2┃build-planning

[agile salmon]

my dream of fire focused infernalist got killed by the 15 sec cd added to flameblast

[halcyon solar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOAwBZV2uPM

maybe I'm wrong on that one.

[agile salmon]

oh its 3 months ago sadly wont work

[patent shell]

what does it do ?

[agile salmon]

flameblast got murdered in 0.2

[halcyon solar]

could still work though

[low arrow]

What builds are really good for trials of sekhema? Especially if I want to be able to carry my guildmates?

[agile salmon]

sadly not. i already tried everything with flamblast and i just cant get it to work reliably

they added 15 sec cd to it in 0.2 (it had no cd in 0.1)

[halcyon solar]

i mean high evasion is a good thing.

[static plinth]

Anyone have ideas on how to make Voll's Protector Nebuloch more consistent?

[vital walrus]

how much % block chance do endgame shields provide?

[low arrow]

Ok but what build?

[vital walrus]

can u get % block chance on 'em on affixes like in poe1

or is it base chance only

[halcyon solar]

dunno, Rangers stack a lot of Evasion on many builds

[static plinth]

30 - 50%

[static plinth]

Yeah

[halcyon solar]

haven't tried huntress yet. But your best bet is to just be blasting everything before it becomes a threat 🙂

[vital walrus]

cool thanks

[patent shell]

does this work with the new iron will and iron grip ?

[halcyon solar]

Orb of Alchemy costs 2.2k Tribute at Rituals. Kinda waaaay too expensive

[wild sleet]

anyone feel like building for caster this league is so much weaker than most attack build from warrior and huntress? I feel like we hit like a wet noodle while the other two can nuke bosses.

[halcyon solar]

If you consider Witches casters, they are kinda fine.

[patent shell]

which one should i take attack speed or skill speed ?

[halcyon solar]

when in doubt, more dps?

[dusky wadi]

does movement speed affect shield charge?

[halcyon solar]

no

[dusky wadi]

does anything in terms of distance or speed?

[fast socket]

for companion mod's
do the haste aura stack?

[viral rover]

What essences can give flat accuracy

[gray ferry]

Hey, does the ignite damage scale with any minion damage modifiers or can you only scale this with minion life? Thanks

[thorny path]

Should only scale with minion life and minion ignite magnitude if that's a thing, ignite only scales on the original hit damage and ignite magnitude

[gray ferry]

I see

[heady parrot]

is there somewhere I can see a list of possible modifiers on blue jewels

[halcyon solar]

poe2db

[spice oak]

https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn/character/oopssl-6209/oopssich?i=0&search=class%3DLich I found this interesting build on poeninja, I like mage gameplay but I don't like minions

[halcyon solar]

There's still not reason at all to run 1h weapons is it?

[spice oak]

is it a meme?

[halcyon solar]

If it's the ice bomb build, it's like Witche's best build

[spice oak]

wow

I was searching for a build like this

[halcyon solar]

don't know if it is

Ice Bomb needs Frost Mages though

[spice oak]

has no minions

at all

[halcyon solar]

Ice bomb =/ Frost bomb

no idea about that one then

[spice oak]

ah ok

didn't even know there were 2 bombs

[halcyon solar]

Is there any reason to run 1h weapons on any build?

[spice oak]

shield is a big survivability buff

[halcyon solar]

ya, sure but that's mainly for casters

or smth you switch to

i mean like to actually attack things

[gray ferry]

Possibly

I've seen this Deadeye molten strike build using dance with death and a whole lot of ricochet / terrain chain to get a ridiculous amount of aspd and projectile bouncing

lemme see if I can find it

[halcyon solar]

seems VERY specific and niche. I'm mostly asking if it's worth selling that kinda stuff or just straight up de/vendoring.

[gray ferry]

yeah I think it's probably very niche

[halcyon solar]

guess it'll need new classes to make that kinda weapons viable

[gray ferry]

idk if dual wielding is popular

[halcyon solar]

haven't heard about any build tbh

[gray ferry]

Dance with Death gives a multiplicative skill speed bonus though if you are using only a one-handed weapon and nothing else, which I guess is interesting

[halcyon solar]

sounds cool. But i think i'm still better off just vendoring that kinda stuff instead of maxing out my sell tab with this 🙂

[gray ferry]

[hard flicker]

are these gloves good enough for fixing mana issues? im playing dd and are doing fine but have sum points spent on fixing mana issues while clearing, dd is also supported by inspiration so i wanna know if these gloves would allow me to take out those points, need a clear answer cause since those are unique ill have to change my equipment to fullfill resistances taking those gloves into account

gloves are nightscale

[sage tulip]

what would be the best dps and range sort of supports for ARC ? I don't mind about ailments on this spell.

[halcyon solar]

Does smth like Cold Exposure also increase dmg or just the build up?

[ripe mauve]

Hi, is this feature already on the game or not yet?

[north pivot]

Is the explosion from Rapid Assault an AoE, so mobs that are within 2.4m all are inflicted with a bleed?

[olive compass]

Guys, im a bit confused with the effect of Prized Pain. While the enemy is stunned each hit i will also deal thorn dmg? Is that it?

[hidden hill]

Does anyone know what the difference between an Empowered Period Invuln Aura is and a regular Periodic Invuln?

[trail granite]

Whats the most OP class to play atm?
Is there a good frost build out there?
How are minions doing?
Which build is the best for doing Trials of Sekhemas boosts?

[spark ingot]

"Deal your Thorns Damage to Enemies you Stun with Melee Attacks" you deal Thorns dmg ON stunning hit. One Time, per Stun.

[dense cargo]

is bleed a skill effect?

[spark ingot]

no

[static plinth]

Not yet

[static plinth]

Only on hits that actually stun. I believe it also affects Light Stuns though

[halcyon solar]

How do you get Sigil of Power on Witch? Isn't it tied to weapons like staves?

[static torrent]

Just equip the Staff that gives it to you.

[slate kernel]

hey i allready asked this in another dc but maybe someone here allready knows the solution.

[atomic halo]

armour gives less pdr the bigger the hit

so a given amount of armour will give a different amount of reduction depending on how much damage the phys hit was

and it doesnt double the pdr, but the amount of armour you're defending with

what that means is, if your armour would have given you exactly 50% pdr against a given hit, doubling the armour means it would give you like 65% pdr. then it would be brought down to 50% because the notable adds a cap. in this scenario the node would do nothing.

if your armour would have given you 65% pdr, the node makes it like 75%. then it gets capped down to 50%, so it would be bad.

if your armour would have given you 35% pdr, the node could increase it to something like 50%. then you would get a lot more pdr, so it would be good.

if your armour would have given you 45% pdr, the node could increase to something like 57% pdr. then it would be capped down to 50%, which would still be good.

does that make sense?

[slate kernel]

wait im reading sentence for sentence 😄

So the optimal armor with that node would be arround 35% i guess

[spark ingot]

your armour "phys reduction" is fluid. More dmg from hit = less armour gives you phys reduction.

[atomic halo]

again, there is no such thing as 35%, because armour gives a different amount of pdr depending on the size of the hit.

[sharp thorn]

Not necessarily. The estimate is quite wrong.

[atomic halo]

the number you see ingame is just an estimation.

[static torrent]

Yes, the percentage shown on the character screen is an estimate around a small physical hit, iirc, it's not really indicative of true Physical Damage Reduction 99% of the time

[spark ingot]

you need 90TIMES more armour than dmg to REDUCE this dmg by 90%

[slate kernel]

Tactician feels so much like paper compared to anything i played so far because you dont alot (or any) evasion and you need to stack armor (no real ES).
Compared to the 10000 Energy Shield Cloth wizard buddys that can facetank any boss its hard to compete

[slate kernel]

thats like complete the opposite of what an ARMOR should feel like imo.

[spark ingot]

no, you have Armor and Phys reduction. 2 separate but connected things. it's just that in PoE2 we don't realy have options for "%phys reduction" right now, that's why we have only armour.....

[slate kernel]

I guess now i have an answer to the question and and problem without a real solution. shit 😄

[spark ingot]

there are 2!!!! items that gives %phys reduction. this unique, and suffix on STR shield [4-8% phys reduction]..... so...... yea...

[broken nexus]

does anyone know if orb of storms snapshots the dps, or does it copy it as the stats change

[atomic halo]

theres also corruption enchant for 4-8% pdr on body armour

[slate kernel]

i play this allready to reduce a bit

feels a bit dumb to roleplay Katniss from Hunger Games cuz Armor as stat is so underwhelming tho

[spark ingot]

OOHHH!!! Thank you for saying! 3-5%... still bad...

[spark ingot]

just play evasion, it's not perfect, but better than armour

[slate kernel]

Trueeeee, played Invoker full dodge/Acrobatics in the first season and felt unkillable.
Wanted to try smth else and playing Ballista Totem Tactician and there is no way to get that Evasion lvl

I mean T15/16 maps are doable so i guess for the end end endgame/unkillable content i just roll smth fotm ES build crap

[olive compass]

Seems kinda weak, assuming it wil generaly proc once. Btw do we ligh stun enemies? I think this only apply when enemy hit players

[static torrent]

You can light stun enemies, yes. Parrying an enemy with a Buckler guarantees it, for instance.

[olive compass]

Thats true, just cheked. Makes the iten potentialy interesnting. Thanks

[olive compass]

Btw do you know if stun buildup apply to light stun? I assume it doesnt

[olive compass]

I know this text. Game is not always clear. Maybe it does scale. Who knows

[dawn spire]

If you get a handful of gravel thrown at you, you should feel nothing while wearing full plate. If someone hits you with a battering ram, that plate ain't doing shit

[sharp terrace]

wondering how stormchain support works. If I have a group of schocked enemies will a supported skill chain between all or stop after 1 chain?

[frigid pawn]

Two questions, does slow potency effect temporal bubble? And second Does the effect on this armor apply before or after resists? Please and thank you

[spark ingot]

for 95% i'm sure that it's before right now..... it doesn't make sense. but yeah.....

[solemn island]

question, with the Lich perk Eternal Life, would it negate the life requirement of Demon Stitcher and just refill your energy shield on skill cast for free?

[severe drum]

does meta gems like spell on crit or on melee, count as casting for things like increased damage if you casted a spell in the last 6 seconds and that sort of stuff?

[river dew]

does bleed alone trigger life leech?

[static plinth]

People are testing in https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1316077636866412625 current consensus is "sometimes"

[spark ingot]

Bleed, poison, ignite etc. Does not leech

[hoary bolt]

we do a funny

[solemn island]

that is oddly..........odd, not sure how a static effect is "sometimes" XD

[static plinth]

Means its probably a bug, i would assume working at all is a bug rather than not workimg

[static plinth]

No, has to specify "triggered"

[slate kernel]

We are in a game where magic/runes and whatnot helps you to build against magical/gravel/battering ram attacks. Game wise it makes no sense that the biggest tanks are Mages in Cloth>Monks/Ranger/Amazones in Leather>>>>>>Warriors/Mercs in Plate

I mean at this point it would make more sense to have "Magic Armor (aka ES)" or "you just dodged"

[spark ingot]

But always best tanks are mages "I cast Energy shield!" And no one will hurt them or their allies

Dudes in heavy armour are just meat shields that dies in 2sec

Lore accurate

[broken sluice]

Is Spiral Volley still good even with the Combat Frenzy nerf?

[wintry umbra]

Im extremly bored... been playing Ben_crossbow, and was nice but end game is a bit meh, can anyone recomend a build? Im missing my spark

[dawn spire]

I mean, those mages in cloth are eventually going to die to the gravel throwing after enough time

[dawn spire]

Corrupting cry warbringer with Herald of blood is on my list

[static plinth]

Does Stun Buildup affect light stuns at all?

[strange siren]

anyone else following fubgun's lightning spear build? i keep dying because my rhoa keeps getting stunned and i fall off, during the falling animation you are completely stunned, what am i doing wrong? is rhoa just super squishy? if i decide to take rhoa off, will it matter?

[vast folio]

Boys, Ice Strike Crit or Storm Wave Crit Invoker?

[dawn spire]

I'd just stop using the rhoa

The 3s heavy stun is basically a death sentence

[strange siren]

ok, i wasnt sure if it was required for any reason

[dawn spire]

It says it chains when initially hitting a shocked enemy, so I don't think it will chain a second time even if they're shocked

[nimble hound]

Someone link me a Warrior leveling build

[vast folio]

Boys, Ice Strike Crit or Storm Wave Crit Invoker?

[dawn spire]

www.Pick-melee-damage-nodes-and-use-a-spear-with-rake+stomping-ground+brutality.gov

Weird, my url didn't work

[quasi flint]

is dark effigy strong enough to build around?

seems mechanically solid for a sort of 2 button playstyle, dont know about its numbers in practice

[foggy solar]

Can meta skills (cast on ignite etc.) use weapon swaps when casting the spell? Or does it use the weapon you have equipped when triggered?

Can't test it currently

[dawn spire]

Feels like you'd need more than two buttons, no? Its power is amplified for every chaos damage over time debuff the enemies have

[dawn spire]

You can only set weapon swaps for skills you use yourself

[quasi flint]

Oh I missed that bit, but fair, considering how easy it is to chain EDC

[heady brook]

GUys i need a little help with build. i wanna play spear build but im Deadeye, anyone know a build that i could used ?

[dawn spire]

It's for each unique debuff. Hitting a bunch of enemies with ED doesn't help dark effigy past the first.

[restive prawn]

What on my weapon affect totems? How can I make them attack fast besides placement speed

[dawn spire]

If you have an enemy with contagion, ED, poison, decaying hex, and soulrend, that would be 5 projectiles per shot

[quasi flint]

in fact dark effigy might be usable as a damage skill on an existing EDC build, since I don't really see any distinction in the skill tree between DoT and just chaos damage

[dawn spire]

Placement speed doesn't affect their attack speed. It affects how soon they use their first attack, but that's it. Totems use their own weapons, but scale with your stats. So if you have attack speed (or totem attack speed) on the tree, that would help

[frigid pawn]

Well that sucks but I'll see how far it goes before I have to swap it out then lol

[dawn spire]

Unimpeded will help vs temporal bubble

[dawn spire]

If it applied after res, it would be an insanely busted unique

[frigid pawn]

Fair but one can hope

[dawn spire]

Yeah, it's a great thing to add in. Especially with stuff like envenom support and withering touch

[quasi flint]

as an extra source of damage on bosses, Idk about withering touch since it reduces the damage

[dawn spire]

On an ED/C build, boosting the damage of your dots is probably more important

But I'd have to math it out

[restive prawn]

So on my weapon the only stat that matters is gem level? What about increased physical damage or attack speed?

[dawn spire]

Could even use two dark effigies actually

One with envenom, withering touch, and overabundance

And then another one with damage supports (that you place first)

Tho having two damaging ones with overabundance might just be better

[dawn spire]

Those don't matter. Totems don't use your weapon

The only stats that would matter would be if your weapon had global attack speed or global phys damage

But unless it specifies global on a weapon, it's local

The mod "%inc ele damage with weapons" would work

[quasi flint]

the issue I noticed with withering touch is a low damage skill will barely ever wither

[dawn spire]

Ehhhh

[quasi flint]

and with quality, dark effigy has built in wither anyway

[dawn spire]

In the campaign I was getting withers from my chaos bolt on my wand

With withing touch

[quasi flint]

not to mention other sources of wither

[dawn spire]

What sources are there? Withering presence and that one notable?

[quasi flint]

I'm fighting doryani right now and I noticed I basiclly got no wither stacks on him with dark effigy

[dawn spire]

Hm, fair

What other support on it?

[quasi flint]

and dark effigy itself with quality

[quasi flint]

arcane tempo, it's not really an optimized setup I just had the idea after seeing its mechanics

[dawn spire]

Gotcha. Yeah, I didn't see the quality was 20% chance at 20% quality. That's real good

Yeah, if you want damage I'd probably do envenom and arcane tempo

[nimble hound]

won't i need dex too

[dawn spire]

A wee bit, but that's what www.amulets-runes-and-travel-nodes.ca is for

[nimble hound]

thx

[grim forge]

anyone find some use for the Heat of the Forge Smith of Kitava node? considering flammability curse, but the 1.5 delay on curses is a bummer

[desert ibex]

Could anyone help me with my monk? I'm building ice strike and it's SHIT. I have 17K damage in the skill and I can't get past t1

[indigo valley]

is this even good for bleed ? It's kinda bad for that duration

[devout garnet]

Does the crit in the tree works on temper weapon?

[faint moon]

Can someone give me a level one skill gem in game

[dawn spire]

I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read if survival is your main issue.

[dawn spire]

#rules-and-info asking for handouts is not allowed on this server, unfortunately

[faint moon]

Gotcha thanks

[dawn spire]

Temper weapon itself cannot crit. But the empowered attacks can crit

[dawn spire]

It's good if you want to hit quickly instead of doing one big hit and waiting

[devout garnet]

is viable to invest in both? i mean fire damage and empowered attack damage?

with things like this

[manic kite]

so im building all 3 resonance with painters and siege cascade. but not sure if its very consistent. anyone know any other skills that could be good? im gemling so i can try almost anything lol

kinda hard to keep the uptime on it

[static plinth]

Its got a niche but its not worth it all the time

[dawn spire]

If you're also using warcries, probably. Hard to say. Depends on what else you could be getting. I also don't know what the nodes leading up to that one do

[devout garnet]

also from what i am seeing, this crit chance is not worth to build around right? i picked almost every crit node.

[devout garnet]

thing is, temper also count as empower

[median portal]

is cast on block usuable? any fun ideas?

[static plinth]

Does your weapon have a crit chance bonus on it?

[static plinth]

No, you need to do like 30 blocks for it to go off once

[median portal]

oh hell na

whats the maximum energy to trigger skill?

[static plinth]

You can get up to +10% pretty sure, which would come out to around 30% after %inc

[static plinth]

10 per 0.1s cast time

The description lies about how much energy it gives per block

[median portal]

so i need 80 energy to cast this right?

does it get affected if u have like

cast speed modifiers

from weapon/passive tree?

[devout garnet]

yeah but i also have to invest in fire damage and empower attack. I think i will undo that part of the tree and put points in other things.

[hazy salmon]

Is there anyone who's a smart lich player and can help explain a build to me? I'm curious about non-minion ice/frost lich, and I see a few people on the leaderboard running it but I'm a newer-ish player and can't find any guides online for that build. Can anyone walk me through how it works and if its something I could reasonably try myself in mapping without spending a fortune?

[pure sandal]

Best to lean spells/chaos while leveling witch rn or minions?

[median portal]

essence drain contagion

u press essence drain and contagion spreads the covid

[pure sandal]

That did seem to be cleaning up but wouldnt mind being a little lazier and going for minion nodes, I'll stick w that combo though

[indigo valley]

Can you Chance Venopuncture from Iron ring or does it drop from somewhere ?

[static plinth]

No

[median portal]

unlucky

[atomic halo]

Venopuncture can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

- wiki

[indigo valley]

ty

[dawn spire]

Yeah, I'm not sure if an attack can benefit from multiple empowers at once

[hard pumice]

whats the best huntress lvling build?

[dawn spire]

Idk if it's the best, but I've heard good things about rake + stomping ground + brutality

[devout garnet]

does it matter? 30% is good enough isnt it?

hmm but if it cannot benefit from both then maybe is not the best

[hard pumice]

ahh i see i need a good one

[lethal epoch]

is lightning spear build still viable on ritualist ? what would I have to change about the build to make it make sense since i don't have the excess accuracy = extra crit chance passive?

would i still go for crit anyways?

[atomic halo]

you can it just sounds sad

you're going to be dealing like a quarter to the third of the damage

[lethal epoch]

then what's a good build for ritualist?

summoner?

no sites have any ritualist builds

[nimble hound]

Rake stomp is like playing d4...wtf is this

bugged?

jesus this season lol

[devout garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrxE6Ss16sY i found this video, seems like it does work with both empower

[nimble hound]

90% of skills gutter trash but then like a handful are god tier

[stuck ocean]

Hey all. Does anyone know if the Twofold support applies to the bonuses that Raise Zombie gets?

[dawn spire]

The difference between gutter and God tier is a lot smaller in 0.2 than before, if you can believe it

[dawn spire]

It should work

[halcyon solar]

What seem to be the most lucrative end game activities between Breach, Expedition, etc.?

[lethal epoch]

slot machine researchers chest

🙂

[soft cargo]

Does anyone know if the skeleton storm mages inherit the new changes for Arc?

[dawn spire]

They don't use arc, so I'd say no

[sage tulip]

ok so I want to revise my build a little bit instead of arc how would I go about putting lightning damage onto essence drain ?

[soft cargo]

It's not their command attack but it is their regular attack

[nimble hound]

What level does rake stomp drop off for insane lvling?

[soft cargo]

From the chain number though it seems to be the old version, honestly it's hard to tell cause the pulses are hard to see

[dawn spire]

I think that's just flavor text. I highly doubt that's the arc skill. They probably have entirely separate skill id

[soft cargo]

Well according to POE2DB it's one of the two creatures that use the Arc skill. The other being a mob.

[dawn spire]

Well I'll be

[soft cargo]

I just think it's still the last patch version probably

Or else the chain count would start at 5 or higher

[sage tulip]

ha figured it out.

[dawn spire]

Oh, damn, I didn't check the arc gem

In poedb

[sage tulip]

yeah arc changed but I figured out a new way to do this work around and maximize my chaos damage and still get shock chance on the cheep essence drain spell lets fucking go.

[soft cargo]

Ok just confirmed they still have the old version

they were shocking things

New arc can't shock, along with the low chain count

Damn that's a shame, thought storm mages would finally be good now xD

[old oriole]

#okay, i need help, i used bleed and parry, what tf do i do against bosses whom i can't parry?

please

[static plinth]

Do you need to parry for anything

Frenzies?

If so for what

[old oriole]

yes to apply corrupted blood which is my main dmg against tough enemies

unique buckler

[static plinth]

Ah

[old oriole]

i mainly use rake and blood hunt which, well don't do much as of now against bosses

[dawn spire]

How are you shocking with essence drain?

[grim dawn]

do yall like Roa on lightning zon or is there a good setup without it? Management seems annoying

[vivid crown]

What is special to each piece of armour? Ik gloves are the only ones that can get (without unique) elemental modifiers and one of the others can have spirit. what else do the other pieces of armour do?

[frigid pawn]

Boots have MS

[vivid crown]

what about helmet/body armour

[frigid pawn]

Body armour can have spirit. Helms Idk

[atomic halo]

crit chance

accuracy

for helmet

you can see everything on poe2db.tw

[vivid crown]

what like

everything unique to them/

[atomic halo]

you can see the modpools on poe2db.tw

[vivid crown]

how

[atomic halo]

go to it and click the modifiers tab

[vivid crown]

ah

[vivid crown]

what does the socketable part mean

[atomic halo]

runes/soul cores/talismans

[vivid crown]

ah

[halcyon solar]

Dilirium Progress gets only advanced by Dilirium specific Monsters, right?

[median portal]

anyone knows if you get this bonus too? or just allies in ur presence

[median spoke]

Good way to calculate Meta Skills Gain amount ?

[atomic halo]

no, you do not count as your own ally.

[median portal]

ait

[atomic halo]

any monster counts (for the reward bars)

[halcyon solar]

are there visible bars tracking the progress? O.o

[atomic halo]

like, this

[halcyon solar]

where are those located, screen position wise? Never noticed since i always try to go as fast as possible in Dilirium 🙂

[north heart]

anyone doing twister build?

[atomic halo]

bottom left above flasks

[patent shell]

can someone explain what that means 37/24 ? do i have to many skill points used =??

[atomic halo]

yes

[supple jay]

melee evasion builds are fundamentally flawed

how tf am I meant to get max hit at the bottom right of the tree

[vivid crown]

where do i check my current accuracy rating?

[twin sierra]

get es

[supple jay]

bottom right of the tree

not top right

[twin sierra]

u can path up to es still

[supple jay]

the real answer is to play lightning spear and be a full screen away from the enemies

instead of doing melee

[neat bison]

Monk area has plenty of ES support, pure EVA does fall apart later in the game

[supple jay]

I guess I can think of melee evasion builds as the challenge run builds of the game

if you get fail the evasion roll and get hit by anything thats not super insignificant you die

basically no hit run

there needs to be some really difficult way to get one shot protection

[pearl sluice]

Hi, how I see how many empowered attacks I have from infernal cry? Sorry if aint the correct channel

[supple jay]

so that its not better than just increasing max hit but worth it for low max hit high evade/block builds

[pearl sluice]

Oh I found it out, my bad

[heavy remnant]

If I use Herald of Ice, since it can't chain on itself if it kills enemies those enemies aren't shattered, so I can use profane ritual on them correct?

[hard pumice]

i might just suck at finding builds i need a good one for hunter

[ripe mauve]

Hi, as a Crossbow palyer, which is better? armour or evasion?

[atomic halo]

well, both have their merits and usecases and that it depends on what your build is already going for, and crossbows are str+dex req so a split of both would be logical

... however most ppl go full evasion -> evasion + es later on

because armour is pretty weak and just life + evasion isn't enough hitpool to cut it

so there's your theoretical answer and practical answer

[azure matrix]

Hi - are there any viable end game Monk ice builds?

[ripe mauve]

Thanks, I ahve seen that armour is pretty weak because it gets much weaker the stronger the hit

[atomic halo]

that is true, but it doesn't mean it has to be weak

if it didn't, it would be incredibly strong, so balancing it is tricky

[ripe mauve]

I will try evasion cuz most player in late game take it

The only class I have seen with armour is warrior and it is due to they do not have another option near xd

[atomic halo]

warrior gets maxres from smith

and big block from shield

that makes it okay, if you dont have that stuff just life+armour is not cutting it

[ripe mauve]

yeah, titan gets life and warbringer tons of block chance

[normal pumice]

There are items on poe2db that are not released yet, aren't there? E.g. primordial wand

[ripe mauve]

thanks

[sage tulip]

is there anyway to make totems a permanent summon minion ?

[atomic halo]

lots of stuff on poe2db isnt in the game

if you can't find it on trade it's probably not in the game

[ripe mauve]

Thanks Bloon you are always helpful

in no time

[atomic halo]

glad to hear it

[gloomy rain]

I guess the Herald of Blood Lacerate dream is dead. Oh well, still works pretty well since Blood Boil causes blood loss. Moved Lacerate to Wind Dancer for now, not sure if there's a better skill to put it on.

[normal pumice]

Are all unique items chanceable in poe2?

[neat bison]

Not boss uniques

[atomic halo]

mechanic-exclusive uniques and boss-exclusive uniques cannot be chanced

otherwise, they can all be chanced

[neat bison]

Cherno pillar apparently can’t be since the base is unique exclusive

[atomic halo]

oh yeah, there are some weird exceptions like that

[north heart]

Anyone doing that twister build?

[dawn spire]

Damn, I haven't actually read payoff before. Heckin rip

[dawn spire]

If you have a question about it, probably better to just ask it

[gloomy rain]

Herald of Ice specifically mentions that the triggering attack has to be a non-herald attack too, so no Venopuncture shenanigans

[north heart]

How does it compare to lightning spear

[dawn spire]

By what metrics?

[north heart]

In terms of power. I find the nados a lot more fun so wonder how it scales in high endgame. I guess twisters game a better experience in leveling than lightning spear

[dusky wadi]

whats a good way to get attack speed for warrior?

cause all the nodes for attack speed are pretty far

[celest oxide]

What are some strong builds I can work towards that aren't Lightning Spear

I wasn't gonna do LS, and just levelling with Rake Stomping Ground I don't think Bleed will be it for me cause idk if I like how Rake feels

[nimble hound]

mace stuff

warriors are real good too atm

[true gulch]

can i play archmage on lich, so i can mana stack for this too?

[celest oxide]

Interesting, Kitava?

I was debating between going Kitava or Pathfinder now cause I saw a cool Rapid Shot Grenade Pathfinder build

[dusky wadi]

#whats a good punish move for warrior? like when the enemy is on the ground during heavy stun

[atomic halo]

archmage is lightning unholy might is chaos, how are you reconciling that

[atomic halo]

perfect strike i guess, if you have hotg of course use that after heavy stun

can also build up earthshatters and cry to pop them

[dusky wadi]

not quite, only lvl 20 something

[celest oxide]

What build is best for Warrior then?

[dusky wadi]

@atomic halo this warrior build you recommended is fun btw, although i was wondering why no one takes attack speed on warrior

[dusky wadi]

best? i dunno, but kitava with resistances is nice so far

[atomic halo]

you still want attack speed

it just isnt as important for warrior as it is for other builds

[dusky wadi]

i just dont see many nodes for it, or atleast any close ones, is there a skill that gives it?

[atomic halo]

yeah, the tree doesnt give you much

[celest oxide]

doesn't have to be very best I just wanna know what to do with it/good guide to follow

[atomic halo]

you can go up to blood rush to get some early

[atomic halo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntqRfYoWq-A&t=11s&ab_channel=cArn_ try this

[dusky wadi]

is this the one you sent me?

[atomic halo]

yeah

[atomic halo]

martial tempo, blood rush cluster at start, sand in the eyes cluster later on

atkspd suffix on wep

game intentionally doesnt give a lot on tree so take what you can

[celest oxide]

oh that does look pretty fun damn

[dusky wadi]

isnt blood rush skill speed?

[atomic halo]

skill speed affects basically everything but movement

all your gems grant skills, all attacks are skills

[dusky wadi]

does it affect just youre normal mace swing?

[atomic halo]

yes, it's a skill

[dusky wadi]

ah alright

i wanna go to blood rush but i am struggling with strength rn for giants blood

also my question is, why does this build go for polished iron and not relentless?

[atomic halo]

stun threshold is important

[dusky wadi]

relentless is not the crit one

[atomic halo]

it does get relentless

[dusky wadi]

OH

oh im blind

well, couldnt you do the mass hysteria cluster?

for atk speed?

[atomic halo]

possible but 4 travel is painful

[dusky wadi]

but isnt it like. a bunch to get to sand in the eyes?

or do you already go that way?

[atomic halo]

you already want to be at polymathy

for the strength

so it's only 1 extra travel

[dusky wadi]

ah fair its just way later then

also, is there bleed in this build?

im confused cause it sets up in weapon sets

[atomic halo]

yes, but only for the hammer

you get bleed support (lacerate) for the hammer + tree for 100% bleed

and it only shows up in weapon sets as you dont need it for normal mapping

so put hammer on the 2nd weapon set

[dusky wadi]

for what hammer? i thought hammer was the default weapon

[atomic halo]

hammer = hammer of the gods

[dusky wadi]

oh

[atomic halo]

its a big nuke button attack

[low arrow]

I'm playing Smith of Kitava, Boneshatter/Perfect Strike/HoTG. How can I better deal damage to a boss like Torgul (Big Skele Boss) that has very high stun threshold and fire res?

[static plinth]

Is there a tag for skills that consume charges

[dusky wadi]

so should i just ignore the green points?

[atomic halo]

ignore until you go bleed yeah

[dusky wadi]

alr, cause reduced atk speed would feel BRUTAL this early

[atomic halo]

i dont see one

[atomic halo]

you still get singular purpose as its a lot of damage

[halcyon solar]

isn't it possible to somehow target a specific mod with fracturing?

[dusky wadi]

true but id probably spec into other stuff first

just for campaign atleast

[atomic halo]

yeah, do it 4 times?

[static plinth]

100% reduced ignite duration on you is basically ignite immunity right?

[atomic halo]

at least get the smalls, 12% per is solid value

[static plinth]

Or do i take 1 tick of damage before it goes away

[atomic halo]

yeah

[halcyon solar]

i thought maybe after jumping through some hoops you could select a specific one. Seems not then.

[dusky wadi]

im gonna focus on surviability first since my damage is okay, also check out this mace i got

[atomic halo]

am i supposed to be impressed

[dusky wadi]

i mean its alot of damage for early on

just until i get a better one

[atomic halo]

sure, it's good

never seen anyone use that rune before

[dusky wadi]

i was running out of mana and i havent gotten to blood rush yet

it helps a bit

[static plinth]

Is there any way to convert my phys to chaos?

[halcyon solar]

I'd argue using pots and slamming even more dmg would be better 🙂

[atomic halo]

maybe that one unique spear can do it

[dusky wadi]

fair, ill prolly swap it once the game gives me an iron rune

[atomic halo]

Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Chaos Damage

chaotic infusion on the spire of ire

not familiar of any other methods

[static plinth]

Thats only on the chaos infusion skill itself right

[true gulch]

isnt "as extra" fixed dmg? or do i need to scale the lightning dmg from arc mage too?

[static plinth]

You need to scale it too, it's added before % increase/more

[atomic halo]

not sure what you mean by fixed damage

[static plinth]

Has anyone tried messing with Volatility yet?

[atomic halo]

as extra is conversion, conversion applies to flat damage before modifiers like inc.more

so if you get lightning and chaos before inc/more your types will be split, making it hard to scale

of course if you can convert that to the same element it can be totally viable

[low arrow]

I'm playing Smith of Kitava, Boneshatter/Perfect Strike/HoTG. How can I better deal damage to a boss like Torgul (Big Skele Boss) that has very high stun threshold and fire res?

[dusky wadi]

@atomic halo btw im gonna guess sudden infuriation is pretty bad? cause its only like 3% for max rage

[atomic halo]

yeah its not really worth the point

[atomic halo]

isnt torgul super easy

even if it takes forever you can facetank like 90% of his attacks

[low arrow]

Not in a t15 6 mod

[atomic halo]

oh you're mapping

tried earthshatter+cry?

bet on a big hitbox like his the overlaps would be quite powerful

[static plinth]

Torgul is the guy in the pit right?

[atomic halo]

yeah

[static plinth]

I think Earthshatter's pillars might spawn too far away from his hole since you cant spawn them on top of his hole

[low arrow]

I tried a little bit of earthshatter but it felt pretty meh when I used it, maybe doing something wrong?

[dusky wadi]

@atomic halo do you have to use lower level hammers with giants blood because of the enormous strength requirements?

[atomic halo]

that is a possibility yes

(and by lower level, you mean bases with less phys damage.)

[dusky wadi]

yes, unless maybe you roll requirement reduction

but im gonna take a wild guess and say that a well rolled lower level hammer will make up for it

[static plinth]

Does dual-wielding crit work the same as the first game?

[atomic halo]

In the case that both hands are used simultaneously, each hand rolls separately and combines their damage into a single hit at the end of calculations, but only one hand needs to be a critical strike for the entire hit to be considered a critical strike

not sure if its the same

[static plinth]

yeah looks like it

So id have to use two Nebulochs to have guaranteed crit damage

Can you convert damage after it's converted by a skill?

[atomic halo]

yes

first skill convert then item convert

[static plinth]

Something in my favor for once

[misty helm]

is any of the cast on x any good now?

[atomic halo]

seen cast on crit used to apply sniper's mark for attack builds

[misty helm]

but not really as a main damage dealer?

[atomic halo]

havent seen that, no

[mortal cloak]

anyone know how this support interacts with charged staff? Does it double the flat dmg bonus?

[atomic halo]

doubt it

imo it would do nothing, but not sure

[static plinth]

What supports are important for poison?

[woven otter]

guys i have question that im having hard time to confirm myself:

i have armour explosion and bone shrapnel on same skill, if i pin the enemy and the armour explosion is the thing taht kills them, will bone shrapnel go off on death?

[vestal salmon]

Stacking stun threshold would theoretically slow down the rhoa mount's heavy stun bar build up, right?

[lilac barn]

For Amazon huntress how good are 500+ accuracy weapons compared to something with higher total physical/elemental damage tooltip? (assuming you're using the ascendancy node for weapon acc)

[atomic halo]

do the math

500 accuracy = 125 flat

a good weapon has like 100% inc. local phys

so it's worth 62 local phys which is beyond t1

or i guess

if you multiply by 1.2 you get 150

that should be the equivalent contribution to dps

so you just value it like that, 350 dps + 500 acc = 500 dps

[autumn orbit]

For a Huntress Parry build, should I go Armour/Evasion or Evasion/Energy Shield? I know parry is not the meta, but I'm trying to do something different.

Currently my evasion is around 84%. Level 32

[lilac barn]

It's actually pretty good huh alright thanks

[woven otter]

does anyone know how the impale support gem works?

does it take away damage from the impaling hit?

[atomic halo]

no, it just stores 30% of the hit for later hits to extract

[woven otter]

damn thats crazy

[atomic halo]

so if you deal 100 damage with a skill with impale support, 30 will be stored

then if you hit with another skill for 100, it will deal 130 instead

[woven otter]

ok tks!

[river dew]

can things still trigger by destroying your own Shield Wall?

as in on-kill or on hit effects?

[hard pumice]

what huntress build should i run for lvling ive tried so many but none feel really good i just need somthing to help me get to maps hopefully

like im really struggling

[still rock]

What is the max honour res cap again

i forgored

and apparently its not on the wiki

oh its on the tooltip lol nvm hehe

90%

[atomic halo]

its surely on the wiki

[still rock]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Trial_of_the_Sekhemas#Honour

probably should be

but it isnt

[mental robin]

here is one broken levelling build
You can do this with literally only white items.
What's needed:

1. any spear of any kind and a buckler/shield.
2. rake socketed with stomping ground. You can also put martial tempo, brutality, magnified/conc effect, execute, etc...whatever you like.
3. when you path, just take str on the tree. skip other nodes for now. str adds to stomping ground damage. It is not scaled by melee on pob but it is scaled by physical and attack damage.
4. also take herald of ash.
5. rake and animation cancel with parry/block. win first 2 acts easy peasy.
6. In act3 you can transition to your actual build (or whatever other op shenanigans)

[hard pumice]

thats what i was using and i do no dmg at all

boss dmg suckjs the add clear is decent but

[mental robin]

what is your passive tree? damange comes from str stacking. just take str nodes and avoid everything else.
You can tyransition to your actual intended tree later

[hard pumice]

i literally have only strength

[mental robin]

Are you animation cancelling rake with parry/block? that has got to at least double dps

[atomic halo]

reload 😎

[hard pumice]

yes i am

[still rock]

king

[mental robin]

what act are you levelling in?

[hard pumice]

2

[mental robin]

which area are you stuck on?

[hard pumice]

its not that im stuck im running with a witch friend whos clearing everything but when i try to do anything i do literally no dmg and im just usless

[north heart]

is warrior slow asf for mapping?

also whos lightning spear tree did y'all follow?

[mental robin]

oof. althouygh playing solo should make the game 2x faster for you invi, if you would be willing to share your screen on poe2 dsicuord i would like to see what wyou were doing

[hard pumice]

nah its allg ill just grab another random build ig\

[slate kernel]

I play Ballista Turret Tactician.
What exactly increases Skill Speed for Ballista Turrets? It isnt Placement/Attackspeed right? And will what are the "Skills" Totems will only use when you fire a Projectile?

This thing confuses me

[still rock]

skill speed and attack/cast speed stack additively

so whatever attack they do is 30% more speed

and with this node they only attack when you fire an attack projectile

[slate kernel]

puhhh dunno if worth. thanks

[still rock]

would be worth testing, im not sure if it means that they only use one attack per your one attack, or if they will use however many they can within your one attack projectile

id assume the latter

i havent tried it tho

that being said... only 5% of art ballista tacticians on poe2ninja are using it

so that probably says enough lol

[slate kernel]

true.
Tactician itself is pretty bad compared to the other classes so far

[still rock]

yeah its definitely mid

ar/eva has to be good for tactician to be valuable

and

its not

[slate kernel]

sitting here with 2k hp and 40% armor while watching some players running with 2k/10k ES is kinda bad yep

[still rock]

yeah its not an issue with tactician moreso an issue with armour

evasion is fine as a secondary defensive imo

feels like its in a good spot

but armour is poop tier

[slate kernel]

The concept itself is pretty weird.
I could go Banners (+1 Banner available trough ascendancie) but you have to place it ontop of yourself/cant leave the Area.

You have to leave the are/kite tho because you are a Paper Tiger that has to kite arround rolling on the floor

[still rock]

yeah the banner stuff is unattractive to me

50% reservation on buffs and free pseudo freeze is attractive

[slate kernel]

You COULD skill that Banner Skills linger for 4 seconds but thats so far away

[zinc mango]

What should i be investing points in, in the passive tree, for physical defense, Would i see better results out of block chance or armour?

[still rock]

block is way more valuable

getting max block (75%) is crazy good ehp

[static plinth]

Pretty sure its just Focused Ballista support from 1 which is the former

[zinc mango]

Fantastic. Thanks a billion

[static plinth]

But its relevant there because ballistas have an innate attack speed penalty, idk if thats a thing here

[chilly dirge]

Does anyone know how Volatility exploit worked (it's patched now so OK to talk about it)

Haven't heard anything abt volatiality, thought it was a shit mechanic

[halcyon solar]

Supporter Packs basically give you back the coins you spent on them, or am i missing smth?

[languid kindle]

Hi guys I’m trying a bit to choose for me a league starter to play I checked in maxroll and I’m considering between invoker monk.
Boneshater smith of kitava
Or gas granede/grander merc
Any opinions and tips

[still rock]

yes you get points equivalent to buying point packs

[still rock]

whatever you think sounds fun

[halcyon solar]

so if you wanna spend the points anyways you would be somewhat ~stupid~ not to take the free pack on the way?

[still rock]

they cost irl money not points

but they give you equivalent points to buying point packs to the dollar spent

[halcyon solar]

sure, but the thought with the free pack on the way still applies?

[still rock]

maybe im missing smthng, wdym by free pack?

[halcyon solar]

i ment if i intend to spend the coins afterwards anyways, i should just grab the pack on the way. Making it effectively free then.

[still rock]

ah, yes

the point packs are moreso if you want more points but have bought the packs already imo

supporter packs >

[halcyon solar]

having a hard time deciding between Ogham or Paladin at 60 Bucks.

[still rock]

i like ogham but the cape bugs me out cause the physics on it are insane, but the armor set looks really good

[halcyon solar]

Paladins weapons are kinda lit. Especially the shield.

i like most of it just not the thing on it's head necessarily

[still rock]

yeah the shield is nice cause theres only one other shield mtx available rn

and its a small lil buckler looking thing

[vital walrus]

hi I'm playing a physical crossbow build with mainly Frag shot and Armor pierce rounds, I was wondering if the Thousand cuts Cluster is worth 5 points to opt into?

I thought it might give like maybe a 7% More dps multi on a non-bleed phys build just thanks to incision+Thousand cuts, even without considering the bit of bleed

want to mention I lowkey want a source of bleed so I can also run Herald of Blood to clear with Armor Pierce Rnds with Chain

rn im running the 3 pts Bloodletting cluster instead which is basically just 20% chance for attack to bleed plus 15% aggrev ig

[still rock]

i did some numbers on incision and its probably better with slower hits, the more you hit the more you chance to take the incision effect off - youre never gunna have more than 1-3 stacks so it doesnt seem very worth unless youre using incision support for the bleed magnitude which is probably not worth because bleed is just inherently a very low % of attack dmg

worth exploring if bleed itself gets touched

but as of now i dont think its valuable imo

[vital walrus]

I was thinknig mainly for Frag shot but tbh im not entirely sure how frag shot interacts with bleed

does it count as a big single hit

[still rock]

fragmentation rounds?

[vital walrus]

yes

[still rock]

it loads your xbow with frag ammo

shoots like a buckshot similar to a shotgun effect or somn

[vital walrus]

yea but does hittin some1 like with 8+ pellets count as a single hit

how would a skill like that interact with incision too

[still rock]

yeah it says so in the skill description

it would count as one hit for incision's purposes

Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaneously will combine their damage into a single Hit

[vital walrus]

yeah it says combine damage which is neat

but like says combine the damage to a singel hit it dsnt mention other stuff

[still rock]

im assuming for any purposes for it being a combined hit it would count as one

[vital walrus]

well okay

thanks, i act had another big question but i forgot

oh ok i remembered

does weapon swap speed affect speed for loading your xbow with a diff ammo?

[still rock]

no

thats explicitly only for the weapon swap mechanic

[vital walrus]

ah rip is there another means to speed that up

[still rock]

reload speed is affected by attack speed

but i havent played enough xbow to know if that affects loading new round types, id assume it does but unsure

[vital walrus]

oh alright guess ill see when i get the pts for it

[static plinth]

Looks pretty bad. Maybe once armour gets buffed you could cook something with it

Its like Trauma with a quarter of the upside

[cunning panther]

besides lighting spear, what else is good atm?

[rustic glade]

is there a good reason to increase Blaphemy's level?

[still rock]

yes it reduces the negative effect on the curse

man playing twister at endgame makes me really wish theyd consider adding player skill transparency slider in the settings

cant see shit

[static plinth]

If your pc is potato enough they go completely invisible except for 1 rotating circle lol

You can guess how i know that

[still rock]

tfw punished for having a good pc

[static plinth]

Turn down your graphics to minimum, you might get a speck of my power

[still rock]

twofold barrage with max frenzy stacks = cant see anything at all

[static plinth]

And you get to see the most blinding grass youll ever see

[vapid mantle]

are any of the current warrior builds fun or does warrior still feel like shit?

[static plinth]

Rake Stomp is playable on warrior but idk how it scales past campaign

Could probably cook up a decent Fire Spell On Hit build

[kind crest]

Currently running supercharged slam on smith with a shit ton of defense so I’m basically immortal while charging it and when it releases the whole screen gets nuked

Pretty fun even though it’s probably not the best for actually clearing fast

[vapid mantle]

that sounds pretty cool

would something like a bleed amazon be smoother/ more fun overall?

[static plinth]

Itd definitely be smoother

Fun is subjective

[kind crest]

Yeah definitely lol

Depends on what you find fun tho

[vapid mantle]

i tried warrior on initial poe 2 release and absolutely hated how slow it felt

but i saw that there were some buffs heading into 0.2

[oblique marlin]

folks so in this league
phys>lightning>cold>fire>chaos
meta priority?

last league cold was better than lightning but its not the case now, correct? what do you think?

[still rock]

contextual

[viscid radish]

Chaos is far higher up IMO

[still rock]

still slow if you actually want to use the cool skills they made instead of mace strike 😂

but mace strike is solid

with the pop mace

i dont really get their reasoning behind some of it - like reducing the fixed attack time of sunder but then reducing the AS effectiveness to 75%

like why

if youre gunna do that might as well remove the fixed attack time

[spark ingot]

Thorns

[quaint pecan]

Do whirlwinds created by whirlwind lance not get consumed by twister if they are infused with an element? I feel like this might be a bug or something
I am trying to run a lightning trail beast with my bleed twister build but the lightning is screwing up the twister multiplication

[still rock]

i havent used whirlwild lance tbh but it gets consumed with whirling slash in that scenario

[vapid mantle]

you guys planning on playing last epoch next week or sticking to poe?

[still rock]

ill play it but idk abt launch, i play ssf anyways since the market is even more arduous than poe somehow

probably whenever im done with 0.2

[edgy hamlet]

Besides werewolf in greelwood is there any other wolf like monster that can be rare and tamed?

[quaint pecan]

Wait so then there is no point in trying to use shock that way

rip

[still rock]

wdym

what are you trying to do

[hallow owl]

If I add loyalty to a companion and the damage transferred to it "overkills" it, does the excess damage come back to me? If so, would Last Gasp prevent that?

Im planning on trying companion with loyalty, starkonja and windward but im not really sure if it will work

[dire field]

oops sorry wrong chat

[unreal sierra]

how do spiral volley builds usually generate frenzy

[civic tide]

What's the best belt now? Is Ingenuity still worth it?

[unreal sierra]

rare probably outclasses it unless you have really good rings

or care only about offense

[civic tide]

I felt rare with good res and charm slots are the way but wasn't sure

[unreal sierra]

on ninja its seems 65:30 rare to ingenuity

[copper thicket]

combat frenzy and snipers mark but only use snipers mark if you are crit based

[unreal sierra]

is it possible to sustain it every shot with those two?

[tidal birch]

What are the current vialbe Smith/Titan/Warbringer builds? Want to look into it but dont know were to start. I only know boneshatter, but thats exhausting to play.

[restive shale]

anyone found decent utitlity spectres?

[weary elbow]

is "damage taken recouped as mana" good for EB+ MOM?

[wanton drift]

They changed Last gasp on companions to not countdown revive during 4 secs 0 life anymore

[muted charm]

I have a question

[lethal pawn]

does the the minions of a specter count as allies or not i use the blood thief queen alot and is there any i could replace her with

[muted charm]

does stun build up help pin build up

or is pin build up its own thing

[north pivot]

Any new tech, boys?

[muted charm]

tactician siege cascade

[north pivot]

Sounds good - gimme tech pls

[muted charm]

artillary ballista, explosive shot, fuck ton of grenades, overwhelming pressence.

you exist to be a menace

[copper thicket]

i wouldnt say every shot combat frezy has cooldown of when you can gain a charge and snipers mark has a cooldown of when you can cast

[unreal sierra]

just tested it and it seems pretty clunky

had to cull the weak to get it going

but ill play with it

maybe i will figure sth out

[copper thicket]

yes you need frenzy nodes and deadeye accendacy for it to feel better

[unreal sierra]

ya im not playing deadeye so may be hard

[copper thicket]

even on deadeye still clunky i use bow shot to pin then use frenzy charges to clear with spiral shot but if i dont pin no charge thats why i use freeze salvo also

[unreal sierra]

didnt look into pin

could help probably

im trying to make trinity doomfletch work but not sure if its possible

[copper thicket]

pin support + lockdown is good pin build up

[north pivot]

Any way to build PIN if on the Warrior side of the tree please? Lets say for the purpose of Siege Cascade?

[copper thicket]

i use it on bow shot a basic attack but its a projectile so if you have projectile that does phys should be able to pin or even melee if you wanna get that close

[north pivot]

hrmm

using two skills to clear isnt handy, one to Pin and the other to blast.

and am also looking at Xbow and as Warrior.

Guess dream's dead.

[unreal sierra]

xbow warrior seems fine but im on ballistas

[copper thicket]

its not optimal but for deadeye it works bc lockdown gives you 120% more pin build up inside 2-12 meters

[unreal sierra]

if you want just for pin then may be a bit annoying

[north pivot]

yeah that's what my warrior is, Artillery but I only just saw how strong Siege Cascade is but needs Pin.

oh well

[trail compass]

Is there a support or skill gem that creates shocked ground? I'm trying to find a way to create shocked ground for bossing 🤔

[north pivot]

there's always a companion approach

[trail compass]

Ohhh right

[north pivot]

even though companion may die often, the shock uptime is plenty for you to enough damage.

[trail compass]

The rares that create shocked ground would be the ideal right? "trails lightning ground" mod or something

[normal pumice]

Contagion question, when reviving a minion from an infected corpse, does the contagion duration continue to tick on the minion or does it become perpetual?

[north pivot]

Try and farm one with Haste Aura + either lighting storm or all damage can shock / all hits shock (something like that)

It maybe a while before you find that combo but RNG is RNG 🙂

[trail compass]

"Hasted" is not the aura right, it needs to be written "Haste Aura" below the monster name?

[north pivot]

it has to be Haste AURA

Hasted is personal to the minion only

[trail compass]

Alright, ill give it a go. I ignored companion skill so far but might be the thing I need.

I dont think any skill gem can create shocked ground anyway

[north pivot]

only the boots Wake of Destruction can leave the shocked ground trail.

[trail compass]

I have this but without high crit chance its no viable, especially early on

[north pivot]

I'd always go with companion as you are benefiting from possible 2+ mods (Haste/Shock) and maybe if lucky 3 mods?

[trail compass]

It only supports leap skills too so hard to trigger it

[north pivot]

I wouldnt use those supports for the purpose of bossing - especially when you have companions to give you 2+ mods

[trail compass]

Yeah let the hunt begin for shock + haste monster. Thanks bro ❤️‍🔥

[sterile sierra]

Is it worth sending a divine for a good tangletounge for Amazon leveling or not?

[north pivot]

during campaign or in maps?

[sterile sierra]

Camp and start of Maps only in sct 3 normal

[north pivot]

All comes down to 1) If you got plenty of currency to spend later 2) What your build is going to be eventually 3) Will you actually have fun

if you are limited in currency, then dont spend a div on leveling gear unless that weapon IS going to be your end game weapon too

[sterile sierra]

Decent on currency. Lightning pew pew build with spear. And yes

[north pivot]

ok looks like Tangletongue is your end game weapon then

so getting a very good roll is important since you'll be using it during campaign and all the way to possibly end game.?

[sterile sierra]

What rolls are most important on it?

[north pivot]

Other's here can confirm if I'm wrong but I think it's this:

since trade is showing stupidly high prices for high crit rolls

[sterile sierra]

Got it thanks mate

[north pivot]

Right now, 17.99 crit is going for 1 div

[sterile sierra]

So crit > phys dmg on it?

[north pivot]

crit is the priority. if you can get a good phys roll, go for it but again, you're spending 1 div.

[sterile sierra]

Aye I assume 1div budget gonna be abit spicy bur thanks mate

[north pivot]

you can upgrade the crit later when you got more. 15-17% is more than enough for white/yellow/early red mapping

you'll get crit % from tree too

you'll be fine

[sterile sierra]

Dope cheers

[ruby forum]

yo, whats the best way to counter the self damage from event horizon

[old oriole]

can tame beast help bleed builds

[fast eagle]

can choir of the storm proc itself?

[wintry umbra]

››››››››››Im so confused, i ahve this gem, and it doesnt work on crossbow, will it work on lightning spear? The fork and the chain?

[languid kindle]

Between bonesgatter smith of kitava
Invoker monk
And gas grenade/grenade merc
Which is the safest for a league starter
I’m debating since it will be my first in Poe 2

[north pivot]

not worth it. they die too often for bleeds BUT if you got the spare spirit, you can use one for either haste or shocks or other helpful utility.

[north pivot]

if it's your first character ever in POE2, my personal view is play a build that is beginner friendly, works well with minimal investment initially and less clunky to play. If I was in your shoes, I'd pick Boneshatter / Perfect Strike Smith of Kitava. Alkaizer / cArn_ are good sources for this.

[languid kindle]

Yeah it’s my first in poe2

[north pivot]

cArn_ has put out a new video recently so maybe worth at least having a look

and see if you like it

[languid kindle]

So smith of kitava boneshatter/perfect strike Il look into it

[north pivot]

yes but make sure you look at RELIABLE people.

[languid kindle]

Most of the starters I see are either the lich contagion stuff or amzaon with lightning spear

[north pivot]

Do not fall for bait.

[languid kindle]

I’m m mostly look for zizaran maxroll or kripp

[silver sigil]

Does someone here know if there is a possibility to curse yourself?

[north pivot]

for Kitava Boneshatter, look at cArn_ recent video. Fairly straight forward.

[dire crescent]

I think theres a unique item that reflects curse back to you... dont remember the name tho

[hoary bolt]

shackles of the wretched gloves

[silver sigil]

yep, found them. Im looking if i can cook something with Warding fetish notable

[hoary bolt]

soul mantle is a better option

[silver sigil]

yep, saw that one also. Tyvm

[hoary bolt]

summoning a totem over the limit counts as it dying btw

so you can just spam and get a bunch of curses on you

do you have some source of unaffected by curses?

[silver sigil]

nope

[hoary bolt]

well you can get 60% reduced effect on you

not sure how to make up the rest

with the same warding fetish wheel

ahh

85%

[north pivot]

Anyone messed around with Bleed based builds using Xbows?

[silver sigil]

will do some testing, and see how it goes, ty

[hoary bolt]

plasma blast is insanely good on blood mage

nothing else hits hard enough to justify going bleed imo

[hot dew]

anyone who is using warriors Giant blood on that can answer a questioon?

[vale cave]

What's a good number of frenzy charges per second? Is one every second good or just meh

[languid kindle]

So checked the boneshatter build
I want to know is there out there any good merc league starters ?

[vale cave]

If it is good what skill could abuse this level of charge generation?

[idle nymph]

https://poe2.ninja/pob/2966 how can I die less? should I just switch to a hybrid to es?

[languid kindle]

Guys is mobylitics and ok site to find builds or only maxroll and certain content creators

[quaint dagger]

what is the best passive tree website to share a passive tree with others?

[weary elbow]

how does the ally buff stuff work? If you get 6 lich's together will there be a giga ton of extra bonus damage for everyone?

like minion lichs

[sharp glade]

doesnt stack

only strongest unholy might applies

[ruby forum]

yo, is there any way to not lose all my mana with necro conduit?

[gloomy rain]

How big of a deal are negative resistances? Like, is there a meaningful difference between 0% and -80%, or is it basically a oneshot either way?

[dawn spire]

Get more mana regen

[ruby forum]

THANKS

[dawn spire]

I apologize if it came off as a glib response, but there's really nothing else you can do. Getting more max mana raises the drain, so that doesn't directly help. So unless you want to run a mana flask 24/7 or rely on something like mana remnants, that's the only permanent solution

You can also take the other lich node that makes your base mana regen 6% of your max life

[ruby forum]

lol, dont apologize for helping me out. Thanks.

[dawn spire]

And then just have mana equal to 1.2x your life or less (Without any inc mana regen)

I interpreted the all caps as you experiencing frustration, my b 😛

[ruby forum]

oh, that was an accident, mb

im trynna look for some decent mana regen gear to trade for cause my thing is p much unplayable atm

[rapid magnet]

Hello, im wondering if something has changed? Despair is not applying when soc'ed in blasphemy.

[dawn spire]

It very well might be without the mana regen from life node

[dawn spire]

Is blasphemy enabled?

[rapid magnet]

yu

[dawn spire]

Is that your only blasphemy?

[rapid magnet]

yes T_T

[dawn spire]

And it's not cursing enemies near you?

[rapid magnet]

nope, only wither is applied. Im standing next to them. Ive tried enabling and disabling blasphemy, removing and adding gem again. still doesnt apply

temporal chain works though

[dawn spire]

How are you applying temp chains?

[rapid magnet]

through blasmphemy, single curse. as in remove despair put temporal in. test. it is applied. remove temporal add despair and its not applied

[dawn spire]

That's a new one. Does despair get applied if you cast it manually?

[rapid magnet]

ive even made sure to check that it's used on both wep sets

[rapid magnet]

yes, just tested it manually cast. it applies after its delay

[dawn spire]

Hmmmmm

[rapid magnet]

im dumbfounded which is why i came here xD

[cursive tree]

Has anyone had success with the smith of kitava fire spell on cast yet?

[dawn spire]

Try cutting a new despair gem

[rapid magnet]

yeah that is indeed the next step in this troubleshooting. hold on

ughh... i cut a new despair, put it into my empty blasphemy. my skilllist spassed out. the dispair gem is gone and dreplaced by my temporal which was in my inventory... what is going on im going to relogg

[edgy hamlet]

Besides werewolf in greelwood is there any other wolf like monster that can be rare and tamed? Just want a dang wolf to follow me lol

[rapid magnet]

despair is now applying 😄

[dawn spire]

Hyenas in the start of act 2 are the closest I can think of

Idk if they can be rare tho

[rapid magnet]

I think ive bugged out my spirit amount. Been playing around with nodes and skills a lot today. resetting it seem to have fixed everything 🙂 (cant use blink anymore as well sadness)

[dawn spire]

I keep getting the dumb idea in my head to make a tactician for hcssf. Not sure wtf skill(s) to use those. I really, really like that node that doubles armor and evasion but caps them at 50%

[gloomy rain]

I want to use both Herald of Blood (str/dex) and Blasphemy (int), I'm gonna have a rough time to meet the attribute requirements, right? What's the solution to that? The three nodes in the skill tree that reduce requirements by 4% each? The new runes? Both?

[dawn spire]

You can possibly use a low level version of one of those

Herald of blood only gains base damage which might not matter too much if you're doing a lot of blood loss

Blasphemy gains area and curse effect as it levels, which is pretty strong imo

But if you want to use high levels of both, you're gonna want attributes on gear and maybe anoint an attribute node

Runes will help in the interim, yeah

[gloomy rain]

Yeah, definitely gonna want a big area on Blasphemy, I think. The idea is to use Temporal Chains to extend the bleeds, and to make it easier to kite stuff.

Since I'm playing ritualist I guess I could maybe get some nice attributes from my jewellry, since I have that +25% on the ascendancy tree. A Breach Ring with all three attributes and attribute quality would go a long way, probably.

[dawn spire]

Yeah, a third ring and more effect should honestly have you pretty well off

[gloomy rain]

I'm sorta eyeing Venopuncture and Andvarius too. We'll see what I go with in the end, not quite at maps yet.

[lucid tulip]

anyone know how elemental infusion works with deaths harp

[round helm]

Does voltaxic rift work with Electrocuting Arrow? Or does the conversion negate it?

[dawn spire]

Unless you have a way to make your chaos damage electrocute, it will not electrocute

[tacit inlet]

Hi everyone, I hope I'm asking this in the correct channel.
I'm a new/returning player and never really got to taste endgame properly. I just wanted to know if capping all resistances is still priority #1

[dawn spire]

Not sure what you're asking about, specifically. It works as it says on the box. The infusions will explode at the end of the projectiles' flight with 100% of phys converted to that element

[dawn spire]

It's not as crucial in the campaign, but it's still very good. In endgame, yes, it's basically mandatory.

It's not so much that you're going to get one-shot constantly if you only have, like, 50% res. It's more the fact that getting that extra 25% res is equal to 50% less damage taken of that element. Which is such an absurdly large amount of value for the effort that it takes to get 25% of an ele res that it's insane not to do so. Like, no other defensive measure can come even a fraction as close to that in terms of value

If you're aiming to get more Armour, evasion, or es on a character and forgoing capping your res to do so, you're massively misappropriating your resources, imo

[tacit inlet]

I see, thanks.

Also, how much do you usually "save up" before transitioning between builds? I've been playing lightning spear amazon for a while and since Eva/ES seems better than pure Eva I wanted to switch, but prices are insane, I'd need to spend like, 10-15 div at least (which I don't have laying around)

Maybe I formulated this a bit weirdly

Basically I'm asking if it's normal for the price steps between builds to be this big

[tidal birch]

does poe2 have its own version of "animated guardian" already? I saw screenshots of the gem posted as leak before the leauge started, but I dont think it is ingame?

[nimble hound]

when does rake stomp fall off?

[dawn spire]

When you stop stacking str

[nimble hound]

I wanna go totems but im worried rake stomp will just be better 😄

[umbral dove]

If I want to use something like call of the brotherhood, to convert lightning to cold. Do I want %increased lighting or cold in my build?

[dawn spire]

It is not. Smith of Kitava has an animate weapon, though. It makes a copy of your equipped weapon

[tidal birch]

Ah dang, would be fucking cool to make your own party

[dawn spire]

Inc cold. Anything that gets converted does not benefit from anything it used to be before

[nimble hound]

scare that when i switch tot he build i actually want to be, i'll go to a fraction of my dmg 😄

since spear is so OP

[umbral dove]

Thanks!

[knotty spruce]

Do yall think mjölnier could be used for a smith build?

[dawn spire]

Yes. Idk how good it could be, but yes

Pretty low bar you set tho

[knotty spruce]

rn im getting so, so fucking bored of bone shatter im hoplesly trying to get a new build going

yea fairnuff

sad that manifest weapon seems horrible

[dawn spire]

I wonder if you manifest mjolnir it would also trigger lightning spells

[knotty spruce]

..

time to test some stuff out

[upper viper]

Gas Arrow, does area of effect increase this ?

[languid kindle]

God i swear for me the hardest thing to do in Poe is pick a league starter I need to choose one old easy and reliable league starter and learn and stick to it and play it in future leagues
Want something with a lot of stuff on the screen be it explosions lightning fire ice posion I don’t care

[dawn spire]

Yes

[upper viper]

Awesome!
Thanks

[long sun]

last league i was able to hide behind my minions and do stuff, now the mobs completely ignore them and walk through huge balls of minions to get to me and swarm me. is there any way around this?

[knotty spruce]

was there a unique to swap int req to strenght or smth? as getting the int req for mjölner is a bit tough lol

[upper viper]

I can recommend with Gas Arrow + Radiant Grief Huntress.
You start out with LA till around level 22+
I started with Fubguns, but now i am doing my own stuff.
Lotta explosions

[dawn spire]

Essence drain + Contagion spreads to a lot of stuff on the screen, kinda. It's very solid imo

[languid kindle]

Any guides I can follow

[upper viper]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-deadeye-leveling?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiI2ZDU1YzI4Zi00ODk5LTQzNzctYTE3Ny0xNTExYTliMzQ2NjcifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

What i started with, he has his endgame link on this guide as well 😄

[dawn spire]

Fubgun for gas arrow, I think there's a maxroll guide for ED lich

[languid kindle]

I think essence drain was my first real build back in poe1

Ok Il look into those and pick 1 thx

[sour venture]

hello chat, i recently saw rue's video on pathfinder with the reduced ms penalty. And i had the idea to convert incinerate to lightning with blueflame. Now im new to theorizing builds, but converting 100% of fire to lightning means that incinerate would do lightning damage and zero fire damage, but would still create burning ground and would still ignite as though doing whatever dmg the gem specifies correct?

as well as shocking since it now does lightning

[upper viper]

The reason i took huntress, is the weakness ascend. Its good!

[languid kindle]

I know how ed look
But I want to give a look to gas arrow
How do I find it in yt

[upper viper]

looka me cute legs :3

[upper viper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKu7vZkt8vg

[dawn spire]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Jarngreipr

[knotty spruce]

ah thanks a bunch

oh lmao

the gloves are legit made for mjölner

thats what thors gloves are called

[atomic halo]

+5 flavour points

[upper viper]

Anyone able to help me understand exess chance.
Does that mean, if i can get my Crit chance to over 100%
That i get gain 1% increased crit chance per 25% ?

[dawn spire]

If you can get your hit chance, not crit chance

[knotty spruce]

hmm so seems like manifest wont proc spell on hits

sadge

[upper viper]

So my hit chance is connected to accuracy yeah 😄 ?

[sour venture]

yeah its basically 1/4 of your excess hit chance is now base crit right?

[wheat marlin]

What’s the best way to level lightning spear? Apparently it sucks early on?

[dawn spire]

Indeed. If your hit chance was, say, 160%, you'd have +15% crit chance

[knotty spruce]

damn manifest is so underwhelming

[sour venture]

hit chance is based on your accuracy against the monsters evasion rating

[upper viper]

Awesome thanks, i think i get it now 😄

[sour venture]

mainly

[upper viper]

Nice nice

Then its good for ma bow

[dawn spire]

Not base crit. It's added after all other crit chance modifiers

I think

[gloomy rain]

Alpha's Howl is chanceable, right? I never saw the base last league so I just kinda assumed it was a boss drop

[sour venture]

oh i thought it was base? everyone was freaking out about the node because john said "its the most desireable outcome"

[dawn spire]

Oh

Then I might be wrong

[sour venture]

either way its a lot of crit

[upper viper]

My mate added volt and electric buildup as fastr as possible

I can imagine, i like that!

[dawn spire]

That would explain why I kept seeing stat pages with like +60-80% estimated crit chance

[upper viper]

lotta crit 😄

[atomic halo]

its just base crit

[dawn spire]

Wtf

[upper viper]

O_O

[dawn spire]

GGG wtf

I mean, accuracy is hard to get to insanely good values in the endgame, but still

[upper viper]

"Insert Evil smirk" meme

[halcyon plinth]

hello,

Why Combat Frenzy doesn't generate charges when I electrocute mobs? Does anyone have the same problem?

[sour venture]

is it active?

[upper viper]

Are the mobs showing those blue circles under them or where it is. And is it active 😄

[knotty spruce]

damn looking a bit bleak to make a mjölner build work too xd would need to use so many points to get to any of the lightning nodes up top

[dawn spire]

Are you sure you're electrocuting and not shocking?

[dawn spire]

Why not start as sorc or monk then?

[knotty spruce]

mostly? levelign but thats a damn good point

also i love smith and beign able to get a bunch of res

[dawn spire]

Spark leveling is still fine from what I head

[mortal cloak]

I’m basically Raiden it’s pretty fun but I’m starting to hit a wall at T12-14, idk how well it’ll scale into pinnacle content. @knotty spruce you could run the same build with any class pretty much

[knotty spruce]

lmao nice i was hoping to be more of a thor beign able to be tanky while unleashing the wrath of thunder onto my enemies

[mortal cloak]

I haven’t played a ton though I’m just level 82 and 4/8 ascension

[dawn spire]

There are also lightning nodes in the southern part of the tree

[mortal cloak]

Yea I mean I get what you’re saying and my build is close if you aren’t hard stuck on a mace

I’m squishy now but I’ve seen people build it way tankier I just haven’t bothered yet but it has that wading through monsters blasting lightning feel I think you’re talking about

[knotty spruce]

yeah true but total of like 49% lightning dmg and 40% elemental dmg im new to building stuff but i doubt thats even near enough to get stuff done

[mortal cloak]

You can do something like this bro one sec

[languid kindle]

Ok I choose to give the gas arrow Amazon starter a try really like the mount

[mortal cloak]

What class are you shaggy?

[knotty spruce]

smith

[mortal cloak]

Uhh which is that a new one?

[knotty spruce]

yeah smith of kitava warrior

[languid kindle]

Is there anything important I should maybe know

[dawn spire]

Depends on the spell you're using, tho. If you use spark, for example, you can also use proj nodes

[knotty spruce]

hmm

good point

wondering how often i could proc spark with the on hit

[mortal cloak]

I did this mock up for gemling