2┃build-planning

[steep solar]

So what is the better option for thorns warrior? Turtle Charm Warbringer or Hulking Form Titan?

wailing wall shield gets me Turtle Charm (kinda) but no thorns.

[static plinth]

We cant overflow ES anymore right?

It was only Grim Feast that could do that

[distant glade]

Meditate exists

[tranquil raptor]

hey, any tips for support gems for dark effigy in lich build? will be using it only for bosses

[simple juniper]

Hello, could anyone tell me if poison works with Herald of Blood?

[glad peak]

Anyone know if there's a way to reflect lightning damage to yourself?

[carmine flicker]

Kitava exist too and is an option

Also you get most of thorns damage from persistent buff

[grim dawn]

Is light spear stronger than twister setup now?

[marsh jasper]

Any good stormweaver endgame build?

[ocean hound]

did you solve this problem?

[oblique marlin]

questions about Prolonged Assault notable, it has "buffs on you expire slower" mod:

• it adds more seconds to the timer?
• or counter of the timer just animating slower and numbers change not per second but per 1.1 seconds?
• do we have ANYWHERE in game similar affixes or mods anywhere? i can not find

[crude tree]

is the dance with death passive worth picking up or are the stats from the off hand much better>

[fleet blaze]

this doesn't do anything?

299% before and 299% after

[static torrent]

The display for it was bugged back in 0.1, perhaps it hasn't been sorted out with 0.2

[upper viper]

What ways do we have of leech, the #% damage is leeched as life and life per hit ?

Just, when i use the nodes on the tree in pob. i dont see leech go up ?
even tho i have the leech damage a life

[kindred barn]

Do trigger spells not count toward meta gem energy anymore?

[hasty elm]

does meginord's girlde's increased flask charges used cause pconc to consume more flask charges?

[atomic halo]

life on hit is not leech

[upper viper]

ok

Just not alot of leech i get from 10% on gear XD

[orchid minnow]

Hey, can everey unique be chanced?

[atomic halo]

no, boss-exclusive uniques cannot be chanced

and mechanic-exclsuive stuff like simulacrum drops

otherwise, everything else can be chanced

[woven zinc]

So before Kitoko’s - do we throw electrocute on storm lance or lightning spear and use snipers mark even on mob clearing to build frenzy charges?

[prisma nimbus]

what classes are best right now>

?

[subtle vigil]

Does thorns damage proc it's retaliation on blocked hits?

[static plinth]

Yes

[subtle vigil]

Thank you for the fast reply

[little wave]

Hey, i came back to infernalist after trying the huntress and i noticed that they added a cd to Flame blast. I used Solar orb and Flame Blast as main damage but now its no longer possible. Can anyone suggest some fire spell combos?

[neat bison]

I use electrocute on storm lance and pretty much only use it for single target, lightning spear should be able to clear trash pretty easily without charges, and just use mark on rares.

[dawn spire]

Incinerate is getting a massive buff and eye of Winter is getting changed to get bonus damage when it passes over an orb (like solar orb). I'd start by testing those out

I forget if those buffs are already in or not

[neat bison]

Don’t think so

[dawn spire]

I'm on a work trip so I'm just pressing my face to the frosted glass glass while everyone eats Christmas dinner

[upper viper]

Some damn early christmas dinner

or late XD

[static torrent]

'over the next few days' so not yet

[little wave]

ty anyway 😂

[dawn spire]

Fireball + flame wall and/or ice wall might be solid enough

[regal zinc]

For grenade build; what am I focusing on? Dmg seems to have tapered out in act 2

[dawn spire]

There really aren't that many fire spells, are there?

[dawn spire]

Cooldown reduction, area, number of projectiles

[regal zinc]

.1 seemed to have been able to ramp around act 3 late act 2

[upper viper]

Sadly, i was looking for one with good ignite 😦

[regal zinc]

‘Not seeing it

[dawn spire]

Are you upgrading your crossbow regularly?

That's the biggest thing

[regal zinc]

Honestly I got a godly crossbow super early

[gray ferry]

Can enemies only have 1 ignite on them at all? Even if you are playing with companions or party members?

[regal zinc]

Like a 13-63 dmg range with 2 attack affix’s

And +1 to projectile skills

[open gulch]

Someone who know PoB.
Can you help me to understand why numbers are difff in pob, than in game?

[distant glade]

Because in game calcs are ass

[tawdry orbit]

In game tooltips has always been inaccurate. Pob shows combat dps, all your extra effects and curses etc. the skill tooltip doesn’t take any of that into consideration

[polar oasis]

With Giant's blood does it triple requirement before or after reduced attribute requirement mod?

[distant glade]

After

Wait

Idk

[tranquil raptor]

stupid question but does every build feel so weak in current league during campaign? I level 3 characters last league and they breezed through content, now with my lich chaos build I can't do shit, enemies hit too hard I hit too weak, my next noticable weapon upgrade for damage increase costs like 1div which is no way to get in campaign

[distant glade]

Attributes get reduced first then it’s tripled

[polar oasis]

actually im not sure it matters, i think its still the same

[distant glade]

Maybe 😂

[median beacon]

If my passive tree 1 has the two "+1 max attack totems" nodes, and my passive tree 2 doesn't; when I summon three ballistae with passive tree 1 active, then weapon swap to passive tree 2, will I lose two of my three summoned totems? Or do totems/ballistas "snapshot" the tree I have when I summon them?

[tawdry orbit]

Kinda, there’s some stand outs but you need to make sure you’re scaling whatever you’re using correctly.

[tranquil raptor]

any stand outs? I might just reroll my character because I just don't vibe with lich

[polar oasis]

tbf i can't afford an astramentis anyway so doesn't really matter

[tawdry orbit]

Spears got some solid buffs, I know lightning spear is supposed to be pretty solid. I’m enjoying warrior shield charge+stampede support or whatever that gem is called

[patent shell]

idk if this is smart cause bleed is based on ur base phys dmg and bleed magnitude and ignite is based of ur fire damage increasing both is extremly hard but good luck with that

[tranquil raptor]

thank you

[tawdry orbit]

Np

[quartz bobcat]

can someone clarify the wording on this?
does the enemy have to be killed via bleed to trigger the explosion or does it just have to be killed by anything WHILE bleeding?

[distant glade]

While bleeding

[quartz bobcat]

so e.g. raking an enemy then having it die by thorns will trigger it?

[distant glade]

Sounds right yeah. As long as they’re actively bleeding when they die

[quartz bobcat]

nice. was looking to add see red to thorns build so HoB could be a nice bonus

[distant glade]

Sounds neat. I’ve been wanting to try out thorns as well, it looks pretty decent actually lol

[neat bison]

I don’t think they need to be actively bleeding, they just need the blood loss on their HP bar

[quartz bobcat]

its super nice for campaign clear and early maps but seems hard to scale beyond, so thinking of cooking up a bleed/thorns hybrid build

with some global bleed chance the thorns should proc pretty decently high bleeds too so maybe rake isnt needed

[static plinth]

Will Trinity give me all 3 resonances if all my ele damage is equal?

[woeful tinsel]

Does temper weapon apply to all the spears in spearfield?

That would seem insane if so

[compact tulip]

which is correct, A or B?

[woeful tinsel]

I think A

[static plinth]

A

[onyx beacon]

So to confirm (Or do we know yet?); The new support coming out, prevents skill linked to it, from consuming charges. This means the skill CANNOT empower via CONSUMING charges like it normally would yes? Or would it mean smth like flicker strike just has infinite power charges potentially for the duration of your charges, till you refresh them

[static plinth]

The former

[onyx beacon]

Prevents it from consuming, thus cannot empower

[fringe cape]

As a lich, how do I maintain my energy shield with this node?

[compact tulip]

Don't cast that many chaos skills

[fringe cape]

Are there any nodes or items that allows energy shield to recharge while being damaged?

[upper viper]

So far been going well in the acts

But yeah, its deff not easy 😂

[distant glade]

Chronomancer

[fringe cape]

Well RIP... I'm lich

[distant glade]

There’s definitely more I just don’t know off the top of my head

[patent shell]

its meant for dot builds u cast one time and then wait 6 seconds and cast again so u basicly lose 3% hp every 6 seconds its not meant for builds with 20 attacks per second XD unless u have tons of lifesteal or 1k life regen but even then 50% inc is not worth that sacrifice XDDD

[upper viper]

Mostly thanks to herald of blood and ash for mob clear 😂

[fringe cape]

Yea i mean I'm playing essence drain + contagion but I still cast more often than that you know

[cosmic tulip]

anyone has a build gude for artilery balists on huntress ?

[upper viper]

You might be able to convert a warrior version over

[distant glade]

Ziz has a smith version

[upper viper]

Yeah, that was on my mind. ANd if you dont wanna use a warrior. Just convert to huntress and try and make it work 😄

[cosmic tulip]

Yea , thank you , I will try it ,

I don't want to start a new character just to switch my build...

[proud condor]

It can't by default. My example was in reference to the unique gloves.

[upper viper]

Most of the time, depending on ascend. Youd be forced to make a new char, that is what i had to do 😄

[static plinth]

How cooked is this idea

[cosmic tulip]

I think Jungroan was playing balistas on huntress for more dmg than the warrior , I am not playing hardcore so I don;t mind dying..

[static plinth]

I feel like this would definitely work well if i had more reduced duration right

[crystal drift]

is there any spectres worth using with chaos build?

like mods i wanna look for just for extra help with campaign

[old oriole]

which huntress ascension is suited for bleed build?

[upper viper]

Me going warrior because i didnt like the ascends for huntress 😂

[neat bison]

I wouldn’t say either is tailor made but Amazon can get a higher max hit which means better bleed

[full meadow]

trying to make CoC work with gas/LA.
for gas specifically, what part of the skill would contribute the crit towards CoC?

[old oriole]

wdym by max hit?

[full meadow]

the hit, or would exploision add in?

[old oriole]

im sorry not sure what this has to do with bleed?

[neat bison]

Bleed is based off the damage of your hit, so the free crit and phys damage helps with that. Bigger number, bigger bleed.

[full meadow]

im not sure why you assumed i was responding to you, i have my own question xD

id help if i had bleed knowledge though

[old oriole]

okay...what free crit?

[upper viper]

Im just learning about bleed, been leveling with it till act 3 now.
Went with warrior for defence

[neat bison]

Amazon ascendency gives crit chance based on excess accuracy

or I guess chance to hit more accurately, which is variable depending on the monster

[old oriole]

okay so i build accura, i could get how high you think?

[neat bison]

Not sure, I gave up my bleed build because of how sad the support from skill tree is

[keen spindle]

hey guys, is this skills explosion, as well as storm lance explosion count as projectile? like does increase projectile damage affect the explosions of both skills?

[neat bison]

It should be proj damage yes

but also fire and aoe

[keen spindle]

aighty tnx!

[keen spindle]

and same thing for storm lance right? but lightning instead of fire

[neat bison]

Yep

[keen spindle]

gotcha tndx!

[quaint dagger]

whats the point of elemental infusion? (amazon ascendency)
how are you supposed to generate the other 2 types of charges (energy and frenzy)?
does it do anything more than adding some extra damage to ranged spear attacks?

[neat bison]

It adds free damage, it takes a bit of work to get the other charges but you only need to generate 1 kind

Frenzy charges is just free dmg and shock

You can generate a ton of them with snipers mark

[gray ferry]

I'm playing crit-bleed Amazon right now, still only in act 6 with a good crossbow and shoddy gear for everything else, I'm looking at like ~50% crit chance already and I'm just starting to invest a bit more into crit now, mostly been focussing on accuracy

Chance to hit ofc depends on enemy evasion ig but you can look at adding things like blind/maim/hobble which can reduce enemy evasion

[dreamy portal]

has anyone tried fire spells in 0.2? I have a very vague idea, i'd like to play a self ignite infernalist using some fire spell with the new support that consumes an ailment on you to give ailment magnitude. Could get even more crit by reserving 25% of my life and being considered low life with the belt. Figuring i could be pretty tanky with cloak of flame and max fire res too.

Just unsure on what spell to pick. Fireball looked fun in 0.1 but i think they nerfed the mega projectile spam and not sure if that'd be any good for ignite anyway?

[gray ferry]

Since Bringer of Flame allows allies to ignite with any damage, I wonder, are there ways to scale Minion ignites aside from support gems?

And ofc aside from just minion hit dmg

[twilit cairn]

which 2 acendency nodes first as amazon ?

[molten birch]

There's no source of Self Ignite in PoE2 is there

[static plinth]

Grinning Immolation

From Infernalist

[molten birch]

Now that I know that exists I'll look into it but this tree will look strange

[proud condor]

Other than gem level, low life presence scaling, skill level scaling, what else can one use to increase totem DPS?

Vulnerability sucks as a curse

[gray ferry]

things that boost your damage but not necessarily weapon damage should boost your totems right?

[proud condor]

I mean, yeah, but I took all the efficient nodes on the tree.

Running out of options

Also I have so much increased dmg there's relative diminishing returns

[gray ferry]

are you running the warrior totems?

[proud condor]

Shockwave

I don't like Sunder totem AI

[solid badger]

Can Twisters gain multiple elements if they pass over multiple ground effects?

[gray ferry]

running the node that lets you wield two 2handed maces is big because then you can get a lot of +gem levels

and that's exponential scaling

[proud condor]

They changed it to linear now

[gray ferry]

oof...

[proud condor]

And I have Giants Blood

Thanks anyways though, I do appreciate it

[gray ferry]

I mean it seems like you're hitting the right checkboxes

[proud condor]

Yeah, the nerfs at the top end hit hard

[prisma nimbus]

is tornado huntress viable?

[dusk gust]

can some one give me some uiquew fun builds? i dont know what to play

[pearl sluice]

any warriors in chat?

[timid aurora]

When is new patch

[timid aurora]

There aren't many this patch. Too many nerfs.

Everyone using the same few builds. Like in d4

[dusk gust]

oh, but arent there some fun build ideas

[timid aurora]

Yeah they are a chore to play tho

Game was slowed down too much

[dusk gust]

hmmmm

do you have some suggestions perhaps? waht a fun build could be

i was thinking about a time freeze build

[static torrent]

People were doing the same with 0.1, it's unfortunately common for people to flood into the top 1% of builds even if the rest work fine.

[timid aurora]

I felt there was more last season

[solid badger]

By Tornado do you mean Twister? Or do you mean Tornado Shot?

[timid aurora]

Magma builds. Pcoc builds

[pearl sluice]

who uses the coming calamity?

what builds?

[neat bison]

To be fair, the new class is the majority of players which means an overwhelming amount of twister, lightning spear and rake stomp

[prisma nimbus]

twister

[static plinth]

Cuz every build was secretly a HoWA stat stacker

[prisma nimbus]

twiater

[static plinth]

Or just double heralds

[solid badger]

I'm trying to figure out which Ascendancy would be best with a Twister build. Since Twisters get buffed by elemental ground. I could either use Wake of Destruction. Or I could go with the Invoker Ascendancy.

Which would be better, I wonder?

[proper venture]

Is minion/chaos or pure chaos better end game

[carmine flicker]

could do both

[solid badger]

Well, if Twisters can get multiple elemental ground effects, that would be an option for sure.

[carmine flicker]

minions are all or nothing, mostly
you invest a lot or they are waste of spirit that die from light sneeze

[solid badger]

I don't know if they stack though.

Like, can a Twister run over Shocked Ground and then Chilled Ground and get the damage bump from both?

[carmine flicker]

idk

[proper venture]

Ok I was doing a hybrid to level but I’ll swap full chaos when I get to maps. The meat shields are just too nice

Also, how do you get the lich passive that makes enemies pop when they die if they are cursed to happen all the time with turning the curses into an aura? I did it but they won’t pop

Even when I’m near them only pops sometimes not all the time

[carmine flicker]

it's a chance?

[proper venture]

Doesn’t say it’s a chance. Says cursed enemies explode dealing 33% of their hp as chaos

[dawn spire]

Are you killing them or are your minions killing them?

[carmine flicker]

33% chance to explode

[dawn spire]

And does it say, "Cursed enemies you kill..."?

[solid badger]

So, the allies have to be "in your presence" which is fairly close.

[dawn spire]

33% chance at 25% of their life

[proper venture]

Oh you right, misread it

[solid badger]

And yeah, only 1 in 3 will explode

[cosmic arch]

Is rarity still worth it on gear

[static plinth]

How tanky is a group of 15 skeletal clerics

For Dark Defiler purposes

[proper venture]

I haven’t had any luck running 100-125

[neat bison]

With meat shield and like arcane tempo, maybe very tanky

[static plinth]

Something like this?

[cosmic arch]

Mmmmmmmm

[neat bison]

Yeah seems ok, maybe elemental army as a little extra if you ever can afford the slot

[static plinth]

14+2 Clerics+Warriors, corrupted Dark Defiler for 6%, 96% of damage gained as extra chaos damage

Not bad, and possibly even worth the opportunity cost?

[neat bison]

Idk but it’s funny

[static plinth]

Me and my stupid cheerleaders

Wonder if it's worth getting Unearth in there, maybe move Last Gasp to them

[sonic garnet]

if im usiung this should i use shock or freeze nodes on the passive tree?

[fiery jolt]

can anyone help me to figure out a reliable way to shock bosses for a xbow merc , am struggling on applying shock to use my shockburst on bosses at T7 and higher

[static plinth]

Freeze if you want to freeze, shock if you want to shock

[sonic garnet]

so id use freeze building nodes if im using lightning damage?

[static plinth]

Yes

[sonic garnet]

sorry just want to be clear

oki thanks

[static plinth]

Do we have a way to convert phys to chaos?

[violet wharf]

Hi! Can anybody tell me if Impending Doom mana cost is working as intended? From my testing it seems that it increases the cost of the curse by 1.3(as it states in Impending Doom’s description), but each proc on each enemy also costs about 30% of the curse mana cost. Is this just something that’s not in the gem description or is it a bug?

[upper viper]

yeah it confused me as well, but each boom would take mana. So the more you spam it and if using spell cascade, it would X amount per cursed ground/boom

[solid badger]

Is Ritual Sacrifice junk? I read a lot of hype before the patch drop but haven't seen anything on the Ascendancy Notable since.

I'm finding the duration and effects to be...underwhelming.

[wild zinc]

Anyone cooking with some lich build that’s better than minions or edc? I feel like they are both quite underwhelming. Would there be any way to make spear work well on lich?

[neat bison]

I think there’s some potential for spears on blood mage but idk about lich

[crystal drift]

is there a way to take advantage of the constant power charges i get from profane ritual as a ED/C witch?

[static plinth]

Only as a Lich, really

[crystal drift]

ok well i am going for lich

[static plinth]

Then you take Price of Power

[grim panther]

whats the best way to work around the third strike consuming the shock on enemies? I thought electrocuting would be a burst window but this skill consumes the shcok status of electrocute which i didnt even know was possible

Since electrocuted enemies have the electrocute debuff and not shocked

[upbeat totem]

how do I overwrite what spectre is "caught" by bind spectre?

[old oriole]

does ritualist have anything helpfull for bleed build?

[crystal drift]

i think u just need new t7 gem

[old oriole]

she's rly cool

[upbeat totem]

Ah really? brutal

[crystal drift]

i think it gives them corrupted blood on death or hit something like that

[old oriole]

how helpfull is that, i read it but to no avail

[crystal drift]

shrug

no clue

[old oriole]

i think it's just not that good of an ascension for bleed

[upper viper]

thats how i understood it. So i went with corrupting cry instead

[old oriole]

while amazoness have more crit so i think more damage so bleed more damage

[crystal drift]

i want to do bleed ritualist just for the 3rd ring and extra bonus from rings

[old oriole]

but we gain nothing from the ascension that directly helps bleed right?

[neat bison]

Corrupted blood is funny, it is a physical DoT debuff, completely separate from bleed.

[crystal drift]

guess not from what i read

im wondering if amazon is gonna get nerfed hard cause every1 is using it 😄

[old oriole]

i do use it with my buckler, but i guess that confirms ritualist doesn't actually help bleed at all

[upper viper]

ash and blood hareld is a good combo tho for clearing. And together with corrupting cry and blood explode, its nice !

[crystal drift]

i wanted to make a whole build around hemocrystals 😄 they looked cool

[old oriole]

does blood boil actually deal good instant damage?

[crystal drift]

i think its like an extra bleed dot? maybe idk

[upper viper]

Not sure, i never liked how it sounded. That is why i went with a warrior, for the block and war cry ascend. To boost me allaround

[old oriole]

i just want to confirm if ritualist won't suck with a bleed build

[upper viper]

Tho i messed up, and cant kill Jamanra atm :/

[old oriole]

yea i can see that too in game

[upper viper]

yeah, me no like that

doesnt feel worth it

[crystal drift]

if it says applies to non uniques does that mean it actually wont hurt bosses?

[old oriole]

ye

[upper viper]

yeah it wont

[crystal drift]

and its like wither

u need to be near

[upper viper]

hence why i went with crying instead 😂

[crystal drift]

and most of campaign u will use rake from far away -_-

[old oriole]

okiiiito, amazon it is then

[crystal drift]

lol\

[upper viper]

Why no lich, just for a challange 😂

i have a level 50 lich, sitting there. Dunno what to do on it

[old oriole]

cuz this, i already chose huntress

[upper viper]

reroll 😂

[old oriole]

no i love this

parry is life

[upper viper]

i havent parried once

well tried it and was like nope

[crystal drift]

i tried huntress till reached act 2 , now doing witch cause i want huge spectre army but they cost soo much , might just wait for changes again xD or finish campaign idk yet

[upper viper]

yeah i dropped minions, at act 2 cruel i was like... This is boring, couldnt scale em well

[crystal drift]

essence drain is all right but i hate the mutiple buttons and combos

[upper viper]

watching lance now, tho. With his none minion lich

yeah thats why i stopped as well

[crystal drift]

lance ?

[upper viper]

i wish there was a support gem that could trigger other skills

[upper viper]

captainlance on twitch

[crystal drift]

wats his build?

[static torrent]

It's very powerful and, at least to me, quite easy to use outside of endgame swarm scenarios, so I'd definitely recommend trying it again. It basically turns off some boss skills, since Parry light stuns them out of them.

[upper viper]

title says Chaos DOT lich. But its essence drain when looking at his planner
he is at endgame tho

[upper viper]

Problem is, with already 2-4 other skills to combo with. Specially with my bleed setup, parry i just forget 😦

[static torrent]

That's a different issue, though coming from playing many MMOs, having even a dozen buttons wouldn't be a problem for me xd

[upper viper]

yeah i dont mind it at all, i dont come from many mmos. But i do like my ffxiv and TL XD

tho i just forget all about parry sadly, im constantly moving around to not die

and i cant even get past jamanra atm, 25th death

[edgy ore]

Is this where I ask for advice on how to make a build slightly better and such or should I ask that in the build-help section? 😄

[static torrent]

That's one of the bosses where Parry can help. His melee strikes can all be Parried for an easy light stun, Stun buildup and a Frenzy Charge to use on a skill of your choice, and once you get to the second phase, the only unpredictable part is the Tornados in my experience. Weirdly, it tends to be far easier than phase 1, where a few of his skills are a little hard to manage for me.

[carmine flicker]

you shouldn't stick with POE2 then
it will be moved into more and more combat heavy game, where "just 2" buttons will be too low to play

[upper viper]

yeah i am currently trying that. My problem is, after 2-4 min of running around i have done 10-20k damage. And outta almost 30 tries i have gotten him to second phase XD

[burnt gust]

My current Galva shots 6 Fragments. Does the deadeye +1proj ascendancy turn it into 7 or 12? Ben writes "twice as many".

[upper viper]

go ahead

[edgy ore]

So I am doing a blood mage with the spear

A lil homebrew if you will, I am rocking lighting spear with volt and primal armament atm

Everything is dying in terms of AoE clear which is nice!

But when it comes to single target I am kinda at an impasse

I am using spear throw + heft + martial tempo + bleed support

So I can chuck spears really quick, they hit with very mid damage but the bleed stacks up pretty good on the bosses eventually, and then I pop the bleed with bloodhunt + execute

I am just wondering if there is any other support gems I could put in here to help me do better single target damage, like I was using longshot at some point but it felt to unreliable against the unique bosses, since they usually catch up to toy and you cant really keep chucking spears at them while remaining distance

I also got bloodlust and heavy swing on my Blood hunt atm

[upper viper]

Yeah you are having the same issue i am, with single target its bad. And i am currently myself itching my brain with that

[edgy ore]

I found that incision works really well on the spear toss since the bleed stacking is really juicy

and I found a passive tree section that might boost my damage alot but I am not entirely sure if its the right play rn

Perfectly Placed Knife & Unleash Fire

I went blood mage since it allows my elemental damage to contribute to bleed, so in theory I can get an elemental single target skill instead of spear toss, but I don't know any spear skills that are good for single target, I saw some people going explosive spear + shock lance combo

but it legit felt WAY weaker than chucking spears o.o

[past veldt]

need help, need to swap overcharge on lightning bolt? this reflective shock looks way too bad? thoughts on other options?

my build is autoshock witchhunter with choir

[magic marlin]

One thing I've never seen a firm answer on;
If an item says +SpellDamage and +ElementalDamage.
Do the %'s stack? Only the higher applies? What?

[upper viper]

Can someone see why there is weapon swap on this build. Importing it to pob and swaping to second. Damage is overall lower, is it just for cool down or ? https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn/character/KamathePulya-0712/BW_Butwhoasked?i=0&&search=class%3DLich%26skills%3DHexblast%26min-ehp%3D15000%26sort%3Ddps

[upper viper]

yeah i am currently trying that as well for stun tho

[chilly radish]

does anybody know if essentia sanguis that converts life leech to energy shield leech works with the fast metabolism node for life leech not being removed?

[frosty finch]

i really don't understand how shield wall works, I tried it, expected to one shot rares but it did nothing

[vivid crown]

Does the skill 'whirlwind lance' for huntress take elemental changes like whirling slash, specifically ice changes?

[deep bramble]

So I probably shouldn't ask this here unsure. But is it good to go with Chrono as an ascendancy currently? I haven't played Sorc and wanted to test Chrono

[magic marlin]

Stormweaver got their candy stolen, then got kicked for good measure. 😄 But Chrono seems okay

[halcyon solar]

man since today i have such massive shader desyncs it's horrible

[jolly cypress]

so in terms of Huntress, i have no direct vision of my end game build path but im at the ascendency screen, which of her two ascends are better for a general end game

[keen spindle]

hey guys question, since this says 'more' does it mean that first hit against full hp enemies always crt as its +100%?

[inland pelican]

so smith is worth trying out now, right?

haven't played a warrior before
really blows that you cannot change the ascendancy later....

[keen spindle]

amazon till u get better rings and amulet and ingenuity belt

ritualist too expensive to be made its full potential so its better off as a secondary character when u get more currency and better gear floods the market

[atomic halo]

if your crit was 25%

it becomes 50%

[vivid crown]

Does the skill 'whirlwind lance' for huntress take elemental changes like whirling slash, specifically ice changes?

[keen spindle]

gotcha tnx

[dapper violet]

Hi, does skill speed work with Ancestral warrior totem?

[atomic halo]

ice changes?

not sure what you mean

[atomic halo]

yes, modifiers to skill speed will affect them

[round escarp]

Yes

Does external youth shift percent life regen to es regen

[atomic halo]

@vivid crown you asked the same question like 10 times, i dont think anyone answered because they have no idea what you're saying

[vivid crown]

so

does the tornado for whirling slash become icy just like it but becomes stormy when combined with lightning

or does it do more damage due to the ice

[patent shell]

imagine u have a base crit of 6% , 100% more means new base 12% so if u get in future 10% inc crit chance its 1.2 % instead of 0.6%

[keen spindle]

gotcha, tnx

[edgy ore]

Has anyone played around with Wind Serpent's Fury?

Is it any good for an elemental build by any chance?

I am trying to find a good single target option for my spear user

[vivid crown]

@atomic halo ?

[edgy ore]

I don't think I quite understand your question, the whirling slash makes a whirlwind

it will react to any elemental effects on the ground

adding it to the whirlwind

[patent shell]

ye u need to figure out whats worth for u for example my build has tons of dmg so i can focus more on blood magic and on 1k hp regen XD idk if ur build rly need that 50% inc if yes and if u cant get itr somewhere else with like 1 or 3 points then try to invest into life regen or life leech or something like that to compensate the downside of sacrificing 3% hp each cast but tbh 3% is not much and i dont think that u cast 10 hits per second with a fucking dot build

[vivid crown]

okay thank you, now same question but for whirlwind lance. does it react the same way?

[edgy ore]

I havent used that one so I don't know, does it mention it on the skill gem?

[vivid crown]

nope but neither does whirling slash

[edgy ore]

Whirling slash def has it

[vivid crown]

no i mean

ik that

but neither of their descriptions say they take elemental effects in

whirling slash does but whirlwind lance is unknown and i want to use it for my ice build

thats why im asking

[edgy ore]

They do

Look at the skill gem, and hold alt and hover over "whirlwind"

[deep bramble]

Thank you so much I'll try Chrono then

[old oriole]

please help, in campaign against bosses whom i can't parry, i use mainly rake and blood hunt but my dmg against bosses is shit,please

[halcyon solar]

Are the Minion's Accuracy nodes worth it? I've herad such split opinions on that.

[plain cloud]

Hey, what's the best ascendancy for a Crossbow build currently?

[vivid crown]

huh?

[halcyon solar]

Witchhunter seems to be in a decent place atm

[vivid crown]

it doesn't say anything besides the stats

[edgy ore]

Do I have to use paint to show you? 😄

[halcyon solar]

but i mean you can play crossbow on any class, gotta be a bit more specific

[vivid crown]

possibly, im confused

[edgy ore]

Hold alt and hover over the "Whirlwind" in that first sentence

the one with the line under it

[gray ferry]

Anyone figure out cool monsters to use for Tame Beast beyond Quadrillas? Any neat ranged monster options?

[vivid crown]

oh mb, i thought you meant that other part at the bottom where it differenciates the spear and the whirlwind

[winter quarry]

What's a good spectre for frost mages?

[edgy ore]

Yeah I wanted to print screen the text but when I hold alt + print screen it doesnt work lol

so that was the best I could offer

Also is there any huntresses atm that are running any elemental skills for single target and if so what is it (obviously aside from shock lance poppin)

[plain cloud]

Some ascendancy that gives movement speed/tankiness probably and a starting tree position that might aid with that, I hate the low HP only build that stuff like Deadeyes run that killed me with a lot 'randomly' last season so something like Evasion + ES builds or Armor + Evasion Hybrid kinda builds would be ideal, although it's going to be Galvanic Shards + one of the other single target spell kinda build if that helps, any suggestions based on that for the current meta?

[gray ferry]

Pathfinder is a fun one for Crossbows if you want movement speed due to their trait that reduces the movement speed penalties of skills by 50%, some people like running the run and gun skills like Rapidshot with it, though that would probably lean into Evasion builds

[halcyon solar]

There are some builds starting with Warrior and going into Ballista with Crossbow. But I'd start looking at the Merch builds on yt or smth. I can very well imagine there are some dex/ES builds there.

[plain cloud]

Thank You

[gray ferry]

Warrior seems good too, seen armour explosion builds with it and Ballista is probably cool too

and Ballista is buffed this patch

[plain cloud]

It looked really cool but I was worried about the single target damage for the Ballista builds

[dusty horizon]

is gas arrow explosion really all that it's cracked up to be? does the poison cloud damage from gas arrow not scale well?

[narrow grail]

Has anyone tried choir of the storm proc? I bought it on amazon but I need 178 int and not sure if its worth the int investment

[nimble hound]

What is the tankiest caster? i made chrono but i realized they took out the health regen when hit thing

so is it like Lich now

[vivid crown]

Can ice build do just as much damage as fire and lightning builds? on any class

[nocturne badger]

most normal tooltip dps behaviour

[narrow grail]

Top one has more flat dmg

[nimble hound]

i think fire i below ice

lightning is most

top builds are like lightning spear and lightnign crossbow . and monks use a lot of lightnign

it's not as strong but Chrono is having sucess with ice. Fire seems dead for everyone

[tulip fog]

anyone know if this notable is affected by the extra crit chance gained from amazon ascendancy?

as in, does it double-dip?

[livid breach]

Can you guys let me know if I understand Twister correctly? When you cast it only one of the 4 tornados can hit a target. After they bounce around if any of those 4 hit a target the other 3 cannot hit it for 0.66s? Additionally if you use barrage then one tornado from the original and one tornado from each repeat can hit the same target and follows these same rules?

[vivid crown]

im doing ice spear

[static plinth]

If you have an attack speed buff that runs out mid attack animation, does your attack immediately slow down or is attack speed snapshotted when the attack begins?

[nocturne badger]

so?

that has nothing to do with it

[nimble hound]

most skills suck atm you will only see a few make builds out of. but its still EA lots of balance needed

[vivid crown]

reckon i can make it work? @nimble hound

[nimble hound]

no

[nocturne badger]

not worth it

even if it did work

you are better off grabbing something like 20 % more crit chance and dmg

or more crit dmg and even more against stunned

[vivid crown]

why

[nimble hound]

low dps

[vivid crown]

how you know?

[nimble hound]

What's the exact in game name of the skill

[vivid crown]

glacial lance

sorry it took a bit

[nimble hound]

i see it only being used as a support skill for certains situations by .4% of the top 1000

which includes many support aura bots for group play

[keen spindle]

hey guys, question, does this work on spear of solaris considering the backward jump of the skill is more than or exactly abt 2 meters?

[vivid crown]

how do you see that

[dapper timber]

nvm wrong chat

ill ask huntres

[nocturne badger]

I forgot

what cat was for accuracy

suuuurely there was one, right

[cosmic arch]

Is there any builds with spiral volley monk acolyte that are good I followed one but I ain’t doing any dmg maybe I’m messing not sure but can some1 help me pls

[dusty horizon]

i can't seem to find good info on how gas arrow is supposed to work... does accuracy matter (POB says it is affected by accuracy, the skill description literally says the cloud doesn't hit)? it seems like the gas cloud scales with the arrow's on-hit damage, but I'm not certain, it seems to always poison but does that mean it can stack poisons if you get +1 poison stacks from the passive tree? further, POB says ailment magnitude affects the DoT of poison from cloud but comments i've found on reddit and the forums say they don't affect the damage

[nocturne badger]

yes

accuracy matters

[nimble hound]

https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn?skills=Glacial+Lance

[copper bison]

hello, every single high dead deadeye doesn't seem to grab acrobatics.

[nocturne badger]

a LOT

[dusty horizon]

but i also read it cant crit

[copper bison]

but the only thing im dying to is random one shot melee hits

[nocturne badger]

it can

[dusty horizon]

jesus christ, everything i read online contradicts

[copper bison]

my question is is acrobatics a trap?

[nocturne badger]

see the rogue just getting vaporized?

[dusty horizon]

so the gas cloud effectively HITS and the application of poison from gas cloud is based on the arrow's hit damage?

[nocturne badger]

it's when I get lucky and most arrows crit

[neat bison]

You need an absurd amount of EVA to make it worth it, so not worth considering until you get super geared

[nimble hound]

looks like gas arrow is still OP af

[nocturne badger]

i mean it kinda is

but i also ignore all enemy res

and have very expensive gear

[copper bison]

gear thats like worth a couple divs each?

[dusty horizon]

do you try to scale poison with gas arrow do you try to explode it?

[nocturne badger]

Instant explosion by any means necessary

[dusty horizon]

ah

[copper bison]

fuji do you use radiant grief?

[nocturne badger]

Yes

I can send my pob

[copper bison]

sure

[nocturne badger]

It's a bit scuffed

[copper bison]

im trying to max defense with radiant grief but its hard

[nocturne badger]

Oh

[nimble hound]

Sorcs sseem kinda oof atm. even pathfinders doing betterr

[nocturne badger]

I have like 70% EV and that is it

[neat bison]

I would say so, you’re going to want good rolls of flat EVA and % EVA on basically everything

[copper bison]

right now it looks like my chaos resist is gonna be a little low for high maps

[nocturne badger]

And res cap

Without chaos

[copper bison]

do you use flat damage on everything?

gloves/rings

quiver?

my problem with this build is that i get randomly oneshot in t10s-11's

[lethal epoch]

what are some good ways to get frenzy charges as ritualist lightning spear build?

[nocturne badger]

same lmao

[neat bison]

Snipers mark spam

[lethal epoch]

and what should i even get for my ascendancy points after ring slot + ring bonus?

[lethal epoch]

i dont have much crit chance due to not being amazon

[nocturne badger]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/a7kaw0ie

[copper bison]

lol you went full glass cannon

[nocturne badger]

wow tree is fucked nice

[lethal epoch]

1281 hp

thats really low i think

[nocturne badger]

oneshotting most things either way

[copper bison]

lol one melee one shot and you get lose 10% xp

[lethal epoch]

what should i get for my 3rd and 4th ascendancy points as a ritualist lightning spear build?

[nocturne badger]

it'S early league

[copper bison]

you compelte the map but your xp bar goes backwards xD

[nocturne badger]

cba getting ES

[copper bison]

yea i rather be a bit tankier and sac some damage

[nocturne badger]

nah

[copper bison]

2 deaths for the map and your xp bar literally goes backwards i think

even if you complete it

im sitting around 2k health

[dusty horizon]

so PoB does not calculate the amazon ascendancy "Penetrate" (attacks using your weapons have added physical damage equal to 25% of the accuracy rating on the weapon) correctly, right?

[lethal epoch]

you have a working POB?

mine can't import my character

[static plinth]

Is the text on it blue or red

Blue means it works

Red means it doesnt

Though blue does not guarantee it works correctly

[dusty horizon]

ohhh i never knew that

thanks for the heads up

[lethal epoch]

is it just me or is POB not able to import characters?

[nocturne badger]

btw

I do T15s now just fine with 1250hp

just onetapped a rogue exile 💀

[tulip fog]

do you see that the text in that node is red? it means POB has no way to calculate the effects of the node, it is not supported, its not "enabled" its just there for show, the same goes for any other stat you see in POB that is red coloured

[nocturne badger]

didn't know that lol

[tulip fog]

now you know

[lethal epoch]

Is POB able to import characters now?

[nocturne badger]

yes

[tulip fog]

yes

[nocturne badger]

albeit jewels cause it to kill itself

[lethal epoch]

how???? do i have the wrong version or something?

it says the api is not been supplied by GGG or something for me

[tulip fog]

you need the POB for PoE2 specifically and then updating it inside the program at the bottom left

then you go to the top there should be a new tab "import/export build"

there you need to send a request to the servers to allow POB to access your account info, read-only access

[lethal epoch]

hm im at work right now but i wil lcheck it

yes i used it all the time in poe 1

but for poe 2 it said the API is not supplied by GGG yet. i think i remember checking on it like last week

[fleet blaze]

is there anyway to convert BONE CAGE phys dmg to fire? I wanna use Fiery Death support with it

[patent shell]

i use this with leapslam if u see ur char glowin green for a millisecond then it works

[lethal epoch]

oof i just saw this in their releases page

it was released 3 days ago

[keen spindle]

ohh gotcha tnx!

[static plinth]

PSA for anyone who cares: Crescendo Support will never hit cooldown if after 4 attacks your attack speed is still below 1 a second, aka 0.8 APS i believe. This ends at 1.02 APS, and 32% more attack speed assuming uninterrupted attacks. Unfortunately this is still slow as balls so it doesnt really matter but hey its kinda cool

[violet berry]

For infernal minion builds, using a shield. Is the new unique crest shield BiS? It's 1 spirit per 50 maximum life, while beidats will is 1 spirit per 25 maximum life. Surely the X spirit per 50 life will exceed the spirit from beidats will, if it has the maximum life value possible rolled on another shield?

[grim dawn]

Trying to figure not sure if anyone compared twister dmg vs lightning spear which one is better at high tier maps?

[mystic monolith]

Is there a way I can show a snapshot of my build to figure out what the weakest part of it is currently

[nimble hound]

holy fuck second trial is hard as frost build, the mobs are frost resistant and 30 jump me at once

i should just go fotm builds like 99% of everyone else

[cinder sorrel]

why is my ingenuity not letting me use my thawing charm ? it stays with 0 charges forever

if I wear another belt it works

[deep bramble]

Is fire worth investing into for a Chrono?

I want to try using a mix of fire and cold

[still rock]

its available now - and for poe ninja as well for opt-in inclusion

[lethal epoch]

is there anything that can self inflict chill/slow?

[shy lantern]

i am following woolies bleed amazon guide and it says i should run 2 spearfields, what does he mean by 2?

[atomic halo]

2 copies of the skill gem i assume

not sure why though

[shy lantern]

1 for clearing and 1 for single target it says

[static torrent]

With different supports? I guess that's an option, but yeah, you'd be using two copies of the skill gem.

[shy lantern]

oh yeah now i can equip 2, i had to unequip 1

[daring jackal]

Has anyone tried making hexblast work?

[naive cloak]

whats better EV or ES builds

[livid flume]

Are there diminishing returns on stun/pin after you stunned/pinned an enemy?

like it takes longer to build again

[patent shell]

can someone give me example pls ?

[ashen mango]

Is anyone here familar with the mass hysteria passive skill and how it interacts with multiple users?

[empty fable]

hi everyone, i finish the campaign with my lich, and it was not really fun, i would up another ascending but I hesitate between pathfinder gaz and war kitava, can you help me ?

[static plinth]

Totems, Vine Arrow

Anything Overabundance supports basically

[jagged wave]

I think I need some help theorycrafting.
I just got this amazing bow. I'm playing currently amazon and I was thinking of doing bleed build for her. I can't use spiral volley while on rhoa mount. Is there any other alternative?

[halcyon solar]

The nodes for "Minions have x% increased AoE" are also for their active skills, not just their regular attacks, right?

[wet zenith]

Has anyone tried to reduce the ES restart time with Gloamgown? Do the passives help, or is it static?

[unkempt zephyr]

Someone have a recommend setup for frenzy charge generation? I'm around level 40, running lightning spear. I have combat frenzy and herald of thunder (Electrocute & Neural for supports) but I seem to only generate charges once every few minutes (so it's triggering, just rarely and inconsistently)

[copper portal]

question. I have the Splinter of Lorata poison spear. Would doing Rapid Assault with it mean i stack 6 poisons rapidly?

[mortal pollen]

Tactician twister 🤔
Since it has persistent buff has 50% less reservation, and pin and Trusted kinship, could it work?

[sage tulip]

Im thinking of doing an elemental chaos build with the lich witch is that viable ?

[proud condor]

With Original Sin, yes

[sage tulip]

Did they completely remove shock chance on poe2 ARC spell ?

[proud condor]

Arc now does a lightning explosion when it hits a shocked enemy but can no longer shock. It does not consume the shock

For what's to come

[sage tulip]

damn it I liked ARC spell to cause shock.

[proud condor]

I would presume you have to shock through another skill

[sage tulip]

why make the change ?

[alpine parrot]

is there a guide to how armor work per %? thinking of getting that 8% of evasion as armour node on my amulet, with 20k ish evasion, will it be worth it?

[sage tulip]

would there be a way to put shock chance on ARC after the update like made a support or something ?

[kind crest]

Perfect strike + wildfire is nuts

The ignite damage from perfect strike is so high and just clears packs

Will only get better with upcoming wildfire buff

[atomic halo]

that only applies to your flat evasion

[past drift]

I am playing lighting spear build currently in act 3 and I have 4 uniques all the skill and support gems for the build so far I also have good strength and dex. Does anyone know why the build still feels weak

[atomic halo]

20k evasion factors in your inc. and more modifiers

the 8% gained is pulled from the sum of your flat before those mods

[patent shell]

does this work with ? did anyone test out ? or can anyone test out if u have this amulet ?

[atomic halo]

overabundance support does the same thing, just test with that

[lost hornet]

Cannibalism vs Vitality, which one is better in general?

[alpine parrot]

ohh
thank god you told me beforehand

[atomic halo]

cannibalism

[alpine parrot]

why is it only flat evasion that is so stupid

[atomic halo]

because of the way conversion always works

which is after flat before more/inc

same reason why phys -> light only converts the flat phys and doesnt let you double dip if you have inc. global phys and inc. light

[night surge]

if i am trying to play artillery build as a mercenary, what would the best ascendancy for it be?

[fringe cape]

Is there anyway to get around this talent or offset it as a lich?

[atomic halo]

presumably tactician

isnt tactician designed for ballistas

[night surge]

from reading the passives, the only part that would actually benefit the totems makes you have to attack yourself for them to attack, and the other one turns your totems into minions which is weird

[atomic halo]

the allies-phys one works

both the pin nodes work

supporting fire is weird yeah

and the one that makes you attack comes with 30% more skill speed so it's probably pretty good

[night surge]

i wonder if gemling would be good

[atomic halo]

sounds like bait

[night surge]

how many ascendancy points do you get?

8?

[atomic halo]

yeah

[static plinth]

Not really, gotta bite the bullet and get non-recharge ES recovery, which without Grim Feast is a hard sell

Event Horizon was bad last patch, its worse this patch

51% inc damage aint all that

Esp with Spaghettification nerf

[fringe cape]

Damn... trying to find a way to have a good DoT build with essence drain and contagion but there's not a lot of chaos damage nodes

[night surge]

how do you feel about stay light, use cover? that entire branch seems alright

i was thinking maybe going with the banner side to the left, that gives 25% of my main hand weapon's damage to my allies and adding banners to the build

and the stay light branch

[atomic halo]

looks pretty good yeah

[atomic halo]

i think the mh weapon thing is basically mandatory

because they dont use your wep, right?

[night surge]

pretty sure they don't

[atomic halo]

so the only way to get big flat phys is through that or + levels like warrior does?

[night surge]

yea i'll go tactician and try that, with mh weapon dmg and stay light

should be fine

[atomic halo]

except you don't have the gb tech, so that's off the table

[stuck iris]

https://poe2.ninja/pob/1e59 can someone take a look at the gear I currently have for my Critnado Amazon and tell me what are the worst 3 items that should be able to be upgraded for 1 ex?

[atomic halo]

so yeah the phys looks mandatory

if zpds get the more skill speed one as well and complement its attacks with your own

[night surge]

worst case scenario i can go cannons ready and melt bosses, 30% skill speed does sound good

[atomic halo]

like tr ballistas in poe1

where you just do a similar skill at the same time

[night surge]

sounds good, i'll start with that and adjust if needed

that artillery minions thing seems fun too, but weird

[sage tulip]

Hmm well to have shock on arc the only thing I can come up with is the stormweaver ascendency passive since it has a passive that gives all attacks shock chance.

this is for after the update.

[atomic halo]

you can shock just by dealing a lot of lightning damage

or am i missing some context

[zenith parcel]

is this where you would ask questions for mechanics?

for a build

[atomic halo]

yes, go ahead

[dawn spire]

Arc can no longer shock after the recent changes

But yeah, they don't need to use stormweaver to do it

[magic pier]

hi chat quick question
what skill are people using for single target damage with the Spears?

[zenith parcel]

quick question about snapshotting/weapon swap. I know warchief totem snapshots the + levels but do you know if (lets say for this example the totem does elemental damage with its own weapon) if % increased weapon elemental damage with attacks would snapshot too? (since it uses its own weapon obviously weapon damage that affects the weapon itself is irrelevant)

[sage tulip]

Wait what do you mean ? Aren't the making it so ARC can't cause shock ? is there a different way besides stormweaver to allow to cause shock ?

[zenith parcel]

or would the % weapon elemental damage mod dissappear when you switch weapons (the levels would stay since warchief for example snapshots the leve of the totem once it is down)

[atomic halo]

like, it has a clause that says "cannot inflict shock"?

[dawn spire]

"Arc now does a lightning explosion when it hits a shocked enemy but can no longer shock. It does not consume the shock."

In a change coming up

[atomic halo]

oh i see

[atomic halo]

stormweaver doesnt work then

[sage tulip]

ahh crap.

[atomic halo]

if it says it can't it can't

[dawn spire]

"Never" beats "Always"

[sage tulip]

I want to make an elemental build with arc to cause shock and burn and so on but now they are doing this....

Now I need to come up with an alternate build plan

[dawn spire]

Orb of storms can still shock, and it goes off whenever you cast arc near it

[sage tulip]

so just cast orb of storms and then just rapid cast arc to trigger it ?

[dawn spire]

Indeed. It's a 1:1

[sage tulip]

hmm well I can try that but it isn't exactly what I want to do but whatever.

[dawn spire]

Well, orb of storms would actually hit more times than arc since it also goes off every X seconds

[patent shell]

how do u calculate storm lance true dps in pob ?

[sage tulip]

hmm alright

[dawn spire]

What about arc made you want to use it, specifically, for this shock+ignite build?

[sage tulip]

just a nice lightning spell that chains between enemies so it was a good aoe and single point damage.

[dawn spire]

They gutted the single target on arc I thought

It doesn't have extra damage per remaining chain anymore, does it? Except on quality?

[sage tulip]

then I use painter's gloves so my arc spell does cold, shock, and burn all in one. I am then playing a witch so I can then do chaos damage as well.

Yeah but it still has decent single point damage, not great but still decent.

I prefer spells that can be used for either or and then use spirit for things that work well like arc, then cast on shock for more spells to go off of it.

[dawn spire]

Hate to burst your bubble, but doing 1/3rd fire, cold, and lightning is going to mean very weak chills, slow freeze buildup, low shocks, and meaningless Ignites

I guess if you invest really hard, maybe

[sage tulip]

hmm fair point. but not having an enemy that is resistent to you is also nice but yeah not having a focused build does cause issues.

[hollow galleon]

what is this mystery box, and how do I get it?

[wary rain]

why do people want the beacon of azis amulet?

[dawn spire]

Buf if you're using painters or going stormweaver, you could use any elemental spell for shocking

[dawn spire]

Nothing to do with #2┃build-planning, it's a cosmetic loot crate basically

[hollow galleon]

unless it had build items! but yeah, my bad

[atomic halo]

ignoring enemy ele res is very powerful

[sage tulip]

fair but what spells is good for aoe like arc ?

[atomic halo]

also fubgun using it in his builds

makes it very popular

[dawn spire]

When you say, "good for aoe like arc", do you mean pre-explosion arc or post-explosion?

[sage tulip]

before explosion arc, It jsut hits a lot of enemies when they are in groups so I mean maybe flamethrower like spell could work.

[dawn spire]

That's wild to me because arc seemed kinda meh for aoe imo.

Frostbolt is getting an area buff, cold snap is very, well, snappy for aoe. But it requires a target to be frozen. Incinerate is an aoe flamethrower

Fireball has decent aoe in projectile form

[sage tulip]

well I put it in a good spot so it chains between enemies once or twice.

[dawn spire]

Ball lightning plus lightning warp is very solid aoe imo

[sage tulip]

hmm might try fireball since its not a chaining spell so I can use archmage still and focus on INT so I can pick up the scaling lightning damage

[dawn spire]

And it puts down shocked ground if you warp to an enemy. So you warp in and start arcing like mad with explosions everywhere

[sage tulip]

hmm I will try a few different ones. I mostly do melee but decided a caster with this update and lich witch gives chaos bonus damage so though tying that in would be a good idea.

[dawn spire]

Careful with that unholy might node. The mana drain is no joke

[sage tulip]

Yeah I am trying to come up with a plan to counter act that maybe tons of mana regen or something. So your saying lightning warp does shock on teleport ?

[fringe cape]

it offsets for me with the souless form node, idk if thats a good combo though

[dawn spire]

Lightning warp can only be used against enemies in culling range or a ball lightning. If you use it on an enemy and cull it, it spawns shocked ground

[sage tulip]

ahh ok

[dawn spire]

It also warps you to said enemy

[sage tulip]

hmm good to know.

[sage tulip]

do you have high HP ?

[fringe cape]

not really im still leveling, at 1500

[sage tulip]

hmm then you max hp is probably enough to out do necromantic conduit.

that won't work for me though cause I want the node to make me immune to chaos damage.

[chrome mirage]

Anyone use frostwall to deal dmg like 0.1 in CoS or CoC or any Cast on? (In .02) Is it dealing dmg?

[sage tulip]

actually @dawn spire I have another question, what supports would work well with ARC like would fork work well or anything to increase the number of bolts going around ?

[dawn spire]

Arc cannot fork. Arc doesn't shoot projectiles. It's one beam that chains repeatedly

So I'd probably use pure damage supports on it

[sage tulip]

ahh ok so just increase damage

[dawn spire]

Yeah, no real way to make arc hit more stuff unless you use chain support, and that halves its damage

[sage tulip]

yeah thats not worth it, what would be the best supports then ? since its losing its shock chance then would it be a good idea to do elemental focus and just let orb of storms doing the elemental ailments ?

[sonic shuttle]

I have armour break debuff, why do I have that and how do I remove it

[sage tulip]

is there a support that boosts all ailment chance ?

[dawn spire]

Not all ailments, no. Gotta spec into shock, ignite, poison, and bleed individually

[sage tulip]

damn alright well I guess can use shock boost on the orb of storms and then pick up the others from gems or other things.

[dawn spire]

It lowers your armor and should go away eventually. Unless you took a node that permanently breaks your armor a little bit? I'm not sure if anything like that exists tho

[sonic shuttle]

Im not sure why it apperad, maybe it dissapeared when i drank from the fountain or something, since its gone know

[pallid wigeon]

Mjolnir not good? No one has been able to find a build for it?

[unique pecan]

I want to make a build around shield charge, but have no preferences outside of that, what are my best options?

[vast jay]

use shield charge, it's stupid OP...... run stomping ground support.... and something to lower the cooldown..... I think they took out the support gem that gave you two charges on it

[unique pecan]

what other abilities should I mix it with?

[vast jay]

i personally like to run shield charge with totems.. buecase it lets me throw a totem down to taunt enemies for a while (in the campaign)... not so much for damage... especially ranged enemies

so rolling slam+boneshatter -> shield charge -> totem + infernal cry

[tribal egret]

Hello, I'm thinking of starting a Huntress, with intent to go Amszon. I know there a ton of guides on maxroll, but what are people saying is like the best way to level up for Huntress?

[vast jay]

you have many options to level huntress.... the two fastest seem to be whirling-slash+tornado, or rake-stomp with strength stacking........ I liked the tornado build more, but it's almost carpel tunnel inducing

at endgame, lightning spear is where it's at

probably if I was releveling right now... I would do rake-stomp until I transitioned to lightning spear

huntress quarterstaff ice strike is also a popular offmeta

[tribal egret]

So, if I go rake-stomp, did you day dtack strength, not dex?

[vast jay]

yes... because stomping ground gives you 100% of your strength 3x every rake

as damage

[patent shell]

how does that work can someone explain me further ? it it like warcry power and every hit i gain flat lightning damage until i get 500 ? does every hit refresh the gain ?

[vast jay]

@tribal egret if you want to immediately go rake stomp, you need to take strength nodes right from the start, because you can get rake+stomp at level 3 (i think) but you need 25 strength for stomping ground

[tribal egret]

Alright

[vast jay]

or you need to get lucky with some early +str on gear

[tribal egret]

So i got this spear to drop that poisons everything on hit. Should I use that or s regular spear with other stats?

[vast jay]

what level?

[harsh skiff]

Has anyone tried using a +minion skill amulet with Necromantic Talisman to see if it gives minion levels to the mini beetles summoned by a gilded beetle spectre (or any other spectre that summons creatures)?

[vast jay]

personally i think DOTS are a waste of time until level 30, because i kill everything too fast for them to tick

you could save it as an offhand for bosses if it has high damage

[tribal egret]

Literally dropped off the boss before I go into town lol

Is s unique

[vast jay]

actually if you are doing rake stomp.... youc an keep it

because rake stomp doesn't even use your spear's damage, so you might as well poison.. it's just not going to do very much because the poision is going to scale with your rake damage, which will be zero

when you do rake-stomp, you leave your rake at level 3 forever

[vast jay]

@tribal egret you will probably want to try out a few things before you settle on your build.... just try whirling-slash + tornado a bit.. (remember to hit whirling slash 3 times before you tornado).... and try rakestomp and see what you like

OHH WAIT

that is godly, not for the poison but for the 20% increase to range

also, that thing removes the poison count cap

you could make a really good custom build around that spear

you know what.. i wonder if that will cause rake stomp to poison for every stomp instance

that would be incredible

[tribal egret]

My rake does in fact poison

[vast jay]

i think you should use that weapon, and do rake-stomp and see what happens.. it might be stupid strong even into endgame, because rakestomp doesn't use your weapon dmg

well.. yes your rake will poison

but your rake will do no dmg

the point is, the stomp-support dmg instance is what does all the dmg

i think this is going to work..... just keep going, get your strength, put stomping-ground on that thing asap... and watch the poison stack to stupid levels

[tribal egret]

If i go tornado build, should I use that too?

[vast jay]

it will be good for a while with tornado, because you will get tons of repeat poison stacks

but at some point the low dmg of the weapon willg et in your way, unless you find some item to give you scaling outside your weapon

maybe if you do the zillion tornados build you can scale your tornado count instead and keep using it

[tribal egret]

Alright, I'll try the rake build. Should I always stack strength when I can, over dex, right?

[vast jay]

the poison you put on something is 15% of the phys+chaos dmg the hit did.. so when you get to level 18 or so, the low dmg of that weapon will be worse than the poison benefit in standard buidls... unless you come up with a tricky way to use it... like using rake-stomp

[static plinth]

Every hit has a separate timer

And yeah its the same Power as warcries

Uniques give 20 a hit, normals 1, magics 2, rares 5 iirc

So to cap on a unique you need to hit 30 times in 6 seconds, aka 5 times a second

[vast jay]

you will need some dex for skill and gear upgraades

[static plinth]

Or you can use Redblade Banner andh alf that

[vast jay]

@tribal egret you should prioritize (melee range > str > attack speed > dex)

[river geode]

I'm trying to cut primal armament for perfect strike and it says "warning this support cannot be socketed into this skill". I have no idea why, the support fits the skill, and I have an open socket. Anybody know why this is happening?

[static plinth]

Sounds like its just a bug?

No reason it cant

[tall valley]

What warrior asc is able to output the most damage

[river geode]

actually I can't any support for leap slam, shield charge, herald of fire

is this a bug?

if it is, surely it must have happened to someone else

[atomic halo]

attr issue?

[atomic halo]

titan probably

[river geode]

I have 190 strength, so I would assume not

I can still cut support gems for mace strike

[patent shell]

why my points are green it doesnt count the strenght i get

[high rivet]

why is from nothing with unwavering stance so expensive

😦

actual question though, how does bringer of flame work

does it let the ignite scale infinitely?

or just let other damage types do ignite, meaning you still only get one ignite

[onyx vapor]

how do you get enough spirit as warrior to use both herald of ash and time of need?

[sonic shuttle]

monstres are fking throwing me around all the time, is that how it was before?

[high rivet]

yeah, they tried to make it so they only throw you to the side, but idk if that is fully working yet

they dont want them you throw you around that much i think

so its probably going to get adjusted in the future

[sonic shuttle]

and im stuck alllll the time in between them and they keep hitting me and i cant do anything except drink the potion until i dont have it

[high rivet]

what build are you?

[sonic shuttle]

i have +7 lvls of spell skills and spent 2 divines on my buiild and in tier1 map i just died twice in the first 2 mins

wtf is this, i tought it was relatively fine until now

[high rivet]

what build

[sonic shuttle]

chaos essence drain and contagion

[high rivet]

ah

it can help to have the bug spectre

[sonic shuttle]

i think i need minions as well, im not using them now

[high rivet]

as itll take your aggro

[sonic shuttle]

yeah, i need something to take agro, but i didnt want minions cause that is the most noob builkd

but idk wtf is this bs

i literally thought it was fine until the maps, now there is 3x more monsters and they just knock me around

[dapper timber]

any way to hide the annoying map oibjectives?

[still rock]

triangle

click the triangle

🔻

[river geode]

nobody here knows what causes this?

[vast jay]

I SAW THAT BUG

yesterday

you actually CAN equip the support gems its just a bug with the gemcutter

[vast jay]

what build? i took my huntress from the campaign to one T1, and then one T3, and then started doing T4 maps. in junk gear from rthe campaign.. lightning spear

[river geode]

is there a way to cut the gem then put it in the socket?

[sonic shuttle]

i dont know how, maybe you are 10x better than me, beacuse if you arent i dont know how that is possible

[dry pagoda]

"Enemies Chilled by your Hits can be Shattered as though Frozen" whats the point of shattering atm? wasnt it only there to prevent on-death-effects? or does it do smth else?

[river geode]

aha, I found a solution

I cut the gem for mace strike then moved it

[tribal egret]

@vast jay hey do you have a link to that rake-stomp build?

[normal pumice]

What does the bug do?

[high rivet]

its this tick in act 3, that summons a ton of other smaller locusts

[high rivet]

prevent on death effects

thats always what made shattering good

[vast jay]

i made up a planner for it... but keep in mind I didn't play strength stack, so I've never played this planner.. still it should be pretty decent - https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/76801bf1-67fc-41e6-becd-41f6b36c9e9b/builds/9b1d7348-ede4-4d59-8226-7cefce1a6e76

[normal pumice]

Oh cool are these locusts scalable, that poe1 arakali's fang comes to mind

[dry pagoda]

are there any left? I havent reached mapping yet but they all seem to have been removed. You kill a blue/rare, the effect gets disabled

so from what I can see there´s nothing that shatter does for you atm, it doesnt seem to affect kill speed at all..? any synergies?

[still rock]

it make things go crshhkla crrshhh

good for the soul

[dry pagoda]

psychological advantage

[midnight obsidian]

are you using herald of ice?

[dry pagoda]

no I´m not playing a cold build and never have, thats why I have no clue

[dry pagoda]

btw I was kinda disappointed to find that while they removed the advanced-expert tiers it´s still the same icon and model

[still rock]

placebo effect

[dry pagoda]

well it didnt work on me cause I was instantly disappointed

[still rock]

https://tenor.com/view/will-smith-shades-mib-men-in-black-neuralyzer-gif-17328155

[dry pagoda]

they made all tiers unique? damn that´s fantastic

[still rock]

they have a castaway map now and tom hanks is the boss

he throws wilson at you

dont believe me? well you should

[crude iris]

Has anyone found anything that makes manifest weapon playable?

[still rock]

could give it impale or somn

if you dont wanna run the white chest

[midnight obsidian]

tom of the hank league

[dawn spire]

Truly on the path of exile

[jolly cypress]

whats a good general loot filter to use for the new league

[still rock]

filterblade bru

[magic spire]

is conjure lightning of the rare beast modifier as a tame beast, they can benefit from lightning curse debuff right?

[still rock]

they should

[lucid vortex]

is there any items that support a pin build?

[still rock]

if youre already pinning then no

bushwhack will activate the pin if you arent pinning tho

pin just activates combat frenzy and tactician pseudofreeze as of now, not much else to add in with what we have

[lucid vortex]

yeah was using it to build some frenzies, but damn those boots are the only thing

[still rock]

theres a spear but its a level 10 spear lol

[lucid vortex]

maybe ill chance them after venopuncture and try them out

[still rock]

are u ssf

cuz if not just buy em theyre cheap asf

common unique

[lucid vortex]

on ssf so canny do that

will bleed damage count towards the pin?

[still rock]

i wouldnt waste chances on them tbh but u do u

[still rock]

no

well

for bushwhack idk

for tactician the answer is no, for bushwhack i assume the answer is no but not sure

[lucid vortex]

ah okay

whats the go to wiki for poe2? cos fextralife is doo doo

[still rock]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/

bookmark it cause fextralife SEO is cancer

[lucid vortex]

ye fok him

[still rock]

this one is actually managed by the community

[lucid vortex]

or her

[still rock]

them i think

[lucid vortex]

well fuck them

[still rock]

fuck em

[viscid radish]

I'm in

[still rock]

https://tenor.com/view/reeves-matrix-keanu-neo-gif-15170257

[mortal swift]

how do I use the passive skill tree reset that they gave in standard league

[still rock]

you have to leave a positive review on steam

and then you get it

[mortal swift]

how use

[atomic halo]

oh i see

i's hidden by the box that says missing attr reqs

[still rock]

its under the search bar

[atomic halo]

look underneath it

[mortal swift]

HAHAHAHA

ggg i love u and hate u

[marble jasper]

need more strength for my witch

not belt slot or hat slot.

[gray ferry]

So charges don't have inherent bonuses in poe2, right? Is there anything you can do with giving minions frenzy/power/endurance charges, then?

[atomic halo]

not really, no

[gray ferry]

ouf

[chilly dirge]

the node above was good for aurabots/blockbots to feed charges to party, but pretty useless solo

[gray ferry]

rip, thanks

[foggy solar]

Is elemental ailment threshold based on your max life?

[static plinth]

Yes

[errant radish]

What classes are meta now with the new League?

[latent sinew]

Hi i want to play a Bonestorm build but I'm a little torn on Ascendancy. Leaning Deadeye but I see most people for Blood Mage. Is the blood msge life cost hard to deal with? Especially on a channeling skill where you're only leeching every few secones

[still rock]

lich is probably best

[night surge]

How can i know if "watch me do it" is working? it says 25% of my weapon's damage to allies on my presence

[still rock]

blood mage seems redundant to me since boner storm already has a high crit

[latent sinew]

Doesn't lich only work for non channeling skills?

[still rock]

what makes you say that

[high rivet]

is against the darkness only a small radius now?

or is it variable?

[latent sinew]

According to this summary basically every damage increasing passive says it only works for non channeling

Price of Power
Non-Channeling Spells consume Power Charges to deal 25% more Damage

Eldritch Empowerment
Non-Channeling Spells cost an additional 3% of maximum Energy Shield
Non-Channeling Spells deal 30% more Damage
Spending Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge

Etc

[still rock]

my suggestion was to take the curse pop and unholy might and mana stack

bonestorm has clearing issues anyways so curse pop is helpful

[static plinth]

So gain as extra completely ignores increases and mores to the damage its calculating off right?

[still rock]

its conversion before multipliers

[latent sinew]

And scale the chaos damage basically?

[still rock]

aye

well, scaling your skill also scales the chaos dmg

you dont need to take chao nodes

just do normal phys spell stuff

i will warn you tho phys spells feel bad rn but theyre definitely able to do maps i feel, just not as smooth as other spell builds

[high rivet]

like, this is smaller than poe2db says or pob

i was relying on this being large

[static plinth]

How exactly do you scale attacks

[high rivet]

i need it to affect like, 7 passives i think

[latent sinew]

Does gain as extra only go off the base damage? Aka inc phys will not increase the resulting chaos damage or am I wrong?

[still rock]

i thought it was changed to medium idk

lol

[high rivet]

dang

small is rough

like i think i can get it to work, but its gonna need some points that do nothing for me

[still rock]

say you do a 100 dmg phys hit, then you gain 30 chao on top of that, then 100 of the phys is increased by phys scaling and 30 is affected by chaos scaling

But with unholy might lich you also stack mana to make the gain effect larger

[night surge]

how does this work? i got a crossbow that has like 4x more damage on it than my old one, yet the damage of my artillery ballista went down by a bit

[still rock]

and + spells are flat dmg bonuses so they will be affected by the gain chao

and + spells are primary way to scale spells rn

[still rock]

honestly idk, i tried it initially but i couldnt tell if it was working intentionally

also presence is 4m now

so try being close

[night surge]

if i put an artillery down and i stand on top of it, still does nothing

[still rock]

also it might not show up in character sheet for totems

need to test actual dmg

act1.1 boss or somn

[night surge]

i guess i'll go hit a boss or something

[still rock]

you can mostly visually clarify dmg by the number top right of their health bar

is life total

[night surge]

but in general content i didn't see any noticeable difference tbh

[still rock]

yeah idk it very well could be bugged but i just switched to pin twisters and moved on lol

[night surge]

what's pin twisters

[still rock]

twisters that pin

https://poe2.ninja/pob/1f19

[mellow yoke]

is there a sorc build that uses fire dmg and is viable?

I got a +6 to fire spells and 134% fire damage

staff

[night surge]

tyty

[still rock]

i heard cold is the way to go rn

not many fire spell players at all

[mellow yoke]

well with this kind of staff it has to work right?

[still rock]

actually theres some incinerate liches using curse pop

but the other fire spells seem like a bust

[mellow yoke]

ye ggg made sure they are completely useless before they dropped this patch

[still rock]

yeah they look bad

sry

[mellow yoke]

😦

[still rock]

doesnt mean you cant do it tho

🙂

[mellow yoke]

Yeah but im not gonna put like 10 div into something that gets beaten by a diff build with 30 ex budget

[static plinth]

The upcoming Inhibitor support probably wont work with Wind Serpent's Fury right

Since that needs you to have frenzies to use it at all rather than getting a buff

[still rock]

whats it do

[static plinth]

Makes skills unable to consume charges

And gives +4% damage per charge you have

[still rock]

yeah it sounds like a skill youre specifically wanting frenzies for

just play deadeye ez

[static plinth]

Generating charges is ass though

Its combat frenzy or sniper's mark

[still rock]

just add cold somewhere and frz

or wear bushwhack

[static plinth]

Only 1 every like 4 seconds though

[still rock]

with all the supports and whatnot, even not as deadeye, i have plenty

[static plinth]

Id like to be able to spam it as my main skill, thats why im hoping for Inhibitor to work

[still rock]

but deadeye is obv more uptime