2┃build-planning

[hybrid ocean]

Huh, good point.

Maybe it caps out at some point?

I'm sorry, I was only answering specifically with regards to the math. I would guess that they're using recoup or something else, or just have in excess of 100% maxHP/s regen, but its possible there's something more esoteric going on.

I do know that reducing your max HP below 200 does nothing, as the degen per stack can't go below 1/s

So theoretically you shouldn't be able to go above 6k stacks no matter what, since that's where you would lose all your life every frame

[mint summit]

Rad

[woven terrace]

I saved 135 Div how can i improve my build? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/68ee60dv

[fringe lagoon]

Have a look at https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b4315f24-644c-4722-b117-520545273aad/builds/20939dd3-bf66-433b-81b1-8235900c5b12 if you like

[woven terrace]

Is it worth 135 div?

[fringe lagoon]

Not sure what it means, I run it at 1k divs lol

If not this just go full mana 0ES with crit instead

Ingenuity, rare gloves, rare amulet, better wand either way

Maelstrom, lvl 20 5gems spark, lvl 19+1(corrupted) Archmage

[woven terrace]

Yeah bcz i only have 135 Divs so its not possible to get the full build

[fringe lagoon]

You will never have a "full build" either way, there is always room improve/min max

Same with crit builds

Up to you to decide how much you wanna push currency into it, regardless of the build

[winter sand]

I'm playing a warcry warrior and have high stats as a byproduct (1.2k strength, 340ish dex/int); debating if Hefty Unit (+3 stun threshold per str) or Natural Immunity (+4 ailment threshold per dex) are a worthwhile reach on the tree. Seems like there's a floor of 20% chance to stun and anything below that point is pointless? Unsure on the ailment threshold altogether. I'd like to mainly use this build for Simulacrum for further context. Not seeing a whole lot of opinions on those nodes via search.. Thoughts?

[glass compass]

Hello, I just bought regalia, and put 5 soul core that increase 5% of all elemental res, but I have in total 50% instead of 75%, did I miss something? or miss calculate it

[lucid solar]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/j11ca0nz

hey, l91 ice strike invoker monk here, i keep having issues with my build where i just get stunned/frozen, this issue gets worse when i get swarmed on being stunned and drain out my life flask trying to heal and eventually just die in the worst cases, ive attached all my gear and skills in the link as well so if anyone could help me out with what i could change, it'd be a great help

[fleet tundra]

@glass compass after progressing into the endgame your base resists are negative

Its probably working as intended

I think it might have been -5 for each of act2-6

[glass compass]

oh yes just saw that I have -25% on all elemental res
ty

[wicked tiger]

There are mods on some jewels that give you stun threshold based off ES that can help you with stuns. For freezes you just have to dodge better or use a freeze charm.

[lucid solar]

oh really? could you elaborate on the stun/es mod? i haven't seen that at all

[wicked tiger]

Stun threshold is based off you hp, since you’re CI, you basically have none

[lucid solar]

that.. would make sense yeah

okay thank you so much that helps a ton

[wicked tiger]

Yep

[lucid solar]

just confirming, this is the modifier you're talking about right?

alr tysm

[wicked tiger]

Alternatively you can play it more safe, no charging into groups

Or kill stuff faster so they can’t stun you lol

[lucid solar]

but that's boring :)

also another thing, is there a way to check your stun threshold stat in game? i can't seem to find it in my character tab

[wicked tiger]

I'm not sure if they show it in game, but its in POB if you use that

[lament path]

where can i farm ultimatums so that i can farm trials of chaos?

[mint surge]

Maps

High rarity maps drop a few of those

[lament path]

ok ty

does tier of the maps add to rarity?

[mint surge]

I'm not sure i usually do t15s sometimes 14 and they drop quiet often

[lament path]

what would be considered high rarity

[mint surge]

The modifier on the waystone that #%increased rarity

Like this @lament path

[lament path]

so just the higher the raity the higher chance i have to find one

[mint surge]

Yes it works on currency and basically everything else

[lament path]

ok lol thanks for help i just found 1

[mint surge]

Take a white waystone add an orb of alchemy and/or exalted orbs to it

It's RNG but i think the chances are high you get that modifier in my case at least 2 out of every 5 maps i add orbs to give me rarity

[lament path]

ok i will do

[hybrid ocean]

Rather, when you roll a drop, the quality of that drop is going to be higher. Rarity doesn't change the type of item that drops, or whether it drops or not. It can only change items into others of the same kind, or so I understand it.

[sturdy silo]

so I'm running invoker Ice Strike/Charged Staff w/ Ice/Thunder Heralds plus Unbound Avatar
was just wondering what dmg types I should invest in
also should I socket elemental or physical on my staff??

[glacial pike]

What is the best build that uses the bow gives a huge bonus to quivers

[atomic nymph]

shattering conc, poison conc ,gas arrow and more

anything that is projectile even should go big

[glacial pike]

Pathfinder or deadeye?

Or could even merc work?

[atomic nymph]

both work well depends on what you want to do

[atomic nymph]

no idea on merc as I did not played it

[maiden parcel]

guys what do you think is the best alocation while leveling with stat stacking ?

[glacial pike]

What class are you?

Kind of depends on how many levels yours saving

[cedar aspen]

Hi all. I have a strange question regarding Charged staff and chaos damage on my Chayula monk.

This might be a strange question but does Charged staff interrupt the Reality Rending node?

I feel like I’m clearing mobs faster with contagion, hand of Chayula with despair and impending doom support gem, finished by tempest flurry to proc impending doom. Is the lightning damage from charged staff interrupting the chance to do extra chaos damage?

I’d be quite happy dropping charged staff for other means to apply chaos damage because keeping it procc’d with power charges is kinda annoying

For context I’m only level 42 on act3

[slender pivot]

I dont think so but since it is Chaos damage you might lose dmg with Heralds if u play them

[cedar aspen]

Would using an alternative herald like herald of plague be more suffice if I’m primarily going for chaos damage then?

[slender pivot]

You do Chaos dmg you dont Poison

[cedar aspen]

Oh I didn’t read the herald properly my mistake

[slender pivot]

Np ^^

Tbh I am really not into Chaluya so I cant tell you

Maybe you can try to go with Chaos Infusion on your Ligthning Herald ? Idk :/

@cedar aspen do you run with 1 or 2 herald ?

[cedar aspen]

Just the one. Lightning and grim feast

I want to stay away from ice and when I get enough spirit il be going for blasphemy

[slender pivot]

And as skill gems what do you have ?

[cedar aspen]

And the node that allows me to use two curses

On my lightning one right now I have conc effect and innervate

[slender pivot]

Nan, really your skill gems, not the support

Nor the spirit gems. Just what skill do u use to hit

[cedar aspen]

Oh skill gems, lightning flurry, hand of Chayula, mantra of destruction, contagion, profane ritual, charged staff, thunder herald, grim feast. And into the breach but that’s pretty passive

[slender pivot]

I go look on that

So... to underqtand... main dps is lightning flurry which proc your herald of thunder. Have you put Chaos Infusion in it ?
Then profane ritual works on those killed enemies, generate Power charges for you to infuse Charged Staff ?

I dont see Mantra of Destruction being very strong tbh, but I May v be wrong

[cedar aspen]

Rotation at the moment is contagion first, then hand of Chayula, as of now, because I don’t have hex bloom support yet, this is the best way to spread the curses around the mob.

Tempest flurry on the mob that’s cursed and has contagion debuff, once it’s dead it spreads to nearby mobs.

It can do without profane and charged staff really. I just put them in as a filler but I find using charged staff is annoying tbh

[slender pivot]

Well... I really cant get into it yet sorry

I tried my best

D:

[cedar aspen]

That’s ok. I’m still low level and working through what’s best and what’s not. It will take time. Definitely like to keep pushing with chaos damage, just wondering if there’s room for that in this melee build

[slender pivot]

Dont hesitate to look ar guides but more to understand how it works

Why that ; most likely on support gems and specific atlas nodes

[sudden imp]

guys i need help.is there a reason why, on stormweaver with shaper of storms and 3 dragons helm, why do i not proc both shock and freeze? im only freezing enemies, despite shaper of storms saying all damage from hits contribute to shock chance im using spark

[slender pivot]

What is dragons helm ?

Ok got it

What is the spell u use to damage ?

[slender pivot]

If youre using a spell that does damage over time it wont work because it requires "a Hit"

[sudden imp]

three dragons helmet

[sudden imp]

spark

im using this asc passive for stormweaver

so technically i should freeze and shock

but im only freezing

[slender pivot]

It wont Shock

Oh wait

Wait just I look ^^'

Yeah on that I dont get it

I guess items works before tree ?

Idk :/

If all Damages contributes to shock chance does that make it "Lightning damage" miscode ? (Or just misunderstanding)

I am not an expert so... I wait for the answer so I learn myself

[sudden imp]

i have no idea.
3 dragons helm makes spark count to freeze instead of shocking enemies
so id be dealing lightning damage but freezing enemies

shaper of storms makes it so that all hits contribute to shock chance.
so in theory i should be freezing and applying shock

but that does not happen

[slender pivot]

Ask in the Stormweaver section

[sudden imp]

i did in the past and i either dont get answered or told to do a completely different build i had in mind

[slender pivot]

#1308715058716610580 then Church of Stormweaver

[hybrid ocean]

It's full I believe

[slender pivot]

What you are asking is just a mechanical interaction

It does have a limit ? I didnt know

[hybrid ocean]

It's a discord thing, unfortunately

It was full a few weeks ago when I left it to let someone else in, at least

[sudden imp]

im already in there

[slender pivot]

Try your luck again then

[alpine crater]

Hello guys, quick question, for second ascendancy points, what would you advise for witch arsonist minion build? I already have infernal hound

[hybrid ocean]

You can always do worse than altered flesh

[halcyon bobcat]

What's the difference between chaos orb and annulment+exalted?

[atomic halo]

nothing

besides interactions with omens

[finite axle]

Hi I'm looking for someone who is willing to have a look at my deadeye build. I can play tier 10/11 maps ok but I'm stuck there and don't know how to improve my build to push to tier 15 maps other than very heavy investments which I'm unable to do
Main difference with other high lvl player builds I see is the MH total increased per elemental. 75% on lightning in mine whereas the example build has 240%

[prime glade]

Invoker monk, when should I switch from my staff to a pillar of the caged god? Like what should my int/dex/str be?

[hearty gust]

Up to your really

[prime glade]

I'm at 100 strength, 160 dex, 170 int, and this is my current staff:

[hearty gust]

up 2 u

[balmy bridge]

hey making a blood mage what should i be investing in gear

[scenic tendon]

Does life regen apply to ES when using Eternal Youth?

[atomic halo]

no

nowhere does it say that it does that

life regen to es is from zealots oath

[scenic tendon]

Gotcha, thanks

Follow up: if I get a from nothing for Zealot's can I then also activate Zealot's or just the stuff around it?

[atomic halo]

no

only the stuff around it

[scenic tendon]

Damn

[proud sorrel]

Anyone know if Decaying Hex on Enfeeble via Blasphemy would trigger Dark Effigy?

[mint summit]

last I checked Decaying Hex just doesnt work in Blasphemy

[proud plume]

are demon form builds still viable to run in late game? ive seen a few builds that were holding up really well and wanted to see if anything has changed to make them ass?

[steady breach]

there was no big balance patch yet afaik

[small kettle]

Can I ask questions about pob here?
Opened it, entered my data at level 1, bow and skill—but the damage shows as 0.1. Or do they use completely different units here compared to the game?

[steady breach]

fairly sure that should be more dmg than 0.1

[steady breach]

its so low because of accuracy... hit chance, it averages the dmg based on that

and since you got like 9% chance to hit there, it makes the dmg seem really low on average

it defaults to like high lvl boss for te calculation

on configuration tab

set enemy stats to Is enemy a Boss no, and enemy lvl1

[small kettle]

Thanks! Now it's working!

[steady breach]

for future reference, when build planning in pob, the high lvl boss enemy is what you care about for dmg and shit, cos if you got enough for that, normal enmemies will be fine

[small kettle]

Got it

[magic ocean]

Someone have created any sorc stormweaver int stacker spark with crits?

[prime sapphire]

I need really bad help

[prime sapphire]

#1345711676988854285 message

please help

[small kettle]

Shoud there be any correlation between ingame values for dps?

[hearty gust]

With what build?

[steady breach]

yes, however ingame dps calcs usually dont account for temp buffs or enemy debuffs that you can turn on in pob

[prime sapphire]

#1345711676988854285 message

[odd charm]

Is 180% the most relic drop u can have in sanctum before any boons?

[mint summit]

Hey you can’t put a basic weapon attack into a meta skill, right?

[static torrent]

You cannot.

[compact vortex]

Anyone has a spark build they could recommend? Not sure what's worth pursuing

[fringe lagoon]

I like int stacking but like other builds it can be expensive especially when get to the top end https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b4315f24-644c-4722-b117-520545273aad/builds/20939dd3-bf66-433b-81b1-8235900c5b12

[rotund moss]

Is there any way to over flow life leech to ES?

Or have leech onto ES

[sinful kindle]

Can you get spirit on a helm?

Corrupted helm

[jagged iris]

is this good dps idk im new to this

feel like its very low

or i messeed something up

[atomic halo]

lvl 24 looks quite low

you should have a wand giving 5 at minimum

[jagged iris]

this my wand

[fringe lagoon]

Not sure what "good" dps mean, but you are very far from the highest dps you could reach

With enough good gear and optimized build you can get 400-600k (and even more)

So 30k does not seem that impressive considering the ceiling

[jagged iris]

no what im saying it should be higher

i followed a guide have very similar gear but for some reason dps very diff

[fringe lagoon]

Depends on the gear, if this is your first character and you are level 80 with 2div gear then it seems about right

If you are lvl 97 with 1k divine build then I'd say it is very low

[reef kelp]

Question...

How the heck are people getting like 500+ stats ...

[atomic halo]

astramentis

ingenuity

morior

breach rings

[left ledge]

What builds were the top payers using during the race?

[atomic halo]

rolling slam + boneshatter for clear with a big 2h

with leap slam and shield charge on swap

with a 1h weapon with attack speed and a shield with block

for bosses its default attack early and perfect strike + infernal cry for the rest

on the tree you grab rt early

[fleet tundra]

boneshatter is a cool ability i liked seeing the blink+boneshatter warrior builds people made

[mystic tree]

anyone have a Hand of Wisdom and Action?

[fleet tundra]

i have uncorrupted one for 3 div

if you need cheap you can buy one with a suboptimal corrupt for like 50ex

[native willow]

Ive been giving all mine away

[shadow remnant]

Is 350k tooltip good with about 250-300d invested?

[hearty gust]

Stat stacking

[buoyant finch]

Any good?

[fleet tundra]

Depends where you are in your journey

If you aren't playing a crit build it's pretty great mid level option

Actually maybe it's kinda nuts with 92+30

That t7 lightning damage probably worth a lot

[prime knot]

Currently building this https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/2r6bt0w3 for mapping but can't afford all the exact equipment. What mods/pieces should I focus on buying first or at a lower/cost efficient level?

[mint herald]

anyone running infinite damage bloodmage build could use some help

[pearl sluice]

Anyone got a Merc laser beam build? I have a lot of currency saved up.

[hollow bronze]

I'm stuck between cast on shock or Cast on crit.. I'm a Invoker starting monk. I can solo T4 breach boss with both but my crit chance is only 47% is this too low for Crit? Or should I stick with shock?( I'm not sure where shock comes from. ) I do alot of lightning damage.

[hearty gust]

My crit chance is 42% yet I can do 100m dps in seconds

[hollow bronze]

Well we both know why that is xD, I'm just not sure if I should lower my chance to around 40% then put more in damage bonus maybe?

[hearty gust]

😂 yeah aha but alittle bit of tweaking goes alone way are u stat stacking?

[hollow bronze]

Yeah I am yeah, I have all the items gives the amulet. I have around 400 in each attribute

Besides*

[hearty gust]

Yeah that's fine just make sure everything synergies well

Perk Choice is also a big deal

I can send u my build maybe it will give u ideas

[hollow bronze]

Yeah I'm trying too haha, I feel like if I use tempest flurry it's better for mapping but I don't freeze the bosses I feel Vs ice strike

Yeah DM me man you got my @

[hollow bronze]

I've changed that alot and it's fixed alot of stuff tbh

[hearty gust]

It takes awhile for me to set a freeze ona boss it needs 150m hp or more for my freeze to set

But that's the least of my worries

I'll dm u my build

[narrow shoal]

regalia with attributes ?

[hearty gust]

Yeah

[narrow shoal]

thought so with the 175 spirit

[hearty gust]

Invoker perk helps that

[narrow shoal]

two heralds + combat frenzy + what?

[hearty gust]

Grim wind

And dance

[narrow shoal]

grim feast ok

no elemental invocation?

what’s your damage ?

[narrow shoal]

go dms 🙂 let’s not chat here

[hearty gust]

No ele

[real knoll]

Im struggling to even get past 500k on my ranger 😭😭

[hearty gust]

Deadeye?

[real knoll]

Yeah

[hearty gust]

Yeah goodluck awesome u got to 500k lol

[real knoll]

What is it that holds back dead or ranger? Mana seems to be a massive issue for me

[hearty gust]

Everyone has mana issues from who iv talked to

[native willow]

you cant compare DPS from class to class. 500k on a ranger is insane

[native willow]

my monk got to 63% relatively easily. much easier when your weapon has base crit bonus, as crit bonuses scale off your weapon's base

[native willow]

head to #1324862098567725066
they can help fix your mana issues

[halcyon bobcat]

Does Mobility support gem really have an effect on Blink?

[fringe lagoon]

I haven't noticed any difference to be fair

[fleet tundra]

i vascillated between like mobility on lightning ball (im playing warp) and orb of storms and the conclusion i came to was like

mobility is much better on skills where you don't actually like

teleport after

its useful for local maneuverability but you probably won't notice it on something like blink

[glossy mist]

Mobility is the common theme. Nothing beats the jump ability for fast clears

[royal relic]

Can anyone link me a good not so high cost end game Demon Form Witch Sparks Build please? 🙂

[alpine crater]

Hello, anyone to help me on which kind of mana flask is best to constantly spawn fire wall on a level 50 minion witch?

[sinful kindle]

Can someone help me with my stormweaver not understanding why I don’t have the damage I’m level 78 with 2113 spark damage I don’t get it

[ornate delta]

are you following a build?

[proper prairie]

is anyone here a high level stormweaver over lvl 85+ who could possible help out with my build? I just started playing again but i know when i stopped i was having issues with damage, I was able to beat trial master at lvl 85 but i took a while.

[toxic badge]

send some pics and I'll pick em apart

[boreal sluice]

just found cast on minion death and i love it so much, hope this doesnt get nerfed next league

[toxic badge]

no es

[boreal sluice]

sometimes i get oneshot :3

[mint summit]

new shield unique

[lethal marlin]

I got a dumb build Idea. Very early in the works and newer to this game. I want a fire based warrior that relies on his totems as well. Does this seem doable?

[latent bronze]

Any invoker monks have a good amulet idea? Looking to find something better for my build

[hybrid ocean]

Is that teaser supposed to be for a minion mercenary?

[atomic halo]

we don't know, figure it out for yourself

interpret it as you may

[hybrid ocean]

I don't think that doing so is usually exclusive with discussing with other people about their interpretations

[atomic halo]

sure, it's not really the channel for that

#2┃general and #2┃early-access

if you ask it in a help channel my interpretation is that you are looking for a straight answer, which is not possible here

[near timber]

is that bugged? i cant use 4 skills (freezing palm, charging staff and mantra were spells, so mb) staggering palm while having jarngreipr.

[hoary spire]

How are people able to get quality on morior invictus? Doesn't it drop as corrupted?

[bleak topaz]

it does not drop corrupted

[hollow bronze]

When changing attributes on my tree to path. How could I tell if I have the perfect balance between, Dex,str and int? As a stacking monk

[grizzled jetty]

You can change passive and try , but for me , better way have each one equal

[hollow bronze]

Of course, how I did it was to see when my DPS woul stop going up. Just wondering if that's the best way or place to look at

As a stat stacking doe isn't everything

[hollow bronze]

Armour scraps if I remember the name lol

[static torrent]

It doesn't drop as corrupted, so Armourer's Scraps work just the same as on any other piece of armour.

[hollow bronze]

When something is corrupted. What CAN we do to it? Can we add runes? To slots?

[static torrent]

You can socket runes into existing slots, or replace the runes/cores already there.

[civic tide]

Need some help increasing my DPS on my Lightning Merc

I've followed a decent build but can't seem to get the same DPS output to clear T4/ Juiced Delirium map contant

[gaunt epoch]

try running herald of thunder and ice

[civic tide]

i'm running HoT at the moment. What would i run Herald of Ice with?

[gaunt epoch]

hot?

[civic tide]

Herald of Thunder

[gaunt epoch]

ah ok , after i reach home ill let u know the recipe

now am driving

[civic tide]

cheers

[slim plank]

guys im using witchhunter, with glacial bolts and frag rounds

should i 5 link my glacial bolt or frag rounds first

[civic tide]

forgot to mention i'm witch hunter not gemling

[hybrid ocean]

Oh, durr. This is indeed not the channel for it- didn't really notice/think about it, mb.

[gaunt epoch]

works too

but it depends on ur weapon, what is ur weapon stats

[gaunt epoch]

more than enough

Herald of thunder

• ice bite
• cold infusion
• glaciation
• heft
• Lightning mastery(bonus if u got 5th slot)

Herald of ice

• Innervate
• Lightning infusion
• Overcharge
• Lightning Exposure
• Strip away (bonus if u got 5th slot)

as long u got ur physical dmg, it works

and im making a video about an ultimate build for crossbow atm, although mainly for gemling, it works for witchhunter too but just need a lil extra divine for it to work as good as gemling

[civic tide]

This is all my gear

[gaunt epoch]

da heck, u are freaking geared as fck already

[civic tide]

lmao

[gaunt epoch]

but ur dmg is still so puny, how?

[civic tide]

bro no idea lmao

[gaunt epoch]

let me show u something, a sneak peak if u will

[civic tide]

should i change the elemental damage soul cores back to phys iron cores?

[gaunt epoch]

bro, add me as friend

i wanna show u a sneak peak of what crossbow can do, coz its just a short clip but im making a video about it soon

[civic tide]

added you

[solid wraith]

https://youtu.be/aFfI3eIyAK4

can someone check my stuff and tell me what to upgrade

based on fubgun build

idk im kinda a noob in this game

[native willow]

#1324862098567725066

[solid wraith]

?

[solid wraith]

i cant see it

[native willow]

it's a thread. discord needs to fix its shit.

in #1308715058716610580

[spare talon]

Hey, I got lvl 95 gemling, currently no gear on him, want to turn him into some mage, pref utilising spark, would this work on it?

Technically you can do any build on anything but would this be good?

[fringe lagoon]

Yes you can make a good spark build with gemlin, specifically by stacking intelligence

Check on poe ninja for example tree / gear of high intelligence gemlings playing Spark

[spare talon]

Do you have any idea how much is this going to cost me?

[fringe lagoon]

Possibly hundreds of divines to get started

[spare talon]

😅

[fringe lagoon]

Then more if you wanna push it further

[spare talon]

That's pretty expensive, anything cheaper and pretty good that I could do on gemling?

[fringe lagoon]

This is a int stacking guide for Stormweaver but a lot can be applied to Gemling too https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/b4315f24-644c-4722-b117-520545273aad/builds/20939dd3-bf66-433b-81b1-8235900c5b12

[fringe lagoon]

Not really, sorry

[spare talon]

Forgot that everything is expensive now -.-

[fringe lagoon]

This is what the top end of the build would look like: https://poe2.ninja/builds/standard/character/botbdmg-6940/NotGreatWithNames.
Ofc you can play it with cheaper gear

[spare talon]

Yea my budget is kinda tight, I would probably go with temporalis instead of spending hundreds of divines for some spark build

70 div rn

[fringe lagoon]

I mean if you have temporalis maybe you can try to make an autobomber build with gemling

[spare talon]

Nah I don't, saying I'd go with it instead of spending that much for spark build

[gaunt epoch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmLbJMmvxM&ab_channel=WingZsaNeGaming

around 70 divine, u can solo T4 pinnacle boss

but to do 200m, shud b around 150 if im nt wrong

30 divines to run maps, u can b tanky but u will rely shield charge for mobility

[spare talon]

How fast does it clear maps?

Maybe someone will buy my stuff so my budget increases 😅

[gaunt epoch]

quite fast, pretty much everything dies in 1 hit even in delirius map, just know that the build i've made is kinda a glass cannon in the end game but still not easily dies as everything is dead, sometimes even 2 screen away

only the budget version is tanky but it cant go delirius map, because it cant kill as fast

[hoary spire]

You need elemental damage, and more int and dex since you’re using HoWA

[jolly bloom]

Im Ice Strike invoker.....but feel like i have no survivability

level 43/44

[slender pivot]

How much Spirit do you have ?

You can get Wind Dancer as a Spirit gem ; it might help you with the Evasion Rating

[hollow bronze]

When I comes to a stat stacking build where does the bigger DPS come from??

As a monk. I'm at 600k and no idea what to do next xD hunting for that 1million

[woven terrace]

is this good to use as a spark stormweaver /

[atomic halo]

solid yeah

[spare talon]

@fringe lagoon I think I'll be doing Ur thingy

Need to sell few more items tho, at 105 div rn

But I have few questions

[fringe lagoon]

OK feel free to ask any question in https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1318029466588418059

[woven terrace]

worth ?

[smoky tiger]

are there any chaos spells that work well in barrier invocation? been using comet but its really pretty shit with no cold damage nodes taken so hoping i missed something
wiki no help this time

[signal sky]

i rly dont understand the balence of crit chance and bonus

[wintry cedar]

one increases your chance to crit the other makes your crit bigger

500% crit multi is shit if you have 5% chance to crit

[zealous stratus]

Pathfinder fulminating concoction build I'm working on

[sleek iris]

has anyone compared Dante's Hexblast Demon Form build vs Ronarray's? trying to determine which one is gonna be better in endgame.

[civic tide]

i socketed 60% extra elemental damage soul cores to my weapon but definitely need more INT am at 230 right now.

[civic tide]

One is a direct increase to your total crit chance
example your weapon
the other is a % added to your base crit

[static plinth]

Get 100% crit chance (or at least around 95%), then get as much crit damage as you can

[native willow]

that's bad advice

for some classes it's pretty hard to scale beyond 50% crit rate, so you'd have to completely ignore crit damage to achieve anything close to 100%

like deadeyes. right now I have...

48% CR, 844% crit damage, 517K DPS

But change nodes around to focus more on crit rate.....

57% CR, 667% crit damage, 489K DPS

[hybrid ocean]

Effective damage is proportional to
CR * CDMG + 1 - CR
dz/dx = CDMG - 1
dz/dy = CR

So 1% crit rate is worth CDMG-1/CR crit damage
which is also exactly equal to Critical damge bonus/Critical chance

Someone who's brain isn't melted by plague can confirm whether that's correct

[latent bronze]

what's the best way to get spirit for gemling?

other than amulet

[civic tide]

Morior Invictus with Spirit per socket rune/soul core

[gaunt epoch]

also a time-lost diamond with spirit and attribute/ lightning dmg %, this would cost more than 60divines

as well as using an alpha 's howl armoured cap, thats 100 spirit with 1-3 divine

1 more question, does this works with other elemental attacks as long they have a lightning damage in it, or does it calculate seperately if the main attack is ice, like the ice side doesnt crit but the lightning side crits

[atomic halo]

its per hit

so like

there is no such thing as " the ice side doesnt crit but the lightning side crits" because its all one hit

[gaunt epoch]

hmmm

[atomic halo]

so if a given hit crits

[gaunt epoch]

so it does affect it overall

as long there is lightning damage in it

[atomic halo]

it will affect the lightning portion

and nothing else

for non crits

[gaunt epoch]

hmmm ok thanks dood

[pearl sluice]

Does Recover 2% of Mana on Kill work? Is it worth two passive nodes?

[shadow remnant]

How do people get more than 50% crit rate on spark? adorned? I’m struggling to get past 50%, with 700% damage bonus

I have crit chance on most of my gear and nodes, with some on jewels

Or is reaching 100% , or close to it without spending a fortune simply unrealistic?

[sage gyro]

do plaguefinger gloves not work with incinerate?

[hoary bolt]

incinerate doesnt hit

and therefore cant poison

it works similarly to gas arrows poison cloud, deals damage as though hitting, but doesnt actually do so

[left matrix]

Definitely works, how effective it is, is relative to your max mana pool.

If you have 600 mana, 2% of that (12mana per kill) is significantly less valuable than a suffix modifier on an item for 20 mana per kill, for instance. Saving you passive nodes.
On the other end, if you have more than 2k mana, 2% mana per kill is super valuable, like sparks, love that.

You can also find this 2% mana per kill on Jewels, specifically Sapphires.

[midnight geode]

it calculates exactly what it says and nothing else, in this case lightning dmg

[pearl sluice]

Any suggestion on best build for SSF warrior? I’m doing a SSF thing with some buds before new season

[distant glade]

Totems, or corrupting cry?

[jaunty rover]

guys is temporalis -3.45 a no go, do I have to get -3.5

[oblique sluice]

Hello. Is one properly supported Skeletal Storm mage enough for causing Shock?

[deep summit]

Who try to play on storweawer with combat staff?

[left matrix]

Are you stacking intellect for area of effect of attacks, on Pillar of the caged god?

Essentially playing a very very large Storm Wave build?

Stormweaver lets you apply two shocks to the target with strikes twice, which can be quite strong for total damage done to the enemy.
And since you are attribute stacking already you wont have any problem using voltaic mark with that.

But you are restricted into having only 4 useful Ascendency points, with an additional 2 being semi-good at best with heart of the storm offering a very mediocre defensive layer.

[deep summit]

Yeah, but I am stacking intellect with Dexterity and some strange

[fringe lagoon]

I imagine it's better than spark for levelling but worse than spark archmage in late end game

[left matrix]

^ Yeh same feels.

I think you can get away with lightning damage modifiers in the tree, but will ultimately path through attribute nodes the whole time avoidning the spell-based nodes.

[deep summit]

Yeah, in late game I have ploblems with survivability

[left matrix]

I think this is generally an issue for most players entering late game rather than a build specific conceptual issue.

[left matrix]

Can you show your passive tree and itemization? Do you maybe have a POB?

[deep summit]

I can drop planner of build which I took as a basic

6.7M DAMAGE - PoE 2 Character Planner
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/c5djv0dj

[left matrix]

This helps

But,

Its entirely a Monk build,

And I would like to specifically see what you want to build and path as, with the Storm Weaver tree

[deep summit]

I'm not at home right now, and that's the only way I can demonstrate.

[left matrix]

You could arguably just path directly to that tree but you then sacrifice really strong monk starting nodes, for attributes, and essentially use a worse ascendency,
So a benefit in opportunity would only be present if you were to gain a better pathing option from using the stormweaver starting point, or needed something specific in the ascendency.

[deep summit]

I do like this, but after doing like in this build

[left matrix]

The nodes in Orange are specific to spells, and wont be affecting Storm Wave, Or Heralds, as they are specifically attacks, not spells

[deep summit]

I also took the initial nodes of the previously demonstrated build.

[left matrix]

Which then leaves to ask which far - later nodes you sacrifice, in order to do so, and more so how much you delay your functional output by pathing extra nodes instead, and what you gain by doing so.

I am not sure that double shock effect has the justified worth unless you already intend to cap shock magnitude as well,

[deep summit]

What about double Freezing? Саn this nodes helps in ascendency?

I apologize if some of my lines are unclear. My English is pretty bad

[left matrix]

Lets investigate.

Chill base cap is 50%,
The ascendency grants 2 debuffs up to 35%, Which translates to 20% more chill magnitude total.

Now, what benefits from chill magnitude on the target:

[deep summit]

Nothing?

[left matrix]

Not entirely,

Three dragons can allow all hits to then ignite with the ascendency, if I understand the interaction correctly

But then you apply no actual chill,

busy searching for stuff similar,

Other than the quiver that I want to get to shortly,

[deep summit]

I think I've seen this node in the passive skill tree.

Or something similar.

[left matrix]

This is an item, not a node.

[left matrix]

There is a quiver that allows you to deal More damage to enemies based on how much chill you apply to them.
But with the Staff you wont be using a quiver to deal damage

[deep summit]

I get it, but I think I've seen a node with similar properties.

[hybrid ocean]

Do you know if anyone has actually tested whether this works with the stormweaver node?

[eternal meadow]

Does Flicker Strike work with Momentum support?

[atomic halo]

not really

though you can test it

theres a green flash when momentum activates

so try to playing it and seeing if the flash appears

[left matrix]

Well you increase chill from 50 to 35+35, and then you scale the base 20% magnitude like you would shock until you reach 100%+100%

Theres no reason it shouldn't work with the quiver... Alongside shock too...

[left matrix]

So, the reach of the skill makes the attack happen at distance and allows you to jump from one target to the next, though, this jump isnt actually a movement, its more like a Shunpo or shadowstep, or blink. A teleportation.

So, the only movement you are doing is the small movement of the attack animation.

It is possible that provided enough enemies persist, and enough attacks are chained, that momentum could eventually be triggered from a single use of flicker strike, but by that point you've far out reached the limits of chain-attacks and available enemies... Typically..

[jolly bloom]

I seriously need to figure out why the hell i have no ability to survive....lol

[jolly bloom]

anyone got some time to jump on voice, and ill stream my game and help me with what the major flaw is with my Invoker that i get my ASS whooped....

in POE Help 2

[hearty gust]

Stat stacker or no?

[jolly bloom]

as much as i can

[hearty gust]

I meant like are u stat stacking or not?

[jolly bloom]

preetty much. trying to get as much dex as possible so my attack speed is super high

76 dex, 86 int and 105 str atm

[hearty gust]

Dm me

[jolly bloom]

on here?

on in game?

<---ign: EatonBeaverz

not showing you as online

now it is.,...but wont let me whisper

[hearty gust]

Discord

[jolly bloom]

PTT isnt working....LOL sec

[simple coral]

Hello everyone, relatively new to poe in general. I'm currently level 76 SSF Gas grenade merc. I've been fairly lucky getting drops I need so far like the radiant grief which has made the end game a lot better for me as a SSF. Curious, which belt do you think is best for me? I've been using the birthright buckle wide belt because of the additional armour but tempted to use the utility belt since it has 2 charm spots. Appreciate any advice,/response, cheers.

[earnest kite]

If you're killing mobs efficiently enough, the bonuses to flask charges shouldn't matter much from the unique. You can get close to the same bonuses on the flasks themselves. - Having a second charm slot is nice. When I had one I used the Stun/Freeze charms. Mainly because those were the most deadly to me. Once you start capping your resistances, the others don't matter much.

[simple coral]

sounds good appreciate the advice. The only time I get killed is when I get slowed/frozen so I was thinking the same thing that it might be useful to have more charms.

Another question but out of these 3 boots what do you think is best? Currently using the Vengeance Goad Advanced Stacked Sabatons but considering switching to the expert trimmed greaves. I was using the Obern's Bastion Stacked Sabatons for a while but moved away from them. The reduction in chill freeze and shock + stun recovery is kind of nice though on those ones.

[jolly bloom]

Need 2 good 40-45 levelling rings. (not polcircklen)

[tepid jay]

Playing ice strike monk, how do i get more shield/health, almost all my items have both and im stuck at 1900/1700, is there a magic boop thatll give me at least over 5k?

[craggy ice]

patient barrier node

atziris

grim feast

mom + maelstrom

[hearty gust]

Vorona jewel is nice

[hoary bolt]

there is almost zero life scaling on the tree, but there is quite a bit of ES scaling. For this reason people usually just go Chaos Inoculation and full invest in to ES. Having life rolls on gear is eating a prefix that could grant more energy shield.

[charred geyser]

hio so i wanna elevate my invoker monk

i got a nice astra and a 7% attackspeed staff

but idk what to ugprade first now

my astra is nice, i need a morior, a howa and an ingen.

idk if i'd have any use of the alpha howl? my cold aint maxxed rn, for attribute reasons, but the rest is! classic Vorana CI feast ES build

doing a solid 12.82 attacks per second with ice strike, thinking of moving to flurry

[hearty gust]

Check dm

[mint summit]

my guess is you should grab a 4% HoWA but I dont actually know the comparative dps for the upgrades

try putting that into pob tho

[craggy ice]

• dex/int split, then strength
• atziris or black sun crest helm (survivability vs dps and move speed)
• 79% ingen
• more attributes on rings (make sure you have a source of cold and fire damage somewhere)
• 1-11 or 1-12 and/or 4% attack speed howa (dps vs move speed)
• jewels are busted asf

try to maintain >100% mf

i wouldnt dwell too much on what order to upgrade

[pearl sluice]

I am doing a fun things with a group of friends tonight. We are basically doing SSF starting from level 1 but can only trade between us and leveling together. I am having a hard time finding guides for SSF builds. There are some youtube videos and stuff but when I get into the details for these builds they are all based on Unqiues which is RNG and hard to actually build out, even as early as Act 2.

Especiall Mercenary, is there a list of SSF builds I can pull from for my friends and does anyone have a chill SSF Merc build?

[halcyon bobcat]

Does blocking hits still trigger defiance of destiny recovery?

[reef parrot]

is anyone else having problems with shield wall + HOTG + trampletoes
It s like it is not hitting the boss and does no dmg

[keen hull]

i dont know what just happend but i am a blood mage and everything was good till i added a new sup gem and suddenly my own spells drain my life a lot and even after i take it out it still does like how do i change/fix that??

do i have to skill smgh special or need a special gem so i dont kill myself fighting?

[winged mantle]

Any gemling leggionaire starting viable build?

[urban sparrow]

why is my cast on shock not casting? i am spamming spark

[distant glade]

should i be using pierce/chain on spark before getting to branching bolts while leveling

[wicked tiger]

You could try to use boots with capped resists and switch to rings with more attributes and # to attack. If you do go flurry, you can cheap out on the boots and get something without move speed since flurry scales with attack speed, which also scales your movement @charred geyser

[wicked tiger]

Do you have something that stops shock like electrocute?

[urban sparrow]

i made sure there isnt anything that prevents shock

demonform doesn’t do that right?

[wicked tiger]

Maybe you’re not doing enough lightning damage?

[lavish temple]

I am a gemling attribute stacker, and I am just trying to see what I can push further when it comes to my build!

[vernal magnet]

More Stats on Helm, and Boots. We can’t see jewels here but you can also get one with 4% to two stats per notable passive if you don’t have it already.

@lavish temple

[hearty gust]

New rings would help and a new body

[jolly bloom]

Still cant get charged staff to work......not sure WTF is going on. It just wont proc

Hey Monkasaurus!

[static torrent]

Do you generate Power Charges? You need at least one in order to be able to use the Charged Staff skill.

[jolly bloom]

Yeah im pretty sure i have the sakills to generate power charges

[static torrent]

Which method of generating Power Charges are you using? If it's Killing Palm or Siphoning Strike, the target needs to be below a certain health threshold or Shocked, respectively. If you're using Combat Frenzy, you need to have the Resonance Keystone on your passive tree and to Freeze, Electrocute or Pin enemies.

[jolly bloom]

I shock pretty much everything

Shock, freeze and shatter

its pretty much the whole screen when my skills proc

but, im still not getting charge staff to proc

[static torrent]

You have to use the Charged Staff skill manually, it doesn't trigger automatically, just in case that's the issue.

[jolly bloom]

Noooo....it doesnt even give me the option to use it.....it stays greyed out

[sage orbit]

what lv is the skill?

[jolly bloom]

11

+20% quality

[sage orbit]

do you have the int to use it?

[jolly bloom]

Yes

159 dex, 112 int, 80 astr

[static torrent]

Then, again, could you please confirm which skill you're actually using to generate Power Charges, and, if it's Combat Frenzy, do you have it enabled and Resonance selected on your passive tree?

[jolly bloom]

Yes, i have resonance, And i dont think i have combat frenzy yet, give me a sec to see.....Combat frenzy is a support gem, right?

[sage orbit]

skill

[static torrent]

No, it's a Spirit Skill gem.

[jolly bloom]

shit, thats the issue. I need a level 8 spirt gem to make it. Looks like im going searching now.

[static torrent]

Have you killed Ignagduk the Bog Witch in Act 3? She drops a guaranteed Uncut Spirit Gem that should be high enough tier to cut Combat Frenzy.

[jolly bloom]

knew it was something dumb

No, havent gotten that far yet, still working on the ziggurat in the past

[static torrent]

If you're in the past, you've gone past her already.

[jolly bloom]

What area is she in?

[static torrent]

Oh, and by the way, if you have Resonance, any skill that typically generated Power Charges, such as Killing Palm and Siphoning Strike, will instead generate Endurance Charges.

[jolly bloom]

I might have killed her then, or not gone that branch yet....

[static torrent]

Azak Bog, next to the Infested Barrens.

[jolly bloom]

if its the molten vault, havent done that yet

wtf yes, ive done Azak Bog.....lol

I might have used that gem for something else, unwittingly....

Gah

[static torrent]

Possibly. You'll get another one eventually, I think there are a few more guaranteed drops in the campaign, but for now you can remove Resonance and at least generate Power Charges with Killing Palm or Siphoning Strike, if you have them.

[jolly bloom]

ill do that

😄

ty

[jolly bloom]

Anyone have a level 8 uncut spirit gem?

[spare talon]

They go for some money, idk if anyone would give it

Unless ya trying to buy it

[glossy junco]

Does biting frost work on herald of ice?

[steady radish]

Guys is the upgrade of herold of ice and lightning from 18 to 21 worth it?

[left matrix]

Act 2, the Dreadnaught, drops them a lot

[mortal summit]

When it comes to stat building, do i want %physical over #physical, or should i get both as they play into one another

[deep summit]

when the thunder herald is triggered?

[hybrid ocean]

Probably not worth a prism of belief, but if you're judt upgrading the gems themselves, almost certainly worth having them at 20. Not sure what the going rate of level 21 heralds is atm though

[silent hedge]

Hi guys, I'm following a guide that tells me I can drop 2 bells with overabundance.

But when I actually play it, It does not allow me to drop 2 bells at once.

Do I have to slot 2 different bells in my skill slot?

[hybrid ocean]

You still need to build up combo for the second one, it just won't make the first one disappear

[rotund veldt]

Hey, does someone know whats the best Char/ Build for just Boss Farming?

[native willow]

so many builds can just insta-delete bosses. dunno

[mint summit]

Yeah it depends on how far you need to run before killing the boss

[wicked tiger]

Probably some auto bomber build, fast mapping to collect fragments and still insta kills bosses

[mint summit]

If it’s literally just for farming arbiter I guess you don’t need move speed

[wicked tiger]

Farming arbiter doesn’t seem worth it imo

So many bad moriors that can drop

[mint summit]

my first T0 arbiter kill dropped a 30 div morior and I was like 'wtf why arent people just farming this and nothing else' but it turns out that's not the usual

[wicked tiger]

Nice

My first 2 kills were 2 div moriors lol I was like screw this guy

[oblique sluice]

Hello. The Gas Arrow skill explosion converts physical to fire. Which modifier would increase its damage? % increased physical damage or % increased elemental damage?

[wicked tiger]

Both work

[oblique sluice]

Oh okay thank you.

[atomic halo]

? only on the weapon

[atomic halo]

#% inc phys damage will only work on the weapon (as a local modifier)

if it's from some other source, it wont apply to the converted damage

[wicked tiger]

Wait really? So jewels won’t work here?

Cause I used elemental damage jewels for my ice strike monk

[atomic halo]

ele yes, phys no

of course there aren't that many sources of global phys

just want to be accurate

[wicked tiger]

But wait even if increased physical is only local to a weapon, wont that still make gas arrow stronger?

Or is the physical damage associated with the explosion a different source?

[atomic halo]

i said that would work

just it wouldnt work from any other source

[wicked tiger]

I’m failing to understand the case where either one of those mods wouldn’t make gas arrow stronger

[atomic halo]

if there is a node on your tree that sys 100% increased physical damage

that will not affect the fire component of the explosion

ele will always work

[wicked tiger]

Oh is it because the nodes on the tree are applied at the end of the calculation? I.e. there’s no more physical damage left to increase?

[atomic halo]

correct

[wicked tiger]

Interesting

[atomic halo]

whereas local phys modifies the base phys of the weapon, prior to conversion

[wicked tiger]

Ok makes sense now

[oblique sluice]

Thank you for the clarification oh wise balloon

[jolly bloom]

Hola Peoples!

[woeful cliff]

Would rings that add phys be added before or after conversion

[atomic halo]

all added damage is before conversion

[foggy bloom]

which mace is better?

[woeful cliff]

I'd use option 2 for more damage and better mana management

[pseudo mirage]

So this is probably a silly question, but does Skill Speed also affect your basic attacks?

[real belfry]

how much mana and mana regenaration should i have so i can use mind over matter without running out of mana <,< or what should i aim for

[atomic halo]

yes

attacks, spells, warcries, crossbow reloading, the works

just not movement

[pseudo mirage]

Ahh thank you!

[tawdry prism]

which is better if my build is revolving around poison damage:

"Gain 23% of damage as Extra Chaos Damage" OR " "23% increased Chaos damage"?

[atomic halo]

gain as extra

it's generally much more scarce

[tawdry prism]

but what does it mean exactly? Any dmg i do, also gets converted to chaos?

[west dove]

extra takes whatever you have and adds on, if you have 0% chaos dmg, you now do chaos dmg

2nd one is, if you have 0 chaos dmg and take that, it does nothing for you, because there's nothing to increase

[tawdry prism]

ahh i see

[west dove]

similar to rolling %phys on a cultist bow

[tawdry prism]

okay so for me to apply my withered effect, i need my Eye of Winter to do chaos dmg. That means i def need the node that says "Gain"

[west dove]

a cultist bow has 0 phys dmg so increasing phys% does nothing

[west dove]

yes that would be correct

[tawdry prism]

okay i see

thank you

[west dove]

if you need something else to apply wither on hit, then you need to pop chaos infusion on it

[tawdry prism]

ahh right

[west dove]

cos otherwise the skill does no chaos dmg, and so won't do anything

idk what you're playing though

[tawdry prism]

playing pathfinder corpsewade build

[west dove]

there's a node top right of the tree that withers things in your presence

the end node for it makes you gain x% as chaos dmg

that's the one we use for eow

[tawdry prism]

yes exactly, that's what i was looking at

i have that

[west dove]

yeh if you have that then it's all good

[tawdry prism]

i was looking at removing that for something else

but guess i need it

[west dove]

poison scales off phys% and chaos dmg% so it still helps your damage too

(i play gas arrow pf)

[tawdry prism]

ahh very nice

do you go evasion for defense?

[west dove]

eva and ES

[tawdry prism]

okay same, yeah i go eva and ES

i tried just going ES, died instantly

im sitting at 62% eva

and its very nice

[west dove]

it's some combination of

1. max ES helm with Subterfuge Mask
2. max eva chest with Beastial skin and Spectral ward

acrobatics is very overrated

[tawdry prism]

oh true, i have a good waxed chest piece, but i went with ghostwrite instead

gave me more ES, but less evasion of cours

and i dont take beastuak skin or spectral ward

[west dove]

ghostwrite is ok if you want to go down the CI route

[tawdry prism]

oh yeah, i am taking CI

[west dove]

it's a decent transitional piece

but CI is not something you can half-ass

[tawdry prism]

but why not CI with waxed chest

[west dove]

you need to get all of your pieces ready before you transition

it's similar to using an ingenuity belt, you'll want both your rings ready before you transition to using it

[tawdry prism]

ahh, im ssf, i dont think ill ever get ingenuity belt

[west dove]

das fine

[tawdry prism]

but i understand what you're saying

[west dove]

but in the meantime, using a typical build while building chaos res is fine as well

[hoary spire]

should i get more attack speed or lightning damage on my howa

[west dove]

are you using grim feast and wind dancer?

those 2 are BiS

[atomic halo]

lightning, generally

but of course you want both

[hoary spire]

yeah both high is too expensive

[tawdry prism]

i am only using grim feast

[west dove]

you'll only need 1 line of spirit in either your helm, chest or amulet to run both

just T1 is enough

and make sure you quality wind dancer for the 4th stack

no sorry i lied

i have grim feast, wind dancer and ghost dance

[tawdry prism]

problem is im already using unset ring to get all my other skills in according to the build im following

[west dove]

so you shouldn't need any extra spirit

[tawdry prism]

but i did look into getting winddancer at one piont, but i dont think i can cuz i use scepters

wind dancer need martial weapon i think

[west dove]

oh you're right

[pine hill]

Hey guys did 1000 exalt is good for a build for sorceress spark ?

[sterile stone]

anyone know if they fixed Arc more damage per chain left?

[deep summit]

The magic wand сan worth more than 30 div

[clever sphinx]

anyone have pob build for one shot arbiter t4 spark stormweaver build?

[west dove]

try #1322252994858713172

[clever sphinx]

i check the pob the spark dmg only 400k tho , possible for one shot arbiter?

[coral root]

man i didnt use archmage till i was lvl 80

dmg nearly triple

[atomic nymph]

Trying one of the most popular builds for cheap is not a great option

[pine hill]

Yeah that was why im asking I see on ytb it worth few divines and I dont got it yet

[atomic nymph]

You gonna pay 100 times more for the hype and popularity

[pine hill]

Ok so do u know a build for this amount ?

[atomic nymph]

Start something and spam trials

Trials don't require big build or a lot of gear to get currency

[pine hill]

Trials of sekhemas ?

[atomic nymph]

That or chaos

Depends on what you like

[pine hill]

I got my first thousand divines buy farming chaos is sekehmas better ?

Thousand exalt****

[atomic nymph]

Depends if you win rng

Sekemas is more rng than chaos for stable profit

Tho is still profit if you plan and know what to sell( relics jewels and more)

Like you can get cheaper wand and some stuff for spark that is starting point , even with 10 exalted buget you can do trial of chaos

You need to plan but for endgame that applies for everything if you want to make a build or money

Also following expensive build does not mean you will have fun , try to see more what the game has to offer

[pine hill]

Yeah already looked and i like this one, its my first Time in poe so i want to start a build and try to maximise it

[heavy radish]

when looking and comparing stuff for example for invoker,
lets say i wantto compare in game 2 QS , is just checking dps on ice strike for each QS a good metric to look at? (lets say non of them have increased elemental damage)

[pine hill]

Ty for ur response btw !

[heavy radish]

wasn't sure where to ask sorry if aim wrong channel

[atomic nymph]

Don't worry about maximize get used to some stuff as next league is soon and it will help you

[atomic nymph]

Glad to help ^^

[atomic nymph]

DPS tooltip does not include all your dps, Pob can help you if you want better metric

It's not perfect but compared to DPS tooltip is better on some parts

[heavy radish]

yeah im also trying out POB but for some reason it seems to miss some of my stats and i checked my build/setup X times and just gave up . Thought i got a better QS but was surprised when my DPS went down even the new QS has like 200 dmg higher physical dmg

[atomic nymph]

The in-game tooltip does not know to calculate some of your damage stuff that is one big problem

[heavy radish]

thanks a lot so defo back to the lab

[native willow]

it should be 1:1 with your stats if you did it right

for my deadeye, POB is only like 1% off my in-game tooltip DPS for lightning arrow. pretty damn close

[lavish temple]

good or nah?

I wanna increase my damage to like 3 mil

[pearl sluice]

Anyone know who I can look at for a good temporalis build?

[hearty gust]

Id say it's good

[lavish temple]

is that without attacking or

like with

[hearty gust]

Hideout

[lavish temple]

Alr

how is that so

Let me see your tree

[hearty gust]

Dm me

[fallen mirage]

what are some skills that work well for support build (those that dont rely on damage or skill tree) ? Like Eye on winter (crit), orbs (for exposure), what else can you suggest?

[pearl sluice]

Why is Considered Casting allowed to be socketed to Firewall if it doesn't hit but causes dot? Does it have something to do with the amount of dot as if it were a hit?

[hybrid ocean]

Might be as simple as allowing you to reduce the cast speed

[pearl sluice]

The DPS calculations go up though cast speed goes down, though.

[craggy ice]

well yeah

the dot it inflicts is based off as though it were hitting, like gas arrow

assuming you dont have other "more" multipliers, a 25% more increase would be effectively 25% more damage on your flame wall

for reference, ignite scales off 20% post-mitigation fire damage

[static torrent]

Regular Ignite is based off of pre-mitigation damage.

[craggy ice]

ah woops

dk why i thought it was post-mitigation lol

wait it wouldnt make sense post-mitigation either that would mean your damage would be affected by modifiers x2

[pearl sluice]

ty

[pearl sluice]

ty

[sage orbit]

Im currently running a ice striker crit based monk and looking to start the tempest flurry stat stacker one, should I start only with a ingenuity belt or I can start without it?

[atomic halo]

not mandatory

can get by with some random rare belt

[sage orbit]

what about the grand regalia chestpiece?

[atomic halo]

still doable but not as nice

you get a lot of res from it, lets you be very flexible with other gear slots

[sage orbit]

I already have a 3 socket caged God, should I look for a howa and a grand regalia first?

[atomic halo]

howa is mandatory yeah

a good morior is a lot though, like 50+ div last time i checked

can settle for a weaker one like attr + life or res and rarity or somethng

25 div for a 4s attr res

[sage orbit]

alr, about the breach rings, should I aim only for the attributes or i need the added phys and lightning dmg?

[atomic halo]

all are good

you want at least one source of fire somwwhere to get ignites on your bell

attributes are top priority though

flat is good on top for even more damage

[sage orbit]

why though

[atomic halo]

why which part

why do you want ignites on bell?

[sage orbit]

why would I need to ignite the bell

didn't get it

[atomic halo]

Deals 30% more Damage per Elemental Ailment afflicting The Bell

it deals more damage the more elemental ailments you inflict on it

[sage orbit]

I didn't knew it, lol

so it will be 90% more dmg

[small tiger]

does anyone know if energy shield roles matter in increasing mana levels if you no longer have an energy shield?

[deep summit]

If you took the nodes for increase maximum energy shield, but after took a node which сonverts all energy shield to mana. Then only the energy shield from your equipment will be taken into account

[spare talon]

Hey what spark sorc guide would y'all recommend?

[dense laurel]

Doing a str stacking slammer titan build is there anything that scales damage off str? Besides 1 node in the tree?

[young hinge]

Corrupting warcry blood thing,

[hoary bolt]

you can do pillar of the caged god

[hybrid ocean]

I'm told your will to uninstall the game also scales off str

[verbal reef]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/9ab04af3-7f61-4a49-81be-c52b66c33a18/builds/06a1fdf6-d205-4d6d-8cf8-85755452130b?weaponSet=set2 following this build. i feel insanely squishy, get 1-shot by a lot of bosses. any advice?

[atomic halo]

imo atziris is just better than three dragons

[verbal reef]

so the build just kinda sucks?

[atomic halo]

just swap the helm

• some changes on the tree and ur fine

get so much more hitpool with atziri's it's ridiculous

[verbal reef]

i cant rly use the charged staff / resonance thing without 3 dragons right?

[atomic halo]

sure you can

just get added cold from rings

/other sources

[signal sky]

why isnt infernal cry combusting dead corpses on my wich hunter like war bringer did?

[left ledge]

thats a warbringer only thing- check assencacy

[signal sky]

oh so combust doesnt work on jus lying corpses damm

[signal sky]

i see it thanks

[hoary bolt]

you could use deidbell helm

[soft latch]

Hi, why it is 174 spirit in this build? From chest and passive it should be 165 (100 + 507/15=33,8 + 189/6=31,5). Is there any other source of spirit?
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/es9px0eu

[uncut nexus]

does this works with totems ? including ballista?

[hoary bolt]

yes

[uncut nexus]

ty

[rough trout]

why do infernalists lvl with arsonists all the way? im 26 with 293 spirit which allows 5 summons and takes 10 business days for nades to reach the target which is already moved away from firewall....like are frost mages any good or should i swap to reavers in a few levels when I can use them?

[urban maple]

I have a question, why is the cast on shock doesn't charge a whole time its 0%, i use stormweaver spark build and on my ice strike monk cast on shock works fine, what is the trick?

[crystal knot]

Jewels that add energy gain to Mera skills probably. 45% total between 3-4 helps.

Meta

[urban maple]

But i dont have those jewels on my monk and it works

[crystal knot]

Ya idk all the mechanisms of the game but it's the same with my Gemling. I'm finishing a CoS sorc now and that was the thing that boosted my CoS

That and having some chance to shock nodes

Actually building out my character in PoB today to decide if I want to respec some stuff and push Crit more

[urban maple]

I have that

[crystal knot]

Id try to get those jewels Or anything for energy gain for meta skills. It could also be support gems too depending on how your set up

[urban maple]

On it i have an arc, lighting conduit, considered casting, and impetus

[crystal knot]

For spark I have been running: acceleration, overcharge, coursing current, conduction and persistence.

For CoS I run lightning conduit, elemental focus, impetus, controlled destruction and inspiration. They're my builds only 5 link skills

[urban maple]

Okay i will try that

[crystal knot]

Let me know if you notice changes. Otherwise it will be those jewels i mentioned.

[halcyon bobcat]

Is there a way to lengthen the duration of "recently"?

[last horizon]

damit, I changed something in my Heralds and now my Herald of Ice won't trigger anymore 😦

[atomic halo]

no

always 4 seconds

[last horizon]

never mind, fixed it!

[woven terrace]

is this good ?

[atomic halo]

its good yeah

[woven terrace]

this ?

[atomic halo]

bad

[woven terrace]

what makes it better?

[atomic halo]

proj skills, %es

your weighted sum is overvaluing some things probably

[woven terrace]

spirit

i need 60

[hybrid ocean]

@woven terrace depending in your budget, losing the mana in favor of something like these two may be worth it

[woven terrace]

can you link the one in the bottom

is it good for spark build /

[hybrid ocean]

@atomic halo would be a better person to ask, but I think so

The life regen is whatever, but nothing else there is bad

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/8QpEZVqCV

Here's the link, can remove the fire resist to see more

Should be the second listing

[atomic halo]

think proj skills is out of their budget atm

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/QJ9oKgRSw

thought these looked nice

[woven terrace]

%ES is usless for me tho

[atomic halo]

oh right

eb?

[woven terrace]

no

mom ,ci

[atomic halo]

no eb? why not? and if not, why is % es useless?

[woven terrace]

whait no i am using it lol

[atomic halo]

yeah, that makes more sense

[woven terrace]

i need more mana regen

[atomic halo]

guess the one you linked is okayy for your budget

but i dont really like the look of it

[woven terrace]

idk

@atomic halo this /

or just link me one you think i good even without mana regen please

[signal sky]

do passives carry over wepon swaps if u use a duration like bell?

[strong frost]

can anyone suggest my next upgrade? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/7uagn0e7

[hybrid ocean]

Durations and such definitely get snapshotted, I'm not 100% on things like crit rate though. I'm pretty sure that does too, just not sure enough that you should take my word for it uncritically.

[craggy ice]

anyone know what best atlas setup is for end-endgame mapping

[pastel gyro]

Can gemling tri stack use passive node to get cold and fire DM instead of flat DM from ring? Or ring is must?

[hoary bolt]

there is no flat damage from passives

only increases

you need a source of the damage, like from a ring

[craggy ice]

i just rely on drenched for cold damage now, and fire on ring

[pastel gyro]

I mean instead of flat from the ring can i just get "damage" from passive only?

Or flat from the ring is must?

[craggy ice]

this is a little late but bell damage is snapshotted on cast, including the shockwaves. so in this case, yes

[hoary bolt]

passives dont give any damage, they can only increase it

ring is a must imo

[craggy ice]

some do

[hoary bolt]

like what

[craggy ice]

erm

[craggy ice]

drenched

[hoary bolt]

oh actually true

[craggy ice]

all you need is enough to proc a freeze on one target to start chain

rest comes from cold infusion/ice bite on herald of thunder

[hoary bolt]

i was legit just thinking about raw flat, which of course there isnt any

[craggy ice]

ah i see

[hoary bolt]

but gain as extra accomplishes the same

[craggy ice]

also technically you dont need any cold damage because hot can freeze with support gems

its nice to have though

you do need a smidgen of fire to burn bell though, and there's no extra fire nodes near typical attribute stacker path

could use fire infusion, fire rune, or fire enchant but that will cost some dps

[pastel gyro]

What about passive that list "gain #% as extra cold or fire DM " ?

I saw some of my friends use that node

Or do they jst use to Amp those damage?

[hoary bolt]

those work

I just forgot about them

[pastel gyro]

What about vocanic skin?

[craggy ice]

volcanic skin works but its too many travel nodes to path to and controlled metamorphosis doesnt hit it

if you hit it with mega though that should be fine

[pastel gyro]

Okay thanks a lot. I am planning to get both of them to save budget from the ring and others cuz i am not planning to buy the popular amulet in any sooner

[craggy ice]

sounds good, good luck and have fun

[ancient cypress]

Im new and my friend gave me some divs, whats are the good monk builds i could do for 50 divs?

[craggy ice]

attribute stacker

[hardy nest]

Does the dualstring bow have less potential physical dmg because it fires 2 arrows?

[steady breach]

that is very likely the reason for that balance decision

[plain walrus]

any auto bomber for deadeye?

[left matrix]

1 extra spark, or Ferocity on blink, dont quite compete with cooldown reduction and area of effect power from Titan or the shock amp from stormweaver nor the extra damage, crit and resource management from bloodmage.

Deadeye performs really well on its own for clearing maps without being Autobomber though, I dont think its the best idea to make one autobomber.

[sage gyro]

if i take "chance to poison" will that apply to skeletal snipers too?

hmm looks like other mods like projectile speed and chain apply to them but not chance to poison for their basic attack

huh, even with envenom they can't poison?

[mint summit]

It lets you slot it into the minion skill but they don’t poison?

[sage gyro]

ya

atleast it isn't listed compared to my basic attack dmg details pages

[mint summit]

But you haven’t tested?

[sage gyro]

no i haven't. i only had a few seconds earlier to check things

[signal sky]

does each level just give u 1 skill point is there a lil more to it?

[atomic halo]

you get flat life mana and accuracy

but i dont remember how much

12 life, +4 mana, +3 accuracy

[left matrix]

Heyooo,

Curious if anyone could assist me in finding a good spot to try and utilize time-lost jewels.

Normal jewels are capping me a little on reaching 100% shock debuff, I am currently only able to attain 95% with voltaic mark up.
Was hoping I might find the other 5% shock, ~15% shock magnitude, in changing to a Time Lost Emerald/Sapphire maybe, without losing crit chance/damage.

I have a pretty weak ATD, using it to cap fire res rn, its giving 24%, Which I traded off for crit chance on gear, as you cannot get crit chance or damage on the unique jewel.

Eh,,, any general input would be appreciated
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/jwbnc0e7

For reference, my weakest fulldps nodes to remove right now are higher dps than the max per point I stand to gain. (within 10 movable nodes)
I think Opportunity cost is relatively optimized. Just trying to polish outside of gear.

I was thinking of replacing my ATD with something like this, instead.

Which would potentially free up 2 jewels for quiver bonus.

[latent bronze]

Invoker Monk -- with Lead Me Through Grace, is that strictly bound to the rating on my armor or is there another loophole? Trying to use Morior Invictus and I'm 12 spirit shy of what I need for Cast on Shock

[prime sapphire]

whats better on a ring, x% increased lightning damage or adds x to x lightning damage to attacks (gemling tempest flurry build)

[craggy ice]

if you're playing attribute stacker

x% increase will be effectively worthless because you're getting a lot from pillar, etc. already

ideal stats for rings will be:

1. minimum amount of cold/fire if you don't have any sources of them yet
2. dex/int -> all attributes -> str
3. rarity
4. adds x dmg

@prime sapphire

[atomic halo]

adds is much better

as pillar has so little flat, you want flat from anywhere you can get it

% inc is unimpressive as the str mod on howa gives tons of %

[signal sky]

if im usin the hands of wisdom and action and wanna go faster and do dmg should i use the unique wraped great helm over the one with onslaught im doin a elemental stacker with avatar of fire?

[atomic halo]

doesnt avatar of fire mean like 25% less damage

as you dont convert the rest of the flat lightning

and the best helm for dps is def black sun crest

dont use the onlaught one unless you're leveling or something

[sage gyro]

bummer, projectile and physical damage increases don't effect skeletal sniper attack 😦

[hoary bolt]

they do, just not your increases

support gems that boost those stats work on them

[sage gyro]

i was testing passive tree

[hoary bolt]

minions dont have your passive tree

[sage gyro]

so only gems in the skill slot or minion modifiers in passive tree effect them?

[livid fulcrum]

feel like minions have to get some love in future builds along with pathing help as well. There are so few minion nodes in the three right now

just finished acts at lv65 and while I can do 15s off the bat, man is it painfully slow

[oblique sluice]

Hello. What is the best way to apply wither to rares/uniques? Some guides currently recommend eye of winter but it does not deal chaos damage.

[hoary bolt]

you can slap on chaos infusion on it

[frank ridge]

how relevant/important is increased rarity when i start mapping
like should i look to add it in my build up to a certain value or something

[hoary bolt]

rarity is pretty powerful, and softcaps at around 150%

get it if you can

[frank ridge]

gotcha guess i can spare some slots to find that into

as for res caps im getting 2 numbers in my character screen, 75%(x%)
the x% just means the total beyond the cap right, and i can reduce it as long as i still stay at 75%?

[eternal meadow]

How's Sunder for killing packs during campaign?

[undone gate]

Anyone can help me with my cast ond dodge frost wall build? I wanna change to temporalis but not sure how to get the spirit back and the survivability

[left matrix]

Against the Darkness with Spirit is usually the quickfix

Survivability is not typically an issue when everything across the screen is deaded

[undone gate]

True ok I got it now I used 1 more grand spectrum

[undone gate]

Ty

[smoky dome]

My weapon gem's slot is currently at 4 sockets, how can i get 5 sockets?

[left matrix]

It goes to 5 slots automatically at level 90,

Skill gems require jewelers orbs.

[last horizon]

I don't havey my PC in front of me right now, but just a general question: I'm playing a gemling stat stacker, and none of my items give me any accuracy, but I seem to have maxed out accuracy anyway, like over 8000... and 100% chance to hit at 2m etc.
Is there a way of using that much accuracy somehow?

[left matrix]

Dexterity awards accuracy, which is why you have so much.

[last horizon]

yeah, but only like 2 or 3 per dex, right?

[left matrix]

You can turn it into attack speed :D

[last horizon]

is there a passive skill for that?

[left matrix]

Yeh, its south of the dex to attack speed node

Which double dips you into dex

Cant recall the name right now. Its next to the skill speed node

[last horizon]

Falcon Dive!

yeah

[left matrix]

Yeboi

[midnight geode]

do % dmg modifiers apply to ailments? Like if i proc ignite and do 10 fire dps and get +20% fire dmg, am i gonna do 12 dps? Or is the ignite dmg only calculated through magnitude and nothing else

[atomic halo]

indirectly

if you have 10 base fire and 20% inc fire, you deal 12 damage

so your ignite is based off of 12 damage instead of 10, so it's 20% stronger

[midnight geode]

ah i see

ty

[idle goblet]

spells from barrier invocation can generate energy for CoS ?

[hoary bolt]

What's the best way of quickly breaking armour in a large AoE?

Or secondarily, heaving stunning mobs in a large AoE and thereby breaking armour via Shattering Blow on tree?

I was thinking big AoE Gas Arrow/Grenade with Corrosion, but a quick large aoe that actually stuns should also do the job

maybe just resonating shield?

[raw forge]

What is a good way to run crit builds for sorc? I’m trying greater lightning bolt with spell cascade but my crit % is -25 for some reason

[gaunt mortar]

Flash grenade overpower and devastate work pretty well on normal mobs, I like armour piercing rounds and chain personally

[hoary bolt]

yeah I also posted this to the titan channel, and I did some testing myself and came to the same conclusion

armour piercing + chain is amazing

[gaunt mortar]

It truly is. By far my favorite way to speed through campaign, chain and armour explosion on armour piercing rounds. It falls off real quick in maps tho @hoary bolt but if you just need to armour break armour piercing rounds and chain slaps

[hoary bolt]

I was planning to use the new Battershout support

[gaunt mortar]

Gas grenade corrosion might be better then with scattershot and magnified effect

If you don't detonate it, that shit breaks armour so damn fast

It might be more reliable than apr and chain on large packs

Or flash grenade

The new skill that uses attacks may be useful too, have it use apr and chain and you can just spam shout

[hoary bolt]

it doesnt have to be 100% consistent and get all of the pack, just a solid number of the mobs

the explosions should deal really beefy damage and have a really big aoe

[worthy inlet]

what's the best website for builds? I'm giving up on my mercenary and want to start over... need an easy build for leveling and going through the campaign

[rich raft]

To follow a build guide? Maxroll probably my goto

[worthy inlet]

thank you! yeah... I'm new to POE, and coming from D2/D4 it feels a bit overwhelming... dont have a ton of time to game, so I prefer to just follow a build... makes my life a bit easier

I tried a merc when the game first came out, but I dont think I made the best decisions (no builds then)... so I want to get back into the game and want to pick one that's good for leveling/campaign... dont care about endgame as much

[rich raft]

Fair enough. Maxroll have builds from their writers but also community submitted builds. And they break them down by levelling/end game and also class and ascendency

[worthy inlet]

yeah, I've used maxroll for D4... they can be great sometimes

they're very thorough at explaining everything for beginners... tho mobalytics and other folks might end up with better builds later on (but no step by step)

I wonder if it's still worth it to keep my merc and try to get back to it months later lol, or just start from scratch

[rich raft]

May as well keep it unless ur out of char slots.