2┃build-planning

[static plinth]

Gotta remember WSF is consuming every charge each use, not one-per

[still rock]

im always perturbed when i tell people t4t ss and they dont say ty back to me

rude bitches

still my fav poe 2 interaction so far

(it was christmas night and i was wasted)

merry chsirtmas!

[vast jay]

okay something is very weird... i just started an SSF Hardcore huntress... and i have not even made it to the grelwood map point and i have 3 unique drops

[magic spire]

So SSF has a higher drop rate for Uniques

🤔

[vast jay]

no, it doesn't.. ive played alot of SSF... this is just a very weird run

[still rock]

no hes just lucky

[static plinth]

Are any of them good though'

[still rock]

ssf is balanced the same

[static plinth]

Glory is capped to 20 right

[vast jay]

yeah, it's just luck.. ive just never seen THAT much luck... which means there could be THAT much unluck

[static plinth]

Cant use Redblade Banner to get 40 and double up

[vast jay]

i cant link them all, i dont have scrolls to reveal them

[static plinth]

I mean yo ucould just post the art

Mist Whisper is the crossbow

actually really fucking good that early ngl

[still rock]

pew pew

[vast jay]

that chest seems kinda bad, no?

i guess the cehst is good if you are ranged

[night surge]

i tested it, with a tripwire since it does a single damage instance, with 2 different weapons, 1 with 120 dps the other one with around 380, didn't notice any difference, with both weapons it was doing 350-400 dmg per hit

[pallid wigeon]

So what beast is the best for tame beast? Not talking about modifiers, but the actual beast in terms of health, speed, abilities, and spirit cost? What's considered the go to?

[static plinth]

Its dogshit and i have no idea what the use case could possibly be

[still rock]

self-harm

https://tenor.com/view/ba-dum-tsss-drum-band-gif-7320811

[static plinth]

I guess its the only way to force a monster to be able to bleed you

But that seems unbelievably niche

Even The Infinite Pursuit wouldnt use that

[grim panther]

hey guys img unna expose something really broken with spear right now

Blood hunt is bugged and culmination or any combo skill support DOES NOT CONSUME COMBO ONN USE

[void osprey]

Hello, could anyone recommend a relatively cheap/ budget friendly Lightning spear guide for Amazon?

[zealous bison]

Does anyone know if fresh clip is actually working on shockburst rounds?

[ornate shell]

any endgame liches? hows the pinnacle boss dmg?

[unreal girder]

Why cant I support glacial bolt with fonts, it creates a stationaty object right

[random monolith]

what is the "best" venom draught to choose in this league?

[full meadow]

the stat that you need.

[random monolith]

idk what i need, im playing a smith warrior

[full meadow]

then learn what you need.

[pearl sluice]

the first act its almost always mana regen from flasks, elmental ailment threshold doesnt do what youd think it does

[random monolith]

that's why im here . . .

[pearl sluice]

cruel 3 its chaos res

[random monolith]

cool thanks

[kind crest]

What’s wrong with elemental ailment threshold?

[full meadow]

i assume its just people thinking its avoidance or something for some reason

[still rock]

im an ele ailment drought enjoyer

come after me

[pearl sluice]

i mean its not terrible it does what its supposed to do, but yeah sometimes people think this.

its just imo charms solve the problem and when ur mapping you know what ailment will be a problem usually based on the map

[full meadow]

ig some reading comprehention would help. its a decent stat, and mana is usually solved via other means

[still rock]

ive had 0 mana issues in 0.2

[full meadow]

but yeah, can argue that for both

[still rock]

dunno how the +7 spells folks are doing tho

[full meadow]

mana issues is build dependant

[gusty timber]

it seems like Haemocrystals are not considered an attack

they can't apply impale via the support or extract it, at the very least

are they considered spells, or secondary damage?

i had an idea of using haemocrystals to impale, and then extract that impale on another skill that inflicts bleed for a positive feedback loop

now that i think about it, wouldnt using two copies of impale via gemling or the unique helm lead to a feedback loop if you alternate casts?

oh nevermind it says the skill can't extract impale period, not just the ones applied by that particular skill

[still rock]

has anyone figured out a tldr of optimal usage of trinity? i dont feel like mathing it out

[gusty timber]

also it looks like you actually want to scale duration if you use haemocrystals since it scales off expected total bleed damage, not just bleed dps

im wondering if there is a good way to automate it via a trigger or proxy

i pob'ed it and doubles my bleed dps if only two crystals hit, if i could trigger them on each bleed application

[pallid wigeon]

"The Haste Aura monster modifier no longer appears on monsters that are already fast." So what monsters are considered "fast" for the purpose of tame beast? Quadrilla? Werewolf?

[still rock]

https://tenor.com/view/tootsie-roll-owl-gif-6722506346340001000

(probably a threshold value for monster ms but who knows what the threshold is)

[frosty finch]

So i'm at act 3 cruel with my warrior, playing rake an stomping ground, its really starting to fall off, i'm thinking of going back to big ole maces but i saw quin has kinda the same build i do, any of you guys know how he clears maps ?

[still rock]

assuming the answer is just more str

[gusty timber]

str is literally all of your base dmg with stomping ground

[magic spire]

is totem benefits from minion?

[still rock]

they are not minions

[magic spire]

so just allies nodes?

[still rock]

they scale with you stats (for the most part, its contextual on which stat and which totem)

[magic spire]

more on level of the gem then?

[still rock]

i believe thats the best scaling for most totems atm yes

but again, the other stats depend on the totem

[magic spire]

i see, thanks. gonna spec from tactician spear companion to tactician companion balista build

[frosty finch]

I already got like 450 strength at level 60 lol

Struggling to even have enough dex to equip better spears

[still rock]

what spear do u have now

[frosty finch]

Some level 45 spear, not great

[still rock]

lvl isnt as important as the stats

i used a lv 33 spear into t5 maps

(but with twister)

[vast jay]

we are up to 4 uniques in act 1... lol

[frosty finch]

I think its got between 60 and 100 phys damage

Life leech

Attack speed

[kind crest]

Can someone help me understand this unique affix on goregirdle plate belt?

• Defend with 200% of Armour
  ・Maximum Physical Damage Reduction is 50%

Would this be a net benefit for defence or worse?

[magic spire]

totems are not affected by stats of the weapon right? Only levels?

[neat bison]

It’s worse for small hits and better for big hits, simply put

[kind crest]

okay that makes sense thanks, you think it’d be worth using on a smith build where I am also using the node that makes 25% of physical damage as fire instead

[neat bison]

It could be solid, belts in general aren’t very good so it’s worth testing out.

[kind crest]

Got it thanks

[frosty finch]

Only if you're getting one shot i guess

I'm not even sure

[sacred pelican]

does the accuracy rating from dexterity nodes increase damage when "Penetrate" ascendancy is taken? or is the accuracy rating calculated on Penetrate only for accuracy on weapon?

[vast jay]

i finally got around to trying a true strength stacking rake/stomp from level 3... and omg, this is so dirty and silly

2:33 to finish act 1.....

[frosty finch]

Yeah its really fun early

[vast jay]

im using shield charge also, and this is almost feeling like POE1

and im not exactly praising that.. im just saying, it's out of line with everything else in poe2

[frosty finch]

It will get changes 100% tho, kinda weird how everything else sucks early but this makes any build op early

[vast jay]

it is too weird

[sacred pelican]

wait, do I have to input all the passive nodes and item mods on PoB2 manually? can't I import it somehow

[frosty finch]

All you need is a random spear, a level 3 skill gem and stomping ground

[vast jay]

it honestly feels wrong

very wrong

[frosty finch]

Yeah

[polar wraith]

i tried and didnt like huntress what class should i go instead idrk whats good rn

[frosty finch]

They should make it so that it gives %damage based on the weapon or the skills damage idk

So thats its not too op early and it still scales up

Cause trust me i'm at act3 cruel on my warrior, and its not as fun

[vast jay]

i think stomping ground should only work with skills with a cooldown

but also, why does every single class have to run shield charge for mobility? and there is no other option

[frosty finch]

Nah they just need to make the damage scale based on the weapon you equip

[vast jay]

but that would completely elimilnate the tank centric strength thing it is designed around

[frosty finch]

Well not really

[vast jay]

it is a damage boost for full tank strength/health builds, it just never had a non-cooldown skill before

what skill could you put it on with no cooldown before rake?

[frosty finch]

Lets say it deals 50 damage base plus 5 percent of your current spear per 15 strength

Or main hand weapon

[vast jay]

but that completely undoes the thing it does for 1h+shield warriors

[frosty finch]

Why ?

[vast jay]

i suppose it could just do 50% of your weapon per step.... or something

[frosty finch]

You'll still have damage it will scale up

[vast jay]

bnut that wouldn't really fix the rake abuse, it would just require you to upgrade your spear

[frosty finch]

Yeah thats the idea

[vast jay]

that is not fixing it imo

[frosty finch]

Making it scale kinda fixes it

[vast jay]

the top end damage needs to be taken down by about 500%

at level 10

and 20

and probably every level until 70

so ya, i guess if that math takes the dmg on rake down by 500% it would be fine

[frosty finch]

Or they could just nerf its early strength ratio and make it scale up to 300% later

Based on the skill level

[vast jay]

ive never seen a support gem that scaled based on skill level.. only based on damage

im sure there is some way to fidx it... and maybe 500% nerf would be too much

maybe 200-250% nerf

[frosty finch]

The thing is

Its only good early

[vast jay]

sure, i can't say... but just talking about leveling... the outrageous dmg isn't the only issue

because it STR stacking, you can build health and get damage.... and then it has insane movement reach.... so even with the dmg "normalizeed" it will still be BIS/META leveling for every class... which just should not be

[frosty finch]

Yeah which is why they need to make it scale and nerf the early

[vast jay]

ya, if they took the dmg down to 75% of typical... so you lose 25% dmg in exchange for the insane mobility.. that would probably be ok

[frosty finch]

I dont think the movement tech is what makes it good really

[vast jay]

it is the movement tech and the fact that you can build health and get dmg... so no tradeoff

the movement tech is so big.. it will move 1/2 a screen every 1.2 seconds

[frosty finch]

It is but if you have to spend 5 seconds on a white mob its not worth anymore

The issue with the skill isnt the movement tech, thats actually what makes it fun

[vast jay]

sure.. no one thing is the issue.. ti's the trifecta.... dmg + movement + health (survivability)

[frosty finch]

But one shotting every mob and killing early game bosses in 10 seconds is the issue

Imo

[vast jay]

well.. lets use monk ice strike as a baseline

[frosty finch]

I mean if you're stacking strength you gotta at least survive

[vast jay]

if it did 100% of ice strike DPS, i still think it would be superior because of the health/str and movement

so i think it would need to do 75% of ice strike (plus it doesn't freeze)

even if it was there.. it might still be best melee leveling, because of the bonus to physical melee for stun

anyway, i think we are overall in agreement.. jsut the details.. who knows. they need to figure it out

[pliant sundial]

Is it viable to do crit chance huntress? I don't really see a lot of crit chance passives close on her bit of the tree.

[vast jay]

you end up getting nearly free crit from accuracy via amzon ascendancy

[pliant sundial]

oh

[dusky wadi]

should i use chaotic innoculation by itself or with eternal youth?

[lyric solstice]

Do u want to wait for energy shield recharge or want to refill ES with a flask?

That's the deciding factor

[dusky wadi]

well my only question is, how do you tell if something is chaos damage or not other than poison?

also which one of these do you get with chaos inoculation? or do you get both since you have 1 health?

[lyric solstice]

Ususally purple is chaos hit, green poison hits are physical but the dot after is chaos

[dusky wadi]

and i guess that youre also immune to bleed since it cant go through ES

[neat bison]

CI is not considered low life

[lyric solstice]

Full

[lyric solstice]

In one of the last blog posts they said they will let bleed go through ES but CI will get bleed immunity

[fringe crag]

Yeah cuz it's funny how bleed build can't kill enemy with es shield xD

I mean it can but much harder than any other build

[lyric solstice]

Yup, felt that with warrior in last league, my hotg did nothing

By the time I go through the ES of a boss in "Extra energy shield" map, the boss is practically dead

[halcyon solar]

Can you have multiple different spectres?

like 2 of X and 3 of Y?

[high rivet]

how do i search poe2db for acronyms?

[short mango]

what are people opinions about alternate weapons to the base classes? a LA huntress comes to mind (as does quaterstaff huntress). LA has some cast on crit type builds, and huntress can get very high crit. the main cost being tailwind by the looks of it

[frosty finch]

Everyone is waiting for more weapon types

Cant wait to do a rage axe warrior build personally

[pearl sluice]

Wanted to make a crit caster. Is witch or sorc better for that for mapping?

[sacred pelican]

does Lightning Spear and Storm Lance get affected by cast speed or attack speed?

[static torrent]

Check the tags on the skill gem. Both are Attacks.

[high rivet]

ive been using spear on warrior

[molten birch]

Do we think that sources of increased damage would work with Beira's Anguish? I keep trying to convince myself it does but I do not know for sure.

[high rivet]

id assume so as it says if dealing base damage of 500% of max life

but id assume it probably only works with ignite magnitude?

[molten birch]

I'm thinking something similar. It's still possibly a playable character

[high rivet]

i dunnoh

im focusing on thorns crit atm

infernalist

[molten birch]

I'm doing it on warrior.
Though the build I'm using Beira's on is an infernalist

[high rivet]

oh you've done thorns?

warbringer is so easy to use with it

i loved it

[molten birch]

I haven't but I have been looking into it. I have been slogging through act 1 just becaue I haven't been modivated to play

I'm having fun in PoB which is normal for me

[high rivet]

its probably the best levelling build ive done in poe2 so far

it kicks in at level 16-ish

and theres a couple bosses it doesnt do amazing at

[molten birch]

Yea. Once you get crown of the pale king it goes online

[high rivet]

but a ton of other bosses you will melt in seconds

i killed ketzuli within 1 second

he killed himself on my thorns lol

[molten birch]

Let's not be to loud about thorns being good. 👀

[high rivet]

lol

this infernalist build im messing around with sof ar

has about...

1052% crit multi?

[molten birch]

Yea that's pretty good

[high rivet]

about 5k ES, 1.5k life

instant leech

not perfect gear atm

assuming jewels are only crit damage, nothing else

oh also 100% crit chance

[fringe crag]

Thorns build?

[high rivet]

yeah

[fringe crag]

You know it is bad when one of best builds is thorns build...

[hoary bolt]

why

[high rivet]

hows that bad

[molten birch]

How do we think magnitude would be calculated for ignite damage?

Would it be Base life x (500 x % magnitude)

[high rivet]

probs

thorns has some really strong cool new support gems

barbs and quill burst are part of what makes it even usable

[molten birch]

It does. The 40% increased thorns when this skill is active is pretty great

[high rivet]

yeah that too

ive been considering a mana thorns build

but not sure how well it'd scale

[molten birch]

Same. But that would be scaled with lightning damage as well as increases to mana I feel. So it would be a MoM/ maybe EB build

But since EB now doubles mana costs it might feel strange with how expensive things are in this game

[high rivet]

im thinking MoM/EB too

you dont really use a lot of mana with a thorns build

rapid assault level 5 is what i usually use

[molten birch]

That's true.

Do you have increased thorns damage if you've blocked recently

[high rivet]

yeah

75% is no joke

[molten birch]

Cool cool. Had to be sure

[high rivet]

even if you have no block chance increase

lets say you have 24%

that happens within 4 seconds usually

[molten birch]

It's still pretty relyable

[high rivet]

yeah

[molten birch]

Anyway, back to brainstorming RF at home

[high rivet]

well if you are going to try to get beiras to work

how are you going to keep it going

ritualist?

[molten birch]

Pragmatism

[high rivet]

hear me out

[molten birch]

It's an expensive body but it makes charges infinite.
I need infernalist for the self ignite

[high rivet]

ritualist could also make it work

ah

hm

cant you manually active charms?

[molten birch]

Not to my knowledge. It's the biggest problem with charms like the stun one

I think that's why the charm isn't very used. Because it's not really easy to trigger it

[magic spire]

why do people look for tangletongue fork spear?

[molten birch]

High base crit

[magic spire]

what build benefits that?

[molten birch]

Actually that could be an alternative for my build instead of a greatbow

[pale niche]

Does anybody know if the new Hammer of Faith works if you just switch to it every 10 seconds?

[molten birch]

Any and all crit based builds. It also forks critical hits. Meaning every time you crit (which is often) it forks towards another enemy. Which helps with clear

[magic spire]

I see, do you know how much is that? for selling?

[molten birch]

I got the perfect website for you.
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Dawn of the Hunt/rKjVzE7TQ

[magic spire]

oh okay

thanks

[sterile latch]

i'm stupid I need help: does someone know how to scale damage with a Mjolner build please ? I tried statstacking, spell damage with crown of eyes, Howa... - tree with death dance lightning stuff etc. The numbers looks really low

[fast eagle]

does somebody knows how much crit chance i hav exactly?

[agile salmon]

should be about 35% if the second line is "increased" crit chance not "more" crit chance

does anyone know what main skill i should be using for clearing as a fire focused mage (infernalist) ?

i tried solar orb, flameblast, and incenerate. the 15 sec cd that GGG added to flameblast makes it unplayable for clearing..

[carmine flicker]

try firestorm+radian grief?
idk, may be will work

[half frost]

was just trying to figure this out with a friend, he has just over 100% estimated crit for the lower roll in that second mod line, he is always critting so I think it is telling you that you have a lowest crit chance of 95.37%

[fast eagle]

i wish it that but i crit like every 3-4 attacks thats why im asking if somebody knows

[viscid radish]

TBH, just try to get that extra 5% and you're golden

Numbers work in a weird way

Big difference between 99% and 100%

More so between 95% and 100%

[regal zinc]

Is grendarier viable end game?

[half frost]

Does anyone know if spectres being stuck as wisps got talked about for the patch, I couldn't see anything obvious myself and I am trying to figure out if I want to keep relying on spectre or try out a contagion/ED build or something

love it when spectres work but I am struggling with the boys not doing their job

[dusky prawn]

Thinking maybe cbow amazonian bleed would be nice? Someone discourage me

[dawn spire]

How are you inflicting bleed?

[dawn spire]

Depends on what you mean by viable, but I was clearing t10s on my grenade chrono in 0.1 no problem. It likely only got stronger after the changes

[dusky prawn]

Lacerate can be put on ranged weapons or no?

[dawn spire]

I don't know, tbh. I haven't really touched bleed and I'm not at my pc

[dusky prawn]

Same, sitting in work and dreaming 😁

[dawn spire]

Oh yeah, 50% for all hits

I checked poedb

Which cbow skills do one big hit tho?

[sage tulip]

What would be the best way to have auto casts for like large spells, after the nerf to cast on X ?

[dawn spire]

Or are you gonna go the 1s bleed that's always aggravated?

[dawn spire]

What do you mean by "after the need to cast on x"?

[dusky prawn]

Nah nah, normal

[broken bison]

anybody know how to fix it?

[sage tulip]

I meant Nerf sorry.

[dusky prawn]

Just is there some nuke skill with flat pdps for cbows?

[sage tulip]

Damn auto correct -.-

[dusky prawn]

Because area with spear skills suck balls

[dawn spire]

Still cast on X. Those are basically the only way to auto cast spells

Maybe mjolnir?

Or the smith's ascendancy notable

[sage tulip]

Hmm alright then maybe I will do an auto casts cycle. Since I am doing elemental I could use burn, freeze, and shock.

[little rock]

is rarity any good this league?

[dawn spire]

Maybe high velocity rounds. And if you can break armor it would be an even juicier bleed

[dawn spire]

It's just as good up to a certain point, but we don't know what that point is

[little rock]

last league 150-200% was the sweet spot. I really want to know the numberrs for this one

[dusky prawn]

Will look up when home, because im already on mercenaries side of Passives

[dawn spire]

It might be a while before we have enough data to confidently say what that is

[little rock]

welp. I guess I'll go for 100%~

[leaden siren]

What happens if you use a Mark skill with a weapon set that has Mark passives allocated (like mark duration, magnitude, marked enemy can't crit ecc...) and then switch to a weapon set without those passives? Do you keep the extra effects or no?

[sage tulip]

SO a little curious, the eternal youth node, does that mean my magic shield regen timer doesn't effect the shield anymore so the regen just stays constant ?

[clever summit]

Need help on the Greater Rune of Alacrity (8% Skill Speed) slotted on weapons. Does it affect totem placement and totem projectile speed? Thanks for the answers.

[sage tulip]

also does zealot's oath still work if I change my energy shield to mana ?

[normal pumice]

What's the best ascendancy for mana stacking this league?

[sterile latch]

I need help: does someone know how to scale damage with a Mjolner build please ? I tried statstacking, spell damage with crown of eyes, Howa... - tree with death dance lightning stuff etc. The numbers looks really low

i ask this last time then F for me :d

[sonic garnet]

is it possible to get both lightning rain and the always shock modifier on a beast?

or some other wide range shock application?

im planning on using this for my huntress and want to apply shock without a fire damage attack

also is there a good place to farm rare beasts?

[dawn spire]

Infernalist, imo

It's the only ascendancy that actually gets mana from its ascendancy nodes

[mystic osprey]

lightning amazons that use spear, which skill do you use to inflict lightning exposure?

[olive summit]

i've been wondering how ghost dance works and i tested it now: it applies the energy shield restore effect before you take the damage

so if you're full on ES before something hit you it does nothing but still consumes a charge

this actually has big implications for how i wanna build my character

[median halo]

I’m wondering if Warrior minion is still viable.

[lament sparrow]

Yo anyone here got a viable summon spectre build? Iv'e been searching everywhere for one but seems like nobody is using the skill since the spirit cost is so high. I do wanna try something new but all it seem to be guide about rn is:essence drain+contagion+regular minion build

[olive summit]

ok here's some video evidence for how it works. maybe this is common knowledge in the community already but i couldn't find anything on it googling it and i wanted to know.
https://youtu.be/QDNqZ3iwbQw

[timid aurora]

So are all Sorc builds bad now? Haven't seen any Sorc do pinnacle bosses this patch. Just people using gas arrow or lightning spear or hammer warriors

The spells all seem over nerfed except witch stuff

Maybe this eye of winter and Arc buff will help

Fire spells all seem like memes

Frost seems okay until bossing

[worthy ingot]

So i have found a very well rolled tangletongue. Since I am only level 67 and am just starting to make a javazon build, I wonder if that weapon would already be good with semi decent gear or if I should just sell it for x divines and fund my whole build with it?

[blissful acorn]

Do you guys think bursting plague or +1 poison would be better

[dawn spire]

There's a cold chronomancer at 2nd place on the hcssf ladder last I saw

[timid aurora]

Oh wow

Yeah I seen a few cold Chrono doing well. But id like to see them do pinnacle bosses, seems like mostly aoe

[dawn spire]

Ice wall explosions can be pretty gnarly for single target as well

And now with eye of Winter getting buffed from frost bomb, that might be a thing

[timid aurora]

But it's still .6% on reg ladder, everything is lightning spear or has arrow

Or warrior

[dawn spire]

Yeah, they're the flavor of the month

I think a lightning spear stormweaver might slap, honestly

[timid aurora]

I'm a frost Chrono ATM level 50. It's slowing down a bit for me but I need more gear

Was worried about end game

Things take a while to kill now

[dawn spire]

What skills are you using and what's your weapon?

And do you have the massive cold cluster at the top of the tree?

The +1 cold notable is massive

[timid aurora]

Ya im getting that atm

I use frost wall frost bomb hypothermia and fireball in-between.

I need to put comet on cast on freeze

[gleaming saddle]

is dual wielding 2H hammers a good idea? it seems like goofy fun but i have no idea if it's effective

[dawn spire]

Ah, you're fireballing. Gotcha. I'd give frostbolt a chance as well

[civic charm]

I want to do a crossbow build but stuck between doing Witchhunter or Deadeye not sure which one to do

[timid aurora]

I'll try that . My fireball is a starting to do nothing and not break the wall

[dawn spire]

It's really good for Shockwave totem. Two maces with +3-4 to level of melee skills makes the totems do huge bonks

[gleaming saddle]

oh damn, i already went Titan...so it's better with the totem ascend?

[dawn spire]

But as for dual wielding, I'm not sure what's worth it over 2h, 1h + shield, or 2h+shield

[dawn spire]

No, not necessarily

[timid aurora]

I use want with +3 cold and 40% cold and offjand with 30% cold

[dawn spire]

Warbringer isn't the only ascendancy that can use totems

[timid aurora]

Rest of gear kinda sucks tho

What level is eye of winter and the curse aura

[gleaming saddle]

ok but you'd say it's better for totems than self bonks?

i would prolly do 2H plus shield but i'm terrible using the block skill...just doesn't feel like POE

[tough wing]

So, ive been leveling a thorns build because i think them hitting themselves is hilarious. I can see why either warbringer or smith are good choices, anyone played either versions and can give some input?

[ornate coyote]

hi anyone know good gemling legion build ım lvl 84

[gleaming saddle]

are there enough sources of thorns to make that viable? like do mobs run up and hit you and die?

or is it just extra damage while you fight?

[summer thicket]

What’s a good way to not die to infernal flames

[teal sluice]

is there any way to scepter swap to a curse setup without needing for ur 2nd wep to also be a scepter with spirit and minion level?

[tough wing]

combination of both, theres supports that use your thorns damage

those are new

[ornate coyote]

should ı build gemling spark build ?

ı have veryy good build

[twin sierra]

its very weak now

[ornate coyote]

why

spark is nerfed ?

[twin sierra]

big nerfs

[regal zinc]

Is grenade good for end game

[ornate coyote]

should ı do burstshock build then ?

[twin sierra]

lost maybe 90% of dmg

[upper viper]

So if i just want to get fast thru the acts and get a good char going. I have now had to fail on 2 chars 😦
What are some fast good dmg builds 🙂 ?

[olive summit]

"had to fail"?

[tawdry pilot]

disengage scales with IAS and skill effect duration
meaning that with enough of those stats..
you can spam cancel rake -> reverse disengage and create a poor man's temporalis autobomber.
with warrior combined with perfect strike it becomes a solid bosser too
im mostly thinking this would be a race setup

[fleet blaze]

I'm trying to find new tech to make Bone Cage clear better currently using this set up and it's ok but I've been trying to find an interaction that makes the clear chain, more explosions I dunno. I'm having no luck.

Did cast on crit detonate dead but it's lackluster, tried boneshrapnel didn't feel good.

[upper viper]

I messed up on respecing some things and changing some gear out. So now i cant progress thru the acts due to no damage and the chars feeling bad ( Not fun to play for me )

[olive summit]

gas arrow is the best easy leveling build i know of atm

[upper viper]

On deadeye ?

[dawn spire]

It really depends on the build and what you value. The small node bonus on titan can be massive. And it offers some solid defense and stun options, I think.

[olive summit]

on whatever really but best on some dex adjacent class

[upper viper]

Mh, i will lookie

[dawn spire]

All classes can be dex-adjacent, pretty much

[olive summit]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-deadeye-leveling

[upper viper]

i used his LA last time so good

[halcyon bobcat]

Is it possible for blue enemies to have haste aura? Rare enemy spectres are kinda expensive in spirit

[ripe mauve]

Hi, does this mean that I will 21% more lighting damage from my fire damage?

[alpine parrot]

im trying amazon with 2 twohanded weapons
what are warrior skills for cleaning maps and stuff? and gems? any good guides?

[distant glade]

Boneshatter

[ripe mauve]

Bones hatter or stampede

[atomic halo]

no

it gets normalised down to 100%

[ripe mauve]

Oh ok, ty

It works the same as the gloves of ice damage from Season 1

[atomic halo]

for example if you had 100% phys -> cold and 100% phys -> light (both from items not gems) you would have 50/50 cold/light

[ripe mauve]

Oh I see

Thanks

[sleek gate]

i deal 0 dmg with gas arrow and i get 1 tapped what could be wrong

im lvl 57

[alpine parrot]

aight going well

[sleek gate]

do i wait until endgame

[alpine parrot]

what gems do i put on them?

[dusk star]

U can't tame magic beasts from what I aware of

and spirit reservation depends solely on the kind of beast, not the modifiers, like a Quadrilla is 42%, I have even seen a beast with 54%, and a werewolf with 34%

[distant glade]

Boneshatter - impact shockwave - magnified effect - reach

[magic spire]

which is the better for ascendancy trials? chaos or sekemas?

[distant glade]

Depends on your build honestly. I find sekema easier generally

[dusk star]

Sekemas is way easier

[halcyon bobcat]

How many spirit would the sword and shield wielding Roshan be?

[dusk star]

• If u play HC, "dying" due to honor reaching 0 doesn't count as a death

[magic spire]

i already died at ascendancy trial 3 4 times in sekemas, those burn damage always kills me

cant 1 tap typical mobs since my build is a rogue one

[dusk star]

Dunno

[distant glade]

Come back later on when you’re stronger. You don’t need it to progress the story

[magic spire]

already at the start of the endgame maybe i try chaos once I found an orb

[heady brook]

Anyone know where i can find build to copy ? 🤔

[worldly stone]

what build has the most dps in the new league

[agile salmon]

GGG nerfed most "single skill builds" so I decided to use all fire spells at once
https://streamable.com/9cy4we

[alpine parrot]

ITS COMING TOGETHER

kinda

clean is shit

but boss clear is SPEED

[distant glade]

Are you using a splash hammer

Or mace whatever the fuck

[cursive girder]

Is there a way to use 2 tame beasts at the same time? Does that notable for “2 companions but different kinds” do that?

[halcyon solar]

Did they change Dilirium? Last patch you could do an entire map in it if you killed fast enough. Now it always finishes after a minute or so even while 1-2 shotting entire hordes.

[dawn spire]

Yes

I think

As long as they're different types of beasts

[fringe cape]

Can someone explain this passive? How am I meant to curse myself?

[dawn spire]

Shackles of the wretched unique gloves, for one. But enemies can also curse you

I think there's also a belt that curses you with vulnerability?

But that might not exist in poe2

[quartz cairn]

What build generally uses Gloamgown?

[fringe cape]

That's so weird... it's like 4 passive points you can invest but can only activate it with a single unique? lol i dont get it

[halcyon bobcat]

There are also waystones that put permanent curses on you. It was temporal chains and enfeeble before 0.2, I dunno now if there are more or if existing ones were removed

[cursive girder]

Ahh that’s what the dif types means, cool

[uncut trout]

Guys. Does barrage work on spear of solaris?

[static plinth]

The only relevant one imo is Soul Mantle, which inflicts you with a hex that ignores curse limit whenever your totems die

[dawn spire]

I'd read barrage and spear of Solaris carefully (and/or post screenshots of them here)

Idk off the top of my head

They reworded a few skills to include thrown spears, like tornado shot. Idk if barrage got the same treatment. Nor do I know if spear of Solaris applies

[uncut trout]

Yeah I'm asking cuz barrage says it affects thrown spear attacks, and spear of solar says "throwing your spear in the air"

so i feel like it should

actually, it says projectile spear attacks

and SoS is labeled projectile, so thats actually clearer

it should count, by the games wording

[dawn spire]

It should count, but the issue, I think, is the glory cost

If each repeat also requires glory, you're screwed

[uncut trout]

ahhh

barrage doesnt make you use resources repeteadly tho does it?

like i doesnt charge more mana i dont think

[dawn spire]

And I think that will be the case. If you barrage a skill that consumes frenzy charges, for example, only the first use actually consumes and benefits from them

[uncut trout]

oh really

damn

[dawn spire]

Yeppers

[uncut trout]

well cripes

[dawn spire]

Well, I'm not 100% sure on that

I just realized I was thinking about snipers mark

And if you barrage a skill that crits multiple times, the first one consumes the mark and the rest don't

But that's completely different

I don't think I thoroughly tested it because barrage also consumes frenzy charges

So it was hard to have frenzies, use barrage, and then have frenzies to consume for the barrage skill

[uncut trout]

i really want it to work cuz SoS dps is a little low for me rn

[dawn spire]

But should be much easier to test now with that new support

[uncut trout]

well, it doesnt really hurt to just try it and see

Barrage is on a short cooldown anyway

[potent furnace]

Whould you mix witch with armor / ev or go pure es - for hc?

[woven depot]

Depends on much more than just your initial class decision

[north heart]

Whose lightning spear are yall following?

[mellow yoke]

Asmodeus

[north heart]

Lot of different variance to this build, are you using fork on yours?

[mellow yoke]

No

I’m just a fan of primal strike instead of storm lance

Really good boss dmg

Dies in 3 combos approx

[wild harbor]

anyone has a build for deadeye lightning arrow i cant find any in maxroll

[uncut trout]

Primal strike, what do yall do for that?

[dreamy stag]

So, I was wondering. What I mostly like from the huntress is parying. Is it viable to make a build around the parry in endgame, or is there just not enough parryable attack to make it good enough ?

[uncut trout]

Tried it and didn't like it

[crystal slate]

I struggled with knowing how much I could parry before being stunned.

[steady flint]

Do we have any other phys to element conversion damage taken as sources than cloak of flame?

[wild shoal]

if i use lesser jeweled orb on a companion gem, and then change the companion, does it keep the extra slot on the new companion gem

[dreamy stag]

From what I've seen, it's most a getting used to part of it, as well as understanding what to parry

But yeah, playing something based around Parry/Heavy Stun for stuff like Spear of Solaris for example feel like it would be my kind of stuff

[white niche]

https://poe2.ninja/pob/211a not sure what gear to improve next on my GA amazon

[loud geyser]

Thinking about trying a witchhunter with explosive spear. Zealous inquisition with the big AOE of explosive spear should feel good for clear? Sorcery ward for defense.

I'd have to figure out a good single target

[frail sedge]

Does "Aura skills have increased magnitude" work with Withering Presence and Blasphemy?

[alpine parrot]

what was the support gem that reduce a skill mana cost?

[north heart]

Anyone doing warrior? With boneshatter lol

[autumn hawk]

Witchhunter hands down worst ascendancy

[livid flume]

is it possible to weapon swap to the same weapon?

i.e. basically 2 skill trees one for maps one for bosses

[loud geyser]

Wrong

[autumn hawk]

oh my bad, sorry i forgot ur a hurr durr

[loud geyser]

That's okay I forgive you

[abstract grove]

is there a guide for POB for scrubs anywhere?

[rotund moss]

sacred flame shrine scepter if the lowest resistance is chaos does that change the elemental resistance? Enemies in your Presence Resist Elemental Damage based on their Lowest Resistance

[woven otter]

How do you mitigate % max life lost per second?

Is it possible to do with high health?

[static torrent]

Not yet, it was intended to be in 0.2 but didn't make it in, should be added once it's ready.

[dreamy stag]

How viable is parry in endgame ?

Because the Heavy Stun route on Huntress seems to be on the bleed side, but a bit more stun is always nice

[past veldt]

does choir of the storm interact with leopolds gloves? for ex i have lightning pen and crit will it penetrate negatively?

not sure which one applies first if its leopolds before choir i think it works

[timid aurora]

So Chaluya is really good people sleeping on it

[hybrid hull]

Hey guys can someone help me with good builds for ToS farming

[round escarp]

Is leech considered recovery?

Or is it separate like it is in Poe 1?

[mortal cloak]

Starting to slow down a bit killing in T12 and very squishy, any optimization suggestions?

[carmine flicker]

were minions in campaign buffed or not yet?
still want to try spectres, but kinda don't want to lvl ed/c

[zinc linden]

how does lich passive "life cannot change while you have ES" interacts with life costs of skill and/or rathpit?

[vast jay]

@carmine flicker all your talk about rake-stomp inspired me to rerolll an SSF-HC huntress and go rake stomp from level 3... omg this build is to broken OP it needs to be nerfed

[ashen roost]

Any lich using Apop focus with eternal life?
Using Atziri Circlet too

[ashen roost]

Look up the frost mage build for nonEd/C

[round escarp]

Show your character stats.

[carmine flicker]

cold skills actually not a joke?(outside of comet I guess)

[carmine flicker]

try it with kitava's smith, way stronger than huntress

[ashen roost]

Scattershot, CDR reduction on skeleton frost aoe

[sonic garnet]

im trying to make a hybrid lightning ice build with this helm and lightning spear and primal strikes, but my bossing damage is insanely bad, do yall have any recomendations for what i could use for boss fights?

[vast jay]

im sure it is.... Im currently running shield-charge anyway, for the high mobility combo.... and I've been thinking doing this on warrior would be way stronger

[carmine flicker]

it's ok during acts..
I can say damage fall of later
at t5 it's already barely enough

[vast jay]

are you using the unique spear with poison?

[carmine flicker]

no

[vast jay]

with that thing it should have dumpster level dmg

[carmine flicker]

I played poison builds in POE1 for 5 lagues, kinda tired of them

[ashen roost]

I'm doing vaal guards spectre with my own twist

Skeleton warrior X2, vaal guard x7, cleric x1, storm mage x1

At the moment

[vast jay]

@carmine flicker my Act 1 on this character was 2h33m, in HC SSF, without even trying to race

[mortal cloak]

what's the point of this helmet? It just changes them around right it doesn't like boost anything? I'm doing a triele build and was wondering about using it

[sonic garnet]

im using it for combat frenzy because its easier to conver the shock from lightning spear to freeze isntead of making it proc electrecuted

[ashen roost]

Pure Fire build getting shock

[mortal cloak]

ahhh yea for that I get it, I was just thinking from a tribrid perspective

[carmine flicker]

but then I'm the kind of player that, tired or not, I will play w/e is strongest option, always
need to test

[sonic garnet]

ideally im looking for an attack thats either primarily fire or lightning based so im procing freeze or shock, which is why it sucks that primal strikes doesnt seem to work well for bossing

[vast jay]

@carmine flicker the main downside I feel in using rake-stomp-strength on huntress in hardcore, is that the strength attribute build leaves every other huntress "utility" ability (aka ranged abilities) pretty weak sauce.... it would be way stronger to either run gemling and add high level ranged spells based on strength... or maybe use crossbow ranged alternates to run high level crossbow and low level spear

[carmine flicker]

problem is, stomping ground isn't "a hit with this weapon"
so idk if that would count for unlimited poison stacks

[vast jay]

im the same.... i think this build should be nerfed, but as long as it's not, it's very strong to elvel anything

[round escarp]

thats why your squishy, You have 0 evasion 0 armour and 0 block. I'd recommend getting some evasion and ES on your gear and investing in it via the nodes on the tree.

[static plinth]

Has anyone tried Reaper's Invocation?

[vast jay]

@carmine flicker do you have any other tips for the build? right now im running herald of ash.... mostly complimenting with shield-charge.... rare explosive spear.... even more rare tornado because it does weaksauce dmg with this passive spec

[carmine flicker]

I'd say that "go kitava" for 20% increased str
then go astramentis if you ever can, it will patch dex and int so you can use ranged attacks

[vast jay]

okay... im on SSF, so we'll see if that happens or not... oddly this run I had 4 uniques drop just in Act 1, and another in the first zone in act 2

[carmine flicker]

+kitava close resistances like for free, so you only need STR and some fire res(and life) from gear, so it's really easy to get items

kitava is really good SSF material
free res ftw

[vast jay]

ohh wait, you're talking about smith of kitava warrior ascendancy

but im a huntress right now

[carmine flicker]

ye

yeah, for rake/stomp I think you should reroll
for huntress it's lvling build you respec into.. idk. smth

[vast jay]

i want to see what the topend of this is with that poison spear...though I suppose I could do that on any class

hmm

i sort of want to try it on bloodmage, but too many bloodmage ascendancy points are spells only

[plush timber]

does anyone know if Magnetic Salvo actually detonates something like Stormblast Bolts, or if it just consumes/destroys them?

from the wording (and damage of Stormblast) I'm assuming it isn't detonate

[north pivot]

Anyone know if using Valako's Vice gloves (100% of Fire damage converted to Lightning damage) on Artillery Ballista (60% of Phys to Fire) will work / worth ?

[sonic garnet]

im trying to make a hybrid lightning ice build with this helm and lightning spear and primal strikes, but my bossing damage is insanely bad, do yall have any recomendations for what i could use for boss fights?

[carmine flicker]

can't convert damage twice afaik

[ashen roost]

I was hoping sacrifice would work with the storm mage skill but it does not 😭

[carmine flicker]

and in ballista phuys is already converted

[vast jay]

@carmine flicker okay, you convinced me to try this on kitava... which attribute fork do I want to take at start, top or bottom?

top right?

[carmine flicker]

I did this

stomping ground isn't MELEE hit(for some reasons..) so melee damage doesn't work

[vast jay]

it says melee on the gem

[carmine flicker]

it does? hmm
my bad
need to test

no

[vast jay]

Ohh.. interesting

then my huntress build is pretty suboptimal too!

[carmine flicker]

on ascendancy 20% str and 5% regen first points

need just 2 points, so both taken after first trial

5% regen with some life regen rate nodes makes you really tanky

[north pivot]

Can Artillery Ballista's hits/damage poison?

[carmine flicker]

ofc
as long as you have chance to poison and can poison from damage types it deals

totems use your stats except when said they don't

[north pivot]

sorry what did you mean by " can poison from damage types it deals "

[carmine flicker]

by default phys and chaos can poison
idk what's your damage on ballista

[north pivot]

ah. it's 60% converted to fire (default gem)

[carmine flicker]

then only 40% poison

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Plaguefinger

[north pivot]

what if I use the Plaguefinger gloves?

[carmine flicker]

you can use those

[north pivot]

ahh

[carmine flicker]

ye

[north pivot]

do i still need 100% poison chance?

[carmine flicker]

ye

gloves only allow damage to poison, not force

[north pivot]

ok thank you 🙂 god i'm trying too hard to make something work

might as well stick to off the shelf builds

[carmine flicker]

idk what shelf builds are now tbh

didn't look much at meta

except spectres I guess and rake/stomp

[north pivot]

off the shelf as in usual meta stuff.

and ready to go

that's what i meant.

[carmine flicker]

yeah, me too
idk what's meta rn

no idea

I really want to make radiant sundering work

but idk if possible

spear damage just isn't there for the most part, sadly

[north pivot]

yeah i agree

like nearly 50% of the players are playing Lightnign Spear?

[carmine flicker]

well
it's easy AOE

[north pivot]

yeah its too strong

[carmine flicker]

nah

most other things are TOO WEAK

[proven rapids]

is there any reason to life stack in poe2 ?

[north pivot]

I dont think they'll buff the other skills now. Almost week 1 of 0.20 soon ?

[carmine flicker]

if you want to flame in chat that "I have 5k life and still die to oneshots"
(you will. get oneshots, I mean, idk about flame)

[timid aurora]

Last season had way more build diversity on ladder I feel

They messed up. So few good skills now

[carmine flicker]

or if you go str stack for rakestomp, then you kinda stack life cause that's what you get from str, no exception

[timid aurora]

Like is there even any good fire spells

For end game

[carmine flicker]

"food skills"
sound interesting
don't fix that

[timid aurora]

Lol

Entire classes are just group aura bots now like Sorc

[carmine flicker]

food skill is a skill you can play while eating, I guess, and still kinda progress?

ehh
you fixed your post and ruined the joke
sad

[timid aurora]

Hopefully the Sorc buffs help

[carmine flicker]

arc was nerfed
for.. reasons?

[timid aurora]

Unlikely tho

[north pivot]

I actually was REALLY looking forward to league starting Flameblast Poison (transition at 52 that is) but then now Flameblast has a 15 second cooldown...

[carmine flicker]

I.. don't even want to play now
chatting there is way more entertaining

[north pivot]

like no one asked for that cooldown.

[carmine flicker]

VISION

[north pivot]

it wasnt even strong either.

[timid aurora]

Just want more end game skills

[carmine flicker]

it wasn't
fire skills sucked
now they.. still suck?

[north pivot]

yes but that was the only reasonably strong fire skill. Fusilade is terrible to play.

what are the other strong / decent fire skills?

[carmine flicker]

they don't want you to be able to clear packs with one skill

[dawn spire]

Incinerate exposure duration got quadrupled

[carmine flicker]

they want you to use combo of 2-3 buttons to clear

[dawn spire]

Fireball is still good

[carmine flicker]

that.. do nothing exactly

[north pivot]

4 skills multi-combo and unleash a devasting blow to a pack

[dawn spire]

It makes it combo better with other stuff

Wildfire also is 100% better

[north pivot]

arent the changes to wildfire now a negative for fireball?

[carmine flicker]

if only ignite wasn't terrible

[robust pendant]

Hey, does anybody knows what does the "Warning: You have too many gem groups allocated. Max allowed is 9. You have 11 non-item/non-granted gem groups allocated." means in pob2?

[carmine flicker]

there were easier ways to apply exposure, but I guess

[dawn spire]

It means you can only use 9 skill/spirit gem setups on a character by default

Unless you use unset rings

[carmine flicker]

like channeling incinerate to max stacks and THEN channeling it to stack exposure is.. like? 5 seconds or w/e

5 seconds you spend to start the combo? that's insane

[robust pendant]

OH, got it, tysm

[woven otter]

how high can you get your health on titan?

if you health stack

[carmine flicker]

around 6k I guess

why?

[wispy ruin]

This might be a dumb question but would thorns work with avatar of fire?

[carmine flicker]

they are hit damage, so ye

[woven otter]

that ring with th 3% of life added phys damage is interesting

lose 5% max life is tough to overcome tho

[carmine flicker]

it's not that bad

it's.. like... 150 added at 5k life
not bad tbh

[woven otter]

yea i think its quite a bit

[carmine flicker]

then again it takes up item slot so you will have less max life

[wispy ruin]

I was looking into some skills and the perfect strike skill looked fun for ignite or the hammer skill thats falls down but thorns looked something niche too

But i feel like it might be a bit too slow for my liking

[carmine flicker]

thorns have good support in support gems

also why bother with avatar?
phys damage is better

[fiery scaffold]

is the spear one handed?

[carmine flicker]

grab thorn leech and vaal pact and look at things funny

they attack you? you damage them, you leech, you full this instant

[dawn spire]

Hold alt and click on the spear keyword for a description

[carmine flicker]

so you will die only to oneshots..
that aren't that uncommon

[dawn spire]

Should include its handedness

[carmine flicker]

spear is 1h

[abstract hornet]

Sorry ti bother everyone, but is there a huntress build that uses cull the weak ? Or is that skill not worth trying to use for frenzy generation?

[dawn spire]

I know, but it's a teachable moment

[static torrent]

Though even without checking the keyword, you could also just see whether it allows you to equip an off-hand at the same time

[carmine flicker]

I know, but I will just give answers when I can

[dawn spire]

Then reply to them instead of me next time 😛

[carmine flicker]

true, my mistake

[rare zealot]

Can someone explain to me the benefits of the rhoa mount? Like why would I ever use it? It just seems like a permanently raised shield so I can get heavy stunned more easily 😐

[static torrent]

It removes your movement speed penalty for attacking while moving, so it means you can move around more quickly even while constantly attacking.

[tidal copper]

Anyone building this?!

[carmine flicker]

they promised us rhoa mount
they gave us thoa mount!

noone said it would be useful

[rare zealot]

💀

[abstract hornet]

Do I have any option other than a buckler in my off hand as a huntress?

[rare zealot]

using a shield 🤷‍♂️

[carmine flicker]

it's good
but heavy reliance on enemy attacks and RNG for this to work(also - need to go warbringer) kinda ruins all this

[carmine flicker]

use focus
grab dance with death keystone

[carmine flicker]

buckler, shield, focus, dance with death

those are your options

[tidal copper]

I thought that blood mage or strength stack will be better for life stack

[static torrent]

They've been very consistent about the effect it'd have since their first showcase of it, and I recall a bunch of people going for a specific Ranger ascendancy just to get the reduction for the movement speed penalty, so there's clearly some value to the effect.

[carmine flicker]

yeah, yeah
now you can't block AOE without being warbringer

[tidal copper]

I'll just tank everything till they die
Parry the big ones

[carmine flicker]

cool, cool. can't parry AOE either

so if boss do mostly AOE moves you can do little

[tidal copper]

Weapon swap to raphils globe it is
I refuse to play warrior

[carmine flicker]

oh, it was added
cool I guess

[timid aurora]

Best mace totem class of the three warriors? I see WB maybe highest for pure totem build

Not sure tho

[carmine flicker]

mace totems reduced to oblivion

don't bother

[timid aurora]

The top WB all using it

[carmine flicker]

as main damage skill?

[timid aurora]

Ya I think let me check

Okay first place WB using direct dmg mace. But the guy below him same level is full totem

[carmine flicker]

it's damage was reduced by a lot in 0.2

like x3 to x5 or smth reduction

[carmine flicker]

you look in std or in league?

[timid aurora]

I think league

[vernal falcon]

Anyone know if theres a way self inflict lightning damage?

[carmine flicker]

there is

you can self-inflict phys and trigger thorns damage this way with crown of the pale king(or smth)

if you have lightning thorns you will thorn yourself

[tidal copper]

Maybe a spectre and a minion gem?

[vernal falcon]

Hmmm, whats an easy way to smack yourself with physical?

[weak rain]

What kinds of builds use Crown of Eyes Coral circlet?

[carmine flicker]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Fireflower

you can use this

will trigger thorns too

[vernal falcon]

Thats a lot of self damage taken sadly

[tidal copper]

With the unique that gives iron will I believe

[tepid moon]

Monk+lighting spear+call of the brotherhood

Need help making this viable to late game content.

Is it actually possible?

I was thinking of doing

Lighting spear
Barrage
Storm lance
Sniper mark
Wind dancer
Herald of thunder
Herald of ice
Combat frenzy
Unbound avatat

Like I said call of the brotherhood to convert lighting to cold. Maybe polcirkeln?

Skill tree wise, should I focus cold damage? Or attack damage? should o reach spear nodes?

[weak rain]

ahhh i see that actually sounds pretty good

[carmine flicker]

why do you want to take lightning damage anyway?

[tidal copper]

It's a Poe 1 build but we don't have replica alberons war path so it's not as strong
If you want to scale to the moon you'll need to find something similar

[vernal falcon]

Unique that makes charms consume no charges + Charm that gives 1 frenzy charge on use

more just a premise and going from there

but the effort to get to taking the lightning damage might not be worth to effort

technically can be done with any of the unique charms that give a charge

[remote ledge]

So have they fixed Wind serpent's fury? Or why is nobody creating a build around it?

[tidal copper]

Can you screenshot it?

[halcyon solar]

How can you get a Terracotta Soldier as spectre? i don't get the option to target them.

[remote ledge]

What do you mean by that

[thorny fractal]

What build is best as trial carry ?

[weak rain]

i see, i think annointing Titanic on an amulet might make up for it?

[timid aurora]

Os there a way to hide aura spell vfx? Time of need is ruining my xmog

I look like pee

[static torrent]

There's an Invisible Buff MTX in the store, that might work.

[timid aurora]

Ohh nice I'll try it

[sacred pelican]

does accuracy rating on rings affect Penetrate ascendancy node on Amazon?

[static torrent]

No, only the Accuracy Rating on the weapon itself afaik

[molten birch]

Hey all, does aura magnitude from the passive skill work with banners?

[timid aurora]

Wait no quarterstaff skins at all yet?

[willow tulip]

can someone explain my critical hit chance. is it 22.88% + 85-119%?

[tiny pine]

is it viable to try and focus on two different skills? I'm trying a lightning/curse sorcerer but Idk what I'm doing

[dawn spire]

Depends on the skills. Many builds aim to utilize lots of skills at once. Combos are very prevalent in poe2

[dawn spire]

Yes, the aura part

[tiny pine]

I'm thinking about shocking them with orbs, bolts, and sparks, and then using curse to kill them faster

but like I said I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing. I'm completely guessing on this skill tree

and with gems

[dawn spire]

I would recommend cursing first, but yeah. Cursing + using other stuff is not bad in any way

[tiny pine]

oh curse them first? interesting

[dawn spire]

You can even utilize weapon swap nodes to spec into a bunch of curse nodes, use the curse, then swap back to your main skill(s) with your damage nodes

[dawn spire]

Curses don't do damage on their own, they typically debuff the enemy. Are you using conductivity?

[tiny pine]

uuhh I'm not sure

[dawn spire]

Do you know what your curse does at least?

I guess I should first ask: are you literally guessing, or are you reading and making choices (albeit with little info)?

[stark imp]

Hey are there any skills that give X Buff when your energy shield reaches 0? Could they be abused with huntress minion and Energy shield aura?

[dawn spire]

There's a trigger gem that gains energy as you lose es, but that's not exactly what you're after

[stark imp]

Not sure, I got a companion with energy shield aura and was wondering if you could abuse being in/out of its prescence

With a skill or gem that rewarded energy shield being at 0

[broken nexus]

guys, does lightning rod let arc chain between it and something else?

[turbid estuary]

Hello guys, not a big expert on this game, little bit of knowledge. Could someone tell me a good build to start beginner friendly? Would be great if the build was relative good at endgame and not expensive to build. Thanks in advance.

[dawn spire]

Yes

[dawn spire]

Essence drain+Contagion lich or chronomancer (witch or sorceress)

Can also check YouTube for zizaran's artillery ballista guide

[mighty gazelle]

Guys, my game is having an issue right now. I'm stuck in the map and can't enter the game. Which channel should I go to for help?

[turbid estuary]

Thanks for your answer! I will check out those builds

[broken nexus]

basically im trying to make use of chain vs single target as well and the idea is to plop down the rot and spam away

but testing interactions is very fun when tests subjects run at mach5

[dawn spire]

I'm not sure if the rod will get you more single target damage. I don't know how chain works in poe2. In poe1, I think you cannot chain back to the same target. But that might just be for projectiles? Testing is the only way I'd be able to verify

[static plinth]

Fyi pretty sure you need to wait for the charm's duration to run out, so its only 1 every 3 seconds or so

Its definitely an interesting idea though, ive been considering it

[vernal falcon]

hmmm, still not bad, esp if you run passivess around it

[broken nexus]

same here tested it out, there goes that idea

[static plinth]

If we could take literally any other damage type as Lightning i think itd be possible

[vernal falcon]

can also run the serpent egg gold amulet to double charge gen

[static plinth]

Also id recc Ritualist over Pragmatism

[vernal falcon]

would painter's servant torn gloves work?

probably not worth cause you'd be running what fucking 3 uniques

[dawn spire]

You confirmed you cannot chain back?

[indigo valley]

is there a way to make Rake good with single target ?

[broken nexus]

yes

[static plinth]

No that only affects the damage you deal

Redflare Conduit shocks you

[dawn spire]

Concentrated effect as the second support (alongside stomping ground) would help

[sage tulip]

What the fuck is this secret changing shit they did to the passive skill tree to of moving jewel socket locations. When did they say they would do that ?

[static plinth]

Kinda sucks you can reliably proc every unique charm except that one

[static plinth]

In the 0.2 patch notes?

[sage tulip]

is it there ?

[static plinth]

Yeah

[vernal falcon]

hmmm, yknow

instead of a charge build

[static plinth]

Use /reclaimjewels to get any that you lost

[vernal falcon]

the new unique belt

[static plinth]

This doesnt work with pragmatism, ritualist, or anything else. They have to actually consume the charges

[sage tulip]

no just they moved one where it was perfect where it was at and now it completely reduces my dps output by a ton on top of the nerfs they did like what the fuck.

[static plinth]

Passive tree gets changes all the time and its early access so even more often

You shouldve got a free respec so you can use that

[broken nexus]

they announced it in advance you are over week late

[sage tulip]

fair but still sucks though

[broken nexus]

its nerfs man

nobody cheers when they get nerfed

[sage tulip]

very true

[radiant epoch]

Does anyone know if upheval additional fissures can damage same target if hit by multiple fissures?? Idk how it works since its not a projectile.

[static plinth]

We cant force ourselves to be frozen right?

[sage tulip]

question for ORB of storms do I need to be in the radius or the enemy in the radius to make it work ?

while I am using the ARC skill

[atomic halo]

just stop moving

[tidal birch]

Are there already established meta builds for the endgame?

[broken nexus]

you stand next to it

I recommend overabundance so you can summon 2 of them for even more dmg

persistence if you feel they expire too quickly

[sage tulip]

understood but I am mostly using it to apply ailments since they plan on removing ARCS shock chance.

unless there is something better to do that.

[livid flume]

does resolute technique affect totems or minions? pob says it does, but that doesnt make sense with the wording?

[jagged wave]

anyone know where I can get easily and reliably shocked ground for primal strikes?

[ember yacht]

So i started the league doing this skele reavers build I found on reddit and I'm in act 3 cruel and it's going okay but I just realized I don't really have an endgame build to shoot for and nothing really on poe2.ninja using reavers so...... anyone got an endgame minion build for this league they could link me?

[bold oxide]

quarterstaff in second weapon set with gathering storm

[carmine flicker]

it does affect totems, not minions

[carmine flicker]

spectres

[carmine flicker]

ball ligntning+ligtning warp

[jagged wave]

nerfed

[jagged wave]

can't, running bow :/

[carmine flicker]

really?
sad
how?

[jagged wave]

I tried thunderous leap with shocking leap. I have 200% critical strike chance and it still doesn't leave shocking ground, is this bugged?

[jagged wave]

leacves shocking ground only if you warp to an enemy with it and the enemy dies by culling

so basically useless in bossing

[carmine flicker]

so useless in anything, yeah

[jagged wave]

fun detected, better nerf it

[static torrent]

I highly doubt you actually have 200% critical hit chance, are you sure you're not confusing that for 200% increased critical hit chance? But I've seen it trigger on crit with both Thunderous Leap and Disengage, so it would appear to work.

[bold oxide]

ditch the bow

[static torrent]

That +X crit chance seems to be applying as an increase to the final critical hit chance of the skill, not as a flat addition. Otherwise, basically any Amazon with even a little accuracy would be getting 100% crit chance trivially.

[jagged wave]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I have been bamboozled by my friend

Thanks!

[north heart]

Yall recommended fubgun builds?

[static torrent]

To be fair, it is somewhat unclear in the way it's presented. I'm only relatively confident in my understanding since I've played Amazon for a while and am definitely not getting crits 99% of the time, like a flat addition would imply.

[jagged wave]

Yeah I need to stack accuracy way more haha

[jade fjord]

How does Ballistas work? If I equip a weapon or something with projectile speed for example, does my ballistas get the increase too?

Or does it need to be specific totem dmg increase?

Also, do they get any stats from minion buffs? Or are totems a separate thing

[static torrent]

Totems, including Ballistas, are not Minions. They use their own weapon, but benefit from your character's stats.

[jade fjord]

oh thank you very much

where did you find this info?

If I wanna do some more research

nvm found it

[static torrent]

Just for anyone else that may be curious, I get these pics from poe2db, but all of these are from the game, available if you inspect a tooltip and click on the highlighted keywords the game uses.

[jade fjord]

I do have anotjer question though, if I'm doing a tactician with Cannons ready! skill, does that mean if I build super high atk speed my totems will fire at an equal speed?

And does it work if I use a chain based skill too? For example low dmg spark and then a cast on crit something that counts as a projectile

Totems have 30% more Skill Speed
Totems only use skills when you fire an Attack Projectile```

[static torrent]

Spark is a Spell Projectile, so it wouldn't work

[jade fjord]

oh right

hmm what else is a good physical trigger skill for cast on crit

[hybrid ocean]

If you want to lean into that, you could just use quill rain

easy massive attack speed on a weapon swap with no investment

[static torrent]

But it's specifically when you 'fire' - presumably meaning the same as use - a skill. That being said, I'm not familiar with how this effect works, as I've not used it myself, so I can't confidently answer one way or the other. Given that this gives Totems Skill Speed, I would assume that they cannot attack faster than a certain speed even with this node, but I have not tested it.

[hybrid ocean]

Seems pretty safe to assume yeah

so you'd want to avoid oversampling

[jade fjord]

oh i see

I guess I'll have to try it out then

Double check

And see what else would work if not that

Just super high atk speed maybe

I kinda wanted to automate it as much as possible but seems difficult in that case

maybe Ill stick to warbringer

do ancestral totem stuff instead

[twin sierra]

does anyone know what kindof health ancestral warrior totems have?

cant find any info on it

[jade fjord]

oh btw if my totems kill something further away do they still get my mf and I get the exp?

Or do I need to be nearby for my mf to work

[static plinth]

Yeah, theyre you

[jade fjord]

cool

[static plinth]

Offensively at least

[jade fjord]

So I dont need to be near for exp either then?

if they count as me

[tulip fog]

did anyone do the math for this? is it truly flat crit chance? or is it a % increase?

i spoke with a guy that said he tried using snipers mark and did not get charges every 2 attacks despite it showing him as having more than 100% crit chance

[static torrent]

The additional crit chance shown in the skill screen appears to be a %increase over the crit chance in the prior line, it is most definitely not a flat addition.

[unique pecan]

what can I spend endurance charges on as a shield charge/magma barrier build?

[jagged wave]

what's wrong here, I still can't get shocked ground like ever

[weak rain]

do you guys think the prices of new uniques will go up or down from here?

[static torrent]

Where is your base crit chance on that skill? Do you have something that prevents critical strikes from occurring?

[jagged wave]

It seems i have 55% main hand critical strike because of those skill gems and then i have 300%+ from accuracy

it should be enough, and i'm NEVER getting the shocked ground

OH

wait, maybe

nope

I had electrocute on herald of thunder

but it wasn't it, I still don't crit, or if I do, it doesn't do the shocked ground

ahh, okay.

I had 2 thunderous leaps on my skills

FML

[tulip fog]

how do i upgrade the skillgem level of an already captured beast?

[static torrent]

Go to the All Gems tab.

[tulip fog]

i only see the generic "tame beast" gem and not the one with my captured beast

[static torrent]

There's a search bar at the bottom, try searching for 'Companion' or the name of the beast. I've not used the skill myself, but my understanding is that others were able to find it somewhere in the All Gems tab.

[tulip fog]

its just the generic one

oh wait, im stupid

i had to have it equipped

[dusty lance]

How good is the beacon of Azis for huntress?

[uneven meadow]

Ok, I realize that this is a ridiculously dumb question. I played Merc in the first season and I play huntress now. Are you supposed to use the basic attack options in your build? To be specific, I had some basic skill called crossbow shot or something, but I never used it. I used Galv shards. Now, I have spear stab and spear throw. But I've been using rake and lighting spear. Am I doing this wrong? If I'm not supposed to be using those basic skills, what are they for?

[nimble hound]

tested it lost $5, this doesn't seem to work in POE2 even tho you can apply it

died foryour sins

Can put it on the buff, but nothing changes

[static torrent]

It did work for me, though it was a little weird to get it to apply to the right skill

[nimble hound]

hmm

ill try click around more

[static torrent]

I've definitely got a Huntress atm that does not get the Wind Dancer visuals, for instance (even if the game really, really wanted to apply it to Herald of Thunder instead)

[nimble hound]

doesn't seem to work on Time Of Need, the ugliest one

TMN destroys my transmog

RIP

[static torrent]

It at least claims it should. I could test it out next time I play

[nimble hound]

Weird

[static plinth]

It wouldnt work on Overwhelming Presence right?

[static torrent]

It should, it's listed there as well

[green spruce]

Anyone know if the Stormweavers Shaper of Storm: "All damage from hits contributes to Shock Chance." Bypasses the Supported skill cannot shock on Primal Strikes?

[nimble hound]

okay taking the gem in and out it works now

[static torrent]

It shouldn't, no

[green spruce]

dang

[static torrent]

It just means that instead of only Lightning damage contributing, it will be all damage types, but if a given skill cannot Shock, it doesn't matter what damage type is factored in.

[hexed ginkgo]

does anyone have a build that uses Priest of the Sun as a spectre? been trying to find stuff online and don't exactly know how to make a minion build, even generically. thank you so much in advanced.

[pallid wigeon]

What do people think about Cast on Crit Explosive Spear to automate detonating Rapid Assault's explosions?

[static torrent]

Explosive Spear isn't a Spell, you can't trigger it with Cast on X

[static plinth]

And i think the only spell detonator is Detonate Dead which is inconsistent

[static torrent]

I believe so, yes.

[wise sequoia]

Any clue if Inhibitor Support works with Flicker Strike?? And Charged Staff???

Or it breaks them

[static torrent]

It prevents the skill from consuming a Charge to trigger an empowered version, so yes, it would break them.

[wise sequoia]

Damn

I thought FS would be op, Guess ima stick to ice Strike lmao

[still sluice]

question, what are the top builds this season? i kinda wanna try rhao deadeye lightning build

i heard lightning spear huntress

and the whirlwind one

[worthy sun]

sniper's mark in cast on critical --> does it just randomly target a mob near you? not sure how it works

[gusty timber]

does rapid assault's explosion work like poe1 explosive arrow where stacked explosions combine into a single hit

for purposes of ailments

also anyone know of a good beast with a detonator skill?

[pallid wigeon]

Okay, but what about Cast on Crit --->Unearth--->Detonate dead?

[static plinth]

Ah yes. Unearth.

The very popular PoE2 spell

[gusty timber]

it should proc on the final mob that gave the energy for the proc

[static plinth]

(We dont have Unearth)

(Or Desecrate)

You would have to use Sacrifice which is also clunky

[pallid wigeon]

I'm not aware, just using poe2db to look at spells

[static torrent]

We do have Unearth, just not the PoE1 version of it.

In PoE2, it consumes corpses rather than creating them.

[gusty timber]

here are all the player skills with the detonator tag btw

im guessing beasts/spectres might open something up

[dusky wadi]

Is warrior fun right now?

[tulip fog]

according to POB, you gain 1% base crit chance for every 4% excess hit chance

[gusty timber]

smith seems great looking at carn and some other's builds

[tawdry pilot]

Disengage scales w skill effect duration, attack speed, and cooldown reduction
Skill speed support + Stomping Grounds
Smith solves Res, Warrior gives heavy crit/strength/dam nodes
Juice up Rake with Crit/dam
Ash + Thunder herald
Rake -> reverse Disengage Cancel spam

https://youtu.be/czKvA9PHB4M

[carmine flicker]

thorn warrior can be

[gusty timber]

what part of disengage scales with duration?

[tulip fog]

i wish trail of caltrops also scaled with dexterity like regular caltrops does

[flat star]

Anyone know why monk builds never use Frozen Locus as DPS? It's a little finicky to make it explode instantly (but doable), and always a good 3x-4x the DPS of ice strikes, so I don't think even bells would make it worth it not to use them
I keep trying to swap to ice strikes like they suggest but it just isn't even close and takes forever to clear

[gusty timber]

some pillar builds experimented with it, but howa on flurry outscaled it pre nerf

[flat star]

though it's weird that the DPS is consistently so high when it doesn't use weapon damage... I wonder if POB is incorrectly making it use weapon damage

[dusky wadi]

Is smith the new one?

[flat star]

ah, that build seemed to rely on frenzy charges from a skill that we don't have anymore, I think? Or I couldn't find the skill... lol

[gusty timber]

yeah

[flat star]

and only partially relied on them IG, charged staff stuff