2┃build-planning

[hybrid ocean]

Nope, just removed resonance and it still does it

[uneven fox]

does magnitude of chill increases cold damage or just the slowing potency?

[vague ravine]

oho?

dots maybe viable?

well eh, ok tbh prolly not

but could be a least playable

I sure hope so at least

lol

[atomic halo]

just the slow

[gray hull]

what kinda amulet should I look for if i'm int stacking and using spark? my resists are all sorted and I do for sure need 40 spirit

[pearl sluice]

Chaos dots. Profane ritual does not seem to scale off of anything, but perhaps this will add to that. PR does not scale from chaos, or duration or from the skill tree. Unless that is all a bug. That is the first skill that popped in to my mind. IDK how much this would really add to that. But since it does not scale from teh tree or any other sources. It "could" allow one to put all their points into defences and such. While still boosting this a lot.

[fringe lagoon]

+3 spells or projectiles, +12% mana, +attributes (if using morior)

[gray hull]

am in fact using morior (attrib + mana)

[vague ravine]

yeah I was trying to do a chaos damage dot before but no chaos scaling just completely kills it

unluckily

[fringe lagoon]

Feel free to checkout https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b4315f24-644c-4722-b117-520545273aad/builds/20939dd3-bf66-433b-81b1-8235900c5b12 for example search for amulet

[gray hull]

do you mind if I dm you some questions regarding my build?

it's an int stacking gemling maining spark

[fringe lagoon]

Sure ask ahead

Can also ask in https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1318029466588418059 if u want @gray hull

[pearl sluice]

I still wonder if profane ritual not scaling is a bug, and they just have not looked into it. it basically functions like corrupting cry, which can be scaled.

[vague ravine]

yeah its weird cuz doesn't profane scale in PoE1?

well eh, tbf it works differently in PoE1

but still a bit annoying

[pearl sluice]

Well decay in POE1 does not scale. and i wonder if that is what they were going for in poe2....but it makes me sad cause I WANT TO USE TEH SKILL SO BAD! I have an entire build built around it, if they ever allow it to scale

[vague ravine]

sorry was talking about ritual there

but yeah, sucks a ton

[cobalt pollen]

are ailments for the context of bitter the standard ele stuff

ignite and poison

my brain thinks ailments and degen spells like contagion the same

[pearl sluice]

i cannot remember profane in poe1, hence teh thought process of it for poe2 acting more like decay. Either way, i hope someone brings more attentino to it. i am EXTREMELY picky about what i play. in poe 1 i just play decoy totem/flamewood ignite elementalist. cause it can go from act 1 to red maps. I was hoping for a similar build in poe2 with profane rituals. Just walk around, slowly, popping the rituals all over. since we do not have decoy totems in poe2

[cobalt pollen]

maybe if they add something like zombies counting as corpses

[vague ravine]

I think my main issue really is that

[cobalt pollen]

you could herd zombies around with profane

[vague ravine]

the uniques we have also dont really skew well to uh

dots

like genuinely

imagine if chaos% modifiers actually scaled dot damage:

like this plus the new gem could go fucko mode

sad to see it doesn't

[pearl sluice]

that would be amazing

[vague ravine]

like super cheap Unique too

1 chaos rn

or er

ex

[pearl sluice]

maybe one of those "streamers" they gets to talk directly to GGG can be persuaded to "bring it up" to th edevs and see if it was overlooked

[static plinth]

I mean its already pretty viable

Derange is...eh?

80% more damage at 1k is good but 1k ES cost lol

In practice idk if itll be any good

esp since you can only use it on one of your DoTs

(which would 100% be Essence Drain)

You need a reason for scaling INT to be good on your other skills

If Archmage works, archmage dark effigy would be interesting if nothing else

[placid iron]

Volcanic rupture will be pretty good with cast on ignite and solar orb

[scarlet cipher]

who understands is it good?

[atomic halo]

not bad

it's okay

[woeful ruin]

which of these is better for ice strike monk

i'm following the maxroll guide if that's relevant

[atomic halo]

first is 703 dps, second is 986

[woeful ruin]

wow ok

[atomic halo]

but left has more crit

but its only like 12% more

[woeful ruin]

i've been weapon swapping to try them out but i can't like tell any difference except my mana gets destroyed with the attack speed one

[atomic halo]

so even with that factored in (and the higher wed roll on left) right beats easily

also the dps tooltip should be accurate here

nothing it can't understand with these

what does it say

[woeful ruin]

oh i was told not to trust that thing

[atomic halo]

oh wait

i think i made a slight mistake in the dps calc

i forgot to divide both by 2 but it doesnt matter

as they are equally affected

[atomic halo]

i think it's fine for this situation

[woeful ruin]

so if this is accurate i guess second then and i just need to find more mana

[atomic halo]

yeah

[hybrid ocean]

Hey, is there a way to get the numlock trick or something similar to work for multiple abilities?

Want to have 2 or 3 elemental invocations running nonstop, but don't see an obvious way

[real zealot]

This is melee only, and it will scale amazingly with attack speed. We might see the d2 zealot pally

[hybrid ocean]

We'll need to see the volcanic eruption skill though

If it's also DoT or rate limited in some other way, attack speed won't benefit it

[real zealot]

Yep agreed, but i dont see a damage over time tag on the gem itself, so i am assuming it is instant damage. The animation looks like 4 or 5 little fireballs popping out of the ground

I was just saying that non instant skills in a one shot game are automatically non meta

Waiting for dots or comet animations gets you killed

Also, mana regen is not meta for MoM

It's expensive training wheels. Im doing very well on my homebrew with only 150 mana regen

We have a full mana instant flask for bossing, and mana on kill% for density

If you have high mana regen, you probably gave up about 10% of your potential dmg (best estimate)

[hybrid ocean]

Very true. I sincerely hope that this is solved by making it not a one-shot game though

[real zealot]

I hope so too 🙏

[hybrid ocean]

Referring to my thing of invocated efficiency?

[real zealot]

The passive that makes your mana pool into your effective life pool, and you take dmg from mana

[hybrid ocean]

Well yeah, but mana regen for that

[pseudo geode]

is there a way to heal massivly using the fire zombies? I wanna heal myself or my zombies a lot

[hybrid ocean]

I feel like this node makes it work without any other regen needed

[real zealot]

Yeah, there are builds that still need regen, i just mean its not meta as a survivability feature

[hybrid ocean]

I guess what I'm asking is what prompted this?

Seems like a non-sequitur

[pseudo geode]

I want to keep fire damage using the fireflower amulet but then heal the fireflowers damage

[real zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed-no-time-bleed-predator-youre-hit-gif-11518877

Its true, you dont have time lol

[static plinth]

Basically guaranteed to have a cooldown

Of course then you can just Temporalis it

[real zealot]

Youre probably right

I could see that

[vocal canyon]

not really planning but i just finished my witch hunter auto bomber

just need more crit chance

[real zealot]

For stormweaver, if spark gets nerfed, which it probably will... cold/fire archmage will be the meta for that class. There is a lot of double and quad dipping

This is my homebrew with no chase items (ingenuity chase item?), and no unique jewels. T15 with i think 80% juice

[vocal canyon]

i think ingen is common enough now

[real zealot]

Just came online when i dumped all of the fake dmg nodes and went crit build

It probably has more potential bc im new and im sure im missing stuff

[old panther]

cause idk where ill be getting all thise atts

[atomic halo]

you dont need

all that

that's the point

rare ammy is just fine

[cobalt pollen]

isn't AM potentially on the menu for nerf bat too though

[atomic halo]

"double and quad dipping"?

damn whole manifesto incoming'

[real zealot]

Archmage gives extra lightning dmg. Thats a double dip on cold dmg for example, bc increasing your cold dmg% stat will increase your lightning dmg output, and both cold and lightning dmg scaling is increasing your dmg. Now think about a stat like elemental dmg %. That is increasing your lightning and cold dmg simultaneously, and then it gets scaled again with archmage. My phrasing might be off, but im calling elemental dmg%, spell dmg%, projectile/aoe dmg%, "increased damage%, "damage %", and cast speed (fake dmg), are quad dips

[atomic halo]

no

thats just not how it works

lol

all conversion applies prior to inc/red/more/less modifiers

[real zealot]

How do you mean?

[atomic halo]

nothing double triple or quadruple dips

[real zealot]

Youre saying increasing cold dmg doesnt increase my lightning dmg output? It does

Even shows on tooltip

[atomic halo]

it increases the portion of the damage that ends the conversion as cold

not the portion of the damage that ends the conversion as lightning

if all your cold is converted away from cold inc. cold damage will do nothing

you dont suddenly get 4x value from all sources of inc. damage

[real zealot]

I get the problem with me calling it dips, but it is mathing just fine. I have 15M dps unoptimized budget mode. Something is working XD

[atomic halo]

sure but you entire paragraph here is completely incorrect

inc. damage multipliers are calculated once

they are applied once

there is no chance for any double dip with any conversion or gain as extra

[real zealot]

Yeah, ele dmg stat is the best non crit related dmg stat for me

[atomic halo]

because it applies to all your damage

once

lightning/cold/fire depending on your conversion and gain as extra would only apply to part of your damage

[real zealot]

Its just phrasing, we are on the same page about the math i think

I krangled the words, but the math maths

[atomic halo]

sure, but how is it better than just like

dealing all cold damage and having inc. cold

whatever you're doing isn't inherently broken or anything

[real zealot]

Bc elemental dmg and those other stats i listed are increasing dps more than cold dmg

They are double "boosting" lmao

[atomic halo]

double compared to half

so just 1x

its the same as inc. cold on a build that deals all cold damage

you just split your damage so now you need to get inc. ele to get the base scaling that single-type builds get by default

[real zealot]

Yes but elemental dmg % doesnt boost just cold, it boosts lightning too, for example

Better than cold dmg %

[atomic halo]

because cold damage % is bad

not because ele dmg % is good

[real zealot]

And it takes one stat slot to do both

[atomic halo]

okay but do you get my point that that isn't actually any better than just dealing a single element

at least conceptually speaking

[real zealot]

Well, i mean, i have been testing it

[vocal canyon]

did some testing and even on witch hunter autobomber can one shot t4 xesht with a full party

[real zealot]

I tested it a lot

[hybrid ocean]

Any suggestions? I'm already planning to swap out the three dragons mask, just need something else with 8 max power charges

[lean palm]

Gimme a sec to look at those uniques so I can how your build works and I can throw some suggestions

[lean palm]

So I’m assuming crit dmg powe charge build?

[hybrid ocean]

It's an elemental expression build yeah, featuring that

But using all 3 charges to benefit from charge infusion while I'm at it

I'm also running 2 elemental invocations atm

[lean palm]

Why not cast on crit instead of the two elemental invocations?

Also I like the idea ngl very new and refreshing

Haven’t seen someone do it

[hybrid ocean]

Mostly because I'm attempting to use invocated efficiency for mana sustain

And yeah, I'm doing it largely for the novelty as well lol

[lean palm]

Valid

[hybrid ocean]

Not sure what I should put in the other one though- Eye of winter?

I have comets right now, but that's like, completely unsustainable

[lean palm]

Ye eye is always good with crit builds

So what’s your crit and crit def at?

[lean palm]

Dmg*

[lean palm]

Valid comets would do a lot of dmg tho

So is your damage based on your invocations?

Or is it your actually abilities like tempest

[hybrid ocean]

Damage is coming from elemental expression

And a weird amount is also coming from charged staff and tempest flurry, because the game isn't balanced

I'm largely leveraging this here to get massive levels on my expression & invocations

[hybrid ocean]

Crit damage out of combat is 320% (220% bonus), crit chance for my weapon attacks is 71%, and the expressions are 24, 31 & 41% for fire, lightning and cold respectively.

Tree looks like this atm, with careful assassin and invocated efficiency off screen

[lean palm]

What I was gonna ask next ok

[hybrid ocean]

The time-lost are each giving me rage on hit from notables and 2% elemental damage on small nodes

[civic tide]

I socketed ele damage soul cores instead of the phys iron runes on my Xbow.
First soul core saw a decent DPS jump on my Galv and Shockburst round with the second one only being a few hundred increase. Was it better to keep one of each.

Still trying to work out how elemental damage to attacks is calculated lol

[old panther]

so like just get every atts in ring and amulet

and ure good to go?

[hybrid ocean]

These are the gloves

[atomic halo]

check like

poe2.ninja

[old panther]

will do thank you

[hybrid ocean]

And aside from the uniques, this is the only item I've really spent on for this, and probably won't change

I was using a serpent's egg amulet, but +3 spell/projectile levels is too much damage to pass up I think

[lean palm]

Only thing I can suggest is getting elemental increase in the ascendency tree and the triggered skills dmg buff ascendencies and I’m looking into rings and amulets to see if anything can help with your build

[lean palm]

Valid

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah- I'm thinking just mana? There's also this thing if I can sustain it

[lean palm]

So high base physical is always good because your skills wil convert a percentage of that dmg to the element,but it is technically better to do elemental dmg cause I’m assuming that is your main dmg it’ll take calculations but gimme a minute

Wi-Fi is tweaking and can’t use laptop rn

[lean palm]

Mana definitely yes

There is passive tree points that will lower the cost of skills

I suggest that highly

And allocating a mana regen into your amulet

Breach rings with % increase msg and mana regeneration

Dmg*

[lean palm]

Ye just need more mana fr

[hybrid ocean]

Truly yeah

I'm starting to fear that the only real way to scale damage beyond this point is to just make it an archmage build

[old panther]

just curious is the dps estimation there is accurate?

[hybrid ocean]

Toss out these guys, take EB and MoM

[hybrid ocean]

I think I should also anoint conservative casting?

Man this looks cool though

[atomic halo]

eh

[lean palm]

Lmaoo that is sick

[atomic halo]

it does its best

its not bad with most builds, useless for some

[lean palm]

Try Poe 2 community builder it is complicated but pretty precise

[pseudo geode]

is there a way to get minions to heal themselves or me with their attacks?

maybe an amulet?

[lean palm]

Id have to look but if they do physical dmg there might be passive tree thins that gives minions leech or items

Lemme see tho

[real zealot]

The phrasing i was looking for earlier was "greater relative value per investment", not necessarily "double dipping" 😄

[pseudo geode]

ooh, that makes sense

I wonder if there is a fire leech or something

[lean palm]

I’m sorry what’s be n mom I can’t think of it lmaooo

Eb*

[atomic halo]

Eldritch Battery

Mind over Matter

[lean palm]

Oh ye

Prec

Thought he was talking about supports gem since he had sent that phot Lmaoo

I mean spirit

[hybrid ocean]

Ah, yeah nah

Those passives would go along with archmage

Only reason I'm hesitant to go that route is that it makes the endurance charges from charge infusion feel somewhat wasted

[lean palm]

Hmm true

[hybrid ocean]

I'm also unsure as to what support gems I should use on expression.
Can't do elemental discharge or focus, nor can I use controlled destruction.

[lean palm]

Ss what you can use I forgot

[civic tide]

Thanks G. When is the elemental damage added in the calcs? Is it after all the damage is calculated etc. just trying to work it out for future builds and characters

[hybrid ocean]

Inspiration is obvious of course, and some math will let me determine if ingenuity is warranted

[lean palm]

So ice strike does 60% of physical as cold damage so on hit

[hybrid ocean]

.

On phone now

Eating cabbage soup

[lean palm]

Oh I meant support gems but I’ll look on maxroll since your on phone

[lean palm]

It depends on the skill honestly and what it says

[lean palm]

But most will do it at the same time or or after

[hybrid ocean]

These are the recommended ones

Can't use the bottom row because I need the ailments for the elemental invocations

Can't use controlled destruction because it's crit

I do have the one that increases damage for every different element you've used recently- This activates that fully on its own

Rising Tempest

But aside from that, all I can think of is stacking cold, fire & lightning mastery for 3 more levels

[lean palm]

Concentrated affect for more damage,wildshard for aoe,rage forged since you’re getting rage from your boots but it’s also using the rage n you’re not keeping it so js a msg boost for you just make sure this doesn’t affect your build negatively

[atomic halo]

the conversion?

for conversion, it applies after all your base damage is added up

so after the local mods on your crossbow are calculated and added with other flat sources like on rings

[hybrid ocean]

Getting rage from my jewels, eating it with my gloves

[lean palm]

Just quick suggestions that I saw could be good I could prob find better ones

[atomic halo]

then that phys is converted to other elements, then modifiers like increased/more/less/reduced will apply

[lean palm]

Rageforged takes some for more dmg

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah exactly

[lean palm]

As long as you can still stack it and get the charges it’ll be fine

[hybrid ocean]

And I can't really afford to lose any

This is activating like 4-5 times a second as well

So uh

[lean palm]

That’s why said check that one can be bad

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, I appreciate the thought

[lean palm]

I see you do cast alot

[hybrid ocean]

Just already did the math on that one

[lean palm]

So it would be consuming it all

I see what you mean

[vocal canyon]

https://medal.tv/games/path-of-exile-2/clips/jL26Qhi2GZ1qIptJH?invite=cr-MSx3VWgsMTI2MTY3NjYyLA autobomber witch hunter works

[lean palm]

This would be easer if my laptop would work and connect to the Wi-Fi then I’d be able to see it better

[lean palm]

Noice

@civic tide https://youtu.be/MvwmmjVIes0?si=CtpaTXwMFb8Z0THa

He gos through all damage but you scim through and find where he talks about elemental specifically he breaks it down better then I could

[civic tide]

apprieciate it fam

[lean palm]

Yezzir

[finite crow]

So I took a chest price off just to check another one and I have all the requirements to put it back on but is just highlighted in red now and I can’t put it back on????

[cobalt pollen]

watch your stats

you can respec into points to re-equip it if that equip had a stat you needed to even wear it

so like 27 strength on a equip self supporting the gear to be able to be worn

my current helm was sustaining itself with a little int boost

[spice girder]

anyone know a good monk build to do at lvl 65? i'm currently running tempest flurry bell for bossing and gathering storm for map clear, is there anything better or something I should go into?

[forest crater]

Is this hard to do?

https://youtube.com/shorts/B4xHlJWeAW0?si=Qx5R2AK9cHKQKjXR

[halcyon bobcat]

Can we still put a notable passive on a corrupt amulet?

[wicked moss]

anyone wth a fully functional tempest flurry build?

[cobalt pollen]

doubt it

I haven't tried but corruption is pretty strict

absolutely no tampering

[summer oak]

does anyone have sorce spark plan???

[fringe lagoon]

a plan?

[summer oak]

yeah

[eternal meadow]

Do bows count as two-handed weapons? Will "increased damage with two handed weapons" work with them?

[static torrent]

Yes

[quartz ferry]

worth opting to spell crit if ur not blood mage?
question around lv 60
not much above

[fringe lagoon]

Sure

[quartz ferry]

cuz rn with hexblast im smashing around 5k per hit
and its pretty reliable
but wondering if maxing out crit as acolyte is worth the hassle

[hollow bronze]

Lighting boost or to attack boost?

[hybrid ocean]

Just to be clear, reduced recovery rate (such as from MoM) will make recover effects restore the same amount over 16 seconds instead of 8, right?

Or does it just halve the amount recovered?

[hearty gust]

What u need

[hearty gust]

For what?

[hollow bronze]

I'm a ice monk using crit/ stackijg I just changed over from crit. Wanted to know if I should use the caterlist for attacks instead of the lighting modify

[hearty gust]

U stat stacking?

[hollow bronze]

Yeah, well trying too haha

[hearty gust]

Ok well the cold and lighting is good just need str dex int on it

[hollow bronze]

Would be perfect haha, just wantrd to know if I should change the modify on top to the attack one or keep the lighting one?

[hearty gust]

Best rings attack damage phy cold lighting or fire 3 stack then 3 stack stats

[hollow bronze]

Yepppp

[hearty gust]

I'd sell that before i rolled it personally

[hollow bronze]

Well the 200k DPS boost is helping xD and I bought it for 1div

[hearty gust]

Snap crackle

[hearty gust]

Dm me your passive tree if u don't mind

[hybrid ocean]

Mustn't forget pop

[white maple]

whats better community planners builds or the build guides on maxroll.gg?

[fringe lagoon]

Builds and guides are kinda all over the places

Some are super old, written before the game was even released

Others are very entry level and don't provide enough information to actually scale into the endgame

Try to go over as many as you can and check Mobalytics too, perhaps you'll find a decent one

[white maple]

ah okay

[hearty gust]

Follow 1 main build

And tweak with like 4 others

[white maple]

uh okay

im currently running falling thunder invoker

um on mobalyticsi is there a way to see where my passive points should go for each level?

[hearty gust]

Doesn't tell u by level I believe

[white maple]

dang

[fringe lagoon]

I wouldn't stress it too much, campaign is perfect time to experiment and learn, you don't really need a perfect min/max setup to progress

Also often gear can be more impactful than the passive tree

[white maple]

okay ill keep that in mine

mind*

[gray hull]

question how much does a level 20 uncut skill gem go for? like i'm seeing insanely low prices but no one ever responds so I figure it's not the real value

[wicked moss]

mana issues, my mana dies so fast man

[midnight geode]

anyone knows whats the base chance for mobs to crit u?

base i mean without any mods that increase it

[muted birch]

Around 100 exalt

[torn shell]

how far in monk gear would 3 divs get me?

[gray hull]

oof just payed a div

[vast elk]

any builds that do not require weapon swapping in the end game?

[placid meteor]

If I socket ignition support gem to a skill that doesn't have fire damage, however my weapon has "adds # fire damage" mod, will it still work?

[atomic halo]

yes

[placid meteor]

Ok so 100% ignition will occur only when using that skill even though the skill doesn't have fire damage

Good to know

[lean palm]

They are a div

Not 100 ex

Level 20’s are the hardest and most costly to get

You payed the right price

[lean palm]

Almost every build uses only one weapon

Only builds that use skills outside of the class use 2 weapons

So like a bow class uses a wand because there is a specific ability that boost their dmg by a lot

I forgot what it is

But builds like spell casters,monks,warrior,and most other classes only use one weapon

[hybrid ocean]

Not at my computer atm so I can't check, can you shock enemies (for the purposes of meta gem energy) while they're standing on shocked ground?

[lean palm]

Yes

Wait

So

You can get a passive tree node

That allows you to reshock enemies

That will let you consume a shock then shock again but so far I only know it can happen one time so d you’re trying to loop it prob won’t work unless it’s a big mob

But ye you can

[glacial pike]

For crossbow is it better do 20 percent physical damage or 12 percent crit damage if you are going for a crit build?

Like it seems like crit should be better but is 12 better than 20 somehow in this case?

[shadow zephyr]

late but unanswered; this is technically correct for all the wrong reasons. 😄 Your follow-up question is more accurate.

"Mana recovery rate" has nothing to do with the amount recovered, but how long it takes you to recover that amount. Recovering 1000 mana over 8 seconds (125 mana/second) as a baseline, with MoM you'd recover 1000 mana over 16 seconds instead (62.5 mana per second).

What's interesting is that this applies to recovery applied from flasks, too, wherein recovery rate/instant effect mods become exponentially more valuable the more mana you have in tandem with MOM.

I see where you're coming from using the amount of mana you have as a baseline to determine how much you'd recover, but that's not a good vacuum statement because other recovery modifiers exist in tandem with MOM's.

[onyx valve]

Anyone know what I might be missing if my Invoker built shows 100% higher crit bonus in PoB than it does in game? I am 99% sure I have everything set correct

wait...it looks like PoB defaults to saying 200% but I think in game it defaults to 100

[shadow zephyr]

PoB has some "quirks," but if you confirm PoB should be calculating the build correctly, the first thing I'd check is to make sure one of your stats isn't slipping beneath a gem threshold during a weapon/passive switch, especially in your meta gems where it's not as noticeable if a slotted gem greys itself out.

second things I'd check are weapon base crit chance/weapon-set passives that modify crit chance possibly being set to the wrong weapon set if an attack build.

[karmic oyster]

Its the same here. PoB shows 719% while the game shows +619%. I assume it is because PoB includes the "default" 100% multiplier, while the game shows only what is added on top of that.

My PoB "buffed" DPS matches the game tooltip closely (difference of 0.6% - 191450 vs 190285) so everything is set correctly.

[lean palm]

Crit is just broken

Crit buffs dmg by so much compared to other stats if we’re talking about the skill tree specifically

[onyx valve]

Yeah after playing around with it for a bit, I think this is the correct answer.

If I buy one of those fancy 5 socket body armours, is it easy to get max res with it?

[midnight geode]

if i use a skill that creates shock ground and put a lightning exposure gem on it, are mobs shocked by the shock ground still gonna receive exposure even tho they took no dmg or got hit from the skill?

[fringe lagoon]

Depends what mods you get on the armor and what runes/cores you socket - for example I run 0% resists on my morior which makes it challenging to fix resists

[onyx valve]

doesn't look like i even come close to affording a morior anyways...lmao

[cobalt pollen]

this is a bit of a reach but can you do silly things with any of these 2 and ele conflux

or does conflux just track whatever the damage is and won't care about pre-convert

[wintry pilot]

Try grand spectrum sapphires, you can socket 3 of them in your passive tree and they give 3%-5% all res over you total resistances instead of just adding to them.

[onyx valve]

My current gems play a big role in my current build tho :/

[wintry pilot]

Tight builds require sacrifices

[onyx valve]

maybe I will figure that out in a few hundred more hours of PoB

[wintry pilot]

Dm me your build and I can take a look, if you want

[onyx valve]

Yeah sure, I just spent like an hour earlier fucking with it, got my DPS and ES up, just sacrificed some EV

[pearl sluice]

W?

[fringe lagoon]

Needs 3 sockets, can sell like this to gamblers or gamble urself

[cold marlin]

Hey I'm playing a ranger poison build and I've gotten to cruel and the damage has started to get pretty underwhelming is there any way for me to increase my damage ?

[drifting nebula]

what is this

anyone can find a use for this item?

[small pollen]

Looking for ways to increase my rarity

[dusk heath]

I can't proc herald of thunder or ice an I'm lvl 76

Like I can barely clear a t1 map

[mint surge]

What class or build ?

[dusk heath]

Mercenary gemiling

[mint surge]

Using tempest flurry build ?

[dusk heath]

No just crossbow with electric passive

[mint surge]

Are you using the electric support gems ? Like lightning infusion ?

[dusk heath]

Yeah Iam on herald of ice I use thunder & herald of thunder I use ice gems....

[mint surge]

The only explanation i can think of is either you got something wrong with the gems or it's a dps issue

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/1531b0d1

This build is similar to what you're talking about

See if you can figure out what you may be doing wrong

[dusk heath]

Ok I'm check this link out thanks 👍🏿

[north dove]

i need help why my leap slem doesnt stun enemies so i can boneshatter them

[ember arrow]

hi, i'm leveling a infernalist and would like to do some pob2 calcs for it, but i can find the way to count demon form as on, does anyone knows how to do it?

[hybrid ocean]

Have you looked in config?

[mint cobalt]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/12758934-87a1-46dd-b42f-c52a002f58f8/builds/1f2b4230-94f6-4875-8486-b6cf4650bf5d

[civic tide]

I am running an electro shock Witchhunter Merc. I've got a couple of decent Xbows if you need something to help with your build. My build it's fairly endgame now with a couple div worth of gear but definitely can help with a starter build to get you going.

[static plinth]

It only cares about post-convert

Painter's Servant cuts the buff in 3 to give you it permanently though which is somewhat interesting

[cobalt pollen]

I still think theres some embitter conflux sauce

dualspec fire shock with embitter on a skill

maybe hoi but that would mean going melee

[hybrid ocean]

Maybe pain attunement & blood magic/pyromantic pact? Would have to test how that works

[dusk heath]

Yeah that'll be cool when are you online?

[lavish temple]

not really and how am I out of luck? and who is candlemass

[atomic halo]

boss in act 1 normal and cruel

in geonor's mansion

he gives you permanent life buffs when you kill him and use the quest unique

[hybrid ocean]

What bloon said- Looks kind of like the Balrog from LotR, has candles all over its back?

[hybrid ocean]

Actually, does anyone know? I'd assume it doesn't work

[atomic halo]

no its a whole weapon slot

you cant justify losing an entire weapon slot for that effect

even if you build entirely around it

[hybrid ocean]

Probably true

Hey speaking of builds likely doomed to that exact fate, I have one here I've been messing with

It's a Collapsing Horizon Elemental Expression build

[atomic halo]

collapsing horizon is okay

mathil did something with it

[hybrid ocean]

I suspect he's doing something much more sensible

I'm kind of committing to making Elemental Expression work though

[atomic halo]

he did elemental expression as well

[hybrid ocean]

Presumably a bunch of elemental invocations acting as mana batteries with invocated efficiency?

oh, huh

[atomic halo]

with flicker and a cast on crit setup with comet

unsurprisingly, mana was a big issue

he was taking advantage of some weird bug with collapsing horizon and levels i think

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, not that weird

The +levels to all elemental is secretly just three +levels to one element in a trench coat

So Elemental invocation and Elemental Expression (And avatar & conflux, but those are bad/uncontrollable) get +15 levels, or 3 times whatever the number on your staff is

Just looked it up, looks like it's really just a vehicle for comets

I'm doing something a bit more cursed, with charge infusion, powertread boots & hateforged mitts

I've been trying mind over matter on and off

Sorry I don't have it all set up in PoB at the moment, since I've kind of been shuffling the parts around

[hybrid ocean]

@atomic halo Thank you, this has inspired me to try something new

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, the comets feel way better, and invocated efficiency with ember fusilade solves mana completely

[slate badger]

can anyone recommend me a fun build to play? preferably nice and tanky, great clear speed, and decent single target as well? Current build is whisperer kb of fragmentation and i am not enjoying it at all

[hearty gust]

Got a budget?

[limber vapor]

What kind of dps should I aim for before I start to focus on my survivability as a stat stack gemling?

Im currently hitting this with base buffs. and ~ 260k with aura support

ive got ~3.2k hp and a bit of ES but not much. I dont really die but I can in 1-2 hits if I dont freeze / destroy the screen instantly or I get volatile plant memes on me. so I smash most 15 and 16's, but I want to try more pinnacle bosses

[hearty gust]

Perk tree and skills/gem issue probly

[limber vapor]

Im a gemling. and ive spent like 7 div. Im assuming you have spent a lot more also 6 levels lower

[hearty gust]

yeah lets not talk about it

[limber vapor]

Im like half your surv lol

I need to replace rings cus of the overcap

and amulet

[odd charm]

What catalyst do I use to increase all res on rings

[limber vapor]

but t16's are so easy. as are d4 bossess, we need harder content

[limber vapor]

res all cant be upped

[limber vapor]

yeah so if I had those

I'd be a god

Im using these lol

[hearty gust]

Not bad if u had 3 stack stats

[limber vapor]

yeah I can drop the 3 ele res on right ring and get 3 stack stats if I find one I can afford

left is giving me a lot through ingenuity

I also diddnt 20 my caged god because I was a noob at the time.

I'm running ice and thunder herald for more freeze atm

and thinking of getting volanic for fire dmg for shock

but shapghetti bolagnaise is best annoint

[hearty gust]

Yeah pretty much but I use fire damage on ring to prox immolate on bell

[slate badger]

wrong channel mb

[midnight hamlet]

how do i add nodes to a certain weapon stat with pob2?

[heady garnet]

chat i think i have the stupidest idea

bonestorm cast on crit bonestorm

use the regular bonestorm for damage and use the consumes broken armour and use the trigger bonestorm to break armour

[full salmon]

I'm pretty sure any elemental catalyst works

[timid cloud]

Is there anyone here went for monk build? I wanna donate my stuff

[shadow zephyr]

will quality mods on an amulet affect instilled allocations or is that a pipe dream I just had? 😄

[full salmon]

Quality doesn't affect annoints

[native widget]

They arent even related

[waxen jewel]

I'm getting suspicious cast time even does anything for blink. Can anyone with temporalis confirm?

[midnight geode]

yo, I'm playing pure phys snipe/spiral volley deadeye and have flat phys dmg on rings. I recently took off all %phys nodes for a lot more survivability. Would it be better to get flat lightning dmg on rings isntead since it has a higher pool? Not running howa

[waxen jewel]

Is cast time useful?

Because otherwise I want to look for +# levels to all skills instead on my blink offhand wand

[waxen jewel]

I would get flat lightning for the shock too. Having enemy shocked vs no shock is literally 20% more damage

Downside is that heft doesn't work with added lightning

And once you are shocking you have a new dimension to scale with: shock magnitude

[midnight geode]

is it gonna be enough for shocking bosses tho? I'm using a tech for snipe with lightning infusion so first hit shocks and the rest do a lot more dmg. When mapping spiral volley one shots most enemies so idk if it'd be useful even if it shock.

[midnight geode]

yeah I'm already getting that for my snipe weapon set

[waxen jewel]

Ohh

[midnight geode]

with barrage and frenzy charges snipe can shoot up to 18 projectiles simultaneously

[waxen jewel]

Do you run tailwind survivability node?

[midnight geode]

yeah

[waxen jewel]

There's an option for the mark to cap 100% shock too, but I hear you kill everything

Remember to instill your good maps then if dmg is no issue

[midnight geode]

yeah try I've been running some meh maps

if I get flat lightning dmg you think it'll be enough to shock white mobs instantly?

[waxen jewel]

I play without trading so I know everything about meh maps ;)

[midnight geode]

I am using ingenuity so it'll be quite a lot

[waxen jewel]

Yeah even 1 good mod of flat lightning makes big difference

[midnight geode]

aight I'll try that ty

[waxen jewel]

Then you slot in innervate

Or improve it's uptime if you already have it

[midnight geode]

oh true

[waxen jewel]

Do you use something special for bosses like curses?

[midnight geode]

nah don't have enough gem slots

snipe scaling is so big with lightning infusion I insta shock them

[waxen jewel]

I figure that would be the case

Must be a very skill slot heavy build

[midnight geode]

now that I think about it

[waxen jewel]

What you use spirit for?

[midnight geode]

I have around 300% efficiency to quiver bonuses

[waxen jewel]

Combat Frenzy + Wind Dancer right?

Cast on crit for something?

[midnight geode]

if I put flat lightning there too I'll be booming

[midnight geode]

wind dancer, grim feast, cast on crit and herald of ash

might swap to hot

oh combat frenzy too

[waxen jewel]

Do you cast sniper's mark from the trigger?

[midnight geode]

yeah it casts a lot of times so more of the snipe projectiles benefit

I only have it on the snipe weapon set since I'm not crit on spiral volley

[waxen jewel]

Because one option is to also slam in eye of the winter there if your frenzy stacks are healthy

[midnight geode]

I'm not running crit on spiral volley tho

snipe is guarantee crit when released in the perfect timing window

[waxen jewel]

What do you mean? Do you disable crit with something or are you just not actively looking for crit?

[midnight geode]

I'm basically getting 0 crit chance and only crit dmg it's lit

[midnight geode]

I have it enabled only on weapon set 1 cuz it's useless for spiral volley that way I save spirit

[waxen jewel]

What disables crits for spiral volley?

[midnight geode]

nothing it's just a lot harder to reach sufficient crit chance

[waxen jewel]

Ohh cool okay

What activates Combat Frenzy?

Pinning probably right?

[midnight geode]

when I tried it, scaling damage with bow skills, projectile damage and phys dmg with quiver due to all the increased effectiveness to quiver bonuses I have was way better

[midnight geode]

yeah

I'll have to drop brutality

might replace it with lightning pen

[waxen jewel]

HMM

I recommend this cluster instead of lightning pen. It gives you already enough

Ohh nvm you weren't using cold, ignore me

[midnight geode]

was about to say xd

I can get the nodes next to the one that gives max lightning dmg

[waxen jewel]

But you don't really need penetration that much honestly

[midnight geode]

I'm pathing right by it

[waxen jewel]

Pretty much bosses only have resistances by default

[midnight geode]

ah

[waxen jewel]

And it's like 30%

[midnight geode]

didn't know that

[waxen jewel]

Though, rare monsters do get the Lightning Resistance or Lightning Resistance Aura mod sometimes

Also there's ritual mechanic that increases resistances

And waystone mod

[midnight geode]

I mean if I don't have other options might as well

[waxen jewel]

I use my basic bow skill as a inventory space extension

I swap my lightning pen in and take heft out in maps with +monster resistance

Like I just swap the middle gems of those skills. Super handy

[midnight geode]

yeah I can try that as well

[waxen jewel]

It doesn't cost anything, if you don't need the pen that's fine, but you always have the option

[midnight geode]

I'm at work so I can't look at all the gems anywhere, but since I'll be running lightning infusion on snipe I don't have I'll have other options anyways

elemental dmg mods I think would be worse

actually idk

I'll test things when I get home

[waxen jewel]

I can see how that could be a thing with Brutality and all

But remember if you constantly get innervate active permanently, it's also +35% more damage like Brutality

Also this one is a must gem. Absolutely crazy value

[midnight geode]

oh yeah for sure

I don't need any duration anyways

might actually swap it with snipe for pinnacles too

[waxen jewel]

It doesn't cost much to try in the sense of respeccing

just a few gems and + lightning source

[midnight geode]

at this point maybe I can even electrocute instead of pin xd

yeah

[waxen jewel]

Ohh

You can't electrocute easily though

[midnight geode]

I could go with howa too but it'll hurt my survivability a loot

[midnight geode]

yeah true

[waxen jewel]

Or you do have to sacrifice shock. Some people do that though (filthy monks)

[midnight geode]

pin is much easier

[midnight geode]

xd

[waxen jewel]

Your build is made for it

[midnight geode]

howa?

or pin

[waxen jewel]

Pin

[midnight geode]

ah yeah

I get 5% move speed too when I pin

[waxen jewel]

Every attack build can slam in howa :D

[midnight geode]

and I have a ton of move speed from other stuff

I'm zooming

[waxen jewel]

Yeah, I know!

[midnight geode]

yeah and I don't like running meta stuff xd I wanna be special

[waxen jewel]

I'm so jeolous looking at that node just now...

[midnight geode]

lmaoo

[waxen jewel]

I get it, for sure

I'm maybe midway there. Even if I play something that happens to be popular, I want to put my own spin to it

[midnight geode]

although tbf my build competes with the meta ones pretty well

except the insanity flurry monk is

[midnight geode]

yeah exactly

[midnight geode]

%elemental dmg increases are exactly the same as %lighting dmg increases for me since I'll only have lighting dmg correct?

@waxen jewel

[old shuttle]

https://pobb.in/dAFRJ7VQQh4G

any way to get more attack speed that im missing?

no im not using % as cores

[glad mountain]

Gimme

[left ledge]

If you are using chaos inoculation and mind over matter would supports that take take life to enhance the potency kill you instantly or be taken from mana?

[placid meteor]

I rarely see monks using elemental expression and trying to use all elements effectively so I made a build about it.

It's mainly for fun, but it works pretty well ❄️ ⚡ 🔥

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1343887519917281280

[void osprey]

hey, i want to start a new character and i wanna try a Spark Build but i see two different ones, stormweaver and gemling.
which would u guys recommend me use since my budget is maybe like 2-3 divs

[fringe lagoon]

Stormweaver

[fervent echo]

bloodmage CoC. uses spark but with infinitely more dmg

[void osprey]

what does CoC mean?

[fervent echo]

cast on crit

you just get 100% crit, use the trampletoe frostwall cast on crit combo to just get 200mil dps when your spark hits something

its broken

[void osprey]

sounds crazy

hows the budget tho?

[fervent echo]

cheap

[void osprey]

OOOHH now ur talkin

[fervent echo]

u can get it expensive if u want to

id say like 5-8 div for a basic one that has everything going

i built mine with 3d but since it got more popular and some items went up

[void osprey]

damn

is there a link to the build?

[fervent echo]

1 sec

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lazy-exile-one-shot-bloodmage

[void osprey]

tysm

[fervent echo]

u can use spark, arc, or any other skill to proc the crit

i personaly use spark

just feels good

[void osprey]

i think i might go spark too

looks cooler imo haha

[fervent echo]

ye

https://youtu.be/vrtIkLBcykM?si=qDoRysQGizcpjcwZ

this is shortly after i got the gear

at lv 78+ it starts going crazy

[void osprey]

bro he wtf

[odd charm]

Is there a rarity sweet spot ? Or more the merrier

[fringe lagoon]

Soft cap is 150% and this include bonus from atlas/map as well

[odd charm]

So 150 is gonna be the same as to 400 I’m running now?

[hybrid ocean]

Not exactly the same, but you'll get most of the benefit yeah

[hybrid ocean]

You sure about this?

Afaik there was never any conclusive data on whether the soft cap is applied to each individually, or to the product

Since we know that they're multiplicative with each other

[fringe lagoon]

I haven't tested myself, I read a few articles on reddit about this. AFAIK rarity is not multiplicative (quantity is though).

[hybrid ocean]

Pretty sure some devs said that player rarity was multiplicative with map rarity

I'm also of the understanding that it worked that way in the first game

[native fulcrum]

Hey, can an experienced player help me out please? I am trying to follow this build: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/yxd720nn But I don't understand where the freeze used to trigger herald of ice comes from. Nothing (As far as I can tell) freezes enemies in this build

[faint jungle]

herald of thunder

[naive nexus]

Can you use the skill Hand of Chayula WITHOUT a quarterstaff?

Like, how spells can be used with anything.

[static torrent]

You can use it either while wielding a Quarterstaff, or when Unarmed.

[naive nexus]

So if I was running a curse setup in my alt swap, I would have to do so with either a quarterstaff or unarmed. Can I wear a focus/shield and count as unarmed?

[static torrent]

That was the case in PoE1, although I haven't tested in PoE2. Still, you could check by equipping a random Shield/Focus and trying to use the skill with that weapon set.

[naive nexus]

I love making builds with weapon swapping. Currently doing a monk that swaps between cold/lightning for example. Love it.

But if I ever run a “pure” kinda build, like pure cold caster…. What do I do with my alt swap?

So I’m thinking: grab a bunch of curse nodes, and use a hand of chayula in my alt swap with frostbite+temporalchains+icemark. Maybe even use a shield on the swap, so I can whip out a big shield if I need to block a slam.

[static torrent]

You can't block AoEs like that, and you'd need a source of +1 curse limit, but sounds good otherwise.

[naive nexus]

Well, can block some things that are blockable at least. And I would be right next to the +1 curse keystone in this example.

Could easily toss on a doedres ring and toss a third curse on there!

Enfeeble maybe.

[hybrid ocean]

There's a unique shield that rectifies this

[naive nexus]

Perfect!!!

Is it pricey?

[hybrid ocean]

Nah, it's the wailing wall, you can get it for like 1ex

Trickiest part is gonna be getting people to respond, since if they're in the middle of a map it's not worth interrupting for that little

Actually, maybe I should start using this on my weapon swaps

Doesn't let you use shield skills though, so eh

[hybrid ocean]

#1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[vast turtle]

Can someone help me a little bit with PoB? I'm new to Poe and therefore PoB. I uploaded my stormweaver spark sorc as best as I can, double checked every item, passive tree, quest, but still, PoB shows slightly off stats. For example PoB shows +101 mana compared to reality, as well as slightly higher cast speed for spark. I have no idea what could cause the difference. Is this common or I made a mistake somewhere?

[vagrant finch]

make sure that you also check the "configuration" tab to see if everything is set correctly

[mint surge]

Is Ingenuity
Utility Belt at around 60% bonus good enough as a starting point ?

[glacial pike]

Is there a consensus for what the best kind of flasks are? Or does it always depend on the build?

[dreamy edge]

I just use Maelstrom for everything.

[prime glade]

Invoker here with lead me through grace, 17,957 evasion. Only 215 spirit? This doesnt seem right, is there a soft cap on spirit?

[dreamy edge]

I think it takes in only body armour evasion and energy shield values.

[prime glade]

Ohhh shit true. Thanks!

[naive nexus]

Do triggered spells help gain meta energy? Assuming it’s against enemies and not “walls/bells/etc”

0.1.1
Skills socketed in a Meta Gem's sockets can no longer gain energy.

I should hold off on this metaMonk until the patch rebalances it, but whatever I’m having fun

[pearl sluice]

Can someone help me with monk build

I am new at endgame and really weak

[atomic halo]

are your resistances capped

do you have life on your gear

is your weapon keeping up

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, it's agony

[visual warren]

scav vs. whisperer vs. surfcaster? swapping from LS cause i want something tankier, thinking PS mines maybe? or hexblast

[hybrid ocean]

#1┃build-planning

[lavish temple]

Can anybody geuss what character is this build for and how much it costs?

[atomic halo]

its obv howa pillar stat stacking tempest flurry gemling

you missed the ammy

[lavish temple]

whats a how and yeah your right

when you say ammy as in the gem for the skill tree?

[atomic halo]

they're your gloves

[atomic halo]

what no i mean amulet

[lavish temple]

ah alright

but what character

and also oh amulet yeah

what is called?

I think its 200 divs

[atomic halo]

astramentis?

[lavish temple]

yeah

200 divs for astra

I think right?

[atomic halo]

its your own item

why are you asking me for the price

[steady osprey]

What are some sorceress builds I should know about ?

I'm thinking maybe a frost x lightning

Idk if that's a strong build

And my skill tree is maybe all over the place

[atomic halo]

damage types doesnt define the build

what skill are you using

[steady osprey]

I'm using frost wall, spark, orb of the storm, conductivity, I have cast of freeze and comet inside with mana tempest

[steady osprey]

There

[atomic halo]

with archmage?

spark stormweaver sounds very normal

[steady osprey]

Yeah with archmage

[atomic halo]

thats like the most meta build in the game

[steady osprey]

Normal? Good thing or bad

[atomic halo]

good

easy to build, well-rounded, and powerful

[steady osprey]

Amen I was actually doing the right thing

But bro my issue is I think my skill tree management is wayy offf

[atomic halo]

let's see it

[steady osprey]

Can I dm you or send it here ?

[atomic halo]

send here

[lavish temple]

I dont have it yet

thats the only thing missing from my build

[atomic halo]

okay

check it yourself

[lavish temple]

how much is it for a really good one

I am askin you homie

it aint deep

😂

[atomic halo]

idk, id have to check trade

[atomic halo]

you're missing a lot of mana for an archmage build

[steady osprey]

This is what I'm noticing right now

[atomic halo]

yeah

[steady osprey]

You're on point

[atomic halo]

and the starting is way too many points

you dont want to take all of those smalls

i suggest you take a look at a guide

and take a look at their tree

there is a lot of room for improvement here

[steady osprey]

Hmm

Which guide tho?

Where

[lavish temple]

how much can this go for

I found it

[atomic halo]

looks shitty

bad anoint

110 attr is lower than divine + qual

[zinc pine]

@steady osprey I PMed you NickTew's builds

[lavish temple]

alr

so whats better annoint

or best

[atomic halo]

spaghettifcation

[steady osprey]

Idk who that is but is it worth it ?

[atomic halo]

search up maxroll archmage spark

shouldnt be hard to find some good guides

[zinc pine]

Yes but, you wont feel as strong if you dont have dream fragment ring

[lavish temple]

this here?

[steady osprey]

Alright bro thanks

[steady osprey]

Say less

[sage gyro]

does passive tree "chance to poison" effect any skill or do i also need "envenom" support gem for the chance to poison to do anything? for skills that don't poison naturally

[proud sorrel]

I have a morior vigis that has 5% max hp per socket and corrupted to have 12% hp recoup. Would it make more sense to socket Soul Cores of Jiquani or body runes?

[steady osprey]

Changed my skill tree and now spark doesn't work manner runs out and can't play anymore lmao!

[craggy ice]

imo body runes

im pretty sure socketing jiquani will actually lower the relative value of the max hp per socket because they stack additively

better option would be to socket elemental resistances to cap out

[craggy ice]

maelstorm problem solved

[proud sorrel]

ty

[craggy ice]

also its probably because of mom

its very strong but you need to actively build around it with a lot of mana sustain to not oom

most builds use stuff like mana on kill jewels, everlasting gaze, etc. including high budget stuff like dream fragments

any good spark archmage build will go in-depth on how to not oom

@steady osprey

[hybrid ocean]

I don't know which implication I adore more- That Wraeclast has sufficiently advanced astronomy and/or astrophysics to know what black holes are, or the existence of Italy

Or uh, not Wraeclast

Do we have a name for the planet? I know the exiles in the first game come from Oriath

[analog jackal]

how much es and hp with 75% evasion

[wicked tiger]

I like 5k ES, which is 10k ES with grim feast

I use CI, so 1 hp

[supple torrent]

Grim feast is a must

[analog jackal]

if i dont have ci, how much es and hp should i have with 75%~~

[cedar fern]

demon form or fire minion witch?

[heavy terrace]

hi guys. if I want to have a decent spark build that can clear T15 maps, how much would it cost me? I have 15 div available at the moment. Just wanna try different class.

[wicked moss]

guys, whats a rule of thumb to keep a meta ring or ammy?? does it needs 3 or more T8+ perks?? or is T7 good enough to sell for divines??

[small anvil]

for me, i keep a bunch of rings and amulets, for build flexibility when changing gear. just depends what build you're looking for, but 1 general rule for rings, i keep them if total res is 60 or more

[wicked moss]

total ress of 60% or more counting the instrinsic>?

[small anvil]

you can use whatever guidelines you want, i tend to hoard a bunch of stuff, so maybe you want a more strict guideline

[wicked moss]

[small anvil]

i dont want to suggest you keeping a ton of stuff, hoarding can be a monster, lol. but i know i do it, cause it let's me have flexibility. up to you how you want to play

Maybe i have a ring that fixes my res, or something close. Lots of trash stuff that I'll reforge later

[hollow bronze]

I can take off spaghetti from my amulet and put it on my tree with a diamond I bought. What could I replace the distilled with? I'm stating as a ice monk lvl 93

[midnight geode]

does "recover mana on kill" count as leech?

[small anvil]

two different things. leech should work on physical damage only

unless i'm mistaken somehow

[static torrent]

No, it's just that most sources of Leech specify physical attack damage. Blood Mage has generic Spell damage leech, for instance.

However, Recover Mana on Kill is not Leech. PoE is very specific in its wording, if the word Leech isn't there, then it isn't Leech.

[midnight geode]

aight ty

[analog jackal]

We all know "later" never happens

[native fulcrum]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/yxd720nn Can somebody explain to me why Pure Power (the skill on the very top) is active, even though it is not connected?

[hearty gust]

Allocated

[native fulcrum]

So like, from an item I take it? Thanks

[hearty gust]

From the build is ammy

[native fulcrum]

I don't know what that means

[hearty gust]

His amulet is what he allocated pure power

[native fulcrum]

Ahhh I see, thank you

[quartz ferry]

Is there any list of differences between crossbows?
Or are the dyad and bomb one the only one that anything unique to them

[hearty gust]

Just what they uhm like extra grenade and other stuff

[quartz ferry]

Ye
Or additional dmg
Are there differences between the other types?

[eternal meadow]

Magnitude of Shock is basically its x% inc damage taken, right? So mods increasing shock magnitude increase that, correct?

[hybrid ocean]

Yes

5% increased shock magnitude = 1% increased damage taken by shocked enemies

[mint surge]

Will the 2% mana on kill jewel make a difference in survivability (spark build) ?

[finite crow]

I’m confused why is a lower level corpsewade more expensive that a higher level one in the market

[small anvil]

more mana usually means more dps, usually means kill enemy faster. and if you're EB, more mana definitely means better survival.

[mint surge]

Okay thank you

[hybrid ocean]

So you can level with it

[distant glade]

Have any cool new builds come up recently? Or is it the same 3 builds everyone is playing ?

[blissful lintel]

does the shocked ground generated by invoker's ascendancy contribute to cast on shock

[river tendon]

Im trying to make rarity bot build with infernalist witch, so far I have 560 rarity with all needed gear. I'm playing with a friend and we are staying close to each other when mapping, I still see no difference in loot. Am i missing something or 560 is still not that much?

[hybrid ocean]

Not a hit, so no.

[blissful lintel]

thank you for advocating for me

[hybrid ocean]

Public defenders are important :)

[hybrid ocean]

According to some (was vaguely reputable, but I don't remember who, so treat this as a second hand "trust me bro" ) it helps if the person killing also has some rarity, like the normal 100-150

And of course it's just better with more people

[rocky sinew]

Guys i need help, why does the gem "Heavy Swing" decrease my Hit Dps? Does it have something to do with avatar of fire? I dont understand it but pob says my hit dmg is lower

[static torrent]

Converted damage doesn't benefit from modifiers to the prior damage type, so all that Heavy Swing does for you is give you 10% less attack speed.

[rocky sinew]

aah thanks!

i thought that i increase my phys damage of which 70 % goes fire

but why does my damage go down if i delete this then?

[static torrent]

Apparently, that modifier is applied prior to conversion, so that would be why.

[sleek cipher]

Keep in mind there are still issues with PoB2 so it might not be 100% accurate.

[static plinth]

Heavy Swing is also more

Lol that was a quick delete

[craggy ice]

shh

the point still stands though

there's generally more increased multipliers

stuff like increased physical damage

increased lightning damage

[static plinth]

The reason "More maximum physical" applies but "more physical" doesnt is because Maximum affects the damage range. Damage is rolled within the range and then converted is my understanding of why that happens

[craggy ice]

yes

i pointed out "more" and the "maximum" interactions earlier but the "more" part was kind of irrelevant imo so i deleted my message lol

[hybrid ocean]

How much generic AoE can you get on the tree? I.e. not specific to attacks or spells

I have a bit of a cocaine dream of an idea, but I'm not sure if I'm going to need an Adorned for it

[oak ridge]

What's the fubgun build of sparkmage?

[kind mountain]

Hello, i have a question for the more savy mages

Why comet is using 60% of the invocation meter of the elemental invocation? It shouldnt be 40% (200 energy)? thanks in advance

[glad peak]

How are you scaling so much DPS on a skill like comet? I've invested a lot into this off meta build, and it feels like I've hit a ceiling.

Currently ~100k DPS on Comet using a SRS/Cast on Minion Death Build

Current Gear Setup

[near scroll]

i used to play a comet CoMD build but mine was different from yours. i was getting over 250k comet dps while summoning like 200 comets on a pack of mobs. the build i was using focused on getting highest mana and spirit possible.
I'd suggest replacing your gloves with one with high max mana rolls, crit damage, and ES.
Replace your wand with a Threaded Light Woven Focus with a max roll or over roll corruption on increased spell damage per 10 spirit. Instead of the Woven focus you can use a 3 socket (2% mana soul cores) Mahuxotl's Machination Omen Crest Shield with 600%+ effect of socketed soul cores for more survivability at the cost of damage.
For helm i used Solus Ipse Grand Visage with a high +spirit corruption.
For skills, fireball, archmage, raging spirits, 2x CoMD with lvl 21 comet, inspiration, spell echo, concentrated effect (can be replaced with spell cascade for more comets) and imputus on both CoMD and with left over spirit i used blinked and calrity.
For Body 5 socket (2% mana) Morior Invictus Grand Regalia with spirit, and mana per soul core.
For jewels get Prism of Belief Diamond with +3 comet skill lvls, 3x 5% grand spectrum sapphires which gives a total of 45% all ele resistances, sapphires with 2% mana recovered on kill, crit rate and crit damage.
For passive tree get eldritch battery, nodes that increase meta energy gained and tiggered skill damage, chaos inoculation, mind over matter, crit rate and crit damage nodes, and max mana and mana regen nodes. other improvements to your build would to get more mana whereever you can.

[narrow summit]

what are some good level 47 boots
invoker build

[rocky sinew]

Does this increase the converted damage from avatar of fire, or only use the flat fire dmg on my mace?

[low scroll]

I'm checking for annoints on my build and Lightning Rod looks good but it says "Non-Critical Hits". Does this only apply to attacks or does it also work for spells?

[static torrent]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/185829045596848129

[static torrent]

Unless it specifies Attack or Spell, then it works for any Hit.

[slender pivot]

Hit is everything that does dmg straight (not like poison) ?

[static torrent]

Anything that isn't damage over time is a Hit, yes.

[low scroll]

thank you all! <3

[upper viper]

Yeah noticed haha

[idle plover]

any architects of chaos in the chat? is the vaal crit chance from depose order displayed in the skillsheet? i skilled it but it still shows 6% (using Vaal absolution)

[solid wraith]

any expert who wants to hop into vs and help me?

[static torrent]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1339055886819397754 or https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/185829045596848129

[hybrid ocean]

Does Chaos inoculation work with Infernalist's like reservation nodes?

[midnight geode]

my flicker strike is generating only one combo even tho it hits 20+ enemies.. is it a bug? It clearly says it strikes.. This actually completely ruined my build idea ffs

it generates 1 combo from the first hit and then nothing

[craggy ice]

not a bug, just how it works for some reason

[midnight geode]

i sat making it in pob for an hour

[craggy ice]

nt lol

[midnight geode]

english isnt my native language, does this mean the enemy has to be affected by an ailment thats not elemental, or as long as he's not affected by elemental ailments its good?

im building a physical crit build and idk if i should take this

[odd charm]

So I’ve seen mixed opinions on increased item rarity. I’m currently running about 200% on my gear. I guess I’m wondering what ppl think that have used rarity builds

I’m also playing solo and not accounting waystone rarity or any other places rarity could come from

[mint summit]

You get the bonus unless they have an elemental ailment.

[midnight geode]

aight ty

[trim sleet]

Have a Q, is the number of Remembrancing impact in the notable nodes or what is the impact of this number ?!!

[wicked sorrel]

if i have scattershot on high velocity rounds will only the first bullet consume broken armor for more dmg? or will all 3 consume it

[wicked tiger]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/s/lhEYoJfOh7

The number basically determines what the nodes are changed into

[hybrid ocean]

Has anyone here considered using wands as an offhand for one handed mace characters?

[atomic halo]

you cant

no stat sticks

all your weapons have to match the weapon req of the skill

[midnight geode]

is the weapon dmg per 5 strength local, meaning it only buffs the 11-22 phys dmg the weapon has?

[atomic halo]

not local

global but only to attacks with the weapon

[midnight geode]

oh thank god

[atomic halo]

so same as inc. damage, practically speaking

[midnight geode]

so flat dmg from howa, rings etc

gets buffed by this right?

[atomic halo]

yes

[hybrid ocean]

Huh, really? So is it as though you just had a weapon swap for each moveset?

Because the damage as extra from wands seems like it should be global

[atomic halo]

if you wielded a mace and a wand

you cannot use mace skills

it would work if you could

[hybrid ocean]

Huh

wacky

Well, that sucks

[atomic halo]

same as poe1

it used to be a thing, ppl called them stat sticks, then it was removed

the only dff is that in poe1 weapon reqs are much looser

"requires melee weapon" instead of "requires mace"

[hybrid ocean]

Yeah, I feel like in this game it would not be nearly as much of an issue

[atomic halo]

so you see dual wielding of diff weapon types a lot more in poe1

[hybrid ocean]

both that and the attribute requirements

Ah well, off to think of something else

[glad escarp]

Alright, made a stat stacking gemling, lvl 87 currently max resist

Why am I getting clapped in everything still

[restive prawn]

With enough investment is there any build that doesn’t or just won’t work

[uneven flower]

why doesnt this increase my tempest flurry dps? taking it or slotting it does nothing?

[native willow]

tooltip dps isnt updating on the fly anymore

its a bug I think

[uneven flower]

ooh

that makes sense ty!

[native willow]

you can see a change by taking outa support gem and putting it back in

[uneven flower]

yeah that does increase/reduce dmg but not tree nodes for some reason, didnt happen before so its probably a bug

[native willow]

yeah you just have to do it after making a change on your tree to force a change

[uneven flower]

because when i restart the game after taking the node off it updates my dmg

[native willow]

yup

[uneven flower]

ty for your help good sir 🙏

[native willow]

you can also see changes by expanding the detailed breakdown. the DPS should update there

click the arrow to see a detailed view. here Im buffing myself but the tooltip doesnt update. but the expanded view on the right does

such a weird thing to break with a patch, lol

[sterile sparrow]

What's the strongest/highest dps stormweaver build right now if I don't have like 100+ divines

[atomic halo]

still spark

[hearty gust]

I met a guy with 2.1mil dps on spark he said he was like top 10

[small anvil]

It kinda odd, but luckily it's just a display thing. We'll see how long it takes to undo this issue

[stoic charm]

Could someone recommend me fast class/builds. I like the feeling of running through mob packs and blastin them. But not something too fast like flicker strike. I've leveled a deadeye and have been enjoying that more than spark stormweaver.

[hearty gust]

Play monk

[stoic charm]

What specfic build do you rec?

[hearty gust]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/jc36q0w5

[hearty gust]

Tempest flurry

[stoic charm]

Thanks, ill check it out

[mighty osprey]

What are the best ways or minimum gear or mods to maintain Infernalist demon form indefinitely? Do you basically need to regen more than 50% of your maximum life per second?

[clear kestrel]

What is currently the superior invoker build? heard ice strike and falling thunder are up there?

[hearty gust]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/jc36q0w5

[hybrid ocean]

You can never sustain it indefinitely, only delay the onset of the decay.

Not taking into account flasks, after you begin losing health it will always take about 36 seconds for you to run out of health.

You have an additional 200 * Healthregen/MaxHealth seconds before that happens though

[lucid solar]

is there a budget version of this build?

[hearty gust]

I'm sure there's some but idk

[lucid solar]

im following this build right now but am running into issues fighting bosses
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/s81py0dn

also during mapping every 2-3 maps i get stunned/frozen and just die quicker than i can blink out or kill them

[lucid solar]

this also requires me to respec every time i want to fight bosses (into meditate)

[hearty gust]

I don't use med personally

[lucid solar]

i see

i have a net worth of around 15 div

with most of it being in the form of jewels i use, inge belt and howa

im having issues with my monk as of late and am looking for another build to transition to

[hearty gust]

Well u don't wanna stat stack then

[lucid solar]

what would you recommend for a monk build then?

[hearty gust]

I wouldn't know iv only stat stacked monk

Cruse trade site look for cheaper gear pillar/hands/invicus are the core items

[lucid solar]

hmm okay

[hearty gust]

U can get rings and ammy for like a div the invicus will be like 18-25 div for starting

[lucid solar]

i see okay

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/9jd530nz

with this build as well, if you look at the passive tree

he respecs his ascendancy points for the bossing version

how important do you think that change is?

[hearty gust]

I changed like half the tree

[lucid solar]

wdym?

[hearty gust]

I used it as a base line

[fleet tundra]

Recently uploaded my WIP cold mage

[lucid solar]

i see

[fleet tundra]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/btmo0e3p

[lucid solar]

oop

i am interested

[fleet tundra]

Thoughts and opinions welcome

[lucid solar]

that is a stormweaver

[fleet tundra]

Cleared sim 1-3 with less gear, doing sim 4 this weekend

Ya what class did u expect for cold mage

[lucid solar]

wait

i read that as cold monk

my bad 🙏

[fleet tundra]

Lol!

Sorry!

You read cold monk because stormweavers only know how to click spark with archmage 😭😭

[mighty osprey]

Really? I know there are sustain mechanics like life regen or flask recovery, but I've seen some videos where they've had over 400 stacks.