocean]

OK, so that's not it

[ashen bolt]

I guess I do have increased chance to crit on my tree due to pathing

10%

[hybrid ocean]

Presumably not armour either, since nothing has that much

[ashen bolt]

Yeah, though there could be something in the pob settings which could be messing things up. It'd be helpful to know exactly what it is taking as the base HP for the detonate dead. It looks like it changes based on the monster level, is there an average mob hp per level it is using?

[toxic storm]

does + to crit damage bonus work on off hand or should i just take higher flat

[hybrid ocean]

It gets squared, for whatever reason

So assuming decent crit rate you should probably go for the crit damage

[toxic storm]

my main hand is squared?

[hybrid ocean]

No, just the off hand

[toxic storm]

should i take crit dmg on both if my chance is 100

[hybrid ocean]

Definitely. But the difference is more stark on the off hand

You wouldn't happen to be running two corrupted hoghunts, would you?

[toxic storm]

warpicks

[hybrid ocean]

Much less of a meme then

[toxic storm]

blood mage giants blood is too far away

[hybrid ocean]

I was just using treefingers

[toxic storm]

this is what im working with

https://poe2db.tw/pob/COo7bZP6cr

i feel like the only way i can increase my damage is better jewels??

i havent been able to find any better gear on the market 😦

open to any suggestions

[clever sphinx]

can anyone share mobalytic or maxroll build stormweaver that one shot arbiter

or pob

[bright pewter]

Does anyone know if Flammability Curse is the same as Fire Exposure? Can they be added together?

[slender pivot]

Seems not

[bright pewter]

I was thinking of using Xoph's Blood Amulet (https://poe2db.tw/us/Xophs_Blood) in conjunction with Flammability

But the description of the Exposure effect says:

"...
Multiple sources of the same type of Exposure cannot stack with one another unless stated otherwise, and only the strongest source of Exposure will apply. ..."

So I don't know if Flammability is considered Fire Exposure.

Flammability's description reads:

"Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance."

Cursed enemies have (-36 – -30)% to Fire Resistance

[slender pivot]

Give it a go. I honestly think it doesnt stack but... Im quite a newbie

[restive mortar]

they are not the same and do stack

i use flame orb with exposure along side flammability

how can i reliably proc pain attunement?

infernalist

do i need to reserve 50% hp to have a chance?

[hybrid ocean]

Powertread boots and respec enough for more maximum power charges.Then use whatever method you see fit to generate power charges (most likely resonance and combat frenzy / sniper's mark, but something without resonance involving profane ritual is an option)

If your charge generation is good enough, you can and likely should fit in charge infusion. Not only does it give a very nice crit boost, you can probably find ways to generate a few types of other charges here and there.

Also some quick math suggests that any chest piece with more than 750 ES will increase your health above what Morior Invictus provides, including the attributes. But idk if you need those attributes or the soul cores in there, so best to confirm in PoB before you buy anything. You might also not even meet the intelligence requirements

Finally, put the pickaxe with the higher crit damage bonus in your off hand instead of your main hand.

If you don't want to pivot aggressively into full passive power charge generation, you can just keep the powertread boots in your inventory until its bossing time, and have minions + profane ritual on the weapon swap

[hybrid ocean]

If you do that ES substitution, that will also free up all your evasion nodes

[ember parrot]

They can stack, both lower resistance by different amounts and scale of different stats (Exposure Magnitude vs Curse Effect).

Source: i run Lightning Exposure + Conductivity for massive Resistance Reductions.

Contrary to Elemental Penetration, this also has the bonus of lowering Resistances below 0, causing enemies to take more damage instead.

IIRC, in PoE1 the maximum negative resistance is -100%

[hybrid ocean]

Should be easy enough to test with Doryani's prototype

[ember parrot]

But yeah, damage multiplication is fun

• 91% shock increased damage taken
• -48% resist from conductivity
• -36% resist from exposure

[ebon cipher]

just vaal-ed this, i think the game is telling me to build the bone cage+frost wall build...

[storm inlet]

At what level can I switch to a detonate dead build? Build guide says lvl68? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/detonate-dead-blood-mage-build-guide#passives-header

[terse haven]

level 68

[cinder parrot]

Can confirm that Xesht can be brought to atleast -68% chaos resistance. Would assume it’s the same then

Have done extensive testing with Despair

and poison dps

[austere basin]

Hi, I'm testing a Chaos Witch with the Blood Witch ascendancy and I'd like to hear your thoughts on the node distribution I've chosen in the skill tree

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/d7db4112-f12f-432d-a726-4bf81d9d127f/builds/75f0e010-0086-4237-b105-073b5179ebf0

[terse haven]

There still a viable way to play vine arrow as your main skill? I know it was nerfed way back but the poison cloning portion was buffed. Seems like it could still have a strong effect in the right build

Wrong channel? Is this a poe1 question?

[wooden haven]

Yes

My bad

[terse haven]

Then wrong channel, this is poe 2

[magic portal]

Can somebody help me switch from the triple ele monk to a better ice strike monk?

[sterile sparrow]

I'm using the cast on shock variation of this build: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/archmage-spark-stormweaver-build-guide - I don't feel like mobility is doing much for me on Spark. What would be the best replacement for it for dps or is it just that there isn't a good replacement?

[midnight geode]

if a skill shoots 3 projectiles, since they cant shotgun, if i have ricochet can the 2 bounce of the wall and hit the same target the one projectile hit?

[thorny token]

no

[fringe lagoon]

I like these for spark

[sterile sparrow]

No crits?

[solemn kettle]

Does Beastial Skin work with Spectral Ward?

from searching it appears the spectral works off the number on the chest before anything else, so I guess not?

[storm inlet]

But why? Is there something I can't equip until then?

[terse haven]

Idk read the build

[green mesa]

is having 5% all res in rune sockets better than slotting different runes for different reses? I have 8 armor sockets

[terse haven]

If you aren't overcapping too much yes, 15% vs 12%

[green mesa]

where are you getting the 15% from?

[terse haven]

What does all res do?

Its 5% all elemental resistance. That means 5% for lightning, 5% for fire and 5% for cold

Are you following?

[green mesa]

yah

[ember parrot]

3 soul cores with 5% to all elements each vs 3 runes with 12% to one element individually

So, if you need all 3 elements, the 5% to all elements is better, else the 12% is better due to less "wasted stats"

In my case, i usually drive defensive rings, like this I did use in my build recently.

Thus, my lightning resistance was capped (as that ring is 80% Lightning Resist before ingenuity) and I rather used Fire and Cold Runes instead of all ele soulcores.

[restive mortar]

overcapping isn't wasted. pretty much always better to use cores and buy your gear with that in mind

15>12 simple as, unless budget reasons where runes are cheaper

[ember parrot]

PoB, but yeah... i am overcapped as well.

[restive mortar]

ya sure with a ring like that but a different ring would be "better" so you're not wasting all the extra lightning as u said

having no prefixes kinda sucks esp with ingenuity

[ember parrot]

Again, if one stat is below max while the others are way above, I say 12% is better than 5%.

Also i use different rings nowadays

[fringe lagoon]

I personally run 0 crit build but ofc u can swap controlled destruction out if you play any crit on your tree and gear

[dim fox]

hello, how do people spam blink ? i've seen a lot of content creator farm maps in under 30 sec with just spaming blink

[fringe lagoon]

Temporalis

[dim fox]

ok, only this way ? cause i've seen on youtube build videos, where they full blink but when they show the gear they don't have temporalis...

[fringe lagoon]

I mean I run a 1.4s blink build myself but no way I can finish a map in 30s. For instant blink u need temporalis, otherwise you can just get a bunch of cool down reduction but it won't be the same.

If these streamers are lvl 97+ you can go in poe ninja and check their builds

[spring prairie]

no persistence?

[fringe lagoon]

Persistence is OK I guess, but not a must have especially with high projectile speed

[warped fog]

pob can't import poe2 chars yet? oof

[compact needle]

does someone have a sorcerer build i just started it and don't really know wahats good

[craggy ice]

spark + flame wall + archmage

[compact needle]

archmage?

is that subclass

[craggy ice]

its a spirit gem skill that you get later on

[compact needle]

ohh shoot

[craggy ice]

its super strong right now

[compact needle]

ok

[stone salmon]

can someone help me optimize my spark build on vc ?

[compact needle]

so jsut look fora build with that?

[craggy ice]

yeah basically

[compact needle]

better than fireaball builds'

[craggy ice]

imo yes

lightning and cold damage meta

[fringe lagoon]

Spark archmage so strong it will eat all your monies

[livid fulcrum]

almost have enough saved for dream fragments, then I need to actually get decent stuff in other slots lmao

[torn breach]

Guys quick question.

I’m playing a blood mage with DD level 75. Is it worth using Veil of the Night in my build or is it a noob trap?

I’m health stacking and if I equip the item, I plan on pivoting all my gear to have stats without resistances. Is it worth? Am I going to get one shotted?

[craggy ice]

yes

[autumn cliff]

titan or warbringer? I like shield charge if that matters at all.

[jaunty ridge]

hi, i have a monk/invoker ice strike/shatter build, can some one help me increase my dps? its at 70k rn

[left ledge]

Is there any build that I can use on my support build so I can solo farm as well?

[fathom stump]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/p56cx00c
any1 want to criticize or point out any optimizations/next upgrades to target? using LA but have iceshot up to compare dps

[tiny swallow]

Currently playing a Spark Mage, based on these general items alone, are there any upgrades I can make? I've been running the belt and amulet since campaigning so I was curious if I should swap them for something better

Additionally, should I be sticking to a staff? Or do I go for something like a wand + focus? Unsure which is better

[polar anvil]

Does Cold/Lightning % Damage quality not work?

This ring I have doesn't seem to take any quality

Like the number goes up for the Quality up to 20 but nothing changes in the ring itself

[ionic spoke]

Does armour explosion damage scale with damage with maces?

[atomic halo]

what mod specifically

and what quality type

i dont recall any bug existing

[polar anvil]

@atomic halo it worked in the end I hammered the cold catalyst, thank you!

[dusk marlin]

Will a megalomaniac with inner faith still give me the inner faith. Even if I have a olroth heroic tragedy covering that with fire dancer

[timid cloud]

who's just got to lvl 85ish and it's a invoker monk wanted to go for stacking attr build?

[timid cloud]

it scales off of fire damage

[polar anvil]

Should I always be corrupting them jewels

My socketed jewels at that

[scarlet ravine]

is there a way to check my weapons dps # compared to the one from the trade website?

[proud sorrel]

Does Wither Away cause Withering Presence to do more stacks or is it useless together?

[hybrid ocean]

@toxic storm was my wall of text any help?

[proud sorrel]

You can try path of building, good for that

[scarlet ravine]

tyu\

[green rivet]

Does coc frost wall + choir amulet work without blink robe?

I'm playing sorc storm

[solemn kettle]

Yes you need cdr tho

[solemn kettle]

Proof
https://youtu.be/lmozEsl1-IU?si=UbVfjeSkVGPlkdJQ

Temporalis will perform better but this works ok on a much lower budget

[green rivet]

ty, i'll take a look

[toxic storm]

really interesting tech but even corrupted 18%ms feels really uncomfy on melee and i cant hit res cap without triple res boots unfortunately

i replaced all my gems for 15% chance and 20% crit bonus

7m crits on hotg will have to do

im really not a fan of armor making you slower despite full spec into str

also not being able to move while using mace strike is kinda clunky

i think melee in general esp the warrior side of the tree (that i dont even touch) needs alot of help on full release

[broken juniper]

what support gems are bets for tempest flurry? i have all slots

best

[clever vine]

Guys, i did a monk build (ice strike) but actually is unplayable due to mana cost. Is there a way i can fix this?

[solemn kettle]

Lower level skill gem, inspiration, reduced mana cost on tree, mana on kill jewel, mana per kill mod on gear

[clever vine]

The problem get worse on bosses. So on kill its not a good idea, but other one seems cool. But lowering gem level doesent lower my dps?

[solemn kettle]

Melting maelstrom. Lower gem is lower dps but no mana is zero dps

Depending on the strength of your build you could go as low as lv.14, but if you dont have a lot of investment youre going to need to find another solution. There's also Thief's Torment which is the only source of Gain Mana on Hit in the game, you could put it on just for bosses but that strategy sacrifices a lot of damage and resistances your usual ring would give

[worthy ingot]

Any advice on an up to date tempest flurry stat stacking monk guide for a ~100 divine budget?

[safe bane]

which howa gives more dps 4% 1-11 or 3% 1-12

[halcyon bobcat]

While using Avatar of Fire, my skill damage/dps shows higher number while using iron runes than with Citaqualotl. Is that number accurate?

[polar anvil]

Should you be corrupting all your socketed jewels, say you are not using adorned

[deft glen]

For +5 wands, is it better to get with lighting and spell damage or just lightning?

[oblique sluice]

hello. for infernalist frost mage minions, is it worth getting sigil of power staff? i dont think i can add stages to the sigil unless i spam curses which is risky since im also running MoM

[north valley]

Im looking for an infernalist build that can run sekhemas fast/easy. Which build is the best for that atm and does anybody have a link to it ?

[ember parrot]

Do you have any 'physical as extea x' damage effects?

[oblique sluice]

hello. what's the easiest way to "import" my character to POB?

[ember parrot]

Sadly, right now, only having PoE2 and PoB open, trace the passive tree and ctrl+c items to add them as 'custom items', pasting them in. Direct import like PoB1 will come once GGG unlocks the PoE2 API.

[oblique sluice]

oh you can copy items from poe2? sweet. thanks!

[ember parrot]

That is a feature from PoE1 as well. If you hover over an item and press CTRL+C it copies the item definition to the clipboard.

Not on my PC so can't show what it looks like.

[halcyon bobcat]

You mean like the support gem "Attacks gain 25% of damage as extra fire damage"? Only on one skill

[deft glen]

Is cast speed better on wand or int?

[halcyon bobcat]

None on passives

[ember parrot]

Not sure what that takes as the base, if all damage or only Physical. But else I can't really explain it other than 'increased weapon damage' and 'increased elemental damage' not being additive but multiplicative.

[ember parrot]

On MoM builds, int is defensive scaling while Cast Speed is offensive scaling on all spellslinger builds.

[deft glen]

Ok cool! thanks 🙂

[deft glen]

and does it matter when looking at lightning damage and spell damage for spark build?

Do you get both together or mainly lightning?

[oblique sluice]

does pob have weapon set support?

[halcyon bobcat]

So, should I trust the damage/DPS numbers that the skills show and replace citaqualotl with iron runes?

[ember parrot]

I mean, would probably be better damage to have both pure mods conpared to one pure and one hybrid.

[ember parrot]

Would rather trust pob about that.

[ember parrot]

Yes, if you click the weapon set skillpoints at the top you switch between weapon set points and normal mode.

Btw PoB really needs to add support for exposure.

Given 20~36% resist strip are quite juicy.

[heavy zenith]

Does anyone run spark blood mage full crit with choir of the storm amulet? I need some help

[hybrid ocean]

First and foremost, have you tried swapping your main and off hand weapons? Napkin math suggests that this will up your damage by like 7% when critting.

Now, are you sure you can't hit res cap if you replace Morior with a triple res ES chest piece? You could also look for a similar amulet with all res or chaos res instead of cast speed.

Even with no other sources of extra maximum power charges and a uncorrupted powertreads, you still get ~45% more damage in the off hand while critting, and 17% in the main hand.

(though its worth noting that max power charge is a relatively cheap corrupt on helmets, you can get it here
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/8D0WK0GUV
If you don't mind losing a touch of health)

As for movement and clunkiness on mace strike, why not use stampede for your clear? I've found it to be a great deal less clunky, if you can cope with the cost.

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/5yGvVlmHa

[toxic storm]

i dont have enough int for an ES chest and invictus is giving me 1200 life aka 30% more crit

[hybrid ocean]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/JlYnq6Rhl

These are a bit less budget friendly being amulets

[toxic storm]

mark is the only way i can see getting charges

[hybrid ocean]

Ah, is the int situation remediable at all?

[toxic storm]

not without giving up even more hp

thats also why i run mace strike

its 0 mana

[hybrid ocean]

https://poe2db.tw/pob/COo7bZP6cr

Just gonna repost this so I don't have to go back to your original every time

[toxic storm]

and i have +10

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, though lifetap can solve that

[toxic storm]

stamp looks way more clunky anyway than just 1 tap and keep moving

herald of ice is doing all the heavy lifting anyway

[hybrid ocean]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

You could just use your leap strike

[toxic storm]

too slow

[hybrid ocean]

Maybe so

[toxic storm]

im more interested in power charges than changing auto attack

[hybrid ocean]

You can drop wind dancer for combat frenzy

[toxic storm]

no mana cost also means i dont dig into my life for sanguimancy

[hybrid ocean]

This is true

[toxic storm]

i dont freeze anything

[hybrid ocean]

Playing a similar build myself I found that while the costs made ramping up take a while, I would still usually stay topped up

[toxic storm]

i just shatter with pork

[hybrid ocean]

You sure? Even with overwhelming presence?

There's always pin support as well

[toxic storm]

boss dies before it freezes

pin looks like too much of a dps loss

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, but trash mobs are where you'd get your charges most of the time

Vs boss it's indeed just the mark

[toxic storm]

i dont need any help at all mobing

[hybrid ocean]

Exactly

[toxic storm]

auto attack clear more than my screen

only issue i have with mark is i need to crit him with the mark up

so id still be 2 shotting the boss

i already 2 shot the boss

[hybrid ocean]

That'd why you sacrifice a touch of mobbing (nothing, in practice) to be able to walk into a boss fight with power charges ready

Vs Arbiter this doesn't help ofc

[toxic storm]

there arent any

yea

id only be trying to 1tap arbiter or king of the mists

i dont really like farming anyone else

[hybrid ocean]

Then yeah, I'm afraid that won't help too much

I enjoy Xesht myself

[toxic storm]

howa isnt very good money imo

hes fun tho

[hybrid ocean]

Fun is why yeah

Oh, well for power charges you can always drop resonance

And just make your weapon swap minions with profane ritual

And that one spirit gem

[toxic storm]

thats super interesting

i can run a septre on my off hand no problems

[hybrid ocean]

Might start to hurt for skill slots?

[toxic storm]

cut leap slam np

[hybrid ocean]

I love shield charge myself, but only when it's not on a swap

[toxic storm]

go profane on the 2 free minions that come with the septre

i need charge to clear

[hybrid ocean]

Oh yeahh, I forgot about that

[toxic storm]

sacrafice is a spirit gem though

;

[hybrid ocean]

Then yeah, that should work. Honestly if it's still trouble you can just swap around charge and profane as needed

Or hunters mark

What's the int requirement on sacrifice again?

[toxic storm]

133 kinda expensive

[hybrid ocean]

Also btw, my math was off on the damage increase from powertread, the difference gets bigger with more increased crit damage

[toxic storm]

60 spirit amu with +3 melee, life and crit is gonna be hard to come by lmao

[hybrid ocean]

You don't need spirit, you can just disable presence and herald while weapon swapped

[toxic storm]

truuuueee

damn ok

[hybrid ocean]

:)

[toxic storm]

does infernal cry even buff my damage without endurance charges

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah

Just needs endurance changes to buff more than one attack

[toxic storm]

we gonna cook up something nice nice

[hybrid ocean]

It's sure looking like it

[toxic storm]

problably just gonna keep powertreads in my inv for the boss

[hybrid ocean]

By all means post a showcase of some kind if this works out well, since I was doing something similar but never got this far gear wise

[hybrid ocean]

Sensible decision

[hybrid ocean]

I quit because melee is just not fun to play in this game

It's like it actually just hates you

[toxic storm]

does quality profane ritual not do anything

[hybrid ocean]

Chance to not kill the minion

Which is good but not necessary, since ideally we'd like at least 4 (5 with the helmet I linked) rituals

Though this really should only speed things up; I'm not entirely sure how fast minions revive, but I'm pretty sure it's shorter than the base power charge duration

[toxic storm]

theyre not spawning and idk why

[hybrid ocean]

Do you have the int required for the skill it gives?

Might need a lower level one

[toxic storm]

it costs the same as it does to equip it

i even bought a lower one to check and it still doesnt work

[hybrid ocean]

Weird

What does it look like in the gem tab?

[toxic storm]

the first wand is still equiped but this is the other one

they both dont summon anything

[hybrid ocean]

And in the detailed view of the skill?

Could also try a normal skeletal minion to check if it's a sceptre issue or a minion issue

[toxic storm]

wtf

i have 244 spirit

[hybrid ocean]

OK, time to break out the big guns: Have you tried turning it (the game) off and on again?

( I know, I know, but it's always worth making sure)

[toxic storm]

when i switch weaponsets it summons

[vestal ridge]

did u all think that a fire-themed sorcerer works?

[hybrid ocean]

Wacky

Idk, I'd just return to this tomorrow or in a few hours and see if inspiration strikes you. Or maybe it mysteriously fixes itself- that sometimes happens.

[toxic storm]

unequipping everything then equipping everything fixed it

idk if it was gems or gear but it works now

unset ring would go kinda fuckin crazy

[toxic storm]

490k HOTG with 4 charges goes up to 599k

[wintry ibex]

Hi guys I'm new but I'm looking for help with my warrior is this the right channel?

[toxic storm]

ye

[wintry ibex]

Cool I'm looking to retain the skills I use but maximize my damage

[ember parrot]

Sounds like a job for passive optimization via PoB.

[lime oxide]

Hi, any pointers for an ssf build to go for last flame runs? Spark? I saw some info on chayula builds, but ranged would be preferable 🤔

[tiny swallow]

Best Rune to slot in Morior for Mana Stacking? I'd assume Mind Rune?

[ember parrot]

Soulcore with 2% each

Zalatl

https://poe2db.tw/us/Soul_Core_of_Zalatl

That would be +8~10% increased mana extra

[tiny swallow]

Tysm !

[broken juniper]

can anyone help me out with my attribute stacking gemling build? i need a few tips on dps and res ! dm if you can help !!

[ember parrot]

I can try, playing a gemling, but I try to stack all 3 equally instead of only 1 huge.

[pearl sluice]

Is there a monk build guide somewhere for around level 50 invoker monks? My current build is really boring I just spam tempest flurry through the campaign and it doesn't do that much damage

[ember parrot]

May I give you a combo for a 2nd skill to add to your rota?

[pearl sluice]

Sure

[ember parrot]

Gathering Storm + Lightning Exposure + Overcharge + Strip Away.

• Gathering Storm leaves shocked ground on perfect timing.
• Lightning exposure drops enemy lightning resist by 20%.
• Overcharge alone makes your 20% shocks into 35% shocks.
• Strip Away turns Exposure from 20% to 26%.

[pearl sluice]

Awesome appreciate it

I'll give that a try

[ember parrot]

Else, always feel free to also build in the bell.

And slapping the bell.

[broken juniper]

what’s up i have them all almost equal in just sort of budgeted and was wondering the best possible things for my budget

[ember parrot]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/dw47200t my last upload.

Resists are higher ingame

[ebon cipher]

so im doing some theory crafting with a minion build and im wondering how these would work together :

how does this interact with Raging Spirits??

it says it does dmg based off max hp but

raging spirits dont have hp, infact theyre entirely untargetable

but

if u turn on ally hp bars they have hp?

[tame kite]

Can anybody explain why in the gemling stat stacker passive tree the attribute you choose to allocate increases another attribute that wasn't chosen?

[north estuary]

how come i cant Ctrl C and Ctrl V my skills into POB

[wicked tiger]

Only works for items

[north estuary]

ah so doesnt work for skills yet

[north estuary]

do i have to set the skill at the level of what it is with + levels or just set it at the gem level it is

[wicked tiger]

Gem level

Pob will recognize +skills

[north estuary]

awesome thank you

[north estuary]

should hit dps on pob match my sheet dps ingame?

[hybrid ocean]

For some builds yes, for many very much no

[north estuary]

spark build?

[toxic storm]

https://poe2db.tw/pob/gyzouBs5GG gonna work my way to overflowing power by lvl 100 + the megalo will be another 3 power charges; if anyone has tips for better use of the weaponsets lmk

[fringe lagoon]

no

[floral geyser]

Are there any viable Chayula Monk builds that play with a wand or staff ? Most using Witch & Sorceress spells ?

*mostly

[dusty rapids]

anyone else's pob showing more crit damage than you actually have?
ive double checked tree, and jewels/gear
mines showing 560 crit multi but i only have 390 in hideout

was proper before. not sure what changed since last patch

[waxen shuttle]

im having issue with mana with my deadeye lightninig arrow build... if anyone can help DM me

[dusty rapids]

CoS?

[waxen shuttle]

I DM'd u

[pearl sluice]

Is there a list of supports that work with trigger skills available somewhere?

[broken eagle]

which node should i allocate on my everlasting gaze amulet as a spark mage? mana regeneratior or damage?

[fringe lagoon]

Ah yes, the sacred anointment dilemma. Fear not, exile, for I shall bestow upon you divine wisdom: Heavy Ammunition or Wild Storm if you seek DPS, Harmonic Generator for crit builds, Lightning Rod for non-crit builds, Frazzled to crank up shock magnitude, Conservative Casting or Mental Toughness if mana is your mortal enemy, Hunter Talisman for that extra charm slot to ward off freeze and stun, and, of course, Spaghettification if you’re stacking intelligence like a true scholar. Choose wisely—or don’t. Fate will decide regardless.

[dry halo]

I'm playing stat stacker gemling with tempest flury and standard HOWAs.
I thinking about buying corupted ones with 4% attack speed OR 1-11 lightnning dmg.
What should give more DPS?

[tulip carbon]

Would people recommend an Ingenuity belt @ 60%+? I suspect it'll essentially give a ring slot for free at that point? (anything over 50% that is)

[full coral]

So i played to act 2 and started to build a cold build. I just started to follow a guide but discovered i have chosen the wrong Ascendancy. How much will this affect my build?

[fringe lagoon]

If you are not happy with your ascendency I would recommend making a new character

It's still early to change, better do it now than on level 90

[full coral]

Yea that is true 👍

Thanks

[smoky tiger]

Is there nothing like elemental invocation or cast on freeze for a chaos damage individual?

[solemn pecan]

I was wondering if it is possible or viable in this game to make a traditionally non-magic character like the warrior or duelist (whenever that comes out) into some weird melee/magic hybrid. Can that even work?

[hybrid ocean]

You can definitely make non-magic characters into mages

hybrid mage and attack builds though idk

I imagine one in the current version would involve Collapsing Horizon

These are all five (5) of the nodes with both attack and spell in them

of course there are generic and elemental increases, but yeah

[solemn pecan]

Just curious because my friends really egg me on into my usual trend of turning swordsman in rpg games into wizards. lol. I'd love to have a side character who can get away with it.

Could I just shoot to the wizard side and just get a bunch of spell power with those nodes?

[north estuary]

is there a "best atlas layout"

[fringe lagoon]

I'd be inclined to say no, certain atlas setups work well with specific strategies. For example I use high items quantity tablets on my towers so I benefit a lot from precursor tablets buffs on the atlas. Someone starting endgame might benefit more from waystone drop rates as they might struggle to sustain them.

[north estuary]

im at tier 15 and im playing a spark sorc and im trying to farm currencies and decent gear drops

[fringe lagoon]

Feel free to checkout my atlas, may not be the best but it works fine for me https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b4315f24-644c-4722-b117-520545273aad/builds/20939dd3-bf66-433b-81b1-8235900c5b12

[north estuary]

why no local knowledge? and do you seem like you have decent item/currency drops? i hardly get any exs currently

[fringe lagoon]

Seems conditional, I've never tried it to be honest. As for currency I usually run quant buffed nodes and quant waystones (deli instilled), with 200% rarity on gear

[late fiber]

For gemling what do I do on the attribute nodes, people say keep a balance but like how am I supposed to know the balance lol

[wicked tiger]

don't they know that I can increase my light radius by increasing the brightness on my monitor? silly ggg

[restive mortar]

does this work with poison?

[young hinge]

Don't think so

[radiant compass]

any POB experts here who can tell me how to make:

1. convert stat requirements to (strength/intelligence/dexterity)
2. Heroic Tragedy
3. Megalomaniac??**

work?

[north estuary]

where are you at in levels?

[cedar aspen]

Can any build/character use curses?
I wanted to see if it’s possible to use curses with a Chayula Monk build, similar to how Carnarius does it with his Titan. Is it just a case of picking up some decent curse notables, along with some chaos notables along the way in the passive tree?

[late fiber]

Alr done but level 87

[plucky fern]

I've got the minion witch, spark sorc, messed around with a deadeye ranger, is the next insanely meta build for me to try out the gemling? is that tempest flurry? Any other ideas or suggestions for my next alt? I'm fairly rich at this point so looking for the stuff i can really go nuts with and scale

[desert flint]

hi, can i ask what is the best build for the infernalist witch on endgame?

[slim pewter]

can spiral volley pierce?

[small anvil]

stat stacking gemling is probably one of the top builds if you want to try that one. it's not for me but kudos if you go for it

[plucky fern]

What would you say are the other top ones besides spark stormweaver and dead eye ?

[rustic pumice]

i dont get it
why is fubgun using infusion gems with painter's servant this combo sucks

painter's servant takes all my damage and turns 33% of it into lightning dmg, 33% into fire damage and 33% into ice damage

infusion would absolutely destroy my dps with painter's servant, infusion slightly buffs one element and heavily nerfs the other 2 containing 66% of my dps

[olive river]

is it generally a bad idea to invest in block without the stun reduction?

[hybrid ocean]

What issue are you having with the latter two?

[radiant compass]

I might be a bit r-word but i can't even find how to put in a megalomaniac, and it seems heroic tragedy seeds aren't implemented or customizable?

[hybrid ocean]

I know for a fact a friend of mine has used pob to check heroic seeds

Not sure how

It's not just a slider like other modifiers?

[radiant compass]

its strange since the notables dont seem to change within no matter what the slider is set to

they all show the original notables

[hybrid ocean]

Try finding a heroic on the trade site and setting it to that one's seed

[hybrid ocean]

Do you have them allocated?

[radiant compass]

yes, and yes

i'm using one that i have slotted myself

[hybrid ocean]

You only lose about 14% damage it seems. Pretty sure it's there to influence which ailments it inflicts. You go from 1/3rd lightning to just under 2/3rds

[hybrid ocean]

Ah. Then idk

[cerulean mist]

not sure if this is your specific question, but ive had issues with the attribute conversion stuff as well. the workaround ive used, which isnt perfect was to put in the soul core for the conversion into the item and also show it as on the item in PoB and the add a customer modifier, since PoB does not seem to show the requirements as actually reduced when using that soul core, at least when i last check.

[hybrid ocean]

^ this is what I did as well

As for megalomaniac, if its one you have in game, simply copy pasting it worked fine for me

[cerulean mist]

also, does anyone know of any good written guides for PoB, rather than videos and maybe something a bit more indepth than the beginners notes i saw posted to reddit. i have looked in several places and cant find much and the Github seems to reference some best practices documentation but I cannot find it. i understand PoB is more of a tool rather than an end all be all answer in terms of the figures it presents sometimes, but I have also had issues where everything about a change seems to look good (numbers, go up, no warnings, no other issues) but then it does not end up working like that in actual practice (skill gem interactions, etc.). so was just hoping to find some written documentation for reference on how to best utilize PoB, some of this may also be helped by me just understanding some of the game better too. i did not play poe1

[radiant compass]

perfect, you're the best

[small anvil]

my personal favorite is sconc. concoctions are easier to build up and get to a point of being able to do end game activities. all the other characters i've played, requires more high end gear and becomes very expensive. or if you like doing ssf as I do, it becomes out of reach completely. because you need gear like howa for the weapon class jobs. or if you're a spell caster, you'll need mahux and that unique chest piece, moria or whatever it was called

[atomic halo]

for the notables

we havent cracked the code like we did in poe1

so the only way to know what the notables will be is to actually find it ingame, socket it into the tree, and check

pob cannot tell you because pob does not know

[radiant compass]

right right

[atomic halo]

megalomanic should be easy to edit in manually

[radiant compass]

and theres no way to manually change nodes to heroic notables either?

[atomic halo]

just add it into custom mods in config

[radiant compass]

ah gotcha

[hybrid ocean]

The chest piece you're thinking of is Unconquered in Death

[atomic halo]

not really? i feel the easiest way for you to get help for that is just to ask your specific questions here

[hybrid ocean]

And yeah, I agree that a good bit too much power for many builds is all in the same place, namely HoWA and Archmage

[narrow summit]

Have some questions for my build, completely new would love to chat with someone about it

[atomic halo]

go ahead

[narrow summit]

So I’m about level 30 and just kinda lost on what gear I should be using and what not

I’m using gemling legionnaire

[hybrid ocean]

Which weapon?

Given that you're new and playing mercenary, presumably crossbow?

[narrow summit]

Nah my friend plays, so I got pillar of caged god already

[hybrid ocean]

Ok, then just any rings and gloves you can find with flat damage on them

After that attributes, and then resistances on other pieces.

For the campaign you can be a lot more loosey goosey with your build and probably be fine

The one thing you likely don't want to invest much in is armor. Either of the other two defensive stats will serve you better. But that only really matters for the chest piece

Once you reach about level 60 or the end of the campaign, you should hopefully have a better feeling for these things, and enough currency to buy some more tailored items

[narrow summit]

Ok thanks for all that info, is level 60 really the min level to where I can start grinding for divines and the stat stacker armor pieces?

[atomic halo]

you need lvl 52 for howa

which is where your damage goes from solid to insane

[hybrid ocean]

^

[small anvil]

it's Morior Invictus Grand Regalia, to be specific

[hybrid ocean]

Indeed

[atomic halo]

and you need 65 for morior invictus, which you need to get a ton of ele res so you can get attr and uniques on every other slot

[hybrid ocean]

Could also be translated as Victorious in death

[hybrid ocean]

Which I think would also be in first person? I.e. an implied [I am] Victorious [even] in Death

Idk I only dabble in latin

[hybrid ocean]

The important level requirements are as Bloon describes. What I meant was more that it's then that the difficulty starts to ramp up, and you get punished more for dying.

[narrow summit]

Those are the gloves right?

[atomic halo]

yeah

[hybrid ocean]

So it's not that you need level 60 to upgrade your gear, but more that at level 60ish you'll need to upgrade.

[atomic halo]

they give you flat lightning dmg per int

[hybrid ocean]

Not to mention even more attack speed per dex

[atomic halo]

flat damage is exactly what pillar is missing, so it's extremely powerful

yeah and the attack speed lets you just press and hold tempest flurry

you just roll around and explode everything with double heralds

[hybrid ocean]

Faster than walking beyond a certain point

What's the level requirement on three dragons again?

[atomic halo]

idk its kinda a bait item

45

i only know lvl reqs of non-bait uniques

[hybrid ocean]

I wouldn't call it a bait, but the applications are definitely a bit niche

Bordering on yet not reaching the esoteric

[narrow summit]

Ok so for now the progression is gonna be kind of slowl and then around level 51 it’s gonna start to pick up

Also, right now I’m running herald with the bell and the one that makes your left click ice attacks

[tiny swallow]

If anyone mind sending me upgrade recommendations, greatly appreciated #1340142055698989130

[cerulean mist]

ty for response and makes sense, i kind of figured. i will have to be a bit better prepared for something like that, but will do so when ready. However, the main issue I want to find out is, is there some way to tell from PoB, that an interaction between skill and support gems is going to work or not work and also with your other gems. for my example, i dont remember the exact gems I was using, but everything on paper looked good (number wise), however the effect of one of the items basically nullified another significant important effect proccing or something so in reality it was a poor choice and made the main skill i was using ultimately not work. is there any way to know that just from PoB itself? or is that going to be knowledge around the different effect/item/attack type tags? if the latter, is there a good resource to understand those better, as they can also sometimes be confusing or not so clear on what works/procs what, etc (eg, the interactions around charged staff and ice strike with spells/attacks, and what is better slotted where, etc., has been a bit confusing to me)

[atomic halo]

i dont remember the exact gems I was using, but everything on paper looked good (number wise), however the effect of one of the items basically nullified another significant important effect proccing or something so in reality it was a poor choice and made the main skill i was using ultimately not work.
it's difficult to answer when you've put it in such vague terms.

generally, pob cannot completely compensate for your own lack of knowledge about the game

the interactions around charged staff and ice strike with spells/attacks
like this: ice strike is an attack, charged staff is an attack. neither has any direct interaction with spells.

[cerulean mist]

fair, im not sure how better to phrase it because i dont really want to know about something specific. more just want to understand some things better, as you have indicated, so maybe the wiki or something will be a better start

[cerulean mist]

charged staff is specifically noted as a spell tho, in its tool tip menu

a spell but with an attack i guess

[atomic halo]

where does it say that charged staff is a spell?

[atomic halo]

ah

the spell is the part that you click to get the buff

the attack is the shockwave that emits when you have the buff

[cerulean mist]

okay, that makes sense, and then any support gems that do whatever on hit/attack, etc. are applying to the shockwave which is the important part here. i will have to read a bit better if i see some different tags like that else where. thank you

[atomic halo]

yeah

[quaint lance]

Any Suggestions? Spark - CoS Conduit - Mahu & Everlasting set up

Frazzled allocated through megalomaniac & lightning rod on amulet

[cerulean mist]

one last one i suppose. PoB consistently seems to recommended slotting this support gem, and shows it as a positive gain if slotted on basically any skill. is PoB intuitive enough to know that somewhere in my build minions are being spawned, or it would not suggest this? and if I understand correctly, since I am specced into chaos inoculation, said minion would need any amount of life greater than 1 to make this work? i am just not sure where "my" minions are coming from. it seems like it would have to be from grim feast, but the description reads to me as if you are just getting the benefits of grim feast from enemies or "grim remnants" that just directly apply to your energy shield and are not spawned in as a minion of mine to then kill off for this skill or whatever

[atomic halo]

is PoB intuitive enough to know that somewhere in my build minions are being spawned
no.

there is a ton that pob does not know and fails to take into account

if you have no minions, that support does nothing

[cerulean mist]

okay, perfect, that is what i needed to know. thank you

[atomic halo]

in general, never trust pob to know anything beyond the very basics

[cerulean mist]

thanks again, have a good one

[jovial blade]

Are there items/passives that give additional # of projectile?

[halcyon bobcat]

Timed Perfect Strike is a strike, right? From the name itself. Why does strike splash effect from Cultist Greathammer not triggering on it?

[light mirage]

Is 2 k hp with shield low for a lv 88 monk?

[atomic halo]

yes

[light mirage]

what would be a normal amount?

[atomic halo]

or is that not combined

how much es do you have

thats kind of important to disclose

[light mirage]

sry what does es stand for im kinde new

[atomic halo]

energy shield

[light mirage]

543

[atomic halo]

still low

if you have 2k life you better have at least that amount in es

[light mirage]

i have 1500 life and 500 shield currently, thats what i was refering to with "2k hp with shield"

[atomic halo]

thats worse

[light mirage]

indeed

[atomic halo]

you want a lot more than that at 88

[light mirage]

probably will need to change my build completely, im currently evasion heavy

[atomic halo]

you're mostly looking for hybrid evasion + energy shield

get both

[hybrid ocean]

Bows for arrows, crossbows for grenades, and a deadeye ascendancy node for everything

[tiny swallow]

What's the usual 6link for Spark?

[fringe dirge]

someone give me loot

[drifting gazelle]

what is the passive/skill or item that makes enemies take damage based on their lowest resistance? i remember seeing it but can't seem to find it

[dim fox]

Hi, im almost done with the campaign with my stormweaver, but have zero idea how im gonna build it, i would like when i'll get enough do a temporalis spark build to farm breach and map, but for now i only have about 60-70 divs to put on the build, idk what could be the best, full mana build ? or ES ?

[clever vine]

Guys, as a Ice Strike monk which stats should i prioritize in my quarterstaff? Or i just sort by DPS and i buy the highest one?

[dim fox]

elemental damage with attacks, at least 100% then highest physical then crit/attack speed

[clever vine]

So no gem levels right?

[dim fox]

no

never skill level on ice strike, too much mana cost

level 20/21 ice strike maximum

[clever vine]

Ok. But what do you mean by at least 100%?

[dim fox]

100% elemental damage on attacks

[clever vine]

I don't understand that ahah

[dim fox]

that's a line that quarterstaff can have

look on poe trade

[clever vine]

Ohhhhhhh the mod. Ok i understand

[dim fox]

give me your i game @ i can link my staff

[clever vine]

I'm not home right now but i'm planning to buy a staff while i wait ahah

[dim fox]

ok wait i'll screenshot it

[clever vine]

So flat ele damage is not necessary?

[dim fox]

it's not perfect but i have 350k dps on ice strike on my build

if you can have it's better

like if i had instead of the leach mod i'll be happy

[clever sphinx]

anyone have stormweaver build that one shot arbiter t4? can share to me? or pob

[clever vine]

Ok! 350k dps in the skill tooltip? Thats insane dude

[dim fox]

yep tooltip in the hideout

and i have 14k ES

[clever vine]

How the hell ahah gj!!!

[dim fox]

im playing grim feast and meditation, 7k ES doubled

Hi, im almost done with the campaign on my stormweaver, but have zero idea how im gonna build it, i would like when i'll get enough do a temporalis spark build to farm breach and map, but for now i only have about 60-70 divs to put on the build, idk what could be the best, full mana build ? or ES ?

[opal bobcat]

If I get hit a lot of times for damage much less than my stun threshold, does it cause some buildup or does each hit have an individual chance to stun based on the damage vs stun threshold?

[velvet basin]

how can i improve this

once i get 1 more level i’ll get chaos inoculation

so all res will be capped

[glacial vessel]

I am stuck between stormweaver and and Invoker. What are your thoughts guys ?

I'd appreciate some honest opinions on them

[velvet basin]

i started on storm weaver but it got kinda pale compared to the ass kickery of the invoker

[glacial vessel]

People say invoker's aoe can not even come close to stormweaver

is that right?

[velvet basin]

not sure bout that

i think weaver covers more ground than invoker

all i know is the fun aspect

[dim fox]

Hi, im almost done with the campaign on my stormweaver, but have zero idea how im gonna build it, i would like when i'll get enough do a temporalis spark build to farm breach and map, but for now i only have about 60-70 divs to put on the build, idk what could be the best, full mana build ? or ES ?

[glacial vessel]

I actually want to ask the same. Is there any leveling builds for stormweaver that I don't have to spend tons of currency in since I am a newbie.

[dim fox]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/98800fe4-5cfe-47e5-a0ee-40611679b379/builds/1d70145a-3571-48f1-96d5-fe931b4b098f this one worked fine for me

[cerulean mist]

is there a quicker way to copy/paste import an item from trade site into PoB, similar to the ingame to PoB process? when i select all applicable text and copy/paste it never transfers over properly. and having to use the native PoB trade list to import or dealing with filtering and links etc from trade webiste to PoB gets annoying

[dim fox]

Hi, i really need some advices on stormweaver spark build !

[craggy ice]

guys

im thinking about it now

isnt hand of chayula kinda strong?

you just kinda bonk and 5 curses/marks are applied instantly

even with the reduced effect that has to be nuts

start of a boss you instantly apply temporal chains, enfeeble, snipers mark, and conductivity

[azure drum]

hello im looking for spark S tier build 🙂

[fringe lagoon]

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

[fringe lagoon]

Full mana, no ES. Either int stacking (see link above) or crit.

[warped jackal]

Anyone who is a very good bleed build (and not that expensive)

[native willow]

phys, phys, %elemental, then crit, crit, attack speed

this is ideal for stats (the higher the physical, the better)

but you need high base damage before for any of the other stats to matter so you kinda want those prefixes to hit

[magic portal]

Is anybody using cos on triple ele invoker monk?

[shrewd otter]

i use it on gemling, is that the same?

[harsh sorrel]

what extra stash tabs do y'all actually find useful that are available to purchase?

[magic portal]

Idk what gemling is 🥲

[magic portal]

If you don't have one get a premium tab so you can trade your items and also currency tab

[harsh sorrel]

I knew that I needed something, there are just so many options I didn't know where to start lol

[pale oak]

any rangers here?

[harsh sorrel]

Me! But I'm only level 27 lol

[pale oak]

ohh i was trying to see if im building my ranger right

[harsh sorrel]

"Right" is a very.....powerful term, especially in PoE. For now, I'm just following a general leveling guide here -- https://is.gd/bR4zno

[pale oak]

im doing fubguns endgame build

the one with widowhail

these r my damages in hideout lvl 89

[mellow basalt]

Anyone wanna help me with my gemlin hunter build? Ive got 70 divines to spend

[pale oak]

what do u need?

[mellow basalt]

Thats the thing i have no idea tbh

[pale oak]

get a good grand regalia

[marble parrot]

How to zoom out view on ps5?

[pale oak]

get black sun crest greathelm

[pale oak]

its alrdy zoomed out

you cant zoom out more

[marble parrot]

Oh

U sure?

[mellow basalt]

I have a 6% grand regalia to attritbutes already should i get a better one?

I could do a better ingenuity i have 73 rn i could do an 80